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 Hon.
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 arrive
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. The
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 a
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 Royal
Highness the Princess Helena and their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess
Mary, conducted by Viscount Sydney, the Lord
Chamberlain, attended by their ladies and gentle"
men in waiting, entered the ball-room soon after 10
o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales were
a rich dress of black and white tulle over black glace
silk, head-dress of black velvet and diamonds'
Necklace, brooch, and earrings of pearls and
diamonds, the Victoria and Albert order, and the
Order of Isabella of Portugal.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena wore a
dress of pink and white tulle, over white 006/
trimmed with white crystal and satin ribbons ande
bunches of water lilies. Head dress, wreaths ca
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 lace
and bugle and satin ribbon. Head dress a diadem
of pearls and diamonds, with black velvet and lace'
Necklace, stomacher, and earrings pearls and di
monds.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam-
bridge wore a white tulle dress over glace silk,
trimmed with green silk and blonde, bouquets of
violets and long grass. Head dress, a diadem ef
diamonds, mounted with violets. Stomacher, eck'
lace, and earrings of diamonds.
As soon as their Royal Highnesses the Prince ana
the
Princess of Wales and Princess Helena entered
ball-room the dancing commenced.
The quadrille band of Messrs. Coote and Vial
(conducted by Mr. Coote) was in attendance.
The list of invitations to the ball included lug
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her
the
Highness Highness the Princess of Leiningen, his Sere,e
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and
Countess Dornberg ; and the foreign ambassal°
and ministers now in town. ty.
The Russian Ambassador and the Baroness 13111
wet°
now, with all the members of the embassy,
prevented from being present at the ball, in cen.:ct
quence of the death of the Czarewitch. The 15117110
States Minister and Mrs. and Miss Adams, with
co
members of the mission, were also prevented °tile
attending by the death of the. President Of
United States.
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ARCHBISHOP MANNING leaves London this 'get
for Rome, where he is to be consecrated as bishop,
receive the pallium as archbishop at the hands of the
himself. I°g
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge 11°:
been unable to attend to his official duties at the
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Guards from an attack of gout—from which his Be
Highness has suffered since his return from Dublin. 0
The Count and Countess d'Eu arrived`ota
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Continent yesterday, by the South-Eastern i 0
proceeded to Claremont.
Their Highnesses the Maharajah and Mahar. ,°11.,e8..
Duleep Singh have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, front Aife,ii;
andria, and have been joined by Colonel and Ws'
phant.
The Duke of Sutherland has returned to StafOra
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and Countess Fitzwilliam anu the
have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square f°
season. nalbe
The Earl and Countess of Mount-Edge
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have arrived at Paris from Cannes on
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England.
The Earl Brownlow arrived in town yestellg
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evening from Madeira, where his lordship has been pas
the winter.