The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-14 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

'„TEA.—The operations have been very limited, and the
few bargains entered into were at previous prices. The
public sales of opium commence to-day
SEGAR.—Business has been very dull, and quotations
remain unaltered. In the refined market there is a fair de-
mand for dried goods at previous rates.
COFFEE.—A limited business has been done in Colonial
descriptions, holders demanding full rates for good and
fine qualities.
Itacz —Only a few bargains have been reported in East
India, and prices have remained without change of impor-
tance.

TAittww.—The market has continued very dull, and
owing to a pressure of sales, pfices have shown a downward
movement for both present and forward delivery. P.Y.C.
on the spot is quoted 425, and last three months Os per
cwt.

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HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, July 13.
The Queen and royal family walked and drove in
the grounds.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended
by the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Captain
Grey, arrived at Marlborough House about twelve
o'clock yesterday morning from Frogmore. Their
Royal Highnesses afterwards proceeded to Wimble-
don, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen,
Lieutenant-GeneralKnollys, and Captain Grey, and
were present at the rifle shooting of the National
Rifle Association.
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the
Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday, at her residence
in St. James's Palace.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmar-
then and Captain Grey, honoured the performance
at the Princess's Theatre with their presence last
evening.

Foreign Courts.

PARIS, July 12.

The Empress came to Paris on Saturday after-
noon in an open carriage at d four, without escort,
and paid a visit to the Princess Clotilde at the
Palais Royal. Her Majesty returned to St. Cloud
at 5 o'clock. _ _ _

VIENNA, July 10.

According to intelligence from Rome, much un-
easiness has been occasioned by the reports of the
ill health of Queen Marie of Naples. It appears
that a chest complaint has manifested itself, and
that the malady has already made some progress.
BERLIN, July 11.

The King will leave Carlsbad on the 18th, and
will reach Gastein after an easy journey of about
three days' duration. His Majesty will reside there
about three weeks, and will then visit the Queen of
Prussia at Baden-Baden, remaining till the end of
August. The King will then return to Berlin to be
present at the autumnal military mantouvres.
The Queen arrived at Coblentz today, and will
remain there about three weeks. Her Majesty will
then proceed to Baden-Baden on a visit of some
duration.

ROYAL VISIT TO ALDERSHOTT (THIS DAY).--
The Prince and Princess of Wales having iDtimated
their intention to visit Aldershott this day, the troop;
formed on Bricksbury-bill at 11 o'clock precisely to ay ait
the arrival of their Royal Highnesses. On arriving at the
South Camp the royal party partook of luncheon, and then
proceeded to review the troops. The evolutions commenced

about 12 o'clock, and as the day was fine the review was one

of the most brilliant of the season. The strength of the divi-
vision has been considerably augmented during the past few
days by the ari ival of several regiments, among which aro
included the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), the sth Lancers,-
the 18th Hussars, the Ist battalion Scots Fusilier Guards,
and two batteries of the Royal Artillery. The present
strength of the division comprises seven regiments of cavalry,
12 regiments of infantry, three batteries of Royal Horse
Artillery, and four field batteries, mounting a total of 42
guns. About 16,000 man and nearly 800 officers took part
in the day's proceedings.

VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO YORKSHIRE.,
—lt has already been intimated that their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are about to
visit Halifax. Great preparations are making to do honour
to the royal personages, who, according to the present ar-
rangements, will arrive in Halifax on Tuesday, August 4,
and become the guests of Mr. J. Crossley, the mayor of the
borough. There will be a grand procession through the
principal streets of the town on the following day to the
new Town-hall, which will be formally opened by the
Prince, who, after attending the spacious Piece-hall, to
listen to the rejoicing songs of from 15,000 to 18,000 Sunday'
school scholars, and partaking of luncheon in the mayor's
parlour with her Royal Highness the Princess, will proceed
to Ripon and Studley Royal, the Yorkshire seat of Earl de
Grey and Ripon. After remaining at the mansion of Earl
de Grey and Ripon on the night of Wednesday, the 6th,
their Royal Highnesses will next day proceed en routs to
Scotland.

THE REPORTED ROYAL VISIT TO DUNROBIN.--
The Prince and Princess of Wales, we understand,
will not visit Dunrobin Castle this season. The Edinburgh
papers were quite right in stating that such a visit was in-
tended and arranged with the Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land, but their royal highnesses have been reluctantly com-
pelled to postpone the northern journey till another year.--
Inverness Courier.

NAPOLEON 111. IN ►SEARCH OF HEALTH AND
QUIETUDE.—His Majesty, who has gone to Vichy
for the express pprpose of regaining the health and spirits
worn to tatters by the late politic.l excitement and anxiety,
says the Court Journal, has publicly announced in the
Afoniteur that he refuses to receive any solicitors, peti-
tioners, complimenters, or congratulators whatever.. Not-
withstanding this warning, whole convoys of these peculiar
specimens of unhumanity are daily leaving Paris, each one
with the hope that an exception will be made in hia favour,
all with the conviction that their own merit is sufficient to
secure the preference.

ALARMING ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF HAM ILTON.
—lt is with sincere regret that we have to an nounce
the very serious illness of the Duke of Hamilton. On
Wednesday last his grace left London by the way o f Paris,
to join the Duchess of Hamilton and daughter at Baden-
Baden. While in Paris the Duke was seized with illness,
and on Sunday his grace's medical attendant pros tounced
that he was suffering from congestion of the braix The
Duchess and Lady Mary Hamilton were telegraphed to, and
as soon as possible repaired to Paris. The Ma rquis of
Douglas was telegraphed to in England, and insts ntly on
the receipt of the news departed for Paris. The nu merous
friends of the duke will learn with regret that the a ccounts
received by telegraph in the course of yesterday wer e very
discouraging, and that he is in a most precarious condi-
tion.

RATE OF THE WESTMINSTER CLOCK.—The .A.stro-
nomer Royal reports to the visitors of the Royal
Observatory that the rate of this clock, which recorti is itself
at Greenwich daily by galvanic connection, " may be consi-
dered certain to much less than one second a week.'• ' The
original stipulation wee that it should not exceed a second
a day, and that was attempted to be set aside as im-yracti-
cable by some of the candidates for making the clock, Mr.
Airy's testimony to its accuracy is the more valuable, , as he
had retired in 1853 from the joint superintendence , of the
work, on account of some differences with Mr. De. nison,
Q,C., who designed the clock and invented the " -avity
escapement" for it, which has since been adopted in other
large clocks. It may not be generally known that rat )at of
the wheels are of cast iron ; the hands and other appendages
weigh about a ton and a half, and the pendulum 6 cwt . The
dials are 221 feet wide, or 400 feet in area each, an, d cost
more than the clock itself. The cracked Big Ben still 1 tangs
in the tower, with a hole cut in its side, by which Dr. 1 ?ercY
investigated its real state, and reported it as " poroua , un"
homogenous, unsound, and a defective casting."
THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—Some of the b oats
connected with Great Yarmouth which have t teen
engaged in the mackerel fishery are already "making t v."
The fishery has been attended with unsatisfactory rem tits,
and some of the boats will scarcely cover their expen see.
Prices have been forced down, notwithstanding the far et om
abundant catches, to 15s. per 100 in consequence of hi, rge
importations of fish from Norway packed in ice. Simi tar
complaints of want of success came to hand from Lowestc ,ft.
The :parties engaged in the midsummer herring fishe 19
peak of failure in that respect also.
FORTIFICATIONS ON THE SOLENT.—The old feud, al
pile of Hurst Castle is, we understand, to be use d
ii. future merely as a magazine, but on the shore line, bot 11
above and below it, are to be erected a doable tier of cast 3'
mated granite batteries—the lower tier mounting 50 gur
laid a,fieur d'eau, like the batteries of the Dardanelles, t o
hit vessels on the water line; the upper tier about 50 fat
from the water, and carrying the same number of guns c 'f
the same calibre, that is to say, the heaviest that our ad -
vaneing knowledge of artillery will enable us to construct •
Above this again will probably be another line of guns ii
embrasures, so that the entire range of defences on both side&
of the Needles passage will amount at the lowest to 250 guns,
of which at least 100 will be always able to concentrate their
fire en a ship, whatever part of the Cnannel she may be
steaming. Such a number of guns firing into one vessel
would be, one would think, enough to stop anything that
can float We believe the works will immediately com-
mence.— Hants Independent.
THE MURDER OF MR. FITZGERALD.—THE TRIAL
OF DILLANE.—LIMERICK, Monday.—The Hon.
Judge Keogh opened the c,,namission for the county at ten
o'clock this morning. The Attorney-General and Solicitor-
General attended. Matthew Dillane, whose brother was
executed after last assizes for procuring the murder of?dr.
Francis Fitzgerald, having been placed at the bar, the
Attorney-General stated that although there was evidence
sufficiently strong to place the prisoner upon trial for. the
capital offence, that evidence could not be admissible In a
legal form. Therefore the Crown would only proceed upon
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years' penal servitude, directing that he should be sent off
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