The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-21 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Tuesday.
The Queen and Princess Helena drove out yester-
day morning.

In the afternoon her Majesty went out, accom-
panied by Princess Helena, and attended by the
Duchess Dowager of Athole and Miss M'Gregor.
Princess Louise went out riding, attended by Miss
Cathcart.

Prince Leopold drove out, attended by Lieut.
Stirling. -

In the evening her Majesty received (by telegram)
the melancholy intelligence of the death of her
grandson, his Royal Highness Prince Sigisinumb
the fourth child of their Royal Highnesses the Crown
Prince and Princess of Prussia, aged one year and
nine months.

THE COURT.—The Queen and Royal family are
expected to return to the Castle from Balmoral in
a few days. Orders have been received at the Castle and
preparations made in Henry lll.'s tower for the reception
of the Royal children of Prince and Princess Louis of
Hesse-Darmstadt, who are expected to arrive there either
this evening or to-morrow forenoon. The State apartments
of Windsor Castle have been closed to the public since her
Majesty's departure for Scotland, and will remain so until
after the wedding of her Royal Highness Princess Helene
on the sth proximo, as all the rooms on the north side, as
well as the Vandykeguccarelli, the Waterloo Chamber, the
reception rooms, and the tapestry rooms looking into the
quadrangle, are being fitted up in a style of magnificence
similar to those when the Emperor and Empress of the
French visited her Majesty at the Castle.

Dinner to the Judges.

Yesterday evening Mr. Alderman Gibbons and
Mr. J. Figgins, sheriffs of London and Middlesex,
entertained her Majesty's judges at a banquet in the'
hall of the Salters' Company. The judges who
honoured the sheriffs with their company were Baron
Martin, Justice Willes, Justice Keating, Baron.
Pigott, Justice Mellor, Justice Shee, Justice Smith,
and Justice Lush ; and among the members of the
bar who were present were Queen's Counsellors
Warren, Chambers (Common Sergeant), Malins,
James, Hardinge, Giffard, and Millward ; and Ser-
geants Payne, Tindall Atkinson, and Robinson, and
Mr. Sleigh. General Pennefather represented the
army, and Sir W. Codrington and Sir F. Nicholson
the navy. The prime wardens and masters of the
principal City companies had also been invited, and
most of them were present. The loyal toasts were •
proposed and responded to with the usual enthu-
siasm. In proposing the toast of the " Army, NOY,
and Volunteers," Mr. Sheriff Gibbons expressed the
hope that we might escape the privations which some.
nations of the Continent were already suffering. le
responding to the toast, General Pennefather
al-
luded to the improvements which had been intro-,
duced into the organisation of the British army under
the administration of the illustrious Duke the Cony
mander-in-chief, and expressed a confident opinion
that as the army had never failed in the past, so in
the future it would never fail to perform all that
' was required of it. Admiral Codrington, respond'
ing for the navy, said that although sailors were
always particularly at home in the City of Low
don, a genuine salt would feel even more than p*
home in the Salters' Hall. The health of the
Lord Mayor having been • duly honoured, Mr'
Sheriff Gibbons proposed the toast of " Her Ma'
jesty's Judges," and in a brief speech expressed
the confidence which all classes of the people'
and more especially the citizens of London, enter-
tained in the honesty, the uprightness, and the inl;
partiality of the present tenants of the judicial
bench. The toast was received with all the honours,
and in its acknowledgment Baron Martin said that
.
although the -judges in the discharge of their duties'
did not depend upon popular applause, they were
naturally not insensible to publiz approval. For the
last century and a half at least no judge had allowed
private favour to overpower the obligations of public
duty ; and SO long as a similar course was pursued
he did not doubt that the judicial bench would
command the respect and the esteem not only of
the citizens of London but of the whole people of
England. With the City of London, as far at least
as their criminal jurisdiction was concerned, the
judges had a more than usually intimate connexion,
and on that occasion it was not inappropriate to ac-
knowledge that nothing bad more conduced to the
well administration of the law in the City of Lon-
don than the excellent judgment which the citizens
had displayed in the election of those who, as f3l:
as the law was concerned, principally represented,
them. The learned baron concluded by proposing
" The health of the Sheriffs," which was respond°
to by Mr. Sheriff Gibbons. Among the other toasts
were " The Bar of England," responded to by Mr'
M. Chambers, Q.C., and "The Magistrates of the
City of London," acknowledged by Sir J. Musgrove'
The proceedings of the evening were enlivened 133:
the performance of a party of vocalists, under tilt'
direction of Mr. Lawler.

PRINCESS'S THEA i RE.

The benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean at the
house last night attracted an overflowing audience,
by whom both artists were received with eutha'
siastic applause. The performances consisted °ff
" The Merchant of Venice," and the comedy
" The Jealous Wife," with Mr. and Mrs. Kean a;
Shylock and Portia in the former play, and as ,r
and Mrs. Oakley in the latter.
On the conclusion of the first piece, Mr. I;e3l'_
appeared in front of the curtain and addressed tliu
audience in the following words :
I,t
" Ladies and gentlemen,—This being the last night
present engagement, allow me, in Mrs. Kean's 21,0 j
and my own, to offer our heartfelt thanks for the core`
reception with which we have been honoured after °tiro
long absence from England. To find ourselves once 01°-,
at home amongst old and valued friends is indeed to us °
source of inexpressible happiness, and the pleasure 74
derive from such a meeting softens the remembrance
past anxieties and perils. It will be a considerable tin;
before we can again appear in London, as we ProPic'he
devoting next season to a farewell tour throughout
provinces. In the autumn of 1867 and in the followl;
spring of 1868 we are engaged to return here for ts.
brief engagements, which will conclude our theatri€:(l,
career. In the hope that life and health will be sett"
and that we may be permitted to meet you again at et,
period named, and now, for my wife and myself, rose

fully and gratefully bid you farewell."
The brief address was received very favourabioli
and Mr. Kean retired amid the hearty plaudits '

the audience.

THEATRE.—Mr.hasDbReUcoRmYe-LsoAl:Tesseeofthish
for seven years, commences from Ihe Ist of July nOth' a
HOOTINGS FROM THE " OWL."—We are erl3'::r
theatre. F.
ils3l.eaCser
N,t.theAcr_tolli
to state that the deliberations of the Cabinet YeS'-tr;
day resulted in a determination on the part of Ministe I
tender their resignations to her Majesty, and that a ere-013..
messenger left town last night for Balmoral with a GOop.
munication to that effect from Earl Russell to the
The extreme inconvenience caused by her MajeeVs reci
sence at Balmoral may be estimated when it is retnemeo,
that it will be necessary to hold a Privy Council t°t to
nounce our neutrality in the Continental war, an
tha
do this some right honourable gentleman will have l° Pe
form a long journey to Scotland, and a delay a two
e°o
three days will be unavoidably incurred should the Quelea
not return immediately to Windsor. We are inf°ll:o-
- to obviate to some extent the inconvenicuc° cl-4,1 a
sinned by her Majesty's residence in the llighlaucle;ot
time of such importance, the Army Clothing DcPartiveir
has been ordered to supply the Ministry with 6° 11,t
leagued—Balmoral—boots. We believe it is likoly
Lord Alfred Churchill will be appointed to the g°ver
ment of Jamaica. ,L‘ 0 -
ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM A TRAIN -1" Ler_
TioN.—On Friday afternoon last, Robert
tPo Ber-
son, while being removed by rail from Edinburgh
wick, in the custody of the chief constable a he 1h
shire, who apprehended him here ou a charg pingo"-
at the
jumped out of the carriage while the train was gaci3o,s
rate of 30 miles an hour, and just as it was APP.r°
_t the
Grant's House station. On the arrival of the tray o:
station the engine was uncoupled,
the
and returned
.u,F,:o,
line with the chief constable to look out for the f
vi,'_"jog
but with no avail, and up to a late hour yesterday:c %tit
M'Pherson was still at largo. It is thought that 12ttte
be much hurt. by his daring adventure,
alighting on the ground he Was seen to take t o his
Edinburgh Courant.
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