The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-08 00:00:00

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Crain Ellittribt

HER MAJESTY.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Helena, drove out yesterday afternoon,
attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps, and walked
in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice went to Greenwich-park yester-
day, and visited his Royal Highness Prince Arthur,
attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Lieut.-
Colonel Du Plat,- and afterwards honoured Miss
Hildyard with a visit in the Regent's-park ; after
which their royal highnesses returned.to Windsor.

The Visit of the Prince and Princess of
Wales to Lord Suffield.

GUNTON, Thursday.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with
the noblemen and gentlemen forming the party,
went out shooting yesterday on the Suffield side of
the estate. The weather was not quite so favour-
able, and the birds were wild, so that so large a
head of game was not obtained as on the former
day. The number was 1,679, including pheasants,
hares, partridges, rabbits, and woodcocks. The
Princess of Wales and the ladies of the party joined

the Prince and his brother sportsmen in the after-
neon.

A dinner party took place at the hall last night,
during which the band of the East Norfolk Militia
played.

The Earl and Countess Spencer took leave of the
prince and princess, and proceeded to Norwich last
evening.

This morning the whole district is ou the qui vice,
Lord Hastings's hounds being about to meet in the
park, and to be joined by the prince and princess
and all the party staying at the hall. To-night
there is to be another ball ; to-morrow, another
day's shooting; and on Saturday morning their
royal highnesses will post across to Elmham and
take luncheon with Lord Sondes, proceeding thence
to Wolferton by special train.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, it is
expected, will shortly honour Lord and Lady Walsinghara
at their seat at Merton, in Norfolk, with a visit. Lieuten-

ant-General Hall will also be honoured by a visit from his
royal highness at his shooting-lodge, at Six Mile Bottom,
near Newmarket, in the course of the shooting season.
Lord and Lady Elcho and family arrived at their
residence in St. James's-place on Wednesday, froM their
seat in Scotland.

Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay have
arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Wantage, Berkshire.

Sir John and Miss Walsh have left England for
Cannes.

Sir Alexander and Lady Dixie and family have
[eft Farrance's Hotel for Bosworth-park, near Leicester.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein,.attended
by his suite, visited the Cavalry Barracks (now oc-
cupied by the Ist Life Guards) at Spital, near
Windsor, on Wednesday. The Prince drove to the
barracks in one of the carriages belonging to the
Queen's establishment, and reached Spital shortly
before 12 o'clock. Col. the Hon. D. C. Fitzgerald
De Ros and Quartermaster Allen received the
Prince and conducted him through the different
barrack buildings. Prince Christian having in-
spected the riding school and witnessed a ride, was
taken over the north wing and shown the im-
provements recently carried out by Messrs.
Myers, the contractors, the troopers within the
last week or so having taken possession of
their new quarters. The officers' house, facing the
green, was then inspected, and the Prince, after
lunching with the officers of Ist Life Guards, quitted
the barracks about 1 o'clock, and drove back to the
Castle.

The Admiralty having ordered a further trial to be
made of Capt. Cowper P. Coles's plan of applying
Roman cement to the bottom of iron ships, for their
preservation, at 9-ft. patch is being applied to the
bottom of the Tamar, screw iron troopship, Capt.
Frederick H. Stirling, now refitting in dock at
Portsmouth.

Mr. G. W. Beardslee, under whose direction the
recent torpedo experiments were carried on in Chat-
ham harbour, has been engaged for some two or
three days past at Chatham in making the prelimi-
nary arrangements for some further trials of the
invention on a much larger scale than on the occa-
sion of the last experiments.
The Icarus, 11, 150-horse power, screw steamer,
fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam
Reserve, has been taken into No. 1 dock at Sheer-
ness yard, where the work of fitting her will be pro-
ceeded with. Her screw propeller has been removed
for the purpose of making alterations in it.
The iron paddle-wheel steamer Oberon, 3,260-
horse power, has arrived in the Medway, where she
awaits Admiralty orders respecting the trials which
are to be made on board to test the working of the
boilers fitted on Capt. Cochrane's principle.
The annual competitive examination of the can-
didates for promotion at Chatham dockyard com-
menced Itt their establishment yesterday, and will
be continued to-day.
ThePallas, iron-cased screw corvette, 2,372 tons,
600-horse power, Capt. Matthew Conolly, which
arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday afternoon, was on
Wednesday placed in dry dock for the purpose of
having two blades of her screw removed, in order
to increase the cumber of revolutions at which it
could be driven per minute. A large number of
workmen were employed during the whole of the day
and night, under the superintendence of Mr. E. J.
Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy, in removing
the two blades. They accomplished the work by 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the water was
immediately let into the dock, and the vessel success-
fully floated into the Medway. Vice-Admiral Sir C.
Talbot, K.C.8., commander-in-chief at Sheerness;
Capt. Conolly, captain of the ship; Capt. Randolph,
of the Sheerness Steam Reserve ; Capt. Hall, super-
intendent of the dockyard, and a large number of
other officials were present during the proceedings.
After being undocked the vessel steamed out to the
Nore, where she anchored for the night, ready to pro-
ceed to the Maplin Sands to-day for her trial trip.
The Osborne, Royal paddle yacht, Commander J.
D'Arcy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning
on her return to the port after conveying the Crown
Prince and Princess of Prussia to the Continent, at
the conclusion of their visit to her Majesty.
The time-expired and invalided soldiers brought
home from New Zealand in the hired transport
Bombay were disembarked from the ship at Spit-
head on Wednesday, and forwarded to their several
destinations—the invalids to the Royal Victoria
Hospital at Netley, and the time-expired men to
their regimental depots. The Bombay sailed from
Spithead yesterday for London to discharge her
cargo of New Zealand gum.
The Wivern, 4, turret ship, Capt. H. T. Burgoyne,
V.C., is ordered by the Admiralty to be paid out of
commission at Portsmouth, and a similar order, it
is expected, will be issued to her sister vessel, the
Scorpion, Capt. Commerell, V.C,, also lying at
Portsmouth. Capt. Burgoyne will, it is reported, be
appointed to the Wolverine, 21, screw corvette, of
1,703 tons, and 400 horse power, now on the North
America and West India station. She was commis-
sioned for foreign service by Capt. De Horsey in
May )ast. There is very much required to be done
on board both the Wivern and Scorpion in improv-
ing their general internal arrangements, fittings,
and their habitability before they can be pronounced'
fit for a lengthened occupancy by their officers and
crews. For this reason, we presume, it has been de-
termined to get each ship out of commission during
the time the alterations are being carried out.

THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER BARBADIAN.-1.0/'
Captain Graham, the chief officer, and several of the crevt_._
of the Barbadian, which went ashore on Wednesday warn'
ing on the Blackwater Bank, and who took to the boats'
had not been heard of at Liverpool up to a late hour yes'
terday. The gravest anticipations are indulged in, and It
is feared that, with the present stormy weather on then
Irish coast, the boats containing the captain, the fir"
()facer, &c., have thet with a sad fate.