The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-06 00:00:00

The State Coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured
horses, conveying her Majesty the Queen, his Royal
Highness the Prince Albert, KG., the Duchess of Nor-
folk, officiating for the Mistress of the Robes, and the
Duke of Norfolk, KG., Master of the Horse.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to
their carriage by the Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain,
and Lord Edward Howard, Vice-Chamberlain. _ _

The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by
Sir William Martins. _ .

Her Majesty and the Prince, attended by the Royal
party, returner! to Buckingham Palace at ten minutes
past two o'clock, and were received by the Lord Cham-
berlain and the Vice-Chamberlain.
The Queen's Guard of the Grenadier Guards were on
duty on the Palace lawn.
Earl Spencer had an audience of the Queen, and re-
signed his Gold Key of office as the Lord Chamberlain.
The Marquis of Breadalbane had an audience of the
Queen, and received from her Majesty his Gold Key
of office as the Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's
Household.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester-
day morning at a meeting of tha Commission for pro-
moting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding
the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived
at the New Palace at ten o'clock, attended by Captain
the lion. Alexander Gordon.

The Commissioners present were—the Right Ron.
the Speaker, Viscount Morpeth, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr.
Wyse, and Mr. Hawes. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake,
was in attendance.

The meeting broke up shortly before twelve o'clock.
The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Pa-
lace, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal, in an
open carriage and four, at twenty minutes past three
o'clock yesterday afternoon for Woolwich to embark
for Scotland. The Countess of Gainsborough and the
Viscountess Canning, Ladies-in-Waiting, followed in
another carriage and four; and Lord Alfred Paget and
Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Equerries-in-
Waiting, occupied another carriage and four.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted
to their carriage by the Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke
of Norfolk, Earl Fortescue, Lord Byron, Viscount Clif-
den, Major-General Bowles, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Colonel Wylde,
and Colonel Bouverie.

The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday
from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness, accom-
panied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Hesse, went
to the House of Peers to attend the ceremony of the pro-
rogation of Parliament.
A deputation from the Art Union of London, consist-
ing of Lord A. Compton, Mr. Britton, Mr. Auldjo, Mr.
Gaskoin, Mr. L. Pocock, Mr. Zouch Troughton, Mr.
Morris, Mr. G. Godwin, and Mr. Donaldson had an in-
terview with Earl Granville yesterday at the office of the
Board of Trade.
Sir George Grey, her Majesty's principal Secretary
of State for the Home Department, left town yesterday,
to attend the Queen during her Majesty's excursion to
Scotland.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCO

LAND.

WooLwrcH, SEP. s.—The arrangements for the em.
barkation of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and
her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, were completed
yesterday; and the instructions issued by Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, G.C.H., commanding the Royal squadron,
wore communicated to the officers of the respective ves-
sels appointed to accompany her Majesty to Scotland.
The officers of the Woolwich Dockyard have ex-
pressed their desire to the Lords of the Admiralty,
through their Colonel-Commandant, Sir Gordon Bremer,
K.C.8., K.C.H., of being permitted to do duty under
arms, and form a guard of honour on the occasion of the
Queen's embarkation at Woolwich Dockyard to-day,
the following answer was received yesterday evening:—
" Admiralty, Sept. 4.
"My Lords direct me to acquaint you that they have
much satisfaction in complying with the request of the
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officers of the Woolwich Dockyard Brigade, that the
corps should be under arms and on duty. on the occa-
sion of the Queen's embarking from Woolwich Dockyard
to-morrow; but my Lords are unable to disturb the gar-
rison arrangements already made for furnishing the guard
of honour on the occasion.
"By command, "W. A. B. HAMILTON."
At an early hour this morning strong posts were
erected along the wharf wall and rope barricades carried
round to the entrance to the anchor-testing room to keep
back the crowd, and on the east side the nine-pounder
field battery guns of the artillery companies of the
ready for the companies to be stationed at them in the
afternoon previous to the arrival of her Majesty. The
Dockyard Brigade were drawn up on the parade ground,
whole of the artillery and infantry companies assem-
bled at half-past two o'clock at the dockyard, under
Jenkins and Major Mouchet; and the Brigade Boat
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K.H., with Captain Grant and Captain Teesdale,'.l3" and
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pied a station in front of the principal entrance to the
dockyard, and along the Greenwich road leading
Lower Charlton. The whole of the through
artillery off duty
and the field batteries marched from the garrison under