THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 48, 4 February 1843, Page 191

THE QUEEN'S VI SIT TO SCOTLAND.

From the last English papers we received, we extracted a notice that her MajeaMjj&ad left London at the latter end of AugufPon a visit to Scotland. The Sydney papers, which bring English news to the 13th of September, enables us to furnish such of our readers as feel an interest in this royal peregrination, with 3ome particulars of the trin^ Her Majesty and suite landed at Grantonfßr on the Ist of September, while the Lord Trrovost, Bailies, md Councillors of her ancient city of Edinburgh were fast asleep, and immediately proceeded to Dalkeith Palace, the residence >f the Duke of Buccleugb. On the day folowing, her Majesty made her public entry into he city, and long and detailed accounts are given )f the warm reception she received. The jord Provost presented her Majesty with the teys of the city and delivered a suitable iddress. The «Uueeo, of course, returned them, nth an intimation that she had no desire to •c troubled with them. Before doing so, however, Prince Albert " examined them, but

without taking them in hand." Our Scotch brethren of the press, not having a Queen to gaze on every day, have made the most of the matter, and among other extraordinary events, record the following. On the royal cortege passing the Assembly Hall, that building was pointed out to her Majesty. " She communicated the information to Prince Albert. Both of them looked at it for a moment, and then, turning their faces towards each other, they mutually smiled. This circumstance was distinctly observed by many of the spectators." The dress of the royal personage is not forgotten. — Th*e Queen " was dressed in a French white case-bonnet, with a small ostrich feather, a blue shawl of Paisley manufacture, and a silk dress of Stuart tartan. Her Majesty loo'ced extremely well, and bowed repeatedly to the people by whom she was welcomed on leaving the Palace. Prince Albert was seated on her left, and was dressed in a black hat, dark coat, and light trousers, of a greyish or pepper-and-salt colour, a light vest, and a green ribbon over his shoulder, from which was suspended the insignia of one of the orders with which his Royal Highness has been invested, but which of them we could not ascertain. In his hand he carried a small but elegant walking cane." The visit of her Majesty to the Metropolis of Scotland did not pass over without one of those accidents which too frequently attend such festivities. " A large range of scaffolding had been erected in Prince's Street, extending from the foot of the Mound a good way up the gardens. The seats rose above each other from the front railing to a considerable height above the ground. The scaffolding had been erected in the beginning of the week to command a view of her Majesty on her arrival. Admission was obtained by tickets. On- Saturday it was densely crowded, especially that part of it adjoining the foot of the Mound, close by which the royal carriage was to pass. Immediately after the carriage had passed, and when it was not yet a hundred yards into Prince's Street, it is said there was such a rush from the crowd beneath to obtain a station, the gate-keepers were overborne, and great numbers pressed in ; but whatever truth there may be in this report, no sooner had the royal carriage passed than this part of the scaffolding was seen to give way in fragments, precipitating the whole mass of human beings, perhaps about a thousand persons, into the gardens, and about the railings beneath. No sound like a crash was heard at the distance of the breadth of the street. The warnings were the screams of ladies, the horrified expression of the countenances of spectators, the strong and sudden ejaculation and outburst of feeling, and the turning of every eye from the Royal cavalcade to the fatal spot. There was little stir or rushing to see. People stood fear-struck and stock-still. As soon as the accident happened, a company of the Enniskillen Dragoons, who were following the royal carriage, instantly struck off from the procession, and breaking access to the place, formed a complete line round it. Their conduct and the conduct of their officers cannot be praised enough. A good many physicians and surgeons came speedily to the spot. Persons who had sustained severe injuries were lying on the ground in all directions, some covered with blood and many insensible." The Queen afterwards visited Dalmeny Park, the seat of the Earl of Roseberry, and then returned to Dalk .ith Palace, where she received a number of deputations. On the following Tuesday, she proceeded to Perth, and next morning left Scone Castle for Taymouth Castle, the 6eat of the Marquis of Breadalbane.