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EVENING EDITION , COL. NA PIER'S HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA. Press of matter has hitherto prevented us from pub 1811ing any of the " Justificatory Notes" prefixed to the 811 th and last volume of this standard work. These notes refer chiefly to attacks made on it by Tory Writers, some o f whom we think hardly deserved notice. Colonel Napier in defending himself also defends some rat his gallant brethren in arms, and among others the e lamented Major Mackie, who, in the Memoir addressed to Colonel Napier, successfully makes good I lls claim to the honour of having been the first who atu!ered Ciudad Rodrigo. This gallant officer, about years afterwards received his majority. Dis gusted with the service,he sold out, and was appointed to the situation of Governor in the unhealthy settle bent of the Gambia, where he died last August. Co lonel Napier pays a high compliment to his merits as a l ean and an offic'er, and he can well afford to give praise O oth ers . Few men have led such an adventurous 'lre , and few of the numerous officers who distinguished t hemselves in the Peninsula could produce so many Proof s of daring valour and enterprise ; and the men Under his command shared his enthusiasm. It is a sin gular fact, that the regiment which he commanded, "wanting to 800 men, followed him with the greatest eunfitlence wherever he led the way, and that of these 800 men, not one left the scenes of action without Mme honourable scar. The following extracts from the totes will be read with interest : JUSTIFICATORY NOTES. Having in my former volumes printed several contro versial papers relating to this History, I now complete th em, thus giving the reader all that I think necessary 113 offer in the way of answer to those who have assailed 11 e. The L e tt er t o M a rshal Beresford and the continua tion of my Reply to the Quarterly Revi:'w have been Published before, the first as a pamphlet, the second in th e London and Westminster Review. And the former here reproduced, not with any design to provoke the re newal of a controversy which has been at rest for some years, but to complete the justification of a work which, Written honestly and in good faith from excellent mate tlals, has cost me sixteen years of incessant labour. The other papers being new shall be placed first in order and must speak for themselves. ALISON. Some extracts from " Ali Eon's History of the French R evolution," reflecting upon the conduct of Sir John 4 00 re, have been shown to me by a friend. In one of t f, l l l ,em, I find, in reference to the magazines at Lugo, a 0 quotation from my own work, not from carelessness, but This to susta i n a m i sera bl e censure o f th a t g reat ma n. j 'hit req u i res no f ur ther notice, but the following speci men of disingenuous writing shall not pass with impunity. Speaking of the prevalent opinion that England was unabl e to succeed in military operations on the Continent, ) 1 , Ir. Alison says : " In Sir John Moore's case this universal and perhaps unavoidable error was gre atly enhanced by his connec t'°u with the opposition party, by whom the military str ength of England had been always underrated, the 431 tem of continental operations uniformly decried, and 4, Power and capacity of the French Emperor, great they were, unworthily magnified." Mr. Alison here proves himself to be one of those rlellaies t o Si r J o hn Moore who draw upon their agiaations for facts and upon their malice for con clusions. Sir John Moore never had any connection with any fpoliticall party, but during the short time he was in Par a Tent he voted with the Government. He may in °lety have met with some of the leading men of oppo- T'cu thus grossly assailed by Alison, yet it is doubtful he ever conversed with any of them, unless perhaps r. Wyndham, with whom, when the latter was Secre- P' at War, he had a dispute upon a military subject. He was however, the intimate friend of Mr. Pitt and of 'IN Pitt's family. It is untrue that Sir John Moore entertained, or even leaned towards exaggerated 'nion s of French prowess ; his experience and his natural spirit and greatness of mind swayed him the ether way. How indeed could the man who stormed the forts of Fiorenza and the breach of Calvi in Corsica, e who led the disembarkation at Aboukir Bay, the adv ance to Alexandria on the 13th, and defended the r uins of the camp of Caesar on the 21st of March, he who h a d never been personally fo i led i n any military exploit, feel otherwise tl an confident in arms ? Mr. Alison may calumniate bat he cannot hurt Sir John Moore. SIR WALTER SCOTT. In the last volum e of Sir Walter Scott's lif e b y Mr. Lockh ar t, page 143, the following passage from Sir Walter's diary occurs : " He (Napier) has however given a bad sample of aeenracy in the case of Lord Strangford, where his D a iT3ted affirmation has been as pointedly repelled." This peremptory decision is false in respect of gram ittar, of logic, and of fact. „ °Fgrammar, because where, an adverb of place, has Proper antecedent. Of logic, because a truth may f d Deintedly repelled without ceasing to be a truth. Of te qs becaus e L or d St ran gford did not repel but admit the essential parts of my affirmation, namely, that a u ad falsified the date and place of writing his dispatch, d attributed to himself the chief merit of causing the loyal emigration from Lisbon. Lord Strangford, in deed, published two pamphlets to prove that the merit r eally attached to him, but the hollowness of his preten sions was exposed in my reply to his first pamphlet ; the accuracy of my statement was supported by the testi tti°nY of disinterested persons, and moreover many Writers, professing to know the facts, did, at the time, in t he newspapers, contradict Lord Strangford's state- Th e chief point of his second pamphlet was the re iterated assertion that lie accompanied the Prince Re gent over the bar of Lisbon. I To this I could have replied, . That I had seen a t t er', written at the time by Mr. l Smith, the naval of er comm an di ng th e boat which conveyed Lord Strang ford from Lisboa to the Prince's ship, and in that letter it was distinctly s tated, that they did not reach that ~ L e s Bel until after she had passed the bar. 2. That 1 vossessed letters from other persons present at the erni. tf.ati°e, of the same tenor, and that between the writers those letters and the writer of the Bruton-street dis patch, to decide which were the better testimony offered A° difficulty. , W hY did I not so reply ? For a reason twice before Published, namely, that Mr. Justice Bailey had done it 1 41 :* tne. Sir Walter takes no notice of the Judge's , no s .s wer, neither does Mr. Lockhart ; and yet it was the Ti important point of the case. Let the reader judge. art ti he Editor of The Sun newspaper, after quoting an v icle from the Times upon the subject of my contro ersY With Lord Straagford, remarked, that his Lord tvouid hardly be believed upon his oath, certainly ",?on his h onour , a t th e Old Bailey."t Lord Strangfo r d obtained a rule to show cause why a eri f'..lnal infor ma ti on s h ou ld no t b e fil e d against the t kutor for a libel. The present Lord Brougham ap peared for th e d e f ence , an d j us tifi e d th e o ff e n s i v e passage 2 references to Lord Strangford's own admissions in his ', t raversy with me. The Judges, thinking the justifi .7ticn good, di s ch arge d th e ru l e by th e m outh of Lord e nterden. Dur►ng the proceedings in Court the Attorney-Ge !nrai, on the part of Lord Strangford, referring to that Nobleman's dispatch, which, though purporting to be Written on the 29th November from H .M.S. Hibernia, 4 2'ff the Tagus, was really written the 29th of December, la Bruton -street, said, " Everybody knew that in diplo alacy there were two copies prepared of all documents, No. 1 for the Minister's inspection, No. 2 for the PubliQ."T Mr. Justice Bayley shook his head in disapprobation. Attorney-General--- ,, Well, my Lord, it is the prac tice of these departments, and may be justified by ne cessity," 'Alt:. Justice Bayley—" I like lionisly in all places, Mr. Attorney." And so do I, wherefore I recommend this pointe I re- Peller to Mr. Lockhart when he publishes anotl e: edi tion of his father-in-law's life. COLONEL GURWOOD. ts, ln the e i g hth v ol ume o f t h e " D u k e o f W e lli ng to n ' s the 'patehes," p a g e 531, C o l o n e l Gurwood has inserted ° ll ovving note : „ ` Lieutenant Gurwood, fifty-second regiment, led the forlorn hope" of the light division in the assault of the lesse r breach. He afterwards took the French rver uor .G enera l B arr i e i n th e c it a d e l ; an d f rom t h e Th e of Lord Wellington on the breach by which he Thentered, he received the sword of his prisoner. t ne Permission accorded by the Duke of Wellington co mpile this walk has doubtless been one of the LBt lnguished consequences resulting from this service, ' L I N Lieutena n t Gurwood feels pride as a soldier o f ' r tune in h ere o ff er i n g himself es an encouraging example f o ° the subaltern in future wars."—" The detail of the assault of Ciudad Rodrigo by the lesser breach is of too little importance, except; to: those vc ° served i n it t o become a matter of history. The c . " °n 'Pllcr however takes this opportunity of observing that Colonel William Napier has been misinformed l ' e sPeeting the conduct of the " forlorn hope," in the ti eetint given of it by him as it appears in the Appen -1) of the fourth volume of his History of the Panin sular W ar . A correct statemen t and proofs of it have b een sin ce f urn i s h e d to C o l one l William Napier lor any r 'lnure edition of his book which will render any further notic e of it here unnecessary." MY account is not to be disposed of in this manner;summary and this note, though put forth as it were 7 1 th the weight of the Duke of Wellington's name , by befog inserted amongst his Despatches, shall have an ;answer. Colonel Gurwood sent me what in the above note he ear s " a correct statement and proofs of it." I know Protyi, and the correctness of Lis statement de vends on his own recollections, which the wound he re "ived in the head at this time seems to have rendered • Vide Times, Morning Chronicle, Sun, &c., 1828, t Vide Sun newspaper 28th Nov., 1828. I Report in The Sun Newspaper. extremely confused, at least the following recollections of other officers are directly at variance with his. Co lonel Gurwood in his " correct statement" says, " When I first went up the breach there were still some of the enemy in it, it was very steep, and on my arrival at the top of it under the gun 1 was knocked down either by a shot or stone thrown at me. I can assure you that not a lock was snapped as you describe, but find ing it impossible that the breach from its steepness and narrowness could be carried by the bayonet, I ordered the men to load, certainly before the arrival of the storming party, and having placed some of the men on each side of the breach, I went up the middle with the remainder, and when in the act of climbing over the disabled gun at the top of the breach which you de scribe, I was wounded in the head by a musquet shot fired so close to me that it blew my cap to pieces, and I was tumbled over senseless from the top to the bot tom of the breach. When I recovered my senses I found myself close to George,* who was sitting on a stone with his arm broken, I asked him how the thing was going on, &c. &c." [The author publishes here two letters, one from Major-General Sir George Napier, and the other from Colonel James Fergusson, confirming the previous state ment.] Having thus justified myself from the charge of writing upon bad information about the assault of the little breach I shall add something about that of the great breach. Colonel Gurwood offers himself as an encouraging example for the subaltern of the British army in future wars ; but the following extract from a statement of the late Major Mackie, so well known for his bravery, worth, and modesty, and who as a subaltern led the forlorn hope at the great breach of Ciudad Rodrigo, denies Colonel Gurwood's claim to the particular merit upon which he seems inclined to found his good fortune in after life. Extracts from a memoir addressed by the late Major MACKIE to Colonel NAPIER. October 1838. " The troops being immediately ordered to advance were soon across the ditch, and upon the breach at the same instant with the 94th who had advanced along the ditch. To mount under the fire of the defenders was the work of a moment, but when there difficulties of a formidable nature presented themselves ; on each flank a deep trench was cut across the rampart isolating the breach, which was enfiladed with cannon and musquetry ; while in front, from the rampart into the streets of the town, was a perpendicular fall of ten or twelve feet ; the whole preventing the soldiers from making that bold and rapid onset so effective in facilitating the suc cess of such an enterprise. The great body of the fire of defence being from the houses and from an open space in front of the breach, in the first impulse of the moment I dropt from the rampart into the town. Find ing myself quite alone and no one following, I discovered that the trench upon the right of the breach was cut across the whole length of the rampart, thereby opening a free access to our troops and rendering what was in tended by the enemy as a defence completely the re verse. By this opening I again mounted to the top of the breach and led the men down into the town. The enemy's fire which I have stated had been, after we gained the summit of the wall, confined to the houses and open space alluded to, now began to slacken, and ultimately they abandoned the defence. Being at this time in advance of the whole of the third division, I led what men I could collect along the street, leading in a direct line from the great breach into the centre of the town, by which street a great body of the enemy were precipitately retiring. Having advanced considerably and passed across a street running to the left, a body of the enemy came suddenly from that street, rushed through our ranks and escaped. In pursuit of this body, which after passing us held their course to the right, I urged the party forwards in that direction until we reached the citadel, where the Governor and garri son had taken refuge. The outer gate of the enclo sure being open, I entered at the head of the party com posed of men of different regiments who by this time had joined the advance. Immediately on entering I wes hailed by a French officer asking for an English General to whom they might surrender. Pointing to my epaulets in token of their security, the door of the keep or stronghold of the place was opened and a sword presented to me in token of surrender, which sword I accordingly received. This I had scarcely done when two of their officers laid hold of me for protection, one on each arm, and it was while I was thus situated that Lieutenant Garwood came up and obtained the sword of the Governor. "In this way, the Governor, with Lieutenant ' Gar wood and the two officers I have mentioned still cling ing to my arms, the whole party moved towards the rampart. Having found when there, that in the con fusion incident to such a scene, I had lost as it were by accident that prize which was actually within my reach, and which I had justly considered as my own, in the chagrin of the moment I turned upon my heel and left the spot. The following day, in company with Captain Lindsay of the 88th Regiment, I waited upon Colonel Pakenham, then Assistant Adjutant-General to the third division, to know if my name had been men tioned by General Picton as having led the advance of the right brigade. He told me that it had, I therefore took no further notice of the circumstance, feeling assured that I should be menticned in the way of which all officers in similar circumstances must be so ambitious. My chagrin and disappointment may be easily imagined when Lord Wellington's des patches reached the army from England to find my name altogether omitted, and the right bri gade deprived of their just mecd of praise.— Sir, it is evident that the tendency of this note" (Colonel Gurwood's note quoted from the despatches) " is unavoidably, though I do him the justice to be lieve by no means intentionally upon Colonel Gurwood's part, to impress the public with the belief that he was himself the first British officer that entered the citadel of Ciudad Itodrigo, consequently the one to whom its garrison surrendered. This impression the language he employs is the more likely to convey, inasmuch as to his exertions and good fortune in this particular instance he refers the whole of his professional success, to which he points the attention of the future aspirant as a pledge of the rewards to be expected from similar efforts to deserve them. To obviate this impression, and in bare justice to the right brigade of the third division, and, as a member of it, to myself, I feel called on to declare, that though I do not claim for that brigade exclusively the credit of forcing the defences of the great breach, the left brigade having joined in it contrary to the intention of Lord Wellington under the circumstances stated, yet I do declare on the word of a man of honour, that I was the first individual who effected the descent from the main breach into the streets of the town, that I preceded the advance into the body of the place, that I was the first who entered the citadel, and that the enemy there assembled had surrendered to m i self and party before Lieutenant Gurwood came up. ket Y erring the inference which Colonel Gurwood has been pleased to draw from his own good fortune as to the certainty and value of the rewards awaiting the exertions of the Bri tish soldier, permit me, Sir, in bare justice to myself to say, that at the time I volunteered the forlorn hope on this occasion, I was Senior Lieutenant of my own regi ment, consequently the first for promotion. Having as such succeeded so immediately after to a company, I could scarcely expect, nor did I ask further promotion at the time, but after many years of additional service, I did still conceive, and do still maintain, that I was en- itkd to bring forward my services on that day as a ground for asking that step of rank which every officer leading a forlorn hope had received with the exception of myself." a The present Major-General Sir George Napier. NORTH CHESHIRE ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSO CIATION.—PUBLIC DINNER TO MR. ARCHIBALD PREN TIcE.—A public dinner was given by the members of the North Cheshire Anti-corn-law Association to Mr. A. Pren tice, at the George Inn, Cheadle, on Wednesday, in honour of the great exertions of that gentleman in promoting the total and unconditional repeal of the Corn-laws. The large room at the back of the inn, near the bowling-green, was appropriated to the use of the guests, and was arranged to accommodate sixty persons. At the higher end of. the room was a cross table, a little elevated above the others, and the remaining tables were disposed of in a quadrangular form. Over the head of the Chairman was suspended a small crown, in gilt and crimson ; on the wall immediately behind him was a beautiful representa tion of the royal arms, and on his right and left were also two small silk flags, with the inscription, " Success to Queen Victoria. " At each end of the cross table was placed a small silk flag, on which were inscribed the Manchester Arms, and " No Corn-laws." In front of the centre window, in the room, and over part of the ceiling, was a large white flag, in black and green letters, bearing the following inscription:— " TEXTS FOR LAW-MAKING LANDLORDS. Oppression drives a wise man mad. 14e that withholleth corn, the people shall curse him."--Prov. ch. 11, v. 21. " The bread of the needy is his life ; he that defraudeth them thereof is a man of blood. —Eccles., ch. 34, v. 21. Next to this flag was a beautiful small green silk flag, with figured border, on which was inscribed, " Success to Queen Victoria." In addition to these there were several other small representations of the Royal Arms, all of which were tastefully disposed of. James Watts, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair. The vice-chairs were occupied by Mr. Alcock, of Gatley, and Mr. Joseph Downes, of Cheadle. On the right of the chairman were Mr. Prentice, Mr. James Howie, Mr. 'l'. H. Williams, and Mr. Nelstrop, of Stockport ; on the left were Mr. D. Ainsworth, one of the constables of Manchester, Mr. James Higham, and Mr. A. Watkin, one of the Magistrates of this Borough.— Manchester Times. [We regret that we can not find room for the speeches. A FISH WORTH CATCHING.—The tackle was too good to yield, and we soon found on the surface of the water a splendid halibut. The size is unknown in England, but will be imagined when I say that it weighed upwards of 1121bs.,—a magnificent specimen of the tribe, not valuable, but still con vertible to the purposes of sustenance. We resolved, there fore, not to lose him. The boat-hook was in requisition; blows with the oars, large hooks stuck into ike body and the tad, all contributed to reduce to subjection the overgrown tvrant of our line. He was secured, safely slung at the stern, (for we did not dare to introduce him to the boat,) the rest of the line was hauled in, the foresheet hauled to leeward, and we directed the boat's head to the beautiful speck on the ocean which was our destination —Sportsman in Ireland SALMON.—The " fresh" in the river Wye has at length enabled the old salmon, which have been so many weeks bound by the clearness and shallowness of the stream, t.) proceed down t) the Bristol Channel. Vast number of " new fish " are also coming up, and on Friday several were taken at the Bunch of Carrots, near Hereford, some of them weighing as much as 201bs. each. The populous and important town of Merthyr • Tydvil at present exhibits a prospect of considerable increase. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1840. lIER MAJESTY'S DRAWING- ROOM. The Queen held a Drawing-room yesterday afternoon at St. James's Palace, in celebration of her Majesty's Birth-day. Her Majesty aad Prince Albert arrived from Bucking ham Palace, attended by the Countess of Sandwich and the Marchioness of Normanby. Ladies in Waiting ; Hon. Miss Cocks and Hon. Miss Cavendish, Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Viscount Torrington and the Hon. Major Koppel, the Lord and Groom in Waiting; Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in Waiting; Mr. Cowell, Mr. Chichester, and Master Byng, Pages of Honour in Waiting ; the Earl of Motley and Mr. Francis Seymour, the Gentleman and Groom of the Bedchamber in Waiting on Prince Albert; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to his Royal Highness. The Queen was received at St. James's Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge came in state, and entered the Palace by the Colour Court, and were received by the Queen's Guard with the usual honours. Their Royal Hignesses were ac companied by Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and were attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, Miss Kerr, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Stephens. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, were also present at the Drawing-room. The continued indisposition of the Duchess of Kent prevented her Royal Higness from undergoing the fatigue attendant upon standing at the Drawing-room. Soon after her Majesty's arrival, the Bishops were ad mitted into the Royal closet, when the Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an Address of Congratulation on the auspicious return of her natal day, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. The Archbishop of Canterbury was accompanied by the Archbishops of York and Dublin, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Durham, Llandaff, Lichfield, Norwich, Salisbury, Ely, Ripon, Car lisle, Bangor, Gloucester and Bristol, Chester, Hereford, Lincoln, Rochester, Derry, and Nova Scotia. The Queen passed from the Royal Closet to the Throne room, attended by the Ladies in Waiting, Maids of Honour, and Women of the Bedchamber, and also by the great officers of State, and the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Household in Waiting. Her Majesty, having taken her scat in front of the Throne, the Entree Company, and afterwards the General Company, were introduced, the trains of the Ladies being borne by Messrs. Dobell and Halse, the State Pages. The principal Knights of the several Orders of Knight hood wore the Collars of their respective Orders. The Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Com mons came in State, and all the Equity Judges wore their State robes. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms were on duty in the State Rooms at the doors re served for the Royal Family, and also in the Portrait Gallery and Presence Chamber. The Drawing-room was very numerously attended, the State-rooms and Ante rooms being filled with company soon after two o'clock, when the Throne-room was opened, The following presentations to the Queen took place in the Diplomatic Circle : General Sobrero, by the Count de Pollon, the Sardi nian Minister. _ _ _ Count Woronzow Dashkaw, Grand Master of the Ce remonies at the Court of Russia, by Barou de Brunow, the Russian Minister. His — Excellency Count Hartig, and Count Edward Hartig, by Baron de Nicumann, the Austrian Minister. Baroness Schulte and her daughter, by Madame Dedel, the Lady of the Netherlands Minister. Le Baron de Hopken, by Lieutenant-General Le Comte Bjornstjerna, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of his Majesty, the King of Sweden and Norway. The Drawing Room was attended by Mon. Guizot, the French Ambassador; Noory Effendi, the Turkish Ambas sador, on a Special Mission, accompanied by Mr. Salerno, her Majesty's Oriental Interpreter ; Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister ; Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister; Count Mandels.loh,. the Wurteraberg Minister; the Belgian Minister and Madame Van Weyer; M. Moreno, the Buenos Ayrean Minister ; and Colonel R. Wright, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister; and Baron Charles d'Eichthal, and Baron Palm, with his Excellency, the Netherlands Minister, and Madame Dedel ; Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister; Count Pollon, the Sardinian Minister; Baron Munchausen, the Hanoverian Minis ter; Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister; the Grecian Minister and Princess Mavrocordato; M. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister ; Baron de Brunow, the Russian Minister; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Mi nister; Baron de Nicumann, the Austrian Minister, on a special mission; Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Mi nister, on a special mission ; Marshal Saldanha, the Portu guese Minister, on a special mission ; M. M. Mosquera, Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of New Grenada, and Mrs. M. Mosquera ; Commander M. Lisboa, Brazilian Charge d'Affaires, and Madame Lisboa; the Mexican Charge d'Affaires and Madame Murphy ; G. Capece Ga leota dei Duchi di Regina, Sicilian Charge d'Affaires; the Baron de Manderstrom, Secretary of the Swedish Lega tion ; Mons. de Savigny, of the Prussian Legation ; Che valier Rebell° de Carvalho, Secretary of the Portuguee Legation, and Mr. L. A. Pinto de Soveral, Attache to the Portuguese Legation ; Count Bille Brahe, Secretary to the Danish Legation, and Countess Bille Brahe ; Comte de Rohan Chabot, Secretary,—and. Messieurs de Vandeul and Edouard Ilerbet, Attaches to the French Embassy; M. Muriel, Secretary of the Mexican Lega tion ; le Baron Gustave Van Zuylen and Messrs. Victor Van de Woestyne, and Theophili Van de \Voestyne, At taches to the Belgian Legation ; le Baron Odelg:,, Con saer and le Baron de Lebzeltern, Secretary of the Aus trian Embassy ; Count Revel, Secretary to the Sardinian Legation ; M. Agob, Secretary of the Turkish Embassy ; Prince Jean Soutzo, Baron Bjornstjerna, Baron and Ba roness de Pfeil, Count de Bonneville, Count and Countess Zichy Ferraris, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Cap tain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Cap tain of the Yeomen Guard ; Earl Howe, Lord Chamber- lain to the Queen Dowager; the Vice-Chamberlain; Lord Langdale, Master of tho Rolls ; the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Speaker ; Right Hon. H. Labouchere, President of the Board of Trade; Sir Edward Disbrowe, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Nether lands; Mr. Fox Strangways, her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary to the Germanic Diet ' • Mr. Turner, her Ma jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of New Granada ; Mr. Morier, her Ma jesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confedera tion ; Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, K. C. H. Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse ; Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Sir Edwin Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeomen Guard ; Marquis of Huntly, A.D. C. to the Queen ; the Treasurer of Prince Albert's Household ; Sir H. Parnell, Paymaster-General ; Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Judge Advocate-General ; Mr. Sulivan, Deputy Secretary at War; Mr. Backhouse, Under Secretary of State, Foreign Department ; Mr. Stanley, M.P., Secretary of the Treasury ; the Lord Mayor ; the Master of the Ceremonies ; Sir William Woods, K. H., Garter King of Arms, Mr. Henry Robinson, standard-bearer to the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Queen's Advo cate, the Attorney-General, the Lord Advocate, the Soli citor-General, the Adjutant-General of the Forces, Hon. MiS3 Eden, Maid of Honour to the Queen Dowagei; Ma jor-General Sir J. Gardiner, K.C,8., Deputy-Adjutant erenal to the Forces, Colonel Cavendish, Clerk-Mar shal, Captain Sir A. P. Green (in waiting), and the Hon. Capt. Powell, Naval A. D. C. to the Queen, Cols. Sir A. Dalrymple, Sir R. Gardiner, Sir J. Reynett, Brotherton, Faunce, and Arnold, K. H., Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, Colonel Couper, First Equerry and Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Dr. Chambers, Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty and the Queen Dowager, Dr. Frederick Schenck, Secre tary to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Mr. Sheriff Evans, Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, the Rev. Dr. Dakins, Principal Chaplain to her Majesty's Forces, the Dean of Hereford (in waiting), the Rev. Dr. Short, and the Rev. J. Vane, Deputy Clerks of the Closet, Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, Chaplain in Ordinary, Rev. Dr. Foord Bowes, Chaplain to her Majesty, Rev. G. T. Andrews, Chaplain to the House of Commons, Rev. J. Watson, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, Captain Pechell, R. N., M. P., Equerry to the Queen Dowager, Major Stephens, Equerry to H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, Baron Knesebeck, Captain de Starck, R. N., Equerry to H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies, the Queen's Harbinger, Mr. Samuel Hancock, Exon in Waiting, Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeomen Guard ; Mr. James Bunco Culling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Captain Sadler, Exon of the Yeomen Guard; Sir Benjamin Smith, Colonel Wemyss, Equerry to her Majesty; Lieut.-Colonel Hall, Silver Stick; the Groom of the Robes; the Solicitor-General to the Queen Dowager; Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. Smith, Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber ; Capt. Cour tenay Boyle, R.N., Groom of the Privy Chamber; Mr. Strachan (in waiting); Lieut.-Col. Diggle, Mr. Black wood, Mr. Alfred Montgomery and Mr. Randall, Gentle men Ushers to the Queen ; Colonel Sir J. N. Wilson, Gentleman Usher to the Queen Dowager ; and Colonel Lambert, Field-Officer in Waiting. Among the general company were Mr. Cclquhoun, Agent and Consu.-General for the Hansa Towns, Mr. George Frederick Dickson, Consul-General of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, Sir Martin Archer Slice, President of the Royal Academy, Sir David Wilkie, R. A., Principal Painter in Ordinary to her Majesty, Sir William J. Newton, Miniature Painter in Ordinary to her Majesty, Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, Attorney-General of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., G. C. H., Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., and Mr. Kcate, Sergeant Surgeons to the Queen, Sir Harris Nicolas, Chancellor of the Order of St. Michael and S t . George, Mr. Under-Sheriff France, Mr. U n d er-Sheriff Jacl;son, the Hon. the Lord Provost of Glasgow; and t h e following :•••••• DUCHESSES—Roxkurghe, Dowager Roxburglie, Buc clench, Somerset, Canizzaro, Leeds, Leinster, Inver ness, Beaufort, Northumberland, Argyll, Dowager Rich mond. MARCHIONESSF,S—Downshire, Ailesbury, Douro, Tlic_ mond, Queensberry, Londonderry, Chohnondeley, Lana. downs, Cornwallis. COUNTESSES—Tankerville, Lichfield, Camperdown, Lis towel, Uxbridge, Surrey, Erroll, Powis, Cadogan, Mex borough, Winchilsea and Nottingham, Kosebery, Love lace, Dowager Erroll, Dowager Ilchester, Airlie, Veru lam, Dowager Craven, Craven, Leicester, Zetland, Ross lyn, Delawarr, Wilton, Cowper, ,Clarendon, Durh am , Kinnoull, Alb emar l e , Ilardwieke, Dowager Li stowel, Darlington, Beauchamp. ViscouNTEssEs—Bernard, Powerscourt, Canning, B e .. reskird, Dowager Dillon, Torrington, Sydney, Milton, Ilowick, Eastnor, Gort. LADIES—Sarah Saville, Ernily Foley, Anne Anson, Fitz-Wygram, Bulkeley Phillips, Parke, Trimleston, Talbot de Malallide, Saltoun, Langdale, Ogle, Mosley, Gardiner, Cowley, Madden, Bloomfield, Montefiore, Lucy Winterton, Astley Cooper, Augusta Cadogan, Augusta Gordon, Seale, Charlotte Herbert, Carroll, Her ries, Lucy Herbert, Paul, Ida Ilay, Mary Grimston, Byron, Eleanora Paget, Constance Paget, Denman, Louisa Tighe, Charlotte Tumour, Louisa Primrose, Anne Primrose, Shelley, Adeliza Manners, Gardner, Charlotte Bury, Louisa Craven, Shaw Stewart, Stanley of Alderley, Mary Pelham, Dowager Floyd, Willoughby de Eresby, Manners, Jemima Eliot, Alicia Lambert, Knowles, Gra ham, Sherborne, M. H. Williams, Hayes, Kirkland, Char lotte Berties, Sondes, Wharncliffe, G. P. Clinton, C. P. Clinton, Macdonald, Anne Stuart, G. Cumming, C. Towneley, Camoys, Frederic Watson, Houlton, E. Cole, Cowley, A. Poulctt, Pynn, Dowager Rivers, Grey, L. Fitzroy, Disbrowe, M. Stuart, Stafford, Seymour, E. de Reede Ginkle, Ouseley. C. Fox Strangways, Cottenham, Harriet Corry, Dinorbin, W. Stanhope, M. Abercromby, Joliffe, C. Gordon, Lennox, Elizabeth Elliot, Reynett, Bowater, F. Somerset, Burghersh, F. Vane, J. L. Bathurst, E. West, Bagot, Mary Howard, Stratbeden, M. Stephenson, E. Bulteel, F. Fletcher, T. Lister, Worsley Holmes, Worsley, Hall, &cher, Gosset, K. Money, F. Hotham, Gordon, Glenlyon, C. Campbell, Barrow, B. Campbell, M. Somerville, G. Grey, F. Ley, Southampton, L. D. Brom ley, Baker, Charlotte Hill, E. West, Courtney, Johnston, G. Codrington, Joliffe, Willoughby de Broke, Mary Lambton, Emily Lambton, Poltimore, Sophia Rendlesham, L. de Horsey, J. Stuart, Dowager Sitwell, Cross, C. Somerset, M. Abereromby, George Lennox, Ouseley, L. Cornwallis, Cottenham, M. Vyner, Acton, Delamere, Rolle, Dufferin, F. Lambart. Williams, Mac farlane, Elizabeth Duncan, Croft, W. Powlett, A. Ons low, Montfort, Margaret Hay, F. Vane, H. M. Scott, Whatley, Dalrymple, Brabazon, D. Gordon, A. Peel, Colborne, C. Graham, Price, F. Bcauclerk, L. Fitz. Maurice, Hardinge, C. Denison, Marcus Hill, Antrobus, A. Arden, Quentin, Vivian, Wethcrall, B. Johnstone, E. Fielding, Adam, T. Farquhar, C. Cust, Dowager Arundel, B. Smyth, C amp b e l l , El iza b et h R e y ne ll, Bar ton, Gordon, L. Duncombe, George Lennox, C. Somer set, H. Lambert, G. J. Stanley, A. M. Donkin. BatioNess—Lionel Rothschild. HONOURABLES—Mrs. Anson, Miss Gage, Mrs. Thomas Erskine, Miss Margaret Denman, Mrs. G. E. Anson, Miss Fanny Hanbury Tracy, Mrs. Law, Lady William son, Mrs. C. Fitzroy, Mrs. Meade, Miss Fraser, Lady Lumley, Miss Eden, Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, Mrs. Wil liam Herbert, Mrs. Ryder Burton, Sophia Thellusson, Miss Wrottealey, Mrs. Langdale, Charlotte Barrington, Augusta Willoughby, Lady Cockburn, Mrs. Stinley, Mrs. Percy, Mrs. Weld, Mrs. F re d er i c k I r by, Mrs. Koppel, s. Hood, Lavinia Lyttelton, Caroline L. Lyttelton, Lady Murray, Jane Lawley, Lady Brough, Mrs. Maunsell, Mrs. Villiers, Mrs. Carleton, Ridley Col borne, Mrs. Yorke Scarlett, Mrs. Musgrave, Mrs. Wil. Liam Coventry, Miss Wellesley, Mrs. Bowles, Mrs. Thomas Best, Mrs. H. Dawson Darner, Charlotte Stoner, Louisa Stanley. Mrs. Charles Ponsouby, Mrs. Thomas Heneage, Miss Noel, Hanbury Tracy. MISTRESSES—Sebastian Smith, Charles Lushington, G. Matthew, Gage, Otter, Mosley, William Erle, Monk, Colquhoun, Fitz-Roy Kelly, Law, Bates, Maltby, Back house, Hogg, Farrer, Dickson, De Rothschild, Howley, Blomfield, Selby, William Paynter, Longley, Charles Boileau, Basset, Boyce, Morier, Fitz-Gerald, H. Bland, Charles Craven, George Robert Smith, Samuel Whit bread, D'lsraeii, Edward Buller, Delap, Laing Weir, Greene, Henry Ferguson, Milner Gibson, William, Cuth bert, General White, Alfred Hill, Power, Grey, Edward Stanley, Laboucherc, Arbuthnot, J. N. Gladstone, Eve rard Bouverie, Colonel King, Birch Reynardson, General Darby Griffiths, Sykes, Blair Warren, Franklarid Lewis, Wyndham, Edward Stanley, W. R. Robinson, Lalor Shiel, Voting, Wig2ett, Brooke, Wiggott Chute. Canning, Breathed, Connlly, Henry Petro, Edward Rice, Miles, Lambert, William Beresford, Monkland, Henry Bentinck, Seymour, Douglas Haiford, Bagshaw, Talfourd, Bernal, !'Taggart; Hamilton Story, Birkbeck, Grosvenor, Shaw Lefevre, Henry Baring, M. R. Scott, Clement Arch Cr, Walbanko Childers, Vernon Smith, Henry Tuffnell, W. F. Tinling, Elwood, Adrian Hope, Hearle Stephens, Lloyd, Ireland Blackburne, Colonel Howard, Nicol, Geo. Palmer, Weld, Pugh, Monk, C. G. Wynne, A ffieck, Scott Murray, Webster, Clay, Gwynne Holford, Garth, Donald M'Lean, John Wood, Brownlow Poulter, William Beckford, Davison, Russell Ellice, Everard Bouverie, Villiers Stuart, Edward Ellice, Llwellyn, Rota, Vere Pane, Harcourt, Webster, Thornhill, Crutch ley, Daniel Tyssen, Henry Dunlop, Henry Monckton, Nassau Sutton, Arbuthnot, Packe Reading, Clementson, Henry Baring, John Abel Smith, Rutherford, Christie, Miles Milman, Whitegreave, Bullock, George Digby, Alexander Ogilby, Berkeley Paget, Lovett, Dodd, Spar_ ling, Inglis, Hodgson Hind°, William Stuart, Musgrave Brisco Clement Archer, Middleton, Wood, Myddelten Bidduip, Henry Vivian, Herbert Woodhouse, Ashton Yates. Misses—Diana Hallifax, De Clamonse Browne, Selby of Biddleston, Wheatley, Mary Wheatley, Fitz. Wygram, Augusta Fitz-Wygram, Fanny Dickson, Eliza Dickson, Craven, Antrobus, Johnston, Frederica Johnston, Seale, Erskine, De Rothschild, Backhouse, Fanny Backhouse, Napier, Anne Anson, Coutts, Meade, Mosley, Mary Anne Mosley, Emily Mosley, Mary felomfield, Gage, Shaw Stewart, Georgiana Bushe, Colquhoun, Katherine Col quhoun, Pack, Elizabeth Pack, Otter, Law, Charlotte Law, Parke, Mary Parke, Hervey, Hervey Bathurst, Gardiner, Davys, Mary Ley, Bagot, G. Bagot Blackbourne, Copley, D. Bromley, Suliven, M. Sub. van, Quentin, Eliza Hume, Stapleton, Crutchley, Shirley, Greene, Worsley- Holmes, Archer, M. A. Thackeray, C. Stanley, E. Blackburne, Adderley, Gordon, A. Irving, Sturges Bourne, L. Percy, Williams Wynn, G. V. Har court, C. Somerset, F. Irby, Hart, C. Dawson Darner, C. Alston, Macfarlane, Little, Darby Griffith, H. Clinton, M. Clinton, Hallifax, Smith Neill, Raveuscroft, M. Stan ley, C. Rous, G. Bagot. Begot, Rous, Heys, Smith Wright, Power, Bligh, Cross, Pugh, Harriet Pigott, Simpson, Lloyd, De Montmorency Pratt, Franklin, Ley, Compton, Barrow, Murray, Gordon, Birkbcck, Milman, Sophia Sheffield, Sophia Maunsell, Charlotte Wynne, Bullock, Elizabeth Nixon, Scott Murray, Gossett, Agnes Ommanney, Musgrave, Boyce, Hume, Wynne, Emily Bullock, O'Callaghan, Lovett, Sheffield, Horatia Morier, E. Croft, Bowles, Whitgreave, Sloane Stanley, Denny, Grey, Harriet Cavendish, Fanny Crey, Cottin, Vivian, Dutton, Eliza Wilbraham, Emma Birch Reynardson, Beau clerk, Bowyer Smyth, Bradford, Smith, Heneage, Herbert, Beckford, Gordon Cumming, Louisa Shirley, Blackett, Ashton Yates, Anson, Lloyd, Louisa Percy, Canning, Ellen Power, Ellen Miles, Spalding, Rice, Anstruther Thomson, Anna Maria Sutton, Wrier, Georgiana Byrne, Sutton, Fielding, Hardinge, Mansell, Byrne, M'Leod. Baker, Reeves, Stuart, Johanna Thomson, Miss Clive, Isabella S. Jerningbam, Thomson, Clementsou, Gcorgiana Vernon Harcourt, Emily Fane, Julia Canning, Disbrow°, Sturges Bourne, Williams Wynne, Emily Ponsonby, Weld, Christie, Agnes Strickland, Storer, Wellesley, Wombwell, Harriet Alston, Dawson Darner, Croft, Ange lina Niilman, Meyrick, Wyndham, Bellew, Fanny Pon sonby, Allen, Catherine Stanley, Henrica Morier, C. Whitgreave, Miles, Langham, Charlotte Somerset, Lang dale, Coventry, Frederica Sloane Stanley, Pole,Augusta Scott, Julia Greathed, Conelly, Emily Greathed, Caro line Crutchley, Monkland, Percy, Brooke, Seymour, Ken sington, Fort, Leerier, Carleton, Abbs, Birch Reynardson, Emily Ponsonby, Sophia Bernal, Emma Bernal, arg sha„, NtTaggwt, Alice Duff Gordon, Caroline Faun taine, Caroline Murray, Bradshaw, Louisa Mackinnon, Inglis, Isabella Stafford Jerningham, Archer, Quentin, Murray, Disbrow, Davenport Brownley, Smith Wright, Fanny Ponsouby. The following Gentlemen were present Duxes—Rutland, Roxburghe, Somerset, Buccleuch, Cleveland, Newcastle, Norfolk, Richmond, Beaufort, Leinster, Leeds. -- MARQJISRS—AngIesey, Westminster, Downshire, Tho mond, Cholmondeley, Normanby, Headfort, Queensbcry, Londonderry, Lansdowne. EARLS—Caledon, Rosebery, Camperdown, Lincoln, Listowel, Cadogan, Liverpool, Lovelace, Bandon, Breck nock, Grey, Clarendon, Radnor, Zetland, Craven, Rosslyn, Ripon, Hardwicke, Moray, Fingal!, Mingo, De Grey, Winchilsea and Nottingham, Wilton, Verulam, Sheffield, De La Warr, March, Amherst, Brownlow, Stradbroke, Kinnoull, Beauchamp. VISCOUNTS—Gage, Powcrscourt, Canning, Adare, Ber nard, Melbourne, Palmerston, Grimston, Templetown, Pollington, Gort, Hood, Milton, Lake, Lismore, Duncan non, Sydney, Beresford. LORDS—Denman, Bloomfield, Byron, Saltoun, Camoys, Dunboyne, Talbot de Malahide, Trimleston, Frederick Gordon, Dinorbin, Abinger, Hill, Poltimore, Barham, James Stuart, Lyndhurst, Lilford, A. Paget, G. Paget, Stavordale, Bexley, Leveson, Cowley, Fitzroy Somerset, Portinan, Plunket, Burgbersh, Sudeley, Marcus Hill, Wodehouse, Willoughby de Broke, Saye and Selc, Aud • ley, Sondes, Wenlock, Southampton, Clifford, Eliot, De lamere, William Lennox, Hotham, Brabazon, Adolphus Fitzclarence. ARCHBISHOP of Armagh. Bisuor of Chichester. RIGHT fIONOURABIiS Sir Alexander Johnston, George Dawson, Sir R. Adair, Sir W. Freemantle, C. D'Eyn court, Sir Gore Ouseley, W. Sturges Bourne, T. B, M..caulay, T. Frankland Lewis, F. Baring, M.P., Mr. Justice Erskine, Sir Charles Grey. HONOURABLES-11. Boyle Bernard, C. George Noel, R. H. Clive,' Rev. W. Henniker, 11. David Erskine, C. Hanbury Tra e cy, W. Bathurst, W. Cowper, H. Corry, Major Scarlett, C. Ponsonby, F. Pelhani, Captain G. Grey, R.N., J. 0. Murray , F. F. W. Butler, C. L, Butler, Augustus Villiers , F. Charteris, F. Scott, W. Ridley Colborne, Captain Best, R.N., Lieutenant-Colonel Wrotiedey, George Stuart, J. Carnegie, Captain Cary, R.N., Edmund Phipps, B. Lawley, Lieutenant -Colonel S. Vereker, General Meade, John Strange ways, William Coventry, 'Win. Duncombe, M. V., W. 0. Stanley, M.P. ARCHDEACON Of Bath. BARONS—LioneI de Rothschild, Bolide, J. F. de Taafe. SlRS—Felix Booth, Bart. ; Oswald Mosley, B ert . John Seale, Bart. ; R. Bulkeley Pnilippt, Bart. ; Robert Fitzwygram, Bart. ; Thomas Marrable, John J. Hensler, Moses Montefiore, F. R. S. ; E. Antrobus, Bart. ; John Dean Paul, Bart. ; James Duke, M. P. ; George Car roll, Charles Aldis Wm. Milman, J. Whatley, H. Halford, John Hobhousc, James Graham, J. H. Williams, W. G . Cumming, John Rennie, D. J. Norreys, M. P. ; J. Ed_ wards, Bart, ; W. Worsley, Bart. ; K W. Newman, Ma. thew Wood, W. W. Becher, W. 0. Pell, B. Hall, Bart. M.P. ; T. Wheler, Bart. ; W. R. Clayton, Bart: M. P. ; G. Wilkinson, George Stephen, J. Kirkland, Rowland Hill, E. C. Hartopp, C. Morgan, Bart. ; Croft, Bart. ; F. Ommanney, J. Cross. C. Lemon, Ro bert Price, Bart. M. P. ; Edward Hayes, B ert. ; H. Fleetwood, Bart. M.P. ; J. Barrow , T. Lee, B. M orr i s J. Pitcairn, George Harnage, Bart. ; F. Knowli.s, Bart. . Frederic Madd en , W. Parish , R. Westinacott, A. K Macdonald, R. Campbell. Bart. ; F. Shuckburgh, Bart. C. Douglas, M.P. ; F. Fowke, W. Somerville, J. Hai ; Hall, M. T. Farquhar, J. Wilson, J. Mordaunt, G. Floultor . REVEREND DOCTORS —Wesley, Kuper„Dibdin, Binney. DOCTORS—FieII, Thomson, Downie, W. Barry, Aldis, Outran, Stock, M. P. ; Borland. :SERGEANT—Talfourci. ALDERMEN—WiIson, T. Wood. REVEREND MESSIEUES—John F. Co' F. E. Tuson, G. B. Tuson, J. Coventry, J. V. Povah, G. Bytbesen, J. Jennings, \V. 11. Dickinson, W. Beresford, C. We therell, R. W. Browne, P. P. Gilbert, J. H. Dakins, M. S. Scott, G. V. Sampson, J. Wiggett, J. T. Wilgress, J. C. H a den, G. R. Gray, J. H. Sadler, E. Scobell, Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart. ; J. C. Blair Warren, A. Walbauna. MESSIEURS—Edward Foley, M.P., Hallifax, Hogg, William Angerstain, Ferrer Seale, Napier, Sebastian Smith, William Payntcr, Affleck, Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., Andrews, Q. C., Tighe, David Pollock, Q. C., Sackville Lane Fox, M. A. Goldsmid, George Chilton, Q.C., Armstrong, Q. C., Joy, Q C., Ley, John Nceld, M. P., John Jervis, M.P., Q. C., Mosley, Crowder, Q. C., Selby, W. C. Ross, A.R. A., Charles Barry, Stephenson, Pemberton, Abercromby, Travers, Philip Miles, Manners Sutton, Codrington, G. B. Cole, Blandy, Spence, Q. C., , John Hare, John Copling, Basset, M. P., Bonamy Dobree, W. Ley, T. S. Carter, Bulkeley, John Parke, M. P., Augustus Smith, Johnson Neale, R. B. Wingfield, Culling Smith, John Clark, Middleton, De Horsey, Frederick John Morris, Edmund Ray, John Booth, Lambert Towneley, Henry Petre, Scholefield, M. P., James Thom son, Russell Ellice, Packe, M. P., M'Taggart, Craddock, Wiggett Chute, M.P., Young, Edward Bligh, Cecil Boothby, John Abel Smith, Grimston, Sanders, Charles Romilly, Villiers Stuart, C. B. Cole, St. John Baker, Lister, Corbally, Knipe, William Erle, M. P., Q. C., Knisse, Chester, M P., Hargreaves, Edward Ellice, Bankes, Charles Thomas Stanley, Bullock, J. Tyndale, George Dunbar, M. P., Denison, Hope, Binny James Colvin, Boyce, Charles Bruce, Forsyth Maitland, Pen darvcs, M. P., Edmund Ray, Octavius Morgan, Cope land, Fitz-Gerald, Justice Johnston, Vizard, Verner, G. Carmichael, H. F. Wood. Dodd, C. Strong; Robertson, James O'Brien, Irving, M. P., Perry, G. B. Roche, M. P., Stapleton, Milner Gibson, Nugent Vaughan, Mid dleton Berry, Henry S. Murray, Bowyer, John C. Shorter, J. Whatmau, Spencer Lyttleton, Beech, Wood house, Grainger, Edward Buller, D'lsraeli, Robert Pal mer, M. P., Edward Kater. Nugent Vaughan, Babbage, Power, Francis Ellis, Charles E. Layard, Cookes, Ilals well, Redington, M.P., Pelly, H. C. Moreton Dyer, Charles Towneley, Barclay de Mountency, Ingham, M. P., Hume, M. P., O'Meagher, Douglas Elalford, Fitz. Roy,Digby, Henry Watson, George Robert Smith, M. P., Bedingfeld, U. Bland, Thomas Charles Smith, T. B. Bartard, Littledale, Saner, Vaughan, Edward Rice, M. P., Law, Lort Phillips, M. Brisco, J. Blackburne, M. P., T. B. Wilson, Lucas, M. P., Gustavus Lambert, P. E. Turnbull, J. H. Vivian, M. P., Sandford, Winston Barrcw, M.P., F. Cavendish, Bullock, Dillon Trent, O'Connor Don, M.P., P. F. Johnston, M. Biddulph, J. M'Cullam, W. B. Diamond, Clay, M.P., Blagden, M. J. O'Connell, M. P., Bernal, M. P., Pentland, John Parker, M. P., Theodore Price, J. Copling, Childers, M. P., French, Creyke, Alston, M.P., Cuthbert, C. L. Wilson, W. Leader, Vernon Smith, Meiklam, G. W. Wood, M. P., Knox, Greene, M. P., Mackinnon, M. P., William T. Praed, C. K. Tyntc, Young, Young, M.P., Merriman, Arthur Robinson, W. R. Robinson Poulter, A. Pott, H. S. Cooper, Ifill, Locker, Busfield, M.P., H. Marryatt, Archbold, M. P., Gipps, Spicer, Brand, A. C. King, Manners Sutton, Solly Flood, W. Judd, Dunbar, M. P., Win. Beckferd, Bellew, M.P., Maunsell, M.P., Blackett, M.P., J. Wood, H. Helbert, H. Tufnell, Pemberton, C. C. Whiteford, Sanders, Rich, M.P., Howard of Corby, E. Lee, B. Dobree, T. D. Archibald, E. D. Moore, J. Nicol, Phillpctts, M.P., R. Hodgson, M. P., H. S. Murray, Raver.scroft, G. H. M. Wagner, Bramstonstane, C. G. Wynne, J. W. Gladstone, Harcourt, T. Patterson, W. H. Hughes, Mcek, Bagshaw, Thomas Tod, W. Nicol, IL N. Fynn, Clemcntson, Hunter, W. Roche, M.P., C. N. Wehnan, Weld, Fowke, E. Shirley, Monkland, C. Lister, M, P., H. Pownall, Hardy, Whitgreave, H. Story, R. Alston, FIELD-MARSHAL—The Duke of Wellington. ADMIRALS—Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Sir Edward Owen, Sir Charles Bullen, Lord A. Beauclerk, Sir J. Parker, Sir C. Malcolm, Sir C. Adam, Sir H. Digby, R. Thomas, Hon. D. H. Mackay, Sir P. Campbell, Chris tian, Honyman, Sykes, Hon. F. P. Irby. GENERALS—Sir A. F. Barnard, Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir Charles Thornton, Sir F. We therell, Right Hon. Sir G. Murray, Sir Thomas Reynell, Sir W. Gordon, Upton, Sir H. Turner, Sir J. O'Halloran, Sir G. Quentin, Sir J. Cockburn, Sir E. Bowater, Sir J. S. Burns, Sir W: H. Clinton, Sir. J. Macleod, Sir J. C. Cros bie, Darley, B. Rcynardson, Sir T. Arbuthnot, Shadforth, Reeves, Sir A. Clifton, Sir R. Barton, Sir J. V. Money, Bart., J. Frazer, Sir E. Lloyd, Frederick, Sir C. bias, Boardman, Sir T. Bradford, Sir R. M‘Farlane, White, Sir D. Gilmour, Shrapnel, Sir J. Simond, Walff, Dickson, Sir Geo. Whitmore, Dyson, Grosvenor, C. ' Macleod, Sir F. Trench, Pritchard, H. Monckton, Sir J. Taylor. COLONELS.—O'ReiIIy, Kolt, Mudge, Hon. L. Stanhope, Tenting, King, Addison, St. Clair, Clive, Owen, Porter, Webber, W. J. Baker, Henab, Money, Campbell, Ferguson, H. Bentinek, Angelo, Baron Osten, Harris, Elwood, Bonner, Parkinson, F. C. G r iffi t h s, B est, Bi ng h am, Llewellyn, Arbuthnot, Peel, Conolly, M. P., Sir F. Wat son, Chamberlayne, Austin, Frcestun, W. H. Sykes, Daniell, Blane, Hon. H. Montagu, Sir W. Herrics, Delap, Clinton, Godwin, Bush, Norcliffe, Sir Burges Camac, Cameron, Astell, Milman, D'Aquilar, Webster, Copland, Sir F. Stovin, Sir H. Townshend, Bouverie, S. Cowell, Fludyer. MAJORS—Waymouth, Blomfield, Vivian, William Bruce, K. H., Allen, Cooke, Irton, Peyton, Thornhill, Cumming Bruce, C. L. Boileau, Willock, H. W. Poole, B owers , Gwynn Holford, Pugh, Hartley, Sweetman, Anderson, Eardley Wilmot, Abbs, Brandling, Chetwynd, Robe. CAPTAINS—Mathew, M.P., Stanley Clarke, Pelly, R. Mundy, Murray, R.N., Bloomfield, R. Burton, R.N., Fair, R.N., D. Price, Keith Young, Bowyer, R.N., Clavell, Jervis, Locke, Rees, Lowe, Mey ncll, R.N., Charles Hope, R.N., J. A. Bailey, William Holt, Lord Dufferin, R.N., Wilson, H. Edwards, R. N., Tyrell, B. Maxwell, R. N., Keith Young, Bird Allen, R.N. ; Sainthill, R.N. ; Mac lean, R.N. ; Calland, Quentin, G. Palmer, J. Johnson, Newell, R. N. ; Brew, Meadows Taylor, Newman, Grace, R.N. ; Hindmarsh, R.N. ; T. W. Pringle, Stracey, Foulkes, Lovell, R. N. • El sey , S tracy, G art h , H . Ste phens, B. Maxwell, R.N. ; W. G. Whit e , K nox , J. Leigh, R.N. ; C. Crowdy ; R.N. ; Archer, Fletcher, J. H. Fraser, Storer, Watson, H. Matson, H. Jacob, Col lard, Bowles, R.N. ; Pitt, Eden, R.N. ; Sir Edward Parry, R. N. ; Alkin, Sir G. Westphael, R.N. ' - Alfred Hiil, Robert Locke, F. W. Ha m ilt on , G eo . Smith, R. N. ; Wilson, Sir Thomas Usher, R.N.; White. COMMANDERS—The Hon. W. Devereux, M'llwaine, R.N., James Maitland, R. N., Kirby, W. Savage, R.N., Paget, R.N., Aldridge, R.N., Castle, R.N., J. B. Hay, R N., A. S. Hamond, R. N., G. Norton, W. Allen, R.N., Richardson, R.N., Gooch, R.N. LIEUTENANTS—M. Archdall, M. P., G. B. Dawson, Henry Smythe, H. Coode, R. N., Gilimore Harvey, R.N., C. Spong, R.N., Remmett, Phillott, K. Sayers, W. Warner, F. H. Lang, Bremer, Oldmixon, R. N., W. Lamb, Gordon, Oswald, C. W. Davis. Martin, D'Agui. lar, C. Mathison, R.N., Watson, A. Tod, A. Stephens, Inglis, C. L. Cocks, A. Thomson, G. Yule, H. Irvine, M'Call, Hart, Conolly. CORNETS—Lee, Walford, Bill, T. W. Smith. ENSIGNS—W. C. Morrill, Inglis. Alter the Drawing-room, her Majesty and Prince Al bert, attended by the Royal Suite, returned to Bucking ham Palace. Full-dress dinner parties, in honour of the day, were given by several of the Cabinet Ministers and great Offi cers of State. All the guests came in full Court dress. Viscount Melbourne, as First Lord of the Treasury, gave a dinner to a party of Peers, at his residence in South-street. The company consisted of his Royal High ness the Duke of Sussex, the Dukes of Cleveland, So merset, Lenster, and Leeds, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earls of Clarendon, Sefton, Kingston, Zotland, Rad nor, and Camperdown, Lords Holland, Barham, Carew, Howden, Berners, Petre, Audley, and Camoys. Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for the Colonies, gave a dinner at the Clarendon, to the Commander of the Forces, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Presi dent of the India Board, the Secretary at War, the Ad jutant-General, the Quartermaster-General, the Judge Advocate-General, the Bishop of Nova Scotia, Lord Sea ton, Lord Seymour, Mr. Clay, Mr. Sulivan, Lord Fitz. roy Somerset, Sir Baena Donkin, Colonel Anson, Cap- Drew Deans Dundas, Colonel Fox, and Mr. Vernon Smith. The Marquis of Normanby, Secretary of State for the Home Department, gave a dinner at his residence in Hill, street to the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Lord Denman, Lord Langdale, Lord Abinger, the Lord Mayor, the Speaker, the Vice-Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, the Lord Advocate, 'VIr. Justice Lit. tledale, Mr. Justice Paulson, Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Colt. man, Mr. Baron Manic, Mr, Baron Rolfe, the Recorder of London, Sir M. Wood, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr. Grote, M. P., Mr. Patteson, M. P., Mr. Sheriff Evans, Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, the Hon. Fox Maule, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Norman Macdonald, and Lieut.-Colonel Yorke. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner party at at his official residence in Downing -street. The com pany consisted of the Chairman and Deputy Chair man of the Customs, the Deputy Chairman of the Excise, and the Governor and the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England ; the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes ; the Chairman of the Audit Office ; the Paymaster-General of the Forces ; the Secretary to the Post.office; the Lords of the Treasury ; the Secre t:lries to the Treasury ; th e A ss i stant - S ecretary to the Treasury ; Lord Monteagle, and a party of Members of the House of Commons, including Messrs. Wallace, Scholefield, Bernal, Divett, &c. Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, gave a dinner to the whole of the Corps Diploraatique, at his residence in Carlton Gar dens. Lord Leveson and Mr. Backhouse, the Under- Secretarica of State for Foreign Affairs, were also present. The First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Minto, bad a grand dinner last evening at the Admiralty in honour of the Queen's birth-day. Covers were laid for thirty, and among the guests were Lord Dalmeny, Sir 13yam Martin, Sir Charles Adam, Sir William Parker, Sir Tho mas Troubridge, Sir John Barrow, Sir W. Burnett, Sir Edward Parry. Colonel Owen, Sir George Parker, Captain Sheriff, Mr. Dundas, Sir W. Gage, Sir George Martin, Mr. Meckc, Mr. Briggs, Mr. Locker, Captain Bowles, Mr. More O'Fcrrall, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Cooper, Captain Brandreth, Sze. Sir John Campbell, the Attorney . General, gave a sumptuous banquet, last evening, at the Thatched-house Tavern, St. James's - street , in celebration of her IThijeaty's biatl d sy, to upwards of sixty gentlemengentlemenof thF bar, . a. in eluding the Solicitor-General , Sir W '. Follett, Sir F. Pol lock, the Queen's Ad vocate, Mr. Ser g eant d ' O y le y , Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Sergeant Ateherly, Mr. Sergeant Storkes, • Mr. Courtenay, Pollock, Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Armstrong, &c. The Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse to her Majesty, had a large dinner party at WS residence in Berkeley. square. The Mess of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gen tlemen-at -Arms dined together to celebrate the day at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Marchioness of Lansdowne had a Full Dress As sembly at Lansdowne . House last evening, at w hi c h a very large party of the Nobility and Gentry were invited. Madame Dedel, the Lady of the Netherlands Minister, had the honour to pay her respects to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at isgestrie House. The Lord Chancellor will give his usual Breakfast to the Queen's Counsel to-morrow, the first day of Trinity Term, at his Lordship's house in Bruton-street. LADIES' DRESSES. HER MAJESTY. Dress of white net over rich white satin, trimmed with blonde flounces and flowers ; the body and sleeves splen didly ornamented with diamonds and blonde; train of sil ver tissue, richly brocaded in colours (of Spitalfields manu facture), trimmed with silver and blonde, and lined with white satin. Head-dress, feathers, diamonds, and lappets. H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT. Dress of silver tissue, the skirt elegantly trimmed with three flounces of rich blonde, and the body and sleeves or namented with diamonds and blonde ; train of sky blue Irish tabiset, richly brocaded in silver, trimmed with net and silver, and lined with blue watered gros de Naples. Head-dress, feathers, diamonds, and lappets. H.R.H. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. An elegant white crape dress over satin, trimmed with roses; train of rich blue silk, with bouquets of roses. Head dress, feathers, and diamonds. H. - R. H. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. Dress of white tulle over tbite satin, body and sleeves richly ornamented with emeralds and diamonds ; the skirt elegantly trimmed with blonde and flowers; train of rich satin, Spitalfields manufacture. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds ; necklace and ear-rings of emeralds and diamonds. DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND.—Manteau of superb lilac satin glace, lined with silk, and ornamented with a bouffant of satin, with a deep fringe of pearls surrounded with a flouncing of Spanish point lace • corsage of the same, decorat e d w ith magn ifi cen t p o i n t lace, intermixed with pearls; stomacher of diamonds; skirt of lilac acre phane over a rich satin slip of the same colour, glace tastefully trimmed with flounces of point lace and fringe of pearls. Head-d ress , f ea th ers an d p o i n t lace lappets, and magnificent tiara of diamonds; necklace and ear-rings en suite. MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE.—A beautiful white satin petticoat, with a very rich British lace, trimmed with flounces ; a splendid orient stuffed train, trimmed with lace ; lace bcrthe, sabots, and lappets ; necklace and ear rings of diamonds. Headdress, diamonds and ostrich feathers. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON. —Habit de Cour, composed of elegant white crape, a bouquet, over a rich satin slip, trimmed with Brussels lace, flowers, and diamonds ; manteau of superb green and white figured silk, lined with rich white Bros de Naples, and trimmed round with lace to correspond; body and sleeves profusely trimmed with lace and diamonds. Headdress, ostrich plume, Brussels lace lappets and diamonds. LADY FITZWYGRAM—Costume de Cour, composed of a flowered amber silk train and body, trimmed with point lace, skirt of flowered white silk, with superb fond de Paris lace. Head-dress, feathers and a diamond tiara and crescent. MISS AND Miss A. FITZWYGRABI—COSiUMC de Cour, with primrose silk trains and tulle dresses over white satin, most tastefully interspersed with moss roses. Head-dress, feathers. LADY MONTEFIORE—Dress of rich white satin, embroi dered with gold, lappets, blonde and gold. Head-dress, plume of feathers and brilliants. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (MONDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—This being the day for declaring the options in Consols previous to the settling, which takes place to-morrow, the market has been in a quiet state through out the day, the transactions being principally confined to arranging the accounts. Up to the present time, the indi cation is evidently that of a Bull account, the continuation being fr to- 9-16ths for the opening (16th July), or about 4} per cent. The closing prices of Consols was 921 to i- - for money, and 93, buyers, for the opening. Exchequer Bills have not varied, being 235. to 255. prem. Money has been tight to-day, at 4i per cent. in Lombard street, although later in the day some extensive transactions took place on easier terms. On Foreign Securities, the rate on the Stock Exchange was 7 per cent. Some parties attribute this change in the value of money to the state of the Consol account; and it is so far true, that the Bull party require money at present to pay for their stock on Tuesday; but that is not the chief cause of the in creased demand. It must be recollected that there has been- about ten millions sterling paid in this quarter for revenue, which heavy amount of capital has remained shut up, owing to the dulness in trade and manufactures. This circumstance, coupled with tho really limited extent of the circulation, accounts for the prevailing scarcity of money in the London market. It has been taken out pretty freely from the Bank, however, for the last few days, where a fair extent of business has been doing at the rates we have quoted above ; but, considering the amount of bullion in the Bank, in comparison with the circulation and other relative circumstances, the prevailing demand for money is likely to be of some continuance ; and, if so, the country in the long run will be in a sounder position than would be the result of what might be termed, under existing circumstances, a more liberal po licy on the part of the Bank of England. If thu Bank of England were now to foster the general bent for specu lation, by making money cheap, we should have a speedy rise in prices, and thus the favourable influence which the low price of American cotton is calculated to produce on our export trade would be directly thwarted,. and we should lose the means of keeping up a healthy action upon the Foreign Exchanges. Therefore we approve of the restrictive policy now adopted by the Bank of England, but hope that it will not be necessary to apply the " screw" to any inconvenient extent ; and as the season advances, and the prospects of an abundant harvest arc secured, that they will be able to relax the pressure, allow ing it to become " Small by degrees, and beautifully less." The appearance of the craps in the United States and France are as promising as our own, and hold out equally flattering expectations; so that the year 1840, under a moderate extent of timely vigilance and prudence, bids fair to be one of unusual prosperity. The news brought by the Great Western represents trade as being in a dull, depressed state. United States Bank Shares are quoted at 73 in Philadelphia on the Bth inst. ; Exchange, 8 to and all kinds of Stocks are low. This fall in prices was occasioned in the first place by the low prices and almost unsaleable state of American securities carried nut by Great Western from this side. Secondly, by the operations incumbent on the banks, to put them selves in a position of sufficient strength to resume specie payments; and, thirdly, by the want of confi dence which pc_llades all classes of the Union under the antagonist principles of Government (in which the ques tions of banking and the currency are deeply involved) now at work in the contest for the presidential chair be tween the supporters of Harrison and Van Buren. The Harrison, or Whig party, say that Van Buren, with his hard money loco-focoism and sub-Treasury Bills, has sub verted the Constitution, and injured its best interests; that his plans are pernicious, and must be abandoned, to save the country from ruin. The elections continue throughout the year, and, owing to this unsettled state of affairs, capi talists will nut venture to invest permanently. There is no want of money for discounts at short dates, but there is a general dulness of trade, which will be felt until the citi zens see which of the contending principles is to be victo rious in the struggle for power. So far as the elections_; hitherto have gone, they promise decided triumph to the Harrison, or Whig party. SUN.—The tenor of the commercial news from America today, is what we anticipated a month or two back. Electioneering is all the rage ; business is depressed ; plenty of produce is at hand for shipment to this country, but no orders are coming forward for British manufactures in return, and 'the fall trade will . no doubt prove, as that of the spring has done, a-, miserably poor affair. Accounts received at New York, from Jamaica, to. the 4th of April, state that matters in the Legislature were then proceeding most harmoniously. A Bill for promoting emigration was under the consideration of the, House of Assembly. A police force, on the model or that established in London, has commenced duty, and:, given much satisfaction. The Congo! Market closed rather heavily this after--. noon. For Money the quotation as 923 3, and for time about 93 to 3. The rise in this stock during the, .; account has been 4 4 per cent. Bank Stock receded to 1763. Exchequer Bills were steady at 255. premium. '!'ho Foreign Stocks were dull. Spanish Actives de clined to 2Si ; Portuguese new Five per Ce n ts. b roug ht 35 a Mexican improved to 31i ; and Colombian re mained at 264. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. re ceded to 543. Business in the Share Market was more limited to day, some of the speculative fever having subsided. Brighton dropped to 5i discount ; London and Birming ham Shares to 86 premium ; the Quarter Shares to 24 premium ; the South Western to N i l ; the New North Midland 10 ; the Great Western 251, and the New to , 121 premium. The Edinburgh and Glasgow brought 5 discount, and the Birmingham and Gloucester 10 discount. London Joint-Stock Bank Shares were at 3i premium. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Morning Herald.) To-night the enemies of the Corn-laws will renew their crusade against native industry. Mr. Villiers will, to-night, rehearse his carefully-conned " philosophisnis" in favour of free-trade ; and will be followed by the usual train of spouters in favour of those industrial pursuits, which " owe no allegiance to the shores of England." In the House of Commons, however, there is at present little chance of the Anti-Corn-law faction making ranch pro gress. There is, undoubtedly, some cause to apprehend that the great question of the Coin-laws may be under stated, so far as the rights of the labourers, farmers, and landowners are concerned: and,let us observe,in passing, that to under-state these rights, or to place the defence of these rights on a false basis, is an evil of no inconsiderable magnitude. Sir Robert Pcel, for instance ; did much mischief, during the last discussion on the Corn-laws in the House of Commons by his unfounded assertion that the manufacturers of Eng land constitute the strength and glory of the country. The statement is, in itself, ridiculously the reverse of true; ant! when uttered by one of the refined parliamentary chain - pions of the Corn-laws, the ill-effects of such a mis c rer ti a - sentation may, with difficulty, be calculated. h i out of doo rs , t h at the influence of the •v league is felt ; and it is to the coun teraction of that im - fluence, that th e energ i es o f t h e f r i en ds of native industry ought to be directed. (From the Morning Post.) In alm o st every di rect i on throug h out b servant can scarcely fail to discover an England the o There is neith e r an increasing disli Ito and distr us t o f t h e p resen t Government. confidence in its present P amendment. Its conduct e xcites nor expectation o f i ts displeasure and its eb2 racter is an extinguisher of hope. The best sort of peopl . ie in the country aro they who mo st com p l ete l y despair of EVENING EDIT ON. It still has partisans among the violent, irregular, and least respectable portions of society; but month by month, aed° day by day, the steady, respectable, honest, and kindly portions of the people are more and more turned away from tee existing Administration and its infamous allies. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) The experiment will be repeated to-night on the dispo sition of the House of Commons to attend to the wishes and wants of the people. The amount of signatures to Petitions against the Corn-laws has probably, by this time, largely outnumbered that of the petitioners on any subject whatever since petitioning first began. The feeiirg ex pressed by this host of petitions is of rapidly increasin g strength and extent, and has overpassed th ose b oun d s o f popular determination which have been usually and justly regarded as indicating the certainty of eventual success. And the interest involved in this question is one that penetrates to the very core of national proitpet ity, affecting every individual of the community, in his capacity of a consumer of the fruits of the earth, while it deeply involves the allowed source of public weabh and greatness. It is plain in what mode such a subject ought to be treated by an assembly professedly representative, unless it be con tent to forfeit all pretension to that character, and broadly avow that it abuses the name of the whole people for the pecuniary advantage of an inconsiderable section. Mach has been said, of late, about the consistency of the House, and its position in public estimation. They are contin gent, in no small degree, on the spirit, conduct, and re sults of the discussion of to-night. The state of the Corn-law question in the public mind is evinced by facts. Amongst all pending questions, the people regard that as paramount. (From the Morning Adrertiser.) We yesterday despatched one of the favourite argu ments urged in favour of the Corn-laws, namely that they work well for the labouring classes, inasmuch as wages rise with the price of provisions. Another respecting the farmers may be disposed of in an equally summary man ner. Even the most timid and suspicious of the farmers begin to listen patiently to the argument; in favour of abolition_ ; they begin to doubt the advantages attributed to the working of the present system, which their own ex perience. does not prove so bencfical as the landowning law masers assert it to be. They strongly incline to re gard it as a rent law—a:law for enabling the landed aristo cracy to maintain its proud affluence. It is the rent-screw. It is the scheme by which luxuriorts and profligate land owners oontinue to raise the inte rest on the amounts in which their broad acres are mort gaged. Had the Corn laws beets what their advocates . .onsi.tit, our Union houses would nc t be filled, our gaols would not bo thronged with thieves, and our ports would not be crowded with emi grants. All the most experienced writers on the question have declared against the present Corn-laws. MR. FEARGUS O'CONNO2. (From the Leeds Inelligeneer,) Before Mr. O'Connor waa placed in York Castle, which oocurred about nine o'clock in the evening of Teen day, he visited the Cathedral and other public Anotlia?: scene awaited him, however, when he arrived at the gao I ; for he was immediately put on the felons' side, and ple .ced on a par, in all respects, wi th the worst class of offend( :re. A fiiend of his went over to York cn Thurs dav to% see him, but was refused admittance. The Governor said tea at he had received no special instructions on the matter, but that he roust conform to prison rules, which were -under the immediate sanction and control of the Homo Secretary, Lord Normandy. Mr. O'Connor's friend, then sent in a letter, requestinw a statement of the prise aer's health and circumstances we Have before us a copy .of the answer, and we print it at length : " York Castlet, Mt.y 20, 1840. " You ask me for a full account of m:y health and treat meeet. 7 was lodged here last night at about 10 o'clock. I brought some luggage, and had 3/. lls., and sonic news papers,, all of which, according to the rules of the prison, were taken possession of by the Governor. I was then as comp anied by the Governor and several turnkeys, through numb erless passages, and heavy iron doors, till I reached the usual cell for all classes—murderers, robbers, felons, and political offenders, in whose treatment no distinction what eveN is made, with the exception that the latter are allowed to we ar their own clothes. As I was a novice, Mi. Noble, who, I must say, would have more pleasure in obeying less strip gent rules, allowed one of the turnkeys to make my bed, which consisted of a flock sack-like thing ; and whic b you have often heard me say, knocked me up more than anything in the world ; that may be only a mis fortu no, as I prefer hard straw to a feather bed : but, to re turn, • my bed was laid upon an iron grating without sides • ; I had a blanket over it, but no sheets, and two more bled tees to put over me; no pillow, and no aides to the bed. The Governor very kindly offered me more blan kets,. ,but I had my great coat. I was shut up in a dark stones cell, with a very narrow iron door and a small iron gratee I window. In the dark I knelt down and prayed to God 7 that I might sleep soundly for ever. I then stripped and h ;id me down, but my prayers were not granted, as I nevel closed an eye. When I placed my rheumatic shout der against the wall, the cold stones repulsed me ; and PI hen I moved I was almost out of bed, for its width is not at ; broad as my shoulders. " :Before seven, a bell rang, when I dressed myself, and shot tly after my door was unlocked, previously to which I had, , according to the rules, folded my thin bed into a triple roll, and my bed clothes, neatly folded, I placed over it. I the) i followed the turnkey, carrying in my hand a black cha tuber-pot, which I was to empty in the sink in the yar fl, and then wash the utensil at the pump. I was the a placed in a yard with two other prisoners, who hay a been tried and sentenced. At eight I was sum more sd to breakfast, when I passed under many a fe lon's anxious gaze, to a long narrow stone, where every man stood up in the prison in line, all in prison dreg ;es, but myself, and all uncovered. We were then plate ed standing at a narrow shelf, where before each man was, placed a black carthern pot, and a wooden spoon, wit t a roll of very good bread - in the' pot was water and, oat sneal, which was supped with the bread. I looked on, bu ; did not, nor could not touch it. At ten o'clock wo wt Ire summoned to Mittel, where, with my ttvo yard com p pions, I was locked up and saw the minister through the gt sting. The service lasted nearly an hour; after which I a-as locked up in my yard, to whien is attached a day ro em. with stone benches to sit upon, and everything very cl e an, but cold. About eleven o'clock the visiting su a 'poll called ; and, for the first time in my life, I felt we unded pride, while through an iron grate I was cam pe lied to explain my several maladies; but if I felt pride, ti e surgeon appeared to have no less feeling. He has mio o f the most sagaciV and intellectual countenances I ever . 3 ass, and of his feeling you must judge when I tell you .hat he seemed to take a pleasure in being able to substlp tute tea for the meal and water ; which I declared I nest would touch. Shortly after, one of the visiting magistrates,- Mr. Hague, visited me, and told me he hoped I would submit • to the prison rules. I replied that through life I had always conducted myself as a gentleman, and I felt convinced that even a prison could not make me forget tat I was a gentleni a`4. He then asked me if I should prefer being alone to having my two companions. I, of course, said no. At twelve we were summoned to dinner, when each man had the same quantity of bread as at breakfast, with some broth. I ate a few mouthfuls of bread, but could not manage the broth ' • and up to now, four o clock, I am all but fasting. Now, for my health. I never was so much debilitated. I have rheumatism in both legs and in my back ; I have a pain in my chest and loins, and a cough. And, new, what say you to a good man struggling against adversity. Per haps you are not aware that very Strong affidavits were made by Dr. Thompson, one of the ablest of the London faculty, and another by Surgeon Jaque, who has attended me for five years, in which they both depoied that confine ment in York Castle would lay the foundation of disease, which would certainly shorten my life. To which Lord Normanby replied that he saw nothing in them to cause any alteration in my place of imprisonment. lam five years older than when you saw me on Monday week; but am still the same man. I thought it wholly out of the nature of things that such punishment ever could be in tended for, or inflicted upon, persons for a political misde meanour. Eighteen months now is more than ten years under the usual treatment for similar offences. The man from Huddersfield (for the murder of Duke) and myself are precisely under the same rules. Need I say more—or have you not yet beard enough?—Faithfully yours, FEARGUS O'CONNOR. " P. S. I eat my meals with several under sentence of transportation. There arc no political offenders but my self. At seven in the evening lam locked up again, and am now standing at a hole in the wall while I am writing.', We must say that this treatment is most disgraceful_ not to Mr. O'Connor, but to the Liberal Government—to Lord Normanby—especially when we call to mind the fact that more than one member of the Melbourne Cabinet has used language at public meetings as violent as that charged upon Mr. O'Connor; and particularly discredit able as it respects Lord Normanby, whose whol esa l e ;ration of Irish felons of the O'Connell school is vet fresh 'in the public memory. We understand that the euito; and d eV N or o t r h , e n r a i n i b .S y t , a s r e t i t l i a n v g e :t a la n e d p r u eg b u li e sh st er to of forthLthere , cipal's hardships and mortfficetions. Having represented, bin substance, that which he If iimse states in his letter, they proceed to say_ " That your memorialists have been informed that this Is the first instance of a prisoner, prosectited by ex officio, I or a political libel, being so treated : " That Sir Francis Burdett, when imprisoned for a like )ffence, was permitted to provide his own food and bed, tad to have free admission to his friends at all reasonable awes, and to correspond freely with his friends out of ioors; that Mr. Leigh Hunt had like indulgences, when imprisoned for a like offence; that Mr. Cobbett, whose c ase has often been quoted as a hard one, occupied apart r cents in the Governor's house at Nesvgate—lived in what ( wer way he chose—had the free access of all his friends— ! and conducted his Register during the whole term of his imprisonment ; that Mr. George Edmonds, of Birmieg. ham, when confined in Warwick Gaol for a political offence, during the worst days of Toryism, under Castle reagh and Sidmouth, was on the debtor's side, and had the free access of all his friends ; .that Mr. Stephens, now confined for treaso nable and seditious speech, in Choate l Castle, has got private apartments with a healthful plea sure ground to walk in, provides his own bed and food, and has the constant society of his wife and family, and free admission for all other friends at reasonable times; that Messrs. O'Brien, Richardson, and others, now eon; fined in Lancaster Castle for " seditious speeches," their own bed and board, and have various other indul gences which have been denied to Mr. O'Connor :- 4 , That Montgomery, the poet, when confined in tho same Castle of York, for a seditious libel, was on the debtor's side—found his own bed, provided his own food and furniture, corresponded freely with his friends, and could be freely visited by all his friends, on any day, from seven o'clock in the morning till nine at night; and " That your memorialists think it very hard and incon sistent that Feargus O'Connor should, for the same sort of offence, be treated by a Liberal Government so much more cruel than Mr. Montgomery by a Tory Government. " Your memorialists, therefore, pray your Lordship to order that the said Fcargus O'Connor, Esq., be forthwith removed from the felons' to the debtor s' side of the Castle of York, and subjected to such treatment only as Mr. Montgomery received at the hands of your Lordship's Tory predecessors." Pm I i a I