The Press.
London, England, 1857-07-04 00:00:00

THE PlitSB, JULY 4, 1857.

Sunday scholars and teachers. It was inaugurated,
as will be recollected, by the Prince Consort, on the
6th May lost, the day after the opening of the Art
Treasures Exhibition by his Royal Highness. Many
thousands of people had assembled in front of the
park gates, and several hundreds of the leading
inhabitants, including many ladies, were admitted
into the park. The royal carriage stopped only fur
a minute or two in front of the statue, where the
Queen, who d►d not alight, exchanged a few words
with the Mayor of Salford, and seemed very' muci►
pleased with the memorial, which is the ,vork of Mr.
Noble, and was erected by subscriptions raised partly
by the authorities and partly by the teachers and
scholars in the Sunday-schools of Manchester and
Salford. Her Majesty returned to Worsley, where
she remained until Thursday morning, departing
for London at half-past nine o'clock. The royal
train arrived at Euston-square at three o'clock.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia did not
return direct to Worsley, but, accompanied by their
Highnesses the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales,
and Prince Alfred, and attended by the Prussian
Minister, Count Moltke, and several members of the
suite, proceeded to the Town hall for the purpose of
receiving a congratulatory address from the Mayor
and Corporation of the City of Manchester.
On entering the hall, the audience rose in a body
and received their Royal Highnesses with the most
enthusiastic demonstrations of applause, which were
again and again renewed. Prince Frederick seemed
both surprised and moved at his reception, and con-
tinued to bow his acknowledgments till silence was
gradually restored.

Sir James Watts then advanced at the head of the
aldermen and members of the Town Council, and
Mr. Heron, the town-clerk, read the address, as
follows :

We rejoice that the occasion of the visit of your Royal
Highness to this city, with her Most Gracious Majesty,
has afforded us the opportunity of thus publicly presenting
our wariu and hearty congratulations to your Royal High
ness upon the intended alliance between your Royal High-
ness and the Princess Royal of England.
We offer these congratulations in the full and confident
belief that by such auspicious union the happiness of the
Princess Royal will be secured, and the fondest wishes of
our beloved Queen in her behalf be realised, while the
friendly feeling which has happily so long subsisted between
England and Prussia will be thereby strengthened and per-
petuated, and as the consequence great advantages will
result to the people of both countries.

His Royal Highness, receiving his reply from
Count Moltke, read it in a clear and very loud tone
of voice, so as to be distinctly audible to every person
throughout the hall. His Royal Highness spoke
with only a slight German accent. On that part of
his reply which referred to his intention to do all in
his power to secure the happiness of the Princess
Royal he laid marked and emphatic stress, and eli-
cited applause which lasted some time. His reply
was as follows :
It is with the greatest satisfaction that I receive the
expressions of sincere and cordial welcome which the
mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the city of Manchester
have addressed me on the occasion of this my first visit to
this town.

I am happy to be able to gratify on this occasion the
desire which I have long felt to visit in person a town and
district which is of such great importance to this land,
and the influence of which on the progress of industry is
as well known and appreciated in my own country as in
England.
I beg now to thank you for the hearty congratulations
you express to me upon my intended alliance with her
Royal Highness the Princess Royal. I hope that God's
blessing may rest upon this union, in which to secure the
happiness of the Princess Royal will be the dearest duty of
my life.
I sincerely rejoice with you in the prospect of this union
drawing still closer for the future the ties of friendship
happily existing between Prussia and this great nation.
Immediately after the reply was delivered to Sir
James Watts their Royal Highnesses quitted the
hall, the whole proceedings having lasted less than
ten minutes.

A rcagnificEnt collation was prepared in the
Mayor's parlour, of which their Royal Highnesses
partook, and took their departure from the Town-
hall at half-past three precisely. On Thursday, at
half. past eight a.m., her Majesty and the royal
party left Worsley, on their return to Buckingham
Palace, where they arrived safely in the course of
the afternoon.