The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-06 00:00:00

) ,t • • - . ~~ , \ • SHEFFIELD ANDCO MANCHESTER RAILWAY MPANY. The half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of this Railway was held at the Cutler's Hall , Sheffield, nit Wednesday noon, when, in the absence of the chairman and hair. deputy chairman, Michael Ellison , Esq., wa s called to the c Mr. Stevenson read the notice convening the meeting, and the seal was affixed to the register of the proprietory. Mr. Stevenson then read the report of the directors and the engineer. Mr. T. A. Ward moved that the reports be approved and printed. He took it for granted that this was a technical motion, and would not be considered as pledging the meeting to every particular proposal contained in the reports. Upon some of these, there might be a difference of opinion, and he thought they should be left open to future discussion. The Chairman thought that if the motion was carried, it would be such a sanction of the general views of the directors, on the subjects mentioned in the report, that they would feel justified in carrying them into effect. Mr. Ward thought that the proposed Junction Line was a subject worthy of discussion, before it was adopted. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion. Mr. Spencer said, it appeared a great number of shares were to be forfeited, as many had been before, and he wished to know before this was done, whose those shares had been originally. He had reason to suppose that some of them might belong to directors themselves. And if they were thus making their escape, it was not fair of the shareholders w ho had been compelled to pay up to the whole number of their shares as best they could. He thought that if any of the directors had transferred their shares to A, B, C, or D, men of straw, who never could or meant to pay, and were then getting those shares forfeited, they stood in a different position from what, as gentlemen, they should. With re gard, also, to going again to parliament. they might repeat that operation till they found their expenditure consisting chiefly of parliamentary expenses. Objecting, therefore, to this, and to the forfeiture of the shares, he moved as an amendment, that the accounts and reports be received (not adopted.) Mr. E. Unwin seconded the amendment. The Chairman thought that Mr. Spencer's purpose would not be answered by his amendment, for the reception of the report would settle the question, so far as the forfeited shares went. As to the parties to whom the shares originally be longed, the directors could not give that information, unless called for by a majority of the meeting. With regard to what the directors might have done with their shares, he could only answer for himself. He knew that none of his were for feited, and be was sorry to tell them so. At the first meet ing at which shares were forfeited, the names were published, which exposed the directors to considerable animadversion. They were told that it was not usual with other companies, and ought not to have been done by them. Of course, there fore, the directors could not give the information which Mr. Spencer required, unless it were drawn from them. Mr. Kenyon Parker suggested an alteration of the form of the resolution, as follows :—" That the reports now read be received and approved." Mr. E. Unwin had seconded the amendment, because he did not approve of going to parliament again. They had been once too often. Mr. Ironside supported the resolution, but wished for an explanation of a statement he had seen as to the coaches running between Ashton and Manchester, in competition with this company. He saw in the accounts that £3OO had been received from Mr. Thomson's sureties ; but as the de falcations arising from Thomson's misdeeds was £lOBO, he thought the directors could not have seen this item, or they would have paid the money out of the allowance made to them. He merely threw this out as a hint. (Laughter.) He asked whether Mr. Peet, the accountant, was a share• holder ? (No.) He should have felt more confidence had Mr. Unwin been employed, and he thought it would have given more confidence to the Sheffield shareholders gene rally. The Chairman thought he had information enough to answer the question put by Mr. Ironside. There had no doubt been a considerable falling off in the traffic, of which one cause was the disturbed state of the district. At one time, the mob had completely stopped the traffic for some hours, and that becoming known to the public, had no doubt had a bad effect. Some of the falling-off arose from the coach opposition between Manchester and Ashton. He could not understand it, for he had been of opinion that coaching had no chance of contending with traffic by rail way. He thought it was an unfortunate circumstance that the fares on the railway had been raised a trifling sum, which had served as a pretext for putting stage-coaches upon the road, and since that time the traffic had been rather fallings off. Whether it would be more wise to return to the first table of fares, required serious consideration. It might not always be advisable, in the first instance, to increase fares, but when or.ce done, it was awkward to go back again, for such a course was liable to bring directors into disrepute. He hoped, however, that the asking of the question would be of use. Then as to the accountant. Gentlemen were aware that the principal office for the business of the com pany was at Manchester, and it had been thought advisable that instead of a shareholder, some person unconnected with the directors or shareholders should audit the accounts. Messrs. Peet and Hobson had been recommended to the directors as at the head of their profession, in Manchester, as men of high character and reputation; and the directors, therefore, had thought it right to employ them, having no feeling in the matter but a wish that the accounts should be thoroughly investigated. In regard to the defalcation of Thomson, he made no question that the directors were in a great degree culpable. It certainly implied a want of vigi lance to allow a man to be guilty of a fraud, and not have sufficient security to cover what he had done. He did not know what might be the feeling of the directors about sup plying the deficiency from their own resources, but for his part, he had no sort of objection to it. Several directors explained, that the loss arose from no negligence on the part of the board, but from forgeries com mitted by Thomson. Mr. Kenyon Parker was sure the directors would be in clined to make good the loss, if it arose from any remissness of their own. But as Mr. Sykes truly remarked, the direc tors could not guard against forgery, if a man were so far abandoned as to forge documents, and so involve the company. He was sure, therefore,Mr.lronside must have been dealing in irony when he made that allusion, or he did not know that the defalcation arose from forgeries. lie, as an •individual, was satisfied that the directors had given their best attention to the affairs of the company. They had been placed in a difficult position, and exposed to opposition of a violent, he might almost say, virulent kind. Mr. Appleby said, it was impossible that any body of directors could take precautions so as to prevent suck disho nest practices as Thomson had been guilty of. As a director, he had had on several occasions to examine and pass accounts, and he had. also to appear as a witness at Liverpool in relation Intone of the forged documents which had passed under his notice. Theimitation wasso perfect that he did not discover the forgery, for of course he had no suspicion of such a thing being done. He thought it could hardly be expected that the directors should be answerable for a fraud committed by such means. Mr. W. Jackson supported the resolution. He thought the publication of the names desired by Mr. Spencer would do harm, but no good. He thought one of the greatest ad vantages of this company was its poverty—(hear, hear)—as the greatest misfortune of a neighbouring undertaking has been its wealth. He wished to know what the branch to Ashton would cost ? And did they anticipate opposition ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the estimate of cost was £50,000. They expected the assistance of Lord Stamford, who was the person most interested, but if he opposed, they must abandon it. Mr. Jackson said it appeared to be a sine qua non to the success of railways, that they should go to the large towns, and as the main line could not go to Ashton, it was most important to have a connexion with it. He asked if it might not be accomplished without going to Parliament? Mr. Turner replied, that would not be possible, because the line would go through the outskirts of Ashton, and so pass through many small properties. Mr. Jackson thought, if they had to go again to parlia ment, they should consider the expediency of reducing the number of directors. The Chairman said they should be obliged to go again to parliament, whether they wanted to borrow money or not, for an extension of time; for within the period prescribed by the act, they could not complete the undertaking. He agreed as to the number of directors, that large bodies were unmanageable, and that eight directors would be better than sixteen. He had always thought sixteen too many. The shareholders would be aware that aline to Ashton and Staly bridge was originally contemplated as part of the undertaking; but in consequence of the capital not being sufficient, that part of the line was abandoned. But the line as then pro posed would have been very expensive. By taking the di rection now proposed, it would be much less expensive, and it would form a most valuable adjunct to the line. if it could be carried, and the directors would use their best ex ertions to accomplish it, it would be a source-of considerable traffic. They would then hear of no coaches from Ashton competing with the line. The line was now nearly a mile from the centre of Ashton ; and when persons were on the coach, they would often think they might as well go forward by it for so short a distance as to Manchester as change to the railway. A Shareholder inquired if the proposed branch would go to Staleybridge ? Mr. Tamer replied, it would go to the centre of Staley bridge and skirt Ashton. A Shareholder hearing that the third class carriages of the company had no seats, was of opinion, that to supply them with seats would be an inducement to passengers to go by the railway rather than by coaches. Mr. Turner said, the distance was so short, he did not think it would make any difference. The Chairman said it was quite right that the third-class Passengers should have sufficient accommodation, but if they were made too comfortable, none would travel in the second class, It was to be remembered, that there was no night travelling on this line. T . A. Ward said that the line to Ashton, as origi nal now •ir e r ic o eci sed, was to cost .f. 300,000, but the estimate was The Cs a tt e count for an • inspection of the plans would ac through mht Zfference. The former proposal was to go mr. Wara saw' line now proposed would only skirt it. borrowing, or 4° 4 . was it proposed to raise the money by be £lOO shares, o ll r iokia nsf ti esnilarote:b?aranead?if the latter, were they to Mr. Stevenson would prevent their bor r owing, . the standing orders of parliament by subscription of :wing, unless they first raised money t h e ir market value at the r t s i eo they could issue shares only at The Chairman said, u s : se ri : os _ not yet been determined upon 12 7 of raising the money had wota rlie directors. the shares rose in value, the mone y would be difficult to raise it. easily be raised. If not, it Mr. Ingleson asked how was it th em when they understoohad been made before) o many shares d all forfeitures for forfeiture, H ow was it that e - re a r r e e a s d ? y for forfeiture that were intended only £l6 each had been paid on these ,but the directors o said that all that s e v The Chairman were forfeited at the former meet•ng, could not say that those were all that would b e These shares had paid on the average only each t , forfeited. the directors. with all their efforts, had been unable because to get any more. Mr. Unwin was sorry that Mr. Ironside had named - s ,_ in connection with the auditing of the accounts. He hi m quite satisfied with the accounts. Mr. Ironside said, the directors of some of the companies were playing such pranks as would furnish the government with a pretext for taking the railways into their own hands. At present, it appeared the borough of Sheffield was robbed of a quarter of an hour in the depart u re of the mails , just because there was a dispute between the Post-office and the directors, about the conveyance of the mail to Masbro'. He hoped the third-class carriages would be pnt on a bettar footing , for he did not like to see human beings conveyed like pigs in a pen. On the French railways, there were no carriages so bad even as our second class. The worst of them had cushioned seats, and could be closed air. II e again asked for an explanation about the No. 1 shaft. Mr. •htz, the engineer, said the sinking of t hat shaft would enable them to finish the driftway in four months, instead of ten. There ws, a valuable s tone quarry near its mouth, an d the shafts would he very useful in lowering stone and other material for the progress of the works. Mr. Turner sa it would give th ree would have the further advantage, that larged instead of one e. faces at which the tunnel might be en- Mr . Spencer said, Mr Jackson • the company was one of,ii had said, the poverty of of the same opinion. 11 :advantages, and he had once been forfeited, and buying themtWhen persons, by getting shares interest on £B2 10s., it walitegain at £32s. 10d. could get the names of original owner'sit o rp t t it temptation. If they had should probably find that this had be en shares, they done. If this was not true, he challenged proof to the contrary. If tree, he \ i ~. did not know how those who had done so stood in their own minds. He thought, considering the great burden of the station-toll on third-class passengers for short distances, they - should see if the Manchester and Birmingham Company would not be contented with something less. He recom me aded that in their carriages the directors should take pat tern by the Manchester and Liverpool. Mr. Appleby thought Mr. Spencer's first remark required some reply. He could scarcely comprehend it; but Mr. Spencer seemed to insinuate that some of the directors had got rid of shares by forfeiture, and then bought shares at 1.32 10s. to receive interest on £B2 les. if that were the insinuation, Mr. Spencer might be assured it was not the case. No interest was paid on any shares, but such as had paid up £B2 10s. The Chairman said, the charge did not appear to apply to the directors collectively, and therefore he could only say for himself, individually, that it did not apply to hiin. Mr. Turner said, as the sweeping charge of Mr. Spencer must go forth to the public, conveying the imputation that some of the directors had made an improper use of the power they possessed, he deemed it due to himself to state, that he had not sold any shares, and the shares he had, he had taken at par. He made a contract with the company to take shares for his land; but between that time arid the time when his land was required, the shares fell to 50 per cent. discount, yet still he took them at par. The amendment was then put and negatived, and the ori ginal resolution, that the report be received and adopted, was put and carried. Mr. Kenyon Parker then moved that the accounts be ap proved and distributed among the shareholders. Mr. Ironside seconded the motion. Mr. Collier wished to know to what extent the portion of the line now open was productive, for he understood there were some outstanding accounts connected with the traffic expenses that would reduce the balance. The Chairman said, the directors did not wish to be un derstood that the seven miles of the line now open could be very profitable. It was not likely that it should be so. Many of the expenses were the same for a seven miles traffic as they would be for fourteen. The present balance would be reduced to the extent of several hundred pounds by outstanding claims. Mr. Turner said, some of the traffic expenses had been considerably reduced. At first, owing to the newness and stiffness of their machinery, they consumed thirty pounds of coke per mile. It was now reduced to 221 pounds, and they expected a further reduction. The Chairman said that the station tolls payable to the Manchester and Birmingham Company took the greater portion of the receipts for the third class passengers, for short distances. But the tolls would form a smaller propor tion of the longer traffic. They had paid in station tolls £1774. Mr. Spencer thought the Manchester and Birmingham Company might make some abatement in the tolls on third class passengers, considering the competition to which this company was exposed. The said that every effort had been made to pro cure a mitigation of the tolls; but the Manchester and Bir mingham company would not take less than the law gave them. Mr. W. Jackson observed, that the passenger duty had amounted to ten per cent. on the receipts; but the new mode of levying the duty would reduce that one half. He hoped that, in future reports, the directors would state the number of passengers ofeach class, and the revenue from each. The Chairman intimated that this should be done. Mr. Chapman, a director, in allusion to the remarks of Mr. Spencer, delared that he had now the shares as he had from the first. The adoption of the accounts was then put and carried. Mr. S. Butcher moved, and Mr. Hovland seconded the confirmation of the forfeiture declared by the directors of 1419 shares. Mr. Ironsides was ignorant whether there was anything in Mr. Spencer's charge, but thought the directors should wash their hands of it, and stand right at the bar of public opinion. Mr. Thorneley said he had ten shares at first, and held them still. The motion was carried. The bye-laws of the company having been sanctioned by the Board of Trade, were then confirmed, and ordered to be sealed. The laws relating to passengers, it was stated, were posted at the stations, and each servant of the company had a book containing the laws relating to them. Mr. Spencer then moved the company views with regret, the issue of shares at a discount of £5O each, and to prevent such issue in future, that no shares be issued at a discount, unless by the sanction of a special or general meeting. The Chairman thought the proper time for this motion was gone by. The proprietors might be sure the directors would issue the shares on the best terms they could ; but they were bound to provide the means to carry on the works. They were engaged in heavy liabilities, which must be met, and it would be a great misfortune if that could not be done. The shares might first be offered to the shareholders, and if they were disposed to take them up at a high rate, of course the directors could have no objection. The motion, for want of a seconder, fell to the ground. Mr. Kenyon Parker then moved, and Mr. S. Butcher seconded, a vote of thanks to the Chairman.—Carried unani mously. The Chairman said he was obliged to the meeting for deeming his services worthy of thanks. He assured them he was greatly interested in the undertaking—more largely than he could wish, as a shareholder, and if he had a fair opportunity to get quit of some of his shares, he should have been glad. But he had kept them at great inconvenience to himself, because he was determined to be ❑o party to any thing that might prejudice the undertaking. He was also interested in it as belonging to this town, and as connected with a nobleman who had immense property here. He was convinced this railway would he one of the best things for this town, and he should devote himself as much as he could to bringing it to a successful issue. He hoped that, notwith standing all the discouraging circumstances, they might shortly meet to celebrate the opening of the line. The meeting concluded about two o'clock. \, " \' \ .~ ,: Y MISCELLANEOUS. \, Two LIVES LOST.—At a very early hour on Monday morning two gentlemen left London for the purpose of pro ceeding to Woolwich to witness the departure of her Majesty for Scotland ; but, melancholy to relate, in passing through the Pool the nose of the boat struck against a barge near the entrance of the London-docks, and in an instant went down, Two men in a colliery witnessed the occurrence, and instan ty got into a boat, and rowed to the spot, but were too late to render any assistance. Their names were Lloyd and Free mantle, the former was in his 26th year, and was on the point of marriage with a daughter of a wealthy merchant in the city. The bodies have not yet been found. Mr. Freemantle was 30 years of age, and had a large scar in the palm of his hand. About three weeks since a labourer of Thorncombe, in Devon, near to Chard, went to the Union to apply for relief ; he was told that he must either go in the Union-house or provide for himself. He urged that he had brought up a large family, that he was become old, and that rather than go into a union workhouse he would hang himself. But all in vain, the guardians would give no relief. The applicant left : he was missed from that time by his friends, and on Sunday Morning last he was found in a plantation belonging to Mr. Gwynne, at Ford Abbey. His head was swinging by a cord with which he had hanged himself : the body had separated from the head, and fallen on the ground. The hands and other extremities were devoured, it is said by dogs or foxes. A coffin was procured, and the remains of the wretched man were placed into it. An inquest was to have been held on Tuesday, by Mr. Aberdein, coroner for Devon. According to a statement published by the Sentinelle de l' Arm6e, the garrison of Paris, and of the banlieu within a distance of ten leagues, consisted of 54 batallions of infantry, thirty squadrons of cavalry, a regiment of artillery, six com panies of engineers, four companies of veterans, and a squad ron of the waggon-train. " If we add these troops," observes the Commerce, " the gendarmerie of the Seine, the municipal guards, and the firemen, these united forces will present a total number of 65,000 men ; and nevertheless, we are living in a state ofpeace, at any price. MODENA.—Miss Clara Novello, the pupil of that able professor, the Chevalier Micheroux, has obtained great success at this place. The night of her benefit, before her departure for Bologna, was of the most brilliant kind. A crowd assembled under her windows, manifesting their en thusiasm by shouts and acclamations. and by throwing her large bouquets of flowers. This young singer seems destined to a brilliant career.—Musical Review. LAUSANNE.—The Helvetic Musical Society have given, in the great Cathedral of Lausanne, one of those Concerts which make a lasting impression on the memory. Rossini's Stabat Mater was performed by seven hundred singers, with perfect precision. A symphony of Beethoven had been previously executed. The second part consisted of Men delssohn's Oratorio of St. Paul. This superb work was received with transport. Among the solo-singers were Mesdames Gaugler, Maschek. Gaulier, Saladin ; Messrs. Mengis, Valloton, and Heller. FOUR BOYS SUFFOCATED.—On Thursday morning number of boys, who had run away from St. Pancras Work house, were found on the kilns in Rhodes' brick-fields, Cam den Town; three were quite dead and a fourth died soon after being removed from the kiln. The remainder recovered. On Friday an inquest was held on two of the bodies. The Coroner remarked, " Another most singular circumstance was the extraordinary appearance of the two bodies just viewed by the jury. Here were two boys dying from pre cisely the same cause, yet one .presented the extremely livid and congested appearance usual in persons who died from suffocation ; whilst the skin of the other was quite the con trary, and so pallied that no medical man in the kingdom would believe he had died other than a natural death." RIOTING AT WEST BROMWICII.—On Friday morning, at nine o'clock, four or five hundred colliers came from Dud ley, Sedgeley, and other places, and many of them having sticks in their hands went to Mr. Gilbert's pit, at Gold-hill, and commenced an attack upon the men who were at work, and broke some of the tools. The police and special consta bles arrived, but they were unable to suppress the rioters, who stoned and otherwise ill-treated them. Mr. Dawks, jun., special constable, was badly injured. The-Cavalry were sent for, and on their arrival the mob fled and took to the canal, into which upwards of 50 plunged themselves in order to escape. Two of these unfortunate men were drowned, and it is thought a third lies under a boat. Thirteen were captured and taken before Lord Dartmouth, and committed to Stafford Gaol. The place is tranquil, but strongly guard ed. The men were all strangers from Dudley, s e d g d y, Brockmere, and the surrounding c ountr y. A riot was at tempted at Oldbury, but prevented in good time and no mis chief done. HINTS TO BAKERS.—It appears from accurate calcula tions, founded on experience of many ages of the " assize" of Paris, that 283 lbs. of flour will give 363 lbs. of bread. The expense of baking the French Government estimates at 7s. the sack. Now, if this is found to be a fair allowance at Paris, it must be a liberal allowance here, where fuel is one third the price ; and, besides, every one knows that, in the manufacture of bread, the bakers here use, we do not say blameably, a considerable proportion of potato and other cheaper flour. If, therefore, we divide the 363 lbs., we shall have a fraction less than tenpence halfpenny as a fair price for seven pounds of the very best bread or about fivepence farthing for the loaf now usually sold for sevenpence, show ing, supposing weight and composition of the loaf to be per fectly honest, an exhorbitant profit of full thirty-three per ' cent .— J o urnal. —( On the subject of this profit " a far mer who " has addressed a letter to the Morning Herald, from Whitechurch, Hants, makes the followinr , statement On Thursday las n t a l r s t old at' Newbury market 20 quarters of wheat , engage that a sack, or four bushels, of this whe a t s h a l l pro du n d. s pme ogood ea 113 0 g.al flour,gallons, nf e sq bread, u b al u t t o th b y 1 by the additi on o f water, it would t which is n ow selling here at g cal culating by the price of flour alone, the sack of wheat, when I, the grower, receiveoy2to the converted into flour is charged public 365. 3d., where asmiller and baker on four n7s" so that the profit of the g, eonsequentbie third of the value ! The bran bushels is 9s. 3d., or more than one tril)ollard is always allowed to .of which e h e i xpense of baking alone pay for grinding , bakehouse driving i d n r t i l v t i e n c s ou a n f t a r i y r is to be deducted, the charge is ld. per gallon, but in a regular half that price is sufficient to allow.) BREVITIES.--" This must be looked into," as Sammy said to his father's watch when he heard it tick.-_.. young particularly uneasy on this point," as he men taken in and done for," as the shark said to the ship' - i - d wh"enrnithe young gentleman stuck him on the end of flyere crew. a needle.-" yon can't come too often," as the h ac k ney _ coachman said to th e thunder-storm. " Come, get up, it's time to rise,"as Baron Rothschild said to the Spanish funds. STATISTICS OP DISSENT. A little work under the title of " Statistics of Dissent in England and Wales, from dissenti ng - authorities ; proving the inefficiency of the voluntary pri nc ipl e t o m eet the spiritual wants of the nation," has just been published by Mr. Painter, of the Strand, London. For many years' not only has the voluntary system been vaunted as the sole right principle for supplying the spiritual wants of the people, but the. num ber and importance of the people who put. forward this dogma have been so grossly exaggerated, and dissenters have been so clamorous and vituperative, that many of the less inquir ing portion of the community are beginning to think them a numerous body. For the purpose of ascertaining who these dissenters are, and whether they are able to provide for the religious requirements of the people, is the object of this publication; and to afford an idea of how the questions are answered, we give the " statistics" for Lancashire and Cheshire, as locally interesting to our readers, and refer them for further information to the work itself, which at the pre sent day is valuable and important. LANCASHIRE. Lancashire is so large and so populous a county, that everything belonging to it is necessarily on a great and splendid scale. Thus at Liverpool there are seventeen dissenting places of worship, including those of the Welsh Methodists ; at Manchester there are ten also, including a Welsh chapel. At Blackburn, Bolton, Chorley, Darwin, Hindley, Horwick, Preston, Warrington, Wigan, and Wymond Houses, there are two dissenting meeting-houses in each town; whilst at Bury and Oldham there are four each, and at Salford three. The total number of dissenting meeting-houses in Lancashire is 138. At first sight this appears to present an aspect of a most successful character, but we must go into the details of Lancashire dissent, and we shall then find it less flourishing. The county of Lancashire covers an area of 1,766 square miles ; it contains 499 parishes townships, &c. ; it has 289,166 inhabited houses, and the enormous number of 23,604 uninhabited, besides 3,831 erecting ; and it contains a population of 1,667,064, being 90,000 souls more than in in Middlesex, including the metropolis. Dissent un doubtedly existed in the seventeenth century in Lancashire, but only at Darwin and Oldham. During the eighteenth century only thirty meeting-houses were built ; whilst the nineteenth century, since the great increase of manufacturers and of a poor manufacturing population, has witnessed the erection of 106 dissenting places of worshirt. Of these, ten ' have been built within the last five years. " The Lancashire Congregational Union (says its histo rian) is among the oldest and most efficient county associa tions in the kingdom. It was first organised at Bolton, in June, 1786; but - it took its present name and form at Man chester, in September, 1806. Since that period twenty-one churches (read meeting-houses) have been assisted, which are now contributing to its support, and aiding the general progress of religion in the world. It has at the present time about one hundred and fifty stations and out-stations, at which there are about 1,200 communicants, and not less than 10,000 hearers. It enjoys the services of about 900 Sunday school teachers, who instruct more than 6,000 scholars. The county is divided into four districts, Liverpool, Preston, Blackburn, and 'Manchester, to each of which arc local officers. Richard Roberts Esq., of Manchester, is the general treasurer, and the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, the secretary. Its income for 1839 was £1,522 17s. 2d. In accounting for the remarkable progress of Independency in Lancashire, the seminary first established by R. Spear, Esq., at Manchester, and afterwards continued at Blackburn, under Dr. Fletcher, Mr. 'Wardlaw, &c., should not he for gotten. "The Lancashire Independent College' is now rising at Withington, within three miles of Manchester, which will cost £25,000, nearly four-fifths of which sum have been already subscribed !" Thus writes the chronicler of Dissent, who has been assisted by " A Brief History of the Rise and Progress of the Lancashire Congregational Union," by Mr. Slate. Un doubtedly these sums look large when compared to those raised in other counties, but when £1,522 17s. 2d. are sub scribed by 138 congregations, it is easy to see that on an average each congregation only subscribes £ll 10s. The wealth of some of the dissenting manufacturers in Lancashire is also indubitable ; and it is a fact that the strongholds of Wesleyan Methodism and . Romanism are also in this county. The Methodists at Manchester and its environs were the first to set the example of raising the enormous funds collected at the centenary meetings. Nor are the funds in the Church of England in Lancashire a whit behind-hand in their noble and pious support of our national Protestant Episcopal Church. The efforts which have been made, and are still making in Liverpool and Manchester, are worthy of this noble county. The county of Lancaster contains some of the most cele brated of the dissenting ministers of the present day, though there are no less than forty-two meeting-houses without pastors, and twelve only supplied with beardless students. Thus, out of 138 Lancashire meeting-houses, only 84 have pastors. This is a decisive and unanswerable proof, not withstanding the eulogies pronounced on the Lancashire Indenendents by their historian, that Independency, though very prosperous in the large towns and cities, is at a dis count in the less populate and rural districts. Of the truth of this statement there cannot be a better proof than this—that at Blackburn, Bolton, Bury, Chorley, Darwin, Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, Oldham, and Preston, out of 48 ministers and meeting-houses, there are but seven without pastors. Whilst at small places, such as Belham, Blakeley, Belthorn, Golborne, Middleton, Patricroft, and 'Wharton, where the congregations can raise but small sala ries for their ministers, they are all vacant. At Belmont, Droylsden, Four-lane Ends, Great Harwood, Heaton Mersey, Harporley, Huyton, Ramsgrove, Todmorden, and Wymond Houses, the dissenters do not even think of having fixed pastors, but are taught by itinerants, or by students. And these facts alone ought to open the eyes of dissenters them selves to the truth, that the voluntary principle never would, and never could, supply the whole of this country with the means of Christian worship ; since, at the present moment, thousands of districts are wholly neglected by dissent, and thousands of others are most imperfectly supplied. Indeed, this seems to have been partly felt by the mem bers of the Lancashire Dissenting Union, for the report of that society for 1840 concludes as follows : " We have been niggard and scanty in the supply of those means which the great end we have proposed to ourselves, viz., the evangelisation of the county, required, in order to its accomplishment : and the work has been impeded, and the efforts of the workmen, in various ways and instances, curtailed and crippled by our parsimony. We are challenged to show to the world that the voluntary principle in religion is, of itself, sufficiently powerful and expansive to furnish the means of the world's conversion. Let us do this first within the limits of our own county—for if we fail in this, what ground of hope is there for the world ?" The report of the same " Union" for 1841 thus opens : " It is always with mingled feelings that we proceed to the discharge of the duty which thus annually devolves upon us, of reporting the state of the several stations and itinerancies. There is so much over which to mourn, mingled with that which ought to awaken gratitude and joy, that we scarcely know whether to employ the language_ of congratulation or condolence—whether to er ec t t h e Ebenezer or utter the lamentation—whether to thank God and take courage,' or, with emotions verging on despondency, to say; who hath believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?' " A correspondent has transmitted to the Gazette some ob servations on Congregationalism in Lancashire, compiled from Slate's " History of the Lancashire Congregational Union." The following table is not without interest : Population, 1841. Average Congregation. Proportion per Cent Members. wit- C.~U~OO CAD CA: CA.2 44.Dk0A4+;.4.0-• cz C: , cp ,c-1c fs I Sunday Scholars in Attendance. _ . _.... 47 , .. I ( s \ ?; " I Proportion per Cent. "c 5 I c. ,, ca , — I Teachers. ND c, OD c:.— C, CCIC.—,4 4 . ' 8 I of. ... .--, bD I Aggregate. c") WI -- 1 .c. g=... c... 1 c,s , 1 I - ND ..i... I CI , .-;-..1 :7= -• •• I _ Independent. 'a' 0 i' ° P te., I ..,,,,,,, [ Vacant, or variously supplied. o ti I '4 t'Z' -I ,D I Aided by the Union. Abandoned or closed. e, 0 rc 5 .4:. i t.D•—: ~.. I Passed into other hands. Expenditure of the Union £1769 4 9 Balance due to the Treasurer lB3 9 21- Of the 103 " churches," two are in Cheshire, three in Westmoreland, two in Yorkshire ; leaving ninety-six to Lancashire. Of the forty-nine cases aided by the Union in 1840, there were fifteen cases of acknowledged increase, six teen of decrease, and sixteen despondency ; —in 1841 they may be classed as ten cases of increase, nine decrease, four despondency, and twenty-six stationary. The only daily school noticed is " given up ;" as is also one of the two infant schools. It may be well to state, that in these districts the Established Church has recently raised forty-five Sunday and daily schools, and thirty-five new churches. Dissent has also licensed thirteen meeting-houses for marriages, and the Establishment twenty-two churches and chapels. We shall now proceed to our calculation with respect to the accommodation afforded by dissenters to the whole of the population in Lancashire. There are several large meet ing-houses well attended, like that of Dr. Raffles, at Liver pool. There are many others very respectably but not so numerously attended, like that of Dr. Halley in Manchester. But there is a mass of others in the rural districts scarcely frequented, and where the Church and the Wesleyan Me thodists absorb that portion of the whole population who attend at any place of worship at all. We will admit, then, that 70 of the 138 meeting-houses are attended by congrega tions averaging 400, and 68 by congregations averaging 300 each. Thus, out of a population of one million six hundred and sixty-seven thousand and sixty-four souls, the congre gational dissenters offer meeting-room to only 48,400 being a deficiency of 1,618,664 ! This is a fair and faithful account of Lancashire Dissent. So " the Church may still lift up her head, and go on her way rejoicing." CHESHIRE. This county has a population of 395,000; has 487 parishes, townships, &c. ; covers 1052 square miles ; has 73,390 in habited houses ; and has 37 congregational meeting-houses. Of these 37, there. are two at Macclesfield and three at Stockport. Some of the meeting-houses in this county are very small, but we will adhere to the average of 400 per meeting-house, and we find that only 14,800 can be accommo- . dated out of a popu l at i on o f 39 5,3 0 0 ; d e fi c i ency upwards of 380,000 souls. In fact, the real deficiency is much greater ; for instead of 14,800 persons attending these 37 meeting houses, not more than 10,000 at the utmost arc ever present in them. "The Cheshire Union," in support of itinerant preaching, raises about £2OO per annum, or £6 per meeting house. It employs four agents to teach and preach over 1032 square miles and to 325,300 souls ! I Dissenterism dates as far back as 1670 in Cheshire, at a place called Tint wistle ; but though 170 years have since passed away, there are only 10,000 congregations out of 395,300 souls. There are some vacancies of pastors in the congregational places of worship, and three or four places being unable to support their ministers are connected with other "causes." Dis i sent is far from prosperous n Cheshire. • FAMILY LEMONADE. —Get a jug and run with it to the water-butt, wash out with a small quantity of aqueous fluid, and wipe dry with a clean glass-cloth. Now You may take your lemon, being careful to choose the very best you can meet with. Slice with an ordinary knife into a common plate, and throw the pieces smartly into the jug, taking care that they reach the bottom. Seize your sugar-basin, and sweeten at discretion, adding a little more when y ou think there is need of it. Take your kettle and pour your boili ng water over your lemon, stirring all the while with the haudle of a toasting-fork. Be careful not to leave off stirring until you know your sugar is dissolved, when you may sit down and wait for time to cool the refreshing beverage. Serve up in tumblers or mugs ; in default of which you may drink out of the pitcher.—Punch. THE OVERLAND INDIA MAIL. (From the Times of Saturday.) The mail from India has arrived, and we have letters and papers from our correspondents to the 19th of July. The in telligence which they communicate, although of consider able interest, is not of a striking character. The state of the war in Afighanistan continued to be the subject of warm discussion throughout India, and the most conflicting rumours were in circulation as to the decision of the Governor-General. While the opponents of the future campaign asserted that Lord Ellenborough had adopted the decision of immediately withdrawing the British troops from that country, there were others who, in the absence of all official orders, maintained that such withdrawal at this con juncture was calculated to inflict a most serious injury on the supremacy of Great Britain, and that the arrangements made by Supreme Government led rather to the infer ence, that it was intended to use the most determined mea sures for obliging the refractory Afighans to enter into satisfactory terms. Of those measures, one was the forma tion of " a large"arrihy of reserve," in the district of Sirhind, under the command of Sir Jasper Nicoll. The name given to this force, which was ordered to amount to 20,000 men, together with the locality selected for its immediate assem bling, in the neighbourhood of the Sikh country, and the appointment of the Commander-in-Chief to be its general, led to the supposition, that it was not intended merely to protect the retirement of the British troops from the banks of the Indus, but to aid their future operations in Afighan istan. — Another of those measures was the collection of beasts of burden, which were to be sent to General Pollock, who still remained with his troops at Jellalabad. A body of the Sikh troops, amounting to 7,000 men, had also arrived at Jellala bad, which position they aredescribed as anxious to maintain against the Affghans, even if the British be withdrawn. The plan for the next campaign, now in a state of prepa ration, is said to have been arranged by the Duke of Welling ton in England, and will be to the end of having not only an effective army of reserve in case of any future reverses, but at the present moment of concentrating all the troops in Affghanistan in proper positions until the opportune time arrive of a simultaneous advance on Cabul of the divisions under General Pollock from Jellallabad, and of General Nott, with his division, from Candahar. The caution and reserve with which the final determination of the Supreme Government is kept secret, and the absence of all public do cuments on the subject, bad thrown an air of mystery over the matter which was favourable to the conjectures on both sides. In the' mean time, events of varied importance have oc curred in Afghanistan. The fort of Khelat-i,Ghilzee has been evacuated in consequence of the concentration of Ge neral Nott's division at Candahar. The Affghans, however, prior to the execution of that order, attacked the former place in considerable force on the morning of the 21st of May : they were, as stated in the accounts of last month, re pulsed with considerable loss. The official despatches, pub lished by the Governor General at Allahabad on the 2d of July, represent the conduct of Captain J. H. Cragie and his troops as worthy of the higeest praise. There is also in the despatch of that officer a soldier-like simplicity of style which contrasts strongly with other highly-inflated docu- ments. Official details have been published of the attempt made by Abkar Khan, chief of Zemindawur, at the head of 3,000 men, and in conjunction with the rebel force under Prince Suftur Jung, the fourth son of Scah Soojah, and Atta. Ma homed, to take the city of Candahar by surprise during the absence of Colonel Wymer, detached with a large force into the Ghilzee province. On their appearance near the city on the 29th of May ; General Nott sallied out at the head of a number of his remaining troops, and soon routed them com pletely. Prince Jung, having been deserted by his follow ers, had subsequently surrendered himself. There were letters received from the army at Candahar, which comment strongly on the impolicy of abandoning the country, and of which some, written by persons whose opinion is of high value, maintained that the force under General Nott w-as fully adequate to advance even to the gates of Cabul. From Jellalabad accounts are conflicting of the state of the troops, some exaggerating their ,want of comforts and the prevalence of sickness. On the other side, the fact is known that, instead of retiring, General Pollock had sent out a detachment to attack some forts ten miles to the southward. Unanimity and good feeling continued to animate all the troops there, and a strong desire was exhibited for going forward to Cabal, in order to avenge their slaughtered coun trymen, and to wipe out the stain from the honour of the British Indian army. The Affghans were divided among themselves, some being eager for forming conventions and terms of amity with the British. The delays in the movement towards Cabal, since the passage of the Khyber defiles by General Pollock's force, had proved rather advantageous to Akhbar Khan, who, hav ing placed his British prisoners in safe custody at some dis tance from Cabal, proceeded to attack the Bala Hissar, in which Futteh Jung, the third son of Schah Soojah, who is looked upon as attached to the alliance with the British, had defended himself and his father's treasures with ability. The report of money being collected in the Bala Hissar roused the cupidity of Akhbar Khan and his followers ; they, therefore, laid siege to that fort, and completed a large mine under one of the bastions, which they blew up with such want of skill as to kill numbers of their own men. The Arabs, or best soldiers in the service of Futteh Jung, being alarmed for their families, of which they dreaded the slaughter from the murderous propensities of Akhbar Khan and his partisans, and terrified by the news that the British had blown up the fortifications of Klaclat-y-Ghilzee, prior to their final retreat from the country, induced their young Sovereign, however much against his will, to surrender himself, and his fort, and his treasures, to the tender mercies of the notorious Akhbar, who was afterwards said to have been appointed Vizier. This success, which was by some considered as likely to prove, ultimately, disadvanta geous to Akhbar Khan, had, at rst, excited some alarm among the friends of the British, and rendered the demand for the adoption of decided measures, within a short time, imperative. Akhbar's adherents would not, it was supposed, long adhere to him, if they had no prospect of plunder. The great cause of the past delay was said to be the want of camels, and an eager search had been instituted for those animals in the northwest of India, for the service of General Pollock's division, for it was admitted that there was no de ficiency of them in the division under General Nott. The continual outcry for thousands of camels was said by some critics to be rather a bugbear in a country where numbers of bullocks and a hardy breed cf horses can be easily procured. The conduct of the Governor-General, who maintained his own secret to the last, or only intrusted it in a strictly confidential manlier to the heads of the various departments, has given satisfaction to many, who did not hesitate to ob ject to the clamour which a few were eager to raise against the progress of the armies. The Governor-General had or dered the incorporation of the levies for Schah Soojah into the army of Bengal. The latest letters from Jellalabad, to the 26th of June, and to which our correspondent alludes in his postscript, repre sented the troops as on the best terms with the natives, who furnished all sorts of supplies. The detachment sent to the southward had received a promise of having 32,000 rupees, buried by Captain Ferris during the retreat of last year, and which the natives had discovered, made good to that officer. There were strange rumours current then among the Wal nees, near Jellalabad, one of which was, that Akhbar Khan. having been persuaded by Futteh Jung to enter the Bali Hissar, was there detained a prisoner. This fact, if it be confirmed, cannot fail to produce the most important results. The movement of General Pollock's division on to Cabul, a distance of ninety miles, was positively asserted to have been decided on. The presence of the 7000 Sikh troops at Jella labad was calculated to facilitate his progress. In the interior of India tranquillity prevailed. The dis turbances in Bundelkund, which are described as periodic, were to be put down by 5,000 men, who were ordered to oc cupy those districts after the rainy season. The inhabitants are said to be always tranquil during the presence of troops. A. measure of the Governor-General, which was exagge rated by certain parties into an attempt to reduce the salaries •of the civil servants, deserves to be noticed. It is the ap pointment of a select committee to examine into the causes of the annual increase of the civil charges in Bengal and the north-western provinces, there being nearly £1,000,000 sterling difference between 1835 and 1841. The instructions issued to the committee appear of the fairest kind. From China the intelligence reaches to the 27th of May, up to which day no movement of importance had taken place. The auxiliary or additional troops, for which the British Ple nipotentiary appeared to be waiting, had not arrived, but were hourly expected. As soon as they arrived, it was, as stated, his intention to proceed to the northward, and to begin operations in the most decided manner. According to report, the Emperor had been so much frightened at - the threatened approach of the English to Pekin that he gave his fatherly advice to his Chinese sub jects to defend themselves . a s we ll as t h ey cou ld aga i ns t th e foreign barbarians, after which he fled with his family into Tartary, the country of his ancestors. It will be curious to find China soon governed again by one of its own race under the protection of the British Queen. Sir Hugh Gough, in this account of the dispersion of the Chinese troops at Tskee, thus dereribes an attack made by Admiral Sir W. Parker on a detachment: " At the moment when the Admiral had nearly gained the height, I perceived a large body of Chinese ascending the back of the hill which was attacking, apparently ignorant of the conjoint attack, and I directed Major Gough, Deputy- Quarter-master-General, to rush forward with the Grenadiers of the 49th, supported by a battalion company, to cut off their retreat. The carnage at the foot of this hill was extraordin arily great : the 49th in the rear and the naval brigade in the front almost annihilated this body, while the remainder of the 49th pressed the retiring enemy, I cannot say his columns as the whole plain was covered with the dispersed and flying foe. The 18th and Rifles, finding that they were too late to participate in the attack on the encampment, rapidly dashed into the plain and cut off the Chinese from theironly safe re treat on the Chagki pass, lulling numbers ; and one company, under Lieutenant Bernard, followed up the pursuit for several , miles towards Ynyaun. The 26th Cameronians, having left one company to protect the guns, pressed forward into the plain and joined in the pursuit. It was eight o'clock before the force reassembled, when rye occupied the enemy's encampment, where the men found ample bedding and comforts. Sir Hugh estimates that not less than 1,000 Chinese were killed upon the field or in the pursuit and drowned in the canals. A great proportion of the mandarins fell. A number of official papers, containing details of the late proceedings along the coast, has been published by order of the Governor-General. The only remarkable event in Bombay was that another ship, laden with a valuable cargo, called the Adelaide, was hurt on the departure for the eastward. Some persons were taken up on suspicion as incendiaries, but no proof could be established. A large reward was offered for the conviction of the incendiaries. In education the Chinese glory is the inculcation of social and political duties. Their teaching is chiefly by authority, Hence the great use made of maxims. These are suspended upon the walls of every apartment, where they are constantly seen and read from early childhood to decrepit age. The , say " Good sayings are like pearls strung together. Inscribe them on the walls of your dwellings, and regard them n i g ht and day as wholesome admonitions ." All printing in China is executed from blocks, in the fol lowing manner :—The printer holds in his hand what may be termed a double brush, with which he supplies the face of the engraved characters on the block before him ; the paper, which is very thin, and somewhat resembles what is termed by us silver paper, is next placed on the block, and the dry brush is run over the surface, thereby completing the im pression. The operation is very quick, and from 2000 to 3000 may be taken off in a day by a single workman. From the paper being so thin and transparent it is printed on one side only, and each printed sheet, consisting of two pages, is folded back at a dividing line g iven in the p rin ting, bringing the unprinted or blank pages together. The f o ld is there- fore on the outer edge of the volume, contrary to our mode, being stitched at the opposite margin. CURE OF CHOLERA. BY LARGE DOSES OF C ALOMEL. On the 13th instant a man, who had only been a few d ays i n Whitecross-street Prison, was taken alarmin gly ill in th e night with spasmodic cholera. Ile was attended by Mr. Wadd, the able snrgeon of the building, who administered large doses of calomel every hour with success. On the fourth day the patient was out of danger, and lie is now fast recovering his strength. Nearly one ounce of calomel was administered within the first 2.1., hours, after th e p l an of Mr. Charles Bennet, at Bethnal -green House, hi 1831. A not h er case occurred in private practice immediately afterwards to Mr. Wadd with equal success, A collapse had taken place, and there appeared all the symptoms of approaching dimso lotion ; but.the calomel stopped the frightful progress of the disorder, and the patient is rapidly recovering. HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL IN SCOTLAND. (From a Second Edition of Thursday's Glasgow Argus.) We are happy to state that the Queen landed safely this morning at Granton Pier, at half-past eight o'clock; but in consequence of some extraordinary misunderstanding, De intimation of her Majesty's arrangements was communicated to the authorities of Edinburgh—and the consequence was, that the general joy was - damped by the disappointment ex perienced by thousands in not obtaining a sight of the Queen. There was no expectation in Edinburgh that the landing would take place. before eleven o'clock, and, therefore, few saw it but those who, by chance, were in the vicinity of the pier at the moment. In the same way, her Majesty's pro gress through the city was witnessed by but a comparatively small portion of the population ; and the feelings of disap- pointinent eZperiencid by all classes, mingled with intense indignation, it is almost impossible to describe. How this misunderstanding occurred does not, as yet, appear; but during the whole of the day it was the subject of general conversation, and the cause of much discontent. The fol lowing is a narration of the proceedings connected with the landing : The Monarch steamer was the first to come in sight of the royal squadron, which it did at Evemouth, betwixt six and seven o'clock on Tuesday night. The wind was at that time N.W., and her Majesty's yacht was towed by the Black Eagle and the Sheerwater steamers, and attended by the RhadaEnanthus, the Trinity yacht, and other vessels. The Monarch gave a royal salute of twenty-one guns, and the company on board welcomed her Majesty with a loud and hearty three cheers. Her Majesty was reposing on deck on a couch; and on hearing the cheers which burst the Monarch, she rose and acknowledgdd the compliment by bowing repeatedly. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was walking along the deck inclose proximity to the Queen. The Monarch and the Trident steamers the►► fell i►►to the train of the royal squadron. In the course of the evening a Scotch reel was got up with considerable spirit on board the Monarch ; the gaiety soon attracted the notice of the royal party, and Prince Albert was plainly seen directing the at tention of her Majesty towards it. The squadron arrived off lnchkeith about half-past eleven o'clock, when lights were exhibited on the foremast, topmast, mizenmast, mizenpeak, and a brilliant one below the main cap. Some beautiful fireworks were also exhibited from the deck of the yacht. The squadron dropped anchor on the south side of Inchkeith, and remained in that position during the whole night. At one o'clock in the morning, the Duke of Buccleuch and Lord John Scott proceeded to Granton Pier, making enquiries as to her Majesty's arrival, and we believe they remained at Granton during the whole night. We have already stated that her Majesty landed at half . past eight o'clock in the morning. At seven o'clock two guns on the castle announced that the squadron had left Inchkeitb ; but as there was a general understandine , that her Majesty was not to land for some hours afterward s, ' the signal had little or no effect in bringing out the people. As we have already stated, immense numbers were its conse- quence disappoiked. As the yacht, with an accompanying steamer, slowly ap proached the pier, her Majesty was seen on the deck con versing with Prince Albert, and occasionally very courteously with the officers of the ship. She was dressed in a white lace shawl, lined with pink, with a claret coloured satin gown; and a pink case bonnet with white crape. She appeared to be in good health and spirits, conversing with all around her, and looked extremely well. Prince Albert wore a white hat, and a long cloak faced with scarlet. When the vessel had been safely moored at the landing-place, Sir R. Peel went on board, and after paying his respects, entered into conversa tion with her Majesty, in the course of which she frequently smiled, and appeared extremely pleased. The Duke of Buccleuch next went on board, and conversed some time with her Majesty and Prince Albert. Immedi ately after the Royal carriage was drawn up, her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, landed on the platform which had been erected for IKr accommodation, amid the cheers of the crew who had manned the vessel and the en- ,husiastic greetings of the fortunate few who happened to be present when she first set her foot on the Scottish shore. Her - ivlajesty then stepped into the carriage that was waiting her, drawn by four beautiful horses, when Prince Albert in quired if she would wish the cover to be drawn over, tp which she replied—" Oh not at all, unless it rains more. ' The scene was at this time, though the crowd was not so great as in other circumstances it would have been, ex tremely impressive and interesting—the cannon booming from the ships, music striking up an animated strain, and the most enthusiastic cheers resounding from her loyal sub jects. This was continued during the whole route, and the cortege moved forward at a slow pace. A detachment of dragoons rode in front of her Majesty's carriage, and an officer on each side, and the rear was brought up by another detachment of the dragoons. A long train of gentlemen's and other carriages followed. The intimation of her ap proach from Granton was not at first believed by thousands pressing forward to the scene of debarkation. It' was only when the cavalry were observed at the top of Inverleith-row that the people were convinced that her Majesty was ap proaching. The utmost bustle now prevailed—every one hastening to procure situations to see her Majesty. As her Majesty proceeded along the road she was received with all due respect by the assembled crowd—the men taking off their hats and cheering, and the ladies at the windows and on the scaffolds waving their handkerchiefs. The procession moved along Inverleith-row, and Canon mills Bridge to the city barrier, but as the Lord Provost and magistrates had not, for the reasons given, arrived to present the keys of the city, her Majesty moved up Pitt street and Hanover-street to Prince's-street, and continued to move at the same pace along the Regent Bridge. The Celtic Society, in the full costume of their respective clans, under the command of the Marquis of Lorn and Islay as their Lieutenant, were drawn up in front of the Waterloo Hotel, where they saluted her Majesty in Highland fashion. The garb of the Highlanders is at all times imposing, but upon this occasion the dresses were more than usually splendid. Her Majesty continued her progress along the Chalton-hill-road to Norton-place, when she set off at a more rapid pace. A guard of honour of the 53d regiment marched from the Castle at half-past eight; but on learning that her Majesty was coming along Inverleith-row, they stopped at Fettes-row, when they drew up in Pitt -street, and received her Majesty as she passed. After her Majesty had passed the city barrier, a royal salute was fired from the Castle, and the bells of the churches began to ring. About nine o'clock the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council began to assemble; and a deputation, consisting of Bailie Richardson and Mr. Black, proceeded to Granton to learn her Majesty's pleasure as to the time of her landing, intending to have immediately issued placards announcing the hour to the inhabitants generally. This, of course, proceeded upon the supposition, which was generally enter tained, that that event would be delayed till about eleven o'clock. About half-past nine, however, as already stated, the Castle guns commenced firing a royal salute, and soon after word was brought that her Majesty had actually landed and had already passed the civic barrier. For some minutes this stunning intelligence was disbelieved by the magistrates and citizens generally ; but conviction was soon carried to the minds of the most incredulous by the passing of the royal cortege down Prince's-street. Then commenced a scene, which, perhaps, has had few parallels in the historical re collections of the High-street of Edingburgh. A. great crowd had assembled, witnessing the arrival of the carriages in which the Magistrates and Council were to proceed to the barrier at Henderson-row. These at once started off at the top of their speed down the street and through the Canon gate, their only chance to obtain a sight her Majesty being to gain the Abbey Hill before the royal procession passed. All the throng that were coming from the south side of the town, and many that had missed the sight at Prince's street, came pouring along the south and north bridges ; and the crush and confusion of the people resembled perhaps nothing perhaps so much as the route of a beaten army. For some time the pace was tremulous—all appeared to be aware that the point for which they were making was their only hope of caining a sight of her Majesty ; and even that pre sented a faint hope. Before they were half way down the Canongate, the pace of many began to flag, and, as they passed Holyrood, a great many halted in the vague hope that her Majesty might, after all, visit this palace of her ancestors. By many, however, the race was still kept up, through the Park behind the Abbey, down the lane that opens upon Comely Green, on the Portobello Road, where their staunch enthusiasm was at last rewarded by their finding that they were a few yards in advance of the royal cortege, that was coming past in the same order as before ; the Royal Archers, which had met them on the road, grouped around the royal carriage, in somewhat broken order ; her Majesty and the Prince bowed gracefully to the cheers and waving of hand kerchiefs that greeted them as they passed. The intelligence to which we have referred fell like a bomb shell among those of the Town Council that were assembled. The ceremonies with which her Majesty was intended to be received were forgotten, and the sole desire left was to see her Majesty as she passed. They left the Council Chem ' ber immediately hurrying to their respective carriages, and dispersed in different directions, most of them taking the route down the North Bridge, where we presume they were thrown out, as they did not afterwards appear in the line of procession. A carriage and four, however, containing Bailies Thompson and Wilkie, and Dean of Guild Ramsay took the route down the Canongate, and issuing out upon the. Portobello Road, had the mortification of seeing the procession pass as they came forward. They followed, however, rather from a feeling of eager desire, than from any hope of attaining their object, especially when opposite Parson's Green, the dragoons were observed to close up, and the royal carriage began to proceed at a quick pace. At Piershill toll, however, it was observed that her Majesty took the way down towards Portobello (turning up near the Leith branch of the Dalkeith railway), and it was then resolved by the magistrates to take the by path leading from the toll-bar to Easter Duddingston, and thus, by gaining the junction of the roads before the pro cession. passed, obtain the much desired view of her Majesty. This resolution was at once put into practice. The horses were ,put to the gallop, and the magistrates, followed by several equipages and horsemen, who observed the.movernent and imitated it, fortunately arrived in time to see the cortege come at a quick round trot up the road. On observing the civic dignitaries, her Majesty turned with an expression of surprise in her countenance at this sudden - and unexpected appearance of the magistrates (the first of them, we presume, that she saw), and she and Prince Albert bowed markedly and gracefully to their salutati ons . Th e d rag oons and the carriages swept rapidly by on their way to Dalkeith. The hour at which her Majesty arrived was earlier than was expected, of which the people at large not being duly apprised, many who had come from a distance to witness the arrival were grievously disappointed. The balconies erected along the line were not half filled, and many who had paid guineas for their seats, did not reach them till after the Queen had passed. The Council assembled about eleven o'clock, but their de liberations were strictly private. We are informed, however, that they resolved to proceed in a body to Dalkeith, to re present to her Majesty the mortification occasioned by this disappointment to great numbers of the citizens ; and to entreat that her Majesty will yet gratify the inhabitants by a public entry into the city to-morrow or Saturday, In the course of the afternoon, immense numbers of people came to Glasgow by the railway ; and a very general corn . plaint among them was, that " they had not seen the Queen." ey (Prom the Glasgow Herald.) While the deputation (from the civic authorities) was ab sent, .the parties stood chatting around, congratulating each other on the fact, that the weather was clear, and that every thing seemed to favour the Royal landing ; the civic robes were ready to be donned ; the silver keys were ready for the lifting, and, though about half-past nine the Castle guns boomed a royal salute, which was, in fact, the intimation that her Majesty's carriage had passed the city barrier, it was only believed to be part and parcel of the rejoicings of the day. and the chitchat went on as before. Immediately, however, the intimation reached the Chamber that the Royal party had, in reality, passed the barrier, and was rapidly moving on Prince's-street, an intimation which, at first, could scarcely be credited, but was immediately found to be too true. The whole Royal party was, in fact, slipping through their fingers, in the very heart of the city, while the authorities were calmly waiting the signal for landing. Th en all those who had carriages rushed to them with the speed of desperation, and those who had none took to their heels as if pursued by the evil one. The only chance of obtaining a sight of the Queen seemed to be to gain the top of the Abbey Hill, so that they might intercept the Royal party at the end of Regent-terrace before it passed on to Jock's Lodge, o n the road to Dalkeith. The Lord Provost's carriage took the lead, and, with every one else, and their name was legion, it became a hot-footed race or scamper of the most furious energy down the steep high -street an d Canongate, and then skirting Holyrood, up the Abbey-hill, a race, we should say t having run it, of filly a mile over the roßgbest turf im. ag i na bl e . At the same time the crowd which had beep (45- appointed in seeing the sight at Prince's-street came pouring over the North Bridge, and, being met by the masses from the south side of the city, all joined the Canongate raid at break-neck speed. There were people of every age, form, and degree, all intent on the race, jostling, squeezing, and bounding forward with might and mettle. Barelegged laddies ran alongside of well-shod men, and the silk stockings of some of the officers went smashing and splashing through the Canongate mud, alongside of the Newhaven fish-wife, who was running to the top of her bent. Fruit stands were over turned, and, in the case of one old woman, who crouched down the better to preserve her little store of apples, and turned her back to the human torrent, not n few of the two legged racers leaped right over her head. In fact, it had all the appearance of a death-and-life race alike by gentle and simple, and was altogether a scene which will not soon be for gotten, but when the fatigues were over, afford food for merriment for many a day. For seine time the paca was tremendous : all appeared to be aware that the point for which they were making was their only hope of gaining a sight of her Majesty, and even that was a faint hope. Before they were half-way down Canongate the pace of many began to flag; anti, as they passed 1 - lolyrood, a great many halted in the vague hope that her Majesty might, after all, visit this Palace of her ancestors. A large section of the most persevering runners gained the top of the Abbey-hill, at the junction of the Regent-terrace, just as the Royal cortege was approaching it, and, as there were some splendid ranges of platform, which had been erected to overlook the road, they seized possekeion of them without fee asked or given, almost as wild as an infuriated soldiery would rush into a be sieged town, and there were they gratified by the sight of the Royal Pair, which amply rep 4 them for all their rapid toil. By others the race was kept up, through the Park behind the Abbey, down the lane that opens upon Comely-green, on the Portobello-road, where their stanch enthusiasm was at last rewarded by finding that they were a few yards in advance of the Royal cortege, that was coming slowly past in the same order as before. The Royal Archers, 7which had met them on the road, grouped around the Royal carriage in some what broken order, her Majesty and the Prince bowing grace fully to the cheers and waving of handkerchiefs that greeted tbeni us they passed. The return from witnessing the Royal procession was of an amusing description. Many who had struggled desperately to get forward were now making their way into the city at a wearied pace, with garments that bore sad marks of jostling and faces which had assumed a flaming ' ruddiness. Many there were, with hat in hand, who were wiping the perspiration from brow and countenance, and endeavouring to erect shirt collars which once had been stiff, but were now softened and fallen from the moisture. In every ease, however, where exertion had been rewarded by a sight of her Majesty, the labour was forgotten ; and the city, in fact, became divided into two great classes, between whom there was a vast difference in point of feeling,—the one class composed of those who had seen her Majesty, and the other of those who had not : the former were joyous and elated, the latter saddened and downcast. Amidst all this curious scene, however, there was the best order and the best feel ing ; and good-humour, in many cases, soon got the better of disappointment. So soon as her Majesty had passed, there was a wide extended rush out of the city, and thou sands speedily found themselves on their way homewards by every conveyance which was attainable. The railway trains were tremendously filled, some of them requiring the pro pelling power of two engines. The Courant, in noticing this scene of scenes, in its second edition, says :—" The intelligence to which we have referred fell like a bombshell among those of the Town Council that were assembled. The ceremonies with which her Majesty was intended to be received were forgotten, and the sole de sire felt was to see her Majesty as she passed. They left the Council-chamber immediately, hurrying to their respective carriages, and dispersed in different directions, most of them taking the route down the North Bridge, where, we pre sume, they were thrown out, as they did not afterwards ap pear in the line of procession. A carriage and four, how ever, containing Bailies Thomson and Wilkie, and Dean of Guild Ramsay, took the route down the Canongate, and had the mortification of seeing the procession pass as they came forward. They followed, however, rather from a feeling of eager desire than from any hope of attaining their object, especially when, opposite Parson's Green, the Dragoons were observed to close up, and the Royal carriage began to proceed at a quick pace. At Piershill toll, however, it was observed that her Majesty took the way down towards Por tobello, (turning up near the Leith branch of the Dalkeith Railway,) and it was then resolved by the Magistrates to take the by-path leading from the toll bar to Easter Dud dingston, and thus, by gaining the junction of the roads before the procession passed, obtain the much-desired view of her Majesty. This resolution was at once put into prac tice. The horses were put to the gallop, and the Magis trates, followed by several equipages and horsemen, who observed the movement and imitated it,. fortunately arrived in time to see the cortege come at a quick round trot up the road. On observing the civic dignitaries, her Majesty turned with an expression of surprise in her countenance at this sudden and unexpected appearance of the Magistrates, (the first of them, we presume, that she saw,) and she and Prince Albert bowed markedly and gracefully to their salu tatiods. The Dragoons and the carriages swept rapidly by, on their way to Dalkeith." Soon as the scattered authorities were gathered together, a meeting of council was held, to the deliberations of which the public, hoWever, were not admitted. It resulted, how ever, we have been informed, in a resolution to proceed in a body to Dalkeith, to represent to her Majesty the mortifica tion occasioned by this disappointment to great numbers of the citizens ; and to entreat that her Majesty will yet gra tify the inhabitants by .a public entry into the city to-day or to-morrow. The councillors, accordingly, departed in their carriagesfor Dalkeith, and we may indulge in the hope that all may yet go well. It would be impossible to form anything like an estimate of the total population which has been assembled in Edin burgh during these last two days. We have seen the im portation of strangers set down at 100,000, and, judging from the masses which are met with, not in one prominent quarter of the capital only, but in every square and street of it, it is possible that the numbers may not be over-estimated. Lodgings have risen to a famine price, and the material for the daily sustentation of the body is smartly enhanced in some quarters. Five and ten shillings per night for beds is not an.tinusual figure, and many pay a good reward for leave to throw their limbs to rest either on floor or carpet. Since the above was written we have been kindly favoured, by the latest train, with the following important and most gratifying intelligence, which appeared in a third edition of the Courant last night. It will be observed, that our warm hearted Sovereign has, of her own accord, resolved, in the most handsome. manner, to remove the disappointment which was experienced by many yesterday, by appearing in a public procession through Edinburgh to the Castle to-mor row. Her Majesty has also postponed the Drawing-room till Monday, when it will be held in Dalkeith Palace. For this change of Palace we have heard one reason rumoured in Edinburgh yesterday, which will be found to be a substan tial one by every lover of his Queen, namely, the scarlet fever has unfortunately developed itself in the case of one of the ladies who recently arrived at Hollyrood. " THURSDAY EVENING. " The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council have just arrived from Dalkeith, and in front of the Council Chamber their carriages were surrounded by an anxious crowd. The Lord Provost addressed them from his carriage, and inti mated the joyful intelligence, that they had been most cour teously received by her Majesty ; that she sympathised with with the disappointment experienced by her good subjects of Edinburgh, and that, to gratify them, she had consented to change all her former plans ; that, in consequence of her Ma jesty's fatigue, she had previously resolved to postpone the drawing-room to Saturday, but that she would postpone the drawing-room till Monday, to be then held in Dalkeith Pa lace ; and that, on Saturday, she would make a royal pro cession from Dalkeith Palace, through the city, to the Castle,. that the precise line of the route had not yet been fixed, but would be communicated to the public to-morrow, at twelve o'clock ; and finally, that her royal progress to the North would be deferred till Tuesday. This announcement was received by the crowd with the most deafening 'cheers. " The Magistrates then proceeded to the Council-cham ber, where the Lord Provost stated the same information more at length, amidst rapturous cheers, and the following official minute was read : " Upon waiting upon her Majesty's Ministers, this morn ing, at Dalkeith Palace, we had the satisfaction of learning, that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to anticipate the wishes of the Town-council and the people of Edinburgh ; and, previously to our arrival, had signified her Majesty's intention to pass through Edinburgh from Dalkeith, and pay a visit to the Castle, on Saturday, entering the city by Holy road, and passing up the Canongate.' " Some further conversation took place, in the course of which it was stated by Convener Scott, that the grace of these arrangements was immeasurably enhanced by the fact that they were the spontaneous suggestions of her Majesty herself. "The Council then separated ; and we may add, that the information has diffused joy over the city, deep and heartfelt in proportion to the disappointment of the morning." (From the Edinburgh Evening Courant, of Saturdag EDINBURGII.-THE ILLUMINATIONS.. The illuminations in honour of her Majesty took place last Friday night, and they were extremely brilliant. Ornamental devices of all descriptions were exhibited, not only by the public institutions and other establishments, but by indivi duals, who vied with each other in giving effect to this dis play. Coloured lamps and gas-lights were seen everywhere in profusion, and were arranged in various devices, according to the fancy and taste of individuals. "V. A.," with an in tervening crown or star, was a common device. The word " welcome," in coloured lamps or in gas, was frequent : some exhibited transparencies, with the figures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert ; others had patriotic devices and emblems, with suitable inscriptions ; and all testified their abundant zeal to do homage to the illustrious personage who now ho nours Scotland with her presence. The evening, however, which was damp and rainy, with gusts of wind, was by no means favourable to the gas illuminations : they were blown out almost as soon as they were lighted; and though persons were employed to re-light them, it was of little avail. In some places, where the gas was sheltered, the effect was pow erful and brilliant. The streets, during the whole period of the illumination, were crowded beyond all former examples ; and, though they are so spacious, and the vast multitude were widely dispersed, yet in the North and South Bridges, in Prince's -street and Waterloo-place, and St. Andrew-square, the pressure was frequently alarming. The people, however, were everywhere so cheerful, orderly, and happy as to con stitute not the least pleasing part of the interesting spectacle. Nelson's- Monument was brilliantly illuminated, and had a fine appearance as it towered proudly up from the Calton bill. There were also lime balls occasionally burnt near it, which reflected - additional splendour on the scene. At the Castle there was a brilliant.display of fireworks, provided by Colonel Hill and the officers of the 53d Regiment, and dis played by Mi. Doaglas,[pyrotechnist. Before midnight, the illuminations were nearly all extin guished, and the streets were entirely cleared, not a single accident Worth bait* having happened during the whole evening. . • • - TIED MAJESTY AT DALKEITII. As might" be expected, the people of Dalkeith were not behind the metropolis in anxiety for the arrival of the royal guest who was about to honour and grace the adjoining palace with her presence. During the whole of Wednesday thousands paraded the streets in hope of her arrival, and lingered on till late in the evening, until authentic informa tion was conveyed to them that the squadron would not arrive that night. In the evening a large bonfire was lighted in the middle of the town. Early on Thursday morning the whole population of the town and surrounding districts was astir, and the signal gu ns from Edinburgh Castle enabled them to make ready in good time for her Majesty's reception. Tickets of admission to the grounds had been given out to ail respectable persons applying for them. It is estimated that from 6,000 to 7,000 individuals obtained access within the policies. The bells were set ringing at nine o'clock, which was the signal for the people to proceed w ithi n t h e parks. A few minutes after eleven o'clock a flag was hoisted on the church steeple, indicating that the Royal corteffie was in sight. Shortly after it arrived at the Sheriff-hall gate, from which point, on both sides of the road, as far as the old bridge across the Esk river, the tenantry of the duke and the towns people were ranged. The Royal company passed slowly up the avenue, which allowed full opportunity to observe her Majesty and the Prince, who were loudly and repeatedly cheered. Her Majesty entered . the Palace ny the principal door, and, apparently to gratify the curiosity of the people still farther, toot her seat at a window commanding a full view of the lawn. The crowd gave three enthusiastic cheers for her Majesty, and retired in the most orderly manner, highly gratified with the arrangements made for them to meet with and welcome their Queen. The Royal Standard floated from the turrets of the palace and the union-jack from the church tower. About two hundred soldiers are billeted through the town, consisting of a detachment of the Enniskillens, as her Mo, jesty's escort, and one or two companies of the 53d Regi ment, to act as sentinels round the palace and at all the gates. Her Majesty enjoyed a-short walk through the giounds irt the afternoon, although she must have felt very fatigued after so long a voyage. The Royal party sat down to dinner shortly before eight o'clock. The company consisted of about forty, among whom were the Earl of Aberdeen. the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Morton, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Hon. Mr. Campbell, Lady Elizabeth and the Hon. Misses Camp bell, Lord Viscount Lacellcs, Right lion. Robert Peel, Lord John Scott and Lady John Scott, Lady Caroline Thynne, the Duchess of Norfolk, Hon. Colonel Bouverie. Colonel Anson, Hon. Mr. Talbot, Private Secretary to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Privy Seal, Colonel Wemyss, Equerry to the Prince, and several of the gentry in the neighpourhoOd. In the evening a meeting took place in Hill's Cross Key's . Inn, to which the townspeople had been invited, when her Majesty's health was drunk in flowing bumpers—Mr. Scott Moncreiff, the Duke's Chamberlain, in the chair. At nine o'clock a splendid exhibition of fire-works took place, and a beautiful pyramid of gas was burned from each of the four corners of the old church tower. Yesterday (Friday) morning the Queen spent some time in walking through the grounds at Dalkeith Palace. About the same time Prince Albert, the Duke of Buccleuch, and Sir Robert Peel drove to the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, and ascended the summit of Arthur's Seat. The Prince, we un derstand, expressed himself in terms of strong admiration of tha splendid panoramic view that spreadbefore him from that elevation. After remaining for some time enjoying the beau.. ties of the scene, they descended the hill and returned to Dalkeith. Abeut four o'clock in the afternoon, her Majesty, with Prince Albert, the Duchess of Buccleuch, and the Duchess of Norfolk, proceeded in a carriage through the town of Dalkeith to Dalho6ie Castle, where they remained an hour, and then returned by Melville Castle and Newbattle Abbey to the Palace: This airing of her Majesty having be come known a short time before, a dense throng assembled on the High-street; and on the royal carriage issuing out from the gates of the Park, she was received with most dea fening cheers, which continued through the town. Her Ma jesty was in excellent health and spirits, and smiled and bowed courteously to the enthusiastic multitudes that crowded around her carriage - . There was no military escort along with her, her Majesty trusting herself unreservedly amongst her people ; and never was confidence more cordially responded to. There was a large dinner party at the palace in the evening. It will be a subject of general regret that her Majesty is not to hold her drawing-room in the ancient Palace of Holy- • ' rood, so lonz graced by the presence of her ancestors ; but in the circumstances it was unavoidable. A case of fever, which terminated fatally, occurred within the palace during: the last fortnight, and fever has since broken out in St. Ann's-yards, in the immediate neighbourhood.' PrtifessOr Alison and Dr. Abercrombie signed z report, intimating,,that, in these circumstances, it would not be prudent that her Ma ' •jesty should expose herself to the risk of contagion ; and the scene of the drawing-room was, therefore, unavoidakly trans ferred to Dalkeith. We understand, that, although her Majesty displayed - great firmness and appeared in good health, during her progress. through the city, she was far from being well, havinz suffered. severely from sea sickness during her voYage, which was rough, from a head wind prevailing almost from the time the L squadron passed the Nore. (&om a Second Edition of the Scotsman, of Saturday.) ROYAL PROGRESS THROUGH THE CITY., The progress of her Majesty and Prince Albert through the city, this day, was one of the most splendid sights- we ever witnessed. We lament, however, to state, that the prevailing joy of the occasion has been marred, to a great extent, by the occurrence of a distressing accident in the breaking down of a platform at the foot of the Mound, some of the particulars of which, hurriedly collected,, will be found below. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Dalkeith Palaeein au open carriage, at ten o'clock, escorted by a rletachment of the Enniskillen Dragoons. Numerous carriages folloWed; in one of which was Sir Robert Peel was conspicuons.. •• As the Royal cortege approached Edinburgh. the crowd became extremely dense. The whole of the Canongate and High-street, from Holyrood Palace•to the Castle, presented one solid mass of human beings. Every.window was tilled, and a great many balconies had been erected along the fronts of the houses, all of which were closely packed with delighted gazers. The roof of St. Giles's Cathedral was literally clothed with people, and, indeed, every ledge and house-top, whence a view of the procession could obtained, was crowned. The chief point of interest was at the Cross where a bar rier was erected, and where the keys of the city were to 'be presented, The crush here and the demand for windovis were prodigious. The space was kept clear, after much jost ling and contusion, by the High Constables, under the direc tion of Professor Dick, aided above the barrier by a party of the 53d Regiment, and below it by the Enniskillen Dragoons. The General and Resident Commissioners of Police were accommodated in a gallery erected at the south side of the Cross. The Celtic Society, in the Highland costume, were drawn up along the north side of the High-street to the east of the barrier. This Society was under the direction of the Marquis of Lorn, as Captain, and the Duke of Leeds, (whose Scottish title is Viscount Dunblane,) and Clanronald com manding divisions; Captain Forbes, late of the 55th adjutant. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence sat for some time on horseback close by the barrier, in conversation with the Duke of Leeds and others. The other public bodies were arranged in the manner stated in the programme. The Lord Provost and Magistrates and Council, the City Chamberlains, (with the silver keys of the city on a crimson velvet cushion,) the City Clerks and City Assessors, all in full Court dress, the Magistrates arid Council being rilo at tired in their civic robes, took up their position in front of Royal Exchange, about fifty yards from the barrier. All now was anxious expectation. In consequence of the early hour at which the public bodies and the crowd had as sembled, there was, of course, some time to wait before the Royal party appeared; but the greatest patience and good humour were manifested. Shortly after eleven, two officers galloped up the Canon gate and High-street with intelligence to the Castle that her Majesty was near Holyrood, at which time it was arranged that a royal salute should be fired. About this time the weather, which had been louring all the morning, threatened an immediate fall of rain ; but, fortunately, it became soon afterwards comparatively clear. About twenty minutes •Pe 6t eleven o'clock, the Castle guns boomed forth, at which time her Majesty was just rounded the corner of.Holyrood; which she surveyed, apparently with great interest. Eveil neck along the line was now stretche to catch a glimpse of the cortege proceeding up the Canongate, and its progrets'*as soon distinctly marked by the flutter of white handkerchiefs at the windows. The royal carriage approached, the crowd uncovered, and the cheering was most enthusiastic. "tier Majesty and Prince Albert, who looked extremely well,cgra ciously acknowledged the plaudits of the multitude. The Royal Archers, the Queen's body guard for Scotland, assembled in the Queen's Park and preceded the royal car riage on its way up the Canongate and High-street. Her Majesty reached the barrier about half-past eleven, her carriage stopping immediately opposite the Lord Provost and Magistrates, when his lordship addressed her as follows " May it please your Majesty, " On the part of the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the city of Edinburgh, I beg to congratulate your Majesty on your auspicious entrance into this ancient metro polis, now graced, for the first time for ages, witkthe presence of a Queen. " These keys, committed to us by your predecessors, have been fondly retained by us among the vestiges of those warlike times, when walls and gates defended againit hostile inroads. Under the protection, however, of salutary laws , firmly administered by a succession of illustrious monarchs' from whom your Majesty is sprung, we no longer require such shelter. We have the happiness to confide the security of this northern capital to a brave and orderly population , united in their allegiance to their beloved Queen, and dignified by the possession of that pure and peaceable wisdom which is at once the ornament and bulwark of our times. " And now, with all humility, I deliver into your Ma jesty's hands the keys of our city." Her Majesty replied in the following terms: "My Lord Provost,—l return these keys with perfect con fidence, into the safe keeping of the Lord Provost and Magis trates of Edinburgh." The crowd around the Royal carriage, was at this moment tremendous, the pause for a few minutes, while the ceremonY was being performed, having occasioned a rush from all sides. The High Constable found it quite impossible to preserve order. Again the procession moved forward, and reached the Castle about a quarter before twelve. Her Majesty was See" on the ramparts examining Mons Meg, and afterwards gazing on the prospect below, splendid at all times, but at present peculiarly so from the multitudes assembled on the Mound and in Princes-street. Her Majesty also visited the Regalia , Queen Mary's Room, and the Officers' Barracks'. Her Majesty was about half an hour in the Castle, after which the cortege returned, in the same order as before, down the Lawnuiarket, and proceeded across the Mound and along Princes-street. Multitudes rushed along the Mound and the North Bridge to catch a second view of the procession, and the crowd was almost as dense in Princes-street as at the Cross. Every window was occupied, and chiefly with well-dressed females' The stone balcony in front of the new Club-room showed galaxy of ladies from end to end. The balcony of Mr. , Wre• Tait's and the adjoining house, and various others, were also crowded, and had a brilliant effect. The fences of the gar dens in the North Loch were scaled, and crowds poured along the gravelled walk, treading the shrubs and box -edges under foot, and climbing the young trees, which in many easel were broken. When the Queen was about the west end e" Princes-street, the guns of the Castle fired a second volleY , about twenty-five minutes before one. The cheering was loud and cordial along the whole line. Sir R. Peel's carriage halted four or five minutes directly opposite our windows while the keys were presented_ to. her Majesty by the Lord Provost, and we had the very best or portunity of observing him. • When the procession reached Queensberry-street, the boundary line of the burgh, the carriages of the Lord Pro vost and Magistrates, which had joined the procession at a° barrier, returned to the city. The royal cortege then pro ceeded to Dalmeny Park, the seat of the Earl of Raseberry• MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—FALL OF A GALLICRY. The joyous proceedings of the day have been greatly marred ' by an occurrence of a serious nature. Just as the Queen bad passed the corner of the Royal Institution, on her way . along Princes-street, a scaffolding, which was erected at the west end of the East Princes-street Gardens, unfortunately, gave way, and precipitated several hundred people to the ground- The screams and confusion which ensued were beyond de scription, Assistance being immediately rendered, the Per sans who had fallen were, without loss of time, removed frost among the broken timbers to the gardens below, when it was found that about thirty individuals, including a great many ladies, were seriously injured, but, so far as We could learn, no person was killed. The most serious case which came under our observation was that of a gentlema° who got his left eye knocked out. One man is said to have two legs, and a boy one leg, broken., A girl got a cow" pound fracture on one leg and one fracture on the other: We observed a boy also lying on the ground insensible, but his pulse was said to be good. The chief injuries were bruises on the Those who bad fallen and escaped ue; hurt were much alarmed, and numbers of ladies were l" into the neighbouring hotels, or taken home in coaches, le a faint and frightened condition. A great many surgeons were instantly on the spot, who tendered every.assistance , examining the wounds and getting the injured parties moved, some to the Dispensary, in Thistle-street, some t? the Royal Infirmary, and others to their own homes, I . l ' number of High Constables were presents, keeping order, as was also a detachment of Dragoons, which was sent beet for the purpose, from the royal cortege. A great . waßy per sons made themselves very active in car r yi ng water to the patients, and procuring _boards to convey them frow the ground. The most painful scene of all, perhaps, was that f: 4 wives in search of husbands, children looking for their parents, and Invents for their children. The greatest excite.: fluent prevailed among the crowd, and rumours of severa l persons having been killed were rife ; but we could not trace.: them to any good foundation. The accident occurred about half-past twelve ; but wage. e ,, observed by her Majesty , who had passed about a mill t1 ":, before. Th e platform was of considerable length, and v s ' erected for the expected entry of her Majesty into the city on Wednesday- On this occasion, as the route was differen t, only one end of it became available, and the fact of.the grea t pressure being confined to that spot may, in some measur e ' account for the accident. It may be necessary to rneuti °lii to which the pitege p asse d . that it was only one-half the pl a tf orm th a t f e ll, th e en d lieges more glorious victory cannot be gained over another ma_," than this—that w h en t h e i n j ury b egan on hi s part , the kind ness should begin on ours.—Tillotson. A