The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-27 00:00:00

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HER MAJERTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 26.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Christian, drove out yesterday afternoon,
attended by the Duchess of Roxburghc.
Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses Prince
and Princess Christian, drove out this morning in
a carriage and four. Major-General Hon. A. N.
Hood, Equerry in Waiting, was in attendance upon
horseback.

Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Emily
Cathcart, went out walking. Prince Leopold also
walked out, attended by Mr. Lcgg.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise went to Lon-
don last evening, and was present at the Philhar-
monic Concert in Hanover-square. Lady Caroline
Barrington, the lion. Lucy Kerr, the lion. Emily
Cathcart, and Lieut.-General Sir Henry I3entinck,
were in attendance.

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by
Major Elphinstone, was also present at the concert.
Rear-Admiral Henry Mangles Denham, F.R.S.,
Mr. Henry Pennell, Mr. George Harvey, President
of the .Royal Scottish Academy ; and Mr. Noel
Paton, R.S.A., her Majesty's Limner for Scotland,
arrived at the Castle to-day, and had the honour of
knighthood conferred on them by her Majesty. The
Queen was accompanied by Princess Louise during
the ceremony.
Lord Crofton, Lord in Waiting ; Lieut.-General
Sir Ilenry Bentiuck, Groom in Waiting ; and Major
General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Equerry in Wait-
ing, were present.
The Duchess of Roxburghe left the castle this
morning.

Sir James Clark has also left the Castle.

Her Majesty will, it is expectei, visit their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales towards the
close of this week, and will very probably remain a night
at Buckingham Palace.

The Duchess of Newcastle is expected to arrive
in town to-clay from Paris.

The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley
are expected to arrive at their residence on Carlton
Rouse-ten-ace about the middle of next week from Chol-
mondeley Castle, Cheshire, for the season.

The Earl of Bective, M.P., and Ladies Madeline
and Adeline Taylour arrived at their residence in Grafton-
street yesterday evening, from the Lodge Virginia, county
Cavan, Ireland.

INSIDE ST. STEPHEN'S.

(A Sketch fronz the very able Newspaper, The Day.)
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The resumed debate, on the motion that the Re-
form Bill be read a second time, was kept up for
some hours last night in a languid and apathetic
house. Although the Lords sat but for twenty
minutes, only few of their lordships were attracted
to the Commons, as it was tolerably well known that
the heavy guns would reserve their fire until the later
hours of the night. In the lobby, where it is difficult
to prevent secrets from leaking out, it was stated
before the Speaker took the chair that Mr. Butler
Johnstone, the member for Canterbury, who was
to open the night's debate, intended to make
a " savage attack" on the Bill; and it was also
rumoured as not improbable that an amend-
ment to the second reading might come from the
Ministerial side of the House. The result did not,
however, justify the report ; but had such a course
been adopted several members of the Opposition ex-
pressed their intention to retire from the House
before the question was put. Sir Roundell Palmer,
who on Monday night had taken notes of the speech
of the Solicitor-General, with the view of answering
him, followed Mr. ButlerJohnstone last night, and it
was remarked that when the hon. and learned gen-
tleman resumed his scat there were cheers from
both sides of the House. The attendance cf mem-
bers during the dinner hour was barely sufficient
to make a quorum, and at one time thirty-seven
M.P.'s only were all that were visible to the
naked eye. No mischievous attempt to bring the
night's debate to an undignified conclusion by
counting out the hoes: would, however, have been
successful, as the Ministerial whips took care to keep
au abundant force in hand in case of emergencies.
Sir Frank Crossley, one of the members for the
North-West Riding of Yorkshire, was not ashamed
to compete for precedence during the hours when
long ranges of empty benches met the eye. The
hon. gentleman, who enjoys the reputation of being
one of the millionaires of the house, stated in the
course of his speech that he himself enjoyed the
privilege of voting for fourteen members of Par
liament. Mr. Percy Wyndham, the member for
West Cumberland, speaking from the Bench
immediately behind Ministers, delivered a
damaging speech, in which he declared that
being sincerely anxious to settle the question, he
was prepared to go into committee on the Bill, but
that preferring the Bill to the Government, he
would rather see the former carried in an amended
shape, even at the loss of the latter. Mr. Bright
made a short speech, which appeared to be inspired
with much of his ancient fire. The hon. gentleman
has recovered from his recent bronchial affection,
and was, what singers call, "in capital voice."
The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose at twenty
minutes to eleven o'clock to break the silence which
he had been repeatedly taunted for maintaining so
long. His reply was chiefly directed to the elabo-
rate speech of Mr. Gladstone delivered on Monday
evening. The right hon. gentleman made what is
termed " a dashing speech" (he is always happier in
defence than in attack), but elicited great laughter
by referring to the leader of the Opposition as
" the Chancellor of the Exchequer." Not appre-
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out, however, allowing the incident to embarrass
him, he adroitly turned the laugh against Mr. Glad-
stone by observing that he hoped his mistake would
not turn out to be a prophecy. Precisely as the clock
marked 1 this morning the bill was read a second time
71011. con., and without any extraordinary man if esta-
tions of feeling on the part of the House. The
Committee is fixed for the Bth of next month. The
annual financial statement is to be made on the 4th-
In the House of Lords, the Archbishop of Can-
terbury announced that the Episcopal Bench had
abandoned the delicate and difficult task of legislat-
ing against Ritualism, in the hope that a Royal
Commission would take the matter off their hands.
The long-pending debate on the seizure of the Tor-
nado is now fixed for Monday evening next, before
which time Lord Stanley will, if possible, have the
papers presented to Parliament.

THE BEANS are " starring" it at Newcastle.
CAPE OF GOOD lIOPE.--PLYMOUTH, Tuesday
The Briton's cargo consists of 780 bales of wool and shins'
245 tusks of ivory, 50 cases of ostrich feathers, 163 hides
10 rhinoceros horns, 8 bags of shells, 284 cases of gum and
aloes, 30 casks of wine, 22 casks of seal skins, 10 troll:
cases for the Paris Exhibition, including a handsome model
of the Table Bay breakwater and docks. One of her Pas-
sengers, Mr. 11. M. D. Wilson, paymaster of her MajestY'S
ship Flora, died at sea on March 21.
FLOOD IN THE VALLEY OF THE THAMES.—yester-
day the waters of the Thames, in the vicinity of Windsor
and Eton, swollen by the molted snow and rain, had risen
considerably, and encroached upon the meadows and low-
lying lands on the banks of the river. Portions of the
playing fields of Eton College and Windsor
Lionie park
were flooded, while a considerable portion of land in the
neighbourhood of Datchet was under water.
A number of gun carriages, slides, platforms,
transporting carriages, wheels, &c., manufactured
of teak wood, known to resist the ravages of the red
ant, were yesterday despatched from Woolwich
Arsenal for shipment on board the chartered vessel
Victory, about to sail from the East India Docks
for Calcutta. They are intended as patterns to en-
able the manufacture of those materials to be carried
out in the Indian Presidencies as required. Col. F.
Turner, C. 8., and Brevet-Col. 11. Lewis, Inspector
and Deputy-Inspector of Ordnance and Magazines,
having gone through a course of instruction in the
Royal Carriage Department at Woolwich, are about
to take their departure to superintend the direction
of the department in Calcutta. This arrangement
has been in contemplation for some years, and,
having been at length resolved upon, it has wet
with general approval.