The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-12 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales in

Sweden.

(Rom the times' Special Correspondent.)
ELSINORE, Saturday, Oct. 8.
Nothing could be in more marked contrast to the
gaiety and continued excitement of the visit to the
Swedish capital than the tranquil domestic life of
the family circle at Fredensborg. The incidents
which were crowded upon each other so thickly,
giving public interest to every hour of their stay in
Stockholm, are here altogether wanting; indeed, just
at the present moment one might as well set about
describing the routine of any ordinary English gen-
tleman's household as that governing the interior of
the Danish palace. Had the intention in leaving
England been to spend the long vacation to good
advantage, and to see as much as possible of the
world, the Swedish capital would have offered irre-
sistible attractions, and their RIR' Highnesses, no
doubt, would have been as readily induced to 6.s tend
their stay as the Swedish Royal family were araieu9
that they should do so. The journey, however, to
the north of Europe was undertaken simply as a
proof of undiminished family affection; the Swedish
visit was in some measure an afterthought, and
all the time that it lasted her Royal Highness,
deeply sensible though she must have been of the
attention showered upon her husband and herself,
no doubt felt that the time spent in that country
was so much withdrawn from the period which
could be passed in the society of her own family,
and also caused her to be absent from the little
Prince, her son. " Baby," it is now said, will not
be taken with their Royal Highnesses when they
are travelling overland to England, as the climate
at that time may be too advanc,cl for him to move
about with impunity. The probability is that he
will be taken to Lubeck early next week by the
Osborne, and thence fox warded under proper
i su-
pervision to the care of her Majesty, who s at
present staying in the Highland?.
There is indeed a rumour of impending gaieties
in the Danish Court circle, but these, if they take
place, will not be in honour of the arrival of their
Royal Highceaees of England, who are regarded as
domesticated members of the family, but of the
approaching nuptials with the Russian Cesarewitch.
The union is altogether one of affection ; and, now
that the consent of the Russian Court has been
gained tosthe political aspects of the marriage, there
has been no loss of time on the part of the Russian
Emperor in testifying his sense of the high matri-
monial prize about to be drawn by his kinsman.
He has caused to be forwarded to the Danish Court
a necklace of pearls and diamonds of great value,
intended for the Princess Dagmar, and accompanied
by a message of the most flattering character.
There was a large dinner party at Fredensborg
Castle last evening, at which the Russian Grand
Duke was present.
Prince Barinsky and the captain of the vessel in
which the Russian Crown Prince travelled to
Denmark paid a visit to the Royal yacht Osborne
yesterday, and minutely examined all her arrange-
ments, even measuring those apartments or other
items among her internal fittings with which they
were most struck. The Osborne, it will be remem-
bered, is now close upon 20 years in existence, and'
the changes worked by time in that interval are
recalled to mind very forcibly when one sees in the
same ship the nursery, with four doors opening ofl
it, which belonged to the rooms occupied by the
Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice,
and Prince Alfred, when all four respectively were
of tender years, and again upon a different deck
the sleeping apartment belonging to the Prince and
Princess of 'Wales in which they rested on their
journey from Sweden the other day. The yacht,
therefore, is scarcely designed according to the most
modern theories; but her system of ventilation is
perfect, the distribution of her rooms is admirable.
She is still, with the exception of the Victoria and
Albert;the best yacht possessed by the Royal family,
and many persons who have sailed in both declare
that as a good sea boat they would still prefer to
be on board the Osborne.

It is the intention of the King of Denmark to
visit Her Majesty's ship Aurora someday next week,
and it is expected that either on that occasion or on
some subsequent day yet to bo named the frigate
will go through a course of target exercise, a pro-
ceeding in which the D mos take the deepest inte•
rest,

The public, no doubt, will learn with satisfaction
that the Prince of Wales gave directions that every
provision should be made for the family of the un-
fortunate sailor of the Osborne who lost his life on
the way to Stockholm. Upon inquiry it turns out
that the deceased was married about a year ago,
but fortunately there was no issue of the marriage.
He was a man of irreproachable character, and
greatly esteemed by all on board. A melancholy
coincidence is that he was either the fifth or sixth
member of his own family who lost his life by
drowning, and like every one of those who perished
before him, was utterly ignorant of the art of
swimming. He had been heard to say only a few
days before the accident that if ever he fell over-
board there would be no chance of his being saved.
And yet, with a fatal facility which the heads of
the service would do well to check if they have it
in their power, able trustworthy seamen in other
respects go on risking their lives every day under
similar conditions, and apparently will not acquire
the knowledge requisite to give them at least a
chance of escape in a critical position.

The Swedish elk, which there was so much
trouble in meeting originally, still continues to find
employment for members of the Royal Staff. It
was skinned and cut up yesterday, and the size of
the animal may be gathered from the fact that the
meat alone weighed 6 cwt. Upon this the Custom•
house officers made a demand, alleging that it was
venison, and though the ordinary kinds of meat ate
admitted on very reasonable terms, they adhered to
their point, and with laudable importunity com-
pelled the representatives of his Royal Highness to
pay some pounds before they would allow the car-
cass to be cleared.