18 FEBRUARY 1882, Page 3

West London was in alarm on Thursday evening. An out-

rider, riding by the Royal carriage near the gate of Buckingham Palace, was thrown, and the evening papers gave accounts of the incident. The newsboys, with their customary keenness and freedom from scruple, seized the opportunity, cried out, "Alarming accident to the Qua-e-en!" and till midnight drove a roaring business. A question was even asked in the House of Commons upon the subject,—of course, by the Member for Bridport, who now fills the part of Lord Palmerston's old Inquisitor-General, Mr. Darby Griffith. The Queen had not been hurt in any way, and the outrider is doing well.