The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-21 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, AUGUST 20.
The Queen walked in the grounds this morning
with Princess Louise and Prince Arthur.

Prince
P Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out also.
Messrs. London and Ryder have had the honour of sub-
mitting to the Queen the race cups manufactured by them
for the Royal Victoria Yacht Club.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the governors of South Australia, Tasmania, Malta
and Canada.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
who arrived at Gloucester House on Saturday from visiting
General Hall's shooting quarters in the North Yorkshire
moors, where the Prince of Wales had been staying, left
town last evening for Germany. At the last moment the
duke abandoned his purposed visit to Scotland.
The Duke of Leinster will leave town towards
the end of the week on a visit to Mr. and lady Jane
Bepton at their seat in Bedfordshire.
The Duke of St. Albans and Mr. Marley left the
Earl De Grey's seat in Yorkshire, on Saturday, for the
north.
The Marquis of Clanricarde has gave to l'oc-
tams* Castle, his seat in Ireland. The marchioness re-
mains in town.
The Earl and Countess Granville, on leaving the
Earl and Countess De Grey's seat, Studley Royal, near
Ripon, on Friday, went on a visit to the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Ailesbury, at Jerveaux Abbey, Yorkshire.
The Earl and Countess of Tankerville, after
passing several days with the Earl and Countess De Grey
at Studley Royal, left there on Saturday for Chillinghain
Castle, Northumberland-
The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have received
a nuiceseion of friends at dinner during the last fortnight,
including the Prince De Polignac, the Oaks of Rutland,
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis Conysigham,
the Marquis of Blandford, he. The earl and countess will
leave Rose Lodge, West Cowes, next week for Scotland.
The Earl Cowper, who has been among the visi-
tors of the Earl and Countess De Grey during the visit of
the Princess of Wales at Studley Royal, left there on Satur-
day for his shooting quarters in Scotland.
Count Maffei has arrived at the Italian Legation
in Lower Grosvenor-street, from Germany.
Lady Wharnoliffe and Mrs. Lascelles quitted
Studley Royal on Saturday, for Harewood House, on a visit
to the Earl and Countess of Harewood.
Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald have left Cowes
to join the party assembled on a visit to Lady Moksworth
at Pencarrow.
Sir Henry and Lady Blake have left Farranoe's
Hotel for Aahfield Lodge, near Bury St. Edmunds.
Mrs. Lane Fox has left town for Hatfield, on a
visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury.
Tics QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND.—Her
Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Prinoesiss Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold,
and attendei by Major-General Sir T. M. Biddulph, Lord
Charles Fitaroy, Lady Churchill, the Hon. Miss Cathcart,
Mr. Legg, Mr. Sahl, and Dr. Jenner, will, according to
present arrangements, leave Windsor Castle at 10 minutes
I to 7 o'clock on Thursday evening, ea route for Balmoral.
Her Majesty, with her Royal Highness Princess Louise,
will occupy the Queen's saloon, which will be placed in
the centre of the special train provided as usual by the
directors of the London and North Western Railway.
' Prince Leopold, with Mr. Legg, and Princess Beatrice,
withhergoverness and maid, will have the saloons adjoining
the Queen reserved for their use ; el:tile the other carriages
will be set apart for the royal household and her Majesty's
dressers, pages, and domestics. The special train will quit
the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway at 6.50
p.m., sad propped by the latter line to Leamington, which
will be reached at 9.18 p.m., when the royal party ill take
refreshments. Buabbury junction, where the London and
North-Western system commences, will be made at 10.40
p.m., and Boar's Head junction, where the engine will take
water, at 12.50 a.m. on Friday morning. At Kendal Junc-
tion the engine will again pause to take water at 2.27 am.
The journey will be resumed to Carlisle, where her
Majesty will arrive at 4.2 a.m. From Carlisle the route
will be over the Caledonian Railway, the Queen arriving at
Summit at 5.27, Greenhill, 7.8, and Perth 8.25 a.m. At
the latter city the Queen and royal family will alight and
partake of breasfast, 55 minutes being allowed for refresh-
ments. The special train will then proceed northwards,
reaching the Bridge of Dun at 10.36 a.m., and Aberdeen at
ILSI a.m. From Aberdeen her Majesty will travel by the
Deeside Railway to Aboyne, where the royal party will
arrive at 1 o'clock on Friday afternoon, and post the re-
mainder of the distance to BalmoraL The railway arising,-
meats are under the control of Mr. Cawkwell, of the
North Western, and Mr. J. Grierson, of the Great Western
lines.
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—The
Prince and Princess of Wales and suite arrived at Perth
general station, by special train, at 8.50 a.m. His Royal
Highness the suke of Edinburgh arrived at the station by
the London mail train due at 9.5 a.m. The royal party
breakfasted in the station refreshment rooms, and left at 10
a.m., rid the Scottish North-Eastern Railway, en route for
Abergeldie Castle. Their royal highnesses appeared to be
in the enjoyment of excellent health. Among the persons
on the pktfora at their arrival and departure were Lord
Provost Kemp, Sir David Ross, dm. Our Aberdeen corre-
spondent writes :—" The royal train arrived at Ferryhill
Junction at 12.50, being about 15 minutes behind its ex-
pected time. The Duke of Edinburgh occupied the same
carriage with the Prince and Princess, and in an adjoining
carriage were General Knollys and Major Teesdale. The
number of spectators was large, comprising the elite of
Aberdeen. After a stay of about ten minutes the train
proceeded to Aboyne. Sheriff Thomson, who received
their royal highnesses within the railway incloaure, accom-
panied the train to its destination, whence the royal tra-
vellers were conveyed by diligence to Abergeldie.—
Scotsman.
BRITISH ARCH-EOLOOICAL A SBOOISTIOW.—Yes-
terday the annual meeting of the members and friends of
this association was held at Hastings, where they were
received with every mark of courtesy by the Mayor and
Corporation. The Earl of Chichester, the president, de-
livered an inaugural address, in which he adverted to the
main objects of interest to which the attention of the mem-
bers would be directeddnriag the week. After this therein,
an inspection of the curds, an account of which was given
by Mr. T. H. Cole, M.A. It was built, he said, in the
reign of William the Norman, and occupies the site of a
more ancient fortress, covering an area of about an acre
and a half. There was formerly a priory, of which scarcely
any remains now exist. Some other antiquities of the
town were inspected, among which was the church of the
Holy Trinity, built upon the site of an ancient monastery
of the Black Monks of St. Augustine. The old walls which
once protected the town on the sea side were traced, the
Roman remains on the East-hill were visited, and much