The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-07

men. At Balmoral and Osborn, where the
chapels are far away, she furnishes her domes-
tics with coaches The little time she spends
in London she devotes to visiting hospitals
and institutions for the infrm sick an / poor
under her special charge. Then she has so
much pluck that while the English people re-
gret her Withdrawal from public life they re-
srect her spirit in doing rs she pleasas.
She came in from Windsor the other morn
ing in fine style About dozen coaches
moved out of Buckingham Palace, wound up
Hyde Park, and met The Queen at the station.
Inc l'th Lancers, the finest CorIs in England,
and the tayorite, performed escort duty. The
magnificent Horse Guards, with their scarlet
uniform and brass helmets and fountain
piumes, ON black horses, selected with great
care from all parts of the world were sta
toned at intervals on the road rs sentnels
Her Majesty alone rides under the marble
arch into Hyde Park, and through the royal
highway, over which none but royal wheels
roll. The TriWnphal Arch, on which is the
colossal statue of Wellington, has n gateway
through which no carriage passes but the
Queens.
1t was quite royal sight to see the cortege
move along. First came two uutriders. one
before the other, in the scarlet uniform of the
Queen-white breeches and topped boots,
black stove-pipe hat with a cockade, and
riding at an angle of forty-ive degrees. as all
Euglishmen ride; then a detachment of Ian
GERS; then the Queens carriage drawn by four
horses ridden by two positions The Ian
GERS brought up the rear, the Horse Guards
being on the right and left the inevitable
Brown sitting on the box. The royal car
rage was an open barouche. The Queen,
Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and Prince
Arthur were inside.
Her Majesty looked uncommonly we'll
her face rather pale than ford, as usual;
her hair light and in a condition of neglect
as is common to the Queen. She was dressed
completely in black. but with more dress and
less widowy than formerly. She has court
suit, which, while she maintains her mourn
ing and while the suit is perfectly black in
material, the white ermine trimming, and the
ornaments in which the Queen INDUCES, make
her look even more regal than when in the
tawdry robes of state. The ceremonial robes
are very costly, but they are old fashioned,
do not fit and give a bunchy and uncom-
Portable and untidy appearance to the
wearer and are really outshone in richness
and heavy embroidery by the robes
worn by the cOachmen, footmen. and lackeys
Of foreign ambassadors. But the new court
dress of the Queen is very rich and tasteful,
and becomes her Majesty we'll Winterhalter
has painted a portrait of the Queen in her
new court robes. 1t is not quite completed.
and is in the Queens private apartments at
Windsor Castle. L saw it the other day, and
it is one of the finest productions of that emi-
nent artist. Princess Louise was dressed in
fine taste in black. She is a very talented
young lady, and has Just executed marble
bust of her mother, which is on exhibition at
the Royal Academy. Beatrice has more talent
than any other member of the family She
is an exceedingly smart girl