The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-07-01 00:00:00

GOING TO 81E TRI SHAM

• (roiis Carrespensfent—
At half pant eight on ifoarity mules we left Weal
Cowes in the '' Premier" for Portsosoutio. The weather
WOO lovely, and there was every prequel of • floe day.
Already the Soled was ridded with craft of all kinds
making for Splitter. Oa the way we had a good view
of Osborne House and in the Byde' but all
thoughts ef the Isle of Wight wor roe pet ride for
WI deeded the Irocelad lieet arbored in three lier
with.. math regularity sin battalion of Infantry. The
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wall as auKK''• " • take' and bright as glees with the
summer sunlight. Behind were the grew dowel and
the sandy cliffs of the raters end of the till of Wight;
Is front lay the shore of Poetanamth sad Soui
orowded with rustler sightseers. All round • aro
of yachts, their eels filled with the sift brut. wee*
darting hither and thither, as white said se delve as the
ma birds, which filled to the aerial picture Al! aloof
Souther heath were made &rested with barber sod
the ships in the harbour were gaily dr••••4 with
stro•witirs, from stein to main nod main le stern.
At the Vietorie pier we took up pawnor,
though not so many as wee *wooded. for the Porte-
mouth dekst °mopeds' bed the 'cuteness to eell
'Whets beforehand, and the people in charge of the
lauding-stage were rot over eivil to strange craft but
there was sot • vessel tlud went out of Portsmouth
that morning whose presager had a better opportunity
of seeing the Shah nod the laspeation than these on
Ward the Precal•f• A• Royal Salute from the old ships
of war in the harboar white towered aloft with stately
ureter, armoured the arrival of the Shah. Th•
party oonsiated of the Shah, their Royal Highnesses
Princa and Princess of Wale. sad their two eldest
woe, the Duke of (-limbed'. the Duke of illinburgb,
Prior Arthur, the (.4 trs—
and Camerae, and their
travesties rhea. We lien that an address from the
Mayor and Corporation of portsocooth was presented,
and the Shah expireeed his gratifloatios. In • few
routes the royal yule appeared with the Royal
Student sad Persian tag eying at the main, and the
bad of 42 reseals fired • royal elute of 21 grins reb.
Leah ship was dressed with aigesis, whom, rainbow Mats
the sunlight and brier dhe6yed to advantage. Fol-
lowing the Royal yacht re the lookitalleor.
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the Admiralty Ileg ; the Teem, with the alaSaben7lli
ah• 11°•'• of Comoros' the Valorous with half-pay
officers ; the Lively, witAa number of Dockyard °Edda ;
the Sidatarder, with the Oerperailen of Portsmouth ;
the Vetere Alberta, the Ella, and Vivid with there*
of the Shah &ad the °filen in ameedeur of the Royal
party. Of the men-of-wee feessing eke fleet Prier Albert,
Gorgon, Here, Derstatioa, Agincourt (leg if Rear-
Admiral Hornby, 0.8 ), Northumberland, Asdasiou,
Hector Hereulea, Entries, Vallast, leered the
earthen' Ilse ; the !torpor (leg et healed Sr It.
Msoditr, E.C.8., Ourneatierde-Chiel at Portsmouth),
Royal Sovereign, Cyclops, Hydra, Glattoo, Soden
(broad pendant of eorentodoe), Achilles, Vmeeard,
Monarch, Black Prin., ()druid.' and Peuelope. 00
the Bribers Sae; while tholes of gunboat. at rubor
nearer 1, Poehusouth harbour crested of the Comet
Out extremity), Arrow, Barnette, Brute, Snake,
Bedard, Bird, K it, Blowthoend. Pinsky, Foam,
Bruiser, Orwell, Cracker, Skylark, Z rphyr, 800800.
Ariel, °dimwit, Swinger, wed Wrerwitab. The
veseele were swinged is three Secs—the glinted. on
the Portsmouth aide of Spithead, aad the other Nees
reran of 'roulade and torretahips laternaingied.
The Agleam, and the Northumberlead, lb. largest
under in the navy, were in the centre of the sued
line. To the right of the Aglaarrt, looking towards
Portsmouth, use the Neuritic). Immediately behind
the letter wee the illation, retied turret-skip.
Behind the Agineoart lay the Sultan, sad
behind the Northamberlatod the Arillea—the two
best greeted 'roulade we have—the Aginodut being
the degehip of the Admiral of the day. Rear. edmiral
Hamby. The Shah, passing between the Bloodhound
and the Plucky ia the lower Hee of gunboats, entered
the fleet by way of the Narthuntherlend, and parr
down the sued line amid the thunder of another
Royal salute, all yards being reamed, the Nader
drawn out upon the ridges of 'ash vessel, sod the
deem of the turret ships fringed with Base of 'aaldons.
The roar of taros wee desfeeiar, and ..It died away
their answered to rear from ship to ship all aloes the
worse of the Royal yeah It. dark balk of the
tronalada, the drati-ooloared monitor, sad the
jaunty dull bleep gusted, were eutheiestly
to retreat. As the Royal yaeht steamed doer the
mooed lioe to the Agisooart, the Premier nested the
Merle. and we had • splendid opportunity of ening
the Shah, the Princess of Wales and boar gear the
Curium, and the other Royal personages who IMO
standing on one of the paddle-bones, the Sbab emeabeg
eith obvious pleasure the wooded deem boat* gather-
ing near and cheerier with all the heartier' of •
British crowd. At this time He Hetet, were an
dement, and there Was lithe to distinguish him by
but the attention he received and the jeered he
man Gerd beyond the other Oriental personages Is
dtendanoe upon hies. But before leaving for the
Agincourt be polled off his cater rat, when the
adder decorating his breast fleshed in the relight
like a rainbow. He stoma to be the Wks, were
his party, • middle-red man awed as a soldier, with •
brown thoeghtfal thee wear now sparkled with
animation, and he wore ;mid framed spestries. From
time to time he raised his band to his eap—a kind of
busby, to. lay without the aigrette of diemonda—le
acknowledgment of the cher of the spectators, and
more Or one he paid u the compliment of herr
acknowledgments after the Erna% fashion. The
Priors. ot Wales and the Cavevoa were phial,
attired in stripe' dreams of Week sad white with bee
end white tulle bonnets. Tois Shah from time to time
ratted with them, seemingly mating loguiriee as to
the c,o oda in the various oraft that studded the rater,
es afterwards be looked towards them through a Add
ease for aerial odour. The Royal ladles appeared
highly plowed with the demonstretire made in baser
of the Shah, as Her Heiser'. guest, and to indiaate
the popular lariat "oar" Panama Front the Royal relit
the Shah with the Prince.; the Catzerraii, the Pride of
Wales in • naval uniform, Primo. Arthur, kn, went
ro the Aglooond in the yacht gig, towed by a deem
laanoh, and escomponted by • fiotilba of boats rowed
by blue-j whets. When they had left the yacht, several
Persians in blue ton* and ladiee of the suite came
open the bridge. We now perceived the Iwe eons if
the Priam and Prins.= of Wedge—Prince. Vier. and
George, in sailor reterne, playing "'rata" is
the quarter deck. One of them gravely marred
up sad down with • drawn sword, and the other
would bare done the same but the other
whose sword he tried to get let him draw I
it half-way out of It. scabbard, and then west '
'ratline away from him. Oar *add* now moved
to a position between the Aginooert and the Saler,
and when the gig passed with the Royal and Peden
flags at the prow, our party had another good view of .
it. distinruiehed serpents. After a shorter visit loth.
Saban, 12 suite, Caddo Vaaeittart, the Royal party
returned to the yacht, peeling within a few yards of
our verel,wheu basing previously sheered the Illith.ead
shown loyalty by our bend giving the Natireal Anthem
and "Rule Britannia," we now cheered the Priori;
and the bead played "God thee the Prier of Walla,"
and H.R. H. bowed acknowledgements, It was ea the
cards that if ter this the Shah would limped the Der.-
fedora, but the Royal yaeht seemed for the dockyard,
and another royal valets Mid of the emeluiest of the!
limortion. All the deem boats mow made foe the
different piers, paging trough • sulphurous fog width '
hoot shout for rural Urea. The ships In the
harbour saluted as the royal yacht steamed up the
wharf, and abut half-past two the Shah and the Royal
'Arty landed, and the rest anvil laroolicie was over.
After bloodily at Admiralty Hrus. the distinguished
party retuned to ludas. We leaded at Viatorie
pier, and reit an boar andel-half in Isortentouth. &-
embarking we started for Cowes, and, having there
parted with three or four of oar sompany, left for
Werreouth, with tide dead spied us. It was • longer
journey home than out, and a fur of the perearees
found it too rough for their douses, but most of us
were only a thought fearful, and reeked land without
any eruption shortly below 11 'Week, burg had •
most successful and happy trip.
In the evening the Shah and the Royal perky were
Present at a consort gives at the Royal Albert Hell.
The special erect of the remise was the perforteue
of an Ode munposed la hurt of the Shah by Mr.
&ruby, who, of ruse eirdeelied Its pedometer.
The work opus with schwas, "Broil, from Persia'e
amen& land, whir Ii followed by • ed. Est.
Titian.), "Not now doth Pere:s Lord,' • "
oarasteridique," • emend chorus, "Who is this that
landeth," nod • grad Ilade—rempo di utercid—" All
hell to the Shah I let ear truisms Proellaim him."
Both the usporr and the performers may be eon.
untwisted upon a malt fully worthy of the otatenicia.
On Tuesday. through the Prises of Wale, the QOM@
offered to the Shah to name the stearhigate Breda, ,
now building at Portsmouth, alter hi. Majesty. I.
this the Shah hamedlmely accreted, eurreeing ids
grattheathon at the grade*. soreplimesit. The Shah
and his suite have expressed theatedvesblghly delighted
at their reaper derywhere la England.