The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-16 00:00:00

THE SiEALII YACHT "QUAKER CliY."

The Quaker City with her party of American
tourists has returned from the Black Sea to the
Bosphorus. The excursionists were warmly- re-
ceived, and entertained at Yalta, where the yacht
proceeded, on his Majesty signifying his wish to
receive the party. They were escorted from the
wharf to the Imperial Palace by the Grand Duke
Michael, brother of the Emperor, and Governor
General of Caucasus, surrounded by his official cor-
tge, and received not only by the Czar, but by the
Czarina in the most cordial and friendly manner,
when, obeying their Anglo-Saxon instincts, they
presented an address, drawn up by an elected com-
mittee :

4, To his IMPERIAL MAJESTY ALEXANDER
EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.

American Steam Yacht Quaker City, Yalta,
Aug. 26, 1867.

" We are a handful of private citizens of the
United States, travelling simply for recreation and
unostentatiously, as becomes our unofficial state,
and therefore we have no excuse to tender for pre-
senting ourselves before your Majesty, save the
desire of offering our grateful acknowledgments to
the lord of a realm which, through good and through
evil report, has been the stedfast friend of the land
we love so well.

" We could not presume to take a step like this
did we not know well that the words we speak here,
and the sentiments wherewith they are freighted,
are but the, reflex of the thoughts and the feelings
of all our countrymen, from the green hills of New
England to the snowy peaks of the far Pacific.
We are few in number, but we utter the voice of a
nation.

" One of the brightest pages that has graced the
world's history since written history had its birth
was recorded by your Majesty's hand when it loosed
the bonds of 20 millions of men. And Americans
can but esteem it a privilege to do honour to a
ruler who has wrought so great a deed. The les-
son that was taught us then we have profited by,
and are free in truth to-day, even as we were before
in name.

" America owes much to Russia, is indebted to her
in many ways, and chiefly for her unwavering
friendship in seasons of our greatest need. That that
may still be hers in time to come we confidently
pray ; that she is a A will be grateful to Russia and
to her Sovereign for it we know full well ; that she
will ever forfeit it by any premeditated unjust act
or unfair course it were treason to believe.
"S. L. CLE3IENS, of California, U.S.-)" W. GIBSON, of Jamestown, Pa.
" T. D. CLOCKER, of Cleveland, Oh. }Committee."
"S. M. SANFoRD, of Cleveland, Oh.
"P. KINNY, of Portsmouth, Ohio.
The reception was marked by its freedom from
ceremony to such an extent as to attract the notice
of the Russian officers, one of whom observed, " that
a delegation from any of the Powers or Courts of
Europe would not have been entertained by the
Emperor at his palace in so courteous and hospit-
able a manner as he extended to you Americans ou
Monday."
The Imperial hosts aimed tho party over the

chapel and through the best apartments of the
Castle Lividia, pointing out the objects of interest.
The Czar recommended a visit to the palace of the
Grand Duke Constantine, in whose absence the
Grand Duke Michael and Duchess did the honours.
There was a splendid banquet afterwards given on
board the Quaker City, and the steamer left the
harbour lit up with a blaze of fireworks and rockets,
salute after salute being fired, till she was far out at
sea. The tourists are now on their way to Syria
and Palestine, having enjoyed a grand tour, with
the single drawback of that awful plague of cholera,
which appears now to have seized on both Europe
and America, and has checked them at more than
one port.