The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-01 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM.

The royal party arrived at the junction of the
London and North Western and the Bristol and Bir-
mingham Railway, in this borough, at 2S minutes to
ten o'clock. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state
of the weather, some hundreds of persons assembled
on the embankments to witness the arrival of the
royal party. A guard of honour, under the com-
mand of Colonel Arbuthnot, and a strong detachment
of police, under Chief- Superintendent Stephens, were
placed on each side of the line. The Mayor (Mr.
Thornton), the members of the corporation, and a
numerous body of borough magistrates, were early
on the spat, and in addition to other gentlemsli of
influence, we observed Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr.
Dlun•z, M.P., Mr. Scholefleld, M.P., &c. On the
stopping of the train, and while a change of engine
took place, the following addresses were presented by
the Mayor to the Queen and Prince Albert.

"TO TIIE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

" We, ) our Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough
of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, in council
assembled, approach your Majesty with the tender of a
respectful but to artfelt welcome.
" We recur with a grateful recollection to the period
of your Majesty's former visit to the town of Birming-
ham, in the company of your Majesty's August Mother,
when the hopes of the people bailed your Majesty as
heir presumptive to the throne, and we rejoice in this
opportunity of renewing to your Majesty those ex-
pressions of sincere attachment with which the inhabi-
tants then so cordially greeted the presence of their
future Sovereign.

" We beg most respectfully to express to your
Majesty our warm admiration of your Majesty's consti-
tutional Government, our affectionate devotion to your
Majesty's person, awl our unswerving loyalty to the
throne.

" It is our earnest prayer that your Majesty, blessed
in the affections of your illustrious Consort and the
tender love of your children, may long be spared to ex-
tend the genial influence of your Majesty's bright ex-
ample throughout all classes in these kingdoms, and to
receive the grateful homage of a loyal and faithful
people.
" In testimony whereof the corporate common seal of
the said borough is hereunto affixed, the 29th day
of September, 1849."
"TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS VELD MARSHAL PRINCE

ALBERT, OF SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA.
" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the
borough of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, in
council assembled, beg cordially again to welcome your
Royal Highness to this our borough.
" As the consort of our gracious Sovereign your Royal
Highness has justly endeared yourself to the affections of
all who can appreciate the benefits of your illustrious ex-
ample in the virtuous performance of all the duties of
private life.

" With dignified impartiality your Royal Bigness has
used the influence of your exalted station so as to win
the unanimous and grateful approval of men of all parties
and of every class.
" And whilst, as the generous patron of the fine arts
your Royal Highness has entitled yourself to the thanks
of the whole country, your Royal Highness has an es-
pecial claim to the gratitude of a community like our
own, whose prosperity so largely depends on the suc-
cessful cultivation of art, and on the ready support and
encouragement which your Royal Highness has ever
afforded, when the appeal to them bas been preferred.
" We beg your Royal Highness to accept our heart-
felt good wishes, and the tribute of our grateful admira-
tion and respect.
"In testimony whereof, the corporate common seal
of the said borough is hereunto affixed, the
29th day of September, 1849."
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort courteously
received the addresses, and subsequently the Prince
acknowledged the great interest he took in the Bir-
mingham exposition of manufactures, and his regret
that, on the present occasion, he was unable to visit
the exhibition.

A fresh engine havir g been attached to the train,
the Queen proceeded on the Bristol and Birmingham
Railway, en route for the Isle of Wight. The whole
of the proceedings were extremely tame, and did not
occupy more than seven minutes.