The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-25 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords
yesterday afternoon.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at-
tended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. _ .

The Prince and Princess of Wales dined with his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at Gloces-
ter-house, in the evening.

The King of the Bel2ians.

Yesterday morning his Majesty the King of the
Belgians, attended by his suite and accompanied by
Mr. Van de Weyer, Lord Torrington, Lord Alfred
Paget, M.P., and other officers of the royal house-
hold, left Dover by a special train at 10 2 for Wind-
sor, on a visit to her Majesty. The royal train was
under the charge of Mr. J. P. Knight, the traffic
superintendent of the South-Eastern Railway, while
the Hon. Jas. Byng accompanied the train during
part of the journey to London, which was performed
via Ashford and Red-hill. King Leopold reached
the small unused station at the junction of the
South-Eastern with the South-Western Railway
over the Waterloo-road at 12 8, having passed from
London-bridge over the Charing-cross line. On
the platform of this station, which is never used
but . on the occasion of a royal trip, a number of
gentlemen had assembled, among whom were Sir
E. Cust, Mr. Godson (the traffic superintendent),
and Messrs. Williams and Verrinder, of the South-
Western Railway. As his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales was expected to accompany his
Majesty to Windsor Castle, the train was kept at the
junction for a few minutes to enable the Prince to
reach Waterloo before its departure. His Royal
Highness, on reaching the platform, walked to the
state saloon, and of ter a very cordial greeting, took his
seat in the carriage with King Leopold. Shortly
afterwards the train, accompanied by Messrs. God-
son and Williams, left Waterloo at 12.15, and pro-
ceeded along .the South Western Railway to
Windsor, where the illustrious travellers arrived at
1 o'clock. Previous to the arrival of the special
train, their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and
Princess Helena, attended by Colonel Hardinget
Lieut. Haig, and Lady C. Barrington, drove front
the Castle to the Windsor station of the South
Western Railway, where they were received by Mr.
G. Hill, the divisional superintendent of the line,
and conducted to the Royal waiting-rooms, where
they remained till the train entered the station. His
Majesty King Leopold and the Prince of Wales, on
quitting the saloon, were met on the platform 11
Prince Alfred and Princess Helena, who very affec-
tionately embraced the aged monarch. Accompanied
by the youthful members of the Queen's family, the
King drove from the station in one of the Royal
carriages to the Castle, which was reached shortly
after 1 o'clock, and where his Majesty was most
affectionately welcomed by the Queen. King
Leopold, during his residence at Windsor Castle,
will occupy a suite of apartments in the York Tower:
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by Colonel Keppel, Lord A. Paget, M.P., and Sir,
E. Cust, left the Windsor station of the SOW
Western Railway at 3.30 p.m. and returned to towod
by a special train in charge of Messrs. Godson an
' Williams, arriving at Waterloo shortly after four
o'clock.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales honoured the Duke of Cambridge by their
company at dinner yesterday evening at Gloucester Sons,
Piccadilly. The Prince and Princess of Wales were at:
tended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel
Keppel. There were present to meet the illustrious guel
her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, attend°
by Lady Caroline Cust, their Serene Highnesses Prine°f
and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Marchioness
Ely, the Earl of Derby, the Earl Granville, the Earl all f
Countess Spencer, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl IQ°
Sefton, Lord Henry Percy, Rear-Admiral the Hon. J•
Drummond, and Colonel Tyrwhitt, in waiting on the .1)11"-
of Cambridge.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondelela
have arrived at Burley, Rutland, on a visit to Mr. al%
Lady Louisa Finch. The noble marquis and marchicleo'
will return to town on the conclusion of their visit.
The Marchioness of Ely will leave town in a le
days for Ireland.
The Earl of Sefton will leave England about tit
middle of next month for Lisbon, on his mission to preen
the King of Portugal with the Order of the Garter. ea
The Earl and Countess of Belmore have arrived
at Brown's Hotel. • of
;.dower

We hear that the Earl of Lovelace, wida. . a
the only daughter of Lord Byron, is about to bo malt.
to a widow lady named Jenkins, residing in Glouces'—
shire.
LADY PALMERSTON'S RECEPTION.—The recePtil
held by Lady Palmerston on Saturday evening,
18th inst., was attended by most of the diplomatic bodi
ofree
sident in London, as well as by a considerable nurober eg
the haute noblesse of England. One of the great festi/fr-
of the evening was a most life-like model of a
marble statue of Lord Palmerston, to be executed for
Ernesto Zuccani, a gentleman of considerable reero3lrte*-04
standing in the metropolis, who has already obtainedf.„-ai
the sculptor of the present work statues of Gen. Gari"2 a
and the late Count Cavour, intending, it is said, to fe'—to
small gallery of the most celebrated men in Eurol3o7
executed by the same artist, the Chevalier Gic'vt-bi-
Pandiani, of Milan, whose statue of Garibaldi Was eri-oai-
bited bof ty Mr. Zuccani in the Exhibition of 1862. 1'12:‘,-,14
ration he ability displayed in that of Count tit:' of
the King of Italy was pleased to confer the lionota
a,
knighthood on the artist. Chevalier Pandiani was blif
oured by an invitation to Lady Palmerston's on S3ttirais-
- where he received the congratulations of InanY the
tinguished persons, including the Marquis d'Azegli%orY,
Italian Minister, who had taken great interest in the a-
mid placed an apartment at the Embassy in Grosll3ll'os
street to be used as a studio by Chevalier Pandiani clllll

his visit to this country.
THE SUNDAY TRAIN QUESTION IN SC0111°;;;
A correspondence has been published bet('•,..
members of the Sabbath Alliance and Mr. Hodgson, air'
mtn of the North British Railway Company. The h lie
man closes the correspondence with a letter in to
says :—" The directors do not believe it to bo their '11; °-
force that portion of the public who from inclination °;01
cessity desire to leave their homes, or to regain their 11°.,v-
-on a Sunday to conform to the bidding of otlier° do
think it sinful to do so. On the contrary,
not hold out extra inducements to Sunday travelslo9
means of frequent or excursion trains at low fttreE'' tiss
consider that limited service by morning and o',7lo,isse6
trains is duo to the public, especially the humbler c*- tad
who cannot, except by railway, move at all. With regard
to goods trains, the objections d suggestions ceejed
in he document you have transmitted to me are
in simple ignorance of the matter under discussiell.o ig
every goods train which passes by necessity (and °cooler
not
.one which, in a practical sense, runs from an off while thel
motive, on the North British Railway) were takeu °I; di-
line, the net profit of the company would net to ill°
minished ; but the insecurity and inconvenience Dr'
eely
community would during the week days be larD,
creased."