gathered on the platform. To these were added the glittering cuirasses of a small staff of officers who rode in through the archway, headed by Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and attended by a trumpeter. Immediately afterwards there entered in front the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Teck, and Prince Christian, attended by a brilliant staff. Meanwhile a long line of Her Majesty's and the Prince of Wales's state carriages entered from the Southern carriage entrance and formed in line, where an escort of the Royal Horse Guards had previously taken up their position. At a quarter to six, the Prince of Wales, who wore the uniform of a General, entered the station on foot, followed by General Sir W. Knollys and suite; the guard of honour presenting arms to them as they passed, while the band played the National Anthem. At thirteen minutes past six o'clock, the engine of the Royal train was seen approaching from the farther side of the bridge, and as the train entered the station, the guard of honour presented arms, and the band played the Persian anthem. The Shah was received on the platform by the Prince of Wales, and the other members of the Royal Family. Some fifteen minutes were occupied by the English and Persian suites in finding seats in the royal carriages; and then the little knot of white plumes, which denoted the whereabouts of the Royal party, and the scene of Some formal presentations, began to move, and ringing cheers burst forth from those near the spot, as the Shah and the other illustrious personages passed from the railway train to the carriages. These immediately started, and as he passed the tiers of spectators, the Shah was greeted with continued cheering, which he repeatedly acknowledged. The Royal personages occupied the last three state carriages, and in the court-yard they were joined by the escort of the Horse Guards. The arrival of the Shah was awaited with much interest outside Charing Cross, and the entire route through Whitehall and the Mall to Buckingham Palace was lined with spectators, who saluted His Majesty. STATE ENTRANCE OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES INTO LONDON, MARCH, 1863. If the chroniclers of royal receptions in times gone by have writ their annals true, there have been occasions when the entries into London of Kings and Princes were striking popular demonstrations. The progresses of the Black Prince and of Bolingbroke, each with a captive monarch at his side, were somewhat in the nature of the ancient triumphs; and therefore, although we are told that they were wondrous exhibitions of the people's joy, yet they scarcely bear any analogy to the event recorded in the following pages. Perhaps the passage of King Charles II. through London at the Restoration may have had about it some of the features of complete abandonment to the excitement of the moment which were so prominent in the reception of the Lady whom it is now our happiness to call the Princess of Wales. However that may be, it is difficult that any ovation could ever have occurred in which the whole nation spoke with one voice of enthusiastic welcome. Whether as regards the past or the future, the arrival of Princess Alexandra in the land of her adoption stands, and will stand, as an occurrence without an equal. Leaving her native country on the 28th of February, 1863, amidst every expression of good-will and sympathy from its inhabitants, the Princess passed on through a well selected route and reached Cologne, where she received some of the first greetings from her future compatriots, the resident English doing her all honour during her brief stay at that place. 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The Bricklayers' Arms Station was nicely ornamented with evergreens, flowers, and flags of different nations, and the platform was covered with crimson cloth; immediately opposite the place at which the Princess left the carriage were hung the flags of Denmark and England. A receptionroom, superbly fitted up, was provided as a restingplace for her Royal Highness. Awaiting the arrival were the Duke of Cambridge, Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, Mr. Layard and Mr. Locke, the Members for Southwark, and the High Bailiff of that Borough. On the Princess's arrival she was welcomed by the chairman and directors of the South Eastern Railway, and again a splendid bouquet was presented to her. - Exactly at 2 o'clock the Royal personages entered six carriages which waited for them in the court-yard of the station. A battalion of Guards and another of the 60th Rifles were on duty as a guard of honour, and two escorts of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and the Life Guards surrounded the carriages, and contributed the only appearance of splendour which the very simple cortége exhibited. Along that somewhat dreary district which leads from Old Kent Road into |