The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-12 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY, ltc.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 11.
(I,The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and
Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds yesterday
afternoon.

His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Italian
Minister, accompanied by the Marquis San Germano, will
leave town to-day in order to receive their Royal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aoste at Southampton.

A marriage will shortly take place between
Captain A. Kingston, who so greatly distinguished him-
self in Japan, and the youngest and only remaining
daughter of Mr. Frank Heathcote.

The Earl of Dalhousie and Lady Christian Maule
have left Claridge's Hotel for Brechin Castle, N.B.

Dowager Lady Mordaunt, Mr. G. T. Smith, and
Miss Mordaunt, have left the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-
corner.

The Marquis and Marchioness de Carpana have
arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Paris.

The Marquis of Sligo has left the Clarendon
Hotel for a few days.

MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE DE TEANO

AND MISS WILBRAHAIIL

Yesterday morning, at half-past 11 o'clock, tho
marriage of the Prince de Teano and Miss Ada
Constance Wilbraham, eldest daughter of Colonel
Hon. Edward and Mrs. Wilbraham, and niece of
the Countess of Derby, was solemnised at the
Spanish Chapel, Spanish-place, Manchester-square.
The ceremony took plue precisely at half-past
11 o'clock, the Hey. Edward Taylor being the offi-
ciating priest. The chapel was crowded to excess
with the friends of both families. The bride was
accompanied by her father and attended by six
bridesmaids, namely, her cousin, the Hon. Rose B.
Wilbraham ; Miss Emily and Miss Evelyn Wil-
braham, her sisters; Miss Ethel Lennox, Miss
Blanche Herbert, and Miss Blanche Pringle, all of
whom were similarly attired in white tarlatan
dresses, tastefully trimmed with sky-blue ribbons.
The bride was attired in a rich white silk dress
trimmed with Brussels lace, and wore a veil of the
same fabric, and a headdress composed of a wreath
of jessamine and orange flowers. The bride also
wore a coscly diamond locket, the gift of her father.
The ceremony concluded, the newly-married couple,
together with their friends, went to Colonel the
Hon. Edward and Mrs. 'Wilbraham's residence in
Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, where an elegant
breakfast awaited them.

At half-past 2 o'clock the Prince and Princess
de Teano, after receiving the congratulations of their
numerous friends, took their departure for the Earl
and Countess of Derby's villa at Roehampton, to
pass the honeymoon.

The bride's presents were very numerous, and
some of a very valuable description.

MR. ARTHUR FOX'S CONCERT.

Hanover-square Rooms and St. James's Hall
have no longer the monopoly of good music. The
suburbs of London, and especially St. John's Wood,
enjoy new the privilege of some very good concerts.
But among those it is seldom that one reaches a
degree of excellence, both with regard to the selec-
tion of pieces and to the choice of the artistes who
render them, equal to that given on Wednesday in the
Assembly-rooms, at the Eyre Arms, by Mr. Arthur
Fox. Its programme began with a gem—Mozart's
lovely sonata in A for pianoforte and violin—
which was exquisitely played by Mr. Fox and Mr.
Francis Ralph. The second part of this perform-
ance suggested to the writer of these lines a reflec-
tion which he can no more keep to himself than
King Midas's barber could hold his master's dreadful
secret, and that is : how beautiful a woman must be
to presume to enter a concert room whilst an
andante of Mozart is performed there !
In this concert Miss Edith Wynne also sang.
There are names which it is sufficient to mention,
and which are more eloquent by themselves than
the highest praises. Miss Wynne's is one of them,
and when it shall have been said that she sang
Weber's magnificent scena, "Softly sighs," in a
style worthy of herself, little or nought need be
added. Nevertheless there were applauses left for
Madame Talbot Cherer, who sang in perfection the
charming Irish ballad " Kate Kearney," and was
rapturously encored. The same compliment was
paid, deservedly paid, to another ballad, composed
by Mr. Arthur Fox, and entitled " It was ever so."
Mozart's breath seems to have passed over some
portions of that exquisite composition. In the first
part Mr. Fox performed Mendelssohn's " Rivulet,"
and an original composition by Ernst Helmer,
" Chameleon," on the pianoforte in the most finished
style. The latter piece is a composition of great
beauty ; it abounds with the sweetest melody ; and
altogether it is such a brilliant work that it raises
the highest expectation that the name of Ernst
Helmer will soon rank amongst those of our most
celebrated composers. This short notice would be
very incomplete without a reference to the brilliant
style with which the beneficiaire also performed
Weber's rondo for the pianoforte, "Il moto con-
tinuo," in the second part. Indeed Mr. Fox seemed
to be as much at ease in the midst of that avalanche
of notes as the most skilled and intrepid of Alpine
guides amongst the avalanches of nature.

DEATH OF MR. TREIIERNE, M.P.-Mr. TIT'

herne, the member for Coventry, died on Wednesday night
in a fit of epilepsy. Mr. Treherne was a Conservative.
Ho was the son of the late Mr. Rees Goring Thomas, Man-
non, in county Caermarthen ; whoso name ho changed for
that of Treherne in 1856. Ho was first elected for Coventry
in 1863.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Nothing could
be more cpportuue than the showers which have fallen
during the week. They may have caused some slight and
brief interruptions to haymaking operations, but many
farmers by no meens object to a little rain on the swathe,
while the brisk breezes and warm sun very soon dry up all
again. So far as the hay harvest is concerned the weather
has throughout been unusually favourable. That which
has been stacked has been gathered in splendid condi-
tion, and the hay crop of 1867, both as regards quality
and quantity, bids fair to suppress the records of the last
few summers. Thorn is, however, a far larger breadth
of grass still " out" than might have been anticipated,
looking to the fact of the extraordinary fin°
weather which has prevailed. The truth is that while
the crop is more than usually abundant, labour is more
than ordinarily scarce, and difficult to command. The
weather of the past week has been highly favourable for
the wheat, grain, and root crops. The wheats were
very slightly laid by the heavy showers of Monday and
Wednesday evening—and only in exceptional cases, whilst
the benefit which the crops in general experienced from
the refreshing down-pour was almost incalculable. BarleY,
oats, beans, peas, and potatoes alike wanted rain and every
drop that fell did its mission. As regards the wheats, the
blooming time has been most propitious, and should flee
weather continue, there is every prospect of a full average
crop of this grain. Of barley and oats the prospects per-
haps are scarcely so encouraging, but there is nothing t"
present to lead to the conclusion that they will not be 1.12
to a fair average. Beans and peas are looking bettor, the
last week's rains having been highly beneficial. Potatoes
have decidedly benefited by the showers, but there is still
the complaint that those which have been dug up are smaller
in size than is usual at this time of year. Tha account°
from the hop districts vary considerably. In fact wo hay°
now arrived at the period when we may consider all re'
ports as more or less—to use a new-fashioned phrase--
" sensational." A soaking shower - a day of high wind er
hot sun—a foggy night or touch of frost in early morn--
each and all of these events sullies to give a tone to the
week's report, according to the temperament of the oil-
server.