The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-17 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY

BALMORAL, Monday.

The Queen, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur,
accompanied by the Duchess of Roxburghe and
Colonel Ponsonby, attended Divine service in the
Parish church of Crathie yesterday.

The Rev. Robert Stephen, of Renfrew, officiated.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Grey,
went out shooting yesterday morning with his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, near Richmond.

The Queen of Denmark, the Princess of 'Wales,
and Princess Thyra visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge at Kew.
The Queen of Denmark, with the Prince and
Princess of Wales and Princess Thyra, and attended
by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, went to
the Olympic Theatre in the evening. .

The Queen at Abeideen.
ABERDEEN, Tuesday Evening.
To-day, at noon, her Majesty opened tho Aberdeen
'ew Waterworks; the weather was favourable and the

attendance of spectators large.
Hitherto Aberdeen has been supplied with water pumped
from the river Dee, at a distance of two miles from the
city. For many years, however, the supply thus obtained

has been far from meeting the wants of the steadily-grow:

ing population, and though various projects have at times
been discussed to remedy the shortcoming, it was not till

Sir Alexander Alderson, the present Lord Provost, en'
tered upon office, that any really praetical steps, beyond a

bill being prepared in draught, were taken in the matter•
In 1862 the Police Commissioners, headed by the Provost,

set themselves in earnest to the work of obtaining a new
Police and Water Act, and succeeding in their labours the
splendid undertaking •pened to-day is the result. Plane

of the works having been got from Mr. James Simpson,

C.E., London, estimates were in due time lodged ; and the

offer of a young and enterprising townsman, Mr. Eastin
Gibb, being the lowest and otherwise satisfactory, Was
accepted. Mr. Gibb contracted to bring 6,000,000 gallons
of water daily by means of gravitation from the river Dee
at Cairnton, 22 miles from the city, for the sum of £103,9901
the works to be finished in two years and a half. On the
Bth of April, 1864, Sir A. Anderson cut the first sod of the
undertaking in the presence of the Police Commissioners
and a large number of the public, and since that time the
work has been carried on uninterruptedly with great spirit.
With the exception of a tunnel at Hill of Cairnton, 760
yards in length, the engineering difficulties of the schenle
were not of any great magnitude. This tunnel, however',
composed of solid rock, proved a formidable obstacle in
the way—all the more so that as its dimensions being but
sft. by 4ft., only one man could handle the boring junaPer
at a time.' Night and day Mr. Gibb kept men at work in
the tunnel from opposites of the hill, and though from the
hardness of the whinstone not more than from 6in. to gin'
of progress could be made daily, yet the full 760 yards
have been satisfactorily accomplished within the prescribed
period. At Invercannie, about a mile from the river intake,
the first and principal reservoir is built. This huge basin
measures 450 feet in diameter at the top, 390 feet at the
bottom, is 15 feet in depth, and will hold 15,000,000gallone
of water. Great care has been bestowed in the construe-
tion of this important part of the undertaking. Fr°lll,
Invercannie to the second reservoir, placed within a couPie
of miles of the city, the water is mainly conducted through
an oval-formed brick aqueduct, 3ft. 9in. by aft. 3in• ,iu
size. The fall throughout the 20 miles of aqueduct is 2f t.
per mile, giving a velocity of 21 inches per second. The
second, or lower service reservoir, is capable of containing
the calculated daily requirement of 6,000,000 gallone•
From this point to the city the stream flows through a 27 ..
inch iron pipe, the allowance per head, according to the
present population, being about 80 gallons. As already
mentioned, the plans of the undertaking were furnished by
Mr. Simpson, the eminent London water engineer, and'
advised by that gentleman, the works have been carried t°
completion under the personal superintendence of his able
assistant, Mr. Robert Anderson, C.E. , ,‘•
Graciously acceding to the wishes of the Commissioner'
of Police, with whom lies the duty of seeing to the sani-
tary welfare of the city, Her Majesty intimated her pleasure
to preside at the opening of the waterworks, fixing the
ceremony to take place to-duy, at Invercannie, 22 rnilel
distant from Aberdeen, and a convenient morning drive °.'
30 miles from Balmoral. The Commissioners made their,
arrange.oents accordingly, issuing invitations on a liberal
scale to their fellow citizens to be present at the openirt
and partake of luncheon afterwards. 4 o'clock p.m Nle„-
first named, but her Majesty thoughtfully sent word °7l
Saturday to the Lord Provost that as this hour viv°,l"o
probably be rather late, the time might be changed to 1"
noon—an alteration which gave general satisfaction.
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The morning broke beautifully, and as the Deesiv,-
Railway Company ran trains to Banchory from 8 o'clock
onwards, and the people of the district about. Invercannide
turned out in considerable numbers, between 4,000 an
5,000 spectators were assembled round the scene of OW
ing early in the forenoon. Among the public bodies pre; :':'
sent from the city, in addition to the Police Commissioner, -.,
were the magistrates and town-council, Shoremaster Nice
and the Harbour Commissioners, Convener Berry and "bee
members of the incorporated trades. Invercannie bad'''.
situated in Kincardine, the Artillery and Rifle Volunteer°
of that county, under the command of Major Mackinrd'a
Capt. Crombie, Lieut. Gordon, and Ensign Burnett, WO.
the guard of honour, and took up their position in the OW
nity of the place appointed for the inauguration.
Punctual to time, the Queen arrived from Balmoral tti:
temporary station on the grounds of Inchmarlo 811°17
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after 12 o'clock. Here her Majesty was received by Sir d
Burnett, Lord Lieutenant of the county, Sheriff Sb:
and Mr. Davidson, lord of the manor. Her Majesty
accompanied by the Princesses Christian and Louise,
Prince Arthur, Prince Christian, the Duchess of 1108
burghe, the Hon. Miss Cathcart, Gen. Grey, Sir S. North
cute, Major Ponsonby, Dr. Robertson, Mr. Sahl, &c., fr(),
Inchmarlo. The royal party drove to the lnvercannie,rh
servoir, a distance of about half a mile. Close beside '''ci
reservoir an elegantly furnished tent had been erected, nho
in the front of this her Majesty was received, amid ,l 1;,
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loud and repeated cheering of the spectators, by Sir e.ff
Anderson, Lord Provost, the Earl of Kintore, Sheilcii
Thomson, and the members of the public bodies alree6l,
named. The Rev. Mr. Hutchinson, minister of the par 1 0
where the proceedings took place, having offered n 1304,.
suitable prayer, the Lord Provost read the following
dress : ,bla
" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.—The 110—,.00
address of the Commissioners under the Aberdeen rd'll
and Waterworks Act, 1862. dati"
" May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's ,"
ful subjects, the Commissioners for the introduction of
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new water supply to the city, acting on behalf of the coreer
munity, gratefully approach your Majesty with the OP, 1.,
sion of the love of the people of your ancient city of fiber,
deen for your Majesty's person and Government. tof
" We feel your Majesty's present most gracious ac 1;g
condescension to be an instance of that sympathy in Wie to
of public usefulness and in all the efforts of your pe°P oi
advance their social well-being, which has been so 0°
characteristic of your Majesty's reign. + that
We are thus encouraged to say to your Majes-1 hi/4
the works now constructed will convey to the city the tijie
supply of water which has become necessary during 4.
present century. In 1806 the daily supply was 60,000
.vill
ions, since increased to 1,000,000 ; and the citizenS
long delight to connect your Majesty's name with the IVot
ply of 6,000,000 gallons of pure water from the Dee, t'ri,
to be opened to them by the act of your Majesty's h joy
carrying increased health and comfort to all, and esPecit
to the poorer classes. It
" That Heaven's choicest blessings may rest on
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Majesty and your Royal family ; that your designsfteoloo ;
good of your subjects may be prospered, as here f vont
and that your Majesty may long reign in the love 0 •
people, is our earnest prayer.
11 ALEXANDER ANDERSON, Knight, ~ro
Lord Provost, and Chairman of the Comtnissionv
of Police of the City of Aberdeen.
" Dated this 16th of October, 1866."
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The Queen then, speaking in public in her on.a cl- Con'
city for the first time since the death of the Prince
fir
sort, addressing Sir Alexander and his brother Cu
sioners, said : ,y, Od
"I thank you for your dutiful address, and au,
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sensible of this fresh mark of the loyal attachment -tat
neighbours, the people of Aberdeen. I have felt tbetioi-,
time when the attention of the country has been e°, right
ously directed to the state of the public health, it "0/4 "of the
that I should make an exertion to testify my seheooo°
importance of a work so well calculated as this to P` ,
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the health and comfort of your ancient city." • s Piece •
Her Majesty then advancing to an ingenton gri',
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machinery erected at the edge of the reservoir, oared
ciously pleased to give several turns to the handle are ers,
and in an instant the water came dashing- forth Pectsto
plentiful ; then rung out again the cheers of the °P opea'l3,
and the Queen declared the Aberdeen Waterworits „fro V
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Her Majesty then entered the marquee, w"fter a 'lot,
ments had been laid for the Royal party, and 8, tiOo' 100
of a few minutes drove off amid renewed act:101300y
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mediately on the Queen quitting Invercannie,
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of the ladies and gentlemen who had been Prebe„ otljac
opening proceeded to a large tent placed In h'^
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field and partook of luncheon. , Guild,•l3,oe'
Sir A. Anderson presided, with Mr. Dean C.: illO n' ~,
well as principal croupier ; and among those Ladyn 1300,
diate vicinity of the chair were Sir James and ji.tat.tr.
nett, Lady Anderson, the Earl and Countesses otierr, ,c,,i
Sir Thomas and Lady Gladstone, the Hon.3li gr. ve'ost
Davidson, Inchmarlo ; Mr. James Dyce 1'11°,3 ',. pr° ylf•
Mrs. Nicol, Mr. and Mrs. Irvine, of Drum; o'r 1,1 P.,
Webster, Miss Anderson, Mr. W. D. Fordyce,
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Sheriff Shand, Major Lanes, ttc. iid. oro:for
The company having joined the chairman °:•asioo, to
in the loyal and other toasts suitable to the oc_l-00 to
an agreeable meeting of an hour's duration, b:.,,.
wholo prneodings passing ofd most oucceoftlw