The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-14 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY

The Queen went in state, yesterday, to the House of Peers
to close the session of Parliament with a speech from the
throne. The state procession was formed, at half-past one
o'clock, in the following order :—A carriage drawn by six
bays, conveying Sir Frederick Smith, Col. Harris, and Mr.
Alfred Montgomery, gentlemen ushers, and Capt. Seymour
Sadler, exon in waiting ; a carriage drawn by six bays, con-
veying Capt. Seymour, groom of the robes, Messrs. Cowell,
Chichester, and Wemyss, pages of honour, and the silver
stick ; a carriage drawn by a set of bays, containing the Right
Hon. George Stevens Byng, comptroller of the household,
Gen. the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, G.C.8., groom in waiting,
Col. Wemyss, equerry in waiting, and Col. Bouverie, equerry
to Prince Albert; a carriage drawn by six bays, conveying
Lord Hill, G.C.8., gold stick in waiting, the Earl of Ilches-
ter, captain of the yeoman guard, the Earl of Surrey, trea-
surer of the household, and Sir Geo. Anson, G.C.8., groom
in waiting on Prince Albert; a carriage drawn by six black
horses, conveying the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, lady
in waiting; the Earl of Erroll, K.T., lord steward, Viscount
Torrington, lord in waiting, and Lord George Letinox, gen-
tleman in waiting on Prince Albert.

Her Majesty end Prince Albert left the state rooms at 20
minutes before two o'clock. preceded by the Earl of Ux-
bridge, lord Chamberlain, and the Earl of Belfast, the vice-
chamberlain, her Majesty's train being borne by the pages
of honour in waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert
was habited in a field marshal's uniform, and wore the collars
of the most noble ()Her of the Garter, and of the most ho-
nourable military order of the Bath, with the stars of both
orders. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted
to the state coach, in which were also the Duchess of Bed-
ford, lady in waiting, and the Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H.,
master of the horse. The Queen's marshalmen, two and
two ; the Queen's footmen, in state liveries; and a party of
the yeoman guard preceded the state coach. The royal cor-
tege was escorted by a party of the royal regiment of horse
guards.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of
.the Belgians left
the palace, at the same time, for the House of Lords. Ills
Majesty wore the uniform of an English field marshal, with
the riband and jewel, and also the star, of the most noble
order of the Garter.
The crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir
William Martins, gentleman usher.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received on their re-
turn to the palace by the Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Cham-
berlain, and were conducted up the grand staircase.
The yeoman of the guard were on duty in the marble-hall,
and Mr. Ellerton, clerk of the cheque to the corps, was in
attendance.

The Queen's guard of the grenadier guards was on duty,
with the band of the regiment, on the palace lawn. •
The foreign ministers came yesterday afternoon to Bucking-
ham Palace, to have audience of his Majesty the King of the
Belgians.

Her Majesty, and the Queen of the Belgians, and Prince
Albert, took an airing, yesterday afternoon, in an open car-
riage and four.
The royal dinner party, last evening, included their
Ma-
jesties, the King and Q
of the Belgians, her Royal
Highness Highness the Duchess of keennt,the Belgian minister, and
Madame Van De Weyer, the Earl of Erroll, Viscount Mel-
bourne. the Right Hon. F. Baring, the Right Hon. H. and
Mrs. Labouchere,- the Right Hon. T. B. Macauley, the
et Bvnz. Lady Charlotte Duridas. Lord
RiAtirda or to 4nd regiment of lite guards was in attend-
ance during dinner at the palace.
The Queen gave a concert, on Monday evening, at Buck-
ingham Palace. Among the company were. Baron Bulow,
the Prussian minister; Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese
minister: the Russian minister and Baroness Brunow ;
Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon minister; the Austrian special
minister, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenham and
Hon. Miss Pepys, the Duchess of Northumberland, the
Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Lady C. Stanhope, Lady A.
Somerset, Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Norrnanby, Earl and Countess
Albemarle, Earl and Countess of Belfast, Earl of. Clarendon,
Earl of Minto, Earl and Countess of Surrey, Lady Mary
Howard, the ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget, the
Countess of Erroll, Lady Isabella Wetnyss, Countess of
Mount Edgecumbe, Viscount Duncannon, Lord and Lady
Burghersh, Lord John Russell, Honourable Miss Lister,
Lord Hill, Lord and Lady Leveson, Sir Henry and Lady
Wheatley, Sir Edward and Lady Cust, Sir Robert and Lady
Gardiner, Miss Gardiner, Right Hon. F. T. Baring, Right
Hon. T. B. Macauley, Hon. General Upton, Colonel and
Mrs. Cowper, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs.
.George E. Anson,
Hon. W. Cowper. Mr. and Mrs. Labouchere.
The Princess Augusta received visits, yesterday, from the
Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of. Gloucester. The Duke
of Cambridge visited her royal highness, on Monday evening.
The following was issued yesterday :
" The Princess Augusta has passed an indifferent night,
but her royal highness is not worse than yesterday.
" Clarence house, August II."

THURSDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Queen
of the Belgians, left town at a quarter past four o'clock, yes-
terday afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a
party of lancers, for Windsor Castle. A chariot and four
followed, conveying Colonel Wemyss, equerry in waiting,
and Colonel Bouverie, equerry to Prince Albert. Two open
carriages and four followed, containing the Duchess of Bed-
ford, lady in waiting, Hon. Miss Pitt, and Hon. Miss Spring
Rice, maids of honour in waiting, and Viscount Torrington,
lord in waiting, and the Right lion. George Stevens Byng,
comptroller of the household, General the Hon. Sir W.
Lumley, groom in waiting, and Lord George Lennox, gen-
tleman in waiting on Prince Albert.
Her Majesty was conducted to her carriage by the Earl of
Albemarle, master of the horse, and the Earl of Belfast, vice-
chamberlain. The royal standard was lowered limn the
marble arch on her Majesty's departure.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen of the Bel-
gians, yesterday, in Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty gave audience yesterday to Viscount Mel-
bourne and Lord Hill.

The Duke of Cambridge visited the King of the Belgians
yesterday morning, in Buckingham Palace.
His Majesty King Leopold, attended by Mr. Van Praet,
left Buckingham Palace at three o'clock yesterday afternoon,
for his seat at Claremont.

. . .
The royal dinner party at Windsor Castle, last evening,
was expected to include her Majesty, the Queen of the
Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, M. Van de Weyer, the Bel-
gian minister ; the Earl of Uxbridge and the Ladies Eleanor
and Constance Paget, Viscount Palmerston, Lord G. Len-
nox, right hon. G. S. Byng, Mr. G. E. Anson, Madame
d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot, Duchess of Bedford, Lady C.
Dundas, hon. Miss Pitt, hon. Miss Spring Rice, Baroness
Lehzen, Viscount Torrington,. nen. Sir W. Lumley,, Col.
Wemyss, and Col. Bouverie.

The D'uchess of Ker;Caltended by Lady C. Dundas, left
Ingestre House, Belgrave-square, at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, on a visit to her majesty at Winsdor Castle.
The•-Pririths Augusia re'ceived visits yesterday, from the
King of the Belgians, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duchess
of Gloucester. The following was issued yesterday :
" The Princess Augusta has passed another restless night,
and her royal highness is not quite so well to-day.
Clarence House, August 12."
Viscount Falkland had an interview with Viscount Mel-
bourne yesterday, in Downing-street.
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Major Stark, and Mr. F. Lewis,
had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at
the Home-office.

Sir William Nicholay and Lord Falkland had interviews
with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial•oflfce.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—This afternoon, at a quarter
past six o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied
by the Queen of the Belgians, arrived at the Castle, under
an escort of the Ist Life Guards, commanded by Lord George
Paget.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied
by Lady C. Dundas, arrived early in the afternoon.
Her Majesty w,as also accompanied and preceded by the
following distinguished visitors and suite, who will form the
royal.dinner party this evening. The Duchess of Bedford
(lady in waiting), the Hon. Misses Pitt and Anson (maids of
honour), Viscount Torrington, Sir William Lumley (lord
and groom in waiting) ; Lord George Lennox, Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Melbourne, Hon. Mr.
Anson, Hon. Mr. Byng, Mr. Seymour, Colonel Bouverie,
Colonel Wemyss, Dr. Pestonel, Mons. Van. Pruet, Count
D'Arsobet, Madame d'Hoogvoost, Mon. Van de Weyer, and
Baroness Lehzen.

The King of the Belgians left town for Claremont, and will
arrive at the Castle to-morrow (this day).

Mr. O'Connell has this month entered his 66th year.
A private letter, dated Perpignan, Ist inst., in the Memo-
rial. Bordelais, says that the late riots at Barcelona were pro-
ducing their consequences, and that a great number of rich
inhabitants of that city, belonging either to the national gnard
or to the moderate constitutional party, have fled for protec-
tion to France ; 19 arrived at the port Vendres the 27th ult.
by the steam-boat.

Among the strange packages which came by the general
post on Tuesday to Stamford was one containing 200 leeches.
On emptying the letter-bag the postmaster found to his dis
may some scores of the reptiles crawling about it ; some had
crept into the letters, and others immediately seized upon his
hands, and it was with great difficulty that the dismayed
official escaped a bleeding; they were all secured after a
diligent search.—Stantford Mercury.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER

(From the correspondent of the Morning Herald.)
BUCKINGHAM, MONDAY NIGHT
_ _

Yesterday afternoon, shortly after a quarter-past three,
her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Serene
Highness the Duchess of Saie Weimar, and attended by
Earl Howe, lord chamberlain, Earl of Denbigh, master of
the horse, and the Countess of Sheffield, lady in waiting,
the Earl of Sheffield, and Ladies Georgiana Curzon and
Mary Fielding, arrived at Wolverton by the railroad from
Gopsall Hall, where her Majesty has been passing a week on
a visit to Earl Howe, en route to,visit the Duke and Duchess
of Buckingham, at Stowe.

A special train was engaged on the occasion, and the di-
rectors of the railway company caused extensive preparations
to be made at the above station to facilitate the arrival and
departure of her Majesty and suite, so that no inconvenience
should be experienced from the concourse of persons assem-
bled.

The Newport Pagnell troop of yeomanry cavalry, under
the command of Captain Lucas, was drawn up in a line in
front of the carriage way, and after the royal party were
ready to start, formed an escort to the queen dowager's
carriage.

The liveliest interest was excited at Stoney Stratford, and,
indeed, along the whole line of the royal route.
On gaining the main road from Wolverton to Stoney S'rat-
ford, a triple arch, formed of the usual materials, evergreens,
&c, was erected near the bridge ; but these temporary struc-
tures of respect and joy were not general until the royal cor-
tege arrived at the last mentioned town.
Just on entering Stoney Stratford there was an immense
triumphal arch of oak and evergreens profusely ornamented
with flowers and flags. Nearly every house in the High-
street- and there were but two or three exceptions, was
adorned by some external emblem in flowers, laurels, and
ribands, and two magnificent arches extending across the
street were tastefully arranged with flowers, and ornamented
with flags. On the largest, just before the post-office, was a
blue and yellow banner, with the words, " Long may she
live" inscribed in large characters. What with the clamour
and applause that greeted the illustrious visiter, the ringing
of the church bells, and the waving of flags and handker-
chiefs from the upper apartments of the houses, this other-
wise retired town seemed bewitched.
There was nothing worthy of notice until her Majesty and
revenue arrived at Daneshanger. A troop of the Buck's
yeomanry cavalry, under the command of Captain Brinkwell,
was stationed on the green to relieve the Newport Pagnell
troop. Two unique arches were erected across the road,
the largest one was at the entrance of the Buckingham road,
and had a white banner, the border vandyked with blue and
pink, with the inscription, " God save Queen Adelaide, grant
her in health and wealth long to live," in letters of gold, and
emblazoned with a crown and laurel wreaths in gold.—
Several hundred persons had collected at that retired village,
and warmly chewed her Majesty on passing through.
: The royal cortege then pursued its route to Buckingham.
On the road, about two miles and a half from Buckingham,
there was a splendid triumphal arch ; and at Maidsmorton,
midway between Buckingham, there was another elegant
erection, both being surmounted by various flags.
The mayor and the inhabitants of the town have been un-
ceasing in their endeavours to give her Majesty a reception ,
becoming her exalted station, and I must give them credit
for-their exertions, for the arrangements were conducted on
such an extensive scale and with such remarkable good judg-
ment that they could not fail to have given the greatest
pleasure to the illustrious visiter. That there was much
thought of the visit of the Queen Dowager you may easily
imagine, when I inform you that no Queen has been in
Buckingham_ since 1582. when Queen Elizabeth, in her way
from Kenilworth to Oxford, rested here. The Queen dined
there at 12 o'clock, and was received with great pomp by the
bailiff and burgesses, who conducted her to the boundary of
Oxfordshire. Charles I. was at Buckingham, June 24,
1644, when he had the tidings brought him of the birth of a
daughter, his Queen having been confined at Exeter four
days before.
From an early hour in the morning all was bustle and
activity, waggons entering the town from all quarters, bur-
dened with laurel and oak, and flags were being made out of
number. _ _

The market-place was crowded by three o'clock ; and the
worthy mayor, G. Parrott. Esq., with the members of the
corporation, the Rev. Mr. Silvester, Rev. Mr. Oldred, Rev.
Mr. Blewett, and the clergy and gentry of the neighbourhood,
assembled at the Town-hall.
A strong posse of special constables lined the carriage way.
It would be an irksome task for me to describe, even
briefly, the decorations of the town. Every house gave evi-
dence of the loyalty of its occupier, by displaying some ex-
ternal demonstration. A grand arch was erected about three
quarters of a mile from the town, ornamented tastefully with
flowers and flags, with the welcome of the town inscribed in
large letters, " Welcome Queen Adelaide to the town of
Buckingham." A short distance from the arch, towards the
town, is the workhouse, in the garden of which an elevated
platform was erected for the poor inmates. This was a kind
action, and reflects honour to the feelings of the board of
guardians, for catering to the amusement of the unfortunates
who dwell beneath its roof.' They had a clean appearance,
and seemed contented, and to highly relish the festivity of
the day. Immediately beyond the gaol was a row of seats
for the children of the national schools, amounting in num-
ber to about 350. All of them had crimson rosettes.
In the centre of the market-place was a superb triple arch,
composed of oak and laurels, and otherwise decorated, with
the words " God bless Queen Adelaide," in Roman capitals.
On each side of the arch was the Buckingham troop of the
Bucks yeomanry cavalry, commanded by Captain Carrington
and the Marquis of Chandos, who were appointed to conduct
her Majesty to Stowe.
The procession, in which there were not less than 800 per-
sons, all wearing crimson satin rosettes, proceeded at a slow
pace until it reached the gaol, where the children of the na-
tional school were stationed, where they halted while the
children sang the National Anthem.
Her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar seemed
much gratified with the humble efforts of the youthful
vocalists. _ _ •

The cavalcade then resumed their route amidst the rap-
turous acclamations of the spectators. Her Majesty re-
peatedly acknowledged the bursts of welcome that hailed her
presence on every side by inclining her head.
The crowd was very great, and in the market-place the
Duchess of Saxe Weimar evinced some alarm at the cries of
several women and children who were in the middle of the
snob, but no accident happened that I am aware of.
The Buckingham Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, under the
command of Captain Carrington and the Marquis of Chan-
dos, then joined the procession.
The Queen and suite then went direct to Stowe, along the
rola 11X -w-Wa WoßNMeAlisis Wag CRitrtit?g
In that part of the park, on the left of Crackmore, a beau-
tiful arch was erected, the green foliage of which was relieved
with bouquets of natural and artificial flowers. On each side
the children of the local infant schools were formed in ranks,
each child having a small rosette. The villagers of Crack-
more gave a suitable welcome to her Majesty.
The high sheriff of the county (Mr. Deering) had the ho-
nour of receiving her Majesty, on the royal cortege entering
the avenue.

I need not observe it was quite a holiday, and some thou-
sands of individuals from Oxfordshire, and the surrounding
counties, came to Buckingham on the occasion, to witness
112 r Majesty's passage. For about a mile and a half the tout
ensemble was most magnificent, from the divers flags that
floated in the air, and the tasteful exteriors of the houses, the
balconies of which were enclosed with different coloured
draperies for the accommodation of spectators. Some time
before the arrival of the Queen Dowager all the balconies
were filled with elegantly-dressed ladies, and I do not recol-
lect having seen, during her Majesty's tour, such a galaxy of
feminine beauty as was assembled on this joyous occasion.
Cast your eyes in whatever direction you pleased, not even
the smallest casement was without a party. A respectable
member of the corporation said to me, " He never raw such
an influx of strangers during a residence of 50 years in the
town."

At five o'clock the mayor and members of the town-coun-
council, with all their paraphernalia of office, with the clergy
in their canonicals, received her Majesty at the triumphal
arch, a short distance from the road, attended by Sir Thomas
Fremantle, Bart., M.P., and the principal inhabitants of the
borough. The cheering of the multitude was, as might be
expected, most enthusiastic. The cavalcade then formed,
and entered the town.
In the rear of the royal cavalcade were the Earl and Coun-
tess of 'Jersey, Lady Sarah Villiers, and Lord Adolphus Fitz-
clarence, who arrived at Stoney Stratford as the royal cortege
went through that town.
At the Corinthian arch, through which the gardens are
entered, was a troop of artillery with their field-pieces, who,
on her Majesty's arrival, saluted her with a royal salute of
21 guns. The Royal Standard was hoisted on the flag-staff,
on the top of the arch, which is 60 feet high, and is of stone.
The Queen and retinue then went by a circuitous drive to
the north front entrance of the mansion.
His Grace the Duke of Buckingham received her Majesty,
on alighting from the carriage, at the bottom of the portico
steps, and then conducted her to the north ball, where the
Duchess of Buckingham and Lady Ann Grenville were in
waiting to receive her august visitor. The guests invited to
meet her Majesty were also assembled in the hall, including
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley,
Countess of Bridgewater, 'Lord de Lisle, Lord and Lady
Lyndhurst, Hon. Miss Copley, Sir Thomas and Lady Free-
mantle, Sir William Freemantle, Sir W. and Lady Young,
Hon. Miss Murray, Mr. Tatton and Lady Charlotte Egerton,
Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, of Ankerwycke, &c.
Her Majesty and her Serene Highness the Duchess of
Saxe Weimar were then conducted by the noble host and
hostess through the splendid saloon to the music-room,
which was appropriated solely to her Majesty's use, it afford-
ing the gregest facility of communication with the state
bed-room and other private apartments.
Of the saloon and the other attractions of Stowe I intend
giving an account in a future letter.
When her Majesty arrived, the band of the yeomanry corps
struck up " God save the Queen," and the tenantry and
villagers, exceeding 300 in number, on the lawn, testified their
pleasure by their hearty cheering.

STOWE, TUESDAY MORNING.
The dinner party last evening, in addition to her Majesty
the Queen Dowager and her Serene Highness the Duchess
of Saxe Weimar, included the Archbishop of Canterbury
and Mrs. Howley ; Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady
Sarah Villiers, Earl Howe, Countess of Bridgewater, Earl
Denbigh, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Hon. Miss Copley,
Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lord De Lisle, Lady Mary
Fielding, Lady Georgiana Curzon, Viscount Villiers, M.P.,
Mr. Tatton Egerton, M. P., and Lady Charlotte Egerton,
Lord and Lady Nugent, Sir William Fremantle, Bart:, Sir
Thomas Fremantle, Bart. M. P., and Lady Fremantle, Sir
W. and Lady Young, Mr. Spencer, Hon. Miss Murray, Mr.
R. Neville, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Mr. George Du
Pre, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, of Ankerwycke, Mr.
and Mrs. Grenville Pigott, the High Sheriff of Bucks, Mr.
Deering, &c. Covers were laid for 45.
The display of plate was most princely, but of that more
anon.

At Buckingham there was a grand public dinner at the
Cobham Arms, where the worthy mayor presided, and was
ably supported by members of the corporation, the officers
of the yeoman corps, and the influential inhabitants of the
town. It was a sumptuous dinner, the Duke of Bucking-
ham kindly sending the venison. " The Queen," " The
Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert and the members of the
Royal Family," " The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham
and Chandos," " The Duke of Wellington." and Prospe
rity to the Town of Buckingham," were the staple toasts of
the evening. The hilarity of the evening was kept up until
after eleven, when the party separated, after passing a cheer-
ful evening. Every justice was done to the toasts by the
loyal muster, as also the health of the chairman, for his abi-
lity in the chair.
There is to be a grand ball to-morrow night at Stowe, to
which upwards of 700 of the nobility and gentry of the county
have been invited. A temporary saloon has been erected, at
great expense, on the north-east side of the mansion.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager does not intend leaving
until Thursday morning, and, from what I hear, it is pro-
bable her Majesty will not go to Bushey, but to visit the
Archbishop of York, at Nuneham, Oxfordshire.
The Duke of Buckingham, with a liberality becoming his
princely fortune, has given sums varying from £2O to £5 to
the surrounding villages, so that the poor may enjoy them-
selves on occasion of the royal visit to Stowe.

(From a Correspondent of the Morning Herald of yesterday.)
STOWE, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Yesterday morning her Majesty the Queen Dowager, ac-
companied by the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, Countess of Bridge-
water, Earl Howe, Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lord De
Lisle, Eaal Denbigh, &c., attended divine service in the pri-

uate chapel. The Rev. Mr. Andrews, his grace's domestic
chaplain, was the officiating clergyman.
The chapel is wainscotted with cedar, and has a gallery of
the same hung with crimson velvet. A portion of the
wainscotting was brought out of a Spanish prize by the Earl
of Bath to fit up his chapel at Stowe, near Kilkhampton, in
Cornwall. the seat of the Cornish branch of the Grenville
family, from whence it was brought by Lord Cobham, who
purchased it when the house was pulled down ; the other
portion is from the chapel at Bulstrode, the seat of the late
Duke of Portland. The carvings are by Gibbons. The
cieling is very good, after the design of that at the Chapel
Royal, St. James's. It has a small but good-toned organ,
which originally belonged to James 11., and was used at his
private chapel, at the camp on Hounslow-heath. It, subse-
quently was purchased by Lord Wharton, for his chapel at
Whinchendon, Bucks, and from thence came into the posses-
sion of the Grenville family. Over the communion-table is
a copy of the " Holy Lamb." by Rubens, and above it the
royal a►vns richly carved and gilded. In the chapel there is
a curious antique shrine, composed of groups of figures,
representing the Crucifixion. Within the rails of the com-
munion table hang the colours of the first provisional batta-
lion of militia, which, under the command of the late Duke
of Buckingham, volunteered for foreign service, and joined
the British army in France, under the Duke (then Marquis)
of Wellington in 1814.
In the course of the morning the Queen Dowager and her
Royal Highnee the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, attended by
the Duke and-Duchess of Buckingham, Marquis of Chandos,
Lady Anna Grenville, and accompanied by a party of the
noblemen and ladies partaking of the hospitalities of the noble
duke and duchess, went over the mansion. From this splen-
did chateau being unrivalled from the regularity of its archi-
tecture and the beauty of the surrounding domains, it may
not be out of place to give a short space for a descriptive
mention of its manifold attractions. I should say that those
tourists who have had the opportunity of going over the house
and grounds cannot but exclaim with Pope, that it is a place
" Where order in variety we see,
And where, though all things differ, all agree."
The mansion is approached from Buckingham by a straight
road, two miles long, through an avenue of trees, at the end
of which is a Corinthian arch, and the house is gained by a
circuitous road of three miles. Th 3 entrance is by the north
portico, formed by four lonic columns and two pilasters.
On each side is a figure of a lion couchant. On each side cf
the portico are two circular corridors, supported on each side
by 27 lonic columns and one pilaster. The corridors are
adorned with marble busts, and ornamented with niches and
pilasters. In front of the mansion is a fine equestrian statue
of George 1., in armour, with the following Latin inscription
on the pedestal :--
" In medic, mihi Caesar erit—
Et viridi in campo signum de marmore ponam."
COBHAM.
After luncheon the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the
Duchess of Buckingham, went over the gardens in a pony
chaise. Her Serene Highness the Ducess of Saxe Weimar,

the Duke of Buckingham, Archbishop of Canter Vary;
Countess of Sheffield, Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, Lord
de Lisle, Lord and Lady Nugent, Lord Adolphus Fitz-
Clarence; Lord Villiers, &c., followed ou foot.
Her Majesty first visited the Temple of Venus, a building
in the lonic order, within which is a beautiful Venus disco-
vered in an excavation near the palace of the Cesars at
Rome. The party then went to the Temple of Friendship,
a large structure of the Tuscan order. Within are busts, in
white marble, of Richard Viscount Cobham, Frederick
Prince of Wales, the Earls of Westmoreland, Chesterfield,
and Marchmont; Lords Cobham, Gower, and Bathurst ;
Richard Grenville, afterwards Earl Temple ; William Pitt,
afterwards Earl of Chatham ; and George Lyttelton, after-
wards Lord Lyttelton, political friends of Viscount Cobham.
From thence the royal party went over the Palladium-bridge
to visit the Gothic Temple, rather a large building of yellow
stone, after the Moorish-gothic. The windows are all of
curious old coloured glass, with heraldic bearings of the
Saxon Heptarchy. Her Majesty did not ascend to the
tower, but her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe
Weimar went to the top, and expressed her delight at the
extensive view it affords of the surrounding country.
The Queen Dowager here alighting from the pony phaeton
joined the party on foot, and next proceeded to see the Tem-
ple of British Worthies, which contains the busts of Alex-
ander Pope, Sir Thomas Gresham, Ignatius Jones, John
Milton, William Shakspeare, John Locke, Sir Isaac New-
ton, •Sir Francis Bacon, King Alfred, Edward Prince of Wales,
Queen Elizabeth, King William 111., Sir Walter Raleigh,
Sir Francis Drake, John Hampden, and Sir John Barnard,
by Rysbrack and Scheemakers. The Grotto and Queen's
Building were next viewed by the illustrious circle. The lat-
ter building was dedicated by George Marquis of Bucking-
ham to Charlotte Sophia Queen of England, on the recovery
of George 111. from his illness, in 1791. After visiting the
Temple of Ancient Virtue, a rotunda in the lonic order, em-
bellished with full-length statues of Lycurgus, Socrates,
Homer, and Epaminondas, by Scheemakers, her Majesty and
her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar then
came to the south portico, where, on the lawn in front, seve-
ral thousand spectators had congregated, the greater portion
being the gentry of the county, for the duke has kindly given
permission to the public to promenade from four until eight
in the evening.
On her Majesty's ascending the steps the cheering was
general, and her Majesty recognised their kind manifestation
of pleasure by occasionally bending forward. In addition to
her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, all the com-
pany staying with the duke and duchess had assembled under
the portico. Two fine bands were stationed on the lawn,
which added considerably to the gaiety of the scene.
In fact, yesterday seemed another holiday here, for the
surrounding villages were thronged, with vehicles of all de-
scriptions. At night one of the bands paraded the town of
Buckingham, and it was long after night had set her mantle
on all around that silence resumed her sway.
The dinner party last evening was the same as on Monday,
with the exception of the Earl of Jersey and Ladies Mary
Fielding and Georgiana Curzon, who were erroneously in-
serted in the list forwarded to you. Miss Wheatley is the
maid of honour in waiting on her Majesty.
To-morrow morning her Majesty leaves as early as nine
o'clock for Bicester, en route to Oxford, to the Arcbishop
of York's at Nuneham.
Her Majesty will be at Bushey positively on Saturday
next. •

THE LATE DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT,