The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The wooda of Abergeldie were beaten for deer on
S-aturday last, when the Prince of Wales TA as ac-
cciropanied by Lord Hamilton and Major Teesdale.
Oue stag fell to the gun of the gallant nasjer. Bad
weather prevailed, as the wind was very rough, and
!air' fell heavily. Daring the day the Princess of
Wailes drove out, accompanied by PrincEss Mary of
Cambridge.
Another bail was to be held at Abergeldie lest
night, when the tenantry on the Birkhall estate
were to be invited.

The Prince and Princess of Wales and Pricose
Mary of Cambridge are expected to be present at
the eppro:ching Braemar Gathering. In all pro-
bability the princesses, who will accompany the
Quee❑ to Balmoral, will be also present. ShortlY
after that event the Prince and Princess of Wa
lEe
leave Scotland for Denmark.

It is understood that his royal highness is about
to erect a palace at Abergeldie, and that Mr 6' in itbo
Aberdeen, the architect for Balmoral Castle, is pre-
paring the designs.

foreign Courts.
PARIS, August 24.

" After the official reception at the Spanish Era'
bassy," nays the Union," the King of Spain paid
a visit to Count Aquilla, his uncle, and we have
been essured that the interview was most cordial,
and full of sympathy on the part of the King for
the misfortune of the royal house of Naples. On
the following day Count Aquila went to see his
nephew at the pakce of St. Cloud."
Prirce Napoleon he'S arrived in Paris on his re-
turn from his excureion to Scotland. His yacht
entered the port of Havre yesterday morning, and
the prince immediately left by rail for the capital•
M. Mora, the Mexican Minister to the Courts of
Russia, Copenhagen, and Stockholm, left Paris last
evening for the purpose of notifying to the Govern'
meats to which he is accredited the accession of his
Sovereign, the Emperor Maximilian I,
General Marquis do Grouchy, senator, has just
died in Paris.

The Count and Countess de Faris at

Twickenham.

Yesterday- afternoon the public reception of the
Count and Countess de Paris (whose recent oar'
riage at the Kingston Roman Catholic Chapel wixl
be well remembered) took place at York House'
Twickenham, on their return from spending the
honeymoon. In order to welcome them home with
proper rejoicings a subscription had been previously
made among the inhabitants of Twickenham, "claa
committee appointed (of which the Rev. a
Master, the vicar, was chairman) for the pupae° 0f
decorating the approaches leading to York N°nse'
their future home.

Great preparations had been made in the village
for the entry of the Count and Countess,end Church"
street and the various roads leading to the house
were decorated with flags, banners, and mottoes,
while the approaches nearest the mansion were gag
with coloared poles, ornamented with shields bear..
ing the arms of the ex-royal family of France, the
flew, cle lis being everywhere conspicuous. A tn.
umphal arch, formed of flowers, banners, and escut-
cheons earmounted by the word " Welcome" in
large letters, and crowned with a coat of arms and
coronet, had been constructed, while from the poles
already mentioned hang bright garlands of flowers
and streamers of evory hue, forming, with the irnm
manse crowd of spectators which had assembled
near the entrance, a gay and lively scene.
Shortly before four o'clock the members of the
committee, consisting of the Rev. G. S. Master, Mr
1-1. G. Bohn, and other gentlemen, took up a posi-
tion near the gate of the mansion in order to pre"

sent au address, while near the spot the band of the
16th S)uth-West Middlesex Volunteers were ste4

cloned, and agreeably dive:allied the proceedings
with their music.

A few minutes afterwards the Count and Countess
de Paris arrived in an open carriage amid merry
peals of bells from the parish church and a
royal salute of 21 guns fired from the alt. On
reaching the gate the carriage was brought to 0.
standstill, while the Rev. G. S. Master read ea
address of congratulation and welcome.
The address, which was engrossed on fine vel-
lum and baautifully illuminated, was then presented
to the count, who, in a speech which could hardly
be heard from the noise of the cheering, returned
thanks, and trusted that he and the countess would
enjoy that happiness the wish for which had been
so kindly tendered by the inhabitants of Twicken'
ham. Mr Bohn then read a history of York Souse'
which was also handed to the count, after which
Mrs Master and Miss Bohn presented the Cou"
teas de Paris with two bouquets of choice flowers,
which were most courteously received, and the
carriage immediately afterwards drove through the,
triumphal arch to the mansion,
where the count
and countess alighted and proceeded to the ivy-
covered wall of the river front. In the meadow
beneath this wall, and opposite the nit, the childree
(to the number of about 1,300) of the various paro-
chial schools had been collected. These carried
numerous flags and banners; and on the apPear—
ance of the Count and the Countess de Paris
and the Dake and Duchess de Montpensier the
cheering was excessive. Each child was afterwards
presented with a fourpenny piece in memory of the
event ; and the proceedings of the day were agree"
ably brought to a clime by a display of fireworks
on the river, the barge from which they were dis-
charged being decorated with lamps and faeutade
while the streets of Twickenham were bright with
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the illumination proceeding from the shops 6112'
Acuscs of the principal tradesmen.

Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and
the Coun,:,ees Apponyi returned to Chandos House Yeate"
day from visi:ing the Earl and Countess ;Russell at Woburn
Abbey, Beds.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are
expected to arrive at Northumberland House to-m°ll°°
from Sion House. On the following day they will 100
town for the North,
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland hheir
arrived at Terbet House, in the north of Scotland)a"
way to Dunrobin Castle.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings Will
leave Loudouu Castle, Ayrshire, on Friday next for Doriing-
ton Pti,k, Leicestershire, where they will receive a select
circle of li-lands for Lichfield and Derby races.
Me Earl and Countess Spencer are expected to
proceed on a continental tour the course of the ensuing
t
on
week,
The Earl and Couzitess of Scofield, with Viscount
Reidhaven, have arrived itt Ealmacaan, for the shooting
season, from Cullen House and Castle Grant,
Viscouoteo Jocelyn and Hon. Misseq JaCelYll
have arrived at the Hotel Mirabean, Paris, from London'
Viscount Courtenay and Lord Poltimore will
have large parties during the ensuing week fcr the Devon
and Exeter race naeetinp.
Lord Lonclesborough has arrived at his deer-
-2 lleu34ion has left London for tbo baths
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Sir Lydston Newman, who has been making a
tour in South Wales, will entertain a distinguished arty
at Starcross during the Exeter races.
11:L:itocirni,d: quarters, Tulchen Ledge, Glenisla.
The marriage of Lieut.-Col. Farquharson of It:
vercauld with Miss Oswald, eldest daughter of Mr 03vv31u.
of Auchineruive, is fixed to take place in London early la-
the month of November.
DISTRESS IN THE UNITED STATES.-7het
women in Philadelphia and New York are iu great
distrees, as their scanty earnings are insufficient to suPils
them. For soldiers' pants they get only from 6 to 6 cent
in paper money; and for shirts one dollar per done:2;l3h
eluding button -holes and all complete. For tents, witnig
tutton•lioles, they get :15 cents pee tent. These 713i1a,.
have held large meetings both in New York. and on.
de,:phia, but a deaf ear has been paid to their re
atrances,

CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY.

Half-yearly Meeting,--This Day.
The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the Charing-cross Railway was held this day at the Lon-
don-bridge Terminus; James Byng, Esq., in the chair.
The report stated that the receipts and expenditure on
capital account for the half-year ending the 30th .Tune last
allows the receipts for that period to have been £416,914
12s. 4d., and the expenditure £511,539 12s. 4d.
The receipts have been derived principally from calls and
and pre payment of calls on the 5 per cent. shares created
and issued in August last, and by the exercise of the corn-
13anr s borrowing powers under the Act of 1863. The prin-
ciPal items of expenditure have been—On account of the
purchase of property required for the City Terminus in
Caution street (257,334 7s 3d) ; works of the original rail-
WV and the station at Charism-cross (£101,346 3s 4d), and
City Terminus works (£54,C00).
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report,
Which, after a short discussion, was carried unanimously,
The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend at the rate
of 25 per cent. per annum be declared.
I.lr GORDON TuomrsoN seconded the motion, which was
agreed to unanimously.
The meeting was then made special, for the purpose of
confirming an agreement between the Charing-cross Rail-
Way Company and the South Eastern Railway Company
made under the provisions cf "The Charing Cross Railway
Act, 1563," and " The Charing Cross Railway Act, 1864,"
1;4 the amalgamation of the Charing Cross Railway Com-
pany and their undertaking, property and effects, rights,
powers, privileges and authorities, with the South-Eastern
Itliiway Company and their undertaking, property and
effects, rights, powers, privileges and authorities.
resolution was moved confirming the agreement, but

Mr FEW obj,cted to the arrangement. -
The CHAIRMAN said he considered this amalgamation
Would prove advantageous for both companies, as it was
fair, honest, and just; the terms were an exchange of
Shares, Charing-cross for South Easterns.
A poll was ultimately taken, when the resolution was
carried by a large majority.
Mr BEATTIE said ho had baon instructed by the South
Eastern Company to represent their interests, and in his
discretion, had it been necessary, he should have voted for
the amalgamation, but he abstained from voting at all,
otherwise the majority in favour of the amalgamation
'would have been very much larger.
A vote of thanks to the directors terminated the pro-
°Wings.