The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-09 00:00:00

The City Present to the Princess.

On Friday, at a special meeting of the Court of
Common Council, held at the Mansion-house, the
Lord Mayor presiding, a report was brought up
from the Royal Reception Committee stating that
they had selected, and now recommended for pur-
chase, a diamond necklace and earrings, as a pre-
sent from the Corporation to the Princess Alezandra
of Denmark, on her marriage with the Prince of
Wales, and for which the Common Council re-
cently voted the sum of £lO,OOO. The necklace,
with its accompaniments, was shown to the mem"
bers of the Court by one of the Messrs. Garrard,
goldsmiths, of the Haymarket, and was much ad-
mired. It consists of 32 Golcondi, diamonds (old
English cut), the centre stone, from which the rot
graduate, weighing 13 carats 3 1-32 grains. The
beauty of this collection of stones was represented to
lie in the uniformity and harmony of size, shaPeo
and brilliancy. The earrings are equal in quality
to the necklace, and consist of very large brilliant
tops and drops with diamonds between, the top
stones weighing 121 carats, and the drops, which are
said to be matchless, 17i cams, the whole weight
of necklace and earrings being 171 1 I 1-16 carats.
On the motion of Mr. Anderton, Chairman of
Committee, their recommendation was adopted,
and it was referred back to them to give effect to
the wishes of the Court and to make the necessary
arrangements for the presentation of the necklace t 0
her Royal Highness the Princess.

The Princess Alexandra received the City pre.
sent at Windsor to-day at 3 o'clock. The civi°
authorities were met at the South-Western station
in Windsor, from whence they had the honour of
being conveyed to the Castle in hPr Majesty's car•
riages. The Royal Reception Committee met at
Guildhall this morning, at 10 o'clock.

The Reception of the Princess by the

Danes.

As mentioned on Saturday in our columns, the
Danes resident in London had manifested their
desire to meet the Princess Alexandra immediately
On her landing on English soil, to give her a hear*?
welcome. The Mayor of Gravesend met their
wishes in the most obliging manner, and placed a
large number of seats nearest the pier at their dis'
posal, where a tent, splendidly decorated with E°gs:
lish and Danish colours, was erected, and over which
was seen the Royal arms of Denmark, supported 1,1
the old Dannebrog. A large number of ladies ood
gentlemen filled the tent, the brilliant toilets of the
former consisting chiefly of the rational red 911
white, and all wearing a Coventry ribbon rosette °'
the same colours, with the silver cross of the Dann,,e'
brog in the centre bearing the inscription "
Mtn
den VII. Marts, 1863" (in remembrance of the 717,
of March, 1863), which had been specially debigneu
for the occasion by Mr. Barkentin, a Danish artist'
resident in London, the same gentleman who ha
designed and executed the splendid silver case
which the Dines are about to present to the Pet°,
cess as a wedding gift. While the Royal salute°
were being fired, and the pretty girls of Eng-
land strewed the path with flowers, the Prilij
cess entered the Royal carriage, with his 1109"1i
Highness the Prince of Wales and her illll°-
trious parents, the Prince Christian and Prill;
cess Louise of Denmark. At the Danish stall'
the carriage halted, and an address, band;
somely bound in red velvet, with the Danish er°,,
on the cover, was presented to the Princess by
deputation of Danish ladies, consisting of Mrs
Westonholz, Mrs. Simonsen, Mrs. Delcon3yo,
Mrs. Lihme, while the Royal party were olosc,
heartily and enthusiastically cheered by 11113%
hurrahs, which, by the way, are marked by
Qd
emphasis being placed both on the first and sec
°
syllables.
The Prince Christian of Denmark handed the
address to the Princess, and, thanking the dePutadd
tion most graciously, the Royal party conti quit
their triumphal passage through the town. It a
have been very gratifying to the fair Princess auto
her illustrious relatives, immediately ori landingt_e
be thus received by the Daniell community Il
Sung
and to be greeted in the mother tongue. The
Princes and Princesses, who accompany their °lsar,
to this country, and who were in the second
riage, also received a well meant welcome ft°to
their countrymen. boa
In the metropolis the Corporation of the city 40
placed at the disposal of the Danish residehtsose
seats on the stands round St. Paul's, whele two
who could not go down to Gravesend thus obtoeso
a capital view of the procession, tied by this 113 or
a very large majority of the little D cet
munity were accommodated. A Danish hangs
in commemoration of the marriage will take Pd
0,
it
on Thursday next, at the St. James's Hall, ah.„
is expected that his Royal Highness Prince (i7tia
tian and the two young princes, Frederick heir
Wilhelm, will honour t a company With
presence.

THE ILLUMINATIONS ON SATURDAY NIGIIT.---'''- h
Withstanding the heavy rain which tell all tht°l;g,,,a
Saturday evening, and the ocean of mud which half P'oo
the roads, the trial of nearly all the private illuatinatei°lo
throughout London drew out an immense crowd. Tl''', -fill
and omnibuses were busy until a late hour, and 11°1.'1°•
the theatres and music-halls had audiences whose Haulif
the procession.
bers atoned for the scanty attendance in the et!sroi
nOunmSb ell-11d visited tiend spiteth c hoife fthe
i star oefr-111‘
diathrtaewiwn
vast,elienke.
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The Monzteur du Calvados • fatsl lac
mentions aCaen.
hailpt
earr et s and
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dent which tookplace two 0 galled
clays ag the
Capt. Voisard, who commands a merchant vessel Ai
Berenger, l • •
9 pug in the dockat thatplace, i bine, to 0131",_
w s . in the
some manual correction to the cabin boy, who Was " •
beat alo • ngside, the latter resisted. In the struggle W
took place, both of them fell overboard into the water. Thet
effort
boy , was got out before life was extinct, but overY -
to restore the captain to animation was in vain. _lc. nyo
The works of the branch line to convect P
coo"'
(Meurthe) with the Strasburg railway have been the
menced on several points, and will be completed hi fi
course of next year. This branch is 22 kilonietreo ‘
miles) in length.

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