The Sun. — London, England, 1836-05-30 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM. A Drawing-room was held by the Queen on Saturday at St. James's, in celebration of the King's Birth-day. A guard of honour of the Life Guards, with their band in state uniforms, were on duty in the large Court-yard of the Palace. The band played alternately with that of the Foot Guards, who were stationed in the Colour Court of the Palace. A numerous division of the new police lined the approaches tie the Palace, and Messrs. Smith and Ledbitter, two of the pupal officers of Bow-street, were stationed at the entrance where the company alighted. His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms lined the Presence Chamber, and were stationed in the Por trait Gallery and at the doors in the state rooms reserved for the Royal Family. The officers present were Sir Samuel Spry, the - Lieutenant, Mr. J. N. Reeve, the Standard-bearer, and - the Harbinger. Messrs. Dobell and Halse, the State Pages, and the Pages of their Majesties, wore their state uniforms. The Officers of the Yeomen Guard present were Sir Ed win Pearson, the Lieutenant ; Captain Houlton, the Ensign, Sir Thomas Horsley Curties, Mr. Charles Hancock, and Mr. Samuel Hancock, Exons, and Mr. Ellerthorpe, Clerk of the Cheque. Several of the Foreign Ministers, the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Vice-Chancellor, came in state, attended by their re- spective suites. The day being observed as a Collar day, the principal Knights of the Orders of the Garter, the Thistle, St. Patrick, the Bath, and the Guelphic, wore their respective collars. At half-past one o'clock the Archbishop of Canterbury, ac companied by the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Win chester, Exeter, Chichester, Bangor, Gloucester, Bristol, Ro chester, and Down and Connor, was introduced to the King in the Royal Closet, when his Grace read a congratulatory address. Their Lordships had the honour to kiss hands, and then retired through the corridor to the Queen's house. Earl Howe, her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, presented their Lordships to the Queen, when the Archbishop read an address to her Majesty. The Archbishops and Bishops then returned to the Palace, and attended the Drawing Room. The Queen havin g passed through the corridor to the Royal Closet, Mr. Thomas Shiffner was introduced, and kissed hands on being appointed Master of the (King's) Household. The doors were opened to the company at one o'clock. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria came in state, escorted by a party of Life Guards. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Hereditary Prince, the Prince Albert, and the Prince of Leiningen. They were attended by the Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Lady Flora Hastings, Lady Theresa Strangways, Lady Conroy, Hon. Lady Cust, Ba roness Lehzen, Sir John Conroy, Sir Frederick Wetherell, Sir George Anson, Hon. General Upton, Colonel Hill, Col. Harcourt, Hon. Captain Spencer, Baron d'Alvensleben, 'and the Count Kolowrat. Their Royal Highnesses went to and returned from the Pa lace by St. James's. street, and were received with the usual honours by the King's guard on entering and leaving the Co lour-court of the Palace. The dresses worn by the Duchess of Kent and the . Princess Victoria were composed entirely of articles the manufacture of the United Kingdom. The Duke of Cumberland was attended by Captain Slade; the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg was attended by Made moiselle Stvne ; the Duchess of Gloucester was attended by Sir Samuel . ' Higgins; the Prince of Orange was attended by the Hereditary Prince of Orange and Prince Alexander of the Netherlands. Prince George of Cambridge, and Prince Ernest of Philippsthal also arrived. Their Majesties entered the Throne Rcom and took their usual stations. The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, the Duke of Cumberland, and the other members of the Royal Family, stood on the left of the Queen; and on her Majesty's right were the Ladies and Gentlemen of the House hold. Amongst those present were the Countess of Shef field and Miss Eden, the Lady and Maid of Honour in Waiting ; the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess Brovvnlow, and Lady Clinton. Ladies - of the Bedchamber; Miss Iludpon, Miss Begot, and Miss Hope Johnstone, Maids of Honour; Lady Bedinglield, Mrs. B. Paget, and Miss Wilson, Bed chamber Women ; Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain ; Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse ; Hon. Mr. Ashley, Vice- Chamberlain ; Hon. Captain Hay, and Captain Pechell, R. N., Equerries ; Sir G. Hoste ; Capt ,in Vincent, R. N. ; Colonel Wilson, Lieut.-Colonel Jones, Mr. Murray, Captain E. Curzon, R.N. ; M. Mellish, and Mr. J. G. Strangways, Gentlemen Ushers ; and Master De Salis, Page of Honour. The King was attended bY the Great Officers of State. The Marquis of Winchester officiated as the Lord in Waiting ; Vis count Falkland, Lord in Waiting, was also in attendance. Lieut.- G eneral the Hon. Sir W. Lumley in Waiting; Vice- Admiral Sir G. Rowley and the Hon. Captain G. Campbell, R. N., were the Grooms in Waiting. The doors leading into George the Third's room were then opened, and the entree company were introduced, first pass ing to the King, and afterwards paying their respects to the Queen. In the entree circle the Countess Pauline Neale was pre sented to the Queen by Baroness Blorne, lady of the Danish Minister. The Baron do Maltitz, Member of the Council of State. and Privy Councillor to the Embassy of the Emperor of all the Russias, was presented to the Queen by Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador. The Baronne de Maltitz was presented to her Majesty by Baroness Morrie. the Lady of the Danish Minister. Mr. Frederic de Riumer was presented to his Majesty by Baron Bulow, the Russian Minister. The Drawing Room was attended by the Russian Ambas sador, the French An' assador and Countess Sebastiani, the Neapotitan Minister and Countess Lug - 1011, the Prussian, Swe dish, and Wurtemburgh Ministers ; the Hanoverian Minister and Baroness d'Ompteda, (nee do Strobe) the Buenos Ayrean Minister, the Danish Minister and Baroness Blome, the Por tuguese Minister, the Grecian Minister and Madame Trieoupi, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Sardininn Brazilian, Netherlands, and Saxon Ministers ; Noory Effendi, Ottoman Minister, accompanied by M. Salame, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul- General for the Hanse Mowns ; M. Hummelauer, Austrian Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Vail, Charge d'Affaires of the United States ; M. Wallez, Belgian Charge d'Affaires; Mr. Philip Friell, Ambassador from the King of Oude ; the Spanish Charge d'Affaires; the Moulvee Mahomed Ismail Khan, Ambassador from the King of Oude, accompanied by Captain Melville Grindley ; Count Seekendorff, Secretary to the Prussian Legation ; M. Lichtenberg, Privy Councillor of the Hanoverian Legation ; Count Grammont, Secretary to fie French Embassy ; Baron Rehausen, Secretary to the Swedish Legation ; Chevalier de Ribeiro, Secretary to the Portuguese Legation ; Count Moivan, Secretary to the Sar d'niin Legation ; Count Plessen, Secretary to the Danish Legation ; Talaat Effendi and M. Vogoridis, Secretaries to the Tuikish Legation ; Mr. Menders, Attache to the Portuguese Legation ; and the Baron do Lagos, the Count Charles and the Countess Pozzo di Borgo, Baron Marenholz, Grand Marshal to his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, Count Gustavus and Countess Blucher de IValstall, Baron and Baroness de Rutzen, Count Frederic de Limburg Stirurn, Chamberlain to the King of the Netherlands ; Count and Countess Chretien de Danneskiold Samsoe, Count Erdody, Chamberlain to the Emperor of Austria ; M. Alexandre de Bethmann, Count and Countess G. S. Metaxa, Baron d'Ompteda, Aide-de- Camp to the Duke of Cambridge ; Baron d'Ompteda, of the Jaeger Guards; M. de Testctits , Baron Von Randen, Captain in the Netherlands service ; the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Buckhounds, the Post Master-General, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls ; the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Vice-Chancellor, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Lord Mayor, Mr. John M'Neill (Mi nister to the Court of Persia), the Judge Advocate-General, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the King's Advocate, the Attorney-General, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Solicitor-General, Sir Wm. Burnett, K. C. H., Physician to the King ; Sir A. Cooper, Bart., and Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., Sergeant Surgeons to the King ; Mr. Sulivan, Deputy Secretary-at-War ; Sir Martin Archer Shoe, President of the Royal Arcademy ; Sir Herbert Taylor, Principal Aide-de-Camp to the King ; Lord Saltoun, Colonels Sir A. Dickson, R. A., Sir R. Gardiner, Sir C. Thornton, Sir Robert H. Dick, Sir J. Harvey, Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Le Couteur, Gibbs, Elphinstone, Ar nold, R.E., and Baker, Aides-de-Camp to the King ; Lord Radstock (in waiting), Earl Cadogan, lion. Captain Poulett, and Capt. Hornby, Naval Aides-de-Camp to the King ; Sir Henry Wheatley, Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse ; Sir Wathen Waller, Extra Groom in Waiting; Sir Augustus Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod ; the Master of the Ce remonies, the Master of the Robes ; Mr. Sergeant Acher ley, Attorney-General of the County Palatine of Lancas ter ; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet (in Waiting), and Chaplain to the Queen ; the Rev. Dr. Foord-Bowes, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, and Chaplain to the King ; the Rev. M. Wynyard, Deputy Clerk of the Closet; the Adjutant-General of the Forces; Sir A. Barnard (Principal), and Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Col. Bowater, and Lieut.-Colonel Cavendish, Equerries to the King; Sir Patrick Walker, Usher of the Black Rod ; Mr. Meek, Comptroller of the Victualling of the Navy ; Mr. Burge (for Jamaica), and Mr. Mayers (for Barbadoes), Colonial Agents ; Sir William Gomm, Field Officer in Waiting ; M r . Ald. Winchester, Mr. Sheriff Lainson, Mr. Sheriff Solomons, Mr. Sergeant Arabin, the Attorney-General for Ireland ; the King's Harbinger, Captain Hindmarsh, R.N. K.H., Go vernor of South Australia ; Mr. Fletcher Wilson, Danish Consul General ; the Queen's Attorney and Solicitor-Gene rals ; Rev. T. Mills, Chaplain in Ordinary ; Rev. J. S. Cap per, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor; Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies ; Master Stephenson, Page of Honour; the Sub-Deans of the Chapels Royal; Cap tain Stephens, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Cambridge, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. Smith, Capt. Green, and Mr. Strachan, Gentleman Ushers to the King; Capt. Courtenay Boyle, R.N., Groom of the Privy Chamber. DUKES—Portland, Buccleuch, Roxburgh, Devonshire, Rut land, Wellington, Norfolk, Newcastle, Sutherland, Somerset, St. Alban's. DucuEssEs—Buccleuch, Roxburgh, Sutherland, Countess of Sutherland, Cannizaro, Leinster, St. Alban's. m Aß QutsEs—Downshire, Londonderry, Granby, Headfort, Hertford, Lansdowne, Anglesey, Breadalbane, Bute, Exeter, Northampton, Ely, Ailesbury, Salisbury, Bristol. MARCHIONESS—Downshire, Tavistock, Clanricarde, Win- chester, Salisbury, Londonderry, Ely, Lansdowne, Ailes- bury, Exeter. EARLS-Bandon, Liverpool, Rosebery, Tankerville, Rosse, Norbury, Lincoln, Minto, Hillsborough, Cadogan, Talbot, Ripon, Harrowby, Kinnoull, Jersey, Wilton, Lichfield, Stamford, Jermyn, Winchilsea, Euston, Brownlow, Claren don, Delawarre, Amherst, Morton, Grey, Verulam, Westmor land, Rosslyn, Mansfield, Orkney, Portarlington, Clonmell, Eglinton, Beverley, De Grey, Sheffield, Haddington. COUNTESSES-Bandon, Lichfield, Tankerville, Rosebery, G. S. Mataxa. Charleville, Kilmorey, Rosse, De Danneskiold Samsoc, Pembroke, Erroll, Dowager Clare, Lincoln, De Salis, Dowager Mulgrave, Shrewsbury, Norbury, Kinnoull, Jersey, Wilton, Beverley, Clonmell, Beauchamp, Clarendon, Amherst, Albemarle, Dowager Ilcheeter, De Grey, Cowper, Mansfield. VISCOUNTS—CoIe, Bernard, Dillon, Newry, Beresferd, Acheson, Clive, Ashbrook, Palmerston, Falkland, Gage, Tern pletown, Fitzharris, Boringdon, Stormont, Cantilupe, Newark, Fincastle, Hawarden, Loftus, Barrington, Eastnor, Alford, Holmesdale, Torrington, Howick,. Sydney, Maynard, En _ _ combe, Strangford, Beresford, Hood. VISCOUNTESSES—Gage, Bernard, Dillon, Beresford, Newark, Acheson, Falkland, Stormont, Eastnor, Ashbrook, Holmes dale, Torrington, Howick, Sydney, Maynard. LORDS—Blayney, Oxmantown, Sondes, Gardner, Dalme ney, Denman, Ernest Bruce, Mahon, Dunsany, Teignmouth, De Tabley, Byron, Waterpark, Ashley, Lilford, Langdale, Lyndhurst, King, Montagu, Ashburton, Stanley, John Rus sell, F. Fitzclarence, Fainborough, Cowley, Cloud Hamilton, Dorchester, Fitzallan, Delamere, Skelmersdale, Colville, Prudhoe, Pagot, Clonbrock, Segrave, Bridport, Ravensworth, Sandon, George Paget, W. Russell, Maidstone, Villiers, M. Hill, Southampton, Fitzgerald and Vesci, Burghersh, A. Lof tus, Hatherton, Radstock, J. Spencer, Churchill, Morpeth, I. O'Bryen, Castlereagh, H. Cholmondeley, Wodehouse, Boston, Hotham, Dunboyne, G. Loftus, Brabazon, A. Hill, Poltimore, Bingham, Templemore, Abinger. LADIES.—Astley Cooper, Elizabeth Reynell, Emily Foley, Wheatley, B. Johnstone, Domville Oxmantown, H. Searle, Rowley, Y. Buller, Brodie, Johnston, Maxwell, Herbert, (two), Gardner, Langdale, Paul, E. Brudenell, Bruce, H. Whitshed, Trimlestown, Dowager Honywood, Cooper, C. Bury, Sondes, Clarke, H. Bernard, Curtis, Sykes, Gomm, Follett, B. Philipps, Denman, F. Elliot, M. Elliot, M. Hill, , C. Hill, S. Needham, Mahon, F. Beauclerk, G. Parker, Burnett, A. Parsons, Byron, Lilford, C. Underwood, Dun sany, De Tablev, H. Toler, Tierney, Saltoun, E. Balfour, G. Egerton, Aides, M. Long, Pocock, F. Ley, M. Talbot, Hargood, Bridport, Aylmer, 1. Fitzgibbon, Willoughby de Broke, Ottwav, C. F. Strangeways, L. Clive, Cottenham, J. O'Bryen, Theodosia Spring Rice, Ashley, Gordon, H. Corry, C. Dickson, J. Bentinck, Ravensworth, C. Paulet, Grant, Parker, Peel, C. Fitzroy, H. Searle, Aldis, Jenkin son, Maryborough, Dunsany, Ashburton, Stanley, F. Fitz clarence, Mahon, Rendlesham, F. Bentinck, H. Paget, Ken nedy, Des Voeux, K. Jermyn, F. Cole, S. Kerr, Dickens, Maclaine, Adam, H. Cholmondeley, Young, Southampton, S. Windham, S. Murray, C.. Somerset, Barnes, H. Begot, Franklin, H. D'Orsay, Gould, Pollen, Barrow, Westphal, H. Clive, B. Fielding, J. Walsh, Price, G. P. Clinton, Montresor, Stephenson, Champagne, C. Dundai, M. Comp ton, Smythe, Williams, F. E. Drake, Hardy, Montfort, S. Tower, C. P.Minton, L. Pole, Stepney, Willock, Graham, Willoughby, Clonbrock, C. Stanhope, E. S. Dickens, A. Arden, B. Bathurst, C. S. Wortley, Delamere, Dalrymple, Campbell, Seymour, Vivian, L. Phipps, L. Fitzroy, Sarah Amherst, Whatley, Stuart de Rothsay, A. Loftus, G. Grey, Floyd, Hatherton, Stratheden, G. Fane, H. Baring, S. Phipps, Gardiner, Quentin, M. Wynyard, Macdonald, Strachan, Cowley, S. Bayly, M'Grigor, C. Delafield, D. Ellenborough, Rennie, Wyatt, B. Proctor, E. Berkeley, Rodd, C. F. Hatton, E. Murray, G. Murray, Bridges, Polti more, M. Berkeley, Rolle, Horne, Radstock, A. Beresford, Hanmer, Shadwell, Conroy. BlSHOPS—Chichester, Exeter, Gloucester, Bristol, Down and Connor, Bangor, Rochester, Montreal. RIGHT HONOURABLES—Sir A. Johnston, T. S. Rice, C. P. Thomson, C. W. Wynn, G. Dawson, J. Planta, Sir J. Ouselcy, Bart., H. Pierrepoint. COUNTS—J. B. Metaxa, G. S. Metaxa, Bathyany. HONOURABLES —C. Law, H.C., Mrs. C. Law, H. Windsor, Mrs. Windsor, Capt. G. Campbell, R.N., Mrs. Campbell, Miss Gage, Miss A. M. Gage, Mr. Canning, Miss Cran stoun, Mr. Manic, Mrs. Maule, Mrs, Denman, Baron Dims dale, Baroness Dimsdale, R. E. Plunkett, M.P., Miss Abbott, Miss C. A. Abbott, M. Dillon, Mrs. F. Irby, L. Kenyon, R. C. Bernard, Mrs. R. Cockerell, Mrs. Ferguson (of Pitfour), H. Corry, F. Manic, M. P., Lady Blackwood, Miss Plunkett, Caroline Cocks, T. Dundas, Mrs. Dundas, Mrs. G. W. Hope, Mrs. Baring, Mrs. T. Best, R. Needham, H. Ashley, Mrs H. Ashley, I. Graves. J. King, Mrs. C. Ofiley, Mr. Scarlett, M. P., Captain Cust, Mrs. Begot, H. Cole, Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, H. Cholmondeley, Major Keppell, Lady Middleton, Miss Fraser, Mrs. George Leigh, Catharine Hood, Robert Curzon, Rev. ,Edward Moore, Mrs. Ryder Burton, Mrs. Lefroy, Miss Mitford, Henry Fitzroy, Captain Best, R. N., Robert Curzon, Mrs. Eyre, Lieutenant- Colonel Grey, Lady King, Captain Spencer, Francis Spencer, Lady M. Hesil rige, Miss Begot, Mrs. Westerna, Captain Grey, W. Percy, Mrs. Spencer, Colonel -Leicester Stanhope, Lady Caroline Stanhope, Constantine Dillon, Cecil Forrester, M. P., Capt. Cavendish, R.N., Edward Butler, Jane Hood, Emily King, Anne Law, Mr. Harris, Captain D. H. Mackay, R.N., Capt. W. Waldegrave, Lady Murray, J. Vessey, Mrs. H. Coiling wood, Mrs. Perceval, S. Dundas, Mrs. Dundas, Campbell, Scarlett, Mrs. Scarlett, Lady Williamson, Captain Perceval, Miss A. Crewe, Henry IL \Vestenra, E. H. Grimston, Gene ral R. P. Arden, Miss 1,3 ttleton, Captain F. Caven dish, C. Stuart Wortley, Sir Edward Cust, Miss C. Littleton, Mrs . . Abercromby, Lady B. Nebel], Mrs. Rushout, Mrs. Bowles, Lady Lumley, John Talbot, Mrs. J. Talbot, Miss Littleton, Mr. Bligh, Mrs. Sulivan, Captain Pelham, R. N., Mrs. Pechell, H. Liddell, Mrs. Hood, Francis Lby, -- Miss Maynard, A. Thellusson, C. Irby, Miss St. John, Mrs. A. Thellusson, Miss Thellusson, Mrs. Meade, Lieutenant-Gene ral Meade, Mrs. Ellis. BlKS—Edmond Stanley, John B. Johnstone, Frederick Grey Cooper, Charles Wetherell, William Domville, John Paul, John Shelley, William Curtis, Charles M. Clarke, B wt., Frederick Pollock, William Follett, Samuel Spry, John Yarde Buller, Felix Booth, Charles Aldis, Walter B. Riddell, R. Bulkeley Philipps, M. Shaw Stewart, George Pocock, Harris Nicholas, K. C. M. G., George Tuit, Bart., Frederick Madden, John Hill, Charles Des Voeux, J. Deas Thomson, John Mordaunt, Francis Chantrey, Gerard N. Noel, Bart., Andrew Agnew, Philip Grey Egerton, Peter Laurie, Charles Scudamore, Astley Cooper, Bart., Benjamin Brodie, Bart., Wathen Waller, Robert Peel, J. Whatley, Martin Archer Shee, William Burnett, John Ross, Robert Mowbray, Sandford Graham, J. NVattville, William Young, Bart., Robert Kennedy, George Shiner, W. B. Proctor, Bart., H. Willock, J. Rae Reid, Bart., M.P., J. Pollen, H. Austen, J. Croft, Bart., Robert BatCson, Robert Price, F. Knowles, Bart., J. N. R. Campbell, Edmund Smythe, Henry Brydges, T. F. Eliott Drake, John Walsh, Thomas Bering, Wm. Dundas, Thos. Turton, Bart., Richard Jodrell, IL. W. Newman, John Guise, E. Stanhope, Ralph Rice, J. Duckworth, Frederick Watson, C. Cockerel!, 'Bart., W. Middleton, William Horne, Henry Johnson, W. Gordon, Benjamin Stephenson, C. Hunter, J. B. Pechell, J. Fellowes, .T. M`Grigor, Bart., Robt. Campbell, A. Leith Ilay, Harry Verney, John Barrow, John Rennie, John Hall, F. Roe, J. Hanmer, F. Ommanncy, Robert Fitz Wygram, Bart., John Conroy. DEANS —Salisbury, Carlisle, Chichester, ARCHDE A C ONS—Headlarn„Cambridge. REVEREND DOCTOkS—Kuper, Dibdin, Fox, Russell, Wil liams, Schwade, Everard. ALDERMEN—Winchester, Wilson. DOCTORS—AIdis Gordon, Jewel, Francis Hawkins, A. T. Thompson, Borland, Kenning, Holland, Filkin, Maxwell, Wm. Barry, NVilson, Adolphus, Strachan. REVEREND MESSIEURS.—J. R. Wood, Charles Wesley, J. Vidgers Ponagh, J. Horsley Dakins, J. Connell, G. Burnaby, B. Hayley, P. Bastard, C. Fryer, S. Demainbray, William Otter, Thos. Haverfield, W. L. Rham, Alexander Sterky, R. B. By am, John Abbiss, H. Bold, E. Prodgers, George Stracey, J. C. Haden, E. St. John, J. S. M. Anderson, E. D. Scott, V. K. Child, Bray, J. Delafeld. MESSRS.—W. Field, E. Foley, W. F. Norton (of Elton), B. Hoy; Marrable, Askew, John Searle, J. Harrison Curtis, H. T. Hope, M.P., John Selby, Basset, G. W. Hope, G. Wemyss Dalrymple, Affleck, J. W. Birch, C. D. Archibald, H. C. Hoare, H. Tufnell, Garratt, John Garratt, Philip Stewart, W. C. Plowden, Waller, Fitzroy Kelly, K. C., Simpkinson, K. C., David Pollock, K.C., Starkie, K. C., William Erle, K. C., T. J. Platt, K.C., R. Alexander, K.C., Thessiger, K. C., Burge, K.C., Balguy, K.C., Shepherd, K. C., Joy, K. C., Creswell, K. C., Samuel Platt, Robert Blackmore, Alfred Dowling, Bannerman, M.P., J. Neeld, M. P., Stephenson, T. Spring Rice, W. L. Colquhoun, F. Irby, John J. Hansler, Ley, Arabin, Egerton, R. Hotham, Pigeon, Balfour, Hallifax, E. D. Moore, Henry Broadwood, George Palmer, Herbert, Towneley, Tubbs, Ames, William Penn, Long, Rosson, Henry Coe Coape, Fox StrangsNays, John Round, John Rolls, Richard Hodgson, F. Hodgson, ' Boode Barrett Wadden, Macleod (of Macleod), Montague, Gore, Laurie, Kemp, M. P., J. M'Cullom, Gurney, Hartopp, John Jervis, M. P., Teesdale, Campbell (of Islay), Camac, Rushout Cockerell, Henry St. George Tucker, H. J. Perry, Thomas Shiffner, Mayers, Meek, T. H. Holberton, Arnold, Walker, W. Bayntun, Grierson, Mitchell, H. Boyce, H. S. Cooper, Daly, J. Brant, 0. B. Cole, M. Ure, S. R. Solly, W. E. Gladstone,X.P., Ussher, A. Gordon, N. Macdonald, Bliss, W. H. Hartley, Tolman, Boyce, Locker, Robertson, B. Wrightson, C. Craddock, Platt, H. Earle, Denny, Erskine, Smythe, Moore, H. Story, J. Knight, Stanley, W. Read, W. Wyndham, Mayne, Crawford, W. Patten, E. Odell, Savory, Purcell, J. Cary, J. H. Talbot, M.P., Wray, Mills, M‘Kinnon, M.P. ' W. Barron, M.P., Blanc, Frankland, Ch e t w y n d, M. Gaskell, M. P., Brownrigg, M.P., P. Burrell, S. Marsham, J. H. Jones, W. Ridley, Pettigrew, Edmunds, W. Meyer, Babbage, Buck, M. C. Walker, Lawrence, W. B. Diamond, Urquhart, T. Egerton, Skinner, Millett, A. Beauclerk, Silvertop, Halswell, Fitz gerald, G. Scott, Daubuz, Digby, I'. A. Curtis, J. Vaughan, Hewett, Wellby, M.P., Windham, S. Sickins, Stonor, H. Clive, G. J. R. Gordon, Saner, W. Langham, J. F. Fielder, •Spiers, M.P., Bradsh aw , Ch ampagne, E . H. Palmer, W. F. White, R. Pulsford, Smyth, J. Cossling, Pole, A. King, Dugdale, St. John Baker, H. W. Newman, W. E. Surtees, Meynell, Wallace, P. Perceval, Pulman, G. S. Borlase, H. Gill, J. Casement, F. A. Gallini, E. Drummond, Lambert, Sarkics, N. Gorges,*Robinson, W. Read, Stephenson, C. Wood, M.P., A. Wood, C. Smith, A. W. Bishop, Bayly , Sanders, Hardy, M.P., Mur ra y, R eynar d , A. Lewis ' W. J. Newton, Pidley, T. H. Graham, Ti s d a ll, Palmer, Hussey, Levenhagen, Measure, T. W. Scott, N. Colliugwood, W. Newnham, Harrington, Tower, B. Baker, Hall, M.P.; Rob bins, J. W. Stratford, Smith, Bulkeley, A. Lefroy, M. P. ; Campbell, Escotte,hay, Seymour, W F. n W .Hamilton,Aecekdnlaingcl: Carvick,Youn, M. H. P. ; Barry, M.P.; D Oakes, J. Blackburne, R. B. Wingford, W. Crauford, Clive, Christmas, Alliston, T. C. Simmons, Blackstone, M. P., Whitegrave, F. W. Mullins, M.P., R. B. Wilson, Parker, E. Freke, Bagshaw, M.P., Westmacott, L. Williams, T. Thistlewayte, D. Maclean, M. P., D. Halford, Holdsvrorth, Burgh, M'Donald, R. Vyse, Fyler, 1-1. Addington, Haines, F- Ommanney, L. Flood. Mitford, B. Challoner, E. Taylor, G. Gill, Mosley, G. Wilkinson, W. Toiler, E. Clive, M. Dyes, Bernal, B. Simpson, Pinney, Saule, Gordon, Lindesay, W. H. Judd. MISTRESSES—BarIow Hoy, Askew, John Selby, J. Birch, Colquhoun, Henry Charles Hoare, J. Portal, Fitzroy Kelly, Charles Archibald, Aldis, Kemp, Henry, Tufnell, Afflick, Robert Alexander, William Earle, Lainson, Samuel Wilson, Bannerman, Maltby, Garratt, Ames, Camac, Henry Coe Coape, Gurney, Basset, Hartop, John Jervis, John Round, Buck, Joy, Morgan, Egerton, Skinner, Howley,. Monk, William Herbert, Ireland Blackburne, Battie Wrighton, A. Windham, Bishop, Mitchell, Bradshaw, Birch Reynardson, W. Wynn, G.P. Burnaby, C. Shane, Crawford, D. Halford, Meynell, A. Story, Vernon, Norwich Duff, E. Lambert, Loug, Delap, Smith, Sotheby, Palmer, Bernal, Henry Clive, Halford, Mosley, Purcell, Ed. Lytton Bulwer, Bulkeley, M'Alpine, H. Murray, Admiral Lawford, Young, Methuen, S. Brownrigg, Rushbrooke, Gen. White, Clitherow, M. Gaskell, G. Digby, King, B. Challoner, Powney, Frank land, Dehany, S. Cary, Mayne, H. Bentinck, Phillimore, Bagshaw, Webster, 0. Cave, J. Rolls, Rolls, G. Byng, Every, Channon, Fitzgerald, E. St. John, Welby, B. Drum mond, S. R. Solly, Pugh, Robertson, Stoner, H. Bathurst, D. M‘Lean, Pasley, Bryan, Col. Howard, Armstrong, Mo rier, Dawson, Planta, T. B. Fyler, Thistlethwaite, G. Palmer, Blunt, A. Caldwell, F. Loftus, N. Sutton, Selby, Wilkinson, Bligh, Hall, Elliot. MlSSES—Doraville, Colquhoun, Wheatley, Laura Wheat ley, FitzWygram, Conroy, Georgiana Curtis, G. Curtis, Long Wellesley, Clarke, Elizabeth Clarke, Maria Clarke, Louisa Honywood, Caroline Honywood, Ferguson, Baillie, Mary Law, Elizabeth Law, Johnston, Frederica Johnston, Prince, Adele Portal, Harriet Whitshed, Tierney, Harriet Tierney, Hankey, Frederica Hankey, Beauclerk, Henrietta Beauclerk, Erskine, Josephine Erskine, Emma Tylney Long, Seale, Roso Ames, Georgiana Beresford, Pugh, Stracey, Bar row, Lloyd, Lambert, Fanny Lambert, Riddell, Margaret Burnett, G. Harcourt, Long, Stewart, Mary Ley, Coape, Fanny Irby, Charlotte Coape, Clifford, Malcolm, Stapleton Cotton, Balfour, Blackwood, K. W. Wynn, Spring Rice, Theodosia Spring Rice, Howley, Otway, Wellesley, Sullivan, Cochrane, Parker, Elizabeth Parker, Christie, Hervey, Ber nal, B. Allardice, C. Robinson, Herbert, Daly, Kerr, Morier, Young, Lucy Young, Crosbie, Cole, Sarah Crosbie, D. Hoey, F. Hoey, Doyle, Ferard, St. John, Campbell, Pinney, Ro bertson, Crawford, H. E. Blackburne, Hardy, Fielding, E. Hardy, Watson, F. Paget, Taylor, Scott, Brownrigg, Rush brooke, Bentinck, J. Brownrigg, Bridges, Napier, S. Pigott, M. Montresor, E. Bernal, Bingham, E. Blackburne, Wal pole, N. Collingwood, Barham, C. Sotheby, C. Dundas, Smith, Les Value, Brander, M. Hawkins, Smythe, R. Ben tinck, Blake, H. Legh, Murray, Buck, L. Hill, A. King, J. Forester', Hill, Pratt, A. Stephenson, Kennedy, E. Smyth, .J. Reynardson, J. Stephenson, Gordon, Quentin, Bayly, Mac donald, Adderly, Wynn (two), Seymour. Elliot, Campbell, Stuart, Fitzgerald, A. Bentinck, G. V. Harcourt, Wilkinson (two), Methuen, F. Christie, C. Thistlethwayte, Cavendish (two), Sutton (two), J. Gosset, Clinton (two), Beresford (two), Dalbiac, Selby (two), D. Griffith, Meade (two), Beau champ (two), H. Bagot, Vaughan. GENERALS—Sir Thomas Reynell, Mundy, Ellice, Viscount Combermere, Sir Charles Maxwell, Sir James Kempt, Lord Lynedoch, Lord Aylmer, Sir Patrick Ross, Sir George Elder, C. C. j 3., K. C. T. S., and K. C. St. F.; Sir Lewis Grant, Callandcr, STr H. Cumming, H. Monckton, Sir Charles Col ville, Forbes, B. Reynardson, Sir S. Whittingham, Grosve nor, Sir L. Otway, Sir J. S. Barnes, Sir J. Waters, Mawby, Sir T. Dallas, Sir J. Lambert, Gascoyne, Morrison, G. Dal- Lae, Sir G. Adams, Blunt, Dc Butts, Viscount Lorton, Sir R. Wilson, Wardlaw, Sir E. Lloyd, Sir W. Hutchinson, Sir E. Barnes, Vincent, Hon. Sir H. King, Sir G. Cole, Clitherow, S. Rebow, Sir F. Maclean, Bart.; Sir T. Macdougall, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir D. L. Gilmour, Sir J. Bathurst, Sir L. Wid drington, Sir H, Askew, Sir T. Montresor, G. Michell, Dick inson, Pigot, Wulff, Sir E. Paget, Crosbie, Sir E. Lloyd, Shrapnel, Sir A. Brooke, Sir R. Donkin, Sir L. Moore, Sir F. Wetherall, Sir C. Doyle, Sir S. Hawker, Sir W. Rooke, Goldic, Sir H. Montresor, Sir S. Dickens, Sir W. Peacock e, White, Sir R. D. Jackson, Sir H. Campbell, Gardiner, Sir G. Quentin, Sir R. Darling, Sir H. Lowe, Sir W. Clinton, Sir C. Dalbiac, T. Maitland. COLONELS—PoweII, M. P. ; Sir ,Archibald Christie, Sir S. G. Higgins, Doveton, Seale, Lord Brudenell, Ravcnshaw, Fox, Webster, Sir W. R. Clayton, Henderson, K. H., Grant, T. Woolridge, Galloway, Thornton, Webster, Clelland, Hon. Leicester Stanhope, Smythe, Daubeney, Daly, Linton, C. Fagan, Thomas, Phillott, Rowley, E. Jackson, Graydon, Cox, Sir B. Camac, Sir H. Townsend, Higginson, S. Dabs, Browne, Sir C. O'Donnell, Rice, Baker, 11/1‘ Pherson, E. Walker, Bingham, Delap, Eden, Duffy, Williamson, Sal mond, W. Moore, Walker, Blanc, Hope, Munro, Richardson, Godwin, M'Alpine, Choster, Loftus, O'Reilly, Barrington, Monckton, Hill, Gooch, H. Blair, Perceval, G. Cathcart, Sir do Tuyll, Coles, Doyle, Tonson, J. Home, D'Oyley, Peach, Findlay, Lawtic, B. Butler, Howard, Gant, Shawe, Sir J. Halloran, Sir E. Miles, H. Bentinck, Pasley, Stan hope, Sir .1. May. G. Higginson, Money, Baker, Sir R. Arm strong, Sir H. Elphinstoue, Cockburn Aitchison, Dobbin, Porter, Dickson, Latter, Nickle, Barnard, A. Roberts, Dixon, G. Hunter, M. Shawe, H. G. R. Trevor, Sir A. Maclaine, Rushbrooke, Kenai', Sir J. Savage, Rowan, Clitherow, Bro therton, Armstrong, W. 11. Sykes, Tremenhere, Sir H. Wyatt, Sir E. Currey, Alexander, York, B. Drummond, Caldwell. MAJORS—Anstruther, Pugh, Pringle, Taylor, M'Arthur, Bullock, Thornhill, H. Cadogan, J. Butler, Whyte, Vivian, James, Andrews, Campbell, Boileau, Kennedy, Symons, Swectman, Matson, Allen, Jervis, Sir F. Lee, Wells, Crosse, Mackie, E. A. Campbell, Tempest, H. Pratt, Beresford. CAPTAINS—Lang, Sir C. Bullen, Newall, Romily, Sey• mour, R. Alsager, Stewart, J. A. Bailey, Brandreth, flughes, V. Graham, Shea, Randall, R. Boyle, M•Crummen, Mony penny, Pete, Atkin, P. Dyke, J. Johnson, Bathurst, Watson .1. D. King, Nicholson, Rose, Harcourt, Hill, R. Locke, Lai-. kins, Probvn,y Campbell, J. Lowth. Dudgeon, D. Willan Alderson, Blackburne Ehrington, Collard, W. Drake, W. Horton, C. Lewis, Corbally, Steel, Higgins, Walker, G. Hig. gins, Ridley, S. Malley, E. B. Phillipps, R. C. Macdonald G. Stevenson, Astell, Nicoll, Ellis, H Dole, W. Flockton Clinton, J. Meek, Wilson, Musgrove, R. H. Miles, Wynne Shearman, R. Harvey, Savage, Jenner, Phillimore, D Arcy Talbot, Freke, Gage, De Lacy, A. Mercer, C. Berkeley Willoughby (two), Marshal. LIEUTENANTS—W. F. Curtis, Cox, George V. Mundy, Larnotte, Lacy, C. D. Robertson, F. Chapman, Charles Wl gart, H. Blair, Lumley, Drummond, Peebles, Brickcnden, P. Anstruthcr, Phillott, William Wood, Godwin, Wynyard, C. F. Seymour, Bourclieu, Lambert, Quin, J. Freeth, J. B. Smyth, F. W. Hamilton, R. S. Hulse, Montresor, Membhard, Walker, Daly, E. St. John Jephson, D'Ormieux Von Streng, W. C. Symonds, Sutton, Wilkinson, S. Conroy. CORNETS.—Booth, Tollemacho, trust, Hughes, Farquhar son, B. Proctor. Ensign Walker. ADMIRALS.—Sir George Martin, Sir Charles Rowley, Tol lemache, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir Geo. Parker, K. C. 8., Sir Edward Owen, Sir Robert Otway, Sir W. Hargood, G. C. 8., G. C. H. ; Sir Thomas Williams, Sir P. Malcolm, Tomlinson, Schoenberg, Sir W. Hotham, Sir T. Rodd, Hill, Lawford, Sir H. Bayntun, Sir T. Harvey, Sir C. Adam, Sir D. Gould, Taylor, Sir J. A. Ommanney, Hollis, Sir R. H. Hussey, Sir John Wells, Sir C. Paget, Sir 11. Neale, Sir W. Parker. CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—Hon. Frederick Irby, Ferguson (of Pitfour), Sir Andrew Green, Waldegrave, J. O'Brien, J. Baldwin, J. N. Campbell, Hardinge, Shippard, Hickey, R. Oliver ' Williams, Eden, J, Leigh, E. Wallcott, Fielding, G. Back, Bowles, Wm. Symonds, De Starck, Thos. Dickin son, J. Montagu, I'. Carew, de Roos, Blackwood, Sotheby, Laws, Sir J. Franklin, Pring, Fremantle, E. Collier, Sir T. Cochrane, Herbert, Aitchison, Sir L. Curtis, Christian, J. W. O'Montagu, Baynes, Nias, M. Duff, Cuppage, R. Burton, M. Seymour, J. Hayes, Sir A. Farquhar, Sir J. A. Westphal, G. Smith, R. Maunsell, Sir H. Pigot, Fielding, G. Back, Bowles, W. Symonds. CAPTAINS (Trinity House)—Pelly, Stanley Clarke, John Locke, Timbrell, Stephenson, Brown, Philip Ripley, Drew. COMMANDERS (Royal Navy)— Hon. J. Denman, Rivett, Carnac, G. Evans, Philip P. Wynne, Tatnall, Cotton, Her vey, Pole, E. J. Johnson, M. Dixon, Busbby, J. B. Hay, De Saumarez, Popplewell, Wm. Savage, Smart, Sir William Dickson, E. L. Carpenter, G. S. V. King, J. C. Woolnough, D. Mayne, Gooch, Mansel, Larcour, Machonochie, T. Gill, G. M. King, P. J. Blake, Sir T. Thompson, E. Wodehouse, LIEUTENANTS (ROYAL NAVY)—C. H. Ackerley, Sterling, Sicklemore, D'Urban, P. Inglis, Henderson, H. W. Hill, Morris, Oldmixon, W. F. Young, Franklin, E. W. Pitt, Rawstorne. The State-rooms and anti-rooms were, soon after the com mencement of the Drawing Room, crowded with company, andco th n e tin e u v e e d ni s n o g t t i h ll e ne K a i r ng fiv h e a o d 'cl a ock. Inparty. The Royal Family and the illustrious visitors at present in town were among the company. The party to meet their Majesties included the Duchess of. Kent and the Princess Victoria, the Duke of Cumberland, the Landgravine, the Duchess of Gl ouces t er , the Prince of Orange, the Duke of Brunswick, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, Prince George of Cambridge, the Hereditary Prince of Orange, Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, the Hereditary Prince and Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, the Prince of Leiningen, Prince Earnest of Ilesse, the Duke of Argyll, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Marquis Conyngbam, the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Earl Howe, Earl and Countess Brownlow, Lord Saltoun, Sir William Fremantle, Sir George Seymour, Sir A. Barnard, the Dean of Hereford, the Rev. Dr. Kuper, the Rev. J. R. Wood, and 1 Wood. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 30, i `-3G• ANNUAL DINNER for the ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT FUND. This social meeting was held on SaturdNik...evening List, at the Freemasons' Tavern. Previous, Weyer, to our entering upon the notic6 of the proceedings, report &c. we think it may be useful to mark the wide distinction which really exists between the two Societies, whose titles approach so very near to each other as to create no small confusion in the public mind with respect to the distinctive marks and purposes of each Society. Our readers will, therefore, please to observe that the senior Association of these is named " The Artist's Benevolent Fund ;" of this his Ma jesty is the Patron, and Sir John Edward Swinburne, Bart., F.R.S., is President, with four Vice-Presidents, a Council and officers, &c. The whole of the receipts, whether as subscriptions, donations, or bequests, go to form and support a fund called " The Artist's Annuity Fund," which is spe cially under the control and management of a Committe of Artists, and a Council composed of amateurs and artists. There is also " a scale of payments" to be made annually by artists admitted as members of " Mutual Benefit" Society ; the earliest period of life at which an artist can be admitted is 21 years of age, and the latest period is his 45th year ; and the sum to be paid increases in the usual ratio of Life Assurance Companies, from 21. 17s. 4d. per annum, for the artist admitted in his 21st year, to 4/. 18s. Bd. annually by those admitted in their 45th year ; after the latter period no person can be admitted, nor of course receive any as sistance from this benevolent fund. It is, therefore, strictly speaking, an Artists' Life Assurance Company, excluding every other class of persons from partaking of its advan tages, not admitting even members of their own profession if they shall have passed the unlucky age of 45 ; but at the same time soliciting the whole public, of every age, to supply, in a great measure, this means of granting full an nuities or gifts to the members of this select and exclusive Mutual Benefit Life Assurance Society. A great many persons have asked us whether it is not anomalous to deno minate a society " benevolent," which not only retains all its own income for the support of its exclusive object, but also those funds which benevolent persons bestow upon it annu ally ? We confess that there does appear to be something ano malous about it, on account of the mixture of the two prin ciples : namely, that of pure benevolence, and that of pure trade ; the first displayed in the general subscriptions, &c., and the latter in their application to the support of those whose friends ought, according to the scale of their " life assurance" have sufficient means for that purpose without any extraneous aid. These observations are made at the desire of many friends of this and somewhat similar institu tions, with the best wishes and intentions towards every so ciety which encourages benevolent purposes, and at the same time to afford an opportunity to its managers to ex plain and place the real state of the case in a clear light be fore the public mind. The other society, the dinner of which we are about to describe, is not " incorporated," as the former is, nor is it a mutual benefit life association. It may, in fact s be said only to exist from year to year, entirely by the support of public opinion. Its object is to relieve those cases of distress and destitution to which even meritorious artists, their wives, and children, are sometimes exposed, and which cases do not come within the scope of relief af forded by the other society of associated artists, because the destitute parties have not been subscribers to that joint stock fund. In this association it is not requisite that the applicant for relief should have been a subscriber, the sole claim to its benevolent aid being merit in distress. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K.G., is its Patron, and its President is Sir M. A. Shee, P.R.A. It has also many Vice-Patrons, distinguished for their rank and talents ; and its Vice-Presidents are almost all members of the Royal Academy. There is also a Board of Directors, to manage the funds, and to examine into the cases of those who apply for relief. This Board is composed of amateurs, Royal Academicians, and other respectable members of the profession, whose decision on the case is final. Having placed both associations in a clear point of view before the public, as it was requisite, we proceed to describe what took place on Saturday at the dinner. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., M.P., a true friend to the tine arts, very kindly took the Chair, supported by Sirs M. A. Slice, P.R.A., and F. Chantrey, R.A., 'l'. Phillips, and C. R. Cockerel!, R.A., Charles Ewens, Esq., Thomas Griffiths, Esq., John Landseer, William Brockington, Esq., Deering, Esq., R.A., and J. H. Mann, Esq., After the silent discussion of the dinner, " Non nobis Domino" was given in very capital style. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the King's health ;' drank with the usual honours, and the national anthem. " The Queen," with equal honours and applause, followed by " Long life to the King and the Queen." " The Prin cess Victoria, and the rest of the Royal Family," followed by an appropriate glee, " The Navy and Army," was fol lowed by " Rule, Britannia," in full chorus. After which The CHAIRMAN proposed " the health of their distin guished patron, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ;" and in doing so expressed his great regret, in common with all the numerous friends of this Institution and well-wishers of his Royal Highness, that the state of his health did not permit him to give that degree of countenance and support to this and other institutions honourable to British feeling which his Royal presence would confer and afford, and which his Royal Highness was in the habit of so kindly conferring upon the honourable and benevolent institutions of his country for a long series of years. Sir M. A. SLUE then proposed " the health of the Ho nourable Chairman," whom lie properly designated as one of the most constant and firm admirers and promoters of the arts in his native land, to whom she owed the most grateful feeling. After the usual honours, The HoN. CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks for their honourable notice, said he was much gratified that he had it in his power to attend this anniversary of so good an in stitution, as it was so identified with a purpose to which he was greatly attached. He admitted that he had always been a great admirer of the fine arts, not merely from per sonal gratification, but as conducive in a high degree to the general prosperity, and intellectual improvement of the country, not in works of high art alone, but also in giving a superior character to our manufactures ; and he observed that sculpture and architecture were rising in reputation amongst us, and will continue so to do whilst the professors of those arts show that they have industry and talent to deserve public favour, with good sense and manly spirit to suppert their just rights. The Hon. Chairman went at considerable length into the various views which have been taken of the arts at various times, and showed the causes of degeneracy in them ; he also successfully opposed the notion of certain economists, who assert that money laid out on their cultivation, and their charities, is unprofitably expended ; this be described justly as " a false and narrow view of the subject," not arising from a due consideration of this mode of cultivating the human mind, and as all men of talent cannot be successful, it becomes the duty of the respectable members of society to aid them in their time of sickness and adversity. " And when I look," said he, "to the long list of persons who have received the required as sistance from this Institution (for I see, by the Report, • that 479 cases have been relieved, by sums amounting to 4,3051. 7s. 10d.), it is to me a convincing argument that its funds deserve to be augmented, for which purpose many small donations would be equally serviceable, with a few large ones, in giving the required relief, and in upholding that just and benevolent principle which is so deserving of public support. That the prosperity of this Institution has increased is evident, and that this will go on in proportion as the benefits it confers are made known." And, in con clusion, the Hon. Chairman paid a very just eulogium to the exertions of Sir M. A. Slice, the President, for the care and assiduity with which he had promoted the pro sperity of this most excellent Institution ; which, he said, must be a source of great satisfaction to the minds of those by whom so much had been done in relieving the unmerited distresses of their fellow-creatures. The Chairman then proposed—" The health of Sir M. A. Shee, the President," which was drank with great applause. The PRESIDENT returned thanks in his usual clear and intelligent manner, endeavouring to show that whatever prosperity the institution might now be said to enjoy was not attributable to his exertions, but principally to those of his most estimable colleagues, of whose judgment, zeal, and fidelity to the cause of benevolence every anniversary gave additional proofs, and lie hoped that as it did not fall to the lot of every clever artist to be prosperous in pecuni ary matters, that there would always be found.tri Britain enlightened and humane minds endowed with the goods of fortune, and with judgment to relieve them in the day of adversity. Sir Martin then proposed " The health of the Vice-Patrons." After which the CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Vice-Presidents," for which J. PHILLIPS, Esq., returned thanks in a speech full of just feelings and correct views of the real nature and utility of the arts, which adorn social life, and of the vicissitudes to which its votaries, though meritorious, are often subjected, without any moral deficiency on their part, but often from high and honourable notions of individuals, independence carried perhaps a little too far. He also denied that he had done more than lie felt was his duty to society and to his own profession. He then proposed " The British Institution," which was received with much applause. " The Ladies" was next drunk with enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the Stewards and other Officers," whose assiduity and care he compli mented in very elegant, and we believe just, terms. The report was then read : it was very long, and we have root% for only a part of the donations recorded—viz., the British Institution, 50/. ; Isis Grace the Duke of Buc cleuch, 25/. ; Sir M. W. Ridley, 101. ; -- Macklin, Esq., 10/. ; Lord Farnborough, 10/. ; Hope, Esq., 10/. ; Sir F. Chantrey, 10 guineas ; Sanderson, Esq., 101. ; Neild, Esq., 10/. ; Sir M. A. Shee, P.R.A. ; De- Colone SIR NATHANIEL WILLIAM WRAXALL'S NEW WORK. —We are requested to state that the " Posthumous Me moirs of His Own Time," by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, Bart. (now First Published), including Original Anecdotes of the most distinguished Political and Literary Personages, Wits, and Beauties, of the latter part of the Reign of George 111. and of the Regency, embellished with numerous Portraits, bound in Morocco cloth,' is published this day by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-stroet,and may be obtained of all Booksellers. We regret extremely to state that our respected and much esteemed diocesan, the Bishop of Peterborough, sus tained a severe attack of illness a few days ago. The attack was the more alarming from its being of a different kind from that to which the Bishop had before been subject. His Lord ship, however, has since greatly recovered. —Northampton Herald. The Neapolitan journals mention a violent earth quake in Calabria. A large number of buildings have been subverted, and 200 persons killed or wounded.—Courrier Francais. cimus Burton, B. B. Cabbell, P. Hardwicke, C. R. Cockerell, R.A., R. Abraham, T. Griffith, Esq., five guineas each, some being their tenth donation, and others, as Sir F. Chantrey, their twentieth donation ! The business of the evening passed off very agreeably, to which Messrs. Broadhurst, Taylor, Hawkins, and Chap man, Masters Smith and George, assisted by Mr. Pyne, jun., at the piano, contributed very materially, not only by their high vocal talents, but by the urbanity with which they attended to the wishes of the Stewards with respect to giving one or two popular airs. The CHAIRMAN left the Chair at half-past ten o'clock, and the company departed soon after that hour. LONDON, SALISBURY, EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND FALMOUTH RAILWAY. (FRONI A CORRESPONDENT.) There can be no surer test of the soundness of the views which have given rise to any undertaking than its receiving the approbation and sanction of those who are most tho roughly acquainted with the circumstances upon which its suc cess or failure depends. No schemes of a public nature are more speedily put to this test than railways. Many such schemes are got up as mere speculations, by persons little connected (or even wholly unconnected) with the particular district fixed upon, and shares are immediately subscribed for in the metropolis and the great commercial towns, on the faith of plausible statements, of the truth or falsehood of which the subscribers can know nothing. But in such cases, the landholders along the projected line, the mer chants and manufacturers of the places through which the road is proposed to pass--and all those who would be per sonally interested in the success of a plan founded on a sound and solid basis, either stand aloof, and decline countenancing the scheme, or else decidedly oppose it. Being thus tried and found wanting, it soon falls into ge neral discredit, and they who were so easily taken in by it, have only to lament their rashness. Of the recent undertakings of this nature, the railway from London to Falmouth, by the way of Salisbury, Exeter and Plymouth, has attracted the largest share of public attention, from its great magnitude, and the evident im portance of its national results. It has already undergone the test which we have just described, and stood it tri umphantly—originating within the district itself, it was not brought before the public till the line had been sur veyed and fixed upon, and the merits of the plan, in every point of view, carefully investigated. Hence it had a large share of local support from the very outset, and this has been increasing down to the present hour. Feeling inte rested in the success of an immense national undertaking, we have attended to the proceedings of the inhabitants of the districts which it most immediately concerns ; and we observe a series of public meetings, numerously attended by persons of station and influence, the result of every one of which has been the most cordial support to the plan, the appointment of powerful and efficient local committees to assist in carrying it into effect, and the adoption of sub sidiary plans for the establishment of minor railways, by which the utility of the general design will be immensely in creased. _ _ _ On the 19th of April last, there was a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Romsey, at which a plan for a railway, branching off from the principal line at Salisbury, and proceeding to Romsey, and thence by Redbridge to Southampton, was unanimously approved of, and the meet ing pledged to its support. The projections of what is called the " South Western Railway" from London to Exeter, immediately endeavoured to stir up an opposition to this plan of a branch railway, and to substitute a plan of their own in its place. For this purpose they got a public meeting convened at Southampton, hoping to carry resolu tions in favour of their own plan. But they were signally disappointed. The meeting which took place on the 29th of April was very numerous, and attended by above six hundred of the most influential inhabitants of the place, and after a full discussion it terminated in a resolution, carried with only three or four dissenting voices, that the !proposed line, branching from the London, Salisbury, and Exeter Railway, " would be the most desirable and beneficial line for the inhabitants of Southampton, and is consequently entitled to receive their support." A separate Company in connection with the " London, Salisbury, Exeter, and Fal mouth Company" was immediately formed to carry this branch railway into execution, with local Committees con sisting of the most influential persons in the towns of Salis bury, Romsey, and Southampton, and their neighbourhood, to act in conjunction with the general Committee of the great Railway in London. On the 7th of May, a large public meeting was held at Barnstaple, for the purpose of taking into consideration the construction of a line of railway embracing the commercial advantages presented by the estuaries of the Rivers Taw and Torridge, passing through the centre of the county of Devon, by the way of Okehampton and Tavistock, to Plymouth and Devonport, and uniting with the London, Exeter, and Falmouth Railway. It was unanimously re- solved by the large body of influential persons thus assem bled to support the plan of this branch Railway, and to proceed with the necessary measures for executing it ; and the resolutions conveyed the strongest approbation of the plan of the great Railway, with which the above Railway is to unite. On the 14th of May a meeting took place at Okehampton, at which the preliminary arrangements for proceeding with this plan (called the North and South Devon Railway) were made, and a numerous and influen tial central Committee was formed. Such have been the proceedings in the counties of Wilts, Hants, and Devon. In Cornwall, a similar spirit is every where abroad. On the 16th of May a public meeting was held at Launceston, and on the 19th another at Bodmin, at each of which strong resolutions were passed approving of the plan as a great public benefit, and of the liberal, judicious, and energetic conduct of the London Committee of Ma nagement, and also requiring the members for the county and the different boroughs to support the undertaking. The local committees appointed at these two meetings, comprise many of the most distinguished gentlemen of the county. The last meeting of which the proceedings have been made public, took place at Truro, on the 24th inst., on which occasion the sentiments of a large body of the most respectable inhabitants of that town and its neigh bourhood, were unanimously and warmly expressed in fa vour of the undertaking. From this series of demonstrations of public opinion in those quarters, where public opinion is peculiarly entitled to weight, one conclusion only can be drawn, that the un dertaking will be a great public benefit, and will conse quently obtain general support. Lord Minto gave a grand dinner at the Admiralty to the Lords of the Admiralty and several distinguished naval officers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained at his house in Mansfield-street the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Excise, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Customs, and the Lords of the Treasury. The Right Hon. Gentleman had a numerous party in the evening. Lord Glenelg gave a grand dinner to Sir John Franklin, R.N., Captain Back, R.N., and to all the Colonial agents, at his house in Great George-street. The Attorney-General gave a grand dinner in honour of his Majesty's birthday to the King's Counsel and Sergeants at Law, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's•street. Grand dinners in honour of his Majesty's Birthday were given to large parties by the Ministers and Great Officers of State. The company all appeared in full Court dress. The Lord Chamberlain entertained at dinner the Officers of the Household, the Commander in Chief, the Secre tary at War, the Master General of the Ordnance, the Adju tant-General, the Quartermaster-General, and Major-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Lord John Russell gave a grand dinner at the official residence of the Premier, in Downing-street, to the Judges, the King's Sergeants, the King's Counsel, the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, of the City of London. Lord Palmerston entertained at the Foreign Depari all the Foreign Ambassadors and their ladies. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A few days ago the following daring robbery was committed upon Griffiths, Esq., a gentleman of fortune residing at Lee Green, near Lewisham, Kent. It appears that Mr. Griffiths, upon his return from the City, on horseback, observed two labour ing men engaged in a pugilistic contest; being anxious to put an end to the affray, he offered them a gallon of beer if they would accompany him to a neighbouring public-house. This was agreed to, and upon his paying for the liquor he pulled out a purse .containing nearly twenty sovereigns, which no doubt was observed by the parties present. At a short distance from his residence he was dragged from his horse, and robbed of the money and every other valuable article he had upon him at the time. Information of the robbery, was immediately given to the police, and from the description given of the ruffians, it seems that they are well known, and will no doubt be very shortly apprehended. TALES OF TIIE WOODS AND FIELDS. —We are requested to state that the new work, " Tales of the Woods and Fields," being a Second Series of " The old Men's Tales," is now ready, and may be had of the publishers, Messrs. Saun ders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square ; of their agents in Dublin and Edinburgh, and of the booksellers in town and country. There are economical points of View, in which all parties may contemplate Ireland with profit. It may be 'hewn, that, could her present population be placed in such a position, that their consumption equalled that of an equal number of English labourers, the direct addition to the public revenue would be greater than the whole sum which that re venue receives from all our colonies and foreign possessions put together, though these almost girdle the globe, and con tain more than 100 millions of inhabitants ! There is no country in Europe to which an analysis of the condition of its population would not show like results; we may hope that one day such ,:alculation will be familiar to all nations. They will be the most eloquent of monitors to peace and good govern , ment.—Professor Jones. MR. O'CONNELL AT BUN !cepted SATURDAY, MAY 28.—Mr. O'Connell having oe the invitation given to him by the inhabitants of Bose to dine w ith t h em t o -day, preparations, similar to those. at Ipswich, were ma d e in the Theatre for the accommodation of about two hundred persons. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman entered the town, b e tween two and e from repaired o'clock, and was very en thusiastically received. H repaired immediately to the house of Mr. Childs, and m thence addressed the crowd, who had assem bled to meet him. JOHN GARDEN, Esq., the late High-Sheriff of the county , presided, and was supported by a great nu mber of the m ost respectable gentry of the town and neighbourhood. The cloth having been removed, and " Non Nobis Po mine" sung, , t The King," The Queen," and " Princess V . t • " orta, were severally toasted with the usual honours. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of their distinguished guest, and in doing so he felt that the less he said the better, for, as the simple name of the ancient Greek was held to be a sufficient epitaph, so the mere mention of the name of O'Connell would, he was satisfied, be a suffi cient recommendation for the present toast.--( and The long-continued cheering.) Mr. O'CoNNELL rose to return thanks , b ut many minutes elapsed before he could proceed. Cheer succeeded ch, n ee r in continued succession, until at length the company De: came silent, as it appeared, from sheer exhaustion. eLat, didly confess, said the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, tua my present journey from London here h as been to me t l scene of unmixed delight and of increased satisfaction. am here labouring in my vocation.—(Hear, hear.) ea ;" H t . am here endeavouring to serve my own co untr y —( hear); but, blessed be God, I have the consciousness the if I serve Ireland I am equally contributing to the welfared of England.—(Cheers.) This is a plain propo sition , an cannot be controverted. It is the interest of ea ch of us , England, Scotland, and Ireland, that all should prosper.---: (Hear.) It is the interest of every part of the empire that. n the whole of the empire should be in a healthy , sound, be united condition. Can it be a matter of indiffer ence to th 16,000,000 who inhabit England and Scotland that the 8,000,000 who inhabit Ireland should be in a st ate of des i titution and distress, and the insulted slaves of bigotry n ot oppression ?—(lndignant cries of "No r) No ;it ' s a matter of indifference ; if, indeed, it were not a Mat te l; of interest, I would trust to the generosity of the Eng„ lis a people upon that point. Wherever Igo in England, 1„ an increasing . determination amongst its inhabitants to o t • ain justice for Ireland. This is the great object of n'Y journey. What union do I want ? The union of an eg ne , c l lity of rights—(Cheers)—the union of friends that should be social in days of peace, and in the day of battle prepared to stand together against the world.--(Cheers.) En, l3l L• has obtained a considerable reform of her municiPi., ° A ; l t i u k t e i o ns, Pope'san d Satan,wou h ,, av e grown obtai nediviwiser r m t o n r a e n , b b u e t ib t t hre," Pl-4 seeing° rt",,,:co; effect of the new reformed system in Scotland, chip and injured the English Bill as much as they d are , ) But what has Ireland got ? Nothing at all.—(C hec a Nobody in either House has got up to say one w,°,,ra in favour of the Corporations of Ireland. They P ra to Peel when he visited some of them some Y ears "7 1 ,),- —they ordered his picture tst be painted, and b e au l i ;, it up in their halls. I believe they would be re..„. to hang him up now if they could catch him' used (Loud tau titer and cheers.) But though they P ra, Peel, Peel did not praise them ; he did net at' tempt to defend them ; and Lord Stanley bore distiec, testimony against them.—(Cheers.) Well, minister' brought in a Bill to reform the Corporations of Irelan d ho ; it was carried by overwhelming majorities through House of Commons ; it went up to the House of Lc),T° r u - i ,; —(Hear, bear.) What have they done with it ? they said " we will destroy these Corporations —they ar e ';-,.; bad to exist." They said this, but they have not . den e ,.. ea .; for, although they have destroyed corporate rights, rr have preserved all the corporate officers—all the p ara P e t -1; nalia of the old system, and would saddle the country it the expense of maintaing a parcel of men in offices whe re ny would be utterly impossible that they should have e-j, thing to do. Suppose we had a Parliament in Irela% does any one suppose that they would dare to tr eat us that way ?—(Hear, hear.) Well, what have the Ler , e done with corporate property in Ireland? They hals thrown the whole it into the hands of the Ministry. ,) not that a scandalous act of tyranny ?—(Loud cheer6s. But that is not the worst of it ; they have insulted % You whom I address would bear an injury as men , but Yee would not bear an insult.—( Hear, hear.) Will ) Ireland insulted ? I feel that you will not ; but whe tl l - to you support me or not, I tell you that I will not bear over insult.—(Cheers.) Perhaps it may be said that lan' ,,v violent. Now you shall be the jury, and I will state `-ti case to you : I will suppose that Scotland and Ireland had obtained measures of municipal reform, and then that irerj, House of Lords should tell you, the people of Eegiae;a that you were unfit and unworthy to have a like refortn your municipal institutions. What would you do ? u „ r the House of Lords into the Thames.—(To be sure,,,': would). Ay, and without any very great loss of Why do I say this ? Because it is what your brave an t. e- 0 5 :, tors did whenever tyranny attempted to trample u pon t`j e ,ic —(Cheers.) I claim, then, your support. If I sP e „ strongly, it is not to incite violence. Like Hamle t ' are will speak daggers, but use none."—(Cheers.) T here .ina 7,000,000 of us in Ireland complaining of injusticeo`„lnt calling for an equality of rights and privileges. All I the is to have your voice joined to ours. We will raise ,ivo shout from end to end of Ireland. Let one resP ee d ' a t echo from Suffolk mingle with those which I have ' e i ''' . na Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, flu' l l, fe ll eie Newcastle, and there will be a thunder upon the " blo that shall make the pigmies of the House of Lords trey in their seats.—(Cheers.) Jonathan Wild used re a when be was marshalling his gang, " Above al l thlejare Methodist parson is your man ; you have only him' Pad yourself amongst those who assemble to hear are when they turn their eyes up to heaven, their pocket' the entirely at your mercy." Now Jonathan Wild wa'rche genuine prototype of Toryism.—( Great c heering . ), du' Tories talk of religion, of the Holy Scripture s, e . f,or cation according to the doctrines of the Church el, * p r o" land ; they abhor Papists, and detest all li testant Dissenters ; do they talk all this outborficeo-te°s our Creator ? Oh, no ; out of the wish to have the Jo' of their auditors turned up to heaven, in order, like and nathan Wild's men, that they might t h e more ea sily and the more securely pick their pockets.—(La u g ht i er poli' cheers.) Ido not believe that there ever was a single once tieal lie that was not Tory.—(Hear, hear.) It Iva', o ld proposed in a society of Odd Fellows, that they treat, select a treasurer. " What's the use of electing 3 a s ? surer," said one of the members, " when we hav e no fun was The moment he made use of that expression h° oo . no knocked down and turned out of the society, a s he'l l ; j ae sense. So the Lords would knock me down and ,t u fl are out, as unworthy of belonging to the Odd Fellows, re. r .,' want of sense, when I talk of establishing a real unio,' It tween England and Ireland. Laughter and cheers'2orl• is upon that mission that I am going through the cw' pr ity I have always disclaimed, and ever will disclaim, t h f. o . the ciple, that any man should be called upon to pa) be tan religion of another ; and that he should be liable to al t o from his family and cast into a gaol, in case of his ret.,l to r do so.—(Cheers.) I know how much followed from_P6d. ; den's having refused the payment of an u njust tO,', ll acc s. and I already see what good has followed from John ti erin g.) resisting the payment of an unjust 17s.—(Great eliejewing Oh, 'twas a fine specimen of the sturdy a nd 0 0 5 1 0 was spirit of the true Englishmart.—(Cheers.) Th e na jus t ' small—it could easily have been paid ; but it Wa s t° anand John Childs would rather go to gaol than 5, 0 11 ' sp irit injustice.—(Loud cheers.) Is it that Engli sh ; De; that I admire—l conjure you to let it aid ' n tha t cause my soul throbs with the same determinationcheco,) which animated your valuable fellow-townsman.--4. ate' a l n a d m fa g r l m a de farmers.—(Hear, H h eeaarrd, hear.) t the midst It o f tdi Protestan t eai, a na d P v 0 1 s e s a e btaliet r , universal suffrage, short Parliaments, and vote )_OY do n et come here and ask you to support a Ministry, v'" n , o onei give half as much as I could wish, but who are g t ili c . l . s e the less sure because they go slowlyas reform.—(Hear, hear.) to public prosperity —who would enter into no ma _ e r hapPY_ —to that party who wan l tt circle except to make him more comfortable no n ma o' —who would extend liberty of conscience to 08., all pact tect the freedom of all classes of the communitY co a ,, tOthe meet p of the e mpire.—(Cheers.) again belong increase eh. p e r ° a r ate well rv 3 it r Gentlebe of the House of Lords, the Hon. and Learnedba t said : The House of Commons is b ut half reform' Lords are reformed ; and let me tell you that.tis, haler what the children in Ireland call the is n fitst (Laughter and cheers.) The big-gest halfrolsthe formed, and a thumping half it is.—(Cheers.), ' nditu rst h , place there is that paragon of purity, has.—(Labe he is too reliEious ; that is the only fault he donderrY' nOOl ter and cheers.) Then there is Lord Lon Lord 14 a g , . 5 too clever.—(Loud laughter, and cheers.). 111;011,50,d:0d I :: f lo h n te g rit o u ,„ cl h e , what That I he din h e a d s nf,oituhndthoeuLt e a r f d t .. e L r je a nt y e e n a a r:f t( cheers.) The fellow will certainly fin Ellenbororsce. These are the leaders. Then there is the Pu blic th e who exclaims, " above all things spare, ._scif out °iris) How much has Lord Ellenborough n 1 T ar.-- - ( ur- c ingl public purse ? Eleven thousand pounds a:l e , s t ,, e ee .oo to For what ? For doing nothing, which, h f llow for Y „ upon tenor o It ton who saY s ' • not ' eplreevaTernaete.-on(eLmayu._gh(tcerflerNs.cw ri t , lr e r n e s on a l ' es e ctut snivelling little Lord Hadding _ o w ed state' mean to insult the people of Irelanda " very . d e g raci Ctin ti ‘ er them for the world ; but they are in „ and not fit for any reform whatever. 1.11 . 1)1 °le