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liv.. kthirds ALTERNATIVE.
hciorfo onlyof the even rates, whether for select or diseased
r the risks of foreign climates, may be paid down, and the
ZottOWith interest at 4 per cent. deducted fr om sum ssurei. ntio„;(l,N, AND MILII'ARY AND NAVAL INSURANCE.
()tir classification of plates, accordin to salubrity of climate a
'rice for any particular place, ofora voyage or voyages. Apt Who‘e destinations are not known, covered to all parts of
4t at a small but fixed extra ra e of
premium.
GEO. FARREN, Resident Director.

Llll5 ARTICLES RE-PLATED, and restored
1 it their original appearance, at a comparatively small cost.
tie,t,'"utit%ith,l CO., PATENT VOLTAIC ELECTRO PLATERS,
XANUFACTURERS, respectfully invite the atten-
-"LeO Tavern Hotel, and Housekeepers generally, to this
4,e°lloruiCal process of restoring worn-out plated wares.
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SOLICITORS.
Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, Whitehall, London.
Mr. Robert Rising,
Worcester.
Mr. Fred. Thomas Elgie,
The Line is proposed to branch out of the Grand Junction Rail-
way near to Wolverhampton, and to have a station within a quarter
of a mile from the centre of that town. From thense it will pass
over a densely populated mining and manufacturing district in the
immediate vicinity of extensive iron, nails, iron hardware, glass,
firebrick, and numerous other manufactories, through the popu-
lous towns of Bilston, Tipton, and Dudley, to Stourbridge, with a
Branch Line between the two last-named places to Kingswinford,
a neighbourhood abounding in mines and manufactures; and which
towns and district, containing together a population of upwards of
200,000, are now (with the exception of Wolverhampton) deprived
of the advantages arising from railway communication. From
Stourbridge the Line will proceed to Kidderminster, which, with
the neighbouring towns of Bewdley and Stourport, contains a po-
pulation of about 28,000. The great carpet manufactories of Kid-
derminster are too well known to need comment, and the principal
portion of their productions is sent to London for sale. From Kid-
derminster the Line will proceed to Droitwich, where there are
large manufactories of salt.
Between Kidderminster and Droitwich a Branch Line will be
made to Stoke Prior (joining there the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway), where there are extensive salt, soap, and chemical
manufactories.
The works at Droitwich and Stoke already consume not less
than 100,000 tons of coal per annum, and if brought into imme-
diate connection with the extensive coal-fleld through which this
Railway will pass, the consumption will no doubt be materia ly in-
creased. From Droitwich the Line will proceed to the City of
Worcester (where there will be a Branch, about one mile, to the
Severn, for the purpose of communicating with that river for
goods). This City contains a population of 27,000, and is an im-
portant market for agricultural produce, hops, fruit, cider, &c., as
well as the principal seat of the glove and porcelain manufactures
in the kingdom. It is intended that the Line shall cross the Birm-
ingham and Gloucester Railway about four miles from Worcester,
between that city and Pershore, so as to afford a direct Railway
communication with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bath, Bristol, and
the West of England.
From Worcester, to Perahore, Evesham, Chipping Campden,
Moreton-in-the-Marsh, and from thence, by the valley of Even.
lode, to Oxford, the district is principally agricultural. A com-
munication with the Stratford and Moreton Railway will be made
at the latter place; and in reference to the advantages of this por-
tion of the Line it will perhaps suffice to make the following ex-
tract from the Report of Lieut.. Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, the
late Inspector-General of Railways, who, with Professor Barlow,
was employed by her Majesty's Government in 1840, to examine
and report on the best Line of communication between London and
Dublin :

' "We cannot close this Report without observing that,* from
the favourable nature of the country for a Railway from the Great
Western Railway at Dudcot, and from thence to Worcester, and
from the skilful manlier in which it is proposed to extend the Line
to the last.named city, we are of opinion that at no distant period
this project will be carried into effect. This Line would take from
Oxford nearly a central course between the Birmingham and Great
Weste n Lines, and afford railway accommodation to a district
which cannot derive much advantage from any other Line.
"This convenience would extend even to Worcester, notwith-
standing that the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway will pass
at no great distance, for the length of the journey from London
round by Birmingham will be at least 138 miles ; whereas, by the
projected Line through Oxford to Worcester, it would be only
118 miles—a distance of twenty miles in favour of the latter ; and,
taking into account the greater average speed of the Great Western
Railway, there can be no doubt that at least one •hour in time
would be gained between London and Worcester, and the traveller
would save from ss. to 6s. in his fare."
With reference to the portion of the Line from Wolverhampton
to the point of junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway below Worcester, it may also be observed that, i■ the
year 1837 a Bill was introduced into Parliament for making a
Railway between those places, called the Grand Connection, Rail.
way, the Line of which was greatly inferior to the one now se-
lected in respect of contiguity to the most important towns ; and
the following is an extract from the Report of the Committee of
the House of Commons, who sat upen that Bill:
" The present means of conveyance and communication have
been proved to be insufficient for agricultural, commercial, manu.
facturing, and other purposes, as well between the proposed ter.
mini as between the towns on the Line of Railway and towns to
be connected with them by other Lines of Railway already sane.
tioned.
" The average amount of traffic by land is 61,1191. 4s. ; by
water, 45,314/. 2s. 3d.
" The number of passengers expected on the proposed Railway
is 168,440.
" The weight of goods expected on the Railway is 282,890
tons; and the description of goods are the staple manufactures of
the towns which the Railway approaches, besides wool, grain, fruit,
hops, cider, Manchester goods, groceries, teazles, coal, and other
general merchandise and agricultural produce.
" The amount of income expected to arise from the conveyance
of passengers is 31,7511. 18s. 4d., and for goods, 74,680/. This
amount of income is independent of that which the promoters of
the Bill expect to derive from a new or increased traffic on the Line.
The largest revenue on goods is expected to be derived from the
carriage of the produce of the various staple manufactures of the
to ens which the Railway approaches, and a considerable income is
anticipated from the carriage of coal."
In addition to the Passenger traffic specified in the above Report
of the Committee of the House of Commons, this Line will af-
ford communication for Passengers from Ireland landing at Liver.
pool, and from the north-west with the south-east of England, by
means of the continuation of the Great Western Railway from
Reading to Basingstoke, where it will be connected with the South-
ampton and Portsmouth Railways, as well as its being a direct line
to London, via Oxford, from the important towns and districts
through which it passes.
The Passenger traffic alone ought to afford a satisfactory return
on the capital proposed to be invested; but when it is shown that
this Line will supply the existing want of a direct Railway con.
veyance to London and the south-east of England, for the produce
ofisuch extensive Colleries, Iron Manufactories, and other Works
as support a population of upwards of 200,000 persons in the South.,
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Mining districts, and will.
also provide for conveying the produce of Kidderrninsier, Stoke
Works, Droitwich, and Worcester, and the agricultural districts
intersected by it, to their appropriate markets, it may confidently
be asserted that there is not a district of country in the kingdom
now unoccupied by railway which affords so great a prospect of re.
numeration.

In addition to these claims on public attention and support, the
Committee of Management have concluded an arrangement with
the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, conditional
on the necessary preliminaries for proceeding with the Bill in Par-
liament being completed, and subject to the sanction of their Pro-
prietary, by which a guarantee of Three and a Half per Cent, per
. Annum on the estimated Capital, with half the surplus profits, will
be secured to the Shareholders in this undertaking. And in the
event of its being found necessary to expend a greater sum than
1,500,0001. in constructing the Line (but which amount is esti.
mated to be more than sufficient for the purpose), the Directors of
the Great Western Railway Company have agreed that interest on
such additional amount, provided the same does not exceed-
-250,0004, shall be paid previously to any division of profits being
made.

The gradients on the larger portion of the line will be favour.
able. The length of the line will be 90 miles ; and the length of
the branch to Kingswinford two miles, to Stoke Prior between two
and three miles, and to the Severn about one mile. The esti-
mated population in and closely adjoining to the Line amounts to
upwards of half a million.

The surveys for the best Line are being proceeded with under
the superintendence of Mr. Brunel, with a view to the introduction
of a Bill in the next session of Parliament.

Power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
the rate of 41. per cent. per annum on the deposits, as well as on all
future calls, from the dates of each payment till the opening of the
whole Line.

A Subscribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract have been
prepared, and lie at the Company's offices for signature.
The Scrip Shares, and all payments thereon, will be forfeited,
without notice, should the holders thereof not sign the Subscribers'
agreement and Parliamentary contract on or before the 31st De.
cember next,

Shares will only be allotted to parties either personally known to
any member of the Committee of Management, or properly intro.
duced to them by letter; and, to prevent trouble, no other applica-
tions will be attended to.

Applications for Shares may be addressed to the Solicitors to the
Company, or to the following gentlemen ;—Messrs. Clarke and
Hancocks, Solicitors, Shipston.on•Steur ; Mr. Griffiths, So-
licitor, Chipping Campden ; Mr. Oswald Cheek, Town Clerk,
Evesham ; Messrs. T. and W. G. Hallen, Solicitors, and Messrs.
Bird, Saunders, and Bird, Solicitors, Kidderminster; Messrs.
Grazebrook and Wragge, Solicitors, Stourbridge ; Messrs.
Robinson and Fletcher, and Mr. John Bolton, Solicitors,
Dudley; Messrs. Phillips and Bolton, and Mr. Charles

Corser, Solicitors, Wolverhampton ; Messrs, J. S. Wells and Son,
Share Brokers, 75, Old Broad-street, and Mr. J. W. Scott, Share

Broker, 3, Bartholomew-lane, London; Messrs. Highfield and
Withers, Share Brokers, Royal Bank-buildings, Dale-street,
_ .

Liverpool ; Messrs. T. Cardwell and Sons, Share Brokers, blanches:

ter ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Share Brokers, Bristol; Mr.
William Welch, Share Broker, Lancaster; Mr. Thomas Sanford,

Share Froker, Exeter; Messrs. T. Earp and Son, Share Brokers,
Derby; Messrs. Terripest and Butchart, Share Brokers, Hudders-
field ; Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Share Brokers, Hull; Messrs.
Ridsdale, Share Brokers, Leeds; Mr. James Hervey, Share Broker,
Halifax ; Mr. J. Brooke, Share Broker, Dewsbury; Mr. Payne,
Share Broker, Wolverhampton ; Mr. Nathaniel Lea, Share Broker,
Birmingham; Mr. Wm. Lee, Share Broker, Cheltenham; Mr.
William Bolton, Share Broker, Stratford-on-Avon ; and Mr. 114 .
Miles, Share Broker, Worcester.
Worcester, September, 1844.

A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENIC
FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY.
Just published, price 2s. 6d., and free by post (in a sealed envelope),
Price 3s. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the
baneful effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated
by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and directions for
the removal of certain disqualifications.
By R. and L. PERRY and CO.
Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berners.
street, Oxford-street; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; ?uric's,
Compton-street, Soho; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane • Hannay and
Co., 63, Oxford-street; J. Gordon, 146, Leadenhail-street, Lon-
don; and by all Booksellers In Town and Country.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
" We regard the work before us The Silent Friend,' as a
work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of com-
plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of
the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know.
Wemust, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such
a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend,
but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffer-
ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."
—Age and Argus.
" The Authors of ' The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly
conversant with the treatme.t of a class of complaints which are, we
fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in
which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to
those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot
fail torecommend it to a careful perusal."—Era.
The CORDIAL. BALM of SYRI ACUM is exclusively directed
for the cure of nervous and' muscular debility,- impuissance, &e.
Price Ils. and 235. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of
whom may be had the " Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases
may be had as usual.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most effectua
cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms inboth sexes, price 2s. 9d.
4s. 6d., and l Is. per box.
Consultation fee, if by letter, U. A minute detail of cases is ne-
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at
their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Londcn, from
Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Ten till
Twelve. One personal visit only is necessary to effect a permanent cure

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS;

The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
sth of October, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average of
e Ye
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 247 Five
178ars.
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lO9 111
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l5O 157
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 32 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion ..
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 6 5
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 8 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay 47 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ..• 36 26
Causes specified...
Deaths from all Causes ... 961 946
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER
THE ABOVE HEADS.

Total. Weekly Average
Consumption 143 of Five Years.l47
Scarlatina B7 34
Pneumonia . ..
Dropsy ..... .. ............
Hooping Cough l6 33
Typhus 22 31
Small Pox
Disease of the Heart
Measles ... 27 28
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain ......
Diarrhoea.. .... 15 12
Sudden Deaths

DISTRICTS.
West 162
North l3B
140
Central
181
East 188
South..
243 242

Total .... ........... ..... 961

PARISIAN STATISTICS. - The consumption of
butchers' meat in Paris during the month of September
last comprised 5,759 oxen, 1,577 cows, 5,861 calves, and
34,707 sheep ; being a diminution, compared with the
month of September, 1843, of 222 oxen, 1,143 calves, and
3,356 sheep. The consumption of butchers' meat in
Paris during the month of September, 1843, exhibited a
similar proportionate reduction compared with the month
of September, 1842, so thLt it would appear that the
consumption of bute'iers' rnea,-, in Paris is gradually di-
minishing.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.
The sun had hardly risen this morning, when the
sounds of artillery caused many an expectant citizen of
Portsmouth to jump out of bed, in the full and firm
conviction that his French Majesty was at the mouth of
the harbour. Down, then, to the water .side and the
seaward batteries hurried expectant crowds ; but after
a quarter of an hour's intense staring, most of them
became convinced that the vessels which graced Spit-
head the night before were still its only occupants, so
they returned somewhat sulkily to breakfait, informing
each other by the way that it was only the Lords of the
Admiralty and the French Ambassador for whose honour
and glory the salute had been fired and their slumbers
invaded. His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire and their
Lordships had arrived the 'previous evening, but as they,
had not made their appearance until sundown, no notice
was taken by the batteries of their coming until sunrise
next morning, as it is a principle:in the code of etiquette
that no salute must be fired while the sun is under the
horizon—the ceremony being consequently ranged
among the number of things which .can keep cold. -
However, the great expected was not far off, and the
people who had jumped out of their beds at the summons
of one round of banging and blazing, had soon to jump
up from their breakfasts to attend to the call of another.
This time, however, the noise of the guns came lowly
and faintly on the ear—they were evidently fired down
towards St. Helens, and so there was another " popular
movement" towards the seaward places of look out.
Portsmouth harbour is :always a curious and charac-
teristic place—maritime yet not mercantile ; its fine ex-
panse of water crowded with men-of war in all stages of
preparation, activity, or decay—the huge convict hulks
moored here and there—the massive ships of the line
with their towering rigging, the heavy Government
steamers, the swarms of small craft, such as cutters,
schooners, and yachts of all rigs ; with the countless
array of still smaller craft—barges and wherries and the
like—all this stretching far away into the town, and
girdled with masses of irregular buildings, taverns, and
storehouses, jutting almost into the water; boat piers
and landing places, and every here and there the long
prim expanse of arsenals and Government quays, dock-
yards, with their huge covered building-slips and lofty
shears—all this repeated again and again, as the eye
glances round the harbour, forms a very interesting and
striking sight. On the present occasion all was bustle
and gaiety, the men of war of all sizes, and not a few of
the more peaceable vessels, were covered with colours
from the truck to the dick, displaying long lines of
gaudy many-coloured flags—the tri-colour everywhere
conspicuous. Conspicuous among the rest of the an-
chored vessels was the glorious old Victory, looking
quite juvenile in her gay attire. On shore, too, on the
Government quays, and on private houses, flags were
everywhere flying, the tri-colour and the union jack
flapping together in the most brotherly manner.
Outside the harbour the scene was almost as ani-
mated as within. The morning was beautiful, a fine
breezy sunrise having succeeded the calm starry night.
A number of boats and a few yachts were beating about
off the harbour, and a little squadron of the former lay
together moored off South Sea. Towards Spithead were
to be seen the mighty St. _Vincent and the Queen, and
In a long line, stretching away towards the Nab, were
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Spithead. Far in the distance could be seen the smoke
of steamers, but it did not seem to approach rapidly, and
for some time there was a good deal of speculation as to
whether the hazy clouds were the harbingers of the
French squadron or not. Meantime the sun shone
merrily out, the breeze blew, the water heaved and
sparkled, the number of boats out increased, and the
ranges of batteries extending towards South Sea on the
one hand, and Gosport on the other, became alive with
spectators.
Moro firing from some of the furthest off brigs, fol-
lowed by the rapid manning of the yards of the
two line-of-battle ships, gave decided proof that the
smoke we saw was that of the French fleet. Pre-
sently the upper works of a large steamer, followed
by several others, began to appear. A flash and a
burst of white smoke from the broadside of the
furthest down line- of-battle ship—the heavy report,
taken up and echoed by 'the nearer gun-brigs, rang
over the water, and then, as they say of battles,
" the firing became general." The leading French
steamer advanced very leisurely, her great size proving
her to be the Gomer, the boat having the King on board.
The brigs banged and blazed away, the smoke from the
more distant blnding with the morning haze, and rolling
in misty wreaths over the sea. The Gomer did not fire,
but close behind her came. another steamer, L'Elan we
believe, which quite made up for her silence, blazing
away right and left, and ably seconded in theTrocess of
gunpowder burning by a pretty little French brig, La
Reine Emilie, which contrived to make noise sufficient
for a squadron. As the Gower approached the harbour
the shore batteries " took up the tale," that is, the
firing, and for the next quarter of an hour there was
nothing but cannonading—Ryery battery veiled by clouds
of white smoke, and every- vessel emulating the batte-
ries. The whole affair looked, or at all events sounded,
like a naval battle ; and in the midst of all this' pother,
the Gomer, a noble steam frigate of grand proportions,
and heavily rigged, carrying hr top gallant yards across
on the main and foremasts, and showing on the one the
French royal standard, and on the other the St. George's
ensign, slowly advanced into the harbour. In the centre
of a splendid group of officers on the quarter-deck stood
Louis Philippe himself, and as every repeated burst of
cheering broke from vessel after vessel, and wharf after
wharf, he raised his hat and bowed is acknowledgment
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freight, entered Portsmouth. A flotilla of boats clus-
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French steamers, as they came up, replied to it, and the
tumult was tremendous. Presently, amid the common
crowd of boats—the ignobile vulgus of some small craft—
appeared the official barges of the various civic, military,
and marine authorities, repairing on board the Gomer,
to present their respects and congratulations. An. Ad-
miralty barge brought off several of their Lordships, in-
cluding the Earl of Haddington and Sir George Cock-
burn. The Co-ant St. Aulaire and his suite, and a
number of diplomatic officers and French Consuls went
rapidly on board. Sir Charles Rowley, the Admiral of
the port, was early in attendance. Man-of-war gigs
conveyed naval officers from the several ships in the har-
bour, and three huge black heavy barges were freighted
with the sense and substance of the respectable Corpo-
ration of Portsmouth. All this time the crowd of
attendant wherries continued to increase, until the
water was literally black with them. The rearward
steamers of the squadron—lthe Pluton, the Caiman, &c.,
all carrying French colours, at the main and English at
the fore—dropped in one by one and took up their posi-
tion round the Gomer, and two or three small steam-
boats, crowded with would-be spectators, from South-
ampton, came in just in time to be too late.
This was between nine and ten o'clock. Neither
Prince Albert nor the Duk6 of Wellington had yet ar-
rived. They were momentarily looked for, and in the
mean time a divertissement was afforded on board the
Gomer, by the presentation,lby the Mayor and Corpora-
tion, of an address, agreed to in full conclave the previous
day.
Some amusement was excited among the still increas-
ing boats, by the ascent of this worthy body up the ac-
commodation ladder of the Gomer. First came sundry
gentlemen in scarlet cloaks, preceded by a mace. The
French marine, at the gangway, seemed to respect scar-
let, for he presented arms politely. In the rear, how-
ever, of the red cloaks, came an immense array of black
ones, and the marine, seemingly under the impression
that all the Cures in Portsmouth were boarding the
Gomer, seemed inclined to dispute the passage, a pro-
ceeding which seemed to give rise to some embarrass-
ment on the part of the black cloaked gentlemen, but
which evidently afforded the most unmixed gratification
,and amusement to the eager lookers-on below. But the
embarrassment and amusement only lasted for a moment.
The Corporation, red cloaked and black, were received by
his Majesty with the greatest courtesy and kindness.
The audience took place in the cabin, and so crowded
was it by all the worthy officials and burgesses, that the
French Ambassador could .scarcely procure an entrance
during the presentation of the address.
The Recorder, Mr. Rawlinson, then read the following
address :
" To lIIS MAJESTY LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING OF THE FRENCH.
" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the
borough of Portsmoth, the loyal and affectionate subjects
of our Most Gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria, desirous
of expressing the sentiments by which we are actuated
on the auspicious occasion of your Majesty's visit to
England, and availing ourselves of the opportunity
afforded to us by your Majesty's arrival within the
limits of the port and borough of Portsmouth, beg leave
to offer to your Majesty, with unfeigned sincerity and
earnestness, the respect and congratulations of this
ancient municipality. •
-
"Regarding your Majesty's arrival as an honour con-
ferred on our locality, we hail it the more especially
as a highly important national event, from its tendency
to promote those kindly feelings of mutual respect which
should ever subsist between two such powerful and in-
fluential countries as France and Great Britain.
" Solicitous to welcome the illustrious guest of our
beloved Queen with every demonstration becoming so
great and memorable an occasion, permit us to assure

your Majesty of the lively interest we take in your
Majesty's health and welfare, and in the joyful celebra-
tion of your royal visit.
" We rejoice in the new era it is calculated to form in
the history of the two countries, and in the hope it
affords of a more enlarged and general intercourse
between them, which, under the blessing of Divine
Providence, shall contribute to their mutual welfare, to
the preservation of the peace of Europe, and to the
advantage of every part of the habitable globe."
His Majesty received the address most graciously,
and immediately delivered in English the following
reply:—
" Mr. Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses,—
" Gentlemen,—lt affords me particular pleasure to
know that her Most Gracious Majesty your Queen has
permitted you to present me with an address on my
arrival on your hospitable shores. I have not forgotten
the many kindnesses I received from your countrymen
during my residence among you many years since.
During that period I was frequently pained considerably
at the existence of differences and feuds between our
countries. I assure you, gentlemen, I shall endeavour
at all times to prevent a repetition of those feelings and
conduct, believing, as I do, most sincerely, that the hap-
piness and prosperity of a nation depend quite as much
on the peace of those nations by which she is surrounded
as on quiet within her own dominions. I was peculiarly
gratified at being honoured with the presence of your
beloved Queen in France during the last year, and it is a
source of pleasure to be able to accept the kind invita-
tion then given me to again visit those shores where I
had been so generously treated many years since. I
hope, under the blessing of Divine Providence, that those
kindly feelings will be longed cherished between our
nations, and tend to promote the happiness and pros.
perity of mankind."
His Majesty spoke with very great impressiveness,
particularly in that part of his brief address in which
he inculcated the necessity and the desirableness of
peace. His Majesty then conversed for some time with
the Recorder and other members of the corporation.
M. Guizot and other members of the suite did the same.
Among the little incidents which occurred, were one or
two which marked the affability of the King, and his
desire to put the members of the corporation entirely
at their ease. The Recorder is a very tall man, and his
head now and then touched the beams under the roof of
the deck. The King laughed, and as if apologising for,
the want of height between decks said," We did not
allow for your wig." Alderman Ellyett, one of those
present, asked to have the honour of shaking hands
with the King, on which his Majesty said, "I should
like to shake hands with you all. I should like to know
your names." His Majesty then asked the names of the
Mayor and the Recorder, with both of whom he con-
versed for a short time. He shook hands with
every member of the corporation, and to some of
them, who were slow in getting off their white
gloves, he said, "Oh never mind your gloves, gen-
tlemen." Altogether their reception by the King
seems to have •been most gratifying to the corporation.
He exhibited the most marked desire to please. In the
course of conversation with members of the corporation
his Majesty alluded feelingly to his former visit to Ports-
mouth many years ago. He remarked that this was not
the first time he had been in Portsmouth. He remembered
the " Point," the„" Sallyport," the Fountain Hotel, and
added, that he also remembered the Dockyard well,
though it was then called the Naval College. When
asked by the Recorder to favour the corporation with a
copy of the reply, ho had made to the address, his Ma-
jesty said with much feeling, " I have no copy. My words
are from my heart." He also, in the course of his con-
versation with the Recorder, observed, that when he was
last in England he used to visit with much interest the
law courts, The King remembered Southsea Castle.
When his Majesty was last here, it appears, he embarked
here on board the Mercury frigate, Captain Rogers, to
proceed to the Mediterranean.
Conversing in this manner, and receiving the respects
and congratulations of the various official, naval, and
military personages, by whom the King was surrounded,
about an hour passed away, and about half-past ten a
bustle on shore, in the direction of the Clarence Vic-
tualling-yard, and the appearance of the royal standard,
announced that his Royal Highness Prince Albert
and the Duke of Wellington were at hand. An
Admiralty barge conveyed those illustrious personages
rapidly towards the Gomer, while the yards of the Vic-
tory, the Gomer herself, and of her attendant squadron
were manned ; a profusion of flags rose into the air from
the deck of the royal steamer—she had previously only
shown two or three—and at the same moment the
firing re-commenced on all sides, and the band on board
the Gomer burst forth into the British national anthem.
The barge was soon alongside. Prince Albert ascended
first, and was heartily cheered. His Royal Highness was
dressed in black, and looked well. The Duke of Wel-
"ngton, in his usual Field Marshal's uniform, came next

his appearance of course called forth a hearty greeting
from the crowd below: But a few moments elapsed ere
the royal party male their appearance at the gangway,
for the purpose of disembarking. There was no mistak-
ing King Louis Philippe, even by those who were
familiar with his features only through the medium of
engravings. There was his bluff portly figure, strongly
marked and expressive countenance, and large grey
whiskers. As he appeared at the gangway, a loud
cheer broke forth—it was really a hearty ringing
hurrah ; and his Majesty appeared to feel and
appreciate its cordiality. He bowed long and
low, turning in every direction, and then
stepped firmly down the ladder, followed by Prince
Albert, the Due de Montpensier, and the Duke of
Wellington. The King wore a blue uniform ; his son,
a tall and good-looking young man, was attired in an
artillery dress. The illustrious party appeared to chat
familiarly together as they approached the landing
place at the Clarence-yard. The barge shot rapidly
ashore, followed by a regular tail of boats—rowing,
pushing, running into each other, getting every now and
then locked in little clusters, but all the while, whether
gliding onward or jammed up, cheering most manfully.
The jetty at the Clarence-yard was decorated with taste
for the occasion ; flags waved over it, tapestry hung
from it, the coarse beams and planks being quite concealed
with courtly hangings. Here the King was received by
the General in command, surrounded by his staff. Two
glittering lines of soldiery extended from the landing-
place to the railway station, and on either hand a tramp-
ling, shifting crowd, hurrying from point to point, and
occupying every available eminence, raised cheers so
lustily and so continuous as quite to drown the clash of
arms, and the burst of the bands. A second barge,
which followed closely upon that conveying the King,
brough M. Guizot and Admiral Mackau, along with
many of the noblemen, and gentlemen of the royal suite.
M. Guizot was not generally recognised, most having
eyes and ears only for the King.
Two or three moments sufficed to bring the royal
party, in several of her Majesty's carriages, from the
waterside to the railway station. It was, of course, per-
fectly blockaded by anxious crowds, who kept up the
tide of cheering with hearty good will. A triumphal
arch, erected over the entrance to the terminus, bore the
inscription of " Louis Philippe, Welcome to England."
And thousands of honest voices vouched for the truth of
that silent greeting.
A number of ladies and gentlemen had been admitted
within the station. They were ranged, the ladies in
front, along the opposite side to that from which the
train started. Their greetings were cordially acknow-
ledged by the royal party. The King, in particular,
seemed much affected by the evident heartiness of his
reception, showing it by his manner as well as his words.
The preparations for starting were quickly effected.
The King, Prince Albert, and the youthful Due de
Montpensier took their places in the splendid new royal
carriage. The Duke of Wellington rode in his own
carriage, placed upon a truck. On the engine were Mr.
Chaplin, the chairman, and Mr. Locke, the engineer of
the railway ; and all being ready, amid a general and
final cheer, the train shot rapidly away.
Shortly after the landing of the King, one of the
French war-steamers, I believe the Elau, slipped her
moorings, and proceeded back to Treport, with intelli-
gence of his Majesty's safe arrival.
Portsmouth, the harbour in particular, continued very
bustling and crowded. A number of the French officers
landed, and hundreds of boat; went, cruising around the
steamers of the squadron filled with critical spectators.
The vessels in the harbour, which had been decorated,
displayed their flags until sunset.
Altogether the morning's proceedings were very
splendid, and the magnificence of the reception, a magni-
ficence which all admired, was uite quailed by its
sincerity and cordiality.
ARRIVAL AT FARNBOROUGH.
From an early hour in the day, the inhabitants of the
neighbourhood of the Farnborough station poured out,
in all their gayest attire and gayest looks, to obtain a
glimpsd of 'the French Monarch on his alighting from
the train en route for Windsor. The greatest doubt,
however, pervaded the minds of the multitude as to the
time when his Majesty would arrive, in consequence of
" the march" which he was reported to have " stolen"
upon our authorities, by popping into Portsmouth some
hours before he was expected, and the consequence was
increased excitement and alacrity on the part of the
determined sight-seers, who hailed every whiff of dis-
tant smoke, and every indistinct whistle, as fore-
runner of the object of their curiosity. By nine
o'clock the area around the railway station was occu
pied by a guard of honour of the 19th Lancers, several
royal carriages, and a miscellaneous congregation of
carriages, . gigs, carts, and people of all sorts and
descriptions, the latter chiefly women and children..
ed
The eleven o'clock fast train from town, which arrived
a few minutes after noon, brought down several f the
directors of the railway, with their families, for. the pur-
posetiptoe of expecta-
From this moment all was on the
'on. The royal standard of England and the tri-colour
otif France, surmounted by a bunch of laurel, were hang-
from the entrance of the handsome private apart-
mentstc his Majesty on his arrival.
g out
of doing honour
erected fur the use of his Majesty .; and the car-
penters of the establishment were busily employed in
erecting a temporary stage to the far, or "off 'of the