route was lined by infantry, and on the streets, as well as on the North Inch, was a large concourse of spectators. In front of the statue the royal stand was erected, which was profusely decorated with flowers and evergreens. A short prayer having been offered by the Rev. J. A. Bardon, the following address was presented to the Queen:

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May it please your Most Gracious Majesty: We, your Majesty's dutiful subjects, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, Town Council, as representing the community of the city of Perth, beg leave to approach your Majesty with the renewed assurance of attachment to your Majesty's person, family, and throne. At all times gratified by your Majesty's visit to our ancient city, we feel especially honoured by the kindness and condescension with which your Majesty has been pleased to grace by your Royal presence the interesting ceremonial which is now to take place. May the memorial this day to be inaugurated be an enduring testimony of gratitude, affection, and respect! May it stimulate the men of coming generations to the practice of those virtues which showed forth so conspicuously in the character of him whose name it commemorates! Assured that such will even no less command the praise and gratitude of the living than secure the admiration and applause of posterity, we feel that no inauguration of our city's memorial of Albert the Good' can be more appropriate or graceful than that which proceeds under the auspices of the equally good and gracious Sovereign to whom the lamented Prince stood connected by the nearest and dearest of human ties, and under whose just, beneficent, and exemplary rule her subjects have made unprecedented progress in every thing fitted to render a nation great, prosperous, and happy. That your Majesty may be long spared to sway the sceptre of these realms, and to be a blessing, a guide, and an example to a contented, loyal, and devoted people, is our sincere and earnest prayer.”

The statue was then uncovered, and the Queen was pleased to express her admiration of it. Her Majesty then conferred the honour of knighthood on Lord Provost Ross. The band having played the National Anthem, a royal salute was fired from a battery of guns stationed on the north end of the Inch. Her Majesty then returned to the general station by a different route, and left Perth by the Scottish North-Eastern Railway for Balmoral. Her Majesty was welcomed during her progress through the city with the greatest enthusiasm. Her Majesty and the Royal family arrived at Balmoral at 4.30 p.m.

APPREHENSION OF FRANZ MÜLLER AT NEW YORK.-The "Victoria," on board which Müller, the suspected murderer of Mr. Briggs, had taken passage to America, reached New York on the

24th.

Müller was at once identified and arrested, and was brought the following day before the City Marshal. He denied the charge, stating he could prove he was not the murderer, and was

remanded until the next day, when the usual investigation under the Extradition Treaty was opened.

Inspectors Kerrissey and Tanner, and Mr. Death, the jeweller, were examined, and evidence was given of the finding in a box belonging to the prisoner of the hat and watch stated to be those of Mr. Briggs.

Commissioner Newton then delivered his decision, stating that under the circumstances he was constrained to grant a certificate and commit the prisoner.

Müller shortly afterwards was taken on board the "Etna," under the charge of Inspector Tanner, and was brought back to England'.

SEPTEMBER.

3. EMBARKATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES FOR DENMARK.-The Prince and Princess of Wales left Abergeldiehouse, Aberdeenshire, about nine o'clock, and, posting to Aboyne, took a special train there for the south. The train consisted of a saloon carriage of the London and North-Western Railway and three first-class carriages. The youthful Prince Albert Victor was in the saloon carriage with his parents and nurse. At Aberdeen the Royal train was taken charge of by the directors of the Scottish North-Eastern Railway. The train was timed to perform the distance from Aberdeen to Dundee in two hours, and it arrived at Broughty Ferry about eight minutes before three o'clock. Owing to the detention at Broughty, Dundee was not reached till about twenty minutes past three. A very cordial cheer greeted the Prince and Princess on their entering the arcade of the station,-all the more hearty, perhaps, that their coming had been scarcely hoped for. It was some time before the Royal pair could alight; for Lord Camperdown's carriages, which had been sent down to Broughty, though making a rapid return by the road, had not yet arrived. At length all was ready, and a procession, consisting of the carriages of the sheriff, magistrates, and council, and of the Royal party, emerged from the station amid the boisterous cheering of the multitude. The scene presented was one of the most singular that probably Royal eyes have witnessed. The populace, eager and loyal, were by no means en fête. The workpeople from the spinning mills, the manufactories, and the dockyards had just been released from labour, with all the smoke and dust of the day, and even of the week upon them. It was not a day of ceremonial display, and as regarded appearance the Royal party had just to take the people as they found them. The better classes were so far out

1 See Chronicle for July, ante, and for September, post.

numbered that their presence in the reserved places could scarcely be said to vary the character of the gathering. But rough

as the multitude looked, their display of loyalty was strenuous and unstinted. It was a hard fight indeed for Lord Camperdown. and Lord Duncan, who walked on either side of the Royal carriage, to ward off the crowds that encumbered and blocked the wheels; but there was very little of rude intrusion, the foremost of the crowd being impelled forward by a force from behind over which they had no control. Strange to say, the magistrates had placed no barriers, excepting in Dock-street and at the turning-points, and there being no military, only a small body of police and of special constables, the crowd were absolutely left to keep the front themselves. This omission was productive of no little alarm to those who weighed the possibilities of the moment, but to the infinite credit of the people there was almost no infraction of the lines, unless owing to the pressure from behind. The weather had threatened rain in the afternoon, and a heavy shower had fallen; but it became fair during the Royal passage throughout the town. The spectacle presented at every turn was animated in the extreme. The ample breadth of Dock-street, and the open place of the High-street were literally covered with the human swarm, and the narrower streets were totally blocked up. The carriage being open, every one had a good view or a fair chance for it, and as the Royal party advanced, a ringing cheer and a stream of people accompanied them. The square of streets marked out for the Royal route was passed through in about a quarter of an hour, and at a quarter to four the Royal carriage passed under the triumphal arch at the Queen's Quay, commemorative of the Royal visit of 1844. Within the archway and down the quay, which projects at a right angle from Dock-street, the Volunteers were ranged as a guard of honour, and at the jetty the band was stationed and received the Royal pair with the notes of the "National Anthem." At the jetty another delay took place, the barge of the "Osborne," which had gone down to Broughty, not having yet returned. At length, plying its ten oars vigorously and displaying the Royal standard, the barge came alongside. During nearly all this detention, there was a heavy fall of rain. As the barge moved away a cordial cheer was once more raised, uttered, no doubt, with best wishes for a safe and speedy return. About half an hour afterwards another barge came alongside for the youthful Prince, who, in charge of his nurse, had been driven quietly and unobservedly from the station; but, to the few who enjoyed it, the glimpse of the Royal baby, with its sweet face and healthy looks, was deemed not the least part of the day's gratifications. About half-past four o'clock an artillery salute betokened the fact of the safe arrival of the Prince and Princess on board the "Osborne," but nearly an hour elapsed before all the luggage was got on board. At length the "Osborne," with its companion vessels,

the "Salamis" and the "Medusa," got under steam and bore out to sea, passing the bar of the river at Broughty shortly before six. The Royal squadron was accompanied down the Firth by nearly all the steamers at the port, each with large numbers of passengers, and several of the larger ships convoyed the Royal party for about ten miles of the way.

6. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the young Prince Victor, arrived at Elsinore. Their Royal Highnesses' vessel was escorted by the " Medusa," and they were met some miles north of the town by the frigate "Aurora," having Sir Augustus Paget, the English ambassador, on board.

A Danish squadron lay in the roads of Elsinore, under the command of Admiral von Dockum, consisting of the liner "Skjold," the frigates "Sjoland," "Fyelland," and "Tordenskjold," the iron-clad corvette "Dannebrog," the corvettes "Dagmar" and "Thor," the iron-clad schooners "Absalom" and "Esberne Snare," with the paddle-wheel "Holger Danske." When the English ships appeared, the Danish sailors manned yards, and the vessels exchanged salutes with the Castle of Kronborg, the bands on shore playing "God save the Queen" and "Rule Britannia" alternately, while the musicians of the "Osborne " returned the national melody of "Kong Christian stod ved hoier Mast." The Royal yacht had the Dannebrog hoisted at her foremast, and steamed into the harbour at about half-past twelve. During her entrance the Royal pair stood upon the quarter-deck waving their handkerchiefs to the crowd assembled on the shore.

The King and Queen, with the Crown Prince and Princess Dagmar, attended by a numerous suite, had reached the harbour shortly before the "Osborne" arrived. The Royal family at once went on board the yacht to greet their relatives. As soon as King Christian stepped on board, the Danish Royal flag was run up beside the Royal standard of England at the main. Half an hour afterwards the "Osborne" steamed up to the landing-place, where the National Guard of the town and a detachment of the 15th Infantry Regiment were paraded, and the Royal guests landed amidst the most enthusiastic cheers from the crowd. The Prince of Wales led the Queen, while King Christian escorted his daughter, the Princess. The landing-place and the streets through which the cortége had to pass were adorned with flowers, garlands, and flags; all the ships in harbour were richly dressed with colours, and a large triumphal arch had been raised upon the road leading into the town. Upon one side of the arch was a gigantic "Velkommen," and the initials of the Royal couple; on the other the initials of King Christian and the Queen.

The Prince and Princess were received upon their landing by the authorities of the town, who bade them heartily welcome to Elsinore. Councillor Obvik, the burgomaster, made an eloquent speech, in which he alluded to the grievous misfortunes which had broken over the country since the Princess's departure. Abandoned

as Denmark was by all the world, and crushed by overwhelming superiority, the speaker yet hoped that the visit of the Princess, accompanied by her husband and the pledge of her affection, and attended by the love and esteem of the entire English people, would prove the herald of brighter days to her Royal parents and her beloved native country. The speech produced a considerable effect upon the bystanders, and few who heard it were able to refrain from tears.

The Princess wore a grey dress and white bonnet, and looked rather pale, though pleased and happy. The appearance of the Prince, on the other hand, showed that he was in excellent health, and his agreeable manners at once gained the goodwill of the spectators. Repeated cheers having been given for the Royal couple, for the little Prince, who was dressed in blue and white, and for the King and Queen, the party proceeded in court carriages to the Castle of Fredensborg, two Danish miles distant.

Here they arrived at three o'clock, and were received by the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, who had left Copenhagen a short time before, and the grandfather of the Princess Alexandra, Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse. In the great entrance-hall, of striking proportions and decorated with paintings in honour of the peace which is associated with the foundation of the Castle, a guard of honour of the Royal Horse Guards, dismounted, was drawn up.

To bid the Royal guests welcome to the palace, a distinguished party assembled on the steps of the terrace. This included, among others, the grandfather of the Princess of Wales and brother of the Duchess of Cambridge, the Landgrave of Hesse, the Princess Marie of Hainault, sister of the Queen of Denmark, and her daughter, the Princess Hilda of Hainault, Princess Thyra of Denmark, General Oxholm, the Danish State Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Countess Reventlow, &c. In the suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales were the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Countess De Grey, Lady-in-Waiting, General Knollys, Colonel Keppel, Mr. Meade, Dr. Sieveking, and Dr. Minter. Into the reception at Elsinore a public character necessarily entered to some extent, but at Fredensborg it was altogether a family party. With the exception of the military and servants of the household, there were not half-a-dozen spectators, admitted by special favour, who were unconnected with the Royal family. The greeting which the Princess received on alighting showed that however warmly she may be appreciated and admired in England, in Denmark, where she must have been longer and more intimately known, the affection felt for her is even stronger. The Prince of Wales was likewise most cordially welcomed by all the assembled members of the family; and after the officers of the guard, &c., had been admitted to the honour of kissing hands, the Royal party withdrew into the interior of the palace. The day was unfortunately marred by several very heavy showers, but although one of these preceded the arrival, and another immediately followed the housing