The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-11 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

The Queen left the Rosenan on Monday night
at half-past 10 o'clock, with Prince Alfred, Princess
Helena, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice.
The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coxourg came over
to the Rosenau in the evening, and took leave of
the Queen.

A special train cunveyed her Majesty, the Royal
family, and suite. At half-past 7 o'clock on Tues-
day morning, her Majesty arrived at a station
near Darmstadt, where Prince and Princess Louis
of Hesse were awaiting her Majesty's arrival.
The Queen and Royal family immediately entered
Prince and Princess Louis's carriage, and drove to
Kranictstein, a seat of the Grand Duke of Hesse,
now occupied by Prince and Princess Louis, where
the Royal family spent the day. Princess C. of
Hesse, with Princess Anna and Prince William,
and Prince Alexander of Hesse, and Princess Bat-
tenberg, visited the Queen during her stay. The
Queen drove through Darmstadt in the afternoon.

The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting went on
to Darmstadt.

At 10 o'clock in the evening the special train was
again ready at the Darmstadt station, and the Queen
and Royal family continued their journey towards
Antwerp.
At half-past 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning
the King of the Belgians, with the Duchess of Bra-
bant, met the Queen at the station at Malines, and
having got into her Majesty's carriage, accompa"
nied her Majesty to Antwerp, where the train
arrived at 20 minutes past 8 a.m.
The Queen breakfasted at the station, and having
taken leave of the King, embarked on board the
Royal yacht Victoria and Albert in the Scheldt.
After a fine passage the Royal yacht anchored in
Margate Roads at 7 p.m.
The Vivid and the Trinity-house yacht Irene ac-
companied the Royal yacht.
The Oabarne and Black Eagle followed.
THURSDAY, Sept. 10.
At 6 a.m. this morning the Royal yacht weighed
anchor, and steamed up to Greenhithe, where the
Fairy was in waiting to convey the Queen and
Royal party to Woolwich.
Earl Granville returned with her Majesty in
the Royal yacht.
The Fairy arrived alongside Woolwich Arsenal
at half-past 11 o'clock, when the Queen and Royal
family disembarked, and immediately proceeded to
Windsor Castle, where they arrived at 10 minutes
after 1 o'clock.

Tne suite consisted of the Marchioness of E►y,
the Lady Augusta Bruce, Lieut. Gen. C. Grey►
Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, Major Cowell, Dr.
Jenner, and Mr. Buff. _

The Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline
Barrington, the Hon. Horatia S topford, and Colonel
Hon. A. Liddell, and Prince Arthur, attended by
Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday
afternoon,

The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrovr
(Saturday) at Windsor Castle.
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AT ABER"
GELDlE.—Duridg the past week his Royal High-
ness the Prince killed five stags, while her Royal High-
ness the P:incess had her accustomed drives, fishing on the
Dee, and sketching in the neighbourhood. Ou Friday the
royal party and suite drove by Ballater to Burn of Vett
commonly called Rob Roy's Cave. A few of the domestic
servants about Abergeldie being sent away previous with
provisions, a fire was lighted, potatoes and other vegetables
cooked, and an excellent luncheon wad'pa.rtaken of by the
royal party beside the cavern. Afterwardo her royal high-
ness was busily employed sketching Loch Xinnord, Loch
Davon, and adjoining scenery. They returned through
Ballater in the afternoon, where a number of the visitors
tinned out to get a look of the royal couple when changing
horses.—Banphit e Journal.

The Grand Duke of Baden visited Plymouth on
Wednesday, and, accompanied by the general commanding
in that district, proceeded in the Princess Alice to inspect
the breakwater•. In the evening the grand duke lefit.for
Tot quay.

Hie Excellency Sir Andrew and the Hon. Lady
Buchanan have returned to Brown's Hotel from Scotland.

Don Jose de F. Gargoilo and Do❑ Nicolas di
Ojesso have left Euwards's Royal Cambridge Hotel,
George-street, Hanover-square, for Faris, on their way to
Madrid.

Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Lord Londes-
borough was married to Lady Editha Somerset, youngest
daughter of the late Duke of Beaufort.

Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governors of Canada, Malta, Ceylon, Hong
Kong, Labuan, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the
Islands.

THE LATE LORD CLYDE.—We are glad to see
that a committee, including his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, has been formed for the purpose of raising a
memorial to the late Lord Clyde. _ _ _

THE KING OF DAHOMEY, when visited by Com-
modore Wilmot, was reclining on a raised dais,
about three feet high, covered with crimson clath, smoking
his pipe. Ono of his wives held a glass sugar-basin for
him to spit in. He was dressed very plainly, the upper
part of his body being bare, with only a silver c.hain hold-
ing some fetish charm round his neck, and an unpretending
cloth round his waist.

RIDICULOUS POPULARITY OF SPIRITUAL TEAM 11l
FRANCE I—At the very time when M. Renan' pious
book is all the rage among our Gallican neighboun', no
fewer than 17 books on magetism, spirit-rapping, illttniin"
ism, and mesmerism are announced on the paper coy er of
the translation into French of M. Home's memoirs, so true
it is, says the Saturday Review, in noticing this fact, t hat
people are most gullible when they boast of being Übe
greatest esprits-forts.
PORTLAND BREAKWATER 1,-0a the summit or
the island, when the works were began, it wag
roughly reckoned that 20,000,000 tons of rubbly deir is were
lying useless. Out of this material, during the last 11
years, the convicts have sent more than 6,000,000 tons
down the inclines. Trains of iron waggons have rolled-
out some 3,000 tons a day along the vast timber staging.'
which supports several lines of rail; and thus, by 01°w
degrees, the whole of this stupendous mass has beim.
" tipped" into the sea. It now forms a bank, 100 feet high
and 300 feet broad at the base, well nigh as indestructible
by wind and weather as Portland itself.

FRENCH HOPS.—Hop-picking has commenced in
the north of France, but the yield is not so abundant as was
expected. Sales of this year's crop are effected at from
1031 to 110 f the 50 kilos. The stock of 1862 is completelY
exhausted.

WONDERFUL CAVES OF ARTA IN MAJORCA•—:
These caves are situated in a chain of hills, covered
with pines, mixed with abundance of arbutus and wild
flowers. The mouth of the caves—formerly there were two,
but, since they have been artificially united, there is now in.
reality only one—overlooks the sea, and the approach to it
is by a path cut out of a precipitous mass of mountain
entered,
'finest ,ne, leading up to a flight of steps, at the top of which
is a majestic arch, measuring 140 ft. from the crown to the
base, which giveset
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entrance
to
t the
light, w ecavern. T
he
guide
and
having prepared his latop of three branches, which gave a
very good but yet
passed on after him, from chamber to chamber, many of
which were at different leve.'s, but all connected by stone
steps or wooden staircases. it is impossible to give a just
idea of the marvellous beauty oie these lofty chambers.- TLIG
calcarous deposits are of gigantic magnitude and ever-
varying shape. Sometimes they hive the most grotesque
appearance; but usually they present familiar forms. Near
the entrance I saw what looked like trunks of large oak
trees, apparently decayed with age, and I struck them with
my wick, to be assured they were not varod• More com-
monly the stalactites assume the form of dat e trees, slender
towards the middle, as the date palm o:ten is, with
rough bark, and tall stems. At times, the v clung to
roof and sides, like leaves and flowers delicately' chisblled
out of alabaster. At other times, reaching from flocr to roof,
they showed like the massive pillars of a Norman .church,
or the clustered shafts of a later and more graceful Arad'
tecture. Heavy pendants or bosses from the roof
assisted the illusion of a Gothic cathedral. I.Wr°
are many chambers, which have each their
tinctive character and name. In " the Hall of the Virgin,'
there is a tall majestic figure standing on a high pedestal,
and when seen under peculiar light, holding what seems to,
be a child in her arms. There is " the Baptistery," with
its capacious font ; and " the Hall of the Pulpit," which
only wants the figure of a priest to give it reality. There
is " the Hall of the Organ," with its many parallel and
and contiguous pipes, which, when struck with a hammer,
give cut musical notes of almost metallic sweetness and va-
riety. There is "the Hall of the Banners," each pendant
from its own staff; "the Hall of the Curtain," massive with
solid folds; and " the Hail of the Theatre," with its rows
of boxes, where the people of the neighbourhood sometimes
assemble for a ball or a pic-nic. But the variety is end..
less. I had heard much of the wondrous extent and beauty
of these halls, but half had not been toli
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