he lodge. The Duchess of Norfolk
and Lady Jocelyn followed; and in a third carriage came the Duke of
Norfolk, Earl Grey. General Wemyss, and Sir J. Clark, who were received
with demonstrations of respect. The last carriage having passed, an
anker of whiskey was brought forth, with cakes and cheese, to feast
both great and small. Cluny then proposed 'Health and happiness to her
majesty,' which was drank with nine cheers enthusiastically given; and
the crowd, after discussing some forty gallons of whiskey, dispersed.

"Her majesty was not accompanied by military, and in the evening all
the county police were dismissed, the force of seven London police being
considered more than sufficient for the protection of her majesty and
the royal party."

Ardverikie, where her majesty sojourned during her visit to the north,
was formerly a hunting park of Fergus, King of Scotland. In front is
Loch Laggan, which is very extensive, being about eight miles in length,
although not so picturesque as most of the Highland lochs.

On the 17th of September, her majesty left her Highland residence, and
sailed from Fort William to the Isle of Man, where the prince
landed. Thence the royal party steered to Fleetwood, in Morecomb Bay,
Lancashire, whence they proceeded by rail to London.

The conjugal and parental love shown by her majesty, and, indeed, her
affectionate interest in all her royal relatives, endeared her to her
people, the more so because it was the general impression that the house
of Brunswick was deficient in these virtues. In proof of that absence of
family kindness which has in most instances characterised her majesty's
royal predecessors, the following was extensively circulated in the
periodicals of the day, which, at the same time, held up the queen's
loving spirit to public admiration:--"Ever since the accession of the
house of Guelph royalty has freed itself from one of the most universal
and honourable, though somewhat expensive duties of kindred, and this,
too, without observation, much less censure. The poorest of mankind mark
the grave of parents, wife, and children by some humble memorial; the
richer place tablets or raise tombs to their relatives. So gratifying
to the heart is this duty, that rarely, if ever, is it omitted from any
other cause than poverty. A foreigner visits the royal depository in
St. George's Chapel, and asks where are the royal monuments? But no son,
daughter, brother, nephew, or niece of the