authorities, set out again for Calais, which place, however, to the great disappointment of the inhabitants, they did not reach till midnight. The next morning they embarked for Dover, and having safely landed on our shores, made their journey to London, amidst the most ardent display of loyalty, on the part both of the authorities of the various places on the road and the public. On the Prince's arrival at Buckingham Palace at four o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday the 8th., he was warmly welcomed by a large concourse of people who had been many hours.waiting to receive him, and was conducted to the presence of her Majesty, who, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the great officers of her household,received his Serene Highness and his illustrious relatives, in the state apartments. The greeting between the royal lovers was in the highest degree affectionate. His Serene Highness, was dressed in plain clothes, and appeared to be in excellent health and spirits; he was evidently elated at the cordial manner in which he had been received throughout his journey, and the Queen was equally exhilirated by the safe arrival of the busband of her choice.

The Lord Chancellor came to the Palace, at five, attended by the Clerk of the Crown, his Secretary, Purse and Mace bearer, and having formed a Court, his lordship administered to Prince Albert the oaths of allegiance and supremacy directed to be taken by the act naturalizing the Prince. After his Serene

Highness had taken the oaths, the Lord Chancellor directed them to be enrolled in the High Court of Chancery.

In the course of the evening a dinner party, consisting of thirty, assembled at the Palace, among whom were included a large portion of her Majesty's Household, and of the Ministers of State.

On Sunday morning, the Queen and the Duchess of Kent, Prince Albert, and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and Prince Ernest, with the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household in waiting, attended Divine Service in the Palace. The Bishop of London officiated, and the Rev. Mr. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, was in waiting. In the afternoon, Prince Albert paid his respects to the various members of the Royal Family, accompanied by his father and brother, and attended by Viscount Torrington.

No sooner was it known to the Queen that her august Consort elect was actually on the road to England, than she hastened to announce it her pleasure to confer upon the Prince the title and dignity of Royal Highness, and to appoint him a Field Marshal in the army.

THE WEDDING DAY.

Perhaps no one day within the recollection of the present generation was ever anticipated with more

impatience and delight than the memorable 10th of February, 1840; and, indeed, the event which caused so many thousands, or rather myrids of people to congregate on that morning in the vicinity of St. James's and Buckingham Palaces, and the Royal Parks, in spite of the inclement and tempestuous weather, which would have damped the spirits of any popular excitement less ardent and and intense, cannot but be viewed with the deepest interest throughout the Queen's dominions. The scene presented in the locality of the royal residence afforded a fair sample of the feeling which on this occasion animated the great mass of the vast population over which the sceptre of Victoria is swayed. The imperial nuptials then about to be celebrated, powerfully recalled to the minds of all, the day-who, indeed, can forget it-that day of hope and promise when the Daughter of a long line of England's monarchs, interesting from her extreme youth, her sex, her innoeence, and loveliness, ascended the throne of her ancestors? the throne of a dynasty endeared to the people of England by the recollection of its services in protecting their religion, their liberties, and their national independence, against domestic treason, and foreign hostility? The deep and general sorrow which followed the good king William to the grave, was consoled by the enchanting dawn of a reign commencing under circumstances of such gentle, captivating influence, and, we may even say, of such romantic interest.