The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-03 00:00:00

ROYAL PROGRESS.

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE
ALBERT FROM WOBURN.
At eleven o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert and suite, in three royal carriages
a i and four, left the hospitable mansion of the Duke and Duch-

ess of Bedford, after 'staying three nights, for Pansanger,
Herts, to honour the Earl and Countess Cowper with a short

A party of the 11th huzzars, under the command of
Lieut. Sutton, arrived at Woburn at ten minutes to eleven,
shortly after which the Queen's carriages drove to the west
front entrance, and the Queen and Prince entered the vesti-
bule.

Her Majesty was conducted to her carriage, an open one,
by the noble duke, who went with her Majesty and his royal
highness on horseback as far as the large gate on the Lon-
don road.

The Marquis of Headfort, Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon.
Miss Cavendish, and Col. Buckley, in waiting on her Majes-
ty ; and Col. Bouverie and Mr. Edward Curzon, in atten-
dance on his Royal Highness Prince Albert, followed in two
carriages. _

In concluding this notice of the royal visit to Woburn
Abbey, it may be observed that her Majesty is the first
crowned head who has visited that ancient seat of the Rus-
sell family since Queen Elizabeth and Charles 1., who, in
their respective reigns, partook of its splendid hospitalities.
The facilities afforded to our correspondent, both by the
duke and duchess, demand our acknowledgments, and it is
but right to observe that the arrangements were without ex-
ception worthy of unlimited praise. Mr. Palfreymau (the
noble duke's house steward) has throughout been indefati-
gable in every department, and indeed nothing escaped that
could contribute an eclat to the visit of royalty.
THE ROYAL ROUTE.

The royal route was through the little village of Hockliffe,
and through Dunstable, Market-street, and St. Alban's, and
from thence by the Hatfield road to Pansanger. _

At Hockliffe all those simple demonstrations of popular
regard were evin'ed by its humble inhabitants, nearly every
dwelling-house being decorated in some way or other with
flags, bouquets of flowers, and evergreens, and in several
places lines of laurels and flowers, from the centre of which
was suspended a floral crown, extended across the road.
That otherwise retired spot was very full of strangers.
On reaching Dunstable, the troop of the 11th hussars was
relieved by an escort of the Hertfordshire yeomanry cavalry,
(the Hon. Mr. Grimston's troop,) and, after a change of
horses, the Queen and royal retinue left for St. Alban's. A.
superb triple arch was erected before the principal inn, with
the usual inscriptions of " Welcome Victoria and Albert,"
" God bless the Princess Royal," &c., and tastefully orna-
mented with a profusion of flowers. The town is known to
be the chief residence of persons engaged in the making of
straw plait for bonnets, and it seemed they were determined
to intimate to her majesty the nature of the craft they fol-
lowed, for nearly fifty " Dunstable" bonnets, of all shapes
and sizes, were attached to the upper part of the triumphal
arch.

At Market-street the narrow carriage-way was densely
crowded, and owing to that circumstance the royal cortege
was only enabled to make progress at a slow place, and what
with a grand triumphal arch and the general decorations of
the houses, the loyal inhabitants of that village deserve
credit for their display on this occasion.
The preparations at St. Alban's were, on a more extensive
scale. A very splendid temporary arch was erected in the
High-street; and, on each side, raised seats accommodated
several hundreds of the leading gentry and inhabitants of
that ancient town. An immense multitude had gathered
long before the arrival of her majesty. A relay of horses
was provided at thelVerulam Arms, were another change was
made in the escort, the hon. Mr. Grimston's troop being
succeeded by that of the Marquis of Salisbury, colonel com-
mandant of that fine corps, which was appointed to escort
the illustrious visitors to Pansanger. The Queen and Prince
were received with the most rapturous applause, and every
mark of respect and joy was shown by the thousands who
formed the multitude. _

PANSANGER, HERTs, THURSDAY NIGHT.
Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert reached Pansanger Park at a quarter past two this
afternoon, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Cowper, from
Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Bed,
ford.
Long before the arrival of the illustrious visitors, the road
from the park gates on the Hatfield-road was lined on each
side with spectators from Hertford and all parts of the
county, desirous of witnessing the arrival of the Queen, and
the carriages of the local gentry were very numerous.
It is almost superfluous to add that the reception of the
Queen and Prince was of the most enthusiastic description.
On reaching the north entrance, her Majesty and his royal
highness were immediately received by the Earl and Countess
Cowper ; and the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde,
Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston,
Lord and Lady Ashley, Hon. W. Cowper, Viscount and
Viscountess Leveson, Viscount Duncannon, Mr. and Lady
Mary Vyner, and Mr. Greville, were assembled in the ves-
tibule.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and Earl and
Countess De Grey arrived from Woburn Abbey shortly
after the royal visitors. _

The Earl Cowper, at the head of his troop of the Hert-
fordshire yeomanry cavalry, relieved the Hatfield troop at
the park gate, and formed an escort to her Majesty to the
mansion, a distance of nearly two miles.
The banquet was served up in the gallery, when her Ma-
jesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
Earl and Countess Cowper, Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land, Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Earl and
Countess De Grey, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Dun-
cannon, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount
and Viscountess Leveson, Lord and Lady Ashley, Hon. VT.
Cowper, Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, Mr. Greville, and the
Marquis of Headfort, Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Hon. Miss
Cavendish, Colonel Buckley, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. E.
Anson, constituted the circle.
The Earl and Countess of Verulam, and the Marquis of
Salisbury, and Lady Mildred Cecil, came from Gorhambury
and Hatfield House shortly before eight, and had the honour
to join the party. _

PANSANGER, FRIDAY EVENING

Yesterday, late in the afternoon, her majesty and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Earl and Countess Cowper, the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis and Marchioness
of Clanricarde, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Earl
and Countess De Gray, Viscount Duncannon, Lord and
Lady Ashley, and the other distinguished guests, who bad
the honour to receive invitations to meet the royal visitors,
promenaded the flower garden, situate on the right from the
mansion, laid out with considerable taste, in the Flemish
style, and afterwards passed across the terrace to the garden
facing the east front. It is arranged in the style of Louis
Quatorze, and from the parterres being divided so as to give
at a glimpse the escutcheons of the Cowper family and De
Grey (the Countess Cowper's) family, with the crests, it has
a most singular and altogether unique effect.
This morning the Queen and Prince, immediately after the
breakfast, went alone across the park, and privately visited
the picturesque little village of Hertingfordbury.
At a quarter before one the mayor of Hereford (Mr. John
Lawrence), with the Rev. Mr. Skrimshire, Rev. Mr. Lowe,
and a deputation, including the town councillors, gentry, &c,
of the borough, waited upon her majesty to present congra-
tulatory addresses to her majesty and his royal highness the
Princess Albert.

At one o'clock her Majesty, with the Duke and Duchess
of Sutherland, Countess Cowper, Marchioness of Clanri-
ricarde, Countess De Grey, Viscount and Viscountess Leve-
son. Lord and Lady Ashley, Dowager Lady Lyttleton,
Hon. Miss Cavendish, Viscountess Palmerston, and Mr.
Greville, left in five carriages for Bracket Hall, near Welwyn,
escorted by a troop of the Hertfordshire yeomanry cavalry,
under the command of Lieut. Thornton and Adjutant Smith.
At five o'clock her Majesty returned to Pansanger. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert and the noble equestrians did
not arrive until nearly a quarter of an hour after the Queen.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert leave
Pansanger at noon, to-day, for Windsor Castle, her Majesty
being desirous of taking farewell of the Queen of the Bel-
gians before her Majesty and the youthful Duke of Brabant
depart for Ostend.
An escort of the 11th hussars, under the command of
Lieut. Cunningham at Hertford, escorts the Queen for
ten miles, and other detachments of that regiment are sta-
tioned the whole distance to Windsor Castle.
PANSHANGER, JULY 31.

The banquet yesterday was served in the picture gallery, as
on the previous day. The noble host presided, her Majesty
and Prince Albert being on his right.
The. Hertford glee singers, who on the previous day sang
in a temporary orchestra erected outside the south window of
the picture gallery, were on Friday honoured by being placed
within the banquet hall, and sang a number of glees during
the repast.

The picture gallery, though small in extent, is worthy of
particular notice for the elegance of its architecture, and the
splendid specimens of the best masters with which it is
adorned.

It is entered through an ante-room, supported by four
marble columns of great beauty. The gallery, like the rest
of the building, is of the Gothic order, with some portion of
Grecian in the detail. Her Majesty's chair, which was in
the centre of the east side, was immediately facing the ante-
room, and must have commanded a scene of great beauty.
The sideboard at the north end of the room was covered with
a profusion of splendid plate, amongst which two massive
seal vases, formerly in the possession of the Lord Chancellor:
Cowper, ancestor of the present earl, and on which are
chased portraits of Queen Elizabeth, the one being an eques-
trian portrait, were much admired. Two smaller gold vases,
of Egyptian character, presented by his Majesty George 111.
to Lord Fordwich, his godson, also attracted considerable
observation.

This morning, Saturday, Her Majesty breakfasted in her
private sitting room, and immediately after breakfast walked
out, accompanied by his Royal Highness, through the park,
wholly unattended, visiting the Panshanger oak, a tree
situated in the rear of the mansion, and justly celebrated for
its immense size and the surpassing beauty of its growth, for
which it has not its rival in the kingdom. The Royal pair
subsequently repaired on foot to the dwelling of the park
keeper, a neat little cottage, situated at about a mile from
the hall, in a picturesque valley, through which the river
winds, presenting many views of exceeding beauty, enhanced
by the luxuriance of the well-wooded slopes on either side.
The arrangements made here for the sports of the field, the
dogs, &c., were honoured by the personal inspection of Her
Majesty and her Royal consort, who appeared to take great
interest in the scene, and was graciously pleased to express
his approbation of the neatness and regularity preserved in
the estAblishment.

Upon the return of the Royal pair to the mansion, prepa-
rations were made for immediate departure from Panshanger.
The park, in the direction of St. Alban's, known as the Colt
green-gate, was, as on Thursday, liberally thrown open to
the public, thousands of whom had assembled in the course
of the morning to testify by their acclamations their loyalty
for their Sovereign, and estimation of the honour conferred
upon the county by the Royal visit.
Precisely at eleven o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Albert
having taken leave of their noble hostess, Lady Cowper, and
the distinguished guests, stepped into the travelling carriage,
followed in a second carriage by the Ladies in Waiting, the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and the Hon. Miss Cavendish, and
a third carriage containing Colonels Buckley and Bouverie,
the Equerries in Waiting, and Mr. E. Anson, his Royal
Highness's Secretary, Earl Cowper and his brother, the Hon.
W. Cowper, M.P., rode on horseback by the side of the
Royal carriage as far as the park gate.
The cortege was escorted by a party of the South Herts
yegmanry under the command of Lieutenants Sutton and
Thornton, and Cornet J. M. Carter.
A more exciting scene than that presented throughout the
drive of the Royal party through the park has seldom been
witnessed. The strictest decorum was observed, whilst each
vied with the other in testifying their feelings of loyalty and
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NEVER SATISFIED !—A man accidentally found a small
bag, which he thought was a shot bag ; but on taking it up,
the bottom came out, and to his great surprise out rolled
500 spade-ace guineas. When he had counted them he was
sorry he had not found them 20 years sooner, that he mght
have had the interest on them also during that period !
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