the Dockyard gates, they were received with enthusiastic cheering by the assembled multitude. Her Majesty proceeded at a very slow pace along the line of route, and thereby afforded the persons assembled a good opportunity of seeing her and the Prince. Every where as she went along she was greeted with the same.enthusiasm.

After leaving Plymouth, the procession returned through Devonport, headed by the Mayor, to the dockyard, where Her Majesty re-embarked and went on board the yacht. Her Majesty remained a short time on board, and the Royal party then went to view that stupendous national work, the Breakwater, upon which they landed and remained some time ere they returned to the yacht. In the evening there were bonfires and fireworks, and all sorts of rejoicing; but by far the most magnificent sight was afforded by the men-of war in the Sound. At nine o'clock when the gun fired, the whole of them manned their yards, each man having a blue light in his hand.

The Queen and Prince Albert left Plymouth on Friday morning, and went to Falmouth, where they remained but a very short time, and returned up Channel, passing the Eddystone, in the evening. Between 5 and 6 o'clock the St. Vincent hove to in the offing, and telegraphed with the Caledonia, which was then lying in the Sound. After which the Caledonia and Formidable got under way and joined the rest of the Squadron. The Royal yacht got under way from her moorings at Barnpool at 9 o'clock, and proceeded at half-speed through the Sound and Cawsand-bay, and out to sea by the western passage of the Breakwater. While passing through the Sound, Her Majesty was saluted on her departure by all the men-of-war in the port, and by the batteries on shore. The yards of the shipping were manned, and their crews, as the Royal yacht passed by them, gave Her Majesty and Prince Albert three hearty cheers. It was a gratifying and a magnificent scene. Her Majesty was accompanied by a Fleet of men-of-war, consisting of the St. Vincent, 120, Capt. Rowley, with the flag of Admiral Sir C. Rowley; Caledonia, 120, Capt. Milne; Camperdown, 104, Capt. Brace; Formidable, 80, Capt. Sir C. Sulivan; Warspite, 50, Capt. Lord John Hay; Grecian, 16, Com. W. Smyth; Cyclops, steam-frigate, Capt. H. Austin; Tartarus, st., Capt. F. Bullock; and Prometheus, st., Lieut.-Commander Lowe.

On Saturday at four o'clock the Royal yacht came in sight of Treport, when a cannon was discharged as the signal of Her Majesty's approach. At five the Royal cortége of France left the Palace of Eu to proceed to meet our Queen.

At a quarter before six o'clock the Queen of Great Britain and Prince Albert placed their feet on French soil under a salute from the battery and forts erected along the shore, and from all the vessels that rode at anchor at Treport.

On the Queen leaving her yacht the Royal standard of England was immediately lowered, and the standard of England and of France were hoisted on the King's barge. All vessels in the roads then saluted the Royal party, and the salute was returned from the batteries on shore. The firing continued during the whole time the party were on the water. By the time the barge had appproached the landing-place, the ladies of the Royal Family of France, and all their Lords and Ladies in Waiting, had placed themselves round the top of the stairs, in a curved line, but in such a manner, however, as not to hide the interesting scene of meeting from the spectators. The Queen of the French stood two paces in advance of the brilliant line. This was, perhaps, the most interesting moment of the day. Each person, no matter of what degree or quality, stood mute, breathless, and sedulously observant-a fitting image of expectation. At length the Royal barge touched the shore, and the King of the French taking Her Majesty of England by the hand, assisted her up the steps with the care and paternal gallantry of a French gentleman of the olden times. The Queen of the French advanced to receive the Queen of England, amidst the most enthusiastic cheering, in which the Military most cordially joined. Louis Philippe, immediately presented Queen Victoria to the Queen of the French,

who took her by both hands, and saluted her several times on both cheeks, with an evident warmth of manner, which shewed that she meant more than mere courtly etiquette. The Queen of the Belgians, and other ladies of the Royal Family, then came forward, and also saluted her with great cordiality and affection. The shouts of "Vive la Reine Victoria," "Vive la Reine d'Angleterre," which from the landing continued almost without interruption, was redoubled upon seeing the kindly feeling exhibited by the royal personages on both sides. This demonstration of sympathy on the part of the people continued till the royal party retired to their tent.

Her Majesty continued her visit till Thursday; two fêtes champêtres, a review, concerts, and other entertainments occupied the time. The kindly, nay, fatherly reception given to Her Majesty by the King of the French, and the distinguished hospitality shown to her by him and his whole family, have been felt by the people of France as if it were their own act. They considered Queen Victoria as the guest of the nation, they felt pride and exultation in having her among them, and in the King they saw but the organ through whom their hospitality was dispensed. None but those who were present at Her Majesty's landing, and at her subsequent appearance in public, can be fully sensible of the extent to which the enthusiasm extended, nor of the warmth and unanimity with which it was expressed.

It is reported that the King of the French has conferred the "grand cordon" of the Legion of Honour upon Prince Albert, that Queen Victoria has also conferred some honours, and that the Prince de Joinville has been made a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath.

Thursday being the day fixed for the departure of Queen Victoria and her illustrious consort from the shores of France, the whole of the populations of Eu and Treport were on foot at an early hour.

The Queen and Prince Albert left the Château at a little after eight, in the large and splendid char-à-bane which conveyed her to the château on her arrival. She was accompanied by all the members of the Royal Family, including the King and Queen of the French, the Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Orleans, Madame Adelaide, the Princess Clementine, the Prince and Princess of Joinville, and the Dukes of Aumale and Montpensier. The escort consisted of a troop of the splendid regiment of Carbineers. The 1st regiment of the line was stationed upon the pier at Treport, and the 24th occupied the court of the Château d'Eu. The royal party were received throughout the line with cheering and every demonstration of respect.

On the arrival of the cavalcade at Treport, they were received with loud shouts, the yachts in the harbour manned their yards, and gave three animated cheers, which were enthusiastically responded to by the multitude. The royal party entered the tent prepared for their reception, where they remained for some minutes in friendly discourse. Upon leaving it, the King, taking the hand of Her Majesty, led her on board the barge which was prepared for the occasion. The King, the Duke d'Amaule, and the Duke of Montpensier, together with M. Guizot and some others, accompanied Her Majesty and Prince Albert on board the yacht. On leaving shore, shortly after nine o'clock, a royal salute was fired from the batteries, which was returned by the ships, the people cheering the party loudly until they reached the yacht.

The King of the French and his suite remained on board for a short time, and on leaving was saluted with a royal salute from all the English ships. Immediately afterwards the royal squadron sailed.

Brighton, Thursday, Sept. 7.-This morning opened bright and clear, and at daybreak the St. Vincent, 120 guns, and three other three-deckers, from the former of which the Emerald cutter brought despatches to the Post-office for London last night, were discovered about three or four miles south of Kemp Town. At seven the Mercury steamer left the pier with a large party, in order to meet the royal squadron. By twelve o'clock, the hour at which Her Majesty

was expected to land, thousands of persons were assembled on the cliffs and on

the beach.

Soon after one o'clock guns were heard in the distance, which was the signal of the approach for the royal squadron, and shortly afterwards a detachment of the Grenadier Guards marched on the Pier Esplanade to form a guard of honour to Her Majesty on quitting the pier. They were followed by a detachment of the Coast Guard, under the command of Lieut. Pratt, who formed a guard of honour at the outer head of the Pier, and shortly after they were drawn up, a detachment of Hussars arrived.

The Royal yacht outstripped all the vessels which accompanied her; while she went at little more than half-speed the whole squadron managed to keep up with her, until, having receded some considerable distance from the French shores, she then increased her speed, and soon began to drop them astern. At one period of her passage she put on her full power for a short time, but then she distanced the whole of them so rapidly, leaving them hull down in her wake in a very short space of time, that she again moderated her speed, to enable them at least to keep her in sight. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Prince de Joinville, were on deck nearly the whole of the passage, the weather being remarkably fine, with a light top-gallant breeze from the southward and eastward. The yacht behaved uncommonly well, and was much admired by the French Prince, who is a first-rate sailor himself, and understands what a ship should be. His Royal Highness went over every part of the vessel, and seemed much gratified at what he witnessed. The patent windlass, with its powerful leverage, and the pumps, which can be used as fire-engines as well as for pumping the ship, seemed especially to strike his attention.

At half-past 3 o'clock the Royal yacht let go her anchor about two cable's length from the pier head, and the barge was immediately lowered and brought alongside, Her Majesty being received by a royal salute from the Pier guns. Her Majesty's barge was lowered, and immediately afterwards it came alongside the pier. Her Majesty was loudly cheered by the assembled thousands on the cliffs and on the beach. At the end of the Pier Esplanade Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Prince de Joinville, got into a close carriage, and was surrounded by a guard of honour, composed of the Grenadier Guards, the band of which immediately striking up the national anthem.

Her Majesty and the Royal suite left Brighton for Ostend on Tuesday morning, Sept. 12th, at a quarter to 9 o'clock. After passing the night in the Downs Her Majesty disembarked on Wednesday, at a quarter past two. The authorities were very nearly taken by surprise. The nautical people here fixed the time for Her Majesty's arrival at between half-past three and half-past four o'clock. At half past one o'clock there stood in front of the Casino, in the great square, a group consisting of some of the most respectable residents of Ostend, when the Secretary of the British Consul arrived breathless to say, that with a powerful telescope a two-masted steamer had been discovered in the direction of the Coast of Kent, "bearing right down upon Ostend." That the vessel so descried was the Royal yacht was deemed improbable, but in the doubt the parties separated to dress, and to assemble at two o'clock, in order to proceed with becoming form to the quay to receive her Majesty at the landingplace prepared by order of the King. The steamer continued her course, and without firing a gun, or (it is said) without hoisting any signal, and thus allowing only barely sufficient time to the civic and other civil authorities to arrive at their appointed stations, came to anchor at the quay precisely at two o'clock, "steering" said an old sailor, "right into the harbour as if she belonged to it"; and, it is everywhere admitted, with a correctness and a rapidity perfectly astonishing. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians and their suite, with an immense crowd of the inhabitants and all the visiters of Ostend, were on the quay to receive our august Sovereign. The King of the Belgians

embraced Her Majesty with all that warmth of affection which his near relationship to his royal visiter permitted. The moment the royal standard of England was displayed, the band, which occupied the tasteful temporary orchestra erected opposite the landing place, struck up our national anthem, "God save the Queen," which was responded to by the crowd and the troops. Her Majesty had scarcely set foot on the shore when an enthusiastic shout of "God save the Queen," in downright English, burst from one particular portion of the mass, which attracted Her Majesty's attention, and produced not only a gracious acknowledgement, but a smile-for conspicuous by his strength of lungs, woolly crop, and herculean proportions was to be seen among them the "coloured" commissionaire of the Hotel des Bains, a retired British "man-o'war's-man," of 28 years' service. At a quarter-past two the royal cortège left the quay. Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians occupied the back seat of an open carriage. Opposite them sat the Queen of the Belgians and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Majesty looked in even better health than when she embarked at Treport last Thursday morning. Prince Albert also looked well, and all in excellent spirits. Throughout the whole line of march the Queen was saluted with the most rapturous cheering, and acknowledged it with that grace, kindness, and dignity which it is needless to describe. It is not necessary to name Her Majesty's suite. Among the distinguished persons who were in attendance on their Majesties of Belgium to receive our beloved Sovereign were General Goblet, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Count d'Aerschoot, Grand Marshal of the Palace; M. Conway, Intendant of the Civil List; the Burgomaster, M. Serruys; the Consuls of Great Britain and the United States, the Sheriffs (Eschevins), the Town Council (or Aldermen), several general and other officers of distinction, and a considerable number of elegantly dressed ladies. The entire populace was abroad, and displayed as much enthusiasm as a similar number of the most loyal and affectionate of our Queen's own subjects could have testified.

Antwerp, Wednesday, 20th.-At half-past twelve o'clock her Majesty and Prince Albert embarked on board the royal yacht on their return to England. The King and Queen of the Belgians accompanied Her Majesty on board, and proceeded with her about twelve miles down the Scheldt, as far as the fortress of Lievekens Hoek, opposite Lillo, a small fortified town on the right bank of the river. Here one of His Majesty's royal barges was in waiting to convey their Majesties on shore. At the landing-place at Lievekens Hoek, a very elegant little pavilion was erected for their Majesties' accommodation. The fortress of Lillo, and the gun-boats abreast of it, saluted Her Majesty as she proceeded.

As the royal yacht passed Batch, the first town on the frontier of Holland, the guns of the fort fired a royal salute. The Cyclops, Tartarus, and the other steamers forming the royal squadron, immediately hoisted the Dutch colours along with the English.

When Her Majesty arrived off Flushing, the forts saluted, and a Dutch frigate lying in the roads manned her yards and fired a royal salute. The fort of Bruschoes, on the opposite side of the river, also saluted.

The royal yacht then shaped her course towards Margate Road, where she brought up for a few hours during the night, waiting the flood tide, there not being sufficient water to enable her to pass the flats.

Woolwich, Thursday.-About eight o'clock, A.M., the Blazer steam-vessel, Capt. Washington, arrived opposite the Dockyard, having been dispatched with the intelligence that her Majesty intended to embark at Antwerp, to which place the royal squadron had been ordered to proceed from Ostend, and that Her Majesty might be expected in an hour or two.

At a quarter before eleven o'clock, the royal steam yacht was brought to her moorings, opposite the Dockyard, and Her Majesty appeared on deck, under an awning, in conversation with Prince Albert, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Liver

pool, Admirals Sir W. Gage and Sir G. Seymour, who had proceeded alongside in the Admiralty barge, inmediately went on board. Afterwards Her Majesty descended the companion ladder into the Admiralty barge, followed by Prince Albert, Lady Canning, and Miss Hamilton. Lord Aberdeen, Lord Liverpool, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and Admiral Sir G. Seymour, entered the barge; and the Royal party were steered to the shore by Admiral Sir W. Gage, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of thousands.

Her Majesty was received at the bottom of the steps of the landing-place by Captain Sir F. Collier, and other distinguished Naval and Military Officers.

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THE SLAVE TRADE.

THE Portuguese schooner of 44 tons the Esperanza, has been condemned by the Mixed Commission Court, and broken up for sale, agreeably to our treaty with Portugal. Her instructions contain a tale of horror, requiring no varnishing to render it a romance. She was commissioned for the Coast of Africa, for the Mozambique, and with a crew of ten men, and provisions for fifteen days (!!!) was to take in 220 slaves, or if small bales, so the slaves are termed, 250! and easily packed, in a space of (what? gracious God!) the hold of a vessel of 44 tons, with a height of thirty-two inches,-ay INCHES! between the slave, or under, and the upper deck. Manacles and chains were on board to the number of 900 for another cargo. And with provisions for fifteen days was this frightful freight, this cargo of human misery, to cross the wide Atlantic, to traverse at a bird's flight nearly 4000 miles.

Suppose calms, or adverse winds, or storms occurred; suppose the voyage was delayed for twenty days, to no port dare the slave-ship run; from no vessel dare she seek for assistance; 250 human beings, without water or food, crammed into a space not high enough to sleep when lying down in one position for twenty days and nights, in a hold fetid with their own filth, without ventilation, with a putrid and foul atmosphere on a deck thirty-two inches from the ceiling. Can any fiction, any romance portray what might have been the bitter agony-the tortures of these Africans?

A slave can be purchased for ten bars of baft, or ten pieces of blue clothsay twenty shillings, and will fetch at Brazils 480 dollars, or often 1207.; the immense profit renders the slave traders regardless of human life, one slave in every ten, if brought to Cuba or Brazils, yields an ample return; and anxious as our cruisers are to check this wretched traffic, the western coast of Africa is too vast and extensive for the fleet employed to watch it.-Naval & Military

Gazette.

EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON.-Extract from the log-book of the brig Parssboro', at Belfast, from Barbadoes, 2nd instant :-" In lat. 23° 50′ N,, long. 32° 40', Cape de Verd Island bearing S.E., distant 590 miles, the appearance of a heavy squall rising in the S.E. direction. Half-past six P.M., lightning, thunder, and the squall approaching nearer. At thirty minutes past-six P.M., the sun, about fifteen degrees above the western horizon, became overcast with peculiar looking clouds, and every appearance of an approaching storm, I consequently shortened sail, although the barometer did not indicate anything serious. At eight P.M., the wind became very variable, from N.E. to S.W. every ten or fifteen minutes alternately, for two hours. There was a fall of rain, when the heaviest of the squall was on the zenith. At midnight it had all passed to the S. W., and the wind resumed its former place again, (east). At daylight