The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-31 00:00:00

THE QUBEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

(From the .Special Correspondent of the Times.)
DUBLIN, AUG. 29.
I said in my last letter that the Queen and the
Royal party would spend Wednesday in privately
viewing the grand scenery around Muckross, and
only go upon the lake in the afternoon to witness
the stag-hunt. To the intense disappointment ,of a
great muster. of visitors, the programme thus laid
down was, strictly adhered to and her Majesty
passed the • morning quietly, walking about the
grounds of Muckross, and visiting the ruins, and
did not come upon the lake till long past foil. in
the afternoon. It is perhaps quite needless to say
that much before that hour every boat that it was
safe to venture in at all, with very many in which
it was scarcely prudent to embark, was upon the
waters. Probably there were not less than 150
large' boats; and every one laden deep with ladies
and gentlemen. Such a gathering had never
before been seen at a stag-hunt at Killarney.
Almost before twelve o'clock the great maws;l
of the craft were distributed along the shore of
the lower lake under that grand range of moun-
tains known. as the Toomies, which are covered
with a magnificent growth of trees from the water's
edge up almost to the very crest of their misty sum-
mits. The occupants of each little vessel were of
course in poisession of the most authentic and the
most private information as to where the hurt was
really to take place, and the result was that every
bay and inlet along the shore from Glenna to Ben-
son's Point—a distance of some three miles, was
thronged by noisy, joyous picnic parties hours be-
eq:Mws."lie-weelthers-t4ol.'kh C10110.Y4,
'fva."Alseautiratiy fine` and warm, and tfii.-Pirti of
the mists on the mountains, and the lights and sha-
dows thrown as they drifted slowly across the sky,
afforded endless varieties of tints, which it would
seem that one could never tire of watching. Ap.
parently, however, these glories possessed but small
charms for the Irish visitors, who never took their
eyes off the channel of the lake which winds past
Glenna to Muekross, and down which het Majesty
was expected to come. But 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock,
and then 3 o'clock passed without any signs of the
Royal party, and even Hibernian enthusiasm (for
it was remarked what a very small number of Eng-
lish visitors were present) began to flag before the
long deferred hope. Gradually the crowds of boats
broke up and went gliding about the smooth water,
some to the ruins and green glades of Innisfallen,
some to the wonderfully picturesque, though small,
waterfall known as O'Sullivan's Cascade, which
pours down a rocky wooded glen between the
Toomies. Soon after 4, Lord and Lady Castlerosse
and family came upon the water, and on the first
glimpse in the distance of the well-known barge,
every boat on the lake assembled to meet it, and
gave his Lordship a reception which was inferior in
warmth and vehemence only to that afterwards ac-
corded to the Queen. There is no peer or landlord in
all Ireland who is more popular than his Lordship,
not alone among his own tenantry, but among the
people of the whole district around the lakes.
The appearance of his Lordship was taken as a
certain omen that her Majesty would be present,
and that the hunt would take place after all, both
of which events had gradually come to be regarded
as improbable in the extreme. But all doubt on
this point was at last entirely set at rest by the
'nephews of O'Connell, who assured every one that
there were at least three flue stags in the woods on
the Toomies, and that Her Majesty would positively
witness the hunt at 5. Unfortunately, only the
former part of the announcement proved to be quite
correct; Her Majesty came, and the hunt took
place, but nobody saw it at all. Stag hunts at
Killarney, under ordinary circumstances, are the
most wonderfully exciting and beautiful scenes of
the kind that can ever be witnessed, and the only
misfortune is that they are rare in the extreme.
Now, had Mr: Herbert or Lord Castlerosse wished
a staghunt on,any ordinary day, and laid on Mr.
O'Connell's fine pack of hounds in the Toomies
woods, they would have driven a stag into the ,
water beyond all doubt. But in the case of a Royal
staghunt so many precautions were taken that they
spoilt the whole affair, and, as far as the Queen or
visitors could tell, there was for them no staghunt
at all. The woods of the Toomies are crowded with
red deer, which go about in herds among the moun-
tains of Killarney, in ten times greater abundance
than in any part of the Scottish Highlands, not even
excepting the well kept Royal preserves of Aber-
geldie. But the crowds of boats and fireworks on
the lake during the last few days had rather startled
these herds, so that in order to insure the Vresenr,lt
of at least one animal, an extra number of beaters
were employed to keep them in the'woods, after
coming down to the lake to drink, The result was,
that instead of one a great manyapparently were
thus detained, and when the'aunt began on shore
the hounds broke up after different quarries, and
could not succeed in drivi-ng one into the water until
after Her Majesty had left the lakes to return to
Muckross. The im:enense crowd of boats also no
doubt had its effee' in keeping the deer back, and
most unquestionably the tremendous cheers which
followed Her 'Majesty whenever her barge attemp-
ted to keep -up with the chase did much to spoil the
day's sport. Of course the cheers were in the
highest degree enthusiastic and loyal, but on such
an occasion they were scarcely perhaps quite judi-
cious or well timed.

Her Majesty, with all the Royal family, 'except-
ing his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfred, were upon the water so,'Jn after 5.
They were seated in. Mr. Herbert's barge, which
Mr. Herbert steered himself. Dar' Ling along like an
arrow in front of the Royal bargf 3 were the Prince of
Wales and his sailor brethren, in a beautiful Six"
oared gig, rowed by a crew o 1 gentlemen. The heir

which he guided its rapid course through the
crowd-of other boats that thronged around her Ma-
jesty from all directions showed a dexterity in boat-
ing that, evening allowing for his careful teaching,
was something surprising. Nineteen out of twenty of
the people on the water did not recognise' their
Royal Highnesses for some time, and as each boat
had to take care of iLelf, and tro ono was particu-
lorly careful about *myth lug
or anybody, it required
no ordinary amount of adroitness on the part of the
Prince to avoid some awkward collisions. The necks-
mations with which her Majesty was greeted were
perfecty enthusiastic. All the boats' crews " tossed
oars," all the passengers stood up uncovered, cheer-
ing and waving handkerchiefs till the echoes of
Killarney were woke in all directions with beautiful
acoustic effect certainly, but, as it turned out, with
unfortunate results as regarded the intended him r.
Nor was the enthusiasm confined only to the arri vat
of her Majesty. 'Wherever her boat moved the sa ura
hearty uproarious, kindly recognition followed her
throughout the day. Her Majesty seemed delighted
with this welcome, for after passing down between
the long flotilla of boats she returned up the lake
again, and then passed down towards Benson's
Point, keeping close in shore along the base of the
Toomies, so that the people who had been waiting
at the water's edge all day could see her closely and
well. The kindness which her Majesty showed in this
last respect was a theme of praise among the people
everywhere. Even if her boat was in the very
centre of the lake it turned at once close in shore
whenever it approached a rocky point on which
the peasantry were gathered, swarming in great
black masses wherever there was room to stand.

The hunt commenced soon after ti o'clock, when
the shouts of the beaters on the hills came echoing
-shrilly down the lakes. The dogs were laic(''
-their Mepliay, as they strizek4the scent, soon
that they were on the track. But, unfortunately,
soon after it was equally clear that there were
many tracks and many stags in the covert, for the
hounds were following in at least three distinct
parts of the mountains. Now and then they came
down close upon the edge of the water, but when on
these, occasions her Majesty's boat crept nearer to
.the shore such a cheer arose among the visitors a&
most effectually prevented the deer taking the water
in that direction. Then the chase or chases would
take another course, winding up the mountains, till
the cries of the dogs could only be heard reverbe-
rating faintly, and the beaters could be discerned
through glasses waving their arms and shouting as
the deer headed up the hills towards them. For
nearly two hours this lasted, the excitement in-
creasing as the stags could be heard making for the
lake, and falling rapidly to zero when the hunt
again turned inland. At last,when nearly 7 o'clock,
her Majesty apparently gave up all hope of seeing
the deer, and the Royal party were steered direct
up the lakes for Muckross. In an instant all the
boats of visitors followed in the same direction, and
the coast thus left clear one of the stags at once
took the water, far down the lake, with half a score
of the dogs in full cry after him. Fortunately a boat
was near at hand, and by the crew of this the fugi-•
live animal was secured, blindfolded, bound, and
hauled into the boat. He was then taken across the
lake and turned adrift in another part of the moun-
tain. Another, lam told, escaped to the hills, and
a third was overtaken by the dogs in 'the woods
and pulled down in a minute, but of these captares
and escapes none saw anything from the water,On the return to Muckioss, her Majesty. passed
close to ,a group of. rocks knoww,as. the ",o...'Dona-
, h ague's 'Cellar." These, ill tommemoralitizi of•her;
visit, she christened Victoria roint, baptising thein
with a bottle bf -wine, as. at a launch.

To-day 'the• party remained in 'the grounds.'of7
Muckross till the time fixed for the' departure;_At,
half-past 12. At that hour, escorted. by a troop oZ.
the Ist Royals, the Queen drove to.the station
an open carriage, Mr. Herbert and LOrd Cai3tleri);sse
riding on either side. There were great crows all
along the route, who seemed quite " beside' them-
selves," so vehement were their uproarious demon-
strations of loyalty. A guard of honour of the 1 gth
Royal Irish was drawn up in front of the station,
where a great number of ladies and gentlemen were
assembled to witnetaitaejsparture-;-..;,..--

Tr7l-.foughtai (chairionnorcl7Z
Cloncurry, Mr. Morland, Mr. Ball, Mr. and
Mr. Madins (directors), received her Mr.jesty and
conducted her and the Royal Family to the State
carriage. A most cordial leavetakin g was then
exchanged between the Royal party .and Lord and
Lady Castlerosse and Mr. and WErs. Herbert, to
whom her Majesty again expressed her deep grati-
fication at her visit to Killarney. Just before one
o'clock the train left, amid a scene of almost inde-
scribable enthusiasm.

All the stations on the journey up were thronged
with visitors. At Mallow there was a groat de-
monstration, and when the train stopped a "corps"
of young ladies, all dressed in white, presented
her Majesty with a number of splendid bouquets,
all of which were most graciously accepted: The
train reached Dublin before six o'clock, having
performed the distance from Killarney (186 miles)
in five hours and three minutes. During the
whole of the visit the most ample information in
the way of news of all that was passing in Eng-
land was constantly forwarded to her Majesty by
the Magnetic Telegraph Company, and for I;his
the Queen expressed her thanks before leaving,
through Mr. Haughton, the chairman of the
Railway Company. From the Kingsb ridge
station, her Majesty and the Royal Family drove
straight through Dublin to the Westland-row
terminus. Along the streets the crowds, of

course, were dense, and the enthusiasm some-
thing extraordinary—such as is rarely seen even
in England. It was the same along the stations to
Kingstown, and, if possible, still more strong at
Kingstown itself, where the k embar -a ion at once
took place, under a Royal salute
from the
vessels of war. The weatherrthough very fine, was
also very rough for a sea voyage, so that it is not
likely the Royal yacht will
cross until the morning.
From Holyhead her Majesty and the Royal Family
will continue their Tourney direct to Balmoral.
The Prince of Wales only remains behind to con-
tinue his military duties at the Curragh. If her
Majesty is only half as well pleased with her visit
as the Irish people are at its having• been made,
Royal tours through Ireland will become as much
things of course each autumn as the journeys to
Osborne or Balmoral. There is not the least doubt
but that the Queen has been very much gratified
with her trip, and it is superfluous to say how much
it has pleased the Irish people.
DUBLIN, AUG. 30.

Her Maje'sty remained all last night on board th©
yacht in Kingston harbour, and started this
morning, at 5 o'clock, for Holyhead, which was
reached at a little before 9.

Her Majesty remained all night at Holyhead,
continuing her journey to Scotland this morning.
Tomorrow morning she will arrive at Perth to
breakfast, resuming her progress so os to reach
Balmoral the same afternoon.

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY IN PERTH.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
PERTH, AUG. 31.
The Queen arrived in this city at 7.52 a.m. Her
Majesty partook of breakfast at the station, and
proceeded northwards at 8.34 a.m.

THE BAYSWATER TRAMWAY.—In pursuance of a
resolution passed by a large majority at a public meeting
convened by tb.at portion of the Bayswater inhabitants who
are in favour 'of street railwaysfor the metropolitan suburban
districts, A deputation, consisting of a number of gentlemen
some of, !considerable local influence, waited upon the Me-
tropolis Roads Commissioners at Whitehall, last week,
and, the result of their interview has just transpired. It ap-
pda.rs that the deputation having presented a memorial,
e.gned by 8,000 persons, praying not only that the line may
.be continued, but extended to Shepherd's-bush, and bid
other claims before three of the commissioners only, who
had assembled to receive them, they were informed that no
meeting of the commissioners could by possibility be held,
even if they were disposed to accede to the request of the
deputation to reconsider their recent order for the removal
of the tramway by the 4th October, until the 26th of that
month, which would be too late. The rails would inevitably
have to come up. So it is now a decided fact that the tram-
way' which has yielded a great return to the company
owning it, will have to be lifted
bs'the 4th day of OctobeT
next at latest.