The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 15, 184

Western Railroad. May his rvoyage to his native
land be a pleasant one—and !may that happiness,
which is the best reward of good actions, !attend him
through the remainder of his life.
HIS LORDSHIP AT NEW YORK.
(From the American of the 31st ult.)
Lord Ashburton will receive any citizens who may
desire to visit him to-morrow, from twelve to two
o'clock, at the Governor's room, City-hall.
It was first designed that his reception should be
to-day, but, owing to the uncertainty of his Lord-
ship's arrival, it was postponed till to-morrow.
Lord Ashburton came down from - Albany last
evening.
The dinner will take place at the Astcr House to-
morrow afternoon, and will be as fully attended as
the spacious apartment will permit.
Mr. P. A. Jay, the son of the man who signed the
first treaty with Great Britain,:was, with great fit-
ness, invited, and has consented to preside.
The President of the United States, and heads of
departments, Major-General Scott, and other distin-
guished functionaries, have been invited to attend.
Of those named, however,
able to leave 'Washington just at this moment.
Since the above was in type we have this official
notice : no one probably would be

" The Committee appointed by the Common Coun-
cil to make arrangements for the reception of Lord
Ashburton respectfully gives notice that his Lordship
will receive the visits of the citizens at the Governor's
room to-morrow, Thursday, September 1, from twelve
to two o'clock."

QUEEN'S `VISIT TO SCOTLAND.
edition
Edin-
burgh Observer of Tuesday evening,
We are indebted to a second d* •
on of the e
for the following
account of the Royal progress from Drummond Castle
by Stirling to Edinburgh :---
CRIEFF, SEPT. 12.—This morning Prince Albert
set off by six o'clock for Glenartney, and was out
shooting till three o'clock, when he returned to Drum-
mond Castle. The Queen,
in the interim, reviewed
the Drummond Highlanders, and made a great many
good-natured inquiries about their dress, &c. She
shook hands with a number of the young High-
landers, to the infinite gratification of the clansmen.
Upon Prince Albert's return, her Majesty and he
drove through the town of Crieff, visited F
the residence of Lady Baird, Abercair erntower,
ney, and Mon-
zie House, and returned through Crieff in about two
that, both in
hours. It is almost superfluous to add,
going and returning, her Majesty was loudly cheered
the people ran a great way alongside the carriage. ;
HER MAJESTY AT STIRLING.
STIRLING, SEPT. 13.—From the moment her Ma-
jesty's intention of visiting Scotland became known,
and that the Royal visit would embrace a consider-
able portion of the magnificent scenery and interest-
ing localities in her Scottish dominions, the exertions
of the Magistrates and inhabitants of Stirling, to be
included in the number of those who should be ho-
noured by her presence, became indefatigable. To
their repeated and earnest representations, her Ma-
jesty was graciously pleased to accede ; and, from
that instant the endeavours of all; classes were bent to
enable them to offer such a reception as should be
worthy of the Soverign accepting, and the ancient
dignity and present importance of the burgh offering,
the invitation. Long the chosen residence of the
Stuarts, it was embellished by an architecture of rude
magnificence, and fitted with appurtenances suited to
the chivalric sports which lent a barbarous lustre to
the period of their sway. It is true her palace halls
are now deserted by their once Royal occupants,—
that the tilting yard is no longer thronged by
" Courtly Knights and ladies fair;" yet even still the
crumbling walls and broken mounds are embalmed
among the treasured reminiscences of centuries; nor
can eve readily forget that here the chivalrous refine-
ment of James presided, and that here were spent
some of the brief periods of happiness awarded to the
beauteous and ill-fated Mary.
No Sovereign having visited Stirling for several
centuries,onosaall;
greattheex,ciateamdenthte preparations on a splendidon the present occasion was
scale. The road from the North, along which the
Royal party was to pass, for several miles, was lite-
aally an arcade of triumphal arches, decorated with
laurels, surmounted by floral crowns, and festooned
by brilliant draperies of mountain-ash berries. A
splendid over-arched barricade, with battlements be-
decked with full-length portraits of the Queen and
Prince Albert, the Royal Scotch arms above the cen-
tre of the arch, and flags on each tower, was erected
on Stirling-bridge, and another at the Burrow's-gate,
on the road to Falkirk.
At twenty minutes past eleven, the guns of the
Castle fired a Royal salute, announcing the arrival of
her Majesty at the northern end of the bridge, where
, ,stepped forward, and after
making their obeisance, his Lordship addressed her
Majesty, and then presented the keys of her ancient
burgh.
On the cortege being about to
pass on, the Provost
again said—
'
" Permit me one word of your 318./e, st Y° I had
the honour to serve under your Majesty s lamented
father, his late Royal Highness the Duke
of Kent, for
24 years. It gives me sincere pleasure that, as Pro-
vost of this town, I have had the honour to receive
your Majesty, under whose father I
honour to serve." aaee had the
.
Her Majesty then replied—lt gave her
satis-
faction to meet in the Pro •" this ancient town,
ward up Bridge-street, St.
one who had served under her revered father.
Immediately after wMch the • moved for-
ward
procession
Provost of
Mary's Wynd, Broad-
great
3treet, and the Esplanade. On
arriving at the Castle gate, her Majesty alighted, and
leaning on the left arm of Prince Albert, was received '
by Sir Archibald Christie, and walked slowly up to '
the Lower Barrack-square, where they were received
by a guard of honour of the 42d Regiment. The
Royal pair then entered the Governor's house,.. where
directed the attention of the Earl e.LR. oval carriage
they remained about 20 minutes. Her Majesty
splendid Palace of James V. On returning, they
visited the Chapel Royal, where they were received
by the Rev. Mr. Watson, chaplain ; they
garrison
vost and Magistrates left, and the Royal then er.tered the carriage, and proceeded slowl down
of Liverpool to the
the street, towards the Burrow's_ gate, where tie Pro-
rapidly off about one o'clock, under an escort of the
Inniskillen Dragoons, and attended the Stirling-
shire by
Yeomanry.
On leaving Stirline P 1
„le —oyai cortege passed through
a succession of triumphal arc
triooandslwveirtehtuh'iliaikelhy
atthaedhdaemd.leAtst party drove
arches and other decora-
tions
were placed at each end of the village; Ban-
nockburn presented no fewer than five of these taste-
tabbleeodnigrozeantdhede;
ful erections ; Torwood-toll was decorated with an
tain -ash berries, which streteahSnetdd. NNa'ijolnlr.aiagasness's
oak laurel, interspersed with
Glenbervie had a laurel arch; s.
a handsome laurel arch; at
fineir
Falkirk, at the west end, a
flowers
G iGilbert
ta and m
Stirling'soun
gate was ornamented with an arch of laurels and a
•arbeorthe,a ;
motto, " Welcome to Falkirk "
era, heather, and evergreens ; at
Cl aargmee 1 ofine,g t; h riejea 1
the east and north,
' " God save the Queen and Priiiee Albert," surmounted
by "V. R.," handsomely done
up in flowers, the
whole decorated by evergreens. Herep her Majesty
was received by two companies
ofth6 6th
which came from Glasgow e
L'Y the railway in Foot,the
afternoon. This being I alkirk Tryst, the Sheriff of
the county issued orders that no shee or cattle should
p
be lifted from or to the New
Market, between the
hours of twelve o'clock—an arrangement wisely
made
to prevent confusion and interruption to the Royal
party, and calculated to avoid danger to all.
HER MAJESTY AT LINLITTIG OW.
Tier Majesty arrived at the West Port of Linlith-
gow about half-past two o'clock. Every preparation
that the zeal and loyalty of the civic authorities could
suggest had been made for the reception. The Royal
cortege reached Linlithgow bridge shortly before
reaching the town, escorted by the Lord Lieutenant
and a gallant cavalcade of the gentry and
yeomanry of
Stirlingshire, who were then relieved by the Earl of
Hopetoun, and the gentry and yeomanry of Mid-
Lothian. The bridge had a triumphal arch across it,
and the entire road thence, and the street through
Linlithgow, was crowded with throngs that had pour-
ed in all the forenoon from the neighbourin _
towns
g
and county. The Union flag waved aloft on the
tower of the church, and on Queen Mary's Tower of
the Palace; while the Town house and numerous
other houses were decked out with p-m, 1,
.--.1 eanners (we
counted nearly 100), with festoons of flowers and,
above all, with fair and smiling faces. )
As the cortege approached from the westward, the
interest became intense. The Magistrates and Council
had been stationed for fully two hours at
that point,
under a double festoon
.of laurels, and with a crown of
dahlias suspended, and a scroll bearing
" God save the
Queen and Prince Albeit," „Id it was intended that
the Provost 'should here have presented an address to
her Majesty, and an honorary burgess
ticket to
Prince Albert. The escort, however, and the postilior.s
drove on so rapidly, that the proper Point Was passed
ere the Royal carriage could draw up to receive these
marks of respect ; and before this could be accomplished
the advance of the mounted gentlemen and the pres-
sure of the crowd was so intense, that 'Magistrates, con-
stables, and all were swept onward by the stream of the
Populace, who were most ferven tin their demonstrations
of loyalty. On reaching the centre of the town, the
Royal carriage (unfortunately . for
many, a close
one), drew up in the area betwixt the Town-house
and the Cross well, and the pressure around was fear-
ful—but no accident happened. The horses were
there changed, and while this was going
on amidst
loud cheers, at that spot, Sir Robert feel's hands
Iwere shaken by many lusty fists extended to him from
both sides of his earricgc.
After about half an hour consumed in the progress
through the town and at the cross, the Royal pair
went cut at the east port about three o'clock—the