The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-30 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

SANDRINGIIA3I2 Thursday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and the infant princes will, according to
present arrangements, arrive at Sandringham House
from London on Tuesday next, and on the following
day it is expected their royal highnesses will pro-
ceed to Holkham, in order to be preesent at the
marriage of the Earl of Dunmore and Lady Ger-
trude Coke. The stay of their royal highnesses in
Norfolk will necessarily be limited, their royal high-
nesses returning thence to town. The improve-
ments on the royal estate are still in progress, and
it is fully expected that ere long the new mansion
will be commenced.

During the past winter a fine piece of road has
been made from Wolferton Railway Station to the
house, nearly three miles long, the carriage way be-
ing of the uniform width of about 24 feet. The
great advantage of this will be apparent when it is
known that the whole of this piece of road is public
highway, and as much for the convenience of the
public as for the Prince of Wales. This road, with
others constructed through the most picturesque
part of the estate, affords some charming drives.
The woods have been thinned, new shrubberies and
coverts planted, and beauty and order is fast suc-
ceeding the wild luxuriance which formerly existed.
Some old cottages and a barn, which were a great
eyesore from the west part of the house, have dis-
peared, and their site is being planted with shrubs.
Additional sleeping accommodation is being pro-
vided in connection with the lodges; the new phea-
santries are increased to double their extent, and on
the table land immediately opposite these are the
royal kennels.

Prince Ghika, accompanied by Mr. Symonds, has
arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Paris.

The Princess Czernecheff and their Highnesses
the Princess Leon and Princess Mary Czernecheff have loft
Claridgo's Hotel for Paris.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, in
consequence of the slight indisposition of his lord-
ship, have deferred their departure to Paris on a visit to
the Count and Countess de Flahault till the early part of
next week. The Earl of Kerry and the junior members
of the family left town in the early part of the week for
Paris.

The Marchioness of Huntly and Lady Marl
Gordon have loft Farrance's Hotel for Orton Longueville,
near Peterborough.

The Earl of Malmesbury, who has been confined
to his residence by an attack of gout, is considerably better•

The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes-
terday for Brighton.

Lady Julia Langston has left Farranee's Hotel.

The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the
Bight lion. Chichester - Fortescue, M.P., will entertain a
select party at Strawberry-hill during the recess.

Charles Henry Cooper, of Cambridge.

The following earnest and affectionate tribute to
the memory of Mr. Cooper is from the hand of John
E. B. Mayor, of St. John's College, who writes thus
of the departed scholar :

Charles Henry Cooper, F.S.A., was born at Great Mar-
low, Bucks, 20th March, 1808, and died at Cambridge, 21st
March, 1866.

When our fellow-townsmen, of all parties, are lamenting
the death of our town's chief ornament, you will perhaps
allow me, who for 13 years maintained an unbroken lite-
rary intercourse with him, to say tv word respecting the
greatness of our loss.

All who had the privilege of knowing Mr. Cooper must
have admired his intelligence, his ready memory, his rare
familiarity with English history, topography, and biogra-
phy, his wide range of reading, his large and statesman-like
view of persons and events. No one could see that clear
eye and open brow without feeling that he was in the pro-
sence of no common man. But his intellectual endowments
were Mr. Cooper's least merit. I have never known a rasa
of letters more single-minded, modest, and unselfish ;
self scrupulous even to excess in confessing the smallest
obligation, always ready to communicate to others, be was
indifferent whether his services were acknowledged or
merely used ; the best years of his life were devoted to in-
vestigating our academic history, though few of those for
whom he toiled appreciated his work, and many ignorantly
regarded him as an enemy; they might have learned that
he loved to identify himself with the university, rejoicing
when ho could add a new name to our list of worthies; it,
was because he clung with fond reverence to our "Sparta"'
whose every stone spoke to him of struggles and sacrifices
and noble memories, that he adorned it as no gownsman
has done.
The man who dwelt so continually amidst the wise and
good of all ages could not fail to catch somewhat of their
spirit ; those who knew him best, knew that reverence for
holy things was natural to him ; cheerful and frank as his
conversation was, and without taint of cant, it never bor-
dered on licentiousness or profanity. The clergy testify that
his blameless life, not less than his direct support, uphold
the national church in the town. Ono of them remarked,
but a few days before his death, " it was strange to see how
attentive he was in church ;" for indeed, whatever he did,
he did with all his heart.

The patience which carried him through his solitary'
studies guarded him from the worst incidents of public
strife. Far too busy to nurse malice, ho would, on quitting
the courts or hustings, quietly resume his researches, as ono
whose home lay above the atmosphere of faction. nis
habitual temper was singularly even and serene, under
whatever provocation or suffering ; nor should it be for-
gotten that his great knowledge was acquired in defiance
of bodily infirmities, which made visits to his chosen.
haunts, the university registry and library, a daily act of
penance.
He might have taken for his motto Chaucer's description
of the scholar :

" And gladly would ho learn, and gladly teach ;"
for he was far too genuine a student to fret under ail;
cism, as I, to him in antiquarian studios but a tiro, proved
day by day through long years. His judgments wore Wit-
formly gentle ; patient and thorough in collecting and sift-
ing evidence, he was judicial in the candour of his Ott"
ming up. Compare his account of Crammer with those
given by writers far less conversant with the facts, Hallaul
and Macaulay ; I well remember his saying he began witi,
a strong prejudice against the archbishop, whichmolted-
away under the light of testimony.
The void which Mr. Cooper has left behind him cannot
be filled. Cambridge never had, nor will have, a ios.gl::
clerk so entirely master of its archives, or more devote t 0
its interests; no town in England has three such records t 0
boast as the "Memorials of Cambridge," "Annals of C°l-
bridge," and "Athenae Cantabrigienses." The last tvi°
are unfinished, and who shall bend the bow of Ulyssas!,
A prentico hand may bring more minute scholarship '-
the task ; but the terseness, the fairness, the legal acute
hO
the steady industry, the quickness, the sure memo*
commanding survey and firm grasp, of the master, who cj':s
rival ? Compared with Wood, Baker, and Cole, ho enta'n
nearest to Baker. The prejudices so winning in WOOdt
childish in Cole, warped Mr. Cooper's judgment as little
as that of the nonjuring " Collegii Divi Johannis Pcig:
ejectus :" most works of research published during the Pass
lo years have been largely indebted to Mr. Cooper,
Kennet, Strype, Hearne, and their compeers, OWO half thel,
reputation to Baker. The Gentleman's Magazine, Noteseln'
Queries, the London and Cambridge Antiquarian Societies.'
and other serials and institutions, have lost their most assv
duous and valued contributor. Alma Mater has lost 00
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catalogues and the supply of its wants. We have all los
perhaps the most perfect example-of unflagging diligolicae
which Cambridge has seen during this century. Ono need
not bo a prophet to foretell that 200 years hones. .2"-r"
Cooper's works will be more often cited than any other
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