The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-28 00:00:00

THURSDAY.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert went in state last evening
to honour Drury-lane Theatre with their presence.
The royal suite occupied nine carriage, and included the
Duchess of Bedford and the Marchioness of Noimanby,
Ladies in waiting ; the Hon. Misses Murray (in waiting),
Lister (in waiting), Paget, Pitt,'COcks, Cavendish, and An-
son, Maids of Honour ; the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell,
Woman of the Bedchamber in waiting; the Earl of Erroll,
K. T., Lord Steward ; the Earl of Uxbrit,lge, Lord Cham-
berlain ; the Earl of Ilchester, Captain of the 'Yeomen of
the Guard ; Lord Hill, G. C. B:, Gold Stick •in waiting ;
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole to Prince
Albert ; the Marquis of Headfort, K. P., Lord in waiting ;
the Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household ; the Right
Hon. George Stevens Byng, Comptroller of the Household ;
the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, the. Clerk Marshal ; the Hon.
General Sir William Lumley, Groom in waiting ; Ld. Alfred
Paget, Equerry in waiting; Viscount Boringdon, Gentleman
of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert; Lieut.-Col. Wylde,
Equerry to Prince Albert ; Lieutenant Francis Seymour,
Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert ; Mr. Cowell
and Master Wemyss, Pages of Honour to the Queen, in
waiting; the Hon. Frederick Byng, Sir William Martins,
and Captain Green, Gentlemen Ushers in waiting; and
Captain Bellairs, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, in
waiting.
The Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and
the Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., Master of the Horse, rode
iu the same carriage with the Queen and Prince Albert. A
party of the Household Troops escorted the royal procession
to the theatre. The manager, Mr. Hammond, received her
Majesty and Prince Albert at the royal entrance, and pre-
ceded the royal party with wax lights to the royal box.
The Reigning Duke and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe
Coburg Gotha were also present at Drury-lane Theatre last
evening. Their Serene Highnesses were attended by Count
Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Baron de Lowenfels de
Poellnitz, and Baron de Gruben.
Viscount Melbourne and the Judge Advocate General had
audiences yesterday of the Queen.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Lady
Charles Somerset, paid a visit to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent yesterday at Buckingham Palace.

TIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO DRURY-LANE

THEATRE.

(From the Morning Herald of yestfrdag.)

Last night her Majesty tiie Queen,ith his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, visited this theatre, in state. Her Ma-
jesty and the Prince arrived a few minutes after seven, and
were greeted with the enthusiastic cheers of one of the most
crowded audiences that we ever remember to have seen on
any former royal visit. The pieces selected were Barnett's
opera of the Mountain Sylph, and Kenney's farce of Raising
the Wind. Previous to the opera, " God save the Queen '
was sung by the company ; her Majesty graciously acknow-
ledging the applause bestowed on certain points of the an-
them. Two verses—more distinguished for their compli-
mentary spirit than their poetry—were added. They were
as follow _ _

" Welcome to Albion's Isle
Prince, whom Victoria's smile
Lit o'er the wave ;
Writ in the school of fame,
Albert, long shall thy name
Kindred and country claim
With England's brave.
Oh Lord ! her consort bless,
Grant him in happiness
With her to reign ;
In virtues great and strong,
May Albert's name be long
The theme of Britain's song,
God save the Queen."
The Prince bowed frequently to the audience as they greeted
several lines of the above with their cheers and applause, nor
did her Majesty seem less gratified with the poetic tribute.
After the anthem, the opera was immediately commenced,
and apparently afforded the fullest satisfaction to the royal
visiters. Phillips, in his execution of " Farewell to the
Mountain," was honoured with especial approbation. After
the opera, " Rule Britannia" was called for, and somewhat
scurvily executed. Raising the Wind followed, and both
her Majesty and the Prince seemed very highly to enjoy the
borrowing propensities of Diddler (Vining), and the ludi-
crous self-important imbecility of Fainwould (Oxberry).
Indeed, altogether, the farce was .played with much comic
spirit. The farce concluded, " God save the Queen" was
again called for, and performed, when her Majesty and the
Prince retired amidst the reiterated cheers of the audience.
The Queen—who looked unusually pale—was in court
mourning, and wore a profusion of diamonds. Prince Al-
bert—who, at first, appeared a little embarrassed at the cor-
dial greeting of the audience, but who soon regained his
self-composure—wore the uniform of a field-marshal. Her
Majesty and the Prince were lighted to the royal boa, by
Mr. Hammond, Lord Glengal, and several members of the
committee.

CAMBRIDGE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN, WIT

TIER MAJESTY'S ANSWER.

"TO THE, QUEEN'S MOST:, EXCELLENT MAJESTY

" THE HIJAHLE ADDRESS OF TIIE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS,
AND SCHOLARS, 'OF THE UNIVERSITS: OF CAMARIDGE.
" Most-gracious Soverign,_—We, your Majesty's most du-
tiful and loyal"suhjects, the Chancellor, Masters, and Scho-
lars of the University of -Cambridge, bog leave •to offer to
youti Majesty our sincere and cordial congratulations upon
your marriage with his ROyal Highness the Prince Albert of
Saxe Coburg and Gotha. Amidst the universal joy diffused
by an event so deeply interesting to your Majesty and your
people, it would be unpardonable in us, distinguished as the
University of Cambridge has ever been by the protection and
support of the crown, and especially by the favor and muni-
ficence of your Majesty's royal house, to be wanting in a
prompt and zealous expression of our'duty and attachment
to yoneMajesty. We approach, then, your royal presence,
humbly tendering, the, assurance that we hail 'with the
liveliest satiSfactiOn an alliance, which, founded no less on
affection than a provident attention to the common weal,
opens the fairest prospect, under the Divine blessing, of in-
creasing happiness to your Majesty, and of additional secu-
rity to the best and dearest interests of the empire.
His Royal. Highness,.. the Prince Albert, independently
of the virtues and high qualities which have obtained for him
the splendid distinction that he now enjoys, has other pecu-
liar. and owerful claims upon the regard of the British
nation. In this exalted personage we beheld a descendant
of that ancient Saxon race to whose wisdom and valour we
justly ascribe the origin of our envied constitution and
national greatness ; in him, also, we recognise a Prince, who
numbers amongst his ancestors those illustrious ornaments
of the House of Saxony, through whose effectual aid and
generous devotedness to the cause of pure religion, the great
champion of the Reformation, was mainly enabled, under
Divine Providence, to triumph over his adversaries, and to
establish the protestant faith upon a firm, and, as we humbly
trust, upon an immoveable foundation. Animated by a
grateful sense of the many privileges and benefits which we
have so long enjoyed under the parental sway of the house
of Brunswick, we pray your Majesty to believe, that, as it is
our bounden duty, so it will be our earnest and constant en-
deavour, to proniote within the Walls of our venerable
university the cause of religion and learning, and to instil
into the minds of the youth intrusted to our care sound
principles of loyalty, a warm and steady attachment to the
constitution in church and state, and sentiments of the most
profound devotion to your Majesty's Royal person and
and government.
" May Almighty God vouchsafe to bless the auSpiciouS
union upon which we now offer our humble congratulations,
and may your Majesty long continue in the possession of
every earthly good, to reign over a dutiful, loyal, and united
people."