Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-29
nueen ytctoria,s Journal.

Leaves from me JOURNAL ol oui LiAe III CIV
Highlands, from 1S4S to 1861; to which are Pre-
fixed and added Extracts from the same 1ur-
nal. giving an account OF Ea,llrr ls:t.lo > .ot,
Watching Excursions. Edited by Arthur Helps.
LoGdoo Smith, Elder & Co =
The second book from the pen vi Tie Br;u~h
| Monarch, the appearance Of which has been so
long and 90 anxiotlsly anticipated, has at Ienk'h
! been published, and our foreign files cnabe u
| "a make extracts There is unity o InIete,i
I,rese1ved throughout the volume ny The fact
of its relating almost entirely to the Queeu g
experience OF life in the Highlands OF Scotland.
The Queen was delight. with these people
and chose from among them her i os' trusted
| ATTENDANTS She says Id one part Of her jour.
nal: AL the Highlanders are SO uusing; aud
really pleasant aud Instructive to ak to-"o;
mel as well as men and the latt'rso gentle:
mapElke."a In another passage shb observes
"We we're always in the habit Of coupersng
with the Highlanlers, with whom one COM
| 10 much il conlact in tue Highlands. Inc
Prince highly appreciated the good bree,iIng
simplicity aud Intelligence which make It J.,
pleasant and even instructive to talk 10 tten
She al!ots another note to Mr. John Blown
in which she says: . ...ss. r.
The same w.o, III 1883 Lrc inc my regular
|
lands. who c.tune.crd az eille III 1910, and
was selected hy Al,tlt and me TO 90 with my
carriage. In l35l hc entered cur service per
maneutly, and be- NJ in that year leading my
pony, and advanced SIP l:y .t.p ty hls good
conduct and iu;ci|igr,c.. His attentions, care
and taithiuIne-s ;d.Inn, Il: exceeded, and the
state of nv h. Ii IT,, ,!lcll ST late years has
been sorely tried and " ak, ned, renders such
qualifications ulD+f vululb's', aud, lnlaed, most
| needtul in constant Attendant upon all coca
sons. lie has sinca, most deservadIy, bean
promoted to TO an upper servant and my per-
.manent pe:snna attendant. (December, 1865 J
He has all the independence and elevated teel-
inps t,t cular 10 the Highland race, and is sn-
gulary straightforward, SIM pie. minded, kind
! hearted, and disinteresEed; always ready to
| oblige aud Of IL discretion rarely to be met
with. He is now in his fortieth year. His
father Was a small farmer who lived at the
Bush, On the opposite side to BalGorsl. de
is the secoGd 10 nine brotherS--three OF whom
have died-two are 10 Australia and New lea
land, two are living 10 the neighborhood OF
Balmoral, aud the youngest, Archie Archl-
bald, is valet TO our son Leopold, and is an
excellent, trustworthy young man -
The Queen became very fond OF her High
land home, and thus wrote OF it about dozen
| years ago: - tt"-.. .... i..a... 5'..- '. La
! Every year my heart becomes more 6yed 10
this dear Paradise, and so much more SO now,
that all has becomn my dearest Albert own
creation, own work own building; own laying
out, as at Osborne; and his great tasta and
| the impress OF hi dear hand, have been stamp
ed everywhere. He was very busy to-day, set
Ting and arranging many things for next year. :
She was fond Of moving about among the
cottages of the poor, and gives all account OF
some visits which she paid to certain old
women: (.
II Went into small cabin of old Kitty
Kear's, who is sc years old, quite erect and
who welcomed US with great air OF dignity
She sat down and spun. [ gave her, also, a
warm petticolt she said, MAY the Lord ever
attendye and yours, here and hereafter and
may the Lord be guide TO ye, and keep ye
from all harm" She was quite surprised at
Vicky's height; great interest Is taken 10 her.
We went on to cottage formerly Jean Cor
don 81, TO visit old widow Symons, who is past
fourscorr, with nice, rosy face, but who was
bent quite double; she was most friendly,
shaking ha1d1 with us all, asking which was !,
Lord attend ye with mirth AMI with JOY !;
may be ever be with you in this world, and
when you leave it. TO Vicky. when tod she
was going to be married, she said, May the
Lord be guide to ye in the future. aud may
every happiness attend ye'- She was very
talkative: and when | said 1 hoped to
see her again, she expressed an expectation
that she should be called any day, and SO did
Kitty Kear. " .' 80. .
| Really the Affection Of these good people,
who are SO hearty, and so happy to see you,
taking interest 10 everything, is very touching
| and gratifying.
There were nine pipers at the castle; some
! times one and sometimes three played, They
always played about breakfast time, again dur
| ing the morning at luncheon, and also when
ever We went in aud out again before dinner,
and during most Of dinner time. We both
have become quite fond Of the bagpipes. y
She did not despise the national dish OF
which Dr.. johnson is we-known TO have
spoken ln most disrespecttu terms ... ...
"At breakfast Tasted the oatmeal porridge,
which | think very good, and also some of the
!''Finnan haddies. y ,. .....". ...s .... 80
And as for that other pride and glory of the
Scotch system Of cookery. hodge podge, she
condemned it:
"Tbe dinner was very tar. and all very clean
soup, hodge hodge. mutton broth with veg
with white sauce, good roast lamb. very good
potatoSo, oooi AGO ole VI CWO otnSi uloHCe, J" hlSu
[ did not taste, ending with good tart of
Gran: erries" .... .#
Of Edinburgh she says: :@
THE impression Edinburgh has made upon
Us is very great. 1t is quite beautiful, totally
unlike anything else have seen; and, what is
even more Albert, who has seen so much; says
it is unlike anything he ever saw. tits 80 reg
ular- everything built of massive stone
There is not brick to be seen anywhere : =
The view OF Edinburgh from the road tetorc
you enter Leth is quite enchanting. 1t is, as
Albert said, fairy like, and what you would
only imagine as thing to dream Of or see in
picture There was that beautiful large town,
all of stone, (no mingled eolors of brick to mar
it), with the bold castle on one side and the
Cation Hill on the other, with those high,
sharp bills of Arthur's Seat and Salisbury
Crags towering above all and making the finest,