The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-03 00:00:00

On the 18th of May the Royal squadron arrived from
Rhodes in Scalanova Bay, and the Prince and suite land-
itig, got horses to proceed to the temporary terminus of the
Smyrna and Aidin Railway at Ayasolook, where are seated
the ruins of Ephesus. An hour after the officers of the:
Doris followed the same route. The Royal party made a
hasty examination of the sites, ancient and modern, the re-
putedhi Cyclopeanll,St. John'sw aI 8'
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Church, the Clive of the Seven Sleepers, the shattered Sara-
conic castle and mosques, and the site of the railway sta-
tion and new iron bridge over the classic Cayster. Mr. Fer-
gusson, the general manager of the railway, had erected
two large marquees and prepared a Royal carriage lined with
silk, and the place afforded more accommodation for the.
unexpected guests than it ordinarily does, as some hundreCts
of Armenian pilgrims had lately been brought down from
Smyrna by the railway for the St. John's pilgrimage- The
Prince did not, however, return, as he had intended, by the
special train of the railway, as he wished to sleep aboard
his yacht, and, the hour, being late, the Osborne could not
have got round the long lonian peninsulas to Smyrna that
evening, where however, his approaching visit was made
known by telegraph.
The Prince employed the Sunday morning from early
dawn in sailing along the coast of Lydia and lonia in 'view
of the once famous Claros, Colophon, Lebeaos, Teos, and
Chalcis, passing between the Isle of Scio and th main, and
so into the Gulf of Sm) rna. It may be noted that at tl-Ais
time at Sighajik the expedition of the Dilettanti Society,
under the direction of Mr. R. P. Pullen, one of the eathors
of Raliarnassue,la now engaged in extensive explorations.
On bo-ard the Royal yacht Divine service ware ih the course
of the morning performed by the Rev. Mr, Stanley.
It so chanced the submarine telegraph from Scio gave no
warning of the Prince's coming, but the Firebrand was his
avant coutrier, and at the stated time, near noon, the Doris,
convoying the Osborne, was seen approaching the city of
Smyrna from the well-known Sanjak Castle.
In due time the Osborne and Doris came to anchor in
front of the city, near the Firebrand, and Mehemed Re-
chid Pasha, the Governor 'General, proceeded aboard in his
caique. His Excellency, accompanied by Diran Effendi,
the chief interpreter, was courteously received by the Prince
in person. At this time the French Admiral, Touchard,
directed his band to strike up " God Save the Queen," the
Turkish battery near the Koniak saluted, and the French.
frigate fired a quicker volley.
The Governor-General, after a brief interview, came
ashore to await his Royal guest, whose landing was post-
poned till 3 o'clock, and the Prince and his suite beguiled
the time by examining the beautiful scenery of the Homeric
city and bay from the deck.
At the appointed time the Royal barge left the Osborne,
when the scene became one of great interest, for Rear-Ad-
miral Touchard signalled his two consorts, and soon the
flags and ensigns were seen ascending among the rigging of
the ships, the English flag at the main, and the yards
manned by sailors in white. The band burst forth with_
verse after verse of " God Save the Queen," which pealed
over the bay ; the crews answered each other's hurrahs, ar.d
three quick volleys smartly fired greeted the Royal.przec.iersas:
This was done in gallant style, and excited Brea!
tion. At a later period it was duly acknowleo,g'ed by the
English squadron.
On landing at the English Scala the Pr4..aCe was received
by the Governor-General and Mr. Malk,uf, first Dragoman
of her Britannic Majesty's Consulate, and a guard of
honour, of_ which many members wore Crimean medals.
The crowd was not large, and included some few members
of the numerous English colony, whose greetings were
courteously received by his Royal Highness. The English
abstained from pressing themselves on the notice of the
Prince, from the desire to avoid trespassing on his comfort.
The Prince passed quickly through the courtyard of the
English Consulate, where horses had been prepared by the
Governor, and mounted, accompanied by three of his suite,
and attended by Diran Effendi and Shevket Bey, chief of
the Custom-house, appointed by the Governor to attend on
him. The horse mounted by the Prince bears the name or
" Alma" and last year won a "ladies' purse" at the Smy'i
races, though this year unsuccessful.
The Royal party was escorted by Shevket Bey 4i;b:rough
the French quarter of the town and the new rJarriageable
street to the rt.ilway station, an estabiistment of great
interest to the Ottoman authorities, and the fine buildings
of which received the Prince's appreobation. This station is
the work of an Anglo- Turkish company, and intended as
the great depot for the two Main lines to the interior and
Constantinople. From the station the Prince was conducted
to the new promenade of the city lately constructed by a
local company called the " Bournabat Road Company," and
which, as well as the railway, has been constructed by a
London contractor, Mr. T. R. Crampton. The road has
just been planted with trees at Mr. Crampton's expense, and as soon as the Prince got clear of the carriages and pro-
menaders he pushed his horse to the gallop and put the
surface to the test. •

The chief objects of interest here were the Baths of
Diana, the view of Mount Sipylus, and the sited of the
cities said to have constituted ancient Smyrna before
Alexander the Great built the present city, a tale now con-
tested by the followers of Raoul Rochette and the local
archeologists. At the entrance of the Bournabat the Prince
examined the ancient remains in the Turkish cemeteries.
Shevket Bey was anxious the Prince should visit Mr.
Whitten or some of the English residents in Bournabat,
but, for some reason, this was not done. The party turned
back by the old road. The Prince wished to see Mount.
Pagus, the Cyclopean Acropolis, the resting -place of Alex-.
ander in his dream, the walls of Lysimachus, the theatre
and tomb of Polycarp, but time was no longer left, and,
PTattrnykiin:h atown, pre-
again crossing the railway at the Caravan Bridge Station,
rrntehneiaTnst,irkish
and close to a coffee-house built by a Mahomedan gentle-
man, and dignified as " The Smyrna and AidilßreattimlPeisoyf
Coffee-house," the Prince left behind him these evidences
coafmEoulsr2oppelaunnigseedd
ipnrtoogtrheess,paientdu,reasccicuome
ceding a throngtr of various-garbed Turks, Zebecks, Arabs,
Greeks, Le-
lady in
vantmes, and
her black crape mask to the Armenian in full-swollen crino-
so, amid the streets of this
Ne g es ,
Fnrsank s
,ranginges J e w s
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line; and city of mingled nal ions
and competing industries, proceeded to the shores of the;
bay, where, bidding farewell to his official conductors, he
win the ent aboh orardes , and so
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on after midnight the Royal squrce4
le s of Smyrna for the north.
The Prince remained strictly incognito during his stay,
and refused to receive any addresses
or of
t o me any English residents.

EASTERN COUNTIES PRAILWAY.

SPECIAL MEETIN
A special general meetio, ..xTHIS
of the proprietors 'a'aS held in
- r..—
DAY.
a
accordance with the sip
London Tavern ading orders of Partiato.ent at the
muting for test? AD'
shopgate-street, for the pv:rpose of sub-
.
1 A Bit,
approval of the following
.
villa
Railw to confer powers upon the. Eastern Countief
a' .ay Company with respect to Ole Epping Railways ~ ..ct to authorise the construction of a railway at Colcheste' c.
2. A Bill for making a railway to be called " The Totter &-
ham and Hampstead Junction Railway."
3. A Bil to amal
Newmgamate the Eastern Counties, the E ast
Norfolk
Anglian the Railwayar Companieket,
s. Eastern Union, and the
The chair was
the board of directors.occupied by R. Love, Esq., chairman f
The first two bills were agreed to unanimously.
On the tfiird bill, which was for the amalgamation
Eastern Counties with the above-mentioned lines, of the
cussion arose relative to the advisability of the , a dis-
amalgantati@n. The Bill was ultimately agreed proposed
to, with
only two dissentients,

'HE COURT OF ExcHEQUER. --filiS
not .it at Zisi .Prins on WedneWednesday next. Court will