The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-18 00:00:00

COUIIT

The Luke •'" Cambridge arrived in t,twu en Saturday
from a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at h‘r residence in Richmond Park. His
Royal Highness honoured the Italian Opera, with his
presence in the evening.
Yesterday morning the Duke of Cambridge. attended
Divine service in Grosvenor Chapel, South Auiley-
street. His Royal Highness also attended the service
in Grosvenor Chapel in the afternoon.
Dispatches were bent off on Saturday evening l'om the
Colonial-office for the Governor of Jamaica, and the
Governors of the other West India Colonies. Dispatches
for the Governor of New Zealand were sent off from the
Colonial-office on Friday evening.
Dispatches from the Governor Genera! of Canada,
and also from the Governors of the other North Ameri-
can provinces, were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office.

The Rev. Mr. Perkins preached the sermcn yesti-rday
in the Chapel Ro3 al, St. James's. Viicount Hewer& n,
Lord Ernest Bruce, and Lord Claire were among the
Nobility present.

HER MAJESTY.
INAUGURATION OF BEETHOVEN.
COLOGNE, Aua. 12.
Cologne, through which the Royal cortege passed, for the
length of a good English league, last evening, en route from
the termination of the Anvers Railway to that of the Bonn line,
was one vast bower of flowers and garlands, to say nothing of
the national and other flags with which the streets were fur-
nished, as though they had been hung with tapestry. Her
Majesty of Prussia preceded the Queen to the castle of Bruhl,
a noble chateau, about some fifteen miles beyond Cologne, w here,
a little before eight, the royal. party had again united. Here
the British Sovereign was received with most characteristic
honours. An orchestra, consisting of thirty bands, of twenty
performers each, crashed out the National Anthem of our
country, following it with " Rule Britannia," and the tatoo
swelling from a wilderness of drums, from piano, till it thun-
dered in forte in magnificent effect. The coart of the palace
was brilliant with Chinese lamps, and gay with companies of
dancers, who polkaed their good-will offerings as the Eastern
damsels of old gave grace and homage.
Tuesday dawned with the promise of fine weather, which the
noon duly realised. Notwithstanding the multitudes that
thronged Bruhl on the evening preceding, long before mid-day
Bonn was one crowd of elegantly and singularly arrayed dames
and cavaliers. Here was the recherchl toilette of Paris, there
the coquettish costumes of the surrounding peasantry, and,
above all, the picturesque dresses of the students of the Uni-
versity, strictly fashioned after the mode of the olden time.
The town, the most beautiful I have yet seen in Prussia, was
literally wanton in holiday decorations. All the streets were
lined with fresh-hewn boughs, of lavish foliage, and streamers
of all hues, while the principal square, in which is situated the
chief hotels and shops of rare merchandise, was a rich drawing-
room a/ fresco. Soon after twelve the ceremony of the inau-
guration commenced in the monstre place, a square adjoining
the cathedral—a vast, august building. One end of it is occu-
pied by the chateau of the Count Von Fiirstenberg, and here
the Queen, the:King of Prussia, and their respective suites, re•
paired about the same time from the Palace of Bruhl. The cele-
bration consisted of orations, pronounced to the honour of the
great musician, who conferred by his birth harmonious immor-
tality on the place, and the performance of some of his most
favourite compositions. Presently the statue, placed in the
eentre of the square—a fine piece of bronze, representing a
figure that might serve for the genius of intellect—was unco-
vered amid the cheers of the assembled enthusiasts, and the
roaring of artillery. This over, the royal visitors came for-
ward in the balcony, from which they had witnessed the cere-
mony, and received the grateful welcome of the assembly.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert came in for a large share
of the popular applause. After the ceremonial, the record of
the inauguration was signed by the royal witnesses of it, and
deposited in Beethoven's tomb, a solemn and most feeling
tribute to genius.
After the inauguration the Queen attended a concert, in
which many of the most distinguished German artists took
part, and subsequently returned to the palace of Bruhl, not,
however, before honouring the University with a visit.