The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-29 00:00:00

ROYAL VISIT TO Till LEVIATHAN.

This great ship received its crowning honour
yesterday in a visit from her Motion end the Prince Consort,
Te:ra" b, the King of the Belgians, and the other
and royal guests at on a visit at this Court.
party left B Palace shortly before
firs ..„end, travelling by road, reached ihi Victualling-
pat at Deptford, in little more than half an hour. Hers
lam Majesty was received by Captain Buckle and the other
°Soils of the astriblishm i by whom the royal party
were ocadnoted to the Lang jetty, scarcely honoured by
arch an occurrence since Queen Elizabeth went to visit the
ship of Sir Francis Drake, from the same spot. The royal
party then entered the Admiralty barge, and dropped
down to the ehip, the vast proportions of which evidently
struck then with surprise as they approached her side. A
commodious companion-ladder, covered with crimson cloth,
had been rigged out for the oelasim, upon which her Ma-
jesty wended easily, and es one who was accustomed to
Deedall Yates, the screwy of the occopeny' and =
HarLro. n, *welted her Majesty at the gangway on r
which she was ',oared by Mr. H. T. Hops and his oo-
direitore, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., Hon. F. Berkeley, M.P.,
Mr. B. J. K. Campbell, M.P., Mr. Samuel Baker, and Mr.
SR George Burke. The deck of the ship not being yet
idd cs the iron fulag a hod ben constructed
party for the royal , _ her fall leogth, along
*doh they proceeded, Mr. ales end Captain Har-
ries agnates*** way Use vadois sourgeeseuts end
coneweion of ire ego* *mi. After midge the tour
of lie desk the Chu, accompanied by the royal" party, re-
tuned be the hems al the ship, where a dais had been ele-
seled, ha Uri the royal party had en enormity of
n lie whale sate* of this mighq weemL On Mr.
Y tor the reek, • .mUi. date la which the
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a itrakCalif iPtaaPi=,kgrantrhelort
sheds, pleams et Mrs Ille esseM6l Wier. in whir
the bleb et ,etisreelei her et ertemtelly
ma* I s emei Mar Ms** salmi Or are
a wen beemel hr third* as a memment of arrest
naval weemerke. and 011 heed Or II would ever
ewer per et tie mormatileary of the owentry, an art-
Mks whir the dreelom hastened to mermito by an arm-
ere taste. lelmesa dry mold Ire sere that a ship so
Immearei slossM sever era wader a *reign . Her Ma-
d
jesty era Ininste • edit le keret the . bat the
dame Ire the segisrmem hip eossidered not waMolently
essumellsw• the fort pore were invited to view the ma-
*in kaa Ilas ketehmeg. Fin Ms pert Cerra How-
Mos =plias* ell re Weer is ambeeirs by which
the seetka el the vend weelikt ekes sad sermikel. Aker
roardakai lase ki, wen Iles re y.srlefpl an use, the royal
patty win emedseled le Ike pellesied Eder la the It=
1
oteeth=eskere a *Clines teamed of the
whielt the r4pr Ms Mare amassment@ mid
eue, hp temperszy Mew op far her Misjestyrs novice.
peer rmersi lit hoard newly aboar, wri-
diartlyest% gmilfell. MI ban leaving bar Mimi agar
her sew of the /Mar of the saterprke, whisk
Merl We arks a it la advance of ill others la the
harportsat Mew of easel emellsotare.
Tbe Kbr of the Belem wafted with her Majesty la the
high eraoaerse to the saillio spirit of the illeseters, sad wag
pleased to Maser Mr. Weer with hiswEotice, sot
ly • *WO cam la this grand but Moo
bares as et the GM
Llonai as
arts al
en Wire etbeta Hear la M wheelS. ' '
The royal peer es kwelag the siMp wean wed back to
Übe Vieralhae-yerd, ,easoniMg cs Irk my Ms eemera
Me of en who sow LOOM the Timms between ballm
sad Gravesend. Her Majesty wr perforce osupelled to
hold her borer to bar lase. sad the whole party wore or
mate, pima whesmes? rwasiesp.shei the ins.
The mos was riedy mt° hand the directors
sad the crew of the no see was eared is board with
Ul4l omelettes 4 Kr. flore. the Warend seat fir the wal-
la*r ot the minThsknotees arksewleismest of the herr soaker&
by the royal visit, have deememinsi to at aside the moods
of the ambit:dike of the ship a esterdep sea kw the brat
of the Poplar Hospital as& the
The patio will learn withi=kliai it has elm
been resolved to restore to the ship the reed. of its inner
arse, and hatoskrth the Teri will be tam as the Great
Betas.