Star.
London, England, 1821-08-16 00:00:00

FARTHER PARTICULARS.

DUBLIN, SUNDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

On Friday and Saturday evenings, Sir BENJAMIN
BLOOMFIELD went down to Howth, which is. seven
miles from Dublin, in expectation of the arrival of
the KING there. He proceeded thither in a Royal
carriage and four horses, while another Royal car-
riage was in waiting at Dunleary, it being uncertain at
which of those harbours his MAJESTY would land.
Sir BENJAMIN slept each night on board of the Earl
of KINGSTON'S yacht, the Lord Erntouth, which has
been some days at Howth, and at a very early hour
this morning he was called np.
At tight o'clock the Chichester packet came within
a few miles of the harbour, but from the state of the
wind she was not able to make it ; and no packet
being at this side of the water, a boat was imme-
diately dispatched with the Irish letters t 3 her, which
brought back the English mail from the Chichester
in return ; and having made this interchange of
mails, the packet, without lowering a sail, put di-
rectly about, and sailed for Holyhead.
Sir BENJAMIN BLOONIFIELD received dispatches
by the Chichester, which inclined him to believe that
his MAJESTY, or a Messenger with further dispatches,
would arrive in the steam-packet by the evening tide,
and he was accordingly on the look-out from a mar-
tello tower nearly the whole day.
The Congregation which assembled at the Church
at Howth, having received some intimation of this
' circumstance, judged that some decisive news would
arrive by the steam-packet then due ; and after the
performance of Divine Service, they went down in
anxious expectation to the Pier-head.
' At a quarter before three o'clock, some Gentlemen
on the Pier discovered, by the help of good glasses,
a steam-packet at some distance, the announcement
of which circumstance produced a strong sensation,
and excited hopes which, happily, were not to be dis-
appointed. In about twenty minutes afterwards, a
second steam packet, holding the same course, was
distinctly descried, and above the horizon several
large three-masted vessels were made out. There was
now hardly a doubt but that his MAJESTY, or some
account from him, would arrive within a short time,
and all the Sunday visitors to the Pier of Howth con-
sequently remained to ascertain the issue.
At a quarter past four o'clock the steam-packet
which appeared first in sight, closed in with Ireland's
eye, and an extraordinary anxiety was now mani-
fested by all upon the Pier when it was perceived
that she bore a large flag upon the peak. In a few
minutes afterwards the Royal travelling carriage
which had taken Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD the
evening before to Howth, was seen approaching the
Pier at a rapid pace, and exactly at half-past four,
the Lightning steam-packet, Captain SKINNER, ran
alongside, and came to at the projection on the west
point of the Pier head. There was now a breathless
suspense of a couple of minutes, when some Gentle-
men among the assembled throng perceived his MA-
JESTY On board. They immediately cheered him,
and their cheets were quickly re-echoed by every
person on the Pier, many of whom were of the first
distinction. His MAJESTY now stood forward about
mid hips, next the Pier: he was dressed in a close
long blue coat, blue trowsers, and half boots, a black
silk handkerchief round his neck, a seal skin travel-
ling cap, with a broad gold band, and white silk
gloves. The moment his MAJESTY heard the cheers
of his delighted and faithful people, he, in the most
graceful and gracious manner, took off Iris cap, and
waving it over his head several times, returned the
joyous salutation. A small ship ladder, covered with
carpeting, was now placed against the side of the
vessel and the Pier, to facilitate his MAJESTY'S
landing—for, as the tide had ebbed, the landing-
place was considerably higher than the deck of the
packet. His MAJESTY was preceded by several of
his suite: and we were rejoiced to perceive that his
MAJESTY, notwithstanding his fatigue, required no
assistance in mounting to the top of the ladder, which,
when he reached, the pressure of the crowd was so
excessive, that his MAJESTY was lifted several yards
before he touched Irish ground. This circumstance
must have produced extreme inconvenience to his
MAJESTY, but it was not possible to avoid it. Almost
the whole of the persons who witnessed his MAJES-
TY'S arrival, occupied the small tongue of land pro-
jecting from the Pier, and which tongue of land
forms the place of disembarkation from the packets;
and it was out of the question to attempt opening a
passage for his MAJESTY through the crowd ; for as it
was, numbers were in danger of falling into the water
at either side of the very narrow projection ofwhich we
speak. We trust his MAJESTY was sensible of the cause
of the inconvenience he must have suffered. Though
thus incommoded and pressed upon by the eager
throng, he received their congratulations with every
demonstration of kindness and affection—indeed, so
alive did his MAJESTY appear to the perilous situa-
tion of many of those who surrounded him, that he
several times warned them of it by the motion of his
hands. Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD now made his
way to the carriage, in order to get the door opened
for his MAJESTY, while the cheering of all present rent
the air. The Ladies waved their handkerchiefs, the