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ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE AND DUOHCSSJ OF EDINBURGH. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were receivel with every demonstration of welcome on their arrival at Graves- end on Saturday morning, March 7th. On landing from the Royal yacht, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, they were presented with an address of congratulation from the corporate authorities, the Duchess having previously accepted a bouquet from the bands of the Mayor's daughter. In the carriage in which their Royal Highnesses were driven to the railway station were Prince Arthur and Karl Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of Kent. The route was lined with detachments of volunteers, and the reception by the people was of the warmest character. On reaching Windsor, at twenty minutes past one, their Royal High- nesses were greeted by her Majesty, the Prince and Prince3s of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Princes3 Beatrice, Prince Leopold, and the Duke of Cambridge. So suddenly that it took most of the pri- vileged spectators by surpiise, an undecorated engine appeared on the reserved metals, and it was only when the royal saloons were recognized and the i./uke of Edin- burgh and his wife standing at one of the windows that a cheer was raised, at first doubtfully, then very heartily, and the Queen went oui of the waiting-room to welcome tie helpmeet of her second son. The Duke, who wore his captain's uniform, with the grand cordon of a Russian order, jumped lightly to the platform and affectionately embraced his mother, then turning to the saloon assisted his wife to descend. With a quick impulse the Duchess ran forward and kissed the Queen, who returned the affection- ate greeting warmly upon both cheeks. Then the Princessof Wales kissed her sister-in-law, with whom it is easy to see she has long since made fast friends, aod the Prince promptly followed kis wife's example. The Royal party passed into the waiting-room, and, after a momentary delav, to the first carriage, which was drawn by four grey hor-es, ridden by postilions in blue livery, and preceded by outriders in scarlet on gr-y horses. fhe Queen, the Duchess, and the Duke of Edinburgh alone occupied this laudau, which was open, and in which it was pprfectly easy for every one along the route to see her Majestv and the Duk* and Duchess. The procession now started, headed and followed by the escort of the 2nd Life Guards, As soon as the procession was obsejved ieaving the Royal gates of the station, the people set up a loud and hearty shout, which never abated in volume or thorough- ness until the whole of the Royal borough had been passed. As the Queen's carriage began to ascend the Castle Hill the sun shone out so strongly that both her Majesty and the Duchess found it necessary to put up their parasols, but with gracious consideration they held them so high that the view of the people on either side of the street was never for a moment interrupted. It must be confessed that here and there some disappointment was felt and expressed at the appearance of the Duchess of Ediuburgh. She is so pale, poor thing said a buxom dame, whom no one could accuse of a like fault. The fact is that the Duchess, al- though a sailor's wife, is not yet a good sailor, and there was quite sufficient tossing on Friday night across the North Sea to have tried the sailorship even of those who cross the Channel a dozen times a year, let alone for the first time. Such a passage, although it was not very rough, following upon such a journey, may very well account for even a greater degree of pallor than that manifested by the [ Duchess on Saturday. She was a littli excited, moreover, at meeting the Queen, and with the heartiness of the re- ception she experienced both at Gravesend and at Windsor; but we may here say that on Sunday her Hoyal Highness had perfectly recovered from the slight attack of mal de mer, and was in her wonted health and spirits. Pale and moved though she was, the Czar's daughter never for one moment lost her selt-possession, and cou- tinued all the way to the Castle to acknowledge in the most I graceful manner the salutations of the spectators. She wore a white lace bonnet, trimmed with lillies of the valley, small pink rosebuds, and orange flowers; a mantle of white poult de soie, and a blue silk skirt, richly trimmed with white lace. The Queen wore black, save that her velvet jacket was trimmed with minever, and there were some violet and white daisies in her bonnet. The Princess of Wales wore a black velvet jacket trimmed with Russian sables, a rich brown dress and a black hat and the Princess Louise a dress of purple velvet, with a light blue slip, and a velvet and sable jacket. Prince Leopold and the two sons of the Prince of Wales were in Highland costume, most of the other Princes being in their respective military uniforms. The Marquis of Lome wore the uniform of colonel of the Argyllshire Artillery Volunteers, and all the gentlemen of the Royal party wore the ribbons and 9tars of their various orders. The loyal greeting of the people in the streets an. nounced to those who had assembled near the gates of the slopes in the Home Park that the Queen and the Duke and Duchess were approaching, and at a quarter past one the advanced guards of the escort passed through the gates leaQ.J1? from the borough. The Eton boys, drawn up on the upper of the slope, gave a hearty cheer as the first Royal carriage paa(?cd under Sir Geoffrey Wj-tville's gate- way to George j~V '8 quadrangle, and the F battery B brigade of the Roy*"1- Horse Artillery, stationed at the dip in the Long Walk, coD*.me?ced a salute of twenty-one guns, while a guard of honour ox Grenadier Guards, with the band of the regiment playi/?3 ^he National Anthem, pre- sented arms. °As the carriages' ^ew UP at the entrance of the private apartments, the DucbfSs* was presented with a magnificent bouquet of orchids, lilies valley, and white roses. After luncheon in the Ojk Room, the re- mainder of the evening was silent in the qu.'etest possible manner, and indeed the Ducheos needed the rest which she ^ns at length obtained. On Sunday the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attested umne service with the Queen at ti'ie Chapel Royal. lhe State banquet given by t.he Queen at Windier rvtu °n M°nday evening, in honour of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh was on a sca'e of unusual magnili- cence. The Prince and Princessof Wales, the Duke of yambridge, Princess Louise an^ the iMarqnis of Lorne, jlr Disraeli, Mr Gladstone, L*rd Dt-rby, the Earl of Bradford, the Duke of Sutherland, the MTarq-ais of Exeter, L/ord .John Manners, Mr Gosehenr Lord ^andon, 3-<A the Marquis of Salisbury were amongst the guests-

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