The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-30 00:00:00

THE SUN,

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that it will be expedient that the company should become
the insurer of its own steam-hosts, setting aside a certain
sum annually to cover the risk of loss, and they requ,ist
your sanction accordingly.
" The arrears of calls due at the last 11111-yearly meet-
ing amounted to 40,6661. 10s., since which 2,8161. 103.
has been received. Your directors have declared the
forfeiture of 65 shares, which requires the confirmation of
the present meeting."
The report of the engineer, Mr. Robert Stephenson,
says—
" It affords me very great satisfaction to report to you
that the whole of the tubes of the Britannia Bridge are
now safely deposited in their final positions. Nothing
now remains to be done but to complete the junctions
between those composing the second line.
" A fortnight will finish the junctions in the Britannia
Tower; three weeks more will complete the junction
with the Carnarvoi small tube; and by the end of Octo-
ber I have DO cl,iubt all the remaining preparations for
the opening of the second line will be brought to a satis-
factory conclusion.
" As this will probably be the last report I shall have
the honour of addressing to you in reference to the
works of the Holy head Railway, I deem it only proper,
after several years of intense anxiety respecting the
Conway and Britannia Bridges, to return you my sin-
cere thanks for the unwavering confidence you have al-
ways displayed in the views I have been called upon to
express in reference to the structures; without this con-
fidence the task would have proved much more difficult
than it has proved; but I assure you the value of this
confidence is much enhanced in my estimation by the fact
that you gave it when the balance of opinion was de-
cidedly against me." _ _

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

CIFPSTER AND HOLYHEAD
RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders
o: the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company took
place to-day at the Euston Station. The meeting
was held for the purpose of receiving the report of the
directors, for the election of directors in the room of
• those who retire by rotation, to agree to the for-
feiture of certain shares, and upon the other business
of the company.
C. R. Moorsom, Esq., the chairman of the company,
ook the chair at twelve o'clock.
Among the directors present we noticed Sir C.
Douglas Captain Mangles, and Mr. Peter.
The Douglas,
in moving the adoption of the re-
port, eonfessed that he felt disappointed at the through
traffic since the opening of the Britannia Bridge.
He was glad, however, to say that they had two-
thirds of the traffic from Liverpool to Dublin.—
(Hear.) He could only account for the lesser traffic
to Ireland by the state in which that country was
placed at' the present moment, but he was in hopes
of seeing: a brighter day.—( Hear, hear.) They
could not look upon this line as a completed line, and
he believed when it was finished it would be a most
prosperous concern.—(Hear, hear.) ahe local traffic
had been very fairly developed, and he had no doubt
that ere long it would be considerably improved. The
company had adopted thesystem. of low fares, but it was
said by many that they had not gone far enough. He
was one who did not like to adopt low fares too
hastily, but if it was shown that lower fares would
bring more passenger traffic to the line, no one would
be more ready than himself to assent to it. He be-
lieved that when the company were in a situation
properly to carry out their line the slate and coal
traffic- would be most profitable to them —(Hear.)
The excursion trains had been most productive to the
company, and he believed that they would be more so
when the line was properly worked out. He believed
that the expenses of the locomotive department might
be considerably reduced, and that their agreement
with the London and North Western Company might
be revised and improved.—(Hear, hear.) A. con-
siderable reduction, he was happy to say, had been
made on the working of the steam-boats.—(Hear.)
He trusted that in the election of the six gentlemen
that were to be appointed as directors they would
have regard to men of practical knowledge and ex-
perience, and that they would elect men who would
honestly and satisfactorily carry out their interest.
The Hon. Chairman concluded by moving the
adoption of the following report :
"It will bs in the recollection of the shareholders that
at the last half-yearly meeting your directors obtained
their approval of a Bill authorising this company to
lea,e their line to the London and North-Western Rail-
way Company, or to make other arrangements with that
company for its working. They hoped that long before
this time they should have been placed is a position to
convene a special meeting, to which, after receiving the
formal sanction of the measure required by the House of
Lords, it would, have been their duty to submit the plans
by which the scheme then contemplated might, in the
judgment of the directors, be most beneficially carried
into execution. Tney regret that they must now an-
nounce to you that these expectations have been entirely
frustrated.
" Parties having interests at variance with those of the
London and North-Western Company, and seeking to
encroach upon its traffic, took occasion, from the pro-
motion of the Bill in question by this company, to urge
upon the Committee of the House of Commons the intro-
duction of a clause giving to those parties powers and pri-
vileges quite incompatible with any practicable arrange-
ment between this company and the London and North-
Western for the completion or working of the line; arid, in
spite of the earnest remonstrances of your directors, they,
succeeded in effecting that object. The House, how-
. ever, threw cut the clause, and when the same parties
made an attempt to reinstate it, it was again rejected.
But the same short sighted, hostility pursued the Bill
b-fire the Committee of the House nf Lords, although
it was certain that with such a clause the Bill would be
valueless for any public or private object, because the
London and North-Western Company would refuse an
alliance coupled with the conditions imposed; and the
issue proving unfavourable, the measure has been ne-
cessarily abandoned, to the serious detriment of your
interests, and without a particle of benefit to the parties
whose opposition to the London and North-Western
Company led them to strike at that body through this
company.
" The result is a matter of deep regret to your direc-
tors. Their best hopes of improving your position were
founded on the possibility of combining your interests
with those of the Landon and North-Western Company,
and of rendering it safe and profitable for that power-
ful body to aid in extricating you from your embarrass-
ments. But your directors could not, of course, expect
that that company would undertake so arduous a task,
under the additional pressure of an Act of Parliament,
which proposed to deprive them, in favour of a third
party altogether without rightful.clairo, of a large
share of the legitimate advantage of the projected en-
terprise.
" Nor is this the only disappointment which your di-
rectors have experienced. In March last you were ap-
prised that they were 'in communication with her Ma.
jeaty's Government, having for their object such assist-
ance as would enable the company to complete the un-
dertaking at the earliest period;'' and they continued
their endeavours to this end until a very recent date.
They urged upon tfif Chancellor of the Exchequer, with
all the force which they felt to be warranted by she
justice of the case, their claim to temporary aid from
the public press, on the ground—lst, that the contract
for the mails having been granted to the company, be-
fore it broke ground in its works, for the avowed reason
that the traffic was insuffecient in itself to afford recJm-
pense for so great an undertaking, the loss in that re-
spect resulting from the visitation which had desolated
Ireland ought not to be thrown excludvely on the com-
pany, without any contribution from the Government,
so greatly henefitted by the opening of such an import-
line of communication; arid, 2dly, that the peremptory
requisition of the Admiralty, backed by a Parliamentary
Committee, in regard to the mode of crossing the Menai
Straits, having imposed on the company an additional
and•uolooked-fur expense of nearly halt a million ster-
ling, it was equitable that the Government, thus re-
lieved from all share of the cost necessary to recoucilo
two public objecis (to wit, the free navigation of the
straits, and the continuous line of railway from London
to St. George's Channel), should afford some assistance,
by way of a loan, to enable the company to complete its
works, iu order to its reimbursement.
"Your directors are sorry to state that, whilst they
have been personally treated with every consideration
and courtesy, the Government has refused to entertain
these reasonable and moderate claims fur a contribution
in the shape of mere temporary aid, although it was
shown in the clearest manner that no risk could be in-
volved in the transaction. The only concession made to
the company—at the same time that is success in over-
coming not merely the vast natural difficulties of the un-
dertaking. but the impediment thrown in its way by a
public department, was used by the Prime Minister as a
cogent argument for the abolition of the Lord-Lieute-
nant of Ireland—has been the abandonment by the Go-
vernment of its claim for a contribution of 200,0001 to-
wards the new harbour at Holyhead. The directors feel,
however, that such a demand for a contribution to a
public refuge harbour is one which never ought to have
been made. In the same spirit af indiff,rence to the
difficulties of a company engaged in carrying out an en-
terprise of pre-eminent public importance, the contract
fur the performance of the mail service between Holy-
head and Kiegstown was given to parties who have
a direct interest in diverting the traffic to the route
by way of Liverpool. And this was done notwith-
standing that a Select Committee of the House cf Com-
mons, ot which the lamented Sir Hebert 1.1.-el was chair-
man, after considering the question whether this com-
pany should be permitted to own sream-hoat., bad ex-
pressed a deliberate opinion with respect to the advan-
tage of placing the management and control of the
whole line between London and Dublin in the hands of
a single party.
" Under the heavy discouragements briefly described
in the foregoing paragraphs, end labouring constantly
under the pressure of the pecuniary difficulties with
which the company has had to struggle, your directors
have exerted themselves to the best of their ability to
accomplish, at the earliest possible date, such a comple-
tion of the line as may fit it fit general purposes of use-
fulness. In furtherance ot this end, the last tube of the
Britannia Bridge has been raised to its intenned place;
and your directors hope that that wonderful structure
will ne finally completed during the month ot October
met.

The notion having been seconded,
Mr. HENMAN deprecated the mode in which the
accounts had been kept, and designated them as fal-
lacious, though he would not say they were cooked
or false, but he contended that they ought to have
a revenue of 18,0001. for the purposes of a dividend,
instead of 7,6411. He submitted that the revenue ac-
count was an incorrect one, the capital fallacious, and
that the directors had applied money to purposes that
were not legal. The time had come when there must
be a full investigation into the affairs of the company.
—(Hear, hear.) The directors had held the reins of
power for six years, and they had never given the
opportunity to the shareholders of electing their own
directors.—(Hear, bear.) He thought the directors
had exhibited a most extravagant example in making
two lines of tubes over the Menai Straits, when one
would have answered every purpose and have been
constructed at two-thirds of the expense. He depre-
cated the whole course adopted by the directors, and
would move, as an amendment to the adoption of the
report, the following resolution :
'` That a committee of five shareholders be ap-
pointed to inquire into all matters and things touching
and concerning the accounts, contracts, and expenditure,
in and from the formation of the company, and especially
to inquire and report epon the state of our relations
with the. Mold Railway Company, and the legality of the
proceedings of the directors in relation thereto; and also
to inquire and report upon the expenditure of the money
raised from the shareholders under 10 and 11 Vic., chap.
238; and also to inquire and report upon the legality of the
issue of debentures to the amount made, with power to
examine the chairman of directors, the directors and
auditors, the engineers, accountant, and other officers of
the company. and to cell for and examine all books,
papers, vouchers; and other documents. and that the cost
of such investigation be defrayed out of the funds of the
company. and theta special meeting be held on the 28th
of September next to receive and consider the report of
the committee, and that the consideration of the report
of the directors to this present mce!ing, and all other
business be deterred until such special meeting."
Mr. BALL seconded the amendment.

Mr. COLEMAN, the accountant of the company,
explained the accounts most satisfactory to the meet-
ing, and completely met the objections of the mover
of the amendment.

Mr. TWINING deprecated inquiry, as calculated
to depreciate the property of the company.
After some considerable ard irregular discussion,
The CHAIRMAN then put the ameLdment, and upon
a show of hands declared it to .be lost, 9 hands being
held up fur it and 24 against it.. .

A resolution was passed declaring 65 shares for-
feited, after an attempt to obtain the names of the
parties holding those shares b4ing defeated.
The following resolution was also carried :

" That the directors be, and are hereby, authorised
to contract with any parties willing to construct any
siding or branch from any part of the railway, and to
allow them the benefit of traffic brought to or from such
bidii.g over the rail►vay."

The directors that went out by rotation were re-
elected after a short discussion ; as were the auditors,
after an attempt to propose Mr. Henman as one of
the auditors, which failed.
The usual resolution for the remuneration to the
directors was carried, and after a vote of thanks to
the chairman the meeting separated.

HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL IN
• ••• •EDINBURGH.
(From a Second Edition of the Edinburgh Evening
Courant of Thursday.)
Since the memorable visit of George IV. to Edin-
burgh, in 1822, or the more recent visit of her MA-
jesty twenty years later, no event in our civic annals
has excited such general interest in the Scottish
metropolis as the expected !fjuurn brief as it is
to be—of Queen Victoria in the palace of her an-
cestors, at Holyrood. The residence amengat us
of a Sovereign so beloved, is an event that will
be remecebsred for generations, as marking her
Msjeety's attachment to Scotland, and her confidence
in the hereditary loyalty of th 3 Scottish nation. The
arrival of the royal party this afternoon was ex-
pected, therefore, with enthusiasm ; and the latter
part of the day was generally observed as a holiday
in honour of the occasion—the shops being shut,
while dense crowds in their best attire flocked from
all quarters to the long-forsaken " Court- end" of the
city.
The station at Meadowbank, about a quarter of a
mile from Holyrood Palace (now to be named " The
Queen's Station,") on the line of the North British
Railway, was selected—(on the suggestion, we be-
lieve, of the Lord Provost) —as an appropriate land-
ing-place for the royal party, and the requisite ar-
rangements were consequently made for her Majesty's
arrival by the directors of the North British
Railway Company. Its chief advantage consists in
its being in the neighbourhood of the palace, which
is easy of access, without the pressure avid incon-
venience of a crowded thoroughfare. The royal
demesne of the Queen's Park (the right of forestry
over which, once exerci-ed by the Earl of Hadding-
ton, has recently been acquired by purchase by the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests) extends to
within a few yards of the landing-place at Meadow-
bank. Tne lower part of the Queen's Drive, formed
on the site of the old Duke's Walk, affords an excel-
lent carriage road to liolyrood Palace.
The preparations made for the reception of her
Majesty in this quarter were in general marked by
an absence of laboured " pomp and circumstance,"
though they were of an elegant and tasteful de-
scription. The character of the royal visit was such
as to dispense with extensive or`omentatious display,
although there were not wanting everywhere ex-
pressive symbols of the popular regard. The land-
ing platform is about one hundred yards west .of the
tunnel below the Portobello-road, and on the south
side of the railway. It is ninety-seven feet in length
and ten feet broad, and was covered with crimson
cloth. Immediately in the centre is the vestibule lead-
ing to the spacious flight of steps by which her Ma-
jesty was conducted to the royalearriage in waiting on
the .Abbeyhill-road, close by Personsgreen. The vesti-
bule was roofed by an elegant timber canopy, finished
in front to resemble festoons of drapery. The royal
crown surmounted the centre, with the letters V.A. on
each side. The neighbouring slope was fenced by
light frame-work, and decorated with heather; and
at
.the entrance to the flight of steps, on each side,
two elegant pedestals were placed, hearing urea
filled by splendid exotics, in the cull luxuriance of
fl ewer. Tne interior of the landing gallery, or pa-
vilion, had a superb and tasteful appearance. The
roof was finished in the style of an Arabian tent, by
graceful festoons of white and pink drapery. Be-
tween each column the pink drapery assumed the
form of an Arabian arch; and the pillars themselves
were finished with pink, fluted white. The steps,
which were divided into two series, were laid with
In their last report, your directors stated their in- crimson cloth from end to end ; but the carpet placed
tention to open a separate revenue account from the let for her Majesty to walk from the railway train to
of January last. That course has been taken, and the the royal carriage was formed of what is called
net proceeds have been applied towards the payment of " the Stewart hunting tartan." The pavilion was
the half-year's interest on debentures due.on the 10th of open at the sides, and was separated from the
July last, which, amounting to 24,549/. los, ed., haves neighbouring green slopes by a neat rustic rail-
.a balance of 8,321/. 16s. 7d. chargeable against the ing. The steps were lined on each aide between
earnings of the current halt-year. the pillars -by a superb collection of exotic plants
" Toe proprietors will observe that the gross traffic from the conservatories of the Duke of Buccleuch
and other noblemen and gentlemen. The old gate-
of the six months under review has yielded a return of
.38,6524 3s. 3d.. contrasted with 31,983/. Ss. Id (irre- way closing upon the road was entirely removed, and
epectivo of the mails in both cases), earned during the
an appropriate ter-
its -place filled by a splendid crimson curtain, hung
same period of 1849; and your directors are using all
ie means at their command so to increase their power with much taste, and forming
mination to the beautiful vista of the interior. The
uf meetiwg the demised ter accommodation for minerals
as to affurd all the desired encouragement to that lin- gateway whence the Queen emerged to the royal
portant branch of business. As an instance in point, carriage was spanned by a graceful arch, decorated
they are now engaged in arranging for the construction with bay leaves, and dahlias interspersed. It was
by private parties of several sidings and abort branches, i surmounted by a floral crown, with an anchor sus-
for the purpose of bringing upon the line the produce of
pended ;. and displayed on each aide the initials V. A.
*eat quarries and the like, with the stipulation that in flowers. The effect of the whole was striking—
it c txpenee of the work shall be repaid to the construc-
ters from the proceeds of the toll. A resolution will be toe bright hu
the sombre green. of the dahlias prcsentirg a leasin
p g
Contrast_ to
• i-tnitted low your approval, giving your sanction to ar-
e elgements of this description, which cannot but con- I
The
e decorations of the works at S. s
uw!.. the advantage ot this company.
were rather more' limited than last year. Various
tt Tie attention of your directors has been earnestly buildings displayed floral emblems and devices, and
given to the eget of- working the hue and its adjuncts, I the numerous flags which waved from their summits
note a view to every Pilictrcable and prudent reduction i imparted an aspect ot gaiety to the whole. The most
of 'expenditure, in respect especially to the packet- prominent object was an immense crown of ever-
...* roe; and they have now so organized the system 1-greens and flowers erected near the lint . The ordis
of managing the steam-boats that they have nary engines and trains were also decorated in every
g ad rea.on to expect • that, taking into account j variety of style.
earninfis of those vessels, and of the express trains I Emerging from the landing gallery, the first ob-
tr, which they are exclusively attached, and which would •
tea that attracted the attention was the tasteful and
1 c useless without them, the proceeds will more than -f•
beauti u gallery erected in the grounds of Parsons-
t o..iterba;ance the expenditure. It may be added that,
finding the p•yments on account of insurance to be ex- green by A. Mitchell Junes, Esq. The front dis-
oremely heavy, amounting'in the aggregate to 6,497, played a series of five Roman arches, divided in
from the lit August, 1848, your directness are at opinion the centre by a projecting arch of double the propor-

Cons of the others, bearing a h sndsome entablature,
enriched by chaste and elegant cornices and mould-
ings. The columns of the arches were wreathed in
bay leaves, and encircled at the base with splendid
exotics. Floral stars adornsd the panelling with
the exception of the centre, which displayed graceful
fe•taons of dahlias. The cornices and other parts of
the entablature were enriched with paterae formed of
a single dahlia ; and between each arch floral festoons
were hung with exquisite taste. The Lrnaments on
the other parts of the gallery were of the same rich
and ♦aried character: and the erection being em•
bosomed amidst the fine old trees that adorn the pail-,
the effect was perfectly unique and striking.
Along the whole route galleries were erected at
every eligible locality for the accommodation of the
spectators. They were in general plain but substan-
tial structures, and erected without ornament. Se-
veral were in the immediate neighbourhood of the
palace ; and an extensive platform erected, under the
express sanction of the authorities, on the sloping
ground which borders the road through the Queen's
Park, was estimated to contain above 3,000 p'rsoos,
and, with other galleries, was filled long before
the hour of her Majesty's arrival by respectable
parties.
A large area on the old Abbe3hill-road, fronting
the royal landing-place, was secured by closing the
thoroughfare from the Abbeyhill on the one side and
the Portobello road on the other. Near the watering-
place a barrier and gallery were erected to prevent
communication from behind; and a similar erection
was placed across the Portobello road, opposite Par-
sonsgreen lodge. The area thus enclosed was occu-
pied by the royal carriages, the military escort, and
other parties.
The guard of honour at Meadowbank, consisting
of one captain, two subalterns, and 50 men of the 931
Highlanders, with the band of the 13th Light
Dragoons, and a Queen's colour, arrived on the ground
shortly before two o'clock. Tne cavalry escort con-
sisted of one officer and twenty men of the 13th Light
Dragoons.
The route of the royal party through the Queen's
park was lined on both sides, from the railway sta-
tion to the Palace gate, by the 13th Light Dragoons
and 93d Highlanders. The latter fine body of men
extended from Aleadowbank for some distance along
the road. No access was allowed to the palace
yard, and barricades were erected across the streets
leading to it, to prevent any approach. At the
eastern extremity of the park, near Parsons green,
a strong barrier was raised to prevent the pressure of
the crowd; and a similar erection was formed near
the south-eastern angle of the palace.
The hour of her Majesty's expected arrival was

the directors, which reached Meadow•bank a few
minutes before five o'clock.

The royal train made its appearance at Meadow-
bank about five minutes past five o'clock, and wts
greeted with loud acclamations by the assembled spec-
tators, who were accommodated in the windows of
the buildings at Meadowbank and on the neighbour-
ing eminences.
The royal engine, which is one of the most powerful
in the company's service, was decorated in a superb
and tasteful st 3 le. It is the same that was used on
a similar occasion last year, and displayed in front a
semicircular arch of wood, bearing in gilded letters
the inscription—" God save the Queen," and having
a magnificent star suspended from its centre. This
arch, with another behind, was surmounted by a
large and splendid royal crown, resting on a beauti-
ful cushion of crimson velvet. The motto, " Long
live the Royal Family," was displayed on one side of
an elliptical arch, which extended longitudinally
along the engine, having also en the revere side,
" Success to the British empire." This arch was
surmounted by a floral crown, having a Scotch
thistle on each side, and the initial letters " V. A."
at the extremity. Two beautiful stars were sus-
pended from the centre of the arch, and by the
tassteful addition of shrubs and evergreens a pleasing
and superb efiect was produced. The tender was
decorated with festoons of crimson velvet, with yel-
low tassels, displayed on framework, and interspened
with flowers. The crown and decorations were the
workmanship of the men in the employment of the
company at St. Margaret's staiion, and reflected great
credit on their taste and skill. The pilot engine was
adorned with evergreens, and displayed in front a
floral crown.

There were waiting on the platform to receive her
Majesty the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord-Lieutenant of
the county of Edinburgh; Major-General Sir James
Riddell, Commanding the Forces in Scotland, and a
brilliant Staff; also Sheriff Gordon, John Lear-
mouth, E-q., of Dean, Chairman of the North British
Railway Company, and a number of the directors.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert occupied a splen-
did saloon carriage, in which were the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred. her Majesty was at-
tired in a dress of deep mourning, as were also
Prince Albert and tie Royal children. The
Princess Royal and the .Prince•as Alice, travelled in a
separate carriage, under the charge of the Marchio-
ness of Douro, and the Hon. Miss Lennox. Her
Majesty on alighting from the royal carriage, was
received by Sir George Grey. The Duke of Buc-
cleuch was immediately recognised by the Queen,
who remarked to his Grace that it was a fine after-
noon.

generally known in the city ; and, as we have said,
from an early hour in the afternoon crowds of well-
dressed parties poured in a continuous stream through
all the different avenues leading to the Queen's Park.
Each moment augmented their numbers, and in a
short time every eminence likely to command a view
of the royal progress was occupied. The great ex-
tent and diversified surface of the park, forming on
the north side a vast natural amphitheatre, was of
ample capacity for the immense concourse. Many
females mingled in the dense throng, which over-
spread the heights to their summit; and the gay and
varied colours of their dresses presented a striking
and singular contrast to the more sombre shades of
the verdant hill-side. The sloping ground along
the road through the park•—as, perhaps, the most
favourable for commanding a near view of the
royal party—was occupied throughout its whole
extent. This road is here formed near the old
" Duke's Walk," which is supposed to have de-
rived its name from having b.ien the favourite pro-
menade of James VII., when Duke of York, during
his residence at Holyrood. It is difficult to conceive
a more magnificent avenue to the old Palace of our
Kings. The bill rears its dusky sides to a great
height on the south, broken towards the west by the
steep ascent which bears on its summit the crumbling
ruins of the ancient chapel and hermitage of SG. An-
thony. The overhanging cliffs beyond impart an as-
pect of grandeur to the prospect, which is terminated
by the towering peak of Arthur's Seat. The graphic
pen of Sir Walter Scott, in the " Heart of Mid-Lo-
thian," has described with characteristic felicity the
picturesque beauties of the scene; and Scottish song
has added its poetic charm i❑ the well known lyris—
" Now Arthur's Seat shell be my bed—
The sheets shall ne'er be pressed by me;
St. Anton's well shall be my drink,
Since my true love's forsaken me."

Her Majesty having bowed her acknowledgments
to Mr. Learmouth, Chairman of the North Britiah
Railway Company, ascended with Prince Albert the
flight of steps leading to the royal carriage, which
was lined by the Royal Archers. The dfferent mem-
bers of the Royal family followed. Her Majesty and
Prince Albert occupied one side of the royal carriage,
and the Prince of 'Vales and the Princess Royal sat
opposite.

The royal cortege moved off, headed by Mr. Sheriff
Gordon and J. A. Campbell, Esq., Sheriff-Clerk, in a
handsome barouch and pair, followed by a detach-
ment of the 13th Light Dragoons. The Royal
Archers formed the body guard around the royal
carriage. The Duke of Buccleuch and Msjor-Ge-
neral Riddell rode immediately behind, and Lord
Elcho walked by the side of the royal carriage.
The royal party were greeted with hearty applause
by the distinguished party on Mr. Mitchell Innes'
platform, among whom the venerable figure of the
Lord Justice-General was conspicous.
Her Majesty, on emerging into the Park from the
Abbey hill-road, seemed impressed with the magni-
ficence of the scene before her. She was hailed
with an enthusiastic burst of acclamation from the
multitudes in the Park. The Queen and Prince Al-
bert seemed to feel deeply this loyal expression of ho-
mage, and testified their gratification by repeated ac-
kn )wledgments. The shouts of welcome were caught
up by the more distant crowds, and echoed from
peak to peak of the surrounding hills. Every suc-
cessive stage in the royal progress witnessed the
same manifestations of enthusiastic feeling, till the
arrival of the royal party at the gates of Holyrood,
where she arrived at nineteen minutes past five o'clock
precisely. Her approach was announced by a royal
salute from the Castle.

Her Majesty and the Prince were observed re-
peatedly to remark the more prominent features of
the scenery. The dark and irregular mass of the
Old Town at once arrested the attention of the royal
party, who afterwards glanced with apparent interest
at the precipitous sweep of Salisbury Crags, on the
one side, and the Carlton Hill, with the fine structures
that adorn its summit, on the other.

The immense multitude awaited the arrival of her
Majesty in their elevated position, without impa-
tience, and the exercise of the greatest good humour.
Tne morning was marked by bright sunshine, and
many anxious spectators were busy examining the
different preparations at an early hour. The sky
became dull and uncertain in the course of the fore-
noon, but, notwithstanding the threatening aspect of
the sky, the enthusiasm of the inhabitants would not
be damped, and they continued to flock in great
numbers to the Queen's Park. About two o'clock
the clouds passed otY, and the sun shone brightly out
from a blue sky.
Having thus described the scene which awaited
her Majesty's arrival in her ancient capital, we pro-
ceed to chronicle the stages of the Royal progress
northwards as they were transmitted to Edinburgh
from time to time by electric telegraph.
Her Majesty left Castle Howard about nine
o'clock, arrived at York—a distance of about twenty
miles—at twenty minutes from eleven, at Darlington
at thirty-five minutes past eleven, at Belmont at
twenty minutes past noon, and at Newcastle-on
Tyne at one o'clock. Here the approach of the Royal
train was made known about fifteen minues before its
appearance, by a salute from the guns of the ancient
Norman Castle, so long " the bridle of the Scots," in
their forays into England. Scarcely had the
wreaths of smoke cleared off from the grim old
Keep, when the train was seen gliding slowly
along from Gateshead across the High Level Bridge,
towards the new Central Station. In waiting for the
arrival of the royal carriage was the Earl Grey,
who conducted her M.jesty, Prince Albert, and
the Prince of Wales, to a room where refresh-
ments had been laid out for the royal party. Fully
fifteen minutes were spent here, when the royal
travellers again entered their carriages, and the train
proceeded northwards. The Central Station, the
High Level Bridge—in fact, every spot whence a
view of her Majesty could be obtained—were
crowded with spectators ; and loud, long, and ort-n
renewed, were the cheers which burst forth from the
multitudes as her Majesty alighted. The morning
was fine on the whole, though here, as at Edinburgh,
the sky was occasionally overcluuded.
Tne royal carriage left Newcactleat twenty-fly.
minutes past one o'clock, and, passing Morpeth and
Warkworth, " proud of Percy's fame," arrived at
Lesbury, near Alu wick, at half-past two o'clock.
Belford—distant from Newcastle fifty-one miles, and
from Berwick-on-the-Tweed, fifteen miles— was
reached at three o'clock.

Early in the afternoon a guard of honour of the
93d Highland,rs, consisting of one captain, two sub-
alterns, and 50 men, with the Queen's. colour and
baud, was in attendance at Holyrood Palace. Fifty
men of the Royal Artillery, with arms, and two
officers, also took part in the procession.
A party of the Royal Archers, under the command
of the Earl of Murton, was stationed in front of the
Palace, with the colours and the fine band of the
corps. Bailie Rogers, and the High Constables of
Holyrood, took up a position close by the main en-
trance of the Palace. The High Constables of the
city, headed by Mr.. Mackie, the Moderator, attired
in a full court dress, were also in attendance. The
magistrates of Canoogate, in their robes of office,
and the constables of the same burgh, and of Easter
and Wester and Portsburgh, under Baillies Stevenson
and Scott, were also on duty.
Upon the arrival of the royal cortege, her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert, with the other members of
the Royal Family, alighted from the royal car-
riage. ,Mr. Rutherford, W.S., deputy keeper of
Holyrood, in the absence of the Duke of Hamilton
from indisposition, was presene to receive the
Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, having
again recrzcised the Duke of Buccleuch, heartily
shook hands with his Grace as they entered the gate-
way. In the quadrangle and colonnade of the Palace
were a select and distinguished party of the Nobi-
lity and gentry, who greeted her Majesty and
Prince Albert with silent and respectful homage.-
The Lord Provost, Sir William Gibson Craig,
M. Mavison, French Consul, and the Hon. B. F.
Primrose, were also present.
Her Majesty then retired to the state apartments,
and the royal standard now floating above the en-
trance gate announces to the citizens of Edinburgh
that Holyrood is again tenanted by.a Sovereign.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
A.n Acconnt,pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap , 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 24th day of August, 1850.
METZ DIPAILTMXNT.
X.
Notes i550ect........ 30,216,870

Government debt •. 11,015,100
Other securities .• •• 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 15,989 412
Silver bullion .... •• 227,458

Her Majesty arrived at Berwick at 3 30, and re-
m•►ined till 3.28. Addresses to her Mjesty and
Prince Albert were presented by Captain Smith, the.
Mayor, who was presented to her Majesty by Sir
George Grey.
Her Majesty then left the carriage and proceeded
along the platform to the quadrangle at the end,
accompanied by Prince Albert on the left, who was
uncovered, and by George Leman, Esq , chairman
of tha York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway
Company. Four of the royal children f allowed,
behind whom were Earl Grey, Sir George Grey, the
Mayor and Sheriff of Berwick, the Countess Grey,
Lady Grey, and other ladies. Having arrived at
the quadrangle at the end of the platform, her Ma-
jesty was pleased to express her admiration of the
bridge and surrounding scenery, and intimated her
desire that the viaduct should be called the " Royal
Border Bridge." It was spanned by an arch, over
which was incribed in large letters, " The last act of
the Union."

230,216,870

I £ 30,215,8;0
M. 31ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.
ISSO.
EMITMEN T.

Dated the 29th day of August, i,

BANKING D,
X.
Proprietors'capital.. 14,553,000
Zest • • • • 3,236,561
rublic deposits (in-
ending Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say.
1 ngs-banks, and Di-
vidend accoants) • • 7,027,165
Other deposits •• •• •• 9,377,894
63ven day and other
bills • • • • .• 1,292,733

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 14,431,847
Other securities •• .. 10 720,307
Notes .............. 10,596,710
Gold and silver coin.. 639,0 9

A 36.336,953

1 £36,386,953
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
,850.

Dated the 2!lth day of August, 1

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, AUG. 29, 1850.
Orders for the Court's going into Mourning on Sun-
day next, the Ist of September, for his Into Majes y
King Louis Philippe, viz.:—The Ladies to wear black
silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces,
and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans, and tip-
pets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed,
fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the Mourning on &inlay,
the Bth of, September next, viz. :—.The Ladies to wear
or white and gold; or white and silver
black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans, and tippets,
or plain white,
stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear
black coats, and black or plain white, Or white and gold,
or white and silver stuff waistcoats; full trimmed,
coloured swords and buckles. And on Wednesday, the
11th of September next, the Court CO go out of mourning.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 28.
The Queen has been •
pleased to appoint Archibald
William Douglas, aq. (commonly called Vi-count
Drumlanrig). to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of
the Shire of Dumfries, in the room of the Marquis of
Queensberry, resigned.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 29.
Royal Regiment of Artillery —Me j or-Gr neral Thomas
Paterson to be Colonel Commandant, vice Lieutenant-
General Worsley, deceased, Aug. 15.
Com mis%ions by the Lord Lieutenant ot"Buchinghamhire.
2nd Regiment of RJR( Bucks Yt omanry Cavalry—
Quartermaster Daniel Dunnett to be Comet, vice
Trower, re signsd, June 15; Charles Patrick, Gent., to
be Cornet, vice Loveridge promoted. July 31.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of R ttei-shire.
h
96th or Ross-shire, &c , Rejtnent of North Britis
Militia—George Richard Mackenzie, Gent., to be
I.ieut
'tuts vice Alexander Maekenve, deceased,
Aug. 24.
The Gazette of this evening con tains a notice from
the Speaker that he intends to issue a new writ for the
borough of Poole, in the room of the isle George Richard
Rob:urns, Esq.

The lady of the Mayor, the Sheriff and his lady,
Lieutenant• Colonel Wellesley, and lady and eldest
son of Sir George Grey, were then presented to her
Majesty by the Hume Secretary. The royal party
then returned to the train, where they resumed their
carriages. Sir George Grey accompanied her Ma-
jesty as Secretary of State. Earl Grey and the
Countess'-remained behind, the East having to attend
a public dinner at Berwick this afternoon. Her
Majesty was loudly cheered.
The weather was fine until the departure of the
train, when a few drops of rain began to fall.
It was expected, from an official communication
received by Mr. Sheriff Gordon last night from Sir
George Grey, that her Majesty would reach Edin-
burgh at a quarter to four o'clock ; but the royal train
did not make its appearance till a few minutes past
five o'clock.

The Royal Archers, the Queen's Body Guard for
Scotland, had arrived at the royal landing-place
shortly before three o'clock, Leaded by his Grace the
Duke of Buccleuch, on horsebuck, in the uniform of
the honourable corps, and wearing the green ribbaud
,ha
N3'iit
right.i the
of the Or
the
their
9r Order of the Thistle. The guard of honour of
gblanders was drawn up opposite the gate-
ih,hanedetiovtaltrhye
escort l3th
was Light
re
tDragoonsc,heh on
the
left, towards the entrance to the Queen's Park.
Various telegraphic messages were received in
the company's station at Meadowbank, respecting
the progress of the royal party to Edinburgh. The
royal train was telegraphed as having left Dunbar—
where the Duchess of Rosburghe and many others
were in waiting as her Majesty passed—at eighteen
minutes past four o'clock.
The directors of the North British Railway, ac-
companied by Mr. Sheriff Arkley, left Efinburgh to
receive her Majesty at Berwick this morning, at half-
past ten o'clock. They left Berwick, on their return
to this city, at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock,
prect-ding the Roy al train by five minutes.
The first intimation of the approach of her Majesty
was the arrival of the special train from .Berwick with

BANKRUPTS.
Robert Barkcr and Henry Davey, drapers, Bluster.
Oxfordshire, to surrender Sepr. 9, rat one, and Oct. 10,
at twelve, at the Court of Bir,lc:urtey. Caonan, official
assign. e,ane,
Davidson,
and BradLury, Wearers' hill,
Virgil James Powell, epußfr minigluBltallturre:rt, King's-
place, Commercial-road East, Ilicidlcsex, Sept. 7, at

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST me,_ 1850.

half-past eleven, and Oct. 10, (.12vcri, tke Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore. official assignee, Basinghall-
street; Burnell, Fencburch-street.

Robert M.Dowatl, draper, Worthing, Sept. 7, at
eleven, and Oct. 10, at half past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitav,re. otnc al tosigime, Basiughall-
street ; Cattlin, Eipplace, Holborn.
Charles Potter, grocer. Booking, Sept. 11, at one, and
Oct- 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee; Cutterell, Th toga, orton-strt et.
Samuel Wilson, groct r, Wolskrhampton, Sept. 12, at
twelve, and Oct. 15, at eleven, at. the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Btruainghatu ;
Chaplin, Birmingham.

.
Jefferson, painter, Ringaton•upon- Hull,
Sept. 1S and Oct. 16, at hall-past twelve, at the Leeds
District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Moss,
Hull.

Robert Smith. tavern keoper, Liverpool, Sept. 11 and
Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Ower, Liverpool.
Widiam Milk'. and Akxanderlkr, wine and spirit
merchants, Liverpool, Sept. 11 and Oct. 4. at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee,
Liverpool; Co, per, Manebe,ter.

John Snowball, builder, Gateshead, Durham, Sept.
13, at bah-past ten, and Oc.. 15, at one, at the New-
verde-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, ollicial ronig-
nee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle; Bell,
Bruhrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Aug. 27,
1850. exclu-ive of Custom Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain:—
From the British possessions in America 255. 6d. per cwt.
From the Mauritius ... —s. „
From the East In:lies . 21s. leid.

Average price of the two foregoing de-
PP
scriptions Of sneer, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 255. 4td. "
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Aug. 30.