The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-23 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince and Princess of Wales went to Marl-
borough House on Saturday forenoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cam-
bridge visited the Prince and Princess of Wales on
Saturday, at Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Christian, with the Princess Dagmar, Prince
Frederick, Prince William, and Prince Waldemar,
and Princess Thyra, of Denmark, visited the Prince
and Princess of Wales, at Buckingham Palace.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess
Christian of Denmark, and the Princess Dagmar,
took a drive in an open carriage in the afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Christian of Denmark, attended by Colonel Francis
Seymour, C. 8., visited Marlborough House.
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse
Cassel and the Duke of Holstein Glucksburg visited
and took leave of the Prince and Princess of Wales
in the afternoon.

His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse,
attended by Captain Westerweller, left Buckingham
Palace on Saturday for Windsor Castle.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
visited Prince Frederick of Hesse Cassel and the
Duke of Holstein Glucksburg on Saturday, and took
leave of their Royal and Serene Highnesses.
_

The Prince Frederick and the Duke of Holstein,
attended by Baron Oortzen, M. de Roepstorff, Capt.
Von Kass, and Lieut.-Col. Da Plat, left town at 6
o'clock on Saturday evening, for Dover, and em-
barked for the Continent in the Vivid.

VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES
TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess
Christian of Remark, and other members of the Danish
Royal family, visited the Zoological-gardens yesterday.
They were conducted over the gardens by Mr, Bartlett, the
superintendent, and appeared much interested with the col-
lection of animals.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has
appointed Messrs. Sandilands and Son, of Conduit- street,
to be military tailors to his Royal Highness.--Court Journal.

Meetings of Learned Societies this Week.

TO-DAY, MARCH 23.
Architects—At 8 p.m. "On the Abbeys of Ireland." By

the Rev. J. L. Petit, M.A., F.S.A
Geographical—At 81 p.m. 1. " March from Kurrachea to
Gwadier, on the Mekram Coast, in the Cold Season of
1861." By Major F. J. Goldamid. 2. "On the Har-
bour of Shedashagur." By Dr Duncan.
Medical—At 8i p.m. " Case of Obturator Hernia Opera •

tion. By Mr. W. J. Coulson.
London Institution—At 7 p.m. " Opera." By J. Pitt•
man, Esq.
TO-MORROW, MARCII 24.

Anthropological—At 71 p.m. 1. " A Day Amongst the
Fans." By Captain R. F. Burton. V.P. 2. " Indian
Tribes to Loreto, North Peru." By Prof. Raimondi.
(Translated by W. Bollaert, Esq.)
Civil Engineers—At 8 p.m. "1. Description of the Lyd-
gate and Buckhorn Weston Railway Tunnels." By
Mr. J. G. Fraser. 2, "The Public Works in the Pro-
vince of Pernambuco, Brazil." By Mr. W. M. Peniston.
Medical and Chirurgical—At 81 p.m. "On Diphtherial
Nerve Affections." By Dr. Greenhow. 2. "On the
T eatment of Stricture of Urethra." By Mr. Henry

Thompson.
,oval Institution—At 3 p.m. "On Animal Mechanics."

By Professor Marshall.
Zoological—At 9 p.m. 1. "On a Now Bat from British
Columbia." By Mr. L. Lord. 2. "On Anatomy of Sea
Otter," and (1) "Anatomy of Humming Bird." By
Dr. Crisp. 4" On New Birds from China." By Mr,
Swinhoe.

WEDNESDAY, MARCII 25.
Aram°logical Association—At 8k p.m. 1. "On Thu-
ribles." By Mr. Pettigrew. 2. "On Ancient Snuffers."
By Mr. Cuming.
Royal Literature—At 41 p.m.
London Institution—At 7 p.m. " VertebratC.T' By C.

Carter Blake, Esq.
Society of Arts—At 8 p.m. "On the Present Sources of
the Supply of Quinine, with Special Reference to the in-
troduction of the Cinchona Plant in India and other
Countries." By Mr. Clements R. Markham.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26.
Royal Society—At 81 p.m.
Antiquaries—At 81 p.m.
Artists and Amateurs—At S p.m.
Royal Institution—At 3 p.m. "On Chemical Affinity."
By Dr. E. Frankland.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27.
Royal Institution—At 8 p.m. "On the Discovery of the
Metal Thallium." By Wm. Crookes, Esq., F.C.S.
London Institution—At 7 p.m. "On Economic Botany."
By Professor Bentley.
SATURDAY, MARCEL 28.
Botanic—At 31 p.m.
Royal Institution—At 3 p.m. "On the Science of Lan-
guage." By Professor Max Muller.

THE EDINBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN—The Lords
of the Treasury having deferred till spring their
decision as to opening the Edinburgh Botanic Garden on
Sunday afternoons, the local agitation on the question was
revived a few weeks ago, and many additional memorials
were sent to their lordships. On Thursday the Lord
Provost received a letter from Mr. Peel, stating that,
"having taken all the circumstances into full consideration,
and especially the divided state of opinion in Edinburgh,
and the strong expression of feeling against opening the
garden on Sundays, conveyed to this Board in memorials
from many congregations and places in Scotland, my Lords
have come to the conclusion that it is their lordship's duty,
on the whole to make no change in the rules regarding ad-
mission into this garden."
THAMES EDIBANKMENT, SOUTH SIDE.—The bill
defines the works authorised as follows:—An em-
bankment from Gunhouse-alley, near the London Gas-
works, to Bishop's. walk, with an enlargement of the bed of
the river by excavation of the land and removal of the wharf
walls from Gunhouse-alley to Broad-street; a new street
from the embankment to Vauxhall-row ; a viaduct from
Bishop's-walk to Westminster-bridge; a new street from
Bishop's-walk to Palace-now-road. A clause authorises
the construction of barge beds and basins, with entrances
from the Thames under the embankment, for the purpose
of diminishing the inconvenience that may be caused to
wharfingers.
WREcxs.—During the past week the number of
46 wrecks have been reported, making a total for the pre-
sent year of 503.
EARL CANNING'S CASHMERE SHAWLS.—The
extraordinary excitement o'ccasioned by the sale, at Messrs.
Christie and Co.'s, of these noted shawls must have ended
in disappointment to many persons anxious to become pos-
sessed of a Cashmere from this noted collection. The name
of the Governor-General appeared to be a guarantee suffi-
cient to induce many persons to give considerably more than
the value. Tha circumstance, taken in conjunction with
the patronage bestowed by her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess of Wales on Cashmere shawls, doubtless created an
unusual desire among India shawl buyers to take advantage
of what appeared to be a favourable opportunity. The
dealers in India shawls mustered in great force, but did not
many purchases--a sure appear successful in making
indi-
cation that the goods had much exceeded their value. A
few lots were knocked down to Messrs. Farmer and
Rogers, of Regent-street, who, perhaps, considered they
vt ere making an interesting addition to their important
stock of India goods. The disappointed at Earl Canning's
sale may find consolation at the above establishment, where
a large variety of every class of Cashmere shawl is kept,
from the simple Delhi scarf of one guinea to the elaborately,-
wrought Cashmere of one hundred and fifty.
Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre-
vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual
I kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always
good' alike, Sold in packets by 2,280 agents.