The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-05 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by
the Countess of Morton and Major Grey, left Marl-
borough House yesterday afternoon for Windsor
Castle, on a visit to the Queen.

The Countess of Morton has succeeded Countess
of Macclesfield as Lady in Waiting to the Princess
of Wales.

Messrs. C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co., of Bruton-
street, Bond-street, had the honour of submitting to
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales the Irish Volunteer Challenge Cup, to be
shot for at the Wimbledon meeting this year for the
first time.

Her Majesty will held a Council at Windsor
Castlo to-morrow (Friday).

The Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson have
loft town for Bishopthorpe, near York, for the season.

The Marchioness of Lansdowne's party, ap-
pointed for this (Thursday) evening, is unavoidably post-
poned.

The Earl and Countess Grey intend to quit
London for the season, the week after next, and go to
Howick Hall.

The Earl and Countess De Grey are expected to
leave town about the 16th inst. for Studley Park, York- ,
shire, for the season.
T4;O nr i tack° and Mrs.
Mucks have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square,
from British Guiana.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon had a dinner
party last evening at their residence in Grosvenor-crescent
Among the guests were their Serene Highnesses Princo
and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl Cowper,
Earl Cadogan, Lady Constance Stanley, Lord H. Percy,
M.P., LadySkelmersdale, Hon. Henry Cowper, M.P., Hon.
Thomas de Grey, M.P., Hon. Fredrick Stanley, M.P., and
a select party.

THE SURRENDER OF VENICE THE
SALVATION OF AUSTRIA.

In a remarkable letter of his in the Diplomatic
Review of yesterday, Mr. Urquhart says As to
Venice, the prevailing insanity prevents any word
I say from being comprehended. Besides, all I have
to say I have said years ago. I have pointed out
the fatal act of giving Venice to Austria; I have
shown its purpose to be the opening of the door of
Italy to France, under the mask of a pretended
Italian nationality ; I have for years been urging
upon Austria the surrender of Venice ; I say, at the
present moment, a more fatal blow could not
be struck at the plot now in progress than
the surrender of Venice by Austria. If you
ask me as to Venice herself ; what I wish
to see is Venice independent, not Venice handed
over to the Sardinian Robber, to be involved in the
ruin of the Italian States. Had it been a federation
of Italian States, each self-constituted, and all
combined—had it been, in a word, the plan of
Gioberti that was followed, and not the villany of
Mazzini and Cavour, then indeed might you have
had something which might be called Italian, and
yet not be loathsome ; then might Italy have been
something in herself, and not a misery and a boas
for the corrupting of every remnant of character,
honour, honesty, and sense that remains in the
British people."

GENERAL PEEL ON WARS AND BREECH-LOADERS.
—At a dinner which followed the Huntingdon
Wool Fair, held yesterday, General Peel, in replying to
the toast of "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," said—lt
is possible that I may be called upon to fill the position of
Minister at War—(cheers)—but I assure you most sin-
cerely that there is no man more anxious to maintain the
peace of this country than I. (Loud cheers.) I have one
observation further to make. I believe that a great deal
of money has been thrown as it were into the sea in gun"
nery experiments; but I believe those experiements have
proved that the worst breech-loader isbetter than the very
best muzzle-loader. I say that this has been proved as 5
to 1, and that of late, in the Austrian army. We have the
best materials and the best soldiers in the world, and I aril
among those who desire that our soldiers should be armed
with the best weapons. (Cheers.) lam averse to war---
" Still it were well
That kings should think withal,
When wealth and peace their land has blessed.
'T were better to sit still at rest
Than rise—perchance to fall."
(Loud and long-continued cheers.) lam convinced that
nothing can be so painful as these wars—wars that can
end in nothing but the ruin of those engaged in them'
Loud cheers followed.
DEVONPORT ELECTION COMMITTEE.—The general
committee of elections, consisting of the Right Hon. 5'
Walpole, Mr. Leveson Gower, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Clef'
Mr. Ward Hunt, and Mr. Corry, met yesterday afternoon
for the purpose of appointing a select committee to inquire,
into the Davenport election petition against the return e'
Mr. M. Chambers and Lord Elliot. Tho following were
appointed as the select committee :—Lord John 13rowee'
(chairman), the Hon. F. Calthorpe, Lord Henry Lennelg'
Sir Henry Rawlinson, and Mr. Charles Schreiber. -
THE LATE SIR MINTO FARQUHAR'S SPEECH'
JUNE, 1860.—0 n Friday, May 25th, at the Wet-
ing held in Hertford to protest against a member beil
taken from the borough, Sir Minto Farquhar said "be hs
determined to have the speech he delivered in the 110115.„°
of Commons in June, 1860, reprinted and circulated le'
Hertford, in order that his constituents might see he d, ;
sired to do his duty towards them, by trying to prevent tat
borough losing a member." The speech was at once c°...
in typo, but the printing was delayed, owing to the sla
ing calamity which followed so close upon the meetilt
Now, however, after the terrible fatal termination of tA
calamity, the speech having been kept in type, it is prints:
for distribution, in order that the electors of Hertford In"
have a memorial of the efforts their most excellent late re,
presentative—highly esteemed when living, and deepui
lamented in death—made in their services in the llon'3
Commons.—fierts G ardiati