The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-23 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 21.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louis
of Hesse, drove in the grounds this morning.
The Viscount and Viscountess Sydney arrived at
the Castle yesterday and returned to London to-day.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louis of
Hesse, drove cut in a carriage and four in the after
noon, attended by the Dowager Countess of Mount
Edgcumbe, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, and Lord Alfred
Paget.

Prince Louis of Hesse rode on horseback.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone,
arrived at the Castle in the evening from the Ran-
ger's lodge, Greenwich-park.

SUNDAY.
Her Majesty, and Prince and Princess Louis of
Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince
Arthur, and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service in
the private chapel this morning.

The service was performed by the Hon. and Very
Rev. the, Dean of Windsor.

The Earl of St. Germans and Viscount and Vis-
countess Palmerston arrived at the Ca.tle yester-
day. Lord St. Germans and Lord Palmerston had
audiencEs of the Queen.

THE PRINCE OF WALES' VISIT TO ALTHORP
PARK.—ALTHORP, Feb. 21.—His Royal HighnPss
the Prince of Wales arrived at Althorp, on a visit to the
Earl and Countess Spencer, yesterday afternoon, at fire
o'clock, accompanied by tleneral Knollys and Major Toes-
dale. Preparations were made at the Brampton station to
give his royal highness a loyal reception. Triumphal
arches were erected at the church and chapel, 13, ampton,
consisting of laurels, rosettes, and flTs. The flags bore
ti a words "Long live the Prince," and "God bless the
Princess Alexandra." A very large number of persons
from Northampton and the surrounding villages were as-
sembled at Brampton station, and most cordially cheered
the Prince as he left. The following distinguished com-
pany are now staying at Althorp :—His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough,
Earl Granville, Earl Grosvenor and Lady Constance Gros-
venor, the Earl of Listowel, Earl Cowper, the Countess of
Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Viscount and Vis-
countess Clifden, Lord and Lady Charles Bruce, Lord R.
Grosvenor, General Knollys, Major Teesdale, &o. A ball
took place in the evening.

THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRIJSSIA.—Her Royal
Hi. hness the Crown Princess of Prussia, who lift
Berlin on Friday last with her eldest son, Prince William,
on her way to Windsor, arrived at Brussels on Saturday.
It was expected that her Royal Highness would resume her
journey after a short visit to the Belgian royal family, in
order to arrive in England to-day, The Crown Princess
will probably remain in England abou' three weeks.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED.—Yes-
terday a telegram from Malta was received, dated
at 10..'0 a.m , which announced, through Major Cowell,
that Dr, Armstrong represented that his Royal Highness
was still progressing very favourably. The Duke of New.
castle has had the several telegrams transmitted without
the least delay to the Queen and royal family at Windsor
Castle.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and
Prince Leopold and suite honoured the performances at
the Adelphi Theatre with their presence on Saturday
evening.

THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.—His Royal High-
ness the Prince Coristian of Denmark (says the
Dagbladat) gave on Friday, the 13th, a grand ball to which
all the beau monde of the capital were invited. Politics,
diplomacy, literature, and the arts were represented. The
grace with which the Prince and the Princess did the
honours to their guests added a cha'm to this brilliant rd
union. It was, so to speak. a fete given to afford her Royal
Highness the opportunity of taking leave of a circle of
which she has hitherto gained the affectionate attachment,
and in which her departure will leave profound regrets.
The bridesmaids of the Princess Alexandra are
Lady Victoria Scott, Lady Elma Bruce, daughter
of Lord Elgin; Lady Victoria Hare, sister of Lord Lis-
towel ; Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton, daughter of the
Marquis of Abercorn; Lady Agneta Yorke, daughter of
Lord Hardwicke ; Lady Constance Villiers, danglicer of
Lord Clarendon; Lady Viot,ria Campbell, Lady Theodora
Grosvenor, Lady Ernestine Mount-Edgcumbe, and Lady
Feodorowna Wellesley.

IHE HOUSEHOLD OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES
—Chamberlain, Lord Harris; Ladies of the Bedchamber,
the Countcss of Morton, the Countess of Macclesfield, the
Counte a De Grey, and the Countess of Carnarvon ; Women
of the Bedchamber, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hi,n. Mrs.
W. Grey, the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke, and the Hon. Mrs. F.
Stoner.

lIIE PraNcEss.—lt is pleasing to hear that the
Queen has taken a great liking to the Princess Alexandra,
who is natural and affectionate, and not at al! awed by to,
presence of the Sovereign—saying everything that occurs
to her most naively.—Court Journal.

THE PRINCE.— nit, change in the appearance of
the Prince of Wales within a short time is very remarkable.
He is getting quite stout and manly, and now thoroughly
looks his age,--Court Journae.

Although the Court is to go out of mourning upo
the loco sion of the marriage of his Royal highness the
Prince of Wales, it is to be renewed after that august cere-
mony has taken place.
The Duent-mi de Brabant and thf. Comte de
Flandre will taken their departure for England during the
first days of March, in order to be present at the Prince of
Wales's marriage. The Duke Regnaut of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha is likewise expected here for the ceremon).

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, with the
youthful Marquis of Stafford, have returned to Naples in
his grace's steam yacht from Alexandria and Malta

The Marquis and Mgrentuness of Sthsbury en
tertainrd his Excellency the Austrian Ambas4t,-
dor and the Countess d'Apponyi, his Excellency the Saxon
Minister, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness de Caderouse, the Countess (Dowager) of West-
moreland, Lord and Lady Elcho, Lord \Vest, Mr. W.Peel,
and a select party at dinner on Saturday evening, at the
family house in Arlington-street.

The Earl Granville, after the Cabinet Council o'
Saturday, left town for Althorp Hall, near Northampton,
having been invited by the Earl and Countess Spencer to
join the circle assembled to meet the Prince of Wales dur-
ing the visit of his royal highness at Althorp.

The Earl and Countess bp, ricer are expected to
arrive at Spencer House, St. James's, to-morrow, from Al-
thorp Hall for the season.
The Countess of Caledon will leave town to-
morrow for Windsor Castle in order to enter on attendance
on the Queen as one of the Ladies iu Waiting.

The 4th Hussars used to bear, and has the right
still to bear, what will now be a proud title—namely, the
Princess of Denmark's Dragoons.
The Presse tells us that Mme. Emile de G:rardin
wore £40,000 worth ofiewellery at the Countess Walewska's
fancy ball—a fact which is only piquant from the circum-
stance of the Presse being M. Girardin's paper, and the
lady being Mme. Emile, M. Girardin's wife.
It is not correct, as recently asserted, that the
Lyceum is to be called the Prince of Wales's Theatre, by
permission of his Royal Righnss.
Gen. Sandford has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel.

The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his second Par-
liamentary full-dress dinner on Saturday evening.
The following were present :—The Right Hon. B. Disraeli,
Lord Henry Lennox, the Right Hon, Lurd John sobers,
the Right Hon, Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. Lord Nan,,,
the Right Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton, &c.

AIR. CHARLES DICKENS IN PARIS.—Mr. Charles
Dickens's readings for the benefit of the English
poor in Paris and the Lancashire operatives were so sue-
cesstul as to excite emulation among the French. Several
gentlemen of high standing in the literary world conceived
that the project of giving public readings and lectures
would give the means for increasing the lunds now collect-
ing for the unemployed of the Seine Inferieure. It was
necessary in the first instance to ask for permission from
the authorities, and M. Ferdinand de Lasteyrie was re-
quested by them to apply for that permission. He ad-
dressed a letter to the Prefect of Police, enclosing the
names of the persons who were to give these readings, and
the subjects they were to treat. M. Charten was to read
an account of his travels ; M. Laboulaye, a member of the
French Institute, an essay on the popular education in the
United htafes of America; M. de t.asteyrie, of the Insti-
tute, his reminiscences of a tour in America; M. Legouve,
of the Institute, essays on modern society, and fragments
of a drama in verse; M. Littre, of the Institute, philoso-
phical fragments; M. Henri Martin, the historian, was to
lecture on a Gaulish bard; M. Ronan, of the Institute,
professor of Hebrew at the Sorbonne, was to give an ac-
count of his journey to the Lake otTiberias; M Rey baud,
of the Institute, a few chapters of an unpublished novel ;
M. Sampson, of the Theatre Fruncais, an analysis of th,e,
principal scenes of Moliere's play of the " aiisanthrope,
and M. de Trequiti, an essay on the artistic education of
the working classes.
Capt. Winn,.of the Grenadier Guards, who was
arrested on his return from Richmond by the Federal autho-
rities some two months, on a charge ot carrying despatches
from the Confederate Government, effected his escape a tew
days since, and arrived in thib city yesterday.—dtiontroal
Gazette, Feb, 6.