Oct. 



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THE NEWSPAPER. 



few minutes more the Admiral had taken farewell 01 

 Portsmouth, and, seated in his barge, proceeded towards 

 the Gomer, at Spithead, as fast as sixteen oars could 

 speed him on his way. On Wednesday morning the 

 weather was very fine, and the sea comparatively smooth. 

 The French steam squadron, with the Reine Amelie brig 

 yacht, and La Favori cutter, left their anchorage at a 

 quarter past 6 o'clock for their own harbours. The 

 Inflexible and Belle Poule, set up top-gallant masts and 

 top-gallant yards, and hoisted the blue peter for the 

 recall of all officers and seamen from the shore, as early 

 as half-past 6. The Belle Poule got under weigh at 

 half-past 8, and the Inflexible at half-past 9 o'clock. 

 They were soon out of sight, and Spithead is now solely 

 occupied by British men-of-war. 



The Queen's Visit to the Isle of Wight.— Shortly 

 after the departure of the King of the French on Monday 

 evening, her Majesty and Prince Albert went on board 

 the royal yacht from the Clarence yard. At the moment 

 the Queen reached the deck, every portion of the royal 

 yacht suddenly shot forth, as if by magic, into one 

 dazzling blaze of blue stars. The entire front of the 

 Clarence yard presented at the same time a similar 

 novel and splendid sight. Her Majesty's tradesmen 

 resident in Portsmouth had their houses brilliantly 

 luminated. Numerous private dinner parties were 

 given in celebration of the Queen's visit, and a subscrip- 

 tion ball, on an unusually splendid scale, was given at 

 the King's Room, South Sea Beach. Amongst the 

 private festivities was the dinner given by General Sir 

 Hercules Pakenham, who included among his guests 

 Sir Henry Pottinger, who arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday 

 afternoon, accompanied by Colonel Malcolm, from China. 

 The Queen and Prince Albert slept on board the yacht 

 in Portsmouth harbour on Monday night. About day- 

 break on Tuesday the storm had somewhat abated, and 

 hopes were entertained by the boatmen that it would 

 clear up sufficiently to encourage pleasure parties to 

 venture out in order to witness Her Majesty's departure. 

 In this, however, they were disappointed, for on the 

 Gosport side there were hardly a dozen persons on the 

 beach, the majority of whom knew nothing of the King 

 ot the French's inland journey, and could hardly believe 

 that it was not a hoax. About 7, a.m., a number of 

 signal flags were hoisted on the royal yacht, evidently 

 communicating with the fleet at Spithead. Immediately 

 afterwards the steamer Comet left her moorings, and 

 took up a position a-head of the royal yacht, and in an 

 instant all the vessels in the harbour, which a moment 

 before showed nothing but bare ropes and poles, were 

 profusely decorated with flags. At 8 o'clock the royal 

 ya«ht cast ofFher moorings, and as she got under weigh 

 a' !i a7 mannedher yards and saluted. Previously to 

 this the Admiralty barge, with the Lords of the Admiralty, 

 went on board to pay their respects to Her Majesty, and 

 accompanied the yacht to Spithead. The French war 

 Reamer Caiman left the harbour shortly before the 

 royal yacht, and Le Favori brig was towed out by the 



in* t„ S hT 1 " '? * ediatel r after - Several y flchts b elong- 

 ng to the Royal Yacht Squadron got under weigh at the 



same time, and accompanied Her Majesty on her pro- 



£ ,?" as the yacht left the harbour, the 



? and E °^h men-of-war at Spithead and St. 



s commenced saluting, L'Inflexible and La 



BpIIp p™i — :--™« »«iuuug, ±u xuuexiDie ana L,a 

 euns a V *l ln .* With besides instead of single 

 her «. Majesty passed the pier and ramparts on 



them P K eS8 i t0 S P ithead ' ^e persons assembled on 

 aem loudly cheered Her Majesty, who was standing on 



the .n arter - deck ' When the yacht neared the Corner 

 fresS eS - Were , 8t ° Pped ' and although the wind had 

 MaieZ * !! n ?. hcr de P artu re from the harbour, Her 



a cTmnL; ?a ?" n ? Albert went on board the Corner, 

 and The uL \ ^ ? ai * s borou g b, Lord Liverpool 

 ceived h. v °f} he Admir alty- Her Majesty was re- 

 and other „ * ce " Adm r iral Baron La Susse, Capt. Goubin, 



quarter d P ? C6r ^ f the shi P who were assembled on the 



the Gompr j . royal standa rd was hoisted on board 



«hips \\K ri 8aluted b y Roadsides from the French 



deck of th* r Ma jesty first stepped on the quarter- 



^oeme ; f' 8he a PP eared a little surprised at the 



conducted « , th,s ma gnincent steamer. She 



amined •.!!?' the ve ? sel by Admiral La Susse, and 



gun 



sold 



w here nothi r _ o'"**" *»»«»*■«■* »-v juci uwu yuan, 



and Albert f°u SOrt is t0 be seen ' the Vict <>ria 



eve n a sJi i havin S a gun of any description, not 



was 

 ex- 



g u °s of h PSrt minutel y- ^s powerful armament, 

 Sol diers f*l caIlbre > and decks crowded with 

 w °ere notr * great contrast to her own yacht, 



flutes. The yacht then proceeded on her course to the 



herweln 1? ' fT 1 ^^ Cl0Se t0 La BelIe Poule > 



between her and L'Inflexible, both of which had their 

 yards manned. As the yacht neared these ships, the 

 men on the yards cheered as she passed. Her Majestv, 

 tert ° n d6Ck r Wlth Pr j nce Albert at the timcacknow^ 

 net? ♦ v C ™™P ] ' ment b 7 bowing, and his Ro^al High- 

 ness took off his hat. Spithead at this time presented a 

 *ery gay appearance, the whole of the French and English 

 ship, and steamers of war being dressed out with flags. 

 The yachts which left Portsmouth shortly after Her 

 Majesty were pursuing their course towards the Solent 

 during part of the time Her Majesty was on board the 

 Gomer, in the expectation of reaching Cowes ere the 

 royal yacht should arrive with the Queen. In this 

 however, they were disappointed, for when about mid- 

 way between Ryde and €owes, the royal yacht came up 

 with them, and passed by them one by one, the Kestrel 

 and the Xarifa being the two last she overtook, which she 

 did close to Cowes, the Xarifa saluting as she passed. As 

 the royal yachtentered the roadstead, salutes were fired 

 from the batteries and from the Royal Yacht Squadron 

 Club-house, and the yachts then at the station. No 

 man-of-war steamer accompanied the royal yacht to 

 Cowes ; the only steamer that followed her was the 

 Comet, which came to take the Lords of the Admiralty 

 back to Portsmouth, and which returned with them as 

 soon as Her Majesty had landed. The Queen imme- 

 diately proceeded to Osborne House, distant nearly two 

 miles from the landing-place, and was loudly cheered by 

 the people assembled on the line of route. The equerries 

 in attendance returned to town before the Queen left 

 Portsmouth, and the retinue of servants was exceed- 

 ingly small, Her Majesty being desirous of remaining 

 during her brief sojourn in perfect privacy and seclusion. 

 —On \\ ednesday, Prince Albert rode round Barton's 

 Farm, accompanied by Sir James Clark, preparatory to 

 a day s shooting on the estate. In the afternoon Her 

 Majesty took a walk onthe beach, andafterwards made an 

 excursion in the barge of the royal yacht, which was 

 steered by Lord A. Fitzclarence. Her Majesty rowed 

 about the waters of the Solent for upwards of two hours, 

 and did not return until after sunset. On Thursday 

 morning Her Majesty was stirring by daybreak, and 

 shortly afterwards was seen, with the Prince, crossing 

 the lawn of Osborne-house towards the sea-beach, where 

 they continued to promenade for a considerable time. 

 Her Majesty afterwards went round the grounds, and 

 frequently expressed the liveliest satisfaction at the 

 beauty of the scenery. In the afternoon, Her Majesty 

 and the Prince, with several members of the royal 

 suite, embarked on board the royal yacht for the pur- 

 pose of enjoying a short excursion. The yacht passed 

 Ryde, when the inhabitants stationed on the pier wel- 

 comed Her Majesty with repeated cheers, and then 

 steamed past Spithead under salutes from the men-of- 

 war at anchor. She then proceeded to the Nab Light, 

 and there bore up for Cowes. The men-of-war were 

 dressed in their colours as the yacht passed them on her 

 return, and the platform battery at Portsmouth saluted. 

 Yesterday it was Her Majesty's intention to take 

 another trip on the other side of the island. Her Ma- 

 jesty will return to Windsor Castle this day, it is ex- 

 pected, to luncheon, as arrangements have been made for 

 the Court to leave Osborn-house at 9 o'clock. It is 

 expected that Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompa- 

 nied by a portion of the Infant Royal Family, will again 

 pay a visit to the Isle of Wight for a week or ten days, 



after the opening of the Royal Exchange on Monday 

 week. 



The Peerage.— Tuesday's Gazette contains the follow- 

 ing notice, dated Whitehall, October 14 : — The Queen 

 has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed 

 under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount 

 and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland unto the Right Hon. Edward Lord Ellen- 

 borough, and the heirs male of his body lawfully be- 

 gotten by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount 

 Southam, of Southam, in the county of Gloucester, and 

 Earl of Ellenborough, in the county'of Cumberland. 



The Church. — Three valuable benefices are at present 

 vacant in London, viz., .the rectory of St. George's, 

 Hanover- square, in the gift of the Bishop of London ; 

 the rectory of St. Luke's, Old-street-road, in the gift of 

 the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's ; and the vicarage 

 of St. Stephen's, Coleman-street, the election to which is 

 vested in the parishioners. The Rectory of St. George's 

 Hanover Square, vacant by the death of Dr. Hodgson, 

 is worth 15.50/. a year, and the Deanery of Carlisle, also 

 vacant by Dr. Hodgson's death, is worth 1600/. a year. 



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he r crew 8 *T? °n Doard > or a sin g le marine among 

 * ar steamer ffv mer ° n the other hand » is a powerful 



^wporarv v« kl r fim cla8S ' and was onl y fitted U P as a 

 England Th Reconveyance of His Majesty to 



Pared for H i L State cabins > wnich w ere specially pre- 

 tta «nificent . f i e8ty ' 8 use » are furnished in a style of 

 th e more nn ♦ ° Ur ' * hich forms mother contrast to 

 which Her ?P. endln £. but not less elegant manner in 



* ho "ever befv, 7 .5 CabinS are fitted U P' Her Ma J est y» 

 ^agnitud* «-r° Fe Deen on board a war steamer of such 



***** at thepf t0 Admiral La Susse her astonish- 

 ra tion of tk| reat capab:hties of the vessel, and her admi- 



* hic n previSlp/* u nt 8tate of order ^d cleanliness 



ducted ot« ?u ?**' After Her M»j«ty had been 



to Partake of «n i P she was invite <l by the Admiral 



° n b °ard nearl ga ? tc/ ^" n ^ r ' andalt °g eth er remained 



^urned h er *\* n , r ' Her Majesty in taking leave 



for tl >e courtp? v° W edgments to the gallant Admiral 

 «icer s . Wh e "J f ^ e Jad displayed, and bowed to the 



teen -°f-waraeain * ^ Ue6U ^ the Gomer ' the French 



V d as 8 °on as the it ^ red forth ^eir broadside salutes, verted every detail of His Majesty's visit, even to 'the 



'ictoria and Albert Jh ? W * 8 re "b°i ste d on board the pieces of music performed at the state dinners at Wind- 



' e English ships commenced their j sor Castle, into fresh affronts studiously offered to 



France. — The Paris Journals of the week have been 

 again occupied with the King's visit to England ; but 

 they have ceased to possess their former interest. The 

 Ministerial Papers have contained long letters from their 

 own correspondents, describing in enthusiastic language 

 the reception given to Louis-Philippe. The accounts which 

 have appeared in the Opposition prints have been almost 

 wholly extracted from the reports of the London Press, 

 but are seldom noticed with the courtesy and friendliness 

 in which they are written. The majority of these papers 

 contend that the hearty welcome given to the King in 

 thif country was intended for him personally, and should i 

 not be held in the most remote degree to prove that the 

 u cordial understanding" between the two nations was 

 real. The republican National in particular has per- 



France, and still represents* his Majesty's visit as most 

 injurious to the honour and interests of the nation. It 

 was rumoured in Paris that the visit had been turned to 

 political account ; that M. Guizot had used the opportu- 

 nity to obtain from our Government a " mitigation of 

 the terms of the treaties of 1831 and 1833, touching the 

 right of search," and that Sir R. Peel had obtained the 

 promise of a revision of the French tariff in our favour 

 and the abandonment of Tahiti.— It was announced in 

 lans, on Monday, that His Majesty the King of the 

 French, in honour of his visit to England, had granted 

 a complete amnesty to all offenders who have taken 

 refuge in, and are now residing in Great Britain.— The 

 Constitutions! of Friday publishes a report addressed 

 by Capt. Bruat, the Governor of the French possessions 

 in the Pacific, to the Minister of Marine, in which he 

 gives an account of the battle fought at Mehaena, between 

 the French and the natives of Tahiti on 17th April. This 

 report sets at rest the statement so often put forth by the 

 French journals that Englishmen were the leaders of the 

 Tahitians, and that the missionaries had encoursged the 

 natives to resist the French. From the official report of 

 Capt. Bruat it appears that the missionaries endeavoured to 

 the last, though without success, to prevent bloodshed, and 

 that the French were the aggressors. The publication 

 by Capt. Bruat of his despatch is likely to get him into 

 some difficulty. It first appeared in the (h.anie 

 I ranfoUs, a French paper published in Tahiti, under 

 the auspices of Capt. Bruat himself ; and the publica- 

 tion by an officer of an official document addressed by 

 him to his Government, without the sanction of the 

 home authorities, is a breach of discipline, for which he is 

 severely censured by the Ministerial Papers, and there is 

 little doubt that the Government will remove him from 

 his command. Capt. Bruat's journal states, that after 

 his victory he made a fresh attempt to effect a reconcilia- 

 tion with the Chiefs, and had, with that object, appointed 

 to meet them on the 30th April or the 1st May. He 

 had also sent an invitation to Queen Poniard to « 4 come 

 ashore, pacify her subjects by her presence, and confide 

 in the generosity of the French." Several of the Chiefs 

 waited upon her with a prayer to the same effect, and 

 their interview is thus comically described in the 

 Oceanie Francaise :— " She wept, groaned, and ex- 

 claimed, * I am afraid of the Governor.' ■ It was he who 

 sent us,' replied the Chiefs; 'we could not think 

 of deceiving you, Poman'. Come and be happy as a 

 woman and a queen/ Pomare hesitated, and then con- 

 fessed that she was not free, and that the English com- 

 mander of the Basilisk detained her by force." — The 

 Univers states, that a plan for fortifying the city of 

 Rouen is being at present prepared at the War-office. 

 The Government have determined that Rouen and Havre, 

 as the two gates of Paris, shall be fortified. A bill for 

 that purpose is to be presented to the Chamber of De- 

 puties in the ensuing session. Letters from Eu state, 

 that since last year Treport has been rendered exceed- 

 ingly strong, and that a similar precautionary or defen- 

 sive system is in contemplation in all the seaports of 

 France. — The Debats has advices from Morocco to the 

 end of September, when the inhabitants of Mogadore 

 had re-entered that town, after expelling the Kabyles, 

 who had taken possession of it. At Rabat, Larache, 

 and Tangiers, trade, which had been for some time in- 

 terrupted, was recovering its activity. — The long-pend- 

 ing quarrel between Baron Seguier, First President of 

 the Court Royal of Paris, and the Paris lawyers, is about 

 to be adjusted. The Court is to resume its sittings in a 

 few days, when Baron Seguier will express, in a brief 

 address, his affection for the bar, and the batonnier of 

 the advocates will reply in an equally conciliatory tone. 



Spain.— By a telegraphic despatch we have accounts 

 from Madrid of the 11th, in which it is stated that the 

 Cortes were opened on the previous day by the Queen 

 in person. The speech was drawn up by M. Martinez 

 de la Rosa, who found it difficult to keep it within 

 such reasonable length as not to over-fatigue Her Majesty. 

 Madrid was tranquil, and although immense preparations 

 had been made to counteract an outbreak which was said 

 to be organised, there appear to have been no grounds 

 for apprehension. — Gen. Espartero has issued an address 

 or manifesto to the Spanish nation, which has caused a 

 sensation in Madrid, and is generally considered an able 

 and temperate document. This manifesto was published 

 in London and Paris on the 1 0th, the day on which Es- 

 partero was to have resigned to the Queen his office of 

 Regent. It recounts the details of those events which 

 led to his expulsion from Spain, and appeals to history 

 to record whether, in the midst of the vehement contests 

 of parties, he ever followed any other device but that of 

 saving liberty, the throne, and the laws, from the violence 

 of contending passions. He states that, if he ever is able 

 to return to Spain, he will do so as one of the people, but 

 ever ready to offer his life in defence of the liberties of 

 his country. — Some excitement has been occasioned 

 at Madrid by the accounts of a Spanish war-schooner 

 having been sunk by the guns of the British garrison at 

 Gibraltar. She was chasing a coasting vessel and did 

 not show her colours. A gun was fired to remind her of 

 this duty, but she disregarded the signal, and another gun 

 of much greater calibre was then brought to bear on her 

 from the battery, when so correct was its direction that 

 the shot told with fatal effect, and she sunk shortly after- 

 wards, whilst vainly endeavouring to make for Algesiras. 

 A Portuguese vessel was not far distant, and with its 

 timely aid, as well as some of the boats of the vessels in 

 the bay, the crew were saved — Mr. Bulwer,our Minister 

 at Madrid, has been honoured with a serenade by the 

 Liberals of Seville, and in acknowledgment has published 

 a letter in the papers expressing cordial sympathy in the 



