Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-15
QUEEN vICToRIA's VISIT TO GERMANY.

| QUEEN vlCToRIA'S VISIT TO GERMANY;
The reporter fol ihr London Tunes gives very lSli
details Of the visit Of Queen Victoria 10 Germany. li~t
arrival Cologne was the OCCASION o tee aud ceIe
bra,on Of The nos, unbounded mapn6cence. ! he Pa,
Of Bruh tho place vi reception. ana n"s ievs
than six hundred musicians hSd been collected ~ welt
come her. This munster band p~riurmsd an Englsi,
National Anthem aud Rule Britannia, with i"afcies VI
beethoven and Meycrbeer. The Tines says:
1.-The effect Of such snofuons mass VI sVund, re-
gnaied ns i.was by the finest musical taste, AND ac
complished with the mos, pcrIec, precision of execution.
was more erand iLan any 10 which W. are ordinarily
accustomed -, 80 o.. fss
! From Bruhl To Colleague, distance Of sixteen miles,
constant succession oi carriages lined the way. an"
some OF the railway trains three hours aud hat
on The way ''No reception says the Tunes, "hsr
Majesty has ever had in her own donlnons, exceeded
Tia, which has been given her ~ The people VI rfus'
STA. On the l2h, the Queen attended the grand crrrr
nonal Of The Inauguration Of the statue vi leeh.vsnt
aud io The evening Jeie was prepared Tor her by tina
King OF PRUSSIA, tar exceeding in splcndor aud napn'n
any with which she had heire been grat,nsd
All Cologne was Illuminated. aud The Rhine was ons
grand fen de joe Or the effect Vi this magnificent exh-
bilion the Times snys:
AS soon as twilight bcga the massive ouiIine III thu
antique city Of Cologne traced dmy On The darkness.
Lines Of twinhng brightness seen stealing alt'x
Ills font, house after house became Illuminated. Dut
few minutes had passed beore the whoe mass shone
with light. d,vel ping the outlines IT the architecture.
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beyond the great features Of this part of the city,
little unger. aud the lines Of brightness might be- sean
shooting across the Rhine the illumination was com
nnnIcaled 10 the bridge Of buals again. little lngsr.
aud the eic du pont On the "pp"sa bank IT, Cologne.
was kinded up into brlancy by tho same almost ma
go Influence. Running along ,he shores "I The rv-
or, the eye perceived the twnkling III tho inhu-
neIshle lights either side, dollng Tho darkness
like diamonds, I'LL The line M afrowy silver WAS lust IN
anneI and greater blaze Of sprhd,r the upper part
liver mil nd u
boats The surface ol the river ba.ej, ioo. with ari
fetal lights Of dazzling hrillancy, and On the eastern
shoe along the banks, besides the lamps thai twihkesi
iron the masls Of every vessel laying alongside is ho
tells were lined in iron, with little nlobes u exquisite
transparency, IN colos Of than Chinese varsiy.-
The whole space thus framed IN light. sparkled apd
twnkled like armament.
"A rocket irom'he upper endo, ,he gave u,ice VI
the Queens approach, others um The Bridge ii lsats.
answered The aianhl; large st.amct PriMreas u
Porngaliteally blsze Of light, gded np the ri'er
beneath oanopy Of the mosl bnisn, rockets. Then
ensued few moments Of perfect silence. until single
rocket gave signal thai ,he Queen and her RIVAL hst
were coming. and them says the Times. commenced tho
grand reception.
"lns,nnlaneousIy, as If oue will had animated all ihuss
who look par, in The spectacle. the whole Rrmam~at
WAS IN n baze of light. Rrke,s and other fs"s dar-
Hcc appeared IN every difeeo and salnes Ut artilie
~ were fired ell sides. The Prussian troops, ~ho
lined both Shores also kept upa conlinuous fire u mus
and orange coored lights burnt IN large 'nasses.
shedding bright glare over the animated scene. This
firing was keplup without Observation-Disclosures blazing
and santes tipg from every pari o the vast arena CIV
cred by The Manufacturing the whole time the
steamer took To come 10 the Bridge &c Boats, perhaps
twenty minutes. The sky wps one wide bnze ii light
and the lud glare ,hruwn by the artificial light
particularly over the city Of Cologne. brought out ss
exquisite effects. A more striking and Imposing die
play, trUm the extent vi the field III operations aud thu
n, Tho kn
been seen. As The steamer approached the Bridge VI
Boais, new FIXTURE obeau,y WAS added. lnsanians-
ously the wtole bridge became bazc Of light. H,kng
like rich fringe Of bright gold Suddenly, ihousand
sky buckets were sent up nj once. aud the city was In
every part visible. with the Cathedral appearing najes
iicaly Illuminated. Passing through the bridge VI
l'osis, which opened for the purpase. the steamer
went on to the landing place aids, continuous fire Of
sauies. Kunrd Of honor. formed ofPrussinn tps II
the line, We're drawn up. Her Nlajes,y aiierwards
drove through The principal slrefis Of Cologne, which
were most brilliantly illuminated and decorated with
fags." ,i,n
The Cologne Gazette of,hc 9Th states that the Queen
OF England was sngularly surprised and gratified ~
this display Alter their NIapst,s h,d taken sIs
lteshmene board the Princess IF Portugal they
stopped, at ! O'Clock. at Tho Tmnkasseoihx. where
carriages were in waiting, some for the Chateau VI
Druid, and others for the Station Of l'ons.
On the 18th the Queen visited the Cathedral ~ CO.
lugne, surrounded continually by an immense concsursa
The bells She then proceeded to iho Church III 81.
Ursula. the Museum and other places o interest. and
Then returned To Bmhl. She 10 leave The next
day for CohlenIz aud Sirnzenfeds, where she would
arrive the night Of The lfh, aud the next day Start
Tor Mayence. On the 10th she to gn To the Imlaoe
Of The King Of Bavaria al Wuremburg, aud thence, by
way al Bamherg. 10 Cohurg.
Downfall Of he CrU,ea.-i-Ilie Lotdon papers say
thai when the Queen Appeared in the House q l.ords
10 read her speech at the proogaon, the old Duke ot
Argyle, whose office il is 10 hear the cushion,
stumbled when approaching the thfme and let the
crown fall. Several If the jewels were displaced
from their setting By tie soch, and lay sca,lered on
the floor.
Tradition says thai o!,e Of the largest jewels fell
from the crowh at the coronailnn of George ILL.,, aud
the incident locked up,n with supersiitions dread
of evil omen II was supposed 10 Ioriend the ov Il
the North American colonies; but j, Is very pfsbase
that the tale OF The omen manufactured after The fu.
flmen Of The supposed ansnry. We do nal hlieve
ia onlers ourselves. NJ. Y. Com. .1dc
| fAnoruEa.-At the cor,nalhm of Louis 10Th, he
complained that the crown huf' him, (ocing too Tight
and removed il from his head.
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