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

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Pel d 00' on j• he e"ito t lif e ° Ai r sn de . a ll oet SUMMARY OF NE AN Vabitc ptittGU♦ " WI/9 runs may read." FORXIXGN. The Ring of the French arrived at Dreux 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 commanding the district, the Sub- Prefect, th fayor, and Municipal Council. His Majesty reviewed thrislational Guards. In the evening there was a grand dinner at the Palace. Next day he returned to Paris. The Prince de Joinville arrived at Rochefort on the 19th inst. ' 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 Staff, 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 five o'clock there was a grand dinner of 120 guests, and 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 for 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 Prince de Carignan, are to marry the two daughters of the Duke of Modena. It is said that the Porte is about sending Fuad Effendi on a special mission to Madrid, nominally to congratulate the Young Queen on her majority, but really to treat of the ex ng differences between Spain and the Emperor of Morocco. The Prussidn State Gazette publishes the budget for 1844 . The total of the receipts is 57,677,194 rix-dollars (the rix !foliar is worthabout 2s. 111) ; the expenditure is set down at exactlythe same amount, being made to balance by an item ° ' ll 4 o oo rix-dollars for unforeseen expenses. The War 'Part, !flea alone is down f0r'24,604,208 rix-dollars. Account s from Athens of the sth inst. announce the for- Illation of the new Cabinet. M. G. Conduriotti had been ap tinted Minister of Marine and President of the Council ; M. thatTcordato, Minister of Finance ; M. Coletti, Minister of Soi ta n c r i °,..r i • M. Tricoupi, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; M. The 3/ h i t,al, inistdr of Justice • M. Metexa, Minister of War. h a d 'ger of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction not yet b een named, but was to be chosen by M. Metaxa. LAW AND POLICE. n .Gore, the contractor for the cleansing of the streets of the City o f London, appeared at the Mansion-house, upon a s ummons issued by the Lord Mayor, upon his Lordship's ?Wn evidence, to answer for having neglecting to remove an immense mass of filth from Puddle-dock. It was stated that it was a public laystall, and that its state was most horrible. The Lord Mayor said he should at once instruct the City Solicitor to proceed against the contractor by in dictment. A young woman, about twenty years of age, named , Susan Doherty, was charged at Marylebone with having• stolen Bank-notes and other property to a considerable amount, be longing to Miss Elizabeth Mary Hodgson, a dressmaker, re siding at 17, Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square. She Was remanded till Thursday. A case of a very novel and singular nature was brought bee. fore Mr. Burrell, at Queen-square, by Skinner, an inspector of h awkers' and pedlars' licenses, who charged Samuel Slater, a man in the employ of Mr. Collins, at Paddington, with hawk ing hay for sale without a license, by which he had incurred thet p enalty of 101. The offence was proved, but it was alleged part of the defendant, that hay came under the section ,„of the Act which allows victuals to be sold by hawking. The Bench took time to consider the objection. Thomas Cornell, a tall dark man, well dressed, was man at Union-hall, with being concerned with another " 441 1 not in custody, in robbing George Ford, a countryman, of 1 101. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns. The pri soner, who is well known as a frequenter of races and fairs, e nd belongs to a gang of fellows named " magsmen," was '<mtated for trial at the Central Criminal Court. I George Ward, in the employ of Messrs. Cottam and Hal . e n , the ironfounders, of the C o rnwall-road, was charged at • e s ame office with stealing some brass work belonging to an iron l ighthouse intended for the Island of Bermuda. The.pri loner was remanded. action brought against Sir W. Gossett, Sergeant-At -178 of th e H ouse o f C ommons , was p os tp one d till nex t t erm "cmsequence of the Hines's' of the Attorney-General. COURT—PAIIIIXONAB 36E. s t ih e _ Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians and ..'e are not expected to leave Buckingham Palace for the i‘ntihent until the close of next week. His Majesty's illus ;tens sister, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, after •htief visit to the Court of the Tuileries, proceeds, attended • 14,...dY Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, to C o Ce , where her elder sister, the Duchess Julienne of axe v urg. has been long resident. k esterday was the anniversary of the natal day of her 4,, e _ a l Highness of the Duchess of Gloucester, aunt to the cn who completed her 68th year. three Earl and Countess of Erroll leaves Clarges-street, at c lose of next week, for Slain'e Castle, Aberdeenshire, I r e they intend to remain until the middle of September. dh T r le e Dowag er L a d y Holland has recommenced her regular r parties f or th e season , i n G r eat Stanhope-street. th.c t .- ..oerredband Lady Stuart de Rothsay are expected to arrive at Il e mansion in Whitehall in about three weeks , from St. urgh„ where the Hon. John A. D. Bloomfield, only ti a of:Lord Bl oom fi e ld, i s accre dit e d as Minister Plenipoten srir 1 . !1 . his L or d s hi p ' s p l ace . t. ; r Patrick Bellew, Bart., with his lady and family, Cap )11;:n E lphinstone, and other fashionables were amongst the n:nlrkear:llys passengers who arrived yesterday morning, by the nearner Antwerpen, Captain Jackson. The passage was re favourable, and was made in the short period of e11,,,,!een hours. pscount and Viscountess Milton, and the Hon. G. Fitz , y e jarn, arrived in Grosvenor-square on. Monday, and left • —e rdaY for Milton, near Peterborough. DIXSCELZAZTEOUS. b e 'he tradesmen of the Qucen celebrated the birth-day of i e yby dining together, at the Freemasons' Tavern, ,"teat a- Q s u t een-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, yesterday. The -ee ting was not comparatively numerous, and was presided ilver by Mr. Dison, of Regent-street. rp m l'r ° ,l l a return, Presented to the House of Commons, of the t ber of criminal lunatics now under confinement, it 4 V ( P re ear ,a that there are 128 confined in Bethlem Hospital who gr e eat e y ua rged with various offences, the charge of murder lard, l l l' r eDonderating—there are 3 in the county of Bed bitrt,-4 cheater, 8 in Cornwall, 6 in Devon, 2 in Dorsel,.6 L4th et 411 , 10 in Gloucester, 4 in Hants, 7 in Kent, 1i in yl In - n. 4 in Leicester, 22 in the Metropolitan Licensed khcf ( :,/ - ".; in Norfolk, 2in Norwich, 4in Nottingham, 2in 1 i n ‘ s"' ') in Salop, 3 in Somerset, 2 in Stafford, 6 in Suffolk, in y 1188 ex, 2 in Warwick, 8 in Wilts, 3 in Worcester, and 5 O n T making in the aggregate 269 criminal lunatics. tact, A ue sday a numerous meeting of merchants and manu lit interested in the cotton manufacture took place in rep ea tile i l le,ster, when a memorial to Sir R. Peel, praying for a apto the tax on cotton, was adopted, and a deputation lilted to wait on Sir R. Peel on the subject. %J rareturn presented to the House of Commons, it appears hZ are tell officers in the army receiving half-pay and /Ail in g besides Government appointments, for which they are 14:salaries. The receipt of the half-pay was .sanctioned ok e 'r a recent Act, 6 and 7 Vic., c. 99, sec. 24. One of the 200t 8 is a Judge in the Western District Court of Canada, at o ,th er a .Year, a n d hi s h a lf- pay i s four s hilli ngs a d ay ; and ail -1144. i s a Sub-Inspector of Factories, at 270/. a year, and his fi. ll4 Y is 581.105. ue s ri Der ,1 - ew regulations respecting twelve post-office deliveries for what was formerly called the Twopenny Post (Nen iet, ar co which a eto me into operation next monh in conse titlte4te oaf great number of extra hands have been , On Thug and are now undergoing probati . on. to4ti, day the annual general meeting of the London u fliisb -ilti uti was held in the theatre of the Institution, in iiiii,ttrY-circus, Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., in the chair. Mr. 1 4.4 4 ,ttal Tite, F.R.S., read the report of the Committee of pod tnent. Th e ex p en dit ur e had been met by means de !.,r e n :m/ 1 1 Previous savings, and there had been no necessity ;be ehrnents on th e funded ' property of the Institution. I „eftvr'eirsts had been 3,6571 . 4s. 3d. and the pay ments3,2B6/., h e a balance in the treasurer's handsl9s. 3d. funded property of the Institution amounted to 37,630/. UNCLAIMED u DIVIDENDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Prom your observations on the Unclaimed Dividends 11 ,toon ti i aPpear, that you consider the list of parties whose 4a to unclaimed to be a sealed list, as regards the public. l kZ t r to undeceive you and the public, I forward you an t hat 1, from 56 Geo. 111., C. 60, sec. 1, by which you will find tk arliament has secured a right to the public to deinand ,`,le Directors of the Bank of England an inspectiori of eu list d • at e the w rd during the the usual hours of transfer. The following sof Act ill : .thrtnnediately, and from and after the sth of July, 1816, itit,„%te Capital stock, in respect of which any annuities con _any part of the National Debt, are payable at the kon; o A r -England, and also the annuities for years called Itleis'lnnuities, and other terminable annuities, and upon i ;" no dividends shall have been demanded for ten years de4Pwards, preceding the last day upon which any dill -14,4 null have become due (except where payment shall shall restrained by th e i n j unc ti on o f a C ourt o f E qu i ty ) , 1 4 a ue t ransferred in the books of the Bank of England, the p l Ai l ela and separate account, to be raised in the names of asd . rornissioners for the reduction of the National Debt ; h Neillnnediately after such transfer, the names in which t pte.k stood previous to such transfer, and the residence t he dZ e riPtion of the parties, the amount transferred, and l 'ept — ' B of such transfer shall be entered upon a list to be the a he Bank, which list shall be open for insection at Us ual hours of transfer." p p Ilh - I am, Sir, yours, &c. e°ll lhe, April 25, 1844. R. W. D. o s tic tittiCTlON OF AN IN DIAMAN BY F IRE. —At 1 iti ,..l.haif-past tw e l ve i n the afternoon of yesterday, a large , 4 .4 , ,Which w as b e i ng towed down the river from the h °ll4) °c l ce, on arriving opposite Gravesend was discovered teNi n 0 0 , fire, and an alarm being given, the tug steamer 41 il e berg e , made for the Essex shore, about a quarter of a the Arel 9%, Tilbury Fort, where, from the rapid increase of I n the tit was found n ecessary, for the safety of the shipping Slso4`tv'er off Gravesend, t o scu t t l e t h e vessel as soon as t h e i th- : 18 °TI hoard we re t a k en off. Various reports as to the gita,„and destinati on of the ill-fated vessel were prevalent ay a coa;? 4 Sidetabl e ti me before we could procure anything like' La tent, not to say authentic, account of either. As far tottiti_kei`uld ascertain upon the most diligent inquiry that vi n ,,,°e in the name of the now sunken ship is the f • ape , 0 Liverpool, with an outward-bound cargo for the ' Good Hope, Calcutta, and Sydney, having several cN 4 itt - e;gers for the two former places, and emigrants for the it‘, Place. on b oar d , all of whom were safely landed at e,c,.tleed,nd and the opposite s h ore, soon a f ter t h e fi re was dis %Nil et.. 4 and but a short p er i o d prev i ous to the vessel b eing 4 44 • , Prom the conflicting accoun t s we h ear d o f the , 4 0e r e , ti.‘e lire, we deem it more prudent at present to con notic 'to the mere f act of the loss from such acknow ked • admitted 41nceident and we a—oconfine ourselves to the e t the cargo ;ei one of considerable value, being a gene 4, end to be in pert recoyered, as there is every tle„,l 4l 4lit it►itetssehaitlttilaile to the b . e , raised in a few days ; in -444'. (111 to he E ht_iltred"to raeiseealsigeerox,. safety of the navigation of the inadideep'entidlenT.t.i):o rompt measures should he the partial preserve i l aud —RN A % M.P . —We have heard, th ni uei - 1 1 N ooD, pare t • reg ret • lin e i n that this gentlemsuf, i who has been for t o „ indifferent health, has been ~ately attacked by of s fr i ? , ° ll l 4 B ., ° . serious_ a, character as . to occasion much anxiety he r t ,°oth witr l . ood has sat since 1840 fur the borough E -- Tunes. i l oe tt art eu ft on OF RUSSIA.—We have reason to the'l his Imperial Majesty the Emperor Pf_-' ll , the . 4,L7 to „ . _ arrive in this country on a visit to her Ito)e,sty. 'vat th e 'rae of a few weeks. The Emperor is expecttd "e 9114 Week in May.—Tirnes. IH E ..p., A V n v-E-NTI,T Eh APIVIL 24, 1144. I THE. QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM The Queen held a Drawing- room yesterday at St. James's Palace, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, which Was very numerously attended. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Roya suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace at a quarter be fore two o'clock, and were received by the Lord Cham berlain, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse who conducted 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 Count Mercy d'Argenteau and Major A. d'Hanins de Moerkerke, and was received by the Vice-Chamberlain, 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 Hignesses were attended by Lady Geor giana, Bathurst, Baron Knesebeck, and Major-General Sir James Reynett. The Bishops arrived at the Palace, and after having assembled in the Portrait Gallery, Here ushered to the presence of her Majesty in the Royal closet. . There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Durham, Llandaff, Gloucester and Bristol, Bangor, Carlisle, Lichfield, Chester, Ripon, Hereford, Worcester, Ely, Salisbury, Rochester, and Clogher. The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an address of congratulation, on the auspicious return of her Ma jesty's natal day. The Bishops afterwards retired 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-at-Arms. The Right HOn. Gentleman wore his State Robe. 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 Rolls, 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 spite 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. 6'reorge 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 Majesty 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 ci rcle : The Baroness de Regaleira, a Portuguese Lady, by the Baroness de Mencorvo, Lady of the Portuguese Minister. The Chevalier de Tacon, Chargé d'Affaires from Spain, by the Earl of Aberd een , S ecre t ar y o f St a t e f or Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Diplomatic circle was attended by the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire, and Baron de Talleyrand, 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 King of Sweden and Norway.; le Baron C. de Bjornstjerna, Officier d'Ordon nance de S. M. le Roi de Suede et de Norwege, and le 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 Cetto, Bavarian Minister ; M. Dedel, Netherlands Minister, and M. Stratenus, First Secretary of Legation; Count de Pollan, 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 Soveral, Attache to to the Legation, and le Baron de Lagos ; M. Alejo For tique,Venezuelan Minister; the Russian Minister and Ba roness de Brunnow, 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, Wurtem berg Minister ; and le Baron de Linden; Madame Bunsen, lady of the Prussian Minister ; the Bra zilian Minister, and Madame Marquess Lisboa ; Mr. Everett, United States Minister, and Mr. Rives, Secretary of Legation ; th e D an i s h Minister and Countess Reventlow, and Baron Brockdorff, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Nieumann, Austrian Minister; Baron Koller, First Secretary of Legation ; Count Esterhazy, Atta c he t o th e L egation ; Baron Brenner, and M. and Madame de Hummelauer ; M. Murphy, Mexican Minister ; M. M. Mosquera, New Granada Charge d'Affaires, and M. Raphael de Ayala, Secretary to the Mission; Baron Thile, Prussian Charge d'Affaires, and Baron Witzleben, Captain in the Prussian Royal Guards ; Monsieur H. F. Tiarks, Charge d'Affaires of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg ; Chevalier de Facon, Charge d'Affaires, M. Victoriano de Pedrorena, second Secretary to the Mission, and the Count of Erlach. The general company present included the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary-at-War, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Steward, 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 England, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Comp troller-General of the Exchequer, the Judge Advocate General, Mr. S. March Phillipps, 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 ; Mr. Thomas Shiffner, Paymaster of the Household ; Mr. Sheriff Musgrove, Mr. Sheriff Moon, Mr. Ralph Gore, Groom in Waiting to her Majesty ; Captain 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, and Dyneley, C. 8., A.D.C. to 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, Bart., 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 ; the 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 Speaker's Secret ar y ; M r . Sergeant Atcherley, Attorney- General of the County Palatine of Lancaster ; Mr. Sergeant Merewether, Soli citor-General to the Queen Dowager ; Mr. Henry Ro binson, Standard-bearer to the Bon. Corps of Gentle. men at Arms ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hon. 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 Privy Chamber ; Sir 'William Martins, Captain Green, Mr. Str..chen, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, and Mr. Des Voeux, Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen ; Colonel Godwin, and Captain G. C. Blake, R.N., Gentlemen Ushers to his Royal Highn ess P r i nce 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 an d the Queen Dowager ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent for the Hance Towns ; Mr. G. F. Dickson, Consul General for Buenos Ayres ; Chevalier Hebeler, his Prussian Majesty's Consul General ; Sir John Hall, Consul General for Hanover ; Colonel R. Wright, late Consul General, Chargoi d'Affairs of Equa dor ' • Mr. I:urge (Queen's C ounsel), Agent for Jamaica; Mr. Cotton, Governor of the Bank of England ; Mr. J. B. Heath, Deputy Governor of the Bank ; and the fol lowing Ladies DI:CHESSES—Bedford, Roxburgh, Norfolk. MARCHIONESSES—Exeter, Normanby, Wellesley, Or monde, Cholmondeley, Sligo, Ailesbury, Londonderry, Clanricarde. CouNTEssEs---Rosebery, Powis, De Salis. Morton, Nelson Delawarr, Camperdown, Dowager Winterton, Cowper, Cawdor, Haddington, Dowager Chichester, Jersey, B. Metaxa, Wilton, Beverley, Dowager Somers, Sefton, Harewood, Dowager Es sex , V eru l am, 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, Charlotte Denison, Bowyer Smith, Grant, Byron, Jemima Eliot, Disbrowe, Grey Egerton, Olivia Tavlour, Mary Juliana Taylrair, Emily Foley, Elibank, Pollock, Dowager Rivers, Charlotte Heard, Denman, Gore Booth, Elizabeth Duncan, Ernest Brudenell Bruce, 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. j..ennox, Wheatley, Mahon, A. Somerset, - Rachel Russell, Olark, Kinloch, Farquhar, Pynn, 'Saltoun, M. Marshatn, G. Vandeleur, Rivers, Burrell, Kirkland, Eustace, Ashley, J. Bouverie, Clay, R. Greville, L. Cator, Anne Char teris, M. Campbell, Howard, Dowager Floyd, S. Hen dlesharn, Manners, Colville, Baker, K. Cust M. Pelham, H. Walden, H. Clive, G. S. Stanley, L. S. Churchill, It. Stewart, B. Graham, G. Curzon, K. Jermyn, E. Moreton, A Vane, L. Pelham, C. Somerset, Monteagle, Clementina Villiers, Seymour, Prudhoe, Farnham, Mer ries, F. Hope, Ouseley, Cremorne, Barrow, Wenlock, E. Stopford. C. Cust, A. Cust, C. Boileau, Bloomfield, Shadwell, Villiers, Beauvale, Taylor, Reynett, Elizabeth Cornwallis, Leveson, Palmer, M. Alford, Cottenham, Cockburn, Graham, M. Christopher, H. Ellerton,Wharn ___. 1 cliffe, Hayes, Briggs, West, S. Reeve, Kilmaine, Camoys, Hamilton, Rolle, C. Beauclerk, M. West, C. 'Townley, Brinckman, J. Grimston. E. Seymour, Ross, A. Baring, H. Corry, A. Onslow, L. Kaye, C. Browne, Bruce, Green, Braybrook, C. Marsham, L. Cornwallis, Whetharell, E. F. Drummond, Lyndhurst, Stanley, Bradford, M. F. Howard, M. Feilding, Hanmer, Cham pagne, Maclaine, May, Montresor, - J. Somerset, Peel, C. - Murray, S. Murray, Radstock, E. Browne, Colches ter, L. Percy, E. Burgh. HONOVRABLES.—Miss Jones, Lady Duff; Miss Walde grave, Miss Caroline Waldegrave, Sophia Wheatley, Sirs. R. Denman, Miss Denman, Miss Fraser, Mrs. T. Best, -Adelaide Foley, Baroness Dimsdale, 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. P. Cust, Miss Flower, Miss Stonor, Mrs. Mac kenzie, Mrs. Philips, Mrs. E. Phipps, Frances Eden, Lady I'akenham, Miss Smythe, Mrs. 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 Thelhisson, Agnes Browne, Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mirabel Neville, Louisa Neville, Mrs. AcDillon, Mrs. A.Capel, Mrs. Meade, Lady Capel, Mrs. E. Knox, Miss E. J. Carew, Miss C. Stonor, Mrs. Stanley, Miss. C. Pepys, F. Pepys, Miss Carew, Mrs. L. Stanhope, Miss Maude. BARONESSES—North, Rothschild, de Rothschild. Madame Hebeler. MESDAMES—NichoII, Bates, Garth, Charles Mills, John Round, J. D. Alexander, Hayes Sadler, Fitzroy Kelly, Bloomfield, Musgrove, Charles Lushington, An drew Spottiawoode, Backhouse, Ricardo, Monk, Juliana, Symonds, Wm. Paynter, Leslie, Shaw.Lefevre, Maltby- Ruddell Todd, Lawrence, Gilliess, Powell, Charles Ar chibald, Whitgreave, Hoare, Strahan, Macleod of Mac leod, Howley,'Grener 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 Petre, 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, Way 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. Honored, G. Wilkinson, Oliveira, R. Curteis, Vere Pane, R. Wingfield, H. Wingfield, H. Bentinck, Mercer, Douglas Halford, 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 Blomfield, 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, Cobper, E. Avena Blackburne, Mary Macleod of Macleod, Roma Macleod of Macleod, Jane Stewart, MaryFarquhar, Ellen Alexander,Fanny Alexander, Madeline Alexander, Hei bert, Godsal, Wightman, Mary Wheatley, Disbrowe, Kirkland, Barrow, Caroline Dimsdale, Finetta Dims dale, Whitgreave, Farquhar, Cavendish, Gertrude God sal, Trafford, Armytage, Annette Platt, Lister Kaye Bathurst, C. Bathurst, L. Caldwell, C. Verner, Anson, A. Anson, Liddell, Carleton, Morrison, Meade, Escott, H. Pigott; Osborne, Sutton, A. M. Sutton, Rice Trevor, M. Clay, L. Temple Bowdoin, Teihple Bowdoin, Mercer, M‘Grigor, L. Stopfoid,, E. Stopford, Grant, De Horsey, G. Perceval, M. W. Yorke, Grant, Fanny Dickson, E. sane, Emily lane, Augusta Somerset, Vith Mercer, Caroline Bellew, Lygon, Campbell, A. F. Tarry, 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. Bridgeman, Martin, E. Fleeming, 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, Cohen, 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 : DuxEs—Devonshire, Roxburghe, Cleveland, Norfolk, Richmond, Sutherland, Wellington, Leeds. MARQUlSES—Worcester ' Granby, Ormonde, Camden, Huntley, Salisbury, Bute, Headfort, Clanricarde, 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—CIiVEL Pollington, Northland, Palmer ston, Templetown, Newry, Adare, Duncan, Dillon, Fielding, :Strangford, Hawarden, Bernard, Campden, Sydney, Cranley, Barrington, Alford, Ingestre. LORDS—Byron, Leigh, Carew, Cottenhara, Foley, Beaumont, Prudhoe, C. Beauclerk, Portman, C. Hamil ton, Radstock, Elibank, Farnham, Colville, Manners, I3eauvale, 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, Kiln:mine, Gardner, Colchester, C. Clinton. RIGHT lIONOURABI ES—Sir John Hobhouse, Francis Baring, Sir W. Fremantle, R. Vernon Smith, Sir A. Foster, G. Dawson, Fox Maule, &ir 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. HONORABLES.—Sir Henry Dmoke, Bart.; Frederick Byron, Sir Alex. Duff, G. C. H 3 Lloyd Kenyon, 'Thos. Denman, Baron Dlmsdale, Mr. Kenyon, W. Bafturst, H. Boyle Bernard, Charles Law, (IQ. 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. COUNTS.—B. Metaxa, G. Metaxa. SlRS—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 11. Pelley, Bart., P. Grey Egerton, C. Burrell, J. Kirkland, A. L. Hay, T. R. Gage, G. Baker, T. Brinckman, H. Nicolas, G. Houlton, J. L. Kaye, A. Corbet, R. lloward, 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. Evre, A. Brooke, J. Gerard, W. Middleton, J. Hansler, H. Bruce, T. Herbert, G. B. Pocochc, G. Strickland, J. Hanmer, J. Laffan. DOCTORS—Sutherland, Rowland Mackenzie, Locock, Outram, Chambers, Filkin, Ilenly, Field. REV. DocTons—Vivian, Kuper, Wesley, Hawtrey, Dibdin, Flowerdew Colls. HEY. MEssmuns—Charles Kuper, John Bluck, J. O'Brien, E. Prodgers, Thomas Gregory, A. E. Sketchley, George Bythesea, E. Scobell, James Hayes Sadler, H. B. Longe, W. S. Rowe, Samuel Legatt, I. T. Walsh, J. S. Anderson, J. H. I)akins, Thomas Cator, J. Jackson, W. J. Hutching, J. Heard. QUEEN'S COUNSEL—Burge, Law, Simpkinson, Erle, Platt, Crowder, Kelly, Whately, Chilton, Wakefield, Teed, Jervis, Andrews, Austin, Cockburn. SERGEANT—Ateherley. ALDERMAN—Hughes Hughes. The Accountant-General. UNDER SHERlFF—Barrett. MESSIEURS —Culling Smith, Edward Foley, Garden, Tisdall, William Paynter, John Round, jun., Hoare, C. D. Archibald, E. Duke Moore, Charles Barry, Pem berton, Murchison, Charles Chicheley 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., Baekhouse, D. Williams Wire, Musgrave Brisco, M.P., Kerrison, Pelly, J. B. Heath, Granville J. Penn, Joseph Skipp Lloyd, Andrew Spottiswoode, Cotton, Whitgreave, C. B. Adderley, M.P., Godsal, Holdsworth, A. Pott, the O'Conor 1)on, G. Wilkinson, J. Coping, H. J. Perry, Gwynne, O. Morgan, M.P., Tottenham, Moore, Mars den, J. Shepherd, Marton, M.P., W. Partridge, Oliveira, E. B. Ray, H. T. Wood, Thoyts, D. Trent, 1). Stuart, Beckett, M.P., F. C. Brown, De Horsey, J. M. Stanley, Douglas Halford, 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. Dupdas, R. Bagshaw 9 R. B. Mynors, Maclean, S. Her ford, J. TowliPley, 4.1. r., S. Farquharson, M. Portal, G. Philips, M.P., Bfakempre, M.P., 'll.44lsworth, 4 13 A. Drummond, G, G. Macpherson, M, M,P., Creyke, Grant, Caldwell, H, Hippesley, O'Malley, Ir win, Mackinnon, M.P., Christopher, 11. Stretton , H. Petre, J. T. Briggs, E. W. Lascelles, W. Chute, Ifill, J. Ga r di ner, Y oung, J . M . Gilb ertson, 11 . Beres ford, Town e l ey , M acgregor, J. Black b urne, M.P., R i ch, Dodd, Hume,M . P. M.A A. Wilde, Wood, Hardy, M.P., H. Cart wright, J. Reilly, S enior, Egerton, Clark, G. W. Mel ville,Wood, A. Mackinnon, T. S. Forman, M,1 5 ., J. Weston, G. Platt, R. Walpole, M. O'Ferrall, 14-4 ) .? 4,9! King, Longden ? Meek, R. Will field, - BoYce, W. W. Cooper, Howard, 'Burnaby; Gill; G. W. Repton, Keate, K C. Jones, J. Forbe', Duft; Milner Gibson, A. Smith, Wyse, M.P., Page, - H. Seymour, Corbot; H. Stuart, M.P., G. Heathcote, M.P., Robert Hollond. M P., R. B. Kay, Massy Dawson, N. Vaughan, J. H. Vivian, M.P., Milnes, M.P., M. Wyatt, 'Trines, W. 11. Watson, M.P., Standish Standish, Fitzgerald, G. Duncan. M.P., H. U. Addington, B. Culpeper, Carvick, Eaton, M.P., Russell Ellice, R. Gosling, Scholefield, M.P., Sanders, N. Budge, Francis Lysons Price, Lefroy, M.P., Dawar, Babbage, Pettigrew, H. Story, Cranford, Weld, B. Parry, Annes ley, Greene, M.P., ChartFris, H. Petre, jun., J. Morri son, M.P., W. Pendarves, J. Eld, A. G. Boner, Clark, Elliott, Gwynne, S. Westmecott, C. Towneley, E. W. Roberts, F. Hodgson, M.P., M. Furster, 1). Bar clay, M.P., C. S. Thirdett, J. I). Teller, Blackstone, M.P., A. Foster, St. Leger, H. Elphinstone, M.P., Suli van, G. J. Rlbertson, Divett, M.P. • ADMIRAL OF TRE FLEET—Sir James "'hitched. ADMIRALS—Sir Robert Otway, Sir Byam Martin, Sir Edward King, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir Philip Dur ham, Sir Thomas Briggs, Si r Bl a d en C ape l, Si r J o h n West, Sykes, Ly sag ht, H ollis. GENERALS—Sir Alexander Duff, Sir George Scovell, Sir Frederick Stovin, Lambert, White, Edward Walker, Reeve, Munson,i M.P., Si r Fitzroy Maclean, Sir Henry King, Archibald Maclaine, Mercer, L'Es:range, Sir Henry Pynn, Pasley, Sir John W. Guise, Sir Arthur Clifton, A. F. Barnard, Sir W. Cotton, Shubrick, Galloway, C. 8., Sir John Maclean, Sir John May, Fir Thomas Pearson, Kenah, S'r Henry Ross, Sir William Euitace, S. Brown, Sir Robert Barton Pasley, Lord Aylmer, Hon. Sir H. Pakenham, lion. Sir Alexander Duff, Sir John Gardiner, Sir William Henry Clinton, Macleod, Sir William K. C. Grant, Sir James Ste venson Barns, Sir Burges Cumac, Sir Lewis Grant Slitildham Sir Howa r d D ouglas, Rieves, C. 8., Sir Thos. Bradford, James Cockburn, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir John Doveton, Sir Robert Gardiner, Upton, Cli. thero, Sir Charles Dalbic, Sir John Brown. COLONELS—Webter, Harris, Gwynne Holford, Her man, Percival, Charles Phipps, Owen, Vaughan, Sir W. R. Clayton, Clinton, Sir M. Wallace, Sir W. Chal mers, Ashworth, Vandoleur r Bonner, B. Drummond, Armytage, Powell, M.P. ; Tnickey, Harris, . Kelly, Gawler, Sir W. Harris, - Hon. L. Stanhope, Rolf, Sir S. G. Higgins, W. H. Sykes, David Forbes, W. Verner, Clitherue, Verner, Hon. ii. Montague, Hon. R. Fitz-Gib bon, Rushbrooke, T. Y. N ort h , Aste ll . MAJORS—Henry Simpson, T. Lushington, Brandling, Harris, De Winton, Arthur Ogle, 'l'. A. Moore, Alacbean, Weymouth, Marahall, Croft, Paine, D. Mont gomery, James Fraser, Butler,Chipchase, E. P. Lynch, P. Henderscn, Stones, S. J J. Hamilton. CArraiss—Gibsone, John Locke, Shea, H. C. S. ; R. P. Dawson, Carter, Ferguson, Storer, Bateman, B. Ibbetson, Eden , R.N., Littlejohn, R.N., Thomas Knox, Bowyer, J. Johnson, Watson, Haw kins, Hulse, Nias, R.N., C. Frederick, R.N., Per ceval, Waldegrave, RN., Granvill e Loch, James Stoplord, S. Hart, Thomas Clarke, Lloyd, RN., C. De Salis; Richard Grant, Dawson, J. W. Montague, Storer, D. Bethune, R.N., Whitelock, Murray, R.N., Sprye, A. Macdonald, Hawkins, Dick,on, Pring, R.N., Sackett Hope, George Smith, Knox, Sir W. Symonds, Wood, Thornton, R.N., Drew, Grace, R.N., Margary, F. H. Jackson; Middleton, C. T. Hill, Forster, Baynes, W. Freeman, Lambert, R.N., M. Archdall, M.P., Cod drington, Dupuis, Little, Cumming, Beechey, Fraser, Thornbrough, Cuddy, B. Hamilton, H. Byam Martin, Troubridge, RN., W. Watson, R. P. Dawson, W. W. Cole, Bathurst, W. D. Hamilton. _ _ _ COMMANDERS.—J. Hudson, John Sykes, Stirling, E. Peirse, R. H. Fleming, Polly, 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. D. Lister ' R. Luon, Knox, Donovan, G eorge Co o k e s, Knox, R. H. Carlyon, 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. Pro c t or , J. Pat tie,, Prendergast, ercy Pasley, J o h n Hill C. H. Hill, C. J. H utc hi nson, i vtinh Mercer, Ross, F. E. Ch apman, eßoberts,GG. George rgesG i. mwrP W. A. B. Kingston, M. Cowell. CORNETS.—WaIford, J. J. Lloyd. ENSIGNS.—C. H. Hutchinson, J. Dyas, Thom as C. Hain, C. Scott, A. Fraser, P. O'c l onm.ll. 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 birth-day, 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 Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, the Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Manic, 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, '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. IL Manners Sutton, and Capt. O'Brien. The Lord Chamberlain and the Countess Delawarr entertained at dinner the following distinguished guests, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday :—The Marquis of Orraonde, 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 fall 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 Ambassadors, Miuisters, and Charge 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, Mr. 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-Governo r of the Bank of Eng land ; Sir G. Clerk, Sir T. Fremantle, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Pringle, Air. Young, Mr. 11. B. Baring, and Mr. Tre velyan, Lords and Secretaries of the Treasury. The Earl of Lincoln, Chief Coinmissioner of Woods and Forests • Lord Gr anv ill e S omerset, Ch ance ll or o f t h e Duchy Of Lanca s t er ; Si r E. ICnatchbull, P aymaster of the Forces ; Sir Willi am Herries. the Queen's Remem brancer, Mr. Sheph er d , and Sir Henry W ill oc k . Lord Stanley, her Majesty's Secretary of State for 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 Honourable 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, Marlborough House, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry were present. Her Majesty had afterwards a full dress assembly, whieh was very numerously attended. Lord and Lady Henniker and family have arrived in Portland-place from Thornham hall, Suffolk. LADIES' DRESSES. TIER 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 sole dress, worked all over with guipure de soie, and trimmed en 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 diamo n d s. Headdress, feathers, tiara of diamonds, and blonde lappets. THE COUNTESS Or 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 sole, 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 tablicr of gold blonde ; train and body of cerise glace poult de soie, trimmed with gold ; body and sleeves ornamented , with gold blonde. Plume of feathers, lappets, and diamonds. LADY COCKBURN.—Court costume of rich canary coloured blondebrocade flounces,sat , ot n a rich trammed white n m n r l i ec NVi t n sati blonde japel lace e and satin ; deep ; berthe and sabot s to correspond. Headdress, plume of ostrich feathers; orna ments, diamonds. _ _ LADY PEEL.—Court costume, composed of a Brussels point lace drefs 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 and sleeves richly ornamented with Brussels lace, emeralds, and dia monds. Headdress, plume of white feathers, Brussels lace lappets, and diamonds. BARONESS DIMSDALE.—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 sole, with two deep flounces of Brussels point. Headdress, ostrich plume, rich Brussels point lappets, and nificent tiara of diamonds; diamond earrings, & c . HE HON. MRS. HENRY T MANNERS Surrox.—Mantua and corsage of rich white moire, tastefully trimmed with tulle, iilbon, and holqietg of moss rose§ i pgttiPP4t of tullv., over upper tunique of crape, looped wl rieh whit P sa tin, 01114IllePted with buuttituts of tuna, wit m o ss roses, to correspond lle, with with train. Headdress, feathers and lappets. HON. Dins. 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. IIoN. MISS COPLEY.—Court costume, composed of a tarla tane dress embroidered in Indian gold, a colonises, over a white glace silk ; train and body of sky-blue glace poult de soie, trimmed with ribbon ; bocir itnd alcoves ornitmetttcd with blonde and 'flowers. Headdress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and flowers. Tits. MUSGRAVE BRlSCO.—Costume de Cour, a very rich pink and white watered train, brocaded in satin stripes, looped with bouquets of pink roses and silver flowers; cor sage en cceur, trimmed rich renaissance blonde a frange ; a white tulle illusion dress en tunique, trimmed pink roses and silver flowers over rich white satin. Headdress, plume of feathers, rich blonde lapp, ts, and diamonds. Mits. STRAIIAN.—Costume „de - Cour, a very rich blue and white watered train, brocaded in satin stripes and looped with bouquets of blue hyacinths and silver flowers ; corsage en ceeur, ornamented with very rich point lace and bouquets ; a white tulle illusion tress en tunique, trimmed with blue hya cinths and silver flowers, over white satin. Headdress, plume of feathers, rich point lace lappets, and diamonds. Mits. ROBERTS.—A dress of white satin, with tunic of tulle de Bruxelles, elegantly ornamented with nceuds of satin rib bon. Train and corsage i la Reine, of rich Indian pink broche silk, with garniture of tulle and bouchee de ruban ; herdic and sabots of fine point lace. Headdress, plume, and lap pets, with diamond ornaments. Mits. DOUGLAS HALFolw.—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 - GLADSTONE.— Court dress, composed of a 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 bouqets 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 ; body and sleeves ornamented with blonde and flowers. Headdress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. Miss ANNETTA PLArr.—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 fringed blonde and bouquets of roses. Headdress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and flowers. ALMA CK'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., wereamong 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 Alexandrina Vane and Lady Louisa-Churchill; the Countess of Jersey and her daughter, Lady Clementina 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 famed orchestra. The expectations entertained of its merits were fully borne out. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar 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 Exce:Tency Count Bjernstjerna, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, Madame Van der Weyer, Duke of Leeds, Countess Powis, Countess of Roseberv, 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 lleadfort, and Ladies 1.1. and 0. Taylour, Marquis of Douro, Marquis of Huntley, Marchioness of Wellesley, Earl and Countess Nelson and Lady Nelson, Countess of Powis, Countess of Roseberv, and Ladies Louisa and Ann Primrose, Viscount Clive, Lord Lennox, Lady Caroline Gordo n Len nox, Lord Charles Wellesley, Viscount Palmerston, Countess of Camperdown and Lady E. Duncan, Lord John Manners, ' Viscount Hereford, and lion. M. Devereux, &c. THE THEATRES. THE ITALIAN OPERA. Norma was performed last evening. The only novelty in the cast was the app earance o f M a d emo i se ll e F avanti 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 .; Deh, con te," which we have never heard more charmingly perform( d. 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 no 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 performances 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 in his best days. It is no puny organ, 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. lle 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 when 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 r e p resente d . Th ere was an intensity about hi s p ersonat i on 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 Wife'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 IVices of Madrid, founded on a tale in Roscoe's Spanish No velists, was produced here last evening with the most complete success. The three wives are—Laura (Miss Fairbrother), wife to Luca Moreno (Mr. F. Mat 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 trader. 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 Keeley in thi s scene was inimitable; he rolled about with open mouth and m eaningless gaze, the very personification of stupidbewilderm he en is bewilderment. Luca Moreno is hoaxed into a belief that actually dead ; and Geloso, to whom his wife has ad ministered a sleeping potion, is conveyed to a cell in a monastery, and there becomes firmly persuaded that he has been all his life a monk, and that the idea of his having been a painter and a married is man is a mere delusion. At the conclusion the jokeexplained, and the ladies are each rewarded with a diamond ring, the owner of the lost ring haying 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 e speig le, and coquettish. She seemed to enjoy the bewilderment of her poor little husband exceedingly. Miss IVoolgar 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, wa4 exceedino civairit 411 d htliuottrous. The piece is interspersed with some pretty dancing, and Is illus trated by some beautiful scenery. The three wives of Madrid are most amusing personages, and to the question put by Mrs. Keeley at the conclusion "Have we not fairly won the diamond ring ?" we unhesi tatingly answer yes ! 7-7 /f t' ../. LITERATURE. THE FORESTER'S DAUGHTER. 3 Vols. Newby, 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, great variety of incident—which, however, is not always sufficiently probable—spirit, if not abso lute consistency, • of portraiture, and powers of terse, vigorous description of no ordinary merit. The "Forester's Daughter" refers to that exoiting 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 esc a p e is very dexterously and forcibly wrought up. CYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Chambers, Edinburgh, 1844. 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, Heman s , an d 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. PHILLIP VON ARTE VEL DE. Moxon, London, 1844. We have here a republication, in one half-crown duodecimo volume, of Air. Taylor's drama of " Phillip Von Artevelde," which 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 HUNT'S POEMS. Mozon, 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, b y his emendations, his opening description, which was deservedly ad mired at the time, of an Italian spring morning. THE MILITARY ANNUAL FOR 1844. Culburn. This work is intended to supply a defi c i ency i n 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 facts, 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 Romans, 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 Rill. IRELAND. THE STATE TRIALS. DUBLIN, APRIL 24.—1 n accordance 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, Crow n so li c it or , 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. O'Hagan for Mr. Duffy; Sir Coleman O'Logblen for 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 filed 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 made 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-examinedjnj open Court. If the charge of fraudulent suppression were false, the Crown would then have had the verdict of the triers appointed by 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 of the peace, who merely exculpate themselves, and attribute the omission of jurors to accident, without being able to state anything positive on the subject. Each 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 month. A marriage is said to be on the tapis bet ween th e d aug h ter o f an lion. Baronet representing a division of one of the eastern counties, and a gentleman 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' OF NarLEs.—We have received the following from aco sn rr i es ; pondent at Naples, dated the 15th inst. : t_ the same time corpstthe th. King received en the birth of the ivedthecongratulat congratulations A r l? n f e t e h ss e 3 Cf a u ri r a t and escape from assassination, under the following c ircumstances —A d named of the Royal G u ard, Immaculata Clementina, he was also con gratu i Lte i d ist o a i n t ee li s is : —A few days since a sergeant _ in t, Barbieri, gothis brother, t u h d e i r e , n , c v e h n o f h t iiii h ds e ii i i %. sai g e , _on t d his pretext otiicer, andof asking w u a t s oi t li o ei sergeant eanseverelythim Himself, iswhhince di.iiiladpshavenprhetisenndluesdtabeirloinths,erahNdvasp King, with his usual kindness, told the m plain clothes, and say that he hoped some leniency Barbieri el- retired, seemingly with reluc tance;re-entered the waiting-room than mightan to be shown. t t s o hh t an h 3 c l nn c ' he begged the officer on guard to allow . him to return, as he h: O elo s n ooner wished to reveal to the King a conspiracy that existed to assassinate him. The officer thought he perceived th e handle of a pistol, which was partly hid by a handkerchief, in the fellow's hat, and on seeing it the f e ll ow tr i ed to escape, but was pursued and taken. The pistol was loaded, primed, and even cocked ; and a second wasoamfsobetuo,ronugadtepagtrinhoni gradeaa examination,Ppetitionifcooflnfirteoae h i r l t n ioi m g i me aldl f e i b s : l a ue n r i h o n g e O la n s tr story o t m r a l l y g e a him to would not consent to the union unless - he were an offic p e a r r , e an tnitg d es that if the King refused him now he intended to shoot him g self in the King's presence ! his Majesty appears, under all rtntelhor(liiwtsniehnpd geoeciten, an circumstances, to have had a narrow escape."—Galignani. AQUATICS AT OSTEND.—Yesterday being the day appointed for th e matc h 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 in the morning in No. 10, Waterman's steam-boat, 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 between the boatmen was made by some English and Flemish gentlemen for 1001. 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 boat, against four Flemish men in a gig, with a coxswain. George Coombs, of Mill bank, was also at Ostend to take Newell's place in the event of illness or unforseen misfortune. Great interest is felt at Woolwich and Greenwich to hear how a little river boat like the Waterman will carry herself over the bosom of the " deep, deep, sea." It is expected she will bring the first information of the result of the =toll. The Londoner is 11Eked at odds. ~-` . i~€ 1;:' - . ~~~`/~~tr-- - -` TAX ON THE TR • - REAL PROP L T ' - We bespeak the best attentiorkortNr--i the following article, which is ins "nrscjwiht lion, by a w r it er w h o s i gns " Justus. " It eitildse one of the grossest robberies ever committed upon ti.e nation, even by our class legislators : The Premier having succeeded in imposing an in come-tax, for the purpose of meeting the deficiency in the revenue, and the acknowledged inequality of such a tax being almost universal, while its inquisitorial operation renders it odious to a large 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 Bills, one for imposing a probate and-legacy duty on personal property, the other for levying similar duties on real proparty. The first -named Bill passed into a law, and for forty-six y ears l arge sums have been raised by its 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 fellow-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, be 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 cof 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 injustio• 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 77,564,0001. How long is such a state of things to exist? Within a few weeks several of our most wealthy Peers hare 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 yet who could complain if such duties were levied ? C er t a i n l y 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 contributiug 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 p ro p er ty, an d 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 into a law, and it asserted that the landed proprietors went to William 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 being 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 lions,—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 tpportunity 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 cury. HINTS TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. TO HUSBANDS. Keep up 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 souse reply which is nothing to the purpose, as if you were thinking of something else. having been 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 you danced with, descanting on every point as enthusiastically 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 eyes, say how you like black ; if dark hair, how much you admire light; Wale is tall, remark that you prefer a moderate height; and if short, be constantly quoting Byron, to the effect that you " hate a dumpy woman." footstool. this be the case with yours, always use it for your . the stairs, Some wives are very particular about their fenders. Should When fresh drugget has been laid down on your shoes. that the room parti cularly if it is a rainy day, invariably forget to scr ape Discover frequently, on a cold raw morning, i height of the dog-days, other hand, be as often, during the oblige you to keep affected with a chilliness, which shall is close, and insist on having the windows open. On the them shut. Very often order quarter to six. Occasionally, however, sel dom cosine home till a ove o r . done, never smother and, not finding thtready, complain lnge return at the appointed hou r , dinner punctually at five, and very t complain or your vegetables, should h happen If your fish, your joint, d like some people, but ex accidentally r disappointment , - press it as e attended ror .'')". • it can, and remain in an ill -humour markedly as 30 rest of the evening. Be never quite satisfied with what is that you are t set before you, but, if possible, find some fault with every dish; or it not, quarrel with the arrangements of the table. If you can find nothing else to grumble at, think of thing that you would h ave lik ed better h amie t an 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 y ou w i shed these things were left to the cook. Knowing th a t th ere is nothing but cold meat in the house, bring home, every now and then, half- da- ozen men, unex pectedly, to take 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, sever 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 every whim and caprice ; but never regard your wife's feel ings at all ; still less make the slightest allowance for say weakness or peculiarity of her character ; and your house will assuredly be as happy as you deserve that it should be. —Punch. The Melodists' Club gave their third dinner last evening, when there was a numerous muster of members. STAR CLUIL—The members of this dull have ap pointed Wednesday, May 8, for their annual white bait dinner, at the Trafalgar Motel, Greenwich. In the evening it is intended to have a ball, for which a great number of • vitations have been issued. MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BELPER.--The inquest on the bodies of Yeomans and his wife was concluded yester day when, actor the examination o f several witnesses, the Coroner said that probably sufficient evidence had been adduced, and the jury then declared that the e - yidence of that day corroborated their opinion of the day before, and re turned a verdict, " That - William Yeotnaus killed his wife while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity, and after wards, during the continuance of the same fit of insanity, destroyed himself by cutting his throat." The Coroner, on receiving the verdict, said that his opinion remained -,un changed, that the verdict was the jury's, and not his, and that he thought nothing like satisfactory proof of inanity had been given. Thus terminated tlf;is painful isquiri. - ***-7/ 1/