The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-15 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 14.
Her Majesty has passed this most sad anniversary
and the preceding day in complete seclusion.
The Queen, accompanied by all the members cf
the Royal Family, proceeded early this morning to
the Royal Mausoleum (where her Majesty is in the
habit of going constantly), and permission Nvis given
to all the members of the household, including the
servants, to go there and pay a tribute of love and
respect to the memory of their beloved and reveled
and ever-to-be-regretted master.

TIIE COURT.—Her Majesty and the princes and
princesses will leave Windsor Castle on Thursday next.
The Prince and Princess of Wales will leave Frogmore
Lodge for Osborne on the 22d inst., where they will
remain 14 days on a visit to her Majesty, and afterwards
return to Windsor. The servants will go out of mourning.
and resume their scarlet liveries on Monday, the 2801
instant

To-•morrow, the 16th, will be the birthday cf the
King of the Belgians, who will be 73 on that day. Great
family rejoicings will take place, as great joy is felt at
the happy state of health of the King after his recent
dangerous and most trying illness. Numerous promo-
tions and nominations in the Order of Leopold are spoken
of.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and
the Countess Apponyi left Chandos house yesterday for
Longleat, Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness
of Bath, to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge.
The Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana
Beauclerk have arrived at Redbourne Hall, Lincolnshire,
on a visit to the buke of St. Albans.

His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle left town
yesterday morning for Dublin, to resume his duties as Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland.

The Countess of Elgin, as we understand from
the last telegram received by the family from India, is 011
her way home from Lahore. The day after the internally
of the late earl's rem tins the countess and suite left for
Bombay, whence they return home. It is expected that
the countess and family will arrive in England towards
the latter end of January or in February.
Lord Huntingfiold will entertain a large shootilig
party at his seat in Suffolk during the present week.
Lord Broughton is entertaining a select party at
Tedworth, Hants.
The Countess Blucher has arrived at Mauries
Hotel from Paris, oa her way to visit her Majesty at Niriutl"
sor Castle.
Lady Mary Craven has left Thomas's Hotel
Berkeley-square, for Moleoomb House, Chichester, on
visit to the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar'
Mr. Craven has returned to Melton Mowbray.
The Hon. Admiral Rous and Mrs. ROLE' have
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arrived at Dean Park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess o'
Cardigan.

SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF TII°
PRINCE CONSORT.—Yesterday being the second
anniversary of the death of the lamented Prince Consort,
her Majesty and the members of the royal family attended
a religious service which took place about half-past tent
within the walls of the royal mausoleum at Froemore• In
the afternoon the whole of the servants of the Queen's AO
Prince of Wales's households were allowed to visit the
mausoleum, between 1.2 and four o'clock, by permission of
her Majesty, when some hundreds of the servants and thEir
families availed themselves of the opportunity of inspecting
the Prince's tomb. The interior of the mauseleuat, which
is octagon in shape and still in are unfinished condition, n
portion of the work being boarded, was beautifully deco-
rated with choice exotics, while the recumbent effigy of the
Prince Consort beneath a canopy of carve' wood, and also
the tomb, were ornamented with wreaths of evergreens end
immortelles, placed there by the hands of the Queen awl
the princes and princesses. During the time the mans°',
leum was open there was a constant stream of the rove'
servants to and from the Frogmore grounds, all wearing
mourning, while many of the public, attracted by tbn
scene, applied in vain for admission at the gates of the pri-
vate road leading from the Long. walk to the mausoleum.
Those of the servants who had brought friends with the m
had to leave them behind at the gates, the police haviug
strict orders to admit none but persons employed in the
Castle and the domestics of the royal households. It is
hoped that her Majesty will, on the completion of the mau-
soleum, allow the general public an opportunity of seeing
the resting-place of the Prince Consort.
THE GREAT EASTERN.—PROPOSED LOTTERY.
DISTRIBUTION.--The Liverpool creditors met again yester-
day to consider the two schemes of the formation of a neve
company, in which the creditors shall stand as paid up
shareholders, and the disposal of the ship by lcttery. The
opinion was decidedly in favour of the latter project, parti-
cularly as it was ascertained that counsel in London had
reported in favour of its practicability. The arrangements
for the lottery would be carried out at Frankfort-on-the-
Maine, though the shares would all be held in England.
It is proposed to have 210 prizes, ranging from £20,000 to
£250.
THE CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. Yesterday
Captain Tyler, the Government inspector, in cony"
pany with Mr. Hawkshaw, renewed his inquiry into tbe
condition of this line, and proceeded to test the nun:tern.°
iron road bridges that carry it from the Charing-ernsE''
bridge to the London-bridge terminus. The structureSr
were severally tested with weights equivalent to a ten per
foot on each line of rails, the general average defleetinti
being only half an inch on the centres and a quarter
inch on the cross girders, the result being considered high Y
satisfactory. The iron plate girder bridge at the L
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ndon-
bridge end is the largest structure of its kind, extending
over a total span of 1861 t and weighing upwards of 300 ton ,3*
The bow and string bridge over Southwark-street 11°13:
span of 132 ft in the clear. There is no other line in t
kingdom that, within the short space of three miles, ho
such massive and masterly engineering works. This 1,1%0
noon the important process of testing the strength ot
utb..
cylinders and piers took place, when the structure wanB2oo
iected to the severe dead weight over all the 16 piers t.
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ens, and this terminated the Government inspector 0
perimental testing. OD
AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DIT.E AT LIVER- -po 0
THIS WEElC.—There are three mails due at Liverpool all
week from the United States, viz.—The City of Baltic
from New York on the sth, may be expected at Queenst°,
late to-night or early to-morrow morning ; the America,
or
from Portland on the sth, may be looked for at Lonfiondebo,
in the course of to-morrow; the Cunard steamer Ar:os
from Boston on the 9th, and Halifax early in the re°ir the
of the Ilth, may be expected to reach Queenstown gall
course of Saturday next. Should the City of Baltiinorehm
off Cape Race, we will have (should she receive den Pate
a week's later news from the United States.
THE HORSE CHESTNUT TURNED TO ACCOTIN
Eels
A correspondent of the Queen throws out the of
lowing suggestions in regard to the present idle Was.','"eog
the crop of horse chestnuts :—When we see scattered _e t:170.,
alleys and avenues and parks the fruit of the horse the, ,0
we are all astonished that science has not yet been .10
turn it to some use. But we are not long
cause, if by chance we taste one of these large an d
chestnuts with which the children amuse theene‘eiceort. 00$
strong, an intense bitterness assails our tongues in luso no
disagreeable manner. Is this defect sufficient the e 3
,flatri•
cultivation of the horse chestnuts to be abandoned .got
the substance ? We do not think so. No one is igi/joltea
of the repulsive taste of the olive when plucked
la"
from the tree; and yet every one knows the excellent
ilot,
poses to which the olive can be turned. The means l*
in suspectincioi
an-
we render eatable the fruit of the olive tree suffice °effect?
quish what is offensive in the horse chestnut. If, it" oil
we take the trouble to graze the horse chestnuts, t
them sufficently to obtain the iwcula ; if, aft!resvit!:n . evi
steep this factola in water fur 10 or 12 hours,tu
we wash it, and finally, if we place the last residuecha
eat,
fine sieve, so that the water alone escapes, obtain a
eat,
so that tfhere may be in° te•
free from bitterness and possessing all the qualities of
the horse chetdbl3o
tit
bThisy washingp ro ee forprocess
tth w obtaining
4te
and the
Di„,ey learned men have devoted a e-
taste, is very old. tD°
epoch when
horse chestuat was
broughtthe first of °llstautin"lej° d int°
was planted in one of the emus of the Saubise
thesei
trees introduce
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coal
hsetutidery, tahnedrewt a:rao.mthe yearro c 1615, the
Par's
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sident of the Court of Accounts at Montpellier, goes any
ba.olt as 1720, At a later period, the celebrated Par
tier, and the learned and illustrious Bautee, made U' 0
experimente on this fruit, which all were crowned
complete success. The la3aula of the horse chestnut isaeiliti,
eFtornai:ee,
ployed with advantage iu Germany as starch for the in r,
facture of paste, to be employed by binders and I,ljo
makers, In the departments of ELM) and Isere the iris
his
obtained by particular preparations, the basis of *11.'"'"0
al eaye water. The staech can be made as white an
.dorn:ory
that furuiehed by grain.
purpose, take the place of the potato, and
wramnesedee
wholesome food. • In 1757 le`• Murcandin re
had.
eennwove.
Thus prepared, it
affords
voet
water in which the grated hore'e-chestnuts
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chestnut suitable for butning an
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bark of the tree is useful for tanning.hmore
re valee tilat3
Flanders, Auehin, an oil isd
teixtracted from the l'c'tne
fruit, so much despised, has mac to hot sets top r`-
naonly supposed.