The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-09 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS

EDINBURGH, TUESDAY NIGHT.
Tuesday last being the day appointed for the Court
to leave Balmoral, a few of the tenantry and neigh-
hours assembled about the approaches to the Castle,
but there was no public display. The weather was
very unfavourable, the rain pouring down in torrents.
At the appointed hour the Queen's carriage, contain-
ing her Majesty and the Prince, the Princess Royal,
and the Prince of Wales, drove down the avenue, fol-
lowed by the carriage of the other royal children and
the Ladies in Waiting; and then came Earl Grey,
Colonel Phipps, Captain Gordon, Sir James Clark,
and Mr. Birch in a char-a-banc. Two carriages with
the household servants had been sent on before.
The route first travelled by the Queen, from the
railway to Balmoral, was by the Spittal of Glenshee,
a very wild and tedious drive ; but her Majesty pre-
fers the road by the banks of the Dee to Banchory,
and thence across the lower range of the Grampians to
the railway station at Stonehaven, about fifteen miles
from the city of Aberdeen.
Leaving Abergeldie on the left, a fine old mansion,
long the property of a branch of the ancient family of
Gordon, and now posseuted by the Duchess of Kent,
the royal cortege passed Prince Albert's property of
Birkhall, crossed from the south to the north side of
the Dee, and ended the first stage of their journey at
the village of Ballater. Here a fresh relay of horses
was put on, and a large concourse of people had as-
sembled to testify their loyalty to the Queen. A de-
tachment of the 42d Regiment, the depot of which is
now at Aberdeen, were drawn up on the square, and
her Majesty cordially acknowledged the acclamations
of the people. Leaving Ballater, and driving down
the north side of the Dee, her Majesty reached
Aboyne, where she was again greeted by the cheers
of a loyal and attached people.
On leaving Banchory, which was their next stage,
the royal cortege passed across the romantic bridge of
Teugh, and then turning eastward the road led down
a level and highly cultivated country, and, turning to
the south, the cortege crossed the Grampian Chain, at
a place called the Slug, and for seven miles the drive
was as cheerless, barren, and wild as can well be

I. imagined. From the top of the Slug the view to the
north is singularly rich and picturesque ; but to the
south it is shut up by mountain scenery, which is at
length relieved on the south side, where a rich and
varied landscape all at once opens to the view. On
emerging from the Slug the Queen passed through a
splendid triumphal arch, and then drove on by Ury,
the seat of Captain Barclay, towards the railway
station at Stonebaven, where the royal carriage drew
up at the south entrance at half-past one o'clock, and
was hailed by the acclamations of the people. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, and
the Prince of Wales, on alighting from the carriage,
were received by Lord James Hay, the chairman of
the Aberdeen Railway, Mr. Alexander Pirie, vice-
chairman, Mr. Keith, the secretary, Major Christie,
Mr. Birnie, of Ashgrove, and Mr. Wallace, of Perth,
directors. Her Majesty and the Prince acknowledged
the attention of these gentlemen and walked to the
private apartments, where luncheon was laid, and
which are fitted up in a most elegant style. The
principal room was decorated by Winterhalter's por-
trait of the Queen and the Prince, the Royal children,
and other portraits of high character, supplied for the
occasion by Messrs. John and James Hay, of Aber-
deen—the furnishings are of the most superb de-
scription.
While her Majesty and suite were thus engaged
within the station the people were collecting with-
out. The weather, which bad been very stormy from
the time the Royal party crossed the Grampians, now
cleared up, and nothing could be finer than the scene
at this moment.

At five minutes to two the Queen and the Prince,
with the Royal children, entered the Royal carriage,
which was drawn up on the line in front of the sta-
tion, and which, with the other carriages composing
the Royal train, was sent down from London by the
directors of the London and North-Western Railway
under the care of Mr. Wright. At two o'clock the
pilot engine started, and was soon followed by the
Royal train, drawn by two of the most powerful of
the Scottish Central and Aberdeen engines, under the
charge of Mr. George Harrison, superintendent of
the locomotives on those lines. The course of the
railway from Stonehaven to Perth is right through
the fertile vale of Strathmore, the scenery of which is
highly picturesque. The train stopped to water at
Forfar, where a great multitude of people, some of
them very rude, crowded close to the Royal Family.
Leaving Forfar, it was found that one of the axles of
a truck carriage had caught fire, which occasioned
some delay in taking the carriage off at Cupar-Angus
and made the train 15 minutes late in arriving at
Perth. Here there was a fresh display of loyal feel-
ing and enthusiasm. The landing platform was lined
by two companies of the 79th Highlanders, under the
command of Captain Taylor, and as the Royal train
drew up the piper of that regiment played a High-
land welcome. The Provost and magistrates of the
city paid their dutiful obedience to the Queen, and
were very cordially received ; while Lady Richard-
son presented bouquets of flowers and a basket of fruit

to the Royal Family, which her Majesty was pleased
to accept. On leaving Perth, the multitude, whose
conduct was most respectful, cheered the Royal train
heartily.
The train now sped its course up Strathearn, and
as it approached Stirling
a Royal salute was fired
from the Castle. Having to water at the station
great preparations were made to do honour to the
Queen. The 79th Regiment, whose head-quarters
are at Stirling, were drawn up. Flags were flying
on all the public buildings,
and hundreds of people
occupied every point from which a glance of the
Queen could be obtained. Provost Sawyers and the
other magistrates of Stirling had the honour of
being acknowledged by her Majesty, and both the
Queen and the Prince seemed greatly pleased with
their reception at Stirling.
At the Lambert Junction, where the train entered
on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at a quarter
to six o'clock, the two
engines of the Scottish
Central were removed and a single engine of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was put on, and
was proceeding at the rate of about thirty miles an
hour, when all at once the train was enveloped in
steam, and the engine gradually lost power and came
to a dead stand in a cut and curve at Kirkliston, about
eight miles from Edinburgh. It was now ascertained
that one of the feeding Pipes had burst, and no
further progress could V) made until another engine
was got from Edinburgh. As the 5.30 train from
Glasgow was nearly due, danger signals were dis•
tpatched down the line, and every precaution was taken
o prevent any accident. The Queen, on being made
aware of the cause of the delay,evinced her usual self-pos-
session and considerate composure, assuring the direc-
tors of the railway, who were in te train with their
engineer, that she had the fullest confidence in their
judgment and discretion. At 20 minutes past 7
o'clock a fresh engine was announced, and at the
same time the train from Glasgow came up slowly
behind. At 25 minutes past 7 o'clock the train
started, and arrived safely in Edinburgh at 8, where
the Queen was received by the Sheriff of the county,
Sir James Riddell, Commander of the Forces, the
Lord Provost of the city, and Sir James Forrest, and
soon after drove to Holyrood Palace amid the cheers
of a large concourse of people.

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EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
giving good tokens
of a brilliant day. On Arthur
clouds, but the
Seat and Salisbury-
ing of hoar frost, and
Wednesday morning dawned,
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mazyclouds,
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eastern sky was clear, and by half-past 7 o'cloek the
Pereentwlaans
sun shone forth with unclouded splendour and the
glass pointed to "fair."
From an early hour the inhabitants were astir, and
had placed themselves at convenient points of obser-
vation along the route which her Majesty was to pass
from the Palace, by Princess-street, to the station of
the Caledonian Railway in Lothian-road. At the
station extensive preparations had been made for her
Majesty's reception.
At 8 o'clock precisely her Majesty left the Palace,
and was loudly cheered as the Royal carriage pro-
ceeded to the station. The Royal procession was
cheered throughout, and, with the cavalry troops,
Presented a fine spectacle. On
alighting at the sta-
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lion the Queen was received by . John
Duncan,
chairman of the Caledonian Railway Company,
Sheriff Gordon, the Lord Provost, and the magi"

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country, to the Queen. It
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Duncan, the chairman, Mr.
Copling, Mr. Campbell, Mr. M‘Micking (directors),
Captain Coddington (the secretary and general ma-
nager), and Mr. Addison (superintendent of the Cale-
donian Railway), accompanied her Majesty, and the
precisely the Royal train started.
locomotives were under the charge of xtr. Sinclair, the
locomotive superintendent.
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passes
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some distance with gentlemen's villas nod well stocked
farmsteadings. At Carstairs Junction the Royal train
revent
passed over about a mile of railway which has been
made for three years, to p a divergence by an
angle here, being the first passenger train on this por-
tion of the line. At Abington the train was stopped,
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that the engine might water, when Sheriff Gordon
took leave of her Majesty and returned to town.
The line now leads into a hilly country, rising
gradually until it reaches the summit level of Beat-
took, where the Clyde takes its rise, and runs towards
the north, and of Evan Water, which falls towards
the south. From Beattock the line is on a gentle de-
cline all the way to Carlisle. At Moffat station there
was a numerous gathering of people, who cheered
heartily as they caught a glance of her Majesty while
passing at the rate of 35 miles an hour. The scenery
here is singularly picturesque. The vale of Moffat
is highly cultivated, and had just yielded heavy crops,
all of which are stored. Hill and dale alternate for
miles in this district, and then the soil becomes light,