Now a7id Then. 



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the Sovereign. A few minutes only elapsed before 

 the Queen, accompanied by the Crown Princess of 

 Germany and the Princess Beatrice, preceded by two 

 equerries, and escorted by some half-dozen only of 

 the 2d Life Guards, passed quietly along in an open 

 carriage, without the slightest noise or confusion, 

 amidst the respectful salutations of this large gather- 

 ing of her subjects — a far more imposing acknow- 

 ledgment of the estimation in which this Royal lady 

 is held than ever could be evinced by the noisest 

 plaudits of the fickle mob who are usually attendants 

 on the movement of crowned heads. 



