The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-09 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE PRINCIPALITY.
(From the North Wales Chronicle.)
The inhabitants of Bangor no sooner heard of her
Majesty's intentions than they simultaneously re-
sponded to the invitation which, at the instance of the
Hon. Colonel Pennant and other magistrates, we had
the honour of sending out on Monday evening, and
attended in large force, and of nil classes of rank,
religion, and politics, full of affectionate zeal and de-
votion, at a public meeting, in the sessions room, on
the following morning. It was felt that there was
little time permitted for preparation, and a sketch of
the general desire being extemporised, a committee was
formed, and a sub.crip,ion immediately entered upon.
Colonel Pennant instantly put his name down for 201,
and in a few minutes time upwards of 50/., since in-
creased we hear to upwards of 1301., was raised towards
defraying the incidental expenses. The committee
entered upon their duties the same afternoon, and a
programme was determined upon, from which we
learn that triumphal arches are to be erected along
the line of her Majesty's route from the railway sta.
tion to the Penrhyn Arms Hotel ; that the benefit
societies of the town and neighbourhood are to be in-
vited to come with their flags, banners, emblems, and
music, to line the streets, which will also give every
individual amongst them a capital opportunity of see-
ing and greeting the royal person ; that as her Ma-
jesty is much interested in promoting the extension of
education amongst the children of the poorer classes,
the various schools of all denominations are to be
offered a conspicuous position in the line of march ;
that there is to be a splendid display of fireworks ;
that bonfires will be made on the heights ; but that no
general illumination is to be proclaimed, as there
would be danger in families going forth to witness it,
and leaving their houses lighted but unprotected A
wish was also expressed that the native costume
might be adopted as extensively as possible
amongst those accustomed to wear it, and
which sits so prettily upon many of the
fair ones of Anglesey, so as to make the ovation the
more characteristic. And it was understood that
should there be a surplus, after paying all expenses
necessary for a suitable outward demonstration of
affectionate loyalty and respect, it should be appro-
priated to the purposes of charity. These were the
intended preparations as then indicated. But we
have since learnt that many of the tradesmen of the
town will exhibit emblematic devi.:es in gas, which
will be lighted in the evening, and that there will be
transparencies shown in various directions. Great
preparations are also making at Penrhyn, whose
princely owner will spare neither pains nor expense
to do honour to the occasion. We hear that, in addi•
tion to his handsome contribution to the town's ex-
penses, he has intimated his intention to take upon
himself the entire cost of the fireworks, and that he
has engaged a person from Vauxhall to superintend
them. The display will be on the water, the tide
being favourable, and within view of her Majesty's
apartments at the Penrhyn Arms, and visible from
the port, from Hirael, Garth, and Anglesey. Mr.
Bicknell's arrangements, we have no doubt whatever,
will be devoted wholly and solely to her Majesty's
comfort and convenience. It must be a high gratifi-
cation to him to be thus honoured with the royal en-
couragement, when it is remembered that he had the
privilege of receiving her Majesty when Princess
Victoria, and her royal mother the Duchess of Kent,
at the hotel at Beaumaris, at the time of the
Eisteddfod.
Much anxiety is evinced to oscertain in which mode
her Majesty will pay her promised visit to Bangor.
Though it must, we fancy, be looked upon as a pri-
vate visit, yet there will of necessity be some of the
appendages of State ceremony with it. As justly
observed by the Hon. Colonel Pennant, her Majesty
may be so much fatigued with her journey she may
require repose, and formal addresses need therefore
scarcely be thought of ; but we presume there will be
guards of honour provided at the hotel and railway
station, with military bands for the performance of
the National Anthem. It has been stated by some
of the papers willing to admit that her Majesty is
coming here, that she will leave Balmoral, her High-
land home, on the morning of the 12 h (Tuesday
next), arrive at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, ou
the following evening, and sleep there. On Wed-
nesday she will leave Edinburgh at 8.30, by rail-
way, for Carlisle, under the management of the Lon-
ion and North-Western Company to Warringtoa ;
nd thence—by the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction line—to Chester, where her Majesty
may be expected between two and three o'clock in the
,fternoon of Wednesday next. After staying a few
minutes fur refreshment, the Queen will proceed by
the Chester and Holy head Railway to Bangor, and
remain for the night at the Penrhyn Arms Hotel. It
expected that on Thursday morning her Majesty
tll take an excursion to the Britannia Tubular
Bridge, and will then return to Chester, or, more
properly speaking, to the Saltney Junction, where the
directors of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
will have the honour of receiving the royal party, for
the purpose of conducting the illustrious visitors along
their picturesque line to Shrewsbury; thence tho
carriages will proceed by the Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham Railway to Wolverhampton, where the
London and North-Western Company will again " do
suit and service" by conveying the royal train to Bir-
mingham, and thence along the extension, through
Oxford, to Windsor. In the above case her Majesty's
arrival here will not be until late in the afternoon,
but if, as we have heard, her Majesty leaves Balmoral
on the Monday, and again honours Mr. Edwards by
sleeping at the Royal Hotel, Crewe, the royal party
will be at Bangor much earlier. This, however, will
be ascertained beyond doubt by the committee early
in the ensuing week, and, of course, will be duly
proclaimed for the information of the multitude.
Mr. Stevenson, we believe, will have the satisfac-
tion of conducting her Majesty to the tube, which
will be covered with the flags of all nations, having
,he royal standard at the entrances. The Bangor
station will be splendidly illuminated, and there will
be a grand exhibition of flags and devices.
There will doubtless be suitable demonstrations at
all the stations along the line, the directors of which
are loyal, liberal, and opulent.
At Shrewsbury, the authorities of the town and the
railways in connexion therewith have been busy in
preparing arrangements for the loyal reception and
the paying of dutiful homage to our beloved Queen ,
as the mother of her subjects. It is not expected
that her Majesty will mek e any long stay at the sta-
tion ; but it is the intention of the corporation, with
the permission of the Sovereign, to present an ad-
dress on the occasion, in the name of the borough.
Great preparations are also going on at the rail-
way station. Sloping platforms will be erected the
whole length of the station and somewhat fur-
ther, so as to accommodate about one thousand
persons, and these will be continued down
.to
the
centre line of rails, over which the royal train will
pass. Elegant waiting and refreshment-rooms willrinswish to
provided for her Majesty, should it beu
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splendid and suitable manner.
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which is to be used on the occasioni will be decorated
in a magnificent manner, and the other arrangements
will be a propos. In fact, no expense nor pains will
be spared to give écla Princess the eveht.
Her Majesty----then Victoria—attended the
Eisteddfod in Beaurnaris in 1832, and in 1847, with
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was placed in type we learn that
Prince Albert, passed through the Straits.
theSfiinrcset rtohueteabmoveentioned above will be the chosen one
that the hour of her Majesty's arrival at Bangor
will be about five o'clock. The committee have made
excellent arrangements as regards police, and there
can be no doubt that her Majesty, Prince Albert, and
the Royal Family will long have reason to remember
their reception in the Principality with feelings of
gratification.

FUNERAL OF A MILITARY KNIGHT OF WINDSOR
(A WAIIRLOO OFFICER).—Yesterday (Friday) the remains
of the late Lieutenant Henry Griffiths, Military Knight of
Windsor, were interred en the Green of St. George's Chapel,
Windsor. The funeral, by the desire of the deceased, was
conducted without military honours, but the Governor, Major
Moore, attended as chief mourner, accompanied by li. Hof
derness, Esq., the medical attendant. The pall was borne by
Ensign Lamb. Lieutenant Nantes, Colonel Fitzgibbon, and
Captain Ellison, Military Knights, and by the Governor of
the Naval Knights, Lieutenant Okes, and Lieutenant Jewers,
Navel Knight, Lieutenants Hut st and Henry, Naval
Knights, and Captains King and Hollingsworth, Military
Knights, followed. Lieutenant Griffiths, who was charac•
terised by great urbanity of manners, bad served many years
with distinction in the 15th Hussars, and was present at the
Battle of Waterloo. Disabled by ill-health he ultimately re-
tired, but he lived and died universally esteemed alike as an
officer and military knight, a gentleman, and a Christian.
He had completed his seventieth year.
GALLANT ACT.--DA.RTMoUTH, OCT. 2.—On Sa-
turday last a child, who was playing on the quay in this
town, accidentally fell over, and immediately sunk in deep
water, under a lighter. Lieutenant Carter, commander of
the revenue cutter Wickham, who was near the spot, in
true sailor-like style, threw aside his cap, and, with the
greatest gallantry, plunged to the rescue. After being under
some considerable time, he appeared above water, holding
the child, who would have met with a watery grave, but
for the prompt and noble assistance of the above-named
gentleman.