The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,.

IThe collection of the customs in Bengal for the year
exhibits an increased amount of Rs. 7,26,515, exclusive
of coasters.

AMERICAN PAPERS,

By the Acadia, we have received New York papers to
the 31st and Montreal to the 29th ultimo.
The canvass for the Presidential election was proceed-
ing with much spirit. Large meet:ngs, characterized by
great order and quiet, were being held in every pert of the
country, and the prospects of Clay and Freelinghasen con-
tinued brilliant. President Tyler Lad formally withdrawn
from the contest. His retirement restores the Demo-
Cratic party to its former entireness. Mr. Clay says, with
regard to Texas, that, so far fr,,m having any personal
objections to the annexation, he should be glad to see ir,
if without dishonour, without war, with the common con-
sent of the Union, and upon fair and just terms. Slavery
lie considers to have nothing to do with the question, he
deeming it to be an institution which will inevitably be-
come extinct by the natural increase of the population.
Be concludes his letter by stAing, that if, in the event of
his election, annexation should become a matter for con-
sideration, he should be governed in his course by the
state of fact and public opinion existing at the time, but,
above all, he should be governed by the paramount duty
of preserving the union entire. M. Polk is in favour of
a " tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient
amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of Govern-
ment, economically administered."
Captain Barstow, of the packet-ship Cambridge, which
had arrived at New York, picked up, on the 12th ult., the
crew of a boat belonging to the French fishing schooner
Avenie, of Honfleur, France, in lat. 44 36, lon. 53. They
had been separated from their vessel thirty-six hours, by
a violent gale of wind and thick ,fog, when they board.ed
thC Cambridge ; and they judged themselves to be sixty
miles from their vessel. They were entirely destitute of
provisions and water. Captain Berry, of the Vicksburgh,
on his passage from New Orleans to New York, was also
the instrument of rescuing seven persons, the captain and
crew of the British schooner Ortinge, which had been lost
on the voyage from Jamaica to Matanzas. One boy,
named W. Roscoe, died soon after from exhaustion, fa-
mine, and exposure, they having been in the boat during
'fourteen days.

The Englishman states, that indigo; raw silk, piece
goods, and precious stones, to the amount of Rs.
1,76,261, have.been shipped from Calcutta to Europe by
the Suez route.

The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Naples,
announcing that the Government of the Two Sicilies is at
present revising its tariffs, with a view to diminishing the
duties now pressing on foreign exports. The letter adds
that the Neapolitan cabinet has renounced all hope of
concluding an advantageous treaty with France, England,
and Spain, but that it was on the point of entering into
negotiations with the Zollverein.
An extract from a letter from Larache has been trans-
mitted to us by our Marseilles correspondent, which as-
serts positively that the Emperor of Morocco had declined
to accept the ultimatum of the French Government, end
that, notwithstanding the severe I,sson he has received at
Tangier, Mogador, and Isly, he remains as obstinate as
ever, and is preparing for a vigorous resistance. He is
probably influenced by the fact that no more operations,
military or naval, are likely to be commenced during the
present season.—Morning Herald.
CORN TRADE OF THE BALTIC.—The Cologne Gazette
contains the following letter from Berlin, of the Ist of
September :—" A gr.. at uneasiness is felt for the corn
trade of the Baltic provinces, and especially for the trade of
Dantzic, where immense quantities of wheat are accumu-
lated, which cannot be disposed of except in case of a bad
harvest in England ; but as it is better this year than it
has been for along time, the Merchants of Dantzic being
obliged to keep their corn, are threatened with consider-
able losses. One house has already failed for 180,000
, dollars, and it is feared that several others, and more con-
siderathe houses, will share the same fate."
Advices from Madrid of the 4th instant state, that the
quarrel between Morocco and Spain is at length arranged,
through the mediation of Mr. Bulwer and Mr. Hay. By
the last accounts from Gibraltar Mr. Bulwer was about
to proceed to Cadiz, for the purpose of offering his good
offices in the differences between Morocco and Sweden,
Denmark, &c. The terms granted by the Emperor ap-
pear to be very favourable to Spain, and show that his
Moorish Majesty is not at all the unreasonable or absurd
personage which the French would lead us to believe him
to be. In this quarrel with Spain, which is of very ob-
scure origin, and which it is very doubtful if justice was
not on the side of the Moors, his Imperial Majesty has
granted terms so liberal as to be of themselves a proof
that his wish is sincerely in favor of peace.

THE COURT 1k FASHIONABLE WORLD.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

The quotation of Exchange on London bad advanced
to 101 to 110. Shipments of silver to the amount of one
million of dollars had been made.
An extensive conflagration had occurred at Boston, by
which upwards of thirty buildings were destroyed, and the
loss amounted to about fifty thousand dollars.
The usual cotton circular, of Mr. T. P. Stewa: t, will be
found below.

Our accounts from Montreal, to the 29th ult., state
that the following list, comprising men of great ta'ent, is
confidently asserted to be the Ministry selected by Sir
Charles Metcalfe :—President of the Council, Mr. Viger ;
Secretary, Mr. Daly; Attorney-General for Upper
Canada, Mr. Draper; Attorney-General for Lower
Canada, Mr. Sherwood ; Solicitor-General for Upper
Canada, Mr. Chabot; Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Mr. D. P. Papineau ; Receiver-General, Mr. William
Morris; Inspector-General, Mr. Merritt. It is also re-
ported, that the present Ministry do not think it advisable
that the existing Parliament should be again called
together. If this is the case a dissolution and general
election may be speedily expected.
The great public works of the province are proceeding
rapidly ; but, unfortunately, are the cause of repeated
outrage and breaches of the peace amongst the Irish la-
bourers employed upon them. The prospects of agricul-
ture this year are stated to be very good. The wheat
raising in the lower province has been peculiarly success-
ful, the crops having suffered but little from the fly, the
usual curse of the Canadian farmer, and hardly at all
from rust. The accounts from Upper Canada are also
very flattering. Trade, in every branch, was dull.
The intelligence from Vera Cruz, to the Bth ult., had
been brought to New Orleans by her Majesty's sloop-of-
war Rose, which had been despatched with the English
malls which were intended for the Tay, which ran aground
on the Colorados reef. We learn that the Mexican au-
thorities were recruiting sailors for their navy rapidly.
Santa Anna bad placed the remains of the unfortunate
General Sentamanat at the disposal of his family, in the
United States. It seems that there was truth in the
statements that the Mrxicans mutilated the dead body of
Sentamanat, though Santa Anna utterly disavows the act,
and has ordered Ampudia, the °facer under whose orders
the outrage took place, to give a strict account of his
conduct. 'The French and Spanish ministers in Mexico
have addressed strong protestations to the government
against the summary executions of the prisoners taken in
the rash expedition under Sentamanat.
It is said the proposition has been made to " suspend
all the constitutional forms of government during the war
with Texas, and invest the President with uncontrollable
power to raise money and do any thing else which he may
deem necessary."
The election for a Presi lent of Texas was to:take place
last Monday. Burleson and Jones were the candidates; ,
the first was in favour of annexation, the latter against it.
Jones was supported by the influence of Houston,_ the
late President, but it was believed the popularity of Bur-
leson would elect him. Jones was openly in favour of
an alliance with England, and the establishment of a
policy unfavourable to the United States.
The New York papers give the following extract from
a letter, dated Bluefields, Musqueto Shore, South Arne-
xica :—" This port is now in possession of the English,
and a British flag is flying here. A tonnage duty of
fifty cents per ton on all vessels trading here or any part
of the Musqueto Shore is to go in force on the 31st of
August in the present year. An English man-of-war has
been hcre and landed a Governor and some arms. It
appears they are going to take possession of the coast as
far down as Been del Toro. The report here is that the
man-of-war has gone down to blockade Salt Creek."
San Fernando, in South America, is stated to have been
destroyed by floods ; but the accounts are meagre.

IRELAND.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The usual weekly meeting was held on Monday, at which
the recent state prisoners attended. The Lord Mayor
took the chair. Mr. Pierce S. Butler, M.P. for Kil-
kenny, was admitted a member of the association ; and
the next business, the admission of the Hon. G. H.
Hutchinson. brother of Lord Donoughmore, was received
with tremendous enthusiasm. •
Mr. O'Connell shortly afterwards addressed the meet-
ing, but his speech was mainly occupied with congratu-
lations on his release, and abuse of those who have
endeavoured to stay his seditious career. He said his
sentence was an unjust and illegal one, and that he had as
good a right to send the judges to gaol as they had to send
him. Having dwelt upon the topic, and spoken of Lord
Brougham as an "indescribable wretch," lauded the
Whigs for having appointed to the bench such men as
Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell ; and ob-
served that if they had remained in power the Chief Baron
of the Irish Exchequer (Brady) would be Chief Justice;
Mr. Pigot would be Chief Baron ; Mr. Moore, Mr.
Monahan, and Mr. Hatchell would be on the bench
and the prosecution would never have been heard of.
He alluded to the tranquillity of Ireland, and then an-
nounced h:s intended future operations as follows :
" First, as to the Clontarf meeting (loud cheers)—that
meeting which was to have been collected together legally,
and was illegally prevented from assembling. We are
bound to adhere to principle. Our principle was right,
and we are to consider whether it has been sufficiently
vindicated by the verdict of the House of Lords, or whe-
ther we are called upon in its support to hold that memo-
rable meeting: For some time 1 thought that it would
be necessary to call my fellow-countrymen again together
upon the shore of Clontarf, to vindicate our conduct;
but considering that the reversing of the judgment by the
House of Lords has fully done so already, I almost think
it unnecessary. When we have such men as Lords Cot-
tenham, Denman, and Campbell deciding that we were
right—considering that decision, I doubt whether it is
necessary to hold the meeting, and if it is unnecessary,
it should not be held, as we ought not to be insolent
because triumphant. Therefore, upon this day week
I will propose that it be referred to a committee to
consider the subject. My own opinion, however, is
against it. The next matter to which I intend to refer is
the plan I brought forward last year for the establishment
of a Preservative Assembly in Ireland. This is a subject
surrounded by legal difficulties which we must approach
by degrees, and which we were prevented considering last
autumn by the iniquitous prosecution. My plan you are
aware was this—that three hundred gentlemen should
meet in Dublin in a body, and that, the title of each gen-
tleman to form part of that assembly should be his hand-
ing in £lOO. They were to appoint their own treasurer,
and be the guardians of their ova money. I would pro-
pose that they should unite together for the purpose of
correcting and controlling everything done by the associa-
tion, the members of which should take no step without
their full sanction and unqualified approval. A body of
that kind would be a drag on the wheel, which would
prevent any danger of revolutionary violence, and would
have the greatest influence over the association to
preserve it from all danger, and to remove its pro-
ceedings from all suspicion. They would act between
the government and the association, and enter into ar-
rangements with the minister which could not be other-
wise effected, and obtain ultimately a parliament for Ire-
land—should it only be a federal parliament in the first
instance. I do not myself approve of a federal parlia-
ment, or think it the best ; but, still, I would not object
to their getting the best they could from the government,
which could not attempt to disturb such an influential
body of men, and which, if properly addressed, could not
refuse them what they asked legally and determinedly,
therefore, upon the next day of meeting I will move for a
committee to form such an assembly, or rules for their
guidance. I will now detail to you my third and last
plan. He proceeded to say that his next plan was one to
which he was greatly attached, and one which he was
firmly resolved to carry out, namely, the impeachment of
the Irish judges and the Attorney-General. He com-
menced by referring to the monster indictment, which he
said was honestly declared by Mr. Richard O'Gorman to
be incomprehensiLle to the grand jury, in which he was
fully borne out by the opinion of Lord. Denmanrwho said
that it was a document of such a nature, it was almost
impossible for any man to come to a conclusion upon its
contents, so voluminous and- intricate were its complica-
tions. The honourable gentleman after referring at length
to the trial, and announcing his intention of visiting the
people of England six weeks before the meeting of Parlia-
ment, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they coin-
cided with the feelings of the English minister upon Irish
questions, and particularly with reference to the late pro-
secution, concluded to call on the meeting, in the
usual terms, to continue to preserve the peace inviolate,
which had placed them in their high position, and was
certain of accomplishing their moat ardent wishes.

DUBLIN CORPORATION.—On Saturday last a special
meeting of this body was held when an address of con.
gratulation was voted to Mr. O'Connell.
A splendid banquet was given the other daae• by the cor•
poration of Londonderry to Sir Robt.le, the hero o
Jellalabad.

DUEL PIZEVENTED.—A fracas whiA occurred between
Mr. Dillon Browne and Mr. Caffey, editor of the Monitor,
the former having challenged the latter on account of
some jocular remarks which appeared in his publication,
was brought to a conclusion on Saturday, at the Head
Police-office, the latter gentleman having tendered infor-
mations against his challenger, who was bound over in
personal security of £4OO and two co-securities of £2OO
each to keep the peace for seven years.

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The spirit of the O'Connellites is exploding. Notwith-
standing the efforts to controul, or at least to conceal it,
out it occasionally bursts. We do not mind the plunder
of plantations, for the appropriation of property, when
there is no danger of apprehension, is a " venial" thing;
but in the public streets, the scoundrels, as they find fa-
vourable opportunity, vent their spite on Conservatives.
On Tuesday night the windows of two respectable house-
holders were broken by a mob perambulating the city.
Drunken vagabonds were reeling about crying out for " a
bloody Orangeman." This we saw and heard • and on
Sunday, while too fellows were talking together about
the recent verdict. " Stop," said one of them, " until we
get the arms, and we'll shoot the tigers." Both these
" patriots " were sober.—Cork Constitution.
O'CONNELLITE REJOICINGS.—Since the news arrived
of the escape of Mr. O'Connell and confreres from prison
we have had our streets crowded every evening with rab-
ble mobs carrying lighted torches and tar barrels, each
being headed by a "temperance " band, whose music was
lost in the yells of the rabble. Last night, however, they
seemed to tire of the sameness of their proceedings, and
thetefore added to their enjoyments by smashing the win-
dows of the Conservatives. As one of these yelling gangs
passed the house of Mr. Thomas Steel, in Patrick-street,
a stone came from the centre of the body, passed close to
Mr. Steel, who stood at his door, conceiving his presence
would check outrage, and broke a pane of glass in his shop
window. About the same time another squad was pass-
ing by the house of Mr. Robert Johnson, chandler, in
Patrick-street, when a stone came from it, passed be-
tween the heads of two gentlemen who stood in front of
the shop window, and broke a pane of glass, the crash of
which was followed with a yell of exultation.—Cork Con-
stitution.

The Dublin Evening Mail, in reference to the conduct
of the late prisoners, says—" The affair passed off with
perfect peace and quiet, except ' a scene of terrific shout-
ing, groaning, and hissing' opposite the house of Mr.
Hamilton, the foreman of the jury who tried the prison-
ers. Mr. O'Connell's speech from the balcony of his
house was also not for war.' Indeed it was distinguished
by a much greater freedom from virulence and vitupera-
tion than usually characterises the declamation of the hon.
gentleman. ' Why should we be angry ?' he truly and
relevantly asked. When we were losing we kept our tem-
pers; should we not do the same now thatwe are winning?'
So say we all; no man has less right to be out of humpur
than Mr. O'Connell; his star is now in the ascendant.
The governmenthave played his game : their discourage.
:eonut of the friends of British connexion, and their ob-
i s determination to loosen the few Cads that now
remain to connect Irish Protestants with the people of
England more closely an with their Roman Catholic

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fellow-countrymen, are already producing their results.
Protestant gentlemen,' said Mr. O'Connell, on Satur-
day, ' of rank and fortune are crowding around us, and
another joins us on Monday.' The Repeal conver-
sion here alluded to is, we understand, that of the
Honourable Mr. Hutchinson, a brother of the Earl of
Donoughmore. Within the last few days Mr. J. G. V.
Porter, High Sheriff and deputy Lieutenant of Ferma-
nagh, and son of the Rev. Grey Porter, a clergyman of
large property, and long distinguished as possessing the
strongest possible feelings, has published a pamphlet,
strongly and ably advocating the cause of repeal. These
occurrences cannot be denied to be the signs of the times.
What does Sir Robert Peel think of them ?'

The Royal Victoria and Albert st• am-yacht, having her
Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal on board,
passed Scarborough on Tuesday morning, about halt-past
tea o'clock. The royal standard was floating from the
mast-head of the steamer. Another steamer (the Black
Eagle) was in attendance upon the royal yacht. After
leaving Scarborough, the royal yacht continued the north-
west track close in along the coast, passing before twelve
o'clock the Great Yorkshire Cliff, Robin Hood's Bay,
and Whitby. At all these places every possible demon-
stration of loyalty was exhibited by the people on shore.
The squadron bore away in the direction of Tynemouth,
where it arrived about half-past two, p.m. The Tyne
steamers went close alongside of the royal yacht (which
was abreast of Tynemouth Bar precisely at half-past
three o'clock), and loudly cheered the royal party. To
the great disappointment of the visitors, neither her Ma-
jesty nor Prince Albert were on deck. Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, however, acknowledged their loyalty on the
part of her Majesty. The passage from London to Tyne-
mouth effected by the royal yacht is the quickest on re-
cord. The distance, 320 miles, was accomplished in about
twenty-nine hours.
Of the vessels which are said to compose the escort,
many departed some time previously for Scotland. The
following, however, belon4ing to her Majesty's navy,
formed an imposing squadron :—The Royal Victoria and
Albert, steam-yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence,
G.C.B. • the Black Eagle, steam-yacht, Captain the Earl
of Hardwicke ; the Eclair, steam-sloop, the man-of-war
escort, Com. Walter G. B. Estcourt ; the Stromboli,
steam-sloop, Corn. the Hon. Plunkett ; the Blazer,
steam-vessel, Capt. Washington ; the Porcupine, steam-
vessel, Capt. Bullock ; the Volcano, steam-vessel, Lieut.
Corn. E. C. Miller; the Princess Alice, steam-tender,
Master Corn. Luke Smithett. Thus our Queen has a
squadron of above 1800-horse power to attend her opt the
seas ; her own yacht being the most powerful of the fleet.
At half-past three on Wednesday morning the royal
squadron was signalled from Broughton Ferry, and a sa-
lute of 21 guns was fired. The Queen, it was expected,
would land at once, but her majesty and suite did not de-
bark until half-past eight o'clock, at which hour her ma-
jesty, accompanied by Prince Albert and the Princess
Royal (in her nurse's arms,) and her other attendants,
left the royal yacht and entered the state barge, which was
steered by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence.
At a quarter to nine o'clock she landed at the quay,
where she was received by the authorities.
A handsome triumphal arch was erected across Castle-
street, and two others on the road to Blair Athol, and a
crimson carpeting laid down along the road by which her
Majesty had to walk towards her carriage. At the en-
trance to the middle quay a handsome triumphal arch was
erected, in imitation of a free stone building—in height,
up to:the top of the flag staff, 100 feet, and 80 feet broad.
The centre of these arches had over it the royal arms, and
was inscribed with the words, " Welcome, Victoria,
Prince Albert." The royal standard floated over the
building. On either side of the middle quay, and towards
the town, scaffolding, handsomely decorated, was erected,
accommodating nearly 1,500 persons, all dressed in their
gayest and best, and forming in themselves a pleasing
sight. All the yards of the vessels were manned, and
steamers and flags were flying. To this add the beautiful
scenery of the Tay and the brilliancy imparted to the
whole by one of the finest mornings of the season, and it
will be seen that the spectacle presented to the eye, whe-
ther from the town or from the river, was gay and ani-
mated in the extreme. The whole route by which the
Queen was to pass through the town was gaily decorated
with evergreens and flags and alive with anxious faces.
When Her Majesty stepped ashore the yards were man-
ned, and the scene was animated by the cheering of the
tars. Nor were the spectators behindhand. They
cheered most loyally. In a few minutes Her Majesty had
reached her carriage, and the royal party drove off through
the town amidst the vociferous cheers of the people.
Some were heard to grumble that the carriage was a close
one, and that the Queen could not be seen ; and, what
was to them perhaps as mortifying, that she could not see
all the gay preparations mide for her.
The Royal carriages were accompanied by a town pro-
cession, and by ti e authorities, and proceeded with the
Queen to Dudhope Church, where they took leave of her
Majesty, who proceeded at a rapid rate on to Blair Athol,
which place she reached in less than four hours, or about
two o'clock.

A guard of honour of the 60th regiment was in readi-
ness to receive her Majesty on landing, aad parties of the
Scots Greys were stationed at intervals of six miles on the
road to Blair Athol, which is 50 miles from Dundee, in
order to escort her Majesty as she passed along. A
guard of 200 Highlanders, who have been under drill far
some time by Lord Glenlyon, will attend her Majesty at
Blair Atholl.

Mr. Mackay, her Majesty's Highland piper, in full na-
tional costume, will accompany her Majesty during the
Royal progress through the Highlands.
We learn that it is more than probable the Queen will
hold a levee and drawing-room at Hcdyrood Palace, on
her return from the Highlands; and that the Royal yacht
will be ordered round to the Clyde, from which piece her
Majesty will sail on her return to England,
Her Majesty reached Blair Athol at a quarter-past
three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and was received
at the principal entrance of the castle by a body of Lord
Glenlyon's clansmen, attired in the Highland dress, who
ran by the side of the royal carriage from the lodge up to
the grand portico. Her Majesty appeared somewhat pale,
but this may be attributed to the effects arising from the
fatigue of a long journey, which her Majesty has, per-
haps, not been able to support on this occasion as well as
usual. The Prince looked remarkably well, and appeared
to have been but slightly incommoded by the sea voyage.
The travelling chariot, with its royal occupants, was fol-
lowed by four vehicles, containing the Princess Royal,
Lord Liverpool, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Charles Wellesley,
and the remaining members of her Majesty's suite, in-
cluding Lord Glenlyon, who had fallen in with the royal
co; telle shortly after it left Dunkeld.
On arriving at the principal entrance of the mansion,
her. Majesty was received by Lady Glenlyon, who was
accompanied by the young master of Glenlyon and Mrs.
Home Drummond, her ladyship's mother. Fo r corn-
panics, of forty each, consisting of his lordship's clansmen.
attired in the Highland dress, were drawn up by the side
of the portico, the pipers, in full Highland costme, greeting
her Majesty with the pibroch ; and the effect of the native
melody, as it pealed through the glens and passes in the
distance, considerably enhanced the interest of the scene.
Within a few minutes after the arrival of the royal party
the Prince came out into the front of the mansion, accom-
panied by his noble host, with Lord Aberdeen, Lord
Liverpool, and Lord Charles Wellesley. His royal high-
ness inspected the Highlanders, keeping his hat off as he
walked through the ranks, a mark of courtesy which will
not be unappreciated by those fine fellows, and which
evidently afforded them no small gratification.
The clansmen then marched round before the Prince,
headed by the pipers, playing the pibroch, and then her
Majesty appeared at the window, and seemed much de-
lighted at the picturesque appearance of her Highland
subjects.
Her Majesty did not leave the castle throughout Wed-
nesday, but retired at once to her apartments and dined
in private with the Prince, as it was considered advisable
that her Majesty should enjoy some repose, after the very

great fatigue which she had undergone. Prince Albert,
however, walked about the grounds and explored some of
the precincts of the castle. The Prince anticipated great
pleasure from the deer-stalking:, which was expected to
to take place on Friday, in the Duke of Athol's forest of
Glen Tilt, adjoining the noble forest of Brae Mar, which
is now rented by the Duke of Leeds.
As evening closed i❑ large bonfires were lighted on the
surrounding hills ; the rocky sides and steep acclivities of
Ben-y-vrackie glared with the red flame; and the startled
stags on the ccnt;guous haughs and braes were roused
from their peaceful slumbers and raised their antlered
heads to gaze with mute astonishment at the fiery invader
of their wild domains. At eleven o'clock on Wednesday
night the fire yet gleamel from these magnificent vol-
canoes.
On Thursday morning the Prince left Blair Atholl to
shoot grouse in the adjoining mountains.
On Friday morning her Majesty and the Prince break-
fasted at half-past eight, and then took walking exercise
in the grounds accompanied by the Princess Royal, for
whom a pony was provided. The prince after went out
shooting. During Friday afternoon, when the Queen and
Prince drove out, they went to the old village of Blair,
where the cheap-shearing was going on, with which her
Majesty was much amused. She also particularly no-
ticed some Scotch terriers. They then proceeded towards
Glen Tilt, where, near a marble quarry, where there is a
vein of beautiful green marble, they entered a hut. The
gude wife was spinning, and the queen sat down and con-
versed with her very affably for some time. The inmates
did net know the rank of their visiters, and, in accord-
ance with the custom, they put a bottle and glass on the
table, and asked them to taste the mountain dew.
On Sunday last her majesty was to attend divine ser-
vice at the church of the parish.

On Monday last Queen Adelaide returned from the
metropolis and took up her residence at Witley Court.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The
Hon. Mrs. Craven, the niece t the late Mrs. Fitzher-
bert, is very shortly to be led to the hymeneal altar, by
the Marquis de la Force, grandson to the Duke de la
Force, and heir to his large property and ancient title.
The marriage is to take place in Paris during the course
of the present month.
The Constitutionnel says :—" Almost every day there
are sent from Paris to Windsor, for the Queen of Eng-
land, cargoes of peaches, Fontainbleau grapes, and pears
from the gardens of the Civil List. It is probable that
these fruits will arrive without hindrance—not like the
grouse sent by Prince Albert to the King—which were
seized. The administration of the Messageries Royales
has called on the Civil List to guarantee it from the con-
sequences of the prosecution to which it is subjected."
ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL CHILDREN IN BatowroN.
—A special train, consisting of her Majesty's carriage,
between two other first class carriages, end a couple of
carriage trucks, bearing two of the Queen's private car-
riagee, arrived at the Brighton terminus on Tuesday.

Arrangetnen's had been made for the reception of the
Royal party, a part of the platform being carpeted. Six
of her Majesty's horses were in waiting, and in about
five minutes these were attached to the Royal carriages,
and the Prince of Wales and his Royal brother and sister,
together with Lady Littelton, left the terminus, and en-
tered the palace gates at five minutes to six o'clock.
Loan STANLEY.—The present Earl of Derby was, as
his son Lord Stanley has been, called to the Upper House
before he had succeeded to the ancestral honours of the
family. In that case a new peerage was designedly created,
because the earldom was the only title then in the family,
for all the subordinate peerages had passed away through
the female line to the ducal house of Athol. His lordship
was therefore created in 1822 Baron Stanley of Bicker-
staffe, in which title it is not improbable that the noble
secretary for the colonies will be summoned to the House
of Peers.

THE ROYXL LETTER A.—The Christian names of her
Majesty, the Queen of England, are Alexandrina Vic-
toria. In her early days, and unt:l the death of Geo. IV.,
she was known as H. RAI. the Princess Alexandrina, of
Kent, and it was only upon the accesion of her "uncle,
the late King William IV., and at his special request,
when he received her as the heiress presumptive to the
crown of Great Britain, that assumed the name
by which she has ever since been known, by which she
now reign's, and which is the Christian name of her illus-
trious mother, the Duchess of Kent. It was, however,
as Alexandrina that her Majesty formed in her early
youth, her first acquaintance. with the young Duke of Saxe-
Gotha, H.R.H. Prince Albert. her husband, and the fa-
tter of her four children, Adelaide, Albert, Alice, and
Alfred. Long may the illustrious house and all its
branches retain " the first letter," a term too well un-
derstood at Lloyd's, by all acquainted with the sea to
need any explanation.