The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-08 00:00:00

HAY.

Sminumn.—koadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover,
£5 Os Od to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 5s per load.
Trade heavy.
CumnEnLArm—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 8s Od; clover,
£5 Os to £6 Os Od; and straw, £l. 18$ to £2 58 per load.
A fair demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Moadow hay, £3 18s to £5 5s ; clover,
£5 Os Od to £6 10.30 d ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 5s per load.
Inquiry limited.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

market unchanged, Sales probably 10,000 bales.

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HER MAJESTY.

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BALMORAL, Thursday.
The Queen, with Princess Christian, went out
yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty, Prince and Princes
Christian, and Princess Louise drove out. _

Sir James Clark arrived at the Castle yesterday.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel 110010
Purves, is expectedlo leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, early
in the ensuing week, for Lord and Lady Londesborough3
marine residence at Scarborough.
The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle have gone
to Clamber Park, Notts, where the noble duke and duchess
will receive a large party during the ensuing week for the
Doncaster races.

The Duke of Leinster, the Hon. Henry Fitzroy
Stanhope, and Mr. and Lady Jane Repton have been stay-
ing during the week with the Earl and Countess of 1181.^,

ribgton, at Elvaston Hall, Derbyshire..
The Duchess (Eleanor) of Northumberland left
town on Tuesday last, to visit Lord and Lady Wenlock, at
Escriek Park, Yorkshire, on her way to Stanwick Park, for
the autumn. •

The Marquis of Ormonde has been entertaining
a select party at Kilkenny Castle, his seat in Ireland.
The Earl Cowley arrived in town early in the
week from Paris, and has since gone to his seat in Dan*"
shire.
The Earl of Lonsdale was to arrive yesterday at
Whithaven Castle, Cumberland, from Lowther Castle.
The Countess (Dowager) of Bradford and ass
Moncreiffe have arrived at Folkestone. .

Viscount and Lady Mary Sandon have joined the
family assembled at Burghley House, near Stamford. •Tho
Marquis of Exeter continues very unwell.
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Lady Ward has arrived at Himley Hall from a
tour in Germany.
The Hon. Lady Bulwer has left town for Knob-
worth, the seat of Lord Lytton, near Welwyn.
The Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., and
Mrs. Cowper have gone on a tour of visits in Ireland.
The Hon. Chichester Skeffington has arrived at
the South Kensington Hotel.
The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., and rl•
Lowe have left London for Pencarrow, on a visit to Lady
Molesworth.

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Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., was informed of th°
alarming illness of his brother, Lord Northbrooke, by We-
graph, whilst staying at Vichy. He instantly left for Eng-
land, and arrived yesterday morning by the mail trams'
Early in the forenoon he left tor Stratton Park.

THE BRAEMAR GATHERING.

ABERDEEN, Sept. 7.

The Braemar Gathering, at once the most popa-
lar and most famous of all the Highland assemblies
of the clans for competition in feats of strength
and fleetness, was held yesterday in front of
the old Castle of Mar, under circumstances of
greater interest than has marked this meeting for
years. During the life of the late Prince Consort
the gathering was always graced by the presence Of
the Queen, his royal highness ever patronising and
promoting liberally the sports and pastimes of his
Highland neighbours. Since 1861, however, her
Majesty has never till now been present, and copse'
quently the gathering has not only in the eyes of the
dwellers by the Dee, but also in its attraction for
strangers, been wanting in much of its interest ; but
yesterday the meeting could boast all the elements
of its bygone greatness. The weather was magaia".
cent, the glorious valley in which the gathering 10
held never looked better, while the illustrious cone'
pany who witnessed the games from the sloping
foreground of the fine old castle included the follow'
distinguished names :—Her Majesty the (Peel''
their Royal Highndsses the Prince and Princess ,
Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Christian apt'
Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice
and Prince Leopold, the Earl and Countess ofFifeci
the Marquis and Marchioness Townsliend, Ler
Maeduff and the Ladies Ida, Alexina, and Ague°,
Duff, the Duchess of St. Alban's, Lieut.-Colonel
Farquharson of Invercauld and Mrs. Farquharsovi
Mr. Oswald of Auchin Cruive, Mr. Oswald, jun''
.and Miss Oswald, General Peel, General Hood, 6ir
Thomas Biddulph, Hon. Mrs. Hardinge, Viscount
and Viscountess Holmesdale, Sir Edmund and Lady
Hiner, Lord Sandys, the Marquis of Blandfordl
Lieut.-Colonel Knox, Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, Lau
Radstock, &c.
, Upwards of 2,000 spectators were present, wall
of them being strangers gathered together in the„
hope of witnessing the " Court in the Highlands'
The Duff and Farquharson clansmen were strongly
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represented, the former officered by the Earl of
and Lord Macduff, and the latter by Colonel Far:
quharson, and the latter by Colonel Farquharson
and Captain Farquharson.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and party fr°lll
Abergeldie Castle arrived about half-past 1,
the games commenced, and were contested wit
much spirit, to the evident delight of the spectaterii%
At 4 o'clock a couple of outriders announced tl,
coming of the Queen, when the sports immediate
ceased, the Highlanders were drawn up in art.°:;
and the loud and repeated cheers which greeted Ito;
Majesty manifested how gladly her presence II
welcomed once again at the Braemar Gathering.
ller Majesty was received by Colonel Farquhar,:
son, lord of the manor, and Mrs. Farquharse
During the progress of the games the illustri;
party partook of luncheon and tea in the cast
quitting the gathering, amid the hearty cheer°
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the spectators, shortly after 5 o'clock. In the eietii`e
ing a supper and ball took place as usual in t.. 11
castle, when a number of the distinguished 105'`
above-named were present.