The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-25 00:00:00

Departure of the Danish Royal Family.

The Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark
left London yesterday morning for the Continent.
The Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark,
Prince Frederick, Prince William, Prince Walde-
mar, Princess Dagmar, and Princess Thyra, who
accompanied her Royal Highness the Princess of
Wales on her recent arrival in England, lett Dover
yesterday afternoon. Their royal highnesses ire-
yelled in state carriages, and by express train of the
South-Eastern Railway, arriving in Dover precisely
at 12.10. Mr. Eborall, the general manager of the
South Eastern Railway, and Mr. J. P. Knight, the
traffic superintendent, were in attendance at the
railway station, and the last-named gentleman ac-
companied the train to Dover. On its arrival there
the train was driven direct to the Admiralty pier,
alongside which the Admiralty yacht Vivid, Com-
mander Allen, was lying, with her steam up, in
readiness to convey the illustrious visitors across
the Channel.

Just as the Vivid was casting off, the Danish
national flag was run up to the main, and a hearty
cheer, led with right good will by the mayor, burst
from the whole of the spectators, the band of the_
83d again playing the National Anthem as the
Vivid rapidly steamed away from the pier. The
weather was as beautiful as midsummer, and the
sea without a ripple.

BRUSSELS, March 25.
The Danish Royal family arrived last evening at
Brussels on their return from London.
Their Royal Highnesses were received at the
terminus by the Count of Flanders, who conducted
them to the Royal Palace.

They will visit the King to-day at Lacken, and
depart for Germany to-morrow.

Departure of Prince Alfred from Malta for
England.

MALTA, Wednesday, 12.5 p.m., March 25.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, accompanied
by Captain Egerton, Dr. Armstrong, and Major
Cowell, will leave this afternoon for Marseilles, in
H.M.S. Magicienne.

The Corporation of the City--The Prince
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and Princess of Wales.

We have reason to believe that the Prince of
Wales, on behalf of himself and the Princess of
Wales, has declined the invitation of the Corpora-
tion of the City of London to the proposed banquet
in the Guildhall. We presume that the letter de-
clining the invitation would be couched in such
courtly phraseology as an expression of regret that
they could not accept the invitation at present:
Morning Advertiser.

TILE PRINCESS OF WALES AND THE PIPER OP
THE SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS.—Pipe-major E.
Henderson, of the Ist Battalion Scots Fusilitre, was ordered
to wait on the members of the Danish Royal family resid-
ing at the Buckingham Palace Hotel, and perform on the
pipes. After the performance the gallant piper, at the
express command of her Royal Highness the Princess of
Wales, perfoi med several pieces in the garden of Bucking-
ham Palace, much to the gratification of the princess, who
heard the bagpipes fur the first time. The princess dis-
missed the piper with many thanks, and a substantial
token of her satisfaction.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam•
bridge, the Princess Mary, and suite, honoured the Adelphi
Theatre with their presence last evening,
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have left
town for Badminton, Gloucestershire,

The Duke of Montrose arrived in town yesterday
from visiting the Earl and Countess of Powis and Ladies
Herbert at Walcot Hall, Salop. The Duchess and Lady
Violet Graham are cm their way homa from a tour in Egypt.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the
youthful Marquis of Stafford, who have been staying at
Naples since their return from Alexandria and Malta, in-
tend to leave that city this week. The noble Duke and
Duchess will be conveyed to Marseilles in their steam yacht
Undine, as they intend to make a short stay in Paris on
their way to this country.

Lord Brougham intends to leave his chateau at
Cannes towards the close of the ensuing week for Paris, in,
which capital the noble lord proposes to sojourn a few days
before coming home for the meeting of Parliament alter
the recess. The noble and learned lord is in excellent
health.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE.—Miii
nobleman, the tenth Earl of Lauderdale, died on Sunday
night at his seat, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwickshire.

MARSHAL UANROBERT AT NlCE.—Marshal
Canrobert, on arriving three days back at Nice,
was received with all honours. The mayor, at the head of
the municipal body, read an address to his excellency, of
which the following is an extract :—" During the stay that
you are about to make among us, Monsieur le Merechal,
you will be able to convince yourself that, in consequence
of the kindly solicitude of the Emperor, and the initiative
and impulse given by the skilful administrator whom he
has placed at the head of the department, the prosperity of
this part of the country is rapidly developing itselt—you,
will see that great advancement has been accomplished since
the annexation in moral as well as in material order .--•
Galignani.

The United Kingdom Telegraph Company
opened an office at Northampton to-day, This is the first
station on their new line from London through Leicester
and Nottingham, &c ,to 1.4%.d5, Bradford, and Hull. 12110
uniform shilling charge is to be applied throughout the
company's system, whatever the distance.

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AT THE DOOR OF ST. GEORGE'II CHAPEL.—It
was a sort of combined sensation of getting mar-
tied, of going to the play, of standing godfather, and simply
going to church, all mixed up together, with a suspicion
of morning concert, and a faint dash of flower-show. Here
were ladies in opera-cloaks—it must be a play we were
goi.ig to see ; but they had smart oonnets on—it wan
a morning concert. No, we were standing in a Gothic
porch, and there were pinnacles, and trefoils, and other
ecclesiastical ornaments, in all directions—we were g ing
to church; but then none of us had prayer-books, and
several, on the other hand, carried opera-glasses. At
any rate, we were all jammed clove together wait•
ing at a door, which was not yet opened, and we were
complaining that our feet were very cold, and that the car-
riages which continued to set down fresh arrivals every
moment were pressing much too closely on us. Yet, with
all this close packing and dim suggestion of a pit entrance
on the occasion of some popular performance, it a 9
evident that we were in good company ; for a little I,idY
alongside me was murmuring in a soft tone the words,
"It's Lady Jane;" and an old gentleman accom-
panying the little lady responded eagerly, "is she
looking this way ?" and the little lady replied despoadentlY
"Not just now," and a moment afterwards began to nod and
smile maniacally, whersupon the old gentleman asked
teverishly, " Did 8113 see You '' and the little
lady replied, " Yes," and they both remained
breathless with joy from that time until the moment
when ius was opened, and w moved
on at
re h l
ourselves o
rselves atter ail in a church
hcarpetirot on the floor though, and betweell
tcheuch withse duosotlautnt and found
a
columns of n n
the nave rows of seats, rising 036
above another, and covered with red cloth. Soon
we were all distributed over these seats, and eagerly
watching the proceedings of certain gentleman ju
blue coats, with stand-up collars all over gold ; and of ter'
tain other gentlemen, who ingeniously combined two
ferent periods in their costume—their upper halves being
clad in dress-coats and white chokers of our own periods
and their lower halves resembling the extremities of the
Reverend Mr. Sterne, deceased.—.Dickens' "All Ms PO
Round,".