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Her Majesty Proceeds at Once to the Castle,
and Subsequently Has Short Interview
with Her Sadly Stricken Son-in- Law.
DR.. Mackenzie Engages in a Wordy
Quarrel with a Newspaper Man.
The Increasing of Irish Sentences on Appeal
Again Comes Up in the Commons, and
Gladstone Delivers an Effective Speech.
vICToRrA,s VISIT.
Reception OF Engiand's Queen at Charlotten-
burg-Interview with the Emperor


Reception OF Engiand's Queen at Charlotten-
burg-Interview with the Emperor.
BERLIN, April 22-Queen Victoria arrived at
Charlottenburg at o'clock this morning. The
Empress the Crown Prince aud Crown Prin-
cess. and the Prince and Princess of Saxe-Mein-
tingen received her at the depot Prince Henry
and his sisters, the Processes Victoria, Sophie
and Margaret; Sir. Edward Malet, the British
ambassador at Berlin; the Duke of Rutland and
the Burgomaster and Municipal Council of Ber-
lin, were also present. The greetings between
Queen Victoria and the royals family of
Germany were warm. The Crown
Prince conducted the Queen to
an open carriage. drawn by four
horses, which she entered, and,
with the Empress beside her, was driven to the
Castle. Crowds of people lined the route and
chsered enthusiastically the carriage passed.
The Queen paid visit TO the Emperor shortly
after her arrival at the castle. The doctors
feared that the meeting would excite the EN-
peror and probably upset him. but their fears
were eroundless. The Emperor seemed rather
brighter after the interview and his temperature
normal. The Emperor rose to receive the
Queen and cordially welcomed her. He after
ward withdrew to his own apartments.
The North German Gazette. referring TO the
Majesty will be welcomed by the whole popula-
ton of Germany, and above all by the inhabi
tauts of Berlin, with the veneration and sympa-
thy so justly due one who has for many years
ruled a friendly state and who is the mother of
our Empress. All German hearts will thank
fully accept as token of the Queens deep SYM
pathy for the fate of our reigning house. the
fact that she comes to the sick bed of our be-
loved Emperor and personally shares the deep
af1iction and great anxiety with which we are
filed to-day. May she be enabled to bring COM
fort and hope, and when she departs from Ger.
many to take with her the assurance that the
sympathy she has displayed will always be kept
in grateful remembrance here"
The Queen and the Empress drove at o'clock
in open carriage to visit Empress Augusta.
The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden
was waiting to receive them. All the members
of Augustas court were present. The several
royal visitors remained thirty-fve minutes.
After tea had been served they proceeded TO
Emperor Frederick's former residence to visit
the Prince and Princess of Saxe-Meiningen.
There they remained a quarter of hour,
stacting at $50 o'clock on their return 20 Char
lottenburg They were accompanied by Prin-
cess Beatrice, Prince Henry of Battenbere, and
one of the Emperors daughters who had been
visiting the Badens. The streets were crowded
and the Queen and Empress were greeted with
enthusiasm.
BY invitation of the Empress there was
large gathering Of the imperial family at the
palace at o'clock to meet the Queen. Among
those present were the Crown Prince and Crown
Princess, the Emperor's daughters. the Prince
of Hohenzollern, Princess Frederick Charles,
Prince Leopold. the hereditary Prince of Hesse-
Darmstadt, Prince Henry. the Prince and
Princess Saxe-Meiningsn and the Grand Duke
The Queen expressed surprise that the EN-
peror was little changed. and especially in
view Of the accounts that have reached her late
ly. Her Majesty expects to attend the service
in the Castle chapel tomorrow morning.
The meeting between Queen Victoria and the
Empress was very touching. The Queen burst
into tears on the approach of her daughter.
They embraced and kissed each other repeatedly,
with hands firmly clasped. The Queen only
waited to remove her mantle and went i'm
mediately to the Emperor She was as
tonished and delighted to find him looking bet
ter than she expected.
The Queen will depart tomorrow. unless the
Emperor should have a relapse. The greeting
of the people of Berlin to the Qneen was eyery-
where respectful The men doffed their hats,
and the women curtsied. She cheered en-
Enthusiastically except in the immediate vicinity
of the palace, where the people refrained from
any noisy demonstration on account of the EN-
peror. The Queens Scotch gillies and two
natives of India attended her, They are OBJ
jects of great curiosity to the people Of Berlin.
The Emperor In Satisfactory Condition.
BERLIN, April PA bulletin issued at 7:4O
P. n. says the Emperor became feverish during
the afternoon. but that the fever abated some.
what toward evening and his general condition
is comparatively satisfactory.
The North German Gazette says that the
Emperor's condition shows clearly a perceptible
tendency towards a slowly progressive develop
ment His fever has diminished regularly dur
ing the last few days. His temperature
to-day was $50 Celsius. His physicians
hope for further abatement, in view of the
recent symptoms developed. and they find espe-
cial reason for hope in the return of his appe-
tite. The fact that the Emperor has hitherto
taken a fair quantity of nourishment is solely
due to the urgsnt recommendations of his ply.
sicians- Good results followed the observance
of their advice. and his Majesty's pres
ent disposition to take solid food
is satisfactory symptom. But" says the
paper, lit Q necessary to exercise caution in
pronouncine judgement in the present aspect of
the case. The Emperor showed some emotion
receiving Queen Victoria to-day, but he APP
parently suffers no i'll effect from the meeting
DR.. Krause will leave the castle for the present
The Queen has made three visits 70 Emnaror