The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-26 00:00:00

eat, who overseer impOr 711ing,t011 o'clock ilfadang, only for eac e and at? take ishes of '.,ed upon ig him to ilie festi thelihig ' persons preserve . Jordan+, rater was Argyll' .t. . C ~r . )A -17 ) at Wes_,, t' • l oc k, nu. Y.) he C° °4: iis Lora. fficialrits' )etitiolls. it I r .) EVENING SUN LLO Y IrS SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) I rrpoN, JA N . 2 6 .— W i nd t hi s d ay at noon , var i a ble. , TAN CATE CRE EK , J AN . 25: —A rr d. Ri enz i, Messina. C,s'tF MARGATE, JAN. 25.—Isabella Watson, M`Donald, a; Franci s L awson, Worts, w i th pau ll s o f w i n dl ass upset and loss of anchor and chain. s.RA3IBOATE, J AN . 25 . —A rr d . SOrameren, Cagliari to Tun l i a n ti to g off with damage and loss of boat, having been Beachy Head. p DEAL,, JAN. 25.—Wind A.M. S. by W. strong breezes, moderate.—Arrd. George Canning, Savannah. for — "; from the Ri ver, D evons hi re, for B atav i a; C aro li ne , Valparais o . s LivrateooL, JAN. 25.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. 2Perh, Ellington, Calcutta ; Copeland, Syms, Bombay, Ved from St. Helena 15 ult. ; Hindostan, Lamb, ditto; v4l.tlY, room St. Helena 15 ult.; Hindostan, Lamb, ditto; Smith' , fillet, Macao, sailed 14th ult. ; Manchester, rSmith, Paraiba, sailed 16th ult. ; Amazon, Philadel a; Warren, Africa. Sld. Eliza, Africa. The Actaeon, fr r i , L Tl° ll , I and Mauritius, for Liverpool, were to sail lAraa a few days after the 15th October. The °Zed was to sail from Paraiba for Liverpool about kQe 26th ult. The Charlotte bound to Jamaica, came e n a t hu flood last night, and has been docked, appa t%flY without damage. rLYMOUTIL JAN. 25.—Wind S.E. to N.N.W.—Arrd. 'taper, Leghorn. Sld. H.M.S. Dido, China. Arrtll.llou'ru, JAN. 24.—Wind S.S.W., strong breezes.— (tp • 1)) °, Malta ; Mersey, Leghorn. Sld. Neptune s IT -alner), b °LY RF.AD,'Jaw. 24.—Th e Trident, Flint, from St. e r t i go to Liverpool, was towed out of Porthwen epaathis morning, but went ashore before clear of the during a heavy gale, and has become a total wreck. sipisTot, JA L 25.—Arrd. Recovery, Johnson, China. ' 0 1 , 141 •Y, Boston. So h o ', lllll Bll, JAN. 22.—The Craigelhar, M'Duggan, I r l; n 4`vowport to Newry, sprung a leak off Milford s and was abandoned by the crew. crumb JAN. 23.—Sid. Colonist, Barbadoes ; Aber runswick Robi nson , D ept f or d . EWhY, . JAN. 23.—S1d. Brothers, St. John's, New OFF E ASTBOURNE, JAN. 25.—Richmond, Mauritius. 'N u AY - LOYALTY at PORTSMOUTH s TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 44,—This, of all the days of a public character, has b ee the most extraordinary with us. The shops have II:closed f or a h ol i day, the employe d pa id t h e i r d ay ' s the by their m as t ers , t h e gun - w h ar f, th e Customs, and of `g ales have have observ e d the christening of the Prince tic % I: l 'es, the heads of departments celebrate the occa gesse % dinner thi s even i ng , th e cor p ora tion and bur poor S p d ine tog e th er , a tra d esman ' s b a ll to-night, the regal°' Portsea a n d P or t smou th w orkhouses have been felon with roast beef, plum pudding, and liberty, the Union Pia prisoners of the gaol feasted ! but not a A.C.:" - "tek or Royal Standard, under the orders of the uhralt Parad ed Y, have been hoisted—a salute fired, troops Irk ) • ' any demonstration of the event suffered to f the Iptre, Whilst as 1 , 511 -° a e i K , -yard have been the whole day at their duty Precious in ought to be made how it is that these kark us exclusively loyal Tories have dared to act in so r o .i,• ed a manner on an occasion that fills every loyal '..shrnan's heart with increased attachment to our So and the Royal dynasty. So marked an insult to • al tY never was known at Portsmouth. No— " Not ti gun was heard, not a joyful note, As the Prince to the font was carried ; Not a labourer allowed to retreat to his cot, At Portsmouth, whose mirth seemed buried." ,0 Yours, B m , TRUTH. rts niouth, Jan. 25, 1842. 30,, -de Observer of Sunday and Monday next, the °c ut, cl 31st instant, will contain engravings illustrative of • h ie .ceremony of the christening of the Prince e h es, including a view of the interior of St. George s k i r during the ceremony of baptism, the interior of td‘. e °rge'a Hall, during the banquet, with vignette re esentations of the history of the Princes of Wales from 2 1 ' , Ird I. to Edward VI. ; together with copious and rici:Ura,te details of the ceremonies. Price of the Observer, -Honda afternoon edition is preferable for the f er ' d trY and abroad. Sixpence can be sent in a letter Co py of the Observer by return of post. SUDDE N DEATH OF A LADY.—An inquest T os held yesterday before Mr. Wakley, at the Crown Pentonville, on view of the body of Mrs. Ann a ime , w e jam, aged 51, a married female, who died under e„, - "ldy sudden circumstances. It appeared from the I,"'°llee that the deceased's residence was at No. oQueen's -row, Pentonville. She had enjoyed good ath up to Thursday last. Between eleven, and twelve i-eleck o n th e f or en o on of the abo v e day she - had given a t orders to the different tradespeople who called, :_t‘ Which time she appeared as usual. laving occa gtu to go into the kitchen to speak to the servant, she 7its returning up stairs, when she was seen to stagger. vile other sons, a youth, about fourteen years old, ran to her. into whose arms she fell apparently lifeless. She w as carried into the parlour, and placed on the sofa. it' Zr ; Hunter, surgeon, of Claremont - square , was sent for, tad Promptly attended; but before his arrival t he unfor 4ate lady breathed her last. Mr. Hunter gave hip I T ll ion that the deceased's death was probably occa - J ' I 'WW by the rupture of some important vesselin the . of Goti - - 0 : : the heart. Verdict—" Died by the visitation „ Cry A r at Z' GEOGRAFHICAL SOCIETY.—A very e °rnpa W n g, was held on Monday evening, amongst the - and "ethg the Bishop of Norwich, Sir R. H. Inglis, the p res ' er al other distinguished members. Amongst several other were 22 charts of the coast of France, and *rd. t h "'ler maps from the Depot de la Marine at Paris, e°lll munications read were of a very interesting of nb-`er• The first was the result of a new chain th e 1 7rvations ma d e to d eterm i ne t h e d e p res sion of he p roved e Sea, by Li eu t enan t Symons, in which t h e ed that this was at least 1,400 feet below Si editer ranean. A letter was read from Captain °lls, dated Auekland, New Zealand, October 4, 1841 . ta4t "ad traced the sources of several rivers on the north difiePart or that island, where he found the natives very i loto r e ent to what they had been described to him at and rob In thei r b e h av i our they are fi c kl e and captious, Ile ,"80d ° n l Y in anger, but will not attack Europeans. te r ,; described th e c h a in of hot springs running rso k 4 ,th e north-east part of the island. A paper James Alexander gave an account of the klor t l,Pftios to the west of the Rocky Mountains in the h o , nerica, where he had been engaged in fixing . St e , t tlarY line between this country and the United f air 4111 e described having heard of a tribe of Indians of the e°4lplexion, who possessed a superior knowledge of %v er: r s t ,' a nd speak a language of their own. These Who 4 - PPoeed to be the remnants of the Welsh colony, font they existed anywhere, would probably be found i l l 'a; 1 1 1 11 ,, e 4 ..2d parallel of latitude. In the August of last : 41 se t n '' '-dvans, a Welsh gentleman from New York, 41 1 x,,,; 11t to go to Santa Fe, from whence he would od -te the first caravan across the Rocky Mountains, tryc' er to endeavour to find this lost race of his coun 4-7en, Nrho l eft Wales un d er P r ince Madoch in 1169. A kv it ilteresting commun i ca tion was next read from i t /I the 114 I )l : ti; i l o . r. Yetta, on three singular nomadic tribes in- Minor. tit 1 1 , " AT THE HOLBORN UNION WORK II44 , t .„ --- ,..-Last night, at nine o'clock, the inmates of the much' u union workhouse, Little Gray's Inn-lane, were f ile 6 4 raled in consequence of the discovery that a 4 ein broken out i n t h e kitchen. Upon the master tOp4 informed of it, he proceeded there, where he doi n i n a dense smoke issuing through the walls_ ad tile steam apparatus for cooking, and above 4 11z e ;'°011 range. He instantly despatched a mes- Nr to the engine station, upon which the Holborn , e lin ti. , Q P r omptly arrived, which was followed by other wo o d s ' and that from Watling-street, with Mr.. Braid -I‘heti its l he firemen cut into the wall with their axes, Pite e cause of the fire was found to proceed from a timber that passed through the kitchen flue, and wa s in a short time taken out, when the fire was titojoished. That part of the building has been built tht WO years. Had the fire have broken , out later, 4 iti r - e e ?t would h ave p o ssibly been the destruction of the A r a nge of the edifice. Pea 1 , 4 'nquest was held on Tuesday evening at the on, t e P se Dean-street, Westminster, before Mr. Higgs, - la:„ ls u °dy of Thomas Rogers, aged 70, of No. 2, of 1 1d - ,;tead-court, Tothill-street. William Sharma:, ,11 - Nw's-rents, Westminster, said that the ,eedks ,eSeu-ilVi„aS a tenant of his, but had for the last five - n -la a 'le, through extreme poverty, to p h ay . h ro islren t t o . aBk if morning last witness went to is ‘lt could settle his account, or e ven pay aportion kl ioe l,uot b e i ng una bl e to ge t a n answer from him by as "I'A' at th d he had it forced open. He then h , e oor, sitting near the stove, and endeavouring to 48 8 n a „Ja u g of water to his lips. He was then speech for ' 4 ;7 witness immediately sent to the station-house il l a i ksta nce• A surgeon soon came, but deceased died stoti e w _,lninutes. Deceased was a crossing sweeper in abl e t ,; ll a - Yard, but he earned very little, and not being 44,7 Purchase a bundle of wood to light his fire, be 11 P an old , table for fuel. He had no bed and slet . 1 1 a bundl e of rags. His lodging cost only one re g . ni ng per 1„ week, which witness believed he would tpplhave paid had he been able. He did not tha t "' I ," ° the workhouse for relief. Mary Flower said fo llil ,;"e entered the room after deceased's death, and tl ead u r oo food there whatever. His bird was in the cage, a Lr° to want of food. She- considered the deceased k ilo "led from want. Thomas Walker said that he had qrwu the deceased for some time past. He did not ap e to be in distress until within the last few weeks, no t ° wing to the severity of the weather, he could the re f o r am for any length of time at his crossing, and ore the . got very little money. His clothes were in rags, P r pleipai garme n t b e i ng a piece -of green baize, f ro ': he wrapp e d over h i s shoulders. Verdict—" Died of h fu °l d age and the want of the common necessaries A.,, 11° ,„ t h aving applied for relief at the workhouse." - M UTTON FOR MARINERS.—A few days by sir "ne mariners b e l ong i ng t o this porf, were driven ttiakees -4 of weather into Tilbury Fort. Wishing to th e ,: too most of the few hours they remained there, Y proceeded to a butcher's shop to st,`Jaeat. A particularly fine looking leg of mutton, an purchase a join t / 1 1 " ell lost • • • by the nothing either in weight or quality tb.l.`ilee of the butcher's wife, struck their fancy, and h it ?' Inquired the price. This was found to be so exor -I:l4,nitr„iitsh at they expressed some curiosity about the 4 : l "Folars of the leg and among other very pertinent , when the sheep was killed. "It warn't kilt all," said the good dame ; " it died yestere'n in the 0 11 `._' 8, and that's good enough mutton for mariners." leretaf'orthy mariners, it appeared, had too much re or the dead to desecrate it by pot or spit, and left standegood dame in possession of the only leg she had to haon for the next comers.—lpswich _Express u -e _Majesty will l eave the Castle for Bucking -OO3Tt a v lye on Monda.y next ; and i t i s state d t h a t the " th- 14 th of February. ill Proceed to Brighton for a sh or t ti m e, about CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. THE BANQUET ILOOM. ST. GEORGE'S HALL. We utterly despair of being able by words to give our readers a sufficiently strong idea of the splendour, the richness, the magnificence of the many miracles of art which yesterday afternoon we saw placed before us. To have some notion of the magnitude of the room, and to judge of the magnificence of her Majesty's plate, va lued by some as worth 1,500,0001., and by others as worth upwards of 2,000,0001., we set before our readers, in the first place, an account of the gorgeous apartment in which the Banquet was celebrated. On entering this singularly striking room the specta tor's eyes were perfectly dazzled by the brilliance of the gold which glittered before him. We entered from the end opposite to the Waterloo Chamber, and on a screen, which extended 'nearly two-thirds of the width of the room, was fixed a beaufet of plate, almost too dazzling to look upon. The centre piece was the celebrated shield of Achilles, on which it were only a vain task to utter words of commendation at this time of day. Around it were thirty-three other massive pieces of plate, to say nothing of the 'minor chalices and goblets which were interspersed among them. We want words to describe their unrivalled splendour. Looking up the table, we saw four distinct avenues formed between the silver gilt plates ranged on each side of it, by the tureens, the vases, the salt-cellars, and the chandeliers. The salt-cellars were singularly elegant and diversified. The chandeliers, with their numerous branches, rested on polished mirrors, to which they gave, =and from which they borrowed, light when their branches were burning. THE BANQUET TABLE. The table for the banquet, which was laid between the beaufets, had a succession of gold candelabra and epergnes, reaching from one extremity to the other, to gether with a great variety of vases and other ornaments of gold plate. The candelabra, which were of large size, contained wax lights; that in the middle of the table, opposite to the Queen's seat, was larger than any other, and is known as the St. George Candelabra, the upper division containing a splendid carving of St. George slaying the dragon, in full relief. The lower di vision • has four figures in full relief, supporting shields hearing the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Prince of Wales's plume. The Tower salt-cellar, also known as one of the choicest gems of art in the posses sion of the Crown, was near this candelabra, near which also were two others, one on either side, having a repre sentation of the Garden Of thellesperides. The epergnes were embellished with sculptured subjects, many of them from Flaxman's designs, and all of the most superior execution. " Dancing nymphs," " Piping fauns," and several allegorical marine pieces, were amongst the number. EXTRAORDINARY ORNAMENTS OF THE BANQUET TABLE AND SIDEBOARDS. Opposite the Queen's chair, was a magnificent gold chandelier, standing nearly five feet high, with nume rous branches, on which was a splendid carving of St. George slaying the Dragon, with a Victory dropping a crown of laurel on his head from above. Near it was the celebrated Tower salt-cellar, which is so well known as one of the choicest gems of ail in the possession of the Crown. Behind the table we found another sideboard equally gorgeous, containing some of the largest salvers in the world. One of them, valued as worth ten thousand guineas, was formed out of the golden snuff boxes received by George the Fourth. We saw amongst them two immense gold bottles, said to be Scotch, with massive chains of the same metal, con taining from four to six quarts each. Their work manship was exquisite. We had also pointed out to us the celebrated gold cup of Gustavus Adolphus, which now belongs to the Royal plate chest of England. In a recess opposite to the Queen's chair, and which was sur mounted with the Prince's plume, we were particularly struck with the golden dogs of George IV., the golden tiger's head, once the property of Tippoo Saib, and several enamelled drinking cups, especially one which contains an emerald said to be worth 5001. This recess contained also three celebrated cups by Cellini. THE NAUTILUS CUP. The Nautilus cup is singularly elegant. A print of it is engraved in Mr. Shaw's beautiful specimens of " the, dresses and decorations of the middle ages." The bowl of it is formed of a nautilus shell mounted on a stand of silver gilt, with a cover of the same material, the silver being left in its natural colour to represent the flesh of the figures, and the rows of beads in various parts of the cup and lid. The height of the whole cup is 1 foot 8 inches. On the cover of the cup is a Jupiter mounted on an eagle, wielding a sceptre and brandishing a thun derbolt. The profile of the Jupiter is said to bear a close resemblanee to that of Francis 1., King of France. The bowl is held in the arms and rests on the head of a Triton, who is mounted on a sea-horse. The base of the cup is ornamented with sea nymphs playing on different musical instruments. Nothing can be more exquisite than the workmanship of the different figures. This cup was bought at the sale of Wansted-house in 1822, by Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, and was by them sold to George IV. There was a cup of the time of Charles 11., which also excited great admiration. T i t is said to have belonged once to Charles•ll., and to have been pre sented by him to a Master of Queen's College, Oxford, who had rendered important services to his father, Charles I. It remained in the possession of the family until about 20 years ago, when it was purchased by George IV. It is of silver gilt, except the filagree work, which is left in plain silver. It stands 1 foot 10i inches high. THE SILVER-GILT FOUNTAIN AND PEG TANKARD. Among other rarities also were two trophies of British valour—we mean the silver-gilt fountain belonging to Queen Elizabeth, which was taken in one of the prizes captured from the Spanish Armada, and the soup basin of Napoleon captured at Waterloo, with his cipher and crown (how soon his crown became a cipher l) upon it. Both are singularly elegant ; as is also the peg-tankard, of which there is only one now left in this country, though in former days they were very common. Each tankard had many pegs in the inside. It was expected that each toper would drink from peg to peg. If any man refused, he was considered low in spirit ; and hence our common phrase of " being a peg too low." When irradiated in the evening by a thousand candles, whose light was reflected from above and below by the polished surfaces on which they fell, its glare and bril liance was overpowering, and overwhelmed us with un limited admiration. THE STATE BANQUET. About half-past seven o'clock her Majesty, preceded by the Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain, en tered the Banqueting Hall, leaning on the arm of the King of Prussia, followed by Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty was dressed in plain white satin, having a robe of a very thin texture over it; a plain white wreath round her head, and a bandeau of diamonds across her forehead. The King of Prussia wore the same military uniform he wore at the Chapel — red, with silver epaulettes, but appeared decorated with the riband, star, and jewel of the order of the Garter, with which his Majesty had been invested in the morning ; the garter itself his Majesty wore round the knee. Her Majesty took her station in the middle of the table with her back to the fire place, but protected by a low screen, having the King of Prussia on her right hand ; Prince Al bert conducted the Duchess of Kent round the table, took his place directly opposite to her Ma jesty, the Duchess of Kent being opposite the King of Prussia. The Duke of Sussex conducted the, Duchess of Cambridge ; the Duke sitting at the left of the Queen, And the Duchess of Cambridge next the King of Prus sia. The Duke of Sussex was dressed in the uniform of the Captain-General of the Artillery Company, with military boots. Prince Albert and the Duke of Cam bridge each wore a Field Marshal's uniform, with mili tary boots, and both the Royal Dukes and Prince Albert were decorated with the insignia of the Order of the Garter. The Duke of Cambridge took his place at the table on the opposite side to that of the Queen, and close to Prince Albert. Duke Ferdinand, of Saxe Coburg, the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and the young Princess of Saxe-Coburg, were arranged near to the centre of the table; then came the Cabinet Ministers, the remainder of the company filling up each end. There were about eighty attendants, pages and foot men, in their State dresses, in waiting upon the guests. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty at the entrance. A military band was stationed in one of the galleries, and received her Majesty and her illustrious guests with " God save the Queen.' In addition to the brilliant illumination caused by such a profusion of wax lights on the table and beaufets, there were fotir lamps placed against each of the plain shields with the Cross of St. George, which are placed on each pier, on both walls, extending down the whole length of the apartment, hich threw a most dazzling brilliancy over the magnificent scene. As soon as the ,guests were seated, a Bishop (we think the Archbishop of Canterbury) said grace. The dinner then proceeded with activity, and during its continuance the following pieces of music were performed by the band: March, " Iriomphale"—Ries. Overture, " Op. 24"—Mendelssohn. Waltz, " Jubel Klange aus Albion"—Labitzky. Chorus, " Schmuckt die Altare"--Beethoven. ' Quadrille, " Polichinelle"—Musard. Overture, " Les Diamans de la Couronne"—Auber. Galop, Rococo"—Labitzky. A short time before the dinner was concluded, the bagpipers of the 72d Regiment played a cheerful tune, and at the conclusion of it two of the pipers marched round the room, playing one of their national melodies. At a quarter before nine o'clock dinner was over, grace said, the cloth removed, and a magnificent dessert, con taining every delicacy both in and out of season, was placed upon the table. Several pieces of most exquisitely prepared confectionary, modelled under the direction of Mr. Mawditt, were then served up, and from the pro fusion of flowers with which they were decorated, it seemed as if a gay parterre had suddenly sprung . up among the other gay illusions of the scene. The wine sparkled brightly on the board. The Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward, then announced as a toast, " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales." The company rose and drank it standing, her Majesty and the Prince standing at the same time, and bowing the it thanks. The bands then played " Rule Britannia.A few minutes elapsed, and the Lord Steward announced the next toast—" The King of Prussia." The company ag ain rose, the King of Prussia standing at the same time and bowing thanks. The Duke of Sussex stood awhile after the other guests were seated, and we could not help suspecting that his Royal Highness was in clined, in spite of Court etiquette, to favour the com- THE SUN', LO,VDONI WEDNF,SWAY, `I - At•TITARN 26, 1842. ► pany with a speech. At last he, too, sat down, and - The immense chandelier, which is suspended from-the the wine proceeded, the band playing the Prussian centre of this noble apartment, is ornamented by the national anthem, " Vaterlancl." stars of the various British Orders of Knighthood, beau- The Lord Steward gave, as the next toast, " Her tifully executed in ground glass. The carpet, which is Majesty the Queen." Again all stood, her Majesty of a dark crimson colour, has for its pattern the star and among the number, returning her thanks by the most motto of the Order of the Bath. graceful and animated bows. The band playing " God At half-past eleven o'clock, the Foreign Ministers, save the Queen." the Ladies, the . Knights of the Garter, the Cabinet Mi - The next toast was, "His Royal Highness Prince 'Asters , a nd the other v isitors, left the Castle in Royal Albert," when the same ceremony was repeated by all carriages for Woliey-. Hall, followed by the Archbishops present. The band playing the " Coburg March in of Canterbury and, York, and the Bishops of London, the most exquisite style : the bugle notes being most Winche ster, Oxford, and Norwich. skilfully and exquisitely introduced. The Queen and Prince Albert, with his Royal High- At a quarter to ten o'clock her Majesty rose from ness the Prince of Wales, left the Castle for the Chapel, table, and this was a signal for the ladies of her corn- accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke of pany to do the same. Her Majesty waited till they , Sussex and Prince George of Cambridge. I were grouped around her, and then returned to the His Majesty the King of Prussia, having passed from grand Reception-room. His Royal Highness the Prince his apartments, joined the other sponsors. The King Albert then took the chair which her Majesty had was habited in a scarlet uniform, edged with black vel vacated, between the King ,of Prussia and the Duke of vet, the appointments of silver, and wore the collar of the Sussex, and the wine circulated freely for a short period. Black E a g le (founded by Frederick the First, King of The King of Prussia, the Princes, the Ambassadors, and Prussia), and only worn by his Majesty - on State oc,ca other guests, then joined her Majesty,' and this termi- lions, together with the star of the Order. His Serene nated the banquet which, vvhether.we consider the high 'Highness Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Cobourg, appeared rank and station of those who attended it, the splendour in a very rich hussar uniform of scarlet and gold, the of their dresses (civil and-military), the magnificence of loose jacket of which was richly trimmed with gold. the tables, beaufets, and the whole apartments, has per- His Majesty the King of Prussia descended the Grand haps never before been equalled. The gallery was filled Stairc ase with her Royal High ness th e D uc h ess of Kent, with the domestics of the. Royal Household, and many followed by the other Sponsors, and preceded by the ladies from the neighbourhood. The heat was so exces- Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the sive as to distress all, and even to cause one lady to be Comptroller of the Household, and the Clerk Marshal. carried out fainting. • The Illustrious party was conveyed to the Chapel . in THE CHRISTENING CAKE. the Queen's carriages ; that in which the King of Prussia The doors of the Waterloo Gallery were now thrown rode being preceded by the Queen's Marshalmen, four open for the reception of the company. A grand musi- and fonr. cal performance then took place ; and it was in this About one o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert en room, among the refreshments offered to the guests, that tered the choir from the north side, and at the same time the Christening Cake was publicly exhibited. It is on the King of Prussia entered from the south side. Her a scale of magnitude and magnificence quite unrivalled, Majesty was accompanied by the Duke of Sussex, the stands on a silver plateau of 30 inches in diameter, and two young Princes of Cobourg, and the Prince of Saxe is, with its figured ornaments, about four feet high. Weimar ; the Du ke of Wellington bearing the sword of Without its ornaments it would appear like a Colosseum State, preceded by the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham of sugar. The base is ornamented with the rose, sham- berlain, and the other officers of the Household. The rock, and thistle. Immediately above are medallions in King of Prussia was accompanied by the Duchess of silver of the Queen and Prince, all around alternating Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Augusta with the Prince of Wales's plume. Over the medallions of Cambridge, and the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Cobourg. are placed the Royal arms, while above the feathers ap- The Baptismal Service then commenced. The Arch pear the arms and emblems (the harp and leek) bishop of Canterbury received, the names for the young of Wales. The upper edge of the cake is cor- Prince (Albert Edward) from the King of Prussia. The niced with an ornamental scroll. Above this are venerable Primate was assisted in the performance of the six pediments, with three pedestals on the up- sacred rite by the Bishop of London. At the conclusion permost, on which are placed female figures re- of the ceremony the Hallelujah Chorus was sung by the presenting Ceres, Justice, and Plenty, and on yet choir. Her Majesty and the King of Prussia then bow loftier pedestals appear Britannia bearing the infant ing to the assembled Prelates, left the Chapel in the Prince, Clio with her historic pencil in hand, and St. same order as they had entered it. David with his harp invoking a blessing on the child. In the Chapel, chairs of state, of purple velvet and Between these three last figures is the baptismal font, gold, had been placed on a raised dais, in front of the the whole being executed in a style of exquisite art by altar, for the use of the illustrious persons about to the Chief Yeoman of her Majesty's Confectionary, Mr. assemble there : these chairs were ornamented with the Mawditt. Besides this chef d'ceuvre of contrivance and Star of the Order of the Garter, and in front of each was skill there were on different parts of the table upwards placed a crimson velvet footstool. The Naval and Mili of 50 figures, and other emblematic devices, executed in tary Knights of Windsor in their uniforms occupied the the same style, though not of the same magnitude. All sides of the aisle. The Knights of the Order of the of them appeared as bright as the purest alabaster. Garter proceeded on their entrance to their respective THE FRUITS AND CHINA. • stalls. The Prelate of the Order of the Garter, with the The fruits were of every description—oranges in Dean and Clergy of the Chapel, took their station within slices, peaches with all the freshness of natural bloom, the railings of the altar. The Archbishops of Canter strawberries, raspberries, and every description of cur- bury and York, and the Bishop of London, stood in front rant, all modelled in sugar, and so admirably executed as of the font. The font was placed upon a purple velvet all but to defy the possibility of detecting their compo- cushion fringed with gold, and is of a very different sition. form from that which was used at the Christening of the The Rockingham China ordered by William IV., ma- Princess Royal. It is divided into three compartments ; nufactured by British artists, and valued at between the lowest, or base, consisting of a large salver formed of 4,0001. and 5,0001. was brought from Buckingham Palace the lotus leaf, slightly falling over at the edge; from expressly for the occasion. The service had never been this rises a column supporting a basin slightly embossed, used before at the Castle. There are pictures on each and from this again springs a handsome pedestal, sup of the plates remarkable alike for their elegance of de- ported by three cherubs, which is crowned by a sign and for their beauty of execution. Some of the shallow vase, edged with the lotus leaf, containing the centre pieces, of considerable height, were tastefully water with which the infant Prince was christened. ornamented by Mr. Mawditt with bonbons and every Mr. Hayter was present, by command of her Majesty, species of fruits in crystallized sugar. The Royal party for the purpose of taking a sketch of the Baptismal broke up delighted with the admirable style in which all Ceremony ; and Mr. Baxter, the artist, was present by the proceedings had been conducted. . her Majesty's permission, for the same purpose. We have been informed that the King of Prussia, ac- On the return of her Majesty and Prince Albert, the companied by his suite, after attending Divine ser v ice King of Prussia, the Royal Family, and the distinguished on Sunday next at St. Paul's, intends to honour the guests, to the Castle, a Chapter of the Most Noble Order Lord Mayor with his company at the Mansion-house to of the Garter was held in the Throne-room. Nearly all luncheon. the visitors assembled in the 'Waterloo Gallery. The -;e:hts -re robed by Mr. Hunter in the Guard Chem STATE APARTMENTS OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. In addition to the extensive embellishments and deco rations which have been carried into execution in the whole of the State Rooms, opened yesterday, some of the adjoining apartments (forming part of the suite) ap propriated for the occupation of his Prussian Majesty, have been refitted with equal splendour. His Majesty the King of Prussia's reception-room, ante-room, and sitting-room, are all furnished in the same colours, crimson and sold. In the reception-room the draperies and furniture are of silk damask, new for this occasion, as is also the carpet, which on its crimson ground has medallions enclosing the Queen's cypher. In addition to the ordinary furniture of a State apart ment, this room contained some very beautiful Cabi net clocks and vases, two small statuettes of the Lao coon and the Prometheus, and seven fine gallery pic tures by Rubens, namely, the Battle of Nordlingen, St. Martin dividing his Cloak, portrait of Rubens, a Holy Family, and Equestrian Portrait of the Archduke Al bert, Governor of the Netherlands, and two landscapes of Winter and Summer. This room is illuminated by one large cut glass chandelier. It is generally known as the King's drawing-room, and looks on the North terrace. The ante-room corresponds in its furniture to the re ception-room, the hangings and draperies are of the same materials, and finished with gold trimmings. The, furniture is carved, and very richly gilt. The cabinets which adorn it are more antique in their character, and articles of vertm are distributed in all appropriate places throughout this apartment. The ceiling is of stucco, in elegant devices, with the mouldings gilt. In the cove of the ceiling are shields, with the Royal Arms emblazoned on them. It is lighted by a cut glass lustre. The pictures which decorate this room are a Portrait of Charles 11., by Sir Peter Lely ; a Landscape, by Poussin; a St. John, by Correggio ; Jonas thrown into the Sea, by Nicolas Poussin ; Cleopatra, by Guido ; Interior of a Farm-house, by Tethers ; two Landscapes, by Claude ; St. Agnes, by Dominichino ; and a Figure of Silence, by Annibal Carracci. The sitting-room of his Prussian Majesty is the same in decoration as the ante-room, the hangings and drape ries of crimson silk damask and gold, and the furniture richly carved or gilt. The pictures in this room are very numerous, and with the exception of a Holy Family, by Tintoretto, and one or two others, are of the cabinet size. Among them is the celebrated picture of the Misers, by Quintin Matsys; an Ecce Homo, and a Madonna, a com panion picture, by Carlo Dolce ; a St. Catherine, by Guido ; an Encampment, by Wouvernaans ' • a St. Cathe rine, by Dominichi n o ; an d an Offi cer o f th e Papal Guard, by Parmegeano. The bed-room of the King forms a strong contrast in appearance to his other apartments. The hangings and furniture are of pale blue silk, very tastefully embroidered with flowers. The couch itself resembles somewhat a large tent. It is surmounted by an oblong dome, which is crowned by a waving plume of ostrich feathers. This dome rests upon a cornice richly gilt, from which depend the hangings. The colour of the bed is also blue, and trimmed with gold. The ornaments about the frame of the couch also tend to give it a military character. The carpet is light, and wrought in very brilliant colours from a very elegant pattern. The mirrors, which are very large, are framed in silver, and the pictures which decorate this apartment, comprising specimens of almost every school of art, are framed with the same material, slightly relieved with bosses of gold. Among them aro a Holy Family, by Vandyke ; two Italian Seaports by Carlo Varis ; a portrait, by Rembrandt; two landscapes, by Claude ; miniature portraits of Henry VIII., Ed ward VI., and the Duke of Norfolk, by Holbein ; a por trait, by Leonardi da, Vinci ; an Infant Christ, by Carlo Marratti : the Nativity, by Baroccio ; the Bishop of Antwerp, by Rubens ; a portrait, by Gerard Dow ; and a Holy Family, by Sebastian del Piombo. Knights we_ 7 An.r. ber in their, splendid mantles and collars, and the officers in their respective mantles, chains; and badges. Her Majesty being seated on a Chair of State, and the Knights and officers having been introduced and taken their places, the Sovereign's pleasure that a lineal descendant of his Majesty King George the First should be elected into the Order, in pursuance of a statute to that effect, was notified by the Bishop of Oxford. The election was then proceeded with, and his Ma jesty Frederick William the Fourth, King of Prussia, was declared elected a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. • Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the Duke of Sussex left the Chapter Room, and returned with his Majesty the King of Prussia between them, preceded by Deputy Garter, bearing the Ensigns of the Order, and by the Ushers of the Black Rod, and followed by the Noblemen and Gentlemen of his Majesty's Suite. His Majesty was received by the Queen and the Knights Companions standing, and was placed in a Chair of State exactly similar to that. of her Majesty, on the right of the Sovereign. The Garter was then buckled on the King's left leg, and her Majesty, assisted by Prince Albert and the Duke of Sussex, afterwards passed the Ribband and George over his left shoulder. Her Majesty gave the Accolade to the King of Prussia, who received the congratulations of the Knights Com panions present. The Chapter being ended the Knights and Officers of the Order retired. His Majesty wore at the ceremony the uniform of the First Regiment of the Prussian Horse Guards. The Throne-room had been fitted up expressly for the occasion in a very splendid manner. Within the alcove, at the west end, is the Throne, placed .on a raised dais, having a m agnificent canopy. and draperies of crimson velvet, most richly decorated with gold, and having the Royal Arms embroidered in bullion at the back. The Chair of State is carved and richly gilt ; the cushion of purple velvet, embossed with the Star of the Order of the Garter. The alcove contains a paint ing, by West, of the first installation of the Garter. Some mirrors of the largest size, reaching to the ceiling, line the . east, and also fill up the spaces between the.piers. In the centre of the room is a large chandelier of very elegant form, and lustres are suspended at the sides of the Throne. Portraits of George 111., by Gainsborough ; of George IV., by Lawrence ; and of William IV., by Sir M. A. Shee, all of them, in the Robes of the Garter, adorn the south side. The walls are covered with purple velvet, with the Star and Badge of the Garter embossed. The chairs of State and the seats of the Knights, are carved, and covered with purple velvet, em b osse d with the Star of the Garter. 'The table used at the election was covered with purple velvet, trimmed with gold, and edged with bullion fringe. The carpet, which was new for this occasion, is of Garter blue, and is patterned with the Star and Badge of the Garter, encircled with the motto. The border is novel and ingenious. It represents the Collar of the Order of the Garter, very beautifully executed in differ ent brilliant colours, in imitation of enamel, and has, al together, a most elegant and tasteful appearance. The effect of the whole is peculiar and beautiful, and, more over, particularly adapted to carry out the intention which appears to be manifested, of connecting this room especially with that Illustrious Order, a representation of the foundation of which decorates its walls. The ceiling is highly ornamented, and is richly gilt. St. George and the Dragon, and other insignia of the order of the Garter, are introduced among the different devices. The Knight Companions of the Garter present at the Chapter of the Order were—His Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Welling ton, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Duke of Sutherland. The officers of the Order present were the Prelate, the Bishop of Winchester, the Chancellor, the Bishop of Oxford, the Registrar, the Dean of Windsor. Charles George Young, Esq.,York Herald (acting for Sir William Woods, Garter King of Arms), and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford, Baronet. Albert William Wood, Esq., Lancaster; Herald, was also present. -- At the Investiture, the Honourable Corps of Gentle men-at-Arms lined the White Drawing-room through which her Majesty, Prince Albert, the King of Prussia, and the Knights of the Garter passed to the Chapter room of the Order. The Honourable Corps also were the Guard of Honour to the State Apartments of the King Of Prussia, and in St. George's Chapel lined the South Aisle. The following is the State Banquet List, i n h onour o f his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in St. George's Hall : The QUEEN. 11. R. H. the Prince Albert, K.Q. His Majesty the King of Prussia. ' H. R. If. the Duke of Sussex, K.G. H. R. H. the Duch ess of Kent. 11. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, K . G . 11. R. H. the Duchess of -Cambridge. H. R. 11. Prince George of Cambridge, K.G. H. R. H. Princess Augusta of Cambridge. H. S. IT. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Cobourg. H. S. H. Prince Augustus of Saxe-Cobourg. 11. S. H. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg. H. S. H. Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar. THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. The Mistress of the Robes, Duchess of Buccleuch ; Lady in Waiting on her Majesty, Dowager Lady Lyt telton ; Maid of Honour in Waiting, H on , Mi ss P aget ; Woman of the Bedchamber, Hon. Mrs. Brand ; /y Baro nessE Lehzen ; the Lord Ste ward, arl of Liverpool ; the Lord Chamberlain, Earl De La Warr • the Master of the Hor se, the Ea rl of jersey, G.C.H ; the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Ernest Bruce ; the Master of the Buck-hounds, the Earl of Rosslyn ; the Privy . Purse, Major-General Sir H. Wheatley, G.C.H. ; the Captain of the G e ntlemen - at - Arms, Lord Forester; the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl of Beverley ; the Lord in Waiting, the Marquis of Or monde ; the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Nelson Hood ; the Clerk Marshal, Lord Charles Wellesley (Equerry in Waiting) ; the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl • Jermyn ; the Comptroller of the Household, Colonel the Right Hon. George Dawson Dallier ; the Master of the Household, Hon. Charles Augustus Murray; the Master . of the Ceremonies, Sir Robert Chester; First Page of • Honour ; Charles Thomas Wemyss, Esq. ; Second Page of Honour, Henry William John Byng, Esq.; the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Hugh Seymour • First Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State, Sir William Martins ; Second, the Senior Gentleman Usher Quer Hon. TT - terly Waiter, .....eneage Legge ; Cr, Quentin. PRINCE ALBERT'S HOUSEHOLD.- The Groom of the Stole, the Marquis of Exeter, K.G.; the Lord in Waiting, Admiral Lord Colville • the Trea surer, Mr. George Edward Anson ; the Clerk-Marshal, Major-General Wemyss; the Groom in Waiting, Captain Francis Seymour ; the Equerry in Waiting, Lieut.-Col. Bouverie ; Dr. Prmtorius. TILE KING OF PRUSSIA'S ATTENDANTS. M. le' General Natzmer, Baron de Humboldt, Count de Stolberg, M. le General de Neumann, . M. Muller, M. de Meyerinck, M. de Beauchitsch, the Earl of Hardwicke, Colonel Arbuthnot, Capt. Meynell. The Gentlemen in Waiting on his Royal HighneSs the Duke of Sussex :—Sir Archibald Macdonald and Sir Wm. Henry Dillon. The Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Du chess of Kent :—Lady Fanny Howard. The Gentleman in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent:—Sir Geo. Couper, Bart., C.B. The Equerry in Waiting on hi s R oya l Highness the Duke of, Cambridge :—Lieut.-Colonel Jones. The Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Du chess of Cambridge :—Lady Augusta Somerset. The two Ambassadors at the Court of St. James's the Austrian, Prince Esterhazy ; and the French, Count St. Aulaire ; and the following Foreign Ministers : —The Prussian, the Chevalier Bunsen ; the Belgian, M. Van de Weyer ; the Hanoverian, Count Kiel mansegge ; tho Saxon, Baron Gersdorff ; the Portu guese, the Baron de Moncorvo. THE CHURCH DIGNITARIES. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Oxford, the Very Reverend the Dean of Windsor, and the Provost of Eton. _ _ _ THE CABINET. • The Lord President of the Council, Lord Wham cliffe ; the Lord Chancellor, Lord Lyndhurst ; Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G. ; the Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Buckingham, • the First Lord of the Treasury, Right Hon. Sir G.C.H.iobert Peel, Bart. ; the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Haddington ; the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Right Hon. Sir James Graham ; the Secre tary of State for the Foreign Department, the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. ; the Secretary of State for the Colo nial Department, Lord Stanley ; the President of the Board of Control, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci ; the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, the Earl of Ripon; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Right Hon. H. Goulburn; the Secretary at War, Right Hon. Sir Ilenry Hardinge, G.C.B. ; the Paymaster-General of the Forces, Right Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. COURT CIRCULAR. The illustrious and distinguished visitors honoured with invitations to the Christening of his Royal Iligh ness the Prince of Wales, began to assemble in the Wa terloo Gallery in Windsor Castle, at eleven o'clock yes terday morning. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Lans downe, and other Knights of the Garter, wore their splendid mantles and collars. Sir Robert Peel, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other Cabinet Ministers, appeared in their full dress official costume ; the Lord Chancellor in his State Robes ; the Bishops of Winchester and Ox ford in their splendid mantles, as the Prelate and the Chancellor of the Order of the Garter ; the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex in their civic robes '; the Great Officers of State and the Officers of the Household in the full dress uniform of the House hold ; and the Master of the Buck Hounds, the Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms, and the Captain of the Yeo men of the Guard, wore their respective State uniforms. The greater portion of the company was set down at the portico leading to the grand staircase, which, as well as the entrance-hall, was lined by the Yeomen of , the Guard in their Coronation costume, commanded by Sir Samuel Hancock, the Exon in Waiting. The officers of the corps present were Sir Edwin Pearson, the Lieu tenant ; Sir George Houlton, the Ensign ; Mr. Eller thorp, Clerk of the Cheque ; and Captain Seymour Sadler and Captain Nuttall, Exons. 'The Waterloo chamber, in which the guests assembled, had, in common with the other State-rooms, been embel lished and decorated for the occasion. This room is very nearly one hundred feet long, having a gallery at each end of it. From the walls are suspended the portraits of the distinguished persons who were connected in some way or other with the event from which this cham ber takes its name. In the centre of the north side is a whole length portrait of George the Third, having on one side a whole-length portrait of George the Fourth, and on the other one of William the Fourth. Next to this is a half-length portrait of the Prime Minister at the time of the Battle, the Earl of Liverpool, while next to that of George the Fourth is the portrait of the then Foreign Secretary, Lord Castlereagh. The line of pic tures on the side of the room is completed by a whole length of the Duke of York at one end, and one of the Duke of Cambridge at the other, a half-length of Lord Hill being placed over that of George the Third. On the opposite side of the room are the portraits of the illustrious foreigners, viz., the Emperor Francis Fre derick the Third of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, Count Nesselrode, Baron Hardenburg, General Czernicheff, Pope Pius the 7th, and Cardinal Gonsalvi. At each end of the room are smaller portraits of warriors and statesman, the splendid and well known full-length of the Duke of Wellington, bearing the Sword of State, being in the centre of the east end, and one of Prince Schwartzenburgh being over the west I entrance. THE KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER. The Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Wellesley, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Duke-of Northumberland, the Duke of Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl Grey, the Duke of Grafton, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of llamilton, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Carlisle, the Duke of Somer set, the Earl of Derby, the Duke of Cleveland, the Duke of Sutherland, the Marquis of Westminster. OFFICIAL INVITATIONS. The Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, K.G. ; the Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby ; the General-Commanding-in-Chief, Lord Hill, G.C.B. ; the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lord Gran ville ; .the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, Lord Denman ; the Master-General of the Ord nance, Right Hon. Sir George Murray, G.C.B. ; the Gold Stick in Waiting, Viscount Combermere, the Adjutant-General Of the Forces, Sir John Macdon ald, K.C.B. ; the Silver Stick in Waiting, Lieut.-Col. Hall ; the Postmaster-General, Viscount Lowther ; the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting ; the Lieut.-Colonel in command of the Royal Horse Guards, Col. Richardson ; the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart. THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL. The Lord Warden of the Stannaries, the Marquis of Hertford, K.G. ; the Surveyor-General,. Lord Le Lisle, G.C.H. ; the Attorney-General, Mr. Pemberton, Q.C. GENERAL INVITATIONS. The Duchess of Northumberland, Duchess of Suther land, Marchioness of Lansdowne, Lady Isabella Wemyss, Earl of Lincoln, Earl Howe, G.C.H.; Earl of Cardigan, Viscount Melbourne, the Speaker of the House of Com mons, Right Hon. Shaw Lefevre ; Baron Stockmar, the Lord Mayor, First Sheriff Magnay, Second Sheriff Ro gers, Hon. Mrs. Anson, Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot, Sir Wil loughby Gordon, G.C.B ; Mrs. Bouverie, Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, Dr. Grimm, of the King of Prussia's suite ; Rev. Mr. Abckin, of the King 'of Prussia's suite ; le Capitaine Comte de Degenfeld Schomberg, le Capitaine de Zaitsch, and Mr. Glover. THE ROYAL CHRISTENING DAY IN THE METROPOLIS. THE ILLUMINATIONS. The illuminations in the West-end, last evening, were very numerous and splendid. Among the most re markable were those of the Guards' Club-house, Crock ford's, the Army and Navy, the Colonial, the Wynd ham, the Carlton, the Reform, the Senior United Ser vice, and the Oxford and Cambridge Club-houses. The Prince's feathers was the general symbol. A great number of private tradesmen, including, of course, • those employed by the Court, illuminated their premises with elegant and ingenious devices. All the theatres fol lowed the example. Even those exempt from the authority of the Lord Chamberlain exhibited as bril liant displays, in honour of the young Prince, as the patent theatres. The Surrey was loyal in the ex treme. On the outside of the building the managers exhibited a large transparency of the Queen and Prince Albert, with the motto of " Our English Rose —the Bud—the Blossom," and also enjoined the poet of the establishment to write two additional verses, to be sung with the National Anthem at the rising of the cur t.l:n. In the City the illuminations were less frequent. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Some disappointment was experienced at this house last night in consequence of the sudden indisposition of Miss Helen Faucit, who was announced in the bills to appear as Bertha, in the Point of Honour. From the statement of Mr. Serle, who appeared before the curtain to communicate the fact, it appeared that Miss Faucit was actually on her way to the theatre to perform, when she was seized with illness, and that she had been compelled to return home. The play, after a quarter of an hour's delay, was then proceeded with, the part of Bertha having been undertaken by Miss Ellis. At the conclusion, the National Anthem was sung by the vocalists connected with the theatre. An agreeable trifle, in one act, entitled the Windmill, was then played for the first time. It afforded a fine oppor tunity for a display of the excellent acting of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. The story is soon told. The period is in the reign of Charles IL Sampson Low (Mr !Keeley) being a foundling in the service of the miller of Rich mond, the grandfather of Marian (Mrs. Keeley), who is herself an orphan, is earnestly recommended by him to his grandchild to manage the mill, which he performs to her profit and satisfaction. Both parties are ena moured of each other, but Sampson cannot find courage to declare his passion. This gives rise to some most amus • ing acting and by-play, which kept the house in a roar. Marian's reputation for beauty does not escape the notice of an old Marquis living in the environs,— the Marquis de Roueville (Mr. Morris Barnett), but his schemes are frustrated, and, indeed, urge Sampson to make a formal declaration. But, just as the union is about to take place, poor Sampson, who in a fit of vexa tion had previously enlisted into the army, was directed to march to head-quarters. The Marchioness de Roue ville (Mrs. Selby), who had discovered the attempted intrigue of her husband, and who had been made ac quainted by Marian that Sampson had enlisted, enters with his discharge, by direction of the King, and there is no longer any impediment to the union. At the fall of the curtain Mr. and Mrs. Keeley appeared, and he an nounced the farce for repetition on Friday and Saturday. PHRENOTYPIC CHRONOLOGY. Mr. Williams, of the Westminster Academy, has written to us to correct our notice of his book under the above title. His communication is too long to be inserted, but the following pas sage contains the pith of his remarks, doing justice to himself : " In your Journal of Thursday, January 13, I am accused of borrowing the word, or title, Phrenotypics,' from M. Beniowski, and of using that word 'in such a manner as to mislead the public into the belief that I expound the Mnemonic principles of M. BenioNVski instead of 'those of Feinagle.' If you will have the good ness, Sir, to look again at my treatise, you will find that the principles, or system, of Artificial Memory which I have attempted to expound, are neither M. Beniowski's nor M. Von Feinagle's , although founded on a similar plan of l oca lit y; also, that, so far from misleading the public into any such belief, I have naturally been anxious to establish my own right to the invention of those • combinations, extensions, and improve ments in Mnemonics, by means of which I may safely and fairly say, I have produced results as beneficial to education as any accomplished by the system of M. Beniowski. Reference to my book will prove to you that I have asserted and established this claim as plainly as words could convey my meaning. Your charge of plagiarism, though expressed in general terms, appears to apply merely to my adoption of the word Phre notypics,' which unfortunate adoption seems to be the whole ' head and front of my offending.' This, however, is something like a tenable charge, and I take great pleasure here, as I have constantly done in my lectures in London, Bath, Cheltenham, and St. Alban's, i n candidly ac knowledging my obligation to M. Beniowski for that very happy and, appropriate designation of the art of artificial memory. When I first heard it, I considered it to be the best ever invented, and far more expressive than the words " Mne monics,' or Memoria Technica,' which but weakly convey a just idea of Memory strength ened by locality and association. To Phreno type,' expresses what our art really accomplishe s —it is the impression of facts upon the brain, as if with printing vpes." The opinion of Mr. Williams's work which we have.expressed he must allow us to retain, and we cannot open our columns to controvert it. A dreadful accident happened at Stubbington, a short distance from Fareham, a day or two ago. A poor woman, who went out to daily labour, left three very young children locked in a room. One of them, by some means or other, obtained possession of a lucifer match, and set fire to some stubble which was lying about the room, and all three children were suffocated. TORY FALSEHOODS. The following letter has been sent to the Editors of the West of England Conservative and Devonport Inde pendent, from the latter of whom we have received an early copy : TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND CONSERVATIVE. SlR—Your Paper of Wednesday, the 12th inst., hes been sent me,.with a paragraph marked, in order that it may attract my attention. In the paragraph to which I refer, it is stated that " just previous to the over throw of the Whig-Radical Government, a large batch of youngsters, mostly from Cornwall, were placed in the Royal Military Academy by the Master-General of the Ordnance ;" and " that in consequence of the Master having complained of the inconveniently crowded state of the School, the higher authorities had ordered the dismissal of several of the new comers." Upon this pa ragraph, I shall merely observe that it is as unjust to the present as it is to the late'Master-General. Even if the Academy were too crowded (which is not the case), Sir George .Murray is much too just, and too good a man, to dismiss any cadets for the purpose of making more room only, or without having good reason for so doing ; and as to the imputation meant to be conveyed against me, by the assertion that the " last batch were mostly from Cornwall," the fact is, that of the twenty seven ordered for re-examination (I have the list now before me) I really do not believe there is one having any connection whatever with the county. That I thought it necessary to augment the number of cadets at the Academy, I am quite ready to admit, and if any one doubts the existence of such necessity, I would refer him to the number of vacant commissions, both in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. The supply, under the former establishment of the Academy, was not, in fact, equal to the demand.* But that I ever, in any way, unworthily used the patronage for political pur poses, as you, Mr. Editor, would have your readers be lieve, I utterly and positively deny. I am, Sir, yours, &C., VIVIAN. Glynn, Bodmin, Jan. 22, 1842. *- I should state that I had begun increasing the establish ment at the Academy very long before I went out of office. DESTITUTION IN GLASGOW. On Saturday one of the most heart-rending spectacles we have ever witnessed was exhibited in the Police court of this city. Nearly seventy individuals, of both sexes, and of all ages, who had during the previous night voluntarily sought protection under the roof of the office, were placed at the bar, for the purpose of having their cases inquired into by the Magistrate. The party presented an appearance of filth, degrada tion, and misery absolutely sickening, and afforded but too positive proof of the dreadful amount of wretched ness now so prevalent. Want, in its most direful form, was marked upon every visage; the clothing of many of the poor outcasts was scarcely sufficient to cover their nakedness ; none of them had a home to go to ; and, impelled by their necessities, the protection of the Police-office was the only refuge left them in their dis tress. The amount of misery which these poor creatures exhibited seemed utterly to appal the Magistrate, Bailie Bogle, whose term of service has not been long enough to make him acquainted with the degree of wretched ness so familiar to those who have been longer in the Magistracy ; and, like every Magistrate in similar circumstances, he was evidently puzzled how to act. Af ter some consultation, it was resolved to submit the ease of each to the examination of the parish-officers, with a view to relief being granted where the parties belonged to Glasgow, and having the others sent off to their respec t tive parishes. This was perhaps all that could be done in ' the circumstances, but we need not say that it is utterly inadequate to meet the evil. It is proper to state that, with the exception of two or three indivi• duals, none of the unfortunate parties referred to above are known in the Police-office as cri minals—poverty alone sent them within its precincts ; but it requires no prophetic vision to foretel that, sooner or later, their names will go to swell up the list of delin quents who tenant its cells, unless the horrors to which they are subjected prevent the commission of crime, by the awful alternative of shortening their lives. While on this subject, we may take the opportunity of mentioning the startling fact, that there are at present in Bridewell no fewer than fifty-two voluntary prisoners, who have come forward and re quested admission to that establishment. Many of these are persons who have petitioned to be allowed to remain after the expiry of their sentences ; others, after going out, but who have been unsuccessful in procuring employ ment, have returned begging for admission ; but many of them have never been convicted of crime, and have peti tioned to be admitted, subject to all the rules and regula tions of the prison. Perhaps this single fact proves, more clearly than any other which could be adduced, the fallen and helpless condition of our suffering poor. Persons who have never been convicted of crime go voluntarily forward, and petition to be subjected to all the rules and regulations of Bridewell, rather than remain in the possession of their freedom, accompanied with all the evils of starvation. This fact we can state on the authority of Mr. Brcbner, the humane and en lightened governor of our prisons ; and it is one of such a startling nature, as must at once attract no small share of public observation. The distress, now so unhappily prevalent all over the country, presents many features of fearful interest, the most striking of which are the rapidly demoralising effects produced in the lower walks of society ; and perhaps nothing has occurred to show more clearly the sinking condition of that class of our fellow-citizens than the significant fact we have recorded above.— Glasgow Paper. • His Majesty the King of Prussia and suite will take their departure from Windsor for town on Thurs day next. The King will not leave England until after the meeting of Parliament,, at which his Majesty will be present. _ ARRIVAL OF CONVlCTS.—Yesterday morning the York snail train arrived at the Euston-square terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, at a quarter-past nine (it ought to have come in four hours earlier, but its progress was impeded by frost and snow), bringing up thirty-three convicts, heavily ironed, and in custody of constables, for the purpose of being conveyed to Woolwich, preparatory to their leaving the country for various periods ; and on the previous day several other convicts arrived by the same railway, from Coven try and other places. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ARTI CLE "A" AND " THE."—A Merry Andrew being asked by a young aspirant for fame to inform him by what means he might discover the difference between the in definite article a and the definite article the ? " Why, sir," said the clown, "you area fool, but I am the fool —that's the difference." THE WILD MEN IN THE KIRK..--.The Town Council have, as we anticipated, by a large ma jority, elected the Rev. Mr. M‘Letchie, of Leith, to be assistant and successor to the Rev. Dr. Lockhart, of the College Church. This occurrence marks, in a very striking manner, the disgust which has been excited in the minds of • the rational portion of the community by the extravagant doings of the wild clergy. Previously to the last Munici pal elections the Non-Intrusionists almost equalled in numbers their opponents in the Council ; and it we go a little further back, we find them in a triumphant majority, returning regularly an elder to the Ge neral Assembly in support of the dominant party in the Kirk. Such, however, was the feeling engendered by the mad proceedings of the clerical tyrants, that in November last their power was laid com pletely prostrate ; and we have now witnessed a minis ter elected from the Moderate side of the s Church, by a majority of 18 to 12, in the once priest-ridden but now emancipated Town Council of Glasgow. We think there is something like an evidence of re-action here ; and the Council having now freed themselves from priestly thral dom, we trust there is little danger that the constituency will again permit them to relapse into their former state of bondage.—Glusgow Argus. On Sunday, Mr. James Meredith, the hair dresser under the cloisters, Temple, who had been en gaged in the business upwards of twenty years, was found drowned in the Thames, opposite Bankside. The unfortunate man had been missing before Christmas, and it was supposed that he had left for Ame rica. His wife and family could gain no intelligence of him, and were, as might have been expected, in great suspense at his continued absence. On the person of the deceased was found the key of his shop in the Temple, his card, and fourteen-pence in his pocket. Information' was brought to the shop, and the body was identified. Pecuniary distress, it is said, led to the rash act. ENCROACHMENTS OF THE SEA.—It is well known that there have been extensive and extraor dinary encroachments of the sea, washing away the Suffolk coast, and if they continue Heaven knows what will become of this snug little island. In this month's number of the Philosophical Magazine there is an account of further inroads of old Nep tune in this quarter. A letter was read before the Geological Society, from Captain Alexander, F.G.S., " on the annual destruction of land at Easton, Ha vent Cliff, near Southwold, on the Suffolk coast." From careful observations made during the last five years, Captain Alexander states it to be his opinion that the local representations of " 350 yards in breadth having been destroyed (or washed away by the action of the sea) at Eastern Cliff in about 35 years, are not much over-rated, as, during that period, a nearly square field, containing 12i acres, has been entirely removed by the sea, and only three acres remaining of another which consisted of 181-.' , This ratio of loss, he adds, has ex tended along the whole range of the Cliff'. According to Captain Alexander's observations, there has been an annual loss of seven yards in breadth. AWFUL VISITATION.—On Friday forenoon, at ten o'clock, a Coroner's inquest was held at the Crown, Museum-street, Bloomsbury, before Mr. Walt.- ley, M.P., on the body of George Hopkins, aged 47, who died under the following awful circumstances : It appeared from the evidence of the widow, who is left with four young children, that the deceased had been above thirty years in the service (as foreman) of Mr. Spencer, mattrass-manufacturer, Holborn. He had been for twenty years asthmatical. On Monday night he went to bed about nine o'clock, not making any particular complaint. About six o'clock, the following morn ing she awoke and found him in convulsions. He was then insensible. Mr. Hunter, a medical gentleman who was sent to, arrived, but said he could do nothing for him. Her unfortunate husband died between nine and ten o'clock. - Mr. Wakley said that the deceased was the first witness he examined after he became Coroner. It further appeared that the inquest was held upon a relative of the deceased's matter, and that t)'e landlord of the Crown was the foreman of the Jury on that occasion. Verdict, " Natural death." Two mornings ago, about two o'clock, a porter of a diligence office, in the Rue de Bouloi, was found lying senseless at the entrance of the Passage Vero-Dodat, in the Rue Montesquieu. He was taken to a guardhouse, but before medical assistance could be obtained he ex pired. He was an habitual drunkard. EVENING SUN NECESSITY TO 'REPEAL- THE CORN LAWS. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RINSELL. JANUARY 22, 1842. MY LORD—The opening of the approaching session of Parliament is waited for by the vast population of these realms, with unprecedented, in tense, and fearful anxiety, grieviously augmented by unnecessary and heartless procrastinition, and now wound up to the verge of despair by the sad foreboding that her Majesty's Ministers will refuse to concur in the only measure that can arrest - Abe progress of the wretchedness and destitution which prevail throughout the land. The patient endur ance and Christian fortitude with which the poor of the country have so long borne their se vere privations, must command the admira. tion of every good subject, and happily leaves the Government without an objection to put forth, which might in the slightest degree invalidate the claims of justice, or prejudice the sacred cause which the nation has now taken up, in a tone - that proclaims the fixedness, the firmness, and the high import of her resolves. Surely our present rulers will not madly imitate the conduct of Pharaoh of old, and harden their hearts against the cry of the poor for bread, until the anger of the Almighty is kindled against them, and they, their adherents and supporters, be swept with the besom of destruc tion, and the innocent plunged with the guilty into all the horrors of civil strife. I shall not adduce quotations from the Inspired Volume to prove that our existing Corn-laws are directly opposed to the laws of God, because I consider that to be a fact placed beyond the reach of controversy, by the conclusive and momentous testimony of the many hundred clergymen 'aisero bled in Manchester, and Edinburgh, and in Wales, of whom several are eminently distinguished for theological learning. In the minds of religious and thinking persons there is now no doubt ; and since th e sinfulness of those laws has been so ably, tiro incontestibly shown, who cane hesitate : te:kroe diet the final result? Public discuesion 'his awakened the consciences of ' millions of sin cere Christians, who will not violate their duty to God and to their neighbour, and in whose breasts will henceforth reign such a hatred of the accursed bread-tax, that no human power can long' maintain it. But we must gird on our armour, and prepare for a bitter struggle. I know our opponents too well— the constitution of their minds, their thoughts, their feelings, their habits, their prejudices, their self-love —to indulge the least hope that any concession of importance to the welfare of the people, in this case, will be madd by them. Their very existence, as a party and as a Government, depends upon a close 'adherence to the vile policy of duties—spe• ciously called protecting, but which, in truth, are prohibitory—clinching a few thousands, but im poverishing millions. Those men have neither sufficient patriotism nor moral courage to recede. Their course has been long determined, and no change for the better will be accomplished until the union and resolution of the people become strong enough to extort submission. In combat for sacred rights, for glorious ends, •we shall shortly be engaged ; but before the trum pet sounds for the onset, it will be well that the armed host should distinctly know and . acknow ledge their leader. To you, my Lord John Russell, the Anti-Corn law Members in the House of Commons, and that mighty party in the kingdom, look as their cham pion. They have read your reply to the address of the inhabitant:, of Plymouth, and they there find sentiments which, coupled with your great talents and ability in debate, have decided them to commit the working out of their destinies to your hands.. You have thrown down the gauntlet with a spirit worthy of your most renowned ancestors, and you will, I am confident, be found at your post to' de. fend the opinions you have unreservedly and ho r nourably propounded, and will not cease to agitate for the repeal of the Corn-laws until your efforts arc erowncd with success. You will take your station on a dangerous eminence, and your adversaries will assail you with powerful weapons. The eyes of your countrymen, nay, of the civilized world, will be rivetted upon you ; and while the greatest earthly felicity, that of providing for, and extending the happiness of, your fellow-men, and the personal enjoyment of honours which will be coeval with time, await you if triumphant,—re member, that any deviation from the principles you have avowed, any compromise of the people's inde feasible rights, will involve you in irretrievable ruin. In contending for the supremacy of the violated laws of heaven over the iniquitous statutes of men, you will be sustained by the truly great, the wise, and the good ; but you must show that you are thoroughly imbued with this lofty principle, by in sisting on its truth, and claiming obedience to it. However much may be pleaded, on moral and poli tical grounds, yet such are only secondary consi derations in this great question, which must, and will be, decided by the persuasive force of the in junctions of Holy Writ on the haughty mind of Man. You, my Lord, are doubtless at liberty to decline the championship in this fierce co ntent i on , an d leave another to climb the giddy precipice ; but if you do accept the office, you must draw the sword throwing away the scabbard, and manfully fight the battle of the people until you obtain the repeal of all and every kind of duty on the importation of foreign corn. Upon this vital point the country is determined and inexorable, and one modification only can or will be ratified out of doors. The people would still be generous enough to agree to a fixed duty of ss. per quarter, diminishing ls. annually for five years, to give time Mr landlord and tenant to see how their re. spective interests were affected. Be wise, short sighted statesmen, and purblind landowners; adopt this plan, and restore peace and plenty to your distracted country. And now, my Lord, having viewed you as our General, and considered the jus tice of our cause, let us examine your armour. You are girded with the representation of the ca pital of this mighty empire, buckled on by six thousand fearless men : your rival is elected for a borough, adjoining his family prope r ty, by a sma ll constituency, boun d to him hand and foot. A two edged sword, the Word of the Lord, is yours : the hapless shaft of oppression is in your adver sary's hand. You command the willing hearts of twenty-four millions of your countrymen : your opponent heads a phalanx of a few thousand des perate men. You are surrounded by those whose allegiance is secured by every motive to truth and faithfulness : the enemy's camp his already many well-known traitors within it. You plead the cause of the widow, the fatherless, and the poor: time Minister advocates the continuance of spolia tion by the rich and powerful. Finally, you con tend for Liberal opinions and just rights : the Lord of the Treasury fights for place, patronage, and monopoly. And now for your banner— " Patrice infelici fidelis ;" the Baronet may as sume " Quid pro quo," as best descriptive of his. My Lord, there never were such exalted inter rests at stake—so excellent a prize to contend for. Victory is not doubtful. Be not disMayed, there fore, by the issue of a .first campaign. Retire within your lines—(remember Torres Vedras) ;—. reassemble your forces ; augment your resources —(supplies will be enthusiastically brought to your assistance) ; and return again and again to the charge ; and you will assuredly obtain a.glo rious triumph . for your country, and imperishable fame for yourself.—l have the honour- to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble ser vant, PHILO-JUSTICIA. POOLEWE, JAN. 15.—DISTRESSING OCCUR-. RENCE.—A young man of the name of Macphail, from Portlair, in Torridon, having gone in company with two of his neighbours on Old Christmas-day, with his gun, in search of ptarmigan to Benaligin, while attempting to cross a narrow corrie over a wreath of snow, lost his foot ing, and was precipitated over a rock upwards of 200 feet high, and was found by his companions (one of whom was his father) in a dreadfully mutilated state, and life quite ex tinet.—lnveracss Paper. PAISLEY, JAN. 22.—1 n Paisley things hare now reached the pitch, that, as regards business, they can scarcely be worse. We anticipate no more failures in this town, because all who were in busi nessts to any extent (except a very few capitalists, who have for a long time been lying on their .., o , ; ~.. rather than pursuing their usual vocations) al , ' 41 , : ) :,. have failed. We anticipate no further throwing°i our workmen, because, so far as the tr e a m de ar r e Pais ley is concerned, scarcely any of of Paisley, em ployed, at least three-fourths of the t o h ia fe s w gow w °vera who have work being employed by ware houses. The number on the relief sie lis t y the increased ac- Johnstone, &c., is 16,770. In week becoming more cumulation of misery the a p_ protracted sufferings of peopl e. parent, from the teis, industrious and hide- Several thousands of our 18 i s every • are now as t - t t es 1 u e ansl helpless as pendent operatives Glasgow Post. common beggars.— )11 , ~ i~ Ile of K I