The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-01 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive
yesterday, attended by Viscountess Walden.
The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the
Italian Opera in the evening, attended by 11.13-
countess Walden and Major Grey.

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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Their Royal High-
nesses the Princo and Princess of Wales, the Duke of St.
Albans and Baron Bentinck occupied her Majesty's box at
the Royal Italian Opera last night, and witnessed the
performance of " Faust e Margherita." Their royal high-
nesses were attended by Viscountess Walden and Major
Grey.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde by
his company at dinner yesterday at the family residence in
Stratton-street, Piccadilly. There were present to meat
the royal duke•—the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and
Lady Emily Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Cork, the
Earl and Countess of Wilton, Viscount Lascelles, Viscount
Hamilton, Lord Redesdale, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bing-.
ham, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, and Lord Thin"
kellin, M.P. ; and Colonel Tyrwhitt, in attendance on the
Duke of Cambridge.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and
the Countess Apponyi were honoured by the presence of
their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
Princess Mary at dinner yesterday evening at chandos
House. The royal guests arrived at 8 o'clock, attended by
Colonel Purves. There were present to meet the illustrious
guests—his Highness the Prince of Teck, his Excellency
the Netherlands Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian
Minister and Baroness Blome, the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough, the Marchioness of Ely, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Malmesbury, the Earl of Sefton, General and LadY
Alice Peel, Lady Bloomfield, Count Pahlen, Count Pal-
noky, Baron Hubner, and Mr. William Peel.
The Duke of Buccleuch is expected to arrive at
Montague House, Whitehall, to-day from Bowhill, Sel-
kirkshire. The duchess and Lady Margaret Scott do not
come to town for the present.
The Earl of Powis, accompanied by the Countess
of Powis and Lady Harriet Herbert, have arrived at the
family residence in Berkeley-square from Powis Castle'
Welshpool.
The Earl and Countess of Mountcharles will
return to town to-day from visiting the Earl and Countess
of Harrington at Elf aston Castle, Derbyshire.
The Earl of Orford has left Claridge's Hotel for
Norfolk.
The Earl and Countess of Aylesford and Lad/
Anne Finch have arrived at Claridge's Hotel foom Pacic-
ington Hall, Coventry.
The Earl of Clonmel left London last evening
for Bishop's Court, county Kildare.
The Countess of Leicester and Lady Anne Colts
have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Holkham 11311'
Norfolk.

Lady Jenkinson and family have arrived at the
Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.
Lady Eleanor Balfour has left Claridge's 10°1
for East Sheen.
Lady Bloomfield arrived in London last week
from the British Embassy at Vienna.
Lady Clarence Paget and family left town les'
terday for Folkestone, where her ladyship intends staYins
a few days.
Count and Countess G. de Wezele have returned
to Eaton-square from Rome.
The nuptials of the Hon. Mr. Cotton, son of
Viscount Combermere, with the wealthy heiress, 3°l
Fletcher, will be solemnised in London in the course c;
the month, as soon as the health of Lord Kenyon, her
guardian, will permit of his assisting at the coremonY,
DEATH OF LORD AND LADY RIVERS._ Withill
few hours of each other Lord and Lady Rivers have bet v
died suddenly. On Saturday night, shortly before
o'clock, his lordship, who had been suffering from heart
disease, suddenly expired, and a littlo before 8 o'clock yes-
terday morning his tidy died, after a short illness, of con-
gestion of the lungs. The deceased were the same age:
both having been born in 1810. George Pitt Rivers, fourth
Baron Rivers, succeeded his father, Horace William Beet-
ford, Baron Rivers, in January, 1831. In February, 183 q
he married Lady Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower, Odes
daughter of the first Earl Granville, and sister of the Pre-
sent Earl, Lord President of the Council. They had
large family, of whom one eon—Henry Peter Pitt Riverust
born 1849, who succeeds—and five daughters survive. I'
deceased lord was Deputy-Lieutenant for Dorsetsbire, ttnto
Lieut.-Colonel of the Dorset Yeomanry. From 18414 z
1846, and again from 1853 to 1858, he was Lord in Wait`nt`
to the Queen, and in 1859 was reappointed to the P°s
He was a Conservative.