The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-17 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The ball given by Major-General and Lady Marld
Hood to their Royal Highnesses the Prince an
, Princess of Wales at Cumberland Lodge was at-
tended by a large number of the principal resident;
round Windsor, the guests including the Earl °
Mountcharles, Lady M. Berkeley and Miss Berke'
ley, General Seymour and Lady Emily Seymour'
Lady Filmer, Lady Annaly and Miss White'
Colonel and Mrs. Ferguson, Colonel Ewart, Mrs.
Ewart, and Miss Bulkeley, Colonel Ponsonby, CaP-
tain, Mrs., and Miss Seymour, Captain Needbol
Captain Rowley, &c. The fine quadrille band °
the Ist Life Guards was in attendance, and dancing
was continued till about four o'clock yesterday
morning. Yesterday their royal highnesses were
to have met the royal harriers at Stoke Park, thci
seat of Mr. E. J. Coleman, situated in Bucks, an
about four miles from Windsor. Every preparati°
had been made to welcome the prince and
princess'
and, notwithstanding the heavy rain which 13
been falling during the morning, a number
the
gentlemen reached the mansion opposite which t
meet with the royal harriers had been fixed o
take place. As the time went by, and the ra.7,
continued to come down almOst in torrents, am'e
hope of their highnesses making their appearance
scis;
was given up, and at about noon a messenger fr°—
General Hood brought a communication to
Coleman informing that gentleman that, in conse-
quence of the miserable state of the weather, the
prince and princess had been obliged to defer their
intended visit. Their royal highnesses were ansi°us'
however, not to disappoint Mr. and Mrs. Coleman;
and it was accordingly intimated that if the mee,
should be fixed for Stoke-park on this day fortnight
_
the prince and princess would, if possible, do the:
the honour of attending it and visiting the inallai°e,
In the meantime their royal highnesses haver a
mained the guests of General and Lady Mary o°°3.
at Cumberland Lodge, where it was understoo
there would be another dinner party last night. ce
Unless unforeseen obstacles should arise the Prill3l
and Princess of Wales will honour the next music,
festival at Norwich with their presence. AlthoT,
they have now made frequent sojourns in N01f0,15',0
their royal highnesses have never yet visited 70
capital of the country. Great preparations will
made at Norwich for their reception.

THE COURT.—According to the latest arraqe:
ments her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses Frill,
cesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince LeoP.lcii
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, '',,,
return either on Tuesday or Wednesday from Osborne
Windsor Castle.

Our contemporary, the Shilling Magazine, 1135
been lately treating its readers to some extract 3
from the literary papers of Robert Schumann-- a coraPc)ser
whose name bids fair shortly to attain as wide a popalrivj
with us as it enjoys in Germany. They consist of notices
—partly personal, partly criticalr—of Beethoven, lien;
delssohn, Schubert, Sterndale-Bennett, Chopin, and (41
eminent musicians, and are the most interesting and read
able things in this department of literature that we 11$'-
met with for some time. We cordially recommend the!
to our readers. Though translations, they read more liO
originals, and do infinite credit to the translator whoever
he may be.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR Tll5
ENSUING WEEK.—Monday, Asiatic, at 3 : " Introduct°l
Remarks to an Assyrian Dictionary " the hon. secretary'
Mathematical : " Polygons of an Even Number of Side 5'
&c.," Mr. Cotterrell; " A Proof that every Continuo
Function was a Root," Professor De Morgan. Society
at
Arts, at 8 : Canter Lecture. Tuesday—Horticultural,
3 : General meeting andLectvre. Engineers at 8: "
way Stations, Shops, &c." Royal Institution, at 3 : "
Professor Tyndall. Anthropological, at 8: " PsYch.bed
Characteristics of English People," Mr. Pike; "'user- f
Stones of Veraguas," Dr. Seemann ; 16 Negro B°l of
Bunu," Mr. Robins. Statistical, at 8 : " Organisation, ‘s4cl°
Fr
each and English Navies in 1865," Col. Sykes. Welass"s.'"
--Meteorological, at 7 : " Daily Weather Diagram, 16;
Mr. Cator ; "Fluctuations of Annual Fall of Ral°,"
Symons. Society of Arts, at 8: "Modern Legislati:Tuer,
regard to Steamships," Mr. Gray. Geological, at 8 ; f
tiary Mollusca of Jamaica," " Tertiary Echinoderull":o
West Indies," " Tertiary Brachiopoda of West Inclieo
Mr. Lechmere Guppy ; Affinities of Platysotuas, gos.
Allied Genera," "Scales of Rhizodus, Owen," Dr- yo
Q 4.:
Archeological Association, at 8/. Literature, all Dv-
" Confucius," Colonel Alexander. Thursday—E'cr...6l,
stitution, at 3 : " Heat," Professor Tyndall. Zoologi-o,
at 4. Linnean, at 8. Chemical, at 8. Royal, at iii-
tiquaries, at 8/ : Election of Fellows. Friday—ROY doll
stitution, at 8 : " Kent's Cavern, Torquay," Mr. Peugg- oat
Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3 : "Art Education ;
Works of Art should be Viewed," Professor Westulse°
Botanic, at 31.—Athenaum.
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NATIONAL CHORAL SOCIETY.—ROSird'S
Mater" and Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise" will
formed by the National Choral Society on Wedlielie
next, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin. 3.1°.-0-- in
or-
Mater"
Parepa will on this occasion make her first appeoaljnetber
Exeter Hall since her return from America. Ibo 3fr.
vocalists are Miss Annie Cox, Miss Lucy Frankleil'' will
Leigh Wilson, and Mr. Weiss. The band and chorus

number nearly 700 performers. 0"
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP.—" Na-a 1:112f
will be shortly performed at one of the coneerv%ol..
the Liverpool Philharmonic Society ; and also, it i 5
moured, at the Norwich festival. An amusing corroe.no
dent in last week's Orchestra writes of a Mozart colebrti.;„
held at Coblentz, under the direction of Herr Brueli,:o
n The orchestra in that town, which is but slenderli
dowed with musical life, was largely reinforced by e°lcitteoff
and artisans, but the performance, we are assured, We110.e.5
with true, hearty German spirit." The same writer Os
Herr Reiter, who is at the head of the music of Basle, a
to
composer worth looking after, specifying particol3tv,z.ive
oratorio by him, " Das neue Paradies." Italian pap ere'/
the name of Signor Ticci as having produced an c'hr
"La Vivandiera al Campo di Frederigo IL," 15
found favour with the public at Siena. German jell" pa
announce the publication at Bremen of
an oratorio, by Herr Meinardus.—Athenssum.
appear
are
MR. BETHELL AND MR. WELCH, it aPPe" Z.,10
to be tried on a criminal information, on the 'ot•
intv3e
of corrupt practices in obtaining a judicial *Pe" t per
It is much to be regretted that the matter was fie.ol.
mated to drop. Nothing is to be gained by its ;to,
Ample punishment has been inflicted already-1°,1.0 like'
enough to deter others who might be inclined to
."_jad
wise. The wholeaffair had passed out of the public wfoto
nobody desires that it should be stirred again. Wh2lLora
this hostility of the Government to an old colleague' Law
Westbury is still a power, and may return the
Times of to-clay. At the
"Sins 0101110
GOOD SHOOTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES' t wool
recent competition of the rifle volunteers, at Mar
for the monthly challenge plate, Ensign Twigglibat rely'
members with a score of 19 points, and won. ",,,ious
ders it the more singular is, that on the day' Pre'n „
had the misfortune to have his collar-bone broke v.' ,ed
tempting to check a young horse, by which he we'lleedr:ag;of
on the ground for several hundred yards. Oil t_cture re'
the accident ho went to Lincoln and had the fru.
the rifle
duced, and on the day following he appeared a:
slinS
butts, and came off a victor with his arm in
Leeds Mercury. o•ht last
A HIGHWAYMAN SHOT.—On Saturday "0_ s
an attempt at highway robbery was made hem from
fora,
cWorviegnhtti,..s,7willheie•
nofthWreeilbLn
them laid hold of and attempted to stop his horse
Wright at once drew his pistol, and fired at the or :two
held the horse, when he cried out " Oh," and tli.d of the
Hceamweasurpeotnuziranf
atiol.eoveoorf.
men made off. Since then nothing has been
tter,'led
men, although the police have investigated the Ina
ru _babio
searched the district thoroughly. It is thought Pappir
that the man who cried out is wounded, 9,nd will be
ing for surgical aid somewhere.