HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT.

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 33, 17 January 1846, Page 4

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT.

The following notice of the Royal movements is abridged from a letter published in. the Morning Herald : — Cologne, August 12, — Her Majesty and suite readied the banks of the Rhine, at Cologne, precisely at seven o'clock yesterday afternoon, and immediately afterwards proceeded to the Palace of Bruhl. The train reached Liege, one of the great manufacturing towns of Belgium, about half past ten o'clock, and here many thousands of the inhabitants were assembled to greet the Royal party. After a short stay, the tiain again pioceeded along some of the most delightful scenery in Belgium, The frontier town of Veiviers was reached at half-past eleven o'clock, and here the Royal party were received by a guard of honour and a military band, which played •'God save the Queen," as the train reached the station. As at all other places at which the illustrious travellers halted, vast crowds were assembled, and the houses were gaily decoiated with flags and streamers, triumphal arches being extended across the line at several points Here the King and Queen of the Belgians took leave of her Majest), and the Prince of Prussia, who had been some tune in wailing to receive her, having welcomed the Queen to Prussia, entered the royal carriage, and the train then proceeded at a rapid rate to Aix-la-Chapelle. His Majest),

the King of Prussia, and a splendid stall" were in attendance at the station and greeted the Queen and Prince Albert with affectionate cordiality. Thete was a fine body of Prussian infantry di awn up on the platform, who presented arms at the approach of their Majesties, and after a struggle of a few minutes through »he well-dressed and well-bred crowd, who thronged the station, the Royal carriages were entered, and the party in full trot drove down the principal streets of Aix, followed by a large body of lespectable inhabitants on horseback, who did good service in keeping off the pressure of the crowd. The carriages, after passing through the principal squaies and streets, drew up at the Cathedral, a fine old Gothic edifice, in the centre of which is the tomb of the great Charlemagne, bearing merely the words " Carolo Magno." Over the tomb is a massive crown of silver and copper gilt, which is now used as a chandelier. After viewing the pictures, the ancient marble throne on which many of the Emperors were crowned, and the other great curiosities of the place, their Majesties again entered the Royal carriages, and alighted at the mansion of the burgomaster, M. Nillesen, where a very recherhe dejeuner a la fourchette was prepared, of which the royal party partook. In a few minutes the carriages were again in motion to the railway station : again there was a rush to the platform, and her Majesty and suite having enteied the Prussian state carriage, which had been substituted for the Belgian carriage during th£ Royal visit to the town, the ti am was soon again in full speed for Cologne. The arrangements at the various stations along the entire line were (excellent, and notwithstanding the anxiety of the people to obtain a passing glance at the Royal travellers, the utmost deference and respect were observed, and no inconvenient crowding or impertinent intrusion took place. The long-extending banks of the Rhine have concentrated all their vi&itors upon it and the Bonn, where, it is said, her Majesty will to morrow repair* to grace the inauguration of the sta« tute to Beethoven with her presence.