The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-13 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive On
Saturday, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, attended
by Lieut.-Col. Keppel,
His Royal Highness went in the evening t°
conversazione of the Royal Society at Burlingt°
House, attended by Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Lieut.-
Col. Keppel, and Mr. Holzmann.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Hon.
Mrs. Bruce and Lieut.-Col. Keppel in Waiting)
attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, yesterday morning.
The Communion Service was read by the BC.
the Sub-dean, the Rev. C. Pack, and the Rev.
V. H. Sumner. Anthem, " Call to remembrance
(Battishill) ; sung by Master Bristowe, Messrs'
Francis, R. Barnby, Montem Smith, H. Whitehouse/
and Lawler. Mr. Goss presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Peter'
borough from Ist Corinthians, c. 13, v. 2-3.
Argyll'
The Archbishop of York, the Duke of Arg
the Duke of St. Albans, the Earl of St. Gerruos,
Earl Stanhope, Viscount Sydney, Lord LlautWer'
and Lord Harris attended the service.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Carabriag:
honoured Lady Molesworth with his companY his
dinner on Saturday evening. The duke of St. Albano/ vi
Excellency the Belgian Minister, the Marquis, 311,
Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marchioness of Ely, 313nnrif'a
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Sefton, the Burl lie,
Countess of Bessborough, the Earl and Countess of Airli
Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., the Right Son. I'l2d,
Stanley, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel and
Emily Peel, Lord Dufferin, Lord Houghton, and Mr. DelAillt
were invited to meet the reyal duke. Colonel Tyru'l'i

was in waiting on his royal highness.
The Marquis and Marchioness of SalisburY,ell„;
tertained the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore,
dy
Redesdale, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord and I)r'
Gilbert Kennedy, the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, 1‘1"
and Mrs. Adderley, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. William Rose'
a select party at dinner, on Friday night, at their ra3llsi°ll
in Arlington-street, Piccadilly.
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The Marquist,
of Exeter is enjoying in:ll3,—tv,
health. The noble marquis and marchioness do not 11)."):s.
to come to town for the season until after the Easter roe
The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham3/1,
family, according to letters received in town on Sat
It" 1
have arrived at Malta from Sicily, after visiting ,°,513,1,1,
Naples. The duke and duchess and family were all
and proposed visit to Egypt before their return home' -hp
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, old,
hasbeen compelled by indisposition, arising from a .$
to absent himself from society during the last ten (145' 1
now better.

The Earl Spencer is about to givn.up his 'Apo
farm" at Althorp, and the stock is to be sold off by
('h i-
p'o
preparatory to the farm being let to one of his 101.('-
tenants.
artiVea
The Earl and Countess of Malrnesbury
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at their residence in Stratford-place last week from x"-

court, near Christchurch, for the season.
Veil-
The Earl and Countess of Belmore and
Bouverie have left Brown's Hotel.
Om
Viscountess Palmerston has quite recovered 1.00
her recent severe cold, and will soon resume her recePti
at Cambridge House.

The Scottish National Memorial to; tlie

Prince Consort•

o nIA°
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to gr,
choice of a design for an equestrian statue Wiaocl,
John Steel, her Majesty's sculptor for Se°,,trioee
for the Scottish National Memorial to the late J-
Consort. The site approved is in the level roe
of the Queen's Park behind Holyrood Palace;43oo
Majesty, in making her selection, had the aDal:o
of a Committee of Advice, consisting of therrigf
of Buccleuch, Sir John Sir W. G• ‘..g; of
Professor Lyon Playfair, and the Lord Pr°T%
Edinburgh, who in September last adVertiSe
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designs. The competition was closed on t'eived•
of December, and about sixty designs were reelie
These designs were exhibited to the Pub ee se,
the beginning of January, and the conolithe sub'
lected a few of those most generally admired tubas Dee°
mitted to the Queen. Of these her MajestY -
pleased to select the model of an equestriatt °
by Mr. Steel, whose great statue of the V 'OW '
Wellington is well known to all visitors t° its
burgh. burgh. The design is, in its general forill,'.des
midal, composed of several stages. On W.-4 el°
the upper pedestal are bas-reliefs, illustr3tll3ol
life and character of the Prince ; the long Po 111/
one side showing the marriage of the Wei 00'
Prince Albert, and the corresponding Palle lice'
memorating the opening of the first Cryst3
On the front group the Prince is represenittieg
domestic group—in the rear panel as di,stribucre ty,,
public the rewards of merit. On the lower sta; DP'
is a variety of symbolical sculpture, the sursfa e aectle,°'
enriched by quotations from the Prince' sr Or
At each angle of the lower stage there are, Ole
of figures looking up at the principal scat e.„ ntoil3°
representing all classes and degrees of Pe°l3,
to offer their homage and admiration, and uei"ude,l
chaplets and wreaths in token of theirgratlt jos
and sorrow. These groups are extremely 11:1. theD
skilfully disposed, and altogether the del, of .0
iv
promise of a very great work of art, wart
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subject, 'of the situation, and of the a".witile_,..
sites had been named by the committee, ~ref°,
./11t tgo
excluding others which competitors 101- As „,
One of these was an elevated position enee c°;3
y
Seat, the proposal of which elicited The
red,
troversy and strong local opposition• or ot
now chosen is not open to the object° °jot& h,
and though the town may be clisarl9efobelld •
losing the memorial, it will be a great opeue,
ment to the park. The site proposed is abeatloool,
commanding one, immediately adjacent to licieratv
Drive. There is, apart from other coll°oo the itio,
great fitness in the choice, the site behig,,sh ti
where her Majesty reviewed 22,000 ScotPeeto,_asD
teem, in presence of 200,000 of her 8,.ljtOsol;
b
It t oa
vav August, in 1860, in which Prince
Alber v„l
in his capacity of Field-Marshal. oliatUe
picturesque line to which the public 0f 1603050)0'
on many occasions have crowded t° prioce It 0
arrival and departure of the Queen and do. GO
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sort on the way to and from the 1110 the pre di
in the immediate vicinity of a palace vritte°A
of which the fine taste of the deceaseube baeviero
much to improve, and to which it nial for
by trio
Sovereign will renew her occasional, 13.,11,.there
0r
years suspended visits, when theattracte4ol,lL 10,11
faithful effigy and worthy memorial of
Prince.

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