The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-16 00:00:00

TIIE QUEEN IN BELGIUM.

The Queen left tho royal residence of Laoken at
eleven o'clock on Friday morning, and with the King,
Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred and the
two princesses proceeded to the palace at Brunel,. After
partaking of an elegant breakfast, her Majesty proceeded
to the recention room and there received the congratula-
tions of t►e corps diplonaligue at Brussels with those of
the Ministers of State. While these compliments were
being paid the young princes visited the principal streets of
the capital on foot accompanied by Mr. Gibbs. Her
Majesty's departure for Antwerp was lined for Saturday, at
three o'clock.

ANTWERP, SLTI:I/DAY AFTYRNOON.
I have only just a moment to inform you that the
Queen has left Antwerp. The royal squadron, as I write,
is in full sail and steam down the river. Her Majesty
arrived from Lteeken this morning at 10 o'clock, &mom-
nied by the Prince, the children of the royal family, the
King, his sons the Duo de Flandre and the Due de Brabant,
and her suite, and drove to the Palace. After • short stay,
her Majesty, attended es before, visited the Exhibi-
tion of pictures and sculpture., with which she seemed
greatly pleased. She then proceeded to the Muse'e, and,
alter • stay of about half an hour, visited the Cathedral.
Thence the Queen went to the Petals. where she partook of
a &Jammer d lofourclielte, to which only the members of
the royal suite and • limited number of Wrath!. of the
court were invited. At two o'clock the royal carriages,
with the Queen and King, drove to the stairs on the
guy. They were received with presented arms, the rolling
of drums ; the national airs of both countries were performed
by the band, and after • delay of nearly twenty minutes
her Majesty went on board. The five men-of-war steamers
dressed is colours and manned yards. The Odin fired the
royal salute. About 3, the squadron got under weigh and
ed slowlli river
down the against a strong tide. The
rinc7ge:olf the Belgians is on board, and will go with her'
Majesty, it is sal ,to Flushing. The quays are crowded to
excess. For more than a mile the whole line was densely
thronged, and there must have been 60,000 people witness-
ing the departure of the squadron.
FLUSHING, SUNDAY. 7 r.m.
The royal squadron arrived off Lillo and Duel, the forts
which mark the termination of the Belgian and the com-
mencement of the Dutch territories, in the Scheldt, on Sa-
turday, about four o'clock, p.m. Here the King Leopold,
and the Duke of Brabant, and the Count de Flandre took
their leave of the Queen, and returned to Antwerp by the
Chemin de for at five o'clock. Her Majesty proceeded
to Flushing, but the night was dark and threatening,
and the yachts returned to Terneuse, further up the river,
where they anchored, leaving the men-of-war in Flushing.
roads. It blew heavily during Sunday, and the fleet did
not stir, though all the squadron had steam up at 7 o'clock.
It was expected they would start with the dawn on Monday
(this) morning for England.
A sad accident occurred on board the Ravensbourne
steamer, aa she waspassing the royal yacht. The passengers
being anxious to testify their loyalty to their Queen, the
ship's signal carronade was fired as the Ravensboume went
by, and on the second cartridge being rammed in, the car-
tridge exploded and blew off the heads and otherwise in-
jured an old seaman aamed Jobs Csale. He was instantly
sent on board the Retribution, 'where, no doubt, he will re-
ceive all the
-"attention his ease demands.