The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-10 00:00:00

the part of the municipal authorities, to which her
Majesty is entitled.
" That the whole arrangements connected WWI her
Majesty's arrival in the city having been devolved on
a Committee•of the Council, it is necessary to i.;-,quire
into their proceedings, and therefore the Council
hereby appoint the following mem.'ders as a Committee
to make the necessary invatigation, and to report
quam pruym."
Mr. BLACK Pad the Town Council ought to put
itself right with the public in the matter. He had
written out a statement of facts connected with the
tanding of her Majesty, and if Mr. Deud would
permit him he would read that statement, and per-
haps it might be found to answer the purpose they
had in view. Mr. Black then proceeded to read the
statement in question, which was to the following
effect :
" In the brief statement of facts connected with the
landing of her Majesty in Scotland, the most of which
came under my own observation, it is not my inten-
tion to throw blame upon any one, but merely to
vindicate the Magistrates and Council from charges
recklessly made, but which I shall be able to show are
entirely groundless. This explatiation I consider due,
not only to the members of Council who had not the
same opportunity of observing the transactions as
myself, cut it is especially due to our constituents,
who have a right to see that the affairs of the commu-
nity are not mismanaged by their representatives.
" I may premise, that as far as her Majesty was
concerned, you all had the fullest proof of her kindness
and condescension, and her desire to gratify the
wishes of her Scottish sultiects, in the readiness with
which she altered all her previous arrangements, for
the purpose of accommodating the inhabitants of
Edinburgh.
" When it was understood that the Queen intended
to visit Scotland, the Town Council resolved on
making such preparations for her reception as might
be most respectful to her Majesty and most grati-
fying to the inhabitants. Although this' intention of
her Majesty was generally reported in the public
journals, the Lord Provost had no official information
on the subject, and much doubt and uncertainty pre-
vailed bctri as to the fact itself and as to the time and
ma.'...tner of her progress.
"On the lfith of August the Council remitted it
to the Provost's committee to make the necessary
arrangements for her Majesty's reception, and from
that time they met daily in the Council-chamber, to'
be prepared to act as soon as they received autho-
ritative intelligence of the Royal movements. The
only member of the Cabinet then in Scotland was the
Duke of Buccleuch, whose guest it was understood
her Majesty was to be while in this quarter. The
Lord Provost applied to his Grace for information
on the subject, and was told that it was the
intention of her Majesty to come as privately as
possible on this occasion of her visiting Scotland. As
soon as the Committee received this information,
being persuaded that it was impossible that her Ma-
jesty's first visit to the -capital of one of• her king-
doms could be private, they appointed a deputation to
wait immediately on the Duke, and to represent to
him the injudiciousness of any such arrangement ;
and after consulting his Grace, it was agreed to send
a memorial to the Home-office, strongly urging a
public entrance to the city, which memorial his Grace
kindly offered to transmit, and it was sent off on the
17th of August ; but no answer to this memorial was
ever received. The consequence was, a continuance
of doubt and uncertainty in regard to the whole pro-
ceedings ; all that had been ascertained by this time
was, that her Majesty would land at Granton, and it
was expected she would arrive on Wednesday, the 31st.
" At the meeting of Council onTuesday, the 30th,
it was resolved to send a depatation, consistirg of
Bailies Richardson and Thomsen; Treasurer Drys-
dale, and Councillor Black, to Dalkeith, to endeavour
to see some of her Majesty's Ministers, who were
expected hourly to arrive at Dalkeith.
" A letter was immediately despatched, craving an
audience of such of her Majesty's Ministers as might
be in Scotland, and the messengers were desired to
wait the arrival of the Ministers, if not already at
Dalkeith.
" About one o'clock in the morning of Wednesday,
the messenger returned with an answer, saying her
Majesty's Ministers would be prepared to meet the
deputation at Dalkeith, at half-past nine o'clock.
There were present with the deputation at this con-
ference Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, and.
the Duke of Buccleuch. The members of the depu-
tation pressed as strongly as they could upon her
Majesty's Ministers the importance of the Queen
making her entrance into Edinburgh in such a man-
ner as not to disappoint the ardent desires of the as-
sembled thousands to pay their respects to their So-
vereign. Sir Robert Peel assured the deputation,
that from what he knew of her Majesty's gracious
disposition, she would be prepared to make her en-
trance to the city in whatever way would be most
agreeable to the inhabitants. The programme which
had been previously drawn up by the Town Coun-
cil was shown to Sir Robert, the plan
city roposed
for the deliverance of the keys of the citand
the order of the procession, all which met with
his acquiescence ; and so kindly and courteously
did Sir *Robert and. Lord Aberdeen and the
Duke of Buccleuch enter into the plans proposed,
that they agreed that if there was no notice of the
Royal squadron appearing in the Frith till it was
doubtful if her Majesty would be able to pass through
the city before it was too dark, that arrangements
would be made for postponing the procession till the
succeeding day ; and if notice could be received of her
Majesty's approach at a time when it was doubtful
whether her progress could be made through the city
advantageously or not, that they would consult the
deputation as to the proceedings to be adopted; and it
was agreed that a portion of the deputation should wait
in the Council-chamber, and a portion at Granton,
from three o'clock till half-past four; and if by that
time there was no signal of her Majesty's approach, it
was understood there was no possibility of the arrival
of the Royal squadron before dark, and the deputation
would not be called to attend her Majesty's Ministers
to receive instructions.

"On the return of the deputation from Dalkeith,
they issued a notice to the public, that her Majesty
would make her entrance into the city in such a
manner as would be most gratifying to the inhabi-
tants. Another 'placard was issued by the Lord
Provost and the Sheriff, stating that her Majesty
could not arrive that day, and that due notice would
be given to the public to be in readiness. This was
not an act of the Council ; but after what had taken
place, the Lord Provost and the Sheriff were justified
in expecting that they would be enabled to give due
warning. About ten o'clock on-Wednesday evening,
Bailies Richardson and Thomson and Councillor
Black, accompanied by ,Mr. Sinclair and a Lieu-
tenant of Police, went clown to Granton to inquire if
there were any tidings of the Royal squadron, and
before going down Mr. Sinclair had engaged printers
to be ready at anyabour of the night to print such
notices as it might be necessary to publish to the in-
habitants.

" No signal having been seen of the approach of the
Royal squadron, the Lieutenant of Police was desired
to remain at Granton through the night, and as soon
as tidings were received of the squadron being in the
Frith, to hasten to Bailie Richardson with the infor-
mation. This he did about three o'clock in the morn-
ing, when Bailie Richardson immediately went down
to Granton to receive the instructions of her Majesty's
advisers, that they might be immediately conveyed to
the Magistrates and Council. The remainder of this
statement I give upon the authority of Bailie Richard-
son, who was informed by Lieutenant Stevenson, a
messenger from the Duke of Buccleuch, that the
Royal squadron was in Aberlady-bay, while, in fact,
they were afterwards discovered to be on the opposite
side of Inchkeith, but concealed by the island.
" Bailie Richardson remained on the pier, where
the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir RebertPeel also wort,
and expected instructions from them. While whiting
there, about six o'clock the Royal fleet was 'discovered
to be on the other side of Inchkeith, arti about half-
past eight the Royal yacht was moored alongside of
Granton-pier, when the Duke of Buccleuch And Sir
Robert Peel went aboard, and on their returning to
the pier the Queen landed and entered her carriage,
about nine o'clock.