The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-18 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Earl Spencer,
Lieutenant-General Knollys, and Major Teesdale,
went to St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon to
hear a sermon preached in aid of the sons of the
clergy.
His royal highness afterwards dined at Merchant
Taylors' Hall.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at-
tended by the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke.

The Order of the Bath.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is to hold
an investiture of the Order of the Bath in the
Queen's name and on her Majesty's behalf, at St.
James's Palace on Thursday, the Bth of June next,
at three o'clock, for the purpose of investing the re-
cently appointed Knights Grand Cross and Knights
Commanders with insignia of their respective dig-
nities in the Order of the Bath.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was
attending to his official duties at the Horse Guards yester-
day afternoon, although not quite recovered from his indis-
position.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and Princess Mary honoured Lord and Lady Foley with
their company at dinner last evening, at the noble lord's
family residence in Grosvenor-square. Lady Geraldine
Somerset and Colonel Home Purves were in attendance on
the royal duchess. A select party assembled afterwards.
RUMOURED MARRIAGE OF THE KING OF VIE
BELGIANS.—The health of the King of the Belgians is said
to be considerably improud, and it is confidently alleged
that he has contracted a Marriage with a lady connected
with the Belgian Court, of Irish extraction. The mar-
riage will, of course, bo what is termed morganatic, and is
said to have been contracted in order to secure the comfort of
a nurse in his valetudinarian condition.—Record.

The Duchess of Wellington will have an assembly
on Saturday next at Apsley House. The duchess will hays
a ball on the 9th of June, and also on the 30th.

The Marchioness of Waterford will have a ball on
the Bth prox. at the family residence in Charles-street, St
James's.
The Earl Stanhope, as President of the Society of
Antiquaries, gave his annual dinner last evening, at his
mansion in Grovenor-place, to the officials of the society.
The countess had a select party after dinner.
The Earl and Countess of Fife entertained at
dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-place!
the Marchioness of Ormond() and Lady Mary Butler, the
Marquis of Blandford, Viscount and Viscountess Suclley,
Lord Garlies, the Hon. Lady Filmer, Sir Ralph and Lady
Howard, Hon. Frederick Wellesley, Sir Henry Cotterell,
Mr. John Thynne,
The Earl and Countess of Winterton and family
have arrived at 19, Portman-square, for the season.
Viscount Palmerston has caused invitations to be
issued for a full-dress banquet on the 24th inst., in celebra-
tion of the Queen's birthday.
Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, after
attending the marriage of Viscount Chelsea and LadY
Beatrix Craven, daughter of the Earl and Countess Craveol
returned to town on Tuesday evening.
The Lord Chamberlain and Viscountess Sydney
will give a grand dinner in celebration of her Majesty e
birthday, on the 24th inst., at their residence, in Cleveland"
square, St. James's.
Lord Brougham will leave Cannes the end of the
week for Paris, on his way home. The noble and learned
lord is in excellent health.
Lady Herbert of Lee, accompanied by her son. the
Earl of Pembroke, arrived in Rome last week from Palernl°
Her ladyship is expeoted to arrive atWilton House in abut
a fortnight.
The Hon. William Wedd Tuxford, of Adelaide'
has been elected a member of the Legislative Cowie'
of South Australia, one of the most honourable positionS
in the colony, and an appointment which he will hold for
a period of 12-years without interruption. As consecittee,t
upon his election, Mr. Tuxford was called upon to sece°'"
the Address in reply to his Excellency's speech on opening
Parliament. Mr. Tuxford, whose claims depended ma/
on his unceasing efforts to advance the agriculture of 1118:
tralia, is one of the firm of Tuxfords and Co., who conduct
a large business in Adelaide, and a brother of the Messrs
Tuxford, of the Strand, London. The final scrutiny t°°;:,
place at the Supreme Court. About half-past one oelocs•
the Sheriff announced the state of the poll at the old Collo'
cil Chamber, King Wiliam-street, and then declared the
first eight gentlemen duly elected members of the Legisle‘
tive Council.
SUICIDEr OF A GENTLEMAN NEAR ETON.—Yest,,,,er:
day morning, at an early hour, a very shoat"
occurrence took place at Upton Park, Bucks, a short die:.
tance from Eton College, and close to the village of Sloiler
It seems that between five and six o'cloek, as a careen
~iteg •
named Gregory was crossing the park he found a hat lYwa •
upon the bank of the pond, which he knew to have belonrof
to Mr. George Beborough, a gentleman about 50 yea' at
age, of independent means, residing in the Crescenti_Ai
Windsor. Continuing the search Gregory found the Olt 2
of Mr. Bedborough lying immersed in the water, 03°11,14
feet from the bank. Mr. Holmes, a surgeon, resiul
at Slough, was sent for, and the body was couveYto
upon a board to the Prince of Wales Inn, 00 60
Slough-road, whore it was examined. The °lot
was fully dressed, but upon removing the coat, ho
turning back the front of the deceased's shirt, 11,_„,c1
was partly covered with blood, a small circular viry_7,l4,
was discovered on the left side near the region of the itoi
which had evidentlybeen caused by the bullet from spa
at
fired by the deceased. The pistol was afterwards folio: in
the pond. Deceased is said to have been rather stralig4o
his demeanour of late, but it is understood that a letter
been found in his pocket purporting to explain the 10
atio
which led him to commit the awful deed. 1-uf°rwiii
has been forwarded to the coroner, and an inquest
held on the body. earliest
EARLY CREAM-COLOUR WARE.—In e the
specimens of cream-colour, the hue arose frof..._t
glaze, which was a mixture of lead ore and a littl 1:10.
but subsequently it was made essentially a body c°ch of
A son of Astbury, who seems to have inherited.o3itaa as
his father's ability, was the first to make—and this 7. %/3.
ware
early as 1725—what was really cream-coloured
sad font'
his earliest attempts he used a mixture of marl carefulli
but at a later date the finest native clay with Ilia.' Aaron
prepared. The ware was further improved _ et
Wedgwood and Enoch Booth of Tunstall ; th
whom was the first•potter who fired his war°, ,thrilesdimppil
ing it into what is called the biscuit state, before
_coloore
it into the fluid glaze. The body of Booth's cCrornw''ll
ware was a compound of Dorsetshire clay,
and flint; and its glaze a mixture of red lead,ofa,fia pot,
clay. Its next improvement was by a firm
...bfuod,soll
tors of the name of Warburton ; till finally, iof t°'
the eDellieof
Josiah Wedgwood, it became the reci
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