The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-08 00:00:00

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.

ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.—Yesterday Mr. Baugh
Allen, one of the assessors appointed by Sir George Grey
under the Metropolitan Local Management Act, attended
at the VeQtry-hall, for the purpose of carrying out the
peovisions of the act. The churchwardens and overseers,
with Mr. Dangerfield, the vestry clerk, Mr. Cobbett,
Mr. Dalton, Mr. Labron, and the leading ratepayers of
the parish attended to afford every information. The
vestry clerk read the resolutions passed at the vestry
meeting on Thursday, and also handed to the learned
assessor the report of the committee suggesting the man-
ner in which the parish tlould be divided into three
wards, to be called the west, north, and south wards,
consisting of 12 representatives for each. After con.
suiting the statistical account of the number of rate-
payers and rateable property in each district, the assessor
approved of the scheme recommended by the committee,
but made ♦arious alterations in the boundaries. The
election of vestrymen for each ward will not take place
until November.

ST. GILES-111-TIE•FIELDS AND ST. GEORGE, BLOOMS-
-lllRT.—Yesterday A. J. Wood, Esq., attended at the
Vestry Clerk's-office for a similar purpose. The vestry
clerk, churchwardens, and overseers (but only two or
three parishioners) were present. It appeared there was
considerable doubt whether there was a sufficient num-
ber of ratepayers in the united parishes to authorise the
assessor in dividing the parish into wards. The learned
assessor had to go through each district, a work of no
ordinary labour. The final decision was adjourned.
LAMBETH.—Yesterday Mr. W. D. Cooper attended
at the Vestry-hall of St. Mary, for the purpose of divid-
ing the parish into wards. The parish will be divided
into eight wards, consisting of 120 ♦estrymen. The
wards will consist of the Lower and Upper Marsh
Wards, Bishop's Liberty, Prince's Liberty, Vauxhall
Ward, Stockwell Ward, Brixton and Norwood Ward.
The representation by vestrymen will be apportioned
according to the number of rated householders in each
ward. The returns not being complete, the final assign-
ment and division were adjourned until the 18th inst.
The number of assessments throughout the entire parish
are 23,709, and the gross rateable value of the property,
491,561/.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Friday,
Sept. 7.—Admissions on payment, 6,482 ; ditto by sea-
son ticket, 651 ; total visitors, 7,133 ; corresponding day
last year, 7,027.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Monday last a singular
circumstance happened to a person named Thomas Mal-
kin, while travelling by the 7 a.m. train from Hull to
Sheffield. As the train was proceeding at a rapid rate
between Kiveton-park and Woodhouse Junction, near to
Aston Colliery, Malkin, while leaning over the carriage
door, found it giving way. He grasped the door, in his
effort to save himself, but it swung open, and he was
thiown with groat force upon the opposite embankment.
When the train arrived at the Victoria station informa-
tion of the accident was given to Mr. Ward, the manager,
and he immediately proceeded with a carriage and engine
to the spot. On arriving at the Woodhouse viaduct, he
met the man walking along the line. He was taken
into the carriage, and it was found that he had sustained
no injury beyond a severe shock and a few slight bruises
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HER MAJESTY'S JOURNEY.

EDINBURGH, Thur-:day ETeeing.—The Queen, Prince
Albert, and Royal F:imily arrived at St. Margaret's
station, Edinburgh, at 38 minutes past 6, being seven
minutes in advance of the time anticipated. The journey
from London-400 miles—was thus completed in ten
h.hrs and a half. For the latter part of the way, the
Queen and Prince Albert had travelled in the saloon
provided for the elder Princesses, it having been found
on their arrival at Darlington that the grand saloon car-
riage, used by her Majesty and Consort or this line, had
become overheated in the axletrees. This circumstance,
probably, led to a fatal occurrence at a little later period
of the journey. One of the greasers, who had accoixr
panied the Royal train from London, in his anxiety, no
doubt, to obviate the recurrence of a like mishap, was
greasing the wheels of one of the carriages while the
train was proceeding at full speed along the line near
Aycliffe, when, either losing his balance, or coming in
contact with the pillar of a bridge, ho fell from his place
and was killed on the spot. In other respects the Royal
journey was without accident or detention.
At St. Margaret's station her Majesty was received
by the Duke of Buccleuch, as Lord-Lieutenant of the
county of Edinburgh. Major-General Viscount Mel-
ville, Commander of the Forces in North Britain, with
the Hon. Colonel Dalzell and other officers of the staff,
and Mr. J. T. Gordon, Sheriff of the county, were also
in attendance. Her Majesty, on alighting, shook hands
with the Duke of Buccleuch, and graciously bowed to
the other gentlemen present.
On reaching the gateway of the station the band of 1
the 7th Dragoon Guards struck up " God Save the
Queen," immediately following it with " Partant pour
la Syrie." Her Majesty and retinue here entered open
travelling carriages, which were in waiting to convey
them to the Palace. The procession, which was es-
corted by a body of cavalry, drove through the Queen's
Park at a brisk pace, followed by the acclamations of
an immense assemblage, which, doubtless, owing to
the beauty of the evening, was larger than that which
has welcomed the Queen in her visits to Edinburgh
for some years. The way through the Park was lined
by bodies of Military and militia, presenting con-
siderable variety of uniform and equipment. They in-
cluded the 7th Dragoon Guards, from Piershill, the
depots of the 82d (Prince of Wales) Regiment, and
the 92d (Gordon) Highlanders, from the Castle ;
the County of Edinburgh Militia, from Dalkeith ; and
the Fife Militia Artillery,`from Leith Fort. The Royal
party arrived at Elolyrood about 7 o'clock, where they
were received in the vestibule by the Lord Provost and
other officials. A Royal salute from the Castle an-
nounced the arrival of her Majesty at the Palace.
Soon after arriving, Prince Albert, attended by Colo-
nel Phipps, drove out and visited the National Gallery,
of which his Royal Highness laid the foundation stone
in 1850, and which is now all but completed.
Her Majesty and the Royal household dined at 8
o'clock. Time Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Melville, and
Mr. Sheriff Gordon were guests at the Royal table.
FRIDAY MORNING.—The Royal party left the Palace
this morning about half-pa-t 8 o'clock, and proceeded
through the park to the station. The way was, as usual,
hued with troops, and there was again a considerable
assemblage in the park. They left St. Margaret's da-
tion punctually at 9 o'clock, her Majesty and Prince
Albert occupying the Royal saloon carriage, which had
in the interval been brought up from Darlington.
The Royal travellers reached Larbert junction at 9.52,
where the Queen conversed some time with a wounded
officer of the 42d Highlanders, lately returned from the
Crimea ; they passed Stirling at 10.12, the Castle guns
firing a salute. Perth was reached at 11.6 ; Forfar and
Aberdeen were also passed safely and in good time, and
the Banchory station of the Deeside Railway, a distance
of 176 miles, at 45 minutes after 2 in the afternoon.
I.!Her Majesty was received at Banohory by the Earl of
Kintore, Patrick Davidson, L.L.D., Deputy-Lieutenant
of the county, and Mr. Jonn Duncan, chairmain of the
Deeside Railway directors. Her Majesty had luncheon
in the refreshment-room, prepared by Mr. Grant, and
elegantly fitted up. A guard of honour of the 79th
Highlanders was in attendance. The Queen left in an
open carriage at 3 o'clock, posted by Aboyne to Balla-
ter, where her Majesty was met by the Farquharson
Highlanders, in full costume, and proceeded thence to
Balmoral, arriving about 7 o'clock.
Mr. Seymour Clarke attended the Royal train, which
was punctual to a minute from King's-cross to Banchory.