The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-04 00:00:00

ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

IPSWICH, TIICKSICIAT, 6 P.M.
The second day of the meeting has been the first
day both of business and pleasure. The presence of Prince
Albert in Ipswich has been attended with allthe ecliet shies
was anticipated.
A special train, provided for the purpose by the Eastern
Counties Railway Company, started with his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert and suite from the Shoreditch station at
5.50 in the morning. Waiting on the prince were
tliej Marquis of Abereorn, Colonel Seymour, and Colonel
Grey. Mr. Waddington, the Chairman of the Eastern
Counties Company, Lord Alfred Paget, Mr. Smythe,
and Mr. Broadbent, directors, and Mr. Roney, secre-
tary to the company, went down in the train. Great
precautions were taken to ensure the safety of the
passage. The goods traffic was entirely stopped for the
time, and the platelayers of the line wore stationed, from
Shorediteli to Colchester, within such distances of each
other as enabled ready communication by thig.signals.
In addition to this a pilot engine, driven by Mr. Ashcroft,
the Superintendent of the way and works, started twenty-
five minutes before the royal train toclear the road, keeping
that time in advance up to Colchester. The departure of
the train was telegraphed at the moment to Colchester, and
its arrival at successive points was telegraphed from station
to station throughout the route. A good speed was attained,
and Colchester was reached at 10.10. Here the train
stopped, giving a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen an
opportunity of waving hats and handkerchiefs in recogni-
tion of the Prince's flying visit to their town: and the
illustrious passenger was then transferred to the care of the
officials of the Eastern Union Railway, on which line the
test of the journey to Ipswich WAS performed. The train
proceeded at the same rapid rate as before ; and stopped at
Ipswich. punctual to promise, at 10.45.
Ancient Ipswich was up and doing to honour the Prince.
With rich and pour there was a universal holiday. An incredi-
ble numbi:r of appropriate and inappropriate banners were
displayed wherever there was a possibility of the Prince
finding his way; and floral arches, tastefully red and green,
were seen at every turning of the old, narrow, but
picturesque streets. Hundreds of labourers thronged into
the town from the neighbourhood, and rendered the route
marked out for the Prince all but impassable. The mayor
and corporation received his royal highness in official cos-
tume at the railway station. The pathways of the station
were covered over with a handsome carpet, and the carpet
was strewed with roses—a pretty novelty in this description
of loyal fking, which Ipswich is entitled to take credit for.
On alighting from the train Prince Albert was conducted
into a marquee erected for the occasion close to the offices of
the station ; and here he was met by the Mayor of Ipswich,
Mr. Long, and the Recorder, Mr. Powell. Ladies and
gentlemen thronged the tent to hear the corporate elo-
quence anti the ;minty reply; but the neighbouring
activity of the steam whistle of the locomotive rendered the
ceremony one of mere dumb show. The Recorder read the
following address :