The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-24 00:00:00

the President of the Royal Institute of Architects,
Mr. COCKERELL—the President of the Royal Aca-
demy, Sir CHAS. EAsTLAKE—the Dean of St. Paul's,
General CUST, Mr. BIDDIZR, Mr. BERESFORD HOPE,
and Mr. TITE, M.P. for the city of Bath, and one
of the most distinguished of our living Eng-

lish architects. There, as the chief mourners,
were the five sons of the deceased, followed
by an extended line of more than two
hundred other mourners moving in slow procession
to the sublime chant of the anthem—" I am the
resurrection and the life," and the resounding notes
of the organ reverberating along the aisles and
under the roof of the grand old Abbey. Conspicu-
ous among those in attendance were most of the
great artists who were Sir CHARLES BARRY'S con-
temporaries—the pride and boast of the Royal
Academy, of the Royal Society, of the Institution
of Civil Engineers, of the Architectural Museum,
of the Royal Institution of British Architects.
During the morning and throughout the day the
union jack floated half mast high from the summit

of the Victoria Tower, in token that the great
architect was now no more, of whose genius that
magnificent structure will stand for centuries to
come as the giant emanation, as the grand and
exquisite attestation.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland re-
ceived a select circle at dinner on Tuesday evening at

Northumberland House.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley
received a distinguished circle at dinner last evening, at
their mansion on Carlton House-terrace. . .

The Countess of Brownlow is at present on a visi

.o her brother, the Earl of Mount- Edgeumbe, at the Win

:er Villa, Stonchouse.

The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained at
dinner last evening, at their residence in St. James's-square,

the following circle :—Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre,
Lord and Lady Naas, Sir Win. H. Jolliffe, M.P., and Lady
Jolliffe and Miss Jolliffe, Sir Hugh and Lady Cairns, Hon.

F. Lygon, Sir Thomas Baring, Mr. George Bentinck, Mr.
Ducane, Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, &c. Covers were laid

for 18.

The Countess Cowper entertained a large party al
dinner last evening at her ladyship's residence in St. James's

square.
Stefan-Bey, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs to the
Viceroy of Egypt, who came to France last year for the
benefit of his health, has just died at Auteuil, in spite of all
that medical skill could do to save him. His Excellency
leaves a widow, a Fi each lady, by whom he had three

children, all of whom survive him.
We have to announce the death of Mr. F. H.
Glover, F.S.A., librarian to the Queen, who died yesterday
at his residence, adjoining the Palace. The lamented gen-
tleman had been librarian to her Majesty for upwards of 20

years, and was much respected by a large circle of literary
and antiquarian friends. He was taken unwell last Fri-.
day se'nnight from a carbuncle formed in the back part of
his neck.

EPISCOPAL APPOINTMENTS.—It is said to he de-
cided that the Bishop of Durham succeeds to the Arch-
bishopric of York, and that the Bishop of Carlisle, Dr.
Villiers, goes to Durham. It is also rumoured that the
Dean of Windsor, Dr. Wellesley, a brother of our Ambas-
sador at Paris, has received the offer of the see of Carlisle.
HEALTH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—The King
of Prussia has been obliged to give up carriage exercise, as
he suffers too much from the jolting. His Majesty is now
drawn about in a Bath chair in the alleys of Sans-Souci.
The Court will, it is said, vacate Sans-Souci this summer,
to give place to workmen who are to make some changes in
the Palace, and repair it generally. The King's apartments
are so badly arranged that they cannot be properly warmed
in winter. The small Palace of the Isle of Peacocks, near
Potsdam, is being prepared for his Majesty's summer resi-
dence. .

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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOClETY.—Anniversary
meeting. Monday, the 28th inst., at one p.m., at Burling-
ton House ; the President, the F Ripon,
darl de Grey and in
the chair. During the ballots the gold medals will be
awarded to Lady Franklin and Sir F. S. M'Clintock, R.N.
The dinner will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern at
seven o'clock p.m.
CANADIAN LOYALTY.—A preliminary meeting
of the citizens of Hamilton, Canada Weat, was lately held,
to take measures for the erection of a monument to her
Majesty, to be built by subscription. The Mayor and a
number of other gentlemen were appointed a committee to
that effect.—Canadian News.
We understand that the Lord Lieutenant of
Devon, Earl Fortescue, has appointed Sir John Bowring a
deputy lieutenant for the country, and this recognition of
the worthy knight as a Devonian is the more gratifying
since Sir John's ancestors were seated for many genera •
tions at Bowringsleigh, near Ivy-bridge, between Exeter
and Plymouth.
It is now known that the three Austrian steam-
frigates were sent to Naples and Sicily to protect the sub.
jects of his Imperial Majesty, and to bring away the Royal
family if it should be obliged to quit the kingdom. Sicily
is here believed to be lost to Naples, but no one seems to
have a clear idea of the whereabouts of General Garibaldi.
The municipality of Milan, which had before sub-
scribed 100,0001. for the purchase of muskets for Garibaldi,
has just decided on another grant of an equal sum in favour
of the Sicilians.
The Duke of Brabant, travelling under the name
of Vicomte d'Ardennes, arrived at Venice on the 17th.
Mine. Ristori's representations continue to at-
tract crowded houses, but no novelty has been produced
since " Elizabetha." This week brings the performances
of the great tragedienne to a Close in Paris. An American
manager is understood to have made munificent offers for
a six months' visit to the States.
COPFER DISCOVERIES IN CANADA.—WC have
favourable accounts of the copper mines at Acton. The
Montreal Advertiser states that Mr. Sleeper, the lessee, in-
tends to quarry and dress a block of copper ore for the ex-
hibition of several tons weight, a specimen of the mineral
riches of Canada which cannot be equalled by the whole
world, lie . offers, also, to supply the Government at a
moderate price with blocks large enough to furnish slabs
for the decoration of the interior of the Parliament build-
ings at Ottawa. Polished slabs of variegated ore would
make a magnificent decoration, vastly more beautiful than
the Ural malachite.--Canadian News.
FIRE AT MILLWALL.--Yesterday morning, about
three o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Cotton,
butcher, of Providence-place, Millwall. The fire brigade
from Messrs. Brown and Lenox's anchor-works, under the
direction of Mr. Roberts, was quickly on the spot, and the
premises were then completely enveloped in flames, but a
plentiful supply of water being obtained, the fire was extin-
guished before t'ae arrival of the engines from Shadwell
and Well-close-square. The family of Mr. Cotton escaped
with some difficulty, and the most painful anxiety for some
time prevailed, as it was believed that a girl, seven years
of age, had perished. Mr. Roberts, at some risk, went into
each of the bed-rooms, and it was found that the girl had
escape] from the window on to the roof. The premises,
stock, and furniture were insured in the Sun and Royal
Exchange Fire-offices.
A MAN SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR TUE
FIFTY-THIRD True.—At the Carnarvon petty sessions, on
May 15, Robert Roberts was found guilty, with others, of
an assault on the police, when the mayor, in passing sen-
tence on the prisoners, said to Roberts :—" As to you,
Robert Roberts, your career is a most extraordinary one, it
is a melancholy picture of the depth of degradation to which
a man may bring himself. You have lived the life of a
vagabond on the face of the earth. You were discharged
from the common gaol at eleven o'clock yesterday, after
being incarcerated within its walls fifty-two times ' • half of
your manhood has been spent there, and it would be well
for you, well for the legion of persons whom you have in-
jured and annoyed, had the whole instead of the half of
your time been passed under restraint. I wish that any-
thing I could say, any sentence this court could pass, might
tend to reform you, for it is dreadful to conceive what must
be the end of such a person." The sentence was a fine of
£5, or one month's imprisonment.—Carnarvon Herald.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY AN ACTOR.
—For many years an actor, now considerably past middle
age, named William Mackay, has been engaged as one of
the theatrical company of Mr. Mosley, at Bradford and
Halifax, and for a season or two at a new theatre in Douglas,
Isle of Man ; but during the last winter and sp ring he has
been unable, from severe illness, to follow his profession on
the stage. His wife, however, to whom he has only been
a few years married, was a shopkeeper in Duke-street, and
his circumstances were thus respectable. He slowly reco-
vered ; but the season for the time was over, and the com-
pany are preparing to return to the Isle of Man, where, it
ebe room d-roobme.,
appears, he woul not be able to go with them as formerly,
and from this and other causes his spirits were greatly de-
pressed. i
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mirror with a razor in his hand, and at four different plunges
inflicted numerous wounds in his neck, extending from ear
to ear, but still without dividing the jugular vein, and so
causing instant death. Policeman Bowyer, who was on the
beat, was called in, and surgical assistance obtained, but
any hopes of saving his life are very slight. The roots and
connecting ligatures of his tongue are completely severed ;
and if he should even survive, he will be unable to articu-
late. The windpipe is also partially cut through. He still,
however, while we write, is alive, but little more cart be
said. He, we understand, was originally from Glasgow,
and has always been held in high respect by the public
and the corps dramatique with whom he associated on the
boards.
The Derby Day—the Derby Day—the great
holiday'of hard-working England We have not as many
Saints' Days as they have in continental countries ; but
we do our best to cram all the fun of the year into eighteen
hours, and we generally succeed. From the Premier
down to the poor Cabt y, we all own the influence of the
time. Cares, anxieties, and worries for the space of one
day are consigned to the vasty deep. Upon that day all Blue
Devils commit suicide. Creditors are not. 'Bills of Exchange
and Promissory Notes cease to run. Work is forgotten.
Honourable Members ruu away from their Parliamentary
duties, and gentlemen who have no Parliament:al), duties
leave their private affairs to take care of themselves.
The two tall sentries at the Horse Guards feel a rued desire
to 6-ive their two huge black horses a breather up White-
hall iu honourable rival, y. The nurses with the perambu-
lators would like to run their vehicles against each other
for the Two Year Old Stakes I The baker's boy, who
delivers the rolls at the door, has a small bet with Jenny
upon the favourite, intimating with a wink that he is not
without pretensions to that character. If the great heart
of England, during those twenty four hours, were opened,
upon it would be found engraven in sanguine characters a
list of the running horses, with the names, weights, and
colours of the riders I--From " The Derby Day," in Once
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