The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-23 00:00:00

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WINDSOT{ CASTLE, May 22.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
walked and drove in the grounds this morning.
Their Royal llighnesses the Prince and Princess
Christian visited the Queen at Windsor Castle.
Princess Beatrice rode in the Home Park, and
Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Legg, went out

walking.
The Quem held a Council to-day at a quarter
before 3 o'clock, at which were present the Duke of
Marlborough, the Duke of Buckingham, and the
Earl Cadogan.
The Duke of Marlborough and the Duke of
Buckingham had au audience of the Queen.
Mr. helps was Clerk of the Council.

Viscount Torrington and Col. Hon. C. Lindsay,
the Lord and Groom in Waiting, were in attendance.
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar-
rington and Colonel C. Lindsay, went to London
last evening, and honoured the performance at the
Royal Italian Opera with their presence. Her
Royal Highness afterwards returned to Windsor
Castle. The Hon. Mrs. Wellesley had the honour
of accompanying her Royal Highness.
Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince
Leopold, left the Castle at a quarter before 7 o'clock
this evening for Balmoral. The suite in attendance
consisted of the Dowager Duchess of Athole, the
Hon. Mrs. Alexander Gordon, Lieut.-General Hon.
C. Grey, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Dr. Jenner, Mr.
Legg, and Mr. Sahl.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Christian and the infant Prince, attended by Lady
Susan Melville, left Frogmore-house and met the
Queen at the railway station in Windsor, and left
with her Majesty for Scotland.
Mr. Engleheart attended their Royal Highnesses
to the railway station.
Countess Blucher left the Castle this morning. _

The infant Prince Christian Victor was carried
yesterday at the ceremony of L. aptism by
Mrs.
Johnstone, the monthly nurse, and was also at-
tended by the head nurse, Mrs. Moffat.

Departure of the Queen for Balmoral.

HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS TO THE NORTH•

Yesterday evening her Majesty the Queen and
their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Chris-
tian and their infant son, Prince Christian Victor
Albert, Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and Prince
Leopold, left Windsor Castle at a quarter to I
o'clock, en route for Balmoral. The Royal suite in-
cluded the Duchess of Athole, Lady Susan Melville,
the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Gen.
Grey, Dr. Jenner, and Messrs. Sahl and Legge.
Her Majesty, the Royal Family, and attendants, on
quitting the Castle, drove in several carriages to the
Windsor terminus of the Great Western RailwaY,
where a large concourse of the townspeople and
visitors had collected to witness the Queen's depar-
ture. In the course of the day, a special London
and North-Western train had been despatched front
Euston under the charge of Mr. Mason, assistant
general manager, Mr. Neele, and Mr. Bore, to the
Windsor station, where it had been prepared for the
reception of the royal travellers. The train con-
sisted of 14 carriages, including the state and seve-
ral other saloons, first-class carriages, and break°,
the whole of which were fitted with Mr. Martin's
system of electric communication.

On alighting at the station and reaching the
platform iher Majesty was received by Captain
Bulkeley, director, Messrs. Grierson, Tyrrell, and
Allen, of the Great Western, and Messrs. Neele,
Mason, and Martin, of the London and North
Western Railway, and other officers, and con-
ducted to the train, which immediately afterwards
quitted the station at 6.50, under the charge of the
Great Western officials. He Majesty, with Prin-
cess Louise, occupied the central or Royal saloon ;
Prince and Princess Christian and infant and nurse
the double saloon at the rear of the Queen's ; Prince
Leopold, Mr. Legge, Dr. (Termer, and Mr. Sabi the
next ; and the Duchess of Athole, Lady Susan Mel-
ville, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and General Grey that
adjoining. The saloons in front of her Majesty
were allotted to Princess Beatrice, her maid, and
the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, a governess, and the Queen's
dressers. The other carriages were used by the
upper servants, pages, and domestics of the Royal
establishment. Special carriages were allotted for
the Minister of State and the railway officials.
There were two breaks and a truck for the Queen's
fourgon. The total length of the train was upwards
of 360 ft. without the engine.
On leaving Windsor the Royal train ran over the
narrow gauge rails of the Great Western line Via
Slough, Twyford, Reading, and Didcot to Oxford,
which was reached at 8.5, the public being admitted
to the station while the train stopped. At 8.10 the
journey was resumed, the route being then by waif
of Any ho and Fenny Compton to Leamington, where
the train was timed to arrive at 9.13, and 15 minutes
were allowed for refreshment. Starting again at the
expiration of that time, the train again proceeded
on its way past Solihull, Birmingham, Hands'
worth, and Bilston to the Bushbury junction of
the London and North-Western Railway, 1271
miles from Windsor, 10.40 being fixed at the time
of its arrival. There was a 5 minutes' stay at
Bushbury, in order to allow a change of engines,
that which had brought the train from Windsor being
changed for a North-Western locomotive, and then
the journey was resumed under the care of the
officials of the last-named line, the train being due
at the following places as under :—Boar's Head'
202/ miles, at 12.50 this morning ; Lancaster Juno'
tion, 236/ miles, 1.50 ; Kendal, 256/ miles, 2.27'
Penrith, 2891 miles, 3.34 ; Carlisle, 307 miles, 4.2,
Summit, 3561 miles, 5.27 ; Carstairs, 380}
6.9 ; Greenhill, 413 i miles, 7.8 ; Bannockburn,
422/ miles, 7.28 ; Auchterarder, 4444 miles, 7.59
and Perth, 458 miles, 8.25. At this city the train
will stop for 55 minutes while the Royal family
breakfast, and at 9.20 the route to the North will be
continued, the train being timed to arrive at Courof
Angus, 473/ miles, at 9.45 ; Kurriemuir Junction'
4871 miles, 10.7 ; the Bridge of Dun, 506 miles,
10.36 ; Stonehaven, 5311 miles, 11.24 ; and Aber'
deep, 548 miles, 11.51. Thence the journey will be
resumed by way of Drum, Torphins, and Aboyne
to Ballater on the Deeside line, where her Majesty
will arrive at 1.25 p.m. this afternoon, thus perform'
ing a railway trip of 591 k miles in about 18k bon!:
Her Majesty will post by road from Ballater "
Balmoral.
Her Majesty will remain at Balmoral till abou!
the 17th or 18th of June, and then return
Windsor.
The whole of the arrangements throughout thi:
railway trip were conducted by the various offiein
in the most admirable manner. lg It
Her Majesty's horses were, at the close of
week, despatched by sea to Scotland.
The Royal train, in charge of Mr. Charles f
and Mr. S. M. Martin, of the London and No. t°
Western Railway, passed Kendal junction 101110
tually at 2.30 this (Thursday) morning ; all well.
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Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of 1111°0-
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and the Duke of Edinburgh honoured Lord Henll;fig'
Lennox by their presence at dinner on Tuesday even
his lordship's official residence at the Admiralty:l/P"
hall. There were present to meet the illustrious
Royal Highness the Dike d'Aumale, Maria
chionees of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess SpeneuL',,s-t-
Earl and Countess of Bessborough, the Countess of " f
morlaud, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, the Bish°l:l°r,
Oxford, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Esche4!
and Lady Susan Vane Tempeet. Later in the evouilib'es6
select party assembled, including his Imperial Hi ye
the Duke of Leuchtenberg, his serene Highness rfaleie
Edward of Saxe-Weituar, his Serene Highness Prfu_reeni,
Teck, dm The baud of the Royal Marines, from "°"0
wich, attended and played a varied selection of© eolle
music during the entertainment.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburg,o
will leave Clarence House, St. James's, to-day for boardr
on his way to Marseilles, where he will embark 00
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the Gatotea for his cruise round the world. The du'firiA
expected to be absent for about two years. In theA the
instance his royal highness will visit Bombay an" ft°
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