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Staves and Heads of Powder Barrels, Musket and Piste Stocks, Fire Wood, a Boat, Accoutrements, Steel Hass - mers, Musket Flints, .Mud Boots, Clot Iron Pots, a ver large Iron Screw, a variety of Clothing, Iron Bedstead. Cot Bedsteads, Bedding, Horse Hair, Brushes of varion. sotto, Mess Kettles, Turn Screws, and Worms, Shavira L! Boxes, Cases containing Knife, Fork and Spoon, Bra.. Cocks, Copper Measures, Fire Engines, Leather Hose fro Engines, Linen Rags, Old Rope, and a variety of other Articles ; the whole of which may be viewed at the Tower, and the Ordnance Depot, Tooley-street, as expressed in the Catalogues, during the week previous to the Sale, from Teo o'clock till Four, upon applic ttion to the Ordnance Storekeepers at those places, where Catalogues of the Lots, and Conditions of the Sale, will be delivered to those Persons who may apply for the same. By Order of the Board, R. lIYHANI, Secretary. CUSTOM- HOUSE, LONDON, MAY 5, 1832. THE COMMISSIONERS of HIS MA JESTY'S CUSTOMS do hereby give Notice, That they will be ready to receive at the Custom-house, London, on the Ist of June next, Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the supply of PROVISIONS, for the Use of the Cruizers and Vessels employed under their direction, for Twelve Calendar Months, from the 6th of July next, to the sth of July, 183'3, inclusive. To b. delivered, free of all charge, into the Boats of the said Vessels, as follows, viz. :- E. , GLAND. SCOTLAND. IRELAND. Deptford Leith r Kingstown Gravesend Stranraer t (Dublin) *Chatham Stornoway Larne Dover Greenock Killibegs Hastings Quarantine St- Westport Seaford Lion, Burrows. Galway *Portsmouth townes.s Cove of Cork Cowes Kilt ush Poole Weymouth at Exmouth Plymouth Fowey Falmouth Penzance • Milford Berwick Grimsby Boston North Yarmouth Harwich quarantine Stations s l. Liverpool * Including the Quarantine Vessel, and the Establishments al Standgate Creek and Milford Haven. And 1 ENGLAND. Biscuit I Sheerness Fresh Beef Deal Cabbages 1. at Rye Brixham Potatoes Ilfracombe only. Douglas, Isle of Man. No regard will he had to any Tender in which the prices shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shall nut be made on, or annexed to, one of the printed Particu lars, to be procured from the Custom-houses at, or nearest to, the places where the said Provisions are to be delivered; and at the Secretary's Office, Custom-hou-e, London ; and at the Collector's Office, Custom-house, Dublin, and Leith, (at which last-mentioned places the Conditions of the Contract may be seen) ; or that shall not be delivered in, or sent post-paid, addressed to the Secretary at the said Custom-house, London, before Twelve o'clock, on the said Ist of June next ; nor unless the same is accompa nied by a Letter signed by two substantial persons, engaging to become bound with the party tendering, in the penal sum or sums mentioned against the respective places in the following List (according to those for which they may tender), for the due performance of the Contract. N.B. Tenders may be made for one or more ports, at the option of the party tendering. ENGLAND. I SCOTLAND. X'. I X. i X. Deptford 300' Plymouth 600 ,Leith.. 600 Gravesend ...... ....30(iFowey 150 'Montrose 150 Chatham 600 Falmouth 300 Aberdeen..... ...... 150 Sheerness l5O Penzance 450 Cromarty 150 Dover 300 Ilfracombe 150 Campbeltown 150 Hastings 3OO Milford. 800 Greenock 300 Deal ..................150 Douglas l5O Stranraer 450 Rye 150 Berwick 450 Stornoway 300 Seaford 300 Grimsby 450 Borrowstowness..lso Portsmouth 6oo'Boston 150 Cowes 300Yarmouth "00 I IRELAND. Poole 800 Harwich 6OO ,Kingstown 600 Weymouth 6001 Hull 150 ;Lame 300 Exmouth 30( 0 )1Liverptxd 150 j, Killibegs 300 Brixham 15 I Westport 300 i Galway .800 Cove of Cork 600 Kilrush 150 issioners, :LL, Secretary. Biscuit Rum Salt Beef Fresh Beef Flour Suet Sugar Tea Cabbages Potatoes Scotch Barley SCOTLAND. Montrose Aberdeen Cromarty Campbeltown. rder of the Commil C. A. SCOVE TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, tAVACANCY having occurred in the Di rection of your Affairs by the death of Captain PRESCOTT, I lose no time in repeating my intention of proceeding to the Ballot at the Election consequent on that melancholy event. In requesting the favour of your support, I trust I may be permitted to add, that the very flattering encourage ment I have rece ived throughout my canvass, leaves me no room to doubt of success. I shall use every exertion to pay my personal respects to as many of the Proprietors as possible, relying upon your kind indulgence for any unintentional or unavoidable omissions. I have the honour to he very respectfully, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, 19, Upper Harley-street, RICHARD JENKINS. May 29, 1831. Mr. Jenkins's Committee will meet at the London Tavern on Wednesday, the 30th inst. at One o'clock, when the attemtince of his friend s i s earnestly requested. NEW BURLINGTON -STREET. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Edited by E. L. 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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 28. EX PARTE. Mr. FOLLETT moved for the discharge out of custody of a person who had been arrested on a writ de contumacy capiendo. It appeared that the party , who had been in custody under a writ of d e excom municato, was brought by habeas corpus before a Judge at chambers, and discharged. Immediately on his leaving the Judge's room, he was arrested at the suit of the same plaintiff, on a writ de contu mace capiendo. The Learned Counsel submitted that he was privileged from arrest while attending before the Judge. The COURT granted a rule to show cause. THE KING V. GRANT, BELL, AND AGER. In this case a rule nisi was obtained last term, for a criminal information against the proprietor, printer, and publisher of the True Sun newspaper, fora libel on Mr. Alderman Winchester, and Mr. Briggs, an attorney. Mr. CAMPBELL (with whom were Mr. F. Pollock and Mr. Kelly) now produced affidavits of great length in opposition to the rule, and he and Mr. F. Pollock addressed the Court upon them ; but in consequence of Lord Tenterden leaving the Court about two o'clock, the case was not further pro. seeded in. It is to come on again on Thursday, until which time we defer giving further particulars. KING V. DOHERTY. A rule nisi in this case was obtained, and enlarged last term, against the defendant John Doherty, the printer and publisher of a publication at Manchester, called the Poor Man's Advocate, for a libel upon Mr. Martin Gilpin, Minister of a church in Stockport, Cheshire, inserted in that publication. The libel im puted to the Rev. plaintiff that he had been a party to the exhumation of a body from his own church-yard, intended for the purposes of dissection. Mr. Doherty, the defendant, showed cause in person against the rule being made absolute, and put in several affidavits from individuals residing in Stockport and the neighbourhood, to show that such reports were prevalent prior to the publication of the alleged libel, and that the Rev, plaintiff's congregation had fallen off in consequence of the reports being generally believed. Mr. Doherty said that suspicions did arise in his mind of the Rev. Gentleman's conduct in the trans action, for on application by the friends of the de ceased, Perry, to have the grave opened he refused several times, although he had frequently appointed hours for that purpose, and the last excuse made by him was, that the Bishop of the diocese had forbidden clergymen to allow graves to be opened unless by the request of the executors. The grave, however, was at length opened, but the body was gone; and one of the affidavits stated that the plaintiff had said that he knew the body was not there before the search was made. The rev. gentle man also refused to allow the opening to take place in the day time. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE--i should imagine that the plaintiff's idea was to avoid the attendance of a concourse of persons. Mr. DOHERTY—Very probably, my Lord; but if the reverend Gentleman wished satisfactorily to re pel the imputation on his character, it would have been better for hint, if innocent, to have had the whole of Stockport there. He also thought that Mr. Gilpin might have taken another course less ex pensive to him (the defendant) than a criminal infor mation in that Court, and he hoped that their Lordships would see the necessity of discharging the rule; and if the plaintiff chose to proceed further he could do it in a Court of his own county, where he (the defendant) would have an opportunity of producing witnesses, which, as a poor man, he could not do in that Court. He had himself came from Manchester, a distance of nearly two hundred miles, to meet the charge, and he thought that that was punishment enough for a man in his circumstances. Mr. JARVIS, for the plaintiff, said that if a man was poor he should take care not to write atrocious libels, being unable to bear the consequences. He did not intend to make many observations on the case, as their Lordships had the libels before them, and he was confident that they would make the rule absolute. When the defendant applied last term to have the rule enlarged, it was agreed to, on condition that nothing more connected with the libel should appear in the meantime ; but he held in lais hand a recent number of the Poor Man's Ad vocate, wherein it was stated, that after the 26th of this month, the Rev. Mr. Gilpin might prepare for another attack. Mr. Justice PARK—Is the number you allude to filed ? Mr. JERvis—lt is not, my Lord. Mr. Justice PARK—Then you mubt not allude :o it. _ . _ __ ... Mr. JERVIS said, that he should not have done so, but the defendant, in his defence, still went on libelling the plaintiff, most likely with some ulterior views. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE was of opinion that suf ficient grounds had beer► shown to send the case to a jury. It was a question whether the very head ing of the paragraph, " Clerical Resurrectionism" was not libellous, but the language of the paragraph clearly confirmed it, as it evidently went to imply that Mr. Gilpin had been privy to the removal of the body from the church-yard.—Rule made absolute. FIRE AT CREDITON.—An extensive fire took place at Crediton on Friday. It broke out at a baker's shop near the White Swan, about two, and 12 or 14 houses were destroyed.wEreter Nam LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1832. MR. ROSS, MR. HUME, AND THE PUBLI( (From tte Dundee Advertiser.) Since our first notice (in our paper of the 3.1 current) of the reported backslidings of Mr. Ross, rumours have been accumulating against him—the whisper has increased to a loud roar : we were the first "to give tongue"—a whole pack are now "in full cry." Some good natured people in Montrose have printed and circulated a correspondence betwixt Mr. Ross, Provost Paton, and Mr. Hume, and betwixt Mr. Hume, Provost Kay, Mr. Burnes, and Mr. Carnegie, of Craigo, accompanied with an address to Mr. Ross's constituents, in which the rumours alluded to are treated as being idle and unfounded. The first letter from Mr. Hume is one to Mr. Ross of the 15th current, in which he tells him that, when writing to the Provost of Arbroath, he (Mr. Hume) informed Provost Kay, " that we had beat the Duke without your aid, and against your wishes, which I was sorry for." Mr. Ross replies on the 16th, that this communication to Provost Kay was " utterly false." That he (Mr. Ross) " never promised to support the Duke of Wellington. My views and intentions with regard to his Ad ministration are fortunately recorded in a letter which I wrote to the Provost of Montrose." Mr. Hume on the same day wrote Mr. Ross, saying that he " would be pleased to hear that he was mistaken ; but, having believed it, he felt perfectly satisfied he had done what he was bound to do, in justice to himself as well as Mr. Ross. He would write to Mr. Kay that he (Mr. Ross) stated the report to be false." On the same day Mr. Ross returned the following answer.:— " Sir,—As you have thought fit to communicate to the Provost of Arbroath a statement respect ing myself; which is utterly false, and have added to the wrong you have done me by sending me a shuffling and evasive answer, instead of a manly admission of your error, I must repeat the demand I made in my last letter, and insist upon your writing an immediate contradic tion to the Provost of Arbroath of the contents of your former letter, as far as they relate to me. This will be delivered to you by my friend Mr. Mills, to whom I must beg to refer you in any further communications that may take place in this matter." On the following day (17th May), Mr. Flume writes to Provost Kay, that he was assured by Mr. Ross, " That the reports re specting his intended support of the Duke of Wellington's Government are altogether un founded ; and although Mr. Gillon, the Member for Lanark, stated it to me, as I understood him to have heard it from Mr. Ross, yet on inquiry he had only heard it from another, so that he (Mr. Hume) believed it to false." " I there fore," Mr. Hutne adds, " am sorry that, in the hurry to communicate to you the oAs of the defeat of the Duke, I should have done an in jury to Mr. Ross so undeserved on his part." Mr. Flume also of the same date wrote to the same effect to IVIr. Burnes, of Montrose, and to Mr. Carnegie, of Craigo. To the former he says, " That such report was made to me by Mr. Gillon, M.P., is quite true ; but I cannot trace it to any source to stand for a moment against Mr. Ross's written declaration—that it is false and groundless." Mr. Ross, in his first letter to Mr. Hume says, " you ought at least to have asked me whe ther the report was correct." And perhaps, consi dering the terms on which they seemed to have been, Mr. Ross is right; but, on the other hand, Mr. Hume got his information from Mr. Gillon, a gentleman as credible as Mr. Ross. Mr. Hume was quite entitled to believe it ; and may be excused even by those who may think he has been deficient in prudence or punctilio, for not previously asking Mr. Ross whether Mr. Gillon's statement was correct. There cannot in any impartial mind be the slightest doubt that Mr. Hume firmly believed what he communicated to Provost Kay ; that in doing so, he was ac tuated by no enmity to Mr. Ross, but by an anxiety for the success of the great cause of Re, form. If Mr. Ross had really turned his back on his former professions and principles, it was indeed most important that the change should be made known to his constituents as early as possible. Mark now the error into which Mr. Ross has fallen. Mr. Hume, in his first letter to Mr. Ross, says, " I did not see you this evening, or I should have mentioned to you how much I regretted to hear that you had considered it your duty to give your support to the Duke of Wel lington, as I was informed, by Mr. Gillon, you had done." After this, it was incumbent on Mr. Ross to apply to Mr. Gillon, and, if there was any cause of quarrel, to fasten the quarrel on him. But, instead of this, Mr. Ross, appa rently without a moment's consideration, like " a rude and boisterous captain of the sea," falls foul of Mr. Hume. He tells Mr. Hume, in answer to his first letter, that he had acted " in a most unwarrantable, a most unpardonable manner ;" that he had " in an officious meddling manner, without consulting Mr. Ross, ventured to make a statement in which there was not one word of truth,"—in other words, that he had communi cated to Mr. Ross's constituents a statement of vital importance to them, and to the country, which Mr. Flume believed on what he was bound to consider good authority ; and when Mr. Hume wrote to him that he was pleased to hear that he (Mr. Hume) was mistaken, Mr. Ross replied, by telling him that this was " a shuffling and evasive answer ;" and Mr. Ross concludes the correspondenc e , by intimating that he had sent a friend to Mr. Hume, who who would manage the " further communications." In other words, lie was contemplating the shooting of the most useful man in the country—a man, without whose powerful and friendly aid, Mr. Ross would not at this moment have a seat in Par liament, and in whose footsteps it was Mr. Ross's reiterated boast that he would be proud to tread. Mr. Hume, however, does not consider him self degraded by any gentleman who chooses to say that he is presumptuous,—that he is officious and meddling, and given to shuffling and eva sion. He thinks, we presume, that - those who say so, without good reason, degrade themselves. But, let us see the letter to the Provost of Montrose, in which Mr. Ross says, his " views and intentions" with regard to the new Welling ton Administration have been recorded. It is as follows ; and we have put within brackets the words to which we wish particular attention t< be directed 81, Charlotte street, Portland-place, May 15, 1E132. " MY DEAR SIR S I this morning received petition agreed to at the General Head Court of th borough of Montrose; which petition I shall, if pop sible, present to-day, and at the same time make tht sentiments of my constituents fully known to tht House. " After the votes and pledges I have already given on the great question of reform, it is, I trust, need less for me to say that I continue firmly attached to the leading provisions and principles of Lord Joh? Russell's Bill, and that I shall not support any ad ministration which does not unequivocally announce its determination to pass that Bill into a Jaw with out delay. I will not obstinately reject modifica tions which may appear to the country to be im provements; but I will not, as the representative of the independent electors of Montrose, accept any Bill which shall be less efficient than the one now before the House of Lords,—one, in short, which .hull he a sham, not a real reform of the representa tion of the people. " I shall not at present enter into any discussion of the reasons which, upon the explanation tha' must take place, may appear to exist for or against the change which has taken place in the Admini stration. [Party spirit unluckily runs madly high just now ; but I have nothing to do with any party.] I have but one course to follow, and that I shall follow in a straightforward manner. The sole cause of my being honoured with a seat in the House of Commons was the circumstance of my countrymen placing implicit confidence in me, that I would faith fully and honestly exert myself to obtain for then) that reform which they so anxiously desired; and it is my duty to adopt that line of conduct by which, I think, their wishes can be realized with the least possible delay. [lf, therefore, it becomes evident that the Duke of Wellington is sincere in his inten tion of passing the Bill, I shall, in the mean time, offer to his Government no factious opposition,] as, by doing so, I shall only retard the already too-long delayed settlement of this mighty question. " I, along with others, must regret that Lord Grey has not had the [gratification of in person] conduct ing to a triumphant conclusion those labours to which his whole public life has been devoted; [but, in point of fact, it is of little consequence,] as to him the country will always look as the friend to whom they are indebted for that bill of rights for which they have for so many years patiently pet tioned. [" With regard to the change which has taken place in the Administration, I believe the cause of Reform has been materially advanced by it; and, although I am well aware of the dread and dislike which the people of this country have at present of a Tory Government, yet, on cool consideration, there is little cause for alarm.] The Duke must instantly pass the bill; if he does not, in a week he will be driven from power. When the bill is passed, the present Parliament will be dissolved immediately, and a Reformed House of Commons called together, [and then it will be of little consequence whether we have a Tory, Whig, or Radical Premier)—the people will have a real and substantial control over the House of Commons—and measures, not men, will be looked to; and, upon the first measure which the Prime Minister proposes that is contrary to the general feeling and wishes of the country, he will be outvoted, and obliged either to change his policy or retire from office. " I must apologize for having written at such length to you, but I considered it my duty to make you and my other friends in Montrose acquainted with my views in the present posture of affairs. [I do not at all feel alarmed or uneasy, and am con vinced every thing will go on smoothly ;I and that, in a few weeks, the Reform Bill will be passed, and th the present every w esentexcierwisher excitement allayed his try.yed c in ou a n manner satisfac tory Believe me, my dear Sir, yours, very sincerely, " HORATIO ROSS. " Geo. Paton, Esq. Provost, Montrose." Neither our time nor our space enable us to make a tenth part of the comments suggested to us by this letter. We will only state briefly the following as some of the inferences which we draw from it. 1. That, whether he " promised" to support the Duke of Wellington's new Admininistration or not, he intended to do so. 2. That he considered it as all one to the country whether the Reform Bill was carried by political profligates (to use the the term applied by Lord Camperdown to the Wellington abor tion) or by Earl Grey and his colleagues. 3. That it is of little consequence whether we have a dishonest, a half-honest, or a wholly honest Premier, after the Reform Bill has passed ; that is, whether we shall have a man at the head of Government whom we distrust, and are under the necessity of watching continually, or one in whom we have confidence, and who will do his duty without watching. If Mr. Ross has sustained any unmerited in jury from the rumours which have been afloat, we apprehend that he has himself wholly to blame for it. He has been speaking awl writing privately with such bitterness against Earl Grey's Administration, as to excite suspicion in every corner of this district, and has expressed such sentiments with regard to the qualifications under the Bill, as to lead many to believe that he wished them to be made more aristocratic.— We were first led to notice his opinions by hear ing, from a deputation of feuars, who lately waited upon him in Dundee, that, from his con versation, they suspected his soundness as a Re former. With reference to our statement on this subject, he sent to us the very uncivil verbal message, that "it is a lie !" It cer tainly was not a lie to say that the deputation suspected him, They disseminated their suspi cions wherever they went ; and Air. Ross, instead of getting into a passion at us for bring ing forward publicly the rumours which were circulating to his prejudice in private, should have been pleased that we furnished him with such an opportunity of silencing them if they were unfounded ; and instead of an uncivil ver bal message, it would not have been beneath his dignity to have sent us a written statement of what he did say at his interview with the feuars, showing distinctly in what particulars our ac count of the matter was incorrect. Certainly we would not impose upon Hon. Members the necessity of combating every rumour which may appear against them in newspapers. But this is an extraordinary time, and the rumour alluded to related to a subject of extraordinary importance. Perhaps it will be thought by many that we have occupied more space with this discussion than its importance called for. But we deem it very essential to exhibit a practical proof of the intense keenness with which the people at pre sent watch the movements of their representatives. The Conservative Club, ashamed of their name, if not of their pr;nciphs, having exchanged it for " The Carlton." (PRICE 7D.) THE KING'S BIRTHDAY. (FROM THE COURT CIRCULAR.) Yesterday was the day appointed for the celebration , the King's Birthday. The King's Guard mounted with the bands of th three regiments of Foot Guards, in their state uniform. and performed, in very fine style, God save the King, the Overture to Der Freischutz, and a Coronation Anthem. At 1 o'clock the Park guns fired a double royal salute. At half-past 1, the Archbishops of CANTERBURY, YORK, and ARMAGH, the Bishops of LONDON, WOR CESTER, LANDAFF, DURHAM, HEREFORD, SALISBURY ELY, BATH and WELLS, ROCHESTER, LICHFIELD and COVENTRY, LINCOLN, St. ASAP/I, BANGOR, St. DA VID'S, BRISTOL, CARLISLE, CHESTER, OXFORD, GLOU CESTER, EXETER, CHICHESTER, and KILMORE, were ad witted into his Majesty's presence in the Royal closet, when the Arch i)ishop of CANTERBURY delivered an addre,„ of congratulation to his MAJESTY on the happy return of the day. The address had previously been agreed upon a• a convocation of the Clergy. The Bishops also waited upon the Queen with an address. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND gave a dinner in honour of the birthday of Prince GEORGE, on Sunday, at their residence at Kew, to the KING and QUEEN, the Duchess of KENT, the Princess AUG USTA, Viscount and ViSCOUIItesS FALKLAND, Sir PHILIP and Lady SIDNEY, the Hon. Mr. ASHLEY, Sir 13. STEPHENSON, &c. Their MAJESTIES entertained a select party at dinner last evening at the Palace at St. James's. Among the company were the Duchess of KENT, attended by Lady CATHERINE JENKINSON, and the Princess AUGUSTA. Some of the Cabinet Ministers and the Great Officers of State gave State dinners, at which the company came in full Court dress in honour of the day, at their respective residences, last evening. Earl GREY, as First Lord of the Treasury, bad a party of between 20 and 30 Peers at his residence in Downing_ street. Viscount PALMERSTON, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, entertained the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, and those Noblemen and Gentlemen engaged on Foreign missions, who are staying in this country on leave of absence, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Under Se cretaries of the Department, &c., at his official residence in Downing-street. Viscount Gonanicit, as Secretary for the Colonies, had a party at his house in Carlton-gardens, composed of the heads of the different departments of the Horse-Guards and the Ordnance-office, the Governors of Colonies whe are at present in England, and the Agents for the principal Co lonies. Viscount MELBOURNE, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, entertained the Judges, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, the Rocorder of London, &c., at his residence in Downing -street. Viscount ALTHORP, as Chanzellor of the Exchequer and Ministerial leader in the House of Commons, had a very numerous party at his residence in Downing-street, composed of the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Secretary of State for Ireland, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, the Lords of the Treasury, the Secretaries to the Treasury, the Deputy Chairman of the Excise, the Chairman of the Commis sioners of Customs, the Chairman of the Audit-office, the Chairman of the Board of Stamps, the Chairman of the Commissioners of Taxes, the Governgsr and Deputy Go vernor of the Bask, the Presideit of the Board of Con trol, the Chairman of the Committee of Supplies, the Chief Baron of Scotland, the Clerk of the Ordnance, The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, as Lord Chsrai)erlain, en tertained a large and distinguished party at Devonshire House. The Marquis of WINCHESTER, as Groom of the Stole, had the Lords and Grooms in Waiting on nip King, at his residence in Cavendish-square. • The Earl of ALBEMARLE, as Master of the Horse to the King, entertained the .queries and Aides-de-Camp of his Majesty, Her MAJISTY held a Drawing-room, in celebration of the day. The attendants were in waiting at an early hour. The Sergeant Porter, the Gentleman Porters, and the Marshalmen appeared in new uniforms. The regulations for preserving order and free access to the Palace were under the direction of Mr. Lea, the High Constable, and Messrs. TOWNSEND and SAYER, the prineipsi with a numerous body of police, A Guard of Honour from the 2d Regiment of Life Guards were accompanied by their band in state dresses, which performed alternately with the band of the King's Guard during the afternoon. Two of the tallest Guardsmen were selected from the Guard of Honour, and ttationed on the grand staircase, bearing their carbines. The Hunourahle Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners lined the Presence Chamber. The Yeoman Guard under the command of Sir HENRY CIPRIANI. Mr. SAMUEL , and Mr. CHARLES HANCOCK, and Mr. Ctiava, the Exons in waiting, lined the guard room and other parts of the Palace. Messrs. DOBELL and ElutsE, the state pages, were in attendance on the KING with the other pages of his MA JESTY, and Mr. SHQP4AGE, the principal page to the QUEEN, was in attendance on her MAJESTY, together with the other pages to her MAJESTY. On this occasion they all appeared in their state uniforms of purple and gold. The company began to arrive as early as half-past twelve o'clock (althongh the doors of the Palace were not opened before one), and continued arriving until half-past fir. It is supposed there were more than 1,700 persons present. For some time the passage from the corridor to the grand staircase was curripletely crowded. The coup d'all was particularly splendid. The members of the different Orders wore their respec tive collars, it being a gala day. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND came in state, accompanied by Prince GEORGE, and attended by Lady SorratA. LENNOX, R iron LINSINGEN, and Colonel Poti.N. The Duchess of KEttr and Princess VICTORIA came in state in three carriages, attended by the Duchess of NORTH UMBERLAND, Lady C. ST. MAUR, Lady CATHERINE JENKINSON, the Hon. Lady COST, Lady CONROY, the the Raroneas DX LEHZEN, Sir JOHN CONROY, and Ge neral WETHERALL, and escorted by a party cf the Life Guards. Their Royal Highnesses' dresses were composed entirely of articles of aritush rnanufac:ure. The Duke of GLOUCESTER came in a similar style, at tended by Colonel fitaGiNs, and four other attendants. The SPEMZEROf the House of Commons also Came in tate, as did the MASTER of the 1114.1.5 f. Their MAJESTIES entered the Throne-room, where the drawing-room was held soon after two o'clock. The KING was attended by his great Officers of State. The QUEEN was attended by Lady CLINTON, (the Lady in waiting,) the Duchess of LEEDS, Misses tie Roos, MIT CHELL, HOPE, JOHNSTONE, Isles. HOPE, Lady IsABEI4A WEMpss, the Marchioness of WEsTAIEATH, Countess BRowNLOW, Lady BEDINGFIELD, the Marchioness WEL LESLEY, Lady GORE, the Rail of ERROL, Master of the Horse ; Mr. litinixx, Gentleman Usher ; Mr. BARTON, Treasurer; Mr. AsuLay, Vice-Chamberlain; the Hon, Capt, Hay, Capt. GEORGE PECHELL, Equeries ; and Master MoNnaY, Page of Honour. The QUEEN, who stood in front of the Throne, had ou her left the Princess AUGUSTA, the Princess VICTORIA, the Duchess of KENT, the Duchess of CUMBERLAND, and the Princ,ss SorttlA AIiATALnA. The ladies of the Fo reign Ambassadors, according to their rank, first i:Rid their respects to their ith.uspiEs. The Royal Duke stood between the KING and QUEEN. Her MAJESTY was standing for about 3 hours in receiving the company. The Earl of ALBEMARLIC introduced Lo➢d HAY, on his being appointed Page of tionc,ur io the King. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, as Lord Chamberlain, intro. duced the Marquis of THOMOND, on his being anointed Aide-de-Camp to the King in Ireland. Lord and Lady AMESBURY were introduced, on hie Lordship's being elevatetl to the Peerage. Colonel Fox was presented, on his being appoiAted Aide de-Camp to the King. Captain COCHRANE delivered the Badge of the Order of the Bath which belonged to his late father. Colonel B9WiCall. was presented by the Earl of ALBE MARLE, on being appointed Equery to the King. His MAJzsTv gave audiences to the Marquis of WIN CHESTER and Viscount AIELBOURNS. In the Entree Circle were— The Russian Ambassador and Princess Lieven, the Netherlands Ambassador, the French Ambassador and tli, Duchess de Dino, the Neapolitan Minister and Counter Ludoltf, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness Cetto, the Prussian Minister, the Spanish Minister and Madame Ber mudez, the Wirtrrnberg Minister, the Hanoverian Minis ter and Baroness d'Ompteda (nee Countess Schlippenbach), the Saxon, 13nizilian, Buenos Ayres, and Hans Town Mi Coll S O 1 1 C rigas 4 ) 4 1 / 4 ... = . --s - 444a s ase alse. • nisters ; the Danish, S 4, Sardinian, Austrian, 4 and United States Charges d' es ; Baron de Weissenburg, e the Austrian Minister on i special mission ; Count Ma. tuszevic, the Russian Minister on a special mission ; Count de Mortara, Chamberlain to his Royal Highness the reigning Duke of Lucca ; Count and Countess Michel Woronsow ; Mons. Tellier de Venire (First Secretary to the French Embassy) ; Prince Gallitzin and the Sec•re tary to the Russian Embassy ; the Secretaries to the Austrian, Netherlands, Neapolitan, Prussian, and Spaniels i Missions ; theArchlishops of Canterbury, York, and Ar. - magh ; the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Worcester ; Clerk of the Closet ; the Lord President ; the First Lord • of the Treasury; the Secretaries of State for the Home, 1 Foreign, and Colonial Departments ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Paymaster of the Forces ; the Secretary of State for Ire land ; the Lord Chamberlain ; the Lord Staward ; the Master of the Horse; the Groom of the Stole ; the Cap tain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen Pensioner s ; the Captain of the Yeoman Guard ; the Commander of the Forces ; the Master-General of the Ordnance ; Visreunt Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Lord Chief Justice of England ; the Master of the Rolls; the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the King's Advocate, the Vice-Pre sident of the Board of Trade ; the Judge Advocate-Gen. ; the Attorney-General; the Solicitor-General ; the Vice- Chamberlain ; the Treasurer of the Household ; the Comptroller of the Household; Alterman Wilson, the King's Harbinger; Mr. Ellice, Secretary to the Trea sury; Mr. Under Secretary Backhouse, the Master of the Buck Hounds, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Sheriffs Cowan and Pirie,sAldernian Wilson, the Deputy Master of the Trinity House, the Secretary to the Privy Purse, the Private Secretary to the King, the Sscretary to the Board of Green Cloth, the Attorney-General to the Queen, the Solicitor -General to the Queen, the Speaker to the House of Commons, the Rost. Dr. Blom berg, Deputy Clerk of the Closet ; the Dean of Hereford. Deputy Clerk of the Closet; Colonel Bowater, Equery in Waiting; Master Stephenson, Page of Honour; Sir Wathen Waller, Extra Groom in Waiting; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Common Sergeant of London, Col. Fox, Aide-de-Camp to the King ;.the Groom of the Robes, Sir Henry Halford, the President of the Royal College of Physicians ; Sir Astley Cooper, Sergeant Surgeon to the King; Sir Martin &see, President of the Royal Academy; and the Treasurer of Christ's Hospital. At the General Drawing Room were DI/zits—Rutland, Gordon, Wellington, Argyll. Port land, Northumberland, Dorset, Somerset, Beaufort, St. Alban's, Norfolk, Leinster. Doessisszs—Portland, Gordon, Montrose, Bedford, Leiuster, Roxburgh, St. Alban's, Northumberland. MA RQU xssas—Woreester, Abercorn, W stminster, Lothian, Camden, Salisbury, Londonderry, Downshire, Aileshury, Sligo, Exeter, Bute, Queensberry, Ormonde. Maitcatsoraksszs—Winchester, Stafford, Dowager Hertford, Dowager Salisbury, Clanricarde, Lansdowne, Salisbury, Downshire, Sligo, Cornwallis, Thomonii, Lon donderry, Ormonde. EARLS—Chustortleld, Meath, Errol, Carper von, Gower, Liverpool, Shrewsbury, Kinnoull, Amherst, Howe, Gos ford, Wilton, Aboyne, Jersey, Bathurst, Westmorland, Rosslyn, Talbot, Rosebery, Newburgh, Darnley, Glen gall, Bradford, Mulgrave, Warwick, Craven, Kerry, Ken mare, Norbury, Oxford, Verulam, Meath, Sefton, Surrey, Beauchamp, Mexborough, Wicklow, Gosford, Manvere, Shrewsbury, Delawarr, Denbigh, Brownlow, Stamford and Warrington, Dartmouth, Cornwallis, Roden, Beverley, Charlemont. COUNTESSIS—CheaterSeId, Meath, Errol, Lonsdale, Carlisle, Shrewsbury, Lichfield, Kinnoull, Amherst, Albe marle, Dowager Poulett, St. Germans, Dowager Clare, Roseisery, Cornwallis, Morton, Newburgh, Kenmore, Lepelletier de Molarde, Dowager Warwick, Warwick, Clonmell, Glengall, Wicklow, Pembroke, Charlemont, Dowager Guilford, Gower, Denbigh, Amherst, Bradford, Alboto9gh, Poulett, Sefton, Beauchamp, Dowager of Bothes, Mexborough, Dunmore, Craven, Surrey, Hope toun, Ashburnham, Norbury, Roden, Dartmouth, Delawarr. ViscooNrs-...Maynerd, Aslibroek, Beresford, Morpeth, Clive, Grenville, Strangford, Ferrard, Grimston, Newark, Sydney, Holmsdale, Berehaven, Hawarden. Vlscourizzsszs—Maynard, Granville, Burghers)), Hampden, Dungarvan, Galway, Hood, Allen. Loam—A. Fitzclerence, Walsinglaain, Suffield, Fre derick Fitzclarence, Stafford, Dundas, George Beresford, Clinton, Ilanvere, F. Somerset, Bexley, Maryborougb, Farnborough, Byton, Radstock, Morpeth, Lilford, Dinor ben, Amesbury, Oakley, Dundee, Lovaine, Saltoun, Arden, Lyndhurst, W. Paulet, Begot, Suffield, Teynhaw, Elirington, Yarbureugh, Bruce, Barbazon, Teinplemore, i rt 4 I t : 111 i i 1 Napier,Arthur rlmen"; Lennox,:' 4 G r': r l ik a"nittbh Langford,aa Manners,Si a m Fe 'i , grzGgaveßCrel.ar Rodney, loa:igef:nhVao ''nui wi d:i °SahVt B in g ham, e r :B b L o u ej' i a . r : n r I, Cec il, :e M arcusJ P Edward .‘ II 1 S°iuSenw 41nHill,1:: rn Stuart, Brain. llowourtazitze.—C. Poulett Thomson, Lady Dundas, Sir Christopher Robinson, Sir G. Murray, R. lira... HoNounanus.—Mr. A. Pelham, Mrs. A. realm, lira. Cavendish, Misses Maynard (two,) E. Petre, H. Petra, Capt. J. Campbell, R.N., W. Bathurst, Mrs. Campbell, Miss Cavendish, Mrs. Dundas, J. C. Dundas, Lady Cust, Mrs. Meade, Mrs. Portman, E. G. Monckton, Champion Dymoke, Mrs. Dymoke, Miss Maude, Mr. Fiennes, Frances Hughes, Miss Fraser, Mr. Fielding, Mr. Blayner, Miss Foley, Mrs. King, Emma Maynard, Fre derick, Pelham, Lady Smith, Arabelia Petry, Major Fane, Frederick L. Browne, Mrs. Cochrane, T. Fiennes, Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Elleant), Mrs. Donovan, Miss Monckton, Mr. Monckton, Miss Bootle Wilbraham, Mrs. Wm. Herbert, Miss Emily King, Miss King, Col. Grant, M.P., Miss Montagu, Anna Maria Petre, Mrs. George Disbrowe, Mrs. Henry Montagu, Mrs. Leigh, Mrs. Fleetwood Bellew, Mrs. Charles Law, Geraldine Foley, Rev. Henry Legge, Miss Dundas, Mrs. Villers, Mrs. Westenra, Caroline Rice, Frances Rice, Lit u'.-Colonel Rice Trevor, Mrs. Rice Trevor, Mr. J. Talbot, Mrs. Leigh, Mrs. E. J. Stanley, Mrs Eyre, Miss Law, Henry R. Westenra, M.P., Mrs. Heatlacote, Wm. H. Hare White, Lady Hope, Mrs. Sulivan, Henry Duncan, R.N., Mrs. Philips, Miss Catherine Cavendish, Mrs. Bawl's. DEANS—Carlisle, Chichester. COUNT—Samsoe.—Sadi Oinburk Benbey, BARONESS-...De Lehzen. Slits—Matthew Tierney, John Conroy, Astle y Cooper, M. Shaw Stewart, M ar ti n Sh ee , P . Henderson Durham, Peter Laurie, Edward Kerrison, Alexander Johnston, Thomas B. Leonard, John Wrottesley, Wathen Waller, Henry Wheatley, C. Wetherell, Joseph Whatl.y, Philip Sidney, Henry Haiford, E. Stanley, E. Carrington, A. Agnew, J. Johnstone, W. G. Cumming, J. Gibbons, P. B. Chichester, M.P., J. Mordaunt, T. Lethbridge, F. Hamilton, Bart.. H. L. Baker, R. Kennedy, G. Staun ton, S. Meyrick, H. Nicolas, J. Walsh, G. Phillips, Bart. M.P., G. Wood, A. Malet, J. H. Farquhar, M. Farqu har, Charles Morgan, Bart., E. Hayes, C. Monek, F. A. Mackenzie, Clifford Constable, E. Stracey, R. Rice, C. Aldis, C. Hulse, W. Beechey, G. Noel, C. Ibetson, Thos. Winnington, John English, C. Lemon, W. Burnett, W. P) m, J. Scarlett, J. Louis, Bart. R.N., F. Hamilton, R. B. Philippa, Bart., R. Bigland, G. Shiffner, W. Gordon, H. Willock, John Hippesley, S. Graham, W. Middleton, Richard Vyvyan, H. Fletcher, S. T. Lee, M. W. Ridley, J. Wrottesley, A. Johnston, J. Hamner, J. Mansel, Bart. H. E. Austen, J. English, R. Price, J. Shaw, Bart., W. Joliffe, J. Wyatville, R. Bateson, J. Pollen, John Sewell, James Macdonald, H. Martin, 'l'. Baring, G. Rose, F. Ommanney, C. H. East, B. Martin, C. Cockerill, 11. Henrick, G. Shee, C. Hunter, W. Dundas. Commissioner John Hill, R.N. LADlEs—Frances Ley, Dundas, Constahle, two Ben ' tincks, Henderson Durham, Rowley, Lauri a, Johnston, (George) Martin, Catherine Herbert, Jemirna Bentinek, Midmay, Petre, Hawkins Whitsbed, Ti.roey, Sidnev, Mary Fox, Georgiana Grey, Lyndhurst, Frederick Fiti clarenee, Cowley, Farnborough, G. Bathurst, Fitzroy Somerset, Catherine Cavendish, Jane Peel, B. Johnstone, Catherine Whyte Melville, Elizahath O'Brien, Jane Law rence Peel, Byron, Louisa De Horsey, Mary O'Bryen, Emily Hardinge, Philips, Lucy Clive, Austru, Denman, Astley Cooper, Harriet Clive, Brien, Imhoff, Jane Howard, Frederick Smith, (Loftus) Otway, Julia Howard, Louisa CornWallia, Anne Wilbraham, Conroy, Catherine Jen• kinson, C. St. Maur, Ann© Butler, Fielding, E. Greville, L. Pusey, S. Stewart, Augusta Milbank, C. Scott, G. Stanley, Kennedy, Eizabeth Toler, S. Greisley, Bingham Wood, Farquhar, C. Barrington, E. Bence, Townsend Farquhar, Ommanney, M. Legge, Ful ler,r King, Jane Wal s h, Catherin e Ashburnhain, W. Holmes, M. Morick, J. Aaliburnham, May, James Stuart, Frances Sandon, E. Lowther, C. Proby, Tem,plemore, r S. Amherst, Taylor, S. Cust, E. Baited, Car . ripbe , Whatley, Bagot, L u cy El e a n or Lowther, Dalympiile, Parke, Sarah Murray, Dowager Ellenborough ' Say t and ISieolen,tlMolityl,dLle.tocria, Carew, , D c ru . in K in e o p n p d e , ii,‘itie; : vv Winnington, 3,al°daunt,terpark, Blackwood, Anne Legge, Georgina North, Eleanor For.. tescue, C. Legge, Nightingail, Amesbury, Dowager Stewart, AI let, W yatt, B ateson, e Saltoun, E. Berkeley, AL Walpole, s F f l a o r y i a a , cm W t a e l z i n u g „s h r a o rn i i , ri Christie, Dynevor, three Mulrieux, Sarah Saville, Selina Jenkinson, Louisa Jenkinson, Robes t OLYv,sy, Pollen, M. Berkeley, King, M. H. Williams, Suffield, H. Durham, Graham, Montgomery, Caroline Stanhope, 11. Hamilton, Cecilia Underwood, Dinorhen, Rodney, Ridley, M. Leslie.