The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-01-26 00:00:00

THE QUEEN AND HER GUESTS.

His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of
Prussia arrived at Buckingham Palace at 25 minutes
before 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon upon a visit to
Her Majesty.

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His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied
by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, and attended
by Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby, received Prince
Frederick William at the railway station, and the
Princes with their Gentlemen in Waiting, quitted the
station in three of Her Majesty's carriages escorted by a
detachment of the 2nd Life Guards, for Buckingham
Palace, where the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Groom of the Stole to the Prince Consort, and the
Gentlemen in Waiting received Prince Frederick Wil-
liam at the principal entrance. His Royal Highness the
Prince of Prussia met his son in the Grand Hall and ac-
companied him to Her Majesty the Queen.
Prince Frederick William was attended by General
von Schreckenstein, Major-General von Moeltke, Captain
von Schweinitz, Lieutenant von Zastrow, and Dr.
Wegner.

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The Princess of Prussia, accompanied by Prince
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and attended by the Countess
Oriolla and Count Boos, visited the Duchess of Orleans
on Saturday morning, and afterwards went to Twick-
enham.

The Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders went
to Millwall and inspected the Leviathan.

The Princes Albert, Frederick Charles, Frederick
Albert, and Adalbert of Prussia, attended by Colonel
Francis Seymour, C. 8., Captain the Hon. D. de Ras,
and Captain Du Plat went to the Wellington Barracks
and the Regent's Park Barracks, and afterwards in-
spected the Tower of London.
Her Majesty the Queen went in the evening to Her
Majesty's Theatre to honour the theatrical representa-
tion with her presence. The Queen and her visitors,
with the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, left Bucking-
ham Palace at a quarter before 9 o'clock, in 16 State
carriages, escorted by a detachment of Life Guards.
The Royal party consisted of the Queen, the Prince
Consort. the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the
King of the Belgians, the Duke of Brabant, the Count
of Flanders the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the
Princes Frederick William, Albert, Frederick Charles,
Frederick Albert, and Adalbert of Prussia, the Prince of
Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, the Prince of Leiningen,
' Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, Lady Churchill, Via-
countess Chewton, Prince Julius of Holstein °lucks-
burg, the Duke of Wellington the Marquis of Aberconi,
and the Marquis of Breadalbane.

THIRD FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE AT
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

As we observed on a former occasion, there is no
place like Her Majesty's Theatre for • grand demonstra-
tion of loyalty. In houses where there are several
public tiers the effect of a mass—of a " sea of heads," as
it is sometimes called—may be uiore completely attained,
but for presenting o. vast surface of human brilliancy the
private boxes heaped tier upon tier, with • fashionably
attired party standing conspicuously in the front of each, I
cannot be surpassed. One may almost fancy a large edi-
fice constructed of living Caryatides, arranged in rows
from the ground to the ceiling. If the curtain in front
of the stage were kept down during the entire evening
the mere sight of the effect produced by the National
Anthem when sung at Her Majesty's Theatre, would
amply repay a visit to • "festival performance."
Saturday night—the third of the festivity—had
distinctive features of its own, apart from the novelties
on the stage. Prince Frederick William of Prussia was
present for the first time, seated by the side of the
Princess Royal, and a particular feeling of enthusiasm,
of which the Princess was the object, was evinced after
the conclusion of the National Anthem. Her Majesty,
as usual, had responded by gracious curtsies to the cheers
' that arose on all sides, when • cry of "Princess ! Prin-
cess !" ran round the entire house. The young lady
seemed for a moment doubtful how she should acknow-
ledge this especial compliment, when her Royal mother
beckoned her to the front of the box. Here she grace-
fully curtsied to the assembled throng amid a display of
hearty, unsophisticated feeling that probably she will
never forget. This was the prettiest episode that has
yet occurred throughout the entire course of "festival
performances."

Every one of the entertainments was marked by
novelty. The cantata and the ballet had been composed
expressly for the occasion, and Signor Oiugliiu and
Mademoiselle Piooolonuni played, for the first time, the
characters of Elvin° and Amine in La Somnamboks. To
the young vocalist the increase of her repertory by the
addition of the most popular of parka will be invaluable.