The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY AT LANCASTER.

Her Majesty and the royal family would leave their
residence at Balmoral this morning, at eight o'clock, and
arrive at Edinburgh in the evening, between 6 and 7.
The royal party would rest at Holyrood for the night,
starting to-morrow morning southward. Her Majesty is
expected at Lancaster, where she will spend an hour in
inspecting the ancient castle, about half-past one o'clock.:
Her Majesty will be received by the Mayor and Corporation.
Her Majesty, after partaking of a private luncheon, will
return to the railway station about three o'clock. After,
her Majesty's departure, the Mayor and Corporation wilt
proceed to the Castle-park, where the Mayor will plant
an oak tree, in commemoration of her Majesty's gracioui
visit, and to be called " The Queen's Oak." The arrange-
ments for the observance of order are very similar to those
to be adopted in Liverpool, and there is to be a public
dinner and a display of fireworks in the evening. It is
requested by the Mayor that the day be observed as a
general holiday and day of rejoicing by all classes within
the borough. The Venerable Archdeacon Brooks will
present the address of the county magistrates, and the
Mayor that of the Corporation.

ARRANGEMENTS AT CROXTETH,
The Queen will alight, from the London and North-
Western Railway. at Rainhill station, where pre-
parations are making for her reception. It is her
Majesty's desire to pass through the noble park at
Knowsley ; and her route, therefore, will be through the

through the Eccleston gate, and so over the Croxteth
meadows to the hall of the Earl of Sefton. The royal
party are to be joined at the Parkside junction by the
Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, and by the Earl of
Derby and his Countess, who are to be the guests of the
Earl of Sefton on Wednesday evening.
At Croxteth-hall there are to be two dinner-parties to-
morrow (Wednesday) evening—one consisting of twenty-
four, the other of twelve, guests. The Queen will dine with
the larger party. The gentry of the neighbourhood are
also invited to lunch by the Earl of Sefton ; and the
tenants, numbering about 500, are to be entertained
beneath a large marquee, which is to be erected on one
of the lawns. Each of the tenants is invited to bring
his wife or (laughter.
At the village of West Derby it is proposed to roast an
ox and two sheep, with suitable trimmings, for the labour-
ing classes. _

There are to he gay doings at Knowsley, as well as at
Croxteth, on Wednesday; and the tenantry of the Earl
of Derby are to be made welcome in the great hall in
honour of the occasion.
A triumphal arch is in course of erection at the entrance
to Prescot. Barriers are also being erected to keep off
the crowd as her Majesty proceeds from Rainhill to
Knowsley park. The Queen is to be escorted by a
troop of the 16th Lancers. A large body of the county
police will also be in attendance to preserve order. '
Mrs. Atkins has erected a spacious gallery for the
accommodation of the public on the occasion of• the
Queen's visit, the gardens being passed in the route. The
holders of tickets for this platform will likewise be
admitted to the gardens. Thi3 will be the first stage her
Majesty will pass within the boundary of Liverpool; and
she will, likewise, be honoured by a triumphal arch, to be
erected under the superintendence of Mr. Edwin Atkins.