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been gone through with that intuitive steadiness and skill
on the pate of,both cavalry'sinel infantry, which have ever
'been the attribntes of. the Biitisji soldier in real, as in
mimic warfare. About 12,000 men were supposed to
have been in the field. After the review, Prince Albert
visited the Royal Irish Academy in Grafton-street, and,
after remaining there for -some time, proceeded to the
Cattle Show of the Royal Agricultural Improvement
Society, where he was received at the entrance of the
society's louse by the members of the committee, the
dense throng of spectators who lined the way on either
side cheering with enthusiasm.
On Friday, the Queen paid a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Leinster at their Grace's princely seat at Car-
ton, where a numerous party of the nobility and gentry
had the honour of being invited to meet the Queen.
Many parts of the route were decorated with triumphal
arches, flags, laurels, and wreaths. Crowds of well-
dressed persons had collected, anxious to pay yet another
tribute of homage to the Queen. They testified their
ardent loyalty by the most energetic plaudits. The royal
cortege reached Carton at ten minutes after one.
The noble duke and his amiable duchess gave orders
that every approach to. Carton should be thrown open to
the public, in order that the humblest of the peasantry,
as well as those in affluent circumstances, should have
every facility afforded them in expressing their attachment
and devotion to our gracious Queen. The result is, that
the public kept faith with the duke and duchess, every-
thing they could desire was accomplished, and nothing
that the most supercilious could disapprove was commit-
ted. It was a royal holiday, and although thousands of
the poor were admitted to the presence of her 'Majesty,
there was not only no indecorous act committed, but their
canduct prompted by the natural politeness of the people
ruled supreme on this auspicious festival. Their de-
meanour was edifying, and the royal lady upon whom this
national compliment had been conferred appreciated their
worth, and gave testimony of her confidence in them by
mingling amongst the crowd on foot.
The regimental bands were stationed on the terrace and
played favourite airs. The royal standard floated from the
roof of the mansion, and the marquees were erected on the
terrace, in which an elegant luncheon was laid out.
The Queen remained at Carton about an hour, and then
returned to Phoenix-park.
On Friday evening her Majesty took her departure from
Dublin. At half-past six o'cloc'e, her Majesty, with Prince
Albert, and the juvenile members of the royal family,
attended by Lord and Lady Clarendon and Sir George
Grey, proceeded from the Vice-regal Lodge in two royal
open carriages and three close carriages, belonging to his
Excellency, for the railway-station in Westland-row. They
were most vociferously and enthusiastically cheered, and,
on taking their places in the railway carriages, an express
engine conveyed them to Kingstown.
The close of her Majesty's visit was as brilliant as its
commencement. Hundreds of thousands witnessed her
progress to Kingstown, and were present at the embarka-
tion. The cheers which bade her good speed and the cries
for a happy return were uttered with the most touching
fervour, and her Majesty seemed to feel and acknowledge
the affection of her subjects.
The Dublin Evening Post, of Saturday, says :—" Her
Majesty having embarked in the midst of a chorus of
voices that swelled to the greatest volume that ever was
heard in Ireland—the scene was exceedingly solemn and
sublime. She remained on the quarter-deck, looking on
with an intense expression of interest and affection upon
the magnificent scene before her, glancing her sweet
countenance in the faces of the people, to whom she cor-
dially bowed her farewell. She moved about, as if to
retain her self-possession and suppress the starting tear.
At length the gangway was about being removed, and
stepping up to the Countess of Clarendon, her Majesty
caught her Excellency by the hand with all the ardour of
youthful attachment, and kissed her twice most affection-
ately. The movements were rapid. but still she lingered
with the Countess, speaking to and looking closely in her
face with expressions of the sweetest fondness, and then
turning to her faithful Lieutenant, she gave him her hand
to kiss—a mark of favour quite unusual unless at presen-
tations, and consistent with her demeanour towards hint
during the whole period of her visit, as she has exhibited
the most marked anxiety not only to sustain and dienify
the office of Viceroy, but to do honour to the individual
filling it. Looking his Excellency ardently in the face,
her Majesty spoke to him for a minute or so, and bade
him farewell. Her Majesty next turned to H.R.H. Prince
George, shook hands with him, and kissed him."
The squadron, with the usual royal salutes, and the
yards all manned, got under weigh at a quarter before
seven o'clock, and with a light breeze proceeded towards
Belfast. As the royal yacht left the harbour, her Ma-
jesty and her illustrious consort appeared on the elevated
paddle-box, frequently bidding adieu to the vast crowds
who lined the jetty and the piers, and, as a signal mark of
the impression left on the mind of the Queen, the royal
standard was lowered five times before the noble vessel
passed out of the view of the delighted people on the
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shore.

The royal squadron arrived in Belfast Lough on Satur-
day morning, shortly after five o'clock. The passage
from Dublin was rather rough, and her Majesty was a
good deal incommoded. All the chief streets in Belfast
were splendidly decorated in honour of her Majesty. The
ceremony of landing being over, the Queen and Prince
Albert proceeded to a splendid pavilion which had been
erected, through which she passed amid the firing of ar-
tillery and the most enthusiastic cheers of thousands. At
the other end of the pavilion, the carriage of the Marquis
of Londonderry was in waiting, into which her Majesty
and Prince Albert entered, accompanied by the ladies in
waiting. The Mayor followed close to her Majesty, and
after him came a countless throng of carriages and ve-
hicles of every description. The royal cortege proceeded
at a somewhat smart pace through High-street, in which
stands, tastefully ornamented, were erected, all crowded
almost to suffocation with the elite of the town and neigh-
bourhood, on to the Linen-hall, where her Majesty and
his royal highness viewed various fabrics there exhibited,
and expressed themselves greatly pleased with the beauty,
&c., of the workmanship. After inspecting the articles
laid out in the Linen-hall, the royal procession passed on
to the Botanic Garden, on leaving which it visited the
Queen's College, which her Majesty minutely inspected.
Her Majesty then returned by Victoria-place, Howard-
street, Donegal-square South, East Donegal- square,North
Donegal-square, Donegal-place, Castle-place, High-street,
Bridge-street, Donegal- street. North Queen- street, Hen-
ry-street, Yo: k- street, Donegal-street, Bridge-street, and
High-street. The royal party again reached the Fairy
about half-past five o'clock, on board of which the Queen
and suite immediately embarked, and, accompanied by
several steamers, proceeded down the Lough, where her
Majesty went on board the Victoria and Albert, and
shortly afterwards sailed for the Clyde. The honour of
knighthood was conferred on the Mayor, Mr. W. G.
Johnson, late member for the.borough. In the evening
the town was brilliantly illuminated, and a grand display
of fireworks added to the gaiety of the scene. The shops
were all closed, and rejoicings general.
The preparations at Glasgow have been most extensive.
Her Majesty would reach the Clyde on Saturday evening.
The squadron remains in the Clyde on Sunday, and her
Majesty would pass through Glasgow yesterday forenoon
at an early hour, as Prince Albert was desirous of being
at Balmoral last evening.

ANECDOTES OF HER MAJESTY'S ENTRANCE INTO DUBLIN.

Nothing could exceed the beauty of the weather, or the
splendour of the coup d'ceil, on Monday morning, when
her most gracious Majesty landed at the jetty at Kings-
town. Her Majesty, who was slightly browned by her
sea trip, looked remarkably well ; and, as for Prince Al-
bert, the Irish ladies pronounced unanimously in his fa-
vour. The royal children followed next, and were the
objects of unusual curiosity and admiration. When her
Majesty reached the more elevated platform leading to
the royal carriage, the thousands of well-dressed persons
who had obtained tickets gave her Majesty such a recep-
tion as to occasion her visible emotion. Her Majesty
became apparently deeply moved, bowed most graciously,
and then, going to the rail of the platform, waved her
hand affectionately to the countless thousands who were
making the sky ring again with the shouts of welcome.
For a moment all ceremonial was forgotten, the ladies
fairly wept with emotion, and her Majesty also was visibly
and deeply affected. When her Majesty stepped into the
carriage, the engineer expected an immediate signal to
proceed, but he was graciously ordered to delay a few
minutes, during which the Queen stood up in the car-
riage, and acknowledged the affectionate greetings of her
subjects in a most affable and condescending manner.
The royal carriage was not long in reaching the terminus,
when her Majesty and suite entered the carriages and
four which had been prepared for her reception. The
progress through town was one of the grandest spectacles
ever witnessed. The Queen was evidently pleased. There
was no mistaking the expression of her countenance; and
as for Lord Clarendon, no schoolboy going home for the
holidays ever looked half so happy. Exclamations, new
to the ear of the stranger, but all breathing the deepest
loyal affection, were heard at every turn. Sure she 's
the real lady," " Won't she give us a Prince Patrick ?"
and " They're a mighty handsome couple, God bless
them," resounded in every corner. The only dissentient
heard throughout the whole pageant was one critical old
woman, who remarked, on her Majesty's first appearance
on the _deck of the Victoria and Albert, at Kingstown,
" that the Queen had a mighty coarse straw bonnet on,
that she (the speaker) would herself be ashamed to pur-
chase." There was, no doubt, a strong opinion among
many of the spectators that her Majesty would have ap-
peared to much more advantage as " a real Queen,"
crown on head and sceptre in hand. The royal children
were objects of especial interest, and it made no small
addition to the affectionate enthusiasm of the people to
see by a thousand little manifestations that her Majesty,
in addition to her truly regal qualities, possessed that
inestimable social virtue of being a watchful and loving
mother. Among other traits which were not lost on this
people of quick and delicate perceptions was. that her
Majesty, on stepping into the railway carriage, looked
anxiously behind her to see that her children were safe.
The immense crowd outside saw and appreciated the
gesture in a moment, and rent the air with their cheers.
The delight and gratification felt by the Irish at the
Queen's complimentary. visit to them illustrates the truth
I of Lord Burleigh's saying, " that right humanity taketh
such deep root in the minds of the multitude, that man-
kind are more easily moved by unprofitable courtesies
than by churlish benefits."
The Evening Post has the following account of a scene
in the Phoenix Park, on Monday, a few hours after Her
Majesty's arrival:—
" A little before five o'clock yesterday, the royal car-
riages, then empty, proceeded to the Park, and drew a
crowd with them to the Viceregal Lodge. The word T.-as
passed that her Majesty was coming out. A short delay
afforded sufficient time for a crowd to collect around the
gate •, about two or three hundred persons collected, and
formed a true Irish mob—for among them there did not
happen to be twenty of any better class. We confess we
stood near in anxiety, not for the result, for we knew
what that would be, but in anxiety that her Majesty
should pass out at the same gate, and thus ascertain what
were the spontaneous, the unbought, and unbiassed feel.

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