The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-15 00:00:00

Ingham Palace, and to visit the Italian

Opera in State in the evening. To-morrow
he is to visit Woolwich Arsenal, Dockyard, and
Barracks, and afterwards to drive to the Crystal
Palace, and dine in the corridor overlooking the
beautiful gardens. It is to be hoped the weather
will be propitious ; if it is the scene will remind the
SULTAN of a page out of one of his own Eastern
romances of fairy p4laces and magical effects.
Wednesday is the day fixed for the grand Naval
Review at Spithead, when his Majesty will be able
to appreciate the naval strength of England, of
which indeed he ought to know something
already. Thursd.ty and Friday will be chiefly
devoted to the City, without which no visit to this
country would be complete, and without which some
of its most remarkable and characteristic features
would be passed over. On Thursday the Imperial
guest is to be entertained by the Lord Mayor and
the Corporation. On Friday, after visiting the
House of Lords, he will go down the river and see
the shipping, and then inspect the Tower, the Mint,
the Bank of England, the Post-office, &c., and
afterwards attend the ball at the India House. On
Saturday, it is believed, he will attend the Wimble-
don Review, so that there will be no lack of variety
in the entertainments provided for him. No day is
as yet fixed for the Sultan's departure.
The Viceroy of EGYPT, whose visit is only second
in interest and importance to that of the SULTAN
himself, has been inspecting some of the wonders,
and on Saturday visited the Crystal Palace, with
which he was especially pleased. It was the occasion
of the Dramatic College Fête—a fortunate circum-
stance for that deserving institution—for his lima-
NESS munificently promised them a gift of £5OO, and
a similar donation to the fund for restoring the
Crystal Palace. The VICEROY has besides visited
Clieveden, and has been invited to several grand
entertainments given in his honour, so that there
will he no lack of hospitality in his regard.
The Prince, of WALES must find the duties of
hospitality just now rather arduous, in spite of his
characteristic good humour and courtesy. on
Saturday he had to snatch an hour or two from his
attendance on the SULTAN to fulfil his promise to
receive the Belgian Volunteers at Wimbledon.
Here, again, our English skies seemed determined
to deserve their bad reputation with the foreigners,
for just as the Prince was preparing to address his
enthusiastic audience the rain came down in torrents,
and the elements joined in the cheers of the volun-
teers with peals of thunder which almost drowned the
speaker's voice. The Prince, however, is too goo 3
an Englishman to be daunted by difficulties, and
borrowing a macintosh he braved out the storm,
and finished his speech, wind and weather notwith-
standing. The Belgians manifested throughout
the highest good-humour, and the most vociferous
goodwill towards the Prince. The grand day at
Wimbledon will, of course, be Saturday, when we
have no doubt that our Belgian visitors will put our
volunteers on their mettle. The prizes now on view
in the camp are many of them of great value
and of high artistic merit. The International
colonial trophy, for instance, is a study in itself, and
chronicles the names of the three chief winners of
the three Kingdoms, with the national mottoes of
" Defence, not Defiance," " Faugh-a-ballagh," and
" Beware the Thistle." The Tennyson Vase is, of
course, the most beautiful thing to be seen in the
Exhibition Tent, but this is not included in the
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heartily. They, too, have a busy week before them,
and London must put on her holiday garb and fulfil
her hospitable duties to Turk, and Egyptian, and
Belgian, in the manner best calculated to gratify
and do honour to each.

The 3d Battalion of the Lancashire Royal Volun-
teers have recently been encamping near Lytham,
and on Sunday, the 7th inst., at the suggestion of Colonel
Hargreaves, the commanding officer of the battalion, Chap-
lain Canon Parker preached a sermon on behalf of the
National Lifeboat Institution, which resulted in the hand-
some sum of £2O 10s. being handed to the society. Last
year, at the kind request of Col. Hargreaves, a sum of 16
guinetie Trae contributed by his officers and men,