The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-13 00:00:00

JOURNEY TO WLNDSOR.

The royal train consisted of the royal carriage,
five first-class carriages fur her Majesty's suite, attendants,
and servants, two vans, and three trucks, on which wore
placed the luggage carts of the royal party. The engine
was driven (ruin ratricroft to Crewe by Mr. Ranishottom,
from Crewe to Rugby by Mr. Trcvithek, and from ItuAby
to Watford by Mr. M'Counell. According to the etiquette
with railway companies on all such occasions, the chairman
of the London and North Western Company, Mr. Glyn,
and the general massager to the company, Capt. Huish, rode
in the train. Mr. Wright rude in the compartment behind
the royal carriage, taking charge of the lighting of
that carriage, letting down the lamp on the train entering a
tunnel, and removing the lamp when a tunnel had been
passed through. The whale of the carriages, trucks, and
vans were built by Mr. Wiight specially for royal trains,
aid are only used when her Majesty travels on the London
and North Western line. The engines were changed
several times on the journey, but each engine used was
handsomely decorated with bouquets, ribbons, and ever-
greens, and carried the royal standard. The ordinary
precautions were taken for ensuring the safety of the illus-
trious passengers. A pilot engine preceded the royal
train, to clear the line, and give notice at the successive
stations. Flag-men were stationed along the line,
the whole way, within easy signalling distance of each
other. The electric telegraph wan madeuse of to

communicate from station' to station, as the train
passed on; and when the train stopped, at different
points, every wheel of every carriage was carefully
examined.
The train steamed out of Patricruft station at a few
minutes after 12. Storkpurt was reached at 12.30, and Crewe
at 1.8. tweet' l'atricr .ft and Stockport, and beyond Stock.
port for some miles, lies en almost continuous district
of mills, warehouses, and other vast manufacturing and
trading establishments ; and as it happened that this dis-
trict was traversed by her Majesty during the dinner hour,
that is whet: the working classes got their brief noon re-
spite frunt toil, it was a matter of course that the whole
population should line the railroad, and that the royal
party should travel the first hour of their journey in the
hearing of ceaseless cheers. This lengthened oration was
even a more genuine compliment to her Majesty, than the
more formal demonstration of the preceding day. The
chance of getting a glimpse of the royal persau as the train
dashed past was very alight, and as trains were no
novelty to them, the object of the people was
obvioudy, not to sec, but to be seen—to please
her Majesty by parting shouts of affectionate fare-
well. Certainly the lengthened panorama thus presei.ted
must have been novel to her Majesty ; and even without
attaching to it a meaning, the picture would have been
striking for its groupings. At Stockport the sight was a
wonderful One. file scene was looked down upon from
the viaduct. Every roof of every building, walls, windows,
palings, carts, trucks, and every imaginable place, were
crowded with men, women, and children: "they climbed
up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to
chimney tops--their children in their arms," and there they
sat and stood in " patient expectation "—a whole town roar-
ing at once when the train cause up, anti with the exertion
druwniug the puff of the engine add clatter of the wheels.
Her Majesty has seen vast crowds rejoicing at her approach,
but an entire town (Stockport being a very large one)
cheering, and waving hats and handkerchiefs at the same
moment, she never saw before, mid until she re-vieits
Stockport can hardly ace again. The train went through
Stockport slowly, and thus every particular of this marvel-
' lons picture could be thoroughly appreciated. At Crewe
the train stopped for a few moments to change engines.
Here the population consists chiefly of people engaged in
the works of the Lundell and North ,Western Company;
and though it was a little after one when the train came
up, all work had been evidently suspended. The crowd col-
lected consisted of several thousands—one-half singing " God
save the Queen," and the other half shouting it,—our plat-
form-full responding to the other, and producing a con-
fusion which, however musically discordant, was agreeably
loyal. At Crewe, as at every other station passed, there
were innumerable adornments of flags, banners, flowers,
ike.; and though the police of the company were there in a
large body they attempted in vain to keep the multitude
from concentrating, as the engine stopped, in front and oppo-
site the conspicuous carriage which curried the royal family.
To all the cheers her Majesty and the Prince replied
by smiles and bows, and what seemed to give the
most satisfaction to the crowd was the pleased salutations
of the royal children, who thoroughly enjoyed all the com-
motion. (hi the incline between Crewe and Whitmore the
train was pulled by two engines, and the rate maintained
was exceedingly good. Stafford, the next stopping place,
was reached at 2.7, and at Stafford thsre was a repetition,
the numbers being larger, of what had taken place at
Crewe. The Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry were drawn
up on the platform, fringing the dense mass of people be-
hind them, and keeping back the crowd from the robed
mayor and corporation, who were there to pay a rapid
respect to the Queen. No address was read; but the mayor
was seen in communication with Earl Grey, and it was
understood that his worship underwent a hurried presenta-
tion. Here, also, Mr. Glyn was addressed by the Queen in
reference to the arrangements of the line, and Prince
Albert chatted, without leaving the carriage, with several
favoured persons. The station was gaily decked, and as
there were hundreds of ladies there, ail in bright dresses, the
scene was very pretty. After a delay of four minutes, the
train, amid a volley of deafening cheers, moved on. At all
the little stations on the Trent Valley line, over which the
train now travelled, crowds were collected—each station
speeding her Majesty with vigorous cheers. Lichfield was
passed at 2.20 ; Tamworth, on the platform of
Walsh station ladies only seemed to have been
in a few minutes after ; and Nuneaton
itisidaateditugby was reached at 3.18, a few minutes over
dna; sad at Rugby, where the train stopped, the engine
=Mu the maids of Mr. M'Connell, there was a alight
hi the reception. The flags, and arches, and
wassiba, and crowds, encountered at Crewe and Stafford,
were also met with at Rugby; but, in addition, her Majesty
, was gratified with the sight of the many hundred fine boys
' ref the Rugby school. The young fellows, it appeared,
we amusingly calculating in their loyal demonstrations.
, They were there, seising the opportunity which a school
never omits, for the purpose of asking her Majesty
fur a holiday. They were headed by their masters,
the 11ev. Dr. Goulburn and the Rev. Henry Dighton,
those gentlemen being dressed in their gowns. The masters
had promised the buys to convey to her Majesty the assu-
rance of the school's loyalty and affection ; and an address
hail been prepared, which was delicately to hint at the
expediency of' occasional relaxation for young gentlemen
heartbroken with Zumpt and Euclid. lbw it turned out
that Earl Grey considered the address informal, and de-
clined to receive it ; and her Majesty therefore passed
without having conferred the favour which no doubt had
been fondly relied on. It was clear, however, that the boys
had not gut the news when the train went on, fur they
shouted with a vigour distinctly indicative of a belief in their
happiness. At Weedon there was also a special display.
The soldiers from the Weedon barracks were drawn up
along the line, and as her Majesty rushed past they pre-
sented arms. At this point Mr. M'Conncll was driving the
engine at a much higher speed than it had before attained.
The last fifteen miles up to Weedon had been got over in
fifteen minutes and a half; and, indeed, throughout from
Rugby up to Watford, Mr. M'Cunnell drove far faster than
either of his predecessors in the responsible office of engineer
—no doubt because lost time had to be recovered. At a
short distance from Wolverton something went wrong with
the engine,—the pump, we believe, getting deranged,—and
the pace was obviously slackened ; and on reaching Wolver-
ton, another engine, not dressed up for the occasion, was
procured with a rapidity which was wonderful, considering
that the necessity of the change could not have been fore-
seen. At Wolverton' the workmen of the company pre-
sented themselves in dusky masses, coatless and unwashed,
but astisfactorily vehement 111 their loyalty. A workman's
band, chiefly consisting of a trombone, stood on the off rails,