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BERKS.

Cspital FREEHOLD MANSION,;tuI compact beautiful DOMAIN,
in a fine elevated part of Windsor Park, within a short drive of
the town, Ascot, and Maidenhead; close to hounds, full of game,
and richly wooded, in the midst of some of the most beautiful
scenery and drives in the kingdom, and a fashionable neighbour-
hood.
3711 ESSR S. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
a submit to PUBLIC SALE, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, June
20, at Twelve (unless an acceptab e offer shall be previously made by
private treaty), in one lot, or divided,
The WINKFIELD-PLACE ESTATE, Freehold, and comprising
a substantial, handsome, and most com'ortable mansion, with suit-
able offices, capital stabling. walled garden, beautiful pleasure
grounds, and ornamental sheet of water, with a smal cr residence,
farm-house, and all rectuisite buildings, surrounded by finely-tim-
ered, parklike, and productive farm lands, all in high condition;
containing together upwards of 354 acres of fine pasture and arable
hied, inteispersed with picturesque little coppices, situate only three
miles and a half trout Windsor (yet perfectly secluded), six miles
from Maidenhead, and thirteen from Reading. Part of the property
indents upon the Royal Park. The Mansion may be purchased with
about 100 acres only.
The Estate may be viewed with cards, and particulars known and
a plan seen at their offices, in Waterloo place, Pall-mall.

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KENT.
Desirable FRET:HOLD ESTATE, with a very superior FARM
RESIDENCE, hounded by the River MEDWAY, only three miles
from the city of ROCiIESTER, and seven from MAIDSTONE.
rESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and Son will
Na offer for absqlute SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, on
'1 UESDAT, June 20, at Twelve (unless an acceptable offer shall be
previously made),
The STARKE CASTLE FARM, a very compact and valuable
freehold estate ; comprising at superior farm residence, embracing a
portion of the old Castle, with its tine Gothic w indows, capital
buildings of the most substantial description, and above 290 acres of
arable, pasture, hop, and marsh land in a ring fence, and let on lease
to Mr. John Pearce, a highly respectable tenant, for au unexpired
term of three years only at a low rental, offering a sate investment
for capital, as also a desirable property for future occupation.
Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. Delmar and Wynne, soli-
citors, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son,
land agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

KENT.
CHARLTON PARK, FARM, and MANOR, and a smaller RESI-
DENCE about a mile distant, in the picturesque parishes of Bi-
shopsbourne, Kingstone, and Barham, ally about one hours' drive
from Dover.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of England,
early in JULY, together or In lots (unless an acceptable offer shall be
previousy made),
The desirable and compact FREEHOLD ESTATE of CHARL
TON, pleasantly situated in a picturesque shelteied spot, near Bi-
shopsbourne and Kingstone Churches, about four miles from Canter-
bury, upon the high Dover road ; comprising a capital and hand-
some Mansion, with its beautiful Pleasure-grounds, good Stabling,
and Gardens, Keepers' and other Lodges, &c., surrounded by a finely
varied little Park of excellent sound Pasture-land, studded with
some magnificent timber and ornamental Plantations, with a valu-
able Farm adjoining, interspersed with woodlanis, forming good Pre-
serves for Game, altogether about 410 acres, with the Manor of King-
stone, and some most desirable Lands contiguous ; also, another Re-
s.dence at Barham, now occupied by the Rev. Thomas Harrison.
Particulars may be obtamed of Messrs. Delmar and Wynne, Soli-
citors, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; or of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son,
Land Agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and Windsor.

ELMHURST, at BATH EASTON, within a quarter of an hours'
ride of Bath, upon one of the most beautiful eminences, overlooking

the picturesque Vale of the Avon, studded and belted with magni.

fieent Elm, Oak, and other Timber Trees.
SSR S. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, in JUNE or Jura, by di-
rection of the Executors of the late W. Bedford, Esq. (unless an ac-
ceptable offer shall he previously made),
The above most desirable FRE s.11:11.1) RESIDENCE, comprising
a handsome and substantial stone mansion, containing eight
bed-rooms, besides three attics, three sitting-rooms, and conve-
nient offices, surrounded by very rich and superbly-timbered park-
like padlocks, with good ,ordens, substantial stables, gardener's cot-
tage, &c., altogether about 36 acres. It is about two miles from
Bath, on the old London-road, and stands perfectly detached, and
though comparatively secluded, commands a great extent of cheerful
and interesting scenery, embracing a fine view of Bath, with its Ab-
bey and St Michael's Church, with the bold brows and woods of Cla-
verton, Hampton, and Banner Downs, and altogether a most de-
lightful healthy ',treat, though within easy reach of :di the gaieties
and advantages of Bath, Clifton, and Cheltenham, and only three
hours and a half journey from London. It is in excellent repair, and
immediate possession may be had. A few acres of rich pasture and
garden-ground and a cottage will be offered in separate 1.45, if not
desired by the purchaser of the mansion, presenting beautiful sites for
icular; s
fh ar,diro.f
icisi
BRaolite:
building.
o
The E,sitaltveartearys
mSoileincitao, Bath ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, in Waterloo-
place, Pall-mall.

FORTY-HILL, ENFll:LD„sabout Twelve Miles fro ii I own,
Handsome FREEH /IA) RESIIaEfiCE, upon a most comfortable
scale, in well-dispo ed Grounds and Paddocks, with walled-gar-
dens, and elegant Conservatory, opening to beautiful and extensive
views of the opposite Essex hills, with possession.
3/Essits. DANIEL SMITH and SON. will
submit to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, at the
end of JUNE (unless previously disposed of by Private Contract),
& most desirable and complete RESIDENCE for a moderate esta-
blis'iment, desirably situate near Enfield Chase, and about one mile
from the town (to which a railway is shortly to be extended), and
within easy reach of the wildly varied scenery of Epping Forest,
in the midst of a highly respectable and sociable neighbourhood. I he.
house is very substantially built, and contains on the upper floornine
or ten bed-rooms and a morning-room, water-closet, &c., with front
and back staircases; and on the ground floor an elegant drawing-
room, dining-room, breakfast-room, and spacious hall, with the
usual domestic offices, four-stall stable, double coach-house, with
grooms' r >ems, and lofts. The principal rooms command uninter-
ssocrrefecnhedp
rattedtcl and beautiful views of the home grounds and distant country,
to the two
timber;
the 1 the drawing-room opens into an elegant conservatory, and to
and. shrubberies, widen lead, by good broad gravel walks,
a from(ldo e ktshoef
htwouesleveisa car es,
farmyard,s‘• it with so mweifithneg
various buildings,supplied ,' and every part of the premises is abundantly
with spring andornamentalr anary a nd
gates severalsoft water. Conveyances pass the entrance
times a day, re *
railway it is about three -a
ling
el town within two hours, and by
ex •ellent order, and th quarters of an hour's rids. The whole is in
with the place.
e appropriate furniture may be purchased
For particulars and cards t
and Sou, Land Agents,
in urao view apply to Messrs. Daniel Smith
terloo-
authorised to treat previous to Me Place, Pall. mall, yato are fully
auction.

ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES.
Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, as improved edition, re-
vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a seated envelope, or
forwar led by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from
observation, for 25. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrate) with nn-
merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings.
MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA-
TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT
RESTORATION.
A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs,
emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex-
cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the
sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age; with Practical Remarks
on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De-
bility, impotency', Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by
which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and
reach the fell period of lite allotted to Man. The whole illustrated
with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain-
ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro-
ductive Organs in heaith and disease ; with instructions for private
correspondence, cases, &c.
By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons,
• 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London.
" ' Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thoughtless we
trust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them of the
danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their pa ;Mons,
whilst to some it may serve as a monitor In the hour of tetnpta•
Bon, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle
" Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long experience
and reputation in the treatment of these paint ui diseases Is the
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age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the
reatment of a class of painful maladies which has too lone been
the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service
Gazette.
" •

The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and last
approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease,
which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been
set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work,
be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per-
sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con-
sumption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin bas
been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth
much more frequently than it is at all suspected.

N.B. Hours of consultation from Eleven till Two, and Six to
Eight in the Evening.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.

ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE 11:61PA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 64. in postage stamps,
I'MIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the inflrmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroot, Oxford-street, London.
Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoater-row ;
llannay, 63, and Saeger' 150, Oxford-street; Starie, 23, Titehborne-
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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
It it illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect arid of the abuse
of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PART IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap-
plication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action
is simple but sure. It acts with the visits chemically, and destroys
its power an the system. This important part of the Work should
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PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
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DEAR HABRY.-1 he races at Chester's -----
.
Ctrhe
T induced,rySpl Ra
me to oaNrwtorTiuOt write
haSintintg inquiringriAßpeßrltoi ditty;i city
HESTER
RACES.
And I beg you will write me a line (as you ought),
And not only that, Sir—but give. in your letter.
A general outline, which none can do better.
This favour I'm anxiously bull uponr.:- • ,
So pray don't omit to remember "frienclJoair. •
SIR HARRY'S REPLY,
DIAS jAcx,—As you've sent me aline so entreating,
I musn't paws over the Chester Spring ideating.
With regard to the course you-shall hear more ano,
For I've other,things worthy your notice, sir John.n
Had MOSES and SON seen the late Chester Rums,
A smile of delight would have played on their faces..
Ev'ry train that arrived brought its hundreds who wore
Such dress as I never have wltness'd before. •
The scene round the " walls" (thanks to MOSES and SON)
Was, " really and truly," a brilliant one.
When I look'd at the styles (which were certain to strike)
In over-coats, trousers, coats, rests, and the like,
I actually couldn't help saying—" Well done,"
The dresses do credit to MOSES and SON.
But I'm forced to conclude, or the postman won't carry
This note is Sir John, from his hearty friend HARRY.
LIST OF PRICES.
SIAM lUDS.

Beaver Taglteni ••••..••••• • •" • • • ' • • • •••• fr°m:" 9
Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every
description of Over-coat, handsomely
trimmed.. •••••• • • • • • •• • *•• • • 1 6 $
The Pacha Coat • • ••••••• • • • • • • ••'••• • • • • • • 1 8
The Bullmer. especially adapted for snowy and
wet waather• ••••• .. • • • ******* •••• • • • • ''' •• " 1 0 0
Boy's Winter Coats, in every style. ••••••• •• • • .. 0 6 0
Men's Do. Trousers, lined .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 4 0
Doeskin •••••• • • • • • 12
Dress Coats.. ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1 0 0
Frock do.• •••••••• • • • • • • •
Double-breasted Winter Vests ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 2 0
Roll cellar.... ••••••••••..•..• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 1 6
Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suite •• ••••••••• • • • •• • • 0 16 6
SUDS TO JILIABORY.
Winter Coats, in every style and ishaPe, hand-
somely trimmed .. • • •• • ...... •• • from 1 6 ()
Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and min 2 4 0
Tweed Wrapper ••..••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 0 18 6
Doeskin Trousers ....... •••••••• • • • • • • • 1 2 0
Beat, er Dress• •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • ••• .. 1 6 0
Dress Coat ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •• 1 12 3
Best quality made ...... 2 15 0
Best quality made .• •• • • ...... 3 3 0
Cashmere Vests ••••..•••••••• • • •• • • • • .. 0 8 6
Satins, Plain or Fancy • • .••••• • • • • • • ...... 0 12 0
Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits . .
Great Coat. •• • .... ••••• • • • • • ..... ••.• • • • 0 16 0
A Bait of Clothes complete.. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • . 1 16 0
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the
Honey returned.
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
[(osiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for
Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83,
44, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
aublie against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman-
Ike falsehood of being connoted with them, or it's the same concern,
18,9 been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
Chey have so connexion with any other house in or out of London;
Ail( those who desire genuine and cheep clothing, &a., should call at,
)r send te, Minories and Aldgate, City, London.
Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun-
set Friday, till sunset Saturday, whoa businass is resumed till twelve
?clock.

OPENING OF THE STEAM-BASIN,
AT PORTSNIOUTti, BY HER MAJESTY.
Yesterday the new basin at Portsmouth, constructed
by Mr. Peter Rolt for the Admiralty, to be appropriated
for fitting the steam-vessels of her Majesty's navy in
every respect for sea-service, before they,are turned out
into the harbour, was opened by the entrance of her
most gracious Majesty the Queen, in the royal yacht
tender Fairy, when, by the royal command, Colonel
Irvine, C.B. chief director of engineer and architectural
works, placed the last stone in position, in her Majesty's
presence.
During the past week we have noticed the extensive
preparations which were made at Portsmouth for the
consummation of this great work, and, to render the
event of completing such a vast and useful acquisition
to our maritime strength one of striking effect we may
now remark that nothing could exceed the grandeur
of the whole affair. It was one of most absorbing
interest. The whole neighbourhood . was assem-
bled. It was a general holiday for the populace,
and the mightiest arsenal in the world was peopled
by tens of thousands of the most loyal subjects on earth,
and who testified their loyalty, too, in a manner worthy
of the appreciation with which her Majesty evidently
regarded it. All business, by common consent, in the
neighbourhood,
was suspended, and the local function-
aries vied with the Government authorities in producing
one of the most magnificent spectacles it has ever been
our opportunity and our privilege to witness.
At an early hour hundreds upon hundreds of persons
came pouring into the towns from the South-Western
and South Coast lines of railway ; and a dense, inter-
minable stream of spectators were for hours before the
appearance of the royal yacht wending their way to the
works, whilst afloat the harbour WdS literally covered
with boats of all kinds, crammed with most respectably
attired persons, and as the time drew near for the ap-
proach of her Majesty almost every avenue in the dock-
yard leading to the basin was completely closed. But
although there was a great deaf of crowding there was no
confusion; good humour, respectful feeling, and the best
disposition prevailed. Everybody appeared determined
to please and be pleased, and an almost
...
health-
ful, sound, and hearty national spirit characterised the
conduct of the vast assemblage throughout the day.
We stated yesterday that Lord Auckland bad arrived
at Portsmouth, and that Admiral Dundas, C. 8., M.P.,
the Senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty, would leave
.own that morning. The Gallant Officer arrived at
Gosport by the earliest train from London, and joined
Lora Auckland at the official residence of the Com-
mander-ineChief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, immediately
afterwards. The ships at Spithead and in the harbour
attired themselves in holiday colours at eight o'clock,
and, together with the batteries, fired the first royal
salute at twelve o'clock, in hollow: of the birthday of the
Princess Helena. Shortly alter_ another royal salute
announced the arrival in the harbour of the Fairy, with
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on board en
route to Froguaore by the Soutli-Western Railway; and
the Commander.in.chief proceeded on board to pay his
respects, and, with other officers, attended her Royal
Highness to the railway carriage at the Clarence-yard,
Gosport. The Gallant Admiral then returned, and
with the Earl of Auckland and Admiral Dundas pro-
dAl in the Fairy to Osborne, the Admiralty flag flying
at the mainmast head.
In the meanwhile the special train, had arrived at the
Clarence-yard, Gosport, from London, and at half-past
one, in the Admiralty, the Commander-in-Chief 's, and
io.;.lh:rbbroarvignesh,
(h)iiisaGndrabcelouths:
oDuke.ver,lof s
field-marshal's
Wellington,tdm a
ro a u attiredni.
Master-General of the
the Right Hon. Sir
Ordnance
;Mos re qu
Earlis oof
fAlinagdledle4stun,
C. Wood, Bart. ; the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere
and Lady Egerton ; the Hots. :Capt,am Berkeley, C. 8.,
fOorrdmna;
hn flay, t. 8., M.P. ; Captain
MT. ; Captain Lord Jo„,
Curipert DIA • ; Mr. Secretary
Milne, the Hon. W. , ,
Ward, M.P., and the Mi.'s...a 41( aro ; Captain W. A. B.
Hamilton, Second Secretary ; Captain Sir Baldwin
Walker, the Surveyor of the Navy ; Captain Ellice, the
Comptroller of the Navy ; Lady Emily Dundas, Colonel
Irvine, C. 8., director of engineering and architectural
works ; Capt. Eden, Private Secretary to the First Lord,
;
with several ladies Messrs. Woolley,_ Ward, Berkeley,
and others connected with the Admiralty; Capt. C. B.
Hamilton, Major-Gen. Wemy ss,Sec., landed at the King's
Stairs, where the Noble and __Gallant Duke and party
were received by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott,
C. 8., Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.13., Captain
Chads, (_ a. 13 &c.
The Duke of Wellington, Lord and
Lady Ellesmere, L ,
ord Haddineton Captain Berkeley,
Lord John Hay, Sze., then proceeded to the Port Ad-
miral's residence, and others to the residence of the Ad-
miral Superintendent, and partook of luncheon.
It was now approaching the time for expecting the
Queen, and accordingly, atter the Duke and the Lords
of the Admiralty had visited the basin, they repaired to
the King's Stairs to wait the arrival, off there, of the
Fairy. The grand booth, forming a sort of amphitheatre
around the yet unfit sii lied corner of the sea-wall, and
where the ceremony of laying the last stone was to take
place, was by this
time pretty well
filled, the other booths
ranging along the pier-wall and at the sides of the basin
had been crammed as full as they could possibly be, for a
long time previously.
The faint report of a gun to seaward, at three o'clock,
turned every eye that was in a Position to command a
view in that direction, towards Spithead, and the motions
of the parties so situated were anxiously watched by
those in the booths, for an indication of the where-
ahcaits of the Fairy. The report of another gun, fol-
lowed by others in rapid succession, intimated the
passing of the Royal tender through Spithead. This
was the Royal salute, fired by the following ships
at
anchor there :
St. Vincent, 120 guns, 820 men, 2,612 tons, Captain
S. C. Daures.

Prince Regent, 90 guns, 820 men, '2,613 tons, Captain
W. F. Martin.
Powerful, 84 guns,
495 men, 2,296 tons, Captain
Hon. R. S. Dundas, C.B.
The first is the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Napier, and the last is one of the advanced quite ready for
sea, but with only a small complement. The firing of the
guns, and the cheering of the men as they manned the
yards, had hardly ceased when the platform battery and
other batteries took up the royal salute, and the people
who crowded the wharfs there likewise continued the
marked with salutes from the guns and the
ofAol
dr t
cheering, and so without intermission every inch of pro-
gress which the Fairy made in coining into harbour was
those who lined the shores or manned the yards of the
men-of-war. the • •
and decks f the yachts and
rigging o•
merchantmen, or the swarming squadrons of small boats.
momentarythree-decker
salutes
t.r
op antuhts
the Victory,
ev sea-goingi.
tsucceeded,or
flag-ship
ships
s ,oe !gala
fittingat
hi people,
enpo opbrlthunderedharbour,
trbfrooumr
the Howe, Bellerophon and Bastin ss and also from the
ordinarythseteflamaggoufardth. admi-
ral;b from the Illustrious, depot-ship of the ordinary,
the Excellent rhaels e Superintendent;
ve
sxcellent gunnery. ship; and from the Blenheim,
their yards, and cheering vociferously; as did also the
crews of the Scourge, steam-sloop, and other vessels in
commission in the harbour. sselsinaniling
The ships at Spithead formed n
ship,
p Rear-Admiral ra Ah nf
no mean force to give
a hearty welcome to her Majesty,to afford to the
tens of thousands of visitors to and
the
port our naval strength at the present momentousa specimen
of
crisis.
The Fairy had now arrived off the King's Stairs at the
dockyard, and there brought up to receive
Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Anglesey, ;seyan boartlir C.
Wood, the Hon. Captain Berkeley, Lord eJoi;n ay
Captain Milne, the Hon. W. Cowper Mr. Ward, Captain
Hamilton and Captain Eden,'
who, dressed in full uni-
form, the civil as well as the military officers of the Ad-
miralty, joined the Earl of Auckland, Admiral Dundas,
and Sir Charles Ogle, who had proceeded to Osborne in
the Fairy, to attend upon her Majesty. .
In a few minutes she was again moving slowly to-
wards the mouth of the basin ; and at 3 40 the Fairy,
with the Royal standard at the main, the Admiralty
flag at the fore, and the Union Jack at the mizen-mast,
lay across the mouth of the steam-basin. It is impos-
sible to do justice to the magnificent coup d'ceit in the
harbour and in the basin which now presented itself. '
It was transcendently beautiful. Nothing could ex-
ceed the fineness of the weather ; the sun shone in
unsurpassing brilliancy, and the only ripple on the
water, which reflected the blue heavens and the bright
sparkling sunbeams, was caused by the dipping of a
thousand oars or the revolutions of the screw-propeller
of the Royal yacht. At this moment at least a hundred
thousand eves must have been turned on the little craft
which proudly bore a freight so precious to our country;
and the loud, long, enthusiastic shout of joy almost
drowned the reverberation of the cannon from the
saluting battery at the basin pier head, which proclaimed
the arrival of the Queen. In the harbour, the stately
three-deckers and the other powerful lineeof•battle ships,
decked with their various coloured flags, their gallant
crews stretched out upon the yards, the multitude of
sailing and rowing craft of all descriptions, presented
a most animated and glorious picture of our national
characteristics and our national pursuits, and the eye
could embrace at aglance the inherent, but now happily
dormant strength of our beloved country. There was
the might and there was the majesty of England, and
there was seen with timbers still sound, and colours still
flaunting, the ship which beyond all others was calcu-
lated to awaken the most glorious recollections of our
perils and our triumphs, in "bearing our dreaded banner
round the globe," the " Victory" always, whether she
bore the flag of a Jervis or a Nelson.
But if the harbour presented a picture of magnificence,
and a gratifying spectacle at this moment, the view of
the basin from the royal yacht must have afforded to
her Majesty the moat intense pleasure. The clear area
of seven acres of water which the basin contained, was
bounded only by loyal servants and devoted subjects.
The margin all around was lined with the Royal Dock-
yard Battalions under their respective commanders,
the Royal Marine Artillery, and troops of the line.
On the left, or outer seawall of the basin leading in,
the guard of honour, composed of the Ist or Grenadier
company of Dockyard Infantry, was posted, under the
command of Mr. Vintner (Major), the store receiver,
and at their back an immense booth ranging the whole
length of the wall, 560 feet, was erected tier above tier,
and filled with an immense company, who were fortu-
nate enough to procure tickets. This led down to the
stairs, or the north inlet to the basin. Here was the
principal booth, as it was the corner stone
of the pier, at this inlet, that was required to be laid to
complete the coping of the whole work. In this booth,
down the east wall, 597 feet in length, the Royal Marine
Artillery, commanded by Colonel Gibson, were sta-
tioned, and from thence the guard was formed by the
men of the dockyard boat brigade. Booths were also
fitted on this wall in tiers, one above the oteser, and
several detached places were also converted into seats for
spectators. At the south inlet, and dens the southern
boundary wall, a detachment of the 9th Regiment,
under Major Barton, was stationed ; and here, too,
were large booths erected between the buildings, run-
ning up the western, or the longest side, 950 feet in
length ; a detachment of the 17th laced the basic,
and from thence the infantry battalion under Mr.
Finch= (Lieutenant-Colonel), the master ship-
wright, continued the guard up to the entrance on
the right, at the front of e hich was a saluting
battery under the command of Mr. Bellamy (Major),
assistant-master attendant. Ranging with this western
side are the capacious storehouses, in course of erection;
and here also every available bit of space which the
broad and lofty doorways and window places afforded
was converted into booths. And, in addition to the
booths, filled to repletion, the half-finished floors and
the roof of this building were tenanted by large groups ;
and the wharves and works of the coffer-dam, and the
roofs of the booths themselves, were crowded by ven-
turous persons. There were no interstices visible—they
were all filled with spectators, and there was scarcely a
portion of a building visible which was not decorated
by flags or evergreens. At short distances from each
other ensigns waved from lofty poles all round the
basin, and at the principal booth there was a flag-staff
erected on which to hoist the Royal standard on the
landing of the Queen. This will give only the faintest
idea of the grand panorama which was presented to her
Majesty's view, when as the Fairy passed through two
lines of 6-gun boats on each side, manned by the
boat brigade, under Mr. Davis (Lieutenant-Colonel),
the Master-Attendant of the Clarence 3 ard, she rounded
the point, and glided most gracefully within the scope of
the basin, and was received by the National Anthem
from no less than eight bands of musicians, at various
stations, and a simultaneous burst of the most enthusi-
astic cheers that ever greeted royal ears. Two gigs be-
longing to the Royal yacht, one commanded by Lieut.
Bedford, and the other by Lieut. Vansittart, piloted the
Fairy, and on she came noiselessly displacing but
scarcely disturbing the pellucid waters which' bore her
fair form with an elasticity which would almost induce
the impression that the air had as much to do With the
flotation as the lower element. Again, again, and again
burst forth the loudest cheers from manly and loyal
hearts as she moved along close by the seawall,
guided by no inexperienced hand, and b o eying on
the moment, as if by instinct, the will of her
august Sovereign, as expressed through her noble cap-
tain, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence. Sweeping round the
curve, as she came opposite to the principal booth the
Fairy remained for a moment inanimate, and from
this booth burst forth once more the welcome of the
numerous assembly of noble ladies and gentlemen who
fermed the elite of the company. At this place the most
excellent arrangements were made to receive her Ma-
jesty, and the greatest facilities were afforded for view-
ing the interesting operations of finishing the basin.
The stairs leading up from the basin were railed and
carpeted, and covered with evergreens and decorated
with flags. The coping of the wall was also carpeted,
and led to a raised platform, in front of which was the
last atone, ready for laying, and suspended from a
crane. On this platform, which was covered with green
and scarlet carpeting, was placed an elegant carved
state chair of the Elizabethan style, manufactured ex-
pressly for the use of her Majesty on the occasion by
Messrs. E. and E. Emanuel, of Portsmouth, of Royal
George oak, and covered with rich green damask;
and on a table by the side a plan of the basin on
a large scale was placed. On the left of this chair
the principal seats were ranged, and in front, on
th'e other side of the stone, accommodation was pro.
vided for Mr. Owen, the mayor of Portsmouth, and the
aldermen, town-councillors, and officers of the corpora-
tion. Around and about the platform were here assem-
bled the Earl of Haddington, the Earl and Countess of
Ellesmere and Lady Egerton, Lord Clarence Paget,
Viscount Ingeetre, M.P., C. 8., Captain Cospatrick
B. Hamilton, Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, K.C.B
Sir C. Freemantle, Bart., the Hon. Captain Boyle,
Major-General Wernyss, Captain Ellice and Miss El-
lice, Captain Sir E. Parry and family,
Captain B. J,
Sullivan, Captain Rodney Mundy, Mr. Haig (the Ad-
miral's secretary) and family, Messrs. Ward and the
Misses Ward, Misses Woolley, Graves, Berkeley,
On the stone was laid a massive, chaste silver trowel,
manufactured by Emanuel!, goldsmiths to the Queen,
the handle of which was supported by two
frosted dolphins in basso relieve, and bearing the
following inscription on one side—" This trowel eas
used by —, on the occasion of laying the last
stone and opening the new steam basin at her Majesty's
Dockyard, Portsmouth, 25th day of May, 1847;" end on
the other a plan of the basin. The usual model imple-
ments of masonry, Sec., used on such occasions, were
also laid on the stone; and the stone itself, which
weighed about 2 tons
31 covered the following inscrip-
tionr
on a stone beneath :
This last stone was laid by
Colonel Irvine, C. 8., in the presence of her Majesty, and
by her Majesty's command,
On the 25th May, 1848,
Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland First Lord of the
Admiralty.

Dundss,
Berkeley Lords of the Admiralty.
Milne,
Cowper.
11. G. Ward, First Secretary.
J. W. B. Hamilton, Second Secretary.
Passing this spot, the Fairy proceeded slowly round

the basin, followed by a squadron of barges, with distin-
guishing pennants, in two divisions, Sir Charles Napier
leading in his own barge, and followed by the barges of
the Captains Dundas, Martin, Yates, Chads, Eden,
Baynes, Morgan, Austin, Dacres, in order, according to
seniority. Passing up the entire length of the west side,
the Fairy stopped at each crowded avenue of the new
store-houses for her Majesty to receive the congratula-
tions of the spectators; and then rounding again, at the
entrance inside, came slowly down to the iandzng stairs.
At the principal booth, the little vessel having run
alongside, the Queen was received by Admiral Prescott
and Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, and was conducted
up the steps to the chair on the state platform by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the lords and ladies in
waiting, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Auckland,
and the Board of Admiralty following and ranging
themselves behind her Majesty, when the Royal standard
was hoisted on the spot. Cheers again resounded on all
sides, which her Majesty acknowledged by repeatedly
bowing.
The corporation, headed by the Mayor, Mr. Ellis
Oven, had then the'honour of presenting the addresses
of the corporation to the Queen and Prince Albert, and
was graciously received on their behalf, but her Ma-
jesty intimated her desire that they should not be read.
They were as follows:
" TO THF. QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" Most Gracious Sovereign,
" May it please your Majesty, we, your Majesty's
faithful subjects, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses
of the borough of Portsmouth, humbly beg leave to
assure your Majesty of our devoted loyalty and ardent
attachment to your Majesty's person, family, and
throne.
" Yielding to none of your Majesty's subjects in de-
votion to your sacred person, in a zealous adherence to
your Majesty's illustrious House, and in regard fur those
great principles which have ever distinguished the House
of Brunswick, we yet account it a special case for gra-
tulation that this ancient borough and great naval ar-
senal should be favoured with this visit from oar Most
Gracious Sovereign, accompanied by her beloved Con-
sort, and him who is—God grant for some yet far dis-
tant day—the hope of England; and that too upon an
occasion when all our sympathies, as a naval people, are
absorbed in the.
your Majesty's magnitude of' the interest which it is
gracious purpose to consolidate and
strengthen.
We would humbly hope that if foreign
aggression should again disturb the peace of the British
empire, this arsenal m
the blessing of the God may
send forth such fleets as, by
of battles, may vindicate their
ancient fame, and ever remain the wooden walls of your
Majesty's throne, impregnable to every enemy.
•• With these desires
crown, we would combine the
glory of your Majesty's
our ardent wishes for the
peace and prosperity of
your
iness of th Majesty's reign, and the
greatness and happ
s way." nation committed to your
"TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS
CHARLES EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE Or SAXE
COBURG AND GOTHA.

May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the
borough of Port.mouth, beg leave to approach your
Royal Highness with the assurance of our affectionate
devotion to our Most Gracious Sovereign, and our un-
feigned attachment to your Royal Highness.
" We rejoice that this ancient borough should be
favoured by the present ♦isit of our Most Gracious
Sovereign and your Royal Highness; and we trust that
the occasion to which we are indebted for this distin-
guished honour may be the means of increasing the
naval strength and augmenting the greatness of this

empire.
" We recognise with much gratification the interest
which your Royal Highness has ever evinced in the
progress of great national undertakings, and in the en-
couragement of those institutions which tend so much
to advance the intelligence and happiness of her Ma-
jesty's subjects.
" We pray that your Royal Highness may long be
spared with our Most Gracious Queen, in the full epjoy-
ment of every blessing, that her throne may be undis-
turbed, her empire prosperous, her and your happiness
unbroken."

The Earl of Auckland then, by request of her Majesty,
introduced Captain James, RE., the director of works,
and her Majesty having proceeded to the table, Captain
James had the honour of explaining to her Majesty the
particulars of the basin, as shown in the plan; and
through Colonel Irvine, C. 8., the director-general of
works, Mr. Peter halt presented to her Majesty an
elegantly bound statement of details of the great work.
Preparations were then commenced for fixing the
stone, during which time the Queen walked across the
platform to Lady Frederick Fitzclarence and honoured
her Ladyship with some marked compliments. Her
ntjesty also most affably recognised the Countess of
it:dewier° and other ladies of the brilliant circle wi
surrounded the, Royal presence. Prince Albert, in the
mecnwhile, was eng...fed in conversation with the Duke
Wellington and L ,rd Auckland.
_ .

. _
Mr. Holt end his superititeialent engineer, Mr. Sinith,
having comp'• ted the terraneruents for lowering the
stone into its place, her Majesty, after aldressiEg a few
words to Lord Auckland, intimated her commat,ds to
Colonel Irvine, !hat ht' should lay the stone, which that
gallant officer then perfurgued, and the work was con-
summated—the hand of the Royal Marines at the mo-
ment sttiking up t• Rule Britannia." The Queen, then,
atter bowing again to the assembly, left the platfirm
and was conducted by the Prince to the Fairy ; and the
Duke of Wellington, tne Marquis of Anglesey, and Lord
Auckland, hating taken leave of her Majesty, the Fairy
again steamed down to the end of the basin, where the
Queen received again the thrice repeated cheers of the
assembly, and bowed the royal acknowledgments, and
smiled the royal satisfaction. The yacht then steered
ihrou.gh the middle of the basin into the harbour, and at
lull speed proceeded to Osborne, receiving as she passed
the salutes of the ships and the cheers of the men on the
yards, and the people who lined the shores on each side.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and Princess
Alice, accompanied her Majesty in the Fairy, but did not
land. On the deck of the yacht the Royal children ex-
cited great admiration, which repeatedly brought forth
from the spectators enthusiastic cheering.
Her Majesty wore a white muslin dress with flounces,
a lace shawl lined with maize, and a white chip boniest
and white feather. The Princess Royal and Princess
Alice were entirely dressed in white, with chip bonnets ;
aad the Prince of Wales wore a blue cloth jacket em-
broidered with silver, white trousers and white cap.
Prince Albert was attired in a field marshal's uniform,
and wore the star of the Order of the Bath.
Mr. bolt especially, and Mr. Smith, the superintending
engineer of this great work, received at all hands,
official and private, the warmest congratulations, which
were also extended tee Captain James, R.E., Mr. Wood,
the clerk of the works, 8:e.
Last evening no less than 2,186 men of the dockyard
dined together, at the new boat-house, to celebrate the
day's proceedings, and Mr. Bolt provided dinner in the
new store-houses for 1,050 of his own workmen, who had
been engaged in the construction of the basin.
In justice to the Admiral Superintendent, we must re-
mark that the entire arrangements of the day could not
have ben better.

We cannot forbear recording the danger to which her
Majesty was exposed through the ardour of one of her
subjects—faithful, we dare say, as the best of them. It
so happened that as the Queen stood in the booth, one of
the officers near her gave some order or other to a police-
man, who immediately started off to execute it, with so
much speed, and so little caution, that he was within an
ace of overturning the royal person, or at least of most
seriously disturbing its equilibrium. lie proceeded on
his mission in happy ignorance of his imminent escape
from lese Majeste The Queen did not appear to take
any notice of it.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM RACES.—THURSDAY.
The entrebi for the Grand Stand Handicap fell very
far short of what might have been expected from the
liberal bonus added to it; as a matter of course the race
excited very little interest. Wanting, however, as it
confessedly Was, in importance, the card promised an
abundance of sport—three single dashes, as brother
Jonathan would call them, and heats ad nauseu'n—
were enough to satisfy a glutton, but too Peckham-like
to be agreeable to any real lover of racing. It is much
to be regretted that such pettifogging work should be
suffered, at a meeting in all other respects so well con-
ducted; heats are notoriously premiums for trickery and
fraud, and the sooner the steward can be prevailed on to
abolish them, the better. It is superfluous to add that
they spun out the racing to an unreasonably late hour,
and that one half of the visitors left the course before
they were brought to a close. A list of the fashionables
on the Downs yesterday is out of the question; in place
of it we, will supply an omission in our last, by giving a
selection of the most distinguished personages present
on the Derby day:—
Duke of Bedford, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Mon-
trose, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Downshire, Mar-
quis of Granby, Earl and Countess of Chesterfied, Earl.
4 March, Earl of Stradbroke, Earl of Glasgow, Earl of
Uxbridge' Earl of Strathmore, Earl of Euston, Earl
Jursey, Earl of Granville, Earl of Suffield. Earl of Bes-
borough, Earl of Wilton, Lord Enfield, Lord Canter-
bury, Lord 13ateman Lord Burghley, Lord B. Cecil,
Lord 11. Lennox, Lord G. Lennox, Lord C. Manners,
Lord G. Manners, Lord Newport, Lord Drumlanrig,
Lord Clifden, Lord Stanley, Lord Maidstone, Lord F.
Fitzroy, Lord Villiers, Lord George Bentinck, Lord
\V Opole, Lord Somerton, Sir G. Heathcote, Sir J. Haw-
ley, Sir G. Armitage, Sir W. Cudrington, Sir .1. B.
Mill. Cul. Peel, Col. Hornhy, Col. Stanley, Col. Knox,
, ' Hon. Capt. Runs, 110n.C.1. Anson, lion. Fraucia Villiers,
lion. Admiral Paulet, Hon. Frederick Villiers, Hon.
Major Pitt.
The racing commenced at the usual hour with
The Epsom Four yrs old Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft;
colts, Bst 1 llb ; fillies, Bst Gib. Derbyrourse. (6 Subs.)
Sir G. Ileathcote's Nestor ..• ••• (S. Mann) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell ... „, ... 2
Even betting. Nestor made all the running, and won
cleverly by a length.
„ The Durdans Stakes of 10 toys. each, sft if declared,
I &e.; optional selling weights. Last mile and a quar-
ter of the new Derby Course. (9 Subs.)
Mr. Drinkald's lapis, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b... (Rodney) 1
Duke of Richmond's Nectar, 3 yrs, sst ••• 2
Lord Chesterfield's sree Lance, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ... 3
Count Bathyany's Nourmahalt 3 Yr°, 514 1 " "41