The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-16 00:00:00

(Stamped, ld. Additional.)

ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF WAI4EB.

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY.
The royal squadron, with the Prince of Wales I
and suite aft baud, arrived this morning. At daylight
nothing was whible ht the offing likely to herald the ap.
prat& of the royal squadron ; but about 8 o'clock a large
steams, hove insight lamming up Channel, which proved
to be the Rawls" returning to Portsmouth ; and shortly
after the Hero and Arisdoe were seen steaming round
Ponies. Her Majesty's ship St. George, lying in the Sound,
immediately dressed ship, and royal salutes were fired from
ber, the prriso' e, and the admiral's ship in Hamoue. About
half-pad 9 o'clock the Hero and Ariadoe OUZO to as anchor,
when Majer•Getterel Hutchinson, the general oornmanding
the district ; Vice-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8.,
port admiral ; Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas S. Parley,
Bart., superintendent of the dockyard ; the general's
staff, and a large number of naval °Moors, proceeded
ea board to pay their respects to his Royal Highness.
after tea o'clock the Avon, steam tender, went
alongside the Hero, when the Prince of Wales, the Duke of
Newcastle, the &We/ Bt. Germans, General Bruce, Colonel
Toted*, Captain Grey, Dr. Arland, Lord Hinchinbmok,
wad Mr. Eneebeart, with General Hutchinson and Sir
Houton Stewart, proceeded in her to the Victualling-yard.
On his Royal Highness leading at the Victeallinglard
be woe received by the chief officers of that establish-
ment ; • guard of honour, composed of

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Rifle Volunteers, lining the step. A
kegs number of ladies and gentlemen were also present,
sawn whom were the Donates. of Monet Edgemalos and
Lady Ernestine Edgeumbe. The Prince then premed= in
Oemeral Hutehineceie carriage to the railway station, where
a gaud of honour of detachments of the Royal Marine
Light Infantry and the 61st Regiment, and the Royal
Marine baud, were drawn up. On his arrival on the plat-
form the Mayor and corporation of Plymouth presented an
address, which was moat graciously received, and an
answer promised on his Royal Higlmeas's arrival la
London. Mr. T. Wooloombe (the chairman), Mt. F. P.
Cockahott (the trek superintendent), and others of the
principal officials of the South Devon Railway were in at-
tendance, a special train was got out, and at a few minutes
after 12 o'clock his Royal Highness and suite left in • royal
asleep carriage for London. At the Victualling-yard, along
the Prince's rent* to the railway station and at the station,
the large crowdsassembled warmly greeted the royal
youth's return to his native land.
The royal squadron left Portland, United States, at five
o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of October, and bee
had head winds and bad weather nearly all the way.
They left Portland in • strong easterly gale, which
continued for the Ent three days of their passage. On
the fourth day they had a westerly wind which blow very
hard. The following day, the sth, the wind again changed
to the eastward. On the 6th the Hero we. taken in tow
by the Ariadne, but the brews freshening from the S.R.,
they were obliged to mat off. Oa the 7th got • windings
the W.N.W. On the 10th wind vested to the outward again,
and moderated. Oa the llth, wind still continuing to-
wards the &E., the Hero wee taken in tow by the
Arladne ; bat in the latter part of the day the wind veered
E.N.8., and the gale increasing they were obliged to
make welt On the 12th day, strong E. and E.S.E. gale, up
to the 14th day. Nov. 3, breeze still blowing from the KR.,
bulb skips under mil, bat not making much program. Nov.
4, wind blowing bard from £&L and S.S.E. ; in the after-
noon moderated, when got up steam, and the Hero was
taken in tow spin by the Ariate tr:t -
_via a short time
the towing-cable garter! through the heavy swell. Nov.:;
Weed and eilfeelted a Norwegian brig standing to the east-
ward, the only vessel the squadron communicated with
on their passage until their arrival in the Channel.
Nor. 6 the squadron were only 347 miles from the Lizard,
but the wind had bemused to a heavy gale from the 5.f3.1d.,
and continued to veer from that to the &E., the squadron
beating against it until the evening of the 13th, when the
wind hauled round to the northward, and blew vary heavily
from that to the N.W. The Hero struck soundings at noon
on Wednesday the 14th ou the outer edge of the bank, and
made the Lizard filebtanbout 3 o'ciock this morning. About
2 o'clock this morning the Ariadne communicated with the
Himalaya. The squadron has been entirely delayed with
the heavy weather they have experienced front the east-
ward. The Hero and Ariadne had au ample supply of coal,
bat was prevented from steaming by the gales. They
parted company with the Plying Fish a few days ether they I
left Portland, and have not seen her since. Their not being
seen may be accounted for by their having been rather out
of the usual track, having ran far to the southward with
the expectation of picking up • westerly wind. They had
only about another week's ship's provisions on beard, and
were run out of their sea stock, the royal party being
obliged for the last few days to put up with salt and pre-
served provisions.
His Royal Highnem on his birthday gave a dinner to the
allows of the Hero, and has throughout his stay on board,
by his gentlemanly manner and bearing, secured for himself
the warm esteem of all in the ship.

(From the Wester* Mor*iei News.)

At shoat eight o'clock yesterday morning the
Hero and the Orlando tame in eight at Plymouth and ex.
changed signals, which were repeated at Mount Wise. At
roe o'clock the vessels were off the Sound, and shortly
afterwards the Hero, bearing on board the Prince of
Wales, the Ariadoe' and Flying Fish, arrived inside
the Breakwater, and saluted, which was promptly acknow-
ledged by the citadeL With the first boom of the guns
numbers of persons thronged to the Hoe, and had the satis-
faction of seeing the men-el-war in the Sound dressed with
Sege, while the deep booming of the gum announced that
the heir to the /latish crown had returned from his
Atlantic trip in safety.
Shortly after the Hero appeared within the breakwater
the royal salute was thundered forth by the citadel, and on
this official proclamation of the intelligence riflemen in uni-
form were seen moving rapidly to and fro, and • very few
minutes had elapsed before the assembly was wooded at
the comer of the street.. Throngs hurried through Lock.
yeratrest, and it was not long before many hundreds
were on the Rue, where an array of telescopes and opera
glosses were called into requisition.
Up to 9.45 it was expected that his royal highness would
land at Mount Wise. At that time, however, a signal was
made from the Hero that the Prince would land et the
Royal William Victualling Yard, sod that be desired to
leave by express train. The gourd of honour which had
been been drawn op on Mount Wise were et once marched
off to the Victualling Yard sad to the railway station,
sod the hundreds of people who had rsembled imme-
diately made for Stonehouse. The Victualling Yard
berme the centre of attraction, tbosausda of people
speedily assembled in its neighbourhood, and as
it soon became known that the landing would take
place there all the streets lying between the point and the
railway station became limed with people. The Port Ad.
mini, Sir Houston Stewart, and the General Oommandieg-
in-Chief, immediately the Hero was reported to be in sight,
went into the Sound to pay their respects to his royal high-
ness, and to learn hie wishes. The Hero does not appear to
have suffered much from the pie.
At 10 o'clock the bugle mended throughout the towns
of Plymouth. Devooport, sad fflosehouse, and detachments,
which had hastily assembled, wre moon rushing through
the streets at an unusual speed, been something residers-
lily over quick time. The duty allotted to the volunteer
on this occasion we to join • party of the seeped 12th Reek
meet at the Royal William Victualling Yard, to form •
guard of honour to receive the Prince ou his landing.
The Hoe presented as animated spectacle. The Here,
with the royal standard et the maim, was lying in the Sound,
about • mils and • half from the shore. The St. Charge
was dwarated with soluun ; the royal standard was exhi-
bited from the citadel, /lomat Wise, the Yacht Mb, sad
the Impregnable, in the Hamer*. At 10.30 the yards of
the Hero were manned, and at 10.40 his royal highness left
the Hero, which by this time was also deruated with }lags,
and can me on board the steam ruder Are. She steamed
slowly meow the Sound mill she arrived et the Victualliag
Yard. As ran es the Gang from the Hero and
St. Orme had anarand that his royal highball/
bad kat the Here rid pre em board the Avon, numbers of
those erpegard an the Hoe sashed down towards the road
leading to West Hoe Terre. At this place en hear.