The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-29 00:00:00

HER, MAJESTY'S MARINE EXCURSION.

During the past week various rumours have been in
circulation respecting a proposed marine excursion by her
Majesty and her royal consort, in the course of which
they were to pay a visit to the King of France at his
Chateau of Eu, the royal Princes d'Aumale and De Join-
ville having been despatched to this country with the in-
vitation. We are now enabled to lay before our readers
the particulars of the route, &c. of the royal pleasure
party, which by this time is, we trust, safely embarked.
Her Majesty has chosen Southampton as the port of
embarkation, and, with her royal consort, attendants,
&c., would arrive there by special train at 10 o'clock
yesterday (Monday) morning, the Duke of Wellington,
as lord lieutenant of the county, Lord Aberdeen, as
secretary of state, in attendance ; the mayor and corpo-
ration of Southampton, and Major-General Sir Hercules
Pakenham, with the heads of the departments from
Portsmouth, being in attendance to receive her Majesty
at the station. For her Majesty's convenience in tra-
velling the Directors of the Southampton Railway Com-
pany, at a few days' notice, prepared a splendid state car-
riage ; and the arrangements on the entire line are, we
understand, of the most complete description. It was
the wish of her Majesty to pass Southampton as quietly as
possible, and an address which has been prepared by the
corporation will, therefore, be delivered to the secretary of
state in attendance. The royal party will, however, pro-
ceed (with a procession) from the station down the High-
street and through the Bargate to the Royal Pier, from
which they will embark on board the Victoria and Albert
Royal Yacht, which is to be moored close to the pier in
order that her Majesty may step on board without the
intervention of barges or boats.
It is thought that on the day of embarkation her Ma-
jesty and the fleet with which she is accompanied will
only take a short cruise, and anchor at night in the
Southampton water, or somewhere in the neighbourhood
of the Isle of Wight ; that it will first proceed to Spit-
head and pass round the ships of war lying there, then go
back to the Isle of Wight, and return after a short cruise
at sea through the Needles and up the Solent.
Whilst at sea it is announced that her Majesty will
approach the coast of France so as to receive a compli-
mentary visit from Louis Philippe. It will most pro-
bably be on her Majesty's part a mere visit en passant, as
arrangements are made for the return of the royal party
to Portsmouth on the sth of September. The principal
portion of the time occupied by the excursion will be de-
voted to visiting places on the coast, amongst which it is
thought that Cowes will be especially noticed, her Ma-
jesty being anxious to show her royal consort the scenery
amid which her youth was spent. Her Majesty will re-
view a squadron which will be assembled at Spithead on
her return to Portsmouth, where she will be received
with the usual honours—royal salutes, the troops lining
he streets, &c., and will proceed thence by land to
Brighton, escorted by the 7th Hussars.
Arrangements are made for the Atalanta, the Great
Liverpool, the South Western, and other steamers, to
accompany her Majesty to the Channel. The squadron
from Spithead would arrive in the harbour this morning,
to attend her Majesty.
The ferment created by this visit amongst the inha-
bitants of Southampton is indescribable ; and an incident
connected with it cannot fail to add another to the many
bonds of sympathy and affection which must ever connect
our gracious Queen with her dutiful and loyal subjects.
The fact is simply as follows :—lt is well known that
the Duke of Wellington has had a great aversion to rail-
way travelling since the melancholy death of his much-
esteemed friend Mr. Huskisson, on the occasion of
opening the Liverpool and Manchester line. It appears
that her Majesty was most anxious that his-grace should
accompany her other ministers on the occasion of her in-
tended embarkation, and knowing the duke's objection
had been waved by his grace, the Queen herself for-
warded a special command on Friday last that a carriage
should be prepared expressly for the noble duke, contain-
ing every convenience with safety and ease in travelling.
A carriage with every recent improvement has accordingly
been fitted up in a most convenient manner, and his grace,
accompanied by the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Aber-
deen, and it is believed Sir Robert Peel, would leave by a
special train at seven o'clock yesterday morning, to be
in readiness to receive her Majesty on her arrival at
Southampton.