The Sun. — London, England, 1837-04-28 00:00:00

JUSTICE TO IRELAND. Last evening a numerous meeting of the Reformers o f the borough of Finsbury was held at the Finsbury Hall of Science, City-road, for the purpose of expressing their sympathy with the people of Ireland in their endeavour to obtain justice, and for the purpose of petitioning the House _ef Lords to pass the Irish Municipal Bill, as adopted by the Commons. Amongst the gentlemen on the platform, we noticed Daniel M I'. ; T. Wakley, M.P.; Colonel Thomp;on, M.P. ; Mr. Gallaway, Mr. IL Taylor, Mr. Saul, and other gentlemen who are. ideutitied with the Cause of progressive Reform. Colonel THomPsoN, M.P., was ealled to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN then said, that the object for which the meeting bad been called together was, to petition'the House of Lords to pass the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. It was, however, fortunate that the success of that measure did not depend altogether upon whether the Lords were pleased to pass or reject it.—( Hear.) They met as a free people, de• termined to attain justice to a part of the community from which it had hitherto been withheld, and the time Would as suredly come, notwithstanding all the efforts of the House of Lords, when they would be successful in their endeavours. If that success was retarded fora brief time he knew that. they would not abate one jot of - their hopes. All example . bad gone to prove that it was impossible, with the intelli gence that was rapidly spreading throughout the count ra , that justice could be long delayed. They all knew the origin of the House of Lords. Once they possessed the physical power of the country, but they did not possess it now.— (Cheers.) That power existed but in opinion. It was a belief that it was expedient that they should form a third branch of government that preserved them ; and he would warn them how they raised up a public persuasion that in justice was the reason of their action. Under all circum stances he did not think they ought to despond.—(Cheers.) • Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR then rose to move the following resolution :—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is just and necessary that every portion of these kingdoms be invested with equal civil and municipal rights." The Bill now before the House of Lords merely demanded that the same measure of justice that had been extended to England and Scotland should . be dealt out to Ireland—(Hear)—and he put it to every Englishman present, if Ireland, which had been long oppressed and trodden under foot, should not be placed in that position to which she was entitled ?—(Hear, hear.) Upon the question of the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, the Irish Catholics postponed the consideration of their claims in order that the English Dissenters might have theirs fully and fairly con sidered.—( Hear, hear, hear.) This being the case, the people of England ought to give up, for a while, all considerations with respect to the grievances under which they yet laboured, in order that they might work more ardently in the cause of Ireland.—(Applause.) And after all, this question of Irish Municipal Reform was as good a question as any other to try the powers of the people in opposition to that of the Lords, who seemed de termined to put a stop to all reform.—( Hear.) At all events he trusted that, if the Lords threw out the Bill, the people of England would devote themselves to agita tion, for at least two or three years, until equal justice was done to Ireland.—(Cheers.) After some further observa tions, Mr. Taylor concluded by moving the above resolution. Mr. SAUL seconded the resolution, which was then put from the chair and unanimously agreed to. Mr. HEwITT observed that the Tories had given as a reason for not granting improved municipal institutions to Ireland that the people of that country were not en lightened. If-this were true, to whom were the people of Ireland indebted for their intellectual darkness,? Why, to the very men who now wished to deprive them of' civil rights on this shallow and miserable pretext. He con cluded by proposing the following resolution :—" That Ire land having for many ages groaned under a system of mis rule, founded on / and supported by the denial of their rights, it is now imperatively demanded by the enlightened spirit of the age, and rendered essential to the peace and security of these kingdoms, that in political and municipal privileges, Ireland should be placed on a footing of equality with England and Scotland." Mr. VINE seconded the resolution, which was put from the Chair, and unanimously adopted. Mr. H. SMITH moved the third resolution :—" That the Irish Municipal Reform Bill recently adopted by the House of Commons, and now under discussion in the House of Lords, is in the opinion of this meeting a most salutary though tardy measure of justice to Ireland ; and that it is highly desirable that it should become part of the law of the land with as little delay as possible." He said the tricks of the Tories to injure the cause of the people were of the most extraordinary and extravagant description. He would give them an instance. In the last Northampton shire election, a magistrate told an elector, that if he voted for Mr. llanburv, who was opposed by Mr. Maunsell, he would be voting for O'Connell—(A laugh)—and that he would see the Protestants of England burned at the stake. —<Laughter.) This was a specimen of the tricks that were played off by the Tories in the country parts of England, where they expected that the people would be duped by them. —; Hear.) Mr. WINN seconded the resolution, which was, like the otl:ers, unanimously adopted. Mr. COMBES then moved this resolution :—" That this meeting, concurring with the foregoing resolutions, deter mine to petition the House of Lords to pass the Irish Mu nicipal Reform Bill." It was also adopted ; and Mr. WINN read the petition, which was an echo of the resolutions. When he came to that part of the petition where it said that the petitioners had confidence " in the wisdom of your Lordships' House," the laughter was most immoderate. Mr. WAKLEY then came forward, and was received with loud cheers. He said that they had amongst them one of the most extraordinary men of the present day.—(Loud cheers.) lie made this statement seriously, as he considered that the people of England were deeply indebted to Mr. O'Connell for the very great exertions which he had made in the cause of constitutional liberty for the last forty years. —(Cheers.) For himself he would say, that he owed that gentleman a debt of the deepest gratitude. He respected him as a patriot, and lie loved him as a friend.—(Applause.) It was true that Mr. O'Connell had his enemies, who reviled and calumniated him ; and if he were not calumniated, of what use would he be to us ?—( Hear.) When his enemies ceased to calumniate him, the people might depend upon it that Mr. O'Connell had ceased to be their friend.—( Hear.) His Hon. Friend had often said that he was the best-abused man in the world.—( A laugh.) He ( Mr. W.) hoped that he might one day or other be able to say that be occupied the second place nigh his Hon. Friend in this respect. There was no nation upon the earth that had been oppressed as Ireland had been. It was the western Poland—( Hear) — and while Ireland continued to be oppressed, they would have two Polancla to sympathis'e for,—(Loud cheers.) He' admitted that the Government did not go far enough in SOUTHWARK. support of the cause of the peop!e of this country ; but when he heard from Mr. O'Connell that the King's Minis ters were the friends of Ireland—that they had destroyed the base and iniquitous Orange faction, and had given con fidence and hope to the people of Ireland—(Hear)—when, he said, he heard all this, and that, too, from one who had always proved himself the friend of the people, was he to be blamed that he had given his best support to a set of men who were thu3 estimated ; .and was he not justified also in calling on the people of England to allay their own grievances to remain in abeyance until full and com plete just'co was done to Ireland ?—(Applause.) The ob ject of the Tory faction was to keep the people of England and Ireland discontented. If the people of England were to meet as those of the borough of Finsbury had, where were the Lords that could oppose their will ?—( Hear.) These Lords only existed by the will of the people. Tuere was a time when they had ceased to exist. That time might come again. If the people came into collision with the Lords, how, he shook' be glad to know, would their Lordships meet them ? Was it by placing their carriages in•the way ? Was it by throwing down their coronets upon the beads of the people ?—( Hear, hear.) Oh, it would be a ,goodly sight, to see the Peers thus placed in opposition to the people.—(Laughter and cheers.) The Bill which was now before the House of Lords for reform ing the Municipal Corporations of Ireland, was assented to by a majority of the R-presentatives of England, Ire land and Scotland ; and yet when this Bill went up to the house of Lords, Lord Lyndhurst—(Groans)—said that " he would never consent to its being passed into a law." —(Cries of " Oh, oh.") He would not give his con sent indeed ; and who was this personage that thus placed himself in opposition to the wishes of the people ? Why one who was pocketing 5,000/. a-year of the people's money for doing nothing, except indeed his hostility to the demands of the people could be considered an equivalent for the money that he received.—( Hear.) Oh, if Radical Re form should take place, he should be glad to know how long his Lordship would have this money to put into his pocket and• a laugh.) Ile had not risen to make a long :peed], he was merely a pistol-shot—(A laugh)—preceding the great :run of the evening—(Laughter)—but he could not conAude his remarks without observing that the Lords were irresponsible, and that it depended upon the people to make them otherwise. If the Lords wanted to humbug them—if they wanted to form tradesmen Conservative as sociations, then the people were the best sort of persons in the world.—<A laugh.) But the moment they demanded their just rights, then they were turbulent and riotous, and ought to be put down.—( Hear.) Mr. O'CostgaLt now presented himself, and n as received with the most rapturous applause. He felt a confidence in the presence of Englishmen in saying that he had fought their battles, and that in return he asked their aid to assist him in fighting the battles of his own" country.—(Hear, hear.) His was the hand that drew up the petition that called upon the British Parliament to grant to the Protes tant Dissenters of England the rights for which they were seeking, and that which was agreed to at a meeting com posed of 10,000 persons, and was signed with 100,000 signatures.—(Cheers.) The people of Ireland declared by this rct that any man interfering with another on account of his religious principles, was guilty of a wicked blasphemy. —( Hear, hear.) Were not the Lords opposed to the English ? Had they not objected to an extension of the Reform Bill ? Were not the people of this country taxed without being represented? He was convinced that the principle of representation would not be properly based un til universal suffrage was made the law of the land. The mass. of the people were shut out from its representation. Why should not the lodger, who obtained 4 qualification by his labour, have as good a right to vote for a representa tive in Parliament as the 101. householder? Labour %vas the gift of God, and vet man was deprived of the advs.n tages arising from this blessing of Divine Providence. What chance was there that this state of things would be altered so long as the Lords felt themselves so superior 'to the people? lie also wanted the period during which Me.. - hers should remain in Parliament to be thred years instead of seven. But what chance was there that such could be the,case so long as the Lords stood in the way of it ? The vote by ballot, too—which he considered the only honest method of voting—how could they expect the power to vote by Ballot to become the law of the land, so long as the Lords placed themselves in opposition to it ? (Hear.) He contended that until the people had defeated the birds, filte popular voice would Revcr be heard with proper effect. He heard Radicals say that they wished to see the House of Commons thoroughly reformed—so would he ; but how was this possible, so long as the Lords stood in the way of that reformation ?-- . --(Hear, bear.) How was Pariament to be shortened, and the Ballot to become the law of the land, if ihe Lords would not suffer these im provements to take place?—(Hear,- hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then called upon the people of England to back up the Irish in their endeavour to take, as Wellington would call it, the key of the position.—( Hear.) The Hon. Gent. inn strain of great humour, and in his usual happy manner, next adverted to the circumstance of a man being born a legislator, and'to the efforts made by the Tories to cajole the people of England in respect to the religious opinions of the people of Ireland. Their object was evidently this - -while they were talking religion to put their hands into the pockets of the people.—(Hear.) The people were always triumphant whenever they willed it.—(Hear.) They decapitated one King, but they were wise enough subsequently to get rid of a foolish King by sending him about his business. This brought about a revolution, the benefits of which were usurped by the Lords.—(Hear.) 'The Hon. Gentleman, after alluding to the exertions of the people of Ireland in the cause of England, concluded a powerful address, by expressing .his delight at having exerted himself in the cause of the people of England. The meeting shortly afterwards separated. CHURCII-RATES.--ST: SAVIOUR, Last night a public meeting was holden of the parishion eners of St. Saviour,. Southwark, at the London-bridge House Hotel. Hundreds were under the necessity of going away, not being able to obtain admission. At seven o'clock •the leading gentlemen in the business entered the room, among whom were Alderman Humphery, M.P., Major Beauclerc, M.P., D. Wire, Esq., Under Sheriff, &c. &c. Mr. Alderman Humphrey was unanimously called to the chair. Alderman HUMPHREY briefly explained the object of the meeting. He was satisfied that the Bill now introduced for the settlement of the question of Church-rates by his Majesty's Ministers, would give satisfaction. to Dissenters and to every good Churchman believing in the doctrines of the Church. Mr. NEWLANDS rose to move the first resolution : " That this meeting is of opinion that each religious com munity ought to provide from its own resources the funds necessary for the support of its edifices and for defraying the charges of its worship." This resolution, he considered, went to the root of the voluntary principle. He proceeded to show the exclusive propensity of the ruling powers that had existed, by citing that notwithstanding the Test Act had been repealed, and the Catholic Emancipation Bill passed, that there never had been a Roman Catholic en gaged in the Government of this country. He did not want to destroy the establishment of the country ; he wanted to build it up.—(Cheers.) All establishments, if supported on the voluntary principle, would produce mere able clergymen, and they would have better instructed con gTegations. Chapels, where the clergymen bad been capable of their charge, all flourished. They had, aris ing from their own exertions, 4001., 6001., or 8001. a year, while some of the poor Vicars of the Church had no mo,re than 501. a year.—(Hear, hear.) He would have all the parish churches let to the highest bidder, giving the first offer to Episcopalians, and if they refused to take it, let any other sect have it. He had no doubt that in this way they would be enabled to let every one of their churches at perhaps 6001. a year, and consequently there would be 6001. a year thus obtained to be distributed for the purpose of instruction of the people, or to be otherwise usefully applied. Or he would have them adopt the system of the Scotch Church, where the members of the establishment paid for their seats. But it was said that the Establish ment in England was as a provision for the poor. He would ask them what provision was there for the poor in their churches? They had standing seats. The seats were all in the possession of certain houses, and if the holders did not require them, they let them to others, who excluded the poor from them. He objected to the principle, that the whole country should be thus compelled to accept religion as paupers. He denied that it was necessary to support religion by law, or to claim the authority of a King or a Legislature. A. PILLAT, Esq., in rising to second the resolution, said it was a question of such importance, as that, if anything could induce him to leave the quietness of domestic life, and forsake the habits of a man of business for a time, it was the question of Church-rates. It was a question that would induce any one to rally round the Chairman, and carry the resolution he had to second. It was a question of punish ment. If he could not pay by purse, he must suffer in person. He denied that it was just. It could not be called law until it was so declared by a majority.—(Cheers.) He was ready to prove that it was not just, either according to all reference to history, or from Scripture. He went into a detail of the history given of Churchlates by Hume and other historians. It was a question that affected the civil and religious liberties of the community. The Church of England had been said to be a church for the poor, but the fact was that Church-rates were made an act of oppression to the poor, consequently it could not be so much for the poor. He slfd that body who had done most in the shape of in struction to the poor were the Wesleyans. He said the Bench of' Bishops had lost an opportunity they would never have again of coming to a good feeling with the community. The resolution was then put and ci.rried unanimously. Mr. WIRE trusted the day was gone by when it would be necessary to advocate the cause of civil and religious liberty. He would, therefore, at once proceed to read the resolution, " That this meeting regards, with the greatest satisfaction, the measure for the abolition of Church -rates, brought for ward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; inasmuch as it recognizes this great principle of religious liberty, and pro ' vides for the extinction of an unjust and odious impost, as injurious to the Dissenters as unnecessary to the Establish ment, since those expenses to which Church-rates have been hitherto applied can be defrayed by the appropriation of additional revenues derivable from Church lands restoring Ecclesiastical property to uses for which it was originally created, without injuriously affecting any existing interests." Let them look at what the measure was. It was not a measure to relieve Dissenters ; but it was a measure to re lieve Churclimen—(Cheers)—from that odious impost of Church-rates. 'filen let it not go abroad to the world that the measure was for the relief of the Dissenters—but that it was a measure for the relief of the consciences of every oae in the kingdom. The Bishops by this measure would not have the power to let leases of Church lands to the dis advantage of the Church. Mr. W. here went into a par ticular detail of the manner in which Bishops let leases— first for 21 years, at a large fine, with a smill rent ; and at the end of 14 years, with another fine, the lease is ex tended again to the original term of 21 years; so that it became a continual struggle between the Bishop and the tenant which should have the largest sum, or which should have the lands fbr the smallest'fine. The same system had been pursued with the Crown lands, until the people had become more wise, and then there was a Commission issued, whiCh put on a fair rent, and treated the property as private property would be treated, and their tenants had some as surance of the renewal of their leases. Now this was pre cisely the plan of the Government. He (Mr. Wire) thought that if he were a Christian Bishop—he was not one at presenC----(Laughter)—he would say, on hearing of the plan, take away the lands, give me a decent revenue, dd not leave me to enact the part of a usurer or a money changer; improve the church lands, and let me be a mes senger of peace. He would even say, take some of my own revenue to bring about the consummation' of the desirable object. He hoped the Bishops would come to repentance and say so, and see the error of holding their si tuations by time strong arm of power. Major BEAULLERK, M.P., seconded the resolution. He considered it the duty of the people to support the Govern ment in a measure so well calculated to restore content ment. He was not for pulling down the Establishment, nor did he believe any such wish impressed the country. He was convinced that the cry of " destruction to the Church," and the cry of " No Popery," were merely used as-means of intimidation. It might be that some did en tertain a sense of danger ; but he intended to support his Majesty's Government in this measure, and he only sup ported them when he thought them right. The resolution was put from the Chair—oyly two hands were held up against it. EAST. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1837 RUSSELL BELL, Eq. , rose to move the third resolution : —" That the grateful thanks of this meeting arc due to his Majesty's Ministers for their introiuction, and to the majo rity of the House of Commons, for their adoption of this measure, so happily dev!sed for abating the dissensions, and for healing the hitter animosities which have too frequently attended'the exaction of Church-rates • and for promoting that harmony among the different sections of the Christian Church, essential to the national welfare." Mr. GRAFTY seconded the resolution in an eloquent speech. The resolution was carded with four han:ls held up against it. Mr. R. FLETCHER rose to move the fourth resolution ; " That this meeting pledges itself to the adoption of every constitutional means for obtaining the abolition of Church rates. That petitions, founded .on these -resolutions, be now put in course of signature, and that Lord Brougham he respectfully requested to present the petition to the House of Lords; and Mr. Alderthan Hdmphcry to pre sent, antl•Mr. Harvey to support, the petition to the House of Commons." • Mr. VOUSLEY, in a few words, seconded the resolution, and enforced the necessity of unanimity at the present junc ture to support the Ministry. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. Humettmor read letters of apology from Mr. Ward, M.P., from B. Wood, Esq., and . from Dr. Lushington, M.P., for not being able to attend ; and he also read one from Mr. D. W. Harvey. After the business had been formally concluded, A GENTLEMAN begged to say, that he was opposed to the principle of the meeting, because he last night had read the 3d chapter of Malachi, and there he found that tithes . were sanctioned. Mr. Goons had read the 4th chapter of Malachi, and there he found they were denounced as a robbery. The meeting then adjourned. A petition, which had been based on the resolutions, bad been agreed to, was immedi ately put into a course of signature, and as we understood, was to be duly advertised this day. CHURCH RATES-ST. GEORGE'S Last evening a numerous meeting of the ratepayers of St. George's East was held in the Vestry-room, in pursuance of a Requisition numerously and respectably signed to the Churchwardens, to convene a meeting, to consider of the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament in favour of the Ministerial measure for the abolition of Church-rates. Mr. KNIGHT, the senior Churchwarden; h the Chair. Mr. Nloaals, one of the Guardians of the Poor, pro posed a resolution to the effect that the meeting bailed with peculiar satisfaction the measure introduced by his Ma jesty's Ministers for the abolition of Church -rates, believing that if curried into a law it would prove equally beneficial to Churchmen and Dissenters ; to the former affording ample means of supporting their religious edifices, and to the latter the fullest and most entire relief. The resolu tion also, expressed' the regret of the meeting at the at tempts made by interested persons to deceive the public as to the nature of the measure proposed by his Majesty's Ministers. • Mr. BADDELEY opposed the resolution, ani proposed as an amendment, that it be considered of that day six months.--(Laughter.) No person seconding the amendment, the original mo tion was put and carried with only two dissentients. A Committee was then appointed to draw up petitions to both Houses of Parliament in favour of the Ministerial plan, and the meeting broke, up. SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Wednesday Night. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF WEDNESDAY'S RACING. The Plate.—Professor made the running to the Duke's Stand, where Calmuck took it up, and won easily by two lengths. Fifty Sovs. Handicap._Sepoy made all the play, defeated his horses before they were half across the flat, and won in a canter by ten lengths, nearly .double the space intervening between each of the others ; Idiot pulled up at the Duke's, and Pope broke down a few yards from the chair. Portland Handicap.—Felix took the lead at a good pace, followed by Jack-in-the-Green, Venison next, and the others in a ruck behind ; they continued in this order through the ditch, immediately after leaving which Locomotive was in dif ficulty ; Gipsy was the next to give up, and after him Airy, the three beinveompletely beaten off at the bushes. Jack-in-the- Green now took up . the running; with Lucifer . and Hock lying up, Felix and Venison waiting very closely on them ; in this way they travelled to the turn of the lands, where Venison was observed to take his ground a trifle nearer The leading horse ; at the Duke's Stand these two singled'themselles out for' the finish, Jack-in-the-Green still leading-, and having the best of it until near the ropes, where he tired, and the gallant little Venison running past, won a length by stoutness and nothing else; had Jack been a good finisher he would have won, as he clearly had the superiority of speed. Hock was but a mo. derate third, and that the others cut up badly is proved by the judge having placed them all. Venison was not in any favour even with those connected with the stable nearly the whole of them having betted against him. The weather was delightfully fine, and the Heath very fully attended. Amongst many others present were the Dukes of Portland and Rutland, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis and Mar chiones of Tavistock, Earl and Countess of Lichfield, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Suffield, Earl Jersey, Earl Stradbroke, Earl of Uxbridge, Lords G. Ben tinck, Beruers, C. Manners, Villiers, J. Fitzroy, Godolphin, S. Osborne; Sir C. Watson, Sir J. Shelley, Sir S. and Lady Graham, Sir H. Glynn, Hon. General and Mrs. Grosvenor, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon. George Byng, Hon. W. Rous, Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, Colonel Bouverie, CoLnel Copland, Major Worrell, Captain White, Captain Gardnor, Captain Clive ; Messrs. C. Wilson, C. Greville, Poyntz, Etwall, M. P. ; Houldswortb, M. P. ; Shelley, Thorn hill, Payne, D. Ratcliffe, Sowerby, Irby, Waddington, Batson, Hawker, Newton, Walker, Haywood, Hunter, Foulis, Dol phin, Crommelin, &c. BETTING IN THE EVENING. DERBY BETTING,. ' 4to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's lot—taken 5 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot 6 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hybiscus—taken 6 to 1 agst Ld Jersey's Achmet—taken and afterwards offered 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango—take 11 to 1 14 to 1 agst Captain Gardner's Benedict ' 15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—take 17 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Rattrap—take 17 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian 16 to 1 agst Lord Suffiehl's Caravan—take 17 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Victoria colt 22 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender—take 25 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delusion 30 to 1 agst Lord Berner's Brother to May-day 33 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Troilus—taken 40 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Slight colt 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Mustee--taken Even money laid between Caravan and Wintonian, and 6 to 5 offered on Hybiscus agst Achmet. 50 to 1 laid agst May-day winning the Newmarket Stakes and' the Derby. THE OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Egeria—taken THURSDAY. The King's Plate of 100 guineas ; four yrs, 93t. 81b ; five, lOst.-81b six and aged, llst. R.C. Mr. J. Day's Venison Lord Tavi,:tock's Jack-in-the-Crock 6t04 on venison. Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, for three years old ; c„ Its, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. 41b. First half of Ab. M. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs., if demanded, &c. 4 Subs. Colonel Peel's Castaside Captain Gardnor's gr. f. Sister to Zenana Lord Lichfield's f. by Emilius, out of Ada 3 • Mr. Kent's f. Ringlet . Even on Zenana ;6to 5 agst Castaside. Won by a length The One Thousand Guineas Stakes, of 100 toys. each, h. ft., for fillies, Bst. 41b. D. 91. Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne Lord Exeter's f. Velure... Lord Exeter's 1. Comate • 3 Lord Jersey's f. by Sultan, out of Filagree ..... Mr. Hart's f. Armenia, by Mulatto, out of Angelina, by Itubens 5 5t02 on Chapeau d'Espazne ;4to 1 agst Filagree. Won by a length. Match, 200, h. ft. R.M.—Mr. S. Stanley's b. c. Rat-trap, by Bizarre, out of Young Mouse, Bst. 21b., received from Mr. Thorn hill's Brother to Mouche, Bst. 71b. Thursday Night. NEWMARKET STAKES (TO-MORRow). 11 to 8 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Rat-trap—taken 3 to 1 agst Lord Berners's Brother to May-day 7 to 2 agst Ld Exeter's Troilus THE DERBY. 4 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's lot— taken 5 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hybiscus 7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Achmet—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Rat-trap 13 to I agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian 13 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Victoria colt 14 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Caravan 15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jere .-..d 20 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender 30 to 1 rgst Mr. Sadled's Delusion 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Critic 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Mustee—taken 1000 to 15 agst Edgar—taken ,20 to 1 was betted agst Jereed lee last night THE OAKS. 3 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagnc At the Medbourne Paces, on Thursday week, a sweepstakes was won by Mr. Owsley's Conservative, beating Pat. The second sweepstakes was won by Ruby, in three heats, beating two others. The hack stake s was won by Brown Bess. A pony race by Mr. Wilson's Doctor; and Mr. Owsley's Conservative beat Sportsman in a match. CURRAGH APRIL MEt. TlNG—Tunsw r. The King's Plate o f 100 gu i neas f or m ares ; three yrs, 7 st . 71b ; four, Bst. 71b ; five, 9st. llb ; six and aged, 9st. 41b. Four mil es , Mr. Osborne's b. f. Maria, 3 yrs Lord Mulgrave's b. f. Gipsey, 3 yrs Mr. Kirwan's ch. f. Sister to Thump, 3 vrs, and Mr. Knox's b. f. Zora, 4 yrs, also started. A beautiful race. The Madrid Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for two years old. Rath bride Post. Second horse to save his stake. Mr. OsborneVir: c. Mercury, Lord Milltown's ch. c. HArkawav, by Economist, Bst. 31b...... 2 A beautiful race, and wOn by halt WWI 11ER MAJESTY'S BIRTH-DAY. The Queen's birth-day was celebrated yeterday at St. James's Palace by a Drawing-room. Her Majesty was prevented from being present by indisposition, Lut the Princess Augusta re ceived the company on the part of the Queen. A Guard of .honour of the Life Guards, with the band, in State uniforms, were on duty in the large courtyard of the Palace, and the King's Guard, with the band of the Foot Guards, were on duty in the Colour Court. Mcs;rs. Dubell and liaise, the State Pages, and the Pages of the King, Mr. Shoetnack, and the other pages of the Queen, wore new State uniforms. The principal Knights of the several OrJet s of Knighthood wore their respective collars. His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were stationed in the Presence Chamber, the Portrait Gal lery, and at the doors in the State-rooms reserved for the Royal Family. The Princess Augusta left the Queen's House at half-past one o'clock, and entered the Royal closet. Her Royal High ness was attended by the following Ladies and Gentlemen of the Queen's Household :—The Countess of Mayo (in wait ing), Lady Barrington, Countess Brownlow, and the Countess of Sheffield, Ladies of the Bedchamber ; Misses Eden, Mitchell, Gore, and Hudson, Maids of Honour • Lady Charles Somer set, Mrs. Berkeley Paget, and Lady Bedingfield, Bed- Chamber Women ; Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse ; Hon. Mr. Ashley, Vice-Chamberlain ; General Macdonell (First Equerry), Hon. S. Hay, - and Captain Pechell, It. N., Equerries ; Mr. Mellish, Captain Curzon, Mr. Strangways, Major Wright, Sir George Hoste, and Captain Vincent, Gen tlemen Ushers; Master Disbrowe, Page of Honour. Lady Mary Pelham and Miss Wynyard were also in attend ance on the Princess Augusta. The Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin ; the Bishops of London, Winchester, Exeter, Hereford, Salisbury, Durham, St. David's, Leicester, Gloucester and Bristol, Car lisle, Ely, Bangor, Ripon, Chichester, Rochester, and Killaloe were introduced to the King in the Royal closet, when the Archbishop of Canterbury read a congratulatory address. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria came in state, escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Lady Flora Hastings, Lady Mary Stopford, Lady Conroy, Lady Cust, and Baroness Lehzen ; Sir John Conroy, Sir George Anson, Gen, Hill, Col. Harcourt, and Col. Caradoc. Their Royal Highnesses entered the Palace by the Colour Court, where they were received by the King's Guard with the usual honours. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria wore dresses of Spitalfields manufacture, made expressly for the occasion. The Marquis Conyngham, Lord Chamberlain to the King, received their Royal Highnesses at the entrance to Queen Anne's Loom, and preceded them to the presence of the King. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland and Cmbridge were present at the Drawing-Room. The Equity Judges and the Speaker of the House of Com mons came in state, attended by their officers. The Princess Augusta took her station on the right of the Throne. The King was attended by Lord James O'Bryen and General the Hon. Sir Wm. Lumley, the Lord and Groom in Waiting. In the entree circle the following presentations took place : —The Baron Camille de Letzbeck, Gentleman of the Cham ber of the Grand Duke of Baden, by Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, and the Chevalier Mollerus, Netherlands Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Naples, by M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister. The Drawing Room was attended by the Ministers, Foreign Ambassadors, &c. Sze. D IMES— Somerset, Wellington, Grafton. DucuassEs—Somerset, Sutherland. MARQUISES —Downshire, Abercorn, Northampton, Huntley, Thomond, Lansdowne, Anglesey, Camden, Salisbury, West meath. MA RCIIIONESSES—Downshire, Abercorn, Cholmondeley, Salisbury, Cornwallis. Rums—Plymouth, Rosebery, Burlington, Hillsborough, Brownlow, Ripon, Carlisle, Minto, Surrey, Grey, Brecknock, Clarendon, Jermyn, Leitrim, Bradford, Mayo, Sheffield, Longford, Donoughmore, Amherst, De Grey, Compton, Haddington, Beauchamp, Orkney, Mansfield. COUNTESSES—Tankerville, Plymouth, Cadogan, Rosebery, Winterton (Lucy), Metaxa, Jersey, Surrey, Albemarle, Beau champ, Donoughmore, Stradbroke, Amherst, Bradford, Brecknock, Haddington, Clarendon, Bridgewater, Listowel, Cavan, Ashburnham, De Grey, Mansfield. VISCOUNTS—Gage, Cole, Cornbermere, Ashbrook, Mel bourne, Duncannon, Palmerston, Falkland, Powerscourt, Hood, 'Weigand, Holmesdale, Sydney, Cantalupe, Loftus, Barrington, Eastnor, Borringdon, Lake, Jocelyn, Torrington, Templetown. VISCOUNTESSES—Beresford, Powerscourt, Howick, East nor, Torrington, Castlereagh, Sydney, Fordwich. Loans—Worsley, Byron, Cranstoun, Dalmeny, Gardner, Lovat, Francis Gordon, Eliot, Teignmouth, Frederick Gor don, Glenclg, Ellenborough, Stanley, Ashburton, John Rus sell, Montague, Courtenay, Kenyon, Teynham, Lilford, G. Paget, Lovaine, Bridport, Bolton, G. Hamilton, W. Russell, Abinger, Morpeth, Bexley, Radstock, G. Loftus, Heytesbury, Kilinaine, Vernon, Mahon, Ravensworth, Fitzalan, F. Vesci, H. Cholmondeley, Saltonn, Redesdale, Hotham, Ashly. LADlES—Shelley, Charlotte Hill, Mary Hill, Worsley, Johnston, Wheatley, Augusta Cadogan, Honors Cadogan, Cumming, Francis Ley, Jemitna Elliot, Fanny Elliot, Gard ner, Ashburton, Frances Gordon, Frederick I3eauclerk, Elizabeth Courtenay, Byron, Gomm, Follett, Mary Elliot, Mahon, Harriet Dunlop, Tierney, Manners, Vernon, Mon tagu, Kilmaine, Dowager Arundell, C. Turnour, S. Richard son, Parke, Stopford, B. Newdigate, Courtenay, E. Balfour, I'. Farquhar, M. Stanley, Barron, H. Paulet, Stephenson, Adam, Parker, Legges (two), Dynevor, Ashburnhams (two), Dairy mple, C. Lascelles, Peel, Quentin, A. Poulett, C. Underwood, Howden, M. Stephenson, Cowley, E. Corn wallis, E. Hardinge, Dowager Floyd, L. Cornwallis, G. De Ros, Murrays (two), Dickson, Maclaine, Hargood, Aylmer, F. Hotham, J. Hay, Teesdale, Ouseley, S. Amherst, G. Grey, B. Pechell, Seymour, Macdonald, Heytesbury, M. Fitzroy, Dickins, Bolton, M. Compton, Ravensworth, Bate son, Pringle, Strafford, Doraville, Montford, J.. Russell, H. Parker, H. Cholmondeley, St. Maurs (two), Rolle, Rodd, G. Fans, Ashly, G. Pratt, Stanley, L. de Horsey, Shadwell. Rion r HONOURABLES.—Sir C. Grey, Sir A. Johnston, Sir B. Taylor, T. Spring Rice, C. Poulett Thomson, J. Planta, 11. Labouchere, Sir R. Gordon, Sir R. Adair, W. S. Bourne, Sir H. Hardinge, Sir G. Ouseley, Bart., G. Dawson, T. F. Lewis, Admiral Sir G. Cockburn. HOtiOURABLES.—Baron Dimsdale, Baroness Dimsdale, Miss Gage, Anna Maria Gage, Charles Law, M. P. K. C., Mrs. George Hope, Miss Abbot, Catherine Abbot, William Ba thurst, Captain George Campbell,.R.N., Mrs. George Camp. bell, H. Corry, Mr. Byron, Mrs. G. Leigh, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Vansittart, Mrs. Meads, Mrs. T. Heneage, Lady Col ville, Edward Butler, Miss J. Hood, Maria Rice, Caroline Rice, Mrs. Bowles, Georgiana Barrington, Mrs. Pakenham, Lady Cust, General Pakenham, Lieut.-Colonel Sir E. Cust, Lady Middleton, William Fraser, Mrs. Fraser, Miss Fraser, General Phipps, Caroline Cocks, G. Ponsonby, Mrs. G. Ponsonby, Eliza Anson, Frederica Anson, Mrs. R. Boron, Mrs. W. Herbert, R. Lambert, Mr. Scarlett, M.P., Mrs. Searlett, Mr. C. Scarlett, Rev. H. Legge, Lady Lumley, Mrs. Cavendish, P. Bouverie, Mrs. P. Bouverie, Miss Mitford, Mrs. A'Court Holmes, Mr. A'Court Holmes, J. Talbot, Mrs. J. Talbot, Miss J. Montagu, Mrs. L. Stanhope, Mrs. T. Best, Rev. N. Grenville, S. Saumarez, Mrs. H. Murray. BARONETS—J. R. Carnac, J. S. Richardson, R. Peel, Jas. Graham, W. James, G. Grey, T. Baring, R. Campbell, G. Stainiton, F. Booth, R. Bateson, E. Knatchbull, G. Noel, EL Lambert. KNIGHTS —C. Wetherell, F. Chantrey, F. Pollock, M. P., W. Follett, C. Aldis, M. Farquhar, J. Barrow, J. Hall, J. Wyatville, A. Agnew, T. Cartwright, W. Middleton, S. Canning, S. Meyrick, C. Douglas, H. Cipriani, G. Jackson, H. W►Hock, G. Hamilton, C. Domvile, C. Hunter, L. Moller, G. Murray, W. Symonds, F. Roo. COUNTS—Metaxa, J. B. Metaxa. DEANS--Chichester, Carlisle. Raw. DOCTORS—Ererard, Hawtrey. REV. MESSIEURS —Charles Wesley, J. Jackson, J. Abbiss, R. W. Browne, C. Busse, W. Adams, R. Musgrave, H. Maltby, J. S. Anderson, J. C. Haden, A. Sterky, J. Late ward, A. E. Sketchley, E. Repton, W. L. Rham, J. Thomas, P. Bastard, J. G. Ward. DocToas—Filkin, Locock. • ALDERMAN—WiIson. MESSIEURS.—George Hope, J. Harrison ' Curtis, Marrable George Mundy, La ur i e , W m . Il oney y roo d, George Chilton, K. C. ; Walter ; J. Jervis, M. P., K. C. ; Holt, K. C. ; David Pollock, K. C. ; E. Duke Moore, Keate, Ley, :Burge, F. Lloyd, Stanley, Blackstone, M. P. ; H. Story, Cartwright, J. M. Arnott, Compton, Campbell, Pulman, C. Wood, M. P. ; N. Macdonald, St. Leger, Crane, Irwing, Measure, Dunlop, M. P. ; W. S. Sands, Sivewright, T. 11. Holberton, Banks, R. Neville, Wallace, Turnbull, G. Boughton King dom, M. Stapleton, A. Smith, H. Fleetwood, M.P. ; re; C. Romilly, R.• B. Wingfield, C. Smith, Berries, Goring, Green, M. P. ; R. Kay, Riddell, Vincent, Carey, Bulkeley, Harcourt, M. P. ; H. Cadogan, W. J. Newton, Bedingfield, P. Sterling, Sanford, W. H. Vyse, Eaton, M. P. ; R. Pal mer, Halsewell, Tubbs, Crawford, M. P. ; W. Lascellos, Pollen, W. Powell, S. Platt, E. Phipps, Wrottesley, H. S. Cooper, Campbell of Islay, Goulburn, Sanders, Babbage, W. 'Wyndham, Jenkins, H. Hughes, M. P.; Anthony, S. Dickens, I'. Robinson, L. H. Robinson, T. Gladstone, ; H. Broadwood, C. Morgan, E. Drummond, W. H. Stone, S. Cowells, V. Smith, M. P. ; Newdigate, T. F. 'Kelly, R. Ellice, Alexander, Chichester, M. P. ; Blaker, De llor;ay, J. Forbes, Wallace, S. Sadler, W. Russell. MISTRESSES—MaItby, Camac, Howley, Walter, Wauchope, Law, Campbell (of Islay), Cartwright, H. Story, V. Smith, Colonel Ravenshaw, General White, Dawson, R. Musgrave, Vernon, Greene, Riddell, Bulkeley, Goring-, Fanshawe, Pol len, Planta,. Walton, R. Ellice. Greathead, C. Shawe, Ma berly, Monk, Smith, F. Lewis, W. Powell. MlSSES—Ouseley, Wauchope, Florence Cumming, Laura Wheatley, Sophia Wheatley, Johnston, Erskine, Josephine Erskine, Mary Ley, Barrow, Baring, Emily Baring, Van sittart, Emily Vansittart, Henrietta Beauclerk, Hay, Parke, M. Fanshawe, Paulet, Bentinek, Heneage, J. Stephenson, Balfour, H. Stopford, Vyse, E. Parker, C. Parker, G. Mur ray, S. Murray, Hesketh, Montagu, D. Porisonsy, Wellesley, Greathead, Quentin, J. Herries, S. Bourne, Macdonald, Ber ries, A. Murray, A. Rodd, Riddell, Domville, L. Domville, Pollen, L. Pollen, Herbert, Heys, Powell, Seymour, Lowe, Disbrowe, H. Bathurst, Percy, Harvey, L. Bouverie, M. Bouverie, F. Cartwright, Pringle, Stewttrt, A. Stephenson, Fansliawc, llyng, Bateson, Lowe, Clifford, Fllard, Soil. van, Meade, A. Meade, P ercy . ADMIRALS—Sir Charles Rowley, Sir Edward Owen, 'Sir George Mundy, Sir Edward Ki ng , Si r R o b er t Otway, Sir William Hargood, Sir H. Neale, Thompson, Skipsey, Sir T. Rodd, White,' Sir W. Parker, Sir J. Hillyar, Sir R. Sq. ford, Sir J. A. Ommanney, Lord Colville, copittis H, Lavid g e, Eden, Murray, 0. Smith, Lainbort, Viscount liigestre, Dacrcs, Payet, \Val de grave, T. Dickinson, J. Jones, De Roos,. 0. V. Harcourt, Herriagham, Fitzroy, Sir E. Chetham, H. H. Spence, Bowles, S. Smith, C. Hotham, Morier, NV. Sandon, Broke, Grace, NV. H. Percy, Hen. Sir A. Mason, Baynes, Lushing ton, Honourable 'l'. Best, Pell, R. Burton, Lysaght, Dalling, H. Jossett. CAPTAINS (TnINITY EiousE)—Pelly, Brown , COMMANDERS (R. N. )—J C. Woolnou;.41), J. Sykes, J. B. Hay, Crouch, F. V. Cotton, H. J. Hamilton, Turner, R. Eden. LIEUTENANTS (R. N.)-01dmixon, Ellicombc, J. Rainier, J. J. W. French. GENERALS-Sir Thomas Reynell, Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir Henry Cumming, Sir James Kernpt, Sir John Lambert, lion. Sir C. Colville, Sir William Gomm, Gardiner, Sir G. Quentin, Lord Howden, Sir J. Cockburn, Whitehead, Sir P. Lindesay, Sir R. Houstoun, Sir D. Gilmour, Sir W. Houstoun, Sir C. - B. Vere, Sir F. Mulcaster, Lord Forbes, Viscount Beresford, Sir R. D. Jackson, Sir D. Leighton, Hill, Sir John Elley, Earl of Cavan, Evatt, Wulff, Sir J. L. Lushinzton, Lord Aylmer, Sir A. Dickson, Sir C. Dalbiac, Cleiland, Sir L. Otway, Mawby, Croshie, Sir William Prin gle, Sir F. Maclean, Mitchell, White, Lord Stafford, Shrapnel, B. Gordon, Sir T. Bradford, Boardman, Sir E., Bartle, John ston, Sir Robert Barton, Sir T. Arbuthnot, Sir F. Trench, Sir J. Nicolls, Sir A. Brooke, Meade, Sir H. Lowe, Sir W. K. Grant. COLONELS—Marquis of Douro, F. Cockburn, Rushbrooke, Stanhope, M. Shawe, Purvis, Daubeney, Power, Wcare, Austen, Warre, V. Agnew, Scale, M. P. ; Galloway, Powell, M. P. ; Briggs, Sir A. Maclaine, Sir S. G. Higgins, Sir G. Teesdale, Sir C. Hopkinson, Michell, Hill, Hon. H. Murray, Strctton, Hon. G. R. Trevor, Mohey, E. Parkinson, Max well, Sir J. M. Burgoyne, Fanshawe, Lindsay, Shaw, Raven. shave, Hon. L. Stanhope, Walton, Greenwood, Wilkins, Fitzroy, Sir S. Higgins, Grant, Sir NV. Gossett, Malwly, Higginson, Addison, St. Clair, Walcott, Dal 3, Sir IL Townshend. MAJORS.-Garrett. Legge, Andrews, Thorne, Peebles, 11. Cadogan, Lockyer, Willoek, Sutherland, J. Campbell, Luard. CAPTAINS-Hon. G. 11. Browne, Clarell, P. Neville, Watson, Thomas, R. Lock, Chetwynd, M. P. ; Vavasour, Bercsford, W. Blackburne, Randall, Cockran, Sir T. Trott bride, Clinton, Watson, Grove, Wood, P. Cameron, R. Har vey, Hanmer, Handcock, Dickson, Drummond, Shea, J. Lewis, Willis, R. N. ; F. Forbes, Mackintosh, Hankshaw, F. Murray, M'Douall. LIEUTENANTS—AIexander, M'Caskill, F. Bayles, Tierney, W. Beresford, Wood, Turnor, Sutton, Colville, Peyton, W. H. Duff, Nl'Coy, Kinderley, Tyreil, J. James, Taylor, Wed derburn, Greathead, Wynyard, Daly, 'Tomkinson, R. Vyse, W. Ridley, Beauclerk, Lord A. St. Maur. CORNETS—Booth, Ibbetson, Anson, Bradford, B. Proctor, Rodon, Perceval. ENSIGNS-Boyd, W. Yates, A. Magnay, G. G. Law, E. Molloy, 1..) saght, Peebles, A. M. Herbert, T. Ingram, G. Hazlerigge, L. Wyke. State Dinner Parties, in honour of the day, were given by— Viscount Melbourne, at his official residence, in Downing. street, to a number of Peers. Viscount Palmerston, as Foreign Secretary, at his official residence, to the whole Corps biplomatique. Lord Glenelg, as Colonial Secretary, at his residence in Great George-street, to the Governors of Colonies at present in England, the agents of the Colonies, and several Officers in the Commander-in-Chief's office and the Ordnance De partment. Lord John Russell, as Secretary of - State for the Home De partment, at Grillon's Hotel, to the following :—The Lord Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Lord Abinger, Hon. Mr. Justice Patteson, lion. Mr. Justice Williams, Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge. the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Hon. Mr. Justice Coltman, the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Parke, Hon. Mr. Baron Bolland, Hon. Mr. Baron Gurney, Hon. Mr. Baron Alderson, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Morpeth, the Lord Mayor, Sir John Nicholl, the Re corder of London, Mr. Sheriff Johnson, Sir James Duke, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Speaker, Messrs. Patteson, Wood, Grote, and Crawford, M. P.s for the City of London, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr. S. M. Phillips, the Hon. Fox Maule, and the Hon. Charles Gore. The Hon. Mr. Ashley, Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen (in lieu of Earl Howe), entertained the Great Officers of State, and the principal Officers of the Household. The Earl of Denbigh, the Queen's Master of the Horse, entertained the Equerries, &c., to their Majesties. His Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, dined together at their Mess at the Freemasons' Tavern, to celebrate the day. The King gave audiences yesterday to the Marquis of Win chester, the Marquis of Conyngham, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Hill, Lord Glenelg and Viscount Palmerston. His Majesty, attended by Sir Henry Wheatley, left town on Wednesday evening for Windsor Castle, and returned to town yesterday morning, attended by Sir H. Wheatley. The Duke of Cumberland dined with the Earl of West moreland in Grosvenor-square, on Wednesday evening. LADIES' DRESSES. 11. R. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. A superb Irish blonde dress, over white satin; corsage and sleeves trimmed with blonde, tastefully intermixed with dia monds ; manteau of rich lilac satin, surrounded with blonde. Head-dress, a splendid toque, ostrich feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OP ICENT.—A silver net •dress, over which white satin, elegantly trimmed with poppies and silver wheat ears; the body and sleeves splendidly ornamented with diamonds and blonde ; train of beautiful white satin, bro caded in silver and cerise (of Spitalfields manufacture, made expressly for the occasion), with a handsome silver border, and lined with rich white satin. Head-dress, feathers, dia monds, and handsome Northamptonshire blonde lappets. H. R. H. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA.--An elegant English blonde dress, over rich white satin ; the body, sleeves, and skirt tastefully trimmed with blonde and pale pink roses; rich figured white satin train (of Spitalfields manufacture, made expressly for the occasion), lined with white gros de Naples, and elegantly ornamented with roses and net. Head dress, feathers, diamonds, and blonde lappets. DUCIIESS OF BEAUFORT.—A dress of very superb white satin, of an elegant pattern, richly embroidered in gold ; skirt very handsomely trimmed on each side with net and gold wheat; body and,sleeves a la Christine, magnificently trimmed with gold blonde ; ruffles of the same ; train of superb velours epingle, in green, lined with. rich white satin, and trimmed with gold ribbon. Head-dress, superb ostrich feathers and a splendid set of costly diamonds, with - agraffe for the shoulders to correspond ; lappets of rich Chantilly blonde. DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND.—Boddice and train of a magnificent sky-blue velvet, lined with white satin, and trimmed with ermine and point lace ; a rich white satin petticoat, beau tifully trimmed with point lace, intermixed with blue velvet. Heat -dress, an elegant plume of feathers , with l appets o f po i nt lace; ornaments, a splendid tiara of diamonds, necklace and ear-rings en suite. The materials for the dress all of Spital fields manufacture. DUCHESS OF SOMrRSET.-A splendid dress of dentille de soie, over a very rich pink satin slip ; body and sleeves a la Jenne d'Albret, handsomely trimmed with rich dentille de soic ; ruffles of the same ; skirt looped up with rosebuds ; train of rich pink satin, covered with dentille de sole, elegantly trimmed with tulle, mixed with ribbon, and bouquets of roses. Headdress, ostrich feathers, with a splendid set of costly dia monds and emeralds; necklace of pearls, stomacher of dia monds and emeralds to correspond ; lappets of dentille de soie. THE ILLUMINATIONS. Crockford's—The letters " A. R." and the crown, encircled by vast branches of laurel. The Carlton Club House—A large projecting Windsor crown in gas, supported by a radiated star of large dimensions, and on either side the Royal initials " A. R.," all in gas, and surrounded by wreaths of laurel branches. White's Club---" A. R.," star, festoons, &c., towering abOve the British crown. The Guards' Club—" A.R.," two stars, and the crown, in gas. Very brilliant. - The Wyndham Club—" A. R." stars, crown, &c. Boodle's—" A. R.," stars, festoons, laurel branches, and a crown, of great beauty, the whole occupying the extent of this fine building. Brookes's—" A.R.," two stars, and a crown, it festoons. Arthur's—The " A. 1t.," stars, crown, and laurel branches, in gas. Graham's—" A. R.," crown, stars, a l aure l leaf. The Traveller's—Every architrave, the pediment, &c., beaded with lamps ; the novelty was very pleasing. The United Service—" A. R." the crown, stars, festoon, laurel branches, &c., forming a complete blaze of light. The Athenaeum—The whole in gas. The Alliance—A crown, with '• A. R." The Junior Service Club—" A. R.," two stars, the crown, festoons, and laurel branches. The Clarence Club—" A. R.," crown, and festoons. The University Club—" A. R.," crown, star, laurel branches ; very rich and handsome. Strongi'tlearm, in Waterloo-place—" A. R.," crown, &c. in gas. The Opera•—" A. R.," in gold-coloured lamps, surmounted by a splendid crown in variegated lamps, likewise star and festoons. Drury-lane Theatre—" A. R." of large dimensions in amber-coloured lamps, and an old English crown in lamps. Covent-Garden Theatre—" A. IL" and a projecting crown in gas. Sint James's Theatre—A large projecting crown brilliantly illuminated with gas, supported with a radiated star, with " A. R." on either star. Haymarket Theatre—." A. R." in amber coloured lamps, with an Imperial crown, jewelled in variegated lamps, en.. wreathed in laurel and palm. Olympic Theatre—The Royal initials " A. R." in gold coloured lamps, with .a splendid crown in variegated lamps. Adelphi—A star, brilliantly illuminated with gas. Messrs. Howell and James's—Large projecting Imperial crown, supported by a brilliantly radiated star, encircled by interwoven wreaths of laurels and palm branches. "A. R." on either side. W. Day, trunk and camp equipage manufacturer to their. Majesties, 353, Strand—An immense gas star, radiated. Messrs. Turner, jewellers and goldsmiths to their Majesties and the Royal Family, 423 and 49, New Bond-street--A mag. nificcnt gas star of Brunswick, with the Imperial crown. Madame Dory's— A splendid crown, and the initials" A. R.," surrounded by a beautiful star. Hannay and Co., perfumers to her Majesty, 63, Oxford street—Brilliantly illuminated with gal, Mrs. Johnston, dressmaker and milliner to her Majesty--A star, with the letters " A. R." Irish Poplin Warehouse, Pall mall—A brilliant Star, Messrs. Smith and Baber's floor-cloth manufactory, knights bridge—The ietterl " A, R. 4WQ stars, surmounted by the crown, with branches of laurel, pyramids, and lotus leaves; very rich and handsome. - - tiowland's Macassar oil and kalydor warehouse, 20, Hatton garden, exhibited the initials " A. R.," with a splendid crown and star, in variegated lamps. Low and Son, perfumers to her Majesty, opposite Somerset House, hal "A. R." with a brilliant crown, in variegated lamps• Messrs. Flight, Barr, and Barr, Coventry-street, Worcester • Royal porcelain works—The letters " A. 1?.." with a star of the Order of the Garter, surmounted by the Crown of England ; the whole on a ground of emerald green. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Richard Ottley, in Albion-street, Hyde-park-place , from Devonshire ; Lord and Lady Lisle, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford street, from their seat, near Devotiport ; William Wells, Esq., at ditto, from Redleap ; W. 'ruder, En., at . ditto, from Tenby ; H. 13. Pierrepoint, Esq., at ditto, front Devonshire ; Lord and Lady Falkland, at the Clarendon Ho' tel, from Windsor Castle ; Lord and Lady John Scott, at ditto, from the North ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Aber. corn, on Carlton-terrace, from Woburn Abbey ; Sir William and Lady Chatterton, from a continental tour; Sir Watkin William Wynn, in St. James's-square; the Hon. Colonel Hobart Caradoc, at Lord Howden's, in Hereford-street,from Paris ; the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepoint and Miss Pierre point, front ditto ; Sir W. and Lady Cumming Gordon ' from ditto ; Mr. Edward and L a dy Mary . Stanley, from &00; Viscount Milton, at Mortimer House, from Paris the 14 "' Sydney Herbert, on Hay-hill, from ditto ; Lady Thyrwhitt, Jones and family, at the Coburg Hotel ; Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, in Whitehall. place ; the Earl and Countess of Ply' mouth, in Grosvenor-street ; the Earl of Longford, at the Hyde-park Barracks ; the Earl and Countess of Lindsey, Miss Pegus, Mr. Pegus, and Mr. Bertie, at Long's Hotel, Bond' street, from Uffington, Stamford ; Mrs. Hitchcock, at (WO , from Westowell House, Wilts ; Manse' Oliver, Esq., Mrs. Oliver, and Captain Oliver at ditto, from Leicestershire Count Esterhazy, at ditto, from Paris; Captain Robley, at ditto, from ditto ; Messrs. Reed, Hirst, Prime, Armstrong's and Fuller, at ditto. DEPARTURES. Persell, Esq., and Mrs. Persell, from Fladong's Ho' tel, Oxford-street, for Dublin ; D'Arcy, Esq„, from ditto ; T. R. Brisse, Esq., from ditto ; Sir S. H. Clarke, Bart., from ditto; -- Prescott, Esq., from ditto; Wynne, Esq., from ditto ; General Von By land, from Long's Hotel, Bond-street, for Bath ; Adderleys, Esqs., and Macgeachy, Esq., from ditto, for Warwickshire ; Sir A. Crichton, at ditto, for the Grove, Kent ; Samuel Worrell► Esq., and T. L. Cookes, Esq., M. P., from ditto, for New market ; Thomas Penrice, Esq., from ditto, for Kilrougl► Castle, Swansea ; John Portal, Esq., from ditto, for Treefolk , Hants ; R. Fountain, Esq., from ditto for Norfolk. The remains of J. Blackburn, Esq., M.P., were yesterday afternoon ( Thursday) deposited in the vault of the Temple Church. Lord Brougham, and a large concourse of professional gentleman followed the body, which was b ro ught from Hampstead. The funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr. Benson, Master of the Temple. The ordinary meeting of the Zoological Society was held on Tuesday evening, Thomas Bell, Esq., F. It. S., in the chair. Amongst the specimens exhibited was a male specimen of the snowy owl, shot by a miller on a moor near Selby, Yorkshire, on the 13th of February, on a part abounding with, rabbits, which it fed upon. Mr. Gray exhibited the horn et what he considered a new species of deer from the Himalaya Mountains, the upper part of which had a great resemblance to that of the elk, and the individual appearing to belong to group between the Indian and rein deers. Mr Gould exhi bited seven rare European birds, from the collection of M. Temmick, sent for the purpose of illustrating his menography, consisting of harriers, owls, gulls, &c., natives principally of India, and rarely met with in Europe; and also character►zed two new species of priomotes, making eight altogether known* six of which are contained in the Society's collection. At the ordinary meeting of the Society of Arts Wed' nesday evening, A. H. Holdsworth, V. P., in the chair, * silver medal was awarded to Mr. Dodds, for an improved cast iron wheel for locomotive carriages. Several communicationS were read, particularly one relative to an invention by Dr. Daubney, of Oxford, of an 'instrument, which was exhibited , for obtaining water from the sea at any depth. Its use will enable natural philosophers to determine the long-disputed question of the proportion of air contained in water a t great depths, and also whether more or less salt is held in solutioa than at the surface. The instrument is of brass, being two cylinders, one within the other—but it is unnecessary to de' scribe it here. Birmingham Musical Festival will be held this year on the 19th of September, and three following days. The engagements will comprise all the leading talent of the, country, combined w i t h a num b er o f the most distingu i s h ed Continental performers ; and the arrangements generally are such as to ensure a meeting second in splendour and effect to none that leas ever taken place in England. The Right Honourable Lord Willoughby de Broke is the President 0 1 the year. There was an affair of honour at an early hour yes terday morning at Farrenshone, in the North Liberties, be tween Dr. O'Flaherty, of Croom, and Mr. C. O'Grady, lat e of the Crescent. One of the principals fired without elieCto the other did not fire, and they left the ground before a se cond shot, as the country people who came up would not suffer them to renew hostilities. The dispute arose at an hotel Limerick Chronicle, of Saturday. • • THE EXPORTATION OF THE PRECIOUS ME* TALS.—The exportation of gold and silver coin from the Port of London during the past week, ending► the 25th inst., front . the port of London to foreign ports, is as follows :—gold coif to the Mauritius, 7,830 ounces; silver coin to the Mauritius , 7,088 ounces. An Account from Trieste says_" The fire which broke out here on the night of the 11 th reduced to ashes a great warehouse filled with cotton, sugar, and corn. The loss in this article alone is between 400,000 and 500,000 florins. Fortunately insurances had ;been effected to the amount of 300,000 florins." KING'S HEATRE.—Don Giovanni was playad last night to ene of the most crowded houses we ever saw at the King's Theatre. There could not have been less than * 4,000 persons present. The opera, of course, was successful' When did the musi c o f M ozart not pro d uce i ts due impresS i on . How could the combined talent of Grisi, Albertazs, Rubiuls' Tamburini, and Lablache fail in working out a grand effect? It was the triumph of harmonic power. The novelty of the evening was Albertazzi's Zerline—that charming little role o i r Zerlina, sung int o i m p or t ance i n t hi s country by Fodor a n d Camporese, and endeared to our memory by the divine Mah e bran. The new singer had to contend against those recollee tions, but she acquitted herself so well that the reputation sh e previously acquired in the Cenerentola has been established l° this. The duet with Tamburini, "La ci darem," in the first act, was most successful. It was considered as a trial of he r powers, and, after a few notes, the audience pronounced. * verdict in her favou r . Thi s support gave h er confidence i° the joyous conclusi on , an d a genera l encore test i fied the Wig" faction of the house. She did not produce the same effect l° the " Batti, batti," as no one could forget the exquisite ma° . ner in which Malibran performed as well as sang that scene. Madame Albertazzi assumed too serious an air. Donna Anil l is an uphill role, but Grisi imparted to it all the interest that it is capable of receiving. She sang with that sublime fel l ing that ever di s ti ngu i s h es h er; an d she poured so WI% melody and mind i n t o h er port i on o f t h e tr i o i n the fi rst ac. that every one r egre tt e d t h e very li m i te d sphere allotte d to he'• in the opera. The merits of Rubini, Tamburini, and Lablsche' in their respective characters, arc too well known to call for :. particular notice. Th ey were a ll an d each successfu l i n th highest degree. Tamburini's Don Giovanni was delicious - ^ -4 . gayer or more sparkling cavalier never presented himself 111 the lists of gall an t r y. A s to L a bl ac h e, w h o can M en tion hi , name and not be s a ti s fi e d ? R u bi n i h a d not muc h to d o; but that little—bow exquisitely h e p er f orme d i t ! Th ere never was anything more splendid than his execution of the beau, tiful air in the second act, in which he swears to avenge _ wrongs of Donna Anna. W e must not f orget to ment i o n tns brilliant success of Tamburini in the serenade, and the e 1" • quisite mann er i n w hi c h i t was accompan i e d by Mori's vielle; The cachuca was danc e d t w i ce b y Duvernay ; and God sa te l the King" was s ung , i n h our o f t h e Q ueen ' s bi rth d ay , by ta whole strength o f th e company . Th e D uc h ess of K en t wa s not present, but the Duke of Cambridge was in the Royal h e Yesterday mor n in g , a b out seven o ' c l oc k , as a la, f bouring man, named Barrett, was passing along the banks el, the Regent's Can a l, a t Paddington, he saw sitting on the g ra . s 4 a well-dressed young w oman , w h o , on hi s approac h, jemPte., up, exclaiming " Oh G OD 1" an d at once p l unge d h ea d most into the water. Barrett, without stopping to divest hi n " i i , self of any portion of hi s a pp are l, j umpe d i n a f ter h er , a, although but a very i n diff erent sw i mmer, succee d e d at le°!. e . r in dragging her, app aren tly i n a lif e l ess state, to t h e sh fo By this time several persons had arrived at the spot, and, IL ' se the lapse of a qua r t er o f an h our , t h e un h appy fema l e, f o r we re , resuscitation every means had b een emp l oye d , somewhat the vived. On being questioned as to her motive for ma king suicidal attempt, as a l so w ith res p ect to her abode, she stated that she resided with h er p arents i n Seymour-street, t°lo square, and that her name was Sophia Lomax. She spok e 1 a very incoherent m anner ; b ut , from all that could be *lat er ' frcm her, it appe are d t h a t s h e h a d j ust qu i tte d h er fa eja house, with the full determination of destroying herself, consequence of the neglect of her lover, to whom, of a few weeks, she was to have been united. A cab was l e ) . sently procured, and she was conveyed therein to her hor P r s On Tuesday Dr. Ritchie gave the second se ct of his course at the United Service Museum, on experintelg os . philosophy to the members of this institution. The I N e v c b ibit was devoted to statics and the mechanical powers:. pointing out the enormous strength of the muscles a ..! ie s o he stated that a young man at Florence undertook to rel ass by the hair of his head, and performed the feat. lop Ritchie will continue his course every Tuesday at thtef r „, in the co r i - a. To-morro.v Captain Norton will give a lecture ex planac e too; his inventions on rifle percussion shells and other prei r e _ s ec, he will also give some account of the boomarang its stick used by the natives of New South Wales. of: peculiar con s t ruct i on they are enabled to throw it a dist% p e t fifty or sixty y ar d s , after which it returns and falls at the of the th rower w i t h out h av i ng once touc h e d t h e granee. " We learn from Tilsit that on the 15th inst. , ado lf the melti ng o f t h e snow , th e r i ver Ni em en shu , overflowed its banks, and rushing with terrific force ch i et. valley, car r i e d ever y thing before it. M ore t han 100 It s pot were inundated. The whole amount of damage dons..0:810 been yet ascertained, but it must have been very con 'al.' e t° as the inhabitants were taken by surprise, and bad no 41 "" remove any of their property to a place of safety.