at Hortrop, on the Malar Lake. The scenery of the country traversed was very grand, and was greatly admired by the travellers. The Royal party, after much difficulty, succeeded in killing one of the magnificent elks that are still occasionally to be met with in Sweden, but which are fast disappearing before the advance of settlement and civilization. The Prince, when with the shooting party, wore the hat and feathers and the high boots which form the costume of the society of which the King of Sweden is President. The departure from Stockholm of the Prince and Princess of Wales took place on the 4th; they travelled from Stockholm to Gottenburg by rail, and almost immediately proceeded on board the "Osborne," which lay alongside the quay. The "Osborne" started at daybreak, and arrived at Elsinore on the evening of the same day. The two days that succeeded the landing at Elsinore were passed in comparative quiet by their Royal Highnesses,-the 6th being the anniversary of the death of the late and the accession of the present King of Denmark. Prince and Princess Oscar paid a short visit to their Royal Highnesses at the Fredensborg Palace, and on their departure the "Osborne" was illuminated, and a discharge of blue lights and rockets took place. On the 8th another shooting party was formed for the forest of Hornbek.

NOVEMBER.

7. RETURN OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES FROM DENMARK.-The Royal yacht "Osborne," Commander George H. K. Bower, having the Royal standard flying at the main, made her appearance off Woolwich Arsenal, at a quarter before two p.m., having on board the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite, on their return to England. The "Osborne" sailed from Antwerp at noon on the 6th, and, with the exception of a slight gale which rose soon after midnight, the passage was calm and favourable. The yacht arrived and anchored off the Girder Light, near Ramsgate, at half-past two this morning, and awaited the mid-day tide to proceed up the river. A notice to that effect was telegraphed to the authorities at Woolwich, from Captain Bower, at an early hour in the morning. Captain Gordon, C.B., superintendent of military stores, then gave orders for the preparation of the T pier, so that a landing might be made with comfort at low tide. The arrangements were admirably executed, the lower platform steps and pier throughout being decorated with bunting and carpeted with clean tent cloths. The tide had begun to ebb, and the yacht,

assisted by a couple of tugs from the dockyard, succeeded, after some little delay, in turning and facing the stream, and was brought up close alongside the pier. Prince Arthur, who had ridden down from the ranger's house in Greenwich Park (attended by Major Elphinstone, R.A.), then stepped on board and spent a few minutes with the Prince and Princess previously to their coming on deck. On their appearance soon after, at the head of the gangway, they were received by General Warde, C.B., commanding the garrison, attended by his aide-de-camp, Captain Williams; Major Ord, Acting-Major of Brigade; Captain Nangle, Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General; Commodore Dunlop, C.B., and his secretary, Mr. Ponsonby; Captain Gordon, Superintendent of the Store Department; Lieutenant-Colonel Clerk, Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw, and Captain Boyle, superintending officers of the Royal Carriage-square; Captain Majendie, Instructor Royal Laboratories, and other officers in full-dress uniforms. Their Royal Highnesses both shook hands cordially with General Warde, and having remained some minutes in conversation on the maindeck of the ship, they were escorted by the officers above named to their carriages at the entrance of the pier. Both the Prince and Princess appeared in excellent health, and graciously acknowledged the salutations of a number of spectators, who had assembled on the landing-place. A Royal salute was fired from the flagship "Fisgard," on the "Osborne's " being sighted in the offing at Woolwich, and the Royal standard was hoisted on the Arsenal flagstaff, but no other demonstrations were observed, in consequence of an official order from the War Department, desiring that the reception should be "as quiet as possible," by the Prince's special desire. They were attended by Mrs. Grey, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Colonel Keppel, and Dr. Minter (Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets), and a large number of servants. Their Royal Highnesses, accompanied by Mrs. Grey, left Woolwich in the first carriage, and drove direct to London, and the remainder followed.

8. OPENING OF SOUTHWARK-BRIDGE.-This day, another wide and much-needed thoroughfare into the City, was given to the public by opening this bridge toll free, for a period of six or twelve months at least, if not for perpetuity. The negotiations and arrangements which at last brought about this most desirable result had been for some time in progress. The shareholders were not at all reluctant to give over upon easy terms a structure which had cost them very much, and which had paid them almost nothing at all, and seemed unlikely in the future to be more remunerative than during the past. They accordingly offered it to the Bridge-house Estate Committee, for the small sum of 200,000, which, considering that it cost up to the time of its opening in 1819, 660,0007., and is as good now as the day it was first used, was a very liberal offer, especially when we recollect that the mere approaches would, at the present day, cost as much as the whole

work did forty-five years ago. The directors of the bridge company agreed to let the corporation have the public use of the bridge, free of toll, for a space of six months, for the sum of 18341, or for twelve months for 27501., the bridge company undertaking all necessary repairs of roads, &c., during either the six months or year. With this fair offer the corporation closed at once, and the result was the public opening of the bridge. Until now it had never been of use to either shareholders or public. Southwark-bridge is the oldest of all our metropolitan bridges, except Vauxhall, which was opened in 1813, whereas Southwark was not finished till more than six years later. The span of its magnificent centre arch is one of the largest known to exist, and was for years considered an engineering marvel. The ribs of all the three arches are arranged as nearly as possible to the constructive features of a stone bridge-a new principle for a castiron arch, but one which time has proved very successful. The first stone was laid by Admiral Lord Keith, on the 23rd of May, 1813, and it was opened at midnight, on the 24th of March, 1819. Shortly before noon on this day, the Lord Mayor, in state, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, and attended by the Mace and Sword Bearers, drove to the entrance of the bridge on the City side. The members of the Bridge-house Estate Committee, and other City dignitaries, also attended in their carriages. Upon the arrival of the Lord Mayor and the various civic officials on the City side of the bridge, the directors of the company advanced to meet them, and the chairman briefly thanked his Lordship for his kindness in opening the bridge. His Lordship replied that it gave him great pleasure in assisting at the ceremony, as he felt sure that the bridge would, when opened free of toll, greatly facilitate the passage of traffic to and from the City, and so prove of essential benefit to the public.

The temporary barrier was then removed, and the Lord Mayor and Members of the Bridge-house Committee drove over the bridge to the Southwark side, and turned round. The barriers at each end were then removed.

DINNER GIVEN BY THE ENGLISH BAR TO M. BERRYER, THE EMINENT FRENCH ADVOCATE.-This evening, M. Berryer, the illustrious French advocate and statesman, who was staying in England on a visit to Lord Brougham, was entertained by the Bar of England at a sumptuous banquet. The Benchers of the Middle Temple lent their hall for the purpose, and this splendid old chamber, so rich in historical and legal traditions, scarcely ever held a more numerous or enthusiastic assembly than was gathered in it on this occasion. More than 400 guests sat down to dinner, and had there been sufficient accommodation, at least 100 more would have been present, whose application for tickets the committee were obliged to refuse. The Attorney-General took the chair, and at the chief table, on his right and left, were M. Berryer, M. Desmarest (the bâtonnier of the French Bar), Lord Brougham, Lord Kingsdown,

Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Justice Knight Bruce, Vice-Chancellor Wood, Vice-Chancellor Stuart, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Baron Pigott, Mr. Baron Bramwell, Mr. Justice Blackburn, Mr. Justice Byles, Mr. Justice Mellor, the Solicitor-General, Mr. S. H. Walpole, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Rolt, Q.C., M.P., Sir F. Kelly, M.P., Sir E. Ryan, &c.

Nearly all the leading members of the Bar were present, and there probably has not been such a gathering of the legal profession in the memory of the oldest member of it. After the health of the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales had been drunk with all the honours, the Attorney-General proposed as the next toast "The Health of the Emperor of the French."

The Attorney-General then said, "I have now to ask you to do yourselves the honour of drinking the health of the illustrious citizen, the distinguished patriot, the great orator, and the unrivalled advocate, whom we have the honour of seeing among us this evening. The great assemblage which surrounds me is, I am sure, far more eloquent in his praise, than any words which I or any one else could utter, and I can venture to tell him, that neither in this country, nor in any country in the world has such an assemblage ever been brought together. Not only is this spacious hall crowded by members of the Bar of England, but we are surrounded by guests whom we have been proud to ask to join us in doing honour to him who has honoured us on this occasion -the flower of our bench of judges, and some of the venerable and famous names who in former days have sat on that bench, whose names will be renowned till the end of time, but who will probably not esteem it the least of their honours to be associated with him on this occasion. It would be vain in me to attempt to do justice to his merits, or to the feelings and motives which have prompted you to invite him among you this evening; but I feel at least that I express some part of the sentiments which animate your hearts, when I say that you have invited him here, because you see in him one who, by extraordinary talents and virtues throughout a long public career, has upheld the dignity of the noble profession to which you all belong. And while we are delighted to recognize in him such conspicuous personal and individual merits, we also are proud that merit so conspicuous justifies us in taking this opportunity of showing our sense of the universal brotherhood which ought to prevail between the Bar of England and the Bar of France, and I trust, of all the civilized world. I rejoice in seeing around me so many gentlemen of our noble calling-a calling which vulgar minds frequently misrepresent and under-estimate, but upon which, in no small degree, depend the rights and liberties both of individuals and nations. It is its high privilege and duty to supply the just weights and balances of the scale of justice, by laying before justice all the considerations which ought to weigh on every side of every question, to stand forward for the weak and miserable, and upon great

occasions, when public liberties are called in question, to stand forward undaunted and assert the public right-a privilege which has been discharged by our ancestors in this country in times past, which we should be ready to discharge again, and which we rejoice to see discharged as it ought to be in every other country. There are three great, inestimable blessings which we in this country enjoy, and which we should be glad to see all the world enjoy, and I venture to say, that where they exist, public liberty cannot be extinguished. They are a free Press, a free Parliament, and a free Bar. In no country in the world has there been a Bar which has deserved greater honour than the Bar of France, and I shall carry your assent with me in saying, that at no period of the brilliant history of that great nation, distinguished as it has been by great names, has there been at the head of that Bar, a more honest, more virtuous, more eloquent, and more able man than M. Berryer. At a time when most of those I see around me were beginning their legal studies, this great man commenced a great public career, which to this day he continues to fulfil. By the side of his father-scarcely less distinguished than himself-he acted as the advocate of Marshal Ney. In the ascendancy of those principles of which he has ever been the faithful advocate-at a time when there was a disposition to make an exorbitant and excessive use of the success of those principles, he stood forward, not only on that unfortunate occasion, but also in defence of other distinguished men, involved in a like misfortune; and I believe it is known to all of you, that M. Berryer, then beginning his great career, ever raised his voice when his political principles were triumphant, in favour of moderation and justice to those whose fortunes were in decline. We have nothing to do with the political vicissitudes of his great country, except to admire the consistency and nobility of the man who bore himself so well under all of them. When his political principles were no longer in the ascendancy, he did not retire calmly from the service of his country. His voice was still raised freely, and yet without the possibility of an imputation that he favoured disorder. When called upon at the bar, he was always found the dauntless and fearless advocate of every unfortunate man who needed his services. It is almost a volume of history to tell how this distinguished man was the advocate of Lamennais, Chateaubriand, the present Emperor of the French, and many others whom it would be tedious to mention. Whatever their opinions were, when they needed a free word to be spoken for themselves, they went to M. Berryer. When the wheel turned round, we find him still not refusing his services to his country in any way-still lifting up his voice as the advocate of freedom of speech, as in the great trial of Montalembert; and we find him still preserving, not only the dignity of his position, but the power and influence and the brilliancy of his earlier days. I feel that I have detained you too long, not only from the pleasure of drinking his health, but of hearing from his lips, that eloquence of which he is the unrivalled