The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

RETURN OF RER MAJESTY

Her Majesty did not sail from Aberdeen Harbour at the
intended hour (2 a.m.) on Friday morning. A drizzling
rain, attended by a thick mist, added to the heavy sea
without, induced her Majesty to change her intention of

going by sea to London, and to adopt the more agreeable
mode of travelling by rail to the metropolis.
Atieight o'clock that morning the Lord Provost went
on board the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht to learn the
pleasure of the Queen, and after an interview with the
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, he was informed that her
Majesty's commands would be communicated to his lord-
ship at noon.
The Lord Provost accordingly waited on the Home Se-
cretary at the appointed hour, when it was intimated to
hiq lordship that her Majesty had determined to abandon
the sea voyage, owing to the stormy weather, and would
proceed, at two o'clock, to Perth, there to pass the night,
and thence go by railway direct to London.

No time was lost in making the necessary preparations
for the relanding of her Mitjesty and the royal retinue ; and
when it transpired that the royal party was again to pass
through the city, a vast concourse of the inhabitants be-
gan to congregate in the thoroughfares through which the
royal carriages were to pass. It was raining fast at the
time, but the showers could not damp the loyal ardour of
the populace, who assembled in large numbers; so that
the police, assisted by a few " specials," or, as they are
termed, " Her Majesty's Honorary Guard," had some
difficulty in keeping open a passage for the royal equipages.
Between half-past one and two o'clock her Majesty,
attended by Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, landed
from the Victoria and Albert yacht, followed by the Prince
Consort and the youthful members of the Royal family,
and at once entered the royal carriage, which was brought
to the quay. Sir G. Grey, the Countess of Gainsborough,
Sir James Clark, and the other passengers in the Royal
suite, occupied the two other carriages.' !From the very
disagreeable state of the weather the carriages were of
course closed, and her Majesty's anxious subjects who
mustered to obtain a parting glimpse of the illustrious per-
sonages were doomed to disappointment. The Lord Pro-
vost and the principal civic functionaries were in attend-
ance at the landing of the Queen and Royal party.

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The corOye proceeded at a a rapid pace- along the quay
by Marischal-street, Union-street, and Holborn, along
the new road over the Bridge of Dee on the Stonehaven
road, and was soon out of sight en route to Perth. Ex-
presses had previously been despatched from Aberdeen to
Perth, to provide the necessary relays of horses at the
various stages, so that no inconvenience might be expe-
rienced by the Royal party from any delays on the road.
The ancient city of Perth, on Saturday afternoon, was
thrown into the greatest possible excitement by the unex-
pected news that the Queen and Prince Albert, and their
Royal children, were to arrive that evening from Aber-
deen, the contemplated voyage along the north-east coast
having been given up owing to the continuance of tempes-
tuous weather.

At an early hour that morning the inhabitants crowded
to the railway station in order to obtain a view, if possible,
of the Royal party, and the church bells were set a ring-
ing to testify the loyalty of the citizens.
Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert
and the rest of the Royal suite, arrived at the railway ter-
minus .t an early hour. and were received by the Lord
Provost, several of the local authorities, and the principal
officials of the railway, and without the least obstruction
or delay, departed by a special train for Edinburgh, and
thence via" Carlisle and Lancaster to London. During
the short period Her Majesty stayed she was welcomed
with every demonstration of regard by the people.