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

ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

(From our Evening Edit on of Yesterday.)
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and suite left Windsor
Castle this morning at 20 minutes past five, and ar-
rived at the Paddington terminus at 10 minutes to
six. The Royal cortege consisted of two carriages,
the first of which contained the Queen and her Illus-
trious Consort, and the second- her attendants. To
prevent accidents there were place;l, between the
Wilder and the Royal carriage, a saloon, a private,
and a second class carriage. - Crimson cloth had been
spread along the platform, and the Royal party were
received by C. Russell, -Esq., M.P., Chairman of
Directors, and SeymoUr Clark, Esq., Superintendent
oF the Company. From the terminus they started
direct for Deptford, • where relays of horses were
waiting to convey them to Woolwich.
EMBARKATION 'OF HER MAJESTY AT
WOOLWICH, ON BOARD THE ROYAL
GEORGE, THIS MORNING.
It having been generally known for some days past
that it was her Majesty's intention to embark this
morning, at seven o'clock, frona Woolwich for Leith,
great preparations had been made by the steam- boat
proprietors.- for the immense number of passengers
who it was supposed Would. leave iliondon at an early
hour this Morning, for the purpose of witnessing the
departure- of our beloved Sovereign from the shores
of England. The town of Woolwich has for the last
two days been crowded with persons having little
faith in their own powers of early rising, and
determined to secure themselves against the chance
of disappointment. The event proved that they acted
wisely. It was expected that the scene of embarka-
tion would have eclipsed in grandeur even the me-
morable launch of " the Trafalgar " last year, but
those' expectations were doomed to be 'sadly disap-
pointed. The morning at four o'clock was calm and
beautiful, and gave•every promise of a fine day. As
the day broke, however, the clouds began to gather,
and at a quarter before five the rain commenced fall-
ing in torrents; and continued in one unintermitted pour
until after eight o'clock. Many persons who had as-
sembled on the piers along the banks of the river, for
the purpose of embarking in the first boat for Wool-
wich, which started at five o'clock, returned home.
The proprietors of the excursion boats looked
aghast. " How long before you start, Captain ?"
was the question put repeatedly by those who
dared abide " the pelting of the pitiless storm." "As
soon as we can get a freight," was the ominous
answer. At length some of the boats took their de-
parture, and dreary and dismal was the progress
down the river. The weather was in every sense of
the word a damper. The first object that indicated
anything like oa jour de fete was the sight • of the
Hospital-ship " Dreadnought" tastefully decorated
with flags. The rain at about half-past six o'clock
somewhat abated; this was just as Woolwich, with
its dockyards and its shipping, hove in sight, and as
the boat approached Woolwich, the sight, notwith-
standing the chilling influence of the weather, was
exciting in the extreme. " The Royal George," with
the Royal standard flying at her main, her yards
manned, and her officers and men at quarters, formed
the most conspicuous object. Close alongside her
was the Commissioners' yacht, the William and
Mary, with her yards manned. She was pro-
fusely decorated with flags. The Lightning, the
Salamander, the Monkey, and several other steam-
vessels were in attendance. Flags were seen
floating over the dock-yard, the barracks, the
arsenal, and the other public buildings. The shores
on both sides were crowded with spectators whose loy-
alty was proof against the weather, and, the coup d'ceil
was animating in the extreme. Precisely at seven
o'clock a Royal salute, fired from a battery sta-
tioned in the dockyard, answered by another salute
from the arsenal, announced the embarkation of her
Majesty. In the course of a few seconds the Royal
George got under weigh, and being taken in tow by
the steam-tug .Monkey, W. Bryant, proceeded at
a rapid rate down the river. Immediately that her
Majesty, with Prince Albert, and their suite got on
'ioard they sought shelter from the storm in the cabin,
from the windows of which Prince Albert acknow-
ledged the cheers with which they were greeted by
the persons on board the different vessels as they
passed. The Royal George was preceded by the Light-
ning steamer, Lieut. G. Snell, which cleared the
way for the progress of the Royal fleet, also the
Shearwater, Captain Washington, the Fearless
, (steamer) Captain F. Bullock, and the. Rhadamanthus,
Lieut. T. Laen, brought up the rear. As the Royal
fleet passed down the river, royal salutes were fired
froth the barracks and from the arsenal, as well as
from the Dockyard. The proprietor of Roph's wharf
showed his respect to her Majesty, by causing a
battery of six small guns to be erected on the landing
place of the wharf, and saluting the Royal yacht as
she passed down the river. The other vessels men-
tioned in another part of The Sun, as being ordered
to accompany her Majesty on her voyage, will with the
exception of the Salamandar, detained at Woolwich
in consequence of an accident happening to one of her
paddle-wheels, join the Royal George at the Nore,
where the Royal fleet will be saluted by, the Camper-
down, flag ship. The yachts' in commission belonging
to the Royal Yacht Squadron, will likewise join her
Majesty at the Nore.
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Her Majesty, with Prince Albert and their suite,
arrived at Woolwich shortly before seven o'clock in
three carriages, attended by a guard of honour from
Prince Albert's own regiment of Hussars. On their
arrival at the dockyard the Royal party were received'
by the Earl of Haddington, Sir George Cockburn,
and the other Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
in attendance, and accompanied by his Royal High-
ness
the Duke of Cambridge, proceeded at once to
the place of embarkation. A flooring was laid across
the grand parade, which was covered with scarlet
cloth. The ground was • kept by the Marines ; the
Cadets of the Royal Military Academy were
likewise in attendance in the deakyard. Orders
had been issued in the early part of the week, that
previous to, and during the embarkation of her Ma-
jesty, no one should, be admitted into the Dock-yard
but officers in full uniform, and these orders were
most rigidly enforced. Her Majesty embarked from
the 'dock-yard steps, on board the Admiralty barge,
the crew of which were dressed in their state liveries,
and was by them rowed on board the Royal George,
a distance not exceeding 300 yards. Her Majesty
was loudly cheered on leaving the shore, and again on
arriving at the ship. Her Majesty was assisted up
an accommodation ladder from the barge to the,,Royal
George,•on board which she was received by 'Captain
Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence and his officers. His
Lordship, who had slept at the dock-yard, went on
board this morning about five o'clock. Shortly after
her Majesty's embarkation the rain ceased, the sky
cleared, the sun shone out, and the weather became
altogether as bright as the early part of the morning
had been lowering, so that there is every prospect'
that the sincere wishes of her Majesty's loyal subjects,
that she may have a pleasant and prosperous voyage,
will be fully gratified.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Among the Noblemen and Officers present in the
Dockyard were—
Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain; Lord Jersey,
Master of the orse ; Earl of Liverpool, Lord
.Steward ; Lord Haddington ; Sir Robert Stopford ;
Sir George Cockburn ; Lord Bloomfield, Superinten-
ding Governor of the Arsenal ; 'Col. Sir Ilugh Ross ;
Sir George Hoste, 'Commandant of the Engineers ;
Colonels -Dyneley, Lacy, Dundas, Macbean, &c., of
the Royal Horse Artillery.
Sir. )Francis Collyer and Sir George Cockburn un-
dertook the active superintendence of the arrange-
ments, in which they were ably assisted by Mr.
Oliver Lang, Master-shipwright of the dockyard.
Precisely at half-past six o'clock, the Duke of
Cambridge arrived, and was received by Lord Bloom-
field and Earl Delawarr. He remained for some
minutes in conversation with the military officers in
attendance.
At fifteen minutes to seven an orderly of the
Hussars gallopped into the yard with the intimation
that her Majesty was close at hand, and immediately
after the Royal carriage was seen to approach..
The Royal suite consisted of three carriages. In the
first rode her Majesty and Prince Albert ; in the
second the Duchess of Norfolk and Miss Matilda
Paget (the ladies in waiting on the Queen), with
Colonel Bouverie ; in the third were Captain Meynell,
Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Anson, the attendant
equerries on duty. The Royal carriage drove up close
to the stairs, which were covered with green baize,
and-on her Majesty alighting she was received by her
Royal relative and Lord Jersey. Her Majesty was
dressed in blue satin, over which she wore a white
figured cachinere shawl. A white bonnet, trimmed
with roses, completed her attire. His Royal• Highness
wore the undress of his regiment, with a military
cloak thrown over his shoulder.
Notwithstanding the early hour (five o'clock) at
which the Royal party left Windsor, both the Queen
and her august Consort looked remarkably well. On
walking down the steps, the Duke of Cambridge held
the right hand of her Majesty, and just before setting
her foot in the barge, the Queen paused, and his Royal
Highness said, under much emotion, " God bless you,
I wish you every human happiness," affectionately
embracing his Royal niece at the same time. The
word of command was now given by Sir Frances
Collier, who himself steered the Admiralty boat, and
the oars dashed through the water towards the Royal
yacht, amid the deafening cheers of all those assembled
to witness the spirit-stirring scene.
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tending his ventilating apparatus. The Duke of
Cambridge, Earl Delawarr, Lord Jersey, and a large
party of military and naval officers, breakfasted with
Lord Bloomfield fter her Majesty's departure,