The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-16 00:00:00

THE PROCESSION TO ASTON HALL.

Although the municipal arena:mild may be said to have
culminated is the impressive scene of the Town-ball,
the value of the royal reception es a popular demon-
stration mold. only be nuertsined and appreciated
by turning out into the crowded streets immediately
afterwards, en,.l Mining in the alined tateeminsbk
promotion, which slowly wound its way for • dime of up-
wards of three melee to Acton-ball. Vain* adonktions
were made as to the number of people who were actually in
the streets, on the rests, or in the galled., which lined the
way throughout the entire distance. There were =ormolu
crowds, it is true, congregated on the Boulevards of Paris on
the occasion of the Queen's visit, but than one half of
than were soldiers, drawn from every military district in the
empire. The same may be said of Moscow, at the Mee of
the coronation, and with the same deductions ; but here, he
Birmingham, the immense mans of human bangs were
=mobs& by a single manufacturing town and its immediately
surrounding districts, while there were only about thin
regiments of soldiers, the keel polka sad • detachment
been London, Imparted as a precaution, but sundered totally
nenseemery by the neeedises palimony mid sPiers and
goad honour of the people. itheinghios peeper teadmint
240,000 inhabitants, and, with the exception of the ink sad
the aged, it may be fairly said that they wen all In the
sheds yesterday to meet the Queen • and as the eurround-
leg districts could supply at less as may more,
and as, moreover they had been pouring in their
contingent for three' or four days previous to the
royal visit, it will hardly be an eziggeradon to
put down at half a million the send embers who par-
ticipated in yesterday's mighty ovation. AB brie °cave-
neon' of human beings are imposing, but there was WOW
thing peculiarly striking in the appraise, whisk the shoots
of Birmingham presented yesterday from the vestibule of the
Town-hall at the moment the Queen Wend her cerrlege to
proceed to Aston. The undekting ediereder al the end-
ways permitted of the people being MIS to ma hums. 11/1•
times, sad as hr as the eye could reach It was at that
moment boas fear everywhere, twee happy and excited,
and as the crowd hoe the some advantage of position as thous
who were wading the, the exit of the Queen was
naked In • moment, end cheer upon cheer arose and
asseeed to rail sway to the Meknes in a way that
was as solemn as it was vilifying and appropriate.
The usual &endive sad nary accession of • great
popular tableau were present, the former In adreordinery
abundance, the latter oompanatvely small in amount, but so
pieced as to produce the most plowing and striking effect.
The number of triumphal arches, lattrel-beglrt poles, and
fanciful garlands which was displayed on every aide, was
perfectly astonishing, and in many oases it could be per-
ceived through the greenery that, with an almost lavish ex-
penditure, the supports were gilt, or in some ores elaborately
painted. It would be impomible to do justice to the appear-
ance of Now-otreet as the cortege passed slowly along, with
its houses ably smothered in folk" their windows crowded
with happy hoes, rands drooping everywhere amass
from hone to hoses, Sege of every dodos and colour sway-
ing to std fro Wily la the ealtry air, the sides at the skeet
black with a creeping crowd, mad to the entre the royal
procession, beaded by the Queen's carriages, with their
great bay borees, followed closely by the light and
panful Homers, and behind, the interminable line of private
%triages which completed the enakeds. All these taken
•Alectively mode up a picture to see which was worth
having as hot •ma as ever teethed the hottest period of an
English gimme. Then there were the peculiarly national
(edema of the day's proceedings. Is one gallery the boys of
sing Edward's School cheered lustily, as boys know how to
do wader the see hie azoilethent of the royal presence and a
wire. handay; to rata/or, a eland) pealradira at IMIL rile
dapped thin tiny lends Ned waved User wtiftd landker-
thirds. The latter were ohmity &Mee, bet they bed Set
been forgotten in the general redden'. Then we mew to
the historical Ball-ring crowded as of yen, but with lie hen-
Ponu7 occupants thinking of anything but the "dye points.'
They cheered, as if cheering wen the beano of their
lives, far the Queen, because they were proud and haw
that she had ones amongst the ; fur the Wave midterm who
followed, beams their milked deeds were fresh la the po-

puler memory ; far the worthy mayor, wboammertisas Led so
powerfully contributed to pronorteg the pelmet sujoymenti
for the town council, especially that Isms sad reigemtable
majority who had decked themselves la the freshest purple
a= miniver in hamar of the great accesion ; sad ems some
=obtrusive strangers who maple& • carries sot law
from the heed of the Wrap madved fregmat sad

almost everpowerhig dinesssiations of wagon& To
demoribe the ether sheets through which the pronedon
pond would be Ms ram then. mosokmous repedtion.
Bull-.hest was • ;whet grain, sad the ether streets were
Haim behind is verdure, but solids( special attracted the
sena nag es approerking the basalerne of the town the
lemons gusesekers' trophy draw di ens to Ile envier sad
fanciful disks. The beads of the nide mustered drams
bare, and ocannomatly watched the sleet of their handiwork,
and we urlentaad that they had every rams to be madded
with the judicious approbation which was szpnemed
by bra Mindy. Hare, also, the royal progress wee
further ennui by en inddent which Irene§ anemia
anise, not only es account of its singular charester, bat hem
the eainertinary effect which it produced on ell who had
the good fortune to be present while it was being essetod.
The Bendey School teechers and 'cholas of the borough,
to the almost Incredible amount of 47,000, wire at this point
statiormi on each side of the road, in regular military see.
Ilona properly commeaded by candies, genera* and even
menhels. Bach mean had ita maul coadador, wan
with • losg white woad by way of bens, sad monad by •
drummer sad two corsets, the first to give the little Sager.
the *ad to begin, mad the latter to play over the ample
murk d this wonderful child oesesd. As her Majesty
peened along, each end= sang its spotted air with
wooderfal presides, produelag sa Ant cm WI who
laird it me pie.ciy, ao pawls, De untemel.'
as to lean en abiding impnamies cm the awry. The
yoga& hash yokes, pouring froth their artless ads in ma-
lodor prolidta ea the dear swam dr, prodeed an be-
menu on tbelletisees which the writhed dkeletwe dthe
Opera might is vela ansent to Wises. People wen set
*sly delighted, bet deeply reread ; mad es the soh calmest
wire grallailly leh band, any sae tamed bask, aid
sensed Is pert *am their jay's& ealenainers with regret.
It is said that Heeler Berlioz cos coos quits enchuded by
the singing of the charity children Y Bt.Paul's , had that moi-
-1 sent sualcien been Fremont at the Aston Wrier yesterday,
while that simple mad beautiful hymn, "Now prey we for
ear coesary," woe pound forth by 40,000 young yokes, eves
his nestled few would have enjoyed the homy el • sew
snesdes. Not the lead vodkas halm. in Ws tine
emscart was, that the little chariness come hoar mends doll
religious dimomiaations—Chmte of Ingiond,
Roman Catholics, sad Jews, all mat to their young ands-
rats, sad ell seelertan darner were kr the mount
staled in this cos lemma burst et loyal browny. TL
royal who shipped hr • semen while the Queen Blend
to the byres, sad we naderstood that the Issehers min
permitted to approach sad present the following suleas•
adhere
" To the Onsea's Most Excellest Melody.
" May it plume peen lis apesniesdae
end is of the Sunday easels ef the tows d Dineter•
haat, humbly nadir to your Keimly Mrs winent alerted=
of eur padre& for the wakens vidt to Erimixejto. by
whiskers en hemerted die day. Me try
midi a deems ef year Molemy's sate toys dis.
=im osemsion eve ohms& eines. noel-
het Ore inshemnsf cd pm • emenima to
che dimuseddh widen ahw d die pedal vhisk hes
bus suited hr Ai.ftih ihdLonnelilbosoj2f=
this sake" WO WOWSIM
incledal in two hadied aid dght edirVk d dilemma &-
hint religkeedsimminsilimb, min therrenlisns inelese-
tics of 3,d50 lesehem. Though nun 4ftwililis of *aim
iniererste=d 1....,.11:111.31A norm astallat:
oar eiselsos hod, almesse,
to the pernalgedescillhessidnelein deellignittresanliti
width in rasedadwedybeNevecasekasessme
of the Meuse and is Impubms el the pee*. We=
• limp 10.11.0.1, note open ens in tranng the nit ern
d alibis who native our heriseMnie • we on imeeerapl
by the area we have Whine whitened ; sad candhally
=co Poinlidoo of yen Melody's sympathy Your
we en mewed that the sposiscis lake we now pre-

[TWOPENCE.

mri
her iaet,
bablemis a maellitade children 'rambled to unite witayh the
ot et Um bough in testing their lou
this amplehes eacesko, will awaken In your liaboys
breast asireepoodiag emetics. of deep to
God thee an seamy exists by whki the blessings of
knowledge, civilimtion sod rthem are largely dittoes&
We believe that these t:lsesiage are intended is proportion to
the help which ladividuale are prepared to raider one to
soothe, eat we heartily 'otos ia the easerame that this
seatbamt esaileatly by your ty. We re-
°agars the wise ligiriebou which hes remind the exalted
MOWS et mr Ibijosty's approval, and the beneficial e 3.
baths, which are dignified by your
dsl=pew. sod ample, es so many proob of your
loft io ohold the freedom and Increase the
happlimee et your pee* • sad we devoutly thank howl that
the threw at dim rade" is occupied by one w eldy
sidle b preprtheas fb Nehility by setting before her gab-
Pots, both In ber heally sod la her court, a ocompleesue
of the Went ilitheitic and social virtues ; sad by
hat kingdom all each samara m me
rkelleistol which is thilirersukesogareeed, to
promote the Spiefiki of amiss, to the ecoditioa
of the poor, to GO kith the mortise of the peepla, soil le
teach the greheat lassos,, that rofedvesimeatadmr.idel
&maim, ead nress depesairt the dlefas
cm the right amain of thaw MOO* sad filigbee
baubles with which God has y endowed us. we
phew that your lleMay will osatiaue, throughout •
sful IN, to rule your pool* under the odium
121erie prithipies, sad that at ell time* your 11thrty may
enjoy God's Most blaming, sad Sad in it the sours. et moo
of *soul sad &meth happier', and of pub& asetulare•
and honour. We broody clout. Majesty sod hi.
Royal HI/times@ the Prima on wham
implore the divine bugs mey the
&dm of bowleg OM yew st• e/ Stft la the
bar of God; sad that year Weser may he ea thid by
heavenly gram that through flatintrages, Hietwhels mike
may love and honour your same sad *sedate your virtues.
" Signed at the la the asset mad =behalf of the
superiatiodeate sod Homy Itaatco, Chairman ;
Charles Lloyd, James Alfred Cooper, Torts& Selby, limbo
Taylor, Henry Bleak, Hoc. Secretaries,"

But are mine Wind arreoled the aftwellas as tae pro-
melon pined rep he the hall. A degoloasheking arch,
Posed • little Enthral, told the almost Inersdibin tale that
la knoar of the Qessis's visit even the tameable toll-bar—
that moat immutable of English hietitutime—bad been
swept away, and the he ease a pitman had east ride his
seleantliropy, d mien be ma at the road sidle sitting in •
soft of resigned nehnehely, tad seDiag gingerbreed Olive
device dm*, the eithreed kiengatim of his unpopular
Tomtits. It should be charm' that throughout the Ilattre
line from the town to the park we had found the road com-
pletely lined on both sides with lofty pllerise, and that,
although admix ion to these galleries could rely be prows&
at fees varying from one shilling to An, they ware all eon-
plenty nod, so that even for this Item skins an morass=
mousy expenditure must have been incurred in honour of the
royal visit. As the park-gate was approached it
was found that • rustic fair was intended to
term part of the day's rtgokiap. Large booths
kr duatrical purpose had be mond, end • very singular
Out vas podund by the win* sinemitio persona of some
ikeedgelly deep tragedy standing in front of one of them,
sal alteerbg for the Queen with • vivacity which but 11l as-
cended with the sombre characteristics of their costume. At
another en undoubted " Acrobat of the Pyrenees " gave the
sanslllylll need children of his horrid posture-making per-
lemons a holiday, and held them good-naturedly on hie
atelikee to ems the grand sight, instead of rolling them up
into basd krone( then over his head, as no doubt he
night be seem Mai at • lets period of the day. The
" Menet Avast" wee manly lined with • detachment
oldie Mat Foot, and those Iser molding, with the escort of
helms and the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, made up
the whole of the military display.
Her Majesty, on alighting at the annum to the hall, was
received by the directors, sad at ease proceeded to the great
theuleg-room, when suitable retesiment had been provided,
sad iterleg the retirement of the royal party, the directors
heeplably entertained their friends In another apartment.
As aeon as this exosediagly important feature in the pre-
pense* hod beta disposed of, the Queen, attended by Sir
Jana EMI end biebeetber directors, inspected the principal
lathe mint enamor-hooey, with all of which her
Aspwaaaskant& la expenalier aura astilintaa_
asktmlity the to* prey preented he the long
phi% sawn • sort of kink court wise kneed, the
earaty aniorreoy beteg worthily repainted by
Lao Ward and Leigh, Lod Mind Pepsi, sad
a sgeolion of the untitled entry. As eon ea the
inalelpi body, beaderk by the sayer, bad Wan the pl.
lay nil fins& a Mstrois at the lower sad, bar Majesty,
seempnled by the Pince Consort, sad attended by the
Deimos d Ali Mr. WoiPoto, Wind* Secretary of
SW% pin Meade which had been erected for the
purpose, sod Bum lemally remind the directors of the
lona-park Compny, the chairmen of which, Sir Francis
Scott, prenatal the Mowing Wren :
" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
"May it pliant= Meet Gracious Majcisiy,—Wa, the
tiudinigeed, the of Aston Hall and Park,
beg leave to operant you= with the earnest mare-
an e of our devoted lophy te your Mejsety'a *rase ado
pm, metaumbly ealmoviedip P
un pest hamar eaderred
epee as, these when we rny yoar Malesty's
mapiekas peen= hertgarate and Perk.
" Wes tetete= =gr=
=,llmsaslikass, eel mental sane that be twee
dlttesist Os topernenutt of dr racral, Wake:4 mad
medal amftlien of dte waking sad
muss Itaw seer nested ken yourdames; Majesty the warmest
sympathy sod earerwraptesat.
h Whim to the litterisel tamest sad kingly rend-
siscemon d
ones hi by Aston-bsil, sad the plEghaturee of in
seslasessre, which will atyour Ma-
trzs= Tysi Clement, wthsinir
orlt:ams=:.=
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wts..• eh. y. preCari_
" In sores towns year moor. asnesteme gip.rks
bar wary bons provided by worthy corpo ;
others by the ennieleare al iresathropis okras
ono we sr• Wand to Ores libemiity for two prom ci
roarestka kr the potpie • bog to liinabOisso alone boa it
bra ern to rare by gar ono siortioas se awing park hr
the physical Teresina, sa rsient hall for the rental aelik•
Trion, elks vein* Imployelarl rheress population
" Taw Kaiwaty TIE, we holism irollisd le bra MO
galea-hai sni peak bar been sedlos lbs arse ore hp
the Weeny grassy of the les* essemers. 011 ks
mew required Ike Olds prose • ainrse przm?iiir.
bon arabseribed by us wadies
whisk we warm to hope will not7,-e2thout bearer sad
seedr to you
" It Isisa with hello et Mangy. proms and graticeds the the
Irwin Maar reser WA Aim& BillMighalli is see
the indiridasi smith ot ito resor, their
wbez prosily hider to
ark to aid ia sorry psi ari aside wlc eh: Vs=
sixes the pastor reseollises of tiro Importers al lids
aadonsidai, try place rs esadreessioa of your Mojwity
in time harm* the neworatisa with your most prior
.I"Trir form Mason ward roo swam their hops thet
peseserina Ars Ken NA Perk, by tardier ef the
sitiors of lionisphar ep ad be kest Wares as a
moo sad imeaglallii 10 Her WNW NAL
• Ilisas may wank err sad pusiesi your
most nesderAiminey. and year Mejask/s Merl Ooneort ;
ear Me easy Or yews Melsete awmplolem solo; net
perentleiy, sad preeperty meg ever pares sew hued ; that
and weir may sonworatly Weyer awl supper
eraser; eel deg pow lislieles wog children fad
sow iron yaw Majesty Hos, in
tin barn oflimspesple,iway
illemoutpnow dyer Majesty's
Omani rad °bedfast senor
" John 'tariff, Choir Belts limesises, Thomas
Moira network Thera _ eye, WiMale Leah
Ana P. Tumor Marl Naware, lasso Dries,
Prison Deo, logs idowthad. Zan Ilkaery Baja-
tide Willis Geode. Daajsrig The term
Willen Mass W
Owl" Wine, Oberiss=
TemliF
Bwawy Iseino Mark Ler lequiO4
ChM Omsk, Mired Pikialik Orin
Theme Twin, famish PlaisalL John Maud
kird„ Philip Or, Theme IIIMbr Putt,
erase Porridgehitres
Jorpli Desser, Miro,
Tares Ilases, iamb ilsramaral AilaS.
T. whisk be arty woe pinned le roars the Morin
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" Th a dr. mirk logpinungl, and social
coaditioneraralaApespis will slogs esonmesal my swami M-
arisa; sad fa fors, this MR sot port to-day. I rejoice
le ba,.
man writes* e pmolig *sir comfort sad
boxer norellien"
Mime cos or two brio kemalities, bar
as proordol
le tho apes paltry Iraq lir prim, sad horse parr •
moor in phased sonearlisens of the ithoorlng orowd
brow, sad the OffillTprostl beauty of the leadamps that
stretchod far beyond, formally declared A•ton-post to be
cirri ss • place of innocent 1111011611/1111 and credal mow
tits tar the people. With this latereedat combed* eke-

army am •ab,tn.ted thy day'y prosnuoym sod to .ateltviiag
au account of throe memorable kiivitioo, in beg to olor
oar seksow!relgayeata to Mr. Orrin ItriedlL korbrr to the

mayor, for the polite atomics and widow mit with which
)w poevidel the repre•eatalieve of the prose with all the
vouchers oemeery for the i t loolomoste of thtir
dation,

BIRMINGHAM, TIIIID4T NIGHT.

A rand asocial was Oros this amain by 91r Jobs He-
m* mayor of Birolaghma, la the Toon-ball. Neezly 300
gestlaeles panel, sad the galleries were filled with
wain The Welsh of her Majorty wee dank with Ma
almost enthentaree, sad 04 John Rataliffe, by hie tavaimea,
••• feasted .sth craw 7 Mencestratioo of gratiticolva at tho
boom which be ku dos day bus found worthy by his
amereigo Lent Cs:atarpa, Lord Anne Yea*, Sir Lava.*
Smith, sad Mr. Bessibridge, were aboard the company.
At thin hoar VII pm.) the atriela sic dearly crowded.
Itell-sued le baillaally illantiaated, sad than are ele•
Milmlasfinlas `saber parts of the taws.
nil Que. • 'VW ISM Staaeleigh Abhsy t seam 1111.1MVIOW
dall, sad vacated by road Mame% Kenilworth le War-
wick Ceara, when the royal party will partake of luneltem.
80 MagaMdf will Mara to tows rod dm Great Waters
Rail") • lama Warwick.