The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-24 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY•

WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, se'
companied by their Royal Highnesses Princes!
Louise and Princess Beatrice, and walked this
morning with Princess Louise.
Lord and Lady Napier arrived at the Castle
yesterday, and had the honour of an interview
with her Majesty.
The Hon. Emily Cathcart and the Hon. F]o
rence Seymour have arrived at the Castle ag
Maids of Honour in Waiting.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales.
BELVOIR, Friday'.
The hunting expedition of yesterday in th.o
Vale of Belvoir, which was attended by their
f
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess °
Wales, was one of the most brilliant ever
known in this country of brilliant " meets" an
"runs." Probably never before in the historl of
hunting in Leicestershire has there been such 5
meet; from all parts of the country adjacent eques-
trians, carriage company, and pedestrians came to-
wards that well-known trysting place, Piper's 1101. e;
Melton, Leicester, Nottingham, Grantham, and SW'
more distant places contributedtheirquota of sports-
men,.„ the great majority of whom wore scarlet. '-
is computed that there were not fewer than 3,000 or
4,000 persons at the meet, at least half of l'ibos/,
were mounted. Their royal highnesses arrived at
the place of meeting on the Cotswold hills shortly
after 12 o'clock, the prince riding his beautiful
chestnut, so celebrated in the West Norfolk count*
whilst the princess occupied a seat in the Duke °',
Rutland's carriage, drawn by four bays. The
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princess was accompanied by the Marchioness °f
Bristol, the Countess of Bradford, and Lady Adelizs
Norman ; and in the other carriages were the
Duchess of Beaufort, the Marchioness of Ely, the
Countess Howe, the Countess of Macclesfield,
Lady Adeliza Manners, and other noble ladies a
present guests at the castle ; whilst with the prl°..4.ee
came the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Beauf°"
the Duke of Sutherland, the Duke of St. Albans,
the Earl of Wilton, Earl Spencer, the Earl °
Bradford, the Marquis of Bristol, Lord HaluilWil
Lord John Manners, Lord Grey de Wilton, Colonel
Kiugscote, Major Teesdale, &c. Their royal Wil
nesses' appearance was the signal for such an o°t,
.
burst of cheering as made the welkin ring again
The prince and princess gracefully responded to the
enthusiasm, and, after an inspection of the Belv°le
pack of hounds, the duke gave the order for
Gorse, a distance of five or six miles, to which All
.n
trotted off. The hounds being put in this cover' it;
a very few minutes the " Tally ho ! gone awaYAid
was sounded to a fine dog-fox. After a sPlen'i
run of 50 minutes' duration the hounds cane 14.,
with the sly old fox in an orchard, and his cal!eci'
was soon ended, though some meddling people triee
to rescue him from the dogs. At Harley Gorse dicer
was another find. The fox went away at A arc
was another find. The fox went away at
lh°
pace over a big country with some rare leaps.
pace and the country soon made the field select'
but those who were able to keep places had one of
the best runs of the season. Reynard led a Prett'
,„it
chase before he forfeited his brush, which he i
length after a run of one hour and 25 minutes.

DEATH OF COLONEL C. B. PHIPPS.

•
We regret to announce the unexpected death of
Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont rhirPs:4,
e
Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse. Sir Chal'ie
,e
expired shortly after 5 o'clock this morning, in t
65th year of his age, at his residence ia til'
Ambassadors' Court, St. James's Palace, after g 0
illness of only two days, from bronchitis.