The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S RECENT VISIT

TO

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SCOTLAND.
The following is a copy of a letter from the Earl of
Aberdeen to the Lord Advocate of Scotland :
" Dalkeith, Sept. 14.
"My Lord,--I have received the Queen's com-
mands to signify her Majesty's most gracious appro-
bation of all the arrangements made for her recep-
tion, and that of his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
Scotland.
, in

" I am to request that your Lordship will commu-
nicate to the Sheriffs and Magistrtcy of the different
counties through which her Majesty has passed the
sense entertained of the judicious measures adopted by
them for the preservation of order and regularity
during the progress of her Majesty in this portion of
her dominions.

...
" The Queen will leave Scotland NI ith a feeling of
regret, that her visit, on the present occasion, could
not be further prolonged. Her Majesty fully ex-
pected to witness the loyalty and attachment of her
Scottish subjects; but the devotion and enthusiasm
evinced in every quarter and by all ranks have pro-
duced an impret-sion on the mind of her Majesty
hich can never be effaced.

" I have the honour to be, &C.,
(Signed) "ABERDEEN."

CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY THE

QUEEN.
[We do not vouch in any degree for the credibility
of the subjoined story, which we transfer to our co-
lumns from the Hants Advertiser. Nevertheless,, it
would be unwise not to submit to the perusal and
judgment of our readers.]
An investigation into circumstances of the most
alarming character, connected with a Chartist con-
spiracy to destroy the Queen, has been secretly going
on before the Magistracy of Southampton for some
time past. We have taken all imaginable pains to
obtain correct information on the subject. We be-
lieve our account to be correct in the main, though,
from having been denied permission to look at the
depositions, we may slightly err in the details.
The party through whom the notice of Govern-
ment has been directed to the investigation, is named
Peirce,
considereda m
grocer isnoCae nalwalk, Southampton. Peirce
was time
back
the leader of the
Chartists in this town, and from his having made
him Self very conspicuousin that eherecter was doubt-
less thought by the chiefs of the London' Chartists
RS a fit . person •to enrol in their secret band.
This band, the existence of -.which. has been long
suspected .by the ,London pollee, seems to consist
of a select number of the most del*,rate characters
among the great bodyof the Chartists. They
direct the movements of the uninitiated, arrange the
principal meetings, send delegates to disturbed districts,
and, as it will be seen, are sworn to attempt the ac-
complishment of their treasonable designs,
at all
hazards, even if by the assassination of the Sovereign.
It would seem that the secret conclave we
have referred to considered that the destruction
of the Queen would have the effect of overthrowing
the Government, and that they should, in the general
consternation and confusion that would ensue, be able
to carry out their particular ends. About five months
since, as we are informed, three men called' on
Peirce at his shop in Canal-walli, and after making
themselves known to . him as leaders of the London
Chartists, and by communications Which, to him, were
convincing, and after goinginto
.details with which
to I
we are unacquainted, proposed nin to take the oath
binding him to assist in the destruction of the Queen!
Peirce was horror-struck at the proposition, being one
of the crowd of • deceived persons who believed the
acquisition of the five pointsto be
_the, be-all and the end-
all of Chartism. The parties left.
I
f eiree with a threat
of fatal consequences to himself
,i . he. divulged their
visit to any party. He, however, did communicate
his secret to a brother Chartist, and, for the credit of
that person, we hope it is true that it was owing to his
counsel that Peirce communicated with the Government
on the business. Peirce was sent for to London and
was examined at the Secretar,Y, of State's-office and
being taken to Newgate to see I nine's, the regicide, at
once pronounced him to be one of the three men who
had paid him the visit spoke.° of 1 It was deemed
advisable by the Privy Council to let the matter rest
for a period, in order it
to see any further movements
were m contemplation. Tho fact, however, of Peirce's
revelations had probably come to the knowledge of
the Chartist leaders, for on the evening of Friday the
3d instant, as Peirce was returning to Southampton
down the London-road on the Common, a fellow
suddenly appeared before him from among the trees,
and presented a pistol at him, uttering at the