The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS A N D Vlthfir 6:74littlon. ii k 013715 .::,ru r ad. FOREIGN. • The King of the .French arrived at DrettX On Monday evening at six o'clock, .and was met at his entrance by the great body of the inhabitants, who accompanied him with loyal acclamations to the Palace, where he was received by the Prefect, the General comp Prefect, the Mayor, !Ind . 11 I ".:siimgthe district, the Sub reviewed the Natioro.;unicipal Council. Ilia Majesty • grand dinner ssi Guards. In the evening there wag a r` The P-." t e aace. e h I Nxt day he returned to Paris. _since de Joinville arrived at Rochefort on the 19th at four in the afternoon. On his landing from his ship in a Royal barge, with sixteen rowers, he was received by the Maritime Prefect and the Marine Stall; and attended with all honours to the Prefecture, after being addressed by the several constituted authorities. The next day the Prince visited all the marine establishments and the hospital, ex pressing his satisfaction at the order in which he found them. At live o'clock there was a grand dinner of 120 guests, iklitt in the evening a - ball at the theatre. Lady Marianne Erskine, daughter of John Francis Ers trine, Earl of Mar, died lately in Paris, at the age of seventy. The deceased, who was blind from her birth, had resided tbr several years in France. The marriage of the eldest daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany with Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria, was celebrated on the 15th inst. at Florence. It is said that . the Duke of Genoa, the second son of Charles Albert, and the I'rince de Carignan, are to marry the two daughters of the Duke of Modena. It is said that the forte is about sending Fuad Effendi on special mission to Madrid,' nominally to congratulate the 7°lnkft Queen on her majority . , but really to treat of the ex differencea between-Spain and the Emperor of Morocco. The Prussian State Gazette publishes the budget. for 1844. The total of the receipts is 57,677,194 rix-dolbirs (the rix dollar is worth about 2s. Ild.) ; the expenditure is set do3vn at exactly the same amount, being made to balance by an item " 500 ,000 rix-dollars for unforeseen -expenses. The War dePartment alone is dowmfor 24,604,308 rix-dollars. Accounts from'Athens of the Oth inst. announce the for mation of the new Cabinet. M. G. Conduriotti.had been ap p(Anted Minister of Marine and President of the Council; M. ... ta e y l rocorclato ' Minister of Finance ;.11. Coletti, Minister of Sej nterior M. Tri•zotipi, Minister4or Foreign Maks; M. The Minista ofJustice •M. Metexa, Minister of War. had t r o n i ter of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction -- "J". been named, but was to . be chosen by M. Metaxa. V r et e _ .A.D OICZ. the Contractor LAW for t he cleansing of the streets of the w of London, appeared at tha Mansion-house, upon .a .:411Mons issued by the Lord Mayor, upon his Lordship's °lvn evidence, to answer for having neglecting to remove an immense mass .of filth from Isuddle-dock. It was stated that it was a 'Public laystall, and that its state was moat horrible. The• Lori} Mayor said he should at once instruct the City Solititoi. to proceed again , t the contractor by in dictment. ' A young Woman, about twenty years of age, named Susan -Doherty, was charged at Marylebone with baying stolen Bank-notes and other property to a considerable amount,-be longing to 418 S -Elizabeth Mary Hodgson, a dressmaker, .re 1112ling at 'l7, Old Cavendish-street, Caveudish 7 square. She "a's temanded till Thursday. casaOf a very novel and singular nature was brought be lor A e AL*Burrell, at Queen- , square, by Skinner, an inspectoiof hawkers' andpediers' licenses, who charged Samuel Slater, a man in the employ of Mt'..tollins, at Paddington, with hawk thhtt.,y for sale without rcense, by which he had incurred .hat of 101. Thieoffence was proved, but it was alleged Wttepart of the defensiiint, that hay came under the section . 1 * the - Act which allows victuals to be sold by hawking. 'The 'Bench took time to consider the objection. o• Thomas Cornell, a- , tall dark man, well dressed, was ch arged 5t Union-hall , :with being concerned with another limn not tu.custody, : 4ll robbing George Ford, &countryman, of 1 10/. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns. The'pri "l3erovhols well known as a frequenter of races and fairs, and belon gs to a gang of fellows named " magsmen,". wa s committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. George Ward, in. the employ of Messrs. Cottam and Hal -24, the ironfoundera r of the Cornwall-road, was charged at .he game 'office with stealing some brass work belonging to an .iron lighthouse intended for the Island of Bermuda. The-pri *)°et was reman4d. An aetien- Abrought against Sir W. Gossett, Sergeanf-At -0113-of the House of Commons, was postponedtill next term l-Aequence Of the illness ofthe Attorney-General. C&IEYSIT—FASHIONAXII.S. Their, Majestic:4 the Ring and Queen of the Belgians and • stl ite *re not expected to leave Buckingham Palace for the tblent until the close of next week. His Majesty's illus- Et Ta,s'eister, het Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, after bto the Court of the Tuileries, proceeds, attended Auna Maria Dawson and . Si George Ceuper, to EZTe;ithere,"- her elder sister, the Duchess Julienne of Saxe Virg, has long resident merday was the anniversary of the . natal day of her p„ (i Yal..Highnesa of the Duchess of Gloucester, aunt to the who completed her 68th year. th:ait EarVaild Countess of Erroll leaves Clarges-street, at close otnext week, for Slain 's Castle, Aberdeenshire, vsk ete they' ititend to remain until the .middle of September. AL - 1, 40 Dovtliter Lady Holland has rece,mmenced her regular s'Wer parties for the season, in Great Stanhope-street. t . } l -91 :a4nal.t.idy Stuart de Rothsay ate expected.to arrive at ebLinanSion in Whitehall in about three weeks,. from St. et *Nurgh, where the Hon. John A. D. Bloomfield, only I , :teti f Lord BlooMfield, is accrediteillis Minister Plenipoten - Q 4 17 in bi s :Lordship's place. Sir tao Pattiek Bellew, Bart., with his lady and family, Cap- Elphinstone, and other fashionables, were amongst the p . !' ll ercoOS passengers who arrived yesterday morning, by the 'tamer Atawerpen, Captain Jackson. The passage was re markably favourable, and was made in the short period of iliaatieithCurs. ,itaigeoun' t and Viscountess Milton, and the Hon. G. Fitz ...,spfLairl,:"oftrived in Grosvenor-square on Monday, and left '" ''"ertilLy.for Milton, near Peterborough. S 0 az. &AMMO US. . hAbe. trades Men of the Queen celebrated the birth-day of er Majesty by dining together, at the Freemasons' Tavern, teat Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, yesterday. The r rleeting was not comparatively numerous, and was presided over by -Mr. Dison, of Regent-street. From a return, presented to - the House of Commons, of the number .of criminal lunatics now under confinement, it a prieers.that there are 128 confined in Bethlem Hospital who were charged with various - offences, the charge -of murder Vematlr Pteponderating—there are 3 in the county of Bed 111114.ciW Chester, 8 in Cornwall, 6 in Devon, 2 in Dorset , 6 L a rc, 10 in Gloucester, 4 in Hants, 7in Kent, 1 7 in 4317, 1 'er, 4 in Leicester, 22 in the Metropolitan Licensed oxf or „ .. , 1 in Norfolk, fl•.in Norwich, 4in Nottingham, 2in 1 fe in Salop, 3 in r Somerset, 2in Stafford, 6- in Suffolk, lq fgeiex, 2 in Warwick, 8 in Wilts, 3 in Worcester, and 5 0 inaking in the'aggregate 269 criminal lunatics. f oe Tuesday a numerous meeting of merchants and manu k ‘ 4 grli interested in the cotton manufacture took place in r anehester, when a memorial to Sir R. Peel, praying for a ti e ,,P e aj . ol . -the tax on cotton, was adopted, and a deputation . tinted, to wait on Sir R. Peel on the subject. . Y•oreturn presented to the House of Commons, it appears i i ', l t.there are ten officers in the army receiving half-pay and besides GovernMent appointments, for which they are !id 'salaries. The receipt of the half-pay was sanctioned ;der a recent Act, 6 and 7 Vic., c. 99, sec. 24. One of the e n ,-, l judge in tbe Western District Court of Canada, at 4,year, and his half-pay ifour shillings a daY ; and an , , ae-r is a Sub-Inspector of Factories, at 270/. a year, and his aele.laky is' 58/.los. ••.- p e _ T he ne day.w regulations respecting twelve post-office deliveries for what was formerly called the Twopenny Post s ;` r ketare to come into operation next month, in cense ?arlOe of which a great number of extra hands have been ''Oe; and are now undergoing probation. Thursday the annual general meeting of the Lander , istitntien was herd in the theatre of the Institution, in e t l ; l4 atry-eirens, Sirlhomas Baring, Bart., in the chair. Mr. r 4 The, F.R:S., read the report of the Committee of i t an agement. - • The expenditure had been met by means de fi.anr.PreviOus Savings, and there had been no necessity -4eberoachments on the funded property of the Institution. e ,tecelpta.liad been 3,657/. 4s. sd. and the pay ments3,2B6/., Pitj'a f ung, a balance in the treasurer's hands of 388/. 'l9s.' 3d. d'ea property of the Institution amounted' td 37,630/. ' , tINCLA'IMED DIVIDENDS. ,TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. .9 i t 'llkos-Froin your observations on the Unclaimed Dividends , would appear . , that you consider the list of parties .whose l iteelt is, unclaimed-to be a sealed list, as regards the public: order to undeceive you and the public, I forward you an ttract:from 56 Geo 111., c. 60, sec. 1, by which you'will find 4at P ar li amen t-h as secure d a r i g ht to t h e pu bl ic to d emand the Directiors of Abe Bank of England an inspection of ar e the wool lisr duritig the:usual hours•of transfer. The follo w i ng rds of ther Act : eto4 Inunpdiately,-aa fi °in and after the sth of July; 1816, ' tithe capital stock, in respect of which any annuities con tuting. 413 , part of 'the National Debt, are payabl e a t th e Venk of .t.nglanth, and also the annuities for years called R i g Anti, uities, and other terminable annuities, a n d u p on • o th no dividends shall have been demanded for te n y ears „ upwards, preceding the last day upon which any divi nd shall have become due (except where payment shall ,7,:ve been restrained the injunction of a Court of Equity)), be tranSferred.in the books of the Bank of Englarfcl, I t t a new a n d .separatVaccount, to be raised in the names of ind e Commissioners fo * Fthe reduction of the National Debt ; inimediaWy after such transfer, the names in which 4 ' o l stock stood prevgus to such transfer, and the residence ti 1 1• description of the parties, the amount transferred, an d 4 dates of such tranAr shall be entered upon a list to be t pt at the Bank, which list shall be open for inspection at usual hours of transfer." I am, Sir, yours, &c. Ilf racombe, April 25, 1844. R. W. D. DESTRUCTION OP AN - INDIAMAN BY F IRE .—At 4 1 ,° 11 t half -past twelve the afternoon of yesterday, a large U(1, 1, e, which was being towed down th e r i ver f rom the to tion Docks, on arriviwopposite Gravese n d was di scovere d tv e ou fire, and an alarm being given, the tug steamer kiie las her made for the : .ssex shore, about a quarter of a t h . oelow Tilbury Fort, ,where,. from the rapid increase of fire, it was found necesaary, for the safety of the shipping Z:tlie 'liver ofr Gravesend, to scuttle the vessel aa soon as the • , 'erso • . 411 ns on board were taken pff. Various reports as to the tr , ille,and destination of the ill-fated vessel were prevalent e 9nsiderable time before-we could procure anything like litTisistent, not to say authentic, account of either. As far e,,Z•Auld ascertain, upon .the most diligent inquiry that Vlll be instituted, the-name .of the now sunken ship is the :4 0 ecicill, of Liverpool, with au outirard-bound cargo for the p? e of Good Hope, Calcutti,. and Sydney, having several IZ s engers for the two former places, and - emigrants for the (i r ter 'place; on board, all - of whom were safely landed . at 4vesend and the opposite shore, s' on after the fire was dis stutered and but a short period previous to the vessel being , att •tled . From the conflicting . accounts we heard of the fi ne 3 ° of the fire, we deem it more-prudent at present to !h con -44 our notice to th e m e re fact of the loss from such acki!ow fa,t!?d accident ; and we also Confine-ourselves to the admitted Iv at the .rargo is one of considerable value, being . a gene: p ro re t and likely to be in part recovered, as there is every ablity- thatihe vessel will be raised in a few days ; in -13 essential to the safety of the navigation of the ad,l on the Eiaex side, that prompt measures should be 4f I:; e d.to raise her, independently of the partial preservation . v a self and cargo. *ith BENJAmix Woon, Al.P.—We have heard, so rne vuell regret, that this- gentleman, who has been for I , 4se a l,`. l !ne in indifferent health, has been lately attacked by t 0 of so serious a character as to occasion much anxiety of S o n emrs• Mr. Wood has sat sin ce 1840' f or th e. b o r o ugh S ou SH Eb o Ir PAIPB RO or RUSSIA.—We have reason to tt lie,thethat will his Imp er i a l Maj es ty th e E mperor o f a ll th e arrive in this country on a visit to her Majesty Ab out course of a few weeks. The Emperor is expected 46 econ4 week in May. Thies. a THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM The Queen held a tifeitinftrefitii yisitei;diy at §t, James's Palaces id ceielifailtin of her Majesty's birthday, which wall vey'nutnerously attended. )lur Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by. the goal' suite, arrived fro m -B uc ki ng h a m pelliite at it, r.O.ar-tel- be fore two o'elpelt,l!i'd h‘ the Lord Chain beflaih; tfie field kc ward, and the Master of the Horse tOnduded her Majesty and his Royal Highness to the Royal closet. His Majesty the King of the Belgians was present at the Drawing- room. His Majesty arrived . from Buck ingham Palace, attended by Cotint Mercy d'Argenteati and Ma j o r A. ninnies de Atotekerke i and was received by the Vice.Chatfiberlain, who conducted his Majesty to the Royal closet. - Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were also present at the Drawing-room. Their Royal Hirt nesses ware attended by Lady Geor giana Bathurst, Baron Knesebeck, and Major-General Sir Jatm.s Reynett. The Bishops arrived at the Palace, and after baying assembled in the Portrait Gallery, were ushered to the press nee of her Niajt stye in the Royal closet.. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury-, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Durham, Llanduff. Gloucester and Bristol, Bangor, Carlisle, Lichfield, Chester, Ripon, Hereford, Worcester, Ely, Saliibury, Rochester, and Clogher. The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an address of congratulation, on the suspicio" return of her Ma, jesty's natal day. The Bishops afterwards retire.l from the Royal presence. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar attended the Drawing•room. • The Lord Chancellor came in State. attended by the Sergeant-at -Arms to the House of Lords, and also by his Secretaries and Purse-bearer. The Speaker of the House of Commons came in State. attended by the Chaplain to the House of Commons and the Sergeant-sit-Arms. The Right Hon. Gentleman wore hi State Rohe. The Lords Chief Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer wore their Collars of S. S. with the Port cullis. The Master of the Rolla, the Vice-Chancellor of Eng land, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall wore their gold robes. It being a Collar day, the Knights of the several Orders of Knighthood wore the Collars of their respective Orders. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms were on duty in the_ State-rooms, commanded by their Standard-bearer, Mr. Henry Robinson. In the Royal suite were the Duchess. of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes ; the Marchioness of Douro, the Duchess of Norfolk, the Countess of Charlemont, the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, and the Viscountess Jocelyn, Ladies in Waiting ; Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Hamilton, and the other Maids of Honour ; Lady Gardiner, Hon. Mrs. Anson, Hon. Mrs. Brand, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, and other Women of the Bedchamber ; the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting ; Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting ; the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert; Mr. George. Edward Anson, Treasurer to his Royal Highness • Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting ; General Sir George Anson, Groom • in Waiting ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert entered the Throne room, accompanied by his Mlijesty King Leopold, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. The following presentations took place in the Foreign Diplomatic circle : The Baroness de Regaleira, a Portuguese Lady, by the Baroness de Moncorvo, Lady of the Portuguese Minist r. The Chevalier de Tacon, Chargi d'Affaires from Spain, by the Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Diplomatic circle was attended by the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire, and Baron de 'Palley rand, Attache to the Embassy ; Aali Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador ; General Count Bjornstjerna, Swedish Minister, and Baron de Bjornst jerna, Secretary of Legation ; le Baron de Stjernerona, Lieutenant General in the Swedish service, on a special mission from his Majesty the. Ki ng o f Sweden and Norway ; le Baron C. de Bjornstjerna, Officier d'Ordon nance de S. M. le Roi de Suede et de Norwege, and It Comte M. de Rosen, Aide-de-Camp General et Cham bellan, in the service of his Swedish Majesty; the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer ; M. Charles Drouet. Secretary of Legation, and M. Delepierre, Attache; M. Moreno, Buenos Ayrean Minister •, Baron de Cet to, Bavarian Minister ; M. Dedel, Netherlands Minister, and M. Stratenus, First Secretary of Legation; Count de Pollen, Sardinian Minister, and Count Revel, Secretary of Legation ; the Portuguese Minister and the Baroness de Moncorvo, M. Lobo de Moira, Secre tary of Legation, M. L. A. Pinto de Several, Attache to to the Legation, and le Baron de Lagos ; M. Alejo For tique,Venezuelan Minister; the Russian Minister and Ba roness de B run now, and M. de Berg, Secretary of Legation; General Prince Castelcicala, Sicilian Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secretary of Legation ; Count Kielmannsegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, Wurtetn berg Minister ; and le Baron de Linden; Madame Bunsen, lady of the Prussian Minister ; the Bra zilian Minister, and Mada . me Marquess Lisboa ; Mr. Everett, United States Minister, and Mr. Rives, Secretary of Legation ; the Danish Minister and Countess Reventlow, and Baron Brockdorff, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Nieumann, Austrian Minister; Baron Koller, First Secretary of Legation Count Esterhazy, Attache to the Legation ; Baron Brenner, and M. and Madame de Flummelauer ; M. Murphy, Mexican Minister ; M. M. M osquera, N ew Granada Charge d'Affaires, and M. Raphael de Ayala, Secretary to the Mission; Baron Thile, Prussian Chargé d'Affaires, and Baron Witzleben. Captain in the Pruisian Royal Guards ; Monsieur H. F. Tiarks, Charge d'Affaires of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg ; Chevalier de Facon, Chargé d'Affaires, M. Victoriano de Pedrorena, second Secretary to the Mission, and the Count of Erlach. . - _ _ v The general company present included the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary-at-War, the Lord Privy S ea l, the Lord teward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms, Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting.; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, the Right Hon. the Speaker; Sir Edward Disbrowe, her Majesty's Minister at the Hague, Sir Hamilton Seymour, her Majesty 's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenitentiary in Belgium ; the Master of the Rolls, the Vice Chancellor of En land, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Comp troller-General of the Exchequer, the Judge Advocate General, Mr. S. March rhillipps, Under Secretary of State ,• Sir George Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeo man Guard ; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Queen's Advocate, the Lord Mayor, Sir Charles Young, Garter; Mrs Thomas Shiffner, Paymaster of the Household ; Mr. Sheriff Musgrove, Mr. Sheriff Moon, Mr. Ralph Gore, Groom in Waiting to her Majesty ; aptain F. Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, Groom of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Col. Richardson, Royal Horse Guards, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Captain Sir Andrew Green, Naval A.D.O ' • Cols. Weare, Parke, H. Bentinck, Owen, Oldfield, andbyneley, C. 8., A.D.C. t o the Queen ; Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry to the Queen ; Major-General Sir James Reynett, Equerry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; Dr. Chambers, Phy cian to the Queen and to the Queen Dowager ; Sir Ben. jamin Brodie, Part., Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen ; Sir James H. Whitshed, Admiral of the Fleet ; Rev. J. Vane, Deputy-Clerk of the Closet in Waiting ; the At torney- General to the Prince of Wales ; Mr. M'Gregor, Secretary to the Board of Trade ; th Groom of the Robes ; Rev. Dr. Foord Bowes, Chaplain to her Majesty; Rev. John Ryle Wood, Domestic Chaplain to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager ; the Chaplain to the House of Commons ; Col. Perceval, Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Lords ; Mr. Lefroy, the Speuker's Secretary ; M r . Sergeant Atcherley, Attorney-General of the County Palatine of Lancaster ; Mr. Sergeant Merevrether, Soli citor-General to the Queen Dowager ;_ Mr. Henry Ro binson, Standard-bearer to the Hon. Corps of Gentle men at Arms ; Mr. James 13unce Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Sir Samuel Hancock, Exon of the Yeoman Guard ; Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeoman Guard ; Captain S. Sadler, Exon in Waiting ; Captain J. • Parker Nuttall, Exon of the Yeo man Guard ; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S. ; Mr. Fre deric Peel Round, Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod ; Captain Courtenay Boyle, R.N. ; Mr. A. Blackwood, Mr. Beresford, and Sir Noel Harris, K.C.H., Grooms of the l'rivy Chamber ; Sir William Martins, Captain Green, Mr. Str. chen, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, and Mr. Des Vocux, Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen ; Colonel Godwin, and Captain G. C. Blake , R.N., Gentlemen Ushers to his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Waiting; Colonel Sir George Hoste, Royal Engineers, Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to the Queen Dowager ; Sir George Hayter, M.A.S.L., Painter of History and Portraits to her Majesty, and Principal Painter in Ordi nary; Sir William J. Newton, Miniature Painter in Ordinary-to her Majesty and th e Queen Dowager ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent for the Halite Towns ; Mr. G. F. Dickson, Consul General for Bueno s Ay res ; Chevalier Hebeler, his Prussian Majesty's Consul General ; Sir John Hall, Consul General for Hanover ; Colonel R. Wright, late Consul General, Charge d'Affairs of Equa dor ' • Mr. I,urge (Queen's Co unse l), A gent for Jamaica: Mr. Cotton, Governor of the Bank of England ' • Mr. J. B. Heath, Deputy Governor of th e B an k ; and the fol lowing Ladies : DUCHESSES—Bedford, Roxburgh, Norfolk. MARCHIONESSES — Exeter, Normanby, Wellesley, Or monde, Cholmondeley, Sligo, Aylesbury, Londonderry, Clanricarde. _ COUNTESSES—Rosebery, Powis, De Solis. Morton, Nelson Delawarr, Camperdown, Dowager Winterton, Cowper, Cawdor, Haddington, Dowager Chichester, Jersey, 13. Metaxa, Wilton, Beverley, Dowager Somers, Sefton, Harewood, Dowager Essex, Verulam, Dalhousie, Clarendon, Arundel, Morley. VISCOUNTESSES Pollington, Dillon, Campden, Howick, Ashbrook, Adore, Palmerston, Dowager Dil lon, Folkestone, Barrington, Hawarden, Duncan, Newry. LADlES—Frances Nelson, Henniker, Wightman, Bul keley Philipps, Chatiotte Denison, Bowyer Smith, Grant, Byron, Jemima Eliot, Disbrowe, Grey Egerton, Olivia Taylour, Mary Juliana Tayl• - •ur, Emily Foley, Elibank, Pollock, Dowager Rivers, Charlotte Heard, Denman, 'Gore Booth, Elizabeth Duncan, Ernest Bruden e ll B ruce, Macdonald, Bowater, Ellen Douglas, Louisa Primrose, Anne Primrose, Dymoke, Howard Douglas, Lucy Her bert. Charlotte Herbert, Shelley, Flower, Aylmer, H. Durham, Carroll, Mordaunt, Montefiore, Catherine Cavendish, Grant, Osborne, Caroline Bathurst, S. In gestre, Couper, Cornwall, Langdale, C. G. Lennox, Wheatley, Mahon, A. .sonierset, Rachel Russell, Clao, i tHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 96, .IWt Kinloch, Farquhar, Pynn, Saltoun, M. Marsham, G. Van&lettf, HMIs, Kirkland, Ittistace, Ashley, BouVerie, Clay, R. Greville; L. Cator, Anfie Mar teris, M. Campbell, flo*lird; : pdFtl&,.flbyd, Sa 144- dlesbani, Manners; Btilrbr, Kr Ctist Pelhaiii, I;t:iltl6n, ti. Clive, G. S. Stanley, L. S. Church 11, R Stewart, B. Graham, G. Curzon, K. Jermyn, E. Moreton, A Vane, L. Pelham, C. Somerset, Monteagle, Cleinentina Villiers, Seymour, Prudhoe, Farnham, [ter ries, F. Hope, Ousele.y, Cremorne, Barrow. Wenlock, .E. Stopford, C. Cust, A. Cust, C. Boileau, Bloomfield, Shadwell, Villiers, Beauvale, Taylor, Reynett, Elizabeth Cornwallis, trevesoti, Witte, M. Alford, Ctittenfield; CoCkbtirii, Graham, M. Christopher, H. Ellerton,Wharn cliffe, Hayes, Briggs, West, S. Reeve, Kilmaine, Camoys, Hamilton, Rolle, C. Beauclerk, M. West. C. Townley, Brinekman, J. Grimston. E. Seymour, Ross, A. Baring, H. Corry, A. Onslow, L. Kaye, C. Browne, Bruce, Green, Braybrook, C. Marsharn, L. Cornwallis, Whetharell, B. F. Drummond, Lyndhurst, Stanley, Bradford. M. F. Howard, M. Feu ding, Harmer, Cham pagne, Maclaine, May, Montresor, J. Somerset, Peel, C. Murray, S. Murray, Radstock, E. Browne, Colches ter, L. Percy, E. Burgh. HoriovaAßLEs.—Miss Jones, .Lady Duff, Miss Walde- Arave, Miss Caroline Waldegrave, Sophia Wheatley, irs. R. Denmen, Miss Denman, Miss Fraser, Mrs. T. Best, Adelaide Foley, Baroness l)imsdale, Mrs. Law, Mrs. Kenyon, Mrs. Thomas Erskine, Mrs. Sanderson, Mrs. Ferguson. Mrs. Thomas Denman, Mrs. Adderley, Mrs. Godsal, Lady Middleton, Mrs. M. 0. Ferrall, Jane Lawley, Helena Dillon, Emily Thellusson, Louisa Dillon, Mrs. I'. Cust, Miss Flower, Miss Stonor, Mrs. Mac kenzie, Mrs. Philips, Mrs. E. Phipps, Frances Eden, Lady Pakenham, Miss Smythe, .'rs. H. M. Sutton, C. M. Barrington, G. Barrington, Emily Eden, Mrs. Spencer, Miss J. Somerset, Mrs. Fleeming, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Heathcote, Miss Brown, Miss Carleton, Lady Brooke, Caroline Lyttelton, Sophia Thellusson, Agnes Browne, Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mirabel Neville, Louisa Neville, Mrs. A Dillon, Mrs. A.Capel, Mrs. Meade, LadyCapel, Mrs. E. Knox, Miss E. J. Carew. :Mss C. Stonor, Mrs. Stanley, Miss. C. I'epys, F. Pepys,Miss Carew, Mrs. L. Stanhope, Miss Maude. • BARONESSES—North, Rothschild, do Rothschild. Madame Hebeler. MESDAMES—NichoI], Bates, Garth, Charles Mills, John Round, J. D. Alexander, Hayes Sadler, Fitzroy Kelly, Bloomfield, Musgrove, Charles Lushington, An drew Spottiswoode, Backhouse, Ricardo, Monk, Juliana, Symonds, Wm. Payn' er, Leslie, Shaw Lefevre; Maltby- Ruddell Todd, Lawrence, Gilliess, Powell, Charles Ar chibald, Whitgreave, Hoare,. Strahan, Macleod of Mac leod, Howley, General Darby Griffith, D'lsraeli Kuper, George Carnegie, Pepys, Milner Gibson, Kingsmill, Wm. Stuart, Vernon Smith, Assheton Smith, Nouaille Rudge, Robert Bagshaw, Harcourt, Standish Standish, Egerton, Fitzgerald, Beresford Taylor, Bastard, Morri- , son,' Henry Fetre, Armytage, E. Prodgers, Thoyts, N. Sutton, J. Townely, Beckett, A. Wood, H. Barr, G. l'Estrange, J. Wood, Dickson, Weld, P. Reading, R. Williamson, Dodd, B. Elphinstone, Matheson, Hawkins, Torrens, Ricardo, Kingston, Wey mouth; J. Blackburne, J. Massy Stanley, Roberts Senior, G. St. John Mildmay, Samuel Platt, Langford Brooke, Challoner, Boyce, Musgrave Brisco, Rolt, Longden, Wynne Yorke, Howard, George Byng, Russell Ellice, Sprye, Wiggett Chute, Greene, Ghester Master, George Wyse, Shuldam, H. Manning, Claude Wilde, Young. Pasley, Grant, Frankland Lewis, Charles Bruce, Gibsone, H. Elphinstone, G. G. Macpherson, Ashworth, Dawson, Russell, R. Grant, J. H. Vivian, D. M`Lean, Divett, Platt, Outram, R. Allfrey, H. Story, W. Pen darves, R. Hollow], . Wilkinson, Oliveira, R. Curteis, Vere Fane, R. Wingfield, H. Wingfield, H. Bentinck, Mercer, Douglas Belford, H. Addington, W. Watson. MlSSES—Shuckburgh, Julia Grant, Mills, Dymoke, Garden, Emma Pollock, Grace Pollock, Garth, Selina Garth, Sadler, Fitzgibbon, Louisa Fitzgibbon, Emily,O. Law, Charlotte Mills, Hallifax ' Diana Hallifax, Carroll, Hoare, Prince Duff. Isabella Blomfielel, Shaw Lefevre Blomfield, Erskine, Ross, Pole, Nichol], Rosa Spottis woode, Elizabeth Spottiswoode, Bower Smyth, Ferguson (of Pitfour), Darby Griffith, Fanny Backhouse, Cathe rine Backhouse, Douglas, Erskine, Julia Erskine, Herbert De Salis Blackburne, Leslie, Constantia Round, Cowper, E. Avena Blackburne, Mary Macleod of Macleod, Roma Macleod of Macleod, Jane Stewart. Mary Farquhar, Ellen Alexander,Fanny Alexander, Madeline Alexander, Her bert, Godsal, Wightman, Mary Wheatley, Disbrowe, Kirkland, Barrow, Caroline Dimsdale, Finetta Dims dale, Whitgreave, Farquhar, Cavendish, Gertrude God s:ill:Trafford, Armytage, Annette Platt., Lister Kaye Bathurst, C.. Bathurst, L. Caldwell, C. Verner, Anson, A. Anson, Liddell, Carleton, Morrison, Meade, E.cott, H. Pigott, Osborne, Sutton, A. M. Sutton, Rice Trevor, M. Clay, L. Temple Bowdoin, Temple Bowdoin, Mercer, M`Grigor, L. Stopford, E. Stopford, Grant, De Horsey, G. Perceval, M. %V. Yorke, Grant, Fanny Dickson, E. Fane, Emily Pane, Augu , ta Somerset, Edith Mercer, Caroline Bellew, Lvgon, Campbell, A. F. Parry, Weld, M. A. Weld, Torrens, Mowbray, Kensington, M. Phil lipps, A. M. Phillipps, Mactavish, Beresford, Gardiner, C. Sulivan, J. Clerk, C. Des Vceux, Eliza Dickson, G. West, B. Elphinstone, Scott, S. Knox, Bradford, F. Bradford, Cornwall, M. Codrington, M. Beresford, Mackay, Copley, Bagshaw, Estcourt, Longden, Paken ham, H. Bathurst, L. Kingston, Sturges Bourne, S. Murray, Kingston,' Hawkins, Monk, Mary Monk, Cop ley, Ouseley, Mathews, M. A. E. Thackeray, Rolt, Philips, E. Codrington, Mackinnon, Bastard, Webb. Guise, Halford, Lloyd, Pierrepont, Maitland, Allen, M.. Murray, M. Sulivan, H. Pole Stuart, Seymour (2), Egerton, S. Bridgernan, Martin, E. Fleming, Shuldham, Senior, Osborne, M. Pasley, A. Reynolds, West, J. West, Reeve, E. Reeve, Platt, C. Meade, H. H. Clinton, Taylor, A. M. Clinton, Clive, Wynne Yorke, S. Stanley, F. S. Stanley, Montresor, G. Vernon Harcourt, Colten, F. Platt, M. Clay, G. Wilkinson, Morritt, Barker, Sprye, M. G. Wilkinson, J. Sprye, Knox, Drummond, Wyse, Grant. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen were also present : DUKES—Devonshire, Roxburghe, Cleveland, Norfolk, Richmond, Sutherland, Wellington, Leeds. MARQUISES—Worcester, Granby, Ormonde, Camden, Huntley-, Salisbury, Bute, Headfort, Cianricarde, Nor manby, Cholmondeley. EARLS—Brownlow, Nelson, Powis, Radnor, Sefton, Tyrconnel, Bandon, Morley, Clarendon, Howe, Morton, Wilton, Altamont, Denbigh, Rosebery, Yarborough, Zetland, Dalhousie, Haddington, Aberdeen, Lincoln, Rosslyn. VISCOUNTS—CIive, Pollington, Northland, Palmer ston, Templetown, Newry, Adare, Duncan, Dillon, Fielding, ;Strangford, Hawarden, Bernard, Campden, Sydney, Cranley, Burripgtou Alford, Ingestre. LORDS—Byron, Leigh, darew, Cottenham, Foley, Beaumont, Prudhoe C. Beauclerk, Portman, C. Hamil ton, Radstock, Elibank, Farnham, Colville, Manners, Beauvale, Rivers, A. Lennox, W. Lennox, Wenlock, Forester, Henniker, Suffield, Camoys, M. W. Graham, Eliot, Langdale, Glenelg, R. Grosvenor, G. Somerset, Mahon, Sudeley, E. F. Howard, Stanley, Villiers, Wharncliffe, Kilmaine, Gardner, Colchester, C. Clinton. BIGHT HONOURABI ES—Sir John Ilobhouse, Francis Baring, Sir W. Fremantle, R. Vernon Smith, Sir A. Foster, G. Dawson, Fox Maule, Sir R. Adair, W. E. Gladstone, Thomas Erskine, George Dawson, Sir R. Peel, Sir G. Murray, Sir G. Cockburn, E. J. Stanley, H. Pierrepont, Sir E. Ryan, W. Bourne, T. Lewis, Sir J. Graham, Sir E. Knatchbull. lIONORABLES.—Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart.; Frederick Byron, Sir Alex. Duff, G. C. II ; Lloyd Kenyon. Thos. ' Denman, Baron Dlmsdale Mr. Kenyon, W. Bafturst, 11. Boyle Bernard, Charles Law, Q. C. ; D. Pelham. R. W. Clive, J. Lyttelton, H. T. Liddell, J. Stuart, C. S. Rice, Lieut.-Col. R. Trevor, H. Corry, R. S. Carew, Mr. Smythe, Capt. Best, Capt. E. Knox, Capt. A. Gordon, Gen. Meade, Col. Finch, Lieut.-Col. D. Pennent, A. Dillon, Capt. Cust, Capt. Maxwell, A. Liddell, H. M. Sutton, Dean of Windsor, H. Duncan, Capt. Spencer, G. Talbot, C. Butler. CouaTs.—B. Metaxa, G. Metaxa. Sins—Richard Bulkeley Philipps, Francis Shuck burgh, Bart., Charles Des Vceux, Bart., Charles M. Clarke, Bart., James Clark, Thomas Wilde, Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Peter Laurie, Felix Booth, Moses Mon tefiore, F.R.S., John Croft, Bart., K.C. and F.S., Ben jamin Brodie, Bart., Thomas Reeve, James Flower, Bart., Charles Lemon, John Mordaunt, George Carroll, Wil liam Clay, John H. Pelley, Bart., P. Grey Egerton, C. Burrell, J. Kirkland, A. L. Day, T. R. Gage, G. Baker, T. Brinckman, H. Nicolas, G. Houlton, J. L. Kaye, A. Corbet, R. Howard, C. Wetherell, T. Phillips, G. Ha . - milton, W. K. Ball, E. Hayes, R. G. Booth, W. Gosset,. C. F. Forbes, J. Barrow, W. NOrreys, H. Willock, W. J. Newton, Roger Palmer, J. Boileau, G. Houlton, J. Eyre, A. Brooke, J. Gerard, W. Middleton, J. Hansler, H. Bruce, T. Herbert, G. B. Pococtc, G. Strickland, J. Hanmer, J. Laffitn. 0 uß D trE o av c m 7 Doe n c s h — arni S ob u ne t sr h —s e , r vF la ii n ivk d R i ai , nn,,l o L l e vl uo y n :r d Mackenzie,,Fi eWidesley, Locock, Hawtrey, Dibdin, Flowerdew Colls. field, Boyce, W. W. Cooper, Howard, Burnaby, Gill, G. W. Repton, Xeate, Nolte, M.P., E. C. Jones, rorbeN Duff, M.l l :,•Milfief Gibson, A: Smith, Wyse, MX:, FAA ,1I: Sextndtir; Cprbet; Stuatt; G; Heathcdte, M.P., Eolith Holiofid„ Str.; B: .IPtY; Massy Dawson . , N. Vaughan, J. H. Vivitin, M.P:; Milnes, M.P., M. 'Wyatt, limes, W. H. Watson, M.P., Standish Standish, Fitzgerald, G. Duncan, M.P., H. U. Addington, B. Culpeper, Carsick, Eaton, M.P., Russell Ellice, R. Gosling, Scholefield, M.P., Sanders, N. Budge, Francis Lysons Price, Lefroy, M.P., Dewar, Babbage, Pettigrew, H. Story, Craufurd, Weld, B. Parry, Annes ley; Greette;,M.P., Chttrteris, 111 Petre, jum, J. Morri son; M.P., W. PendarS'es, J. Eld, A:. G. Bottari Clark, Elliott, Gwynne, S. Westtuacott, C. Towneley, E. W. Roberts, F. Hodgson, M.P., M. Forster, M.P., D. Bar clay; M.P.. C. S. Burdett, J. I). Telfer, Blackstone, M.P., A. Foster, St. Leger, H. Elphinstone, M.P., Suli van, G. J. R-thertson, l)ivett, M.l'. • ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET—Sir James Whitshed. ADMIRALS—Sir Wbert Otway. Sir - I.3Yam ---- liartin, Sir Edward King, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir Philip Dur ham, Sir Thomas Briggs, Sir Bladen Capel, Sir John West, Sykes, Lysaght, Hollis. GENERALS-Sir Alexander. Duff, Sir George Scovell, Sir Frederick Stavin, Lambert, White, Edward Walker, Reeve, :tlori,Non, M.P., Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Sir Henry King, Sir Archibald Maclaine, Mercer, L'Estrange, Sir Henry Pynn, Paisley, Sir John.W. Guise, Sir Arthur Clifton, A. F. Barnard, Sir W. Cotton, Shubrick, Galloway, 0.13., Sir John Maclean, Sir .John May, Hr Thomas Pearson, Kenah, S'r Henry Ross, Sir William Ewitace, S. Brown, Sir Robert Barton Pasley, Lord Aylmer, Hon. Sir H. Paltenham, Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, Sir John Gardiner, Sir William Henry Clinton, Macleod, Sir IVilliam K. C. Grant, Sir James Ste venson Barns, Sir Surges Cumac, Sir Lewis Grant Shuldham, Sir [Toward Douglas, Rieves, C. 1.3., Sir Thos. Bradf.rd, Sir James Cockburn, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir John Doveton, Sir Robert Gardiner, Upton, CIL thero, Sir. Charles Dalbie, Sir John Brown. COLONELS—`Webber, Harris, Gwynne Holford, Her man, Percival, Charles Phipps, Owen, Vaughan, Sir W. R. Clayton, Clinton, Sir M. Wallace, Sir W. Chal mers, Ashworth, Vandoleur, Bonner, B. Drummond, Armytage, Powell, M.P. ; Trickey, Harris, Kelly, Gawler, Sir W. Harris, Hon. L. Stanhope, Rolf, Sir S. G. Higgins, W. H. Sykes, David Forbes, W. Verner, Clitheroe, Verner, Hon. H. Montague, Hon. R. Fitz-Gib son, T._ Y. North, Astell. 3fAJons—Henry Simpson, T. Lushington, Brandling, Harris, De Winton, Arthur Ogle, T. A. Moore, Macbean, Waymouth, Marshall, Croft, Paine, D. Mont gomery, James Fraser, Butler, Chipchase, E. P. Lynch, P. Hendersen, Stones, S. J. J. Hamilton. CAPTAINS—Gibsone, John Locke, Shea, H. C. S. ; R. P. I)aw son, Carter, Ferguson, Storer, Bateman, B. Ibbetson, Eden R.N., Littlejohn, R.N., Thomas Knox, Bowyer,' J. Johnson, Watson, Haw kins, Hulse, Nies, R.N., C. Frederick, R.N., Per ceval, Waldegrave, R.N., Granvill e L oc h, James Stopford, S. - Hart, Thomas Clarke, Lloyd, RN., C. De Salis, Richard Grant, Dawson, J. W. -Montague, Storer, D. Bethune, R.N., Whiteloek, Murray, RN., Sprye, A. Macdonald, Hawkins, Dickson, Pring, R.N., Sackett Hope, George Smith, Knox, Sir W. Symonds, Wood, Thornton, R.N., Drew, Grace, RN., Margery, F. H. Jackson, Middleton, C. T. Hill, Forster, Baynes, W. Freeman, Lambert, R.N., M. Archdall, M.P., Cod drington, D'upuis, Little, Cumming, Beechey, Fraser, Thornbrough, Cuddy, B. Hamilton, H. Byam Martin, Troubridge, 'R.N., W. Watson, R. P. Dawson, W. W. Cole, BathurST, W. D. Hamilton. COMMANDERS.—J. Hudson, John Sykes, Stirling, E. Peirse, R. H. Fleming, Pelly, Moore, W. H. Hall, C. H. Jay, Andrew Baird, J. F. L. Wood, Hon. R. Gore, M.P., Dacres. LIEUTENANTS.—Mackinnon, Fred. G. Leigh, Hadden, Spong, R.N., H. Curling, H. Lloyd, Waghorn, R.N., F. 1). Lister, IL Luon, Knox, Donovan, George Cookes, Knox, R. H. Canyon,J. Inglis, A. Cumming, A. Peter, Bradford, Drummond, Henry Bremer W. 0. Gore, L. Gardiner, W. Pogson. Munro, De Bathe, Hon. G. T. Devereux, A. Peter, E. H. B. Proctor J. Pat tie, W. G. Prendergast, Pasley, John Hill, C. H. White, George Sim, Percy Hill, C. J. Hutchinson, Penrin, Roberts, G. W. Mercer, Ross, F. E. Chapman, A. B. Kingston, M. Cowell. CORNETS.—WaIford, J. J. Lloyd. ENSIGNS.—C. 11, Hutchinson, J. Dyas, Thomas C. Hain, C. Scott, A. Fraser, P. O'Connell. Sir Robert Peel, as First Lord of the Treasury, gave a full dress dinner party, at his residence in Whitehall gardens, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, to a numerous party. Sir Jas. Graham, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, gave a grand dinner to the Judges in law and equity, and the principal functionaries of the City of London, at his residence in Hill -street. The following composed the party :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Den man, Mr. Justice L'atteson, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, the Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Baron Rolfe, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor of England t the Dean of the Arches, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Eliot, Chief Secretary for Ireland, the:Lord Advocate of Scotland, .the Lord Mayor, the Recorder of London, the four Members for the City of London, Mr. S. M. Phillipps, 'Mr. H. Manners Sutton, and Capt. O'Brien. The Lord Chamberlain and the Countess Delawarr entertained at dinner the following distinguished guests, in.celebration of her Majes:y;s birthday :—The Marquis of Ormonde, the Earl of Beverley, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Hawarden, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Rivers, the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay, the Hon. Frederick Byng, the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Vice -Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Bart., K.C.8.; Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.8.; Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H.; Lieutenant• Colonel Sir Noel Harris, Sir Robert . Chester, Sir William Martins, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Mr. J. R: 'Ormsby Gore, Mr. Montgomery, and Mr. Henry Greville.. All the company appeared in full dress. The banquet Was given at his Lordship's mansion in Upper Grosvenor-street, the exterior of which was brillantly illuminated with the Royal cypher, surmounted by the Imperial Crown, between two stars of the order of the Garter. The Earl of Aberdeen, as Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs, gave a State dinner at his residence in Argyll -street to the A m b assa d ors , Ministers, and Chargoe d'Affaires from Foreign Sovereigns and States to the British Court. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a State dinner at his official residence in Downing-street, to the fol lowing Noblemen and Gentlemen :—The Earl of Lons dale, Postmaster-General the Speaker of the House of Commons, M r . Gladstone and Lord Dalhousie, the Pre sident and Vive-President of the Board of Trade ; Mr. Wood and Mr. Hart Davis, the Chairman and Deputy- Chairman of the Board of Excise ; Mr. Dean and Hon. E. Stewart, the Chairman and Deputy• Chairman of the Board of Customs ; Mr. Wickham and Mr. Thornton, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Stamps and Taxes ; Mr. Cotton and Mr. Heath, the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Eng land ; Sir G. Clerk, Sir T. Fremantle, Mr. Gask ell, Mr. Pringle, Mr, Young , Mr. 11. B. Baring, and Mr. Tre velyan, Lords and Secretaries of the Treasury. The Earl of Lincoln, Chief Commissioner of Woods and- Forests • Lord • G ranville Somerset, Ch ance ll or o f t h e Duchy Of -Lancaster ; Sir E. Knatchbull, Paymaster of the Forces ; Sir William Herries, the Queen's Remem brancer, Mr. Shepherd, and Sir Henry Willock. Lord Stanley,- her Majesty's Secretary of State fur War and the Colonies, • gave a State Dinner in celebra tion of the day, at his residence in St. James's-square. Her Majesty's Iplonourable Corps .of Gentlemen-at- Arms gave their full dress dinner to celebrate the day. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager gave a grand dinner yesterday evening, at her residence, Nlarlborough House, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gl"ucester, and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry were present. . Her Majesty had afterwards a full dress assembly, which was very numerously attended. Lord and Lady Henniker and family have arrived in Portland-place from Thornham Ball, Suffolk. REV. METSIEURS—CharIes Kuper, JGbn Bluck, J. O'Brien, E. Prodgers, Thomas Gregory, A. E. Sketchley, George Bythesca, E. Scobell, James Hayes Sadler, H. B. Longe, V. S. Rowe, Samuel Legatt, I. T. Walsh, J. S. Anderson, J. H. Dakins, Thomas Cator, J. Jackson, W. J. Hutching, J. Heard. LADIES' DRESSES. HER MAJESTY. Court costume, composed of a white crape dress, over white gros de Naples, and trimmed with crape folds and white roses; train and body 'of rich white gros de Naples, covered with crape, and trimmed crape with white roses. Head dress, plume of white feathers and white crape lappets. H.R.H. THE 'DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. A splendid white poult de soie dress, worked all over with guipure de soie, and trimmed eu tablier with blonde guipure and bows of satin rose de Chine; in the centre of each bow an ornament of diamond; the train of rich Pekin rose de Chine glace, and brocaded with white, lined in white satin, and trimmed all round with plisse of satin ribbon and blonde guipure; the body ornamented with a berthe of blonde guipure and a diamond fringe; stomacher of diamonds. Headdress, feathers, tiara of diamonds, and blonde lappets. THE COUNTESS OF WILTON.—Court costume composed of a lilac crape dress and tunique, with a guipure blonde tablier fastened with bouquets of flowers ; train and body of lilac poult de soie, trimmed all round with a superb flat trimming of guipure blonde, same pattern as the dress ; body and sleeves ornamented with the guipure blonde and diamonds. Head dress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets and diamonds. VISCOUNTESS VILLIERS.—Court costume, composed of a rich embroidered dress with gold and coloured bouquets, with Walk r of gold blonde; train and body of cerise glace poult de sole, trimmed with gold; body and sleeves ornamented with gold blonde. Plume of feathers, lappets, and diamonds. LADY COCKBURN.—Court costume of rich canary coloured brocade satin, tnmmed with blonde lace and satin; deep blonde flounces, on a rich white satin jupe ; berthe and sabots to correspond. Headdress, plume of ostrich feathers ; of na ments, diamonds. LADY PEEL—Court costume, composed of a Brussels point lace dress ever green crape, with Brussels lace flounces; train and body of rich white poult de sole, brocaded in Indian gold, lined with green glace silk, body arid sleeves richly ornamented with Brussels lace, emeralds, and dia rrionds. Headdress, plume of white feathers, Brussels lace lappets, and diamonds. . BARONESS DIDISDALE.—Train and bodice of superb bro cade, in gold and beautiful colours, lined with white and trimmed with gold; bodice and sleeves, ornamented with Brussels point lace and gold ; petticoat of abricot and white glace poult de soie, with two deep flounces of Brussels point. Headdress, ostrich p:ume, rich Brussels point lappets, and magnificent_ tiara of diamonds; diamond earrings, &c. THE HON, MRS. HENRY MANNERS SUTTON.—Mantua and corsage of rich white moire, tastefully trimmed with tulle, ribbon, and bougets of moss roses; petticoat of tulle, over rich white satin, ornamented with bouffants of tulle, with :ripper tunique of crape, looped with moss roses, to correspond with train. Headdress, feathers and lappets. Hos. MRS. MEADE.—Court dress, composed of a tulle dress over satin, trimmed with flounces of silver blonde ; train of rich porcelain blue glace satin, richly trimmed with blonde. Headdress, plume of feathers, silver blonde, lappets, and diamonds. MISS Col'LEY.—Court costume, composed; of a tarla tane dress embroidered in Indian old, a colonnes„ over a white glace Bilk; train and body of • sky-blue glace poult do sCtie, trimmed with ribbon; body nuei Bleeve! ommelited with blonde and flowers. Headdress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and flowers. Mn& MrscirtAvr Brusco.—Costume de Cour, a very rich link mid white Watered train, brodaded in satin stripes, ooped with banquet§ of pink fciStS and silver flowers; cor spe eir eceur.; trimnied rich renaissance blonde a fritnge white tulle iflusiori dreS4 eii tuniqqd, trlnitdied pink roses gad Silver flowers over rich 4hite satin.. Headdress, plume of . feathers, rich blonde lappets, and diamond...l. . . , 111118. STRAIIAN.—Costume de Cour, a very rich bide and white watered train, brocaded in satin stripes and looped with bouquets of blue hyacinths and silver flowers; corsage en ccaur, ornamented with very rich point lace and bouquets ; a white tulle illusion dress en tunique, trimmed with blue hya cinths and silver flowers, over white satin. Headdress, plume of feathers, rich point lace lappets, and diamonds. Mits. liongirts,s4 dress of white satin, with tunic of tulle de Bruxelles, elegantly ornamented with nceud.s of satin rib bon. Train and corsage it la Heine, of rich Indian-pink brocho silk, with garniture of tulle and bouches de ruban ; berthe and sabots of fine point lace. Headdress, plume, and lap pets, with diamond ornaments. Mits. DOUGLAS HALFORD—COUrt dress, composed of a rich white watered silk dress, trimmed with ribbon ; train and body of rich lilac and white brocade ; body and sleeves orna mented with blonde and brilliants. Headdress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and brilliants. Miss GIADSTONE.—Court dress, composed *fa white crape dress, over white satin, and trimmed with Brussels point and ribbon; train and . body of rich white satin, trimmed all round with Brussels point ; body and sleeves richly orna mented with lace and bougets of violets. Headdress, plume of feathers, Brussels lappets, diamonds, and wreath of flowers. Miss REYNOLDS —Court dress, composed of a white tulle dress and tunic, over blue glace silk, trimmed with bouquets of mixed hollyhocks; train and body of rich white watered silk, trimmed with tulle and bows of blue ribbon ; bodys.nd sleeves ornamented with blonde and flowers. Headdress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. Miss AsmErra PLATT.—Court dress, composed of a tulle dress and tunique, over glace silk, trimmed with bouquets of moss roses ; train and body of rich white watered silk, trimmed with tulle and ribbon ; body and sleeves ornamented with frintied blonde and bouquets of roses. Headdress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and flowers. QUEEN'S COUNSEL—Burge, Law, Simpkinson, Erie, Platt, Crowder, Kelly, Whately, Chilton, Wakefield, Teed, Jervis, Andrews, Austin, Cockburn. SERGEANT—AtCherIey. ALDER3IAN—Hughes Hughes. The Accountant-General. UNDER SnEater—Barrett._ MESSIEURS—CuIIing Smith, Edward Foley, Garden, Tisdall, William Paynter, John Round, j un ., H oare , C. D. Archibald, E. Duke Moore, Charles Barry, Pem berton, Murchison, Charles Chichejey Plowden, Pon sonby A. Moore. Wallace, W. Howard Hartley, T. Hal lifax, Strahan, W. Chicheley . Plowden, J. Booth, Ross, Maynard, William Penn, Sanderson, M.P., Backhouse, D. Williams Wire, Musgrave Brisco, M.P., Kerrison, Pelly, J. B. Heath, Granville J. Pc , nn Joseph Skipp Lloyd, Andrew Spottiswoode, Cotton, Whitgreave, C. B. Addorley, M.P., Godsal, Holdsworth, A. Pott, the O'Conor Don, G. Wilkinson, J. Copling, H. J. Perry, Gwynne. 0. Morgan, M.P., Tottenham, Moore, Mars den, J. Shepherd, Marton, M.P., W. Partridge, Oliveira, E. B. Ray, H. T. Wood, Thoyte, D. Trent, D. Stuart, Beckett, M.P., F. C. Brown, De Horsey, J.,-M. Stanley, Douglas Milford, H. W. Tancred, M.P., P. Somerset, M. Smith, Lefroy Nix, C. W. Stronge, Radiger, D. Mac lean, M.P., C. Bruce, C. Wilde, A. Goldsmid, Challo ner, Estcourt, A. Pringle, M.P.,D'lsraeli, Harcourt, F. Dundas, R. Bagshaw ' R. B. Mynors, Maclean, S. Har ford, J. Towneley, M. 1 )., S. Farquharson, M. Portal, G. Philips, M.P., Blakemore, M.P., -Houldsworth, M.P., A. Drummond, G. G. Macpherson, M. Baskerville, M.P., Creyke, Grant, Caldwell, H. Hippesley, O'Malley, Ir win, Mackinnon, M.P., Christopher, H. Stretton, H. Petre, J. T. Briggs. E. W. Laccelles; W. Chute, M.P. Ifill, J. Gardiner, Ybung, J. M. Gilbertson, H. Beres wpfvoirlorlidiegi,,dhaH,t,m‘o.4.l...pnene,ley, Macgregor, J. Blackburne, M.P., Rich, e M iAl . ly. 7 W i s l o di, L6 J r . A, W ,.E o Ag o te d arc , tok l n i in, a rc rd ol y na, , A ll ,T, L . P GS ..,. H WFo .. rm C A a la r en t l: J. Weston, xiG.ngl: L Platt, R. ueeic, B. w algole,Al.o Terijagrall: A. C. ALMACK'S. The grand full dress ball took place last night in honour of the birth-day of her Majesty. At least four hundred personages of rank graced the splendid ball-room by their presence, and the costumes ge nerally were of the most elegant description, the majority of the ladies appearing in the same dresses as at the Queen's drawing-room, and we noticed a large number who wore feathers. The Marquis of Huntley, Lord Charles 'Wellesley, Sir Frederick Trench, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and hiS two sons, the Barons Bjornstjerna, M. de Berg, his Ex cellency the Belgian Minister, Count Goltz, Baron Witzehern, Baron de Linden, &c., were among those gentlemen who were attired in full uniform. At the usual hour, eleven o'clock, the company began to arrive, and it was after one o'clock before the carriages dis continued to set down visitors. The Marchioness of Londonderry arrived shortly after eleven, accompanied by Lady Alexandrine Vane and Lady LoUisa Churchill; the Countess of Jersey and her daughter, Lady Clementine Villiers, came shortly afterwards; and just before dancing commenced, Viscount Palmerston, with the Noble Viscountess, and his Excellency the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van der Weyer, entered the ball-room. All the lady patronesses in town were present on this occasion ; Lady Willoughby de Eresby and the Countess of Kinnoul being abroad, and the Countess Grosvenor remains in Dor setshire till next month. Tolbecque and his celebrated band officiated for the first time in this capital. There was evidently some curio-. sity evinced to hear the performances of his &wed orchestra. The expectations entertained of its merits were fully borne out. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of SaxeWeimar came from the Queen Dowager's party. The Marchioness of Lon donderry, Countess of Jersey, and Viscountess Palmerston, as ladies patronesses, occupied the benches at the extreme end of the ball-room, surrounded by their friends, among whom were observed Viscountess Palmerston, his Excellency Count Bjernstjerna, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, Madame Van der Weyer, Duke of Leeds, Countess Powis, Countess of Rosebery, Lady Granville Somerset, &c. In the midst of the gay and brilliant throng, the rich court dress and valuable jewels of the Marchioness of London derry were most conspicuous for their splendour. Count A. Esterhazy, Baron de Brenner, and Count Rosen were among the foreigners of rank present, in addition to those above-named; and the Duke of Leeds, Marquis of Headfort, and Ladies I.E. and 0. Taylour, Marquis of Douro, Marquis of Huntley, Marchioness of Wellesley, Earl and Countess Nelson and Lady Nelson, Countess of Powis, Countess of Rosebery, and Ladies Louisa and Ann Primrose, Viscount Clive, Lord Lennox, Lady Caroline Gordon Len nox, Lord Charles Wellesley, Viscount Palmerston, Countess of Camperdown and Lady E. Duncan, Lord john Manners, Viscount Hereford, and Hon. M. Devereux, &c. THE THEATRES. THE ITALIAN OPERA. Norma was performed last evening. The only novelty in the cast was the appearance of Mademoiselle Favanti in the part of Adelgisa, which she performed with great success. Her representation of the character was full of delicacy and feeling ; and the principal pieces be longing to the part were given by her with much beauty and effect, particularly the exquisite duet " Deb, con te," which we have never heard more charmingly performed. Grisi was sublime. Her Norma, as a piece of musical tragedy, is se cond only to the . Medea of Pasta. Would it not be worth while to revive Mayer's opera, in order that Grisi might perform that part ? It is a finer part than Norma, and . Grisi's representation of it would not yield to that of Pasta in beauty, terror, or grandeur. The ,music, to be sure, is not of the present fashion ; but it contains some beautiful things, and in the present dearth of lA-. velty, would vary the monotony of the modern style. Mario performed the part of Pollione, which he had not done for several seasons. His acting and singing were admirable. DRURY-LANE. The peYformances here last evening were for the benefit of that very talented musician Mr. Benedict, and the house, as might be expected, was exceedingly well filled in the very early part of the evening. The performances commenced with Mr. Benedict's own opera, the Brides of Venice, which seems to increase in success at each representation. After the opera, there was a concert, in which Sivori played a con certo on the violin, and afterwards performed Paga nini's variations on the " Carnival of Venice." The latter piece'was encored, and in both he exhibited his wonted taste and wondrous powers of execution. Miss Rainforth sang the old Jacobite ballad, " Wel come to Charlie," in•which she also was encored ; and Madame Dulcken and Benedict performed one of Thal berg's duets for two pianos with great taste and effect. The lion of the evening was Signor Leonardo Salvi, the celebrated tenor singer, who, on this occasion, made his first appearance in England. Salvi's voice reminds us very much of Donzelli's is his best days. It is no puny waif, but a full clear rich tenor ; his falsetto, to which he has recourse but seldom, and which he al ways manages with exquisite taste, is exceedingly beautiful. his compass is very great, and he has cultivated his voice to almost the highest pitch of per fection. He possesses great powers of expression, and nothing can exceed the beautiful and expressive pathos which he throws into his cantabile passages. - His person is fine, and his features very expressive. We consider Salvi a greater singer than Duprez is now, as great as Duprez was some 6 years ago; and the day is not far distant wheri Leonardo Salvi will be hailed by the common consent of the musical world as the first tenor in Europe. The piece chosen for his debut was the last scene of Donizetti's opera, of Lucia di Lammermoor, in which, of course, he appeared as Edgardo, and never have we seen that scene nearly so beautifully represented. There was an intensity about his personation of the part which proved him to be as great an actor as he is a singer. At the conclu sion he was called for, and received with reiterated plaudits. The farce of My TVife's Come concluded the evening's amusements. LYCEUM. The Lyceum goes on flourishing under the ma nagement of the Keeleys, who are exerting themselves to the utmost to deserve that patronage which they have since the opening of the theatre enjoyed. A new original drama, entitled The Three Wives of Madrid, founded on •a tale in Roscoe's Spanish Nb velist s, . was produced here last evening with the most complete success. The three wives are—Laura (Miss Fairbrother), wife to Luca Moreno (Mr. F. Alat thews), a miserly money scrivener ; Beatrice (Miss Woolgar), wife to Geloso (Mr. Emery), a painter, a rough jealous libertine ; and Camilla (Mrs. Keeley), wife to Diego de Morales (Mr. Keeley), a retired tracer. The three husbands are boon companions, frequenters of taverns, wine-bibbers ; and their wives, at the insti gation of a certain Count Vasco, determine to hoax the husbands, with a view of curing them of their propensities—a diamond, which had been found in the public garden of Madrid, on the Festival of St. Blas, being proposed as the reward of the wife who should be most successful and ingenious in her hoax. Camilla, having caused Diego to be sent a fool's errand, of a dark and rainy night, to the gate of Fuencarel, a distance of four miles, manages, during his absence, to transform his house to the semblance of a tavern, and, on his return, he finds it filled with guests,. who tell him that the place has been an inn for years. Among others who are in the plot is his friend Geloso, who coolly asks him how he came there :from the other inn. Poor Diego is completelybewildered, and at last gets turned out and pumped upon for creating a disturbance, and is eventually locked up for the night. The acting of Iteelev • in this scene was inimitable; he rolled about with open mouth and meaningless gaze, the very personification of stupid bewilderment. l " Luca Moreno is hoaxed into a belief that he i s ' actually dead ; and Geloso, to whom ad ministered a sleeping potion, is conveyed to a cell in a monastery, and there becomes firmly persuaded thilt he has been all his life a monk, and that . the idea ° f his having been a painter a nd a married man is a mere delusion. At the conclusi on the j oke is explained, and the ladies are each rewarded with a diamond ring, the owner of the lost ring having been discovered. The piece ends with a Spanish dance by the charac ters. It owes its success mainly to the excellent manner in which the principal characters were sup ported. Mrs. Keeley, as Camilla, was exceedingly tespeigle and coquettish. She seemed to enjoy the bewilderment of her poor little husband exceedingly. Miss Woolgar acted Beatrice with a great .deal of spirit and tact, and danced exqui sitely ; and Emery, as Geloso, was very amusing. We must not omit to notice Mr. A. Wigan, who as Pablo, the starved serving man of the miser Luca, was eXc'eedingly quaint and litmourou.s. 'pie piece is infertrerswci with some pretty dancing, and is illus trated by some beaiiCifui tcertery, The three wives of - Madrid are most amusing pellonageg . nct to the question put by Mrs. Keeley at the conclu;icin " ilave we not fairly won the diamond ring ?" we unhesi tatingly answer yes ! LITERATURE. THE FORESTER'S DAUGHTER. 3 Vols. Newt ' 5 London, 1844. This is a story of the Reformation, by the author of a tale entitled the " Thirst for Gold," which we remember reading a year or two since with no ordinary interest. The same peculiarities which characterised that entertaining fiction characterise the one before us—namely, a skilful mode of conducting the plot, groat variety of incident—which, however, is not always sufficiently probable—spirit, if not absq lute consistency, of portraiture, and powers of terse, vigorous description of no ordinary merit. The "Forester's Daughter " refers to that exciting period in _history, when the doctrines of Luther had alarmed the Catholic Church, and made it doubly severe in its punishments of all, open violations of its ordinances. One of the most effective passages in the story is the account of the attempt at escape of a nun who has become a secret convert to the reformed doctrines, from her convent on the banks of the Rhine, in com pany with a young military man, by name Herman. The whole incident of this escape is very dexterously and forcibly wrought up. CYCLOPiEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Cumbers, Edinburgh, 1841. In the present part, which is the twenty-sixth, of this cheap miscellany, we find brief biographical sketches of some of the more distinguished poets who have flourished during the last half century; among them are the names of Byron, Keates, Shelley, Pollok, Clare, Hernans, and Herbert Knowles, the notices of whom are penned in a candid and discri minating spirit. To the memoir of each poet the editor has attached one or more extracts from his works, and these, generally speaking, are well Selected. The part is embellished with numerous engravings ; but the majority of the portraits are sad failures, as regards likenesses, especially those of Leigh Hunt and the late James Smith, which bear no closer resemblance to the originals than a Stilton cheese bears to a grasshopper. PILTLLII 3 VON ARTE VEL OE. Moxon, London, 1844. We have here a republication, in one half-crown duodecimo volume, of Mr. Taylor's drama of " Phillip Von Artevelde," whichi was no sooner published, about five years since, than it obtained instant popularity. It is a noble play, full of poetic imagery, and sus tained, elevated thought, but adapted exclusively for the closet, being wholly deficient in that bustling and continuous action so necessary to ensure success on the stage. We regret to see that the author has re tained in his preface all those passages which—as we remarked at the time—bore with unjust severity on Lord Byron, who, with all his faults of style and sentiment, was a genuine poet, if ever man was. LEIGH HUNTS POEMS. Moxon, London, 1844. In this cheap and neat edition we have the whole of Mr. Leigh Hunt's poetical works, carefully re vised, as he tells us in his preface, and weeded of many of those quaint peculiarities of phrase, which years ago subjected him to the ridicule of the caustic wags of Blackwood. On running our eye hastily over " Rimini"—Mr. Hunt's most elaborate, but by no means his most successful work—we find that the alterations are unusually numerous; and we do not think that he has at all improved, by his emendations, his opening description, which was deservedly ad mired at the time, of an Italian spring morning. THE MILITARY ANNUAL FOR 1844. Colburn. This work is intended to supply a deficiency in our " annual" literature, which furnishes no work re cording the gallant deeds of the English army, both in present and past times, though the materials for such a book are both rich and abundant. This is the first volume of what we presume is to be a series; it has been compiled from an immense mass of autho rities of all kinds and descriptions, and brings toge ther a great number of filets, which would otherwise have to be sought in the voluminous contents of Par liamentary reports, returns, general orders, dis patches, and even the columns of newspapers. The " Soldier's Almanac," which commences the volume, is a valuable table of reference for the chronology of military events, and it is followed by a paper on " Arms and Armies," which is to be continued till the subject has been treated historically from the earliest ages till the present time. This first part gives an account of the wars and weapons of the Jews and Romars, and a sketch of the struggle that was terminated by the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, and with them of the nationality of the Jewish people. The rest of the work is a compila tion from the sources we have named. The work is embellished with fine steel engravings of the Duke of Wellington and the late Lord Hill. IRELAND. • THE STATE TRIALS. Dvnuri, APRIL 24.—1 n accerdance with the notice served yesterday afternoon on the traversers and their agents, the motion for a new trial, delayed from Monday last, on the ap plication of the Attorney-General, will come on to-morrow morning at the sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench. The affidavits filed by the Crown, on which to ground their re sistance to that motion, are those of the clerks of the peace, Messrs. Archer and Dickinson, George Magrath, their chief clerk, William Kemmis, Crown solicitor, and also the affi davit of a person named Magrane, a clerk in the office of the clerks of the peace. There is another affidavit, but upon an immaterial point, from Mr. Hodges, the Government re porter. The notice of the Crown apprises the traversers that "the notes of the Learned Judges will be used in opposing the motion." The Crown will serve another notice this after noon, to the effect that the affidavit . of Magrane, filed this day, will also be relied upon. Mr. Whiteside, Q.C., will open to-morrow morning, on the part of Mr. O'Connell, and, it is understood, will occupy the entire day. The Monitor of this evening states that, it is arranged that Mr. Hatchell, Q.C., will follow, on behalf of Mr. Ray; then Mr. Moore for the Rev. Mr. Tierney; Mr. M'Donagh, Q.C., for Mr. Barrett; Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., for Mr. John Gray ; Mr. Calagan for Mr. Duffy ; Sir Coleman O'Loghlen lb!: Mr. J. O'Connell ; and Mr. Close for Mr. Steel. The charge made by the traversers, of fraudulent sup pression of Jurors, mostly Roman Catholics, has not been at all answered by the affidavits tiled for the Crown. On the first day of the State trials the traversers put in a challenge to the array. The Attorney-General demurred, and thereby, in point of law, admitted the truth of the challenge, which charged the fraud ; but, by such demur, he avoided the trial, in open Court, of the truth or falsehood of the charge by triers selected by the Judges. Mr. Shaw, the Recorder, who mcde the jury list, had been subpoenaed by the traversers, and was sitting under the bench in Court. Mr. Magrath, the chief clerk of the clerks of the peace, was also in attendance, with all the necessary documents. Thus the Attorney-General then avoided a trial, when all the witnesses could - have been exa mined and cross-examined in , open Couit. If the charge of fraudulent suppression were false, the Crown would then have bad the verdict of the triers appointed UNi the Judges, and the traversers would have' been shut out from renewing the same charge upon motion for a new trial. But now the Crown comes forward to oppose that motion, with the affi davits of some of the persons in the office of the clerks cf the peace, who merely exculpate themsel v e s , a n d a tt r ib u t e th e omission of jurors to accident, without being able to stale anything positive on the subject. . teach of the traversers is prepared to be heard by counsel in support of the motion for a new trial. It is said that the Crown will apply to the Court to limit them to two counsel, and upon this point an argument may arise, when Mr. White side shall have concluded his address. PROJECTED ALLIANCES.—The contemplated alli ance between Mr. Charles Beauclerk, son of the Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk, and the accomplished daughter of a gentleman of large fortune in the county of Sussex, is ex pected to be solemnised early in the ensuing inonth. A marriage is said to be on the Lapis between the daughter of an Hon. Baronet representing a division of one of the eastern counties, and a ntleman holding an appointment, we be lieve, at Court. Lord Newport's marriage with Miss Forester is expected to be solemnised on Tuesday next. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE KING 'OH NAPLES.—We have received the following from a c° pondent at Naples, dated the 15th inst. :—" At thec. same - I time that the King received the congratul a tions of the Cou t s7au and the corps diploinatique on the birth of the t Princessiate on 3faria Immaculata Clementina, he was also con in , on * yal Guard, , his 'red im escape from assassination, under the follown.g Ircumstances: —A few days since a sergeant of the Ro Barbieri, got an udience of the pre text of asking _ °dicer', and brother Is vas tl t i o e his mustachio, and put on sergeant himself, whoo i l n uu • grace c s e e severely e h l 's brother, p h punished. s L with his usual kindness, told the who h i a c d i n , s r u e l t t e eel nd l e i d is andplain say that lie hoped some leniency to • cl go to The K Barbieri man retired, seemingly with relnc sooner` re-entered the waiting-room than tance ; but had- ri ffic o er on guard to allow him to return, as he might be show he begged the o n. he oloe wished to reveal t o the Kin g a cons p ira cy that existed to assassinate The officer partly ertlto hid by b l y te a handkerchiefpereeivtlie handle of a pistol, 11 in the fellow's hat, and on seeing it the fellow tried to escape, but was pursued and taken. The pistol was loaded, primed, and even cocked; and a second was found in his pocket, with . a phial containing poison. • On the sergeant undergoing an examination, he made a long story about the King receiving a petition from him four years ago to promote him to the grade of officer, to enable him to marry a girl, whose parents would not consent to the union unless he were an officer, and that if the King refused him now he hitended to shoot him self in the King's presence! His Majesty appears, under all circumstances, to have had a narrow escape. '--Galignani. AQUATICS AT OSTEND.—Yesterday _being the day appointed, for the match between one London waterman against five Flemish ones, to row .from Ostend to Bruges, a party of gentlemen embarked at half-past five o'clock the morning in No. 10, Waterman's steam-beat, to proceed to Ostend to witness the contest. This steamer is a new and very fast boat, and it was wagered that she would make the passage under canvass and steam within ten hours, and also beat the well-known fast boat the Princess Alice, on her voyage from Ostend •to Dover. The match bet Ween the boatmen was madeby FOlllO English and Flemish gentlemen . far 100/. aside, and has created great interest. Robert Newell, of Battle-bridge stairs, has been selected to row on the side of the English in a wager bout, against four Flemish men in ii big, with a coxswain. George Coombs, of Mill hank, was also at Ostend to take Newell's place in the event of illness or unforseen misfortune. Great interest is felt it Woolwich and Greenwich to hear how a little river boat like the Wifterman will carry herself over the bosom of the " deep, deep, sea." It is expected she will brinF the first - information .Of the reealt of the watch. Tae Ltpdow 1s backed it odds. TAX ON THE TRANSFER. OF REAL PROPERTY. We bespeak the b , a i:• of our readers to the following a r ti • , • • n li-s•e of' circula tions 11 , a write Ity, 4•4" It CIPCk I eS one orate gross eV i ef ted upo.A thenation, nation, even by jock's* legigatore The Premier' itving''`eaceek - led.in . .-iinpOsing an in come-tax, for th issksTe:,e of rpseang the, deficiency in the revenue, and. le`aiskri • owletigeet iliesluality of such aoptearxiitheion reningar rs ot o' s i l - Vs inquisitorial as v 1 portion of the public—the commercial and trading classes especially —it can. scarcely be necessary to offer an apology for suggesting measures which, if adopted, would entirely; obviate the necessity for so objectionable an enact ment, and render its immediate repeal practicable. In the year 1798, Mr. Pitt brought into Parlia ment two Bilk one for imposing a probate and legacy . duty on personal property, the other for levying similar duties on real property. The first-named Bill passed into a law, and for forty-six years large sums have been raised by ire operation ; but the second Bill' was abandoned, and from that time the owners of real property have been exempt from those contributions to the exigencies of the State which their less for tunate figlow-subjects have been burdened with. May it not be said with perfect truth, this is great injustice? And may it not be fearlessly asserted that now, when the deficiency in the revenue requires extraordinary supplies, that such an enactment of duty on real property ought at once to be resorted to? Let the amount, principal and interest, for forty-six years, he calculated which such a duty would have produced, and it will be found that a sum of three hundred million pounds has been retained in the (!of fers of the landed interest. Is it not, then, high time that such a measure should be insisted on, and ought not the country loudly to proclaim its sense of the injustice of such partial taxation ? Surely, on every principle of equity and good faith, the Government is called upon to avail themselves of this resource, which, it is clear, would furnish so large a supply of revenue as to render an income-tax wholly unnecessary. Startling as these assertions may appear, a re ference to figures, it is believed, will satisfy the most incredulous. The amount of the whole property in England, or, rather, Great Bri tain, has been estimated at 3,600,000,0001.; now, assuming the whole of it to pay duty once in every thirty-three years, the annual amount deriv able therefrom would be 4,454,0001., and as the yearly produce of the duty on personal property is about 1,869,0001., it follows that real property, which is chiefly in the hands of the nobility and rich common ers, is exempted from an annual payment of about 2,585,0001., which in thirty-three years, would amount to the enormous sum of 77,564,000/. How long is such a state of things to exist? Within a few weeks several of our most wealthy Peers have been removed by death, and their enormous landed possessions and houses have passed to their families . . without one shilling being levied on the transfer, for the use of the country ; and vet who could complain if such duties were levied ? 'Certainly not the dead, and surely not the survivors, with any semblance of justice ; for to satisfy selfishness is no part of the duty of society, or of governments. The less fortunate holders of personal estate are daily and hourly contributing of their substance, while those of them engaged in trade and commerce, are, from dire necessity compelled to retain in per sonals the whole or greater part of their property, or their operations in business would at once come to an end; but the landowner may add, year after year, to his estate, and yet be exonerated from all charge when that estate shall pass from him to his sur viving relatives. If our Legislators can be imbued with these sentiments—if the British public speak out, and demand, in firm and energetic language, the adoption of a probate and legacy duty on real pro perty, then may England hope to be relieved from the continuance of that most hateful and oppressive im post, the income-tax. In calculating the real property of Great Britain, it must not be forgotten to include all houses that are not leasehold ; and also growing timber. The above calculation was made about thirty years ago; since which period a great increase has taken place in the value of real property, and if an estimate were now taken, the amount would surprise all but those who possess it. Sir Robert Peel says, that neither William Pitt in the plenitude of his power, nor any minister since, has ever been able to tax real property with the legacy and probate duty. The reason is obvious, that both Whigs and Tories are equally interested. in opposing such a tax. - Mr. Pitt did carry two Bills through the Commons, one for taxing real property, and the other personal property ; the former was carried by one vote, viz., the Speaker's. However, it never passed iota a law, and it asserted that the landed proprietors went to 11'illiam Pitt, as was ascertained from his secretary, and said, " If you pass this law, you will be no longer Prime Minister." P.S.—ln the year 1812, Mr. Colquhoun estimated the property of Great Britain and Ireland, at 4,000 millions sterling. In the year 1832 Mr. Macqueen estimated the same at 6,186 millions.sterling. If; upon this amount of property, the duty was properly levied to any amount, a person might pos sess, and not allowed to stop short at one million, as is now the case,—it Leing well known that very many of our Nobles, and some rich Commoners who have lately died, and many now living, are in possession of property from three to ten mil liens,—these amounts would bear a duty upon a sliding scale upwards, namely, as the property in creased, the duties increase; and the Minister would then have more than he wanted. This would give him an opportunity of relieving the country of the taxes tbat oppress the poor, and, of course, the ex pense of the tax-gatherers, Custom-house officers, preventive service men, and other officers now em ployed in collecting the taxes, too numerous to men tion. If a scale was enacted on all property, and not on Sir Robert Peel's sliding favourite, it would then produce from twelve to fifteen millions annually, and only do justice between man and man; but it should not begin too low, as it does now.—Liverpool Mer; maw. HINTS TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. TO HUSBANDS, ..,. Keep np the practice of reading the paper during the whole of breakfast time; of allowing yourself to be spoken to half a-dozen times before you answer, and then of asking your wife what it was that she said. Upon her telling you, make some reply which is nothing to the purpose, as if you were thinking of something else. Having Leen out over night at an evening party, which your wife was prevented from going to by indisposition, en tertain her the next morning by a minute description of the young lady yotr danced with, descanting on every paint as enthusia.stically as possible. Take frequent opportunities of praising•features and per sonal peculiarities which are as different as possible from your wife's. For instance, if she has blue eves, say how . - volt like black; if dark hair, how much you adinire light ; i n fs . :l : el is tall, remark that you prefer a moderate height; a 1 short, be constantly quoting Byron, to the effect that cl J you " hate a dumpy woman." Some wives are very particular about their fende rs. Should this be the case with yours, always use it for t,yeour footstooli arti- When fresh drugget has been laid down On I shoes. cularly if it is a rainy day, invariably mornin g , that the room Di:4cover frequently, on a cold r "'windows open. On the is close, and insist on having the; f or get to scrape your height of the dog-days, other hand, he as often, during t i s t hall o blige however, you to keep affected with a chilliness, which . them shut. things ready, esti o e' naZ l , very sel domreturn I t the appointed no k • o er , nttended to. complain that you ,are sayer or your vegetables, should happen If your fish, your.t l'e c r) o . n o i e il l e i l o ' n o te rd till a d itilltarerrutliruilt:o:tdst,i'xa:lLta-/fictnd i ng. -humour b ut - fluent like some peop le,express it as your disappoili accidentally to be ii little under . or over done, never smother mai yonb but, tall if, a p n o d ss r i e b m le a:r: ii i: d l a so n m i e ll rest of the evening. Be never quite satisfied with what is set before you, ~ IT dish ; or if not, quarrel with the arrangements of the table. If you can find nothing else to grumble at, think of some thing that you would have liked better than what has been got for you, and say so. Wives occasionally make pies 'and puddings, with a view to a little approbation. Never bestow this on any account; but always say you wished these things were left to the cook. Knowing that there is nothing but cold meat in the house, bring home, every now and then, half- a -d ozen m en , unex pectedly; to take pot-luck with you. Your wife will pro bably sit at table flurried and uncomfortable, in which case, amuse them by joking at her expense Should you chance, after dinner, to be affected by A slight drowsiness, never resist. it. because you wife wishes to chat. with you ; do not mind her, but go quietly to sleep. . When you have an evening party at your house, Come home to dress just as the company is beginning to arrive. • Should you find yourself at eleven o'clock at night among a set of bachelor friends, and be offered a cigar, always stay and smoke it, and another after it, if you like, and, if you please ; another after that ; in fact, as many as you find agree able, Never troubling yourself for an instant about keeping your wife and the servants up. In short, on all occasions consult studiously your own in clinations, and indulge, without the least restriction, your i every whim and caprice ; bat never regard vour wife's feel ings at all ; still less make the slightest allowance for any weakness or peculiarity of her character ; mid your hone will assuredly be as happy t;s you deserve that it should —Ponch. , The Melodiets' Club gave their third dinner last evening, when there was a numerous muster of members. STA a Ci.un —The members of this club have ap tbr their annual white bait Greenwich. ,In the evening diP(ti.jiiilsilllti'etritlleatlitVdetel(lenal3:l:l-17eigal‘al'b'':{111;8tti,; which a great number of in vitations have been is.sued. MuRDEn AND SUICIDE AT BELPER.—The inquest on the lxxlies of Yeomans and his wife was concluded yester day, when, after the examination of several witnesses, the Coroner said that probably sufficient evidence had been adduced, and the jury then-declared that the evidence of that. day -cortOborated their opinion of the day before, and re turned a verdict. " That. William Yeomans killed his wife while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity, and after wards, during the continuance of the same tit of insanity, 'destroyed himself by cutting his throat." The Coroner, on receiving the verdict, said that his opinion remained un .chaused. that the verdict wan the jury's, and not hie, - and that! e thought nothing like satisfactory preof cf insan4,y had betu giVez Thus terminated this plaid iJ . g t von the Ilse of fo ,pe Lst, 1