The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-22 00:00:00

highly gratified by the cordial and hearty greetings
with which they were received on every side.
Mr. Robertson, general superintendent, accom-
panied the royal train from Cambridge ; and Mr.
Kitson was on the engine throughout from Wolfer-
ton to Melford.

This evening a large bonfire will be lighted on
Melford-green, the blaze of which will be visible for
miles round. Melford will also be more or less illu-
minated. These hurried details will show that in no
part of England have the Prince and Princess re-
ceived a more cordial welcome than has been accorded
to them in the good old county of Suffolk.

Birthday of the Princess Royal.
A PRINCESS'S SERENADE AT WINDSOR.

Yesterday morning, while the greater proportion
of the inhabitants of the royal borough were yet
slumbering in their beds, the rejoicings on the occa-
sion of the 25th birthday anniversary of her Royal
Highness Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
(Princess Royal and Crown Princess of Prussia),
who was born on Nov. 21st, 1840, were commenced
at Windsor Castle. At about 20 minutes to 7 o'clock
the choir of the Chapel Royal of St. George's assem-
bled in the Horse-shoe Cloisters, whence they pro-
ceeded to the Castle by special command of her Ma-
jesty, in order to serenade-the Princess Victoria. The
morning was yet dark, and the rain fell in torrents,
when the band of choristers took up a position be-
neath the Lancaster Tower, which contains the
suite of apartments occupied by the Crown Prince
and Princess of Prussia. The last echoes of the
Castle clock striking the hour of seven had scarcely
died away when the Cathedral choir commenced
singing, under the direction of Dr. Elvey, the orga-
nist of St. George's, beneath the windows of their
royal highness's sleeping apartment, the selection of
music being as follows :

Hail, Smiling Morn
The Dawn of Day Reay.
Up, up, ye Dames Macfarren.
Foresters Sound the Cheerful Horn

Behold the Woods
The Waits
National Anthem.

Mendelssohn.
►Saville.

The voices of the choir sounded very sweetly in the
still morning, but if the Princess was awakened by
the tuneful notes beneath her window, she must
have been grossly deceived by the opening piece, the
" morn" being far from smiling, and the weather
intensely disagreeable, as evidenced by the array of
umbrellas beneath which the choristers took shelter.
The various songs were, however, executed with that
brilliancy for which the choir of St. George's is now
famous, and the serenade was brought to a close
about half-past seven o'clock. An hour afterwards
the bells of the Chapel Royal and parish church rang
out merry peals, and flags and banners were dis-
played from the houses and shops of the principal
residents in the town, while the usual birthday
salutes were fired.
•••
Marriage of the Earl of Dudley,

The marriage of the Earl of Dudley and Miss
Georgiana Moncrieffe, third daughter of Sir Thomas
and Lady Louisa Moncrieffe, took place yesterday
morning at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. The
church was crowded to excess, and a great number
of persons had assembled outside. The noble earl,
attended by the Hon. Chas. Lyttelton as grooms-
man, arrived at half-past eleven. The bride, ac-
companied by her father, who gave her away, ar-
rived shortly before twelve, and was attended to the
altar by twelve bridesmaids.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Thomas
Claughton, vicar of Kidderminster, assisted by the
Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell.

Among the relatives and friends present to witness
the ceremony we observed—the Marquis of Queens-
berry, the Marchioness of Ely, and Lady Marion
Loftus, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland,
the Dowager Countess of Lichfield, the Countess of
Kinnoul, Viscount Newport, Lord Vivian, Lady
Panmure, Lady Annealy and Miss White, Lady
Mary Clive, Sir Rolfe and Lady Howard, Sir Chas.
and Lady Forbes, Lady Ward, Mr. and Lady Char-
lotte Russell, Hon. Geo. Hay, Sir Chas. and Lady
Rowley, Sir Fred. and Lady Elizabeth Arthur, &c.
At the conclusion of the marriage, the Y Wedding
party adjourned to the Countess of Kinngul's resi-
dence in Belgrave-square, to partake of a sumptuous
dejeuner. In the afternoon the noble earl and his
bride left town for Allmry-park, the seat of the Earl
Percy, near Guildford, Surrey, to pass the honey-
moon.

Yesterday was observed as a holiday in Dudley,
in honour of the noble earl's marriage. The ar-
rangements made by the committee comprised a dis-
tribution of meat and bread amongst the po )r, a
grand display of fireworks, a dinner at the hotel,
and the presentation, on some day to be in future
named, of a bra celet to the first Countess of Dudley.
A deputation has been appointed to make the pre-
sentation in due course. The cost of the bracelet is
£550. The dinner took place last evening, at the
Dudley Arms Hotel. On Saturday last the members
of the committee were busy inquiring in the various
neighbourhoods for the most deserving poor to
whom to give tickets for the•beef and bread which
are to be distributed. The town was divided for
this purpose into wards, from which sub-districts
were formed, and the aid of the clergy and ministers
engaged. There were 1,250 tickets distributed, and
the holders of each were entitled to 41b. of meatand
a 41b loaf, which were distributed yesterdaymorning.
In the evening the members of the Dudley Garrick
Club gave a dramatic performance at the public hall
of the Mechanics' Institution, admission to the greater
part of which was free. To-morrow evening a ball
will be given at the hotel, and this will conclude the
public rejoicings.

MISS BATEMANAT MANCIIESTER.—This lady
made her re-appearance list evening at Manchester, in her
famous character of Leah, and was more than once called
before the curtain to receive the popular welcome. Mr.
Jordan was the Rudolf, Miss Shirley Madalena, and Mr.
Warde the schoolmaster, Nathan. The performance Was
a great success.

THE MURDERER SOUTHEY., ALIAS FORWARD.---'
The trial of the man Ernest Southey alias Forward,
who murdered his wife and child at Ramsgate, after mur-
dering three children in a coffee-house in London, will tak•
place before the special commission which will commence
its sittings at Maidstone on Saturday, the 16th of Decem-
ber. Since his committal by the coroner and magistrates
at Ramsgate, Forward (which is his real name) has been
in the custody of the governor of Sandwich Gaol, and has
maintained himself with the utmost composure, reading
occasionally, but being more generally engaged in writing.
He has produced some elaborate statements with regard to
the circumstances of his past life, all of them couched in
pompous and vainglorious style, and has prepared a large
number of letters, many of which are addressed to persons
of high rank in the country. These he has often expressed
a wish should be forwarded to the persons for whom lie
intended them, but his request has not of course been
complied with. Ho has been allowed to communicate with
his London solicitor, but is at present doubtful whether he
will be defended by counsel on his trial, unless indeed the
court, at its sitting, should of its own motion assign to him
one of the gentlemen of the bar. The evidence against
him is so clear and conclusive that there is hardly likely to
be a failure of justice, except it should arise out of the
well-known fact that in the neighbourhood of Maidstone st
strong objection exists to the infliction of capital punish-
ments, juries there having been known to declare that they
would never return a verdict which would render a man
liable to be hanged. Mr. Inspector Tanner, of the London
detective police force, holds a warrant for Forward's appre-
hension in connexion with the triple murder in London,
and should he escape at Maidstone he would on that war-
rant be brought to trial at the January sessions of the
Central Criminal Court.

LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION TO THE EX-M.P. FOB
BLACKBURN.—On the 30th inst. a public banquet io
to given in the Town-hall, Blackburn, to Mr. James
Pilkington, who, for the last 18 years has faithfully and
assiduously served the borough in Parliament, but wag
defeated at the late election. The demonstration will be
of local and national interest. Mr. Pilkington will be pre-
sented with an elegant silver epergne, representing justice,
commerce, and legislation, which has been privately slt;"
scribed by a few of its political supporterg, though now.
that the testimonial has been got up there has beell
strong desire on the part of some of the Conservatives t°
make the demonstration more of a general character. The
promoters of the banquet declined the proposition, feeling
that it would interfere with the demonstration in a politic
j.a.
sense. Sir John Bowring, Mr. John Bright, M.P., 311:;
Cheetham, M.P., Mr. Thomas Barnes, M.P., Mr. J. Pell':g2
M.P., and other gentlemen, have signified their inter
tioil
to be present and take part in the proceedings.
It has been announced that the submarine tele-
graph cable of the Mediterranean Telegraph C 0.%
pany, connecting Corfu and Atranto (Italy)
been repaired, and that consequently the corealu'r
cation between the United Kingdom and the OP'
place has been re-established.