The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-24 00:00:00

It MAJESTY 'AND PRINCE AL
BE PT'
s s VISIT TO STAFFORD HOUSE.
C 4„,
were aturday evening the Duke and Duchess of Suther-
trie honoured with the company of the Queen and her
Nion ns consort, at Stafford House, on the interesting oc-
istaat
s"on the christening of the Noble Duke and Duchess's
611 r, •
Ar ',Juke and Duchess of Norfolk, Duke and Ducliesss of
tiki,,Viscount Morpeth and Lady Mary Howard, Lord
Clifd 413' Blantyre, Marquis of Lorn, Lady Dover, Viscount
44.'11, Earl and Countess Grosvenor, Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
tgeriitrd, Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, and the different
iirris,,‘",i's of the ducal family invited to witness the ceremony,
or I.o7kbefore seven o'clock ; also his Grace the Archbishop
re, ' who came accompanied by Mr. Egerton 'Vernon.
pl?,nit and Miss G-eorgiana Harcourt, and the Rev. Sir
Dukinfield, Bart., Vicar of St. Martin's.
at seven o'clock her Majesty and his Royal
titt",idleos Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace,
the -itred hi
the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes;
laivii,uarchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting; the Earl Df-
1va1,7, Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of Warwick, Lord in
tai4iT,lg; Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting ; Cap •
George lentell, Groom in Waiting on the Queen ; and Lord
trara,Lennox, Lord in Waiting; Major-General Sir Ed-
NA; tiowater, Equerry in Waiting ; and the Gro.om in
tarr.'ng on Prince Albert. The Royal party came in four
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peke and Duchess of Sutherland were in waiting to
e Q
ya u l
carreen and his Royal Highness as they alighted
the Roiage.
landr2laiesty leaning on the arm of the Duke of Suther-
itaitrZas conducted by the grand entrance to the marble
the 17. e, and from thence to the saloon, Prince Albert and
114--Ilelless of Sutherland, and the Duchess of Buccleuch,
'asnibers of the Court, following.
pixie fun
th band of the Royal Horse Guards Blue stationed.
kst: left of the staircase welcomed the Sovereign with the
ThillarY honours, playing the national anthem.
(thee christening was solemnised shortly after the arrival
111 e NraAlajestY, the religious ceremony being performed in
}Ls finificent picture gallery-
g fields, irli,race the Archbishop of York, assisted by the Rev.
—rY R. Dukinfield, Bart., Vicar of St. Martin, s-in-the-
Thofficiated at the baptismal rite.
11,„He sAonsors were his Royal Highness Prince Albert 'and
her Morpeth and Lady Frances Egerton, who was, in
fence, represented by Lady Blantyre.
Liii"e noble infant was named, after his illustrious god-
l'er, Albert.
the Selection of sacred music was performed on the organ in
gnbarnena of the staircase, until dinner was announced, at a
ii;vr to eight o'clock.
11/4 e entertainment was served up in the splendid banquet-
ktiesr°°rill' 111 a style of princely splendour. At the table her
the jj-Y,_ and his Royal highness Prince Albert sat together,
the i\u'ie of Sutherland sitting on the left of the Queen, and
The on the right of Prince Albert.
e circle included the Duchess of Buccleuch, Duke and
,goipliftss of Norfolk, Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Earl and
lise4lless Grosvenor, Marchioness of Douro, Earl Delawarr,
-41 t Morpeth and Lady Mary Howard, Lady Dover,
and ant Clifden Earl of Warwick, Hon. Wm. S. Lascelles
kid rim Lascelles Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, Lord
Stu;'443' Blantyre, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Hon. Mr.
DpR Marquis of Stafford, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower,
tit eger Lady Blantyre, Lord George Lennox, Major-Gene-
zli ir Edward Bowater, Mr. Loch, Marquis of Lorn, Lady
tblabeth Leveson Gower, the Rev. Sir Henry R. Dukinfield,
141 Z, Col. Arbuthnot, Captain Meynell, &c. Covers were
'Or fort_
,11e83 Dle Minutes to eleven, her Majesty and his Royal High-
Ake "nee Albert departed, attended. by the Duchess of
seve,,e,ach, Earl Delawarr, Marchioness of Douro, and the
,thei:l7l,3l3nembers of the Royal Household; the Duke of Su-
-03, -11 u conducting the Queen to her carriage, accompanied
the r,
=duchess of Sutherland, Marquis of Stafford, &c.
STD
--'4l-111 COMMUNICATION WITH

.„ O FRANCE.
`ate„ul the great advantages presented by the South-
Pirrit,;" Or London and Dover) Railway is the extreme ra-
i;,._l°ith which the public, by availing themselves of it,
ofth;ln he Continent. But,•although since the opening
!lit! time to Folkestone and Dover the journey to Boulogne
• aris has been abridged in point of time to an extent
rebsew years acro would have been incredible, something
$44,411.,'Ci11ed to be done in furtherance of the steam corn-
`Qtri-t7.:49n between the two countries so as still fur-
') the" increase the facilities for rapid locomotion offered
%el Public in connection with the railway. The new
„tar the Princess Alice, which has recently been oath on
• eetticli; has already very materially contributed is
ule t, but now another steamer, also of remarkable speed,
tftit": en added, called the Princess Mary. To try the speed
%le tett"? vessel, and also to test the rapidity with which
Nitera_ be whirled from London to Calais by the wonderful
tit of steam, the directors of the railway made a trip on
„h 8
7 from the one place to the other, the result of which
te,,,.igalY satisfactory. At about ten minutes to eight in
'‘lloolB ring a special train started from the Bricklayers'
the tation, which, by the way, i 3 admirably situate for
reunvenience of all West-end travellers who may not like
tattagh it through the crowded streets of the City. The
t ee between London and Dover was done in two hours
Pak:env-eight minutes, including a stoppage of twelve
ullthees at Folkestone, and in a few minutes after the arrival
Party. at the Dover station, the new vessel, the Princess
firci• tiwnich was lying outside the quay, started with them
~,d8448. She is a very handsome vessel, with great power
ed, for her build. She has two of Maudslay's engines
14▪
4% horse power each, and the improved paddles. The
e4dttee between Dover and Calais was done in two hours
kto4 Minutes. On the arrival of the party at Calais, they
a„,` set a luncheon at Dessein's Hotel, and after having•
wk)4lile time to wander through the quaint old town and
v
l at the grotesque people, they again entered
,the
an ,hich left Calais harbour at a few minutes after touhre
,
y.,lved at Dover in two hours and five minutes. T
`uen returned to town in a special train. Many of them
kelt in town lunched at Calais, dined at Dover, and
Perab."`',,c, again in' London in time for the last act of the
7ach., The result of this experiment proved that even under
e:,lltageous circumstances the distance between London
'll.,itlf,"',!',; or Boulogne, may be traversed in four hours and
~A 711,, with scarcely any personal inconvenience.
the railroad from Calais to Paris is completed, the
• of France
from the metropolis of England to the metr0,,1413
,,1413 may be done in twelve hours. At present
t4el,-„elv steamer, together with the Princess Alice, performs
.j age across' as rapidly as steam power will accomplish
• ';_new vessel, the Princess Maude, is also being built for
lorfillnie service, either from Dover to Calais, or Ostend, or
°lkestone to Boulogne.
-xtAORDINARY HEAT OF THE

LONDON ATMOSPHERE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
~.‘411t)1 his day has been of so unusual a character, that I
refra from sending you the particulars of my obser-
-16, ells
linst Point was 60 deg. This morning was bright, with a
goreof
breeze from the S. of the E., with an upper current
esterly—the air positively charged with electricity,
gr,,Pre-ve; aPPearance of a slight shower having fallen during
it)tk 'ens night—the barometer steady at 29.80. At two
I,„eu:‘, P.m., the " shade " thermometer, north aspect
-m, stood at 86, and the " sun "thermometer was, in the
rle4tedBl3e, etextr, 107. At three o'clock the one in the shade in-
e aordinary height of Bs, and that in the sun
ti dAt four o'clock they stood relatively 85 and 99. I
w a „thermometer at two o'clock in more direct opp
„,' the sun's rays, which raised the spirit to 121 degrees
`Qnheit. The air is still (five o'clock) indicative of
stiltritged electricity, and the thermometer stands—shade
•'Atle,,96. I have recollection of such extreme heat in
am, sir our subscriber, H. P.
h,tlCti,.h4ev-squa, yr
June 23, five o'clock, p.m.
ZN-Lis correspondent be correct, the atmosphere of Ber-
as nuist be very different from
se that of Westminster,
the
rmometc- r in the cour of the day never ex-
Prabn;whilst he makes it 88 degrees--a difference not at
"111 e —I:D. Sun.]

A:, I.4IGNATION AND DEPARTURE of EARL DE
dla:(fe.-Pn Sunday last Captain_. Lord Francis Gordon, First
gat, Camp to the Lord Lieutenant, was. dispatched to Lon-
tal,esent to the Queen the resignation of his Excellency
4. De Grey as Viceroy of Ireland.—Limerick Chro-
ktik [The y' •
h resignation has been accepted, and the servants
.iitiee7 to the vice-regal household have got a month's
Zabl';° quit. The affair attracts just as :much attention in
'Pee,,,l. as it is worth—that is not the amount of a nutshell.
PAZ, moan's Journal.
tijc4l4 OCCURRENCE AT A PICNIC PARTY.—Yes-
-121/111),, as a family party were enjoying a pic-nic near the
f,„l4r-d, Ilarnpstead-heath, a young man, 22 ylaers.
had
„."et of the family, went into the pond to bathe. 1-•!. si
Vsaela three yards into the water when he sank in thoe_
i'ee his family, and never rose again. The screams
entf
atilltives collected vast crowds, and several excell
teaaertla dived after him, and drags, boats, and every other..
ikt,reaching him were ineffectually put in requisition
, gat.
killed AGE VIPER.—The other day a large viper was
t41,q., o'fislAhe Bishop Woods, the property of It. L. Watson,
eater„,l'algarth, bv Jonathan Stalker, woodcutter, which
-jh_ th e feet in length, and neaely five inches in
rOne making an incision in the belly twelve
hset B.l,l‘fiers made their appearance. Its colours were. vette;
Otitl;mnfbipautifully mottled. These animals breed in the
t.l°Nte' 'lay, and are supposed to be about three months_
--eY brio' forth. They have seldom more than elev n_
-*• *ltt
time g They usually bring forth the month of
freeterro nd Gazette.
W re
a ' B On Friday night Lady
ENLOCK 9 ALL.-
1491 . gave a splendid ball, at his Lordship's spacious
I`stle°,l- Berkelev-square. Above 400 fashionables as-
xeiren- The ball-room, on the ground-floor, was brilliantly
-hlkbei,ate,g by some hundreds of waxlights, and a vast
tu-e )th„°, flowers were used
hltiPtf ja- apartments. A supper of the most sumptuous de-
Zed -at was announced shortly after one o'clock. Weippeq's
seat-en'cled• The company comprised the elite of the ans-
.& i'„Etrid fashionable world.
the echoONDE. STORY.—We find the following in
tiiiii de la.
In the night of the 11th instant a
procee' Malta
:from Paris to Clermont, being at a
into e"'tatice from n-
rne was lifted off the road by
-'tetitiject of a thundMasttoar‘me, and carried over a large ditch
Ft th-e,.adjainfn field.er Carriage, travellers, and horses were
-•
e.tercitca bgy etehantment.' The carriage was not upset,
13 • e smell of sulphur, and a large hole in the trunk
"Ills
thzeiriage, demonstrated by the passage of the electric
"Ilieve-' cause of the accident. The travellers could scarcely
413 their eyes when they alighted."
of the ex-
!ltniutljisstoN OF ATTORNEYS.—The a
lase q," candidates for admission on the roll of attorneyh
FOnr jergialityYroTfeesrmsio,ne,howsaa larger increase on that bran.c
fit were Were 71 h ving passed examinoattiiooon,divdhoilostt
t•
end
Peetponed, and four who had given r!
si servigild a large number failed to perfect their testimonial
with besides which one of the candidates for tlelinito
r exa"4ew during the examination. Upon referring ._
sol'illitytatioi of the jut Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, and
teat s, it appears that in Michaelmas 106, in Hilary
For ter 92, and Trinity Term 71 passed, showing a total
~es• -:ast four terms of 359. This number, we believe, in •
ly instance in which the examiners reported ape-
"aitt,
were
reference to questions of service of clerkship, and
were submitted to the decision of the judges.
4tti Pow
*,i.e4 by t ER.—A pint of water may. be. evapo
two hwo ounces of coals. In its egaForat.ion it swells
'eal for tuldred and sixteen gallons of
thirty with # mechr.-
t°()t high 84,facient to raise a weight of -seven tons
or
common
steam thus produced has a pressure equal to
ad laY o.catnroon atmospheric air; and by allowing it to ex-
lirtue of its elasticity, further mechanical force
At• of%rtmed, at least equal in amount to the former. A
Nkler4ater, therefore, and two ounces of coals, are thus
't ve,l`tv..fcaPablo of d,oing as much work as is equivalent te,
ale • • toAte a
o
4sed a fotThe circumstances
f Nth fle • .
eteamensm.e. worked on railway are not
b4ule to the fteeneo,,My el. Nevertheless a pound of
11.11ati'z,a.114.,..!rlavoaarteeoeirinIse:::.eiciecnn: gestve. ei,itutieeppaateeraebrot about
me-
etfive"'eta f • In their evap
to draw two :74 6?4,,,;,4?'i.2846 _aynka
'4l Of
Ali wig, co ein two minutes. Four - 44,metilo
lesightaAa on a common road, are necessary to
"41 anail di/411114 41 NIX minutes,