The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-17 00:00:00

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esterday es-ening her Majesty, Pr, uCB A14:9111
the Princess Royal, the Princess Alic s s arffl the
rest of the Royal family,- with the exe.ep t ion of the
Prince of Wales, arrived at Windsor, or t their re-
turn from Balmoral, after an absence, .of exactly
seven weeks. His Royal Highness the, Prince of
Wales left Osborne yesterday rnornin s-,, and tra-
velled by special train from Gosport to \ Nri nclsor to
join her Majesty and the Prince Consort.,
Yesterday morning the Queen left the Mace -of
Holyro el, Edinburgh, at half-past 7 o'cl eck. Her
Majesty drove dawn the Park to St. hfargaret's
station of the North British. Railway i.n an. open
carriage, accompanied by an ,escort of the sth Dra-
goon Guards. The Queen's drive was lined by the
34th Regiment, under the command of Colonel
Kelly, the Royal Artillery having a batbery in the
Park, which fired a Royal salute as heir Majesty
passed along, amid the cheers of a large concourse
of spectators. The weather, which had been.
showery early in the morning, now cleared up and
became very, flue.
On alighting at the station the Queen was re-
ceived by Sherif Gordon, the Lord Provost, and
Lord Melville, Commander-in-Chief of the forces
in Scotland. The entrance to the station was by
a finely decorated archway leading to a flight of
steps, covered with tartan and crimson cloth, the
hall being tastefully ornamented with flowers.
The train left at a quarter to 8 o'clock, Mr. Soy-
mour Clarke having carefully ascertained that all
the' details were perfect. The only addition to the
Royal party was Sir George Grey, who took the
place of Lord Panmure, who left on Wednesday
for Forfar. Sheriff Gordon accompanied the Royal
train to Berwick-on-Tweed, together with Mr.
Hodgson, of Carham (the Chairman), Mr. Sprot,
of Riddel (the Vice-Chairman), and Mr. Horne,
Mr. Cheyne, Mr. Barn, Mr. Bowman, directors ;
Nr. Nairne, secretary ; and Mr. Rowbotham and .
Mr. 8011, of the North British Railway.
In pa,..sin,g through the Lothians the appearance
of the fields contrasted very strongly with that
presented by the country through which the Royal
train passed yesterday. Here, over a run of 60
miles, scarcely a sheaf of corn was to be seen outs
standing, while the crowded corn-yards afforded
pleasing evidence that the farsaarashadstathered -- -
in a most 'abundant harvest. In West Lothian
and to the north of Edinburgh little more than
half the crop has been secured, and it was very
distressing to see whole fields covered with stooks,
the blackened appearance of which showed but too
clearly the damage they had sustained.
The train arrived at Berwick at 19.15, and
stopped for five minutes for change of engines.
The mayor and corporation of Berwick were pre-
sent, and a guard of honour of the 91st, under
the-command of Colonel Gordon. A goodly num-
ber of inhabitants were also present, who loudly
cheered her Majesty as she was crtsing the
border. •
Alderman Leernan, of York, the deputy chair-
man of the North-Eastern Railway, Alderman
Maclean, of Leeds • Alderman Hodgson, of New-
castle ; Alderman Hartley, of Sunderland ; Capt.
O'Brien, Mr. T. E. Harrison, Mr. 3. Bourne, and
Mr. A. Christison, directors-and officials, accom-
panied the train.
The fields around Berwick, and for 10 miles on
either side of it, are not very clear, but the oats
exposed are of good colour. Further southward
the aspect of the country again improves, corn-
yards bulking very large, and suggesting some de- •
ficiency in the system of cutting and gathering in
the crops in those districts where they are 'still
exposed, and where soil, climate, and farming-are
equal to the husbandry of the Lothians.
At Bitten, where there was a change of engines,
and which is contiguous to Earl Grey's property,
the Earl attended, and conversed with her Majesty
and the Prince,
~In this part of Northumberland •
there is a good deal of oats in the field, but the
wheat crop is nearly all secured.
The train arrived in Newcastlt 11.3, being a
few minutes late, owing to the slippery state of the
rails in the mineral districts. The Mayor and other
officials were present, and a very 1 assemblage of
people were within the fine statioWA fresh engine
was here put on, and the lost time'was gradually
made up. ,
At Darlington .there was a change of engines.
The station was crowded with people. The train
left Darlington at 12.8, and reached York at 1.10.
The weather had now under one a very unfavour-
able change, the temperature having fallen, and.
cold, drizzling rain, with heavy showers, prevailing.
Her Majesty's reception at. York was of the usual
splendid character. The platform was covered with
Brussels carpeting all the way to the ,Royal Saloon,
where the Queen was to have luncheon. The 98th
Regiment was drawn up in line, the band playing
the national anthem. Her Majesty was received by
the Lord Mayor (Meek), General Sir Harry Smith,
the High 'Sheriff and the Deputy-Sheriff, Colonel
M`Pherson, Major Atnsink, the Dean of Ripon, Mr.
Beckett Denison (chairman), and Mr. Alderman
Meek (director) of the Great Northern Railway.
The Lady Mayoress and a grand display of com-
pany were within the station.
The train left York at 1.40, accompanied by Mr.
Denison and Mr. Meek. The first stoppage was
at Doncaster, where a fresh engine was put on. The
station was splendidly decorated and completely
filled with spectators. The Mayor and Aldermen
were present, and Lady Mary Wood, with whom
her Majesty shook hands. The weather had now
improved, and every possible point of observation
was occupied by the people as the train passed. The
Retfordstation was reached at 3 o'clock, being cor-
rect time, which was now kept without the slightest
variation. At this station 21 fog signals were
passed over by the engine, in imitation, we suppose,
of a Royal salute, while the people cheered the
Queen very heartily. ,
At Grantham there was a display of flowers and •
evergreens, with monograms and sentiments in -
scrollwork and various devices in flowers. The
band of the Lincolnshire Militia played during
tLe few minutes the engine was getting water.
At Peterborough, where the train arrived at 4.26
and had a fresh engine, there was a grand display.
The station was decorated with flags and flowers.
The Earl of Westmoreland was piesent, •and the
Lord Bishop and his clergy were on the platform,
with the principal officials of the town. At Hunt-
ington there was a stoppage of three minutes to
water and grease the axles, none of which have
heated.on this journey.

The train reached Hitchin at 5.38, being time to
a minute, leaving at 5.42, and arriving at the goods
station, laiden-lane, London, at 6.25, five minutes
before the time in the bill, the arrangements
throughout, over a distance of 586 miles, having
been of the most satisfactory character.
The object of drawing up the train at the goods
station, instead of the ordinary terminus at King's-
cross, was to enable her Majesty to pass at once on
to the North London Railway, and so proceed
direct to Windsor without the necessity, as here-
tofore, of an inconvenient break in the journey be-
tween the stations of King's-cross and Paddington.
This is a new arrangement, and was tried on this
occasion for the first time. Mr. Mowatt,thesecre-
tary of the Great Northern Company, and others
of the officials were in attendance at the goods
station at King's-cross on the arrival of the train.
A. few other persons were also present, anti the
number would probably have been greatly aug-
mented but for the means of access to the place
being little known to the public, and the circum-
stance of her Majesty arriving after dark. A de-
tention of about ten minutes, consequent upon a
change of engine and of the line of railway, occurred,
and during part of the interval her Majesty and
the Prince Consbrt appeared at the window of their
saloon and conversed with Sir George Grey and
Mr. 'Beckett Deni Son. They were accompanied
by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice. Sir George Grey and Mr. Beckett Denison too.,
leave of her Majesty at the terminus at King
n8o:
D
cross, and, the necessary arrangements
thuisi!
Completed, the Royal travellers, amid an
astic cheer from the people in the station, continued
their journey to Windsor, which they reachedn at
a quarter to 8 o'clock.

General Passelac, one of the old generals of the empire,
has just died at the age of 83. He distinguished himself
in &mow; all the campaigns from 1792 to 1806.
SUICIDE IN THE CITY.—A determined act of suicide
'
was committed on Wednesday morning' in Cannon-
street, West, near St. Paul's Cathedral, and was attend.
ed with serious consequences to another person. Shortly
after 9 o'clock a tall middle-aged man, dressed in black,
be bounded off into the road-
way observed by the passers-by in the street to get out
of the fourth storey window of Messrs. Gillott and Fos-
same moment the band of a
:Acectdopitihnoegb'e stretched out in the hope ,of
ter's Mancliestcr warehouse, one.of the new lofty build-
in.'s on the north side of Cannon-street. Placing his
he fell upon a Mr. Race,
wfe .e;
mt on the t,l .
ac beneath.nt
saving the wretched man, but he was beyond recovery.
illtelfeuirkt'ullirttlbleY'hoinusheisofdl4:3lceesnfirts,. Behrens, Blumberg, and
Co., in the same street, who was dashed down on the
pavement, and at one time was thought to have ens-
spicked up dea I, his head was shockingly
evidently he had been killed instantane-
°
mined fatal injuries. The man who leaped from the
The
, and
body was recognised to be that of Mr. Al-
blwieuii'rs:tliftoe eras
well, a traveller in the house of Messrs. Gillott
and 'Foster.
desponding way,
It appears that he had been recently in a
and bad met with some disappointment
in a love affair. Mr. Race was picked up apparently
dead. Mr. Smith, the surgeon of . Bow-lane, was
promptly in attendance, and rendered all the aid he
could. niter a time the injured gentleman partly re-
covered. Hiti head was found to have been lacerated, ,
and he had other injuries which, although not of a dan-
gerous character, nubs cause him to be an invalid.