The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-07 00:00:00

-Mr. Colquhoun had an interview with the Earl of
J Ibercleon,.at the Foreign-office, on Tuesday.
Mr. Hume, M.P., and Mr. Duncan, M.P., had an
nterview with the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
.Mr. C. B. Murray had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dame' in Downing street.
' Sir Robert Peel and most of the Cabinet -Ministers
went yesterday afiernoon to the Ministerial White Bait
Dinner, at Greenwich.
•Sir J. Preston, Bart., Mr. E. T. and the Misses Preston
arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from their seat in Norfolk.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE
CONTINENT.
It is now decided, as we stated many days since it was likely
• to be. that her Majesty will remain at the Isle of Wight until
• the day previous to the prorogation of Parliament; arid that
after
.the duty of dismissing the Parliament in person, her Ma-
_ jesty will embark on board the Royal yacht the Victoria arid
Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.8., at
Woolwich, the same day, for Antwerp.
Her Majesty will leave the Isle of Wight to-morrow, in the
Fairy, Royal yacht tender, Commander Crispin, and will come
• to town eta Gosport, by the South-Western Railway.
Her Majesty will ororostue Parliament at the usual hour,
two o'clock in the afternoon, and will afterwards proceed to
Woolwich, and embark on board the Royal yacht between five
and six tickek in the everting.
Her Majesty will be accompanied by his Royal Highness
P 'rifler. Albert, and attended by the Earl of Aberdeen, Secre-
t ary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Earl of Liverpool, Lord
Steward of the Household ; Lady Canning and Lady Gains-
' borough, Ladies in Waiting ; and Sir James Clarke, her Ma
jesfy's Physician in Ordinary, on board the royal yacht.
4lr. George E. Anson, 'treasurer and Private Secretary to

Prince Alberr, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to hi. Royal High-
".ners will embark at the same time on board the Black Eagle,
. Admiralty steam lacht, forconv, yance to Antwerp.
The Eark t f Haddington, and other members of the Board
:Admiralty, will attend her Majesty on her embarkation at
'Woolwich. and also the officers of the Queen's Household, the
-rnavirrA;military, and civil authorities of the port and garrison of
IVraol vs ich.
C.,ptain Bullock, one of the most experienced of the Admi-
ralty surveying officers, and in;imately acquainted with the
rrovigation to Antwerp, will accompany her Majesty on the
amage in his surveying steam-vessel the Porcupine.
The royal squadron will they be composed of the following
rstedm-velsels : The Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, Captain
.Lord A. Fitzelarenee; the Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-
:yacht, Master Commander B. Cook , and the Porcupine, steam-
-vessel, Captain Frederick Bullock.
As so,m as tie Royal p irty has embarked, the souadron will
-prnceed ro the rootnh of the Thames, where the Royal yacht
will anchor until day Ight .on Sunday morning, and then the
ves,.els will proceed to Antwerp, the Black Eagle leading up
tthe Scheldt. •
The Fairy Royal yacht tender, on landing her Majesty at
`the Clarence-yard, Gosport, on Friday, will, after having some
nvork*periormed on her at Portsmouth, replenish her fuel, and
Actirig Master D. W. Roberts, commanding, will proceed on
Saturday clrect to the Rhine, there to wait her Majesty's plea-
cure. Captain Crispin will rejoin the Victoria and Albert at
'Woolwich on Frinay evening.
The Lightning steam-tender, Master Commanding W.
Pettey ; aoci ;he Monkey steam-tug, Second Master Command-
ing W. 'Bryant, wilt ship the Royal carriages and luggage et
'Woolwich, to-morn.w ; and, with some of the Royal attend-
suits, will proceed in toe afternoon to Antwerp.
Her. Majesty's royal steam yacht. ( Victoria and Albert),
Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelarenee, G.C.8., left Portsmouth
r.t seven. o'clock on Tuesday evening, arid arrived at her moor-
i opposite the Dockyard, Woolwich, at ens) o'clock, P. M.,
:vesterdy (Wednesday). Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence
0)01, round in her, ant landed immediately alter at the Dock-
Preparations have coratnerieed for the embarkation of
liar Majesty, by putting on hoard several articles for the use of
Queen and Prince Albert, several yersons from Bucking-
Palace having bees in waiting at the Dockyard to go on
hoard on the arrival of tt a Royal yacht to assist in making her
beady fur hor illajebty's reception.

•
SOUTEI-EAs7'ERN RAILWAY.--Gross traffic receipts
for the week ending Aug. 2 :
-Passengers
-Culling account and
siweiel engines 15 0
.1%; ads 2ds 15 8

1,407 10 8
153 i 9 11
54 0 8

WhitAtable Railway recairt!•••
Falkestor e Harbour duel

7,t91 17 0

Total
Al 4: Ws per, mile per week £79 610
r" - a ' 7.11 mile per day
/64.. ~.,
.„..v.,
~:,..
_LI. nwich Railway receipts 1,113
6 8*
1,112 17 1
! , .-.--,.. . v,.-c.
_,
.. £9,004 14 1
ji-;":..'N).. 7,.: f 4 U/41
-7,

ery position in which it had been upset ; and onward, on the
ei-hind side, was the body of the horse-box, with the paeheis
1 'lightly injured on the sides, the back part burned, and the front
broken completely away. The engine was removed, it appears,
from the spot to the Cambridge side of the Chestertord station.
En passosst one may be permitted to observe, without attach-
ing the shadow of blame to any enoconcerned, that it would
appear just and reasonable to leave the component parts of the
wreslt as near to the place of accident, and as they lay re-
Speetively, as the convenience of the public traffic admits of, for
it is self.evident that such an observance would facilitate the
a Übseiquent investigation.
After General .Pasley had minutely examined the state of
the tarriages, &c., he proceeded to view the spot of the bcci-
•deeita. On measurement, it appeared that it was 103 yards
fr, An where the first jump was felt and the spot where the car-
I: awes were forced off the rail. The point, then, of considera-
',
tion was, whether the accident was occasioned by excessive
peed causing such a violent oscillation as eventually to throw
the carriages off the line, or a turning up of one of the rails,
caused by the immediately-preceding train. On this General
Pasley offered no opinion. The general feeling in the neigh-
' bourhood is, that the train was going at consieerably upwards
' of-thirty miles an hour, to make upsa few minutes of lost time.
The engineer declares, on the other hand, that the speed was
not more than twenty-eight miles an hour. General Pasley
gave no opinion as to the cause of the accident.
It appears almost miraculous how the' passengers in the
second-class carriage, so dreadfully injured, as already described,
could have escaped not only without lo,s of life, or limb, in a
single instance, but absolutely without a wound or a bruise
worth speaking of—yet such is the fact. Some of this resulted
from the calmness and presence of mind displayed by Mr.
Jackson, the contractor of the line from Brandon to Cambridge.
• This gentleman was in the colic in front of the first-class car-
riages, with a lady, Mrs. Balfour, of Norwich. In the very
ralrst instance of the shock he held her back in her seat
by main force, and prevented her from being sent through
the window in front. When the upset took place he got in-
stantly out, and having extricated his companion, he proceeded
to assist the ether passengers, and each, who had anything
like presence of mind, as they got free lent a hand in emanci-
pating their companions. As might be expected, a great
many, • especially of the female passengers, were dreadfully
prostrated, and it took some time to bring them to a sense
of the fact that they were far more frightened than hurt.
It was a singular fact, that amongst the first to escape, and
before Mr. Jackson could get trem the carriage in which he sat,
were three children, who went through the window of one of
the second-class carriages, one after another, as if they were
shot out, and landed on the bank, perfectly unhurt.
When it wig perceived that the horse-box was on fire in the
rear:, the front was judiciously broken in, and the animals
jumped out, and were thus saved; without hurt or blemish.
I'he poor stoker, Richard Peat, had taken this his first trip
eon the North-Esstern line as an experimental one, being a
driver on the Midland Counties. He was a fine young man,
and, melancholy to relate, had only been married six months.
His body now lies at the Falcon Inn, Littlebury, awaiting the
inquest, which will be held to-morrow (this day), by Mr.
Lewis, the coroner for Essex, at eleven o'clock.
It is worthy of particular remark, and challenges the atten-
tion of the directors of the various lines through England,
• that General Pasley observed to-day to Mr. Anson, and the
other officers of the company present, that if there had been
• any engine behind as well as before, "the whole train would
..have been settled." These were his emphatic words, by
which, to these who may not see their force, he meant that the
carriages would have been, with every human being in them,
smashed to atoms.
General Pasley and Mr. Phepps (the engineer of the line),
after about an hour and three-quarters' investigation, left for
London in the two o'clock fast train, and arrived shortly before
four o'clock at Shoreditch.

COURT (~IiRA;
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Cu!.
Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, returned to Osborne House
on Tuesday afternoon, after accompanying his Majesty
:the
King of the Netherlands on his return to town.
The Queen afterwards rode out en horseback, accole-
-panied by Prince Albert, and attended by the Equerry'
:in Waiting.
Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince
,of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the
_Princess Alice, rode out on ponies, and were taken
walking exercise.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked yesterday
_forenoon in the pleasure-grounds.
The Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Adelaide Paget
were expected to have the honour of joining the royal
circleeat Osborne House at dinner:yesterday evening.
His Majesty the King of the Netherlands went un-
attended yesterday morning to honour Lord Fitzroy
Somerset, Military Secretary to the Commander-in-
Chief, with a visit, at his residence in Great Stanhope-
'street. His Majesty breakfasted with his Lordship.
• At one o'clock the King left Mivart's Hotel, attended
byViseennt Hawarden, Lord in Waiting, and his Excel-
lency E. Boud, in one of the Queen's carriages for the
new Houses of Parliament. The Hon. Captain Hood,
Groom in Waiting, and Count Bylandt followed in
another Royal carriage. On arriving at the new Palace
of Westminster, his Majesty was received by Mr. East-
htlee, the secretary to the Fine Arts Commission.
Mr. Barry, the architect, was out of town, but some
ntlemen connected with his office. and with the execu-
te on of the works, were in attendance with the plans of
tt ie new palace, and submitted them to the King.
His Majesty, attended by Mr. Eastlake, examined
ra mutely the whole of the offices and buildings con-
e( ;teed with the new Houses of Parliament, and ascended
to the roof. His Majesty occupied two hours in inspect-
gthe details of the different wolks.

From the new Houses of Parliament the King went
t( Westminster Hall and inspected the Cartoons. On
./e aving the Hall his Majesty, attended by his suite, pro-
ee edod to the. National Gallery, where Mr. Eastlake, the
•eper, and Major Thwaites, the deputy keeper, received
th a King, and conducted the august visitors through the
gs
His Majesty and suite took their departure soon after
four o'clock.

The King, attended by Viscount Hawarden, M.
B 3ud, Count Bylandt, and the Hon. Captain Hood,
h onourrd the Marquis of- Westmintter with a visit yes-

His Majesty, attended by his suite, honoured the Earl
a nd Countess of Jersey with his company at dinner yes-
t erday; at their residence in Berkeley-square.
Their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe
1 icleimar, Prince Edward, and the Princesses Anna and
J imelie of Saxe' Weimar attended by Lady and the
Inn. Miss Gore, the Earl of Denbigh, and Mi. James
3 Judson, visited the Colosseum in the Regent's Park
festerday morning.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
heir Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe
V-imar, and the Princesses Anna and Amelie of Saxe
1 V'eimar, left Marlborough House in a carriage and four
a one o'clock yesterday, for Bushy House, Bushy Park.
L ady and the Hon. Miss Gore followed in another
cs ,Triage and four.
Mr. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, left town yes-
tt irday morning for Sweden. His Excellency will be
a bsent for about two months.