The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-18 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Oct. 15.
Her Majesty this day, which was the anniversary
of the Queen's engagement to the Prince Consort,
inaugurated in the Park adjoining Balmoral the
statue of the Prince, which has been cast in bronzy
by Messrs. Elkington, after the original in marble
by Mr. William Theed.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales arrived in town this afternoon from the Con-
tinent.

The Countess of Morley and Lqdy Katharine
Parker have left Farrance's Hotel for \Vhitaway, Chud-

The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde,
who arrived in town early in the week from Homburg, loft
yesterday for Portumna Castle, county Galway.
The Earl and Countess of Kinnoull last week
held a harvest festival at Dupplin Castle, in which the
whole of their tenantry and a largo party of distinguished
visitors participated.

Count de Reuss has arrived at the Alexandra
Hotel, ilydo-park-corner, from Belgium.
Count Strogonoff has arrived at Claridge's Hotel
from Florence.

Count E. de Viel-Castel has left the Clarendon
Hotel for Paris.

DEATH OF LORD FI7 ZHARDINGE.

We have to record the death of Admiral Lord
Fitzhardinge, G.C.8., who died yesterday at Ber-
keley Castle, Gloucestershire. The noble and gallant
peer was the next brother to the late Earl Fitz-
hardinge, and son of the sixth Earl Berkeley. his
lordship was born in 1788, and married, first, in
Dec., 1823, Lady Charlotte Lennox, sixth daughter
of Charles, fourth Duke of Richmond, which lady
died in August, 1833 ; and, secondly, in Sept., 1834,
Lady Charlotte, third daughter of the first Earl of
Ducie.

The deceased peer entered the navy in June, 1802,
and distinguished himself in 1803 at the capture of
a schooner by boats ; commanded the gunboats in
the Tagus, co-operated with the troops in the lines
of Torres Vedras, and was thanked in public orders
by the Duke of Wellington. He commanded the
Thunderer, 84, at the capture of St. Jean crAcre,
for which he was made a Companion of the Order
of the Bath, and received the gold medal. The
gallant lord was one of the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty from April, 1833, to December, 1834 ;
from July, 1837, to March, 1839 ; and again from
July, 1846, till March, 1852, and subsequently,
from December the same year to 1857. From De-
cember, 1832, and for a long series of years, ho
represented Gloucester in the House of Commons.
On the death of his elder brother, the late Earl
Fitzhardinge, in 1857, he became a claimant for the
barony of Berkeley, by tenure of Berkeley Castle,
in which he was unsuccessful, and was immediately
afterwards created Baron Fitzhardinge, of the city
and county of Bristal,• in the peerage of the United
Kingdom. He is succeeded in the family honours
by his eldest son, the Hon. Francis W. Fitzhardinge,
born in 1826, and who married, in Nov., 1857,
Georgiana, only daughter of Mr. Wm. Holm°
Sumner, of Hatchlancls, near Guildford. The late
lord's second son, Charles Paget, was born in 1830,
and is married to the only daughter of Mr. H.
Lindow Lindow. His daughter Frederick was
married to Lord Gifford ; and Fenella married to
Colonel Armytage of the Coldstream Guards.
The late admiral was made a Privy Councillor in
1855, and a Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
in 1861.

ME. BENTLEY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS for the season
just about to commence are more than usually at-
tractive. Foremost among them are the " Recol-
lections of My Life," by the unfortunate Emperor
Maximilian. Supplemented with a record of his
death—the death cf a true Prince and a noble

gentleman —the work is of a character likely to
combine within itself the solemnity of history
and the fascination of romance. Then, again
the Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty,
is enabled to announce, among the books
now immediately preparing for publication at
his hands, "The Miscellaneous PriAe Works of
Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton"—now first collected.
Occupying three handsome octavo volumes, it is
understood that this collection of Essays, Criti.'
cisms, and Biographies, from the master hand of
England's greatest Romancist, will comprise among

the contents or the volume some of the choicest
productions of his pen—such, for instance, as an
enthralling paper on " The Reign of Terror" and
the pick of his contributions to the principal quarter -
lies, theEclinlnurgh, the Quarterly, the Foreign Quar-

terly, and the Westminster, together with his earlier
sketches in the New Monthly, entitled collectively

" The Student," and his later miscellaneous contri-
butions to Blackwood, hitherto known as " Cax-
toniana." The work thus announced by Mr.
Bentley as immediately forthcoming, will, as
a matter of course, take its place at once
in every well-appointed English gentleman's library
on the same shelf with such companion three
volumes as the standard edition of "Essays" by Lord
Macaulay. The accomplished elder brother of Lord
Lytton, Sir Henry Bulwer, himself one of the
first diplomatists now living, has a work also in
Mr. Bentley's hands—a work now upon the very eve
of publication, in which by a series of rapid and
brilliant touches he delineates with admirable force
" Historical Characters" as remarkable as Talley-
rand, Mackintosh, Cobbett, Canning and Peel. Two
other announcements of Mr. Bentley's deserve also

particular mention—namely, " Cradle Lands," by
the gifted and indefatigable Lady Herbert of Lea ;
and a second series of W. F. Hook's " Lives of the
Archbishops of Canterbury."

Mr. DISRAELI'S VISIT TO EDINBITIIGII.—We are
glad to learn that at the meeting of the Lord Provost's
Committee on Wednesday it was unanimously resolved
that the freedom of the city should be presented to Mr .
Disraeli in the Music Hall on tho 30th inst., instead of
Queen-street Hall, as previously arranged, the object being
to allow as many persons as possible tho opportunity of
seeing the distinguished Minister.—Edinburgh Courant
The last great choral gathering of 5,000 voices
at the Crystal Palace, under the direction of Mr. G. W.
Martin, will take place on Monday next. The programme
will include the allowing national part songs, harmonised
by Mr. Martin :—" Home, sweet home" (English), " The
Minstrel Boy" (Irish), "Scots wha' hae" (Scotch), "Men
of Harlech" (Welsh), and the " Sailor's native home."
Excursion trains will run on most of the railways on this
day.

A " NAPOLEON'S WILLOW" AT KEW HAS BEEN
CUT DOWN.—This tree was planted about 40 years
ago, and has over since been one of the most attractive
objects in the gardens, hundreds of Englishman looking
upon it as a national historic trophy, whilst Frenchmen
might be seen reverently taking off their hats, and oven
going down on' their knees before it. Some years ago n
frenzy of enthusiasm in respect of this tree seized the London
public ; and on several Sundays in succession swarms of
people went to Kew to see it ; once, indeed, in so demon-
strative a manner that the crowd forced their way
through a closed gate in quest of the object of their
curiosity. "St. Helena Willows" abound; there are,
in fact, thousands in the suburbs of London alone,
to say nothing of examples in almost every good
garden throughout the country. But the Kew willow
was one of the most worthy, bocauso it was not, like many
called Napoleon and St. Helena willows, reared from n
cutting taken at one or two removes from the original,
bat came direct from one of the trees that overshadowed
Napoleon's tomb prior to the removal of the last stumps of
those trees in 18.10.--Gardener's Magazine.

THE CiESARIAN OPERATION.--A. woman, a,botlb
35, named Schmitt, iu the last stage of pregnancy, was run
over by a coal cart on the Boulevard de la Villette, a few'
days ago, and received such injuries in the head that slip
expired shortly after at an apothecary's shop, whither silo

had boon convoyed. Drs. 'Tinier and Sallath then deter-
mined to save, if possible, the unborn child, and by means
of the Ccosarian operation delivered a fine healthy boy, who
appeared iu no way to fool the effects of the accident which
had been fatal to the mother.—Quebec Chronicle. . .

CHARLTON" ANNUAL PLEASURE FAlR.—This fair,
better known as llorufair, is to be held this year, notwithi
standing the strenuous efforts made to suppress it. 11
held on the manor of Sir Thomas M. Wilson, at Ciliarltou•
Being sanctioned by au ancient Act of Parliament the
authorities have no power to put it down. The fair will
open to-day and will ha continued till Monday. The old
custom of masquerading at midnight with horns itnd other
aboard decvratim wiU be pr9hibitodt