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

The scene presented on this occasion was at once touching
and picturesque. Her Majesty received the address, which
she handed to Earl Grey, and gave a brief verbal reply to
the Rev. St. Vincent Becchey, which could not be heard at
' a short distance, and he, accompanied by the other clergy-
men and superiutendente, then retired, bowing to her Ma-
jesty, as they aid so. The children sang the National
Anthem, and afterwards gave several hearty cheers, in
which they were joined by the persons upon the slopes.
During this time, her Majesty had remained in the porch,
and appeared to be much pleased with the spectacle pre-
sented to her. She h iwed graciously in acknowledgment
of the cheerinx, and at its conclusion retired into the hall,
followed by the royal chielren and the remainder of the
royal party. Shortly after her Majesty had retired, the
Countess of Wilton, leading the Princess Royal, and fol-
lowed by the Earl of Wilton and Lady Alice Egerton, came
out of the hall, and walking to the juvenile baud, requested •
that it would play, which was immediately complied with.
They then remained fur some time in front of the porch,
while all the children walked past them, and thus marched
out of the grounds.
Whilst ter Majesty was thus engaged, Prince A.bert
proceeded through Bolton, accompanied by Lord Grenville
and Colonel Gordon, to the cotton mills of Messrs. Gardner
and Bazley—the celebrated works called Deane Mills,
picturesquely situated at Barrow Bridge, four miles beyond
Bolton. Ilis Royal Highness arrived about half-past eight
o'clock. The visit was intended to have been private, but
the newspapers having published it by anticipation, the
firm invited a few friends, we believe, to receive his Royal
Highness, and amongst them were the Bishop of Manches-
ter; J. Bright, Em., M.P.; James Heywoixt, Esq., )I.l'. ;
Joseph Brothcrton, Esq., M.P. ; Stephen Blair, Esq., M.P.
(Bolton); Sir Elkanah Armitage • William Gray, Esq.,
Mayor of Bolton ; I'. Ainsworth, ELI., of Smithells Hull;
Messrs. Robert Gardner; Mr. Chadwick (of Messrs. Philips
and Co., Church-street); Wm. Steil (of Crafts and Steil);
Malcolm Ross. The Deane cotton mills are limited to what is
called tine spinning, from the beautiful silk-like material
called Sea Islands Cotton. Though they spin as low as 30's,
yet their geueral numbers arc as high as 1130's to 220's, and
they hare Tarn in the (beat Exhibition as high as '4060.
The establishment at Barrow-bridge consists of two tine
stone buildings six storeys high, in one of which the cotton
is prepared and spun, and in which His Royal Highness
was shown every process. The machinery is very beautiful
and costly. The other mill is used for doubling, all the
yarns produced here being sold in that state, intended to
supply the lace markets of Nottingham, Mansfield, and
Derby, at home, and the markets of Belgium, France, and
Germany, abroad. The extent of the doubling mill may he
conceived when we mention that the Prince was shown one
floor on which alone there were 22,000 spindles, and that
in the whole there are 70,000 spindles in this part of the
factory.
The Prince stayed an hour and a half, and then returned
to Woreley, and accompsuied her Majesty by canal to Pa-
tricroft, and thence the royal party departed at 12 o'clock
ut noon per London and North Western Railway, via Man-
chester and Stockport, for the south.