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

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT SAIYANA.

On the 18th of May the Royal squadron arrived from
Rhodes in Scalanova Bay, and the Prince and suite land-
ing, got horses to praceed 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-
puted ruins of the Temple of Diana, the Cyclopean walls,
the theatres, St. Paul's prison on the hill, St. John's
Church, the Cave 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 ereoted
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 hundreds
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 v;,,e-cv
of the once famous Claros, Colophon, Lebedos, Teo,, and
Chalcis, passing between the Isle of Scio and th • na,;iin, and
so into the Gulf of Sm) ma. It may be noted flat at this
time at Sighajik the expedition of the Dilet'canti Society,
under the direction of Mr. R. P. Pullen, one of the authors
of Haliarnassui, is now engaged in ext.ensive explorations.
On board the Royal yacht Divine ae;rvice was in the comae
of the morning performed by the Rev. Mr. Stanley.
It so chanced the submarine telegraph from Scio gave no
warning of the Prince's corning, but the Firebrand was his
avant courrier, and at the stated time, near neon, the Doris,
convoying the Osborne, was seen approaching the city oC
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 Mehem.ed Re-
chid Pasha, the Governor •General, proceeded aboard in his
caique. His Excellency, accompanied by Diran Effendi,
the chief interpreter, was courteously received by ale Prince
in person. At this time the French Ado-Ai-raj, Touchard
directed his band to strike up " God Save, the Queen," the
Turkish battery near the Koniak sahr.ced, 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 Homerict
city and bay from the deck.

At the appointed time the Royal barge left the Osbrjrne,
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 Coe 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, and
three quick volleys smartly fired greeted the Royal prop;ress.
This was done in gallant style, and excited great s.draira-
tion. At a later period it was duly acknowl,idged by the
English squadron.
On landing at the English Scala the
rinse was received
by the Governor-General and Mr. Mrillouf, first Dragoman
of her Britannic Majesty's Cevaulate, and a.guard of
honour, of. which many metahP,rs wore Crimean medals.
The crowd was not large, ar2d included some few members
of the numerous Englia', colony, whose greetings were
courteously received by Royal Highness. The English. abstained from Pres'.;ing themselves on the notica of the
Prince, from the itesire to avoid trespassing on his comfort.
The Prince passed quickly through the courtyard of the
Englit Consulate, where horses had been prepared by the
Go."(ernor, and mounted, accompanied by three of his saite,
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 of
"Alma" and last year won a "ladies' purse" at the Smyrna
races, though this year unsuccessful.

The Royal party was escorted by Shevket Bey throngh
the French quarter of the town and the new catriag,aabio
street to the milway station, an establishment of great
interest to the Ottoman authorities, and the fine 'ortildings
of which received the Prince's approbation. station is
the work of an Anglo-Turkish company, ar_id intended as
the great depot for the two main lines to the interior and
Constantinople. From the station the 13 rinc:.,e was conducted
to the new promenade of the city lalely constructed by a
local company called the " Bournahat Itoad Company," and
which, as well as the railway, has been constructed by a
London contractor, Mr. T. R. erp,mpton. 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-
mfmaders he pushed his home to the gallop and put the
surface to the test.
The chief objects of knterest here were the Baths of
Diana, the view of Mount Sipylus, and the sites of the
cities said to have constituted ancient Smyrna before
Alexander the GI-..eat built the present city, a tale now con-
tested by the followers of Raoul Rochette and the local
archmologiats. 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 soine reason, this was not done. The party turned
back by the old road. The Prince wished to see Mount
Pagus, the Cyclopaon 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,
again crossing the railway at the Caravan Bridge Station,
and close to a coffee-house built by a Mahomedan gentle-
man, and dignified as " The Smyrna and Aidin Railway
Coffee-house," the Prince left behind him these evidences
Turks, Tu
Armeniansr kziesbhGectrkoesvv:cs,
of Europeanised progress, and, accompanying a strewn, of
$ Arabs,
wrkoiisihenladyinPersians, gipsiess
pre-
cedingcamels,a ptlhurnognegd
oi into t the
various-garbed
j e picturesquew:
Negrues,
Le-
ask to the Armenian in Atli
crino-
line; and so, amid the streets of this city
Le-
vantines, and Frank,, ranging from the T:
of mingled na, ions
and ccmpeting industries, proceeded to the shores of the
her black crape m
bay, where, bidding farewell to his official conductors, he
went aboard, and soon after slid his
the Royal squadron
left the shores of Smyrna for the north.
and r
Thefusede Prince remained strictly incognito during his stay,
to ve any addresses or to see any of the
English residents.