The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-16 00:00:00

PRINCE ALFRED AT LISBON.

Some sensation was caused here on Sunday by
the landing of Prince Alfred, who had arrived in
the river the previous afternoon on board the
Euryalus. Although her Majesty did, I believe, at
first express her wish that no reception should take
place, and that the prince should be in nowise dis-
tinguished. from the other officers of the ship, she,
it is said, yielded to the instance of the King of
Portugal, who was determined to make a return at
the first opportunity for the manner in which he
had been received at the English Court. A royal
barge was sent alongside the Euryalus, and every-
body was astonished at the alacrity with which the
sailor prince bowled down the ladder and got into
the barge. When it reached the arsenal, a regi-
ment of the line was drawn up as a guard of
honour, and the Duke de Terceira, with several
other Portuguese noblemen, the British Ambassa-
dor, the other members of the legation, Mr. Smith,
H.M.'s Consul, all en grande tenue, were in waiting
to receive him. The prince demeaned himself like
a little gentleman, as he is, but looked about as if
rather bothered and frightened with all the display
and formality. He soon, however, ensconced him-
self in the royal coach sent for his reception, and
was rapidly whirled away towards Necessidades
behind six spanking greys. A large crowd was
assembled at the gates of the arsenal, where I saw
the British Minister, Mr. Smith, our consul, and
Major Cowell, respectively, pointed out to inquiring
Portuguese bystanders as Prince Alfred of England,
probably on account of the imposing effect of their
uniforms. The sailors of the Euryalus have an anec-
dote amongst them to the effect that two midship-
men, during the voyage, blackened Prince Alfred's
face while he was asleep in his berth, in that spirit
of mischief for which these young gentlemen are
notorious. The Prince made no complaint, but was
up like a skylark before gun-fire next morning,
and cut away the hammock strings of the two
young gentlemen who had served him so, taking
the law into his own hands in true sailor-fashion.

At Lloyd's yesterday £5 ss. was asked for in-
surances on the Agincourt, now 114 days out from Mel-
bourne with £283,120. The ordinary charge is 30s.

-m,
THE GALE IN THE METROPOLIS.—The great
metropolis and country districts for miles distant were yes-
terday and the previous night visited by violent storms of
wind, which at certain periods nearly resembled a hurri-
cane, which, we regret to state, did a vast amount of
damage to property and were attended with fatal conse-
quences. The wind was principally north-east, but it fre-
quently veered round to the south-west. So violent was
the wind felt on the river that it was considered dangerous
for small boats to pass through Chelsea-reach, and some of
the schooners ricling, at anchor down the river were
seriously injured by bean" forced against each other during
the night. The trees and plants in the different Royal and
private parks were also greatly injured ; branches were
broken off the former, and hundreds of chrysanthemums
were blown down, and the flowers scattered about. A police-
constable named Wilson, belonging to the P, or Camber-
well division, went on duty on Sunday night, but upon his
sergeant going round to visit him he could not be found,
but at a later period his hat was found at the side of the
water in the Grand Surrey Canal. The supposition is that
he must have had his hat blown off, and while in the act of
trying to catch it have fallen into the canal, and by so doing
was drowned. There was no disturbance heard during the
night by any of the neighbours to lead to the inference that
he had met with any foul treatment and been thrown into
the water, and there was nothing to lead to the supposition
that he had committed suicide. His wife went from home
the previous night to stop with a newly-married daughter,
and he then appeared in excellent spirits. The canal has
been dragged for several hours, but the body has not been
found, •