The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales went to the South Kensing-
ton Museum yesterday morning, and presided at a
meeting of her Majesty's Commissioners for the
French International exhibition of 1867.
His royal highness went to the House of _Lords
in the afternoon.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nemours
and the Princess Marguerite visited the Prince and
Princess of Wales at Marlborough House.
THE COURT.—Her Majesty, accompanied by
their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, attended by the
ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite, is expected to leave
Osborne House to-morrow (Wednesday) for Windsor
Castle. At Windsor Castle the private suite of apartments
have been prepared in readiness for the arrival of the
Queen and royal family. Several members of the Court
have already reached the palace.
Ilis Excellency the Turkish Ambassador received
yesterday by telegraph the melancholy news of the death
of his mother, Madame Casandra Musurus. The deceased
lady had reached the advanced age of 80 years.
We regret to announce the death of the Dowager
Countess of Cawdor, which took place on Friday morning,
after a lingering illness, at her residence in Tyuley-street,
Park-lane.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF KINNOULL.—We have to
announce the death of the Earl of Kinnoull, which
occurred on Sunday morning at Torquay, where he had
been residing for the last six months. He was born on the
sth April, 1785, and was consequently in his 81st year.
-His successor to the title, George Viscount Dupplin, horn
16th July, 1827 (now 11th earl), married in July, 1848,
Lady 131anche Somerset, third daughter of Henry, eighth
Duke of Beaufort, by whom he has a family of three sons
and two daughters.

HONOUR TO M. GER6ME !—The Academy of the
lhaux Arts of France has elected M. G6rOme, the
painter, to fill the chair left vacant by the death of 31'
Heim ; there were six candidates and seven votings, 3131'
Pils and Hesse at first pressing M. Gertime very closely,
but at the concluding round of the ballot-box the last-
named artist obtained the required majority of seventeen
against M. Hesse's fourteen votes ; so the painter of the
Cresars and of many other popular pictures is now a raera"
ber of the Institute.

LORD HERBERT OF LEA'S STATUE.—Mr. Foley's
model for the bronze statue of Lord Herbert of Lea, whichis to be placed in front of the War-office, Pall-mall, ~,
complete. It exhibits the deceased minister standing in
his peer's robes, his head resting upon the palm of one
hand, which is sustained at the elbow by the other.
NATIONAL CHORAL SOCIETY.—Madame FaxelA
will make her first appearance in Exeter-hall since her re-
turn from America, to-morrow (Wednesday), at the per-
formance of Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" and Rossini's
" Stabat Mater," by the National Choral Sociaty. 31i°,6
Annie Cox, Miss Lucy Frauklein, Mr. Leigh Wilson, and
Mr. Weiss are also engaged. Conductor, Mr. G. W.
COMPLETION OF THE NEW PALACE AT WEST'
MINSTER.—Works have been begun for the casing with
stone of that portion of the exterior of the Houses of
Parliament which was left in brick in order that the struc-
ture might be continued on the north side of Palace Yard,
opposite the entrance of Westminster Hall. A garden is t 0
occupy the site of the houses which formed the south side
of Bridge-street, Westminster.
AN ENGLISH LIBRARIAN FOR THE BRITISH
MUSEUM.—" We trust that Lord Houghton will persevere
in opposing the appointment of any foreigner to the chief
librarianship of the British Museum. But for the biblio-
graphical crudities of the framer of the rules for the pre-
servation of a printed catalogue of the printed books in the
library of the British Museum, which accompanied the
abortion, issued as its first volume in 18—, we should long
ere this have been in possession of that great desideratum.
A practical English bibliographer, with a proper subdivi-
sion of labour, would be able to produce the catalogues in
less than two years. Let us hope that the good time is
coming.— Weekly Paper.
MR. MACLISE'S WATER-GLASS PICTURE, " The
Death of Nelson," which decorates the Royal Gallery et
Westminster, maynow be seen as well as the arrangements
for lighting the chamber permit ; also, the " Interview be'
tween Wellington and Blucher after Waterloo." Tickets,
obtainable by application, on Saturday afternoons, at en.
adjoining office, immediately admit the visitors to the Royal
Gallery and other parts of the Parliament House.

SCOTT'S KENILWORTH AND PALISSY THE POTTER
are, it is understood, the subject chosen for cele-
bration by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ward this season on the
walls of the Academy. Mr. Ward will probably contra"
bute a picture representing that scene in Scott's "
worth," where Amy Robsart is interrogating Leicester
about the jewels and orders of knighthood, which he, at
her request, wore during the interview at Cumnor. Mr4j.
Ward being engaged meanwhile, we believe, on a picture
representing the last great trial of P&issy the Potter, i.e"
when he had broken the imperfect specimens of his ek-11
notwithstanding the objurgations of his wife, the Nc(u
distress of his children, and the threatening importunities
of his creditors.

GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS AT PENTONVILLS
PRlSON.—Yesterday, in accordance with instructions
received from the Home Secretary, Sir Richard Marle,tlie
Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, gave er-A,erg
that 20 men and a sergeant should be posted at the 31°ue
Prison, Pentonville, to aid in guarding the Fenian Pr;:;
soners who are confined there. The police were ,
posted there on Saturday, the duty commencing at 131-
o'clock in the evening and terminating at six in the n1°111,4-
ing. The duty is divided into two portions of two 11°11''
each, two constables going on at a time. None but c°l3.;
stables of English birth are allowed to do duty there, strict
orders having been given that no Irish constables elt°ll.-
be employed in this special duty. When the two 012-
stables who have done their turn of duty are relieved they
join their comrades, all of whom are provided with aceo9l-
- inside the prison.
An Institution of Jul enile Street-erossil
sweepers has been established under the auspices of L°r,,
Brougham. The rules which the boys are expected to cy.
serve are as follow :-1. The boys to keep to their cross-
ings, except when employed in messages, &c. ; 2. Not t.v.
beg,:but trust to the generous public to pay them for the'
work; 3. To give an account of their earnings to the CO'
mittee, who will decide what portion is to go to pal t,
expenses; 4. To attend the evening school, and pay for tb
same as the committee may decide ; 5. To pay weekly i
wards a fund to provide against sickness and old ag-ci
There are now 18 boys in the company. The two lierra3
boys over the rest sweep in Hanover-square. The unif°
is a green blouse, but the present funds only allow 10 &ml 5.
The police commissioners approve of the plan.
The
WHAT CAN BE DONE BY CO-OPERATIO-,•--
Joint-Stock Coal. Company (Limited) presents
c;
excellent example of what can be accomplished by
0
operation. After declaring a dividend of 10 per cent. tsl
the capital, an additional bonus of 4 per cent. of the t°ich
profits has been paid to the consuming shareholders, w.uaid
is equal to a return of 2s 6d per ton upon the price.Fiin
for their coal, thus giving to the shareholders c°'l3s,,
reality at cost price. The true principles of this colar3oo
thus exemplified, are hardly yet clearly understood by

public.—Mining Journal, Feb. 17.
A BALLOON TRAIN, to ply between the Place of
la Concorde and the Champs de Mars, is spoke°,
as one of the schemes to be tried during the great g3t'e
ing in Paris next year.
THE GUARDS SENT TO IRELAND The Ist band
talien of the Coldstream Guards are to proceed to Ire
-aild
this day.
MARIE ANTOINETTE.—At a late sale of Ott);
graphs at Berlin a curious letter of Mario Antoinette Wats
knocked down for the enormous sum of 7,365 f. It COnsis
not
of four pages, addressed to Count do la March, and
even an extract from it is to be found in any published co
lection.
AMERICAN MINISTER TO GREECE. —The Press,
dent has appointed Captain Nicholas Smith, of thisiCtu
Minister Resident to Greece, to reside at Athens•
is the first appointment of a Minister to that countryc_t
GEN. GRANT,—The Washington cOrresponciteLis
of the New Bedford Mercury thus describes Gen. Gralidt:s
he appears in the streets of the capital :--44 Gen. Graiit r an,
about town in a one-horse buggy just like any other oi
I saw him in F street on Saturday. The top of iiis,b.„l-
- turned down, and he sat in the carriage alone Ls"--. s
ing a cigar, of course), with as little concern as if 3°3511
were never known. Ho is quite a horse-jockey, and does .t,
allow any team to pass him on the road— if he can belY:tt
Think of Wellington or Napoleon, or our own Gel'
his
even, appearing on the street iu a buggy and driviog
own horse ! And yet Gen. Grant has command d larger
'
armies, fought more battles, won more victories, and ca
turgid more cannon than either of them."