The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-04 00:00:00

the Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, JCLY 4.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
drove out this morning.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, with Princess
Helena, also went out driving.
The Duke of Edinburgh rode on horseback.
Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice drove in the Home
Park.

The Prinoe and Princess of Wales, attended by the
Countess of Morton and Major Grey, Equerry in Waiting
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone ; the
Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine
Somerset and Colonel Home Purees ; and Prince Frede-
rick of Schleswig-Holstein, arrived at the Castle this after-
noon on a visit to her Majesty.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir James Clark, and
Dr. Robertson, have also arrived.
Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duke of
Edinburgh, the Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, and the Prince and
Princess of Leiningen.
After dinner the ladies and gentlemen in waiting joined
the royal party in the drawing room, where her Majesty's
private band performed the following selection of music :
Overture, "Le Domino Nob'
Andante, "Sinkage So. 11"
Grand March
Bolero, " Vepres Sicillennes"
Minuetto and Trio, " Sinkage !to. b"
Scene de Dense, "La Baader,'"

The Queen will hold a council at Windsor Oath to-
morrow (Friday).

. -
The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the
Countess of Morton and Major Grey, left Marlborough-
house yesterday afternoon fur Windsor Castle on a bait to
the Queen.
The Countess of Morton has succeeded the Countess of
Mucclesbeld as Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess of Wales.

Messrs. C. F. Hancock, Bon, and Co., of Bruton-street,
Bond-street, had the honour of submitting to the Prince
and Princess of Wales the Irish Volunteer Challenge Cup,
to be shot for at the Wimbledon meeting this year for the
first time.

WiNosort, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4. —This evening,
at 6.50, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales, Prince Arthur, and the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge arrived at the Windsor station, having travelled
from town by special train on the Great Western Railway,
under the charge of Mr. Grierson. Their royal highnesses
were met at the station by the Duke of Edinburgh and
Prince Leiningen, who had walked from the Castle, and
were received by a guard of honour of 100 rank and
file of the :ird Battalion of the Grenadier Guards,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander.
The station yard was densely crowded with per-
sons of much respectability, and the streets through
which they passed in the Queen's pony carriages
to the Castle were also lined. Both on the arrival at the
station and as they proceeded to the Castle they were
loudly cheered ; several other earraiges followed with the
ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite. The wedding will
take place punctually at 12 o'clock to-morrow. A grand
dinner will be given in the Waterloo chamber in the even-
ing, when her Majesty and royal family, with their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, the
Prince Leiningen, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and other illustri-
ous and distinguished visitors will be present. After
dinner there will be • grand concert in St. George's-
hall. Her Majesty's hon. corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
will arrive at the Castle at 11 o'clock. There will be •
cessation to business in the royal borough, and the day will
be kept as a general holiday. The houses will be decked
with flags and banners, and preparations are being made
for a general illumination.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon lei a
dinner party last evening at their residence in Grosvenor-
crescent. Among the guests were their Serene Highnesses
Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl
Cowper, the Earl Cadogan, the Countess of Sefton, Lord
Henry Percy, M.P. ; Lady Skelmendale, Hon. Henry
Cowper, M.P. ; Hon. Thomas de Grey, M.P. ; Hon.
Frederick Stanley, M.P., and Lady Constance Stanley,
and a select party.

The Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson have
left town for Bishopthorpe, near York, for the season.
His Excellency Governor Hincks and Mrs.
Hineks have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square,
from British Guiana.

The Duke of Devonshire had his second evening
party kit night at Devonshire House, Piccadilly. The
whole of the rooms were thrown open, and a very numeroua
and distinguished company assembled.

The Countess Cowper had a ball last night at the
family mansion in St. James's•square. About 400 mem-
bers of the aristocracy were present.

Sir Roundell and Lady Laura Palmer received
at dinner last evening, at their residence in Portland-
place—His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the
Countess Bernstorff and the Countess Theresa Bernstorff,
the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth and Miss James,
the Earl of Devon and Lady Agnes Courtenay, Lord
Lyttelton, Hon. Major and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Auberon
Herbert, the Right Hon- Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, Mr.
Bernard, he.

In consequence of the resignation of the Duke of
Somerset the annual entertainment given by the mem-
bers of the Navy Club to the Mist Lord of the Admiralty,
which was appointed to take place on the 11th instant, at
Willis's Rooms, is put off.

The Mayor of Southampton having received in-
timation that their Royal Highnesses Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein and the Princess Helena would peas
through that town to-day on their way to Osborne after
the marriage ceremony bee been performed, him worship
called a meeting of the town conned yesterday, at which
it wee resolved that the mayor, aldermen, and common
councilmen should, in their official capacity and with mu-
nicipal ceremony, congratulate their 7r...highnesses on
their union, by presenting to them an .

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VIE MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. THE
PRINCESS HELENA.
(THIS DAY.)

We have received from the Lord Chamberlain's-
office the following copy of the ceremonial to be
observed at the marriage in the chapel within
Windsor Castle to-day of her Royal Highness the
Princess Helena, third daughter of her Majesty the
Queen, and his Royal Highness the Prince Christian
of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Angustenburg :
The members of the royal family and other royal and
illustrious visitors will assemble in the White Drawing-
room at 12 o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess
Helena will be in her Majesty's private apartments. Her
royal highness's suite will remain in the corridor ad-
joining. His Royal Highness the Prince Christian,
with the supporters of his royal highness and
attendants, will remain in the Red-room. The
ladies and gentlemen of the Queen's household will
assemble in the corridor, to which also the ladies and gen-
tlemen in attendance upon the royal visitors will be
shown. The ambassadors, foreign ministers, cabinet mi-
nisters, and others invited to be present ►t the ceremony,
will assemble in the Red and Green Drawing-rooms, from
whence they will be conducted to seats provided
for them in the chapeL The Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Bishop of London (Dean of her
Majesty's Chapels Royal), the Bishop of Oxford
(Lord High Almoner, and Bishop of the Diocese),
The Bishop of Worcester (Clerk of the Closet), the Bishop
of Winchester (Prelate of the Order of the Garter), the
Honourable and Very Reverend the Dean of Windsor
(Domestic Chaplain to her M►jesty), will assemble and
robe in the audience chamber, from whence they will pro-
, coed to the chapel and take their places within the rails of
the altar. As soon as the visitors have taken their seats,
the royal procession will be formed in the corridor, and
will move from the White Drawing-room in the following
order :

The Royal Procession.
Lancaster Hen,ld. Richmond Herald.
Equerry in Waiting to the Queen,
Colonel the Honourable Dudley F. de Roe.
Comptroller of the Household, Treasurerof the Household,
The Lord Proby. The Lord Otho Fitzgerald.
Clerk Marshal,
The Lord Alfred Paget.
Comptroller of the Household and Treasurer to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales,
Lieutenant-General Knollys.
Keeper of the Privy Purse,
Major-General Sir Thomas Biddulpd, K.C.B.
Gentleman Usher, Garter Gentleman Usher,
Sir William Martins. King of Arms, Major• General H. S.
Sir Charles G. Young. Stephens.
The Vice-Chamberlain,
The Viscount Caatleroese.

The ChamberleiiiTo iut.if. fieZrool of the Stole to

the Princess of Wales, H.R.H.thePrinceofWales,
The Lord Harris, G.C.S.I. The Earl Spencer, K.(;.
The Lord Chamberlain, The Lord Steward,
The ViairuntSydney,.(4C.B.. The Earl of Beuborough.

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His Baena Highness Her Grind Ducal HiOnes,
The Prince of Leiningen, The Princess of Leinuagen.
G.C.B.
His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness
TheDakeof Cambridge,K.G. The Ducheu of Cambridge.
His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness
The Prince Arthur. The Princess Beatrice.
His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness
The Prance Leopold. The Princess Louise.
His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness
TheDukeof Edinburgh, K.G. The Princess of Wales.
His Majesty Leopold IL, Her Majesty Marie Henri-
King of the Belgians, K.G. site, Queen of theßelgians.
The Muter of the Horse, the Marquis of Ailesbury, K.G.
The Ladies in attendance on her Majesty the Queen of the
Belgians,
The Marquise de Trazegnies-Corroy.
The Comatose d'lNes de Bavai.

G.C.S.I.

The Grand Mi;ri-shalcie la The -ChamberWn to her
Cour to his Majesty the Majesty the Queen of the
King of the Belgians, Belgians,
The Count Van der Straten. The Count Gustave de
Fondle:. Lannoy.
The Loral in Waiting to the Queen in attendance on their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians,
The Lord Camoys.
The Secretary to Ofticier d'Ordonnanee to
His Majesty the King of the His Majesty the King of the
Belgians Belgians,
,
Monsieur Jules De VRILIX. Monsieur Brewer.
The Lady of the Bedchamber The Woman of the Bed-
to her Royal Highness chamber to her Royal
The Princess of Wales, Highness the Princess of
The Countess of Morton. Wales,
The Hon. Mrs. Edward Coke.
The Ladies in Attendance on their Royal Highnesses the
Princesses Louise and Beatrice,
The Lady Caroline Barrington TheLatly Augusta Stanley.
(the Lady Superintendent).
The Lady in Waiting on her Royal Niftiness the Duchess
of Cambridge, the Lady Geraldine Somerset.
The Captain of the The Gold Stick in The Captain of
Yeomen of the Waiting, the Gentlemen
Guard, Gen. The Earl of at Arms,
The Earl of Ducie. Lucian, K.C.B. The Lord Foley.
The Master of the Buckhounds,
The Earl of Cork, K.P.
The Master of the Household,
Major Sir John Cowell, K.C.B.
The Groom of the Robes,
Major-General F. R. Seymour.

The Field Officer in Brigade
The Silver Stick in Waiting,
Lientenant-CoL IL Palmer • Waiting,
Colonel 11. F. Poneonby.
The Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain'e Department,

The Hon. Spencer Ponsonhy.
The Equerry in Attendance on HALAL the Duke of
Edinburgh,
The Hon. Eliot Yorke.
The Governor to H.R.H. the Prince Arthur,
Major Elphinstone, V.C., C.B.
The Governor to 11.R.H. the Prince Leopold,
Lieutenant Stirling, R.H.A.
The Comptroller of the Household to the Duchess
of Cambridge,
Colonel Home Purvee.

The Equerry in Attendance on his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, Colonel Henry Clifton.
The Gentleman in Attendance on his Highness the

Maharajah Duleep Sing, Colonel Oliphant.

As the procession passes along the oorraor and enters
the chapel, Beethoven's Triumphal March will be played.
The royal personages having been conducted by the
Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain to the seats
prepared for them in the chapel, and the several persons
composing the procession having taken the places ap-
pointed for them, the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-
Chamberlain will return to the Red-room, sad conduct
bridegroom and his supporters to tho chapel in the
following order :

PROCESSION OF Till BRIDEGROOM.
Laresster Herald. Richmond Herald.
The Mater of the Ceremonies,
General the Hon. Sir Edward Cult, K.C.H.
Equerry to the Bridegroom,
Lieutenant-Colonel George G. Gordon.
The Bridegroom's Gentleman of Honor,
The Count Rantzau.

Groom in Waiting to her Majesty in attendance on hie
Royal Highness the Bridegroom, Major-General Francis
Seymour, C.B.
The Vice Chamberlain, The Lord Chamberlain,
The Viscount Castiettose. The Vim:omit Sydney, G.C.B.
THE BRIDEGROOM,
Supported by
His Serene Highness the Prince Frederic of Schleswig-
Holstem-Sonderbourg-Augustenburg, and
;His Serene Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, C.B.

As the pre cession passes along the oorridor and enters
the chapel, hiendelaeoluee March from Athalie will be
played, while the bridegroom will be conducted to the meat
prepared for his royal highness on the right side of the
altar. The supporters will occupy seats near his royal
highness, and the gentlemen in attendance will be placed
near them.
The Lord Chamberlain ant Vice-Chamberlain will then
return as before to her Majesty's apartments to attend
her Majesty and the Bride, whore procession having be, n
funned, will move to the chapel in the following order:—

Psociomor or THE BEIDE.
"'► Lancaster Herald. Richmond Herald.

e Vice-Chamberlain,
The Lord Chamberlain,
The Viscount Cutlet-ore. The Viseountaydney, G.C.B.

THE BRIDE,
Supported by
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN,
and
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
The train of her royal highness borne by eight unmarried
daughters, of Dukes, Man:Osseo, and Earls :
The Lady Margaret Scott. The Lady Caroline Gordon
Lennox.
The La ly Laura Phipps. The Lady Albertha
Hamilton.
The Lady Mary Fasvißism. The Lady Alexandria
Murray.
Tao La ly Mur'el Camp` mil. The Lady Ernestine
Edgcumbe.
The Mistress a( the Robes,
The Duchess of Wellington.
The Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting,
The Duchess of Roxburgh'.

The Maids of Honour in Wattle&
Hon. Emily 8. Cathcart. Bon. }fonts C. Sim,
The Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting,
The Honourable Mrs. Robert Braes,
The Lord of the Bedchamber

to his Royal lijghnees the The Lorain lesin.
Prince of Wales. The lord Metbikie
The Viscount Hamilton.
The Equerry in Waiting, The Groom in W
Lieut.-General the Honour. Lieut.-colonel W. el,
The EqablueeCrrinleiWGaireting7. to ThepGnarooleavm7vraiot 7,.....
His Royal Highness the chamber to
Prince of Wales, His Royal
Major G. H. Grey.
The Honourable C. L
The Treasurer and Private Secretary to her Reyg mik
ness the bride, Mr. Gardner D. Engleheart.
As the procession passes along the corridor, awe,
March from Scipio will be played.

On arriving at the chapel the bride will take her ph,
an the left aide of the altar, and the Queen will b,
ducted to the east prepared for her Majesty, new tht
bride.

The Axebbiahop of Canterbury will Perform the
The choir will ring a Chorale.

Thel bride will be given away by her Majesty th,
Queen.
At the ooneluidon of the service a March

Yin sernce a av - (Spolu) vat
played as the processions leave the chapeL
A salute will be fired in the Long Walk.
The procession will leave the Chapel in the foam*
order:

The United Prooession of the Bride and Bridegroma
Lancaater Herald. Richmond Herald.
The Muter of the Ceremonies.
The Gentleman of Honour to the Bridegroom.
The Equerry to the Bridegroom.
The Groom in Waiting to the Queen in attendance on ly
Bridegroom.
The Treasurer to her Royal Highness the Bride.
The Vice-Chamberlain. The Lord Chamberlada
The Bride and Bridegroom.
The supporters of their Royal Highnesses on either side.
The train of the Bride borne as before.
The Ladies in attendance on the Bride :
The Lady of the Bed- The Lulyof the Bedclumbei
chamber to to the Queen in attend.
Her Royal Highness, anceon Her Royal 'Lighten,
The Lady Susan Leslie Melville. The Lady Churehit
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN,
and
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
attended as before.
The Royal Procession
in the same order in which it entered the Chapel.

All the royal personages will proceed to the W
Drawing-room4where they will be joined by the digitising,
of the church, and the registry of the marriage labs
attested in due form.

The royal family will retire to the Oak-room, Om
luncheon will be privately served.
Lucheon will be served for the visitors at a buffet is the
Waterloo Gallery.
The Gentlemen-at-Arms will be on duty in the rhos
apartments, and the Yeomen of the Guard in the le.
preaches to the state rooms and to the chapel.
Her Majesty's private band will be stationed in the lid
Drawing-room, and will perform as the several procomism
paw along the Corridor to and from the Chapel.
The dress to be worn will be—For ladies, full dreg,
without trains ; for gentlemen, full dress with trowsem
The Knights of the several Orders will wear the
respective collars.
A guard of honour will mount in the Castle yard.
A special train will leave Paddington station at 1055
o'clock, to convey her Majesty's guests from London to the
Castle, and will return from Windsor at 2.45 o'clock.
Carriages will be provided to take her Majesty's game
to and from the Castle.

We have also received a list of the royal personages sad
others invited to the ceremony. They include besides*
royal family, the ambassadors, cabinet ministers, and thew
who by virtue of their off►ce in the state or near the passe
of royalty would, as a matter of course, be present, the Dehe
and Duchess of Richmond, the Duke and Duchess of Boa
cleuch, the Duke of Roxburghe (the duchess being ii
the procession), the Duke of Wellington (the duchess beieg
in the procession), the Countess Dornberg, the Coal
and Countess Gleichen, the Marquis and Marchioness
Abercorn, the Marchioness of Ailesbury (the nen*
being in the procession), the Marquis and Marchioness d
Normanby, the Countess of liessborough (the earl beim
in the procession), the Earl of Derby, the Downer
Countess of Dunmore, the Earl and Countess Fite
willies's, the Dowager Countess of Mount Edge
cunt*, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Vino*
tess Sydney (the viscount being in the procession), Vie
count Torrington, Viscount Eversley, Lady Emily and tie
Hon. Miss Seymour, the Hon. and Rev. Charles L. Con*
nay and Lady Caroline Courtenay, the Hon. Mrs. an
Miss Grey, Lieutenant-General I'eel, Mr. Disraeli, Lints'
nant-Colonel Byng and Mrs. Byng, the Hon. Mrs. Wel
leeley, Major-General Hood, Lady Mary and Miss Hood,
the Hon. Lady Biddulph, Sir James Clark, Bast, the
Dowser Lady Couper, Sir Richard Mayne, Dr. Jenne,
Mr. Woodward, Mr. Bahl, the Dean of Westminster, the
Rev. Henry Ellison, the Rev. St. John Blunt, Dr. Robert.
son, Mies Louisa Bowater, Lieutenant-Colonel Maude and
Miss Maude, Mr. Gibbs, C. 11., the Rev. H. Mildred Birch,
the Rev. W. R. JoUey, the Rev. G. Prothern, the Rev.
R. Duckworth, the Rev. N. Shuldham, Mr. A. Buff, MA
Hildyard, Miss Bauer, and Mdlle. Norelle.
WINDSOR, Nool.
Windsor has burst into a blase of decoration and the
High-street and principal thoroughfares are completely
draped with bunting of every hue. The shops are cloud
and the day is kept as a public holiday. Visitors us
Hocking into the royal borough by every train. Crowds
of sightseers throng the streets but excellent order
prevails.

The royal family breakfasted together this morning in
the White-room.

At half past 10 o'clock the choir of St. George's Chapel,
led by Dr. Elvey, and including Messrs. Adams, Dyeee,
Darnley, Tolley, Bridgewater, Knowles, Mitchell, Hunt,
Marriott, Bransome, and llriggs, with the choir of the
private chapel, had a rehearsal in the sacred building.
After the dejc liner Princess Helena and Prince Christina
leave Windsor shortly after 4 o'clock by train upon do
Great and South Western Railways for Osborne, whin
they will reside for ten days, and then proceed to Tads
and Switzerland for the wedding tour.
There will be a state concert in St. George's-hall, et the
Castle, this evening.
(BY ILBCTRIC TRI.E6RAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, TFINVIDAT.

•
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Christian of Schleswig.
Holstein and the Princess Helena will arrive here by sp►
dal train from Windsor at half-past 6 this evening on their
way to Osborne. A. triumphal arch is erectea in the docks.
The volunteers will form a guard of honour.