Star.
London, England, 1830-09-06 00:00:00

THEIR MAJESTIES" SUDDEN DEPARTURE PROM

WINDSOR.

Their Majesties have left Windsor, if not abruptly, at least very
unexpectedly, after their exit: Intention of sojourning with the loyal
ts inhabitan of this loyal h " until the beginning of October, at
least, if not a later periods' for such were the emphatic words
I made use of by the King immediately after his accession—words well
calculated to awaken in the hearts of our fellow-townsmen hopes and an-
ticipations of a peculiarly interesting nature. This sudden change
of purpose in the Royal mind, independently of blighting
these hopes and these expectations, has, in the common course of
things, given rise to -a variety of rumours and surmises, and
some of a nature incomparably more injurious to the feelings of
the inhabitants of Windsor than the temporary withdrawal—for tem.
porsry only, we are convinced, it will be—of the sunshine of the
Court, mild possibly prove to their interests. Among these may be
numbered the erroneous supposition that the Royal departure from
hence has been at least accelerated by some coldness, or slight, if
not by some misconduct, on the part of the inhabitants, which has,
in return, been supposed to have engendered feelings of distaste in
the minds of their Majesties. Such reports are still very rife in az.
tale quarters, especially at Brighton, where they have at least deter.
mined not to fall into any errors on the side of omission.
In consequence of these rumours, we felt ourselves called upon to
make such inquiries as would enable us to lay before the public the real
motives which induced their Majesties, after all the vast and formal re.
parations for a lengthened stay at Windsor, to alter their determination
and to quit the town so soon, so suddenly, and to the no small surprise
and regret of its inhabitants. In the first place, we have it in our power
to state that both the King and the Queen remain unalterably at-
tubed to Windsor; and, secondly, that the indifferent health of the
Princess Elisabeth, who has been for sometime suffering from a drop-
sical affection of the knee, and for whom sea-bathing has been
prescribed, has been the primary cause of the Royal determination with
respect to Brighton. Independent of this, it may be stated that the
Queen, although not absolutely indisposed, is considered by her pity-
eiciansto be in a state so delicate, as to induce them to recommend a re-
moval to the sea side ; and, moreover, the King himself, we regret to
say it, has lately been troubled with rheumatic pains in one of his hands,
for the benefit of which his Majesty is also availing himself of the ad-
vantages of sea-bathing. .
These, then, may be stated as the reasons—and three very sufficing
reasons they are—for the presence of the Royal party at Brighton at this
moment. For the present, it is arranged, we believe, that their Ma-
jesties remain at the Pavilion until the opening of Parliament (about
the 26th of fictoben) when they will repair to London, and remain at St.
James's foe a short period, after which they will resume their abode at
Brighten, and continue there, with short intervals, until the middle of
February, when, and not before, we believe, Windsor will again become the
royal residence. Though disappointed in the expectstion that their Majes
ties would have continued for same time to come to gladden our hearts with
the cheering smiles of their presence, nevertheless the remembrance of
their put condescension and kindness will ever remain impressed
on the minds of the inhabitants, who continue to aerial the
sincere hope that they may experience all those sanative effects
from their residence at Brighton, which they themselves an-
ticipate. The Pavilloo, however, although a superb residence
for the sea-side, is, after all, but a sea-side residence, and
cannot for a moment compare with our noble castle, either as regards
taste or magnificence, and, least of all, as respects comfort—for to
this last object was the attention of its second founder, our late bene-
ficent Patron, mainly directed. Windsor Castle—the chosen seat of
Royalty—the ancestral abode of a long line of Kings, and which may
now combine, with its other proud associations, the tact of its being the
national Palace of the Kings of England—Windsor Castle, we say, and
we have better warranty than our own opinion for the satiation, will,
after all, be ultimately chosen as the permanent abode of their Ma-
jesties--Windror Express.