The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-11 00:00:00

Shortly after 9 o'clock, the train—the Parlia-
tentary train it may be called—arrived, contain-
-2? her Majesty's Ministers and a great number of
enlhera of both -Houses of Parliament.
-any the arrivals were several Judges and
-",..-113' dignitaries of the Church. There were also
Present the Duke of Wurtemburg, the Grand
pru•eheas of Olga, the Duke de Nemours, the
de Joinville, the Count de Paris, and many
'acother illustrious foreigners.
emAt 10 o'clock a Royal salute announced the
ht
of the Queen on board the Royal
48-Yacht from East Cowes. Another salute was fired
oher Majesty approached Spithead.
tlia arriving at the fleet, her Majesty was received
tv ice-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, K.C.8., who
Rear-Admiral
es the command of the fleet on this occasion.
Snat-Adruiral Fanshawe, K.C.8., Major-General
s"Ps°ll, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and Captain-
Terilitendent Courtney.
th fleet consisted of the Duke of Wellington,
e Agamemnon, the Queen, the Prince Regent,
the Loudon, the Blenheim, the Hove, the Ajax,
the
Edinburgh, the Inaperieuse, the Arrogant, the
I),hiou, the Tribune, the Sidon, the Terrible, the
th'gutlYer, the Magicienne, the Valorous, the Odin,
ve-dicounter, the Leopard, the Desperate, the
ti:'l ~ture, the Vesuvius, and the Barracouta, giving
41;,:°110wing result :—Total number of guns 1,176,
j0)133, horse-power 10,410, tonnage 42,227.
This fleet might have been very considerably
frogmented had the Admiralty chosen to bring
ha,v,l4 .icllniouth and Sheerness, as might easily
gt eaueen done, the Neptune, the Waterloo, the
The Members
and the St. Jean D'Acre.
e Members of the Government, on their alight-
-1),; 4er fr°lu the railway. carriages,. proceeded in the
eth, Which was also placed at the disposal of
;I Peers,
arriye members of the House of Commons, on their
twicr ran with terrible eagerness towards the
their % but that vessel not being sufficient for
fliet, aec°lllmodation, another ship, called the Con-
-1 Was burthened with the remainder.
aeml e representatives of the newspaper press were
;/,,.larfiodated in the Gorgon.
c Members of both Houses of Parliament
e‘,Li the Queen on board the Duke of Wellington,
tili
44_4 Paid their respects to her Majesty, who was
)IL'llszled by the Lord Chamberlain, Lord E. Bruce,
Cclllis of Ormonde, Lord G. Lennox, Lieut.-
* X. Hood, Col. lion. C. Grey, Col. Bouverie,
eet- Ron. Dudley de Ros, and Mr. Gibbs. The
:Mess of Gainsboro', the Hon. M. Seymour,
-1;4:13r C. Cust.
Air'. Majesty was accompanied by H.R.H. Prince
Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal,
prince Alfred, the Princess Helena Alice Louisia,
-;ce Arthur, and Prince Leopold
rai,4* James Graham, the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty, Officially introduced to her Majesty Vice-
ei tTiral Sir T. Cochrane, the Commander-in-Chief
et hue Fleet, Sir T. Byham Martin, C. 8., and the
et
-1.
obi. Officers.
',
her Zeruporaneously with the embarkation of
bark7,aieety, the members of the Admiralty em-
hell:" at the Sally-port at Portsmouth in the
the " 33lack Eagle, when the First Lord performed
uxicieeretaony just adverted to. The yacht was
Grair the charge 'of Commander Petley. Lady
the 4.1° and the Foreign Ministers were on board
1,
ire Queen, which met the Black Eagle on ar-
p
at Spithead.
rn eer sailing out to the Nab the review co-
ft.tleittced, and was proceeding when our dispatch

Tite BEVIEW OF THE FLEET.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 10
the
at are
The excitement and rush of people to witness
lintt naval display announced for
s—ec-
btL
'ty of the se
fly 4 on the increase. The novelty of the p
r.
~, to be presented—the
to Mils"
.i'ee the efficiency of which it is intended t
popularity
depart-
it4te----the presence of nearly every great
Family, andn
Royal of
ellt in the State, of our own
' n European
)4 • members of two other Sovereign
telling
d are
5415e5—...a1l these influences combined are
on the
With the weight which might be
expected
there
isiii,ril/sitY and interest of the public.
visitors
are Attie
to relate beyond this—that whileef
excitement
tltWerking a pitch themselves up to
f the fleet are
~14- almost boils over, the ships °
of the Isle
Buie almost at anchor under the cool shade
one cannot help
'' lett, taking •
it so calmly
thatso
Wo), a
should be
-,tering Why so many telescopes s
anxious,
eagerlY levelled at them, and so many
The list
ring glances, cast in that
men,
°- °LuPs to be ' • d with their guns,
horeviewe ,
to be
rBepower, and tonnage, the list of signals tion
WPM
lt1;ed) the salutes to be fired, and the aPP,
.o,_
_A, so
f' steamers to invited sightseers, are D
su Jilland.
tlil. all they have at present, been promulgated,
the order
(sesße, to a certain extent, indicate what
"I. Proceeding is to be ; but even now nearlyeNrerYthing awaits a final settlement, and the pro-
alter
me, when complete, may be cut short, or even
ed,
by her Majesty. It is confidently bet-
tel,'ed, however, that the steamers anchored a
Pithead will weigh,anchor shortly before mid-day,
l'lad sail out to the Nab in the order in which they
are at present drawn u
Will the p ; that the look-out vessels
n make the signal of "An enemy on the
Ziriooth_west ;" that this enemy will consist of the 1
tiee Regent, London, Queen, Amphion, Barra-
i,llta, and Driver ; that a general chase will then
Barra-
take
Place, after which the ships will form in order
oat battle, each beating to quarters, clearing for
Pion, and engaging at cable's length ; that, when
"4171 fight is over, an attack will be made with the
t9gatboats of the whole fleet upon three steam-
es drawn up under Fort Monckton, and which
are
°f captured by them. These arrangements
e of course dependent upon time, and, as already
;g4.teated) the Queen's pleasure ; but the gunboat
ilt, which is brought near shore for the gratifies.-
11 Of th 4 general public, is expected to be the
finest Right of all.
e While the public on shore are exhaustin
riergies in t gall their
he scramble for tickets and lodgings,
apse shiPs--the "Great Duke" alone excepted—are
quiet as if nothing unusual was going to
happen. Sir T. Cochrane is giving' his gigantic
ri_gshiP a fresh coat of paint and an extra scrub-
, In contemplation of her Majesty's visit, and
or the last two days ao visitors have bee 4 received