The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-17 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, April 16.
The Queen and Princes Beatrice rode on ponies
in the Home-park this morning.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended 11
Lady Churchill, went out walking. Prince Leopold
also went out walking, attended by Mr. Legg.
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar-
rington, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, and Lord Alfred
Page"), went to London last evening, and honoured
the performance at the Haymarket Theatre with
her presence. Her royal highness afterwards re-
turned to Windsor Castle.

Lord Skelmersdale has succeeded Lord Raglan as

Lord in Waiting.

The Piincess Christian.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian's re
covery goes on favourably, and the infant prince 10
quite well.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
accompanied by the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg"
Strolitz, left St. James's Palace, on Monday, for Cambriclgo
Cottage, Kew, for the Easter holidays.
Her Royal highness the Princess Mary and the
Prince de 'Peck leave town to-morrow to join their rela-
tives at Kew.
The Duchess of Somerset has left Brown's Hotel
for Bulstrode Park.
The Duchess (Eleanor) of Northumberland haS
arrived at her residence in Whitehall-gardens, from visiting
the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield, at Sherborne Castle/
Oxfordshire. _ _

The Earl and Countess Percy left town yesterday
for Albury Park, Surrey, to pass the Easter recess.
The Earl Granville will entertain a large party at
\YRliner Castle for the great Volunteer Review at Dover•
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl and
Countess Spencer, and a large party are expected to b°
among the guests. _

The Countess of Granville was confined on Sun-
day last, and gave birth to a daughter.
The Rev. Thomas Claughton, vicar, of Kidder'
minster, has been appointed by Lord Derby to tit°
Bishopric of Rochester.

THE DISPUTE WITH SPAIN.—The belief is
ing ground that, at the eleventh hour, the Spanish Govern-
ment will make the concessions required of them in the
cases of the Tornado and Victoria ; and some of our coo'
temporaries have gone so far as to assert that conciliated
overtures to that effect have already been received by 0-1°
Foreign Office. We are sorry to weaken this favourable
impression, but we believe that up to this moment tl
communications from Madrid, in reply to Lord Stanlo9/
demands, though not couched in unfriendly or defiant law'
guage, have been of an evasive and unsatisfactory character,
and are far from warranting the sanguine expectation 4
which in some quarters have been founded on theni.''
Herald.
We learn by telegraph that at a nuraeroao
meeting of the Norwich Political Union last night a Prcr
test and remonstrance against the Government Referf
Bill was adopted. A copy will bo sent to every member °'
the House of Commons.
MR. GLADSTONE AND REFORM.—Mr. Gladstoll.°
has sent the following letter, in reply to a vote of coati:
donee which had been passed in the right hon. gentleman °
leadership by the Guildford Reform Associatior,:----"14:
11, Carlton-house-terrace, April 14.—Sir,—I beg to a'
knowledge with gratitude the letter and resolution 9.°11
have beau good enough to address to me. You will bal
observed the division last night, and it will probably 10%
you to an altered estimate of any power possessed by 11;
to improve the Reform Bill of the Government. I beb;
however, to assure you that my attachment to the gre3
end in view is unaltered.—l have tho honour to be `s4c.'
W. E. GLADSTONE.—Mr. E. W. Brooks."
A NAnnow ESCAPE.—On Wednesday afternoco;
as Messrs. Parton and Page were driving down Mill-streed
in a dog-cart, a little girl about four years old, nal°t,
APNulty, ran from behind a cart standing iu the streea
She was knocked down, and the wheel passed over fibr.
chest, grazing her chin slightly. She was taken to .u_t
Fry's immediately, but on examination it was found OP;
she had not been in the least injured, the wheel httviLig
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it were, given a sort of jump over her.— ittaidstone Jou,,'
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