The National Register. — London, England, 1814-06-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Lola Visconti. zon, :t naiiiher of Gentlemen in tii:l Court dresses, were then intrhdlived to the Emperor. On their retir.t. from Carlton Hunbe, the Countess fif Jersey and several Ladies were waiting to take their farewell of the Grand Duchess. DEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND KING OF PRUSSIA, Icc. The Emperor and the Grand Durhe4 did not retire to rest till three o'clock on IVednesday morning, and rose again at eight. They sent for Escitdier, the Proprietor of the Pulteney and addressed him in Ike Rene's language, acknowledging the gnat atie:icions he bad shewn them, and the comforts and excellent en tertainment w hieh they loid exucri , 'iced in his house. and yr ry kinoiy unn min n. The JAvv. Mt Smystri, a Russian Clergyman ut We 'beck stieet olive!, waited ulna' Mrs. Eseudier, and by the command of the Emperor presented her with a very valuable broach de,iring I.er to keel) it in remembramte of the Emperor. Orloq. Count Weronzow, Baron Nicholai, Col. Fenshaw, and a nitiober ut Russian Gentlemen who remain in England, at tended to ;Ace tneir farewell of their Emperor, and they embraced ; 7 coot din g t o the custom o f their country. The Emperor, the Grand Diu the take of Oldenburg's, and the Prince of Wirtemberg, e! trrcd as n carriage of the Prince Regent's exactly ib the clock struck won. As they were emeriti:: the carriage. a woman presented a bnok to the rmiperor, which he handed to a Page on the steps ; another wo ntai, him with a very fine rose, which the Emperor gave to t•I,, : ;rand Duchess, and she placed it in her bosom. The eat. !;len drove off amidst the loud huzzas of the populace, but the rs assembled were but few, in comparison to what there had be( u. in consequence of its not being publicly known that they were to .4,011 on Wednesday morning. The can iape drove to the Tower of London, and after that to other places, and passed over London. bridge at lcdf-past twelve, on their way to the seat of the Earl a Liverpool at Coombe Wood to breakfast. A man was stationed on horseback on the top of the hill at Kingston, to coidoet them to the house of the N.;bie Earl; from thence they were to proceed to Ponsitioulh. The King of Prussia, followed by the Princes, left Clarence noose at half past bine', in a Royal carriage, for the Earl of Liver pool's seat. 1-iis li..yal llkTinicss the Prince Regent set ont from Carlton noose a few iniontes ;111(1.11111C, accompanied by the Duke of Cani brid4e and Cieneral Bailey, in lib travelliiig 'carriage for Ports mouth. 409 or issisig Isis hand. el Ise Ito) al ears .sorted by the loth -P2 rope makers the cluck yard, light dragoons, followed by dressed in white jael...ets aim nankeen trowser-:, with hh :e agreeably to former customs, .abet the King P us tq lho wt : some yeas since. It is isscredible Use somber a people assembled in High street, the P.srale, &s. Alter the as rival of the Prince, and the necessary eti goc ti es h o d been gone through, ISIS Royal Highness came into the haleotly et the Government House, and was loudly cheered, w'fsitLi he essosi t s.- en . dingly returned. •The Prince had entered the tow": by the Laud - port-gate, and the troops tiled off to line the road to Queen-street, Portsea, and from thence to the Dock-yard, for the accommodation of the Allied Sovereigos. An Nib aisticipation for a view of the the great Alexander and the amiable Duchess of Oldenhurgh, the Kior of Prussia, and the two gaNatit detenders of their country's cause—Blucher and Matra': The Emperor and the Duchess at ;smolt reached the house of Sir C. Grey, Commissioner of the Doek-yard, situated in the Yard. They were received se ills rap. turous eheerings by the populace. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent entertained the Officers of the fleet, and the British and Foreign Generals at his tables. In the evening the town wa illuminated in honour of the peace, which event had been postponed until the arrival of the Prince mid the Allied Sovereigns. The illtiminations Were extremely splendid. PonTsmouru, Friday morning, 8 o'clock --The Emperor of Rus sia and the King. of Prussia did not arrive in time on Wednesday evening to be present at the Government house at the dinner of use Prince Regent, Which was attended by a vet y large party of the Prince's suite, and Naval and Military officers, many of whom kept up the fiestive meeting till an hour long atter his Royal fligh tless had retired. Their Imperial and Royal Majesties, &e. drove directly on their entry to the houses prepared for their reception; the Emperor a n d his sis:cr io Commissioner Grey's, in the Doek•yard ; anti the 1 1 1113- sian King and Princes, to the Lieutenant-Governor, General Houston's. They came in so late in their train of tiffeign eala-lsed esuriages, constructed fOr Continental travelling, that they had H o opportunity of witnessing the niteresting appearance of the road thronged by the people of Hampshire eager to behold thews; which was, however only a repetition of what they Wel seen frosts their open barouches on their smite to Oxford. The universal hilarity of the illuminated towns of Portsmouth and L'ortsca continued to a very late hour. Early yesterday morning, every body - was in the streets looking eagerly for the appearance of some of the illustrious stt augers. The preparations in the harbour, .at the forts and Goverienent establish ments, gave notice of something toot was about to he dose. Royal standard's floated in the air, over the Parade, the Ordnance-1101,45, ' the Blockhouse Fort the Hospital sit I laslar, the main-top of the flo ret:liable. and the turret of the Dock-yard, which last was a bean- Ulla silk ti hoisted for the first time. The troops were drawn oat in front of the Goyerionctit House, and parties of dragoons ea raded from thence to the Dock-gate. The Ptitice Regent got into his cat riage, tinder a discharge from the battery, at half-past nine o'clock, with the Duke of You k, and drove to the residence of the Elope' or, whither the King of Prussia, the Duke of Suxe Wei mar, &c. shortly after repaired. Tlw illustrions assemblage walked from thence about eleven to the Royal place of embarkation, w here the whole Naval Procession,heacluel by the Duke of Cho ence as Ad miral of the Fleet, was io readiness to s eceive them. The harbour was lined with vessels of every de-eription, wherries, sailing-boats, transports, &e. tiont of the stairs were two vessels solorised o ills an infinite variety of cosigns and signal colours; and on the Gosport shore opposite, three othas deem sacs' in the same way. One of these had the American 11,ta reversed, wills the union jack flying over it. Some ships' vat d- were mooned. The nimble procewnii mos conducted wills 'rreat iegularity. It collo:Thee:el wills men of v'at's barges, emit:natal( dby Captains, clearing the way. The Admiralty barge, Whin its chaise(' tesestir ension, came first ; awl was followed !iv the Koval has ge, with the Roy:4 standard, anti two other .barges, one hoisting the Rossian flag sit yellsiev wilt. the 'Mack Spread Eagle ; the otLer sit white, with the Sable Eagle of Prussia. The King's Watesmen rowed theist its their uniforto-, with their goh! - laced c a p s . riev contained the Beget, t, the Emperor, the D uc hess of Oldenburg, 11 an I I "it—eve)llieve, the Princess Volchoo ski, the him; of Prussia hi. son a land relatives, many German Princes, and the .sates of the flire Royal persons. The Prince Regeot wore a tini dress ssaval uniteiss wills Isis various stars, a n al a large gold lace d ;.set and .-alt hoot, ; the. Emperor of Russia his own isoiform of deep given, f• with scarlet: and the King his Prussian hide reginuntals. Duchess of Oldenburg wore a straw coloured pelisse. Wowed by a great number Wats ; cuu uoin d e ROYAL 'mu' To PORTSMOUTH. Po uTimou cu JUNE '23.--"This town has continued to fill upon fullness, and Coin ten in the ruin ring yesterday, until two, the cavalcade of vehicles reached from Portsclowu-bill to the Portsea Gate. Hundreds slept on the ground and in stables the preceding night, not only at Portsmouth and Portsea, but al Gosport; in short, every house in the neighbouring yillai."es was tilled, and the neigh bouring spots in the Isle of Wight. Many were obliged to ride twenty miles for a bed, after the arrival attic Prince Regent and the Illustrious Visitor.. All was anxiety and anticiptian in the morning, until a telegra- Ode dispatch satisfied the people that the Prince Regent had left L ninon at eleven o'clock. Ten thnnsand troops were immediately put tinder mins, and the road to Portsdown was lined with the military. At lialtpast tour o'clock the guns announced the arrival of the Prince Regent, at the hill, the same was answered at the platform on the Portsmouth Parade, and a royal salute was tired from the Ships of war at Spithead, and next from the ram parts round the town. The s.. kite was repeated when the standard was hoisted on the flag staff of the earrison. General Houston, the Governor of the town, met the Prince Regent on his entering the town, and presented him with the keys of the garrison, which his ROyidHIM afterwards returned agreeable to etiquette. A tr u ly grqnd spectacle presented itself on the Royal Visitor entering the town. The streets were lined in the same manner during the procession to Guildhall on Saturday last, and the slumbers assembled, accordi n g to the population of the town, was much greater. 'V i se thundering of cannon, the ringing of bells, the accla mations of the populace, and time romantic views from the bat fle molts. presented a scene at once magnificent and grand in the extreme. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent was reecive.l at the GovernMent House by his Royal Brother the Duke, of Clam wee, as Admiral of the Fleet, and eighty-ninn Admiials and Captains wh were singly introduced to the Royal Visitor, and had the honour .TUN! 26.