The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

ROYAL VISITORS IN EDINBURGH.

EDINBURGH, Friday Morning.

The Prince and Princess of Wales:left Abergeldio
Castle yesterday morning at half-past nine o'clock,
and posted tc Aboyne, which they reached about
11, and from that point they commenced their rail-
way journey to Edinburgh, travelling in a saloon
carriage attached to the ordinary train. At Ferry-
hill Junction, Perth, Larbert, and other places
where stoppages were made, there were large as-
semblages, and the Prince and Princess were re-
ceived with cordial cheering. The train, which was
heavy, reached Waverley-bridge station at 6 47,
nearly half-an-hour behind its appointed time. At
the platform the Crown Priuce and Princess of Prus-
sia waited thearrival of their distinguishedrelativcs
General Walker and Staff; the Eirl of Kintore, Mr.
Sheriff Gordon, and other gentlemen were present.
There was no guard of honour as on the last occa-
sion, the high constables being entrusted with keep-
ing the platform, but an escort of the 3d Hussars
waited outside. An affectionate meeting took place
Roy
the d loalparu cheering of a numerousty, who left the station in
one
ewceaern theriage,
amid
and rather eager crowd. Darkness having fallen
during the delay of the train's arrival, the many
hundreds waiting outside could see nothing but the
carriage which contained the illustrious visitors,
whom, however, they welcomed in a very enthusi-
astic manner. The carriage proceeded to the
Douglas Hotel, which was reached at a few- minutes
after 7 o'clock. Apartments had been taken there
for two nights for the Prince and Princess of Wales
and for their suite, consisting of the Hon. Mrs.
Grey, Lieutenant-General Knollys, the Hon. M.
Meade, and the Hon. Colonel Keppel.
The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, who
arrived in Edinburgh from London yesterday morn-
ing, left Waverley station this morning at a quarter-
past 9 o'clock by the ordinary train for the north,
en route to Balmoral on a visit to her Majesty the
Queen. They are accompained by their infant
children, the Princes Frederick William and Henry
and the Princess Victoria, and by the Countess
Hohenthal, Lord Charles Fitzroy, &c. After break-
fast yesterday their Royal Highnesses drove out
from the Douglas Hotel, and having made some
purchases of Scottish jewelry and tartans, and
driven through some of the principal streets, they
paid a visit to the Castle. They were received at
the New Barracks there by the Fort Major, who
cooducted them through the Crown-room in which
the Scottish regalia are kept, Queen Mary's rooms,
and St. Margaret's Chapel. Their Royal High-
nesses returned to the hotel about 2 o'clock by way
of High-street and North-bridge. The Lord Pro-
vost, the Prussian Consul, and other gentlemen
had the honour of waiting upon the Prince and
Princess, and Earl Russell, who was staying for a
few hours at the hotel, on his way to Meikleour
to Minto-house, Roxburghshire, had also an
interview with their Royal Highness. At half-
past three the Prince and Princess again drove out
in order to visit Holyrood Palace. There they were
shown through the Royal apartments, and they also
visited the Picture Gallery, Queen Mary's room,
and the Royal Chapel, and took a walk through
the grounds. Leaving by the park entrance, their
Royal Highnesses went round the Queen's Drive
by way of St. Margaret's Loch, Dunsappie, and St.
Leonard's, returning to town about half-past five
o'clock. At a quarter past six they proceeded to
the station to await the arrival of the Prince and
• Princess of Wales, in whose company they spent

the greater part of the evening in the hotel. In the
course of the afternoon the infant children of the
Prince and Princess were taken out for an airing.
The Prince of Wales was present at the depar-
ture of the Crown Prince.
Prince Alfred is expected to arrive in Edinburgh

from Balmoral on Tuesday next and take up his
abode in Holyrood Palace, where he is to reside for
several months in the prosecution of his studies.
His Royal Highness is to attend the meetings of
the Social Science Congress, which opens on Wed•
nesday next.

FRIDAY NIGHT.

The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of
Edinburgh attended at Holyrood Palace to-day for
the purpose of presenting an address to the Prince
of Wales, which, at a meeting held in the morning,
they had voted. At twelve o'clock the Prince and
Princess of Wales arrived at Holyrood in an open
carriage. They were loudly cheered by a large
assemblage of persons. The civic address was re-
ceived in the throne-room. The Lord Provost in-
troduced the corporation, end the City Clerk read
the address, which was in the following terms

" TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OP WALES.
May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the Lord
Provost,Magistrates, and Council of the city of Edin-
burgh, most gladly avail ourselves of this the earliest
opportunity of offering to your Royal Highness and your
illustrious Consort our warmest welcome to this city.
In the profound admiration and love entertained by all
classes of the people for the exalted virtues of our beloved
Queen and her illustrious Consort, your Royal Highness,
and every member of the royal family, has a strong hold on
the gratitude and affection of the nation. But the citizens
of Edinburgh cherish the remembrance of more personal
claims established by your Royal Highness during your
residence in this city while prosecuting your studies, and
we rejoice that your visit to Scotland at this time with your
illustrious Consort affords us an opportunity of renewing to
your Royal Highnesses the expression of our warmest
loyalty and devotion. We earnestly trust that her Royal
Highness may have enjoyed and benefited by her residence
in Scotland, and that the associations of her Highland home
may be such as she may recall with satisfaction and renew
with pleasure. We hail her presence in this old Palace of
Holyrood, associated as it is with the most stirring inci-
dents of our national history, in which the destinies of our
Royal House were long centuries ago intertwined with those
of Denmark, as they now happily are. Kindred in race to
that from which her Royal Highness has sprung, the people
of Scotland have rejoiced in the union which your Royal
Highness has formed; and rich as you are in the enjoy-
ment of a noble heritage of love and veneration derived
from your illustrious parents, as well as in the possession
of personal qualities which have commanded the admira-
tion and love of a great and free people, we earnestly hope
and pray that you may be endowed with every other sift
and grace which can adorn your exalted station, and dt Yog
for the discharge of its high duties.
Lord r'"
" Signed in name and by appointment of the
_./ ef the
vost, Magistrates, and Council, and the ray of Oc.
city affixed thereto, at Edinburgh, the 2d
tober, 1863.
„rd Provost."
"CHARLES LAwso',
The PRINCE read the following
your
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have expreased to-
address and for the kind terms in Which
my studies in
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Highlands,a visit it'll
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pleasing assoc'a',ave paid to the Queen and my much-
the tribute you '`" and it will be •
lamented father.lf to entertain impossible for either the
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The Cowin ee of Ladies Were then admitted to
present the gifts of the ladies of Edinburgh. Mrs.
Lt. G. Lawson made the presentation, and read the
following address :--

"TO 1/ER ROYAL RICHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
6, May it please your Royal Highness,—The ladies of
Edinburgh are glad to have this opportunity of testifying
their loyalty and devotion to her Most Gracious Majesty
the Queen and the Royal Family. They desire to express
their warmest congratulations on the marriage of your
Royal highness with his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, and they pray your Royal Highness's acceptance of
this gift as a token for the joy with which you are welcomed
to this ancient capital."
The Princess briefly expressed her thanks and
admiration of the gift.
In the afternoon the Prince and Princess drove

out to Dalkeith-house.
The Prince and Princess honoured the Lord Pro-
vost by dining at his house with a select company.
The housi was beautifully decorated, and his Lord-
ship afterwards held an evening party.
Their Royal Highnesses were warmly cheered on
their way to the Lord Provost's.
They will leave to-morrow (Saturday) by the
1,91E1011 express train, at 10 o'clock in the morning.