10 SEPTEMBER 1853, Page 2

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Tna3 Queen left Dublin on Saturday, and is now once more in her High- land retreat at Balmoral Her Majesty went on board the Victoria and Albert yacht about half- past five on Saturday ; and at a later hour she entertained the Lord- Lieutenant and the Countess St. Germans at dinner. About three o'clock on Sunday morning, the Victoria and Albert with its attendant squadron crossed to Holyhead. After divine service on board, her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children, embarked in the Fairy, and cruised along the coast to Caernarvon Bay, till dinner-time. On Monday morning her Majesty was out as early as seven o'clock, 1 and witnessed from the deck of the Victoria and Albert a specimen of I quarry-blasting: 4000 pounds of powder were fired, and the cliffs were brought down in masses, estimated at thirty thousand tons oilstone.

At eight o'clock the Queen and her party left the yacht, aia entered the railway train. Throughout her journey the usual acclamations saluted her Majesty wherever the engine stopped. At the Carlisle station she alighted to partake of refreshments ; and was received by Lord Londs- dale, the Bishop of Carlisle, and the municipal authorities. Hither- to Captain Simmons of the Board or Trade had conducted the train ; I but at Carlisle, where her Majesty passed on to the Caledonian Railway, Mr. Addison took his place. Edinburgh was reached a few minutes after seven o'clock, and Holyrood Palace shortly afterwards, under a salute from the great guns of the Castle. That evening, the Duke of Hamilton, hereditary keeper of the Palace' was her Majesty's guest at dinner ; and in the morning the Duke of Cambridge called and breakfasted with his relatives. At a quarter-past eight, the Royal travellers drove to the station, and proceeded by rail to Cupar Angus. There carriages were in waiting, and on Tuesday evening about seven o'clock the Queen alighted at Balmoral Castle.