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

HER MAJESTY,

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 110
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 Grapey, Lieut.. General the Hon. C.
Grey, Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Captain von
Westerweller, Mr Buff, Mr Sahl, and the Master of
the Household.

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

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived at the
Castle on Saturday, and !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 Clothworkers' Hall in the City, where his 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 \Vales 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 Highnesseo
Princess Helena, Louise, Alice of Hesse, and Bea`
trice, and Princes Louis of Hesse and Leopold, and
attended by Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, Colonel
the Hon. A. E. Hardinge, C. 8., Lient.•General the
Hon, C. Grey, Major-General F. H. G. Seymour,
the Countess of Caledon, &c., 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 red
ceived by the officials of the Great Western Rail-
way, Mr. Tyrrell, the general superintendent ; Mr•
Kelley, the divisional superintendent, and Messrs•
Rawlinson and Mathews, and conducted to the
state saloons attached to a train of five other card
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, and
smiled in acknowledgment of their loyal greetings.
Her Majesty was in mourning, and looked rather
pale.

Precisely at four o'clock the special started from
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'
'ragmen and Kelley, to Basingstoke junction, which
was reached at 4.53 p.m. via Slough and Readitig•
At Basingstoke the care of the Royal train wag
transferred to Mr. Godson, the traffic superintew
dent of the South-Western Railway, who accoliv
parried the special to the Royal Clarence
i
Victualling yard, Gosport, via Winchester 80
Bishopstoke.

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 11°
THE HIGHLANDS.—The Prince of Wales, it is understood,
will come north, as he did last year, for the shooting, slid
will again occupy Abergeldie Castle. While in Scotlall,
his Royal Highness, it is confidently expected, will vi,it
the Duke of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. The promise
was given last year, and therb is every reason to believe t
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 lying there. She i
remain at Burntisland till she is joined by his Royal U'&
ness Prince Alfred.

;,Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of COI
bridge and Princess Mary honoured the Earl 111
Countess of Malmesbury by their company at dinner SeEj;
terday evening, at their residence in Stratford-place. 113
Duchess and Princess, attended by Lady Geraldine Saner
set and Capt. Ellis, arrived at eight o'clock. There Well)
present to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Ricbei
lieu, the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl and Countess
Hardwicke, and Lady Agneta Yorke, the Earl of Annesleil
Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Courtenay, the Dowager Lad,/
Truro, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Emily Pee"
and Mr W. Lytton. _

The Empress of Austria has left Kissinger' t°
return to Vienna.

The Botschafter of Vienna announces that N•il
William of Prussia will in a few days arrive in that caPit"
accompanied by Count de Bismark and General de g‘111;
teuffel. His Majesty will remain for five or six days $
Schcenbr nun.
The Grand Ducal Court of Baden left on tli°
7th, to pass some time at Minau, on the Lake of WI.
stance.
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His Excellency the Marquis de la Puente t
the Marchioness de la Puente and family have arrived
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 11°11
Berkeley-square, for Bantry Castle, Ireland.
Colonel and Lady Henrietta Ogilvy have left
Grafton. street for a tour in Switzerland. st
Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner,
evening, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and gilr°
chioness of Cadore, Maria Marchioness of AilesburY,
count Torrington, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., 14°,44i.
Dunkellin, M P., Mr Bernal Osborne, Mr Gregory,
Alfred Seymour, Mrs Henry Baring, Mr H, Temple, C°4
H. W. and Mrs Dudley Carleton, Mr G. Vivian, Mr fUloi
Lady Dorothy Nevill, Mr Calcraft, Mr George Russell,
Mr Delano.

Sir George and Lady Musgrave, and Miss Mt:/8‘
grave have left Brown's Hotel for Eden Hall.
tt
Sir W. Scott, Lady Scott, and the Misses P4°,l
have left the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, for Allal/-1
J edburgh.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.—The 70°
Wjll
of Buccleuch's conversazzone to the fellows of the
g,
Horticultural Society will take place to-morrow evenill4
when their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Wales will be present. The conservatory and arcadeoll
bo illuminated.

AFRICAN EXPLORATION.—News has St Jeri.
been received from Khartum of that enterprising „plor7,
Mr Samuel Baker. It will be recollected by all who $1.0(
interested in Nile discovery, that after the departure
Captains Speke and Grant, Mr Baker started for the Ohio
in search of the reported lake, Luta Nzige. His part,' Pri
now been met with returning to Gondokoro, a few 11°11'0
march from that place, and as one of the swiftest vasselB,4-if
the river, placed at his disposal by the generosity °f
01t
Petherick, was waiting his arrival at Gondokoro, we %,
hope soon to hear of his descending the Nile and cool°
nicating the results of his journey.
AN ENGINE-DRIVER. KILLED.—On SundaP
one of the trains was leaving the IL.mmersmith station
the Hammersmith extension line, for Shepherd's 1311913:01,
fatal accident occurred to the engine-driver of the tae of
named Nicholas Clarke. He was leaning over the B'l.-o
his engine, when his head struck a post on. the line.
.:erg
blow knocked him from the engine close to a wall thet,lo
runs beside the railway. He fell between the wheels 01',' 0
engine and train, and was cut to pieces. Clarke leele°
wife and two children.
HEAVY COMPENSATION CASE,—THAMES
BANKMENT.—Yesterday the caso of " Gwynne a' hae
Metropolitan Board of Works" was concluded after
n 0
days' proceedings. It was a compensation claim of X"'et)g,
on account of the embankment at the bottom of ssiot3o
street, Strand. Mr. Gwynne, an engineer, had Preificso
near the Temple-pier. After the case for the clairaap"
concluded the Assessor awarded £14,000 compansatiou'eep
FORESTERS' FETE, LEICESTER.—There has beep
a disgraceful riot, Mr. Coxwell, the aeronaut, was brui,'ooo
mobbed, and his balloon WWI Several persons have
iajtired,