The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-12 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 1L

The Queen, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse,
and the Princess Victoria, of Hesse, Princess Helena,
Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leo-
pold, left Windsor Castle at ten minutes before four
o'clock this afternoon for Osborne.

In attendance were the Countess of Caledon, the
Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Flora Macdonald,
Mdlle. de Grency, Lieut.• General the Hon. C.
Grey, Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Captain von
Westorweller, Mr Buff, Mr Sahl, and the Master of
the Household.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmar•
then and Captain Grey, left the Castle this morn•
ing for Marlborough House.

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived at the
Castle on Saturday, End !eft this morning.

The Prince and. Princess of Wales.

The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to
Marlborough House yesterday morning, from a
visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by
the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Earl Spencer,
Lieut.-General Knollys, and Captain Grey, went to
the Cloth workers' Hall in the City, where hia Royal
Highness was enrolled a freeman of the company.
Theirßoyal Highnesses afterwards took luncheon
with the Master and Wardens of the company.
The Prince of Wales rode to Wimbledon in the
afternoon.
The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the
Italia Opera, Covent-garden, in the evening.

Departure of her Majesty for Osborne,
Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock,
her Majesty,accompanied by theirßoyal Highnesses
Princess Helena, Louise, Alice of Hesse, and Bea-
trice, and Princes Louis of Hesse and Leopold, end
attended by Colonel Sir T. M. Biudulph, Colonel
the Hon. A. E. Hardinge, C. 8., Lieut. General the
Hon, C. Grey, Major-General F. H. G. Seymour,
the Countess of Caledon, left Windsor' Castle
for the Windsor station of the Great Western
Railway, en route for Osborne.

Her Majesty and the various members of the
Royal family drove from the Castle to the terminus
in carriages drawn by white ponies. The Royal
party on entering the station-yard drew up, and her
Majesty, with the Princes and Princesses, were re 4
ceived by the officials of the Great Western Rol'
way, Mr. Tyrrell, the general superintendent ; Mr'
Kelley, the divisional superintendent, and Messrs•
Rawlioson and Mathews, and conducted to the
state saloons attached to a train of five other ear"'
riages furnished for the occasion by the London and
South-Western Railway Company.
A large concourse of ladies and spectators had
gathered together on the station platform, and to
these, as her Majesty was stepping into the saloon,
the Queen very graciously turned, bowed, acd
smiled in acknowledgment of their loyal greetings•
Her Majesty was is mourning, and looked rather
pale.
Precisely at four o'clock the special started h°°°
the station (the lowering of the standard on the
round tower announcing the fact of the Queen's
departure) on its way, under the charge of Messrs.
Taw:ell and Kelley, to Basingstoke junction, which
was reached at 4.55 p.m. via Slough and Reading'
At Basingstoke the care of the Royal train was
transferred to Mr. Godson, the traffic superintew
dent of the South-Western Railway, who accore'
panied the special to the Royal Clarence
Victualling-yard, Gosport, via Winchester and
Biehopstoke.
The Royal train arrived at Gosport about ten
minutes past six o'clock, when the Queen and Royal
family embarked on board the Fairy, and at once
proceeded to Osborne, which would be reached
about seven o'clock.

EXPECTED VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO
TIIE HIGIELANDS.—The Prince of Wales, it is understood,
will conic north, as he did last year, for the shooting, and
will again occupy Abergeldie Castle. While in Scotland
his Royal Highness, it is confidently expected, will visit
the Duke of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. The promise
was given last year, and there is every reason to believe It
will be fulfilled.—lnverness Courier.

PRINCE ALFRED.—The Aurora, which is to con-
vey his Royal Highness Prince Alfred to Norway, arrived
in the Firth of Forth on Sunday. Instead of proceeding to
Leith Roads, as was anticipated, she made for Burntisland
Roads, and cast anchor a little off the pier, almost alongside
the French corvette Expeditive, still ing there. She will
remain at Burntisland till she is joined by his Royal High'
ness Prince Alfred.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam.
bridge and Princess Mary honoured the Earl and
Countess of Malmesbury by their company at dinner yes-
terday evening, at their residence in Stratford-place. The
Duchess and Princess, attended by Lady Geraldine Somer-
set and Capt. Ellis, arrived at eight o'clock. There wcro
present to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Riche-
lieu, the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl and Countess of
Hardwicke, and Lady Agneta Yorke, the Earl of AnnesleY'•
Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Courtenay, the Dowager LadY
Truro, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Emily Pee],
and Mr W. Lytton-
The Empress of Austria has left Kissingon to
return to Vienna.
The Botschafter of Vienna announces that e
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William of Prussia will in a few days arrive in that capal,
accompanied by Count do Bismark and General do Man"
teuffel. His. Majesty will remain for five or six days id
Schcenbrunn,
The Grand Ducal Court of Baden left on the
7th, to pass some time at Minau, on the Lake of Con-
stance.
His Excellency the Marquis de la Puente sc.
the Marchioness do la Puente and family have arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley• square, from Madrid.
The Earl and Countess of Belmore have left
Brown's Hotel.
The Earl of Bantry has left Thomas's ilet°ll
Berkeley-square, for Bantry Castle, Ireland.
Colonel and Lady Henrietta Ogilvy have log
Grafton. street for a tour in Switzerland.
Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner, last
evening, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and 'gar'
chioness of Cadore, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Vi°,;
count Torrington, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lo'
Dunkeltin, M P., I\lr Bernal Osborne, Mr Gregory,
Alfred Seymour, Mrs Henry Baring, Mr H, Temple, Col;
H. W. and Mrs Dudley Carleton, Mr. G. Vivian, Mr sl3;
Lady Dorothy Nevill, Mr Calcraft, Mr George Russell, and
Mr Delane.
Sir George and Lady Musgrave, and Miss Mtl
grave have left Brown's Hotel for Eden Hall.
Sir W. Scott, Lady Scott, and the Misses Scott
have left the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, for .Ancrto'
J edburgh.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. The Dail
of Buccieuch's conversazzone to the fellows of the PI:-
Horticultural Society will take place to-morrow eVel3iii
when their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Wales will be present. The conservatory and arcades vil
be illuminated.

AFRICAN gth
EXPLONATION.—News has at lenu
been received from Khali= of that enterprising c%l3l°r:ri:
Mr Samuel Baker. It will be recollected by all wh° -of
interested in Nile discovery, that after the departur°
Captains Speke and Grant, Mr Baker started for the 13ciub5 0
in search of the reported lake, Luta Nzige. pertY„-ro'
now been met with returning to Gondokoro; a few 11- A
march from that place, and as one of the swiftest vessel
lit
the river, placed at his disposal by the generosity et
Petherick, was waiting his arrival at Gondokoro, Ij3lll.
hope soon to hear of his descending the Nilo and cosPI

nicating the results of his journey.

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AN ENGINE-DRIVER KILLED.-011 Sun- 1
coo of the trains was leaving the Hammersmith. etati°l,l3 il °
the Hammersmith extension line, for Shepherd's ptisl,
fatal accident occurred to the engine-driver of the tr': af
named Nicholas Clarke. He was leaning over the o' The°
his engine, when his head struck a post on the line. re
blow knocked him from the engine close to a wall that hello
runs beside the railway. He fell between the wheels of,ta 0
engine and train, and was cut to pieces. Clarke lee:V—
wifeH aEnAdv tyw o
COMPENSATION
BA.NlillENT.—Yesterday the case of " Gwynne v sre
CASE.—TIIDIES 41348
Metropolitan Board of Works" was concluded efter,:noo
street, Strand. Mr. Gwynne,
days' proceedings. It was a compensation claim of -S3v,vs,
ou account of the embankment at the bottom ef lilssteas
near the Temple-pier. After the case for the claimant
concluded the Assessor awarded £14,000 compensation.
ea
an engineer, had pre''''l,o
FORESTERS' FETE, LEICESTER.—There bad be,e
a digraceittl riot, Mr. Coxwell, the aeronaut, was brut b'eje'7o
mobbed, and his balloon burnt. Several persona WO c
ihitired.