The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-14 00:00:00

THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS LOUISE.

Referring to the announcement that the Queen has
given her consent to the marriage of the Princess Louise
with the Marquis of Lorne, the Post says :—" The
Princess was born on the 18th of March, 1848, and Lord
Lorne on the Gth of August, 1845. There is no precedent
for the marriage of a member of the reigning family
with a subject since the marriage of the Duke of York,
afterwards James 11., with Lady Anue Hyde,
daughter of Lord Chancellor Clarendon, but before
the Stuarts such marriages were not unfrequent. Maud
and Gundred, daughters of William the" Conqueror, were
married to the Earl of Chester and the Earl of Surrey
respectively. Eleanor, daughter of John, married the
Earl of Pembroke. Edward, surnamed the Black Prince,
son of Edward 111., married his cousin Joan, commonly
called the " Fair Maid of Kent," daughter of the Earl of
Kent; and Philippa, daughter of Edward 111., married
the Earl of March. Edward, eldest son of Henry VI.,
married Lady Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of
Warwick. Henry VIII. married Anne Boleyn, Jane
Seymour, Katharine Howard, and Katharine Parr."
The Pall Mall Gazette is able to confirm the rumour
that the Princess Louise is to be married to the Marquis
of Lorne.

We understand that the marriage of Lord Lorne with
the Princess Louise is not expected to be solemnised before
February next.—Echo.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE
FREEMASONS.

At the installation of His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales as patron of the Freemasons of Scotland, after he
had been invested with the insignia of office, the Earl of
Dalhousie said : Most Illustrious Sir and Brother,—The
Grand Lodge of Scotland, through the unworthy hands
of me the Grand Master, have now installed you as the
Patron of Masonry, not only in Scotland, but of Scottish
Masonry throughout the world. In the name of that ancient
and distinguished body, I have to thank your Royal High-
ness for the honour you have . done us. It is the highest
honour we have it in our power to offer to a Brother, and,
as your Royal Highness is aware, it has been already
held by your Royal Highness's illustrious predecessors,
George IV. and William IV., as it has now, Royal Sir,
descended upon you. It is not only my own earnest
wish, but it is the prayer of every good Mason here
and throughout the bounds of Scotland, that you may
be long spared to fill the office in which you have now been
installed, and that when in the course of events you shall
come to occupy the same high station in this country
which your predecessors in this office have occupied before
you, we may hail in the Grand Lodge of Scotland
another Sovereign of the country as the patron
of our craft. Permit me, most Royal patron, to
tender on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
and the Masons of Scotland the right hand of fellowship.
—The Prince of Wales, in reply, said : Most Wor-
shipful Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior
and Junior Grand Wardens and Brethren—l cannot tell
you how deeply the ceremony of to-day has touched me,
and how thankful I am to you all for the great honour
you have conferred upon me in making me patron of the
craft in Scotland. I have also to express to you how
deeply touched I have been by the exceedingly
kind manner in which, Most Worshipful Grand
Master, you have addressed me. Brethren, I have
not been long a member of the craft ; still I hope that I
may be considered a worthy member of it. You may be
all convinced that I shall always and on every occasion
and at every time, endeavour to do my utmost to fulfil
such duties as may be imposed upon me as a Brother
Mason. Allow me once more to thank you for the honour
you have conferred upon me—an honour I shall never forget.
I can assure you that I felt it was a high honour when I
was made last year a Past Grand Master of the Free-
masons of England. Now, an additional and further
honour, I consider, has been conferred upon me—an
honour which was only wanted to make me fully

happy as a member of your craft, and that is
the honour of being made the patron of this illus-
trious craft in Scotland (loud cheers). The Grand
Master then presented to his Royal Highness a
copy of the laws and constitution of the Grand Lodge of
Scotland. The Lodge saluted the Grand Patron of Free-
masonry in Scotland, the Prince of Wales bowing re-
peatedly in acknowledgment. The Grand Lodge was then
closed, and his Royal Highness and the chief officers of
the Grand Lodge, as they retired in procession from the
ball, were loudly cheered.

The death is announced of Lady Lawrence, the
wife of Major-General Sir Arthur J. Lawrence, K. C.B.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A POLICE-SERJEANT.
—A portion of the W division of Metropolitan Police
were practising mounted drill at Wimbledon. During a
Rause for the purpose of resting men and horses, Serjeant
obins, a veteran and highly-respected member of the
force, was standing behind his horse when the animal
suddenly lashed out, and struck the serjeant with terrific
violence on the chest, inflicting such injuries that the man
died- within half an hour.
EIGHTY-ONE SHEEP SMOTHERED.—An extraor-
dinary occurrence took place in a field on the farm of Mr.
David Love, Burghfield-hill, situated about six miles
from Reading. A flock of 194 sheep were grazing in the
field, when two dogs set upon the flock and worried them,
causing nearly the whole of them to rush into a corner of
the field, where they all huddled together one upon the
other, and while in this condition no less thou 81 of them
were smotherel to death. Only one sheep was bitten by
the dogs, and that one had its breast frightfully mutilated.