The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-30 00:00:00

THE QtJEEN'S VISIT.
(From the Scotsman.)
There is little else talked of in Scotland but the
approaching visit of her Majesty. Whatever sedate
resolutions people may have formed against any un-
necessary gaiety, certain it is that they have all
vanished, and that everybody looks forward to the
occasion as one of great splendour and enjoyment.
No Tfficial intelligence of the Royal visit has, we
understand, been received by the authorities in this
city—a circumstance which has created considerable
surprise ; .and we have therefore been' obliged to con-
tent ourselves with such rumours and scraps of in-
formation as we have been able to glean from the
London and other journals, and from private sources.
There is every probability that her Majesty will
arrive at Granton early on Wednesday, and that she
will come up to the city by the direct road. Her
Majesty will be met at the boundary of the Royalty
by the Lord Provost and Magistrates, attended by
the whole of the Council in their robes, and there
presented with the keys of the city. A barrier is at
present erecting at the foot of Brandon-street for this
purpose. It is expected that she will then proceed
by Pitt-street; Dundas-street, and Hanover-street,
to Princes -street, and from thence .by the Regent-
bridge to Holyrood House, and not direct to Dalkeith
as first stated.
The spectacle of the line of procession from Gran-
ton to the city will be very brilliant. Various galle-
ries for spectators are in course of erection at the
vacant spaces, and also at the barrier at Brandon-street.
On Wednesday night, shortly after eight o'clock,
bonfires will be lighted on Arthur Seat and other
hills ; but the illumination of the city will not take
place till Friday. The inhabitants will thus have
more leisure to prepare for it, than amid the holiday
excitement occasioned by her Majesty's arrival. The
greatest activity prevails in the preparation of devices
and transparencies for the occasion. We trust the
back of the Old Town, so finely seen from Princes-
street, will not be forgotten.
We understand that the 6th Carabineers, now in
Glasgow, will escort the Queen north of the Tay.
One squadron goes direct to Perth, another to Dun-
keld, and a third to Aberfeldy. The Enniskillen Dra-
goons, from Piershill, will escort her Majesty from
Dalkeith to Perth, meet her at Crieff on her return,
and come home by Stirling, Falkirk, and Linlithgow.
A good many strangers have already arrived in
Edinburgh, preparatory to ,the Royal visit; and the
hotels, taverns, and private lodging-houses will, no
doubt, reap a harvest. Lord and Lady Willoughby
d'Eresby arrived at the... Royal Hotel on Wednesday
evening, and set off again on Thursday morning for
Drummond Castle, to make preparations for the re-
ception of her Majesty. We understand they intend
returning to Edinburgh next week, to be present at
the Drawing-room. Sir George Murray, Master-
General of the Ordnance, and family, left the British
Hotel (Barry's) on Tuesday morning for Auchtertyre.
Sir George returns, we believe, on Tuesday next, to
be in attendance on her Majesty on the following day.
The Right Hon. Sir. George Clerk, Bart., arrived at
Penicuik last week.
Apartments have been secured at Douglas's Hotel,
St. Andrew's-square, for the Duke 'and Duchess of
Roxburghe ; Earl and Countess of Eglinton ; Mr. and
Mrs. Maxwell, of Terregles; Sir Thomas and Lady
Buchan Hepburn ; the Lord Registrar and Hon. Mr.
Dundas ; Sir Thos. Troubridge ; Baboo Dwarkanath
Tagore ;- Mr. Mitchell, from Glassel ; Lord William
Powlett ; Mr. Gladstone ; the Hon. Craven Berkeley;
Lord Bateman ; and the Earl of Errol.
At the Royal Hotel, Princes-street, apartments
have been secured for the following nobility and
gentry :—The Duke and Duchess of Argyle ; the
Marquis of Lorne, and Lady Emma Campbell ; the
Earl of Cassilis ; Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby
and family ;, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence ; Sir Wm.
Martins ; Admiral Sir Philip and Lady Henderson
Durham • Walter F. Campbell, Esq., of Islay, and
lady ; W. Baird, Esq., M.P., and family ; Gartshore
Stirling, Esq., of Craigharnets, and lady.
(From the Perth 4dvertiser.)
The Queen will enter the city by Princes-street,
at the end of which, and almost in a direct line with
Marshall-place, a triumphal arch is now in progress
of erection.
At this arch the Royal cavalcade will be received
by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, and
other public bodies, and here it is 'that the ceremony
will take place of presenting to her Majesty the keys
of .the, city. An address will then be presented to
her Majesty on behalf of the Magistrates and Coun-
cil, as representing the inhabitants, which, we under-
stand, will be read by one of the city clerks, both of
whom will wear Court-dresses, minus the swords.
The cortege will then move on, preceded, we believe,
by the Magistrates and Council, and other public
bodies, until it reaches the eastern extremity of the
bridge, where they will take leave-of her Majesty,
who will then be heralded to Scone Palace by the
Earl of Mansfield and his suite.
The Queen will enter the domains of Scone by a
new approach near to Quarrymill, on which nume-
ro-u-TWOrkiden hirve been employed for some time past.
The preparations within the Palace for the entertain-
' ment of her Majesty and Consort, and of the distin-
guished individuals who are expected to accompany
her, are on a scale of great magnificence, and are
sedulously superintended by the Noble Lord himself,
who is in Perth once, or oftener, 'every day in con-
nexion with these arrangements. We understand
that the Earl has kindly signified his intention to
throw the grounds around his Palace open to the
tenantry of the county, so that they may have an op-
portunity of witnessing her Majesty's arrival; and
we have no doubt that very many of them will avail
themselves of the privilege thus afforded by the Noble
Lord. Her Majesty., as our readers- are already in-
formed, will remain at the Palace on Monday night;
and next day, after viewing the scenery and grounds
around Scone, and, doubtless, paying a visit to the
" Prince of Scottish streams," whose broad and clear
waters sweep gracefully past the lovely Park, in which
the ancient Palace—trodden of old by Scottish
Monarchs—is situated, will proceed to Taymouth
Castle,. the seat of the Marquis of Breadalbane.
(From the Perth Courier.)
Words cannot express the transports with which
the news of her Majesty's intentions to visit the "Land
of the mountain and the flood," was received and
welcomed by the villagers of Aberfeldy. Numerous
preparations are going on for her Majesty's reception
and that of her Illustrious Consort and suite.
Triumphal arches are in process of erection. All the
houses and cottages in Aberfeldy and Kenmore are
undergoing a complete white-washing and other
tasteful ornaments. As it is expected that her Ma-
jesty and the Royal party will in the course of their
perambulations visit the romantic " Fall of Moness,"
in this immediate vicinity, rustic bowers and seats
composed of heather have been erected at convenient
distances, and the serpentine walks have been
cleaned and repaired. At Taymouth the scene is all
bustle and hurry, and it is stated that the Noble
Marquis himself personally superintends all the prepa-
rations. The Fort, opposite the Castle, has under-
gone a complete repair, and there is another battery
erected upon the heights of Aucharn, which will give
a volley that will make Drummond-hill re-echo the
report. As her Majesty will, it is expected, share in
a grand boating excursion upon Loch Tay, a number
of sailors have arrived from Greenock, who have
cleaned, pitched, and painted all Lord Breadalbane's
boats. A new pier Las been erected at Aucharn for
the Royal party to land at, and explore the hermitage.
About 200 Highlanders, are by his Lordship's orders,
to be clad in the Campbell tartan, who will serve as
his body .guard. A party of 50 or 60 shepherds,
dressed completely in the shepherd tartan, are to assist
at the great stag hunt which is to take place at the
Black Mount.

CULTS,—Miss Wilkie, sister to the late Sir David
Wilkie, recently paid et CriSit to her aunt at Pitlessie, pa-
rish of Cults ; and during her residence there, she called
to see the house in which the earliest if not the happiest
of her days were spent—the Manse of Cults. She also
inspected the medallion likenesses of her father and
tnother, executed by Chantrey, and which adorn the in-
terior of the church. Before leaving the parish she gave
2/. to be expended on the poor ; and promised to pre-
sent a sand-glass for the use of the church, in place of
the one given by her brother, Sir David, which had by
401110 accident been broken. The church of Cults has
become an object of attraction since- the death of Sir
David Wilkie.—Fife Herald.

The Journal du Havre, which is opposed to the
war:lll6n., regulations, relates the following anecdote :
—" The Christophe Colombo, from Pointe-a-Pitre, en-
tered our port on Saturday, and was immediately placed
apart as unhealthy and pestilentiah . She was placed at
tile end of one of the docks, where probably she still re-
mains, isolated and watched narrowlyrso that the passer-
by. perceiving this hot-bed of contagion from a distance,
retires with hurried steps, shuddering at having breathed
•he same air, even from afar, for an instant. Now, be it
known that, amongst the passengers whom the Christophe
Jolornhe took on. hoard at Guadaloupe, and who are all
in the same condition as to suspicion of infection, there
were five who, in passing Serlingues, got put on shore by
i fisherman's boat. Thanks to the facility of communi-
cations, ono of the disembarked passengers, after having
traversed the Avliolo of England, which is not anything
the worse for his having done so, has just arrived at
liarre, where, at full liberty and mingling with the po-
pulation, which has no suspicion of the enormous danger
of his presence, he quietly attends to his business. As
may be well imagined, one of his first cares was to pay
a visit to his captain and travelling companions, whom
he found gravely going through their quarantine, and of
whom ho did not fail, though of course with all the pre-
eantions insisted upon, to inquire how their health wiis
getting on."
Lady Louisa Johnstone, relict of Sir F. Johnstone,
Bart., and only daughter of the late Dowager Countess
Craven, on behalf of her eldest son Sir Fred. John Wil-
liam Johnstone, Bart., of Wester-hall, an infant of the
age of eleven months, has petitioned the Queen, praying
that her Majesty will be pleased to declare that the title,
honour, and dignity of Marquis of Annandale of right
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now belongs to her infant son.—Referred to the Commit-
tee of Privileges.