The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-21 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, Aug. 20.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince'
Leopo!d, drove in the grounds this morning.

DEPARTURE OF lIER MAJESTY FOR
SCOTLAND.

Yesterday evening, shortly before 10 o'clock, ]►er
Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their loyal

Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice,
Prince Leopold, I'rince and Princess Christian and
Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, left
Windsor Castle for Balmoral. The suite in at-
tendance included Lady Churchill, Lady Susan Mel-
ville, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Sir T. M. Biddulph,
Colonel Gordon, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, &c. A
special train, consisting of an engine and 14 car-
riages, including the royal and six other double and
single saloons, was provided by the directors of the
London and North-Western Railway for the con-
veyance of the Queen to the North. Her Majesty's
saloon and the other carriages were richly furnished
and equipped, and the whole of the train was fitted
with the system of electric communication invented
by Mr. Marten, the company's electrician, who was
in attendance. The arrangements for the journey
were ably carried out by Mr. J. Grierson, the gene-
ral manager of the Great Western line, and Mr. W.
Cawkwell, general manager of the London and
North-Western Railway, assisted by Mr. Tyrrell, of
the former, and Mr. Charles Mason, of the latter
company. Mr. Alfred Higgins, divisional superin-
tendent of the Great Western Railway, was also
present. The Queen and suite on quitting the
Castle drove to the Windsor station of the Great

Western Railway, where they were received by the
various officials and attendants, and conducted to

their respective carriages. ' Her Majesty and her
Royal Highness Princess Louise occupied the royal
saloon, which was the seventh carriage from the
engine and in the centre of the train. The double
saloon at the rear of this was exclusively for the
use of their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and their in-
fant son with his two nurses. Prince Leopold, with
Mr. Duckworth and Colonel Gordon, sat in the next
saloon, the adjoining carriage being set apart for
Lady Churchill, Lady Susan Melville, Lord Charles
Fitzroy, and Sir T. M. Biddulph. Behind this was
a saloon for the Minister of State and railway direc-
tors, the Queen's four-gon and breaks bringing up
the rear. The care of the special, as far as Bushbury,
fell to Mr. J. Grierson, the general manager, and
Mr. Tyrrell, of the Great Western line, and over the
North-Western to Mr. W. Cawkwell, general
manager of the latter railway, and his assistant, Mr.
C. Mason, and Mr. Marten, the telegraphic super-
intendent. At Kelso her Majesty and the Royal
family will quit the train and proceed to Floors
Castle on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Rox-
burghe, with whom the Queen will remain as a guest
till Friday night. Her Majesty will leave Kelso at
half-past 10 o'clock in the evening by the same
special train which brought her from Windsor. It
will reach Edinburgh, 52 miles from Kelso, at 12.2 G
a.m. on Saturday, and will pass through the station
at slow speed. The rate of travelling will then be
quickened, and the Larbert station of the Caledonian
line will be reached at 1.28 a.m. Her Majesty will
travel either from Aboyne or Ballater by road to
Balmoral, which will be reached early in the day.
The Queen is expected to return to Windsor about
the close of October.