1842. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. : 
101 
MMleiropolis and its Vicinity. 
On T 
Opening of Parliament ursday the Queen w 
in state to the H , to open the session pf 
Parliament with a speech the throne. At half-pas 
n ire palace 
Q 
te 
Prussian march, and nope: is ‘God save the Queen” on 
his departure. On hi ik pines the King of 
Prussia was received with loud cheers: he appeared £: a 
great ee ye the eeillisat scene, and received with 
ren courtesy the various sells m se bata presented 
The ing w s at the 
christening “2 me Prince ot Wale bat ith the addition of 
the collar e Order of the Garter. A few minutes after 
two, the oach 
‘of the usual salute announced the appr 
of her Maj who alm a immediately appeared, led b 
i "the qo: of the Royal 
er oleae of state. The Duke of 
tenance. Her Majesty looked well, and appeared in good 
spirits. Anu 1 b ns had assembled 
cession; and 
along the whole a of road taken by the pro 
her Majesty was received with every demonstratiou of 
attachment sid’ espect. 
Visits of the King of Prussia.—On Saturday morning 
e Kin Kel of Prussia, and the leading members 
the Royal suite, arrived in T: by aspeci ial t train from 
Windsor, with the intention of honouring his Excellency 
Chev ok a Bunsen » the Pr n Minister, with his 
pan to a déjet A select pa been invited 
meet his Majes 
delicacies of the s 
a profusion of fruit aot flower 
né. rty ha t 
Ys bs the gay consisted of the choicest 
on. The tabl 
in respect havi 
served by the assembled ee to this vaio his digest, 
who appeared moved by the cordiality the company 
present, a ae sed the ate Ith of ‘‘his Excellenes bas 
lier ee and his iable wife and family.’’?. The 
King, seems Ps intended visi iting the Tower, the Mint, 
and the Thames Tunnel; but, in ante ge Pee his pro- 
tracted stay with Chevalier Bunse mpelled to 
he ie cinerea e 
postpone these visits, and after bai vee iiasmediatel 
roceeded to Paddington, and from thence, by a special 
train, to Wi On S morni Feo t 
j i To Win 
oe 
r dur 
divine service ; the consequence was that the tniterioe 
of the ca thedral » eck thronged persons anxious to avail 
4s théindeleg of vies pi tobohtic i to obtain a view of his 
Majest sty. A se ppropriate the occasion wa 
preached by the "Bishop of London; and after divine ser- 
King accompanied the Mayor to the 
ton-house, an rtaken a déjetiné, pro- 
ceeded to St. James’ her Hano- 
8 apartments p d for his reception. I 
ock. ty ti t visited 
nin "Coen ngenfels, the aig parts 
red t¢ with muc h inte ort 
eeded t 
visit ew- 
e ar get age 8 
followed by the 
oceeded to the female ward, 
system Lea 
eae Pe 
received at 
Fry stated va bh ars duties 
orni 
now, through the bleasing 0 
ithe exertions of her and her frie eo 
Cece success, and many of the prisoners 
: ‘thall ; walls of the gaol in perfect penitence, and even 
a : useful and honourable. wie members of ear 8 
going through the usual religious ious duties, M 
offered up an extemporaneous prayer, gage. a blessing 
hris wee sagas his, be — red consort, and his 
xp commencing the a ayer Mrs 
which was immediatly followed 
he King and ail present. The King then retired, 
in ced agile iter — ais rs “a whom his Majesty offered 
his arm ; ted her to the c 
accompanied tat lady - v0 villa at Upton, ne 
ing, where his Majesty partook of leans M 
men s Palace at a quarter past 
nded by his suite, proceeded to 
fter leavi aa theatre 
honour the Duke an uches f Sutberlan 
m i The fs ee oe 
of the President, the 
Mar rquls 7 ie obs Sir Jobn Lubbock expressed to 
his Majesty ‘ th which the 
ajesty, who 
was venerated as encourager of art, of literature, and 
science, enro their char mea >in the ga e 
also 
mre of ie 
e Fa requested 
wond oaks an honorary m 
pecs 
0 partments of the Geological 
Society, where a rare sige m foe was submitted 
for the King’s oe a cordial fem be 
of t m 
peaeredes to the Brisa Museum, visiti 
th Mr 
is Mainety 
arrived at the British Ps a Je otg. nutes after eleven, 
and was received by Sir Henry Bly Ln libra- 
rian, the Bishop of London, Sir Rob Inglis, and 
ifferent officers of the establishment. His Jajesty re- 
n _a barbarous count 
oskow. His Majesty appeared highly interested wit 
this letter. Before eariee he Kin res 
sire of again se: e harta, his Majesty having 
seen it previo on his vist this country with his 
father, the late of Pruss' 1 ving in- 
ing the Duke of Sussex with h ny to luncheon at 
ensington Palace. In the evening the Duke of Wel- 
lington gave agrand banquet to the King at Apsley-b 
where a select and a image rele of guests, includ- 
ing the Duke and Du can of ‘Cambridge, wih th 
Princess Augusta of Cam idge, were invited to meet 
t his 
Majesty. Son Waasecacy. Ka ng the King again quite 
Buckingham Palace at an early hour to visit t <3 
ing objects sf interest in the Metropolis which his Majest é 
had not yet saber t half-past eight his Majesty 
eam- pe cket at Hungerford fg 
‘unn 
airman, Mr. B. 
he aS eel and by Sir Isam- 
h the oat was early, 
mbled to welecome_his 
Majesty. On being conducted through the tunnel by Sir 
i Brunel, who explained the different parts of it, the Kin 
expresse sed great admiration at the sg sigs nature of the 
4 beret wi Pe nd exclaimed, .‘* It surpasses all 2 have 
heard of it Clare: rs F thought t the accounts p< 
ggera that I see it, the statements respecting 
it are shart 0 reality. juired 
of water there was above them, and 
36 feet at highest tides. His 
sks 
rs, Fry | much gratified with the details of 
n ex- | te 
him by Sir T. a and on taking his leave was loudly 
cheered by the mm men and visitors assembled. 
King then bhcotehed o the Tower, where 
arrival had not been inher patel It bein 
the Stairs for the purpose. 
seemed an mused 
ing inspected the horse armoury, and other places of 
interest in the Tower, his Majesty was met by Major Elring- 
ton, the Governor, a Com in er of the 
Guards, who expressed their regret that the usual honours. 
were not observed is Majesty’s e ruins of 
be Grand Storehouse were the part last visited eS 
King, who greatly admired the sane un whic 
saved fi } re ediately after poland: - 
Buckingham Palace for the opie of receiy ving addresses 
from wae public —— Among the most interesting 
f the as one presented by Archdeacon Hare, who at- 
tend 
avin 
ent donation 
Sevuenlens: aie listen to the Address with deep at- 
tention, his Majesty replied, ‘‘ My reverend —_ tlemen— 
The see of ae ristian sympa 
a portion of the Nat 
gratifying te me, gal I sa 
r 
et romoting Christianit: 
and presen ated. a congratulatory 
any virtues 
amon: ws, Ad- 
dress to his Majesty on his m , and the invalu- 
able services he had) — inthe cause of Christianity ; 
heir a miration of the 
tural wudgts islies d by his Majesty in the 
ception red gs execution of the plan for the erection of a 
Protestank bishopric in nthe Holy City. Thedeputation con- 
clu 0 é 
within 
ety for that especial irpuies = wre 
following words: ‘* My Lords ntlem 
re b 18 8 
am consci simpl y wished to make your 
nascent ectablishiins Eres Pace nt Zion available for all ate 
tinental Heyagr a churches, and I rej 
success of the e 
oe head ra your phate in realising 
ue to 
Final] 
you for ss Jeet Christian aspirations; and I w 
both wat inde idu nally, every prosper 
y God.’ 
visit — moval Highneses he Duke a of 
e, and, before returning to Bucki ing am Palace, 
= det fom osley ttonte, to doy a visit to the Duke of 
of merchan and-owners 
EBs 
Ca 
Govern 
dematch from the jivenabe: Sir G. N er, dated ike 
, 1841, and seabionteB ee = r cnn Ruse wherein his 
1 
Excellency disputes the 
he 
the advantages ely to accrue to the ¢ ony by ane 
ient setting éplrt 12,0007. annually from guit-rents on 
Vv nds, in o to provide free 
mechanics and Jabourers from Europe. “The 
efor attended, D. rd os Esq., in t 
Mr. Bor gy 
i the: various objections o the despatch, which he 
endeavoure $0: Conk overt by facts of his own hae oe 
and the present statistics of the oct and co 
solution 
—* That € ve Cobay abour 
fa sul 
