The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-26 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE,
The Queen and Princess of Wales drove out Ye"'
terclay. ve ai3cl
Princess Helena and Princess Louise tir°•
walked in the grounds.
The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. hirs• '
lesley have left Osborne.
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The Princess De La Tour d'Auvergne,
the Ambassador from France, is expected at Al
bert-g•J•t°
House to-day from Paris. •ea
The Duke and Duchess of Montrose have axrP,
in Belgrave-square from a tour of visits. ,ries
The Marchioriess of Ely gave the first of 0' 6-
of dancing parties last evening at her residence in rrince,,s
gate, which was attended by several of the diplomatic co'.s
and most of the aristocracy at present in London. Dalici:o
commenced shortly after ten o'clock to Coote and Thine'
band, and was kept up till an advanced hour.
will lease
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon
naother
town to-day for The Grove, near Watford. • 114
Lord Harris is about to receive a distinguls
party at his seat, Belmont, Feversham, Kent. S),
ame t
The Countess de Charette (née de Fitz-J
died in childbed at Rome on Monday morning. The ecti
her husband, commands the battalion of the F°llt.
Zouaves.
The Right Hon. Benjamin and Mrs• or,
have passed through London from Hughenden
Bucks, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of
at Burghley House, Stamford. ,ttrir
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exell'`l
on-
gave a dinner last evening at his residence in coito t
house-terrace to a party, including Lord Clarence
the Dean of Westminster, the Right Hon. R. Lowe,
Mr. Gilpin, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Hessen Mr. Fowler,
Mr. Panizzi, Mr. R. Burnett, Mr. Repington, Mr. SOP--
son, Mr. Palgrave, Mr. Ryan, and Mr. W. H. Gladstn li°ll,le.gc
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, of Dale-park, Ar--
and two daughters, have left for a tour in Italy. aSt'
Lady Easthope, second wife of Sir John --,onoi
hope, Bart., and widow of Major Longley, of the xw;
Artillery, died on Tuesday last. of
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage
Earl of Coventry and Lady Blanche Craven, tv,4
daughter of the Earl Craven, was solemnised Yestejibe
morning at St. George's Church, Hanover-squere',„blei
bridegroom and the ',friends of both families nsseceal
at the church by 11 o'clock, and shortly afterwards 'tor
joined by the bride, accompanied by her mother, the c°oo
tess Craven. The bride was received by her father at the
church door, and attended by eight youthful ladies..„' .00
acted as bridesmaids, proceeded at once to the cumin
table,
in front of which a very numerous coxnPail,i cog
friends of both families, had assembled, includins
others the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady
Villiers, the Countess of Verulam and Lady Harriet 40
ston, Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone and I:lo'l'.4,ty
Bouverie, the Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilis
neux, Viscount Chelsea, Lady Caroline Townley gi,ci,bile
Townley, Viscount Uffington, Sir Henry and LadY Pis%„,aa
Des Voeux, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Coventry, Hon. Gerg,',l- Pc•
Lady Maria Ponsonby, Mr. Oswald and Miss 00116,'"'ibot,
Quin, Mr. Cecil Boothby, Mr. James Oswald, Miss
Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, LadY
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Bruce, Hon. Mrs. Grimston and Miss Grimston, V; pe'
Hon. and Rev. Edward Grimston, uncle of the lariuelf th
formed the religious rite. After the registration
marriage the wedding party left the church, and Pr,c'hee:ler
to the Earl and Countess Craven's mansioni r t'
street, Berkeley-square, to partake of an elegant hre3"
At two o'clock the newly wedded couple took their peg
ture for Croome Court, the Earl of Coventry's sett Wi
Upton, Worcestershire, there to pass the honeYl,o°-.,
tensive preparations have been made at Croome 1),.,437
Coventry's tenantry to give the noble couple a heart
ception

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THE LATE MR. CHAS. dREVILLE. The red
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of this gentleman were on Tuesday consigned to the
beside the remains of his mother, Lady Charlotte Grea. et)
in the beautiful chapel attached to the Countess (D 1,1701
of Ellesmere's seat at Hatchford in Surrey. The
brothell`e
was entirely devoid of display. Mr. H. Greville tei.4
of the deceased, was chief mourner. The 'C,II
(Dowager) of Ellesmere and other members of the '3)l
were present in the chapel. TiesO,
REPRESENTATION OF FINSBURY.—On tll-
evening Mr. T. M. Torrens, one of the candidates fof
representation of the borough of Finsbury, address,e3lo
electors at the Holloway Institute, Holloway-roac"K
Wiltshire presided. After giving an exposition of
litical views several questions were asked him, Wilic's
answered to the satisfaction of the meeting. lie IV%
favour of abolition of church rates, though a churcl,/a
himself ; in favaur of the ballot, and against the Perlei6slls
Bill. At the conclusion of the meeting, a resolutioll
unanimously passed to the effect that Mr. Torrens Osfc-
and proper person to represent the borough of Finsbu'''
Parliament. be
f
THE RAILWAY RATES QUESTION.—The
of Commerce of Liverpool have received from 31r. Puti,illree4
M'Laren, of Edinburgh, an elaborate schedule of hero
arranged with the Scotch railways, which arc said:g. the
worked to the satisfaction of the railway conlPre-erce.
trading community, and the local chambers of e°l-cliste:
This schedule will be of great use to the LiverP°E
her of Commerce in their negotiations with tbei-1 101
railways with whom the Liverpool traders hav° .°ll5
a feud on the rates question. cast fe_jv
SIGNS OF THE WEATHER.—During the r- ore"
days many flocks of wild fowl have bee° °Vac til°
towoA. pro'
passing over the metropolis, journeying
south. This is not an unusual occurrence, and
DO
bably shows that hard weather has driven the oar)
from their feeding beds in the northern and nortlre
counties. Great flights of larks have also afrear,it,
the nursery gardens and corn lands of the Se"
°
suburbs.•
Th
A PAUPER HEIR TO AN IMMENSE FORTUNE•OO
guardians of the poor of St. Pancras have helui,jog
investigations, on Tuesday and yesterday, reaPe!{",
very singular circumstance which has transpired w see
workhouse. There is an inmate in the house named
3f°,o
Smart, 95 years of age, who claims to be the heir of sl.OO,
estimated at the value of £150,000 or £200,000, and of
sisting of 1,000 acres of land, foaning part of the to',oo
Leicester, considerable house property, and 300 or 400
ovtj
in Staffordshire. To help SMattoy
tained the aid of a Mr. Bishop, a lawyer, and a moinDeif
provewit h hho
iues
teitPler7theretYinaster of the house, Mr. Morrison+ t
the vestry, and those two travelled to Leicestershire tOOOl
vestigate the matter. What the result of this triPii
did not transpire, but at all events Smart made s isrs; of
which he left £lO,OOO to Bishop, and after the pallne 6ti"
some legacies to those who had been kind to WWI ))liffd
tuted the master of the house his residuary legatee• a veer
Morrison, in answer to questions, said the matter hay.. ell,
illegal legal hands some two or three years back. 101. °,
lawyer, and Tiffin, one of their inquiry officers'
fnorhand ; but they failed, and Mr. Bishop had tal,-:VVA'
he him.
Smart had been in India for 60 years, 831-;
w,as away his ancestors died and the ropertY, it
stated, fell into the hands of persons who had ne riscl,- or
it. Smart himself, a hale, hearty man, was exantillteh
stated that he could prove that he was entitled to
perty by registrars dating from 1699. His greatt 4 rerj
father married Lord Bathurst's daughter, and f
"t
grandfather's eldest son inherited the property
y'. „'e- deorl'h!
his (Smart's) father had it, but his father was 161:xt11eafl$
e was a boy, and he was packed off to India. _;",0
h t 1
came back he set about recovering it. Mr.
not tell him what to put in the will, but Mrs. 31.,°1148°019
matron, guided his hand when he signed it. ,11..a1t419,4*-
one of the surgeons, witnessed it. A resolution yfr-
bed
by the board on Tuesday, with Smart's assent, t° ~t7tee,4
Bishop to deliver up the will, but that gentlematt
said, o4a
yesterday and declined to do so. The board, he
'!s'
found out a mare's nest, and this was not the e-er, to 10
they had discovered. As they had thought Pr°P,,scel)i
dulge in scandal he should give no explanation 1090
writing. Ultimately, the matter was left in the
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the directors of the poor.
A CLERGYMAN CONVICTED OF CBUSlif St if
HORSE.—At the petty sessions, SteYnilltiosa,
on Monday, before Colonel Carr Lloyd, "tee
Charles Goring, and the Rev. Mr. Goring, the ',sof
Hurst, rector of Thakeham, appeared tb
charges, laid by the Royal Society for the Fr% 0
Cruelty' o Animals, for cruelly torturing stlie
22 last, and on the 2nd instant. It appeared thath °all ilia
fendant was in the habit of riding a mare, alt
animal had a dreadful wound on the bacl, -0101-ef
saddle, which kept discharging blood. These 'a,letio
been represented to the society, they despatche-oe
to Thakeham, and on the 2nd instant he Met -,oo°
dant riding the mare, and he requested t°,l a tio iv
Upon removiug the saddle and sheepskin hewing .-freoef
fendant's attention to the discharge then ise-ij:he
tb
wound, and the inflammation surrounding it' witi43c,'
asked permission to retain the sheepskin/ t°,oo
defendant replied, " Take it if you dare." he- all,cie
then answered, "If you object to that it willA; at toi
to take your horse and sheepskin into cust°'",i 04;
The rev. gentleman was thus induced to sal, is
take' it then." The skin, which was procinee-0 1
showed two patehes of blood and matter, the l'poctei
completely saturated. The defendant, who ,„cfsieSi
own case, severely cross-examined the witti,'",„ chi% tit?
at all to the improvement of his position. .1-;-°coeistXe
said the charges had been fully proved, at% 0;011
a case of the very basest cruelty. - The heacci oxlio
doubts whether they ought not once to stew,'
House of Correction. However, they fined, 01„vtitr
penalty, £5 in each case, with costs, £l9 - "
defendant appeared to be amazed at the
Judgm
the penalties.