The Sun. — 1868-09-12 (London, England)

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO  ENGLAND.  The strictly private character of the royal continental tour has been maintained up to the last, and her Majesty and the members of the Royal Family who accompanied her to Switzerland have once more landed on British soil, without any of those exuberant demonstrations of loyalty which under other circumstances would have been manifested. About two o'clock on Friday afternoon the royal squadron, accompanied by the Trinity yacht, steamed through Spitbead, the Victoria and Albert leading. The weather was beautifully fine, not a cloud appearing in the horizon, and the surface of the water was almost as smooth as glass. There was scarcely a breath of wind, the dead calm interfering sadly with the local regatta which was taking place. An immense concourse of people lined the extensive range of beach at Southsea, and the ramparts were also crowded, while the entrance to Portsmouth harbour was thickly studded with craft of almost every description, from the trim-looking sailing-boat to the slender galley. The royal standard was not flying on board the Victoria and Albert, but as it was known that the Queen was on board, her approach to the harbour was watched with the greatest interest by thousands of spectators. The band of the 33rd Regiment (recently returned from Abyssinia), was stationed on the Southsea Clarence Esplanade pier, and as the royal yacht passed played the National Anthem, and some slight cheering followed, although the well-understood wishes of her Majesty, that her whole tour should be carried out in the most private manner possible, evidently checked anything like that hearty expression of loyalty with which her Majesty is invariably received on all public occasions. At half-past two o'clock the royal squadron steamed into harbour, and the Victoria and Albert was moored opposite the King's Stairs in Portsmouth Dockyard. A number of wherries, crowded with spectators, lay astern, anxious to catch a glimpse of the Queen, and the workmen on board the troopship Crocodile crowded into the rigging, and when, about twenty minutes to four, her Majesty embarked in the royal gig, there was a slight cheer from the Crocodile, although here again the feeling to which we have before alluded appeared to restrain the men. Her Majesty was rowed across the harbour to the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard at Gosport, where Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., naval commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, and Lieutenant-General Sir George Buller, K.C.8., commanding south-western district, were in attendance. Her Majesty immediately proceeded by train to Windsor.  The public have to wait patiently for Parliamentary reports. Directly they aro ordered by the House of Commons to be printed they are put in the printer's hands, and yet a couple of months or more elapses before they make their appearance.  The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen has, in conformity with the decision come to by the Council of the North German Confederation, abolished his consulates abroad. The interests of his Highness's subjects in foreign countries will henceforth be confided to the Consuls-General of the Federat ion.  The five prisoners in custody at Altrincham, °hail ed with the murder of Thomas Jenkinson at Bowdon, last Sunday, have been before the magistrates, and were committed for trial for wilful murder. The sixth man, who was arrested at Liverpcol, has been discharged, not having been identified as one of the parties to the outrage. Mr. Justice Hannen on Friday attended at the judges' chambers. No further application was made for bail in the case of Madame Rachel, and as the sessions of the Central Criminal Court commence on Monday, it is ...Amer application for made.