The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-30 00:00:00

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ship,
The Levant Herald of the 21st instant gives the
following account of the arrival of his Royal High-
ness in Constantinople, and of Le reception by the
Sultan :
The Osborne, with his Royal Highneset the Prince
of Wales on board, reached the Bosphorus yester•
day afternoon, escorted from the Dardanelles by the
imperial frigate Taif and her Majesty's steamers
Megicienne and Wanderer, A telegram received on
Monday eight from the Dardanelles reported the
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royal standard at
her maid. The corvette behind manning yards, and
repeated the boom-
ing complinae2f, which was re-echoed in rapid turn
by the shore batteries at Tophane and Seraglio
Point. Almost before the _last reverberation had died
away up the Horn and across over the Asian hills,
their Highnesses the Grand Vizier, A'ali Pacha and
Capitan Pacha—the former dignitaries in a palace
caique, and the latter in his state barges—
the the Osborne to tender his Majesty the Sultan's
el-
come to the royal tourist. Mushaver Pacha (Sir
Slade), the admiral of the port, followed a few
minutes later in his 10-oared gig. The visit of the
Grand Vlzier,--wbo waajn-fu4 uniform, and wore
the Osmanie in brilliaats--lasted about half an
hoar, after which his highness and A'ali Pacha
rowed back to the palace. About a quarter of an
hour later the Prince, accompanied by Sir Henry
Bulwer, and Mr. Pisani, the first dragoman to H.M.
Embassy, followed in the Capitan Pacha's barge,
and in company with his highness. And here oc-
curred
pdplt perhaps spethrheaopns by
lvsslip in the etiquette of the
day's ceremonial. The Capitan Pacha—momen-
tarilyhonours to a Prince of Wales—enured
first, instead of awaiting the Prince at the foot of
the steamer's ladder. His Royal Highness, how-
ever, adroitly failed to notice the blunder, and
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quietly took his place in the centre of the stern- -
sheets. The ambassadors followed, and a few sweeps
of the powerfully-manned oars shot the elegant craft
alongside the palace stairs. There his Royal High.
ness was received by the Grand Vizier and the first
chamberlain, and a few steps behind by the Sultan
himself, who conducted his royal visitor inside n
u the
palace, whilst his Majesty's private band, drawp
close by, tendered the musical salute of " God save
the Qaeen."
At the interview which followed the only per-
sonages present were their Highnesses the Grand
Vizier and A'ali Pacha, and his Excellency Sir H.
Bulwer. At its close his Majesty accompanied the
Prince to the door of the palace, in front of which
the court carriages which were to convey his Royal
Highness and suite to the British Embassy were
waiting. There also—though hardly distinguish-
able from the dense crowd of natives and other
foreigners—were waiting nearly the whole of the
male members of our own community, who, as did
many others of the attendant crowd, uncovered as
the carriage containing the Prince, the ambassador,
and General Bruce drove out of the palace gates.
His Royal Highness appeared to recognise
the national salute, and bowed freely t
his greeting fellow-countrymen on either kid
iaeof
the living double-wall though which the carrge
passed. A troop of Lancers formed the escort, and
closely followed by these and five other car-
riages with the members of the Prince's suite and
the embassyofficials, the cortege proceeded at a brisk
trot up the hill, past the Bellevue Cafe, into the
Grand Champs—where the Artillery guard was
turned out in readiness to salute—and so down into
estrum rvsof ('Solutes gcsvoi.....WhipTA affair: the
main guard was under arms—up to the palace of
the embassy. Dense crowds of curious spectators
thronged both sides of this long route, fully a half
of the windows on either side of which were also
packed with curious "natives," keenly anxious to
catch a glimpse of the future sovereign of Great
Britain.
An hour later his Majesty the Sultan returned
his Royal Ilighness's visit at tho embassy, and, with
this compliment of the round of the imperial and
royal courtesies, ended the ceremonial observances
of this first day of the first visit ever made by a
Prince of Wales to Constantinople.