The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OF THE SHAH FROM
LONDON.

"Our Special Correspotirient " Of The TimeA, writing
from Cherbourg. on the Slit inst., gives the followino in-
tereeting particidare of the departure of the Sit di of
Pendia from London.
The splendid character of the welcome given to the Shah
in Western Europe hut been fully maintained up to the rime
of hi. landing an French soil and having ih s port for Polls.
where he Is to a. rive this airern..oki. Yesterday England
awl France furuished him with a sea convoy such s5OO
Monarch ever had before, and it is gratifying to record
that in doing so the two nations made a manifestallon
of their entente cordiale which will afford the highest
satisfaction both In France and England, About the
=toner of the Shah'. departure from London it Is
not hece aaaaa to say mulch. That the streets from
Buckingham Pullen to Victeri Station were lined Yd. h the
F .ot Goards ; teat the Household Cavelry at present quar-
tered In London were alto. duty ; th it the Puce • f Wales
the Duke of E iluhurgh Prince Ar hur, the Duke of cam.
briege, and Prince Christian, all in full uniform. accom-
panied Ills al,jedy to the railway ; that the magtaficent
C equipages, the appearance of will ai at the Charing-cross
Station elicited such general a miration on the evening of
the 9 inh's arrival. were again brought into requisition for his
departure ; that Mr. Knight. the General Manager of the
London and South Coast Railway, turned the Victoria
Station Into a met meguificent coeservatory that he hat a
sumptuems notion carriage ill which were tables laid with
traits and flow-re ;t• at watching over his effects to the lust
was Mr. Inspect- r Starr, owing to whore careful supervision
em t one article of property bet aging to the Shah or any of
his suite was matelot; during thew stay in England—all thin
is 4,nly what the pudic will hive been prepared for. In
short. it was an official programme most successfully ob-
served. Then, good time was kept fly the special (rein coil-
veying Mr Majesty to Portsmooth. It was timed to leave
Victoria at a quarter peat ten, and perform the journey in two
hour.. It did not get off Lill 25 minutes to eleven, but it OM
arrive at Portent .11th in two hours after. The train
ran into the Doilyard and fairly down to the water's
edge, so the reception of the Shah was purely Naval. The
Aetna al of the Port ass there, and to were the Naval
Commenderdn-Chlef and the Captains of all Her filmiest) 's
Maps their in the Harbour, all those officers telng in full uM-
form, Post-Captain the Doke of Edinburgh, who hat conie
down in the train with the Shah, also wore his naval uni-
form, and the Army, which otherwise woehl have been
nowhere on the occasion, was repriseuted by Place Arthur,
In the oviform of the It'll' Brigade. With the two Royal
Princes, the Shah, on tallith Ina from the saloon carriage,
walked on board the Rapule , the Commander, Captain lienic,
receiv 110 him on the gangway. Ihe momeet the :shah was
on board the Fren,h yacht th.lr Royal Highnesses took
their leave, and the Grand Vizier attended them to the
shore and off the gangway.
Within a very few ntinutes the whole suite of the Shah
hid embarked, two of the Persian Princes and several of the
Ministers anal Generals being accornmodat, on hoard the
Ilirondelle, which lay CICHO 10 Ihe Rapide. The latter,
which was lona for the private use of the Emperor
Napoleon 111. ale kut ten or twelve years ago, is one of the
largest rani most beautiful steam yachts afloat. In the
time of the Empire she was called the Eagie, but though
the Imperial turd atill maintains its attiterde en her prow,
Republi an sentiurent lies beetk vindicated by the Change
of her name to the Rapide. The liirondelie, • liana.
some and very swift steam yacht, of about 1,200 tons
burden all.i 500 nominal Indite power, we befit for
the Empress. Eugene, when she was in the hatrit of spending
a portion id each sumnimr at Biarritz. She no Inc her c,nt
mender Csptain de Timbre, and for her senior oilier Fir St
Lieutenant Piton, two of the most accomplished officers in
the French Navy. As there was a luncheon for the Shah
and tor esory nine who attended hint on hoard the boats, the
Captains, with m•ruPderates politeness, allowed every (me to
etijoy it before the yachts mot c.ff their moorings, so that it
was two o'cl.ck before they left the hat hour, the hour tied a
quarter which had elapse I fro . e the time the Shah entered the
Dockyard 11 aving been speut in perfect Oriental repose. As
the two acids left the harbour all the obi men-ef- war and tile
troopehipa were dressed out with flags, bu; the se, ne del not
become itirposirre till the Rapide nd thi ilarondcile reach, d
Spil head and 11 ere met by their crand Clll,ll at R. gash iron-
claire Orsi heir port side tile Northumberland, closely followed
by the Agincourt, fell Iri with striate,: dignity, and en the star-
board the Suiten and the Ilereutem performed the sumo
nseresneut with oval exactness. As the two )edit., the ore
about tit o cartes' lerath behind the other, p meal out bile
the Chlllllll3ll the four knee ironclad, took their idee,, at
either aide of them, bun a .1 this stately squadron ;woe •eded
southwydn in a talerably smooth sea, and with • 'deer at-
mosphere all &mind, tII half-past five o'clock. By that
tide ally bleed yachts or excursion steamers which had
come out from Portsmouth bad been long ago left
beltied. Some noble ships from America and other
distroat ports crossed one tract, but except the two
French I eclat' aunt four great ironclad, there hag
n didh,g to be seen in tile direetbin of Cherbourg until, at
the hour timed, flee great befits became just eighths on the
horizon. ler another Instant the Northumberland, the
Aeincoure the. Sultan and the Hercules were pouring forth
their thunder and the tricot ur was rushing up to every
masthead. The English Squadron 1,11 111‘1111111g the French,
which wee now epproaching us at full steam, and every
instant becoming more Imposing. ins few minutes more
the Fnaich officers core else to rec 'graze L'Ocean, tine flag-
all'. of Aerial-al it yened, Le Su ,7,en, La Beine Blanche, La
helms, and L'Armide, with the elashiegdooking little
Renard In clone sit:moaner, It we, imp ssihie to regard
without admiration this maleficent squadron. There is
no nation nil earth which might not Well be proud of thee
five French aides. It 'mule!, Imbed, be difficult to find finer
war eteatners than the Ocraa and the Supen. The French
squadrm came down mem us, thee e at eacn aide, the Renard
locluded, whirh, being furnitomt with a long ploughlike prow,
ut the water iDe a sworofish When they reached the
114pide they turned, and, rever-ing the, emerge. tell in no
ett..er nide of the two yachts—L'Ockin La Reim: Blanche arid
L' Ar wide on the starboard, ant Le Suffern and La Th,;tie on
the pct, tree Renard dropping in behitek the ye lets to eueble
the French Squadron to become convoy. Onr ships had
Slackened steam and allowed the Rapide awl the Ilirandelle
to pan them. All this was of itself a mane:woe ba autil kitty
ex, noted and well worth seeing, brit:lathe as it did, the
nine massive Pouclads of the two nquadr on in to lines on
either side of the yachts, each squgeron contributieg its
ships to each separate line. Bat grand beynet all power of
elescuption woe what occurred when the movement just
sooken if had b-and completed. A.t.er no of the tdost
teen undoes odutes ever tired by live ships tl.e French
squeriron hoisted the L'lllo,l deck to every ressthea,,, ,arekl
aLikost simultaLeously with this mark of honoor to the
lE,,ell,ti tq.de'ron, and betone the see-k.', ',bleb for sore-
transit en Vier these terrific broadsides had raised thick
',herds over miles ot the sea, bad cleared away, the French
loot their y •Is nhedi-ai Oki every snip el,er.. sere
heard, breaking Vrth thra.ugh the volumes of smoke,
and nlraau the two squadrons could see each other Oh-
!betty Rain the Inn* sailors on aVek, yard, having Feld