The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-28 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO PORTS-

MOUTH.
(FROM A co::RESPONDENT.)
PORTSMOUTII, FEB. 27, 1342.—The town is beginning
to fill fast witla distinguished people, waiting the arrival
of the Queen and Court to-morrow ; a salute from the
garrison about three o'clock, announced the arrival of
the Admiralty Board, consis:ing of the Earl of Had-
diegton, Vice-Adtoiral Sir George Cockburn, Vice-
Admiral Sir 'Arilliam Grey, and the principal Secretary,
the Hon. Sydney Herbert. The Board has taken up its
quarters at the George Inn, and to-day entertained a
small party of naval officers to dinner. The Duke of
Wellington comes in by the last railroad train from Ba-
singstoke, near which town his Grace's scat of Strath-
fieldgaye is situated ; he will spend the evening with his
brother-in-law, the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, our
Lieutenant-Governor ; the Duke, as a Field-Marshal,
being entitled to the compliment, will be saluted by
the garrison to-morrow morning. A splendid Guard
of Honour is selected to receive her Majesty on her alight-
from her carriage in the-Dockyard, consisting of the
grenadier companies of the 32d, 34th, and 73d Regi-
ments, and a company of Royal Marines, under du,
command of the senior Major of the Garrison, Major
Van der Meulon, of the 73d Regiment. The ropemakers
List evening successfully put in their claim to the ancient
privilege of receiving the Sovereign at the boundaries of
the borough, "and of escorting her to her residence within
the town. in 1794, r -pnr-e the Third visited the
Fleet at Spithead, afti Ist of June, the
roper9r.,kers and rigge -Qes from the
Rini; s carriage, thre ~ and drew
into the Dock .n the Prince
'Regent entertains' .g.ns at Ports-
mouth, these wort session before and
at the sides of f heir gallantry may

lead them to do - - •
Lady-Queen, remains
to be seen. 1 gates will be closed and
locked ; and at r the glacis the Lieutenant-
Governor will -J her Majesty the keys of the
fortress, and - ~er instructions to open the entrance,
a duty whicl- a Town Major wilt have to perform. •
The Admirti..y flag will be hoisted to-morrow on board
the Alfred, at Spithead. The Dock-yard is closed to-
morrow to all civilians, and no officers will be allcwed
admittance unless in uniform; this is done that her Ma-
jesty may not be inconvenienced by a crowd. Several
vans arrived this morning by the rail from Windsor,
with necessaries for the Queen and her suite. It is ex-
pected that Commodore J. B. Purvis will be knighted
fjr steering the Queen, also Major Van der Meulon, com-
manding the guard or honour, and Captain G. T. Rich,
ccrnmaiiding the Quee:,, should her Majesty visit that
ship ; c.nd Colonel G. Jones,- commanding this division
of marines. Several promotions will also take place,
such as the officers of the Black Eagle and Royal George
yachts, the Admiralty flagship, and the Commanders
and First Lieutenants, and senior Masters of the other
flag ships. Her Majesty is expected to reach the Dock-
yard at one o'clock ; and it will depend on the state of
the weather whether she will go afloat then, or on the
following day. A general illumination will take place
to-morrow night, and as the railway has brought us
several itinerant lamplighters, with their stocks in trade
of lamps and devices, we expect a brilliant show ; the
St. Vincent and Victory, first rates, will be illuminated
about nine in the evening with Captain Stevens's new
blue and red and green light, also showers of rockets
will be thrown by those ships, the splendour of which
will be viewed by her Majesty and Prince Albert
from the top of Sir Edward Codhngton's house, where
the Queen will entertain a select party.