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  The distance from Windsor to Balmoral is nearly six hundred miles. The carriages, as we learn from the newspapers, were fitted up with beds and every convenience for the comfort of the travellers.

It may be interesting to some of your readers to hear of another Royal traveller to Balmoral. Two days ago I was leaving Bristol by the Midland railway, when a rumour reached the passengers that Prince Arthur was to be their fellow-traveller. In a few minutes a fine little boy, in a plain round jacket and cap, stepped smartly along the platform accompanied by three or four gentlemen, and took his seat in a saloon carriage in the centre of the train. I suppose the telegraph spread the news, for when we got to Berkeley a little crowd of country people were straining their eyes to. catch a sight of the Prince, and the instant the train stopped at Gloucester fifty or sixty people surrounded his carriage.

I had to leave the train at Gloucester, so I pushed in among the rest to see Prince Arthur, The side of the carriage being principally plate glass, he could be well seen. His only companion was a gentleman, who appeared intent upon a