The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

Closing Business
hare Railways. Paid. Price. done.

13.14. E Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 84 HER MAJESTY.
4 'Blythe and Tyne.
10 IBost.,Sleat.,andMid.Oo all 8 84 "•
at Bristol and Exeter .... 100 81 83
at Caledonian lOO 117 118 118 WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 9.
50 Cork and Bandon all The Lord Chancellor arrived at the Castle yes-
-20 Cornwall all ôi 7
10 Do A fttirtes naon.i,ilaivs ) all terday, and had an audience of the Queen:
10 IDo. B
been paid to 13, $ all The royal dinner party included the Prince and
60 'Dublin & Bellast June. all 38 80 Princess of Wales, the Crown, Prince and Princess
25 !Dun.,PerthoficAb. June. all 16 17
at 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 94 96 of Prussia, Princess Helena, the Duke of Brabant,
at 'Glasg. and S. Western., 100 107 109
the Lord Chancellor, the Belgian Minister, M. Van
Great Eastern, Ord. stk ,' 100 484 494 494 I 4
at Ditto A stock ' 100 45 47 de Weyer; the Dowager Countess of Mount-
at Ditto East Anglian atl 100 71 84
st GreatNorthot Scotland 100 Edgcumbe, Countess Hohenthal, Baroness DJbe-
A, 'Great Northern lOO l? 4 126 1254 } neck, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, the Hon. Caroline
at Do A stock
st Do Bdo
st Gt. S. an tW. of Irelan,l 100 99 101 96
at 'Great Western
at IDo Str Val gua. stock 100 attendance on the Duke of Brabant : Lord Talbot
at ,Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1081 1081 109} 4
at ;London and Blackwalt 100 71 73 de Malahide, Lord in Waiting ; Colonel the Hon.
at Lon., Brig,htot S. Coast 100 105 07 1054 7
A. Liddell, Groom ; Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieut.-
at Lon., Chat, and Dover 100 43 44 44
at Lon. & North Western 100 105 1054 1066 6 Colonel the Hon. de Ros, Equerries in Waiting to
at Lon. & So'.th Western 100 101 102 1014
at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 47 48 474 8 her Majesty, Lieut.-General Knollys, Lieut.-Col.
60 Maryport and Carlisle. all
124 Dot shares . all Keppel, Sir James Clark, Dr. Holzmann, Mr.
at Metropolitan all 111 112 1124 43 121 Fisher, and the Master of the Household.
at Midland
6.4.0 Do New
st Do Birming. di Derby 100 96 98
60 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all the Castle to-day for Fro more House.
25 Do. 4 shares
25 Mid Kest .. all --
10 Do Cray Line
at North British
at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 to graciously pleased to be godmother, had the honour
at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1001 1014 101 1001 li of an interview with her Majesty on Friday last,
25 Do, G.N.E. purchase i 6.13.4 —,,
st Do Leeds lOO 68 584 681 previous to their return to New Zealand.
at Do York
Mr. R. Dowling, commissioned by the Tasmanian
st Do Carlisle.. .....
at North London
10 Do New
39.16.4N0rth Statfordahire
10 'N. and S. W. Junction all 11 114
at Scottish Central
at Scot N. It., Aber. stock 100 42 44 Mr. Morton Edwards, commissioned by the cor-
at Do Scot Mid, stock lOO 98 100
10 Shrews. and Welchpool all poration and town of Toronto, has also been
at Shropshire Union
at South Devon ... 100 31 82 honoured with a sitting for a bust of his royal
at South Eastern
at South Wales
at S. York. and River Dun 100 97 i 9
20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 91 ,74
25 Stockton & Darlington all a 74 374 THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA has returned from the
25 Do l7 9 10 p
45 Do New, 1866 8 7} 74 p Crimea, and has taken up her residence at Tzarsko-Zelo.
at Taff Vale..
10 Do B 8 5 64 i
10 Do C 3 21 31 p d'Aumale have been the guests of the Marquis and
50 Ulster
25 Do - -- P
12.10 Do
st Vale of Neath
at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 170 175
at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 by the Marquis of Salisbury. In the evening a distin-
st West Cornwall 1100 guished company had the honour to meet the Royal guests
at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO at dinner, covers being laid for twenty.six persons. The
at West Midland -Oxford 100
at Do Newport 100 "house party." not including the Royal visitors, comprised
at Do Hereford 100 his Excellency Count Apponyi, the Austrian ambassador;

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale have been the guests of the Marquis and
Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts, during
the greater part of the week. The Duke and Duchess ar-
rived on Monday, and were received at the railway station
by the Marquis of Salisbury. In the evening a distin-
guished company had the honour to meet the Royal guests
at dinner, covers being laid for twenty. six persons. The
"house party," not including the Royal visitors, comprised
his Excellency Count Apponyi, the Austrian ambassador;
the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl and Countess of Clar-
endon and Ladies Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Hard-
wicke and Lady Agneta Yorke, the Earl and Countess of
Verularn and Lady Harriet Grimston, Lord Stanley, M.P.,
Lord Richard Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Eustace Cecil,
Lord Loughborough, Hon. and Rev. Vir. and Mrs. Talbot,
Hon. Reginald Talbot, Mr. Duncombe, Sco. During the
stay of their Royal Highnesses there was a dance after
dinner in the gallery. The Duke and Dachess d'Aumale
took leave of the noble host and hostess this day week (i.e.
on Thursday), and departed for Dadbrooke, Essex, on a visit
to Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Chichester For-
tescue, M.P.
The Count and Countess d'Albourg have left the
Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Naples and Rome.
Major. General and the Hon. Mrs. Stuart and the
Marquis of Bute have left the St. George's Hotel.
Lady Henrietta Allen and the Misses Allen have
arrived at their residence, 27, Chesham•street, from Scot-
land.

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His Excellency Lord Wodehouse had a lengthened
interview with Earl Russell yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Lord Wodehouse left town last evening by the mail train
for Copenhagen, on his mission to King Christian IX., to
congratulate his Majesty on his accession to the throne of
Denmark. His lordship is accompanied by the Hon. Henry
Wodehouse, Mr. P. W. Currie, and Mr. T. H. Sanderson,
as secretary and attaches to his mission.
. .

Lady Bloomfield has left town on a visit to the
Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, at Wimpolo House,
Can- bridgeshire. Lord Bloomfield is unable to quit his
diplomatic post this winter.

Lord and tady Aveland are entertaining a suc-
cession of visitors at their seat, Normanton Park, Rutland.

THE DUKE DE BRABANT is now in England for
several days' sojourn.

THE KING 0 SWEDEN is suffering from a slight
attack of bronchitis.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
his Excellency Prince do la Tour d'Avergne, the French
Ambassador, last evening at Cambridge-house, Piccadilly.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset and a select party were
invited to meet his excellency.
The Earl of Westmoreland is so far recovered
from his very serious illness that no further telegrams are
necessary to relieve the anxiety of his friends. Should his
lordship continue to improve, of which there is but little
doubt, he will be able to return home in a few days.
The Earl and Countess of Warwick and family
have left the Stable-yard, St. James's, for Worthing.

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The Earl of Haddington has left the Alexandra
Hotel for Tyninghame, Prestonkirk.
DEPARTURE OF SIR JOHN LAWRENCE.—Sir
John Lawrence, the recently appointed Viceroy of India,
and suite left London last evening for Marseilles, where his
Excellency will embark for Alexandria, en route to assume
his duties at Calcutta.

THE DUKE DE FRIOR is the Spanish nobleman
who, it is reported, is about to marry Miss Balfe, lately
known as Lady Crampton.
Admiral Van Hambro has arrived at the Bruns-
wick, Jermyn-street, from Liverpool.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibsen left town yes-
terday.

On Tuesday, the Bth inst., was solemnised at
Cattistock, Dorset, the marriage of Mr. G. H. Wyndham,
second secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Berlin, and
eldest son of Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Wyndham, of
Rogate Lodge, Sussex, to Charlotte Elizabeth Sophia,
second daughter of the Hon. and Rev. W. H. Scott, rector
of Maiden Newton, Dorset.