The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-02 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, May 1.

The Rev. G. Prothero performed the service yes-
terday morning at Osborne before her Majesty and
their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess
Helena, and Princess Louise. The ladies and gentle-
men in waiting were also present.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice attended
the service at Whippingham Church.
To-day is the birthday of his Royal Highness
Prince Arthur.

Sir George Grey returned to London this morning•
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred honoured MO
Durant with sittings during last week for a medallion•
The Hon. Flora Macdonald has succeeded the
Hon. Lucy Ker as maid of honour in waiting.

Return of the Prince and Princess of
Wales to London,

The Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince
Albert Victor, attended by the Hon. Mrs. E. Cole'
Lieut.-General Knollys, Major Grey, and
Fisher, arrived at Marlborough House
Yesterday
afternoon, from Sandringham.
Their royal highnesses travelled from Wolfert°ll
Station, on the Lynn and Hunstanton line, 113
special train, which was under the charge of Mr. ,
Robertson, the superintendent of the Great Eastern
Railway, and on arriving at Shoreditch terminns/
at a quarter to five, the prince and princess were-
received by several of the officials of the railway'A
great crowd of people had assembled outside the
gates, but within all was kept clear till the carriage
conveying their royal highnesses to Marlborough
House had left.

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HER MAJESTY—it will be seen from the Repo—
t Of
the Lords and Commons—has within these last few days
written with her own hand a letter of condolence to 3111''
Lincoln, offering to her the sympathy of a 4, widow to a
widow" under her sudden and most bitter bereaveroot
So like the Queen ! many will say—and who will not add,
while saying it? not with the lips only, but from the heart
—God bless her !
The birthday of Prince Arthur yesterday ts.
celebrated with the customary rejoicings at Winds°l.l,ca
royal highness, it will be remembered, is now eilvv-
making a tour in Egypt and the Holy Land.
His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador an
family returned to town yesterday from St. Leonards4l2-
Sea.
The Duke of Beaufort left town yesterday

Newmarket. The Duchess remains in town.
The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Le:
Cavendish have arrived at Devonshire House, Picca''
from Lismore Castle, Ireland.
The Duke and Duchess of Grafton were to 118"

arrived in Paris yesterday from Cannes, where the 71°,0`"
duke :and duchess have been passing the winter. TheY
expected to. arrive at their mansion in Piccadilly, Ile"
week,
The Duchess of Buccleuch is nearly recover°d °
from the effects of her recent accident. The noble
a t°
and duchess and Lady Margaret Scott are exPec-e
arrive in Belgrave-square in a short time for the season' 0
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesburf c°
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to town next week from Savernake Lodge, Wilts, for --
season.

The Earl of Lonsdale has returned to his Mansi
on Carlton-house-terrace from Ventnor, Isle of IVight:
The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith have arrived
in town from Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh.
T.nrcl
The Earl and Countess of Seafield and
Reidhaven have returned to the Clarendon Hotel for t'
season.
The D

returnea

Longford

iowager Countess o.
„o Bruton-street from Brighton.
The Dowager Countess of Bradford and 1654
Moncreiffe intend to leave Weston Hall, Staffordshire, t(r.
day, for Castle Bromwich, near Birmingham.
Lord and Lady Wenlock have arrived in toy

for the season, from Eskrick Park, Yorkshire.
thelr•
Lord and Lady Tredegar have arrived at -,.-
residence in Portman-square, from Tredegar Park/ 3:l°- -
mouthehiro.
Lord and Lady Chesham have just sustained
,a 3
loss by the death of their second son, the Hon. Algarst°;
William Cavendish, which took place at Latimer, 13ac-1
on Saturday lsst.
Lord and Lady Middleton and the lion. APP"
Willoughby have arrived at the St. George's Hotel.
Lord Schomberg Kerr and Lady Victoria Kerr
are staying at Beaulieu, the Duke of Buceleuch's seat, uear
Southampton,
toWo
Lady Charles Wellesley and family come to
for the season to-morrow, from Conholt Park.
Lord and Lady Walter Scott, who have reap
returned from the Continent, left the Duke of Buccleuclia
residence in Belgrave-square yesterday, for Bought°
House, near Kettering.
DEATH OF MR. W. WILLIAMS, M.--
gentleman, who long represented the borough of Lail'"_„-
in • Parliament, died at his residence in Park-sqt"
.
Regent's-park, on Friday afternoon, after a lingeringWOO r
He was in the seventy-seventh year of his age. He sat f°/i
Coventry from January, 1835, until the general electioo
in 1847, and was first returned for Lambeth in July, 185..
Mr. Williams was a merchant, but had retired from basi;
ness before turning his attention to politics. He was:a
one time a member of the Court of Common Council.
was a staunch Liberal in politics.
THE LATE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE OF RUSSIA!
—A solemn funeral service was celebrated on Sunday at
the Russian Chapel, Welbeck-street, for the late Czar();
witch, at which his Excellency the Russian Ambassado
and Baron Brunnow and all the Secretaries and Attach
_es
were present, besides most of the officers and Russian situ.
jects at present in London. The Rev. Mr. Popoff officiated
Nearly all the Courts of Europe have alrelre
gone into mourning for the Hereditary Grand Duke. Ilia
Court of Berlin will wear mourning for three weeks' a
that of Vienna for a fortnight.

INNER TEMPLE, May I.—The undermentioil‘''
gentlemen were this day called to the bar bY 1::
Hon. Society of the Inner Temple :—John Eldon onr-t
M.A., Cambridge ; Alfred Arthur Kaye Legge, 33.11.1:0-6;
ford ; Charles Stuart Calverley, M.A., Cambridge; ilsic-01-ter
Hudson Smithett, M.A., Oxford ; William John
Cadman, Cambridge ; Henry Charles Geldart, C 3:
bridge ; William Eustace Peacock ; Allan James Cro°-
8.A., Oxford; Oliver Lodge, 8.A., Oxford; and the 11%.
.

Edward Stanhope,
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gardening
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the
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consented that
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andtu°rWa Horticultural
be held at the gardens of the society on NkaJtianua.glnycell;lll:sieebnsißdt::::l3l:°lo:llf
agreed to appropriate £5O to be distributed in p out
that occasion. A committee has been formed to car'J„a-
this object, and have found, on calculation, that if the n" to
ber of parishes compete which they have every rea.s°lla,o
believe will be induced to do so from the interest felt t
leas
matter by the parochial clergy and others, a sum of at 0,0
£4OO will be required for this purpose. For this still' to
committee are making an appeal to those who 1131%.° and
social and moral good of the working classes at hear to
they believe that from the interest already expressed
sum will without difficulty be raised.
BITAto•
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT B e
the annual meeting of this institution. last .---111°Ild:fj..
—Mr. Wm. Poole, M.A., T.R.S., treasurer and vicel,l: of
dent, in the chair—the annual report of the corenl" 170-00
visitors for the year 1864 was read and adopted. Thooes,
and pamphlets presented in 1864 amounted to 115 vu g
• grett'
making, with those presented by the managers an'A year-
a total of 436 volumes added to the library in th,:_ibrea
Fifty-one new members were elected in 1864. Bi2L,""doriog
lectures and 19 evening discourses were deliveran r and
the year 1864. Thanks were voted to the treasure„ to
secretary, to the committee of managers and visitra',lr
Professor Faraday, and to the other professors, The fol-
services to the institution during the past Par' rs for
the inengsgu
einngtleymeeanr
:w—eprereuanidaennizosuirslyneelnecryted as office_ __.t,_
11. D., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; treasurer, Mr. Wilill°ialiraanddinjslas.:T
woode, M.A., F.R.S. ; secretary, Henry BenceJones,
M.D., F.R.S. 31011-
LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—FOWEY, CORNWAL." _dor
day.—lnformation was received here YeStgelsliot
(writes Mr. W. E. Geach) that the Hanoverian
arlice,
Eintracht was lying at anchor on the lee shore, off ()%f the
town, in St. Austell Bay, and required the servictets_ohodt
lifeboat. The boat was thereupon immediately, 1.110
story
and proceeeded across the bay, the wind blowletog
strong from the S.E., at the time. On • food
the vessel the coxswain boarded her an" strain,
her hanging on to her anchors with a great r be,
the sea making a complete breach her'
the
The lifeboat lay to windward, and remained there rvg
wind shifted and the weather moderated. The veus D•
efoe
then in safety, the lifeboat returned to the statio.tu.de
to the)
leaVing thevessel the captain expressed his grab
coxswain and crew of the lifeboat for their servic!'6citew _eat
the galliot lay so close off Charlestown great ex„d cliffs
was occasioned throughout the town, the quay sand
of the
being lined with spectators anxious for the welera,
„.000d-
apparently doomed vessel. The lifeboat behav a I_eseej
ingly well, and was the admiration of all who witn
obore•
her qualities and steadiness in a rough sea on a lee