The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-25 00:00:00

‘; GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

"General Mai,ager's Office, King's Cross,
"Lndon August
"HER MAJESTY'S JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND.

" INSTRUCTIONS.
"The Royal train wiit leave King's-cross station at
two o'clock on the 27th inst., preceding the regular two
eel ick train.

" The accompanying time table will give the hours et
which it will piss the several stations.
" The utmost care must be taken to ensure the line
and stations being perfectly clear and unobstructed.
" The gatekeepers must be very particular not tat
allow any obstruction at the level crossings.
" A pilot engine will precede the Royal train; the
signals usual on the pa•sing of an engine must not be given
for it, or unless any other cause than the passing of the
pilot engine renders the use of the signals necessary.
" The train will stop for water at Hitchin ; it will rust
into the usual plaiferm line, on the down' side for this
purpose. The platform must be kept clear; and those
parties who are admitted must rema,n behind a barrier,
so as to prevent their crowding near the Royal carriages.
"At Huntingdon the train will pass through the
straight line, without stopping at all at the station.
"At Peterborough the engine will take water. The
public must be excluded from
e
two end screens; and those who are att,,itt
the platform • •cl the
eEI
outside the
screens must be kept from crowding near the Royal
carriages.
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willg pass into the straight line,
and ‘ed. The public who may
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be admitted to the platforms must be kept from crowd..
lug near the Royal carriages.
" At Lincoln her Majesty will receive an address; for
this purpose the train will pass into the platform line me
the. ' down' side. The public must be excluded from the
platform inside the two end screens; and those who are
admitted outside the screens must be kept from crowding
near the Royal carriages.
"At Retford the train will pass slowly, but without
stopping., through the usual platform line, and so on to.
Wards Doncaster.
"At Doncaster the train wil run from the down' line,
to the up' platform.
" A flag sung against the wall will indicate to the en-
gine-man where to bring up the footplate of his engine,
so that the Royal carriage may stop at the proper place
for her 31.1%jpsty to alight.
" On tie 28th inbtaut the Royal train will start from
Doncaster a:. nine o'clock a.m., proceeding slowly, but
without stopping, through the usual line at the Knots
tingley station.

6‘6.0-a arrival at York the train will stop at the north
end of the Scarborough curve, at a flag which will be
abovfn to indicate the place, when the Great Northern
engine will be exchanged for the York, Newcastle, and
Berwick engine,which w►ll then take on the Royal train.
" Mr. Coffin, the Great Northern Company's carriage
foreman, will accompany the Royal train from London
to Stonehaven; be will have with him two carriage
fitters.' It will be their business to alight immediately
that the tram stops, and being provided with grease and
pickers, one man will go down one aide of the train and
the other man will go down the other aide of the train,
and examine and supply every axle box, reporting to
Mr. Coffin their coEditton at every stopping place.
" Two Great Northern guards will accompany the
Royal train from London to York.
" The break van, next the engine, will have the open
part in the rear, and the break van at the end of the
train will have the open part torward; one of the guard.
and one of the fitters will ride in each break van, by
which means there will be a constant' look out' between
the four men, two on each side of the train; and by the
usual flag signals the breaks can be applied at any mo.
went.

" Tao Great Northern royal carriages will proceed
north of Edinburgh on the 29th instant, but in charg♦
of and worked by the Scotch railway companies.
" SEirstoun CLARKE, General Manager."
Up to a late hour on Saturday night the exact route
which her Majesty will take through the metropolis, on
leaving Buckingham Palace, had not transpired.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, SATURDAY.

•
HP: Majesty, his Roy al Highness Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Al-
fred, Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, at-
teticled by the u4ual suite, embarked on board the
royal yacht Victoria and Albert, at a quarter past
three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and proceeded to
the westward, for the purpose of meeting the vessel*
sailing round the Lie of Wight for the Cup Race,
.open to yachts of all rations. About half-past five
clock, the leading vessels having rounded the
Needles, the royal yacht returned slowly towards
Co we., and lauded the royal party at Osborne pier, at
a quarter before eight o'clock.
The Earl and Countess of Harewood, the Earl of
Desart, and Lady Alfred Paget, had the honour of
dining with her Majesty and his Royal Highness.
OSBORNE, SUNDAY.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highueiss Prince Al-
bert honoured Commodore Stevens by visiting the
schooner yacht America yesterday afternoon.
The America was anchured off Osborne Pier, and
the Queen and Prince, attended by the suite, were
c.nducted on board in the royal barges, steered by
Lord Adolphus Fizclarence.
The royal children to(1 their usual walks and rides
in the garden and grounds.
Sir James Clink was the only addition to the party
at dinner.

A special general meeting of the Ecclesiastical
C anini,•ioners fir England was held on Saturday, at
their offices, in Whitehall-place.
Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Wes-
tern Australia, the Mauritius. and Malta.

NEW M4ROPOLITAN CATTLE
MARKET.

A site has been suggestr d tor the new metropolitan
cattle market, between the Mile End-road and the
Commercial-road, in the parishes of Stepney end
Lirnehonse, two and a half miles troth the Royal Ex-
cbangP, which is stattd to offer the following advan-

taget,:—
It is intersected by the Blackwall Extension Railway.
which has a terminus in London-street in the City, very
near to Whitechap,l and Leadenhall markets, and ano-
ther at Camden-town. It has direct railway communi-
cation with the following railwayst—Ttie Great Nor..
thorn, the London aid North-Western, the Eastern
Cuticities, the North-Eastern, the North Woolwich, and,
by crossing the river, wiih the North Kent, the railway
to the Eist and West lonia and Regent's-canal Dk:cks,
and the branch proposed to be made to the London
and St. K4therine Ducks. By a railway now in pro-
gress, there will be a railway communication with tho
South-Western and railways on the south side of
London. It will be in direct communication with
the Tilbury Fort Railway, and, by the flying-
bridge, with the North li,?nt Railway at
Gravesend, and with the 'alines Haven Railway, when
these are constructed. It tsojoins the River Lea fissile:
a
tion, by which there is water communication wtnthd ttf:e
River flames, at Black, all and at Limebouse,
Regent's Canal passes within a few yards of it• It bas
ready communication with the Brunswick anoleyol .
bour Wharvt 5, where foreign cattle are latll
good communication with the Commercial-road,.
the
Middlesex and Essex turnpike roads.
°eel, with the
rmind Loudon, and, by the Thames Trutnady
access to the
trier
south of the river; and Tiber
nclan the roads
e is
unsold might be
Essex marsh, s, to which
qui,ily removed. A sewer atth;
present
bower from the City
caent passes through the
property, and tha proposed 11.1. of 23 feet. The soil
will also pass through it at F
for roads and for the foun-
dation a sharp gravel, in which
is 11 adapted water, and it we -baty of freehold laud not
ArLy clu4
there are excellent springs of
any build.)
dation of buildiug'• be obtained from one proprietor,
exeecling, 70 acres cann,s
who
can claim compensation •
and there are 00 leria
Chronicle.
ings impoltt'n"
and more than 50.tres can be had free from

oenntwheAfirr.e----Th.be
ot the London and North Western traiwnsichin
A-
,sppecNtor°llßarstitZ:shfsEareNDoritt
from which it appears that the fire 'ginaitimedonbyga
in °''' • •
occurredj,GponLyneet°asl:unsts cl oi
Then bpursatei
toinc e i n, , f
carrying o r L m alnuteeiareur
matcheseolroln
pat'senb-r e has before led, we understand, to aimilar
cPaersusrltaiel!,ugtlgieegtriction produced by the vibration of the train
being sufficient to cause ignition. There is a heavy penalty
leviable on the carriage of such dangerous articles, unless
under peculiar precautions, and we understand that it is the
intention of the directors to enforce it, whenever discovered,
as an act of safety to the public.
DLSTRECTIVE FIRE AND Loss or LIFE AT CHAT-
HAM.— 0,1 6aturday morning a destructive fire broke out on
the p-ernises of the Cock public-house, Chatham, in tenurq
of Mr. Balduck, which ?Tread with alarming rapidity, and
resulted in the loss of one life and injury of otherse n
family and inmates retired to rest about midnight, al
lodgers and
land-
lord, as was his usual custom, cautioning
servants to mind their candles were sat;
which was
afterwards he he was akrined by the cry
()f
hoops,
burnt and which
covered raging in the lower part oftheAbout an hour
theith difficulty escaped,
burnt so rapidly that the inmates
at-
get out of the window, before doing which,
however, she
-1-1 was asleep in one of the
Mrs. Baldock, with three of her children,wwninh being obliged to
tempted to arouse a young man,
lost his life. The fire, the origin
bedrooms, which she failed in uoieofg
tended to the adjoining house,
ireiv
bett, fruiterer, which was. t Which is unknown, ex-
the occupation of Mr. Sib-
and he in consequence
destroyed, and he is, We
Sun flre-engines were in attend•
Phoenix. The Kent
unitedand
efforts the flames were subdued
regret to Bay, uninsured.
se Mr. -Baldock is insured in the
anee, and by their
k An inquest was held in the evening '
about four
iiiii7' " That the deceased, Isaac Amos, was
the corueer. ard the jurretdroed the
fire, buthow the fire originated time was
burnt by
CV.1110200 to show."
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