The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-29 00:00:00

10,PARTURE OF THE ROYAL COUPLE

FROM GRAVESEND.

The following is the programme of the arrangements
which will be made at Gravesend for the reception and
embarkation of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal
and her Royal Consort Prince Frederick William of
Pr ussia.
The Royal party will leave London by the North Kent
Railway in time to arrive at Gravesend by 2 o'clock p in.,
when they will Le received at the railway station by a
guard of honour of the East Kent Militia. They will
then proceed in four of the royal carriages towards the
place of embarkation—the Terrace Pier ; the Cobham
troop of the West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, under the
command of the Earl of Darnley, forming the escort.
A magnificent triumphal arch will be erected on the
railway bridge, and the whole route will be decorated
with flags and banners, flowers, evergreens, &e. At the
corner of Parrock-street and the Milton-road two large
fir trees will be dressed out as Christmas trees, and on
an arch in King-street, formed of banners, &e., will be
prominently inscribed, " Farewell, fair Rose of
England," and " Wer geben sie in Deinen Schulz."
(We give her to thy keeping.) The boys of the Free
School and Union children will be placed within therail-
ings of the Free School and St. Thomas' almshouses. At

the entrance to the Terrace-pier will be erected a grand
arch, and the pier itself, which will be fitted up with
seats for the accommodation of 1,200 persons (leaving
a promenade 10 feet wide in the centre) is to be hand-
somely decorated with festoons, &e.; another arch is to
be erected at the south end of the pier. On arriving
at the pier, the party will he received by a guard o
honour formed by the Royal Marines, and on alighting
will be met by the Mayor of Gravesend, the members
of the corporation, and the county members of Parlia-
ment. The mayor will then present a written address,
and the party will proceed on to the pier, where a
bouquet of flowers will be presented to her Royal High.
ness by Miss Troughton, the daughter of the mayor.
A procession will then be formed in the following order:
The High Constable of the Borough and assistants.
The Corporation Mace, borne by the Sergeant-at-Mace.
The Members of the Town Council, the Town-clerk,
and other officials, walking three and three.
His Worship the Mayor.
Twenty-six THE Twenty-six
Young Ladies, ROYAL Young Ladies,
uniformly dressed. PARTY. uniformly dressed
As the Prince and Princess pass down the Pier, the
young ladies will strew their path with flowers.

The county representaaves, the borough magistrate,

the military authorities of the district, dol. Eden, Com-
mandant of Chatham Garrison ; Colonel Kelly, Corn-
naandant of Tilbury Fort and New Tavern Fort ; Col.
Sandham, Commandant of the Royal Engineers ; Col,
Parker, Commandant of the R )yal Marines; and Brigade
Major Gordon, will alio take part in the procession.
On the embarkation (which will immediately take
place) salutes will be fired from the forts and the fleet
in the river.
The ground throughout the line will be kept by the
borough and county police, and the men of the Royal
Engineers will be stationed at the corner of Parrock•
street.
Immediately after the departure of their Royal High-
nesies, the escort and other officials will partake of a
dejeuner at the Assembly-rooms, at the invitation of the
mayor. At seven o'clock a displu of fireworks (under
the management of Dalby) will take place on Windmill-
hill, where also a monster bonfire will be lighted.
The whole management of the transit of the royal
party from London to Gravesend is in the hands of Lord
Alfred Paget, M.P., Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry
to her Majesty.

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it appears that the expenses incurred at the
ELECTION EXPRNSES.—From the election auditor's
Mr. A. W. Young, M.P., and Mr. J. Mellor, M.P.,
reeletcutri for Great Yarmouth, a few months since, by
non
who were returned without an opposition, although one
was threatened in the first instance—amounted to 3751.
is. Bd. Of this sum 1991. 9s. 3d. was paid to and by
agents ; the other principal items are the fees paid to
returning officer and the election auditor, the ex-
the9e 8 o the
rh u. sptiontigitt,o:atvhersert:onf t
Reigate, have issued a joint
PenREIGATg EnEurioN.—Messre. 'W. A. Wilkinson, R.
ectoorfs that they have resolved to
&la:liberal candidates
Walter., a
forego their several personal claims in order t, maintain
the unity of their party. They propose that the liberals
of the constituency shall choose by ballot which of them
shall fight the battle with the conservatives, and announce
that their respective committees are preparing means to
thet
the boroughei
carry this arrangement into effect. The Hon. Mr.
M 0113013
unootwifibc'aft'iorn
was invited to concur in these proceedings, but
declined to do so.
WANT OF TROOPS IN BENGAL.—The Friend of India
says, in its last issue received by this mail :—" The
arrivals of troop-ships in Calcutta no longer continue
with their accustomed regularity. Since the departure
of the last mail not a single soldier has arrived from
England. Sir Colin Campbell urgently requires rein-
forcements, and Calcutta itself, recently so full of troops,
is now well nigh denuded. Every available man has
!seen sent up to the North West. This exhaustive
process has indeed been continued until it would be
difficult DOW to spare a regiment for Eastern Boogal,
were it ever so much need,,d!,

FATAL ACCIDENT DUBIN% T—
mn FOG.—Yebterday an
Black Horse Tavern, u,„4
Street, Poplar, respecting
theiccl udeesatthwoafs
iennuabßy
iMehrLdn's,
agßeadk3elr,yceoarros,newrh,
oatdtih„
de
from drowning. It appeared from the evidence that the
deceased was a watchman in the East India Docks, and
on Monday night last he was seen on duty at his usual
early hour on the following morning
post'
(Tuesday)but heat wasan roissed by one of his companions.
Search was made, when deceased was dicovered in the
water of the Import Bisin. The deceased was quite
dead, and bad been immersed for several hours. The
night was very foggy and dark, and it was generally
supposed he must have fallen into the water while going
his round. Verdict, "Accidental death."
THE TOLL REFOIIII IN SCOTLAND.—There have been
lately some severe contests in the Scottish counties, but
reform has generally carried the day, the old turnpikes
going to the wall. Lord Elcho's intended motion seems
to get continuous support, and a proposition of his
the Haddington
op-
ponent, Mr. Christopher Nisbett Hamilton, the ex-
protectionist M.p., was negatived by 17 against 11 at
ton's proposition was a re-adjustment of tolls. The
Marquis of Tweeddsle's motion fora rate in aid on horses
in support of the local rates in the event of the abolition
coMsty meeting lest week. Mr. Hamil-
lof gates, has been postponed. This extra horse t3x is
the millstone which hangs round the neck of the progre4s
of abolition, and it 14
generally. impossible to levy it on horse

SdlaNyGaitLt
eAran
000
ter CnCUREBNOE AND Loss OF LlFE.—Yes-
neighbourhood of the Camden Town Railway Dock, in
the Hampstead road, in consequence of the sinking
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of one of the a great, sensation was created in the
captain, his ;( boats upon the canal, with the
wife, and three children on board ; the
result of which was the loss of ono the childran,
Susan Walker, a fine little girl three years of age : the
rest of the family being indebted for their preservation
to the exertions of the men who were loading their carts
with ice at the time the accident happened. It
appea=r .the boat, name I the Krzlat , belongs to Btrk-
ham ps tead, in Herefordshire. Walser, the toaster, was
shipping a quantity of iron from the railNity dock when,
in consequence of same chains giving way, the crane
came down with the greatest violence upon the gunnel
of the boat, causing it to heave deep into the water ;
while, at the Caine time, the whf la of the iron broached
from the opposite bide of the deck, and at once swamped
the boat. Walker his wife, and three children, were at
the time in the cabin at the after part of the boat, and,
upon the first alarm, rushed upon deck, but only to find
themselves immersed In the water. A general rush of
men from all parts of the dock took place, to save, it
possible, the unfortunate family, in which they were sue-
easeful, with the exception of the little girl above-named
The ehole family %ere conveyed to the house of Mr.
llariert, the Locomotive, where Mr. Harley a surgeon,
at t‘iir fed them,
and, after great exertion, succeeded
in restoring the whole but the youngest daughter above-
named,