"The fopectator," Zttigit5t 30th, 1851
THE Queen, having left London two hours after noon on Wednesday, is now enjoying the entire seclusion of Balmoral. The " progress " was as uneventful as the most loyal could desire, although from London to York her Majesty travelled over new ground. There was nothing of novelty in the loyal demonstrations of the previously unvisited portion of her sub- jects, except on the part of an ingenious squire near Darlington, who conceived the idea of mustering his hounds to enjoy a sight of the Sovereign in common with their two-legged fellow subjects.
There are some changes so marvellous that they are long in ceasing to be novelties. Notwithstanding our familiarity with the speed of railway travelling, and the rapid transmission of news by electric telegraph, it is still with a sense of wonder that one reads at breakfast on a Friday morning, how the Queen,. who was in London after noon on Wednesday, enjoyed an airing in the streets of Edinburgh, and conferred the honour of knighthood on its Provost, on Thursday before dinner. But this is in keeping with the other marvels of the year of the Great Industrial Exhibition.
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