At half-past three o’clock on Saturday afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert left town in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, for Claremont. Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert, followed in a chariot and four. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal and their attendants occupied the next carriage; and Lady Portman, Lady in Waiting, and the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting, were in another carriage and four.
The Queen and Prince Albert arrived in town ten minutes before five o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, from Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal and their attendants were in the next carriage; and Lady Portman, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Miss Paget, Maid of Honour in Waiting; the Marquis of Ormoude, Lord in Waiting; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert, followed in an open carriage and four.
The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duke Bernard and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, honoured the Italian Opera House with her presence on Saturday evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. (Comptroller of her Royal Highness’s Household), and Lady Anna Maria Dawson (Lady in Waiting), visited Frogmore Lodge on Saturday last. Her Royal Highness inspected the various improvements and alterations completed and in progress in the offices and other buildings connected with the mansion, and went over the whole of the principal apartments.
A very fine trout, caught in the Weir, at Windsor, and weighing upwards of twelve pounds, was forwarded as a present to the Queen yesterday forenoon, at Claremont, by Mr. R. Tebbott.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected last week, at Buckingham Palace, two splendid pictures, by Leonardo da Vinci and Correggio, submitted by Mr. John Gibson, and was pleased to express himself highly gratified.
His Excellency Count Mensdorf, general in the Austrian service uncle of her Majesty and of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and brother-in-law to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, together with his four sons, Count Hugh, lieutenant-colonel in the Austrian service; Count Alphonso, major in the same service; and Counts Alexander and Arthur, captains, arrived at Buckingham Palace in two of the Royal carriages and four, shortly before twelve ‘clock on Monday from Woolwich, attended by Captain Francis Seymour, of the Scots Fusilier Guards.
DUBLIN, May 23.— His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and the Countess De Grey arrived at the castle this morning. Mr. Moore, Queen’s Counsel, met with a very serious accident this day. When entering one of the courts, some person incautiously slammed the door against the learned gentleman, by which he was knocked down. He was subsequently conveyed home in a car, in a state of insensibility.
On Tuesday night the Duchess of Sutherland gave a grand bal costume at Stafford House, when that noble mansion was graced by the presence of nearly 1000 members of the first families of distinction, in addition to many Royal and illustrious guests.
The Rev. Charles Atmore Ogilvy, recently appointed by the present Government to the new professorship of pastoral theology in the University of Oxford, is the son of a Wesleyan minister.
HER MAJESTY’s BIRTHDAY.—CLAREMONT, MAY 24.—At an early hour this morning the bells of the parish church were rung a “merry peal,” in honour of the anniversary of the birth of our beloved Sovereign. The ringing was continued at intervals throughout the day. At seven o’clock in the morning the band of the Coldstream Guards attended on the lawn, stationing themselves beneath the window of the Queen’s bed-chamber, where her Majesty was serenaded for nearly an hour. The selections performed were as follows:—1. Morning Hymn (“God of Israel”) from the oratorio of Joseph (Méhul).—2. German air, composed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert.-3. Chorus, from the opera of Preciosa (Weber).—4. Joyous air, introducing a peal of bells.—5. The National Anthem.—In consequence of the very unfavourable and unsettled state of the weather, her Majesty did not take her usual carriage airing during the day.—Covers were laid in the library this evening for 34.—The plate used at the Royal banquet this evening was the lion service; the table was decorated with the Warwick vases, which, with several others of a most splendid description, were filled and ornamented with choice plants and flowers, selected from the conservatories and hothouses attached to the gardens at Claremont.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, who are in the enjoyment of excellent health, have not been taken for a carriage airing beyond the grounds attached to the mansion since the arrival of the Court at Claremont.
The Illustrated London News, London, England, Week Ending May 28, 1842
