The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-22 00:00:00

former year, on the same clay, over 42,000 having
visited the Palace yesterday.
The principal objects of interest at the Palace
just now are our friend Chang, the Chinese giant,
with his wife, and the rebel Tartar dwarf, Chung
Mow, with their attendants, Ethardo on his spiral
mountain, Mr. Nelson Lee's entertainment in the
large theatre, the hippodrome, the Shakspere house,
as well as the other numerous entertainments.

Yesterday Chang had a public reception, at which,
after the friendly " chin chin," he addressed his
audience as follows :—" For now eight moons I hav°
sojourned in your wonderful country, and, having
nearly fulfilled my mission, I must now very shortly
return to my native home in the far East. Yours is
indeed a great nation, and those of my countrymen
who have only read of it in books will surely envy
me, who have seen with my own eyes the
solid
grandeur of your palaces, the variegated loveliness
of your country, the untiring industry of your
people, and the success of your great and almost
impossible conceptions in your works of art (of
which this palace is a noble evidence). My coun-
trymen will be glad to learn through me that here,
as in our celestial kingdom, learning, genius,
diligence, and uprightness equalise all men ;
and that the peasant may, and frequently
does, emulate his rulers by virtuously sustaining
with them the nation's greatness. King-Foo, my
humble wife, and my companions, beg to join their
gratitude with mine for the kindness that has warmed
us all along. And we trust to be the medium of, if
possible, a still greater confidence between your
great nation and our poor Celestial country. Again
—chin, chin."

The dwarf went through his queer little exercises
very much to the amusement of the company, and
Mrs. Chang had a tea party.
The amusements will be continued throughout
the week, except Thursday, when a great concert
of 5,000 voices of the Metropolitan Schools Choral
Society, conducted by Mr. Hullah, will take place/
and on Saturday the third opera concert. Chang
appears every day.

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HER MAJESTY.

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Wirmson CASTLE, May 21.
The Queen drove out this morning, attended 11
the Dowager Duchess of Athole.
Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess
Beatrice also drove out.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yester'
day forenoon.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by Prince Alfred, drove out in the afternoon.

Agricultural Prospects.

Last week opened with a cold harsh day, elondY
at times, but with no rain ; wind N.W. On M°ll-
- it was thick, with a dense fog for about an hell
—having something the appearance of a blight'
wind from N.N.W. to N.N.E. ; thermometer 48
deg., barometer 36in. A higher temperature is ranch
needed for all the crops, and without this there i 8
some probability of a late harvest. The grasses hav,e,
been much checked in their growth by the col"
nights. Tuesday was a cold sunless day, and dur-
ing the previous day a frost was experienced, some
ice appearing ; wind N.N.E., thermometer at nO°ll
44 deg, barometei 30.20 in. Our advices on that day
from Lancashire stated : " We have had some beasl
rain fall lately, and the weather is now mild, Plea;
sant, and spring like." From the West Riding °I
Yorkshire it was remarked : " The growing creP,s
look healthy, but do not progress fast, and this cola
weather must be against barley growing." Fr°,
Suffolk it was observed : " The growing crop (:)'"
wheat looks backward, and on cold soils bad in
colour ; but we think a few weeks of warm sunny
weather would bring them round again. The tell):
perature is low and ungenial." From the sane
county, nearer the coast, our advices run thus :
the growing crops want warm weather. Wheat and
barley on cold soils look unpromising, but well-farmed
lands present a better appearance." From Norfelb,
;
the same day, it was stated :—" The weather
during the last few days has been unusually eeld,
with some heavy showers on Friday and Saturdal.
Wind to-day N.E." From Northumberland the
report stated :—" The weather since our last rellf
was mild and showery up to Friday, with westerid,
winds ; since then it has been dull and a°
Wind N. to N.E." Wednesday was a cold sullies
st
day, with no rain ; wind N.N.E. From the Wei,
coast of Scotlandit was stated :—" The weather, 3 II
though improving, is still cold for the seasel3ci;
From Norfolk, on the same day, our advices state
—" The weather has been cold, with frosty nigh, to
so that vegetation is retarded. The wheat bas ra,
ceived some check, and it is not promising so we1..0,
a month since ; still, fine genial weather would
bably repair the effects of the past. Spring &do
however, looks well, and the breadth of land nhoo,
barley is considerably in excess of former )7%4
from much of the land destined for root cr"
er
being planted with barley, from a fear of forth
cattle disease." Thursday was a fine sunl3Y ter,
the wind having got to the E.S.E. ; thermonlevo,
48 deg ; barometer very high—up to 30:30 luebiro
Our advices on that day from Warwick: bt,
stated :—" With the exception of Friday r-4
when there was a good fall of rain, the weather hag„
We'
been very fine, with a much warmer tempera Dag
From Suffolk it was observed : " The weather nd
continued cold and ungenial, and on the bea/J 1 theof
is having a marked effect on the appearance Tile
crops." From Berkshire it is remarked tio
nights continue very cold ; the plant of vi'l'e`/coo,
some localities is looking very yellow, arid
cro r•
sequently not likely to be a very productive t,
From another part of Suffolk, near the coal
was stated : "We continue to have bleak
weather during the day, with occasional sr
frosts at night ; our corn crops do not look flouea
ing, but warmth would doubtless cause a mar a 9
improvement in them." On Friday and Satu'litig
the weather was fine and sunny, making three 'ad
in succession of such weather during the weed he
the whole of the week has been quite dry, an bet,
temperature during the last two days was hicritis
up to 56 degrees at mid-day on Saturday „tie;
favourable change it is to be hoped will CO
the nights only require to be warmer to eatiseass i 0
improvement in the crops generally. The gr
backward, much more so than last year, for c'ii
tirhood
19 hay -making commenced in the neighb° read,
of Exeter, and this year we fancy it will be or
for cutting for a month to come.—Mark-lane
press of yesterday.

LEGAL CHANGES. To-day (Tuesday) Trigiliiitr);
Term commences, and shortly several legal change- sh,
anticipated to take place. It is said that when Dr. tio
ington resigns the Probate business will be ir)irieci t°
'
Admiralty Court, and Sir James Wilde- be the 11'3%1 fudge,
to bo succeeded at the Divorce Court by one °I
amson_law judges. Mr. Justice Byles has been Inteletoic°,:reeciol
likely to succeed. In Chancery there are ow will
changes. It is said that Lord Justice Knight 13rticef,ord
shortly resign. As his lordship's probable successor to
Romilly has been mentioned, and Sir Roundel' r'avlert ill
succeed to the Mastership of the Rolls, and to bola d• se3
the House of Comm
THE ART OF Commons.
-4' While eVer3rtiltill
around us," says the Tenzps, " has progressed, th° g:,:d
killing our fellow-creatures seems alone to hay
ren''',-;11
immovable during the last century. In the time of 3.l`tr6°.
tea Le
Saxe each man that was killed in battle rellreseti IV
Notivlre,
quantity of bullets equal to his own weight.
nding the invention of rifled guns the proporti°ll tbe
mains about the same. At Solferino, for elLaviPle',ber
Austrians fired 8,400,000 musket shots, while the ta`-tba
of killed among the French was but 2,000, and °f
Of
wounded 10,000. Thus a man was hit every 700 sll°
and one killed every 4,200." ,rft 1115
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF WrAlt'"- : 05
FENIAN INFORMER.—AII attempt, nearly successfui, i
made last night at Howth to assassinate Warner/ °D,r(°:o
the Government informers in the late Fenian trials. '„,
assassin, who gave the name of O'Connor, late of the Co',l
federate army, 01 a(l4`'
rovolver and a dagger.
was captured. tle w 0,4 anned with tI