The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

THE EMP.RE

SS OF THE
HE QUEEN.

FRENCH TO

The Empress Eugenia arrived at Windsor yesterday
afternoon, in one of the state carriages of the Great Wes-
tern Railway, for the purpose of paying a visit to her
Majesty and the Prince Consort. In accordance with the
wishes expressed by the Empress that her visit should be
considered strictly of a private character, the guard of
honour was dispensed with, and even the time that her
Majesty might be expected to arrive was announced to the
officials scarcely an hour previous to her arrival, conse-
quently a great crowd at the station was avoided.
The Prince Consort, accompanied by Lord Charles Fitz-
roy and Major Du Plat, came to the station at one o'clock,
and awaited in the royal saloon her Majesty's arrival; pre •
cisely at ten minutes past one o'clock the Empress arrived,
when the Prince Consort proceeded across the platform
and cordially shook hands with her Majesty as she left the
carriage. Her Majesty took the Prince's arm, and pass-
ing through the saloon entered one of the royal pony car-
riages, and proceeded with the Prince to the Castle ; two
other carriages followed with the ladies and gentlemen of
her suite. On the platform to receive the Empress were
Mr. Henry Driver (mayor), Lady Grey, Lady Bruce, Col.
Dalrymple, of the Scots Fusilier Guards in garrison here;
Rev. the Vicar of Windsor, Mr. Henry Stevens, Captain
Layard, Mr. Matthews, and the following magistrates of
the borough :—Messrs. Blunt, Harris, Holderness, and
Hanson, and Mr. Henry Darvill, town clerk.
The Empress as she left the station, and along the whole
line of route to the Castle, was loudly cheered, and during
her stay the bells of St. John's Church sent forth merry
peals.
The Empress, after luncheon, took leave of the Queen,
and at ten minutes pact three o'clock arrived at the station,
and passed through the Queen's waiting-room to the State
carriage, leaning on the arm of the Prince Consort.
Her Majesty appeared in good health, but not so in spirits,
and with an amiable though somewhat pensive smile, she
gracefully bowed to the company as the train slowly pro-
ceeded from the station.
The royal journeys were performed in 30 minutes each
way by the company's powerful engine, the Iron Duke.

Moorfields, for the repose of the soul of this our dearly bo-
loved son in Christ.

" We should be especially gratified by seeing tbose chaxi-
ties or institutions with which their departed benefactor
was habitually connected distinctly represented by a com-
mittee or deputation at this service. Of intention to do so
and eihe number expected to attend timely notice should
be given at the church.
"And, finally, reverencing that veil which shrouds so
sacredly and so tenderly the mystery of surviving sorrow,
we ask your prayers to the God of all consolation for sup-
port, comfort, and peace to those whose own virtues were
entwined around or sprung fiom his whom God has taken,
rather than death has struck down.

"And may the souls of all the departed Faithful, through
the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
"Given, in Westminster, this first Sunday of Advent,
MDCCCLX.

"N. CARD. WISEMAN."

MEDITERRANEAN EXTENSION

TELEGRAPH.

A Malta correspondent says:—Bs- a notice issued
on the 28th of November from the office of the Medi-
terranean Extension Telegraph Company the public
was informed that telegraphic communication had
been re-established between Malta acd the Con-
tinent, via Sicily and Naples. Regarding the
Corfu and Otranto line I have received the following
in letters from Mr. Andrews, the engineer and
superintendent of the company, who is at present
at Corfu, for the purpose of superintending the
construction of that. line :
"Corfu, Oct. 26.—1 have selected Sidari, two miles east
of Cape Drasti, as the landing place for the cable. The
bottom near Cape Palacrum was rocky, and therefore un-
suitable. The land line is now complete to within eight
miles of Corfu. The Lord High Commissioner has
offered me the use of the lonian steamer to go to Otranto
to see after the landing place there. I shall start in a
few daye, and on my return, and after the completion
of the land line, if no news reaches me of the cable
coming at once, I shall avail myself of the first op-
portunity of returning to Malta. As regards the
land . line I have had a good deal of difficulty
with it, on account of the nature of the country on the
other side of San Savadore, which is full of ravines and
high hills. I find the country at the north end of the
island as well cultivated as this end, if nut better, and the
inhabitants more kind and obliging.
" Corfu, Nov. 4.—1 have been prevented going to
Otranto, but hope to start in a few days. I only require a
few insulators to finish the line. There was no sign of the
vessel with the cable leaving England on the 26th ult.
The land line will be finished' after the new insulators
arrive. All the poles are up, with the wire up to the place
.where the new joins the old line."

With reference to the above, I understand that the
insulators required by Mr. Andrews to finish the
land line were sent up from Malta without loss of
time by her 'Majesty's steam frigate Melpomene ;
but, as a letter has been received from Corfu com-
plaining of their non-arrival, it is feared that they
may have gone on to the East in the Melpomene,
which, after touching at Corfu, left for Syria. If
this be the ease it will probably cause a further
delay of some weeks in the completion of the land
portion of the Otranto and Corfu line. The Eng-,
lish screw steamer Danube, which arrived yester-
day from Alexandria, had on board nearly all the
Red Sea Telegraph Company's staff of telegraph
clerks, who are returning homewards. From this
it would appear that the Red Sea Telegraph Com-
pany intend abandoning the cable for the present.