The King and Queen have returned from Scotland, and at the end of next week they are going with their three daughters, their two sons-in-law, and nearly all their grandchildren down to Portsmouth to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on their return from their tour. It has been a wonderful and a most successful journey. The Duke has surprised everyone by the tact and ability of his speeches—especially when he has obviously spoken from his heart without tuking advice as to what he should say. Mr. Max O'Rell, who has just joined the staff' of the Paris "Figaro," attacks the Duke severely for not having addressed the French Canadians in their native tongue; but almost. the only adverse criticism to which his Royal Highness has subjected himself, "and the virulence of Max O'Rell's rebuke is explained by the circumstance which he lets out at the end of his tirade. The Dal once offended the famous French writer, who professes to be working for a cordial relation between France and England, by refusing to attend one of his lectures at a short notice. London is making preparations for according a splendid welcome to tie heir-apparent and his wife, who will doubtless son after their arrival be known. to us as the Prince and Princess of Wales.
24th October.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.