The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-31 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales and

Lifeboat.
The following gratifying communication has been
received by the Royal National Lifeboat Institati°ll
from General Knollys, relative to an important seer
vice performed a few days ago by the Albert 'Oc

lifeboat, stationed at Berwick-on-Tweed „
" Marlborough House, Jan. 30, 18"'',e
Sir,—Having had the honour of communicating to the
,„n t.
Prince of Wales the contents of your letter of the 26t.:.5
with the information of the Albert Victor lifeboat
haw
been recently instrumental in rescuing six fishermen f,,
drowning, I am desired by his Royal Highness to con the
to the Committee of the National Lifeboat Institution,
ed
extreme satisfaction the Prince and Princess have rocsilto
from such a happy occurrence, being associated with t'to
name which they authorised at the request of the Pe°P
of Manchester.
" I am further desired by their Royal Highnesses to
thank you for the communication, and have the 11013°11
.to be, &c., 44 W. T. KNoLlocs*
" To Richard Lewis, Esq."

Health of of Cardinal Wiseman.

The opinion pronounced by Mr. Tegart thiosf
(Tuesday) morning as to the state of the healtil
his Eminence is, that the Cardinal has not 11,,
quite quite so good a night, but that, at the same ~,1
he is not worse this morning.
The bulletin issued last evening ran as follows'o
" The Cardinal has passed a good night.
other respects, he continues much the same.
" W. MUNK, M.P.
" CHARLES HAW 5°,5
" EDWARD TEGAIII:
By an error of the press the second name
scribed to the bulletin, as published yester
in The Sun, was erroneously given
impression of last evening as ``
Hawkins," whereas it should have been "
Hawkins." We give this erratum in simple jths
alike to each of those eminent practitioners.--9).

Earl Granville (Lord President of the Cow' ,t
will give the usual dinner to the members of the Dbilet,
and the great officers of State, at his house in BrutcSil
on Thursday next, to settle the roll of sheriffs.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr left tovin

terday for Buckhurst Park, Sussex. th°
The Earl of Lonsdale, since his return fo'l"
Isle of Wight, has been suffering from a cold. Tile rid.
Earl was better yesterday, and no danger is conte-:0
The Earl De Grey left town yesterday t°
the shooting partly at Grantley Park, in Surrey'. 00
The Marquis of Ailesbury is expected in t°l',l-011'
Monday, from his seat in Wiltshire, to dine at Lord
vale's Parliamentary dinner that evening.
The funeral of the Dowager Countess of
vale took place yesterday at the cemetery, ICenol-: fol'
It was of the most private character, the hearse beilj'oos
lowed by only two mourning coaches. The chief na°'*l)-.11,
were the Earl of Tankerville and the Earl of lAttliilesi
The christening of the infant daughter 01 pi
Watkin and Lady Williams Wynn took place on APiqsso
at St. James Church, Piccadilly, in the presence °f %Pon;
party of the relations of the Wynnstay family. r-rl/%;iitell
sors were her Majesty the Queen of . Denmark, rel're:A tb°
by Mrs. Studholm Brownrigg ; her Royal if igllll,,e- ci°
Princess of Wales, represented by the Hon. Mrs' ljek
Stonor, one of her Royal Highness's Ladies of the, 0.4
chamber, and Sir Hugh Williams, Bart. The cerenloll/
performed by the lion. and Rev. Henryholtuondefet
The infant received the names of *LouiseyAleNandrft' 1
her two godmothers.

MR. 11. A. BURCE, M.P., AND lIIS JONSTITII4:
th°7,,
—The electors of Merthyr were addressed
representative, Mr. 11. Bruce, Vice-President of the 00
of Education, on Thursday evening. He defended tiler tio
which had been pursued by the Government resPeetilaDle
war between Germany and Denmark, and the lainev-iiied
struggle in America. The present Parliament had e.o{,fp
a deep and sincere interest in the welfare of the c° „arti
and in saying this he spoke more particularly a ille.eroe
to which he belonged. It might have been retrogl toa
on questions connected with religious reforms, bettni
other subjects. Mr. Gladstone's Government itnatv;ie:tiell
was a most important measure, as was also the altciil"°
of the Factory Act system to the trades which had net
been included. Six weeks ago he was represented todiafli
sa id that education had fallen off, but he had ParicsirO,
guarded himself against making any such statement' je
he did say was, that the progress of education alSyri
necessarily not so rapid as a few years ago. education
let I°4
had objected very much to the conscience clause. to to
been stated that the Privy Council had refused grailtyi,
the Church schools of the National Society uulesa 0
took the conscience clause, but he had given sec)orcol
grants under such circumstances, where it would be.,-1111°'
there were a sufficient number of members of the Cilw.fe 01°
England in the parish to justify such a grant, el. if 110
parish consisted entirely, as some did, of members °el3o/1'
Church of England. But where there was only ellet.s,-01,4'
and a divided population, they always asked Wll3l' (Pl°
sions had been made for the children of Dissenters*
Council acted with impartiality, and was practicallY "046
religion, but gave assistance to Churchmen, DO°
Jews, and Roman Catholics. „Of
ROBBERY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—On SOP ell
at noon; William Wilson, the principal uphols°,,l.ol:
and George Hammond, the head porter at the Lord ejj ;t9
berlain's stores, Windsor Castle, were brought up 11,V
wand before Captain Johnson and Mr. T. J. liereloi sl'
sitting county magistrates, at the council chamber -oica"
Town-hall, Windsor, on the charge of stealing ';yie°l
articles, the property of the Queen. Mr. Geo. Clarl"e'colio
tive sergeant of the metropolitan police, said that ia co v
quenco of information which he had received 1101Viiil
Messrs. Oxenham, 353, Oxford-street, auctioneers, a-iiice`:
ceiVed there from a Mr. Fraser the things noW
in a canvas wrapper—viz., crimson silk bed farnl f
pair of embroidered silk curtains, and three pieces.: o'''t4
lance for windows. On Saturday, the 21st ina.,;;;-,o%'`ebe
Windsor again with the things. The prisoner Iv
sent for, and said, "Itis no use denying that t
61;tteii
things, but I should not have done it if I had not got
stigated by Hammond, the head porter. We /I„°Tilay.,.o
out of the store-room through a window. lianira°-1(,,,Y
it and sewed on the card, but I directed it as nIY (10 gy
handy. Hammond carried it out of the. Castielp Nl
station." Hammond was sent for and cone' i Jll9,
mitted that he took a parcel to the station, but 53-,00,
not know anything was wrong or what the parcel C°;,9t"el I
and that Wilson told him to take it. The witl3;cotj'
told Wilson he must take him into custody, and VI!
a 1c
to search him, but as he was doing so Wilson te:tlie;e:4
out of his pocket, and attempted to throw it law "04
It was sealed and addressed to a Mr. Butcher. 1:11,°
told him he must open it to see what it containe"iiiego
as follows :—" Windsor, Jan. 21, 1865.-Ir. Yost'e,;#o‘
shall feel obliged if Mr. Phillips will forward a lavd
order for 'the amount due for sale of fc).llr
mats. I called on Thursday and received .4,A; "of:
request you to forward the balance.—W. OA:i(7,r)ii of
dress, Mr. Hilton, George IV., Church-streets: tieoftho(l
John Fraser, a clerk to Messrs. Oxenham, allevPfJoitss'
353, Oxford-street, London, said that on the I.Bthe
, fd,
he received a letter to the following effect j"), 'at
place, Windsor, 17th January. Gentlemen, Oi
warded to you this evening a package, containiagrOwill
of curtains embroidered, two side tails and ahrzi ' •cat
one sot tent-bed curtains, crimson silk, wiLleA,;olll, 'Oll
please dispose of at your earliest sales. Gentleg;ro. o 01'
1/
main yours respectfully, William Wilson. getteriirtv 03
ham." The letter came by post, and soon if''
carrier's parcel was delived at their auction-r°ooo r is;
Thursday he informed Mr. Oxenham, and ilifer°,lol79o4l6
given to Mr. Clarke. Mr. Henry Seymour, oter",
the Lord Chamberlain's Department, illas°or)V
identified the articles as the property of her gailthe vt
Strattun, goods porter at the Windsor station °Eta "tiol;
Western Railway, said Hamniond was veil c'tbesloio
station with parcels. The last time he came to_pa
was on the 18th, when he saw a bundle wralireilVii,
canvass wrapper in the goods room. Mr. Will'ahilivilier;
inspector of Windsor Castle, in the Lord ancleAZ
partial," 10 or- op.
Department, said that Hammond was
orders. It was not his duty to carry a large Pre: Sel:ri tUa
by Wilson, except under pecular circurasiallee'*decl t'frii
Clarke asked that Hammond might be rel:eisnall,,ted°e'cori.
next examination, and ho was accordinglY trial a 9,4
same bail (£3O). Wilson was again charge Torti OP
, offence—namely, stealing four quilts, the p
Majesty, from the stores at Windsor Castle.
also a remand was granted.