The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-17 00:00:00

The Queen's Journey to Scotland.

Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice and
Prince Leopold, will leave Windsor Castle on Friday
evening for Balmoral, the residence of the Court in
the Highlands. The train, furnished by the Lon-
don and North-Western Railway Company, will
consist of, in addition to the Queen's carriage of
five double saloons, one single saloon, four first-
class carriages, two carriage trucks, and two vans.
The Queen and the members of the royal familY,
attended by the Duchess of Athole, the Hon. Mrs.
Bruce, General the Hon. Charles Grey, the lion.
Miss Bowater, Colonel Ponsonby, Mr. Buff, Mr.
Brown, and Mr. Sahl, will leave Windsor at 6 50
p.m. on Friday, and travelling over • the Great
Western Railway will pass through Leamington at
923 p.m., arriving at Bushbury junction, the
furthest limit of the territory of this line, at 10 40
p.m. From Bushbury the royal train is to run direct
to Stafford, where 15 minutes will be allowed for
refreshments, Leaving Stafford at 11 20 p.m. the
train will run a continuous distance of 61k miles to
Boar's Head Station without stopping. From Boar's
Head the royal party will again travel without
stoppage to the 'Kendal junction, 54 miles, and
thence to Carlisle, 51 miles. The royal party will
not be disturbed at the border city, but continue
their journey northwards by Summit, 50 miles, and
Greenhill, 57 miles, to Perth, where her Majesty
will alight and remain one hour for refreshments.
The royal travellers will leave Perth at a quarter to
ten o'clock, and running over the Scottish North
Eastern Railway by the Bridge of Dun will arove
at Aberdeen at 12 26 p.m. on Saturday. From the
northern city the journey will be continued over the
Deeside Railway to Aboyne, where the train is
timed to arrive at 1 37 p.m., the whole distance of
5801 miles occupying rather less than 17 hours. TbB
journey will be performed under the direction of
Mr. Cawkwell, general manager of the London and
North-Western Railway, assisted by his lieutenant/
Mr. Neale.

State Ball at Buckingham Palace.
By the command of the Queen a State Ball was
given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to which
a party of upwards of 1,700 was invited.
The royal body guard of the Yeomen of the Guard
was on duty in the Palace, under the command of
Captain Parker Rickford, the Exon-in-Waiting•
Lieut.-Colonel Cooke, the ensign, was also present
with the corps. A guard of honour of the Grenadier
Guards was mounted in the court of the Palace.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, escorted by
detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, attended by
the Countess of Morton, the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke,
Earl Spencer, Lord Harris, and the Hon. R. Meade,
arrived at the Palace from Marlborough House
•
shortly before 10 o'clock.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and Princess Mary arrived from St. James's Palace:
attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel
Home Purves. His Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge was prevented by indisposition from
coming to the ball.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with her Roysi
Highness the Princess Helena and their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince!
Mary, conducted by Viscount Sydney, the L°
Chamberlain, attended by their ladies and gentle
:
men in waiting, entered the ball-room soon after lu
o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales 'Or°
a rich dress of black and white tulle over black glio
silk, head-dress of black velvet and diamonds*
Necklace, brooch, and earrings of pearls 31,3,.( ~
diamonds, the Victoria and Albert order, and ti.'"
Order of Isabella of Portugal.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena wore 3
dress of pink and white tulle, over white PI
trimmed with white crystal and satin ribbons an
bunches of water lilies. Head dress, wreaths f
water lilies and diamonds, diamond ornaments/
Victoria and Albert order, and order of St. Isabel'
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge°
wore a black satin dress trimmed with black hte
and bugle and satin ribbon. Head dress a diadenl
of pearls and diamonds, with black velvet and 1
Necklace, stomacher, and earrings pearls and 0
monds.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cl‘ral:
bridge wore a white tulle dress over glace sill
trimmed with green silk and blonde, bouquets of
violets and long grass. Head dress, a cliadera_°
diamonds, mounted with violets. Stomacher, Dec'''.
lace, and earrings of diamonds.
As soon as their Royal Highnesses the Prince 30
Princess of Wales and Princess Helena entered
ball-room the dancing commenced. • ey
The quadrille band of Messrs. Coote and TO9I
(conducted by Mr. Coote) was in attendance. ,;g
The list of invitations to the ball included A
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, hers cll.';
retcHighness the Princess of Leiningen, his o
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and
erg
Countess Dornberg ; and the foreign ambassa"
and ministers now in town.
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The Russian Ambassador and the Baroness - ere
now, with all the members of the embassY,
prevented from being present at the ball, in ce
quence of the death of the Czarewitch. The Flitbe
States Minister and Mrs. and Miss Adams, lovirot
members of the mission, were also prevented, the
attending by the death of the President 01
United States.
this tiaeeg
ARCHBISHOP MANNING leaves London a to
for Rome, where he is to be consecrated as bishon (1,0,0
receive the pallium as archbishop at the bands of the
himself. ••• bas
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
been unable to attend to his official duties at the
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Guards from an attack of gout—from which his
Highness has suffered since his return from Dublin. the
The Count and Countess d'Eu arrived fr°'
Continent yesterday, by the South-Eastern BailvraY?
proceeded to Claremont. haralle°
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Their Highnesses the Maharajah and or*
Daleep Singh have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, fr(1)1i0.
Oli-
andria, and have been joined by Colonel and
phant. ctaffora
The Duke of Sutherland has returned to
House from his visit to Turin. a family
The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliara all
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have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-6V"
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season. Edgclinj
The Earl and Countess of Mount- to
have arrived at Paris from Cannes on their j
England. este°
The Earl Brownlow arrived in town posios
evening from Madeira, where his lordship has b
the winter.