The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-30 00:00:00

THURSDAY, JUNE 23.

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This morning, at ten o'clock, his Royal Highness the
Prince. Regent, accutnpauied by his Royal Highness the Duke
of York, who had arrived late the preceding evening, and
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, proceeded in his
carriage to the residence of his Majesty the King of Prussia
and thence his Royal Highness and his Majesty, with the
Princes of Great lit itain and Prussia, proceeded to the' Com-
missioner's house in the r) d
where they were-rt
ed by his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, •and coisdacted to
his apartments g the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, the, Board of Admiraity, and the Counnissiomirs of the
Navy being in attendance at the Commissioner's k 0145,:.! to re-
ceive his Royal Highness. •
After a short delay, his Royal Highness, their Imperial and
Royal Majesties, with theirimperiai and Royal Highuesse.; the
Grand Duchess and the Princes of Great Britain and Prussia,
and (Wei-Weil by the Board of:Admiralty, the Navy lioard,auti
the. suites 'of Vie Emperor and King, proceeded t hrough the
Dock-yard, amidst the :Acclamations of the artificers alto spec-
tators, to the King's-stairs,. where his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent, their Majesties the Emperor and King; her

Lper:al FgboessAhe Grand Duchos44 her attendant:, fbelr
: ig h ness es t•I:e Prinee of Prussia, attended by the Vis-
First ..Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty,
• • ;,ecl in the. barge prepared for their recertiou, in which
the'roval standard of Great t',itain was immediately hoisted,
and proce..iled dovvn thy harbour to ~pithead. Abreast of the
toya: barge, on the rig-id hand,. a barge carried the imperial
sta: dare o itoiSiavaad another, in-the same sitnation on,the
kit, carried the royal standard of Prussia ; both these barges
were filled wi,4! the suites of the respective Sovereigns.
.

The Board of Admiralty, :vith the Anikissadors of Austria
and an..l several other persons of Listi.oction, in their.
hi.rge bearL.'g of tier entice, iinale.diately preceded
his Itopil'Hi;:hress's narge.---The barges cltae Admirals and
Captans, carrying their respective flags and pendants, fol-
lowed iu two lines, according to their seniority: the barge
of the Admiral of the Fleet, in which his Royal Highness
the Duke of tlareriee, with their Royal Highnesses the Dukes
of York and Catnifririge, and his Serene HighneSs the Duke
Of Saxe cimar, were embarked, leading the starboard line,
and that of the Achnital at the Port, iii which were the Ad-
miral and several pCrsons of the Royal Suite: leading the lar-
board line.

As the Prince Regent passed the garrisOri, he was s
with 21 gnus fromthe icittery'on the platform, and when the
Standird was secu from the fleet at Spithead, his Royal
Highness was saluted in the same Manner from the several
ships there, which was repeated by the guns nn the platform,
and as the Royal hare passed the ships (commencing with
the westernmost of the line), the yards were all manned, and
their conr.panies cave there hearty cheers, the guards being-
turned out, beating ,a march,• and the officers saluting.
On his Royal Ilighiicss and their Majesties going on hoard
the Impregnable, the sides were manned by Lieutenants, and
Iris Royal Highness was received at the, head of the ladder by
the Cutain of the fleet; and as soon as his Royal Highness
passed the guard of marines on the quarter-deck, where he
was received by his Poyail Highness the Admiral of the fleet,
the Union flag was'strack, and shifted to the Chatham of 74
gnus, and the Royal ataaddard wat !misted at the maiatop-mast
head, and the ling of the Admiralty at the foretop-roast head,
and the Union flag at the mizen. The. ,‘datiralty bag was
aiso shifted from the Bombay in the harbour to the Ville de
Paris, and the flag of Vice-Admirai Sir H. Neale, Bart. to
the Norge, of seventy-four guns.---The standard was imme-
diately saluted by the whole fleet, except the Impregnable,
as before, and the salute was answered by an equal number
of gnus front the battery On the platform.- His Royal High-
acconipaalcd hy thuir Majesties, the Grand Duchess, and
the Princes, visited 'every part of the ship, with which they
caressed themselves in the highest degree gratified. After
iris Royal Highness and their Pilajesties, and the other distiri
};:iisheri persons, had partake(' of a collation in the great
cabin of the Impregnable, they were pie tscd to gratify the
immense crowd which had assembled round the strip, by
4ppearing severally at the entrance port, and his Royal
highness and their Majesties were received with the most
eutl'usiastieexpressions irfjoy; and viten his Royal Highness
tetircd, the i•eople spoutaneonsly sang "Godsave the King."
His Royal Highness was so much pleased with his visit, that
be expressed his intention of returning to Spithead the next
day, and he desired the f:ert might he kept ready for getting
'under weigh as soon as the tide should serve. On his Royal
Highness anti their Majesties leaving the Impragflable, a io) al
salute was again fired by the whole fleet, and the barges pro-
Creded in the order in which they came, 'except that the Em-
peror of Russia and his suite embarked in the barge which
bore his flag, and was followed by one of the lines of barges,
while the barge which bore the royal standard of Great Bri-
tain led the other, the barge of the Board of Admiralty pre-
ceding both
• When the barges approached the shore at South Sea Cas-
tle, they weresalnted by a lee-de-jolt, which was fired by the
troops rirawu up on South Sea Beach, and on the ramparts of
the town, and by the acelamatious of the people, who covered
the beach and ramparts; and a royal salute was fired from the
battery on the platform, and thejem-dc-jate and the acclama-
tions of the crowds were repealed, and continued while the
Roval barge was passing.
'hire Prince. Regent, the King of Prussia, and the Board of
Admiralty, and the suites of his Royal Highness and his Ma-
jesty, Lanced at the Sally Port, while Iris Majesty the Empe-
ror of Russia proceeded to the King's Stairs at the Dock-yard.
His Royal Highness, accompanied by his Majesty, walked
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from Sally. Port to the (iavernment-hoase, amidst the accla-
mations the crowds tlrtt tired the sTreet, and testified by
every pos,ible means their joy at seeing amongst them his
Royal Highness and hi:3 illustrious guests. In the evening
his al Highness had a dinner of above 120 covers, 'where
their Majesties, the Grand Duchess, the Princes, and their
respective sAites, dined ; and to which several distinguished
foreigners, the Board of Admiralty, the Miniterg, and Naval
and Military Officers of- the rank of Post Captain and Colo-
nel respectively, had the honour to be invited. In the course
of the evening, the Prince Regent and their Majesties were

pleased to griiify the wishes of the people by appearing on
the balcony, and were again received witti every demonstra-
tion of joy. _ .

,FRIDAY, JUNE 24.

This morning at ten o'clock, his Royal Highness and his
Majesty the Kin; of Prussia, and their respective Royal Fa-
milies and suites, again met his Majesty the Emperor at the
Colomisioner's house in 'the Dock-yard, and proceeded on
foot to visit the Yard. His Royal Highness conducted their
Majesties through the several store-bosses, rigging-lofts,rope
louses,- the anchor forge, the wood mills, and metal mills,
and in all those places his 'loyal Highness and their Majesties
were pleased to express their approbation of the good order,
and ingenuity displayed by the respective officers and
artificers. His Royal Highness and the King of Prussia af-
Urwards proceeded to the King's-stairs to embark in the
barges, while his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, accompa-
nied by the Grand Duchess, and attended by Lord ViCount
Melville, the Earl of Yarmouth, and the Imperial suite, con-
tinued to inspect the Dock-yard, and afterwards crossed over
to visit ,Haslar-hospital. His Imperial Majesty, after ex-
pressing the greatest satisfaction at the general system of the
Hospital, and the good Order and comutort which appears to
prevail theirein, returned with his suite to theComtuissiouer's
house in the Dock-yard.

The Prince Regent and the King of Prussia having em-
baiLed, the Procession moved nearly in the same order as the.
day preceding to Spit head, and the Royal Party went on board
the Royal Sovereign yacht, where the royal standard, and the
flag of the Admiralty and the Union, were hoisted, as they
bad before been in the Impregnalde.—His Royal Highness
wa. then pleased to direct a signal to be made for the fleet's
getting under weigh, which was imniediutely executed, and
the whOle svadron stood ,mt to sea with a favourable breeze,

When the fleet had proceeded as far as St. Helen's, the
Prince Rsgent, the King, and the Princes, attended as be
-fore, went on hoard tire impregnable, where they were re-
ceived with the usual salutes and forms; the. standard, the
(lag of the -Admiralty,.and the union being hoisted as netore.
The fleet, ,now under full soil, In:lion:tett several evolutions,
and manceuvered With the greatest celerity and precision, till
about, four o'clock, when being about five leagues from the
auchorege, the fleet tacked anti continued to work up to Spit-
bead till about seven, when it had regained its former posi-
tion, and his Royal Highness, and, the King, and their re-
spective Royal Familiesand suites, again smtcred their bargos,
and proceeded as the day befort!, and under similar fees-dc-
joie, and the like acclamations of the people, to Sally Port.,
where they landed, and imin:diately proceeded to the Go-
vernment House, where they were received by the Earl
Bathurst, Secretary of State for the War.Departmeni, and his
Marshal.the Duke of Wellington, who had just arrived
from town.

At eight o'clock his Royal Highness sat down ,to a dinner
of one !hundred anti twenty covers, at which the Emperor and
King, the Grand i4uclitiss, and the Princes were entertained,
and the Secretaries of Ntate, the Board of Admiralty, and
the other distinguished persons of the Royal and Imperial
Suites, and the Officers of the Navy and Army, of the ranks of
Captain anti Colodel respectiv,ily, had again the honour of
'hying invitiid. In thic course of the evening the Prince Re-
gent and their Majesties again appeiired on the balcony, and
were receit'ed,-as before, with every expression of the popu-
lar joy; and at his Royal Highness was pleased to in-
vite the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Naval and Military Offi-
cers at Portsmouth and its N ieinity, with their Ladies, to a hall
and sulspel., which their Majesties the Emperor and King, and
their Royal Highnesses the Princes, honoured With their pre-
sence.