The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 26.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, went on
Board the Racoon, screw-corvette, Captain Count
Gleichen, off Osborne, yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty embarked at 6 o'clock in the barge
of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and was
rowed to the Racoon.

The officers on board had the honour of being
presented to her Majesty, after which her Majesty
went over the ship.
On leaving a royal salute of 21 guns was fired.

The suite in attendance consisted of the Countess
of Gainsborough, the Hon. Emma Lascelles, Major
General the Hon. A. Hood, and Major-General Sir
T. M. Biddulph.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived at
Osborne, and had the honour of dining with the
Queen and royal family.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
PENZANCE, July 25.
Shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning Mr.
Boase, the Mayor of Penzance, at the head of the
Corporation, went on board the Osborne, and pre-
sented the following address to their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales :

"May it please your Royal Highnesses,--We, the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Penzance, and
the Magistrates, Clergy, and inhabitants of the adjacent
district, desire to approach your Royal Highnesses with
the sincerest devotion and respect, and to offer you a
hearty welcome to our town and neighbourhood.
" It is, indeed, with feelings of pride and pleasure that
we, one and all, hail the presence among ua of our own
Duke and Duchess, the Royal pair in whom, under Divine
Providence, the nation's hopes are centred ; and we ven-
ture to express a hope that the visit of your Royal High-
nesses to Mount's Bay will have so far contributed to your
gratification as to induce you on many future occasions to
come and receive the affectionate homage of this part of
your Royal Highnesses' duchy.

" We rejoice to recognise in your Royal Highnesses those
exalted virtues which in our beloved Queen and in her late
lamented Consort have added so much additional lustre to
the throne of these realms, and pray the Almighty to
shower on yourselves and your royal children His choicest
blessings."

This address the Prince graciously received, and the
Mayor, accompanied by the other civic functionaries,
returned to Penzance to be in readiness to meet the
royal party on their arrival on shore. It was not
until after 11 o'clock that the Prince and Princess
left the • Osborne, and it was nearly half-past 11
before they reached the pier at which they landed.
Long before that hour the pier, which is about half
a mile long, and all the approaches to it were
thronged with people. Long before that hour, too,
every ship in the bay, and for that matter every
sort of craft that could aspire to float on its service,
had their full complement of bunting flying. On
the arrival of the Prince and Princess at the
pier they were received by the Mayor and Cor-
poration in their civic robes, by Lord Vivian,
the Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall, and the High
Sheriff (Mr. Williams). Both sides of the pier
were lined by the local Volunteer Corps from Pen-
zance, Falmouth, and Camborne, amounting to
about 800 strong, and under the command of
General Tremenheere. The right-hand side of the
pier, leading to Penzance, is bounded by a wall ; the
left, which is open, was yesterday bounded by ships
drawn close up to it, some of which had every yard
manned, all floating as large an amount of colours
as they well could carry. At the end of the pier
five or six carriages, the majoritx with outriders in
scarlet liveries, were provided by Mr. St. Aubyn,
and in the first of these the Prince and Princess,
with Mr. and Lady E. St. Aubyn, took their places.
The Royal suite, together with the DHke and
Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of St. Albans,
Lord and Lady Vivian, Lady Audrey Townshend,
and Mr. E. St. Aubyn occupied seats in the remain-
ing carriages. The Prince and Princess were
loudly—very loudly—cheered when they landed,
nor did the cheering for a single moment cease
while, headed by the carriages of the Mayor and
Corporation, the procession proceeded through the
town of Penzance. The reception given to their
Royal Highnesses was not less tasteful than it was
enthusiastic. Triumphal arches, not tarnished and
meagre, but green and fresh as the finest July ver-
dure could make them, and with baskets of flowers
ensconced in evergreens pendant from their centres,
were erected at intervals, not few, but frequent.
In the principal street along the route a crown
of various colours, suspended midway by means of
cords attached to the roofs of the houses on each
side, and having folds of muslin picked out with
crimson rosettes flowing from it so as to form an
archway, was conspicuous for the prettiness of its
design. But, independent of the arches, the streets
of Penzance were one blaze of colour. There was
scarcely a house along the route by which the
Prince and Princess passed which did not display a
flag, or which was not more tastefully ornamented
with wreaths of evergreens and festoons of flowers.
The whole line, too, was flanked by people, all in
holiday garb, who made every manifestation of being
as heartily glad to see the Prince and Princess as
they appeared to be gratified by their reception.
At the south-western end of the town the Mayor
and Corporation of Penzance ceased to head the
procession, but not until the Princess had graciously
condescended to name a new street, which has just
been opened at that point, the " Alexandra-road."
The route of the royal party then lay for some three
or four miles through a most charming country.
Skirting the pretty fishing town of Mewlym, whose
inhabitants had also prepared their triumphal arch,
with the words " Ich dien" wrought in flowers,
and who were at their posts to give the Prince and
Princess a cheer, the procession dashed along at a
rapid pace over a well-wooded hill and dale, closely
followed by a cavalcade of stout and loyal Cornish-
men mounted on sturdy steeds. It was a pretty
sight to see all along the route, standing on the
roadside, but more frequently on the fences, topped
with wildflowers and brier, groups of little children
holding out their flags and making as good an
attempt at a cheer as their unformed voices
would allow. At Taraiffe, the property of Mr.
Legrico, ex-Sheriff of Cornwall, the effect produced
was especially pleasing. Here for the space of a
quarter of a mile a complete archway is formed of
aneient elms, which barely permitted the sun to
dapple, through their foliage, the roadway with the
light. Between the trees were several groups of
girls, and women too with infants in their arms, all
come—the statement would probably be incorrect
in the case of the infants—to give welcome to the
Prince and Princess of Wales. At no point of the
route was the roadside untenanted for more than a
few hundred yards, while every small hamlet had its
flags flying, and many their triumphal arches be-
sides. When the royal cortege hadreached some four
or five miles from Penzance the scenery began to
undergo a complete change, but not so the warmth
of the welcome which therrince and Princess received.
That continued to be as hearty as ever, although
there was no longer any foliage to set off the efforts
of those by whom it was rendered. The mining
population in the vicinity of St. Just have no trees
mingling their branches across their roadway,g, or
approaching so close to one another that a series of
wreaths and flags could be suspended between them,
as was several times the case nearer Penzance. But
they have good lungs and loyal hearts, and they did
not yesterday fail to make a good display of both.
In the village of St. Just itself, which is situated
about seven miles west of Penzance, and which com-
mands a fine view of the Bristol Channel, neither
flags nor triumphal arches were wanting, nor chil-
dren, nor cheers. All about` the land is barren,
and it naturally grows wilder and more barren to-
wards the cliffs of Botallick, which are about two
miles further on. These cliffs, which are lofty and
irregular, jut boldly into the sea. At the base of
one of them, or nearly so, is the entrance into
the celebrated Botallick Mine, to see which was
one of the main objects of the excursion of the
Prince and Princess from Penzance. Some way
in from the cliffs is the " accompt-house," a tole-
rably spacious building, in which the financial