The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-03 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

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BALMORAL, Aug. 31.
The Qeeen, accompanied by Princess Be atrice

drove out yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by
Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, drove to the
Linn of Muich.

Princess Louise, attended by Lady Churchill and
the llon. Emily Cathcart, went to Abergeldie
evening, and was present at a ball given by the
Prince and Princess of Wales. in the

Sept. 1.
ifhe Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
went out in the grounds yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by
Prinucess Louise, and attended by Lady Churchill,
drove through Castleton to meet their Royal High"
nessses Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein, who travelled to Perth by the mail train,
and then posted over the Spital of Glenshee. 011
their royal highnesses' arrival at Balmoral they
were received by the tenantry and servants of her
Majesty, who had erected a floral arch close to the
bridge, where they presented an address congratu-
lating their royal highnesses on their first visit to
the Highlands, and giving them a most cordial wel-
come; after which the carriage proceeded at a foot
pace to the Castle, preceded by the royal pipers,
and accompanied by the tenantry and servants.
Lady Susan Melville and Colonel Gordon Were
in attendance upon their royal highnesses.
Foreign Courts.
PARIS, Sept. 1.
Prince Napoleon has left Prangins to make an
cursion amongst the glaciers.
Count de Goltz, the Prussian Ambassador, is t°
leave Paris this day for Berlin. His absence is ex"
petted to be about a fortnight.
The Ambassador from the Shah of Persia to the,
Court of the Tuileries, llassam Ali Khan, arrive°
the day before yesterday at Marseilles, by the steamer
Indus, from Constantinople, on his way to resume
his duties.
Marshal de Macmahon, Governor-General of
Algeria, arrived at the capital of the colony on the
25th August.
The Archduke Stephen of Austria, son of the
Archduke Antoine, and brother to the Queen of the
Belgians, is expected in the south of France for the
benefit of his health.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster
have been entertaining a succession of visitors at Eaton
Hall, Cheshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde left
their residence in Stratton-street on Wednesday tosit
Mr. Beaumont, M.P., and Lady Margaret Beaumont' $
Allenhead, Northumberland.
The Countess of Dalkeith gave birth. to a sou olt
Friday morning at Bowhill, Selkirkshire. The countess
and infant are both doing well.
The Countess Poulett has arrived at her resi"
dence in Hanover-square in improved health.
Lord Lovat is entertaining a select party at
Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire.
Lady Eluntingfield has arrived at Brown's Wet
Colonel the Hon. Strange and the Hon. Mr,s;
Jocelyn have left Cowes for Pencarrow, on a visit to 1,3"'
Molesworth.
The Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M'r':
has joined Lady Emily Peel at the Villa Lammermoor'
Geneva, from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
Sir Willoughby and Lady Jones have left
Brown's Hotel for Cromer, Norfolk.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Gubbins bate
arrived at Farrance's Hotel from Farnleigh, Castle Innen"
Ireland.
Recent accounts mention that Lord Plunkett'
Bishop of Tuam, improves in health, but his Mends all
still most anxious on his account.

Mr. SAMUEL SMILES, who for the last 12 yor!,
filled the office of secretary to the South-Eastern Bain
Company, has been appointed secretary of the Nation
Provident Institution.—Sunday Gazette.
SCENE AT SIR H. STORUIS'S DEPARTURE Fn,.i
JAMAICA.—Itran article referring to the departure a
IL Storks the Morning .journal says:—"From even tli
most distant places crowds of people of all classes came to
see for the last time, and to say God speed' to the G0P31.;
nor whose public and private virtues they so loved to:
revered. The old island militiamen, who had not The
called out for years, volunteered to form his escort. ef
coloured population knelt to bless him. All classes °
society and all sects of Christians sorrowed for his depo7
ture." _ _

ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—The Vere Burlesque ecdtt:
pany, which is at present composed of au33tegr''
gave the first of a series of performances on Saturdla
evening, under the management of Mr. C. De Vere' e
pieces selected were Messrs. Brough and Halliday's Ebert,
of "Up Stairs and Down Stairs," in which Mr-
Alb
Stuart, as Snipper, the footman, and Miss Millie De Ver°,..)
as Clipper, the ladies'-maid, played extremely well, 8513 e
or
li
cially, the lady, who threw an amount of vivacity into©•
acting that proved she is quite at home upon the 3ttg.
i
We understand she is likely to join the company at s to
Drury" during the present year. The grand feature °'
evening was the burlesque of "Ernani." If may °tali
generally known, but burlesque is a very difficult hrll-13
of the drama for amateurs to undertake. •Thel eb°4o
not only be able to act, but should also be blessed with 'oil.
gifts of Enterpo and Terpsichore in order to arnuge
audiences ; they should be quite au fait in singing 11,, rat-
melodies and dancing Virginny break-downs. Tiles-i 01
ter accomplishments were sadly required on this occ3- °/.0
if we except Mr. and Miss De Vere, who played the 113
ry
of Don Silva and Don Carlos ; the rest have much to Woo
before they can hope to shine in burlesque. Betwv°llrod
pieces two juveniles of the name of Rushbrook aP111:0-
in a "Dance of All Nations," with eight changes
tume, and met with deserved applause. They are .'"ett
talented children, and we have no doubt would be 3 glpiy
attraction at one of our music balls. We need 6Csfe-de.
say the audience, which was a most numerous ouci
parted highly delighted.with the evening's entertainer;.;
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT IN WALBBOOIC-..0
Yesterday about noon considerable alarm was cal'eerclo
the immediate neighbourhood of St. Stephens, lirtab„--t1);
in consequence of the following extraordinary acelde',-
which one life was nearly lost and several others Per': d
dised. It appears that a man was driving a four-svll,e,::o
waggon through that narrow thoroughfare ; the
lad named William Riches, who resided at No. 1, j'nitbo
street, Commercial-road, Peckham, was looking in °,oe-
window of Mr. John Faun's, patent fire reliance safe
house, when the carman in attempting to turn the Ye the
round the vehicle got upon the pavement and drev;oo
boy completely through the windows of Messrs breitly
warehouse, demolishing the front windows, and else tEr
'lug in the splendid glass cabinet formerly in the Great the
hibition of 851. A gentleman who. was passelg The
time had also a very narrow escape similar to the tgarl;o7
boy, by order of Mr. Mackenzie, the manager of tile arrolf
was removed to Guy's Hospital. The exceedingly °woe
state of the street was the sole cause of the accident' is Or
the Cannon-street Raway Station is opened, how 00
tended on Saturday next, it is difficult to • state
increased traffic will be able to be carried on.
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DR. LIVINGSTONE.
A letter dated --11 sow
July 11, says :—" My friend, the doctor, is so /0
He has fairly passed the troublesome coast 1:V02e.: fold'
living with good chief, who seems to have takeu.°L rile 4
He is with the head man of Elgouano, a place "-
age 1113
above the point where he turned on our beat 1100.
the Rosuma, at the confluence of the Liendi and witt, hi°
Ile now proposes leaving some of his baggage forward°
man, and exploring the north end of Nyassa• trip
he will returh to Elgouano, and refit for a longer o
Lake Pangauyita. We sent up his letters and a; reliance
quinine, and were to await his return. Our 11e, Ogie
will'probably be to send supplies to meet him ay'
I cannot say they will ever meet him, but the9,11'005116
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S INTEREST IN.-vtioa
MATTERS.—During the Fine Arts Elib; workiog
York the Prince attentively watched a blind gr'dexteritY;
a sewing machine with the utmost ease and d that Do,
So greatly was his Royal Highness interestteo,,,o or..
repeatedly called tho attention of the PriIICOSS.
mtor and her clever performance. After ,makingaseartiii3c,
gracious inquiries respecting the blind girl, a utifacturi",
ing that the machine was one of the Singer 313.1_0
Company's from the depot in London, ttex.Pric.."poiselei sn :
quently commanded that two of their celebrate, ~,buro4,,,
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benevolent disposition, is no less emphaticd
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discernment and practical good sense in
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appr.o.ving a machine which has j
.1 preference over every other bl` a vailiJa
..,ve' ion,. We lately read in the Engines._oot; _7O
clear -etiescription of this favourite househ.ohl,
were astonished at the account of the Sinbe abov"
has, according t , tot
new patented invention which 7 .co o 4
scientific authority, not only successfully e
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than 500 daily, and that with the groates
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perfection. othfeaNirbOULlttri-Ulll°riae;O:Ofin3.:rii°