The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-12 00:00:00

the courtyard, and the upper portion of the building
is crowned by a dome-shaped roof. The frontage,
however, is flit and unornamental, and the great
door of entrance is as huge and bald as some of
those still to be seen in religious ed•Fces of the
period when " Churchwarden's Glthic" reigned
supreme. The attractions of the palace consist
partly of a large collection of pictures, but mainly
in the views obtained from its grounds over the
lovely Esrom Lake, and the gardens, which are of
great extent and beautifully laid out. In the great
entrance hall, of striking proportions and decorated
with paintings in honour of the peace which is as.
sociated with the foundation of the Castle, a guard
of honour of the Royal Horse Guards, dismounted,
was drawn up. This body, which is of as.good ave-

rage stature as the British heavy cavalry, has in the
distance, and more especially with the sunlight play-
ing upon their uniform, the aspect of being clothed
in brass. Both helmets and cuirasses are of that
colour, if not of that material, and the canary-
coloured tunic and buckskins look like a continues
tion of the armour. The officer in command of the
corps wore over his uniform a scarlet and silver star
of Denmark, covering th:i entire of his cuirass. Pro-
bably the most remarkable feature, however, in the
array drawn up to receive the Prince and Princess
of England was the staff of running footmen belong-
ing to the King of Denmark. There wear, no doubt
in accordance with ancient custom, a livery exceed-
ingiy rich as to material, but ludicrously suggestive
of Astlere. Scarlet and yellow are again the pre-
dominating colours, and upon their heads are silver
hats of great capacity, in which, as yesterday the
castle was en fete, enormous bouquets of the
choicest flowers were placed. So active and well
trained were these valets in the functions of their
office that they skipped up and down stairs, carried
and unrolled heavy carpets, and yet not a single
flower was displaced.

To bid the Royal guests welcome to the palace a
distinguished party assembled on the steps of the
terrace. They included, among others, the grand-
father of the Princess of Wales, and brother of the
Duchess of Cambridge, the Landgrave of Hesse,
the Princess Mary of Hainault, sister of the Queen
of Denmark, and her daughter, the Princess Hilda
of Hainault, Princess Thyra of Denmark, General
Oxholm, the Danish State Steward, the Master of
the Horse, the Countess Reventlow, &c. In the
suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales were the
Earl and Countess Spencer, the Countess De Grey,
Lady in Waiting, General Knollys, C,l. Keppel,
Mr Meade, Dr Sieveking, and Dr Minter. Into the
reception at Elsinore a public character necessarily
entered to some extent, but at Fredenaborg it was
altegetter a family party. With the exception of
the military and servants of the household there
were not more than half a dozen spectators, ad-
mitted by special favour, who were unconnected
with the Royal family. The greeting which the
Princess received on alighting showed that however
warmly she may be appreciated and admired in
England, i❑ Denmark, where she must have been
longer and more intimately known, the affection felt
for her is even stronger. Philosophers have main-
tained that a great test of character presents itself
in the age of the associates with whom a man or a
woman will get on best, but in this case the Princess
had no sooner passed from the embrace of one
relative, 77 years of age, who was visibly affected
on seeing her again, than she was claimed with the
utmost eagerness by her brother, the young Prince
Waldemar, not yet six years old, whom it was
absolutely necessary to kneel down and kiss before
the rejoicing could proceed any further. The
Prince of Wales was likewise most cordially
welcomed by all the tt.stnbied members of the
family ; and after the officers of the guard, &e.,
had been admitted to the honour of kissing
hands, the Royal party wilhdrew into the interior
of the palace. The day was unfortunately marred
by several very heavy showers, but although one of
these preceded the arrival, and another immediately
followed the Lousing of their royal highnesses.
there was fortunately an interval of 10 or 15 minutes
during which the weather relaxed its severer features,
as if to enhance the pleasure with which the Prin-
cess naturally found herself on the familiar stairs,
surrounded by all the well known faces.

For the next few days the life at Fredensborg
Castle will be as much as possible that of a private
family. To morrow (Wenesday) there is to be a
dinner party in honour of the birthday of the Qieen
of Denmark, but the invitations aro limited in
number and the proceedings will be strictly private.
In fact, it seems as if the object at present were
rather to spend a kw days of quiet enjoyment and
retirement than to enter upon any round of public
gaieties which at such a moment might seem cut of
harmony with the national feeling.
Wednesday Morning.
The weather is and has been deplorably wet. Last
evening there was a dangerous landslip on the line
of railway between Frendaborg and Copenhagen,
and the sightseers who had gone down to Eleinore
to witness the arrival of the Prince and Princess of
Wales were detained more than two hours on their
return before a second train could be procured from
the other end of the line and an exchange of pas-
sengers effected.

A large section of the public, no doubt, will be in-
terested in learning that the sea voyage appears to
have improved the health of the Princess, and that
there has been little or no occasion for the services
of either of the doctors having the infant Prince
in their charge.