The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-26 00:00:00

came on shore ; a guard of honour, consisting of
35 of the Penzance and Falmouth division of the
Coastguard, under the command of Capt. Fellowes,
R.N., and Capt. G. Sullivan, and a detachment of
the Royal Artillery Volunteers, of which Mr. J. St.
Aubyn is Colonel Commandant, but which were un-
der the immediate orders on this occasion of Lieut.
F. W. Field, having been posted, as on their arrival,
at the approach to the landing-place.
In the evening the Prince and Princess entertained
at dinner, on board the Osborne, in addition to the
ladies and gentlemen of their suite, the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of St. Albans,
Lord and Lady Vivian, Mr. St. Aubyn, M.P., and
Lady E. St. Aubyn, Lady Audrey Townshend, the
High Sheriff of Cornwall and Dlrs. Williams, Capt.
Fellowes, R.N., Capt. Sullivan, R.N., Mr. E. St.
Aubyn, and Capt. Darcy.
Happily the weather, which had been very fine
since the royal party reached the bay, is this morn-
ing all that could be desired, so that the Prince and

Princess will see, probably, Botallic, whither they
purpose going to-day, under more favourable aus-
pices than they saw the Fowey Consols Mine on
Saturday.
To-night the Prince proceeds in the Osborne to
Scilly, whence he is not expected to return before
to-morrow night or the following morning. The
Princess will meantime be the guest of Mr. St.
Aubyn, at Mount St. Michael's, where she, the
D uchess of Sutherland, and Lady de Grey and
Ripon, will sleep to-night. The Prince will be
accompanied on his trip by the Duke of Suther-
land, the Duke of St. Albans, and the gentlemen of
his suite.

Her Boyal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge's Birthday.

Yesterday being the 68th anniversary of the birth
of the Duchess of Cambridge, it was celebrated at
Kew by a public dinner, composed of the Royal
tradespeople from London, Kew, Richmond, &c.
The Royal ensign floated from the tower of the
old church.

In the evening a numerous party dined at the
Coach and Horses Inn. Nearly 40 persons sat
down to dinner. The chair was filled by Mr.
Costellow.

After the dinner, an excellent repast, had been
done justice to,
The chairman proposed " The Health of the
Queen" and " Prince and Princess of Wales,"
which were received with honours.

The Chairman then rose and proposed the toast
of the evening, that of " Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge, and God bless her."
The toast was enthusiastically responded to.
Mr. Owen (the Duchess's house steward) said
that he was grateful for the kind manner in which
the health of his royal mistress had been welcomed.
He could only say that many of the residents of
Kew were well aware of her kindness and anxious
desire in every case to support any charitable pro-
ject which came before her notice. He concluded
by saying he was proud to belong to the household
of the Royal family, who " did good by stealth and
blushed to find it fame." He begged to say that in
consequence of what he had said he hoped Cam-
bridge Cottage would not be troubled with unde-
serving applications for charity. The duchess and
her daughter were so well known to the inhabitants
of Kew that it would be impertinent on his part,to
speak a word in their favour beyond what had been
said.

Afterwards the Chairman proposed " The Health
of the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Mary."
The toasts were cordially responded to.
The company then resolved themselves into a
hilarious company, and they broke up shortly after
eleven o'clock, highly pleased with the arrange-
ments of the host and proprietor of the Coach and
Horses, Kew-green.

His Highness the Prince and her Royal Highness
Princess of ToUr and Taxis have left Claridgo's Hotel for
Brussels, 'on their return to Vienna.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are ex-
pected to arrive at Stafford-house, St. James's, to-morrow,
or on Friday next, from an excursion in their yacht to the
west of England with the Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster
and Lady Theodora Grosvenor will leave town in a few
days for Eaton Hall, Chester.

The Marchioness of Bath and infant daughter
are both progressing favourably.
The Marquis Carnovitro and Monsieur Gardilli
have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Paris.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr have left town
for Eastbourne, in order to meet Sir Alexander and Lady
Arabella Bannerman.

Count F. de Lagrange and Viscount Paul Daru
have left the Clarendon Hotel for Brighton.

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AT MELBOURNE.—The
anniversary of her Majesty's birthday has always
been celebrated with special enthusiasm by the colony
which bears her honoured name ; and, as year after year
pauses, the loyalty and affection of her antipodean sub-
jects become intensified with the lapse of time. The fes-
tival of yesterday has never been exceeded by any former
celebration of the event, as a spontaneous exhibition of
popular feeling, and perhaps on no other occasion did the
people of Victoria loss require the stimulus of an official
intimation to enjoy it as a genuine holiday. From morning
till night the city presented quite a gala appearance—not
only the public offices, but nearly every private establish-
ment being closed, except those which are indispensable to
festivity; flags and banners waved gaily in almost every
street throughout the day, and in the evening several of
our spirited fellow citizens testified their loyalty by illu-
minating their premises. Most of the vessels in the bay,
and at the various piers and wharves, were also decked in
holiday attire ; and not a few excursionists, more daring
than discreet, ventured down the bay in steamers, in utter
defiaie of sea sickness or fog. Considering the late period
of the season, the day was so cheerful and exhilarating as
to remind us of those delicious days in the old land pro-
verbially designated as "the Queen's weather ;" and those
who hesitated to take part in more demonstrative kinds of
recreation gratified themselves to the top of their bent with
boating parties up to the Yam, or pic-nic expeditions to
the picturesque scenery of Studley-park, Brighton, and St.
Kilda. Some idea of the extent to which the people of
Melbourne shook off the dust of the city may be inferred
from the fact that at the Melbourne and Hudson's Bay rail;
way station no less than 5,387 tickets were issued for Sand-
ridge, St. Kilda, and Emerald-hill, exclusive of more than
2,000 volunteers, who travelled free. The railway autho-,
rities are entitled to some credit for the unexceptionable,
arrangements made for this large amount of extra traffic.
The first noticeable event of the day was the review of th.
volunteer force at Emerald-hill. The total number of vo-
lunteers present was 2,497, representing all the corps in the
colony ; and .it is no exaggeration to say that our citizen'
soldiers presented an appearance which not only reflected
credit upon themselves, but imparted an agreeable sense of
security to those who regarded the occasion as something
more than a mere military pageant. Melbourne has seldom
presented a more animated appearance than after night-fall,
the gay dresses of the volunteers contrasting pleasantly
with the crowds of ordinary citizens lounging through the
streets; and a stranger, suddenly arriving, might fancy
that our peaceful city had been taken possession of by some
of those invading hordes with which we have been threa-
tened, the perpetual din of exploding crackers by Young
Australia helping to keep alive the illusion. Her Majesty
may well be gratified upon learning how her 46th birth-
day was celebrated in Australia Felix.—Melbourne Age,
May 27.

AN " ANIMATED DANGER SIGNAL."—A it county
Magistrate," in a letter to the Times, describes the right
way of making necessary repairs on railways. He was tra-
velling yesterday on the fast London and North-Western
train to London at a fair pace, " when, though broad day'
light, a fog signal exploded ; the train slackened, and soon
came up to a gang of workmen, one of whom, himself ae
animated danger signal— a being clothed in red, a perfect
Zamiel—jumped on to the engine, and conducted us over the
line under repair, and then left us to pursue our way in peace
and safety. Why should not platelayers on other railivale
use red clothing and fog signals."
DISTRESSING BOAT ACCIDENT AT CASTLE EDEN'
—Two BROTHERS DROWNED.—A most melancholy
boat accident took place on Sunday morning, at the mouth
of Castle Eden Dene, whereby two brothers, sons of Or'
Ford, hind to Mr. It. Burden, of Castle Edon, occupying
farm at Black-hill, near to where the casualty happenef
were drowned. They were aged respectively 14 and
years, and had, about 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, Vrie
out to sea from the shore abutting their farm for a cruise'
After pulling about for a shost time they attempted to 51_3;
proach the shore, when they apparently were a little
fatigued. The boat got broadside to the waves, which were
ii
breaking heavily near the shore, owing to the rocks whic..o
were in the vicinity. Some parties on the shore we'
watching the young men, when the boat suddenly caPsized
and then the scene was most melancholy and heartrendur
Those that were watching the struggles of the poorfello.
felt their situations more keenly owing
and
to their inabilit)tat_
render any assistance. The young men struggled for s?
ire
time for life, but neither appeared able to swim,
gradually rose and struggled for intervals when they 05
appeared. One of the bodies has been recovered.