refreshments. The worthy Alderman appeared to be a good deal fatigued, but still showed a praiseworthy activity in sécuring the comfort of his royal mistress.

"An English gentleman (Mr. Moreland,) who, with his family, were on their way to Paris, now rose from his bed, and tendered the use of his rooms, which were in a retired part of the building, for the use of her Majesty ; but this was not necessary. He also expressed a hope that he might be allowed to pay his personal respects to her Majesty in the course of the day.

"After a short interval, the renewed cracking of whips called all who were in attendance to the gate, where her Majesty and suite were seen advancing and here a serious accident had nearly occurred, in consequence of the want of experience in the drivers. In descending the hill one of the leaders of her Majesty's carriage fell, and for a few seconds there was reason to apprehend that the carriage would have been overturned. The prompt assistance of the persons present, however, 'prevented this misfortune, and her Majesty was driven safely to the inn.

"A carpet was spread on the steps, and she immediately alighted; and leaning on the arms' of Alderman Wood and Count Vasali entered the house. She appeared to be somewhat exhausted from the fatigue she had undergone, but soon recovering herself, she resumed her wonted spirits. She ascended to her bed-chamber, accompanied by Lady Hamilton and some of her

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female attendants, of whom there were three, two French women and one Piedmontese.

"Her Majesty was dressed in a rich twilled sarsenet pelisse, of a peuse colour, lined with ermine, and wore on her head a white willow hat, similar in shape to the fashionable Leghorn hats. Notwithstanding the unfavourable effects which must have accrued from the journey which she had just accomplished, she looked extremely interesting. It was not a little singular that the bed-chamber into which her Majesty was first shewn was that in which the late Duke of Kent, when coming with the Duchess of Kent to England, had slept. Her Majesty, preferring a room where she could have her female attendants close to her (her uniform habit,) chose a room of a less magnificent description, in an upper part of the house. It may now be interesting to our readers to state the persons who composed her Majesty's suite. There were five carriages in all. The first was that in which Alderman Wood and Count Vasali arrived. It was a sort of calash, drawn by three horses. The second was an English post-chariot, yellow body, with 'C. P. W.' and the royal arms in the pannels, drawn by four horses. In this were her Majesty, Lady Hamilton, and a fine little female child, about 3 years old, whom her Majesty, in conformity with her benevolent practices on former occasions, has adopted. Then came a large English travelling carriage, similar in color, and the pannels emblazoned in the same way with the

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chariot. In this were her Majesty's three female domestics. There were two other calashes, in which were Mr. Austin, the young man adopted by her Majesty at Blackheath, whose name has been so repeatedly mentioned; Mr. Wood, junior, and several male branches of her Majesty's household; among these we believe we may include the Count Bergami, her Majesty's chamberlain, respecting whom there have been such repeated speculations. This gentleman, it appears, has engaged her Majesty's confidence, in consequence of the fidelity with which he has attended to her pecuniary concerns. It is not certain whether he will accompany her Majesty to England. He is a tall robust military-looking man, of middle-age, and was respectfully attentive to her Majesty's person; his manners are those of a man who has moved in the highest circles.

"After her Majesty had partaken of some refreshments, she retired to bed; and when this despatch left St. Omer's, she was anxiously expecting the return of her couriers. One of these persons is to bring her Majesty some articles of dress from London.

"Her Majesty has expressed a full determination to proceed to Dover by a common packetboat, if the yacht which she has demanded be not sent; and if a royal palace is refused, she has had an offer of the beautiful house of Mr. Angerstein, on Blackheath, which she means to accept. She evinces a strong desire to be in England.

"Soon after her Majesty had reached l'Hotel de l'Ancienne Poste, the captain of the guard on duty at the gates of St. Omer's arrived at the inu, and expressed an intention of granting to her Majesty a guard of honour, to be placed at the entrance of the hotel, as long as she should remain in the town.

"The offer having been communicated to her Majesty, she said, that however flattered she might be by the attention of the officer in question, yet she felt herself bound to decline the intended distinction. In her progress through France she had been treated with STUDIED neglect; and she knew too well what was due to the high rank which she held, to accept from an isolated town that which had been withheld from her elsewhere, and which she could not but consider as an offence, not towards herself personally, but towards that nation of which she was the Queen.

"The courier, who carried the letter from her Majesty to Mr. Brougham, arrived last night. Mr. Brougham stated that he would leave London on Thursday morning, and that in all probability he would be at St. Omer's this day. Her Majesty anxiously expects his arrival.

"Her Majesty expresses most fervently her desire to reach England. She always appears cheerful, except when speaking of the Princess Charlotte, to whose memory her heart is fondly attached.

"Her Majesty makes constant inquiries after every person with whom she was acquainted in