The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-17 00:00:00

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THE'BOYAL VISIT TO IRELANA

(FROM OUR mow, CORRESPONDEYL)
DUBLIN, THURSDAY Evils,
I find by the Dublin papers of this morning, which have
elaborate reports of the royal landing and procession, that
with two minute though interesting excepticits, I did not
omit a single fact of the slightest general .interest in the
`despatch I forwarded to you by the afternoon mail. The
exceptions to which I refer were at Kingstown and
Bis,ckrock. It appears that among the gentlemen I
described as proceeding on board the royal yacht as
she lay at the jetty was Mr. Newton Williams. He
bad a very pleasant duty to discharge—the presentation of
a; white dove to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,
and he discharged it admirably. The Princess received
the offering of love, purity, and peace with much cor-
diality, expressing her thanks to the donor with that
sweet, queenly grace which so eminently distinguishes her.
It i 3 a circumstance worth mentioning that this same Mr.

11.rilliams had the honour of presenting to her Majesty
tbs' Queen on the occasion of her first visit to Ireland in
iev. a similar tribute of affection and regard. At Black-
roele...,nother pretty incident occurred—the presentation of
a inasaificent bouquet to the Princess of Wales. The
presentation was made by twenty young ladies, dressed in
tiwhite, trimmed with red—the lady who had the special
Ica‘nour of handing the bouquet to her Royal Highness
bdilg Miss Helena, Vance, daughter of Mr. Vance of
Bt krock House. The bouquet, which was provided by
Mr..:llewley, of Rockville, and was arranged in the form
of a Danish flag, was handed to the Princess with the
simple-remark, " The young ladies of Blackrock desire to
present your Royal Highness with this bouquet as •
Token of their loyalty and esteem." The Princess
epted the present with much grace, bowing her acknow-
ledb,-ment to the ladies and the other persons drawn up to
view the proceeding. I mentioned in my last that while
his Ttoyal Highness the Prince of Wales was received over
the euiire line of route with al the honours and with the
utmost.enthusiasm, the real charm of the visit to Dublin,
especially to the ladies, was the appearance for the
first time in Ireland of the amiable and beautiful Princess
of Wales. The incidents which I have just described are
illustrations of this state of feeling over and above those
I have already given, and I might add more. The
Dublin papers are unanimous in the same opinion, the
anxiety on all hands, they allege, being to see and welcome
if the Rose of Denmark," and make her feel that she cart
ljy ve no more loyal or devoted admirers than the sons of
I".;the Emerald Isle."
I." my despatch of yesterday I left the Prince and
Prin.less in their state apartments in the Castle. There
theyi,,,received an address of welcome and congratulation
frorrcthe Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin, and
then. they remained till five o'clock, when, with the Lord-
Lieutet ant, the Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady Georgina
Hamiftwa, Lady Alberta Hamilton, with Mr. Howard,
Sir Janieo Steward, and Sir Benjamin Pelty, as aide-de-
camps in :waiting, they proceeded in three carriages
the l'hceull: Park. The royal party visited the chief
places of attraction on the grounds, and were greeted with
the heartiest acclamations at numerous points along the
drive. They returned by the same route, reaching the
Castle at half-past six o'clock.

The city daring the entire evening presented the
appearance of one dense mass of pedestrians blocking up
nearly every foot of space in the leading thoroughfares,
and making it almost impossible for car, cab, or carriage
to proceed. It was really most gratifying to see crowds
so enormous in such excellent good humour, and to learn
at midnight that though there were computed to be
100,000 people added to the ordinary 260,000 inhabitants
of the city, not an accident of any kind occurred,
and not a complaint of the slightest moment had
been lodged at any of the police-ogees. This
will be regarded as all the more surprising, and
all the more gratifying too, when I inform you that
after the procession passed to the Castle, and the escorts
had returned to their barracks, there was no arrangement
by the civic or military authorities for the proper guardian-
ship of the streets. No police orders as to cabs or car-
riages, no long lines of constables at crossings, or corners,
or within call ; nothing, in short, to prevent or interfere
with the population enjoying themselves adlibitum, and at
their own sweet will.
The crowd had reached its maximum about nine o'clock
in the evening, and the enthusiasm, which seemed to be al
fever heat all day, appeared then to surpass itself, as one
by one the decorations and devices for the purpose of inns
initiation began to be lighted, and to glitter and to glare
amid the surrounding gloom. I have already informed
you that not much was being done by the citizens
with a view to illumination. The authorities had
issued no order on the subject, preferring to leave
illumination or non-illumination to the discretion of each
individual. There were, however, a considerable number
of devices, and as the night till about twelve o'clock was
calm and warm, the effect was en the whole very fine. I
shall only describe a few of the more prominent and
pleasing, remarking in passing that with a few unimpor
tent exceptions they were confined to Sack ville-street,
Westmoreland-street, Grafton-street, College-green, Dame-
street, and Lower Abbey-street. Sackville-street stood
first in point of number and merit. On a beautiful green
banner suspended between the shops of Mr. Chancellor
an 1 Messrs. Bewley, bearing Moore's lines—
" Blessed for ever was she who relied
Upon Erin's honour and Erin's pride"—
a flood of ligfit was thrown with very good effect by rows
and jets, a Prince of Wales plume, the letters "
and the words in jet, "Come and reside with us."
Mr. Ellis, goldsmith, had a large royal crown,
plume, and glory star, with " Welcome " in taste-
fully-executed letters, and in a perfect blaze of light,
Probably, however, the richest, certainly the
most extensive, in this street was that of Messrs. Browne
and Payne, tailors. It was in the form of a large illurcei.
nated canopy of the Prince's plume, with the motto " Icli
Dien " on the ribbon ; two crystal stars, with stained glass
centres with mottoes, and the initial letters " A. Et'
These were completed by festoons of jets round the panels.
The same firm had in the front of their establishment facing
Abbey-street a not less splendid display. It consisted in
the centre piece of a large sunburst, in the middle of which
was inserted a monogram artfully entwined by the letters
" P.W.E." Above was the imperial crown, and disposed
so to harmonise with the white, were two crystal stars
with richly-coloured glass centres. The design was com-
pleted by the insertion of the letters " A. E.," and festoons
of gas jets so arranged as to light up the devices and
give them an air of real beauty. There was no dis-
play in the city equal to this, and I need not sal
it was " the admired of all admirers." The Prince of
Wales Hotel had a very large and beautiful plume
with ribbon and motto, the royal arms being surrounded
with a border of brilliant jets. I may add that in
Sackville-street the Edinburgh Insurance Office had the
Prince of Wales's plume, supported by the initials "A.A.."
and the English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Asso-
ciation a "V.A." surmounted by a crown. In Lower
Abbey-street one of the handsomest displays of the night
was made by Mr. Cunningham, of the Ship Hotel. Pro-
jecting from the upper storey was a green standard,
bearing the Irish harp and pendant from it, and in a
well-arranged festoon were the flags of all nations. The
execution of the harp was faultless, and its surroundings
were magnificent. There was another harp of a very
pretty kind, its strings splendidly lit up, at Mr. Boland's
bakery, in Capel-street.

In Westmoreland-street, though there were some beau-
tifully-finished devices, that of Messrs. Fry, the eminent
poplin manufacturers, was the most attractive. It
was in the form of a Maltese cross, on glass, with
the Prince's plume and motto and stars, with the
monogram of the Prince and Princess. This building was
most tastefully decorated from base to roof with ever
greens, and till a late hour at night rockets of all colours
were discharged at intervals from the roof, while the whole
upper portion of the building was in a blaze with coloured
fire.

Grafton-street had a large display. It was chiefly coin.
posed of plumes, stars, and the initials of the Prince
and Princess. The same may be said of College-green,
Dame-street, and Duke-street. Especially noticeable were
the establishment of Mr. Keogh, military tailor, which had
a large and nicely executed transparency on which were
displayed the plume and the following inscription : " Long
live the Earl and Countess of Dublin," surrounded by in.
numerable jets of gas ; the establishment of Messrs. Yeates,
philosophical instrument maker, which displayed at in-
tervals the electric light, brightening up the whole
city with splendid effect ; and Mr. Dollard's, the
stat!oner, which had, amid a rich floral display,
a magnificent anchor, with a true lovers' knot
twined round the shaft, the height of the whole de.
-vice being over six feet. An extended banner, with the
words " All of us Panes in our welcome to thee," coin.
ph2ted the design.
I may just add that at Carlisle-bridge many of the
sliiv; I•,adl up Chinese lanterns and oil lights, and that
the quays not a few hotels and public buildings
formi'd by their brilliant illuminations impressive an-1
t..t-rati),•e displays.

1,-L1; long before midnight that the streets began to
t' :n. 'fens of tbomands perambulated them till early
nun Ding, and, a:; I I AVC already remarked, their conduct
waa throughout most exemplary. The greatest good
humour and the most perfect order prevailed—everybody,
in fact, appeared to be happy, and to delight in seeing
others in a like agreeable frame of mind. There was not,
so far as I could learn, a single row, and it may be worth
stating 9.8 an important social fact, to the credit of Dublin,
that I did not all day, and up to midnight, see half a
dozen persons under the influence of drink.

To-day the city is as completely deserted, looking a.
if no royal pageant hgd passed tkough it tikim the pre