The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-03 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and. Princess
of Wales will leave Abergeldie Castle this morning
fur Dundee, there to embark on their trip to Den-
mark. After leaving Copenhagen their royal high-
nesses will pay a flying visit to St. Petersburg, and
lastly Stockholm. The Earl Spencer, Groom of the
Stole to the Prince, and Countess Spencer, accom-
pany their royal highnesses: The Countess de Grey,
Lady in Waiting to the Princess, with the Earl and
Countess Spencer, will await the arrival of their
royal highnesses at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. Gen,
Knollys, Msjor Teesdale, and other members of
the household of the Prince and Princess of Wales,
will accompany their royal highnesses. We under-
stand that the Prince and Princess will embark on
board the Osborne, royal yacht, at about four o'clock
this afternoon. The excursion to the Baltic is ex-
pected to occupy about three weeks.
At a meeting of the Dundee town council on
Thursday, Provost Parker stated that he had re.
ceived a letter from Sir Charles IVood stating that it
was the wish of the Prince of Wales that the em-
barkation should be conducted as quietly as possible.
As they would have a long drive in the morning
before getting to the railway, and then a long rail.
way journey, and in addition to that they had the
prospect of a sea voyage, the prince was anxious as
much as possible to save the princess from every
exertion and fatigue. Sir Charles Wood had inti.
mated to the provost that while the prince appre-
ciated the wish that had been expressed that there
should be some display of the loyal feeling of the
people on this occasion, it would not be agreeable
to him; but he would on another occasion visit
Dundee, when they would have an opportunity of
doing everything desirable in the way of display.

• The Braemar Gathering.
ABERDEEN, Friday Afternoon. •
The Braemar Gathering, for competition in Highs
land sports and games, was held at the Castle
of Mar on Thursday, when their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Wales, with a large
number of distinguished personages, were present.
There was also a great muster of spectators from all
parts of the country ; indeed, as in former years, the
romantic old village was quite unequal to meet the
demands for comfortable bed and board made by the
many tourists who assembled in it on Wednesday
evening, so that pot-luck and rough shakedowns
were eagerly accepted anywhere and in any way.
The hostelries of Messrs Fisher and Hunter were
crowded from drawing room to bar, and nearly a
hundred ladies and gentlemen assembled in the
"travellers room," lately built for Mr Fisher, on the
very spot where John Erskine, the 39th Earl of Mar,
erected his standard and proclaimed the " Chevalier"
in 1715. The clans met near Castletown about mid•
day on Thursday, the Fife men, some 80 in number,
being commanded by Viscount Macduff, Mr R. W.
Daff,,M.P., and Mr Geo. Lane Fol. The Farquhar-
sons had a rather larger array, and were officered by
Capt. Farquharson, 60th Rifles, and Capt. Henry
Farquharson, Scots Fusilier Guards, Combined they
were a very line body of men, and dressed in th e
tartans of their respective chiefs, and armed with
long pikes, had an imposing appearance. Most un-
fortunately the weather was wretchedly bad, strong
gusts of wind and drizzling showers sweeping down
the beautiful valley where the warlike old Castle of
Mar stands. Notwithstanding this, the spectators
gathered steadily around the ring, and the compete..
tors stripped and set to work racing, "putting the
stone," throwing the hammer, tossing the caber,
&c. At half-past 2 the raising of the standard on.
the Castle top announced the coming of the Prince
and Princess of Wales. The games were instantly
stopped, and the Highlanders, hurrying into line,
greeted their Royal Highnesses with loud cheers .
'The Prince and Princess were received by the Eaerl
of Fife and Col. Farquharson, of Invercauld. He r
Royal Highness took her seat on a sofa beside Lady
Fife, while the Prince entered at once into convex.
sation with the noblemen and gentlemen around.
Among the company in front of the Castle and over-
looking the games were the following, in addition
to those named—Lord and Lady Holmesdale, Lord
Cowper, Lord Tyrone, Lady Blantyre, Lord Hamil-
ton, Sir Charles Wood, Hon. Mrs Coke, Gen. Hoo I,
Mejor Teesdale, Dr Sieveking, Mr and Mrs and tl
Misses Oswald of Auchincruieve, Hon. Geo. Dui I,
the Marquis of Huntly, Lord Bertram Gordon, Co d.
and Mrs Jocelyn, Sir Thomas and Lady Moncrief
and the Misses Moncrieffe, Mr and Mrs Forbes of
Newe, Lady Wallace, Miss Ricardo, Col. Fraser of
Castle Fraser, &c.
The games having been renewed were contest( 2a
with great spirit for about an hour, when a she rt
rest took place, during which luncheon was sere ed
in the Castle to a party of about 100. Colonel Fa re
quharson had the honour to conduct the Princess
of Wales to table, the Prince following with Miss
Oswald, the Colonel's bride-elect, on his arm. The
latter incident was at once noticed by the Hill h.
Landers, and seemed to give much gratification.
After luncheon the sports commenced, and, tde-
spite the falling rain, which came down heaviest d ur-
ing the most interesting contest of all—the danthng
—the Prince and Princess kept their places till the
end, when they partook of tea in the Castle, end
shortly before 6 o'clock drove off for Aberge),.dio
Castle, amid enthusiastic cheers.
The hero of the games, alike for strength of n rm
and agility of jumping, was Donald Dinne, ws 11-
known over Scotland as the " Deeside Champio n."
James Paton Murthly carried off the prize of £5
given by the Prince of Wales to the best perfor mar
of the sword dance ; while Lady Fife's prize of a
like sum, for dancing reels, fell to John Cumming
Tarland. Alexander Robertson Glenisla clove rly
eclipsed all competitors for the gift of £5 awarded
by Colonel Farquharson to the winner of the half
mile race. A grand ball was held in the even ing
at the Castle, when a number of the distinguis;aed
visitors named above joined the Highlanders in
their merry-making. The whole of the arrange"
ments of the gathering, under Mr Brown, fact or at
Invercauld, were very complete and satisfactor 7.
The Prince and Princess of Wales leave A leer-
geldie to-morrow morning, and proceed by the
Deeside and Scottish North-Eastern Railway to
Dundee, where they embark at three o'clock for
Denmark.
It was intended by the authorities that this the
first visit of the Prince and Princess to Dundee
should be marked with considerable ceremony and
rejoicing. A letter has, however, been received
by Provost Parker from his Royal Highness the
Prince expressing a wish that the reception may be
as private as possible. This request has caused
4:lucre' disappointment in the town.

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The Duchess (Dowegtr) of Sutherland is expected
to leave Vichy the week after next for Paris. The duchess
has greatly improved in health since her residence on the
Continent.
The Earl and Countess of Lichfield will receive
a select circle of friends at their seat in Staffordshixe duria
the ensuing week.
Lady Ward will entertain a succession of COo'
pany at Himley-hall, Staffirdshire, doting the next weel:
Lord Walter Scott and Hon. Captain Taibl
returned to town on Thursday from a tour in the south

France.
The Countess de Hamel do Mania has returned
to Cumberland House, Bayswater, from Hambledon Lodge'

Haute.
The Journal de Frankfort states that Cardinal ac't
Geyssel, Archbishop of Cologne, is seriously ill, and °lie
prayers have been ordered for his recovery.