Two o'clock.--Tickler caught a little crab among the rocks. It got hold of his nose, and bothered him. Four o'clock.--As I was sitting on a tumble-down sort of gate, talking earnestly with my little boy, I heard some vehicle approaching--looked up as it turned the corner of the road, and behold--Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and one or two other persons, without outriders or any sort of state whatever! She was dressed exceedingly plain, and was laughing heartily at something said to her by a well-known nobleman who walked beside the carriage. I never saw her Majesty looking to so much advantage: in high spirits, with a fine fresh colour, and her hair a _little_ deranged by the wind. She and her little party seemed surprised at seeing any one in such an out-of-the-way place, and her Majesty and the Prince returned our obeisances with particular courtesy. Half-past Five.--Nick Irons met me with a large viper which he had just killed, after it had flown at his dog. Is there any difference between vipers and adders? A quarter past Six.--On arriving at home, found a hot crab, which had been sent in to us, as an addition to our dinner, from the parsonage. I lick my lips while thinking of it. I prefer the cream to the gravy. Half-past six.--Find I have got only three bottles of port and two of sherry left! Nine o'clock.--My four gallon cask of elderberry wine, made for me--and capitally made, too--by one of the villagers, came home. We are to put a quart of brandy in it, and "take care it don't _forment_." I fancy I see ourselves and the children regaling ourselves with it on the winter's evenings, in town. Altogether it has cost me twelve shillings and sixpence! Quarter past Nine.--Children go to bed; I had the candles brought in, resolved to read the new number of the ----; but fell asleep directly, and never woke till half-past twelve o'clock, when I knew not where I was; being in darkness--and alone. Really a journal of this sort is, upon consideration, so instructive and entertaining, that I wish to know whether you would like me to keep one during my next sojourn at the seaside and publish it in _Maga_? I would undertake not to exceed three numbers of _Maga_, each Part to contain only twenty pages. * * * * * MISS STRICKLAND _v._ LORD CAMPBELL.