The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-17 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Friday.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian
and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and attended
by Lady Churchill, drove yesterday to the Lynn of
Dee.

Princess Louise, attended by Miss Grey, went
out driving.
The Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray, Judge Advo-
cate-General, bad an audience of the Queen, and
kit the Castle yesterday.
Mr. helps arrived at the Castle.
Mr. Walpole had the honour of dining with her
Majesty and the royal family last night.

Saturday.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
drove out yesterday morning, and also in the after-
noon with Princess Chilstiau and Princess Louise.

Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Edin-
burgh, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess
Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, went
at half-past six to Abergeldic, where the Prince
and Princess of Wales gave a gill;es' ba'l, which the
Queen honoured. Her Majesty and the royal family
dined with the Prince and Princess of Wales, and
went again after dinner for a short time to the ball.
The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were iu
attendance.

His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador left
Bryanston-square on Saturday for St. Leonards.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort wi'l shortly
entertain a party of friends at Llangattock, after which
they go to Troy House, Monmouthshire, to receive com-
pany.

- The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and Miss
Dalton arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Satirday
evening from Stockholm.

The Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana
Beauclerk left Mar Lodge an Thursday for Blairgowriel
where they expect to remain a fortnight.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have
been staying. with Lord and Lady Foley, at Worksop
Manor, Notts.

The Earl and Countess of Scarborough have
entertained a select party during the past week at San'
beck, Yorkshire. Among the guests have been the Earl
of Zetland, the Earl and Countess of Bradford, Viscount
Canterbury, Colonel Hon. H. Forester, Colonel Hon. James
and Mrs. Macdonald, Mr. and Lady Augusta Stuart, Mr.
J. Lumley, Mr. H. Chaplin, Mr. H. Sava°, &c.

The Early and Countess Spencer, who are on a
tour of visits in Scotland, have arrived at the Earl Co need
shooting box in the Highlands.

The Obseques of Pie Prince of Conde.

The solemn ceremonial consequent upon the
fun ral obsequies of the Prince of Conde, the eldest
son of the Due d'Aumale, who died of fever in
Sydney on the 24th of May last, took place on Sa-
turday in Miss Taylor's Roman Catholic Chapel,
Weybridge, Surrey, whither the mortal remains of
the young Prince were conveyed on Wednesday last
after their arrival in this country. The chapel was
hung and carpeted with black drapery, and in the
centre a bier was erected, upon which the coffin was
laid. On the lid at the foot was placed a =all
casket, containing the heart of the young Prince,
who at the time of his death was, we beEeve, in the
20th year of his age. The sombre appearance of the
chapel was rather increased than lessened by the
light which was given forth from 14 large wax
candles ; they were fixed in an equal number of
massive silver candlesticks, and were placed along
the rides and at the top and bottom of the coffin.

About 10 o'clock the Duc d'Aumale and other
illus'zious relatives, together with the Duchess()
d'Aumale, the Countess de Paris, and a large num-
h2r of other relatives and friends, arrived at the
chapel, and nearly fi "ed the sacred edifice. Shortly
before 11 o'clock the Right Rev. Dr. Grant, the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, attended by
Mr. Moore, of St. George's Cathedral, Southwark,
arrived at Weybridge, and at 11 o'clock the Bishop
said a low" mass, the Rev. Mr. Moore officiating a 5
chaplain. At the conclusion of the mass the Bishop
gave the " absolution," in the course of which he
sprinkled the coffin with holy water, and fumed it
with incense, in accordance with the form adopted
in the funeral services of the Roman Catholic
Cht—ch.
The Duchesse d'Aumale and other female rela-
tives of the deceased Prince then passed round the
coffin, and sprinkled it with holy water, as did the
Due d'Aumale and the male relations present. It
is needless to say that this part of the ceremony
was most impressive and imposing. Dr. Grant
then said the " Benedictus," and the religious cere-
mony terminated.
The body and the casket containing the Prince's
heart were then taken from the chapel to the vault
under it. The former was laid upon low tressels,
and the casket was, as before, laid upon the coffin.
In the same vault are laid the remains of Louis
Philippe, his Queen, Marie Ame'ie, the Duchesse
de Nemours, and other members of the royal family.
The body of the Prince of Conde will only be here
temporarily, and will be removed with the remains
of the other distinguished persons already men'
tioncd to a new vault which is in course of con'
struction in the immediate vicinity of that in which
they now lie.
The ceremonial having been brought to a close,
the Duc d'Aumale, and the other relations 00
friends of the deceased, left Weybridge, and PO;
ended to their residence in the neighbourhood °'
Twickenham.

SOLEMN AND IMPOSING CEREMONY. —Yesterd39
morning a very solemn and imposing ceremony toA
place at the Catholic Church, Fulham-fields, in the presort°,
of a large and respectable congregation. The mournf°'
occasion was that of the burial in the grounds attached t°
that sacred edifice of the remains of Mis 3 Catharine lif3rAiLb
Swift, the much-beloved daughter and oni_y child of Iticlia'-
Swift, Esq., some time M.P. for the county of Sligo, 5 jng:
gistrate for the county of Middlesex, and who a few yea-
ago discharged the duties of one of the sheriffs for Loud°
and Middlesex. The deceased young lady had from girli
hood made up her mind to devote herself to the glory
God, and had been preparing for some time to join a
gious community belonging to that Church of which ollsi
was so devoted and ardent a member; but unfortunateil,
to the grief of her sorrowing friends and all who kneW
her expectations were prematurely and in the prime of life
frustrated by the hand of death. Miss Swift died on It°°°:
clay morning last at Folkestone, and her remains hav
been brought to London were yesterday interred in a Pr:
Tate vault prepared to receive them with all the solera'i
ceremonials of the Catholic Church, performed with gre!,
impressiveness by Dr. Morris, the venerable- Bishop of Trci.,'
assisted by a number of clergymen. The mournful sal'
attracted a large assemblage, many of whom were (I°°ll
affected at the premature removal of ono who was so
versally beloved in her life as she is lamented in her deatb'
Observer.
THE COMMAND OF THE CHANNEL FLEET.---
The
appointment of Rear-Admiral Warden, C. 13., t°
second in command of the Channel Fleet, howevorl,a,lo
paiontly unnecessary, is significant of ono fact, that loktr.
not the intention of the present Board of Admiralty t°
tinue Rear-Adndral Yelverton, C. 8., as Commataler.at-
Chief beyond the year for which he receives his aPPtge
ment from the Duke of Somerset. Two admirals t°
charge of less than a dozen vessels would be far too 11 d,
au arrangement in these days of economy. While olirx,.
ing to Rear-Admiral Warden we cannot but help reo3,°u_ra
ing that the fact of his hoisting his flag on board the Ptllio
Clyde presses hard upon Captain Dow, unless, indeed' ole
officer would rather than not have a flag flying fr°l'lrica
of his mastheads. Captain Dew, when he conenli°6-,ls
thd Lord Clyde, fully fully expected that ho wouldtPit is
an independent command ; and, notwithstanding tha
~jor
a general and wholesome rule that all officers should re'ser.
their own convenience subsequent to the good of tbetedll
vice, sti'l captains will feel annoyed when unexPec they
deprived of ceti,ain privileges, the absence of whiell.„,pti
never contemplated when apply ing for active emploPrilreti
and we can scarcely believe thr..; the honour now co°.ificee
upon Captain Dew will compensate him for the ette•
he will be callod upon to make.—Army and Navy 0;
)10.
MILITARY AEROSTATICS.—The Memorial -11,10
nzatique says that an Ausi,rien engineer, M. StemPsere-
invented an aerostatic apparatus for the purpose a 0-
tl
ing during war the strategical movements of an oneloYe'oo,
trial was made a few days since in the presence of
.9:reebt,
miss:on of superior officers and of the Archdeke
generalissimo of the Imperial army. The apparat°oB7,pa Do-
consists of five balloons connected together, Sacco lie
yond all expectations. A final experiment wilt shortly °d
place before the Emperor, but the results already °l'deja9
have been such as to cause the invention to be regal'
ono certain to be adopted.