The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-23 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY AT BLAIR ATHOL.
SUMMARY OF NEWS

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On Wednesday evening their Majesties the King and
Queen of the French received the Turkish Ambassador
and the young Egyptian Princes, the Minister of Marina,
the Count de Grave, and M. De Larue.
On Thursday evening their Majesties received the
Count de Salvandy and M. de Pongerville.
M. Caill6, aide. de-camp of the Minister of War, and
who took part in the affair of Isly, arrived at Marseilles
from Algiers by the last packet, and immediately conti-
nued his route for Paris.

The Count de Lowenhielm, the Swedish Minister, ar-
rived on Thursday in Paris, from his visit to Sweden.
Admiral de Moges is arrived in Paris.
The Eagle war-brig, which was fitted out at Cher •
bourg, sails d from Toulon on the 14th for Mogadore, on
which station the is to remain until further orders. _ _

Duke Alexander of Wurtemburg and his suite arrived
on Tuesday last at Strasbourg.
We learn from the Toulon journals that very great
preparations are making in that town to give a brilliant
reception to his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville.
It is said that deputations from several departments will
arrive at Toulon on this occasion.

The Courrier Francais states that there are now build-
ing in the different French ports twenty-three ships of
the line, nineteen frigates, two brigs, three schooners,
and ten transports and store-ships, besides six steam
frigates, of 450 and 550 horse power, eleven steam cor-
vettes of 220 to 320 horse power, and seven smaller steam
ships of 80 to 160 horse power.
We learn from Tunis, by a letter of the 31st ult., that
Admiral Parceval Descliaes, and the captains and other
officers of the Ocean, Neptune, Marengo, and Alger, of
the line, and the steam corvette Calri:6on, had been pre
rented to the Bey at the Bardo by M. de Lagan, the
French Consul-General at Tunis. Their reception by
his Highness is said to have been most cordial.
A letter from Rome of the 9th, quoted by the Consti •
tutionnel, states that the dispensations of consanguinity
necessary for the marriage of H. R. H. the Duke
d'Auwale with his cousin, the Princess Caroline of
Naples, were signed on the Bth. The Princess and the
Duke d'Aumale are both in their twenty-third year.
The Government has received accounts of the arrival
of the members composing the French Embassy to
China at Singapore on the 2d of July.
Rear-Admiral La Susse is to proceed to Dieppe, with
the vessels under his command, to take part in the cere-
mony of the inauguration of the statue of Duquesne.
The Rodeur, Government cutter, has left Havre for the
same purpose.

Don Carlos, the Princess his wife, and the Prince his
son, returned on Monday last to Bourges from the baths
of Me is.

The twelfth session of the Scientific Congress has just
finished at Nismes, atter its seventh sitting. The Con-
gress voted the following recommendations to the Go-
vernment :—A pension fund for workmen—an irrigation
Bill—the execution of the laws relating to workmen's
livrets —the creation of a special ministry for agriculture
—the alleviation of the wine trade—the suppression of
the title of qllicier de sante—and the immediate abolition
of negro slavery.
The vintage has commenced in the neighbourhood of
Bordeaux, and it is stated that the wine will be of good
quality.
The Gazette de France of Friday evening says—" This
morning at six o'clock, M. Meunier, Commissary of
Police, accompanied by two agens de surete, visited the
residence of M. Aubry-Foucalt, responsible editor of the
Gazette de France, and arrested him. He was taken to
the dep6t of the Prefecture, and immediately afterwards
removed to the prison of Sainte Pelagie."
We learn from Trieste that the roadstead of that place
is to be converted into a harbour. The cost is to be
covered by an additional house-tax.

The attempt made by the Italian revolutionists who
had taken refuge at Malta and at Corfu, to enrol bands of
adventurers in Albania in order to organise another ex-
pedition against the Roman States had, we hear, com-
pletely failed.
The Suabian Mercury informs us that serious dis-
turbances took place at Presburg on the Bth inst. be-
tween the inhabitants and some of the persons attached
to the service of the Deputies of the Diet. It became
necessary to call out an armed force, and before the
tumult could be quelled one man was killed, and, sixteen
were wounded.

A letter from Berli❑ states that the King has just
created a new branch of administration, under the title
of Ministry of Grievances, the object of which is to pay
special attention to such complaints as the citizens may
have to make against ecclesiastical, administrative, and
judicial functionaries.

- A letter from Munich, of the 13th, states that a
company of English capitalists is now there, with the
intention of establishing manufactories on a large scale.
Mezari-ben-Ismail, agha of the Bey of Mascara and
Mostaganem, arrived at Marseilles on the 17th, with his
two sons and his suite.

The Augsburg Gazette states from Berlin that there is
great probability of Bohemia joining the German Cus-
toms Union, but that the arrangement will in the first
instance be made for a period of only fire years.

BLAIB, ATHOL, FRIDAY.

The wild freshness and salubrity of the mountain
air have already wrought most beneficial effects upon
her Majesty and the illustrious visitors at Blair
Castle. Her Majesty seldom allows the sun to be up
and stiring before her, and by the time that " the
rosy fingered morn" has expelled the mists from the
surrounding hills, her Majesty may be seen walking
about the grounds, accompanied by her illustrious
Consort and the Princess Royal. The young Princess
is always mounted on her Shetland pony when she
accompanies her Royal parents in their morning
walk; but Prince Albert occasionally takes her in
his arms, and points out to the Princess any object
within view that might attract the wandering fancy
of a child.

ller Majesty's piper, Mackay, who came over in the
Stromboli, in order to attend her Majesty during her
sojourn at Blair Athol, has orders to play the pibroch
under her Majesty's window every morning at seven
o'clock, and at the same early hour a bunch of fresh
heather, with some of the icy cold water from the
celebrated spring at Glen Tilt, are presented to her
Majesty.
The unostentatious simplicity of the Queen's pre-
sent mode of life, and the graceful affability with
which she dispenses with the stately trammels and
enforced ceremonies of a Court, whilst she retains her
Queenly dignity, have excitel the most lively enthu-
siasm amongst her Majesty's Highland subjects.
With them the idea of a Queen is inseparably asso-
ciated with a crown sparkling with rubies and eme-
ralds, about two furlongs of crimson velvet for a train,
with the entire regalia, and all the paraphernalia of
princely state; and they can scarce believe their eyes
when they see her Majesty mingling with them as an
humble worshipper at the village kirk, and fording
the river Garry on a small pony led by a Highland-
gilley, and wearing a common shepherd's plaid over a
plain black morningdress,and then conversing affably
with the wild Highlanders. This tranquil seclusion
and majestic simplicity has an immense effect upon
the Scottish people, and the popularity which her
Majesty had attained during her visit to Tay mouth
Castle the year before last has increased tenfold since
her residence at Blair Athol.

On returning from their mountain ramble over the
rocky summits of the Tulloch, her Majesty and the
Prince partook of luncheon, and in the afternoon they
drove out in the neighbourhood in a carriage and four,
preceded by outriders. During the afternoon her Ma-
jesty accompanied the Prince into the park, where
there are several of the finest red deer. His Royal
Highness shot a superb antlered stag, and again killed
one of those graceful creatures yesterday morning.
The carriages were ordered at three o'clock yes-
day afternoon, to convey the Royal party up the
" bonniest glen in Scotland"—the Vale of Glen Tilt.
Her Majesty there had an opportunity of seeing the
remote solitudes and the stern but secluded magnifi-
cence of Highland scenery in all its wildness. The
Prince, who was on horseback, preceded her Majesty,
with a small cavalcade, consisting of his noble host
and some of the gentlemen of the Royal suite. The
foresters had been out during the morning, and the
red deer were seen in countless myriads pouring over
the craggy precipices, roaming unrestrained through
these rocky fastnesses as her Maj?sty drove through
the beautiful glen. The surpassing splendour of the
scenery in the den forest of Athol was fully appre-
ciated by her Majesty, who descanted in glowing
terms upon the diversity of rich tints thrown by the
evening sun upon the barren hills, and the beauties of
the waterfalls which meet the eye at each turn of the
road. An excellent carriage-drive runs through the
glen up to the forest lodge, a distance of eight
miles, and preparations have been made at this rustic
residence, in order that it might be to a certain extent
fit for the reception of her Majesty and the Prince, if
they should at any time feel inclined to take any re-
freshment there during the sporting excursions of his
Royal Highness.
The Master of Strathallan, the Hon. Mr. Drum-
mond, has caught a violent cold during his night-
guard as one of her Majesty's guard of Athol High-
landers. Lord Aberdeen and the Earl of Liverpool
left their cards with him yesterday, and proceeded on
foot to revisit the pass of Killiecrankie, when they
fell in with the Marquis of Breadalbane. The Noble
Marquis alighted from his carriage, which was sent
on to Blair Athol, and returned to the Castle on foot
with the two above-mentioned nobleman. The visit
of the Noble Marquis to her Majesty being in some
measure unexpected, there was some difficulty in
providing accommodation, but his Lordship will re-
main at the Castle until Saturday. The object of
his Lordship's visit is to invite her Majesty to pay a
second visit to Taymouth; but it is understood that
her Majesty will not leave her present abode.
Her Majesty's departure is fixed for the 30th,
according to present arrangements. Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence has been up to Perth, examining the
charts of the Tay, to see whether it would be possi-
ble to take the royal yacht up to the " fair city ;"
but it is feared that she draws too much water to
come up the river in safety. It is, therefore, settled
for her Majesty to re-embark at Dundee; but she
will probably vary her route to that port, and pass
through Perth on her way towards the sea.
BLAIR ATHOL, SATURDAT.—The Queen rode out
on a pony for three hours yesterday morning, shortly
after breakfast, and returned to the Castle at twelve
o'clock. The carriages were ordered to be in readi-
ness at three o'clock, in order to convey her Majesty
to the Glen Tilt. On Thursday, as has been pre-
viously stated, her Majesty took a long drive along
the carriage-road leading through the glen, Lord
Glenlyon's foresters having been out on the craggy
heights since daybreak driving the herds of deer to-
wards the edge of the precipices, which overlook the
valley, to enable her Majesty to see these wild and
graceful tenants of the forest of Athol roving through
their rocky domains. Her Majesty was so struck
with the sublime magnificence of the scene that she
expressed a desire to penetrate still farther into the
glen, on the road towards Brae Mar, the forest which
is now leased to the Duke of Leeds. Her Majesty
was accompanied by Prince Albert, and Lord Glen-
lyon, Sir Edward Bowater, Lord Charles Wellesley,
the Marquis of Breadalbane ; Lady Glenlyon, and
Lady Canning were also of the party. Lord Glen-
lyon's phaeton followed the cavalcade, which pro-
' ceeded at a rapid rate towards the last forest lodge,
and then went on two miles beyond the lodge, which.
is eight miles distant from the Castle.
Her Majesty and the Prince both expressed them-
selves delighted with the beautiful diversity of the
scenery, and hoped they would be enabled to take an-
other drive down the glen before their departure.
The sun rose this morning in unclouded splendour,
and there is every indication of a continuance of the
present propitious weather. Her Majesty has been
out riding on a pony again this morning, and has sig-
nified to Lord Glenlyon her intention of attending
Divine service to morrow morning, at the village
church. Dr. M'Leod, a preacher of some celebrity,
will replace Mr. Irvine to-morrow morning, and in
addition to this a choir has already arrived from Perth.
The Marquis of Breadalbane left the Castle for his
princely domain at Taymouth at half-past six o'clock
this morning, and Sir James Clark has left Blair
Athol for Dunkeld. Her Majesty has expressed a de-
sire to take a permanent residence in this part of the
Highlands, and to lease a forest, to which the Court
might make a pilgrimage every year, in order to
afford Prince Albert an opportunity of enjoying the
noble sport of deerstalking. Her Majesty, it is said,
has also directed her physician to collect statistical
details and make inquiries respecting the diseases
which are most prevalent in the Highlands. Sir J.
Clark has, we believe, drawn up his report, by which

it appears that the Highlands have obtained a clean
bill of health, with the exception of a fever, arising
from too copious libations of whisky. This is the
only known prevailing epidemic, but there is every
reason to hope that her Majesty and Pince Albert,
and even the Royal children might escape the infec-
tion, notwithstanding her Majesty's avowed penchant
for Athol brouse, a very pleasant composition, which
consists of honey, whisky, and two teaspoonfuls of
water.

There is every probability that her Majesty will
not leave this place before the ]st of October, although
the 30th instant has been fixed for the departure of
the Court.—Post.