The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-07 00:00:00

tHE SUN, LONDON, SATITROAV EVENINCI, MARCH 7, 1861

welcome that have hardly so much expressed the
passion of an earnest hope, as the fervour of an
ardent prayer to Heaven.

The foreign news to-day is of little import, being
chiefly made up of complications—one party endea-
vouring to outwit another in the never-ending
game of ambition. That one will be sure to win, is
the apprehension of many ; but which that one is
the more likely to be depends on circumstances
happily beyond the control of any. Thus their
mutual fears and hates of each other is perhaps the
best safeguard for all. Take, for example, what the
7 imes' Correspondent says from Vienna, March 3 :
" England and France are trying to persuade Aus-
tria to join them in a diplomatic intervention in
favour of Poland, but this Cabinet is not inclined
to renounce ita policy of strict neutrality. The
British Government is of opinion thrt the stipula-
tions made in favour of Poland in 1815 must be
carried out to the very letter, but this view of
things is not to the taste of Austria, as she is
neither prepared to relinquish Cracow nor to agree
to its again having a republican form of govern-
ment. The French Government aims at the resto•
ration of the ancient kingdom of Poland, but Aus-
tria cannot listen to the proposals which have
been made to her on the subject. M. de GRAMONT,
the French Ambassador at this Court, is said to
talk of " desirable" changes in the map of Eu-
rope, but Count RECHBERG is not the man pa-
tiently to listen to propositions for the surrender
of a part of the German territory to France. Aus-
trian statesmen greatly dislike M. VON BISMARK
and his German policy, but I am convinced that
there is not a man in the Imperial Cabinet who
would like to see France in possession of the left
bank of the Rhine. The King of PRUSSIA com-
plains bitterly of the conduct of this Government,
but it would be more to the purpese, and more just
withal, if he found fault with the policy of his own
Cabinet, which had brought him into a dilemma
from which he will hardly be able to escape without
serious damage to his reputatian. The General
Correspondence yesterday contained a Paris letter
in which were discussed the newest plans of the
Emperor NAPOLEON, but no great importance is
here attached to the intelligence, although it is
known that preparations for war are now being
made in France. According to the Paris cor

respondent, who is said to be in connexion with
one of the most influential persons in France, the
programme of the Emperor of the French is as
follows :—" A great Germany under the House of
Hapsburg-Lorraine. (The restoration of the Ger-
man Empire ?) A kingdom of Poland, to by
composed of the Polish possessions of Russia,
Prussia, and Austria. Austria to relinguish the
province of Venice, which is to be a free port, but
to retain the Quadilateral, it being required for the
protection of the Tyrol. As an indemnification, a
member of the Imperial Austrian family to reign
in the new kingdom of Poland or in the Danubian
Principalities. The left bank of the Rhine to
belong to France."

All welcome to the Happy Pair as they pass our
door in the wild joy of an enthusiastic people !
All hail to the Princess of WALES with the Royal
Hope of Empire saluting his future subjects! We
have witnessed many occasions of happy triumphs
along this great line of processions—but never one
in which the national heart exulted with such out-
spoken manifestations of inward joy and true
welcome as to ALBERT EDWARD of England and
his lovely Royal Bride the Princess ALEX-
I ANDRA yet of Danmark but henceforth to be of Eng-
land also. She comes from a land whose King has
adopted for his motto—" The People's Love, my
strength," to a congenial country where the be-
loved Sovereign and the people are ONE! Yes,
VICTORIA and her happy subjects breathe the air
of Freedom and rejoice in the quiet Majesty of
their strength. And now the HEIR to that Throne,
on whose dominions the sun never ceases to shed
his beneficent rays, beholds by the side of his beloved
Bride the true loyalty displayed by a people exulting
in their tumultuous rapture, spontaneous as the
scene around. May it prove a happy presage of
their future felicity, as it is a national homage of
loyalty and love. Bless their happy union! is the
universal cry, as the eyes of all witness their pro-
gress along a sea of voices rejoicing ever and anon
like the waves that rush eternal to our envied
shores. It is indeed a spectacle to be seen—not
to be described. The crowds—the music—the
happy faces—here, there, and everywhere—push-
ing on eager for another peep the lookers on
above, around, all gazing in wonder and delight,
present a scene altogether indescribable.
The journey of the Princess has been an ovation
from the day of her departure until the present
auspicious gratulation of a nation's welcome. Much
and varied as must have been her delight in passing
along on her way from the far North towards this
land of liberty, we may conceive what she must now
feel, while contemplating the crowning glory
of all her fond anticipations ! It must be
happiness realised such as falls to the lot
of only one in an age. But true happiness can only
be enjoyed by sharing it, and the Princess ALEX-
ANDRA is made happier still by imparting her own
joy to the heart of him whom all hearts delight to
honour and Iove—ALBERT EDWARD, the future
hope of England and the joy of his beloved mother
and Sovereign. Long may she live in the hearts of
a happy and a devoted people.

GIFT TO THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.—The ladies
of Edinburgh are not to be alone in the city in
offering a bridal gift to the Princess Alexandra. The High-
land companies of our gallant rifle volunteers have ar-
ranged to tender their homage and good wishes to her Royal
Highness in the shape of a magnificent Highland brooch.
The basis of this splendid piece of jewelry is a wide
circlet of silver, richly enamelled with an elaborate
twisted ornament, above which the initial lett^rs of the
christian names of the Prince and Princess are raised in
gold. The circlet is surmounted by a crowned shield of gold,
having the armorial bearings of the Prince as Duke of
Rothesay, and the Royal arms of Denmark impaled upon it,
the crown set with pearls. The shield is supported upon
Prince of Wales's feathers in silver, and thistle leaves in
gold. Upon a scroll under these is the ancient Scottish
wholesetting motto, "In defence, God me defend." At each side of the
brooch is a deep-coloured cairngorum raised upon a crown
of gold, while below is a St. Andrew's crown in enamel
upon
a is
of
surroundedthistles
byan of
epnegararlysead rim ndamoetfhgyosltds:
The
studded with Scotch pearls. On the obverse is an in•
scription in Gaelic-0 Welcome and Hail to the Daugh-
ter of Denmark— From the Land of the Mountain,
1863." The elegant and elaborate design for this very
handsome and truly artistic work was kindly furnished
by Mr. James Drummond, R.5.A.., and the work has been
executed with great skill and taste in au almost incredibly
short space of time by Messrs. G. and M. Crichton, North-
bridge, who are celebrated not only here but in London for
their works in Scottish jewellery. The design was placed
in their hands only on Monday last and the work is already
complete. We trust that the ladies who have subscribed so
I handsome a sum for a bridal gift will be equally fortunate
in securing a tasteful and characteristic piece of work. The
speed with which this beautiful brooch has been prepared
shows how much may be done ; but even though the gift
should not arrive till a day or two after the wedding, it
ought by all means to be made a suitable and in every sense
a national one.—Scotsmen.
THE ILLUMINATION ON TUESDAY.—Besides the
police arrangements to enable persons in carriages
as well as walking to pass through the streets of the prin-
cipal illuminations, the gates of all the Parks of the West
end, including those of the Horse Guards and at the top of
Constitution-hill, will be kept open until 12 o'clock at
night, for private carriages and cabs to pass out of the
crowded streets,—Metropolitan Police-office, March 6, R.
, MAINE,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

SPAIN.
MADRID, MARCH 6 (Evening).
The report current here of a fresh ministerial
crisis is without foundation.

FRANCE,

PARIS, MARCH 7.

The Paris papers of to-day publish a telegram
from Ragusa, dated yesterday, stating that the
Turks had, without any cause, attacked the
Christs.an village of Bjelopoghe, firing upon the
inhabitants, and carrying away their cattle. The
Christians were dispersed, and took refuge in the
neighbouring mountains.
THE BOURSE, March 6.—The market has been
rather less animated, but prices remain about the
same, Threes, for the Account, being now at 70f. 25c.
Very little doing in Railway Shares. A sudden
change took place in the tone of the market pre-
vious to the close. Stock became freely offered,
and prices rapidly receded. This change was
attributed to accounts from Mexico. The market
closed as follows :

4i per Cents. 9B 60
Do. end
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 85
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month —
Credit Mobilier 1200
Do. end month 1217 50
RAIL'

Bank Shares 3380
Credit Foncier 1490
Piedmontese Fives
Italian Loan 7O
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Home Debt

'AYs.

Cash. Account.
Orleant; lllO .. 1105
Northern
NOV? ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1186 25 .. 1193 75
Geneva..
Southern 782 60 .. 785
Western
Eastern .. ..
Sardinian
Austrian
Lorrlvird ...... Q... 592 50 .. 593 75
North of Spain
Saragossa 7OO .. 700
Ditto to Barcelona

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

On board the Royal Oak, iron cased frigate, at
Chatham, every exertion is being used by the
crowd of mechanics, shipwrights, and other ar-
tisans who swarm her decks, to have her ready
for undocking by the date announced by the
Secretary of the Admiralty—the 19th instant.
All the hands have been removed from the
paddlewheel steamer Salamis—the only wooden
vessel now in progress at Chatham dockyard—and
most of them have within the last two or three
days been transferred to the Royal Oak, the dock-
yard officials being determined that nothing shall
be wanting to have the iron-eased frigate out of
dock by the date stated. A commencement has
just been made to sheath the bottom with Muntz's
patent metal, which is to be used instead of copper,
the metal being prepared in the metal-mills, under
the superintendence of Mr. Magle, the head of that
department. The first of the elliptical 41in. plates
for encasing the turret which is now being erected
on the fighting deck was fixed in its place yester-
day, and the tower is now ready to receive the re-
mainder of the armour-plates as fast as they can be
prepared in the factory. The guns, shot, and shell
for the Royal Oak will not be placed on board until
after she has been undocked, in order that her
draught of water may not be increased while being
floated out.

Her Majesty's screw steam gunvessel Vigilant, 4
guns, 200-horse power, which, since her accident on
the Cinnfleet Sands, has received thorough repair in
Sheerness dockyard, underwent her final trial on
Monday last at the measured mile off Maplin Sands,
under the command of Capt. T. P. Thompson, of
the Steam Reserve at Sheerness. She attained an
average speed, at full-boiler power, of 10.191 knots,
and at half-boiler power of 7'987 knots, everything
working most satisfactorily. She was inspected
yesterday by Capt. C. Wise, superintendent of her
Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness, after which she
sailed to join the squadron waiting to receive her
Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra on her
arrival at the N ore. After the arrival of the Prin-
cess the Vigilant will sail for Portsmouth, en route

for her destination, which is understood to be the
East Indies.

The Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, Capt. I. F,
B. Wainwright, is taking out her guns, shot, cables
and other heavy weights, to lighten her draught of
water sufficiently to enter the steam basin at Ports•
mouth on Saturday to take out her damaged shaft•

ing, &c. So far as can be ascertained at present,
her bottom is very foul.

Yesterd.3y afternoon there was a general official
inspection of the officers and men of the Royal
Naval Reserve on board the President, drill ship,
in the West India Docks. The ship was moored off
the south quay. Lord Clarence Paget, the Secre-
tary Admiralty, was unavoidably absent ;
the Inspector-General
but to
Captain
te
Carnegie,
of the Royal Naval Reserve, together with the
Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Lieuts. Hybert, the Hon.
A. C. Dando, Comyns, Powell, and Riddle were
present. The men mustered on deck shortly after
2 o'clock to the number of about 250, and were put
through the ordinary movements of calling to qty- r-
ters, going through the gun practice, firing at sup-
posed enemies in broadsides, &c. The manning of
the guns, the shifting of them in different positions,
and other movements, were carried out with great
activity and readiness, showing in many instances
an amount of ability and efficiency equal to that

attained by the men in the Royal Navy. At the
conclusion of the drill the men were inspected
by Captain Carnegie, who expressed to the
commander of the President (Commander Mould,
R.N.) his satisfaction at the state of efficiency to
which the men had arrived. Mr. Mayo, the Regis-
trar-General of Seamen, was
present during the
proceedings.

rt Itt/Tar

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 6.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg,
accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leiningen, attended by Baron Max von Wangen-
heim, M. von Schleinitz, and Lieutenant Colonel
the Hon. D. de Ros, who met his Royal Highness
at Dover, arrived at the Castle last night.
The Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of
Pruisia met his Royal Higness at the Windsor
Station.

The Prussian Ambassador and th 9 Earl of Clar-
endon arrived last night, and left today.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Duke of Coburg and Princess Helena,
walked and drove in the grounds this morning.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Brabant
and the Count of Flanders arrived to-day, and are
attended by Ccuntess D'Yve, Count de Laranoy,
and Major Burnell,
Major General the Hon. A. Hood attended their
Royal Highnesses from Dover.
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse-
Cassel and his Serene Highness the Duke of Hol-
stein•Glucksburg, attended by Baron Ocrtzen, M.
de Roestorff, and Captain vo-i Kiss, arrived at the
Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate, yesterday, Their
Royal and Serena Highnesses were met upon land-
ing at Dover, yesterday, by Lieut.-Col. du Plat,
who attended the Princes to London.