The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

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His Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales has
joined General Hall's select shooting party on the northern
moors of Yorkshire, where the prince and friends Will re-
main for the grouse shooting till Friday, on ;which day he
will join the princess on her way to Abergeldie, N•n"
from Studley Royal, where her royal highness is now stay"
ing with the Earl and Countess de Grey.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, se'
companied by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, 0.131
left Grimstone Park, where the duke had been staying
with Lord and Lady Londesborough, for General 110
shooting quarters in the north of Yorkshire.
The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Louisa
Percy, who arrived at their residence in Portman-square
on Saturday, from Sion House, Isleworth, left yesterday
for Alnwick Castle, for the autumn.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Ladies
Scott left Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh, on Saturday
last, for Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire.
His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the
Countess Bernstorff and family left the Prussian Embassy
on Carlton-house-terrace yesterday for Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury have left
town for Heron Court, near Christchurch, Hants.
The Earl of Bective, M.P., and Lady Madeline
Taylour have left The Lodge, Virginia, Ireland, for Edin-
burgh.
The Earl of Portsmouth left Cataldi's
Dover-street, for his seat in Hants.
The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith left Dalkeith
Palace, near Edinburgh, on Saturday for Bowhill, the Duke
of Buccleuch's seat in Selkirkshire. The earl has been de-
ing duty with his yeomanry cavalry regiment during the
past fortnight.

The Duke of Beaufort and Mr. Roll, M.

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At the annual meeting of the Badminton Agri",
cultural Society just held about 400 ladies a'
gentlemen dined together. Among those present were
the Duke of Beaufort, Lord A. Somerset, Lady
Blanche Somerset, Sir J. Neeld, Lady Neeld, 311.'
bolt, M.P., &c.
Mr. ROLT having proposed " The Health of the
Duke of Beaufort," as patron of the society,
The Duke of BEAUFORT responded, and after av,
luding to local topics, the cattle plague, and cholera,
said that the long peace which Europe had enjoyed
for 39 years had led them to believe that aEuropeall
war was hereafter impossible. He believed that 39
years' peace was due to the life of the Duke of Wel;
lington. They all knew that after the battle °I
Waterloo there was no such thing as a European
war during the life of the Duke of Wellington. But
no sooner had he died than the Emperor of Ruaain
moved, and fell upon Turkey. He believed that 00
European Sovereign, whether Emperor or Xing'
dared to move for war so long as the Duke of Wel-
lington was alive. They might congratulate theta'
selves that they had kept out of the broil that had
lately taken place ; but he was not quite sure that
they might congratulate themselves upon the position
they now occupied as a great power. He believed
that since the European war, and in consequence e',
our non-interference, allowing Prussia to have en'
tirely her own way with Denmark, we had lost our
prestige in Europe. Nobody would tell him that ati
any time before the Danish war any European
Power would have dared to go to war without main
ing alliance with England. He believed the conti-
nental Powers were quite aware that the great bulk
of our army was now absorbed in India, and that
therefore we could bring no adequate land force t°,
bear against any of their armies ; and he believed
they were also aware of that unfortunate fact which
Sir J. Pakington disclosed the other day, that the
whole of the seven millions—at all events, a great
number of millions—which had been expended in
the construction of the navy during the last seven
or eight years had been entirely thrown away, that
there was not a single ship in reserve that could be
put into commission. He hoped the present (4°-
vernment would use such earnest endeavours that
they might shortly be enabled to say that they had
a navy fit to cope with any three navies in the world.
No doubt many of them had recently read in the
Times some articles praising American ships, and
pointing attention to the unsightly monster that
visited our shores the other day. On the very 'l4
when the last article in the Times appeared an officer
went down to inspect this ship. The ofaeer
inquired with reference to the guns, and the Ameri-
can officers did what they had never done before--
they fired off their guns. They put into them half
,
a charge of powder and no shot, and the recoil eci".
the guns was so great that they broke away, ariA
actually knocked a hole through the turret. ("'"
laugh.) This was a fact that was not generally
known, but it was an absolute and positive fact, tol
to him by one of the naval officers who were Pre-
sent. He absolved the late Government in not haB'
lug followed the example of the Americans merely
because they had heard that their ships were effec-
tive, and in not having constructed a navy uP°9.
their very faulty principle ; but he did not absolvo
them from the blame of having ineffectually squall.;
dered a great deal of money. In conclusion
grace proposed " The Health of the members 0'
Gloucester and Wilts."
Mr. ROLT, M.P., responded, and alluding to till
question on which the late Government went out °
office, he said it must not be supposed that the Pre
sent Government were opposed to a reasonable ine3'.
sure of Reform ; but by " reasonable " he meant
measure that would be equally just to every class fc,
the community, considering the agricultural, tu
commercial, and the manufacturing interests alike'
and giving to no class any undue preponderance
over the other.

CROWN CHURCH PATRONAGE.—The Earl of DerbY
has presented the Rev. James Jeakes, M.A., of St. peterif4
College, Cambridge, curate of Harrow, to the incumbelll
of Holy Trinity Church, Shoreditch.
THE FUTURE LONDON WATER SuPPLv.Tili°
subject will in all probability receive full considera-
tion between the present time and the opening of the a°
~t
Session of Parliament. In addition to minor schemes
and likely to bo set afloat, two gigantic proposals
now before the public. In November, 1865, J°::
Frederic Bateman, C.E., issued an able pamphlet
plan) on the subject of the supply of water to London fro'"
the sources of the River Severn. His project is a bold 011°
—namely, to bring water from the Welsh hills, at I:
distance of 183 miles, at a cost of £8,600,000•
Mr. Bateman states--" No scheme, in my opilli°°,l
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is worthy of attention which would bring '-
less than 200,000,000 gallons of water per '3911
at an elevation which would supply nearly the whole
the metropolitan district by gravitation without puraPing'4
Mr. Bateman's lecture at Burlington-house, which °-
honoured by the presence of his Royal Highness, til°
Prince of Wales, will be still fresh in our readers'
collection. Another pamphlet (with plan) has just °P;
peared on the future water supply of London, by Cle°ol.
Willoughby Hemans, C.E., and Richard Hassarcil
This project is still more gigantic—it is to turn the 131-1,,
of Haweswater, Ullswater, and Thirlmere in 011inAb°i°
laud and Westmoreland into great reservoirs, B°`"lo,t
convey so vast a body of pure water to London in
there would be ample left to :supply certain towus
Yorkshire on the road, and the works would begs tO Ina
from their commencement. The distance from Loro
would be 240 miles and the cost ..£10,000,000. The authors
of; this pamphlet state : —"Although involving an
parently larger outlay in the first instance than :gr. 13',0
man's, this scheme will, from the absolute certainty of
rainfall, the extraordinary purity of the water, the fan of
tics afforded by the existing lakes for the constructioasi
immense reservoirs, and from the revenue which °to
fairly be expected from the sale of .water in_st
districts traversed by the aqueduct, be found theat
and cheapest which has yet been proposed, aud„
ultimate economy would arise from its selection.
Heman's name stands high in the engineering Pr°
and Mr. Hassard designed the extensive waterworks
being carried out for the city of Dublin , which will be sued
plied with water from the source of the river Varlil.:ets
the lakes in the Wicklow mountains. Various Prvja,ter,
were brought forward for the supply of Dublin witha,,ov
but so puzzled were the corporation of that city tb
wisely decided to call over Mr. Hawkshavr from Bug lane
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and to take his decision as umpire. Mr. Ilassara
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were selected and adopted. It is to be hoped that
bers of both Houses of Parliament will give full earel""ani
ration to all the schemes proposed for London bcf°
legiklAtim i 4 Attempted.

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