The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-12 00:00:00

DEPARTURE of the K I NG.for SCOTIAANP"
Saturday being the day fixed for the- embark,
tiou of his MAJESTY from Greenwich oil /Dl',
Northern excursion, that place presented scroj
of animated bustle and activity, such As .0
never before been witnessed there. On Fr' (1, as
night not a bed was to be had at any, of the' :nos
or public-houses in the place, and many' Per-ti-re
who went from town overnight, in ordei t° 'echo!
a sight of the Royal embarkation, wili'c", de
been announced for an early hour, were Pr°,ll,t,e
with lodgings for the night in the houses `'.
ts)
respectable tradesmen and other ininihitari
•some were even obliged to return to DePr-do.
or to go on to Blackheath to procure accouorg'the
lion. At an early hour on Saturday inorningos
road leading to Greenwich from Loudon na
thronged with eager passengers olevery rankiiisl4
condition in life, . hastening towards thehiciei
scene of expected gaiety and point), in "-id
of every deseription,coroneted carriages, crowarti
stages, gigs, curricles, spring waggons, and ell',
of every.class, moving rapidly forward, andir't%ei
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titudes of welj-dressed pedestrians of b("tliof
lining the road side. At five o'clock the belle
Deptford Deptford and Greenwich struck up a Merl roe
and continued to ring at intervals through°l3...fed
whole of the forenoon, and flagi wer-ddise's'is
from the steeples. Various were the renOrgo.
circulation as to the time and place-of .10 sed
jesty's embarkation, some indicating `Grav,e-oaa
and others the Hospital stairs as the sP°l'foct
eight and ten in the morning, and two al'",gthe
in the afternoon, being severally- mentiOned 00
hours at whiCh it would take place ibil
visible alteration was produced bY.'
certainty in the motions of the multitudes the
gregating from all quarters to witness'o pe
spectacle. In every direction they .were t
~,,o!
seen pouring into Greenwich in large- iorr;sitei
Orders having been given at.: the ilosPitP,rtier
to admit no strangers without a.written. 7)00
from the proper authority, the grounds wered the
perfectly clear for the Royal cortege,.
visitors were compelled to take refuge
coal'
houses near the water-side, which were Rift.
pletely crammed, or to stand on the. telcitee:dgeti
ing the river, which presented a cloSelY.W,pris'
and impenetrable mass of spectatOrs,
ing a large proportion of well-dresSediel"
or to take to the boats with which the river the
almost literally covered. In additioo to
iu
Royal flotilla, a considerable number of lord
pleasure boats, with colours flying, werefn,,jitti!
along the shore, and filled with people.....f,chee
before eight o'clock a field officer's guara:!'i!rijoeo,
into the Hospital-square, from which sen„d
were placed at all the avenues, and a gl37tioo
honour kept in readiness to attend his Dfai: Cill
his arrival. Soon afterwards- some af-illriverf
barges were seen approaching down b'erantl' •
preceded by an immense number to,r'gtioo;
and pleasure boats of all sizes and _doer:Poe
and a little after eight o'clock, the..-L4ia-itotio'
arrived in the state bare towed the- elo'
Sovereign steam-boat, and filled with "it
splendid company, the vessels in sight tielsi4osel"
colours and flags at every mast-head-e-°llle
The City barges—that of the Lord MaYordiifp,
Goldsmiths' COmpany and the Skiiitteroge‘l
pany, decorated with flags and 6)1""'11‘l't
themselves in a double line from the. 1!,c4f1
to the. Hospital stairs, leaving a sr he pie°
Royal barge to pass between theme The.
tor
Dogs was tenanted for the occasion by
tude of people exceeding any within the: Vie
of the oldest person in the neighbourhO ltjt►tde
coup (Neil presented by the immense-m7,000;i
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that lined both shores, by the flags ilia 9.:-. car;
of the different vessels, as far a3.the•e7ooSii*.
reach up and down the 'river, by the 05.
panorama of steam-vescels, gallieS,-,l°. the
of all sizes, filled with comPPY'''P,b'sisioa
tinny of the Royal' yacht ; for, 1100P,'..if
the danger, Greenwich Reach was'ent":t, :1;70
—was imposingly grand and magnils.:!y (idea.
veteran Earl St. Vincent repaired 'ea' „,4;00.,7,,,
Greenwich Hospital, and after itispec.`"'ciixtt-
rangements made for his Majeso"-TGeo-oetr;.::'
dined with. Sir Richard Keats,;. the:A.bni.;:!":o
who had a party to meet
sisting of the Officers of tl4,APi!tslitory,,slii
yacht, and those of the Hasp:loli bei--.../Cl?erel
morning his Lordship went on boat a'• mie;re
Gedrge to receive his Majesty 0..,e-tif,'!",s,
of the-Red. The Lords of the Achn;l4oj;ioe-a
in attendance at an early hour. • Tile
those veterans who have fought4fitr'74.4kl;ol
Duncan, a Nelson, and a Vincent., Ittiatio
uniforms, and marked with the.,sattliiiie',•‘4lrss,
glorious fight, lined the principal 0005 to.r of
the gates, through which his Majestf
The School of the Establishment, cO,lO. foro.c
-upwards of one thousand childreet-!.-o,Algliti
another line within the gates. A,.1.:P sot or
it was known through Greenwile74:oot
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neighbourhood that the King ;40 1:016
rive until three, and the intervntii'eeweroi
were spent by the spectators in 110. 1000e/dote
manner.—At a quarter past two istern.%-io
of his Majesty's suite arrived at .th.11.-,igerfied
of the Hospital. At half-past tTo t
Conyngliam, and.his son, Lord 'Fra.°l3.ii'grl"ii,
in travelling carriages, and droe.e wniborgetior
avenue leading to the place of elothis
where they remained until the arriv, g3rror of
jesty. Soon afterwards the Earls °I iiartillig
Westmoreland, and Liverpool, 11::'obleelen,e i 0
Londonderry, and several other 11 tors, st!trt
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rived.—At half-past two
every part was lined with sPecta tioe“.
9 thebo
house was crammed from top t° ,vere.
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Hospital, its grounds and encloSure,,so.oked to
pletely filled. The pensioners. I'm
side of the path from the vietu•.,efigiar*foera
the stairs at which the King was
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