The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-09 00:00:00

Reception of the Princess Alexandra.

1 he Royal Reception Committee of the Common Coun-
cil, at their first meeting at the Mansion House, resolved
that a deputation of their body should wait upon Sir George
Grey, to learn from him further particulars relative to the
route to be taken, and the time at which her Royal High-
ness was expected to arrive. On Saturday, accordingly, a
deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Anderton,
and the City Remembrancer, had an interview at the
Home-office. It was understood that the route to be
adopted from the Bri klayers' Arms Station would be
through the B rough, over Le ndon-bridge, through King
William-street, by the Mansion-house, the Poultry, Cheap-
side, St. Paul's-churchyard, Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, the
Strand, and through the parks to the Great Western Rail-
way Staticn at Paddington. Her Royal Highness will
arrive in this country on Saturday, the 7th of March. The
exact hour of the day is not yet known. The South-
Eastern Railway Company have decided upon fitting up
their stations at Gravesend and at the Bricklayers' Arms
in a manner worthy of the occasion. At the Louden
terminus there will be seats provided for the direc-
tors and their friends, and a limited number of spec-
tators, who will be specially invited. The floor of the sta-
tion will be covered with scarlet cloth and groups of flou-
rishing plants and shrubs, and the roof and sides will be
gaily decorated with flags, conspicuous among which will
be the British and Danish colours. A reception room will
be provided for the Lord Mayor, the sheriffs and such mem-
bers of the corporation as may attend. The royal carriages,
for the conveyance of their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess and their respective suites, have been taken in
hand to be thoroughly beautified; and the engine which
will draw the royal train will carry an English and a
Danish flag. The chairman and some of the directors will
be in attendance at Gravesend, and will travel with their
Royal Highnesses to London. On the arrival of the train,
a congratulatory address will, it is understood, be presented
to the Prince of Wales and the Princess. The Lady
Mayoress will be prepared with a bouquet of choice flowers
to hand to the Princess on her arrival. A guard of honour
will receive their Royal Highnesses, and an escort of the
household troops will accompany them to Paddington. Ar-
rangements will be made by Mr. Commissioner Harvey to
prevent the traffic of the City from impeding the proces-
sion on its way through the City, and at Temple-bar the
arrangements of this description will be in the hands of Sir
Richard Mayne. The members of the Hon. Artillery Com-
pany, the Rifle Brigade, the 3d City of London, and the
4th (Foresters) Corps will line the thoroughfares of the
City. It is expected that some of the volunteeer corps of
Surrey and Kent will line the streets on the Surrey side of
the river. It is also intimated that other corps «eill be on
similar duty west of Temple-bar. The Mansion House will
be properly decorated with flags, and seats will be provided
on the balconies for a limited number of the friends of the
corporation. Temple-bar will in like manner be magni-
ficently decorated, and along the whole line through which
the procession will pass all the public buildings will be de-
corated with flags. A triumphal arch will, it is said, be
constructed at some convenient spot on the route, bearing
appropriate mottoes and national emblems. Demonstrations
of welcome will, we have no doubt, be made by every house
along the whole of the route over which their Royal High-
nesses will be escorted.

WOOLWICH, Feb. 8.

An official communication has been received by the
Mayor and Corporation of Gravesend, to the effect that her
Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, ac-
companied by her parents the Prince and Princess hris-
tian, and suite, will disembark at the Terrace Pier from the
royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert on Saturday, the 7th
March. The town of Gravesend will be beautiful y deco-
rated on the occasion, and the day and evening will be
marked by festivities and rejoicings of various kinds, to-
gether with a general illumination. Various details as to
the reception of the distinguished visitors will be considered
at the quarterly court of the corporation, which will meet
on Wednesday next.

The arrangements for the disembarkation will take place
under the direction of Commodore Sir F. W. E. Nicolson,
superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, and flag officer of
the port.
THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE ROYAL CALE-
DONIAN CURLING CLUB.—At the annual meeting of
the representative committee of the R. C. Curling Club,
held in Glasgow last July, it was announced that his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales had signified, through the
Earl of Mansfield, his acceptance of the office of Patron of
the Club, formerly held by his illustrious and lamented
father the Prince Consort. At the same meeting it was re-
solved to present his Royal Highness with a pair of cur-
ling stones, and it was remitted to the secretary to take steps
accordingly. The stones are made of green serpentine,
found near Crieff, Perthshire, and generally known to cur-
lers by the name of Muthil stone. The handles, the wood
of sOrch is of oak from Linlithgow Palace, are richly
mounted in silver. The plates which screw on to the stones
are elaborately chased with thistles, forming shields in the
centres, which bear the following inscription :—" Presented
by rho Royal Caledonian Curling Club to ILR H. the
Prince of Wales, Patron, 1863." The handles are wreathed
with thistles, engraved, and the mountings on each end of
the wooden part have a wreath of oak leaves and acorns
executed in the same style.