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'3OO 0001. for hat the war termination had Lppy, how considerable anticipated once of the instructions 1849 to the of accounts , ersons who ,),* with the e assistance lir a large ;rsons over tut a very system of very con frequently ion' . war; ald not be led. The long Sinc e bad never Since been t accounts act to the ;tory cba ,er known for their month of from the ) f March► be more had been months had been had been the coin -00 wives g i n the Ld of ra the Com -00. 08 rt to eek riginalhl bat Was j ust t° b a d re- be ouP" he ba d y UD De' , BerylCe wen at to pr" fraying sow had the excess been met? By the Governor borrow lag from the Orphan's Guar time Fund, arising from the estates of min.,rs, of which be was the legal gu aelian. He now came to a now point—namely, whether the policy which he had d escr ib ed was in process of being brought to a conciu len, or of bein g carried out and exaggerate a He believed t he general feeling in this country to be that the people were content to bear the 2,000 e CO/. expended in the Kafir war, ender the indefinite notion that it would be the left war. But fee told them that the same policy was increasing to so gigantic an extent that all which had occurred was as nothing to net they might expect to see. On the loth of July, 1850, 11 . Smith wrote to Lord Grey to tell him, as a piece of good news, that a new lake had been discovered in the inte rior, about 700 miles north of the northern frontier of our co lony; that the Dutch boors, discontented with our rule, were Pressing towards the lake, and were willing to give up all their possessions to escape from the 6th and 7th William IV., e ' 57 ; but he informed Lord Grey, that he had been be forehand with them, and had sent his agents in advance, and advised Lord Grey to extend the 6th and 7th "Williatn IV .--to where? To the equator. His own impression was, that it would be advisable to accredit British agents to re glide with the natives in the neighbourhood of this lake, And for this duty he would select missionaries. He assured the natives that the boors were their enemies—and that they Would run imminent danger if they allowed them to come ' a mongst them. Lord Grey, in reply, told Sir H. Smith that it was the determination of the Government not to declare t he whole country to be under British rule. But observe the W ay in which he cautioned Sir H. Smith. At the same Prue,he said, he would advise him to enter into friencily re lations with the natives, and advise them to combine against the boers, telling them that the British Government would help them, and if they would choose three or four to conduct their affairs, the Governor of the Cape would send an officer be reside amongst them, and aid them with his advice and directions. The first step was to induce the natives to esta blish a confederacy against the beers, and induce them to in cite the residence of a British officer amongst them, who might comma-d Kafraria, and virtually direct and govern %els-bole confederacy. Then the plan was to raise a force like the Kafrarian police, and impose a tax. upon the natives; and his Lordship expressed a hope that he would bring is a Bill neat session to extend this to the equator. He bad quoted enough to show that these wars, were ruinous le the colony and most burdensome to this country. They had voted millions to obtain the country between the Kei and Keiskamma, but they would spend tens of millions before they extended their frontier from the Orange River to the Equator. The frontier policy was now before a Select Committee, the only material result of which 'Would be to fix the responsibility of our future policy on the country instead of the Government. At this moment all the Kafir tribes were united against us, and the greatest of all, Kredi, had lately joined the confederacy. So far, he had given a gloomy picture, which would give very little en couragement to a persistence in the policy which had led to such a result. But he turned to more encouraging symptoms which had lately occurred. He alluded to the late arrival cf Sir 0. Stockenstrom and Mr. Fairbairn. They Meade a solemn appeal to the Noble Lord at the head of the government, stating calmly and deliberately, but most solemnly. the crisis in sr hich their affairs were, and the danger in which the colony and they themselves and their Property were involved, pointing out the means at the dis- Waal of the Noble Lord for putting an end to the distress, imploring him humbly, but with the sincerity of men whore Wealth, whose lives and property, and all they had in the World, depended on hit answer; they placed their case in his bands. lie might state that the Noble Lord's answer was Inch as to give them the greatest encouragement; and such as be for one should have anticipated from the Noble Lord, not only from his character and Position ' but from his antecedents when at the head of the Colonial-office, in which every one will allow him 1 0 have been one of the best ministers that the colonies ever possessed. His answer to their request was, that they Would state to him what alterations they proposed, and their .reasons tor proposing them. Their reply was, that they Wished no alteration whatever, but merely to be put back in the position in which they were in the Legislative Council, Only with this material difference, that there should be no previous legislation necessary on the part of the Legislative Council. They said that if the Noble Lord would only give e promise of a constitution freed from any further delay they 'Would not only feel perfectly satisfied, but their gratitude - Would know no bounds. The Noble Lord's second answer, though as kind and considerate as his first, was yet not quite so encouraging. While the Noble Lord expressed his deep 'sympathy with them in their present momentous crisis, yet at the same time while the war lasted, he felt it necessary to wait for further dispatches for the purpose of judging 'of the chancss of a conclusion to hostilities, before he would 'Eire a definite answer as to the time when they might 'expect to receive a representative constitution. They con sidered that the Noble Lord had held out great encourage ment to them, but at the same time they thought that he ought to take a bolder step, and to carry out his 'views more decisively, immediately, and resolutely at once, for they could not see what impediment stood in the Way. Now from the last dispatches, received about a week ego, there was not the slightest chance of the war concluding for many months to come. What, then, was to prevent the `Noble Lord from granting the Constitution at once, which 'Was allowed to be so immediately necessary? While Sir H. 'Smith was engaged in the war beyond the frontier, what was to prevent the Noble Lord advising the sending out of a special commission? Why not send out a man in the posi- Aion and rank of Lord Clarendon to Cape Town? The in- Stant the Constitution was given them they would come out as one man to resist this Kafir aggression, and they would take upon themselves, as they did twenty years ago, the Whole expense of the war. He thanked the Noble Lord Most heartily for the encouragement he had given the colo nists at the Cape, and he would put it to him whether the discussion upon this vote ought not, for at least a day or two, be adjourned until a decisive answer upon this subject had 'been given ? Lord J. RUSSELL, who was extremely inaudible through. Out his speech, was understood to say that the Hon. Mem ber's speech went upon the supposition that it was in the Power of the colonists, if they gleaned to exert it, to prevent all these aggressions from a savage tribe who were making 'War upon her Majesty's subjects merely for the sake of !making war, for it did not appear that they had any other object in view. Now, any man who looked into the history , - of the Cape colony, since and before it came into their pos megaton, must see that the state of things there was wholly different from that as represented by the Hon. Gentleman. -The Dutch, in the first instance, had extended their settle 'lnents and dwellings beyond the immediate frontier of Cape -Town; but the Katir and other native tribes bad from time to time rushed down upon them, destroying their possessions and carrying off their herds of cattle. In 1845, during the last war, 10,000 men had entered within the frontier where the Cape farmers lived, and after destroying their farm houses carried away all their cattle. Surely there was no 'Wanton act then committed on the part of the colonists -Row then could it be said that the mother country would -throw all the expense upon them of defending themselves from being murdered? Would not these men naturally say, 11 ` We will defend ourselves and our homes as well as we .can; but you, as the sovereign power, should protect us, and we must have your aid." The Hon. Member seemed to suppose that the whole aggression had originally come from the colonists, and therefore the inhabitants would themselves be willing to defray the expenses of the war. The Hon. Member had, no doubt, received some assurance of the kind, but he (Lord J. Russell) could not find that there was ever any public assurance of such a character given to the Government. They had never said, "Give us a represen tative constitution, and we will support the expenses of the -war." On the contrary, the gentleman to whom the Hon. , Member alluded, Mr. Fairbairn, had used very different lan . guage before a Select Committee, and had very prudently declined to commit himself at all by any pledge that the colonists would sustain the expenses of the war. Such being the case it was impossible to take any step that would give - us perfect security on this subject. He was quite aware that fthe war was one of a peculiar nature, and that many savage acts were committed ; but he was afraid that no plan could be devised which would be quite eo successful as to enable us to say that they were free from the danger of a Kafir war. 'The policy adopted by Sir Berjamin D'Urban and his suc cessors, Sir H. Pottinger and others, was still pursued. surely the Hon. Member would not recommend us to sup port the commando system, under which persons going out with their rifles could shoot any of the natives they met, whether they were engaged in any predatory operations or otherwise. At the present moment the only question to be +considered was whether this country shall bear the expenses of the war. It must bo recollected that when the proposal for a representative constitution came over here, Lord Stan ley, who was then Colonial Secretary, discouraged the pro ject except with certain conditions. It was subsequently resolved by the Government to establish a representative constitution in the Cape, and Earl Grey found fault with the decision to which Lord Stanley had come. Unfortunately those persons whom Sir H. Smith had called to the Legislative Council with a view that they should assist him in carrying out the details of a representative constitution—instead of aid ing him set themselves to thwart him by every means of ob struction which they could think of. It was perfectly obvious that if they . had then said that they were disposed to accept the instrument as sent from London, and if they proposed to fill up the details themselves, and to abide by the decision of the majority, the representative constitution would have been in operation now in the Cape. It was, therefore, entirely their own doing that they were now deprived of a constitution. He had only two things now to say. One was that the Government was fully determined to carry into effect their proposal for a representative constitution to the Cape. The other point was this—that however anxious they were to introduce such a constitution into the Cape— at that moment, and certainly after the last dispatches more than beaore, they felt that there were insuperable difficulties to the immediate putting into force the powers of that con stitution. There was now a war raging in the Cape, and the whole mind and energy of the governor would of neces sity prevent him from giving proper attention to the working of a constitution, and the executive would, in fact, be unable to carry into effect a representative constitution. That was the great difficulty—that a great portion of those who should take an active part in the discussions were themselves en gaged in the war. The main question before them, as to whether they would vote the sum proposed for the expenses of the Kafir war, depended upon this very general question. In 1819 and subsequently they encouraged emigra nts t o go wth f e ro y m we the re out to the Cape and to settle upon the frontier. These emi grants were exposed from time to time to in h c e n th rs e i r ons savage tribes. The question, then, was, to leave them to be overpowered by those savage tribes? He believed upon that question there could be no doubt. He was therefore confident that the vote being founded upon simple justice would be agreed to. Mr. FLUME said there was only one sentiment uttered by the Noble Lord of which be approved, and that was that the Government were determined to carry out the promise given by them last session of a representative constitution. He had seldom heard a speech that more misrepresented a case than the speech of the Noble Lord had done. The Noble Lord seemed to forget altogether that in 1828 the inhabitants bad signed a petition to this country, containing a statement that if they obtained a responsible government they would take upon themselves the whole expense of war, and relieve the mother country from any such demands. Since then they had often repeated the same declaration. But they would not manage any of their wars of injustice—of tsars provoked by the most wanton encroachments by us upon the property of others. He had always encouraged emigra tion—at the same time he demanded English institutions for the emigrants, wherever they went. He had never re commended them to go to Kafraria amongst savages, or to attempt to drive people from the property which they possessed, and thus exciting war and acts of vio lence in return. The Noble Lord avoided stating the most important part of the question. In the last dispatch these was accompanying it a map of Kafiraria. This was a new territory, seized upon by us. It was beyond the Cape, and did not form any part of it. The Noble Lord forgot to tell them that Sir H. Smith was constituted Governor over the new territory of Kafraria, the people of which had not anything in common with the inhabitants of the Cape. Wets not these acts of hostility and aggression upon oar part? Did we not take possession of those very lands upon which the cattle of that people existed? We went out of our district to attack them. The war was not in the Cape, but in those territories which we have robbed the natives of; and the people of England would be obliged to pay not only for the past war, but the war that was then going on. Kafiraria was about one-third of the catgut of the whole pone:mime of the cape. Our aggression had led to retaliation, and the people of England were called upon to pay a tax in order to support this act of aggression on our part. Sir Benjamin ,e'Urban, whom the Noble Lord quoted, was not the man who would advise such a course to be taken. Earl Grey gave Sir H. Smith the authority to govern Kafiraria separate and distinct from the Cape of Good Hope; and the Noble Earl further told Sir H. Smith to take possession of the lake that was discovered about 700 miles northward of our territory. Tney were now called upon to carry on a war which the Cape Attor ney-General in 1819 declared they had no right to carry on at all; but who, two years afterwards, altered his opinion, on the pretence that there was a cession of the land by some men who had each 50 followers. The fact, however, was, the English were the aggressors. He, therefore, ob jected to this expense. Let the colonists have a constitution, and they, by conciliation and justice, would obtain peace. But now to give money was to encourage oppression and in justice, and that he would not consent to do. The Noble Lord's statement as to the reason why the colonists bad not now a constitution was not worthy of the attention of the Home. The Noble Lord had not acted with his usual can dour in stating the cause of the dispute with the colonists at the Cape. It arose from the Governor insisting on having the estimates from those who declared they had power, as they had not been authorised to grant them. Then there was a dispute about a Bill which referred to an ordinance of 1813, concerning the Church. The protests of the popular representatives were disregarded by Sir H. Smith and the officials; the representatives retired, and their conduct was approved of by eight-tenths of the constituency of the colony. Instead of delaying a constitution, they ought at once to have given one, in accordance with the patent previously sent out. There ought not to be a day's delay in sending it out, and from the moment it was granted the colonists would provide for the safety of their own colony.—( Hear, hear.) He considered that every one who gave his sanction to this vote sanctioned the present proceedings of the Government ; not that he meant the money should not be paid, but that by refusing the vote at this moment they would compel the Government to alter its policy. Mr. HAWES was glad to hear, notwithstanding all that had been said by his Hon. Friend, that he admitte.l this was a vote which could not be refused.—(Hear, hear.) It had been stated that this was a war of aggression and marked by atrocity. He denied both propositions. The policy now recommended by Sir H. Smith was that recommended by Sir B. D'Urban, and that had formerly been approved by his Honourable Friend. There was no intention of extending their frontier; certainly not of carrying it to the inland lake which had been referred to. All that was intended to do was to enforce the law so far as that British subjects who com mitted crimes beyond the frontier should be punished for those crimes. —(Hear, hear.) With regard to the extension of territory in British Kafraria, the policy pursued was pre cisely that which had been followed by Sir Benjamin :.'Urban; and let it be remembered that the eastern frontier of the Cape had never been a peaceful frontier. In 1835 there was an inroad of upwards of 10,000 Kafirs, who committed the greatest atrocities in the colonies, and Sir Benjamin D'Urban, atter quelling that insurrection, thought it necessary not to extend the British ter ritory but the British authority, and to advance British power in Kafraria; in fact, to defend the frontier of the Cape, nut on but beyond the frontier. And this was exactly the policy which had since been carried out by Sir Henry Pottinger and Sir Harry Smith. What was the re sult? Why, in the present case we had not had any incur sions in the colony; and British military authority being es tablished, as it were, in the rear of the Kafirs, they had been afraid to enter the colouy, so that up to the time of which he was speaking no serious damage hal been done within its boundaries, except the Kat River settlement, where peculiar discontent existed. With regard to the extension of the ter ritory northward, and the appointment of a resident, that had been done at the request of the natives themselves, to protect them against the aggressions of the boers, and not for the purpose of holding military possession of the district. He could assure the House also that there was no intention on the part of Government to withhold representative insti tutions from the Cape. If the colonists had not at this mo ment a representative constitution, it was entirely their own fault; and he could not concur either with Mr. Adderley er Mr. Hume that the Governor was in the least to blame for the delay which had occurred. If the constitution were so popular at the Cape, why had they not accepted it? Why have delayed and discussed it? The truth was that the gentlemen forming the legislative council were indisposed to become legislative councillors except for one special and high purpose—for which they were not elected or chosen. They were chosen to examine all the functions of members of a legislative council, and to manage and direct the whole of the affairs of the colony; and they were assured that there was no authority for saying that they were elected for one special purpose alone. Indeed, Sir Andreas Stockenstrom accepted petitions upon various subjects, and presented them to the council ; and in the next place, the letters patent contained words to the effect that the council were to make, enact, ordain, and establish laws for the good government of the settlement. They met, not simply to frame a constitution, and when they interposed their vexatious objections, it was to benefit the particular party to which they belonged, and to which the most important party in the colony were diametrically opposed. Earl Grey had simply said this, and no more, that whilst a war was raging in the colony, and the governor was on the frontier, devoting his whole time and energy to suppress an insurrection, and whilst every functionary in the colony was disturbed and distracted by the present state of the colony, it was utterly impossible to throw upon those functionaries the consideration of all the details of a representative con stitution which required to be considered dispassionately calmly, and impartially.—(Hear.) In fact, that whilst war was raging, it was impossible to introduce representative in stitutions with any chance of success, but that the moment the insurrection was put down and peace was restored, that moment it would be quite in the power of the legislative council to proceed with the consideration of the subject. It was said that we had been the aggressors in the case of British Kafiraria, and that we had unnecessarily seized upon that territory—but the fact was that the colonists to a man were in favour of that quasi extension of territory. If the colony of the Cape of Good Hope was to be protected and peace preserved, clearly some change of policy must be adopted with regard to British Kafi r a r ia. The 'Hon. Gen tleman (Mr. Adderley) had spoken of the " strong arm of of defence." What did that mean ? Why, nothing else than the old commando system, which was marked with such atrocity and bloodshed that it was tound impossible to maintain it in the opinion of good men either in the colony or in this country.—(Hear.) It was, therefore, abandoned; and when he (Mr. Hawes) asked Mr. Fairbairn if he would revert to that system, he at once said, " No, I wish to have established a disciplined military force on the frontier, and not to revert to the old system." Mr. Fairbairn also told him that the colony would net undertake to pay the ex. pence either of this or any other war. In conclusion, Mr. Hawes said that, from all the information he could gather, he was satisfied that the policy now pursued was the only policy which would secure the frontier; and in a great mea sure it had secured the frontier in the present war. Mr. V. SMITH agreed with Lord J. Russell that when a war was raging at the Cape, which required all the energies of every person employed, it was not the time to discuss the question whether we should confer upon the colonists repre sentative institutions or not. But the House was justified in entering upon matters which were not strictly relevant to the question, because they had unfortunately no other oppor tunity of discussing these matters, except upon some ques tion like the present. His Noble Friend said the only ques tion was, whether they would vote this money or not? 'but he (Mr. V. Smith) thought there was a far more important question at issue, and that was, how often these votes were to be repeated, and what interest the people of England had in this colony which justified such an expenditure. He agreed, however, with those who had stated that the war was strictly an Imperial war—that it was our war, and not the war of the colonists—and he did not believe the colonists would have willingly engaged in it— neither did he think if they had willingly engaged in it, that it would have been carried on in the way th a t it had been carried on. If, thee, this was a war which the colonists would not un dertake, of course it was a war we could not ask them to pay for. Therefore the question was, whether they were to pay for it or not; and, in his opinion, we could not posi sibly ask them to pay this 300,0001.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Member then impressed on the Government the necessity of the exercise of elution with regard to the Cape, and criticised the policy of Government in first agreeing to the appointment of a Committee of the House of Commons, and in subsequently nominating a Commission to inquire into the affairs of the colony. With the greatest respect for his Noble Friend's judgment, he did think that a more indiscreet course, as regarded the maintenancS of the cecurity and prosperity of the colony could scarcely have been adopted. He trusted that the Government would here after be more considerate in stating their case when they called on the House to vote the public money. Lord J. RUSSELL, after what his Right Hon. Friend had said, must offer some explanation of the conduct of the Go vernment in the matter. The Right Hon. Gentleman's com plaint appeared to him to be very inconsistent. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated that he (Lord J. Russell) had said that the question now before the House was as to voting this public money, and that he had omitted all mention of the question of the frontier war, and the policy to be adopted in future. He (Lord J. Russell) had certainly stated that the question immediately before the House was the voting this money; but so far from not bringing before the House those questions the Right Hon. Gentleman referred to, he had brought forward a motion for a Select Committee, stating at the same the history, so far as he understood it, of those frontier disputes; and then when he proposed a Select Committee for the purpose of eliciting farther information on the subject, the Right Honourable Gentle man was the first to object to it. He could not under stand, when he objected to the Select Committee, how he could also object to the want of information respecting the necessity for this vote ; for it was not usual for the Govern ment to propose resolutions stating that, in their opinion, such and such a policy was the best to pursue at the Cape of Good Hope, or In this frontier war, or in dealing with the Kafirs. General resolutions of that kind were not usually proposed by Government. The Hon. Gentleman said that he (Lord J. Russell) having objected to the appointment of a Commission, had nevertheless appointed Commissioners to go out to the Cape. What he (Lord J. ituassll) objected to , was the appointment of Commissioners to go and supersede Sir H. Smith. What he desired was to enable Sir H. Smith, while engaged in the conduct of the war, to have certain persons to aid him who were well acquainted with the co lony, and carry on such communications with the Kafirs as might lead to a peaceful settlement of the matters in dispute. He hoped his Right Hon. Friend would profit by the evi dence laid before the Committee, and perceive that it was not a war for extension of territory, but for the protection of the colonists, that they were now engaged in ; and the whole question was how they could be best protected. In stead of having those perpetual disturbances on the frontier with the Kafirs, and shooting them down whenever they made aggressions to carry off cattle, it was the opinion of Sir Benjamin d'Urban, Sir Peregrine Maitland, and Sir H. Pottinger, that it would be far the better way to have posts within the Kafir territory, and to endeavour to reconcile view them to a mor e c i v ili zed mode of life, alai thus prevent those withdisturbances. a to This systemthehaodolebneisetns, and ad not to atondthex.. solely e protecting tension of territory. Mr. BRIGHT said they were all agreed as to the dissatis fied state in which the Cape Colony was at present, though not as to what was to be done under the circumstances. He e Hon. Gentleman oughto a ( d s o l p r t . ; A l d o - r thought the th p a r t op w o h s i i c ti h on the of Government h delay which had occurred i n g i v i ng to the colonists t tdtoheentilye was con stitutional government which they demanded was to be attributed that discontent which deprived them of all sympathy with the governor in his efforts to put an end to the war. The Noble Lord objected that Sir H. Smith was at present so busily engaged in the war that he could not attend to the question of the constitutional government to be conferred on the colony, and the Hon. Secretary (Mr. Hawes) added, that the functionaries of the colonial govern ment were so distracted by the present calamitous state of affairs, that they would not be able to undertake the matter. Sir H. Smith might be very capable of carrying on the war with ability, but he did not think he had shown any particular capacity for the government of a colony, and it was most unfortunate that they always sent out a military governor to the colonies, or if they sent a civilian he was one who had a bad banking account, and could not remain at home. But the Noble Lord's argument, if it were good for anything, went to this—that the colonists should have to wait until the end Tilc S ti N, LO N DON, of the war, whether that be one or two years.. before they could g-t that constitutional government whit h the Noble Lord himself thought was so necessary for etiem. They ought to endeavour seriously to remove the discontent of the colony. The feeling of discontent was so great that it was only the limited means of the colonists which prevented their passive resistance of last year taking a more active ferns at the present time; and if the interests of the colonists demanded it, they ought not for a moment to permit any delicacy for the feelings of Sir H. Smith to stand in the way of the proper course to be adopted. He thought the Government would do well to adopt the suggestion of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Adderley). Mr. LABOUCIIERE said that the Committee which sat last year, and of which he was a member, had been actu ated by the most sincere desire to give to the colonists free political institutions. The measures founded on the recom mendation of that Committee were most acceptable to the colonists, and it was only owing to the unfortunate circum stances which had occurred that those measures bad not been carried into effect before the present time. There was no intention whatever of withholding free institutions from the colony. Mr. HUME urged the Government at once to take the requisite steps to induce the colonists to co-operate cordially with the Government in putting down the war. Mr. ADDERLEY said, as it appeared the Noble Lord did not intend to give the colonists a constitution till the war was over— Lord J. RUSSELL said he bad not said any such thing. The constitution would be granted when it was seen fit, in the present state of affairs, to grant it. He wished to reserve to the Government the free decision of the time and circum stances—that was all. At ter a few more words from Lord J. RUSSELL, Mr. ADDERLEY moved that the Chairman report progress. Mr. BRIGHT suggested that as the facts respecting the fitness of the colony for a constitution might present them selves in another light to the Noble Lord by the arrival of the next mail, he suggested the motion should be withdrawn. Lord NAAS joined in the recommendation of the Hon. Member. He considered the declaration of the Noble Lord to have changed the position of the question. Mr. WAKLEY said the Under-Secretary for the Colonies had stated the constitution would not be granted till the war was over. Mr. HAWES denied that he had made any such state ment. He only said that it would be impossible to grant it while the governor was on the frontier. The vote was then agreed to, and ordered to be reported to the House; and The SPEAKER resumed the Chair. BUSINESS ON MONDAY. In answer to Mr. HUME, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he proposed on Monday to take the second reading of the Customs Bill, then the second reading of the Inhabited Householders Bill, and then a Committee of Supply. INCOME AND PROPERTY-TAX COMMITTEE. ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. HUME moved the names of the Committee on the income and property-tax, of which he had given notice, viz. : The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Henley, Mr. Vesey, Mr. F. Mackenzie, Mr. J. Wilson, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Roebuck, Colonel Romilly, Lord Harry Vane, and Mr Sotheron. Colonel SIBTHORP complained that the army and navy were not represented on this Committee, though this gross and unjustifiable tax was laid on them. One of each profession ought to be on the Committee to represent these interests. Mr. HUME was sorry that the list did not meet the wish of his Honourable Friend, but it was impossible to please everybody. There was a military officer on the Com mittee. The first name was then agreed to. On the second name being put, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said Mr. Baring was already on three Committees, and he hoped would be exempt. This and the remaining names were then adopted, and the Committee appointed. HOME-MADE SPIRITS IN BOND. Lord NAAS complained that the Government had taken every possible means, by delay, to obstruct his bringing for ward his measure, on which three divisions had been taker:, and which on each division had received the sanction of the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repelled the imputation. Mr. HUME said the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chan cellor of the Exchequer ought to yield to the opinion of the House when strongly expressed on any question. Mr. DUNCAN thought that Scotland ought to be con sidered in this question. The report was then received. The Administration of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill was read a second time. The Petty Session (Ireland) Bill went through Committee. Mr. SCULLY wished to know what portion of the Bill was to be retained, and what portion abandoned? Sir W. SOMERVILLE had stated the previous night what he proposed to do. The Common Lodging-house Bill was read a third time. METROPOLIS POLICE BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Colonel SIBTHORP rose to press the second reading of this Bill. He had been to great expense of labour and money ou account of this Bill; but for the advantage of his country he regretted neither. He could tell the House there was a great feeling throughout the country in favour of this Bill. He feared neither vans nor barrel-organs; but others might not be, like himself, a soldier; and they would, perhaps, entertain aifferent feelings. Ho had evidence to show that in 1846 the Right Hon. Gentleman had his attention drawn to the mischiefs to be apprehended from advertising vans, but had neglected to take the proper precautions to stop the mischief. Constant complaints were made of these ad vertising vans, which of late had wonderfully increased. Why were such vehicles allowed to go forth, to the terror of peaceable individuals and the danger of their lives ? It was the duty of the Homo Secretary to take steps to stop the nuisance. If he did not succeed with his Bill, he had at least the consolation of knowing he had done his duty. If he could not " command success" he could at least " deserve it." --(Laughter.) Ile had ventured to hope the Right Hon. Gentleman would have acceded to the second reading of the Bill, and allowed it to go into Committee, when any modifi cations that might be needed could have been made. He begged humbly to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether he would allow the Bill to be read a second time pro forma ? —(Laughter.) If not, he should console himself with having done his duty, and with regretting that a public servant should have io far forgotten his duty as to meet him by a refusal. Sir G. GREY was satisfied the Hon. and Gallant Member had solely the public interests in view in bringing forward this Bill. The Hon. and Gallant Member had not explained the contents of the Bill. He fully admitted the annoyance and mischief of advertising vans, but upon looking into the Bill, he found there had been, as he expected, a legal difficulty in defining what was an adver tising van and what was not. The clause in the Bill intended to be applicable to these vans was so general and so extended as to include persons carrying placards, or tradesmen's carts. He thought it would be better to leave these nuisances to the police, who had general orders to re move all dangerous obstructions in the public thoroughfares. But this was not all. The Bill extended to street musicians, and the clause was also very sweeping. He would state what the law was. He had already stated, that according to the Police Act, any street musician who refused to cease playing on being requested to do so by any householder, ren dered himself liable to a penalty of 403. The Police Act would extend to those instruments mentioned by the Hon. and Gallant Member in his Bill, but he thought that to stop all street music within the metropolitan district would be to deprive the inhabitants of a very rational enjoyment. He mast, therefore, move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Colonel SIBTHORP said that, in 1846, the Right Hon. Baronet had stated, through his secretary, that the nuisance of advertising vans would be considered in any future amend ment of the Police Act, but that it was not expedient to introduce a measure to remedy that particular grievance. In the present state of the House it was useless dividing. He had only discharged his duty in introducing the Bill. Mr. MANGLES thought this an important matter, as, in consequence of the increased traffic, the great thoroughfares of the metropolis were absolutely choked, and these adver tising vans not only increased the evil, but endangered life, as he himself had experienced. Something he thought ought to be done in the Matter. The second reading was then negatived without a division. On the motion of Sir W. SOMERVILLE, leave was given to bring in a Bill to provide facilities for owners and lessees of mines in Ireland to obtain entry on lands for searching for and working such mines. Also a Bill to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to certain offences and other mat ters as to which justices of the peace exercise summary juris diction in Ireland. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL brought in the Chancery Reform Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. The House then adjourned at One o'clock. ST. ALBANS ELECTION. The Mowing is a return " of any account transmitted by messengers employed under the authority of this House relative to the apprehension of witnesses sum moned by,the St. Albans Election Committee who have been induced to abscond":-- " House of Commons, May 19, 1851. " My Lord,—ln compliance with your Lordship's di rections I proceeded to Boulogne on Friday last to en deavour to obtain information respecting the witnesses in the Se Albans case who have absconded. On my arrival at that place I waited en the British Consul, who accompanied me to the police and passport offices. From the official books I there learnt that George Seeley Waggett was lodging at 52, Rue de and that James Skegg and Thomas Burchmore were at a small public-house on the Port, called the ' Anchor and Hope,' and that the only other lodger there was a Mr. Frederick Edwards, age 26. I also learnt that John Hayward bad been at the Hotel des Rains for two nights, but had left for Paris about 10 days since. " I desired Inspector Beckerson (the officer employed to watch the parties at Boulogne) to call on Waggett, which' he did, and gave him a copy of the proclamation, offering a reward for his apprehension. After reading it Waggett stated that he certainly should not return to England, as he understood the Speaker's warrant was of no avail at Boulogne, and he thought of moving to some place in the interior of France if he could obtain a passport. Waggett further stated that he was not aware of Skegg and Burchmore being at Boulogne, but that he had seen Hayward, who had gone to the Paris rac es, and had not returned. The inspector observed that he must have been at considerable expense in coming fromandhe w adb remainingb ee a e s getting in a foreign pl ace; t o w hi c h he as yet' living on a small in comeetting very short of money, and replied must send him some without delay.' H e th e n tEngl and hoef yhi that so n h,e but seemed to think he had said too much, and changed the subject of conversation. " With reference to Skegg and Burchmore, I had been made aware that it would be very difficult to secure an interview with them at their hotel; I therefore made a point of meeting them on the Sands, where they daily take exercise, and endeavoured to enter into conversa tion with them, but it was of no avail. " I beg further to state that the police authorities at Boulogne have been most active in watching the parties, and have afforded Inspector Beckerson every informa tion and assistance. " I have, &c., (Signed) "R. A. GOSSET, Assistant-Sergeant. " The Lord Charles Russell, &c., Sergeant-at-Arms. " CHAULES J. F. RUSSELL, Sergeant-at-Arms." THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT LEEDS. --Yesterday William Scott was again brought up before the Leeds magistrates for final examination, on the charge of having shot at Mrs. Sophia Widdop, and afterwards shoot ing himself. The prisoner was committed for trial on both charges. S A. TURDA Y HER. MAJESTY'S STATE BALL. The State Bail last night at Buckingham Palace, so gra cious'y designed by her Majesty to give an impetus to the trade of the metropolis, could hardly have failed to have effected its object even if the nobility had not been endued with the same patriotic spirit that animated the Sovereign. The period selected by the Queen for this ball was hap pily chosen, in being about midway, (in point of costume) between the two previous fetes of similar character given in the present reign—when the martial and chivalric costume, at its zenith in the time of the third Edward, had entirely passed away, and before the advent of William of Orange had . . changed so completely the brilliant and elegant character of the dress of the English Court. The period represented last night at her Majesty's Ball—the restoration of Charles ll. was one when in matters of costume the Courts of England and that of Louis XIV. were identical, and may be regarded as almost the termination of that time when elegance, costli ness, and variety in dress tended so much to the splendour and influence of the Court. The alteration from this period was very rapid, every succeeding Sovereign gradually de nuding the Court dress of some of its elegance or splendour. Velvet, silk, satin, feathers, &c., ceased to be the materials for the gentlemen's Court dress, anl, lastly, gold lace and embroidery were removed from it. The revivification of this gay Court could not therefore but have a very material effect on certain classes of trade. Some of the dresses displayed a remarkable degree of taste as well as splendour, and many were strictly historical. The baldrics worn by the gentlemen displayed very many beau tiful specimens of gold embroidery, and the patterns were designed with great taste, and varied with nice effect with dead and bright geld. Velvet, satin, and gold and silver tissues formed the staple of most o the dresses, and the con sumption of ribands must have been enormous; not only were the doublets, trunks, and sleeves ornamented with ribands, but each gentleman wore, from where the modern waistcoat terminates, a great mass cf looped ribands, sus pended much in the same way as a Highlander's phillibeg ; the coat-sleeves, too, terminating at the elbow. The shirt sleeves were also bound and ornamented with ribands, and this, ssithout counting the quantity employed in trimming the ladies' dresses, must have formed a vast aggregate. Many of the gentlemen so thoroughly entered into the feeling that prompted this Bal Costume that they repudiated the attractions of old point, and procured b •autiful specimens of Honiton point lace for their collars and ruffles. Lord Over stone displayed some beautiful Honiton point lace in this way, made for the especial purpose, and the beautiful silver watered tissue of the Duke of Norfolk's dress was manufac tured at Spitalfields for this occasion. The company began to arrive at a very early hour—twenty minutes before nine o'clock—and continued to arrive in one uninterrupted stream for above two hours. . . One of the first things that struck the eye in this gay and brilliant assembly was the greater effect produced by the cos tumes of the gentlemen than those of the ladies; for the dress of the latter did not appear so far removed from the fashion of the present Court dress as that of the gentlemen, than which nothing could be a greater contrast. Some of the dresses of the ladies displayed extraordinary splendour, and with the costumes of the gentlemen produced a living and truthful picture of the period presented. Among the earlier arrivals was Miss Burdett Coutts, who displayed some most rnagnitieent jewels. MiseCoutts wore, among other ornaments, a broad band of emeralds and dia monds, worn in the same manner as a gentleman's b aldrick, over the right shoulder to the left hip, where it terminated in a very large clasp of diamonds, used to fasten back the dress, which opened in front and displayed the petticoat; a bandeau of large single stone brilliants passed across the back. Mrs. John Towneley displayed a very elegant costume of cloth of gold trimmed with bows of purple riband and pearls. The American Minister displayed a very handsome dress of blue velvet, richly trimmed with gold lace, a golden baldrick, and a scarlet velvet mantle. The Mar chioness of Londonderry's costume was exceedingly splendid. A girlie of diamonds and a diamond border or berthe on the top of the corsage were among the profuse display of jewels on this magnificent dress, which was of dark crimson velvet. Her headdress was also peculiar, being a sort of cap or co ronet of jewels. Sir William and Lady Molesworth both displayed very beautiful costumes. Her Ladyship also wore a beautiful band of jewels across the shoulder. The Marquis of Clanricarde, Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan, Lieutenant Seymour Darner, and many others, displayed beautiful cos tumes of the period. The national costumes of the Turkish Minister, his Attaches, the Prince A. de Vogorides, and that of M. de Lodoriki (a very beautiful Greek dress), produced a great effect irons their singularity in such as assemblage. Among the dresses not of our own Court, though of the same period, were those of Lord Ernest Bruce, who wore an ex tremely beautiful dress as a Venetian nobleman; Lord Hol land, who wore a dress, apparently Venetian—e long mantle completely enveloping the figure, of a materiel resembling Utrecht or uncut velvet on cloth of gold, and a square velvet cap edged with fur. Lord Campbell, the Chief Justice of England, appeared in the costume of Chief Justice Hale; and BaronPurke wore the dress of a judge of the time. The suite of the state rooms thrown open for Ms ball were the Green Drawing-room and its ante-room, the Throne room, the Picture-gallery, Ball-room, Saloon, Yelow Draw ing-room, the State Dining-room, and the Gaier-room. These beautiful apartments were illuminated and decorated in a manner to display their magnificence and filar artistic treasures with the most consummate effect. A tirone was erected for her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prime Albert in the middle of the west side of the Throne-roon. The throne was surmounted by a square canopy of crimson velvet, surmounted with a gilt cornice; from the velvet defended a double row of gold bullion fringe. The outer draperies were of ciimson velvet with gold fringe; the inner dra t eries of muslin were worked in coloured flowers and trimmd with silver. The interior of the throne and canopy were lined with white flowered satin and barred with silver fringe. The chairs of State were placed on a haut- pas, which was covered with crimson, the chairs themselves being of crim son satin and gold. Some of the choicest and most leauti ful flowering plants were placed behind and around the chairs of state. Seated on this throne, her Majesty aid his Royal Highness Prince Albert received their nunerous and distinguished guests at the commencement of the lall. The Throne-room and the Ball-room were appropriaed to dancing—temporary orchestras being erected in each fir the Quadrille Bands. Tne Garter and the Green Drawing-rooms were set apart for refreshments during the evening and supper was served in the State Dining-room. Her Majesty's Body Guard, under the command of the Marquis of Donegal, was on duty in the Palace—his Lord ship as Captain—Sir George Lee (Lieutenant), and th e f our Exons or Capitaines Exempts de /a garde du Corps, Captains Kincaid, Phiebs, Bellairs, and Bickford, wore the splendid uniform of the Corps during the reign of Curies 11. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness tie Prince Albert, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, were con ducted by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain to the Throne-room. Her Majesty wore le grand habit de cow of the fashion of the Court of Louis XIV., introduced from France by Charles 11. The skirt of the dress was composed of rich grey watered silk, trimmed with gold and silver lace, and ornamented with bows of rose-coloured ritands fastened by bouquets of diamonds. The front of the dress was open, and the under skirt was made of cloth of gld, embroidered in a shawl pattern in silver, scolloped and trimmed with silver fringe. The gloves and shoes embroiderer alternately with roses and fieurs delis in gold. Her Majestywore on the front of the body of the dress four large pear.staped emeralds of immense value. His Royal Highness Prince Albert worea coat of cloth of gold, ornamented with bows of rose-coloured riband and jewellery ; a hat trimmed with rose-colourid and white fea thers ; stockings of grey silk. Her Majesty being seated on the Throne the general com pany were ushered into the royal preserce, entering the Throne-room from the green drawing•roon, where they had previously assembled. The numerous and brilliant Court walkel in procession up the whole length of the room, and making an obeisance be fore the Throne, passed into the Picture Gailery from the en trance to the west side of the apartment. This being con cluded a Herald of Arms (the llon. LeePrlcl Ellis), in the full costume of his office of this period, foll4Wed by the Four Pages of the Four National Quadrilles (Lod Vauban Hon. Seymour Egerton, Lord Richard Grosvenor : and Mr. Fraser), each in the characteristic dress of the ration represented, entered the Throne-room, and approacling her Majesty, made a profound reverence. The Herald and Pages then retired, and joined the National Quadrille; assembld in the adjoining department. The orchestra now commenced playing t march, and the Spanish Quadrilles entered the Throne-nom, preceded by th e ir page (the lion. Seymour Egerton), in the following order : Viscountess Canning Lord Harry 'T one Viscoun t e ss Jocelyn Earl Bruce Countess Craven Lord GeorgeP agot Earl of Wilto a Countess Bruce Viscount Joe,k yn Lady Emma Ve se y Frances Countess of Waldo- Marquis d'A:eglio grave Viscountess Sydney Hon. re 3 ;:bn Gower. C oun t e ss of Granville Tuis quadrille presented a striking uniforhity of appear ance, all the noblemen members of it adoptii g ono costume, and all the ladies in it being dressed exactly di ke. This was followed by the French Quadrillg preceded by their page (Lord Richard Grosvenor), in the following order : Lady Clementine Villiers Viscount Mandeville Lady Victoria Ta lbot Viscount Ansot Mr. Coke Miss Spalding M. Blarescalchi Mrs. Craven Mademoiselle de Flahiult Count Perponclte Lady Henrietta Somerset M. Bethman Lady Adeliza F. Howard M. de Saux Mr. Ashley Ponsoaby. Lady Rose Lovel The Scotch Quadrille then entered, preceded Ly their page (Mr. Frazer), in the following order : Lady Alice Douglas Earl of Gifford Lady Harriet Elliot The Master of Lot Miss Stewart Mackenzie (of Seaforth) Viscount Emlyn Miss Charteris Hon. J. Macdonalc Baillie (of Dochfour) Mr. Charteris Miss Baring Marquis of Stafford Ihe English Quadrille came last, preceded like ,he!others by its page (Lord Vaughan), and appeareqin the following order: Marchionesss of Ailesbury His Royal Hig e h of C am ness the Duke Marchioness of Waterford llis Serene T-T;h i Prince Edward o e f ss the Sax e Countess of Strathmore Marquis of Worcestet Marchioness of Worcester Marquis of Granby Viscountess Newport Earl of Cardigan Lady Churchill Earl of Strathmore Lady Seaham Lord Londe , sborough Lady Londesborough Lord Seaham. The four National Quadrilles each contained 16. In the English Quadrille, conducted by the Marchioness of Ailesbury The ladies were dressed in blue silk dres ses , w ith rose coloured and gold ornaments. The gentlemen in scarlet, gold, and blue velvet. The page wore the livery of the King of England. In the Scotch Quadrille, conducted by the Marchioness of Stafford — The ladies wore a very elegant riding habit of pale green taffeta, ornamented with bows of pink riband, grey hats, or namented with white and pink feathers. Among them the most remarkable for the splendour and accuracy of their Highland costumes were the Luke of Argyll, the Marquis of Stafford, Earl Grosvenor, Earl Gifford, Viscount Emlyn, Sir James Matheson, Bart., and the Hon. the Master of Lovatt, &c. The dresses, which were cf the fashion of the time of the Restoration, and were trimmed with gold and silver lace, were furnished by Mr. Macdougall, of Inverness. The page in a Highland dress of Royal Stuart tartan. In the French Quadrille, conducted by the Comtesse de Flahault— The ladies wore white satin dresses with bows of light blue riband. The under skirt of cloth of gold, trimmed with sil- ver fringe. The gentlemen wore the uniform of "Les Mous que t a i r es N:qirs," scarlet coats, trimmed with silver; jackets of dark blue, trimmed with silver; gold crosses ornamented with fleur de lys, worn upon the chest and back; red stockings, and red leathers in the hat. The page wore the livery c f the King of France. In the Spanish Quadrille,. conducted by the Countess G&inville— The ladies wore black sil k dresses, with black Spanish veils; the dresses trimmed w ith gold lace and pink coloured rosettes ; the under dresses we re of grey damask, ornamented with grey and gold fringe. The gentlemen were in bl incle velvet, ornamented with gold, and all wearing the orde r of " Calatrava," embroidered in red silk, upon the coat and cloak; grey silk stockings, black velvet hats, with red any I yellow feathers. Tue page wore the livery of 'the King of Spain. Each Quadrille then singly advanced to the Throne and tendered Its homage to the Qureen. When all the Quadrilles had saluted her Majesty the 801 l was opened by the English and Scotch Quadrilles dancing together. The next dance was that of the French and Spanish Quadrilles. The four National Quadrilles having danced, lines were formed by Ladies of the English and Scotch Quadrilles, Ladies of the French and : . !. , panish Quadrilles, who advanced to the Throne a rid made their reverence. The Gentlemen of the Nati anal Quadrilles formed in like manner, and having advanced •to salute at the same moment, all retired by the door leading 'to the Picture-gallery. Her Majesty and Prince A ibert were conducted to the Ball-room, when the Counts s of Wilton's Quadrille was formed as follows : L ady Geraldine Somerset :E'er' of Airlie Lady Harriet Herbert ord Newark Lady Frances Hay Lord Dungarvan Lady Elizabeth Egerton 'Hon. Edward Stanley Hon. Mary Barrington J lion. Edward Russell Hon. Harriet Montagu : Um. William Scarlett Hon. Magdalen Montagu . Elm E. Lascelirs Miss Anson Ur. Robert Clive This Quadrille having dance d, leer Majesty led a Polonaise, the whole of the company folio wing two and two. The Countess Grey's Quadrille (the Rose Quadrille) was then formed, and danced by tbe following ladies and gen tlemen : Lady Alice Lambton 3.ifir. Arthur Russell Hon. Louisa Charteris Ter. E. T. Stanley Miss E. Seymour 7 dir. Darner Miss Bulteel 7ttr. Grenfell Hon. Miss Ellice Iklr. Wyndham Hon. Miss C. Ellis Lord Ribblesdale Lady Charlette Elliot Hiron. Mr. Stonor • Miss Grenfell aptain Crichton Stuart Miss Talbot Lord Bury Hon. Miss Vernon I lon. C. Hardinge Miss Mary Barrington Ingestro Han. Miss Cavendish 'Carl of Yowls Lady Augusta Bingham Lord Eliot Lady Jane Hay Golonel F. Seymour Lady Elizabeth Hervey A fr. Meynell Ingram Lady Augusta Hare ; ir Michael Shaw Stewart. The introductory dances haviiug been performed, the gene ral company prepared for the to ival dances. Among them were noticed the Prince of Lein ingen. His Serene Highness wore a coat of black velvet, the cuffs of gold brocade, edged with golil lace, the skirt of the coat and the cuffs ornamented with gold buttons. The waistcoat of gold brocade. The breeches of black velvet with gold lace down the sides. The stockings of red silk, and the gloves ornamented with gold fringe. A gold baldrick supported a sword mounted in gold. The 'b.at was edged with gold lace and was encircled by white an s 1 red feathers placed alter nately. Bows of orange ribbons were placed on the shoulders and also tied the breeches at thee knees, and the shoes. His Serene Highness wore the Star of the Order of the Garter. The Duke of Wellington app eared in the military costume of the period of scarlet and gold 4 the breeches edged at the b Atom with gold and lace. Hi s Grace wore the riband of the Most Noble Order of the Ge rster round his neck, and the George suspended was formed o diamonds. The dress of Lady Fanny HON vard consisted of a train and boddice of rich white satin, eed with black velvet, and looped back with amethysts a 'ad jewels, the boddice and sleeves fastened over a fine law. al chemisette with amethysts and diamonds. A girdle of diaamonds. The petticoat of peach-coloured moire antique, 'trimmed with fine old point lace, headed with pearls and black velvet. Head dress, pearls and diamonds twisted thr cough the hair. Lord Foley wore the uniforrm of the Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners of the time :—A coat of scarlet cloth, richly embroidered with. gold down the front, and skirt. The cuffs of blue velvet, richly embroidered in gold. The breeches of scarlet. cloth, fastened with white silk scarves at the knees. Thee baldrick of scarlet cloth, magnificently embroidered in gold. White satin riband shoulder knots. The shirt a leeves double drawn and trimmed with scarlet ribands. A beautiful collar. Wrist and knee ruffles of point lace. :Black velvet hat and plume of white ostrich feathers. Lord Ward wore a crimson satin mantle, faced with white satin, laced round with the han.'Rsomest broad gold lace. A doublet of imperial blue velvet, trimmed with broad gold lace and puffed with white satin. Film velvet breeches, puffed with white satin an d l ace d d own , t h e s id es w i t h a double row of gold lace and trimmed with crimson ribands. Crimson velvet baldrick, lined with crimseon satin and richly embroi dered with gold. Blue velvet heat, with plume of white and crimson feathers looped up with jewels. His Reyal Highness the Dui.° of Cambridge wore the uniform of a cavalry officer of the period—scarlet faced with gold lace, with blue brees;hes ornamented with gold lace, and tied at the knees with :bows of red riband. The baldrick nearly covered with goad—buff boots, and a brown hat with a red feather, the fo:emer looped up with a gold button. Baron de Brunnow, the Russia n Minister, wore a remark able costume, being the dress of ;a Russian Ambassador of the year 1660. It was composed (id an upper kafetan of green velvet with bars of gold lace and. gold buttons in front, and an under kafetan of silver cloth„ having in front a double row of flowers exquisitely embroidery in colours with a deep border of gold embroidery on eit:her aide. The sword was mounted in gold and green velvect, and was suspended from a sash of crimson and gold. Th e cap was of green velvet turned up with Zibelin fur, fast4ened in front with a large diamond ornament having a vsery handsome ruby in the centre—the boots of yellow Russian leather. His Excel lency wore both the Jewel and the Star of a Russian Order of Knighthood set in brilliants. The Baroness de Brunnow worse a costume of great beauty and magnificence of the Louis eQuatorze style. The train was of dark red velvet, trimmed. with gold tissue, striped with satin, and looped up is fron:t on each side with bows of gold lace, having pearls inserted i n the middle. The boddice was of gold tissue, the stomache r covered with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and also with turquoises of the largest size. The petticoat was of gold t issue, with a broad band in front reaching from the top to the bottom and covered with the same precious stones as the stomacher. A single row of large pearls formed the necklace.. The Baroness wore, as a headdress, on one side a rose of t'tie same colour as the train, and on the other side an ornament of diamonds and other precious stones. Count Wielhorski, Secretary of the Russian Legation, wore a dress of the Secretary of a Russiian Embassy of the period, an upper kafetan of white terry velvet ornamented with gold, and an under kafetan of crin ison satin also ornamented with gold. La Comtesse Koucheleff (a Russian lady), appeared ha the Russian Court costume of the period. A train of cloth of gold, looped up in front with white and gold spotted net. The boddice of the same material, ornamented with gold em broidery and diamonds. The petticoat of white and gold spotted net, the front ornamented with bars of gold em broidery. The Countess wore on her head the Russian Kako chenick of gold cloth, with two rows of large diamonds round the top and also round the bottom, with a long hanging veil at the back of the same materiel as the petticoat, fastened in the hair with an aigrette of jewellery. The Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse to the Queen, appeared in the uniform of General Monk, Master of the Horse in the time of the Restoration. The mantle of crim son velvet, magnificently trimmed with four rows of bars of gold plate lace, faced with silvered watered tissue, lined with white satin, and fastened with gold cord and tassels. The doublet of silver watered tissue, puffed with crimson satin, trimmed with gold buttons and gold gimp. The trunks, or petticoat breeches, of silver watered tissue, trimmed with gold gimp and 100 gold and silver buttons, and also with crimson satin ribbons. The baldrick of crimson velvet, richly em broidered with gold in a most el egant pattern and beautiful workmanship. The baldrick was also fringed with gold. A pointlace collar, with wrist and knee ruffles to match. A buff felt hat, trimmed round the edge with bows of crimson ribbons, having a gold button in the middle of each bow; the plume looped up with a splendid jewel; the sleeves of the doublet being short, not reacsbing below the elbow. The shirt sleeves were bound and trimmed with riband. Lady Mary Wood (Lady of the — ChancellorOf the Ex chequer) wore an Imperial blue demi-train of the richest satin, ornamented with loops of pearls with bows of riband of the same colour. It was an open dress. showing a petti coat of white and gold Indian brocade. The sleeves large, and full slashed in front with gold Indian brocade, and trimmed with pearl and point lace. Buffons of bishop's lawn to the elbow, finished with a ruffle of the richest point lace. Corsage en point, and the stomacher ornamented with diamonds and pearls, Berths of point lace. Gloves trimmed with pearls. Shoes of white satin,jtrimmed with bows of blue ribands and pearls. Headdress of blue velvet, with pearls twisted in the hair, and ornaments of diamonds and pearls. Her Ladyship.wore at the back of the head a gossamer veil. The Marchioness of Ailesbury appeared in a very brilliant dress at the head of her quadrille of blue satin, trimmed with silver and gold brocade. Across one shoulder her Lady ship wore a band, in the manner of the riband of an Order of Knighthood, covered with emeralds and diamonds. Messrs. Coote and Tinney's full orchestra was stationed in the Throne-room, and, after the introductory Polonaise, per formed to the English and Scotch Quadrille, a new Set, en titled " The Royal Stuart Quadrille," founded on popular tunes in use during the reign of Charles IL, and arranged expressly by Mr. W. H. Callcott. For the second set (the French and Spanish) the music was composed for the occa sion by the Earl:of Belfast, entitled, " Les Mousquetaires Noirs." The Band was conducted by Mr. Charles Coote, and included the following soloists, viz. : Messrs. Richard son, Lazarus, Macfarlane, Baumann, Champion, and Prospere. The following quadrilles, waltzes, &c,, were performed :- QUAD RILLES. _ _ _ Pearls of the Opera Coote. Mendelssohn ... • Tinney. L'Eufant Prodiguo ..• ... •• • ... Musard• Cherbourg ... ..• D'Albert. Vive Paris ... •.• Tinney. Constantinople •., Conte. WALTZES. Trauine auf den Ocean Gungl. Pavilion Dew Drop D'Albert. Donna Sabine ... llenrion. Faust .. ... ... D'Albert. London in 1851 Coote. POLKAS. Sontag ... ... ... ... ... ... Alary. liatinka .. ... ..• ... Strauss. Les Amis . . ... ... ... ... 'Finney. J UNE l4, EVENING, GALors. Victory ... ... .. ... ... .. Tinney. Sturm March, arranged by ... ... ... Coote. Mr. Bose's quadrille band was stationed in the ball-room and played the following pieces : QUADRILLES. Le Cour do Charles 11., composed for the oc casion ••• ••• •• .. ... Staunton. Quadrille on old English airs.. ... ••• Calicett- F er dinand ..• ... ..• ... ... Strauss. Floris ... ... ... ... ... .. Kuhner. wAtszEs. Fairy Palace ... ... ... ••• ... Bosi2. Homage to the..l3.ritish:Natio.n.. ...... ...... L u a ro b l it .n zk:. Fortuna ... ... ... Gollmick. Die Liebenstein POLKAS. Vielehen ••• ••• ••• Gungl. The Court Beauty (first tim e ) lj u e e l r li n n s gton. The Tulip ... .• ••• ••• ••• Fradel. The London ••• ••• ••• Browne. Wellington. Guernsey G ALOE'. The Prince Rupert ... ,iruernsey. In addition to the beautiful dresses already enumerated, the following were also remarkable for either their richnees or their taste : Mr. liolford's—The doublet and kilt of beautiful white silk 1661. taffeta, beautifully embroidered in coloured flowers, laced with gold lace, with gold buttons. The mantle was of crim son velvet, with a border of white satin, havingon the border a beautiMl pattern of SS. in gold. A buff hat and ostrich feathers Mr. Tonaline wore a ruby-coloured velvet mantle, doublet, and breeches, slashed with ruby satin, and trimmed with silver and point lace. The baldrick of porcelain blue velvet, very richly embroidered in dead and bright silver. Bl ac k velvet hat, with ruby and white feather:. Lord Overstone's dress was of ruby velvet, with mantle of the same, faced with white satin and gold plate lace; the doublet and trunks trimmed with gold gimp. The baldrick was of orange-coloured velvet, trimmed with gold. The dress finished with a beautiful set of lioniton point lace. The hat, black velvet, with ruby and white feathers. Lord Redesdale wore a light blue coat of the period, trim med with gold ; white velvet trunks trimmed with blue ribands ; the baldrick was of white velvet, trimmed with gold ; a bl;ick velvet hat with white ostrich feathers. Lord Broughton wore a Spanish dress, and Lieutenant Morgan wore a dregs of remarkable elegance, as did Sir Hugh Campbell, the Dnke of Leeds, the Chevalier Bunsen, M. Van de Weyer, the Marquis of Brcadalbane, &c. The Lord Chancellor wore the dress of his office, and many military officers adopted the military costume of the period. The invitations to this brilliant fete numbered between 1,400 and 1.500. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Dover were prevented from attending in consequence of the illness of the Right lion. W. S. Lascelles. A State supper was served at the usual hour. The following had the honour of receiving invitations : Ilia Royal Highness the Prince of Wasa, his Serene High ness the Prince of Leiningen, his Serene Highness the Prince Ed , and of Saxe Weimar, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van ,le Weyer, M. and Madame Bertholeyns de Fosselart, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Argentine Minister, Captain Moreno, the Russian Minister and Baroness de Brunnow, Count Wielhorski, the Sicilian Minis ter, Chevalier Canofari, the Hanoverian Minister, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Mdlle. and line. Theodora Bunsen, Count Perponcher, Baron Langen, M. de Bethmatin Hollweg, the Brazilian Minister and Madame Marques-Lisboa Mr. J. I. d'Amaral, Chevalier Pinto Peixoto, Chevalier de Souza Lisboa, Chevalier de Albuquerque, the Danish Minister and Countess de Reventlow, Countesses Hilda and Malvina de Reventlow, Count Reventlow Criminil, the Swedish Minister, Baron de Geer, the Costa Rica Minister, the United States Minister and Mrs. Abbott Lawrence, Miss Lawrence, Mr. J. Bancroft Davis, Colonel T. B. Lawrence, the Bolivian Minister, the Spanish Mmister, M. J. T. Comy n , M r. M. Diary, Mr. J. de Urbiztondo, the Sardinian Minister, Count Corti, Marquis Oldsini, Count de Gropello, the Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi, Mr. N. Lidorikis, the Nicaragua Minister, the Turkish Minister, Prince A. Vogorides, M. Paul Musurus, Zia Bev, M. Edouard Zobrab, M. Dilaver Effendi, the Tus can Minister, the Saxon Minister, M. Adolphe Keil, the Aus trian Charge d'Affaires, Chevalier de Reyer, Count Gusta vus Batthyany, the Peruvian Charge d'Affaires, Count Valle Reistra, the French Charge d'Affaires, M. Jules de Sauer, M. 0. Sampayo, M. Ferdinand Dervien, the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires, chevalier and Madame Pinto de S evera l, M. an d Madame de la Nattier% the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires, Mr. T. F. May, the Mexican Charge d'Affaires, Mr. C. S. Nobarro, Baron C. Dupin, le Due et la Duchesse deeLuynes, M. Frederic Barra, Count de K ergor l ay , M . Salrandrouze de Lamor naix, Colonel Morin, M. Edmond Verrier, M. Octave Sal landrouze, M. S egu i er, Viscount and Vicountess Hericart de Thury, M. Scherer, Baron Stieglitz and Baroness Stieg litz, le Capitaine Shestakoff, Dr. Hamel, M. and Madame Gabriel Kamensky, le Capitaine Lisianskv, M. de Lode, le Capitaine Bo u takof, M. Grenier, M. Jules'Garnaert, Baron Mertins D'Ostin, M. de Rossins Orban, M. de Poncelet, Quetelet, M. and Madame Adolphe Simonis, N. Edouard and Madame de Boilley, M. A. Demanet, Hon. Ashbol Smith, Lieutenant Parrott, Mr. Edward Riddle, Mr. Charles F. Stansbury, Colonel Van Alen, Miss Kim ball, Mr. James Lawrence, Hon. Mr. and Miss M`Curdy, Lieutenant Caldwell, Mr. de Buschek, Chevalier de Burg, Lieutenant Fliess, Captain Count John Harrach, Captain Uchatius, Count Possenti, Captain Baron de Scholl, M. de Viebahn, M. Schafhautl, M. Howard de Sanders, Count Suminski, Baron and Baroness de Hunoldstein, M. de Her mann, N. Charles de Kuchler, Colonel Michaels, Chevalier Macri, M. Massart, Colonel Von Bechtold, Viscount de Be nagazil, M. Coppens, M. Chandellon, Di. Fr. Feddersen, Ba ron de Friessen, Count Koucheleff Besborodki, Count Gre goire Koucheleff, La Comtessa L. Koucheleff, Countess del Montego ( Duchess de Penaranda), Countess de Fain, M. Thayer, M. General Baron Nahuys van Burgst, M. de Steen berghe, Baron de Tuyll, Baron and Baroness de Vershner, General Baron b'Ocnphal, Le Chevalier Lenusi,:Don Ramon dela Sagra, Mr. Tottie, Nutter Bey, Resuf Bey, Thsan Bey, Mehemet Bey, L'Amiral Moustapha Pacha, Lieutenant- General Djemaladdin Pacha, Hussein Effendi (Mufto, M. Emon de Fetzer, the Governor of the Batik, and a long list of the nobility and gentry. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth and Sir George Cowper, visited the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord J. Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir F. Baring, Lord Broughton, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. The Mayor of Stockton-upon-Tees, accompanied by Lord H. Vane, M.P. for Durham, and a deputation from Stockton, had an interview with Sir G. Grey at the Home-office yes terday, on the subject of an extension of the municipal boundaries of that borough. The Mayor of Grantham, accompanied by Mr. G. E. Welby, M.P. for that borough, and the Clerk to the Trust, had also an interview with the Home Secretary, on the same subject, with reference to the borough of Grantham. Sir George H. Dashwood bad an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday. Rear-Admiral Robinson had also an in terview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S COL LEGE, ADDISCOMBE. CROYDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13.—This morning a depu tation from the East India Company. consisting of John Shepperd, Esq., the Chairman; Sir J. Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P., the Deputy-Chairman; the Hon. W. H. Leslie Melville, Lieutennut-Colonel Sykes, Sir Henry Willock. Major Oliphant, Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B , Russell Ellice, Esq., F. Warden, Esq., and other gentlemen, proceeded by special train to Croydon, and thence by carriage to the Company's Military College nt Addis combs, for the purpose of witnessing the half-yearly examination of the gentlemen cadets in that institution. A large number of ladies and gentlemen were present to meet the directors to witness the interesting proceedings of the day. The students of the various departments underwent a lengthened examination in classics, mathe matics, fortification, and all the departments of military tactics, in which they acquitted themselves with wonder ful precision. Several medals were awarded to the most successful students, and at the close of the ceremony of distribution, the chairman, in the name of the East India Company, congratulated the cadets on the great progress they had made in their respective studies since the directors last had the pleasure of meeting them, and the several professors of the institution on the marked success which had crowned their exertions during th• past half-year. The directors and their friends dined at the Lieutenant-Governor's house in the evening, and returned to town at a late hour. REMO VAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET. The following is a summary of the provisions of the Bill, tho preamble of which was recently adopted by a Select Committee of the House of Commons, and en titl, d " A Bill for providing a Metropolitan Cattle market and conveniences connected theresitb, in lieu of the Cattle market at Smithfield:"-- . The power of appointing five commissioners is vested in the Crown—three of such commissioners to be a suf ficient number to exercise any or all of the duties of th e said commission. The commissioners are to be a cor porate body, and to have a common seal, and to them will be referred the duty of selecting a site ft r the new cattle market, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, and of constructing slaughter-houses, meat-market, cattle pens, lairs, &c., with proper and convenient approaches, and provided with a sufficient water supply and drainage. The com missioners will regulate the 1;37-laws of the market, fixing or altering the market-days and the hours for com mencing and closing the market sales, and preventing cruelty and nuisances, with the power of inflicting a pe nalty, not exceeding 51., for a breach of any of their regula tions. They are empowered to let out and rent any of the slaughter-houses, shops, stalls, and pens for a term not exceedin g a year, and they will fix a table o f tolls and market dues to be collected. As soon as the new 1 market shall b e completed, notice w i ll b e given in, the Gaz e tt e , an d from the t i me 50 notified the Smithfield will cease to b e a ma rket for_ sale of cattle an d h orses, an d no new market for the sale of cattle and horses will he permitted in Lon don,ny Westminster, or Southwark, or than five m il es i n a stra i g h t r any less line from St. Paul's Ca'hedral. C a ttl e or meat un fit for food r may be seine i and destroyed, w i t h t h e concurrence of the magistrate of the district, and persons -a tweonifterrir the route and hours forund offering gany such for sale are liable to a penalty of e for every offence. The commissioners will reg u he market, and this regale tion will be enforced by driving cattle to and from the police—all offenders again s t it being liable to a penalty of 51. The commis sioners are empowered to raise the sum of 200,0001., by mortgage on the market tolls, and the Commissioner s of Public W or ks may make advances to the market com missioners on the security of the tolls. The account s o f the market, and an annual report of the proceedings o f t h e commi ss i one rs, are to be presented to the Se cretary of state and all the purchases made by the commissioners ov er 100/. are to be sanctioned by the Tr easury. The most impor t a nt clause is the 30th, which p rov id es, that from and after the Ist day of December, in the year next fol lowing that in which the slaughter-houses are Opened by the commissioners, no other place within the Metro politan Police district shall be used as a slaughter -house without a licence from the Quarter Sessions Court; such licence to be obtained without fee, and the proprietor or occupier of an unlicensed slaughter-house is subjected to a penalty of 51. GERMAN ART.—STATUE OF MADLLE. RACHEL.— The works of Overbeck have been increased of late by some important additi ons . Conversion of St. Thomas " is intended for London. The series of fourteen pictures of the Passion, which have to be published as coloured engravings, next call his attention. The engraver is Bartolomeo Ban boccini. The picture also which Pio IX. has ordered of Overbeck, for Monte Cavallo, is in a fair way of progress.— A model for a statue of Madlle. Rachel bas been made by M. Afinger, at Berlin. It will be executed in marble, by order of the King. The actress is represented in Grecian costume, the diadem-covered head bent forward in contem plation, and the whole bespeaking that nobleness and ideality which characterise the original.—Builder. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills an excellent Remedy for Old Wounds, Sore Legs, and Screfula.—Mr. Turner, of Penshurst, suffered for two years from a dreadful sore leg, the diseased part extending from the foot to the knee, and causing a severe scorbutic affection, which spread over the whole surface of the leg. He tried every available remedy without being able to heal, or even do the least good whatever to it. At length he commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and to the astonishment of himself, and others who had seen the dreadful state his leg was in, these fine medicines effected a sound cure in about five weeks —Sold by all medicine vendors, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. JOB AND POSTMASTERS' BEN.EVOT LENT FUND. The anniversary of the establishment of this institu tion was celebrated by an excellent dinner at the London Tavern, last evening ; the Honourable Philip Sydney Pierpont presiding, in the absence of tile Riht Honourable Lord Strathmore, who wa s pm - cute:l being present in consequence of a command to attend her Majesty's ball. £here were about 300 - wityou N . present. . • The health of her Majesty having At • k.t., - four times four, • ; 24 - N7 The CHAIRMAN gave the health of • iMri:›LA; ness Prince Albert, Albert Prince o 'I rest of the Royal Family. lie had ~.$ 4 '4lotialtre , `l* proposing that toast, knowing, as .=: family whose health he had the honour. . ^Pv. , - highly bred, and well trained—(L ou d la k had no doubt that when they came to run in public'thb would do great credit to their trainer.—(Loud laugh ter.) He was sure they were highly indebted to his Royal Highness Prince Albert for having projected the Crystal Palace, which would be well. worthy of admiration even if it contained nothing but Wyatt's statue of the horse trampling on the serpent—which was one' of the noblest representations of a horse he had ever seen. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the Army and Navy, and expressed the great satisfaction he felt in knowing that there was a gentleman present who was not only connected with the former service, but was a member of their own body. Mr. MALLALUE returned thanks. It was true that he had the honour of serving throughout the Peninsular war in the army, but it was only as a simple private; but he could assure them that he had always telt es great a pride in fighting for the honour of his country and his then king as the most distinguished genotal or colonel in the service. —(Cheers.) Forty -tour Or forty five years had passed since that time, but he should feel equal pleasure in doing all in his power in defence of the rights of the Queen.—(Ceeers.) In drinking th e health of the army, he felt that they had not Only done honour to the service, but that they had done them selves honour, as they had in that toast drunk the health of the greatest general that had ever existed, under whom he had had the honour to serve—his Grace the Duke of Wellington.—(Cheers.) lie regretted that there was no gentleman connected with the navy to re turn thanks for that service, but he had great pleasure in doing so, and he could assure them that whenever its services were required, it would never be backward in coming forward.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said teat he had now to propose a toast of the most important nature, it being the success of the Institution whose interests they had met to pro mote. That they bad hitherto been successful was shown by the fact that the society had only been estab lished twelve years, having commenced on the Ist of July, 1839, and yet they had now, he was happy to say, a fund of 9,3821. 2s. He thought that fact showed they had no right to complain of the public liberality, or of the public support which they had received; but they had a right to complain of the want of support from the members of the business who were met likely hereafter to want their assistance.—(Hear, bear.) He must say that those whom the society had bees estab iished to foster, the lower class of those engaged in the horse trade, had not supported the society in the way it had been expected, and h., should have believed they would.—(Hear, bear.) From a statement he held is 16 t s h . e a funds live n a d r s f 3 ~ his hand, he found that there wer e now s ;) . n five annuitants who were receiving 9 while their whole available funds were on l y 127/. All these parties bad been subscribers of 21. 2e. per annum, but they had ell come on the funds R S soon as they were eligible under the rules, or at the end of seven years, so that for au expenditure of 141. 14s. the lowest annuitant was receiving ,181. 4s. a year, and the highest 261.—(Hear, hear.) There was not a town of any irn portance—indeed there was no; a village of any size, which did not possess one or more postmasters who might by chance come upon their funds. These men might be overcome by misfortune, and should they lose one horse it would involve them in considerable distress, while, should they lose two or three, they would be en tirely ruined.—(Hear, hear.) These were the men who ought, while prosperity was shining upon them, to sub scribe to this instit ut i on . — (gear, hear.) And if they did not do so now they might depend upon it a bright day was coming when, seeing their own interests, they would all do so.—(Cheers.) He begged to conclude by giving success to "The Job and Post Masters. Coach Proprietors, Hone Dealers, and Livery Stable Keepers' (ot Engkud) Provident Fund."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said that he had now to propose a toast which he was sure would require no preface, it being the health of the Noble President, the Duke of Richmond.—(Loud cheers.) His Grace had always shown the great interest he took in the prosperity of the society.—(Cheers,) His Grace was a nobleman of whose patronage they might well be proud, for far above the star which sparkled on his breast, or the garter which he wore below his knee, he possessed a heart which always beat within his bosom in unison with the noble claims of charity.—(Cheers.) Mr. BRICE PEARSE had been is the early part of the evening requested to propose one toast, and now he found another placed in his hands. He had to propose the health of the vice-presidents, patrons, and benefactors of the fund, and feeling that his Hon. Friend, on whose right he had the honour to sit, was one of the most pro minent of those gentlemen, he felt it would be unneces sary to say a word in support of the toast.—(Cheers.) The CIAIRMAN begged to return thanks on behalf of himself and colleagues. He had been so often on his legs that he was afraid they might fail him—(Laughter) —and therefore he would only return them his best thanks, and beg to be allowed to drink all their good health:.—(Cheers.) Mr. B. PEARSE again presented himself, and said that he had now to propose a toast, which ho knew required no preface, it being " The health of their lion. Chair man," who had, at the shortest notice, consented to pre side over them in the place of the Earl of Strathmore, who was unavoidably absent. With respect to the pri vate character of Mr. Pierpont, he felt it was impossible to say too much. He had longhad the honour of being acquainted with him, and a more amiable or a more straightforward man he bad never known.—(Cheers.) As regarded the public character of the Hon. Gentle man, he felt that he had only to refer to the numerous charitable institutions of the metropolis to show that the Hon. Mr. Pierpont was never appealed to in vain. The CHAIRMAN said, that he had before heard that the effect of taking part in soavivial meetings was to make people see double.—(Laughter.) He did not mean to insinuate that the conviviality of that day had bad such an effect upon his Hon. Friend, buthehaidu certainly painted his (the Chairman's) character terms which were far too complimentary.—(Cries of " No, no.") Well, be that as it might, he felt delighted by the compliment they had paid him, and would always be proud to do all in his power to promote the interests of the in sti t don.— (Cheers.) Mr. JARDINE had been entrusted with a toast which he was sure they would all drink with the utmost cor diality, it bein' the health of their worthy treasurer. Mr. R. TATTERSALL returned thanks. lie regretted that, owing to circumstances over which they had no control, the members of the trade did not give that support to the in s tit u ti on w hi c h they ought to do. On this, however, they might rely, thataohesnor thereas t wouldshoulad be seen th a t th e y had a good fund e in forward and support them.—(Cheers.) be plenty of parties ready to cm assured that should they but live a few years more, th e e ywouldfin t d he e m ve , ry and member ihatth o is f the trade come forward to support would be, on H e e o s f in tt e le er fi e li y st t i h m a i n t k it e u ti try es them for rely the upon 0 tions in the country,—(Cheers.) .— er C e e had paid him, a n d t h ey Pitlimtheantt they be would always do a ll i n hi s as it deserved to s.b)e, m 133 the o racing power to promote the interests of the instituti on . Mr. Seater said that, having done honour to or birth-day team, he felt that they ought now bo ac knowledgethe worthy tea m —(C heers)— end be should therefore give them the health o f M r. soh ellethetrbiengsetronvicaens of and the e directors and Officers of the institution. Mr. HETHERINGTON returned thanks, and expressed th e gratification he felt at seeing the institution so well supported on that occasion.—(Cheers.) Mr. MILWARD proposed the health of the Stewards which was acknowledged by Mr. Green, a he trusted that their 9,0001. fund would be that evening increased to 10,000/., as five figures were more respectable than fot r, and next year to 11,0001. The CHAIRMAN had now to propose the health of their Chairman elect, the Right Hon. the Earl of Strath more. It was rarely that a gentleman had two good excuses for not attending to his appointments, but the Earl of Strathmore, who was to ha ve t a k en th e i r c hair both this year and last, had so.—(Hear, hear.) Last year, the Noble Earl was about to be married, s ad he was sure they would all ;acknowledge that to be a good excuse for his not attending a public meeting—(Cbeers and laughter) —and this year he had received a command to her Maj est y' s b a ll, w hi c h was equa ll y as good an ex cuse—(Cheers)—b u t h e t rus t e d t h at h e would end eavour ve theend emaevt in ottr e to be present o n the ne x t o ccas i o n when th that room . ( Cheers .) r He would there Ft the health of the Right Hon. the Earl ofStrathmore. The health of the ladies having been drunk, the co me collections of the evening amount ingpany separated —the to between 5001. and 6001. The enjoyments of theevening Hobbs,much Francis,en a a a wes ( were by the vocal abilities . of M essrs. Phillips, Sand, and Smith , an amateur an member of the clu. Mr. Harker was toast-master. LORD J. RUSSELL'S NEW . COURT OF C HANCERY BILL.—The statements nt a morn i ng paper that Lord John Russell's announced Bill , to improv e t h e administration o f j us tice in the Court of Chancery and th e J u di c i a l C omm ittee of Privy Council proposes to associate the Vice-Chancellors J. L. Knight Bruce and Lord Cranwo r th as appellate judges with the Lord Ch ancellor, is not correct. The Bill Sir w ill provide for the appointment of two additional Vice- Chancellors, who are to t a k e precedence immed i ate l y a f ter the Lord Chief Baron. It will be proposed that the new Vice-Chancellors shall a ss i st t h e L or d Chancellor in th e hearing of appeals, and exerc i se i n hi s a bsence a co-ordi nate equitable jurisdiction. It will a l so be proposed to confer on them a primary jurisdiction in bankruptcy. In addition to these duties, a proposal will be made to empower the Ho use of Lords to ava il t h emselves o f t h e ir assistance in the same manner as that of the common law judges is now afforded, but without interfering with the existing power, to require the aid of the latter. The new Vice - Chancellors will also form a portion of the Court of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. In addition to these leadin g prov isions of the forthcoming measure, there will be others i n t ro duced with a view generally to improve the administration of justice in equity. ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, PADDINGTON.—The bulid ing of this institution being so f ar comp l ete d as to admit of the reception of the sick, it was opened yesterday , and a meeting of tte board was held, Admiral Percy in the chair, for the reception of patients. Th e fi rs t stone of the building was laid by his Royal highness Prince Albert, on June 29, 1845. It is intended ultimately to contain 400 beds, though at present it is limited to 170. s ''