The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-24 00:00:00

yacht alone, up to the moment
embarkation, displayed no colour;
The streets were kept by a
Pollee. The Gravesend Volunteers . • assist-ed.
The Earl of Darnley's Yeomanry Corps supplied the
guard of honour. Several bands of music poured
forth inspit;ng strains at different points of the
route.
Between 4 and 5 o'clock the weather, which had
been most - began to clear, and for
al-, t an h- id, had fallen with little
intermission during the day, entirely ceased.
At 10 minutes of 5 the express train conveying
her Majesty and suite arrived at the railway station,
where three Royal carriages were ready to receive
them. Her Majesty, the Pzi'ice Consort, and the
Princess Alice having entered the first carriage, pro-
ceeded by the New-road, King street, and Harmer-
street, to the Royal Terrace-pier, amid loud and
reiterited acclamations, and were immediately fol-
lowed by two otbsr carriages, containing Lady
Churchill, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Miss Bul-
teel, Maid of Honour in Waiting ; the Hon.
Major General Grey, the Hon. Colonel Sir C:
Phipps, and Colonel Ponsonby, the brass bands
pla3 nag the National Anthem as the Royal cortege
pa.c.ed along.
At 20 minutes after 5 the Queen arrived at the
entrance to the Terrace-pier. Her Majesty was
received by the Mayor and conducted by his Royal
Highness Pi ince Albert down the centre gangway.
r Royal Highness the Princess Alice followed.
Next came Lord Jcbn Russell, who attended her
Majesty as Secretary of State, and after his lord-
sh'p the Royal suite.
As the Queen passed down the gangenry cheering
was almost entirely suppressed at the instance of
the Town-clerk, who intimated that her Majesty
would be pleased to dispense with it.
Instantly the Queen set foot on board the yacht
the Royal standard was hoisted at the main. This
was the signal for a Royal salute from Tilbury Fort.
Her Majesty , the Prince Consort, and the Princess
Alice were in mourning, the exemplary plainness of
which wes the subject of general remark.
On board her Majesty was received by Lady
Churchill and the Hon. Mary Bulteel, whom she
embraced. and then, with Prince Albert, entered
the saloon, followed by Lord John Russell. The
Princess Alice continued on deck in conversation
with the Ladies in Waiting. In a few minutes her
Majesty re-appeared on deck, and was receivedwith
a general outburst of enthusiastic loyalty, which
being graciously acknowledged, the Queen returned
to the saloon. Captain Denman now announced
to her Majesty that all was ready, and within six
or seven minutes after the Queen had embarked
the magnificent yacht left the pier, and proceeded
majestically down the river amid the hearty cheers
of the spectators.
The Royal yacht was immediately followed by
the Osborne, the Black Eagle, and the Vivid, as
well as by a number of liver boats filled with pas-
sengers.
It was expected that the Royal yacht would
anchor for the night about 15 miles below Graves-
end, and proceed to Antwerp so vs to arrive there
this (Monday) morning. •
It had been very sensibly arranged that no ad-
dress should be presented to herMajesty,but at the
entrance of the pier the Royal party were received
by the mayor of Gravesend (Mr. Gardner), the
town clerk (Mr. G. E. Sharland), the treasurer of
the corporation (Mr. Matthews), Mr. Miall, Mr.
Sams, and Mr. Fletcher, with Mr. John Gould (the
surveyor), whose salutations her Majestp repeatedly
acknowledged. General Eyre, the commandant at
Chatham, Colonel Stransham, of the Woolwich
Dockyard Light Infantry, and several other officers
resplendent in scarlet, blue, and gold, were also in
attendance. The mayor preceded her Majesty,
compromising etiquette with safety, by walking
sideways, and no expressions of greeting being per-
mitted on the pier save those silent ones of waving
handkerchiefs and doffing hats, the party proceeded
down the aisla, her Majesty repeatedly bowing her
acknowledgments of welcome, which it was mani-
fest was not the less hearty that it was silent.
Among the incidents of the day was the porta-
tion of the baggage from the vehicles which con-
veyed it to the pier on board the Royal yacht, and
which took place about half an hour before the
arrival of the Queen. As soon as the vehicles
were seen to draw up at the entrance to the pier,
a rustle as of rose leaves in a smiling summer
garden took plaee among the ladies, and every
one put themselves upon their best behaviour
with whispered expressions of wonder at the early
arrival of the Royal party. The sensation of
expectation became almost painful when two
gorgeous footmen with, for them, hurried steps,
proceeded down the pier and oa board the yacht.
But there was no further sign from the land-
side, and anticipation was beginning to sub-
side when the object of the mission of the servants
became apparent. About 20 jolly tars, bareheaded,
tumbled up the gangway and gambolled along the
pier with a freedom from conventionality that was
perfectly refreshing. In a few moments they re-
turned laden with hatboxes, uniform cases, port-
manteaus, valises, carpet bags, and other baggage,
each vieing with his messmatc as to which of them
should carry the most, and who should be first on
board. Although almost outnumbering the articles
themselves the sailors were not content with their
one race, for no stoner were the foremost ones on
board than they were on shore again, rushing with
headlong speed, to the infinite amusement of the
fair spectators, in quest of further loads. Contrast-
ing with their energy it was amusing to witness
the otium cum dignitate of the scarlet-coated re-
tainers, as they sauntered along the aisle, calmly
regarding the efforts of the crew of the yacht to
" tackle' cases somewhat bigger than themselves.
But Jack took it all in good part, and even some pa-
tronising observations of the liveried gentlemen were
only taken as a natural result of the ignorance of
landlubbers, who did not know a jigger from a
tail-block.

When the Queen retired to the deck saloon, ac-
companied by the Prince Consort and Lord J. Rus-
sell, to take shelter from the rain, which had only
suspended itself dining the progress from the rail-
way to the pier, Princess Alice remained on deck,
leaning on the starboard bulwark, conversing with
Lord Sydney and the ladies in waiting, and form-
ing the cynosure of all eyes. Many observations of
the most flattering nature were made on her per-
sonal appearance, and it seemed to be the
general opinion, that, whenever a
.certaeli.
prince claimed her as his bride and camel
away, as was her sister before, from her native
country, he would have no reason to complain o
beauty which his wife would possess. Intdeee d,
warmestwhere-
e cer one turned nothing was heard save
encomiums of the Princess, who,
. h
,f be not less
nzajeste to utter it, was, notwithstanding the pre-
Bence of her mother, decidedly the chid attraction

the e
wholi limit of
of the occasion.
Gravesend derives its name, say the local anti-
the
held in
subjection the shores of the estuary of the Thames ;
jquurai
Er
di e
isc,tiforno m(
g ther) feocft
theth a t
po it r
t wasreive
m
that it was burnt by the French trooper Richard
Secundus, and that it was incorporated with all the
•
edhisetri
tnsectrtciopet:n
good
Royal
Nothingof
da
more is to Queenbe Bess. And here the chroni-
clerst h byayor and corporation
uities and modern facts are at told
the beefst its
but anti
q f
poor-
The position of Graves-
emnadt eireiailtefoerhdiei sfsefretaattuiro..enLLseeing it is situated at the
fruit
limit of the Port
yacht station,
and
dieL don ; is placed in the
midst of a rich
country, which rejoices in
e
peaches, apples, het
great
town. Moreover, noan
d despicabledam sens
; market isa
ye!, having been selected several
times as a port
of embarkation by the Royal family,
they may be
supposed to have a kindly feeling for
the locality,bluff Hal's u
from a remembrance of the days when
virgin daughter mbstered the available
troops of F ,ngland,yolunteer fashion, upon the oppo-
site Essex marshes, by Tilbury Fort. Nor must
the shrimps and ,
the gardens of Gravesend be for-
gotten, for what Londoner does not cherish the re-
membrance of them in his inmost soul ? And, as the
municipal history records that in the 16th century
—the year is of no consequence—a whale was
caught in the river and formed a profitable source
of exhibition, so the visit and capture of those inte-
resting marine mammalia seems to have become
perennial, for the oldest inhabitant, who, notwith-
standing the propinquity of the odorous Thames,
appears here to maintain his pristine vigour of body
and intellect, cannot remember the time when the
borough was without a specimen 'of the cetacere.

ST. PLUMP'S, STEPNEY —The church, of which
the Rev. Mr. Bonwell was minister before his connection
with Miss Yorath, was re •opened yesterday under the
curacy of the Rev. John 11. Hill, M.A. For ser7l:3
months past the grounds which surround the church
been converted into a play-ground by the children
0; tho
vicinity, who have made sad havoc on the windows
Yorath was
edifice. The windows of the schools in corsui. et
church, where, it will be remembered, Ali u„ thieves.
taken by Mr. Bonwell,havebeen removed bodilya J
meeting at the
The inhabitants were invited to attendra
easures to meet
with
schoolroom on Friday evening to adepat
ffi church and schools.
the necessary expenses for repairingn- ded, and resolutions
The meeting was numerously tt
e Pills and Ointment.—
tiellowary,
passed to carry the above objectsaintoe
[Apvvi:itirissEwrij— -t and under circum-
to eaffecfta.vourable issue
Certain Curatives.—
cannot
always be obtained, what
stances where physicians t with Holloway's medicaments
a comfort it is to know tha
all ailments can be. bil I
or r
eeponsi 11 y. n all cases of sickness
n the co
without anxiety
.purify, re
derful curatives
.p y, novate, and restore
these won
malady has had time to undermine the constitu-
before the
system. conducted.
'on or shatter the nervous The weakest and most
timid may fearlessly use both Pills and Ointment, guided
y he directions accompanyin is This is no
tai treatment • no
experimen . , betakes can be made in
cho„ing from a variety of drugs ; Holloway's preparations
are all-sufficient for either sex, any climate, and every
human temperaments