The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-28 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales left Windsor Castle shortly before
noon to -day, and took their departure at 1.30
by spacial train from the Great Eastern terminus at
Shoreditch for Sandringhern.
On reaching Lynn it is expected that the mayor
will present an address voted by the corporation,
while the Lynn Rifle Corps will form a guard of
honour in the ground opposite the station. At
Wolverton, where their Royal Highnesses will
leave the train, the platform has been extended to
three times its previous length, and has been covered
with crimson cloth, and a large space of ground ad-
joining has been enclosed in a kind of colonnade
formed of lofty poles, united by cress-pieces, and
the whole covered with evergreens. The statioa
has been handsomely decorated in other ways, and
the exit to the Sandringham-road is through a grand
triumphal arch, and on the road to Sandringham
there are other decorations, some of which have
been executed by his Royal Highness's tenantry,
andsome by the Great Eastern Railway Company's
local staff.

The Ist Norfolk Light Horse Volunteers, under
the command of Capt. Hay Gurney, will escort the
royal carriage from Wolverton to Sandringham, and
he tenantry of the estate will also meet their illus-
trious landlord. At the entrance gate near the hall
the clergy and tenantry will present addresses to
the Prince, and it is proposed that a number of young
ladies shall strew flowers in the path of their Royal
Highnesses.
The high sheriff of Norfolk has received a com-
munication from Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, intimating
that after the return of the Prince and Princess
from Sandringham, a day will be appointed for the
presentation of an address voted a few days since
at a county meeting. Yesterday a similar county
meeting in Essex voted a corresponding address to
thoir Royal Highnesses.

Handsome wedding presents from the Norwich
Town Council to the Prince and Princess have been
delivered at Windsor by the town clerk (Mr. W. L.
Mendham), who had the honour of placing them
before their Royal Highnesses. The Prince and
Princess expressed their admiration of the articles
presented, which arc wholly of Norwich 'manu-
facture.

Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton are
among the visitors staying at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mow-
bray, during the races at Croxtun Park.

Viscount and Viscountess Newport have been
staying at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, on a visit to
the Earl of Wilton during the week.

The Right Hon. William Hutt has left town for
his seat, Gibside.

Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison enter-
tained a small party at dinner last evening at their resi-
dence in Piccadilly. Lady Caroline Kerrison afterwards
had an assembly, at which about 200 were present.
The :Marchioness of Downshire had a musical
party yesterday evening at the family mansion in Belgrave-
square.

The Eall and Countess Delawarr have left town
for Buckhurst Pa.k, Sussex, till after the Easter Holidays.
Lord West remains in town.

The Earl and Countess Grey left town to-day
For their seat in Northumberland.

Viscount Palmerston left London this morning for
Scot!and. Viscount,- ss Palmerston will remain in town.
His lordship is accompanied by the Right Hon. W. Cow•.
per and the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, and by his private
secretary, the Hon, Evelyn Ashley,

General and Al4datne Le Respein and family have
taken their departure from the Brunswick Hotel, Jetruyn-
street. on their return to Paris.

SUICIDE FROM WESTMINSTER BRlDGE.—Yester-
day morning at an early hour, a woman j'imped
into the River Thames from the up-side of Westminster-
bridge. She left 6n the path a straw bonnet trimmed with
black and white ribbon, a pair of gloves, a cameo brooch, a
grey mixture skawi, and two keys. It being very early in
the morning no boats were about, and although she was
seen to rise twice there was no one near enough to render
assistance. She was carried away by the tide. The body
has not been recovered.

A DEFAULTING CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFlCER,—Yes-
terday Edward °Acme, a collecting officer in the
Customs, was charged before Mr. Raffles, the stipendiary
magistrate at Liverpool, with having embezzled the sum of
about £5OO belonging to the Customs, The prisoner had
absconded a week or two ago, and was apprehended in
Hampshire.

REPRESENTATION OF THETFORD.—A vacancy has
taken place in the representation of the borough of
Thetford, Norfolk, the Earl of Euston, one of the present
members, having become Duke of Grafton, The borough
contains only 221 electors, most of whom are under the
direct influence of the Grafton family. It returns two mem-
bers to the House of Commons, being thus placed on an
equality with Liverpool, Manchester, and other populous
towns in the country, No candidate had come forward up
to last evening.

DESPATCH OF THE BOMBAY MAILS.—The Penin
sular and Oriental C)mpany's steamship Pera, Cap-
tain Jamieson, sailed from Southampton yesterday after-
noon with the mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean,
Egypt, Aden, Bombay, and Upper Bengal, together with
43 passengers, The Pera took out on freight 1,088 boxes
specie, value £313,368, for the following ports, viz.:--Malta,
gold leaf, £2B ; Alexandria, sovereigns, £5,250, watches,
chains, Sze., £737; Suez, sovereigns, £lOO, jewellery, £57;
and for Bombay, bar silver, £284,000; silver coin, £950;
bar gold, £11,600; gold coin, £9,500; diamonds, £800; and
watches, jewellery, &c., £l9B. The Pera also took out a
a full cargo of general merchandise.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
ENSUING WEEL—Alonday—Actuaries, at 7, " Carlisle,
Government, Registrar-General's, and other Tables of
Mortality." Mr. Jardine Henry ; Chemical, at 8, Anniver-
sary. Tuesday—Hurticultural, at 12, Floral Committee;
Engineers, at 1, " Structures on the Sim," &c., Mr. Miller.
Wednesday- Geographical, at 8, " Recent Changes in Dclta
of Ganges," Mr, Fergusson. Thursday—Linnean, at 8,
"Physiology of Spiders," Mr. Blackwall ; "
Mr, Murray; " Montrosity in Passiflora," Dr Salter;
Chemical, at 8. Friday—Philogical, at B.—Athencerem.
PUBLIC SCIWOLS COMMISSION.—The Public
Schools Commissioners have held meetings on Twee-
day,Thursday, and Friday this week,at No. 2, Victoria-street,
Westminster. Present, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of
Devon, the Lord Lyttelton, Sir S. Northcote, M.P., the
icon. E. Twisleton, the Rev. W. H. Thompson (on Thurs-
day and Friday), and 11.1r,"H, H. Vaughan, The secretary
attended,