The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-21 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S _RETURN.

The Queen left Holyrood, Edinburgh, yesterday morning
at 8 o'clock, and was received at St. Margaret's station of
the North British Railway at a quarter past 8 by the Duke
of Buccleuch, the Duke of Richmond, Sheriff Gordon, the
Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Mr. Adam Black, M.P.,
Captain Carnegie, of Her Majesty's ship the Edinburgh,
Viscount Melville, and Mr. Hodgson. The road from
the palace was lined by the 16th Lancers from Piers-
hill, a battery of Royal Artillery from Leith Fort, the Royal
Sussex Militia from Edinburgh Castle, and a detachment of
the Royal Sherwood Foresters from Glasgow. The band
of the Sussex Militia was stationed at the palace, and the
band of the Lancers in the Park. The weather was very
unpropitious, but a goodly number of spectators were in the
park, and at the station, who bade her Majesty adieu with
very hearty cheers.
The Royal party consisted of the Queen and Prince
Consort, the Princes Alfred and Arthur, and the Princesses
Alice, Helena, and Louisa. The suite included Lord
Stanley, the Hon. General Grey, Sir C. Phipps, Sir James
Clark, Lieut. Cowell, Lieut.-Colonel Ponsonby, Lady
Churchill, the Hon. Miss Stopford, &c.
The train left at 8.20 under the general management of
Mr. Seymour Clarke, Mr. Hodgson, chairman of the North
British Railway, Mr. Leishman, Mr. Home, Mr. Kinloch,
directors, and Mr. Roebotham, the manager, accompanied
the Queen to Berwick. The rails were very slippery, but
the train arrived only two minutes late, having made up two
minutes of time lost at starting. The Mayor of Berwick
and a large assemblage of people were present to receive
the Queen.

The train left Berwick at 9.54, Mr. Copplethwaite, Mr.
Cash, Mr. M'Lea, and Mr. Wharton, of the North-Eastern
Railway, accompanying her Majesty. The first stoppage
was at Bilston, where the Earl and Countess Grey, and Sir
George and Lady Grey were on the platform, and conversed
with the Queen. The weather now settled down into a
dense fog, with thick drizzling rain, which continued until
the train reached York.
The train arrived at Newcastle two minutes before time.
The Mayor, the Sheriff of Newcastle, the Deputy-Sheriff,
Col. Robertson, and other gentlemen, with a largo concourse
of spectators, were at the station. The train reached Dar-
lington in correct time, and arrived at York four minutes
before time. Here there was a grand display, as usual.
The station was elegantly decorated, and the platform laid
with crimson cloth. Her Majesty was received by Mr. H.
Thompson, chairman of the North-Eastern Railway, Mr.
R. Williamson, Mr. G. Dodsworth, and Capt. O'Brien
The Mayor of York, the Archbishop and the Dean of York,
and Archdeacon Long were on the platform. General Sir
Harry Smith, Colonel M‘Pherson, and Colonel Smythe,
with a detachment of the 22d Regiment, were present as a
guard of honour. The band of the 2d West Yorkshire
Militia played appropriate music, and a troop of the 18th
Hussars, under Captain Scott, lined the front of the Royal
Station Hotel. The Queen lunched in the hotel, and was
loudly cheered by a vast concourse of people as she left her
carriage and returned to it with the Prince Consort.
The train left York at a quarter after two o'clock. Mr.
Denison, chairman, and Mr. Pack, deputy-chairman, Mr.
Alderman Meek and Mr. Barff, directors of the Great
Northern, accompanied the Queen. The weather now
cleared up, and continued fine throughout the remainder
of the journey.
At Doncaster there was a fine display of loyal feeling.
Besides the Mayor and other officials, and a large company
of the inhabitants, Dr. Mark and his band of 40 boys were
at the station, and played before the Queen. The per-
formance seemed to afford her Majesty high gratification.
The next stoppage was at Newark, whore there was a
large attendance of people. At Peterborough the train
passed over 21 fog signals, intended, we suppose, as a Royal
salute. The station was crowded. The Bishop of Peter-
borough and his clergy were present in their robes, to-
gether with the leading officials of the town.
The train was three minutes before time at Biggleswade,
where her Majesty received a very enthusiastic welcome.
The next run was to the goods station, Maiden-lane, Lon-
don, where the Queen arrived at a quarter after seven
o'clock, and, after a delay of five minutes, proceeded by the
North London Railway to the Kew Junction, and thence
to Windsor.

The whole journey from Edinburgh to London, a dis-
tance of 408 miles, was performed by six engines in 11
hours, the average speed of the Royal train being 40 miles
an hour. The mean variation on the journey was only
four minutes, and so complete were the arrangements that,
when one of the guards observed the door of one of the
carriages fly open, while the train was at full speed, he
pulled the signal line and in three minutes the train was
stopped. Mr. Seymour Clarke was most attentive, and his
management admirable. The officers of the respective rail-
ways throughout were complimented for their excellent
management.