The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-02 00:00:00

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CO WES, ISLE.
OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
EMBARKATION OF HER MAJESTY FOR
IRELAND.
COWES, AUGUST 1, 1849.
At one o'clock this day the following steam-ships
left our roadstead for Mede-hole, and came to directly
off Osborne :—the Royal yacht, Victoria and
Albert, being the nearest in shore, the Sphinx, Strom-
boli, Black Eagle, and Vivid lying farther out, and
a little more to the eastward.
Her Mniesty left the palace at three o'clock, and
embarked from Osborne Beach. At twenty minutes
past three the Castle and Royal Yacht Squadron
House commenced saluting. There were about thirty
foreign ships in the roads—Russian, American, Dane,
and German vied with each other in making a dis-
play ; these ships were all gaily dressed out in honour
of Briton's Queen, as were the different yachts and
merchant shipping, and various flag-staffs along the
whole line of the harbour.

The royal yacht was followed by her Majesty's
steam-ships Sphinx, Vivid, Black Eagle, and Strom-
boli, the latter having the royal carriages on board.
The day was beautifully fine, the sea almost as smooth
as glass, a light air drawing from the westward, and
the tide also making to the eastward. The yachts
could not follow the royal party.
It was at one time reported that the steamers would
not proceed further than Hurst Castle to-night, re-
main inside the Wight till three o'clock to-morrow
morning, then proceed on to Falmouth, and remain
there to-morrow night; as now arranged, they will
steam on to Cork, and will, therefore, arrive before
they are expected.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton and family have ar-
rived at Grove House for the season ; Sir Horam Sey-
mour and familyat Belmore House; Spencer de Horsey,
Esq., at the 7th West Cliff Cottage ; C. R. M. Talbot,
Esq., at the Bth Cottage. The Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Ailesbury are expected to- morrow at
Norfolk House; the Earl and Countess of Glengall at
Harriet-lodge. Earl Fitzhardinge has taken a house
on the South Parade. The Duke of Marlborough
has taken the small Pavilion ; Lord :Crofton, Beach
Cottage ; the Hon. Mrs. Spalding a house in the
Bath-road; Captain M'Taggart, Busigney House ;
and Lady Lyttleton, Oakfield Lodge. Mr. and Lady
Mary Vyner leave Grantham House on Wednesday
next.

MBARKATION OF THE QUEEN AND
PRINCE ALBERT FOR IRELAND, AND
THE ROYAL PROGRESS.

Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and suite embarked
yesterday on board the Royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.11.,
at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, and the
different members of the Court and household, the
servants, attendants, &c., having also embarked, the
Victoria and Albert, with the Royal standard at the
main, proceeded, under a salute, from Cowes Castle,
en route to Cork, Dublin, Belfast, and Greenock.
With the Victoria and Albert were the following
steam-vessels, under the command of Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence :—The Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop, Com-
mander Lord A. W. Beauclerk ; the Sphinx, 6,
steam-sloop, Commander Hewlett; the Black Eagle,
Admiralty steam-yacht, Master-Commander Cook ;
and the Vivid, steam-packet, Master-Commander
Smithett. One of the men-of-war sloops proceeded
ahead of the Royal yacht, and the other followed
astern, the smsller vessels being stationed on the
quarters of the stately Victoria and Albert.

The Royal squadron got into regular order soon
after starting, and proceeded at a very good speed
towards the Needles, betokening a fair, happy, and
prosperous pasage for our beloved Sovereign in this
her Majesty's first visit to the Emerald Isle.
It was arranged that the Royal squadron should
bring up for the night in Yarmouth roads yesterday,
in the same beautiful locality in which the Royal
squadron of 1837 anchored on her Majesty's visit to
the Clyde, but the weather being so very fine it was
not at all improbable that the Royal squadron would
go on as far as Weymouth last night, and leaving that
anchorage at daylight this morning, and carrying the
fine weather with them, go right on to Cork without
stopping at any intermediate port.
At Cove, the commander-in-chief, Rear-Admiral
Manley Dixon, has made his dispositions for receiving
the Royal squadron. The Admiralty left it to the
choice of the gallant and respected admiral to shift
his flag from the Crocodile to any other ship that
might be there ' • and it was expected that his selec-
tion would fall upon the Ganges, 84, Captain Smith,
C.B. He would then have under his orders that ship
and Hogue, 60, screw-decker, Captain Macdougall,
and the Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Robert
Fitz Roy, if he should arrive in time from the Medi-
terranean, to fire-royal salutes on the arrival of the
Victoria and Albert.

We have already reported the arrival of her
Majesty's screw yacht tender Fairy, Master-Com-
mander Welsh, at Cove. That vessel, together with
the Trident, 2, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander
Risk, the Lucifer, 2, Lieut. Commander E. A. T.
Lloyd, and the Banshee steam-vessel, Master-Com-
mander W. Smithett, now assembled at Cove, will
also be under the orders of Lord Adolphus Fitz-
clarence, and form part of the Royal squadron on
the coast of Ireland.

The Commander-in-Chief at Cork will most likely
attend on her Majesty in the royal visit to Cork, but
he will not accompany the squadron on its departure
from Cove to Dublin.

The royal squadron, on leaving Cove, will be com-
posed of all the above-named vessels, with the excep-
tion of the Ganges, the Hogue and Arrogant being
transferred to Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence's command.
Commander Wolfe, who has been surveying at
Valentia, has been recalled from his surveying duties,
and is in readiness at Cove to pilot her Majesty in and
out of Cork Harbour.

It is not improbable that the Queen may visit
Waterford en route from Cork to Dublin, either from
choice or from stress of weather; and to provide for
such a casualty, Commander G. A. Frazer, surveying
on the south-east coast, in the Sparrow ketch, has
been directed to hover near the Saltees, so as to be in
readiness to pilot the royal squadron into Waterford
Harbour.

Off Kingstown the royal squadron will be received
by the Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Hall,
the gallant captain assisting to place and anchor the
royal vessels, the following then forming the royal
naval cortege of steamers :

weigh, and anchored off Osborne shortly before one
o'clock. It consisted of the Victoria and Albert, Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, G-.C.11. : Stromboli steam-
sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauelerk ; Sphinx
steam-sloop, Commander Hewlett ; Black L'aJe, A('-
miralty yacht, Master Comman.ler Cooke ; and Vivid
steam-packet, Master Commander Luke Smithett.
At a quarter to three o'clock the hauling down of
the royal standard at Osborne notified that her
Majesty and the Court had set out for the squadron,
and at three o'clock it was hoisted at the maintop of
the royal yacht. The little fleet steamed away, under
a salute from the Royal Yacht Squadron Battery and
West Cowes Castle, and soon passed out into the
Channel with a fair light breeze and a sky which
promised a fine night, so that her Majesty may anchor
at Weymouth or Portland at pleasure.
The Superb, Captain Purcell, at Spithead, signalled
the departure from Osborne to the flag-ship at Ports-
mouth, whence it was telegraphed to the Admiralty.

GRAND BANQUET AT FISH-
MONGERS' HALL.
The wardens of the Fishmongers' Company enter-
tained the honorary members last night at a sumptu-
ous banquet in their magnificent hall at London-
bridge. This noble apartment was well filled by a
most respectable assemblage, who sat down at seven
o'clock to an excellent dinner, provided by Messrs.
Ring and Brymor, of Cornhill, and admirably served.
The arrangements were of the very best description,
and the entertainment altogether was of an order be-
coming this great and distinguished company of the
" merchant princes" of London.
Mr. J. Towgood, the Prime Warden, who pre-
sided, was supported by Lord Campbell, Lord
Nugent, M.P., Lord D. Stuart, M.P., Count Teleki,
Count Pulski, Mr. Justice Talfourd, the Solicitor-
General, Mr. Hayter, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr.
IV. P. Wood, M.P., Mr. Mitchell, M.P. the Gover-
nor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank, the Chair-
man and Deputy-Chairman of the East India Com-
pany, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. Etty, R.A., Dr.
Arnott, Mr. Kenyon Parker, and other gentlemen of
eminence and note.
The PRIME WARDEN, when the cloth had been re-
moved, proposed the first toast—" the Queen "—a
toast, he said, for which the company were doubt-
less prepared, and one in commendation of which
it was unnecessary to say anything in an assembly
of Englishman, especially on the anniversary of the
accession of her house to the throne of these realms.
—(Loud cheers.) As her Majesty would on this
very day, perhaps at this very hour, be embarking on
a visit to her Irish dominions, where she would
doubtless have a reception worthy of the fame of Irish
hospitality—(Cheers)—he would take leave to add to
the customary form of the toast a wish that her Ma-
jesty might have a safe and speedy passage and a happy
return.—(Much cheering.)
The toast, which was drunk with all the honours,
was followed by the National Anthem.
The company next drank, with great applause,
" the health of Prince Albert, our brother Fish-
monger," of whom the Chairman observed, that he
had secured to himself the goodwill and esteem of
all classes of her Majesty's subjects. The toast, and
the next—" the Prince of Wales and the rest of the
Royal Family,"—were followed by appropriate songs.
The PRIME WARDEN, in proposing " The Army
and Navy," expressed the gratification with which he
observed the feeling in this country of the impolicy
of war, and begged to give utterance to a wish that
the example of this country in that respect might be
followed by other countries.—(Hear, hear.) Un-
fortunately the time had not ,yet come when our
rights could be maintained without our defending and
enforcing them on occasions—(Hear, hear)—and the
country knew well that on such occasions our army
and navy would do their duty.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk amidst much cheering.
Major-General Sir A. GALLOWAY being called
upon to respond to the toast, said that it was a most
unexpected honour conferred upon him. This national
toast was one which ought to be received with grati-
tude.—(Hear, hear.) He would take leave to say
that in no nation in Europe were the people so much
indebted to the services of their army as we in
England were to the British army.—(Hear, hear.)
In France, in Prussia, in all the nations of Europe,
the service of the army was at home, but the British
army had to serve in every quarter of the world.—
(Hear, hear.) That part of the British army which
served in the country in which he was most interested
had on every occasion distinguished itself most re-
markably.— (Hear, hear.) It had lately, in combi-
nation with the army of India, added a new kingdom
to the British crown.—(Cheers.) He begged to
thank the company for the honour they had rendered
to the British army, and for the honour conferred
upon himself in coupling his name with the toast.
The PRIME WARDEN, in proposing the health of
" Her Majesty's Ministers," said he regretted to be
deprived, owing to unavoidable business, of the honour
of the company of the First Lord of the Treasury.—
(Cheers.) The respects of that assembly were offered
to her Majesty's Ministers, not in regard to their
office merely, but in regard of the principles they
maintained. Not, however, that there was no appre-
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Indeed, when we saw tranquillity prevailing in this
country in the midst of so much confusion abroad,
we could not but feel that the principles of reform
were truly Conservative.—(H ear, hear.) These
principles were now maintained by men in power,
but they were maintained by the members of the
Ministry as individuals at other times and in other
circumstances, when the profession involved obloquy
and shut the door to political advancement; and
now that circumstances were changed, it would be
ungrateful not to make due acknowledgment of such
services.—(Cheers.)
Lord CAMPBELL, in responding to the toast, said
that his absent colleagues regretted to be prevented
from partaking of the company's hospitality; but her
Majesty was embarking to visit a part of her domi-
nions in which she took the most lively interest—
(Hear, hear)—and several of her Ministers were
attending her upon that most interesting expedition.
—(Hear, hear.) Several of the members of the
Government were Fishmongers—(Hear, hear)—and
all deeply respected the principles of the association,
and not only admired its principles, but its hospi-
tality.—(Laughter
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nistration, and by those prineiples their conduct
would ever be guided.—(Hear.) The Prime Warden
had also alluded to this nation as holding out an
example of peacefulness to the world. The great
principle that guided the present Government was
the preservation of peace all over the world.—
(Hear, hear.) But that principle rendered it neces-
sary that we should be prepared for war—(Hear)—
if such an extremity should become utterly unavoid-
able.—(Hear, hear.) He (Lord Campbell) gloried to
think that the principles upon which her Majesty's
Ministers entered on the government of the country
had remained the guide of their conduct—(Hear,
hear)—and rejoiced that we remained at peace with
all foreign nations, and that tranquillity existed at
home, that trade now revived, and that it might
really be hoped that we were upon the eve of more
auspicious times.—(Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's
Ministers did not claim credit for the happy turn
that affairs seemed likely to take, but rather returned
thanks to Almighty God that it pleased Him to hold
out the prospects of an abundant harvest, and of the
country, under His blessing, flourishing and prosper-
ing.—(Hear, hear.)
A Scotch song followed—" Cam ye by Atholl, lad
wi' the philibeg ?"
The next toast was, "Mr. Justice Talfourd and her
Majesty's Judges ;" and
The PRIME WARDEN, after expressing his regret
at the absence of Lord Denman, and its cause—his
ill-health, called upon the company to observe that
the highest distinction as a writer and a poet was not
inconsistent with the pursuit of an arduous pro-
fession.
Mr. Justice TALrOURD, who was very warmly
welcomed, said he was scarcely able to give utterance
to the feelings which struggled within him for ex-
pression. He had so recently and so suddenly been
called from the cares and excitements of an arduous
and painful profession to more serene, if not less
arduous offices, that he must confess he had difficulty
in feeling that he belonged to that learned body, at
the head of which stood the Lord Chief Justice
of England—everywhere an honoured and a vene-
rated name, but especially to be affectionately pro-
nounced in the city of London.—(Cheers.) He could
scarcely express fitly his thanks in a position to him
so solemn and so strange to which it had pleased Pro-
vidence to call him.—(Hear, hear.) He must be
permitted to notice as an auspicious circumstance
that, by the happy accident of his not having answered
the company's invitation at the moment of receiving
it, when he was on circuit, and when the duties of
the circuit would have prevented his accepting it, his
first welcome in any public assembly since so great a
change had passed upon his fortunes and his duties
was in one of the ancient companies of this great city,
which numbered amongst its members more than one
of his oldest and dearest friends—men who, having
sympathised with his past course, would be the bet-
ter prepared to give him their best wishes for the
future.—(Hear, hear.) He had always during his
life at the bar felt that one of the encouragements and
incitements of the profession lay in its connexion with
the great Corporation of London and with these com-
panies, its buttresses—(Hear)—and he was happy
to think, that in entering upon a path where the cares
and anxieties that were now gone past would be
merged in one single desire to discharge a course of
high and important duty, the same encouragement