The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-19 00:00:00

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The station is very spa-
bridge crosses it at the Iron-
side of the bridge is the Belgian
lion ; on the other, the black eagle of Prussia. Ov
former waved

On the on

le tricolor,
flag of Prussia.

and over the latter the black
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before the dour of the station, the King advanced towaru,
and handed out her MajeAy, Prince Albert, and the Cron
Prince of Prussia, and the royal suite followed ; and the
• ',arty, amidst the most enthusiastic cheers from the
—aitary music, and the tiring of sa-
station to the carriages which

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large of gentle
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very jet. WZICK aria very pure white—escorted the royal
party through the town. The principal street was spanned
with triumphal arches, and lined oa either side with im-
mense festoons of fir, laurel, at d fla.vers. The houses
were hung with garlands, and the windows crowded with
people. The Queen and Prince and their royal hosts
proceeded at once to the house of M. Nelleson, the bur-
gomaster, and an extensive manufacturer, where they par-
took of lunch. They then went to the tomb of Charle-
magne in the cathedral. This is the " lion" of Aix-la-
Chapelle. The royal party returned to the station at
about a quarter to five o'clock, having been away altoge-
ther about three hours. In a few minutes the train was
again in motion. At a small place called Langerweide.
the train stopped for a few minutes, and again at Duren,
where there was a great display of Prussian beauties,
troops, music, laurels, and enthusiasm. Here, too, the
Landwehr, or national militia of Prussia, made for the
first time their appearance, and a very soldier-like body of
men they are. But,. gratifying as the reception of her
Majesty by the Prussians must have already been, Cologne
presented a still more striking spectacle. As the spires of
the ancient city became visible in the distance, so also
were there signs that its vast population were on the stir.
When the train neared the station, a dense mass of people
were to be seen, who had collected there to view her Ma-
jesty's arrival. There were triumphal arches, festoons,
bands of music, and, above all, troops in abundance—in
fact, the same scene which had been enacted at almost
every station on the way down was now repeated, but on
a gigantic scale. The whole population of the city seemed
to have poured out, so dense and so enormous was the
crowd. The royal party left the railway for the private
carriages, which were drawn up outside the station, and
drove off at once to the station of the Bonn Railway. To
cl,) this they had to pass through the principal part of the
city of Cologne. It was a gay arid brilliant spectacle.
Dense masses of people lined the way, and belied the na-
tional character by the loud and lusty cheers with which
they greeted the guests of their Sovereign. Escorted by
these best armies of kings, the Sovereigns of Prussia and
England passed threthih Cologne to the banks of the
Rhine, whence the railway runs to Bonn. A very shert
time brought the bop! travellers to the B. ruhl station of
the railway, close to the palace of the King of Prussia,