The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-14 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Princess of Wales teok a carriage drive on
Saturday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. A. Hardinge•
In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales
went to the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Hon.
Mrs. A. Hardinge and Major Teesdale in waiting,
attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, yesterday.
The Communion service was read by the Rev. the
Sub-dean, the Rev. J. V. Povah, and Rev. Daniel
Moore. Anthem, " God is gone up" (Croft), sung
by Masters Carmichael and Searle and Messrs•
Francis R. Barnby, Cummings, and Lawler. Mr.
Goss presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Daniel
Moore, honorary chaplain to her Majesty, from
Acts, chap. i., v. 9.

THO VOLUNTEERS.

On Saturday evening the London Scottish Volun-
teer Rifle Corps, under Lieut.-Colonel Lord
.Elcho,
M.P., and Major Sir David Baird, was officially in-
spected for the War-office by Gen. Sir Hope Grant,
G.C.B. The regiment mustered in the Wellington
barracks, Birdcage-walk, to the number of 300,
divided into six companies, under the command of
Capt. Mackenzie, Capt. Sandeman, Capt. Pender,
Lieut. Scott, and Capt. Macgregor. The regiment
marched, headed by its brass band and the bagpipes,
to Hyde Park, where the companies were deployed
into line to await the coming of Sir Hope Grant,
who was received with the customary general salute.
The gallant General, attended by Lord Elcho, rode
round the line while it was at the open order, then
took his position at the flag-staff to witness themarch
past in open and close column. This was exceed-
ingly well done, and the sixth, Capt. Macgregor's
company, deserves especial mention for the dressing
kept during the march, and which showed to ad-
vantage the pains that had been taken to properly
size the men—a point too often overlooked by
volunteer captains. After marching past, line was
again formed, and the advance in this formation,
though somewhat slow, was remarkably steady
The general movements of a regiment in the field
were then gone through, and at the close of the pro-
ceedings Sir Hope, who is the honorary colonel of
the corps, addressed the men, and in a short speech
expressed the great pleasure with which he had
watched their movements, which, he said, had been
exceedingly well executed. He dwelt with great
pride upon the appearance of the corps, but he
thought that appearance would be greatly height-
ened if the whole regiment were kilted, instead of
ocly the front and rear companies, and he hoped
that by the next time he had the pleasure of meet-
ing them they would all adopt the kilt. In con-
clusion he said he should make a favourable report
to the War-office. At a short distance from the
place where the London Scottish were inspected
Lord Ranelagh's regiment, the South (2) Middlesex'
was inspected by Col. Erskine, the Inspector-Gen'
of the Volunteer Force. There were eight cow' -
panies, in all about 350 members, under Lord ltane-
lagh's command, and after the usual field movements
had been executed, the inspecting officer expressed
his satisfaction generally with what he had seen,
but said that a large corps like this should have been
represented on such an occasion as the annual in-
spection by a much larger number of the menihert
The 20th Middlesex, under Col. Bigge, the 37T
(Bloomsbury), under Major Ware, and the 39tA
(Finsbury), under Col. Penton and Major Burgessi:
were officially inspected together in Regent's-par
few days earlier, when the 20th and the 39th re-
'll Of
ceived special commendation. A brigade drill
several of the metropolitan regiments was held 7.
Saturday afternoon in Bushey-park, under Colone:!
M‘Murdo, the ex-Inspector-Gen. of the Voluntell
Force. There was no firing allowed, but the drl,..
given was a very instructive one in every respect
On Saturday afternoon the borough of Marylebo
r'es,
challenge cup, a prize given by the sitting mel3lb_e as
Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Thomas Chambers, v'
fired for at the Wormholt-scrubbs. The ooelP,,
tion was open to all the corps in the boroileo
namely, the 9th (West) Middlesex, the 20th, 11.
29th, and 36th (Paddington), with 15 men On
The two first-mentioned corps only put in an 61;
pearance, and the ranges were 200, 500, and ,he
yards, seven shots at each. The cup was won bY l'ova
West Middlesex by upwards of 100 points above
their antagonists. The International Enfield Niro
is this year to be shot off in Scotland, by the 01c%.
of the Scottish side, who were the winners last yet3:o
The English Twenty are under Captain Field, of a
Hon. Artillery Company, and it is belieVed th3t
good body of men will be taken to Scotland :II
this side. Major Leech, the captain of the Jr
at
Twenty, has found great difficulty up to the pressje
time in selecting a squad—a difficulty villitsh,
greatly increased by the fact that the London
in -le
do not use the long Enfield, the weapon in
hands of all the other rifle Volunteer corpist
Middlesex, and used in all competitions•
rat.
doubtful if Ireland will be represented at the le
_llO
coming competition, for the good Enfield shots., yvnot
can claim to be Irish by birth or lineage willow
compete unless they find that the squad is so
atter
posed as to give a chance of winning. It is a 131,soela
of almost general regret that the competition 13; woo
be taken from Wimbledon, ina,smuch 1, to
looked upon as one of the great attractions 01;
national meeting, and most of the competitors/0"
Wimbledon the most convenient place.
Miss Russell, the distinguished prima don of
give a concert at the Canterbury Hall on PriclaY, the and
June, when several celebrated artistes will aPPst7ro in
various novelties will be introduced for the first kill sing
this country. During the evening Miss Itusselirl
new ballad, written expressly for her by W. F
the . eveuig's
entitled " I love thee still." A programme of
of
few
entertainment will be published in the course
days. • inal in the
PORTRAIT OF BEETHOVEN, from an orig
to the
collection of Dr. T. G. V. Karajan. This is bY,„tod with'
and stormy
sateclolrs;:"qtaier,eybetsitt
Th moster
e i
sagreeablethe well-knownl ieness t that
lofty
yve
and some touches of humour about the In"
.„,,ebe.
more of thought than of despairing melanche I'befitting
one whose humour in music has never been appi"
brow are
asany
AthenteaM.
ld by auction
•
THREE PARIS THEATRES were sold Y
le A
intoga
the other day at the Palais de Justice--ete, for
Comique for 1,236,000 francs ; the Theatre de J v
for or 1261°13
1,050,000 francs; and the Theatre Montmartr
francs.