The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-21 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

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OSBORNE, July 20.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Louise and Princess Bea-
trice, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this
morning with the Princesses.

General Peel returned to London yesterday.

The llon. Mrs. Wellesley arrived in the after-
noon, and had the honour of dining with the Queen
and royal family.

Prospects of Peace.

(From the Morning Post.)
In another column appears a telegram, dated last
night, from Paris, which asserts, on good autho-
rity, that the armistice for five days has been
accepted by the belligerents."
If this prove to be true, it is a " suspension of
arms" for five days that has been accepted with a
view to signing an " armistice" of six weeks, which
period, it is calculated, will allow ample time for the
settlement of all details and the signature of peace.
The suspension of arms implies a preconcerted
agreement on the bases of a pacific arrangement.
These, we have reason to believe, are in substance :
1. The dissolution of the present Germanic Con-
federation.

2. The construction of a Bund, from which
Austria is to be excluded.

3. Prussia to annex the Elbe Duchies, except
North Schleswig, which is to revert to Denmark•
Prussia to have the entire control of the military
forces of Germany north of the Main, and to con-
elude military conventions to that end with the
various States whose sovereigns will be restored.
4. The cession of Venetia to the King of Italy:
We trust that the Paris telegram is correct in As
tidings of peace. The objects of the war are virtu-
ally attained. Prussia would lose them all by a
defeat at Florisdorf, and could win but little for
herself by a victory. Austria, on the other hand,
if defeated would risk being swept from the face
of Europe, while if victorious she could hardly hope
to recover her position in Germany.

AN ETON-EIGHT OF CABINET MINISTERS.
During his last tenure of office the Earl of Derby,
in the course of a public speech, stated that he
tould form an " Eton-eight" out of the members
composing his Government. Were he now to refer
to the same subject, he could assert that an " Eton-
eight" might be formed from the members of the
Cabinet only. We observe in " Debrett's Peerage,:
Baronetage, Knightage, and House of Commons,"
that, in addition to the Premier, the following Mi-
nisters were educated at Eton, viz. :—The Duke of
Buckingham, the Earls of Carnarvon and Malmee-
bury, Lord John Manners, Viscount Cranborne,
Sir Stafford Northcote, and the Right Hon. Spencer
Walpole. From the same work we also learn that
seven out of the sixteen members of the nevi
Cabinet were born in three different years—el,
the Premier, Sir John Pakington, and General
Peel in 1799 ; the Earls of Malmesbury and Devon
1807 ; and Lord John Manners and Sir Stafford
Northcote in 1818. The oldest member of the
Cabinet is Lord Chelmsford, born 1794; the
youngest is the Earl of Carnarvon, born 1831 ; and
the only unmarried member is Lord Stanley.
DUBLIN, Friday Night.—The Marquis of Aber-
corn arrived in Dublin early this morning and at once
drove to the Viceregal-lodge. At half-past two o'clock be
proceeded to the Castle, where he was sworn in as Lora
Lieutenant with the usual formalities. He returned to
England this evening by the mail steamer. He will Mate,
his public entry into this city in about three weeks.
DEATH OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL
PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—George Morris, Beck/
Secretary of the National Provident Institution, of which
he was a founder, died at Blackheath on Thursday last'
aged 54, after a long and painful illness. By the display
of high mental qualities, fitting him in an eminent degree
for his office, by a strict adhesion to justice, and by latex'''.
ble and sterling integrity, he commanded the esteem of ell
connected with interested in the progress of that
osperous establishment, the advancement °f
which may be attributed in a great measure to his un-
wearied exertions and anxious care. Of a cheerful and
hospitable disposition he secured the affection of a select
circle of friends and an extensive acquaintance, by whom
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his loss will be deeply deplored, for it may be truly said
that every man who knew him has lost a friend. Mr'
Morris has left a widow and three daughters.
JUNIOR CARLTON CLUB.—The committee of the
Carlton have passed a resolution to allow the members of
the Junior Carlton the use of their club-house in Pall-
mall during the alterations at their temporary club-hour
in 'Waterloo-place. As it is a rule of the Carlton not to
admit friends of members, the members of the Jul:lief
Carlton will have to dispense with this privilege whilst
they use the Carlton Club-house, so kindly placed at their
disposal. The new club-house of the Junior Carlton Will
be ready in about three years' time.
SHAKSPERE'S PLAYS have some of them been re-
cently translated into Hindostanee, and published at BOW'
bay.

THE BISHOPRIC OF MEATH.—The first exercise of
ecclesiastical patronage that has fallen to the lot of
the new Administration will be called for in Ireland. The
death of Bishop Singer has left a vacancy in the Irish
episcopacy, and of course all sorts of rumours are afloat se
to the probable successor. Amongst the most prominent
of those who are nominated by the outside public for the
vacant see is the Rev. A. T. Lee, LL.D., rector of Ahog-
hill, who, whether as a parish parish priest or as an able
defender of the National Church in Ireland, has undoubt-
edly claims which it would be difficult to dispute. Air'
Lee's pamphlets on the Irish Church have furnished facts
and statistics for half the letters and leading articles that
have been published on that subject during the last 12
months ; and it is only fair to say that they are completely
divested of any extreme views or any littleness of opinion,
whilst they firmly uphold the unity of the Established
Church of England and Ireland, and demonstrate its nee".
fulness and necessity. The Dean of Cork, the Dean 01
Emly, the Rev. Dr. Butcher, Regius Professor of Divinity
at Dublin, and the Rev. Dr. Lee, of Ahoghill, are men-
tioned for the bishopric of Meath, vacant by the death of
Dr. Singer.—Herald.
THE LATE ROBBERY OF £12,000 WORTH OF STAUPS
AT MANCHESTER.—Thursday a middle-aged mall,.
who gave the name of Charles Batt, was placed at the her.
of Bow-street Police-court, before Sir Thomas Henry
charged with having in his possession a £1 stamp, or bill,
supposed to be part of the produce of a robbery committed
at the office of the Hon. Mr. Howard, distributor of stamps
at Manchester, in the month of May last. The prosecution
was conducted by Mr. Jacobs, from the office of the solicitor
of the inland revenue. The prisoner was undefended. It
was stated by Mr. Jacobs, on behalf of the prosecution,
that between the 26th and 28th of May last, the Stain'
office at Manchester was broken into, and stamps, bills, re-
ceipts, medical labels, &c., amounting in the aggregate to
nearly £12,000, were stolen. In spite of the exertions of
the police none of the property had been traced up to the
present day, although, from the fact of the stamps for cer-
tain districts being issued on different kinds of paper, it
would not be difficult to identify the greater portion of the
stolen property. It happened, however, that on that after-
noon the prisoner applied to Mr. Walker, the chief ex-
aminer of spoilt stamps, for the value of a £1 bill, alleged
to have been accidentally spoilt, and his great experience
and knowledge of the different kinds of stamps issued
enabled him at once to identify the bill presented as one
similar in description to those which had been sent to the
Manchester collector. The prisoner, who gave a very con-
tradictory account of himself, was remanded.

• EFFECTIVE WRITING..—An able writer is a great
power in a country. A marble tablet, in the school-room
of the Field-lane Refuge, records the acknowledgments of
the society for the graphic articles in the London Times,
" The Houseless Poor," written by Mr. Nicholas A. WoodS
one of the Times' staff, which brought contributions °f

2,000 to the funds of the institution.
The number of London theatres now licensed by
he Lord Chamberlain, fix' the performance of any kind of
drama whatever, is twenty-three. Of these we give a list,

together with the number of persons which each will con-

tain, extracted from an official statement recently laid before

Parliament :

Her Majesty's ... ... 2,200
Drury Lane... ... ... 2,500
Covent Gorden ... ... 2,500
Haymarket ~. ~. ... 1,500
Princess's ... ... ... 2,000 I
St. James's ... ... ... 1,000 I
Adelphi... ... ... ... 1,800
Lyceum... ... ... ... 1,700
.larylebone ... ... ... 1,200
Olympic... ... ... ... 1,000
Strand ... ... ... ... 700 I

Surrey 2,000
Pavilion 2,300
Grecian 2,000
Britannia 2,400
City of London 1,400
Standard... . 2,000
Garrick 1,100
New Royalty... . 6°o
900
Queen's
Sadler's Wells 1,800

Astley's ... 2,200 I 23.theatres, :contain-

VictOria.

2;000

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A County Conservative Registration Association
on a large scale is being formed in London, and we are
given to understand that the leaders of the party and large
numbers of the principal Conservatives throughout the
country havo already signified their int tion 0 Suffer&
ing it.