The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-24 00:00:00

The Danish Royal Family.

Their Royal Highnesses the:Prince and Princess
Christian of Denmark, with the Princess Dagmar,
attended by Madame d'Oxholm and Colonel Francis
Seymour, C. 8., were conducted through the Tower
of London yesterday morning.
The Prince and Princess Christian, with the
Princess Dagmar, Prince Frederick, and Prince
William of Denmark, dined with the Prince and
Princess of Wales in the evening at Buckingham
Palace. In attendance on their Royal Highnesses
were General and Madame d'Oxbolm, Countess Re-
ventlow, Captain Castenschjold, Captain Lund,
Lieutenant Funck, and Colonel Francis Seymour,
C.B. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar, Count Christian Danneskjold,
Countess Henrietta Danneskjold, and Countess
Amy Danneskjold, also dined with their Royal
Highnesses.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—Mr.
B irkentin, the artist entrusted with the design and
execution of the handsome silver vase to be presented to
the Princess of Wales by the Danes in England, had the
honour of waiting yesterday on their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Pr ncess Christian of Denmark at the
Palace Hotel, to show them the model of the vase. The
Prince and Princess of %Vales being present, were also gra-
ciously pleased to inspect it, and express their approval of
the design.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Christian, Princess Dagmar, Prince Frederick, and Prince
William of Denmark, honoured Messrs. Mason end Co.,
photographic publishers, by sitting yesterday for a series
of portraits. The negatives, which were very successful,
were executed by Mr. Kilburn,

We have authority to contradict the statement
which we copied from the Edinburgh Courant to the effect
that preparations were being made at Drummond Castle by
Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby to receive the Prince
and Princess of 'Wales. We believe their Royal Highnesses
have no intention of visiting Scotland at present.

The Princess of Servia, accompanied by Mr.
Edmund Burke, a member of the Temple, and Mr. Senator
Christitch, attended Divine service at the Temple Church
on Sunday morning, The treasurer, Mr. It, Ingham, M.P.,
and Mr. S. Warren, Q C., benchers, escorted the Princess
and suite through the library and benchers' apartments.

EXETER HALL.—The Passion-week performance
of the " Messiah," by the National Choral Society, will
take place on Tueday, the 31st inst. Principal singers—
Madame Rud€rsdorff, Miss Palmer, Mr. Sims Reeves, and
Santley. Band and chorus, 700 performers. Conduc-
tor, Mr. G. W. Martin.
Tr .e rEjoicings at Geneva, in honour of the Prince
of Wales's wedding, were followed by a sad occur-
rence. A young American lady, who had taken part in
the gaieties, on retiring to her room at the Hotel des
Bergues, approached too near the fireplace, and almost in a
moment her light ball dress was set on fire and enveloped
tier in flames. The poor victim strove to roll herself in a
piece of carpet and shrieked loudly for assistance; but rile
received fearful injuries, fand died after a few days' dread-
ul suffering.
THE DUNDONALD PEERAGE.—This petition,
which was before the Committee of Privileges in
the House of Lords on several occasions during the last see-

sion, was to have been continued to-day. The case, how-
ever, is adjourned sine die. The petitioner, the Hon. Capt.
CDchrane, R.N., the third son of the late earl, claimed the
peerage, on the ground that their mother, Katharine, the
daughter of Mr. Thomas Barnes, of Rumford, in Essex,

was not legally married to the late earl till after the birth
of the petitioner's two eldest brothers, the present Earl
Dundonald, and Captain the lion. H. B. W. Cochrane. The
further hearing of this petition having been adjourned sine
die, it may be presumed that the petitioner abandons his
claim.

AMERICAN SHIP NEWS.—NEW YORK, March 11.

—By an order of the United States' District Court,
Marshal Milward sold on Saturday the prize steamer Prin-
cess Royal, recently captured off Charleston by the United
States' gunboat Unadilla. There was a large attendance,
but very few buyers. The vessel was put up at 90,000 d ols.,
and knocked down to an agent of the Government at
113,000 dols., the appraised value. It is understood that
the Princess Royal will be hauled to the Navy-yard as soon
as the sale is confirmed by the Court, and the money paid
over, and that she will be fitted up for a gunboat. St.
Thomas's, Feb. 23.—The Vanderbilt, Alabama, and Shep-
herd Knapp sailed to-day in search of the Fiurida. St,
Domingo, Feb. 28.—The Alabama arrived, and landed the
crews of the Southern Lane, Chaatelaine (1'), and Golden
Rule, captured off Jamaica. Key West, March 3.—There
are at present about 30 prize vessels of all classes lying in
the channel. On the 25th the British schooner Avon was
urought in. She was taken oft Abaco Island, and had on
board an assorted cargo, chiefly salt, for the Confederates.

l'he British steamer Pearl ran in last night with a prize
crew on board. Nassau, Feb. 28.—The Contedei ate schooner
Retribution arrived at Nassau on the 25th Feb,—Havannah,
March 2.—There has been but one arrival from a Confede-
rate port, the schooner William Balty, from Tampa Bay,
with cotton. The Confederate steamers Alice and Antonica
are undergoing repairs, Nothing has been heard of the
Alabama or Florida.

OCEAN MAILBAGS.—A person at Toronto has
constructed india-rubber mailbags with the mouth com-
pressed by screws, so that the bags are water tight, and will
float when full of letters and effectually preserve their con-
tents. It is stated that they can be made at much less cost
than the leather bags and will stand tar more wear and tear.

nu RUSSIAN TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.— We
read in the Czas, of Cracow :—" All the chiefs of
the insurrection who have fallen into the hands of the
Russians have been shot. Thus, at Radom M. hainski
was shot without trial; and S.colce, MM. Olszewski and
'Moritz ; and at Lublin, M. Cusinier Bogdanowich, one of
the most intrepid leaders of the national movement. When
the latter was brought to the place at which he was to be
executed, the military governor of Lublin said to him, You
are very young. Sue for pardon.' Yes, general,' he
I am young, but the cause I defended is very old.'
You have your mother I" 'My mother would blush if I
begged the Russians to pardon me. But I pray yell do not
trifle with me at such a moment. You were to shoot me at
six o'clock, and it is already ten minutes past six.' Some
moments afterwards the noble young man was no more."

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DEATH IN THE HUNTING FIELD.—A meianctwiy
'nd fatal accident occurred on Saturday to Mr. C.
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came i* violent collision with a tree, the result being that
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stantaneous. The body awaits the coroner's Equest. Tho
deceased was about 55 years of age, and much respected.
CRINOLINE IN GLOUCESTEIt.—At a meeting of
the Gloucester Town CounQil, on the 16th inst. (says
the Gloucester Journal), Mr. Heaue referred to the necessity
of notices being put up to request foot-passengers to keep
to the right. 11e supposed crinoline had become an insti-
tution of the country, and that the ladies were determined
we should not compliment them on their syli h-like forms,
by going about like walking mash-tubs. It was therefore
more necessary than ever to request them to keep to the
right, especially to gouty gentlemen like himself. (Laugh-
ter.) The Mayor said he would take care the notices should
be put up,