The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-06 00:00:00

LORD PALArsasroN IN EDINBURGH.

On Good Friday, Lord Palmerston attended
Divine service at St. Peler's Chapel, Lunen-place, Edia
bora, aecompanied by the Bight Ron. Mr. Cowper. Mp
th.,Kaay Evelyn Ashley, and by the Load Provost ;ad his
family. The dispel was crowded. At the oonelusite at
the Bessie* the party returned to the Lord Piercers boem
where they partook of luncheon. Shortly after two o'clock
Lord Pa'mentos, Mr. Cowper, and Mr. Ashley,
tike
Queen ▪ by the Lord Provost and family, drove roared flee
Queen's Drive in two private carriages to Dunsappie
whore the whole party dismounted for the of
meanding to the summit of Arthur's Seat. They at once
began to seceod the eastern slope to the summit of the huh
On reaching the crest of the lion's head the noble Premier
seemed less fatigued than other members of the party who
have not yet seen half his years. The Premier garvayed
with peat apparent delight the gorgeous putoroft
visible from the summit ; and oo being =gradated re
his eneesseful went, said be bed bean there a blushed
times before. The day wee warm and gresiel, but the at•
morphere war somewhat hazy, thereby diminishing the ex.
teat and splendour of the view. The city, although scot.
what obscured by the smoke and the thickness of the
was seen to peat •ivantsge. The noble Premier, who coo.
templated the acme for a considerable time, expressed he
admiration of it in the warmest terms. The party then di.
mended the hill, and the absence of any appearance of
fatigue on the pert of Lord Palmerston wee the subject of
astonishment and remark on the part gf the beholders. pan
re-entering the earriege, a number of young ladies—who
happened to be eujoviog the Good Friday holiday
on the bill—gave his lordship a hearty cheer,
which he courteously acknowledged, end remarked 2.
"We should have seen the ladies on the top of
the MR" The party then drove to liolyrood, where they
were received by Mr. Matheson, of the Board of Worts.
Mr. Matheson first analocted his lordship through the State
is and the roans recently ceded to the crown apartments
of Breadalhane and the Duke of,t
The next piece visited was the Picture Gilkey of the
where his lordship inspected particularly the portrait of
Mary Queen of Soots, and the four curious historical past
nip by Maleness, recently sent from Hempton Court upon
the repreeestation of a large number of the nobility el Scot.
land. Queen Mary's &pertinent; were next visited, and his
lordship Inspected with great interest the airdrome by which
the oonspiraton eteeed the Queen's apartment, where she
was supposed to have been at sapper with Wino on the eight
of the murder, as Wee the stains of blood on the step",
which tradition relates issued from the wounds of the
unfortunate favourite. Lord Palmerston was then shown
through the chapel, the architecture of tie great waters
entrance of which be particularly admired. His lordship
also expressed himself as greatly pleased with the extension
and improvements of the ground surrounding the Palace.
On leaving Holyrood the noble lord was loudly cheered by
the crowd el people who had assembled in the Palace yard.
The party text proceeded to the Lord Provost's house,
where Lord Palmerston, on bidding the Lord Provost fare.
wen expressed bin heartfelt gratification at the serail re-
ception he had met with from the public of Edinburgh, end
the kind hospitality be and his party had ex
at the Lord Provost's hands—both of which rerroca.ll
ever remember with the most pleasurable feelings.
Ltird Palmerston, havioe been made alien that
a servant who had been with Dupld Stewart well remem-
bered his lordship when he was under the professor's roof
in early days, took occasion on Friday to pay ber • visit in
No. 1,1 Rankellorstreet, mid expressed himself se hoeing
brie much pleseed with renewing the acquaintance of the
old domestic, " Peggie Forbes." Dr. John Brown bad dis-
covered the existence of this old association, and with it a
box of tools Irbil& were the property of " Young Melee
Hoary" of those days. The eight of them called up the
memory of days long bygone, and the Prime Minister was
anxious not to leave Edinburgh without expreering his
kind remembrance of her who in humble life bad Saar for.
gotten him. About half-past Ave, Lord
accompanied by ter. Cowper and Mr. Ashley,
to the residence of Sir William Gibson Craig, the
Lord Clerk-Register, at Itiocartou, where he remained the
night. The party to meet his lordship at dieser oonsiated
of Lord and lady Dunfermline, Mrs. Hey Mackenzie,
Yr-
count Dalrymple, the Lord Justice-General, the Lord
Juirtios-Clark, the Lord Advocate, Lord Curriehill, Mr.
Burwell, and Mr. J. Gibson-Craig. On Thursday, proves.
to Lord Palmentoe's visit to Leith, the Right Roo. Mr.
Cowper, Pint Ootendesioner of Works, went over the sew
publics buildinp—the Post-oelce, the Regiater-odios, aid
the Industrial Mussum--atteaded by Mr. Matheson. The
right hop. putlenan expressed his entire satiefactiou with
the program of the works connected with these buildings.—
&odonan.