The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-30 00:00:00

of the King's personal esteem and regard for an esti-
mable, liberal-minded, and accomplished English private
gentleman.
During the course of the banquet, Mr. Peto proposed
the health of his Majesty in the following terms :—I
have the high honour of his Majesty's gracious permis-
sion to propose to you a toast, and when I reflect that
the railway now opened by his Majesty in person has
had his sanction and kind interest from my first proposal
of it, and has also, by his Majesty's gracious permission
been called after his own name, you will see that I do
right in asking you to drink his Majesty Frederick
the VII. For myself, and my countrymen here present,
and for all, I beg to express to his Majesty our earnest
hope that God will bless him, and give him a long life
and a happy reign. And I cannot doubt but that a sove-
reign who has adopted as his motto, " My people's love,
my strength," will in that strength reign, and see his
country all that he so ardently desires, peaceful, pros-
perous, and happy.—The toast was received with pro-
longed applause. '
His Majesty, however, who sat on the right of
the chairman, Captain Andrews, and facing Mr.
Peto, and having on either side him the Countess
Danner and the lady of Herr Von Rosen, did not
make any response, it being contrary to Danish eti-
quette to do so, either on the part of King or subject.
Having bowed his acknowledgments', he proposed the
health of Queen Victoria, which, it is needless to say,
was received by the Danish not less warmly than by the
English portion of the guests, and the health of his Ma-
jesty's consort, the Countess of Danner, was received
with great applause, as was likewise that of " Mr.Peto,"
proposed by the King, who, on rising to depart, said he
would fellow the good (Ad Danish custom of thanking
his host for the noble hospitality the Danish Court had
experienced at the hands of Capt. Andrews ; and again
wishing Mr. Peto the fullest prosperity, he went on
score, where his appearance was the signal for renewed
manifestations of loyalty, which were continued through-
out the whole return to Flensburg. In the evening his
Majesty went to the theatre, where a very lively vaude-
ville was creditably played, the principal actress being a
Madame Brun, to whom the King gave a bracelet in
testimony of his satisfaction with her exertions. The
performance, which was witnessed by all the members of
the Court in attendance on the King, and by the English
railway party, whose box adjoined that of his Majesty,
lasted about three hours. At its termination his Ma-

jesty iatniliarly addressed a few words to the audience,
expressive of his pleasure at his reception in Flensburg,
and was cheered to the echo ; after which he retired to
his hotel.

On Thursday his Majesty entertained, in the Town
Hall, the principal inhabitants of Flensburg and the dis-
trict, together with the English railway notabilities.
After the dinner, his Majesty returned to his hotel, from
tLe windows of which he responded to an address read
at the head of a procession of
.500 torch-bearers (a
strikingly beautiful spectacle), and again on behalf of
his consort, in whose honour, as well as his own, illu
minations were got up, the national anthem (the coun-
terpart of our own air) sung by a chorus of 5,000 voices,
and a display of fireworks, brought from England, and
let off on the river. On Friday he returned in the even-
ing, after a ride in the country, and again entertained
the Flensburgers at a ball. Mr. Peto, Mr. Bidder,
and Captain Andrews returned in the Cygnus, on Fri-
day mi►orning, and arrived at Lowestoft, yesterday even-
ing, as already stated, much pleased with their experi-
ences of the ceremony of opening the Royal Danish
Railway.