Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-13
Price Four Cents.

was presented to William ". by Louis Phi hppe. There are only two pictures-the Queen (by Angel) at one end, and the Duchess of Edinburgh at the other The dinner is always very good, the carte being well con ceived and well executed, and the dinners e1- csllently served. On the menu the name of the cook who is responsible for each dish is
 written opposite to it, so that praise and blame can be equally dispensed. Champagne and claret are the wines usually taken. There is a large cellar of very fine old port at the castle, but very little is now consumed, nor is sherry (which was the favorite wine of
 William IV.) in great request In Prince Albert's time Tokay always appeared, as he invariably drank one glass after dinner; and as supply was sent every Christmas by the Emperor of Austria, he got the best that could be had. The royal dining room is quite brilliant spectacle, and the first time visitor ''has the honor of dining' he is very likely to lose his dinner while looking round the room John Brown, in full high land dress Is st. ioned behind the Queens chair and occasiC 1ally the other personal servant, ,' Lohlein (who was Prince Albert's confidential Talet) is also to be seen lowering about. There are footmen in their state iT- cries, pages and celleruIen in their respective uniforms, and the clerks of the kitchen, who carve at the side table On ordinary occa- sions they are in plain black with knee brooches, but at large dinners they appear in their uniforms. While the Queen is dining, the ladies and gentlemen of the household are taking their meals in the large dining room, under the presidency of Sir John Cowell; this room opens into the first Of the three principal drawing roems, and is at the northeast corner of the castle, and the finest view from the whole place is obtained from it's windows. The Queen dimes here when she has party of from twenty to thirty. On the very rare occasions when the number is still larger, and it becomes an affair of state banquet, St. Georges hall is used. The Queen leaves the room with the ladies, and in two or three minutes the gentlemen follow, and then comes the only personal intercourse that takes place between guest and the host, as her majesty remains in the corridor for perhaps half an hour, and conyerses for 8 few minutes with each visitor in succession. after which she bows to the circle and retires
 The guests and household then adjourn to the crimson or green drawing room (there is some wonderful Chippendale work in this room which would be the despair of ordina- " dilettanti if they could see it), and the evening closes with music and whist. These rooms contain numerous cabinets of priceless china. The Queen passes the evening in con- versation with Princess Beatrice or in read ing or writing, or in listening to a reader, either in her own sitting room, or in the ad- joining one, which WAS formerly used by Prince Albert Both are invariably lighted up, Candles are used for the illumination of her majesty's private rooms.
 There is an excellent billiard room. where smoking is allowed Snd cooling drinks are to be obtained. The idea that the regulations as to smoking are of inconvenien: stringency is quite illusory There are smoking rooms not merely for the household and guests, but for the upper and ordinary servants It is impossible to grant liberty to guests to smoke in their rooms, as the next person might dis 
 by some of the German visitors one would find an atmosphere capable of curing West phalian ham. In the morning there is daily service at 9 o'clock in the private chapel, conducted by the dean of Windsor. but as visitors expected to leave by the II o'clock train, they have quite enough to do to get their breakfast comfortably unless they are very early. There are two breakfast tables going on, and the meal can bs obtained in one's own room if wished. It is etiquette that the Queen invariably breakfasts in pri- vate and either alone or only with persons of the blood royal, so that the visitors inter course with her majesty is confined to 8 greeting before dinner, a chance observation during the meal, and few minutes of con- versation in the corridor after it-unless, in- deed, you are a minister, in which case you may be honored with a private audience in the white drawing room
 The Queen and Prince Albert were up very early in the morning, being usually at busi- ness or out by eight o'clock, but now her majesty rarely appears before nine o'clock If 1t is fine, the Queen then drives to Frog more in an open carriage, and there break lasts in the house, unless the weather is very hot, when her majesty takes the meal in 6 tent on the lawn, and reads her private let- ters and newspapers The Queen never takes up newspaper that has not been pre- viously perused by a lsdy-In waiting, who o1I AFa aTah cHa k1 would interest her majesty, who is supposed to look at nothing that is not marked Af- terward the Queen goes to another room, or to another tent, and psoceeds to the business of the day there are seldom less than twen- ty, and often more than thirty, boxes to be gone through, and groom is kept constantly riding between the Queen at Frogmore and Sir Henry Ponsonby at the castle. There are dispatches State papers, letters from ministers. and, what are quite troublesome, 10, 900 tiresome trihes each one of which must be carefully gone into and decided upon, to say aothing of private business of every description.
 After about three hours of incesssnt work her majesty drives back to the castle with the boxes in the carriage, and they are then carried up stairs on a tray, and sorted and dispatched by Sir Henry Ponsonby. Thea her majesty lunches with Princess Beatrice and any other members of her family who are at the castle and, unless there Is any ceremony of State appointed for the day, they afterward take a walk in the sunk gar den or on the slopes, and later go ont for drive. On their return they retire for little necessary rest before preparing for dinner, which brings the days visitors The only part of the Queens daily routine which nev- CT varies is the morning work, which comes ss regular as that of any clerk in the city, and everything is done by her majesty with conscientious thoroughness
 The Queen looks into everything herself, and the public have little idea of the prodi- gious number and variety of subjects which come before her for decision It is an axiom amongst all who have served the Queen that if they can only get their case looked into by her majesty strict justice is assured. At Windsor her life is more laborious than else where, from the incessant visitors and cere- monies, and the impossibility of getting away from the pomp and peasantry of court. There is nothing which her majesty so much dislikes at the castle as the innumerable sen tries, who are everywhere to be seen, and whose monotonouF tramp never ceases along the east terrace, underneath the windows of the private apartments