The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-09 00:00:00

HER mAizsrrs JOURNEY TO BALMORAL.

ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY.

The Queen left Holyrood at a quarter before
9 o'clock this morning. and drove through the park to St.
Margaret's station, where the royal train was in readiness '
to convey her Majesty northwards to Aboyne. The
departure of the illustrious travellers from the palace was
announced by a salute of 21 guns from the Castle height..
The morning was wet and misty, and only a few parsons
witnessed the progress of her Majesty through the park.
An escort of the 13th Light Dragoons attended the royal
party from the palace to the railway station. The guard
cif honour at St. Margaret's wan formed by a company of
the 78th Highlanders. The directors of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway were in attendance to receive her Majesty,
and immediately upon the royal arrival the train was set in
motion, and proceeded rapidly northwards. At the lam-
bert junction the train was taken in charge by the directors
of the Scottish Central Railway, who conducted her Ma-
jesty thenceforward to the city of Perth, where her Majesty
arrived at 11 o'clock. Mr. Miller, deputy.chairman, and
other directors of the Scottish North-Eastern Railway, here
assumed the direction of the train, which proceeded, with
one intervening stoppage at the Bridge of Dun, to the city
of Aberdeen, where the royal perky arrived shortly before
2 o'clock.

The Detaide Railway was next traversed as far as Aboyne.
The last twenty miles from Banchory, which have been only
recently completed, and were to-day Brut travelled over by
her Majesty, are very beautiful, the scenery through which
the line passes being very romantic and wild. The Quccu
arrived at Aboyne at 3 o'clock, a few minutes in advance of
the appointed time. The station was tastefully fitted up,
and a great crowd of her Majesty's Scottish subjects had
assembled to witness the royal arrival. After partaking
of luncheon the Queen left for Balmoral in an open car-
riage and four, the Prince Consort and the two elder
princesses accompanying her Majesty. The remaining
members of the royal family and suite in attendance fol-
lowed in other carriages, and it was expected that her
Majesty would reach her highland home about 5 o'clock.
Mr. Seymour Clarke again to-day received the acknow-
ledgments of the Queen for the admirable manner in which
the whole railway journey had been performed.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES
AT NIAGARA.

A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inviirer
gives the following account for the preparations for the recep-
tion of the Prince at Hiner* :
" It is understood that his royal highness the Prince of
Wales will, during his sojourn at the Falls, have his quar-
ters at the mansion formerly the residence of the late
Samuel Zimmerman, on the Canada side, just in the rear of
the Clifton House, which also belongs to the estate of the
same family. The Zimmerman homestead has been char-
tered for the personal use of his royal highness, while the
cottages attached to the Clifton Hotel have been eager d
for his suite and attendants. The house in which the
Prince will reside is a substantial dwelling of stone, covered
with cement, and stands upon the highest part of •
beautiful park of twenty acres, commanding a full
view of the Falls and all the neighbouring scenery.
The grounds are surrounded by • fine hedge of
privet, rendered impenetrable by the addition of a strong
wire fence on the outride. From the eminence upon which
the house is situated, the ground descends towards the
Niagara River on the south, fiat abruptly through a belt
of forest trees, and then gradually across • broad, smooth
lawn, neatly ornamented with shade trees, and containing a
fountain and a gnat number of gas light posts In the
south-east corner of this park, and also upon the highest
point in the grounds, flag-staffs eighty-five feet in height
will be erected, from which, during the stay of the Prince,
the royal standard of Britain will float. The nap are manu-
factured in England for that purpose. The trees whose tops
and foliage intercept the view from the parlours towards the
Falls are to be trimmed so as to affords full survey of the
cataract. Over the gateway, which constitutes the mein
entrance to the grounds of the estate proper, and which the
Prince must pass upon his walks or rides, • triumphal
arch is to be erected, fifteen feet in width and thirty feet
high, adorned with representations of forest scenery and
American life, and sumounted at the summit by s splendid
stuffed deer, in the attitude of flight, with upreared bead
and lofty antlers. The construction of this beautiful piece
of work is confided to the same hands which built the four
famous arches at the Campus of May, at Ballatar, at Cloch
Mac Creigh, and at the suspension bridge at enable, upon
the occasion of the first visit of her Majesty the Queen to
Balmoral. No more competent person could be selected for
the task than the min who has been chosen—Robinson, the
old superintendent of the garden of Abergeldie, the residence
of the Duchess of Kent.

"The work of preparation has already commenced; to-
day the badge is being pruned with unusual care, next week
the papering and varnishing of the interior of the mansion
will be begun, and every portion of the premises, from the
drawing•room to the stable, will be `swept and garnished
for the reception of the high-born boy, who for a few short
days will honour the place with his temporary use."

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have
retuned to Hatfield Home, Herta.

Lord Cranetoun has left town for Brighton.

The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., returns
to town to-day from Scotland. The right hon. gentleman
stayed at York yesterday, and remained the night for the
purpose of inspecting the barracks. Mrs. Herbert has left
town on a visit to her father, General A'Coeut, at Arrington
Hal], near Warwick.

The Bath Chronkle says :—"After the prorogation
of parliament, Sir William Mils, Lady Miles, and family
will, it is stated, leave Leigh Court for the Continent,
where they will probably remain until spring, as Lady
Ifiles's health has lately been such as to render a change
desirable. The worthy baronet is understate' to adhere to
his determination to retire from parliament at the next dis-
solution, a step which we need hardly say will be regretted
by the county which ho has so long consistently and faith-
Italy served."