The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-12 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday.

The Queen, with Princess Helena and Princess
Louise, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty held a Council to-day at one o'clock,
at which were present Earl Granville, the,Duke of
Somerset, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey.
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Mr. Russell Gurney, and
Mr. Hammond arrived at the Castle, and were
sworn in members of her Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council, and took their seats at the board.
Mr. Helps was the Clerk of the Council.
Earl Granville and Sir George Grey had au-
diences of the Queen.
The Lord Chamberlain had an audience of the
Queen to present several addresses from the House
of Lords.
Lord Cremorne and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville
West were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Miss Durant had the honour of submitting to the
Queen a marble bust of the late Sir Charles Phipps,
executed by command of her Majesty.

THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena,
Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince
Leopold, will leave Windsor for Scotland to-morrow
evening. Her Majesty will be attended by a Mi-
nister of State, and by the following members of the
royal household :—The Duchess of Athole, Lord
Charles Fitzroy, General the Hon. Charles Grey,
Lieutenant Stirling, • Mr. Sahl, and Dr. Brown.
The royal train will consist of the royal saloon
carriage, five double and one ordinary saloon car-
riages, three first-class carriages, and the usual car-
riage trucks. The royal party will leave Windsor
at 6.50 p.m. to-morrow evening, and, travelling
over the Great Western Railway to the hush"
bury Junction, will pass at that station on t°
the North-Western system, arriving at Stafford at
11. p.m., where 10 minutes will be allowed for re-
freshments. From Stafford the royal train will pro-
ceed via Wigan to the Boar's Head station, where,
without disturbing the royal travellers, the boiler
will be replenished. From Boar's Head the train
will run by the Kendal Junction, Carlisle Summit,
and Greenhill stations, stoppingfive minutes at each,
to Perth, where the royal party will arrive at 8.3°
a,m. on Thursday morning. Her Majesty will alight
here, and 55 minutes will be devoted to breakfast;
Leaving Perth at 9.25 a.m., the royal train will
run without stoppage to the Bridge of Dun, where,
the engine will be replenished. From the Bridge °I
Dun the train will run to Aberdeen, where her 1‘13"
jesty is timed to arrive at 12.11 p.m. From Aber-
deen the royal party will travel over the Deeside,
Railway to Aboyne, where the Queen will arrive av
1.15 p.m. From this point the journey will be coo'
pleted by road in carriages, which will be in readi-
ness to convey the royal party to Balmoral. The
arrangements for the journey are entrusted to the
London and NOrth-Western Railway Compaq'
whose chief officer, Mr. Cawkwell, will accornPavi
the train.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES'
The Prince of Wales, attended by the Do° °cif
Westminster, Lieutenant-General Knollys, all
Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, went into the City yes;
terday forenoon and 'laid the foundation-stone 0'
the new house of the British and Foreign Bible So'
ciety in Earl-street.
His Royal Highness was afterwards entertained
at luncheon by the Lord Mayor at the Mansien
House.
The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the
Crown Prince of Denmark, drove to Kensingtou
Palace yesterday, and visited the Duchess of In-
verness. ;e,cl
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompao
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by the Crown Prince of Denmark, went to the I
harmonic concert, Hanover-square Rooms, in the

evening.
The Duke of Edinburgh presided at the dingier
of the Royal Caledonian Society, given last even''4
at the Freemasons' Tavern. llis Royal Highnes3
was attended by the Hon. E. Yorke.
Their Royal Highnesses afterwards honoured °et
Earl and Countess of Wilton with their presences
a ball in Grosvenor-square.

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MR. KURE'S CONCERT, yesterday afternoon!,
went off very brilliantly, but under most sorrowig
circumstances. The gifted Pianist himself—beeauge
of some severe domestic affliction, to which au,illnii
welcome announcement in St. James's 0%
had reference—was unable to make ~,13,1-3
appearance. The regret of the nualer— e
and fashionable audience assembled theff
to do him honour, was, in the best part of it, Peref'a
unselfish,—though, as a necessity, there ee'll a
hardly fail to be a proportionsf selfishness nliegily
with the earnest sympathy felt for one so beari;ic'd
admired and appreciated as this distinguis,4o
musical composer and musical executant. 't,
morceaux down in the programme as ali,1:0
ted to himself for performance-7n°rViog
all the more attractive because of their 113`1-
been among his own more recent compositions be
had as a lamentable matter of course tc of
skipped. In effect the whole arrangethen".oo3
thepien concertpieces
b
being
ing
was
given brokenin n
ino
wayupon , the Y 31.1 to
according it
their prescribed sequence, but ahnostf the
seemed haphazard according to the Whim° to,
moment among the various vocalists and ins 0'
mentalists. These numbered, according to
host
nouncement, some of the very pick of the
sioo,
eminent artistes now adorning the poles over
There was Wieniawski, with his wizard mastery poi'
the violin. There was Piatti, with his dulcet 3,,,t1 belli
liflious violincello. There were Titiens and 'lre ocl
Sinico and Sainton-Dolby—llma de glirtil'oto
Harriers-Wippern. There were Garden/ and'( it
Hohler, Santley and ' Gassier, Reichardt, an 010
were idle to enumerate how many others. vocal
of the gems of the concert was the sojea
Waltz sung by Mdlle. Titiens, and accoloPolar
by the composer of it, Arditi, fh° 13°iicart
conductor of her Majesty's. We have not therivii
or inclination, however, to particularise furthei 0 re,
content ourselves with simply reiterating Voiev
mark with which we commenced this brief he" pre.
cient notice, that Mr. liuhe's concert for tvoi Jo
sent season went off very brilliantly, in sPitcd.
occurring under such sorrowful circumstance taste
THE GENERAL EXCHANGE BANK.--111° 1‘ 000
of the Rolls yesterday-save judgment on a mot .P•+ iljf
last Thursday to commit Mr. J. A. Roebuck, '"-; eoar,l
chairman of this company, to prison for contempt c",,ot to
in publishing in a morning newspaper an advertipsinit'b, wiio
fleeting on the conduct of Mr. Clench and gr. Si lc.. VI
had presented a petition for winding-up the l'tnis Dch_rir,
counsel for Mr Roebuck having undertaken on ~
and lu. _
not to repeat the advertisement, and Mr. Clenc'',ol, tilt:
Smith having agreed not to bring an action fort.P'adve .
Master decided that the directors—whose acthanfvf a 11°'
tisement was, for Mr Roebuck signed it on be
cl
directors—must pay the costs of the motion. the (10 ,
THE STRIKES IN LIVERPOOL.—YesterbY
)op. ,ir at
labourers on strike held two meetings in the
.°l.oiottll,,.
the north end of Liverpool. It, was resolved tgoly`ere qii 1'
the demands they had made. Thep roceeding
orderly. I
Attbe too,
FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.--
0. _oeigo of
. gate Police-court yesterday, before the sittint, 1'05,v5,,,,c13.4
coned for hlOOO
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Croll, nearly a dozn.uul
.1_
etoi,..oc
) whom were licensed victuallers, were sumranoo, an con"
Po,
illegal weights and measures in their particles
o,ioa cio,
_ were inflicted in all the cases, and the artio7o. by the :to
_ demned. In some of the cases it was
- fondants that the pots had become deficit! e
_"1,01d a
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to
tear, but the publicans were told that
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theirwhi which h
propert he i their sderm-aentitssi couldons.
Theuse andtag
ireetsrtaetinees:tibos_esen,letehop'sestlieTef:crolicl:
(Wits in several instances 10s. each
be
..e_,troyed..o ope
ordered the measures and weights to be
.aeit'ts, aria Ito, 0
shopkeepers were also fined for short whe,gl
observii'gvlit in
case a penalty of 40s. imposed, the behave short Iv° of tea
was a great hardship on the peer to . r Faullolol.io, olic
food. On the application of Inspect
to direct his attention to other trade; and, _
ino'of
halfweights of the and
pemneaalst penalties. measures,
now increased in price, to be vigilant 13_,:pYropifsed
Tthheenai
and scales were used by the butchers. P
tend to the suggestion. angspeistertaotreess,avalal_so:::ecasitioe:eet.v,:cl;;:tso,