The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-06 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 5.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the
Queen of the Belgians, Princess Helana, and Prince
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, drove out yester-
day morning in a carriage and four.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, and her
Grand-Ducal Highness the Princess of Leiningen
also went out driving.

The King of the Belgians walked in the grounds,
attended by M. Brewer.
The marriage of her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess Helena Augusta Victoria, third daughter of her
Majesty Queen Victoria and of his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort, Duke of Saxony and Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, with his Royal Highness
the Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Souder-
bourg-Augustenburg, was solemnised to-day in the
ehapel within Windsor Castle, at half-past twelve
o'clock.

The parents and brother and sisters of his Royal
Highness Prince Christian were unable to accept
the Queen's invitation to be present at the ceremony.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was
prevented by illness from being present ; but was
represented by his Equerry, Colonel Clifton.

The bridal bouquet was presented to her Royal
Highness the Princess Helena by Mr. Veitch.
After the ceremony of the marriage luncheon was
served privately to the members of the Royal family
in the Oak Room.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein were attended by
Lady Churchill, Lady in Waiting to the Queen ;
Lacy Susan Melville, Lady in Waiting to her Royal
highness Princess Christian, and by Major-General
Francis Seymour, C. 8., Groom in Waiting to the
Queen, who was speeially appointed by hdr Majesty
to attend their Royal llighnesses ou their journey.
Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included
the King and Queen of the Belgians, their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of "Wales, the
Duke of -Edinburgh, Princess Helena, Princess
Louise, Prince Arthur, the Duchess of Cambridge,
his Royal Highness Prince Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein, their Serene and Grand Ducal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, and his
Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein.

After dinner her Majesty's private band per-
formed in the drawing-room before the Royal party
and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting.

The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wel-
lesley, Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Bidduiph,
and the Hon. Mrs. and Miss Grey had the honour
of receiving invitations.

The Earl and Countess of Cork entertained a
select circle at dinner yesterday at their residence in
Grafton-street. •

The Earl and Countess of Belmore and the
Misses Gladstone have left Brown's Hotel.

The Earl of Glasgow has arrived at the St.
George's Hotel.

The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury had a
dinner party last evening at their residence in Stratford-
place.

The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliani entertained
a select circle at dinner yesterday evening at the family
mansion in Grosvenor-square.

The Countess of Tankerville, with family, left
town yesterday for Chillingham Castle, Northumberland.

Lord and Lady Houghton received a select party
at dinner last night at their residence in Upper Brook-
street. Lord and Lady Cremorne were among the guests.
The Count de Thomont has arrived at Claridge's
Hotel from Paris.

CIVIL P
LIST ENSlONS.—Yesterday morning the
following official list was issued of all pensions
granted between the 20th day of June, 1865, and the 20th
day of June, 1866, and charged upon the Civil List :—Miss
Elizabeth Ann Bissett, £2O, in consideration of the literary
merit of her father, the late Dr. Bisset ; Dame Clara Brom-
ley, £6O, in consideration of the meritorious public ser-
vices of her late husband, Sir Richard Bromley, K.C.8.,
and the destitute position in which she is placed ; Mr.
Edward Capern, £2O, in addition to the pension of ,X,lO
which ho now holds, bestowed upon him in acknowledg-
ment of his literary merit and failing health; Dame Elisa-
beth Eastlake, £3OO, in consideration of the services ren-
dered by her husband, the late Sir Charles Eastlake, to the
Crown, and of his attainments in art; Mrs. Mary
Gordon, £5O, in consideration of the eminent literary
merits of her father, the late Mr. John Wilson, formerly
professor of moral philosophy in Edinburgh University ;
Miss Matilda Mary Hays, £lOO, in consideration of her
constant labour of mind, and her distinguished attainments
in literature ; Dame Helena Maria Hamilton, widow, and
Helen Eliza Amelia Hamilton, daughter, of the late Sir N.
Hamilton, Astronomer Royal of Ireland, £2OO, in consi-
deration of the distinguished merits of the said Sir William
Hamilton ; Eliza Montgomery; widow, and Lily Mont-
gomery, daughter, of the late Dr. Montgomery, £lOO, in
consideration of the abilities, learning, and attainments of
the said Dr. Montgomery ; Dante Margaret Ann Phipps,
£l5O, in consideration of the long, faithful, and confidential
se;•ricet rendered by her late husband, Sir Charles Phipps,
K.C.8., to her ..i.lajest y and the Royal family; Miss Eliza
Mary Roberts, £2OO, in consideration of the high mechani-
cal inventions _and scientific acquirements of her .I,:LJ
father, Mr. Roberts; total, £1,200.

[We have italicised two of these announcements
with a purpose—and, surely, with a purpose that
must be instantly recognised and appreciated by any-
one of the most ordinary intelligence. An allow-
ance to the widow of Sir Charles Phipps,
turely, surely, ought not to have been provided for
with £2OO a year out of the pitiful £1,200 set
apart for the Civil List Pensions—as a provision for
necessitous or deserving cultivators of literature, art,
or science ! Then, again, it looks like a very
mockery to award a beggarly £2O additional
to poor Capern the Bideford letter-carrier,
and a miserable £5O to the daughter of a man
of genius, such as was the late Professor
Wilson; and yet at the same time to give £3OO per
annum out of that very same fund to the widow
of the late President of the Royal Academy--Sir
Charles Eastlake having actuallyaccumulated at the
time of his death property to the amount of from
£30,000 to £40,0001 While these wretched little
transactions ate still allowed to pass current as
mere matters of course, the ungrateful Liberal
Party who perpetrate them quit office, leaving
altogether in the lurch, forgotten and disregarded/
one of the most energetic champions of Civil and Re-
ligious Liberty, who ever devoted life, energy, and
fortune to the furtherance of Reforms of all kinds
through the medium of his powerful and assiduous
labours in his high calling and his must honourable
position as an independent journalist.—En. Sus.]

The appointment of Mr. Price, of the firm of
Price, Holyland, and Waterhouse, as official liqui"
dator of the Railway Finance Company (Limited),
has been confirmed by the Master of the Rolls.

At the meeting held to-day of the Colonial Bank
the half-yearly statement of accounts showed a net
profit for the half year of £39,662, which, with the
amount of £1,669, made a total of available profit
of £41,331.
A petition has been presented to Vice-Chancellor
Kindersley for the purpose of protecting the assets
of the General Exchange Bank (Limited), and gr.
James Cooper, of the firm of Johnstone, Cooper,
Wintle, and Evans, has been appointed provisional
official liquidator. It is understood that a meeting
of the shareholders is convened for Tuesday.
It has been announced that Mr. F. B. Smartt
public accountant, of the firm of Smart and Snell,
has been appointed official liquidator of the LTni"
versal Banking Corporation (Limited):
It has been officially announced by Messrs•
Thomson, Bonar, and Co., the financial agents for
Peru, that full provision of guano has been made for
three half-years' interest and redemption of the
bonds in circulation.

The liquidators of the Bank of Turkey have all"
nounced a return of £3 per share out of the £5 paid'
payable at the offices of Messrs. Price, Holyland,
-and Waterhouse, to-morrow.
The fish in the Seine at Paris appear (says
Galignani) to be suffering from some malady. Largo
numbers are cast on the banks dead, almost in a state of
decomposition, and cannot fail to render the water un"
wholesome for drinking purposes. Immense shoals al°
goat on the surface of the river with their heads out o',
the water, and are easily taken by men who wade into tho
stream with nets and baskets. Such lisp are, however
pito unfit for food.