The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

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MANCEIZSTEB, TUISDAT Ari.m.ocm.
I believe that this is one of the greatest days Man.
ginger hes seen, and one of its greatest events is the
gf the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of Lon-
gilt coaches have been astonish-
ing the natives for the last few days. All
the hotels are quite full, and up to the
lrt 1110•111 ii new arrivals continue to pour in, I
=itlirastatietical fact fist the °aunty local
bee not exceed am thousand beds,
reelMisee..,:itho greatest manahcturing city in
the adi az= population of five
heaved Ifou in ordinary
theses, I ma IIY did the asemeal men who visit
tie town pedals* are obliged to write down two
days before to mare sleeping accommodation ; so
that bat for the =4 of Mr. Donald, who has
soma * whisk he has fitted with
ems heapellitele. them weak seder the present
rates pew" Mt as me in cabs or tents
as tea phs, ja meat genet sas in Paris and
Moscow. It la to Its s etli that on such omit-
dons spotty%
the part Ideate houses.
These math, Jessie Wowwwis of peo-
ple who goal 1t wea mod= a wok aim, bed
room or ties erased =net latemmesimee, ead who
thus might add twenty pounds or so to the year's
scanty (sins. They are always found ready and
pleased Is tiesmasen directly applied to, and yet they
novae meet, rem agonise, nor advertise, at the right
tiny owl so So tiwo mem away, the householders
lose las /21/14. amt the public suffer an immense
amnia at boawroolowe. The fact is that Man-
sheeter Maas under an extraordinary scarcity of
hotels. A sew warehouse may be said to be wanted
every day, sad an whenever an hotel comes into the
market it is pounced upon at once, and the temporary
home of men becomes a permanent receptacle for
bales and boxes. Even at the railway station there
is no monster caravansera, as in other places, and
thus with the most ordinary current of travellers
every house al entertainment is always full, and im-
provement leagaisitss in the absence of the stimulus
of competition. If ground could be obtained on
which to build it, a monster hotel in Manchester,
with all the modern improvements, would be a glori-
ous nugget to whoever might be the fortunate pro-
jector. And this state of things has told on the
Exhibition, for the people living along the short
lines of railway knew the difficulty of obtaining
beds, and therefore deferred their coming to the last
minute. Even now they are tumbling in, and many
of them may be seen driving directly down from the
station to the Exhibition.

ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALBERT.
His royal highness Priam Albert arrived at the
Cheadle station of the Landes and North Western
Railway, tea Miss ken Manchester, about half-past
eleven o'clock this saea Cosids•ble prepara-
tion had been made by ties railway company for
his reception, the station having been handsomely
demisted by Mr. Bainford, of Liverpool. On the
=
down platform was a spacious pavilion, de-
in creams, white, end blue cloth, see-
mansted with laurels and ivy. la the centre of the
cornea was the royal arms, en the right those of
Prime Albert, and the it.. of the Prince of Wake
weer on the left. The Seer was carpeted with
smell fink sell the mats were covered with crim-
son embieles The itatiewbeese on the opposite
side of the line wee also gaily decorated, having the
:loyal arms matammeet dac tun.,
right and left, ess laseribed with the words, " Long
live Queen Ifineria," and the other "Long live the
Queen end her Royal Family." On each side of the
"'away war thew saw staffs, painted white, and
deeented with green end geld, leaving BO etrenners
1111=teben thus at an
lraarbisld runstorte: feet.
this
Inies. Bede roe of milway useearned over the
ferriage read to Cheadle, and ea esplanade leads
down Lem the elating between the two Ham. Car-
neve were lenitive iftea beam of this
and an avert of ill esilkeh et the Ttbel=i;
Guards, ender the eamerend of Used. DeirdsewelL
Lieut.-General Sr Haarerryy Ilmide, Bart., 0.C.8., com-
mandant of the Midland dlefeleb, was also present.
In his carriage. Aa inimmes amber of people had
collected about the nabs, bet the line of road was
kept clear by a Imes of 30 man, of the Cheshire
county constabulary, ender the command of Superin-
tendent Andrews, who led a further force of nearly
60 men et different pinta along the mete to the
bolder of the county. The weather was somewhat
gloomy, bat no rain fell. A great number of ladies
and gentlemen were on the platform, and amongst
them °facially is attendesee were Mr. Atkinson (the
HiO Sheriff of Cheshire), Mr. James Watts (Mayor
of Manshesem), Mr. Heron (town clerk of Mambos-
ter), and Colonel Taylor (adjatanterneral of the
district).
The royal train wee very punctual to its time
and on his royal highnese brag recopied he was
loudly cheered. He alighted immediately ftom the
train, and after exchanging salutations with the
gentlemen who were in waiting. to receive him,
proceeded with his suite to the carriage of the mayor,
which be entered along with his worship. The
suite of hie royal highness included Lord Torrington,
I Lord Abusers, General the Hoe. Charles Grey,
Colonel Possonby, and Colonel Seymour, and these
noblemen and gentlemen wore accommodated with
seats ia the carriages of the mayor and of other gen-
tletnen which were in waiting. The carriages were
I driver off at rapid speed immediately the company
lead entered, sad pretended through the village of
Cheisdle to Abney Hall, the Mayor's residence. Great
ambers of people assembled at various parts of the
made sad cheered the Prince as he passed. At
Cbmile an assemblage of some Ave or six thousand
=tof both seam lined the Sam of the read,
ees and banners were displayed in greet pro-
fanes.
After partaking of lunch at Abney Hall, the royal
progress towards Manchester wee resumed at one
o'clock, and at half-past one reached the city boundary.
On each side the road leading from the hall towards
Manchester there was a pat concourse of people,
who cheered very heartily. sod • triumphal arch
had been thrown across the read, decorated with
evergreens, and surmounted by a crown and nu-
merous banners. On the cornice were inscribed the
words "Albert"mer and " Welcome to Cheadle." Oa
crossing the river Mersey into Lancandie
the royal party was joined by the Right Hem
the keel of Burlington. lord-lieutenant of the
county ; and Mr. Charles Towne*, the high-sheriff
of Lancashire. At the village of Didsbury there's
were greet numbers of people on either side the
road, and in the windows, and seated in carriages,
eager to catch a glimpse of royalty t sad across the
road,Eseite the Wesleyan College, was a grace
m which
I
tri arch, aswere inscribed the words,
"We Prince Albert, to the Art Treasurer."
At Barlow Moor the cottages on each side of the
road through the village were decked with colour,,
and the pleas presented an exceedingly gay appear-
ance. Over the road at the bottom of the village I
was • triumphal aleh, with the inscription, " Wel-
came Prince Albert," and the letters " V.A." I
Acme's the read at Within/tan again there was a
triumphal arch. &oersted with evergreens, and of
similar character to those at Barlow Moor.
The carriages had dished along at • very rapid
pea
over the five miles between Abney Hall and the
boundary of the borough of Manchester, but from
this point the emit number cile in the road
rendered it necessary to slacken and on arriv-
ing at the entrance to Stretford ew Road, Chorlton.
upon-Medina, • slow walking pace Ina adopted. A
strong forte of the Dragoon Guards assisted the
police at the point to keep a passage open, and se
-matins the seeemblege that the work w:euvilf
"ate. A3thelesesdney of the shy the