The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-20 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S RETURN.

The superintendent of the Great Northern
Railway presents his compliments to the
Editor of The Sun, and begs to inform him
that the Royal train conveying her Majesty left
York at 2.16 p.m., being one minute after the stipu-
lated time.

EDINBURGH, TUESDAY EVENING.
The Queen left Balmoral this morning at 9
o'clock. The weather, which had been stormy, was
now fair, and, although the Grampian mountains
were covered with snow, her Majesty travelled in
an open carriage by Balater and Aboyne to Ban-
chory, a distance of 30 miles. The Queen was re-
ceived at the Banchory Station of the Deeside Rail-
way by Mr. John Duncan, chairman, and Mr.
Patrick Davidson, deputy chairman of the com-
pany. Capt. St. George and two companies of the
78th and 92d Highlanders were present as a guard
of honour.
The Royal train arrived at the Ferryhill Junc-
tion of the Scottish North-Eastern Railway at 1
o'clock, and was received by the Lord Provost of
Aberdeen, Sheriff Watson, Mr. Stirling of Kippen-
davie, chairman, and Mr. Birnie, Mr. Nicol, and
Captain Christie, directors of the company. Capt.
Brown with a detachment of the 93d Highlanders
were a guard of honour, and there was a large as-
semblage of spectators.
The Queen left at five minutes after 1, and
touchedat Stonehaven • Sir T. Gladstone, of Fasque,
Sir J. S. Forbes, and 111 r. A. Thompson, of Ban-
ehory, received her Majesty. Capt. Fielding, with
companies of the 72d and 94th Regiments, were
present as a guard of honour. The Royal train
reached Perth seven minutes after 4, being exact
time. Lord Mansfield, Lady Stormont, the Pro-
vost of Perth, Mr. Robert Bruce of Kennet, and a
large concourse of persons were on the platform ;
the band of the Royal Perthshire Rifles played the
Queen's Anthem. The train in passing through
Stirling was slowed while a Royal salute was being
fired from the Castle guns. The chairman of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and directors of
the Scottish Central Company accompanied the
train. The Queen arrived at Edinburgh at 24
minutes after 6, being exact time, the mean varia-
tion of the whole distance having been only three
minutes. Mr. S. Clarke conducted the arrange-
ments with his usual ability. Lord Stanley accom-
panies the Queen. The Prince Consort and Royal
children are in excellent health.

The Queen was received at St. Margaret's Sta-
tion, Edinburgh, by the Duke of Buceleuch, the
Duke of Richmond, Viscount Melville, the Lord
Provost, the Sheriff, the Chairman and Directors of
the North British Railway, &c. The 16th Lancers,
the Royal Artillery, the Royal Sussex Militia and
Nottinghamshire Militia formed the military escort
and guard. The Royal party, which includes
Prince Alfred, proceeded to Holyrood Palace ,in
closed carriages, reaching there at 6.40. Royal
salutes were fired from the Castle and Her
Majesty's ship Edinburgh, in Leith Roads.

BAILWArS IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

In defiance of all that even Punch can say to the
contrary, the inhabitants of the towns of Newport
and Cowes, in public meetings assembled, have
almost unanimously voted that the introduction of
railways to connect Newport with Cowes, Ventnor,
Shanklin, and Ryde, would be highly beneficial to
those towns, and the island generally. A public
meeting was held at Newport on the Bth inst., when
a resolution to that effect was carried, only one
hand being held up against it. A line of railway
was then proposed, but, as by it persons at Ventnor
wishing to visit Newport or Cowes would be taken
to within three miles of Ryde, and have to have
another five mile turn before they :reached Newport,
it met with great opposition, and, on a show of
hands, it became very doubtful whether the ma-
jority was in favour or against it. On the 15th, a
public meeting was held in the Town-hall, West
Cowes, when a resolution in favour of the introduc-
tion of railways into the island was carried unani-
mously.

The Corkscrew Line, as the then proposed Vent-
nor, Shanklin, Sandown, and Ryde to Newport line
is called, has very few friends in Cowes or Newport,
and the few who support it only do so from being
told that, if they do not, Ryde will have an inde-
pendent line to Ventnor. That this is all fudge a
very few days will prove, as a company is being
formed to construct a railway between Cowes and
Newport ; and, as the land is almost a dead level
and of very little value, and as the amount of traffic
on it will be 10 times as much as on any other line
in the island, it will not want parties to support it.
Only show the public that it will pay and the thing
is accomplished ; and, as there can be no doubt of
this part paying, Punch will be at fault, as there
will, to a certainty, be " a railway in the Isle of
Wight."

The Prince and Princess of Leiningen arrived in
town on Monday. The Prince went in the afternoon to
Southampton. The Princess, attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, returned to Frogmore.

His Excellency Count kielmansegge arrived at
the Hanoverian Legation in Grosvenor-place, yesterday
afternoon, from Germany, to resume his diplomatic duties.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde are
expected to arrive in town to-day, from visitisg the Marquis
of Bristol at Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmunds.
Lady Harriet de Burgh is staying with the Earl an&
Countess of Cork, at Marston House, Somerset.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and
the Ladies Hamilton arrived at Chesterfield House lasi
evening, from Tunbridge Wells.

Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has returned to
town from a tour of visits.

The Earl and Countess of Derby are entertaining
a succession of distinguished visitors at Knowsley Park,
their seat in Lancashire.
The Earl Granville arrived in town last night
from Carlsbad, after a tour of the German spas. The coun-
tess left Carlsbad for Rome the same day that the noble
earl left for home.
The Earl and Countess of Malmeabury left the
noble earl's shooting quarters near Fort William, N. 8.,
on Monday morning, and yesterday arrived at Knowsley
Park, Lancashire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of
Derby.
The Countess Brownlow has returned to town
front visiting Sir Edward and Lady Cust at Seacowe
Castle, Cheshire.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—The managers of the Palace,
seeking an attraction for the million at the close of what
has proved a very brilliant season, have decided upon giv-
ing a military fete on Monday next, the anniversary of the
battle of Balaklava, when all the troops now in London
who have received the Crimean medal or Victoria Cross
are invited to attend, and the services of the bands of the
Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fusileer Guards have
been secured to aid the musical arrangements.
DISMISSAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
HIMDERciFIELD Poi-Jct.—Yesterday afternoon, a special
meeting of the Huddersfield Improvement Commissioners
was held, to consider the report of the Watch Committee as
to the alleged defalcations of Mr. Superintendent Beaumont.
It was stated that there were upwards of sixty charges of
p2tty peculation against him, three or four of which had
been proved so satisfactorily to the committee that they
recommended his dismissal. Most of the offences were
stated to have consisted in granting bail in cases of drun-
kenness to the extent of 12s. or 14s. and upwards, he having
no power to grant such bail ; and in neglecting to summon
the offenders, or to account for the moneyhe received as bail.
His manner of keeping the books was likewise stated to be
characterised by the grossest carelessness and irregularity, he
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