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We have no doubt that churches and Dissenting chapels are, in this respect, placed on the same rooting. 2.l.dvertisements of a 'Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, aro excluded from the Columns of "The Sun." t ;lb )1 4 , - 4wl o' "t 4 ,1 PCI SII 1?1 0 ^ 411 4 ''' • e lite LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1842. One of the reasons assigned by Ministers for nem, levying an Income-tax is, that . " commerce cannot hear any additional burdens." If that be so, why dc they levy an additional stamp duty in Ireland Why do they add to the duties J)n spirits ? And, above all, why do they impose a duty of 4s. per ton on exported coals ? We are not sure that their argu ment in favour of the Income-tax does not tell against themselves. There are many businesses carried on with very small profits ; and we are in clined to think, that deducting very nearly three per cent. from those profits may put a stop to many ►of them, or make them take refuge abroad. That is speculation ; but it is not a speculation that the Ministers who, pretending to liberate trade from un necessary restrictions, have wantonly, contrary to their own principles, , and contrary to all the lessons of experience, imposed a neA tax on exported coals. In general the Parliament wished to encou rage native industry, but in the case of coals ex ported, it gives a bounty to the extent of the tax on the industry of foreigners, and imposes a burden on the industry of our own people. A pamphlet' entitled " Observations on the pro posed Duties on the Exportation of Coals, &c." points out that the duty which existed prior to 1834, was removed for the very purpose of promoting an in crease of the exports, and of providing employment for British shipping. The removal of the duty has answered so well, that the export of coals hai; increased from 450,838 tons in 1833, to 1,497,197 tons in 1841. The amount of freight on coal exported in 1841 was above 709,0001., and the value of the coal 675,2871. Bt• that export the shipping interest, the mining interest, and all the industrious classes connected with them, were benefited ; but now these advantages are to be risked by a measure which is contrary to all the deductions of political science. It is supposed, we believe, by the Ministers, that the only effect of the tax will be to raise the price of coals to the foreign consumer ; that he cannot do without English coal, and must, therefore, to have them, pay this tax. It is devised on purpose to make him bear a part of our national burdens. If the con & equence were uncertain, we should object to acting or A lilt principle, because there is no country at present, r spite of our anti-social Corn-laws, which is more ci t_pendent on foreigners than England, and if they ix, Ire to follow the example of taxing the raw ma ter l ids of manufactures which are useful to us we be very great sufferer. Suppose that the ted States, captivated by Sir ROBERT PREI:SB10- Ciller ice, should hasten to follow his example, and, in imitation of this part of his tariff, should levy a tlx of 2d. per lb. on all cotton exported frora the United States, that would inflict upon th manufactures .of England a most serious blow. 1V have heard Russia blamed exceedingly for levying a ... , na.ll duty on the export of tallow, and probably she would le. ry a greater, but her desire to tax the fo reigoer is checked by the limitation she would soon find to the sale of her own produce. Tallow may be obtained from other countries, and substitutes may be used for it; so, too, cotton may be obtained from other countries than the United States, and the eff ec t raising the price of cotton or of tallow, by a tax:, would be in the end to discourage its consumption abroad,. and injure the Russians or the Americans The proposed tax on coals, levied for the purpose of making foreigners contribute to our State necessities. will have a s'milar effect, and will in the end put a stop to so much British trade. Other nations pro. duce coals, and substitutes for it may be found. "At Havre and Rouen," says the pamphlet, Eng lish coal is in close competition with that of Belgium, and a very slight addition to the price of English coal. much less than the proposed duty of from 60 to 130 per cent., will give the markets of the North of France to the Belgium coal owner."—" In the South of France, in the district of Alais, near Nismes, large mines have been recently brought into operation by some of the most influential capitalists of France. A railroad, com pleting the communication with the sea, is nearly finished, when the eoali can thus b e b rought to Marseilles at a cost not:exceeding, on the whole, 13s. to 15s. per ton." " The freight on English co a l to Marseilles is from 12s. to Ns. and 17s. per ton, according to seasons and cir cumstances, and consequently the coal of Alais will necessarily take possession of this market, and also enter i n to competition with us in all the markets of the Medi. terranean."—" The Spanish coal mines on the coast of A s turias are now producing coals w hi c h can be put on t oar d ship at a cost of less than ss. per ton, and can be ielivered at Bordeaux and the ports of the Mediter ranean at 145. and 165." Now, when competition is thus threatening the English coal-owner and '`ship-owner on every side, is it wise to subject them to the additional disadvantage of raising the price of their coals 4s. per ton. We ask no favour for them, we pray that they be left to free and unrestricted competition; but those to whom they pay heavy taxes for protection, , should _not render their industrY fruitless. There are many parts of Sir R. PEEL'S tariff which, in our opinion, the Liberal party ought to oppoSe, 'but there is no part of it which, on their own principles, they ought so cordially to re sist, as the unsocial tax on a product of our own industry, which is also essentially useful to other na tions. Happily for us and for them, we cannot inflict the tax on them without suffering from it ourselves ; for it is found of all malignant actions, as well as curses, that, like chickens, they come home to roost. We learn that the suggestion which was throw out in The Sun on the first day of the year, to "place an American Officer on board every English man of war employed to repress the slave trade, and let every ship which shows American colours be examined and answered for by him," and which we adverted to more at length on the 4th of January, has been • fa vourably received by General CASS, the United States Minister at Paris, and commented on iii his pamphlet on the Right of Search." We see, too,, that it has been noticed in Congress, for Mr. QUINCY ADAMS, in his late speech on the foreign relations of the United States, said— " In this very pamphlet, of which the gentleman from Pennsylvania has spoken with so much honour (and I shall treat it with honour, too, as having proceeded from a public Minister of the United States at one of the most important Courts of Europe), there is a proposition made which Ido not say we ought to concede. As a poli tical question, involving the peace of two great . coun tries, and the suppressien of the African slave trade (for which I could bring myself' to almost any conces'-' sion), it Might hate strong claims to consideration ; but, as a politician, as a statesman, as a negotiator, I doubt if this expedient of General Cass be not even more objee- - i tionable than the right of search itself. The proposal is, that the c;•wising vessels of either nation should have on board a naval officer (a lieutenant I suppose) belonging to the other, and that he shall make the requisite search in person. This is held forth by way of compromi:q , between the two parties, 'and a mode of avoiding the dif- ficulties which embarrass the question. I will not say that if the negotiation shall concentrate on this, as the only practicable expedient, zt should be rejected; but I will say this, if the gentleman from Pennsylvania, or the Senate, or this House, shall he so pressed as to concede that, very little ground will be left them for refusing the right of search as heretofore proposed." • The suggestion haVing thus acquired considerable importance, it is due to ourselves to insist upon the limitation which we affixed to it, and which both General Cass and the Venerable ex-President of the United States, haVe overlooked. Those persons who may remember the line of argument we adoptedon that occasion, must be aware that we are determinedly hostile to establishing a police of the sea. We took pains in one or two articles to point out the absurdity of supposing that there was great danger from piracy, unless the right to examine and search ships at sea were mutually granted by all the maritime nations of the earth. We, therefore, never for one moment contemplated, as both General CASS and Mr. QulNcr ADAMS, by their lan guage imply, the employment of a naval officer of one nation in ALL " the cruizing vessels of the other nation." Our suggestion was limited to sending an officer of one nation on board the cruizers of the other nation " employed to repress the slave trade." We should regard it' as a piece of wanton meddling, and a concession of nearly all that the Americans have struggled for, did we - suggest, by a general employment of an American officer in every British cruizer, the establishment of a maritime police. At the time we threw out the suggestion, there were apprehensions of a quarrel between England and the United States .on the subject of searching American vessels, with a view to putting an end to the ;lave trade. Diplomatists were exchanging bitter notes, an Extraordinary Plenipotentiary had been appointed to proceed to the United States, the English journals teemed with reproaches against the Americans for overing the slave trade with their flag, and it was as a somewhat better alternative than a quarrel and bloodshed, that we suggested the expedient of enabling the American Government, by means of sending a naval officer on board our ships employed to suppress the slave trade, to search their own ves sels. That trade is confined to a comparatively small part of the ocean ; the number of ships employed to suppress it are comparatively few ; they er&ze within certain defined limits ; and the suggestion, which is iustifiable as applied to them, and for one specific purpose, -would be unwarrantable, extended to all our navy, and applied in every part of the globe. Being, by the remarks of General CASS and Mr. QUINCEY ADAMS, forced to reflect again on the subject, and again to refer to it, — believing, too, that it is possible, as Mr. ADAMS says, that the negotiation may turn on this compromise, we I shall press its advantages on the attention both of the English and American Governments. The Earl of BERDEEN has formally given up all claim to exercise the right of search over American vessels during peace, and limits his claim to ascertaining the fact that a vessel hoisting the American flag is an American vessel. If our cruizers, therefore, were to fall in with an American vessel suspected of being a Slaver, as soon as they had ascertained her nationality they, must search no further. But not so if she were boarded 1)y an American officer, and the American Govern- meat were united with ours —as it is in a wish to put an end to the slave trade. He could examine the ship after he had ascertained that she was an American, and consequently the employment of American officers on board our ships would be more effectual for the suppression of the slave trade than merely to visit American ship's by English cruizers. That consideration ought 4o be an additional . recom mendation of our suggestion to the English GoVern ment. Every Captain of an American ship passing within :he limits in which the slave trade is carried on, knowing that there wa.6 one of.his own 'countrymen, armed with the authority_ of the American Govern 7 nent.to protect him, on board the English cruisers; mould at once lose all the just and invincible repug lance he now has to be boarded by an English man )f war. The, consequence would be that time would be saved, • and a great many . contentions Avoided. By our suggestion, therefore, the authority And dignity of the United States Government would be 4aved, security would be given to its merchant ves sels, and many sources of ill will child be at once Tried up. The American papers',that reached Lon ,lon yesterday, contain a. humble ,apology.from Lord ABERDEEN to the American Government, for the , !onduct of her MAJESTY'S vessel Woterwitch,, in cap turing the American brig Tigris, which spread exas lwration throughout the United , States; 'Now, both he anger of America, and .the humiliation of Eng land, would have been avoided, by acting on the 'slig - 4estion we-threw ou t o n the'..fir'sK",xiq..o,l,iim.,t,), We learn with great pleasure from our City Cor ,resp6ndent, that " the subscription," of which we Tlad : fof Before heard, " for the sufferers at Harnburgh, has iobly, progressed, upwards of 5,0001. having been collected to-day, and 2,3701. yesterday, sums which, large as they are, will, it is to be regretted, go but a ;hort way to remedy the distress." This is as it ;horrid be. There is not a man in the country who 'las'a, guinea to spare who ought not to contribute it - 0 this work of real charity. Such contributions 'Aster up no injustice : they are not intended to )gibe a class to submit to slavery. They do but imi tate, at a very humble distance, the great Giver of all cuod, and spread a small portion of that general timndanee which he bestows for the sustenance and happiness of all his creatures over those who, by a , adden calamity, have been reduced to want and listress. I The New York Express of the 'loth ult. publishes an exceedingly interesting debate in Congress on the 14th, on the relations between England and the United States. principal speakers were Mr. INGERSOL L , of Phila lelphia, and the venerable ex-President,. Jolts QUINCY ADAMS. Of these speeches we can give no report, being :revented from doing so by want of a p ace. Mr. INcEn ,4ou, began by repudiating a right of search in .111' cases whatever. He next lauded to the skies the - Conduct of Mr. S TEVENSON in London, and General CASS in Paris. The exertions and pamphlet of General CASS had prevented the French Government from ratifying tho right of search. On the five points controverted between Great Britain and the United States, he maintained that Great Britain was entirely in the wrong. On the Maine question she took the soil of that State ; on the Caroline question. she destroyed American property ; on the Creole dispute she again seized American property ; on the Oregon Boundary question she contended for Aineticau soil ; and her claims to confiscate slaves was aimed only at •the destruction. of American commerce. - Re specting the question of war, Mr. INGERSOLL declared that America was sufficiently prepared, and that she could as easily burn London as Great Britain could New York. They talked about the. rising of the slaves in the Southern States ? But was there not room for retalia tion in Canada, in Ireland, and in India ? Besides, o:by would have with them the synipathies of France, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and even Texas. He contenti.ed that the PRESIDENT should yield nothing, and. rattier than yield anything he was for war. Mr. Ao,t3to made an excellent, speech in reply. He admitted that was always opposed to the right of search, but prover that such a right was not contrary to thelaw of nations. He ridiculed the prepara tions of theillnited States for war and dwelt with horror I upon the idea of burning such cities as New York and London ; the French alliance he considered nothing, or worse than nothing ; and strongly urged that there was nothing in the dispute .with England to en danger the peace of the world. The French are conti nually boasting of the support. which the Americans derive front their sympathy. Hear Mr. ADAMS on the subject : He said, that in reference to the threats of Great Britain to raise the flag of emancipation in our Southern States, that, too, was a thing to be made light of, because Great Britain herself was in a condition so precarious that her own people were as likely to overturn her Government as it was to injure us at the South. I will not meet the gentleman on that occasion. I be lieve that Great Britain, like all the other Powers of Europe, and more especially France (to whom we are advised to look as our chief reliance) is in a most precarious situation. I believe that they are all in danger of a tremendous revolution ; and none so much as that very France. I must say here (and Ido not know whether it will be very acceptable to this House) that if -it be true, as the gentleman from Pennsylvania inti mates, that the interference of our Minister in France, by the publication of the pamphlet on which he bestowed sa high praise, was the occasion of the refusal by France to ratify the Quintuple Treaty, It do hold that in so proceeding France owes an explanation to the world of her refusal to ratify that Treaty. If it be true that General Cass has effected this result, I, for one, do not thank him for it. Not only because he has persuaded France to break her faith and put herself in the wrong in the future controversies which may arise between her and the other parties to that Treaty, but also because it looks like an intermeddliir with the ;.olitical affairs of Europe ; it has the aspect of engaging us to entangling- alliances with foreign nations, the very evil a;-ainst which the venerable 'Washington and the vene rable Jefferson both so emphatically warned their countrymen. And I here ask the House and the country to believe, that if the refusal of France to ratify the Quintuple Treaty shall be persevered in (which I can scarcely believe possible) that the right of search has not any part in the wars which may . follow, and in which we are in some danger of be coming entangled. That, I say, will form no part in such wars. It is no question between France and the four Powers. Fiance has conceded it. It is her bad faith in re fusing the ratification, that is more likely than anything :slse to embroil her with those Powers, Just as it hap pened in what was called the Syrian question. And what will be our condition if, in consequence of the intrigues of our Minister, we are involved in a European war on the hollow nretence of- this right_ of search? There is in the French House of Deputies, which the Gentleman from Pennsyl vania says was influenced by General Cass in its refusal to. ratify, an interest whose constant aim is to overthrow the dynasty of Louis Philippe, and destroy every remnant of it— a party who are much more bitterly opposed to him than any portion of either House of Congress is opposed either to Martin Van Buren or to John Tyler. They would annihilate his family root and branch, and for ever abolish the monarchi cal power he holds. I will not enter upon the question by what authority Louis Philippe holds his throne. It is not a question for this place or for this time ; but I will say that France and her representative body have that question clutched between the parties which there prevail ; and that, in this coming war, which it seems this pamphlet of Mr. Cass is to kindle up, I would not give a picayune for his crown. And this is the state of things in which we are invited to go to war, with France for our ally I CITY TOWN-CLERK.--4 meeting was held yesterday at the. Guildhall Coffee-house, for the purpose of as serting and supporting the independence of the Corpo ration, as regards the appointment of Town-clerk for the City of London. The meeting was attended by Alderman Wilson, Mr. Pewtress, M r . H e pp e ], M r. Bower, Mr. Lake, Richard Taylor, and others; and after a long discussion, the meeting, upon the suggestion of Alderman Wilson, agreed to a resolution (only four hands having been held up against it), to present a re quisition to the Lord Mayor, to convene a Court upon the subject. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,_ MAI 13, 1842. Newry, N E.D o a r i il r lm e o y rei s r, , s t Ivo D ini,i 7 n l 4 a ,a n yc r i h4 g ati , l, ll e naanryr Dowager Selina er p To vro rerr t isri t eg i o l t t uo o r ta nt Torrington, F o lk estone, Forbes, Sydney, Canning, Ma hJocelyn,Andover, on, Campden. olph LORDS.-•-• r 7 emplemore, Edwi n Hill, S omerse t, S ta ff or d , Ad Fit zclarenee, Fred er i c k Fitzelazentitl, Charles IVt'.'iesley, Paget, Alfred Paget, Clarence Paget, George Paget, Ward, Foley, R. Grosvenor, Vivian, Lilford, Stanlay, Algernon Seymour, William Lennox, Leveson, De L'lsle and Dudley, Courtenay, Lovaine, Lovat, Colville, Haddo, Stavordale, George Bentinck, Hill, Marcus Hill, Cecil Gordon, Stafford, John Manners, F. Gordon, Redesdale, F. Egerton, Southampton, Lyttelton, James Stuart, Claude Hamilton, Arthur Lennox, Fitzgerald and Vesci, Gerald Fitzgerald, Charles Fitrzoy, Burghersh, Abinger, Lovat, Ed ward Howard, Eliot, Cosmo Paget, Alexander Russell, Lovaine, Seymour, - James Butler, Duncan, Cremorne, Byron, Dungannon, Dalmeney, Ravensworth, Alexander Lennox, Maryborough, Lowther, Hotham, Brooke Pol timore, Worley, Fitzroy Som e r se t, Ch ar l es Russell, Wil loughby de Eresby, Ashley, Stanley of Alderley, Crewe, W, Powlett, Methuen, Compton, Wenlock, William Russell, Ca-- rington, Ruthven, Macdonald, Clinton (2), Brabazon, Ernest Bruce, George Lennoi, Kinnaird, Cranstoun, Wrot tesley, Bloomfield, Wharneliffe, Blantyre, Portman, Rivers, Talbot de Malhabide, Seymour, John Russell, Nugent, Dun gannon, Cottenham, Forster, Walpole, Hasherton, Napier. LAMES Ellen Douglas, Louisa flay, Fitzwygram, Wigram, Elron n•a Paget, Cons . ance Paget, Caroline Carl, Mary Capel, Amelia Capel, A. Cadogan, H. Cadogan, Elizabeth West, Mary West, M'Farlane, Clementina Villiers, Joliffe, Bruake, Marianne Alford, Louisa Fortescues Katherine Jerinzn, Fre mantle, J. Stuart. Follett, Johnstone; C. Strangways, Farquhar, Bloomfield, Mary Fox, A: M. Dawson, Stuart de Rothesay, Jemima Eliot, Colville, Stanley, Stanley of Alderley; F. Egerton, Wilhelmina Stanhope. E. de Rede de Ginkel, Hay (2), Anne Courtenay, Clink, Cust, Antrobus, De Tablet', Theresa Digby, Georgians Grey, Charlotte Copley, Graham, E. Butler, Chas. Somerset, Mary Fielding, A. I'd. Cust, Mary Vyner, Lovat, Murray (2), Dugannon, Walpole, A. .Poulett, Mary Christopher. Lumley, Macdonald, Kismaird, Knatclibull, C. Douglas, IL Vane, A. Vane, Lilford, H. Mitchell, G. Len nox, Caroline Laseelles, Louisa Forbes, Sarah Ingestre, C. Vernon Harcourt, A. Paget, Brabazon, F. Egerton, Jane Grimston, F. SoMerset, Anne Grenville, Selina Kerr, Clif ford, Harriet Clive, Leveson, Ja ne Fit zgera ld , F arqu h ar, Mary Wood, Frances Hope, A. Lennox, L. Fitzmaurice, Le Marehant, Isabella Hope, Fanny Howard, Heatheote, Seymour Blantyre, Emma Campbell, C. G. Lennox, L. de Horsey, King, Bowater, Courtenay Boyle, E. Grosvenor, C. Barrington, Louisa Percy, Pollock, Augusta Somerset, Rivers, Dowager Rivers, Jane Bouverie, Sophia Ilendlesharn, Ravensworth, Pakenharn, King, W. Powlett, Herbert (2), M. Cecil, Fran ces Sandon, A. Mapners, Ruthven, John Russell, Charles Russell, A. Prim/vise,' L. Primrose, WloOttley, Parke, E. Drummond, Otway, Nugent, Willoughby de Eresby, Harriet, Paget, Jane Charteris, Wenlock. Isabella Wemyss, Wrottes ley, J. Stuart Wortley, Ridley, Knightley, G. Somerset, Staf. ford, Southampton, C. Cocks, H. Cocks, L. D. Bromley, Agnes Byng, Byron, Ernest Bruce, W. Bulkeley, M. Ste phenson, Vivian, Cottenham, Catherine Buckley, Catherine Cavendish, Carington, Maria Somerville, E. Campbell, Lyud burst, Louisa Cavendish, Mary Howard, Duncan, E. Drum mond, C. Hill, C. Duncombe, C. Dundas, Durham, A. Mac kenzie, L. Fitzroy, Fred. Fitzclarenee, C. Fitzroy, Dungannon, Evens, G. Fano, C. Fi!zwilliam ' D. Fitzailliam, Mary Stan ley, Mary TaylouV, Antr o bu s , E. Campbell, Ashley, Bagot, Arabella Baring, G. Balfour, Sarah Savile, M. Marsham, E. Eliot, Harriet Baring, Augusta Baring, A. Stuart, !NI. Stuart, Emmeline Wortley, Gear,ge Murray, Wharncliffe, Loui sa Churchill, Napier, To' er , M. Howard, A. Murray, Emily Seymour, Emily Peanefather, Strafford, Worsley, Stir ling, Talbot de Malahide, Cowper, E. Leveson Gower, A. M. Cost, Peel, Alice Peel, Courtenay, Methuen, R. Grosvenor, C. Lyster, Lyttleton, Dowager Lyttelton, Mary borough, M. Pierrepont, A, Pierrepont, A. M'Leod, Olivier, Taylour, Mary Taylour, G. Codrington, Haddo, Follett, E. Browne, C. Browne, Hatherton, Gomm, Augusta Gordon, Gordon, Gore, Louisa Noel, Gardiner ,Louisa Cotes, Margaret Hay, Emily Harditige, Poltimore, Cremorne, A. Poulett, M. Hill, G. Grey, Portman, Frances Clinton, M. Grosvenor. BARONS—LioneI de Rothschild, Charles de Rothschild, An thony de Rothschild. BARONESSES—Le Despemer ' Keith, L. de Rothschild, A. de Rothschild, C. d e R ot h sc hild. RIGHT HONOUEABLES —Sir Robert Peel, Sir N. Tindal, Sir James Wigram, H. Goulburn, F. T. Baring, G. S. Byng, H. Labouchere, R. L. Shell. W. E. Gladstone, G. B. Dawson, Mr. Pierrepont. HONOURARLES=Miss Byron, Mr. Byron, Miss Fraser, Misses Foley, Mr. St. George Foley. Colonel Fitzgibbon, Miss Forester, Captain Forever, Charles Forester, Miss J. Jerning : hom, Misses Byng, Miss Maynard, General Meade, Francis Charteris, M.P., Mrs. W. Cavendish, Charles Cavendish, Sidney Herbert, Charles Gore, C. .A. Murray ; Mrs. George Keppel, Mrs. George Roo, Mrs. Brutes Sir E. Paget, Cap.. Gordon, Mr. Maude, Miss Lillian% Mr. t . Phipps, Mrs. E. Phipps, Captain Pitt. Mr. Fagot, M.P., Mrs. Philips, Misses Napier, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashley, Miss Murray, Capt. Murray, Mrs. buncombe, G. Fitzwilliam, James S. Wortley, J. Stuart Wortley, Miss Lister, Mr. Henry Fitzroy, Mrs. H. Fitzroy, C. Fitzroy, Wm. Cowper, 5, Cowper, Captain Spencer, Mrs. Spencer, C. Howard, Captain C. Howard, James K. Howard, Captain Percy, Mr. Willonglibla, Miss Willou g hby, Mi sses Stuart . , Misses Titellts,ott, AViltiam Lasteelles, Captain de Ito!, Captain Grey, Colonel Anson, Mrs. Anson, MIN Charles Langdale, Mrs. Charles Langdale, Miss Copley, Admiral Elliot, Mrs. Eliot, Mr. Chlche,iat, Miss Stanley, Mr. W. 0. Stanley, 11.1.. a. W. 0. Stanley, Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mr. Fane, Mrs. G. E. Anson, General Lygon, Mist Hudson, Miss Mitchell, 0. Duncombe, Miss Liddell, Captain G. Camp bell, Mrs. G. Campbell, Charles Grimston, Alexander Gordon, Miss E. King, Captain P. Talbot, Mr. G. Berkeley, Mrs. G. Berkeley, Captain Keane, R. Colborne, W. Rapt, M.P., C. Fitzroy, Charles West, Mortimer West, Mist Lawley, B: Law ley, R. Lawley, Mrs. Tottenham, General Upton, Richard Curzon, R. Curzon, R. Curzon, Jun., Mr. Pitiwilitarn, Miss Paget, Mrs. Goulburn, Mr. John Talbot, Mrs. J. Talbot, Miss Stuart, Miss Cavendish, Charles Wortley, Hugh Cholmondely, Sir W. Llittley, Allis Vivian, Miss Devereux, E. Bouverie, Misses Stanley, Mr. C. Ponsonhy, Mrs. C. Porisonby, J. Pon sonby' G. Ponsonby, M rs . G. P onson b y , M a j or C . V ivian, Mrs. Vivian, Captain Vivian, Mrs. Vivian, J. H. Manners Sutton, Mrs. Manners Sutton . , Mr. It. 0. C a ve, M rs . R. 0. Cave, Mr. 11, Paget, Mrs, B. Paget, Colonel Dawson Darner, Mrs. Davvvut Darner, Misses Lyttelton, Mr. Lytt e lt on , Mi ss Methuen, Mr. M e thuen, Geergiana Liddell, Augustus Lid dell, H. Legge, Miss Al. Boyle, Mrs. E. Villities, F. Villiers, James Macdonald, Adolphus Liddell, Miss Milford, James Murray, A. Liddell, Misses Pepys, Miss Eden, Miss Ponsonby, Mrs, Tr/anti) Mrs. A. Capel, Colonel Fitzgibbon, Alexander Gordon, Slits—L. 81tailOth J. Knight Bruce, W. Follett, F. Pol lock, Rs VitiWygram, Henry Wheatley, Allan M'Nab, E. Antrobus, Samuel - Biassing, J. Copli Bowa ter,r, W. Jolliffe, E. W. Stirling, J. Hobhouse, tatficote, C. Napier, E. L. Bulwer, E. Codrington; Soinertille, T. Fremantle, E. Clifford, E. Ktit.tabilli, A. Macdonald, J. Johnstone, G. Glerk, William Martina, R. W ; Iltilkel6Y, Pi Durham, J. clerk, A. Brooke; Hi Paltenhalt, M. W. Ridl ey , C. XnightleY, D.. Le Marchant, J. P ar k e, J . Macdonald, Robt, Vbis s aaf . .. bt vr ay, A. C. Grant, J. Guise, R. M'Farlane Vi". W. Wynne, F. Stovin, G. de Lacy Evans, W. Al. Stan ley, W. Gordon, C. Antrobus, G. Grey, J. Kempf, G. An son, E. Cust, G. B. Vere, Cleo. Couper, Robt, Gardiner, H. Harding, 11. SeyMottr, G. Murray, G. Seymour, William Gomm, J. Graham: kerrison, Wells, Macl eo d, Of jN AL E t s ie l n Eir t Mahood, Marshall, 6 11 13geholey, 1 r . P. , 1 Caveneish, N. Macdonald, Tottenham, Duff, Goulbourn, E. Antrobus, Codrington, Camp. bell, of Saddell,'Pennefather, G. Lennox, W. Lockhart, M. P,. B. Baring Grenfell, Harecourt, of St. LeOnatds, Mellish, Lynedoch, Gardiner, Charles Sheridan ; Philip,s „Pt, Miln e , Campbell Maedonald, hi:Aka Peel, Paget, Balfour, Ralph Neville ) Allifray, M.P., H. Gaily Knight, Kerrison, G. Lam bert, F. Cavendish, G. Cavendish, Goulbourn, jun., H. Thos. Hope, Cadogan, Towneley, Dru mmon d , Lovell, G. E. Anson, Knightley, Kerr, Anson, Jenkinson; Erringtell; E, Ellice, Courtenay, Dikaby, G ta s t/pson be Burgh, De Horsey-. Codrinaatora Poackwnod, Lyster, Clive, M.P., Christopher, ttedworth Lambton, C. Boyle, F re d. Howard, .D. Dundas, G. Dawson, H. Farquhar, George Hope, J. Hudson, C. Hope, W. W. Cole, Knightley, Cavendish, ALP., the Chisholm, A. Montgomery, Al. Alontgomerie, Drummond, B. Drummond, Baring, M.P. ; Standish, Kinloeh, Rich, Mackenzie, Brand, S. Whitbread, Cotes, Forteseue, E. Mildmav, De Bathe, E. Villiers, Harvie Farquhar, J. Gladstone, Stanley, R. Ormsby Gore, Stephenson, - J. Alassy Stanley, oyce, J. Stephen, J. Ormsby Gore, Addington, P. Stewa r t, J. Stanhope, Tomine, H. Lambton, S. AL Philipps, Vaughan W. Fortes, C. D. Bruce, Cole, V. Harcourt, Campbell of billy; Tennent, J. H. Vivian, ALP. ; Vyner, Cavendish Boyle, Mitchell, G. Berkeley, H. De Burgh, and Mackinnon. MrsraEsszs—Waymouth, Meade, Montefiore ' J. H. Vivian, Towneley, M'Leod of APLeod, B ran d, 11. Lambton Mar shall, Rich, Shiel, E. Ellice, J. Gl a d s t one, Harcourt, Lambton, Tennent, Errington, Campbell of Islay, V. Harcourt, Boo verie, H. De Burgh, Symonds, TOWneley; G. Berkeley, Daw son, Bentinck, Davys, De Burgh, Wyndhani, Cartwright, and Bentinck, Misses.—Antrobus (2), Paget, Laura Paget, Fitzwygram (2),. Wheatley (2), D'Este, Guise; Grenfell, Bolland, Anson (2), Phillips, Farquhar, De Riario Sforza, Niha de Mario Sforza, De Horsey, Cartwright, Fitzgibbon, Cavendish, Cust (2), King, Greville, Kerr, Bushe, Stewart (2), Somerset. Balfour (2), Macleod (2), Caroline 11,yle Mary Boyle Pakenharo, C. Somerset, Hamilton. Macdonald, E. Seymour ; Irvine, Bromley, Brooke, Drummond, Barr:ngton (2), Parke. Pensonby, Otway (2), De Flahault, Georgina De Flahault, Pollock (2), Clerk (2), li'Farlane, Seymour, Clive, l'ercy (2), Gurney, Fitzelarence, Murray, Drummond, Codrington (2) Whitbread, Clifford, Davys, Cust, Gordon;Greville, Webster, Gardiner (2), Philips, Drummond, Power, M'Leod, Stuart : Vernon Harcourt, Elliot, Seymour (2), Goulburn, Talbo. (2), H. Byng, Bagot (2), Bushe, Pierrepont, Meade, Wi gram, Wyndham. Wynn, 13olland, Fitzgibbon, Gore (2). GENERALS—Si r W. Anson, Wemyss, Fremantle, Browne. COLONELS—Bagot, Charles Bagot, Peel, Bouverie, Vernon Harcourt, Fox, Bentinck, Arbuthnot, Hon. George Keppel F. Paget, Wyldc, Wyrdha.m, Buckley. MAJOR —Wal rnout h. CAPTAlNS—Codringto n , C us t, P aget, Chas. Grey, R.N. Dundas, G. Drummond,Aleynell, Hon. A. D uncom b e, R o b e , Wood, Trotter, Francis Seymour (Scot s F us ili er G uards) Hood, Seymour, Bill, George Elliot, R. N., Cadogan. PAGES OF IiONO UR-11E. C. T. Wemyss, Air. H. w 'Lyng, Mr. H. L. Wil son, Mr. A. Stuart Wortley. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) , Never did England maintain its supremacy in female beauty More decidedly than last niaht, when a galaxy of lovely women ' attired in th e most gorgeousand becoming costumes, met to de honour to their fair and youthful Sovereign, Anxious to evince their respect towards her Majesty, no expense was spared in the dresses of her honoured guests, and when one Considers the vast treesures of rou d and ancient aristocrati c jewels descending, as heir-looms in hereditary line, from our p hauses, brought f or th on this occas i on , we canno t won d er t h at this fete was ack now l edged by al l present to surpass th ose cal every other country. In vain would France, with all her taste ful elegance, campete with England for magnificence. Alas revolutions, and poverty, their n ever -failing result, have scat tered those splendid diamonds and rare gems which once apper tained to the ancient French Noblesse ; and embroidery ant' spangles, however admirably wrought, but ill supply their Place. England has been exempted from such trials, and, con sequently, our female aristocracy outshine all others in the richness of their jewels, as much as they do in that beauty for which they are allowed to stand pre-eminent. The costumes worn on the occasion were most splendid and magnificent, especially those in the different quadrilles of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Scotland. The gentle men and ladies forming these eels assembled in the lower suite of roams, and, at half-past ten o'clock, having been mar. shelled, passed in procession up the grand staircase to the pre sence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were attended las the principal ladies and officers of the Court, in most maguifi cent costumes. The general company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock, itvievde at untihreorms, Equer ries' at tended the ladies, with f ew exceptions, in dresses o f diff erent ages and countries, many o f great splendour; an d t h e gentlemen, in numerous instance s , a l so i n costumes o f t h e greatest splendour a nd i bFyoreig theirn Ministers, Secretaries a the cal. most picture s q ue e ff ect, many o f th em b eing strictly stori The Entrance. Th e mem b ers of the Royal tr Famil y , and the parties composing th e diff erent quadrilles, entered by the Gar den and in A t t h t e a i c r h ers respective Entrance. The entire suite of State Rooms were opened, and most brilliantly illuminated with chandeliers, qapdelabra, an d branches. 'the company danced in the Tittotiesraom and Ball-room, in both which quadrille bands were stationed. The Marquis of Anglesey, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Car lisle, Earl Spencer, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Minto, and Sir Allan .111'Nab were among,the earlier arrivals: having already given, In anticipaticaa, every elucidation on the subject and proceedings of this gorgeous masque, it only now remains for us to group together the positive facts, and such details as would only become palpable ashen the brilliant prograinme was ftifilled. To meet the difficulties presented by the immense concourse of the Noble guests of truly Royal hospitality, and to allow room for scenic effect, extensive alterations had been made at the Palace. Walls bad been thrown down, and temporary ac commodation prepared with the rapidity of magic, and with the most admirable result. The body of the Throne-room was illuminated by wax candles in handsome glass drop 'chandeliers and lustres, and the upper part of it, where the Queen was seated, surrounded by her attendants, &e., was lighted by a body of 530 jets of gas. nis light was so disposed as to throw its ray• immediately upon the throne, whilst a rich star of cut glass drops encircled the light, producing a moat brilliant and imposing effect. The gas was napthalised, which imparted to it additional illumi nating power. Her Majesty, in the remarkable dress of Queen Philippa, of which we subjoin the description, commanded universal ad miration, as much in the right of her surpassing loveliness as in that of her august rank. Prince Albert's handsome features, and noble manly carriage, set off the costume of the chivalric Edward, and added the charm of reality to that of illusion. r Royal Higliness the Duchess of Kent, as well as her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, showed excellent taste in sinking their ranks, as far as costume, on this occasion, and in appearing only as ladies of rank in the 15th century. Vain would be the task to point out even half the ladies who drew our gaze last night; but three sisters, of a family famed for the loveliness of its daughters, attracted all eyes. We refer to the Countess of Chcste:field, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Miss Forrester, three si.ter graces. The Countess represented' Donna Floriuda, and nothing could exceed the chaste elegance of her costume. Her robe was of white satin, richly ernbrio dered in gold, and profusely ornamented with those splendid diamonds, rare emeralds, and large pearls, which have ofte e ex cited the admiration, if not the envy, of her Ladyship's fair and noble contemporaries. Lady Chesterfield; betrayed a profound knowledge of the science of the toilette, and the effect to be produced by such matchless jewels as hers, by selecting a white robe, which set off to equal advantage these lustrous gems, and the bright eyes and jetty tresses of the lovely wearer. The Hon. Mrs. Anson represented La Duchesse de Laune bourg, and wore a tunic of pale blue reps velvet, embroidered in silver, and ornamented with pearls and diamonds, over a scarlet velvet frappe, and richly trimmed with gold lace. Her coiffure was charmingly becoming, anti never did a costume accord better with the peculiar character of beauty of this Lively blonde.. The Hon. Miss Forrester, as Blanche de St. Pol, appeared to singular advantage, and her costume, like herself, was universally admired. The Earl of Cheaterfield's costume, by its sober grandeur, and the costly diamonds 'w;th which it was ornamented, was acknowledged to be matchless ; and Philip the Second himself, so rich in jewels, could not have been more splendidly attired. Colonel George Anson, in a magnificent dress of the time, was an admirable representative of one of the house of Medicis. Lord Maidstone, as the Duke of Launebourg, was splendidly costumed. A costume which attracted much attention was that of her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort, who appeared as Isabella de Valois, Queen of Spain. Her robe was composed of drap d'argent, embroidered with bouquets of flowers with gold stems; and the tablier, stomacher, and under sleeves, of crimson velvet, studded with pearls and diamonds. The loose sleeves were formed of the same costly materials, and ornamented with aiguillettes of silver. The costume of Lady Ernest Bruce was remarkable for its costliness and elegance, and admirably portrayed the orien tal style of the Jewess Rebecca, so well described by Sir Walter Scott. In addition to the above, we have to mention the following characters * as being most correctly and appropriately repro. rented t-= The Countess of Wemyss, as Lady of Honour to Queen Mary of England ; Lady Palmerston, as Anne Boleyn ; Lady Lyttelton ► as the beautiful Henrietta of England; Mrs. Wil liam Ciladattitle, as Claude, wife of Francis the First; Mrs. Henry Bentinck, as one of Vandyke's portraits, and her beau tiful ward, Lady E. Ginkle, as Maid of Honour to A nne d e Bretagne; Madame Murphy, Lady of the Mexican Charge d'Affairee,• as Madame de Pompadour; Madame de Lisboa, Lady of the Brazilian Minister, as a Lady of the Spanish Court; Lady Agnes Byng, as an Andalusian Lady; Lady Fitzwygram, as a Lady of the Court of Henry the Eighth, and her lovely daughters as Ladies of the Coust of Louis Quaterze ; the Ba roness Rehausen, Lady of the Swedish Minister, in the national costume of her country ; Lady Wygrana, as a Lady of the Court of Francis the First, and Miss Wygram, as a Venetian Lady; Lady Stirling, as a Lady of the reign of Charles the Second ; Lady Cooper, as La Belle Paulo ; and the beau tiful Miss Cartwright, as a Lady of the Court of Charles the Second, &c., &c. The character Lady Colville assumed was that of the spouse of Sir Robert Colville, Master of the Household and Director of the Chancery to James the Fourth of Scutland. He attended the King to the.fatal field of Flodden, where he lost his life, with his Royal Master, anno 1313. THE FRENCH QUADRILLES. Led by H. R. H. the Duchess of Caainatnne. The following is the cortege of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, as Anne of Bretagne, of which three quadrilles were formed, besides attendant characters:— Jean Albert de Navarre Lord Granby. Germaine de Foix. Lady Clanricarde. Jeanne de Conflan. - Lady Exeter. Louis de la Tremouille I ord Craven. Charlotte de la Tremouille Lady Wilton. Comte de Chateaubriand ...... Lord Claud Hamilton. Anne de Villeroi Lady Lincoln. Chevalier d'Aligre ....Count Esterhazy. Clemence d'Arnaagnac llrs. Stanley. Guy de la Motto Hon. F. Villiers. Claire d'Aubigny Lady E. Reade de Ginkle. Comte de Tylonpensier Lord Ward. Blanche de St, Paul. Miss Forrester. Comte de Dutiois Hon. Cecil Forrester. Clemence Jeanne Lady Hillsborough. Robert Stewart d'Aubigne Lord Emlyn. Louise de Henoux ...Mrs. Townely. Mareehal do Chabannes ..... Lord Malmesbury. Madame de la Pelisse ...........Lady Craven. Charles d'Amboise Hon. Mr. Fitzroy. M. de Chatea.ubriand. . . M. de Burgh. Marguerite de Valois... alademoiselle D'Este. Lady of the Court of Louis XII. Lady Macfarlane. Ditto ditto Lady Caroline Legge. Benventito Cellini Baron Koller. Clement Marot Mt. Miklmay. Besides Leoaarde da Vinci, and other characters. SPANISH QUADRILLES. Led by her Grace the Duchess of BUCCLEUCII. ( Herald Mr. De Burgh.) Kirg Phillip II Lord Chesterfield Duque di Medina Sidonia ...Lord Sandwich. Marchese di Santa Croce Lord Douro. Don Carlos Mr. Ridley Colborne. Don John of Austria Sir 'William M. Stanley. Don Miguel Depend() Mr. J. Stanley. Don Perna de Leon. Lord George Paget. Don Louis Heysham. Grand Col. Anson. Comtiiiiider Of St. Jag 0..,,, Duque de Paliane Mr. C. Gore. Marchese di Mondejar, Capt.- (. Lord Cow per. General of Grenada Duque d'Alva •,..Lord R. Grosvenor. Marchese di Plitt • •••• • • • •• It Level. Queen Isabella a .., all Mel-lees te Beaufort. `nfanta Catarina Infanta Clara Eugenia Lady Mahon. Marchem di Cadiz... ...... Lady de Despenser. Donna Florinda di Sandoval-- Lady Chesterfield. Princess of Eb 011.,,....,....,,, Lady Malmesbury. Duchesa di Villa Hermosa • • Matitiloiselle de Flahault. Duchesa di Fuentes • Larry G. Cesdringtaal, Don& Inez del Infanta& .Lady Adelaide Paget. Contessa di Lerma Lady Olivia Taylour. Donna Ximena di Silva Lady Augusta Cadogan. Donna Eleanore di Guadiana:a:Lady Hottoria Cadogan. kiteiia§ dll I1R1Lf.1? Led by her brace the Dtteltsiss StfiaintAert, Duke of Saxony • • I ord Duchess of Sakeny • Duchess of autherland. Landgraf, Philip of Hesse ..,,,,Count Kielmansegge. Christina, Landgravirie of Heese-Coentess of Glengall. Prince Ernest of Sashay •• Prittee Edward of Saxony. Anne of Dentilarli s Painceis of Saxony Eric, Duke of Brunswick Mr. Thomline. Duchesi of Brunswick Lady Norreys. Magnus Duke elf Mecklenburg Lord Clanricarde. Duchess of Mecklenbtirg .‘, Lady Cowper. Francis Duke of Lauenburg LOrd Maitittetne. Duchess of Lauenhurg • - Mrs. Ansoil. Count Hoyer of Mansfeld - • 'Mr. Begot. Countess al —.a Lady Ilobert Grostenor: Count Henryof Schwartzburg—Loed So:Oaf toli. Countess of Schwartzburg Miss Thellusoe. I[ermann von de Marlsburg Lord Clifden. The Lady Hermann • • • 'Lady E. Leveson Gower. Ebert von dor Twine •• • • •Mr; Willlarfl Cowper. The Lady Dien , Lady Mary Ilovfaird: QUADRILLt of fat liabsAiliSASi: Led by the Marchioness of Lorrnornif. !Ulf: Countess of Kinnoah Hon. Henry Fitzroy. Countess of Bruce. Hon. Adolphus Liddell. Lady Graham. tiaroh Lingen. Lady Seymour. L o rd .tame., Atitief, Lady Chelsea, turd Alfred Vega. Lady Katherine Jermyti. Count de Noaillee. Lady Stanley. Hon. carries Wortley , : Lady Harriet Baring. Viscount Chelsea. Lady Augusta Baring. Mr. George Hope. Lady Sarah Ingestrie. Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. Hon. airs. George Hope. Lord Ilrlieds Earl of Mansfield. WAVERLEV QUADRILLE: Led by the Countess Dena wane., in the costume of Isabella, Lady DELAWARD., daughter of the: Lord High TreaStirer to King Charles the First, from a pictbee by Vindylie, Rowena . Queen Berengaria Isabelle de Croye The Lady Caroline Strangways, Anne of Geierstein. •• The Lady Elisabeth West. Catherine Seyton The Lady Mary WM. Isabella Vere The Lady Jane Grimston, Edith Plantagenet The Lady Elizabeth Campbell. Eveline Berenger The Hon. Lavinia Lytteltan. Ivanhoe Richard Cour de Lion The Viscount Cantalupe. Quintin Durward The Earl of Desert. Arthur Phillipson Roland Grteme Earnscliffe ....... Sir Kenneth ...The Lord John Manners. Sir Damian de Lacy The Hon. Hugh Cholmondelry SCOTCH QUADRILLE. Led by the Duchess of three Lanett. Hon. Miss Willoughby. Miss Drummond. Lady Ellen Douglas. Lady Louisa Hay. Ladies Primrose (two). Lady Jane Charteri.. Misses Stuart (two). Lady Emma Campbell. Misses Balfour (two). COSSACK QUADRILLE. Led by her Excellency Baroness BRUNOW. Lady Caroline Cox. Lord Cant alupe. The tyro Misses Wheatley. Lord Cranley. Lady Mary Taylor. M. De Berg. .‘liss Fitzroy Somerset. Count Kindrioffsky. Finn. Miss Cavendish. Count Berkowsky. Lady Mildred Cecil. Count Cordoffsky. Miss Letitia D'Arcy Jewyn. Hon. Mr. West. Mr. Balfour. Mr. Gardener. Hon.' Mr. Fane. Mr. Boyce. GREEK QUAIDRILLE.. Led by her Grace the Duchess of LEINSTER. Miss Macfarlane. Lord Ossulston. Lady Constance Paget. Lord Paget. Lady Eleanor Paget. Mr. Cole., Lady E. Ellice. Lord 'Bective. Miss Whitbread. • - Mr. Lambert. Miss Vivian. Lord Foley. • Miss Stuart. Sir Archibald APDonald. Lady Anne Fitzgerald. Mr. Foley. Miss Foley. Mr. Littleton. Miss Adelaide Foley. . Mr. Hoare. MISCELLANEOUS LIST, _Nor IN THE LIST OF QUADRILLES. Duke of Sussex. Highland costume. Countess of Jersey. Italian costume. Countess St. Aulaire. Marquise du Roure. Lady Clementina Villiers. Italian costume. Lord Forester .. . ... :. • 5 Captain of the Guards in the ----- time of Edward 111. IGreat Officer of the Household **of Edward 111. Dignitary of the Household of Edward 111. Duke of St. Albans ... Grand Falconer. Sir Willians Bulkeley Madlle. d'Este ... I A Noble Lady of the Court of . 1 Henry VII. Kt .', i fil hyvt arid'lrspt l i e m te e. armour, Marquis of Exeter .. ... -) Lady Jocelyn 5 Ladies ,in Waiting ' • costume, Lady Portman Hon. Mrs. Anson f Bedchaniber Women; costume, Mrs. Brand I time of Edward 111. Miss Liddell Miss Paget. Miss Devereux Miss S:anley Lady Rosslyn Countess of Salisbury. Duke of Buceleuch Knight - of the Garter. Earl of Jersey Grand Master of the 'l'emplars. Knight in armour, Ed war d Earl of Beverley ... •• S M.'s time. Marquis of Lansdowne Dress of Charles L's time. Duke of Roxburgh—. David Bruce. Lord Nermanby Sir Waiter de Manney. Duchess of Gloucester ....... .--1, Time of Louis XII. Duchess of Saxe Weimar 3 i Anne . Stanhope, Duchess of Lady Wilhelm. Stanhope Somerset. Hon. Capt. R. Boyle Costume of 1.611,.. XIV. Hon. F. Cadogan... Costume of Louis Xi Y• Lady Peel lsabella, Duchess of Mila.:. Mr. Peel Costume copied from Vautlyke. M. de Vaudreuil Naval Offieer,age of Loui s XIV Duchess of Inverness Scotch chess. Lady Palmerston . Ann Boleyn. Lady Ashley • Costume of Henry VIII.'s time. Miss Ann Antrobus Louie X V.'s age. Lady Pennefather Madame de Maintenon. Mrs. Errington Duke of Sutherland Duke of Ferrara. nLord Ross Ly— Lord Delawarr HER MAJESTY'S BAL MASQUE. The Queen gave a Fancy Ball last evening, at Buckingham Palace. The costumes worn on this occasion were most splendid and magnificent, especitlly those in the different quadrilles of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Scotland. The Gentle. men and Ladies forming these sets assembled in the lower suite of rooms, and tt half past ten o' c l oc k, h av i ng b een mar shalled, pas se d id procession up the Grand Staircase, to the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were attended by the principal Ladies and Officers of the Court, in most mag nificent costumes. The general company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock, the Ladies, with few .:..xceptions, in dresses of different ages and'countries, many of great splendour, and the. Gentlemen in numerous instances also in costumes of the greatest splen dQur and the most picturesque effect, many of them being strictly historical. The Foreign Ministers, in their respective uniforms, at tended by their Secretaries and Attaches arrived at the Equerries' Entrance. The members of the Royal Family, and the parties composing the different Quadrilles, entered by the Garden Entrance. The Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Warwick, and seve ral officers of the Queen's Household, appeared in suits of armour. The entire suits of State Rooms was opened, and most brilliantly illuminated with chandeliers,eandelabra and branches. The company danced in the Th rone R oom and Ball Room, in both which quadrille bands were stationed. The Marquis of Anglesey, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Car lisle, Earl Spencer, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmer ston, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Minto, and Sir Allan M'Nab, were among the earliest arrivals. Both Ball Rooms were filled with company. Of a scene so varied and so brilliant, it is impessible to give an accurate de , scription to-day, but a full account of this magnificent fete Witt be given to-morrow. The following had the honour of receivii invitations-- Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar ; the American Minister, Mrs. and Miss Everett, and Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation ; the Austrian Minister and Gentlemen Attaches; the 13ararian Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; the Belgian Minister, Maclaine Van de Veyer, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Brazilian Minis ter, Madame Marques Lisboa, and Gentlemen AWielees the Buenos Ayreari Minister; the Danish Minister, Qnlintess de Reventlow ' ' and Gentlemen Attaches, the Fleelich Ambas sa d or , Countess de St. Aulaire, and Gentleihtn Attaches to the Em bassy; the Grecian Minister, M.edame Tricoupi, and Gentle men Attaches to the Legation ; the Hanoverian elinieter, and Gentlemen Attaches; the Mexican Charge d'Ail'alees, Ma dame Murphy, and Gentlemen Attaches Ks the Mission; the Neapolitan Minister end Gentlemen Attaches ; Mr. Washing.- ton Irving; the ..eietherlarids t'harge d'Affaires, and Gentlemen Attaches; the Noe Granada Charge d'Affaires, Madaiyi,e Mhs qucra, and ti`` cretary to the Mission ; the Perter i trese Minister and Geetternen Attaches ; the Prussian Minister, Madame Bennt, and Gentlemen Attreektt; the Russian Minister, Ba roness Erunow, and Cvnilemen Attaches • the Sardinia n Minister, - and Gentlemen Attaches ; ihe Saxon Mi nister ; the Spanish .Minister, and Gentlemen At taches; the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Baroness de Re hausen, and Gentlemen Attaches; the Turkish Charge d'Af faires and Gentlemen Attaches; the Venezuelan Mi n i s t er; th e Wurtemburg Ainieter, and' G entlemen Attaches; le Comte Borkewski, Lieut.- Cary, lit. Ribeiro da Silva, Count Chrepto wich, Countese Ctreptowich, Madame de Helfer, M. de Get: stein Flehenstein, Madame de Gerstein Hohenstein, le Comte de Kot.serlin i g, le. Baron de , Langen, le Comt e d e R aczyns ki, MN W. T. Empson, Count Anthony Esterhazy, Lieut. Gun dell, Monsieur Hupeden, le Capitaine Istomin, M. Emilie Sancho, the Commander Schlick, M. Gustave de Gersdorff, le Baron Von Gieisheim, the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Gold Stick, the Lord in Waiting, the Silver Stick, the Groom in Waiting, the Lady in Wait ing on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester, the Lady in Waiting on the Princess Sophia. Matilda, the Gentlemen attending the Duke of Cam bridge, the Gentlemen attending the Duke of Sussex, the Com manding Officers of the Grenadier, the Coldstream, and the Scots Fusilier Guards ; the Commanding Officers of the four battalions doing London duty, three Officers of each of the four battalions; the Commanding Officer and three Officers of the battalion at the Tower, the Commanding Officer and four Offi cers of the Ist Life Guards, the Commanding Officer and four Officers of the 2d Life Guards, the - Commanding Officer and tour Officers of the Royal Horse Guards, the Commanding Officer and three Officers of the Bth Hussars, the Commanding Officer and three Officers of the 15th Foot, the Field-officer in Waiting, the Adjutant in Brigade Waiting. Duxes—Wellin g to n , Sutherland, Clev e l an d, B ucc l euc h , Montrose. Norf o lk, Argyle, Leinster, Devonshire, Bucking ham, Marlborough, Richmond, Beaufort, Bedford, Roxburgh, Northumberland, Somerset, Rutland. Dc'63iEssEs—Montrose, Northumberland, Argyle, Buck ingham, Buccleuch ' Somerset, Rich mon d, R ox b urg h , Buck ingham, Norfolk, Sutherland, Inverness, Cleveland, Leinster, Beaufort, Marlborough, Bedford. MA ItQUlSES—Waterford, Headfort, Blandfnrd, Clanricarde, Tavistock, Worcester, Londonderry, Exeter, Downshire, Hert ford, Salisbury, Westminster, Ormonde, Lorne, Lansdowne, Northampton, Sligo, Tweeddale, Anglesey, Douglas, Douro, Conyngham, Normanbv, Ailesbury, Granby, Ab ercorn . Ma RCHIONESSES—exeter, Clanricarde, Ailesbury, Or monde, Tweeddale, De Riario Sforza, Sligo, Abercorn, Donna, Westminster, Normanby, Londonderry, Lansdowne, Downshire, EARLS.—Bruce, Mai:nesbury, Mansfield, Chesterfield, So mers, Minto, Charlcmont, Cardigan, Lincoln, Fitzwilliam, IVemyss, Rosslyn, Yarborough, Kinnoull, Westmoreland, Meath, Morley, Stanhope, Essex, Dunmore, Euston, Cardigan, Moray, Uxbridge, Eldon, Dunraven, March, Cawdor, Clan- Craven, Dalhousie, Cowper, Cadogan, Glengall, Grey, Pembroke, Eglinton, Spencer, Mexborough, Erroll, Beverley, Poulett, Shaftesbury, Sheffield, Falmouth, Manvers, Gainsbo rough, Sandwich, Clarendon, De Grey, Denbigh, Desart, Aberdeen, Effingham, Hardwicke, Sefton, Verulam, Tanker-. rille, Haddingten, Jersey, Lucan, Morton, Aboyne, Wilton, lichester, Jermyn, Carlisle, Surrey, Liverpool, Listowel, Loee. lace, Leicester, Bective, Powis, Howe, Grosvenor, Clare, Ro den, Rosebery, Zetland, Albemarle, Hillsborough, Ripon, Kintore, Radnor. Coo NTESSES. —T an k erv ill e, Grosvenor, Verulam, Surrey, Warwick, Uxbridge, Jersey, Grey, Glengall, Manvers, Albe marle, Dalhousie, Dowager Erroll, Essex, Craven, Eldon, Eglinton, Denbigh, Cowper, Craven, Delatcarr, Clarendon, Malmeshury, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Mexborough, Stanhope, Glengall, Meath, Hardwicke, Cadogan, Carlisle , Cawdor, Morton, De Grey, Dowager Falmouth, Charlemont, Sefton, Clanwilliam, Rosslyn, Minto, Hillsborough, Dunraven, Radnor, Kinneull, Zetland, Beverley, Leicester, Bruce, Powis, Haddington ' Ripon, Wemyss, W estmoreland, Roden, Somers, Lovelace, Listowel, Lucan, Dunmore, Sandwich, Dalhousie, Poulett, Morley, • Rosebery, Gainsborough, Euston, Sheffield, Norbury. VISCOUNTS.— Somerton, Seaham, Melbourne, Norreys, Powerscourt, Drumlanrig, Carmine-, Cantilnpe, le Maidstone, Hawarden, S an d on , Maynard, P o lli ngton, Mahon, Castle reagh, Villi ers , T orr i ng t on , F o lk estone, Northland, Newport, Sydney, Cou r t enav , Duncannon, P almerston, Loftus, Low- Shelburne. Clement s , O ssulston, Ehringtogton,n, Crawy, Cliv e „ Marsharn, Newry, Hinton, Milton, Ipswich, Howick, Grir nston , B arr i ng t on , Clifd en, Chelsea,Strangford, Clive, Jocelyn, Curzon, Campden, Ingestre, Annoyer, Emlyn, Milton, Alford. Vis coorusszs. , —Hoviick, Villiers, Chang, Pollington, THE DRESSES. . . The following costumes were particularly remarkable for their faithfulness to their epoch, as well as for their splendour and striking effect HER MAJESTY. (As Queen Phillippa, consort of Edward 111. ) Over a skirt, with a demi-train of ponccau velvet, edged will, fur, wore a suit of brocade, blue and gold. The centre and the edges likewis9 lined with minever. This fur—distinctive the highest social station in the middle ages, when the costume of high an - I low, of age and yanth, were not emfounded—her Majesty alone U ore at her ball. From the upper edge 'of the centre of the minever stomacher a band descended of jewels, laid on gold tissue, 4nd the other parts of the dress, the as tz:e., likewise studded with precious gems. The Sovereig wore An ample mantle of the splendid brocade, gold and silver, with flowers of silver mattcs and brilliants, over a gold ground, whose marvellous tissue was made, as well as the blue and gold brocade, by the Spitalfields weavers. The mantle was likewise lined with minever. Her Majesty's hair folded inward Clovis, and bore the light crown of graven gold. Her Majesty wore but one diamond on her head. This gem, value 10,000/. looked at a distance like a star by its vivid brilliancy. H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OP KENT. wore a robe a queue in Genoa velvet, opening on each side, light blue velvet appearing in the openings, which were trim med with pearls, long cordellieres in pearls, relieved by bou quets of diamonds; the stomacher entirely covered with pearls and diamonds. The coiffure, sky blue with pearls and diamonds. H, R.ll. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE• The costume selected by her Royal Highness was that of Anne of Bretagne. It was remarkable for the sumptuous ness of its materials, and had a gorgeous effect. Her Royal Highness's dress was of crimson velvet, open on each side, be neath which was a robe of silver and gold tissues, embroidered with diamonds, rubies, pearls, and sapphires; the corsage was entirely covered with diamonds and other precious stones. Head-dress, a regal crown, set with brilliants and valuable ru bies and emeralds, with puff of crimson velvet, from which hung behind a long tulle veil, exquisitely embroidered with gold. The costume altogether was remarkably recherche, and highly suitable to the elevated station, as well as the assumed character of the Royal Duchess. H.R.H THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA OF CAMBRIDGE. Her Royal Highness's costu me was t a k es a ft er an or i g i na l portrait of Princess Claude. It was cowosed of a robe of rich silver brocade, trimmed all round wit's ermine, over which was a tunic of Royal blue velvet, embroidered all over with silver flour delis; round the top, and in the front of the tuoic, were stitched bands o f j ewe l s , cons i s ti ng o f di amon d s , turquoise, rubies, &c., of enormous value. Upon her head her Royal Highness bad a splendid gold couronne, set with brilliants and turquoise, suspended from which was a tulle veil, which, behind, nearly reached the ground, elaborately em broidered all over with silver, and edged by a border of the same. The veil was raised upon each arm, where it was clasped by agraffes of diamonds, imparting to the veil the ap. pearance of a royal mantle, with flowing sleeves. HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH. Ducal coronet, with a rezillo or caul, sprinkled over with diamonds and pearls, with a long embroidered veil of gold; a mantle ponceau and gold, lined with albite satin, and trimmed with ermine ; jaiket in ponceau velvet, trimmed the same, long hanging sleeves benea , h tight long sleeves of the same colour and material as the train ; the jape blue velvet, with the arms of the Bueeleucbs emblazoned on the right side of the dress, and those of her own noble family on the lett ; cordellieres in diamonds and previous gems of every valuable kind, surrounded the waist of her Grace. Her Grace, as the Mistress of the Robes, was expected to give the example of taste and splendour, but she far surpassed all ex pectation, although our description is lamentably deficient. THE DUCHESS ar,BEAUFORT. Costume of Isabella of Valois. A most supab costume, composed of a magnificent drap d'argent shirt, embroidered in relief with bouquets of flowers, butterflies of gold and precious stones, of which the effect surpassed anything of the kind we have ever seen. The under skirt of royal crimson velvet most magnificently embroidered with silver, pearls, and diamonds, appeared to us, by its dazzling effects, to be more the work of fairies than that of mortals. The body a revers of the same material, covered with diamonds, terminated with a resille Espagnolle of pearls and silver chains. The band was of most costly stones, and the sleeves of the velvet a crevees d'argent, embroidered with diamonds and pearls 'fallinggrace.: . fully, and most nobly ornamented with the Spanish regality. In fact, all description is so much under the reality; that it must fail to give ajust idea of the splendour and maeniticenee of th:s most truly Royal costume, so highly graced by the lovely Duchess who wore it. THE MARCHIONESS OF AILP:SBURY. The character assumed by the fair Marchioness was that of the Duchess do Ferrare, sister of the Princefs Claude. This costume was of the most splendid description, and has excited much anticipation in the circles of the beau monde. It was in almost every particular the same as that of her Royal Hightesi the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, to whom the amiabl- Marchioness was sister fur the day, The colour of the mate• rials alone differed ; her Ladyship's dress was of gold tissue, flounced by a deep border of ermine; the tuniquo was of cerise velvet, studded with fleurs tie lis ; down the front of the tu nique were a profusion of diamonds and emeralds, and alas around the top. Heacl , tiress, a resille of gold, set with dia monds, confined the back hdtr i from which a veil of tulle. em. broidered with gold, was appended; the front of her head-dress freterzted sat oreille of diamonds, intermixed with the hair. LADY LONDONDERRY.. A Lady of the ge of the Crusaders, with a group of fair Crusaders.—Mantle of tAile sat'n, covered by a blondo of silver open-worked, of the gge Of Louis XI., lined with ermine; the jupe the same—looking scales of armour; jacket in eloth of silver, trimmed with ermine, and on every pro. trading tail is attached a diamond; to fasten the mantle, t wo suns, in brilliant/of surpassing splendour; jn front a cordilliere of diamonds, with a broad plaque at top, in pearls anti diamonds. The only coloured part of the dress h on the left arm, a red cross of velvet, over which is laid a magt:.ificent , crass in invaluable diamonds; round the waist a riviere Pf diamonds, applied in a Greek pattern. On the head a crown of matchless diamonds and gems, with a rezills on both sides of the head, and in front, studded likewise with jewels. The costume was so surpassingly magnificent, and, withal, so true to history in i , s form, that her Ladyship tooked like a queen of the middle ages evoked from the tomb, wearing her coronation dress. Even her Ladyship's shoes and gloves burs diamonds. MARCHIONESS DE LISBOA At this magnifleeut fete, where every Lady seemed to have borrowed from different countries those splendid dresses which so well suited them, praise must be given to the Marchioness 4c Lisboa for the manner in which she pourtrayed the costume of her native land. It wa3 formed of a blue striped silk with a bouillonnes of pink satin; she wore a black velvet pardessus, ornamented at the top with point de Venice co.lar, in the front of it *as a•pink satin bow; the sleeves were trimmed with boutfants Of white satin and gold buttons. }lead-dress of a Spanish veil, ornamented with silver and diamonds. THE MARCIIIOBBOS CLANBICARDF. (As Germaine de Foix)—This splendid costume was corn poSed ttfa violet velvet dress, embroidered in gold, the front kpEri tifidn ow tissue, and the body covered with diamond 3. The aftsictrdittary head-dress, which gave the whole charac ter of the costUrrie• was very becoming to the Marchioness, and was well adapted for the immense display of diamonds which were on it. THE BARONESS BRITNOVV. 'the costnine Chosen by the Baroness was highly suitable to the oceasitrii, from lief Excellency having the oommand of the fair claitEilse in the Russian quadrille. It was a magnificent a.,,t1 costly 'co:tut:red de gum, of the time of the Empress Cathe rine, and had evitleriCll Ed made with a strict regard to the prevailing fashion of that perldth It consisted of a rich sca r l e t fel•tet tunic, with open sweeping sleOfes, trimmed with ermine, and kneel tlbtrughout with white satin. It covered a robe of tech white satin, tttd stomacher In front of which was literally eovered With jeWtig. The , Bareness wore full white silk tlrtiVterg, with white satin boots embroidered with gold, Head dress, a Rusgidn dap df rcarlet velvet, trimmed with ermine, with a heron's feather in trent, fastened by an aigrette of brit. lianta and rubies. The button and tassel attached were corn- posed of the same precious gems. BA a 0 is sae LE DESPENSER, AS THE MARCIIIO/11,ft Of CADIZ. in a Spanish coitume of the most costly description ; the dress di' white Satin, with bandeaux of 'rich gold work on the skirt; ihb sikhOs of the sleevei edged with gold, and fastened with precious sidtlesl broad gold bracelets and point ruffles ; the kirtlo of black velvet; with broad facing s o f wroug ht go ld ; . I !!Aci with White satin and trimmed tii !lOtly orrtemented with diamonds and other p rec i ous s t ones; g i r dle au„ same. The head-d res s compose d en ti r ely 9f j penddrtt of the e wels. White satin shoes, emb ro id ere d w i t h go ld an d prec i oa i stoi.;:, s ' Gloves and fan to cnrespond. The velvet and satin of this cos:?"" were of Seitalfieldsmanufacture. • BARONESS BEHAMSEg., If it is any pleasure at these fairy scenes of our beauthl and lovely Queen to gaze upon those lovely figures Which revive olden times, it is not . a less one to witness the elegattt costumes which are represented. Such is the one of the fair died beau tiful young Barcmss. !ler costume was one of her own coon try, and retirescuteci to us a Swedish Noblesse, barripoSed of a skirt of yellow damask, embroidered in gold. The " eartdeco" in dark blue, trimmed with real ermine, opened upon a spieddid white satin body, trimmed with a stomacher of costly diamonds and pearls. Her head-dress was curious in itself, being the origin al shape of Sweden; it was surrounded with feathers, and fastened with diamonds and precious stones. LADY PEEL. A most splendid picturesque and. effective. dress. The jupe in cherry-coloured velvet, brocaded in silver • - jacket in -green velvet, covered with a cotte de. maille in silver. . The dress opening on each side over a greet) velvet under-cress, worked in silver; coiffure in red velvet, covered with diamonds; and long veil, embroidered in silver ; cordellieres and band of gold, encrusted with precious stokes. • LADYERNEST BRUCE Appgared in the costume of Rebecca, and no cna cou'd so well represent the character as herself. The beauty of her face and form suited so well that style of costume. The dress was COn ..osed of rich green velvet, embroidered in gold, the' 51e00,1.-3 which for m a l mos t a pi c t ure o f th emse l ves ; b e i ng O . I3eTW 11 "' showing a second sleeve in the oriental style, made in strap d'or, and under which was another one of light material,- givlnfr f softness to th e w h o l e . Th e un d er pet ti coat was mos t s plendid being entir e ly o f d rap d' or , w i t h a most cost l y cac h mer e shao:t fastened round the waist., ivine - a finish to the whole. - Th° effect of the costume was, indeed, most dazzling. The turban must not be forgotten - it was composed of a scarf of the SO! . texture as the one already described, anal which had in the tentre one of the most costly gems it is possible to imagine. HIS R; B. 'PRINCE ALBERT. The magnificent cos t ume o f hi s R oya l Hi g h ness , in hit ment rimmedit character of Edward 111., was a truly rega l h sc abili- ; composed of a mantle or cloak of arlet velvet, of the finest British manufacture, bordered by broad gold figured lace, set Off — each side : with larg e pearls, upwards of one th ousan d i n num b er; it was lined throughout with ermine; a band of pirple velvet connected the cloak when on, theband being studded with finelarge diamonds' rubies, and emeralds, and the centre s t u d, w hi c h was l a rger than the others, eentaindao enormous turqiibise, of a most brilliant. colour; twelve smaller studs of diamonds and emeralds orna mented the band, which was also.beautifully• em b ro idered wit" gold; on each tide the band was fastened by a massivg gold ills". voile, set with br lliants, rubies, emeralds, and other preek 4g stones. The obe was a !prig lace garment, peculiar to thbse w orn the higher classes during that reign ; it watt of a rich bine and god . brocade, of the most costly description, and was expressly ni,; nufactured for this costume. It reached fro m th e nec k, wbiel is bare, to the ancics, the c!ose collar round th e eck being purple velvet., and the opening on the•left side was also ba ttered by the same, cm which were embroidered sapphires, t°' gazes, turquoises, rubies, and emeralds. The op en ing aboY 6 mentioned was for the purpose of displaying the Garter worn by his Royal Highness. Hose of scarlet silk, with shoes ° suite, richly jewelled. Head-dress, a regal coronet of gold, 'se t with precious stones of great value. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS Pas NCE GEORGE cr Caisiaainn"!, (As Gaston Foix ).--A rich violet velvet c o s t ume trimtne. with borders cs' gold, and edged with rich sable fur ; sleeves w . crimson velvet exquisitely embroide re d w ith go ld ; b e lt of inonds, and gold collar, richly set with jewels;. cap of 10 1 • velvet, with a jewelled aigrette, faitening a plunie of leathers black boots, turned' osier with white, and edged "with gold glee work. • Tile peace OF e nteeceaucti. c e ,:eme of a Knight of the Order of the Garter. Re i g s Eth ear e - e IL A . surcoat of cloth of gold, with hanging sleeve s to the same, 11,2edwait•henwhiteted , ‘ sa i t t i h n, g e e o m n s ti , n t e r d om ov w er hi t c l h ae i h v i a p s s girdle profusely o oim 'tended a dagger, the . sheath also studded with valuable jewels; sver the surcoat, a rich lee velvet scarf, with a st a r and tn .° , crescents, 'embroidered with gold and precious stones ; from th e , shoulders was suspended the fioiving mantle of the Order 0 ' ; the Garter, with the badge of that illustrious Order displayed 0 ' the left side ; scarlet silk panteloous and sleeves, with shoes t G , match ;on the left leg - the garter. His Grace wore a ducal re" rent t of gold: THE DUKE OF SUTIMALAND. . . Hit Grace wore a rich crimson velveE - nusser habit, superb i) : trimmed with gold, and ornamented by numberless ge . lnY Mantle of .purple velvet, faced with white satin; and• 00 1 1, trimmed with gold; miffs of Honiton lace hat with he ru ft plume, fastened by &diamond George e .and wesel ing on his It leg the 'tarter, THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. The superb costume worn by theiNolale Duke le. t night vi3*l we believe, after that of the celebrated Earl of leoc o , e favourite of Queen Elizabeth. The jewellexy,that the costume was computed to be worth 'several i'shousaPio e oande. The costume, as a wholes was one'nfltlieriche.'` ,4l/ ,a came within our notice. • -e et eeeheiee THE DUKE or BEAU FOR.T. Costume of the reign .of Louis X11...0f France.—T be : Noble Duke having been selected by her Royal Ilightl e ' the. Duchess of Cambridge to personate Louis in w e French quadrille, of- which - her Royal Highness was.% leader. sits Grace appeared in one ef the most splen.n i , o ', dresses handed down by Monfaneon, in his " Alonartnni Francaise." The dress consisted of rich bhie velve sumptuously embroidered in gold, with which were infer mixed rubies, emeralds, pearls, and other precious stone' with a large diamond star in the centre, .and an opal o f prier less value, set with diemonds. The cloak was of cloth of gol:i lined with white satin,' and trimmed over with pOwder • ermine. The belt, worn by the Noble Duke on this oeciSil e was of crimson, richly 'studded with precious stones, and f 3s* tened in the centre by a large diamond buckle, Sweird,e.-a Y ti luable specimen of the a r t at' that Period,•the hiltteinflo gold exquisitely chased crimson velvet lia't witligath, o 3 confined in the fr , o r n i t iE hy D a u c K o E stl o y l ie .. onit'T 4~ttt~Zttr In the costume of Thomas 'Howard, Duke of Norfo k e t't Earl Marshal, in the reign of Elizabeth - -A'aeitliletio of gold, over which a tunic of rich black velvet, with frStie4 jewels. Hat of black velvet, adorned- with ,a bandeau:•` , pearls, with jewel and feather. , THE EARL or' JERSEY, MASTER tn ,. 1 1 itE HORSE, As Sir John de Villiers, of the reign 'of , 'Charles scarlet velvet mantle, descending from the shoulders, el ra ie , reaching the feet, confined by a curiously-wrought gold et'''6* fastened on each side by jewelled clasps.* Beneath a siireost,o, silver tissue, With a cross of crimson velvet, ornamented 0 ' a gold escallop shells, was a magnificent robe of c rimson satin, interwoven with silver. From his side was hung a leo sword, the hilt ornamented by several hundred brilliants o first water, and in addition to four emeralds of an uniiTik large size, seven valuable sapphi res w e re . set in different R.& of the hilt. The scabbard •was mounted in gold artd - t t e ,„ carlet'""-e1 rubies. Cap of scarlet velvet with ermine border, rich`Y,,el merited with jewels. Plume of w hit e an d s s'• -- ( .1 - friak Scarlet silk pantaloons. -.. •el , EARL or .Liveitrore—(Lord steward.) te A superb costume of a seneschal of the . 13th centorYt o , mantle of purple velvet, edged with a broad gold 'lace, of the inside a rich gold point lace; round the bottom 0 - $ mantle are escallops beautifully embroidered in gold rev star being embroidered in the centre of 'each - escallop. mantle was fasted on the right shoulder by a jewelled 014 to the mantle was a pointed hood, extending midway dovrrit:ci back, which was trimmed with ermine and gold P ie rho mantle as well as hood was lined throughout satin ; the surcoat or ki r tl e worn by the Noble Earl "(-1 racteristic of the reign of Edward the Third , an n , f a closely to the person down to th e hi ps h when it u eea—e „t e It was of rich white satin with sleeves or the e g et ..., ornatne-lhe • to the elbows by a number of richly chased gold buttorts surcoat was studded with his' Lordship's crest (a s ea-ber e ; embroidered in gold and colour purple. A solid geld gir dle i o a V ia ; worn by his Lordship, consisting at plates of the same metal, on which were elaborate chasings of the family crest an stars. The bottom of the surcoat was escalloped similar to tn mantle. Pantaloons of scarlet silk with shoes of blue a t e gold. Cap of purple velvet with a broad fan lap on the le' side ; the lap edged with white and looped up with scarl et vet. Suspended from the got' girdle was a splendid swo rd ' Gauntlets at white kid, embroidered with gold. KARL OF DELA WARR (Lord Chamberlain). e a t Costume of the reign' of Edward 111. A mantle of r! crimson Genoa velvet, trimmed with gold lace, the cape bel.P s l' s embroidered with his motto, " Jour de ma vie," in old E n g il c e characters ; from the mantle was, a hood of the same fiats material, trimmed with powdered ermine, and lined with v;nl,i satin ; cote-hardi of white satin, richly embroidered with T s i badge in gold, and having the knight's belt in gold, with•s° o l plates of the same metal ; sky-blue pantaloons, with shoe u e, cloth of gold. Cap of rich white satin, trimmed with 07 having a splendid jewel in front. Me. ROBERT PEEL. A magnificent costume after Vandyck, of crimson velret!,tl doublet and breeches being richly laced with gold and al , t,'"": tt with white satin. The cloak was of the same coloured rel v .'" ; also trimmed with gold, and lined throughout with whiteslth the sword belt was of blue velvet, superbly embroidered `,rte gold ; a black beaver hat, with white ,ostrich feathers, confivna by a jewel; yellow morocco boots, ined with crimson , a s s t immed with ancient Brussels point lace of great value; it !ea , n markable for the accuracy and taste displayed in its s eleetw o f and strictly in accordance with the costume of the reig n , Charles I. ;' DIAMONDS. ht As we have mentioned before, the display of diamonds at t t oe masque was such as we would defy any other country in •e s O world to produce. To give an idea of the splendour of t . tr ot gems, we describe the diamonds worn by several di , ting t u" le , personages. These are far, however, from being the m O4 o s markable. The diamonds ,of her Majesty, her Royal Hig the Duchess of Cambridge, and of the Marchioness of G o y. , 0 , donderry, were of an eclat baffling all power of . descripV e de We were unwittingly led into error as regards the diaannes, worn by the Earl of Pembroke, and we were far from colt s :0 ing an adequate idea of their splendour. His recent peuell,:s, e ,:eled to his previous- treasure of gems, enabled this nsaX.,'o9, cent ls:ehleman to display upon his costume jewels of the , slE el) gate value of upwards of 3),000/.,ithe five diamonds -in , hat alone being - worth 18,0001. Ada DuChEss of CA ZBRInGE—A coronet of sapphires, emer nye and diamonds, with a multitude of very - . fine'peart drops-of ; $r mense value, and the dims equally enriched; corsage of phires and diamonds. Dttehess of Surncatsvn—A circlet of Oriental ameth;;(off and superb diamonds of great value.' (o r Lord Pgstsamm, as Due. d'Angouleme;...-Strietly to the tume of the period, which was enriched jewels of e ordinary magnificence ; on the cap alone were five the value of 18,000 L ; the other parts of the dress wera,o;4 mented with pearls an sapphires of ecu cost. Lord DE GREY—SpleMid d star in .cap; cos t° also enriched with diamonds. • • ": Duke of BEAUFORT-A cap enriched with sple with a magnificent opal and diamond clasp to tl •lc mantle , wearing the Order of St. Michael.dY Marchioness of AMESBURY—A magnificent c eita3 of raids and diamondi, the tassels of which fell to the bottom ° dress; also a splendid wreath of diamer,ds for the h TO THE EDITOR OF IfEI.X.: Sin,—l observed in The Suit of Satu.rd.ay :- i - fWalr - be cation stating that a county meeting wAs called by the agricultural interest fur the nurii Sc, 1 eisting the l!1 jQ Captain ) taken into l e ciotodf encroachments ern ztrrai,!e.tir 3 11 '' e t• e Ci9a ( t: le : lt a at silites landowner ‘t.theaealiiifr'; r (41 division, and wit() has L'en an ulti-a-Tory till 'vo t "T n ae lastfew weeks. The gal;ant Captain, how( t - xj",, "1, 1 4 that although. the farmers would grumble anti the ft Dui Sir Robert Peel and his measures, yet not o: tk scarcely dared venture to sip: it, and ,for reason, that a threat had been he:d out on a very el yt'ty sive property in this neighbourhocd, that thos who resisted the Government measures wool d Y.', o r Sited to leave their estates, a threat ti:at was e ash. ',O a ; derstood, and which has had its infitamee in darn r o pe the smouldering embers of disaffection which 8t period threatened the squires. :e' ' ••' There is no truth in the allegations that' Pas siv sistance is meditated on the imposition of ft.'s lue th , t 3 4% tax. Passive obedience is more like th , i' of a tradesman, who flourishes under the d Cathedral. But there is a deep-seated feeling of: o r content, which will ultimately telt when the co, 111 !:, becomes roused to the enormous injustice of this ouv l oof and unequal impost,-which will beast) the men of ;1-e 4e't tv take their stand, in common with the rest of 'L i b The days of the Peelers, though not airT4 • 're s - ) py their party. ' 1 . 11 ;1 -1 i s. i,i 1 ; 11 , et --illiam upon as limited. The T°.!, Follettl for places with g Ar ? ber ardour, and little faith e Lna o rue Li lll nt r y. B(lll;776l , r , ." • the peym . anenee of _t_ho :.. o o -Pg o u rit ol , be given, and the numb r 1 ). ... s e f e t; s t i • s t i s: l in e n a t o l o l f n P i l e a r c e e i e s in this way, will gentlemen are accepting of c .3 (t: tunny,l e tt a n:k i v i o u 'rr l , n f e . P .i s t :l 4 irin nli ants. r t s o ee p ti , t t in d g m, lN :n lr i . ii t s l it; ar t n h i e l je C s u a s: d om fr s i , en i d n s a . way whi 'r —vn private fortune) to nice', ia ti e at an g c. ° lo / c iiO e ; et -_:, (bought out of his • • he 0 1 ' • has n t him to •t 1116 penses to which the Bish( 1 " • fal the Bi . shoPE' has ift;rvilnlesohit7,losl,p,cei astieal Court. Should any mistu.: jc ' e „ 1.1 mi2ht rejoice, and devils, perhaps, e. ea ca d ri ; • Exeter, iiay I]. • te , 31150'0,0 Mr. Washinzto to the Court of Igadrid, Pias delayed his ite depltrtratio,, capital a few days, having re3oived asp,:!cial grand Bal Costume just. eN foxiirig at BuclitoghalA nlr States: for joe, 800 from Neu