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Qtrsaur VIerourA has this week paid her long-expected visit to Ireland, in company with Prince Albert and their two young sons, the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. As we have already stated, her Majesty started from the Isle of Wight in the Elfin, on Saturday, and passed across to Southampton ; the sea in the roads being so rough that it broke over the deck of the tiny vessel several times. The municipal authorities wished to present an address; but as no Minister of State was with the Queen she could not personally receive it. But there were other signs of loyalty : the platform-guns fired a royal salute, and the ships of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and an American brig, dressed on the occasion.
At Southampton her Majesty took the railway ; - passing on to Basing- stoke, and there shifting on to the Great Western line ; thence by Read- ing to Leamington. Here the two great companies had made ample pre- parations for the transitory visit of the Queen : her pathway from one gauge to the other lay over a carpet of scarlet cloth, and betwee nexotics of the choicest kind. From Leamington the train proceeded to Tam- worth; where luncheon was served. At a quarter to seven in the evening the Royal party were landed on the platform at Holyhead. Here the quay was spanned by a triumphal arch, flags fluttered from the houses and from the vessels in the old harbour, a guard of Chester Pen- sioners awaited the coming of the Queen, and the people cheered lustily. A clear passage was kept from the train to the Victoria and Albert : as soon as her Majesty was on board, the squadron fired a salute and manned the yards. As Lord Granville had joined the Court in its progress, the Queen could now receive addresses; and two were presented, one from the county of Anglesea, the other from Holyhead. The Royal yacht then steamed out into the new dock, and lay-to until Monday. During their stay at Holyhead, on Sunday, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princes, visited the South Stack Lighthouse and the stone-quar- ries. It is remarked that, on her return, an ordinary seaman handed the Queen into the boat. In the afternoon, the weather, which had been boisterous, cleared up, and numerous boats hovered round the squadron, while crowds of people gathered on the piers. On Monday morning as early as half-past two, the squadron got under weigh, and steamed out into the Irish Channel, for Dublin Bay.
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