The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-03 00:00:00

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It was at this moment that two. accidents oe
=red, the latter of which was .fraught with some
danger to the Prince alnsort, the two young
Princes, the Duke of Cambridge, and several other
persons.
We have spoken of a gangway or tem-
porary connect between the Terrace Pier and.
Royal yacht. This was supported on the r ontoon
bafantretdgi.eeied p
I.llcntg on the upper portion
oria and Albert moved.
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went through one of the large plate glass windows
of the saloon. This naturally drew the attention
of those who were at the end of the pier, and they
pressed forward, as did also the Royal party on the
gangway. Just at the same moment, one of the
ferry steamers coming across the river narrowly
escaped swamping two small boats full of passen-
gers, and having at the time some way upon her,
she was unable to bring her head round sufficiently
sharp, and thus ran her starboard paddle-box
1 against the lighter, carrying away a large portion
of it with a great crash. This, of course, shook the
pier and loosened the standards sumppeoartinngg
the
temporary gangway. The Royal party fell back
in alarm, the Prince catching hold of his sons, and
rushed
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Prince t" [t is unnecessary to say the platform
was speedily vacated, happily without accident.
While in Bi...tilt of Gravesend the Royal yacht
proceeded slowly down the river, but her speed was
afterwards increased, and it was understood that if
her sailing master, Mr. Price, could secure his great
objectof sytting clear of the sands and flats before
dark, telw‘,"•.',. `.: 'trot hesitate to cross the North Sea
during the night.
As soon as the squadron was out of sight the
Royal party left the pier for the South-Eastern
Railway station. As they passed through the town
they could not but observe the singular contrast
which the appearance of the streets presented. "The
lights were not fled, neither were the garlands
dead," but the continued fall of sticrw had converted
all into huge bridal wreaths. whiter than the
orange blossom itself. On arriving at the station
the Royal party entered a special train which eon-
veyedlthem to Bricklayers' Arms, whence they pro-
ceeded to Buckingham Palace, where they arrived
at four o'clock.

After the departure of the Royal pal ty, the mayor
of Gravesend entertained a large party of the
officials, together with the military escort (the
Cobham Trocp of the West Kent Yeomanry), his
confreres of Rochester and Maidstone, the county
members, and many other notabilities, in the As.
sembly Rooms—in all about 300 persons.

After the usual toasts, the party separated, hap-
pily, however, to be assembled again at the ball
which tcok place later in the evening in the As-
sembly Rooms. The company was brilliant and
numerous, and dancing was kept up to a late hour,
not the least interesting the personages being
the bevy of damsels who had in the morning strewn
with flowers the pathway of their youthful and
newly-married sister.