The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-27 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND.

The train by which the Queen and royal family
left Windsor on Thursday night arrived at Perth at 8.21 on
the following morning. Her Majesty, who appeared to be In
the enjoyment of excellent health. as also did the other
members of the royal family, on alighting upon the plat-
form was received by Lord Kinnaird, the lord-lieutenant
of the county, the Earl of Mansfield, and other gentle-
men. The royal party partook of breakfast in the rooms
of the Joint-Station Committee, which were tastefully
fitted up for the accommodation and comfort of her Ma-
jesty and suite. The royal train left the station via the
Scottish North Eastern section of the Caledonian Railway
exactly at 9.20, the stay of the royal party having been 59
minutes. As the royal train was leaving, her Majesty was
enthusiastically cheered, and graciously acknowledged the
compliment. There was no military guard of honour pre-
sent on the occasion, and the number of spectators was
rather less than usuaL

The royal train arrived at Bridge of Dun at 10.36 pun&
tnally at the time set down in the bill Hitherto intending
spectators had been accustomed to little reserve at this
station during the time the train halted to water theengines.
On this occasion, however, verystrict precautions and orders
were enforced so as to secure safety as far as possible, and
the absence of noise on the passage of the train ; and none
of the public were, according to the orders, to be admitted
to the station, and the servants of the company were in-
structed to perform the necessary work on the platform
without•noiae. No cheering or other demonstration was
to be allowed. The result of this was that there were not
so many people present as formerly and none were per-
mitted to appear on the platform. During the time the
train stopped several of the royal party were at the saloon
windows, but no demonstration was made. The engines
were watered, and the train started after a halt of five
minutes. The &Twee damp and dull, so that there was no
dust, and, as a consequence, the windows of the royal saloon
were opened.

The royal train arrived at the Ferryhill Junction at
11. M exactly. Orders having been issued that no person
should be admitted to the station, the public were
rigidly excluded, and only some policemen and officials
were visible within its precincts. A stoppage of about five
minutes took place, during which engines were changed ;
and the Deeside directors having taken the places of those
of the Caledonian, the royal train proceeded over the
Deseide line to Aboyne, which was reached at 1 o'clock.
Here her Majesty was respectfully greeted by a consider-
able number of people who bad been admitted within the
station. Carriages were in waiting outside the station, and
the Queen immediately drove off amid the cheering of those
assembled. Horses were changed at Hager, where the
visitors and villagers gave her Majesty a hearty cheer.
Balmoral was reached shortly after 3 o'clock.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Soltykoff left town yesterday for Brighton.

The Duke of Wellington has had capital shooting
at Glenfield, his shooting quarters in Inverness-shim, sines
his arrival there from the south. The Duchess of Welling.
ton is passing the autumn at Tunbridge Wella

The Duke of Argyll left lnverary Caatle a few
days baek for Mull, for a few weeks' shooting.

The Marquis of Sligo has left Pencarrow, the
seat of Lady Bloleaworth, for Port Eliot, on a visit to the
Earl of St. Germane.

The Ear' and Countess of Shaftesbury and
Ladies Ashley have left Brockett Hall, Herta, where they
have been staying with Viscountess Palmerston, for Tun-
bridge Wells. Lord end Lady Harriet Ashley are still at
Brackett HalL

The Earl of Dalhousie is rec3iving a select party
of friends at Ineermark, Breehin, for the shooting on the
adjacent moors.

Viscount Ingeetro has gone to the north of Scot-
land for grouse shooting.

Viscountess Jocelyn, accompanied by Viscount
Jocelyn and Hon. Miss Jocelyn, passed through town on
Friday last, from the Pyrenees, to join Viscountess Pal-
merston at Brackett Hall, Het te. The Hon. Miss Jocelyn
is greatly improved in health.

Lord and Lady Blantyre are receiving a 'elect
party at Erskine House, N.B.

Lady Sherborne and Hon. Mr. Maurice Wing-
field have left town for Homburg.
Le Baron Ludovic de Potesta has left Catsidi's
Hotel for Paris.

The Right Hon. General Peel, M.P., the Secre-
tary of State for War, left town on Friday evening to
join her Majesty at Balmoral. The right hon. and gallant
gentleman will remain in attendance on the Queen about a
fortnight.

Mr. Gladstone, the late Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, is at present on a visit to the Lord Bishop of Ely
at his palace, and yesterday the right hon. gentleman at-
tended the afternoon service at the cathedral.

Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford and Miss Cliffcri
have received the Dowager Marchioneas Townshend and
Lady Audrey Townshend, the Earl of Shrewsbury and
Talbot, and Viscount Melville, at Westfield, during the
regatta week at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight.
Captain and Mrs. Throckmorton have left
Brown's Hotel.

The marriage is arranged between Mr. John
Baskervyle Glegg, eldest son of Captain Baskervyle Glegg,
of Withington Hall and Gaynton Hall, Cheshire, and Miss
Emily Ode, second daughter of Mr. George Beauchamp
Cole, of Heatham House, Twickenham, and granddaughter
of the late Lady Elizabeth Cole.

The Canadian delegates sent to complete the
confederated government of British North America hays
arrived at Brown's Hotel, Dover-street, from Canada.

Mrs. Waldo Sibthorp has arrived at the Queen's
Hotel, Upper Norwood.

A supplement to the Lawton Gazette issued on
Saturday night contains an Order in Council extending
the provisions of the Diseases Prevention Act to its and
arms of the sea lying within the jurisdiction of the Admi-
ralty, and within three miles of the coasts of England ;
also a second order, directing that the muter of every ship
within the district of a nuisance authority, having on
hoard any person affected with cholera, or anything that
has been exposed to the infection of cholera, shall so long
as the ship is within such district anchor, or place her in
such position as from time to time the nuisance authority
may direct.

PROSPECTS OF THE Ist.—Next Saturday the
season for shooting partridges will commence, and sports-
men have already begun ta make inquiries as to the stock
of birds. Owing to the lateness of the corn harvest there
have scarcely been any trials on manors, but the great
clearance of corn which has been effected during the past
week has permitted dogs to run over stubble for training
purposes, and has enabled those who are eager for sport
to obtain some information respecting the condition of the
birds. In Kent the prospects are very promising. On the
hill lands and dry grounds partridges are numerous, the
young broods are m good condition, and coveys vary from
12 to 16 in number. In Essex the birds are about up
to the average, but not quite so plentiful as last year.
The French partridges (redlegs) have brought off large
broods from the nests. The partridge mason in Surrey
and Sussex cannot be reported upon favourably. The wet
weather about hatching time made sad havoc among the
young broods, and it is now found that very few coveys
exceed twelve in number. The young birds are ittrc!ng on
the wing, and rise well together. As much corn is still
standing in the counties named some protection will be
afforded to the birds, and when shooting commences they
may be expected to be in plump condition. Linehan.,
which as a rule are very rare in the southern ciosnUes, are
unusually plentiful this season. Huai and rabbits have
also been very prolific. The pheasant coverts are thin of
" long tails " this year.