The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-14 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1854.

HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, Thursday Evening.—The Queen, Prince
Albert, and the five senior members of their youthful
family, arrived at Holyrood Palace, this evening, from
Balm ral Castle. The royal travellers left Balmoral
about nine o'clock in the morning, and posted down the
valley of the Dee to Banchory, the terminus of the
newly-opened Dec-side Railway. They commenced their
railway journey to the Scotch metropolis at half-past 12,
passing Ferryhill (Aberdeen) at 1.10, and reaching
Stonehaven at-1.40, where a delay of half-an-hour took
place for lunchen. The royal train passed Forfar about
half-past three . and Pcirth- about half-pact four, and
arrived at Edinburgh (St. Margaret's station) at ten
minutes: before Seven. At the differe►it terminal sta-
tions, where brief stoppages toe( place, there was a
considerable attendance of spectatOrs:` The distance of
the railway journey is 180 miles, and the running time
about 33 miles an hour. The day throughout was-beau-
tiful. The Queen's train comprised three splendid .sa-
loon carriages belonging to the Great Northern. Rail-
way Company; her Majesty, her Royal Consort, the.
Prince of Wale; and the Princ"eis Royal occupying the
centre saloon, and the two younger Princesses with the
ladies of the suite the first, and Prince Alfred with his
tutor the-last. Both the young Princes wore kilts.
Notwithstanding that her Majesty's arrival in Edin-
burgh took place after dusk, there were large numbers'
of well-dressed persons assembled in the park, and,
although the Royal party drove from St. Margaret's sta-
tion to Holyrood in closed carriages, they were•cordially
cheered in passing. With the loyal welcome were blended
the strains of military music and the boom of the Castle
guns.
The Royal party reached Holyrood Palace at about
7 o'clock, and carriages were ordered next morning at a
quarter past 10 ; their departure from St. Margaret's-
station for Hull being fixed for half-past 10..
The Minister in waiting was the Earl of Aberdeen,
who had joined her Majesty on Tuesday from. Haddo-
house, Sir. James Graham having left the same day for
London. In her Majesty's suite was Major! Lord Burg-
hersh, who had arrived at Balmoral on Wednesday
morning from London, with despatches from Lord
Raglan to the Queen, formally annomicing the .great
triumph of her Majesty's arms on the Alina.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, FRIDAY EVENING.---The train
with her Majesty and Royal suite reached the central
station in this town at 20 minutes to two o'clock this
afternoon. It stayed half an hour, and the royal party
partook of luncheon. There was an immense concourse
of inhabitants of tho town in the station and neighbour-
hood, who greeted her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the
Royal children with immense cheering. Lord Aberdeen
was the Minister in attendance. Sir George Gray was
prevented.from being present by a slight injury he has
reoeived by a fall from a horse. '
The Mayors of Newcastle and Gateshead were intro-
duced to her Majesty and Prince Albert, who expressed
great sympathy for the inhabitants of the town in their
loss by- the recent fire. Her Majesty instructed the
Mayor of Gateshead to place 100 guineas to her name on
the subscription list for the relief of the sufferers. The
Royal train stopped on the High Level Bridge to give
the Royal party an opportunity of viewing the ruins on
the Quayside and at Gateshead. The directors of the
North-Eastern Railway travelled in the Royal train
from Berwick to York.
Hutt, Oct. 13.—Her Majesty arrived here at a few
minutes before six o'clock this evening; and' was 're-
eeived upon the platform by the Chairman and Directors
of the North-Eastern Railway, the Mayor and Corpora-
tion of Hull, the Earl of Yarborough, the • Earl of
Carlisle, Lord Londesborough, Lord Hotham, and Sir
Harry Smith. An immense concourse of townspeople
and visitors filled the station.
The Queen and Royal family proceeded at once to the
Railway Hotel, where addresses were presented from Lie
coproration and local bodies.
There is a general illumination is the town this
evening.

Tho folio wing address of the corporation is from the pen
of the Recorder of Hull, Samuel Warren, Esq., Q.C.,
D.C.L.

"TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
"May it please your Majesty,
" We, your dutiful and devoted subjects, the mayor,
aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Kingston-upon-
Hull, humbly approach your Majesty to express our ardent
loyalty, and the pride and exultation with which, on this
auspicious occasion, we hail the appearance ationgst us of
our beloved Queen, and her Royal Consort anti children.
" At any time would a visit from your Mis.jesty to this
borough be a source of high gratification to all your loyal
subjects within it, but more especially is it so at a time
when your Majesty's arms, in conjunction with those of
your allies, have been blessed with meat signal success.
"The existence of our town can be traced to a very re-
mote period; and it has, with its inhabitants, from time
to time, been honoured with special manifestations of Royal
favour. The port rith which it is connected, having be-
come, as early as the reign of your Majesty's fa,-none pre-
decessor King Riehard 1., the sixth of importance in the
kingdom, subsequently attracted, from its peeulim- advau-
tage of position, the notice of your Majesty's great prede-
cessor King Edward 1., wko changed its original name,
honoured it with its present royal appellation of King's
Town-upon-Hull; shortly afterwards created it a free
borough, with many important privileges, and also con-
ferred upon it the distinction, more than once, of a Royal
visit, towards the close of his long and glorious reign.
Since that period, this borough (which, in the year
1410, was constituted a county of itself), has been several
times similarly distinguished by your Majesty's royal pre-
decessors, one of whom, Ring Henry the Eighth, paid it
two visits, each of several days' duration, iu the year
1541, presenting to the mayor (on one of these occasions)
the sword which he himself then wore. The mayor being
then already authorised by acharter of one of your royal
predecessors (King Henry the Sixth) to have a sword borne
erect before hint, in the name of the Sovereign, when out
of the royal presence.
" Upwards of two centuries have now elapsed since this
borough received a royal visit ; this of your Majesty at the
commencement of the eighteenth year of your prosperous
and happy reign, being tho first that has been paid to it by
a Queen of England. So signal an event will constitute
henceforth the brightest among those which our annals
record. With whatever splendour your Majesty has been,
or may be, received elsewhere in your dominions, suffer us
to assure your Majesty that we will yield to none of our
fellow-subjects in fervent love and loyalty to your Majesty,
and-in gratitude for the memorable distinction which you
have been pleased this day to confer upon us.
.0" We trust that your Majesty will be pleased with such
indications as you may see of our persevering efforts to
develops to the utmost those great local advantages which
constitute the claim of this port to ra.nk high in mercantile
and maritime importance. We venture to remind your.
Majesty, that through the favour of your illustrious grand-
father, Kiug George 111., those eaten sive walls and moats
which had been constructed for warlike purposes several
centuries before, and which extended from the river Hull
to the Humber, were removed, in order that on their site
might be constructed (happily more in accordance with the
spirit and requirements of the times) those convenient and
capacious docks now constituting the distinctive character
of this important eastern seaport, which now ranks the
third in the United Kingdom, being next to London and
Li zerpool in the amount of customs received.
" Wherever your Majesty move's you are hailed, as here,
by the enthusiastic acclamations of your subjects, wholhave
always seen everythinc, to love and revere in your Ma-
jesty's personal character,p and behold in, you her whom
God has set to rule over one of the greatest empires upon
earth; your sceptre a sceptre of mercy and love, anti your
throne fixed in the affections of your pc,,ple so immovably
that it remained firm whilst many other thrones appeared

•
insecure.
" We believe that no Sovereign ever sat on the throne of
these realms more distinguished than. your Majesty by a
personal and ever watchful ir.terest in the welfare of every
class of your subjects, and more anxious to secure to all,
without any distinction, the fullest participation in the
blessings of civil and religious liberty afforded by our in-
comparable institutions.
" We humbly supplicate Almighty God, to whom the do-
vout prayers of the nation constantly ascend on behalf of your
Majesty and your Royal Consort, and family, that He, whose
authority you have, may vou.clasafe to your Majesty a long
continuance of that favour mad protection with which He
has hitherto so evidently ble iced your Majesty, and in you
your happy people; long preserving to your 'Majesty and
your Royal Consort and &rally the unruffled serenity of
your private life, and so lightening the heavy pressure of
your public cares, by the unwavering love of your Royal
family, and devotion of your loyal people ;, and we shall
never cease to pray that after you have done His will upon
earth, you may receive from the King of kings a crown of
glory that fadeth not away-
" Given under the c onimon seal of our corporation,
this 6th day of October, in the 18th year of the
reign of your Ma jr and in the year of our Lord,
1854."

" TO HIS ROYAL lIIGHNESS THE PRINCE.

" May it please your Royal Highness. •
" We, the mayor, aldezmen, and burgessesof the borough
of Kingston upon-Hull, most respectfully and cordially
greet your Royal Highness, as the Consort of our beloved
Queen, and offer you a. hearty welcome to this loyal and
ancient borough. It cannot, we trust, but afford satisfac-
tion to your Royal Highness to feel that you have long ago
acquired the admirati en, confidence, and affection of the
whole nation, so benignantly ruled over by our gracious
Queen.
"A visit from her 'Majesty and you, her Royal Consort,
to this borough, woir.ld at all times bo the source of high
gratification to the iishabitrarts, but the more especially is
it so at a time when her Majesty's arms, in conjunction
with those of her have been blest with signal success.
"The personal &in:meter and conduct of your Royal
Highness may indeed well endear you, alike to her Majesty,
to your august family, and to ell her Majesty's .subjects
throughout the world. Her Majesty's alliance with a
prince of your ancien,-, and renowned house,was, of itself, a
subjeck of national rokicing ; and we do but expreis the
profound appreciation of
universal feeling of the country in acknowledging the
spirit of this enlightened
supreme discretion which your Royal Highness has mani-
'3"d
n(
enduringoifhtltebold upon the respect and
ftaeliseet'en(wia
affection'toh iniocnohaafl give
tic°llvhceicas -ayr scaoioc:tr::niasrtir y, and also of every civilised com-
munity. While a zealous and discriminating friend of
scholarship and philosophy, you have ever been foremost in
advancing the cause of practical philanthropy, as based
upon the hallowed and hallowing principles of morality
and religion.
" To the persevering energy and sagacity of your Royal
Highness we were mainly indebted for that transcendant
wonder of our age, tiny Exhibition .of •the Industry of all
Nations, which, while it charmed and instructed all classes
in our own country to an extent without parallel in our
history, also attracted to• us the eyes of every other civilised
_ nation, giving an impuliie to industry and enterprise in

every department of art and science, which will long con-
tinue, and from which the happiest results are following.
"We trust your Royal _Richness will find that in this
ancient, and we hope rising borough, we aro by no means
indifferent-to the advancement of science and letters ; and
that you will see with interest the new structures which
are raising for our Subscription Library, and Literary and
Philosophical Society, ; the latter of which your Royal
Highness has been pleased to distinguish by becoming its
patron, and which has been now established for upeards
of 30 years, and the former for 80 years, both being in
most flourishing circumstances.
" We-are persuaded also that your Royal. Highness will
view with interest the distinguishing-features of this lo-
cality, so favoured by nature for extended mercantile and
maritime enterprise. Being situate on .the Humber, the
finest estuary in the kingloni, and in close proximity to
the mouths of the great riveis., the Hull, Ouse, and Trent,
they, with their tributary streams; and the canals branch-
ing from them, combined with the rapidly-increasing faci-
lities for access, and, transit afforded by railways, which
now communicate with London through the greatest menu-
factiiring districts' of the country, and with Liverpool,
thereby connecting the Irbil Sea with the German Ocean,
confer peonliar advantages for the conveyance of, the pro-
ductions of a large spp.ce of country to Hull, and for re-
ceiving and transmitting foreign merchandise. Wo trust
that the sight of our extensive and commodious harbour,

docks, warehouses, and the shipping crowding our port,
will gratify your Royal Highness, as evidencing .our dispo-
sition to make the most of our resources, and the success
,vhich has already so far attended our efforts that Hull has
become the third shipping port in the kingdom. -
" Wo trust that God may long spare to her Majesty,
your august children, and the nation at largo, a life so dear
and valuable to all, as that of your Royal Highness, to
continue exhibiting to every man in the kingdom, high
and low, a.,pattern for the perfprinance of the duties of
life in every station, and especially to him whoin the pro-
vidence of "God may hereafter assign the sceptre of these
realms, and also to all the Royal family ; on behalf of
whom, together with our beloved Queen and your Royal
Higness, our fervent and trustful prayers ever ascend for
your welfare, both here and hereafter, to the Almighty
God and Father of us all.
" Given under the Common Seal of our Corporation,
this 6th day of October, in the 18th year of the
reign of Queen Victoria, and in the year of our
Lord 1851."

PATRIOTIC FUND.-THE ROYAL

COMMISSION.

VICTORIA. R.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom
of Groat Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the
Faith. To our most dearly-beloved Consort, his Royal
Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel, Duke
of Saxony, Prince of Saxo Cobourg and Gotha, Knight of
our Most Noble Order of the Garter, and Field-Marshal
its our Army. To our right trusty and right entirely-
beloved cousin and councillor, Hear) Pelham, Duke of.
Newcastle, one of our Principal Secretaries of State ; our
right trusty and right entirely-beloved cousin and coun-
cillor Arthur, Duke of Wellington, Major-General in our
Army; our right trusty and well-beloved councillor,
Edward Adolphus Somerset, commonly called Lord Sey-
mour; our right trusty and well-beloved cousin and coun-
cillor, Edward Geoffery, Earl of Derby ; our right trusty
and right well beloved cousin, Anthony, Earl of Shaftes-
bury ; our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin and
councillor, Georgo Hamilton, Earl of Aberdeen, Knight of
the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle ;
our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin and coun-
cillor, Charles Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, Rear-Admiral
on the *reserved half-pay of our Navy ; our right trusty
and right well-beloved cousin, Henry Thomas, Earl of
Chichester ; our right trusty and right well-beloved
cousin, Horatio, Earl Nelson; our right trusty and right
well-beloved cousin and councillor, Henry, Earl Grey ;
our right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor,
Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and one of
our Principal Secretaries of State ; our right trusty and
well-beloved cousin and Councillor, Stapylton, Viscount
Combermere, Knight Grantl Cross of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, and General in our Army ; our right
trusty. and well-beloved cousin and Councillor, Henry
Viscount Ilardinge, Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath, and General Commanding-
in-Chief of our Army ; our right trusty and well-beloved
Henry Robinson, Baron Itokeby, Major-General in our
Army ; our right trusty and well-beloved Councillor,
Charles, Baron Colchester, Rear-Admiral on tho Reserved
Half-pay of our Navy ; our right trusty and well-beloved
Coucillor Foi, Baron Panmure, Knight of the Most An-
cient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle ; our right
trusty and well-beloved John, Baron Seaton, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
and General in our Army; our right trusty and well-
beloved Councillor, Edward Burtenshaw, Baron Saint
Leonards ; our right trusty and well-beloved Councillor,
' Fitt Roy James Henry, Baron Raglan, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
General in our Army, Master-General of our Ord-
nance, and Commander of our Forces employed
on a particular service : our right trusty and well-
beloved Councillor, Sidney Herbert, our Secretary-
at-War ; our trusty' and well-beloved James Lind-
say, commonly called the Honourable James Lindsay,
Colonel in our Army ;
:our right trusty and well-beloved
Councillor, Sir James Hobert George Graham, Baronet,
Kuight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, and ono of the Commissioners for executing the
office of Lord High Admiral ; our trusty and well-beloved
Councillor, henry Thoinss Lowry Corry ; our right trusty
and well-bolovediCouncillor, Edward Eliico; our trusty and
well-beloved Councillor, Robert Vernon Smith ; our right
trusty and well-beloved Councillor, Sir John Suiners?t
Pakington, Baronet ; our trusty and.well-beloved Sir
Robert Throckmorton, Baronet ; our trusty and well-
beloved Sir William Parker, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Admiral
of the White Squadron of our fleet ; our trusty and well-
beloved Sir Thomas Byam Martin, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Admiral of
the fleet ; our trusty and well-beloved Sir John Fox Bur-
goyne, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourablo Order
of the Bath, Lieutenant-General of Fortifications ; our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross,
Knight Commander of the Meet Honourable Order of the
Bath, and Lieutenant-General of our. Ordnance ; our
right trusty and well-beloved Councillor the Lord
Mayor of our city of London for the time being ; our
trusty and well beloved Joseph Hums, Esquire; our
trusty and well-beloved Thomas Baring, Esquire ; our
trusty and well-beloved J. G.Hubbard Esq. ; our trusty
and well-beloved John Wilson Patten' Esq.; our trusty
and well-beloved Samuel Morton Peto, Esq. ; our trusty
and well-beloved Edmund Burke Roe e, Esq. ; and our
trusty and well-beloved John Ball, Esq. I •
Whereas, amidst the glorious successes, which, through
the power of Almighty God, have attended our arms
during the present war, many soldiers, sailors, and ma-
rines, serving in our armies and fleets have' gallantly fallen
in battle, or by other casualties during war; and many who
shall hereafter be engaged in conflict, or in the further pro-
secution of hostilities, may also nobly sacrifice their lives
in our service, while protecting tho invaded liberties of
our Ally, and repressing
the lawless ambition of -our
enemies.

And whereas it bath been represented to us, that many
of our loving subjects throughout our kingdom and
dominions, actuated by a just sense of the sacred rights
of those who fall in their country's service and in support
of our just cause of war, are anxiously desirous of testify-
ing their loyaly and love to us and our Throne, by a just
and generous benevolence towards the widows and orphans
of those of our soldiers, sailors and marines who have been
so killed, or who may hereafter die amidst the ravages
and casualties of war, and also by their gifts and subscrip-
tions to contribute a portion of those means with which our
nation has been blessed towards the succouring, educating,
and relieving those, who, by the loss of their husbands and
parents in battle, or by death on active service in the pro-
sent war, are unable to maintain or to support themselves :
And whereas it is expedient that public measures
should be taken, and that preparation should be made for
the safe keeping and beneficial application of the several
sums of money which may henceforth, and from timo to
time hereafter, during the continuance of this our Royal
Commission, bo given, subscribed, or collected, for all or
any of the several purposes aforesaid : Aud also for the
purpose of securing such prompt and authentic informa-,
tion as may be required, to aid the just and faithful dis-
tribution of t the said several sums of money, when so re-
ceived : And it hath also appeared to us, that by issuing
this our Royal Commission, greater efficacy, power, and
support may be given to the benevolent desires of our
loving subjects : And also that the respective claims,
merits, and necessities of individual claimants will be duly
inquired into : And that by permitting assistance to be
rendered by the officers of our civil, military, and naval
services we may prevent the wrong application, by misre-
presentation or otherwise, of those contributions which
our loving subjects may hereafter, during the con-
tinuance of this our Royal Commission, for the several
purposes aforesaid, generously and benevolently supply :
Now know ye, that we, having taken into our conside-
ration the premises, and being earnestly desirous, in last-
ing memory of those who have faithfully fallen in
our service, to encourage the loyal and hearty be-
nevolence of our loving subjects, which may here-
after bo directed towards the widows and orphans
of the soldiers,- sailors, and
p oufrwpioot
hsuerso forces,ullrerei
n
who may now or hereafter be serving abroad in our
pre-
sentarmies
hostilities,an d fl ee t
anti °dPfionr soetrhveircetsh co connected
'before recited or mentioned, and reposing great trust and
confidence in your fidelity, discretion, and integrity, have
authorised and appointed, and, do by these presents au-
thorise and appoint you, the said Prince Albert, the said
Duke of Newcastle, the said Duke of Wellington, the said
Lord Seymour, the said Earl of Derby, the said Earl of
Shaftesbury, the said Earl of Aberdeen, the said Earl of
Hardwicke, the said .Earl of Chichester, the said Earl
Nelson, the said Earl Grey, the said Viscount Palmerston,
tho said Viscount Combermere, the said ViScount Har
dingo, the said Baron Rokeby, the said Barou Colchester,
the said Baron Panmure, the said Baron' Seaton, the said
Baron St. Leonards, the said Baron Raglan, the said Sid-
ney Herbert, the said James Lindsay, the said Sir James
Robert Georg Graham, the said floury Thomas Lowry
Corry, the said Edward. Ellie, the said Robert Vernon
Smith, the said Sir John Solaeraet Pakington, the said Sir
Robert Throckinorton, the said Sir William Parker, the
said Sir Thoinas'Byam Martin, the said Sir John Pei Bur-
goyne, the said Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, the said Lord
Mayor of our city of London, the said Joseph Hume, tho
said Thomas Baring, the said John G.llibrund Hubbard,
the said John W !hen Patton, the said Samuel Morton
Peto, the said Edmund Burke Roche, and rho said John
Ball, to make full and diligent inquiry into the best
mode of ailing the loyalty and benevolence of our loving
subjects, and of ascertaining the best means by which the
gifts, subscriptions, and contributions of our loving subjects
can 1.).3 best applied, according to the generous intentions of
the donors thereof, and from time to time to apply the
same as you, our Commissioners, or any three or more of
you, shall think fit or direct, either for the immediate re-
lief of such special objects of destitution as may come
within the meaning and purpose of such benevolence, or,
for any of the purposes aforesaid, to increase, extend, or
make additions to any of our Royal or other charitable
institutions already founded for similar purposes within
our United Kingdom. And, further, to apply, or to order
and direct the application of, all such moneys in such

manner as •to you our Commissioners, or to any three or
more of you, shall seem fit in the premises ; so that you
do in all things secure the most impartial and beneficent
distribution of all such sums as may hereafter and from
time to time be received under or by virtue of this our
Royal Commission. •
And know ye that we.do by these presents further give
and grant to you, and to any three or more of yon, full
power and authority to call before you, or any three or
more of you all such persons in connection with.our civil,
be service,th eb
eats t
eyro
ejdllfe
all necessary,matters
by military,wh oin a
yound n
inform
and things most desirable to be done and performed, and
may be
to inquire into the premises and every part thereof by all
other lawful ways and means whatsoever.
And our further will and pleasure is, that for the purpose
of aiding you in the execution of these premises, we, do
hereby appoint our trusty a'id well-beloved 'Edmund Gar-
diner Fishbourne,.Esquire, Captain in our Navy, and our
trusty and well-beloved John. Henry . Lefroy, Esquire,
Captain in our Royal Regiment of Artillery, to be joint
Honorary Secretaries to this our Royal Commission.
And we do command our said Commissioners, ripen the
occurrence of any vacancy in the office of either or both of
them the said Secretaries to this our Royal Commission,
that you do from time to time, and as often is the same
may occur, proceed according to your discretion to fill up
the same by virtue of this our. Royal Commission.
And for the further better and more perfectly enabling
all our loving subjects, acearding to their desire and ability,
and from time to time and at all times during the existence
of this our Royal Commission, according to their several
means and wishes to contribute to the benevolent and
praiseworthy objects aforesaid, and that local committees
may the more r eadily and speedily be formed throughout our
kingdom and dominions, of all our magistrates, justices of
the peace, the clergy, and other of our loving subjects within
all cities, parishes, boroughs, and
.places in our kingdom
ancfdominions, and in. our colonies, possessions, and terri-
tories abroad, it is our Royal will and pleasure, and we do
for such purpose constitute and appoint the Lords Lieute-
nant, Sheriffs, and Cnstodes Rotulorum for the time being
of the several counties within our kingdom, the Aldermen
and Recorder for the time being of our city of London; the
Provost of Edinburgh for the time being ; the Lord Mayor
of Dublin for the time being • the Lord Mayor of York
for the time being ; and ad other the Mayors, Pro-
vosts; Bailiffs, and Dailies for the time being of
our cities, boroughs, and corporate towns ; and also
all our Governors - General, Governors, Lieutenant-
Governors and officers administering the governments for
the time being of our territories and colonial possessions,
to be within their several counties, cities, boroughs, go-
vernments' and jurisdictions, respectively, Commissioners
in Aid of the several duties and services to be performed
by you, and for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned to
encourage, aid, and assist the establishment of all such
Local Committees as may be useful or necessary in every
town, parish, or place, within the jurisdictions aforesaid,
f e. the several purposes of collectingfro:n time to time all or
any gifts, subscriptions, and voluntary contributions as
aforesaid, and transmitting the same when so collected to
our Paymaster-General, us is hereinafter mentioned : Pro-
vided always, that each and every such Local Committee
shall keep a correct account of the moneys collected by
them respectively ; and each of the said Local Committees
shall only bo answerable and accountable for the due and
speedy transmission to our Paymaster-General of all such
sum and. sums of money as may from time to time be vo-
luntarily subscribed or collected through its own special ,
means and agency.
And we do authorise and empower the said Commis-
sioners in Aid, under the rules and regulations of you our
said Commissioners, or of any three or more of you, in all
other matters to perform and do such acts as may best pro-
mote the Objects of this our Royal Commission, during the
continuance thereof, and to encourage and aid a duo and
faithful fulfilment of the benevolent desires of our loving
subjects in this behalf, within their several counties, go-
vernments, and jurisdictions aforesaid.
And for the safe custody of all moneys which may here-
after be received for the purposes herein set forth, and of
all. sums of money already subscribed or given for any
such purpose as aforesaid, which may be duly handed over
for the purpose of being applied under this our Royal
Commission. Our Royal will and pleasure further is, and
we do hereby-direct and command our right trusty and
well-beloved Councillor, Edward John, Baron Stanley of
Alderley, our Paymaster-General, or our Paymaster Gene-
ral for the thee being, to receive and safely keep all and
every sum and sums of money which by virtue of this
our Royal Commission may at any time or times, and
from time to time hereafter during the continuance of
this our. Royal Commission, be received and pail, but
subject nevertheless to the orders and directions of you
our said Commissioners, or of any three or more of you,
and also to such drafts of the Executive ivad Finance Com-
mittee as aro hereinafter mentioned, and which may be in
accordance with the rules and regulations of you our said
Commissioners.

And to this end we do command our said Paymaster-
General to open and keep a separate account at the Bank
of England, and that ho do pay to the credit of such ac-
count, which shall be called and known by the name of the
"Patriotic Fund," all and every sum and sums of money
which he may at any time hereafter receive, under or by
virtue of this our Royal Commission, and that our said
Paymaster-General do cause payments to be made there-
from by virtue of such drafts or orders as may be addressed
to him by or on behalf of you our said Commissioners, and,
subject to your direction and authority, by your said Se-
cretaries or either of them, or by the said Executive and
Finance Committee, or by any two or more of such Com-
mittees, for the time being.
And in order to facilitate the iinprest to our said Pay-
mastcr-Guneral of any and all subscriptions, donations, and
collections of moneys now or hereafter to be wade, or which
from time to time during the continuance of this our Royal
Commission may bo received, for any of the several pur-
poses aforesaid, and also for the purpose of carrying into
effect what you our said C.,mmissionora, or any three or
more of you, shall hereafter direct to be done in respect of
the said subscriptions, donations, and collections so expected
to be made as aforesaid, we hereby authorise you our said
Commissioners, or any three or more of you, to nominate and
appoint any three or more persons, whomsoever as to you
shall seem meet, to be an Executive Committee in the
premises ' • and our pleasure is that such Executive Com-
mittee shall also be a Finance Committee, with power to
select their own Chairman, and havinc, the direction and
control, under such orders and regulations as may here-
after from time to time bo made by you, or by any
three or more of you, over the receipts and expendi-
ture of the said several sums of money which from
time to time during the continuance of this our Royal
Commission may be collected as aforesaid ; and,
subject to such your orders and regulations, the
said Executive and Finance Committee, or any two or
more of them, shall and may order and direct the payment
and disbursement of any sum or sums so to be received by
our said Paymaster-General to the account, of the said
"Patriotic Fund." .

And it is our further will and pleasure that you, or any
three or more of you, do from time to time, according to
your discretion, fill up any such vacancies as may occur
in such Executive and Finance Committee, as occasion
shall require, and that the said executive and Finance
Committee, or any three or more of them, do from time
to time appoint their own clerk, who shall also duly re-
cord their proceedings, and which said proceedings shall
be duly preserved and kept, and the said Executive and
Finance Committee, or any three of them, inclusive of
their chairman for the time being if he shall be then pre-
sent, shall from time to time, and at all times, report to
you as and when you may desire, all matters and things
that they shall or may have done in the premises, and shall
render accounts of all disbursements and payments which
may bo made, or ordered to be made, by them in a manner
aforesaid under the orders and regulations so to be received
from you, or any three or more of you, as aforesaid. And
further that you do, as soon as conveniently may be after
the receipt of such accounts, proceed to audit, by one or
more of your number, all such accounts, disbursements,
and payments, so that there be no expenditure of any sum
or sums of money by anticipation or in advance of any
balance already in hand of our said Paymaster-General to
the account of the said "Patriotic Fund."

And our further will and pleasure is, that 3 ou, or any
three or more of you, when and so often as need or occa-
sion shall require, BO long as this our Commission shall
continue in force, do report to us in writing, under your
hands and seals respectively, all and every of the several
proceedings of yourselves had by virtue of these presents,
together with such other matters, if any, as may be de-
serving of our Royal consideration touching or concerning
the premises.
And lastly. Wo do by these presents ordain, that this
our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue,
and that you our said Commissioners, or any three or more
of you, shall and may from time to time, and at any place
or places, proceed in the execution thereof, and of every
other matter and thing therein contained, although the
same be not continued from time to time by adjournment.
Given at our Court at Balmoral, this seventh day of Oc-
tober, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty•four, and in the eighteenth year of our reign.
By her Majesty's command.
(Signed)

NEWCASTLE.

PATRIOTIC FUND.
NOTICE.
The offices of the Royal Commissioners of the" Patriotic
Fund" are, for the present, at No. 16 a, Groat George-
street, corner of Parliament street, Westminster.
The hours' of attendance will be from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m.,
daily.
The "Commissioners in Aid" of the "Patriotic Fund"
are earnestly requested, without further notice, to take
immediate steps for giving publicity, within their several
jurisdictions, to the Royal Commission, in order that Local
Committees be'formed wherever practicable with the least
possible delay.
" Local Committees" will, according to their discretion,
obtain contributions to the " Patriotic Fund," either by
public meetings establishing subscription lists, or other-
wise.
The acknowledgment of individual donations, whore
obtained through the "Comthissionors in Aid," or by
"Local Committees," must, tu all 'cases, to avoid error
and expense, be left exclusively to tho " Local\ Conamit-
tees."
Local Committees are requested to make up their first
subscription lists or accounts in or before the first week in
December next, and to remit the amounts in or before the
followine week by drafts payable to the "Patriotic Fund,"
crossed "Bank of England," to the Seeretario9 of the
Cominis,ion, or direct to the Bank of Elgland.
Total amounts only, as transmitted by Local Commit-
tees, will bo acknowledged at tixed periods in two London
daily newspapers.
Donations, subscriptions and contributions to the " Pa-
biotic Fond," other than tlose paid to Local Committees,
will be received by the Secretaries at the offices of the
Royal Commission as above, at•the Bank of England, and
by all London bankers. Acknowledgments of the receipt
will appear, from time to time, in the London papers above
mentioned ; but it is hoped, that no separate receipts or
acknowledgments will be required Irons tho honorary
secretaries, 'whose duties will be otherwise sufficiently
laborious.

The Great Northern Company have set to work the
engine at Torksey to pump water out of the Trent into
the Fosdyke. The consequence is that the waterin the
Foss has been raised several inches, and the stream has
been rendered more wholesome. Instead of being still
and stagnant, the water now flows through Lincoln,
though slowly.—Lincoln Menu; y.

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THE BLACK WATCH ON THE ALMA.

The Ayr Advertiser has a letter from a corporal in
• -
the 42d Highlanders
The enemy opened a deadly fire, which killed 'a large
number of.our troops before we got round the burning
viliages. -After clearing the houses we had to cross tl,e
river, the troops dashing in up to" the waist in water.
On gaining the opposite bank we weregreatly scattered,
neither marening in line uor column. Very soon alter,
however, we formed in line and advanced. The 77:b
was in front, but could-'not advance in the face of the
deadly fire pouring down on them from the heights
Our commander then came up,' crying " Come up.
Highlanders ;" and on we went up pat the 77th, and
up.the hill at the charge, our General at our head, and
we did not stop until we cleared the bill. When we
reached the top we were met by a Russian regiment in
spiare, which we speedily routed ; but our cavalry ano
artillery not getting through the river in time prevented
our completely' destroying them. Some of the regi
ments lost their colours and retook them again, .so you
may guess it was very close work. The French fought
like tigers. Some of them slung their muskets over
their shoulders and swam across the river. A battle
field is truly a horrid place. We have no tents, and are
obliged to lie down amid the dead and dying.
One of the 93d Highlanders writes in the Plymouth
Journal:
The enemy soon opened fire, and I must confess I felt
my heart leap to my mouth' as I saw a nine pound
shot alight within a few feet of me. We took ground
to the left then, near the village we had a river to cross.
We halted' then before' the river. Sir Colin Camp=
bell gave the word to
_advance, and we splashed through
the river, which was three feet deep, and mounted
the hill under a heavy cannonade,• and cross fire
of musketry. There was a regiment in advance;
the 77th, I think. They would not go up, and we
broke through them, and charged up the hill. The balls
flew. about like hail. When I saw two men next to me
fall (one was shot through the head, and the other in the
brsast), I thought we should never get up. Sir C.
Campbell. cried, "Hurrah for Scotland." The sight of
the kilt and feather bonnets was too much, and when we
got to the top we opened a fire upon them which made
them drop like crows, and made them run for their lives.
• Thus ended our first day's fight.
In the Glasgow Mail is a letter from a private (42d
Highlanders) : • - •
I went out to the battle field, the. day after the battle
to look around me, but I will never do so again as long
as I live if I can avoid it. You could not go a yard for
miles roiled but you would see men on the ground with
beads off, arms and legs off, and some cut through alto-
gether : it'made my heart sick for the rest of the day.
Horses, knapsacks, firolocks, swords, and big guns. 0,
my God ! what an awful sight ! Thousands dead and
dying and covered with blood. _ _

Another of the 42d, whose letter is in the Edinburgh
Courant, writes :
Sir Colin Campbell called out to us, '"Come on, Forty-
secoud 1" but we did not require any coaxing on, as we
made our way up the steep hill, driving them before us,
their shots v, hi-thing about our ears like hail, we, in re
turn, making ours tell upon them. •Every one who saw
our regiment advancing thought that we would be cut
off to a man ; but, instead of that, we were the means of
saving two other regiments on our right, on whom the
Russians were making some havoc. WC let drive at
them in grand order, and, on seeing our determined
front, and thinking they were going to be attacked 133,
cavalry, they turned about and fled in confusion, making
a running fire, we still advancing, and firing into them
in grandstyle. We got orders to cease firing several
ti•ne2, but of no avail, for as long as we thought they,
were within reach of our guns we peppered it into them.
The Caledonian& Mercury has a letter from a soldier
in Sir Colin Campbell's brigade, who writes :
After the battle, Lord Raglan, the Duke of Cam-
bridge, and Sir Colin Campbell, the General of our bri-
gade' with all.the staff, carne up to our regiment, and
hated in front of the colours, which were unfurled, and
complimented the regiment in a very gratifying manner,
and said that we would be particularly mentioned in the
Government despatches. The Duke also did us justice.
Sir Colin Campbell was fairly .overjoyed with his High-
land brigade. He rode forward to Lord Raglan, and
said that as-he had been kind to him from his boyhood,
that he wished to ask him one favour, and that was,
that he would allow him to wear one of our feather bon-
nets,' which request was.granted him on the spot. Our
Colonel, Cameron, declared afterwards .that he did not
know till then that be had such a regiment.
The Chelmsford Chronicle has a letter from a'pritrate
of the 7th Fthdliers

I was tired. wth carrying a load on my back before
got into the fight, but alt.a I got through the river and
into the fight I did riot feel the load at for I look4d
over my.shoidder to see if I had it on my back, for it
felt as if I had nothing on, and it was safe.
-A sergeant of the Will Itegiment,writes :•
The light division rd vaneel under a very heavy fire.
Shot, shell, grape, and ainister poured dawn upon us
as good a annila as I' can'give i 3 thrlitriug a handful of

peZt at a few men, the gri-pe came 111110.117:tit us so quick.
I was with our colours ; Ensign Stockwell fell dead, and
Sergeant Hargraves wounded ; one officer and two ser-
geants escaped, that is, I and Sergeant Barson. We
brad two officers and three sergeants escorting the colours.
God only knows how I escaped, men on each Side
falling by two and three at a time. I bad one narrow
escape—a rifle or musket hall went through my cap, just
brushing my hair. The Russians made a good stand
for the second battery.—Nottingliam Review.
A private in the Royal Artillery describing the retreat
of the enemy, says :---
The Russians fought well, and made a beautiful re-
treat, and in good order too. They aro not such poor
soldiers as the papers represent them to be ; but we
think the Russian commander had his picked troops
here, .for they stood and have made great havoc
amongst the British. The 7th Fusiliers lost their
colours, and the Russians got hold of them too, but the
79th charged them, and they charged them three times
before they succeeded in getting them back. The 7th
Fusiliers were cut up tremendously by the Russian bat-
teries. They fired nothing but shell. It was a strong
and tremendous fight, all the French, 'English, and
Russian artillery firing shell at once, close to one another,
and the line. and cavalry charging all at.oae time. It
began at one o'clock, and all was over at four, so I will
leave you to form some idea what it was. We took a
Russian general prisoner. ' Ile said they did not think
the English were coming against them at first, but wheii
they knew, they said they must do their best. They had
orders to fire into the Euglish as much as their position
would allow. We have some more Russian prisoners.
They are to go to C mstantinople with the sick and
wounded. All the women are gone house ; there . was a
large steamer full of them. What we have lost up here
has not disheartened us a bit, and has not caused any
giving way in our spirits,' but has pia fresh courage in
us. Lord Raglan gave the artillery-great,praise. The
horses charged well, and stood the fire capitally. The
artillery only lost 35 and three officers. The Russians
made a charge over a bridge, which they intended to de-
stroy as soon as they got over, so that we could not get
after them, but to their great surprise they found us
over nearly as soon as they. They are big men,
most of them, and some of their dresses .are rather
curious. The Russian artillery .had. great poles stuck
up at every 100 yards, to mark the ranges, to that
as soon as we got inside these poles we 'We're within
fire, and they directly opened on us. They had all the
charges for different ranges ready without elevating, so
it 'was a wide-awake move. They load the cartridge
and shell all at once, the shell being fasVned to the car-
tridge with glue. This was done for quickness. I will
give the Russian Artillery credit for their performance.
I could go into a detail of the action, and the strange
scenes, sights, and vicissitudes of an action like this, and
of a war campaign, that would fill a newspaper, but suf-
fice it to say that we and the French are in good cheer.
We came out to overthrow the enemy, and overthrow
them we will. They have not the Turks to deal with
now, but the Lions and Eagles. We get plenty to eat
and drink, and tobacco ; so far that is all we want.
The Nottingham Journal has the following letter from
an officer of the 331 Regiment :
My dear Father,—We have fought and conquered.
I am, thank God, alive, but not so sound as I could
wish, having been wounded through the thigh by a
musket shot ; but it is not a dangerous one, and the doc-
tor tells me I shall " be all right again very soon, and
my leg will not be cut off this time." The game began
ou the river Alma, where the enemy bad an immensely
strong entrenched camp on the opposite bank, with
several heavy batteries, which opened upon us as soon
as we got within range ; their gunnery practice was very
good. The light division was in front, and we were
ordered to lie down whilst our artillery gave them some
pills, and the shells and shot whistled through us right
and left. In our front, between us and the river (N
was a vineyard (No. 1), and immediately on the opposite to
side a steep bank; on the top the foe was posted
what thus—

3 4 5

2
After our artillery had played upon them for some time,
General Browne rode up to us and said, "Now lads, a
gallant push, and across." ‘Ve advanced under a most
galling tire, which made many a gap in our hue ; but we
dashed over, and formed under the hank (3), btlt tbe
rascals who were in skirmishing order on the top (4)
pite:ied into us from above, so we dashed at theM and
drove them back : but not having any support, we were '
forced to retire for a short distance until the G ,l
came up and charged up the kill (4). WO rallied, unr.
and
..s
the colonel rods up to me and said there %cgs no .t
t.tke the colours ; three officers in succession hadmheei::
.shot down whilst carrying them, nu
and 2,1--, the latter was dead, and edltilileYothers WoBun—d—ed,.
Q—._ the other, and wo again advanced.
I took one and
and grape from the batteriestremendous—musketry, round shot,
The the was now tremend
wound,, but s ?th).ouglht
much worse off I tied my twlascohuelrod
rithbtatble
received my
handkerchief round my leg,
still held my colour and kept up to see the fun out.
We dashed on and
was over, I
A bulet haddrove them completely from the field.
After all
passed ,
through found I hthaed
strede
vseo tonfe gmryeactoeastcacroesse.
to my elbow, another through the skirt, and one through
, my great coat, which was slung across my shoulder,

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Oar regiment (ssa), the Vtb, sad SM, be is been needy
cut to pieces; but you will read a much better account in
the papers than I can give. Will you send me the best
acaouut, together witli the Illustrated News, if they give
a picture of it, as they will be most-Interesting.