_Apropos of the recent scene at the levee, the Times
prints this para- graph— "We are requested to state, that the American gentleman to whom ad- mission was refused to her Majesty's levee on Wednesday last is a Professor in the Military Academy at West Point ; and that he wore on that occa- sion his official costume, a blue dress-coat with buttons of the Engineer Corps, blue pantaloons, white waistcoat, black stock, and a common hat. It waa.objected on the part of the Master of the Ceremonies, that in this at- tire, wearing a black stock, with no sword and no dross-hat, he could not Pass the Queen. The objection was made in a manner exceedingly kind and courteous • but the rule was express, and there was no discretion to re- lax it. In this position, Mr. Dallas, who was about to present two other gentlemen in company with the Professor referred to, after having several times urged the o Wad character of the dress objected to, feeling pained at the position in w 'eh his countryman .was placed, among entire strangers, and in a place to which he was entirely unaccustomed, offered to return home with him ; in which suggestion his companions joined. Under these circumstances, the American Minister left the Palace with the gentlemen whom he was about to present."
The Daily News adds its mite—
"-The conduct of the Queen, on the occasion of the contretemps at the levee, was exactlywhatmight have been expected from her excellent seam. and presence of mind. When informed by Lord Clarendon, of what had . happened, her Majesty atonce replied—' Let the gentleman be admitted; I shall be happy to receive him in any costume.' "
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