The Tory papers allege that the Queen was not well
received at Windsor. A correspondent of tine Morning Herald reports, that he stationed himself at the commencement of' the Long Walk, directly op- posite the principal entrance of the Castle-
" At this point there might have been from 150 to 170 persons assembled, consisting principally of nursery-maids with children in arms, forty or fifty idle boys, half a score of gipsies down for tbe races,' and a dozen or two of pri- vates office Forty-fifth lounging about in their undress. The respectable por- tion of the public at this spot (which is considered the point of attraction upon the arrival atilt) Sovereign) numbered less than twenty. Upon the approach of her Majesty, not a hat was taken off, not a handkerchief waived, not a cry was heard, until one of the recruits of the Forty-fifth suing out 'The Queen I Hurrah l"finis cry was caught up by the little dirty boys in his immediate circle mail that was the only response which broke upon the car. Her Majesty lookeh sad, sullen, discontented, and disappointed. Her cool receptions had evi- dently affected her. She was very pale, and appeared desirous of hiding her face beneath her parasol. It was truly most painful to witness the Sovereign of Englanel placed in so lamentable a position as that of entering her royal re- sidence at Windsor ungreeted, and almost unrecognized. As her Majesty pro- ceeded tht.ough Park Street and High Street, up Castle Hill, the same quietude and coldness prevailed. Indeed, it is reported that when the Queen alighted at the Castle and retired to her chamber, she burst into tears, overcome with disappointment. " On Tuesday, at about half-past twelve o'cl0ck, her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Madness of Kent, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Russian, Prince William Henry of the Netherlands, the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, and a numeroas retinue, heft the Castle for the race-course, pro- ceeding down Castle Hill, through the town, to the Long Walk. At the en- trance very few 1).21.S0l13 bad stationed themselves, and these received the Queen with perfect quietness. Some 201) cur 300 persons were in the Long Walk, but as the splendid cort6ge passed along they gazed, but spoke not ' her Majesty was not greeted with it single cheer. The Queen looked better than she din! on her arrival yesterday, but still there were dejection mid disappointment in her coui ten once."
A correspondent of tine Standord says hunt Lora Melbourne was hooted at Ascot on Thursday, though inn the Royal cortinge. He was assailed with cries of " Boa! ' and shouts were heard of " The Queen, butt no Melbourne!"
The Liverpool Chronicle, in a paragraph copied into all the London daily papers, says that at the last ball at Buckingham Palace, the Queen gave " a most cordial shake of the hand to Lady Peel, as if anxious to prove that her political sentiments did not interfere with her private feelings." [According to Whig reports, intended to be eulogistic, the young Queen is already very " clever" in all court-craft.]
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