The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-10-01 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE COURT (5- FASHIONABLE WORLD.  HER MAJESTY IN SCOTLAND.  On Saturday week her Majesty confined her excursions to the grounds of the Castle and Glen Tilt. In the afternoon when the royal party arrived at a place called Lochlass, the Queen mounted her pony and, attended by the guide, ascended a high bill, and returned to the Castle about seven o'clock. The rambles up the hills seem to be the favorite amusement of the Queen. They certainly afford an exciting relief to the monotony of the place. Had her Majesty been bred and born a mountaineer, she could not enter upon them with more spirit. Wrapped in her plain shepherd's plaid, and equipped like a Highland gude wife on her mountain pony, she leaves all state and ceremony behind her to breathe the pure air of the hills, and view from a 'vantage ground the splendid prospects which spread themselves on every side. Nor is it at all holiday works ascending these hills. On some there are winding pathways, but the Queen generally takes the more direct, and therefore the more difficult road, and makes a way for herself, usually the more liked for being the shortest, notwithstanding that it often requires good horsemanship to keep the saddle at all. Some of the hills are nearly precipitous, but a surefooted pony, a cautious guide, and a fearless rider, overcome all difficulties. Her Majesty seems resolved to " rough it" when she goes on these rambles, adopting, without show or affectation, the manners of the country. The exploits and proceedings of the Royal personages seldom escape magnifying in the telling, but it is no flattery to say there are very few of the ladies of the country around who would undertake or could go through what are the daily recreations of the Queen here. On Sunday the royal party again attended Blair Atholl Church which was crowded to excess. The Rev. Dr. M'Leod officiated. On her Majesty entering the church there was a general rising of the congregation, especially in the gallery—not so much out of respect as from a wish to see the Queen—a piece of indecorum which was rebuked by the hushing of the better disposed portion of the congregation. Her Majesty was dressed as usual in mourning, with a white crape bonnet and tartan scarf over her shoulders; which, on entering the church she threw off. Soon after her Majesty's entrance, Dr. M'Leod entered the pulpit, and after the usual devotional exercises, he preached from Titus, chap. ii. verses 11-14. The sermon was distinguished by eloquence and fervour, and was an able defence of the Calvinistic doctrine of the free grace of God in man's salvation, producing holiness of heart and life. It was listened to throughout with marked attention. In his concluding prayer, he offered up fervent petitions for the long life and happiness of the Queen, her Royal Consort, and the rest of the Royal family, which was earnestly responded to by all present. The English portien of the services lasted little more than an hour and a half, after which the Royal party and the greater part of the congregation left, while the native portion of the congregation remained to hear the Gaelic service. In the evening the Rev. Doctor, who, it may be noticed, is one of her Majesty's chaplains, joined the Royal circle at dinner. On Monday she kept within the grounds. In the mom ing Prince Albert shot a stag from his bed-room window. The poor creature was not killed by the shot, but staggered on for a few seconds. Lord Glenlyon tried his hand at finishing the murder, but three times missed his mark, upon which the Prince sent another bullet, by which the feat was accomplished ! In the afternoon her Majesty again mounted her Highland pony, and, accompanied by Lord Glenlyon, ascended at hill at the back of the Castle, from which she might make observations of the grouse shooting, as carried on below by Prince Albert. The Prince brought down several brace. On Tuesday and the following days her Majesty took her usual walks and drives. The weather has been getting extremely cold, but her Majesty takes a quantity of bodily exercise that astonishes the persons who are about her.