The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-21 00:00:00

THE WATERLOO BANQUET. Friday being the thirty-second anniversary of the memorable victory of 'Waterloo, his Glace the Duke of Wellington gave his annual banquet to his gallant tarviving companions in arms in that eventful te.ttle, at 41 . Paley H ouse . The banquet was laid out with its accustomel splen !our in the Waterloo Ga l lery, the truly magnificent .decorati ons of which have on former oaca , i , ns been so "Illy described in this journal as to reniour repetition u nnecessary. Field-Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marejais of Abercorn, Lieut.-General 84 Edward Bowater, and Colonel Bowles, honoured the Noble and Gallant Duke with his presence, arriving at A u Paley House about half-past seven o'clock. His Royal 441 ghness, who eras attired in the uniform of a field laarsbal, was received, on alighting from his carriage. ~.°7 his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the band of the renadier Guards, which was stationed in the vest thule, playing the " National Anthem." His Royal B ighness and the Noble Duke immediately proceeded to the saloon, where teveral officers had already assembled. The scene in the vicinity of Apsley House at this c antent was very pleasing. A considerable number of Persons had assembled to view the arrival of the visitors, amongst whom were many old veterans, whose conduct la the field was marked by the honorary distinction dis- P l ayed on their breasts. It is unnecessary to state that the banquet was laid in a style of princely magnificence, in every respect Worthy the interesting occasion. At eight o'clock dinner was announced, and the guests u nlnediately passed from the saloon to the gallery, which tesented a most gorgeous appearance, the sideboards jag covered with the choicest plate, embracing testi monials to the Noble Duke during his memorable career i n Spain and Portugal ; while the table, which was Lchly ornamented with a profusion of gold vases and c andelabra, presented a display alike imposing and mag bifieont. The N o ble Duke occupied a seat in the centre of the table, and was supported on the right by his R o y al ighness the Prince Consort. Their Excellencies the Hanoverian and Neapolitan Mtaisters, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Major-General 84 ' Harry Smith also occupied seats in the immediate ; 1 10 inity of the chair. The Noble Duke was attired in is uniform of field marshal; the Marquis of Anglesey rpre the dress of his old regiment, the 7th Hussars, and I . L r Harry Smith that of the Rifle Brigade. The other perans wore the costume of their respective ranks, all g l iPlaying Waterloo medals and other honorary decora eons • 1 . Covers were laid for nearly ninety guests. In the 1. Covers of attendants there was not much alteration from pious years; additions were, however, observable in sta.persons of the Earl of Cathcart, Sir Peregrine Maitland (who has just returned home from the termina cm of a brilliant career at the Cape), and Lieut. - Col . Furlon g (who commanded the Light Brigade during the tel l"? on Thursday last). .The following is a list of the guests, so far as we have been able to ascertain them : r ,„ Field-M a r s hal the Marquis of Anglesea, K.G.,G.C.8., s ' T 'C.H., Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). • General Lord Strafford, G.C.8., and G.C.H., Colonel of the 29th Foot. Sir John 0. Vandeleur, G.C.8., Colonel of the 16 th + dancers. - General the Right Tlon. Sir .Tames Kempt, G.C.B. 111 : 1 G.C.H., Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Foot, and loam,-Governor of Fort William. General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.8., Colonel of t ae 17th Foot. „General Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B. and K.C.H., I . o lonel of the 31st Foot, and late of the German Legion. General the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.B. 10d G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 21st Foot. ~..1 4 _,jeut.-General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B. Colonel of the 14th Light Dragoons. „Lieut.-General Sir A. F. Barnard, G.C.B. and (1.0 11., `' a lonel of the Ist battallion Rifle Brigade. oLieun-General Sir Andrew A,kew, formerly of the r ,.enarlier Guards. Lieut.-General Sir G. A. Quentin, K.C.H. 0 14 ieut..General Sir Alexander Woodford, K.C.B. and ' '-„Yr-G., Colonel of the aoth Foot. e .V'ent.-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.8., Colo of the 53d Foot, and Military Secretary to the Com "'ander-in-Chief. krieut.-General Sir James Macdonnell, K.C.B. and Colonel of the 79th Foot. (\ Lieut. General Sir J. W. Sleigh, Colonel of the 9th keep's Royal Lancers. Lieut.-General the Earl Cathcart, K.C.8., Colonel of t h e 11th Hussars. Lieut.-General the Hon. E. P. Lygon, Colonel of the . 111 Light Dragoons. • st lateue,-General Sir George S. Scovell, K.C.H., Colonel the 7th Dragoon Guards. • Lieut.-G enera l Lord Saltoun, K.C.B. and K.C.H., , •olonel of the 2d Foot. Lieut.-General Sir Edward Bowater, K.C.IL, Colonel t 't the 49th Foot. Itajor•General Sir John George Woodford, K.C.B. major- General D'Oyly, late of the Grenadier Guards. ,Major -General the Hon. Henry Murray. t Major -General Sir H. D. Ross, K.C.8., DeputyeAdju -1141.t-General to the Roy al Artillery. al k„ajor-Getieral Sir Robert Gardiner, K.C.B. and late of the Royal Artillery. ~.major General Richard Egerton. ..major -General Hare. K.H. ...major -General Sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.B. alajor General Sir Harry George 11. Smith, Bart., ' Co lonel of the 21 battalion Kfle Brigade. Major General Lord James Hay. Major -General Lord Sandys. Major General Bowles. kajor-Gentral U. L. Walton, late of the Coldstream Guar s . Major. General Douglas Mercer, C.B. Major -General Robins, late of the 18th Foot. Colonel Lord Relreby, Scots Fusilier Guards. Colonel C. P. Ellis. Colonel Lascelles, Grenadier Guards. Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Scots Fusilier Guards. Colonel Lord Hotham. Colonel Henry Dawkins. Colonel Hunter Blair, C.B. Colonel the Hon. George Cathcart. Colonel the lion. George Anson, Aids-de-Camp to tae Commander-in-Chief. Colonel E. W. Bouverie, Royal Horse Guards. Colonel Bentinck, Coldstream Guards. Lieut.-Colonel J. Furlong, K. 11., 43d Foot. ,Lieut.-Colonel George Wilkins, K.H., late of the nifle Brigade. „During the dinner the band of the Grenadier Guards "is Grace's own regiment), who were stationed in the .tallery, performed the following music:— March " Con- Llnering Hero." Overture, " Clemenza di Tito." & w altz, " Rosen ohne Dornen" (Strauss). Selections t om the " Bondman" (Balfe). Polka, " Carita" (Len oir). Cavatina from '• Nino" (Verdi). Galop , "La 'tcehette," on motives from Kuhe's pianoforte pieces. At the close of the banquet, The Duke of WELLINGTON proposed the health of Rer M a j est y the Queen," prefacing the toast with a ew appropriate remarks expressive of the loyalty and a ffection which her Majesty's excellent attributes secured from all classes of her subjects. The toast having been drunk with all the honours. The band played the "National Anthem." The Noble Duke next proposed the health of " Field- Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the other members of the Royal Family." In the course of an ad ' dress highly eulogistic of the Prince Consort, the Noble and Gallant Duke said the zeal of his Royal Highness far the service in which they were all engaged, was s econd to none, and he felt greatly honoured by his pre 116ribe among them that day. The toast having been duly honoured, The band played the "Cobourg March." His Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT, in return 4alt thanks, said he felt highly flattered at being the only l a racer not present on the ever m emorable field of Water 'Tr' who had the honour 0 1 a seat at t heir ban q uet table. 'ma was fully sensible of the privilege he enjoyed, and could not adequately express to their noble and gallant chairman the gratitude he felt for the opportunity thus a fforded to him of being associated with so many brave " 11 , whose whole lives had been devoted to the service ofl their coun t r y.—(H e ar, hear.) He begged to return the c ,mpiny his most sincere thanks for the kind man --n whi c h his health had been received, and, in con (r. I i t uc ian, requested permission to propose a toast. His °Yal Highness added, with marked emphasis, the toast ?rarer to will be better conveyed in one expression than any number of words. I shall, therefore, conclude by proposing the health of " His Grace the Duke of Wel illpon, and long may he live to serve his country." The toast having been drunk with every possible mark of enthusiasm, The Duke of WELLINGTON responded in a brief ad - ,1055 , marked with much feeling. Before resuming his Meat the N o bl e and Gallant Duke gave as a sentiment, The memory of the many gallant fellows who fell in the brilliant battle of Waterloo." The sentiment, as usual, was drunk in solemn silence. The D u k e o f WELLINGTON, on next rising, said he bad the pl ea sure of seeing around him many officers who 411 , for some years past, been employed on various and a rduous duties abroad, and who bad now returned to tit. native country full of honours, having performed 4 ,e duties of their respective stations with honour to T he Noble and advantage to their country. — (Hear.) Noble Duke dwelt especially on the services of Sir pe regrine Maitland, and concluded by proposing the h ealth of that gallant officer and his brethren in arms Who had recently returned to England. The toast having been drunk, Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND briefly, but feelingly, ac knowledged the compliment on behalf of himself and r other officers. The Duke of WELLINGTON then rose, and said, that "lug alluded to those officers who had so recently re turned to their native coun try, he desired more promi :ently to allude to one distinguished officer, who had ee ently come among them from the scenes of the several a ctions in which he had been engaged, and which had c astso brilliant a lustre on British arms, and rendered ou ch essential service to their common country. He 1 c ed perhaps scarcely add that he alluded to an officer W ho Was well known to all of them—whose services in th e Peninsula, were as active as they were conspicuous e tc Whose exertions during the late Kafir war were of ulent importance, and whose distinguished conduct on the banks of the Sutlej, during the recent Indian war, bad rend ere d hi m j ust l y di st inguished in the eyes of his na tive country.—(Cheers.) The No' I Duke added, "I j,:g to prop ose t o y ou th e h ea lth of Major-General Sir airy Smith." The toast having been responded to with every pot mark of enthusiasm, Sir HARRY SMITH rose, evidently labouring under 4."2 1 .. ga of intense emotion. After a momentary pause intiallant General proceeded to acknowledge the toast `4 Ito/following terms :—" Immortal Duke of Wellington: THE SUN, LITERATURE. BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS By Mary liounlL An elegant and beautiful volume in external ap pearance, this collection of fugitive poems by Mary Howitt is internally rich in elegant versification and beautiful imaginings. The poetical powers of Mrs. Howitt have long since been recognised and acknow ledged : she has reaped the harvest of appreciation, and the present book is printed as much for the gra tification of those with whom its contents have been for years a favourite enjoyment as for the pleasure of those who were before unacquainted with its ex cellences. The writer, in the prime and summer of her life, has already reached the autumn of her repu tation. She is read in the homesteads of England; and, sometimes, sung in the homesteads of England; and we bAieve, in not a few places, loved in the homesteads of England ; for Mary Howitt has the true inspiration. She has the inspiration of sim plicity—simplicity of eloquence in the selection of her language, and simplicity of sentiment in the pensive ness and pathos of her muse. Many of Mary Howitt's smaller poems are things to be got by heart and carolled in the green fields and the twilight. They are brimming with the pleasantest associations and sometimes with the holiest and sublim est thoughts. There are fragments of verse that might be transferred to these very columns from this very book now under consideration which our readers would treasure up in their memories, and which would continually blend with their after reveries. We have not the heart to pilfer thus feloniously all the rarest jewels from the c:sket in which they are so fittingly enshrined. We cannot venture to huckster in a merely barren catalogue all the dainty passages that charm as much from the felicitous appropriate ness of the context as from their own intrinsic beauty. We will not condense into a meaningless prism all the gorgeous colours of this— " . . . gordian shape of dazzling hue Vermillion-spotted, golden, green and blue; Striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard, Eyed like a peacock, and all crimson-bared." In the diversity and exquisiteness of its poetical dyes the book is assuredly like Lamia: and it is assuredly like that Athenian serpent, too, in its less attractive characteristics. Like almost everything from Mary Howitt or her husband, it has the sting of egotism. But this merely en passant. We must make good our assurances as to the delicate charm which pervades the volume before us by one selection at least. Here is a song then—The Barley-Mowers' Song—picked out almost hap-hazard. Does it not breathe of the perfumed country, of the corn-flag and the bean-blossom ? Has it not the chinking music of the merry scythe 1) " Barley-mowers here we stand, One, two, three, a steady band; True of heart and strong of limb, Ready in our harvest trim; All crow, with spirits blithe, Now we whet the bended scythe. Rink-a-tink, rink-a-tink, rink-a-tink-a-tink! " Side by side now, bending low, Down the swaths of barley go; Stroke by stroke, as true as chime Of the bells we keep in time: Then we whet the ringing scythe, Standing 'mid the barley lithe. Rink a fink, rink-a-tink, rink-a-tink-a-tink! " After labour cometh ease; • Sitting now beneath the trees, Round we send the barley-wine, Life-infusing, clear and fine; Then refreshed, alert and blithe, Rise we all, and whet the scythe. Rink-a tink, rink-a-tink, rink-a-tink-a-tink! " Barley-mowers must be true, Keeping still the end in view; One with all, and all with one, Working on till set of sun; Bending all with spirits blithe, Whetting all at once the scythe. Rink-a-tink, rink- a- tink, rink-a-tink-a-tink! " Day and night, and night and day, Time, the mower, will not stay: We may hear him in our path By the falling barley-swath; While we sing with spirits blithe, We may hear his ringing scythe. Rink-a-tink, rink-a fink, rink a-tink-a-tink! " Time, the mower, cuts down all, High and low, and great and small: Fear him not, for we will grow Ready like the field we mow; Like the bending barley lithe, Ready for Time's whetted scythe. Rink- a-tink, rink-a-tink, rink-a-tink-a-tink!" With the refrain still ringing in our ears, " Rink-a tink, rink-a-tink, rink-a-tink-a-tinkr we can hardly sober down to the dogged callousness of criticism. Perforce, however, we must ; and we are especially driven to the duty by the consciousness of the many blemishes and failings which mar the very many beau ties of these ballads and miscellaneous poems. En thusiasts we know there are about Mrs. Howitt, as a songstress, who will regard such an assertion as little short of high treason. Yet, despite their convic tions, we utter that opinion with all possible distinct ness. Numerous blemishes there are in the book, and conspicuous among them are the blemishes of pla giarism. We doubt not for a moment but that most, if not all of these plagiarisms are unintentional, but plagiarisms they still remain nevertheless. Opening the work at random, we will, as a testimony of our own correctness, enumerate several of the pas sages which are manifestly transcripts of former thoughts, or have been suggested by former fancies. In Dolores Maris for instance, Mary Howitt depicts a frozen crew on a vessel in the Northern Ocean, " And the men—each one is frozen there, In the place where he did stand : The oar he pulled, the rope he threw, Is frozen in his hand." Those who have ever read the " Ancient Mariner" will recognise a similarity in the whole ghastly pic ture ; suc a picture as where Coleridge says— " I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my ey( s away ' • I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay." But the resemblance becomes more visible as the piece proceeds— " And there's many a haunted desert rock, Where seldom ship doth go, Where unburied men with fleshless limbs, Are moving to and fro ; They people the cliff 3, they people the caves, A ghostly company," &e. So sings Mary Howitt; and thus had sung, many years before, Samuel Taylor Coleridge— " They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes ; It had been strange even in a dream, To have seen these dead men rise. The mariners all 'gen work the ropes, Where they were wont to do ; They raised their limbs like lifeless tools — We were a ghastly crew," In the companion ballad, entitled Delicice Maris, Mrs. Howitt says— " And well I wot it must be so ; Man parteth evermore The miser treasures up the earth ; The sea has all its store." Evidently borrowing from the famous lines of Shales pere— the ooze and bottom of the deep, With sunken wreck and sunless treasury.' When speaking of the Isles of Me Sea Fairies, and singing— I dwelt in a hall of silvery pearl, With rainbow-light inlaid; I sate on a throne, old as the sea, Of the ruby coral made. The old carbuncle lit the dome, Where I was made a king; The crown was wrought of pale sea-gold, So was my fairy ring." Mrs. Howitt clearly has caught her inspiration from the deep sea revelations of Tennyson, where he chaunts in a kind of syren melody— " Who would be A mermaid fair, Singing alone, Under the sea Combing her hair In a golden curl, with a comb of pearl, On a throne?" In the Voyage with the Nautilus, again, there is in the fifth verse a palpable plagiarism from the elfin cries of Titania in the " Midsummer Night's Dream ;" while in the eighth verse, when speaking of " The charmed isle of the Seven Kings, 'Tis a place of wondrous spell," she evidently bears in recollection Shelley's little lawnny islet, By anemone and vi'let, Like mosaic paven." Further on in the same poem is a monstrous plagi• arism from Goethe, which we think Mrs. Howit might really have had the delicacy to acknowledge It is taken from the opening scene of Faust, and paraphrases one of the most exquisite and majestic phantasies of the great German minstrel, as thus — And on we went for seven days, Seven days without a night • We followed the sun still on an d on, In the glow of his setting light. Down and down went the setting sun, And down and down went we ; 'Twas a splendid sail for seven days On a smooth descending sea." Within our memory we cannot call to mind a more flagrant robbery than this one from Goethe. It is beyond all excuse or palliation, especially as Mrs. Howitt shows that she lacks not originality, as where she exclaims— " It gladdeneth much my very soul The smallest ship to see, For I know where'er a sail is spread God speakeM audibly." As a final example of the author s plagiarism, we m a y me ntion that " John Anderson' peeps out through the entire of the `` Lyric of Life" called True Love, beginning— " There are furrows on thy brow, wife, Thy hair is thin and grey," am, Among the extravagances of idefi l or> perhaps, should more strictly say of expression, in the miscella neous poems of Mary Elowitt, there is a passage in the last of these same " Lyrics of Life" where the writer speaks of birds shouting welcomes from the leafy dingles ! Occasionally, too, her rhyming is execrable, as in the second couplet of Carloran— " No wealth had he, Young Carlovan, save his father's book of prayer, And the golden ring of little worth which his dead mother ware." Despite these blemishes, however, the volume is beau tiful, overflowing with dainties, and filled with tnelo dious poetry. ITELLIGENCE. CHESTER.—FIIDAY• .LAND PLATE. 12 to 1 agst Morpeth—off. 14 to 1 agst Vanish—off. 100 to 6 agst Best-of-three—o. 100 to 6 agst Tom Tough—off. SPORTING I BETTING AT MANi NOaTESUMBER 11 to 2 agst The Conjuror —t. 11 to 2 agst Conspiracy —t. 6 to 1 agst Grimston—t. 7 to 1 agst—Blackbird, t 8 to 1 11 to 1 agst Executor—off. tot. THE LATEST BETTING AT NEWCASTLE. 3to 1 agst Dawson's lot—t. 112 to 1 agst Eryx—taken 5 to 1 agst Conspiracy —t. 14 to 1 agst Tom Tough—t. 7 to 1 agst Conjuror—taken 14 to 1 agst Inheritress —off. 10 to 1 agst Blackbird—t. 20 to 1 agst Geo. Hudson—t. 10 to 1 agst Best of Three—t. 25 to 1 agst Pilgrim—offered 10 to 1 agst Execut or —t a k en 3 3 to 1 agst Wyvern— offered 10 to 1 agst Morpeth—t a k en 5 0 to 1 ag-t Di c t a t o r—taken NORTH DE RBT ( N EWO A STLE. ) 6 to 4 agst V an Tromp —offers to take. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 offered on th e fi e ld, b ut no thing done. GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 2 agst The Hero—offered 8 to 1 agst Wolfdog 11 to 1 agst Mendicant 11 to 1 agst Fitz- Emilius--offers to take ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst The Cossack—offered 6 to .1 agst Van Tromp—offered 11 to 1 agst Mr. Martin 11 to 1 agst Foreclosure 18 to 1 agst Black Dwarf 20 to 1 agst Red Hart 25 to 1 agst Limestone. The preient moment I truly sly is one of the proudes' o: my life. To have my health thus Hatt~ tingly proposed by the great capta'n of the age, while surrounded by many of his gallant and veteran generals, and among so large an assemblage of my old comrades, so famed for deeds of arms, is an honour which I could scarcely aspire to, and which I feel unable adequately to acknow ledge.—(Hear.) To your Grace I owe all the military honours I have received—to your Grace I owe the uni form I am now proud to wear.* To the high opinion expressed of nr.? by your Grace am I indebted for the warm reception with which my name has been greeted here to-day, and for the honours I have recently received from my Sovereign and from my native countrymen We in this age, so far as in us lay, have endeavoured to steer your Grace's course, having witnessed the eminent services which our country has derived from your Grace's exer.ion t in its behalf. May posterity continue to do so.— (Cheers.) Your Grace's curse has been thrA,u2,ll good and evil report—through changes of events and circurn stances—a course undeviating and unerring in devotion to the service and honour of your Sovereign, and the welfare of your native country. —(Hear.) Again I thank your Grace for the honour you have cone me with all the warmth of heart of one of your old Riflemen." The Gallant General was warmly applauded on resuming his seat. The Duke of WELLINGTON gave as the next toast the health of " Fie!d-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey and the Cavalry Brigade." The Noble Duke prefaced the toast with a few appropriate remarks, highly eulogistic of the character of his noble and gallant companion in arms. The toast having been duly honoured, The Marquis of ANGLESEY returned thanks in an eloquent and appropriate address, in the course of which his Lordship dwelt on the prospect of war, the necessity of being provided for any emergency, and the blessing to the country that the Duke of Wellington still lived to lead the British army on to victory. The Duke of WELLINGTON next gave the health of " Sir Frederick Adams and the Infantry Brigade," which having been duly responded to, was followed by that of " Sir Hugh Ross and the Artillery Corps," which that veteran acknowledged in a very feeling man ner. Some other routine toasts being disposed of, the com pany retired from the gallery to the saloon, where tea and coffee were served. His Royal Highness Prince Albert took leave of tlll , Noble and Gallant Duke about eleven o'clock, shortly after which the party broke up. It was generally remarked that the Duke of Welling. ton appeared in better health and spirits than on any similar occasion for some years past. ' 0 In allusion to the colonelcy of the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade recently presented to Sir Harry Smith by the Commander-in-Chief. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Co lonel Bouverie, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before eight o'clock on Saturday morning, for the ter minus of the London and South Western Railway at Nine Elms. The Prince was met at the terminus by their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, attended by their suite. The illustrious party left for Gosport by a spe cial train, arrived at the Clare ce Yard at half-past ten o'clock, and were received by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle and Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, and crossed to the Isle of Wight in the Fairy, commanded by Lord Adol phus Fizelarence. On landing, Prince Albert and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess proceeded to 0-,borne, her Majesty's marine residence. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and at tended by the Marchioness of Douro, left Buckingham Palace, in an open carriage and four, at ten minutes past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for Claremont. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, Baroness de Speth, Major-General Bowles, Lord Alfred Paget, and Dr. Meyer, followed in three carriages and four. Hi r Majesty was conducted to her carriage by Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, the Duke of Norfolk, and Lord George Lennox. The Queen and the Royal party arrived at Claremont at twenty minutes before five o'clock, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons. Her Majesty walked in Claremont Para after her arrival. The lion, and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived at Claremont in the afternoon on a visit to the Queen. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at the Esher station of the South Western Railway by a special train at seven o'cicz.k on his return from Osborne, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar and Suite, and attended by Colonel Bourerie, and proceeded to Claremont. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accustomed early walk. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took airings yesterday in Claremont Park. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service yester day in Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin cess Helena, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttel ton, took airings yesterday and on Saturday in the pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Baran Knesebeek, honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera House with their presence on Sa turday evening. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rill of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right lion. H. Labouchere. The Council sat two hours. Mr. Mostyn, M.P., bad an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Home Office. Mr. .'Sutherland, Mr. Swift, and Mr. Weems had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt .on Sa turday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George street. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governor of Ceylon. The Rev. Dr. Jerrard had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the ser mon. At the daily service the Prayers were read by the Rev. T. Ilelmore, the Lessons by the Rev. W. Hall, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Sermon was preached by the lion. and Rev. R. Sack ville West. The Anthem was "We will rejoice" (Croft). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Rev. G. N. Bowers, rector of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, will be the new Dean of Manchester. Dr. Bowers has attended with great care and zeal to the duties of the very important metropolitan parish of St. Paul's where he is deset vedly held in high estimation. He is a ripe scholar, and a most amiable man, and has always attended to the wants of his parishioners with zeal, and care, and assiduity.—Observer. We are happy to be able to state that the alarming rumours which have been circulated respecting the health Il His M ajesty of the Belgians, are greatly exaggerated. i ajesty has been suffering from a billious attack, the sy mptoms of which were aggravated by the use of the Wiesbaden waters, to which he had resorted for re lief, but which had the contrary effect o f producing Alhh not con siderable derangement of th e s y s t em . e ntirely subdued, the symptoms had yielded to t the ug usual treatment. There was at no time any serious appre hension of danger, and the rumours respect in gany further affection of his Majesty's health, beyond what we hare here stated, are utterly groundless.—Observer. The Queen of Portugal has written a letter with her own hand to the Duke of Palmella, in the most gracious manner commanding his return to Lisbon, and his resumption a the position which he bad so long and so deservedly held m the Councils of her Majesty before he was displaced and banished by the factious and cor rupt proceedings which have brought so much trouble and calamity upon Portugal. The Duke of Palmella has been long the devoted friend of constitutional freedom, for which he struggled and risked everything in the contest between the friends of the Queen and the pretensions of Don Miguel, to whose usurpation and despotic rule he was the foremost and most consistent enemy. The recal of such a man, in a m the taus e anner so gracious and so honourable , is a good omen for of con stitutional freedom in Portugal, and affords one of the best evidences that can be given of the intentions of the Queen and her present advisers to persevere in a course of national and constitutional government. —Observer. Accounts have been received of the arrival of Lord Howden at Bahia, on the Ist May, en route to Monte Video and Buenos Ayres. Lord Howden is to meet the French Envoy, Count Walewski, at Monte Video. Lord Normanby has returned to Paris, to resume his duties as Minister of England at the court of France. There is no foundation whate ver for the rumours of I the probable retirement of his Excellency from his high office.—Observer. HARVEST PROSPECTS.—After a very long and severe winter, and one the coldest and latest springs in memory of most men, which very much retarded vege tation, we have had some very warm and growing weather, which pushed on for a short time vegetation in a most rapid and luxuriant manner, but the long con tinuance of warm dry weather, and the rapid progress made in the growth of all growing crops, has caused them to run light and spindly, and it is not unlikely that on dry light lands the wheat crop will prove shah in the straw, and a light crop. The barley and o ats have suffered fr om th e same cause, and will certainly be short in the straw, and on all dry' gravels and chalks, decidedly a light crop. In some warm lands the bar ley and oats look as if they were scorched or burnt. The potatoes are looking extremely healthy and sound in the leaf ; but on examining some unsound potatoes planted for experiment, which came up well and looked healthy and sound in the leaf, on close inspection the tubers will be found of a brown colour next the old set, which in all cases is quite rotten. These discoloured tubers are evidently diseased, and the disease running up the stalks, from the connexion with the old set. I have found the seine appearances, but in a milder form, in some tubers growing from sound sets. On examin ing seine early potatoes in one of my labourer's gardens, I found them quite sound, and healthy young potatoes formed. I pray God this calamity may cease, but from appearances, as far as I can judge, I much fear it. The beans have suffered much for want of rain, and many people complain of the green lice amongst the peas.— LONDON, - MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1847. so brisk as it was a few weeks ago, yet there is a fair demand for diapers, huckabucks, doulases, and narrow sheetings. There is a l s o an u n u sua l d eman d for strainers. The demand for this fabric is more extensive than for some years past ; but from several of the power-loom factories working short time, there being little demand for their articles of manufacture (the fancy drill season having scarcely commenced), many hands are either entirely without employment, or only partially employed. With the present high price of provisions, and the scarcity of employment, many families are experiencing great privations. LEICESTER.—AIthough there has not been much more doing this week in the warehouses, a better feeling has sprung up. The money-market is less stringent, and the fall in grain gives greater confidence to manufac turers. Spinners still act with the utmost caution, and yarns are dull of sale. There is but little doing in wools the fair being so near at hand. The new clip is not ex pected to be good ; a few lots are selling from 245. to 265. per tod.—Leicester Journal. CAMBRIDGE INSTALLATION. (From the Cambridge Chronicle,) Before we write a line of our own upon the subject of the approaching Installation, we must lay berore our readers a document issued by the Vice-Chancellor, for the regulation of admission to the Senate-house on Mon day and Tuesday : For the maintenance of order at the approaching corn. mencement, and with the view of accommodating as many persons as the Senate-house will contain, the Vice Chancellor considers it necessary to publish the following HENLEY REGATTA• SECOND AND LAST DAY. The great features on the card of Friday were two eight-oared matches and a four, in which the Univer s ity gentlemen and the members of some cf the principal London clubs were engaged, and the rowing in the whole of these was beautiful—they were each, from first to last, fine spirit-stirring exhibitions, and the victors and the vanquished alike deserve their meed of praise. The weather was very inauspicious. Between one and two in the afternoon the town was visited—we might almost say as usual on its regatta days—with a very heavy thunder-storm, and there were two or three very heavy showers afterwards, notwithstanding which, how ever, there was a very large assemblage of spectators. The bridge was, as on the previous day, covered with carriages, containing, with the grand stand, the elite of the neighbourhood, and the meadows and towing-path were thickly studded with visitors. Grand Challenge Cup. This event engrossed the attention of the whole of the aquatic gentlemen present. Little knots of per sons were seen at every few yards discussing the probabilities and possibilities, the merits and de. merits of those who were about to take an active part in the scene. The Thames London Club (the holders) had found backers at 6 and 7 to 4 before the commencement of the regatta; but the splendid rowing of the Oxonians on Thursday, on the occasion of th e i r victory over the Cantabs, detailed in our impression of yesterday, gave the friends of the Oxford crew increased confidence, and 5 to 4 found ready takers after that trial of skill and game. Oxford University Boat Club (Dark blue) 1 Crew—Messrs. E. G. Moon, Magdalen, 10st. 41b.; M. Haggard, Christ Church, 10st. 61b.; J. Oldham, Brase nose, I Ist. 71b. ; T. Royds, Brasenose, 1 Ist. 101 b. ; C. Griffiths, Worcester, 12st. 61b.; W. King, Oriel, list.; G. Winter, Brasenose. list. 31b.; E. C. Burton, stroke, Christ Church, lOst. 31b.; C. Soames, steerer, St. John's, 9st. 101 b. The Thames Club, London (Purple and crimson) 0 Crew—Messrs. F. Blake, I Ist.; .T. Montague, 1 Ist. 41b.; L. Stratton, 10st. 131 b.; E. Perceval, 12st. 1lb.; J. S. Robinson, 1 Ist. 71b. ; F. Playford, 1 lst. 51b. ; H. Chapman, 1 15t.41b.; J. R. L. Walmesley, stroke, 10st. 61b.; G. Walmesley, steerer, 9st. 71b. The Thames Club took the Berks shore. A finer or more even start was never seen—they were both off to gether, the speed being first-rate. After the first half dozen strokes, the Thames had the head of their boat about a foot in advance of their adversaries, and in this position they continued for above a minute, and were then again for a few seconds as level as at the moment of starting. A few more rapid, powerful strokes placed the head of the Oxford boat about half a yard in ad • Vance, the next dozen lusty pulls a trifle more, and so they continued creeping away, inch by inch, or foot by foot, till on nearing the Poplars, when they had got their length clear,theiradversaries having most gallantly disputed every foot of water with them. From this point the Oxonians gained a greater lead, and beat the Thames Club by seventeen seconds, accomplishing the distance under eight minutes, which clearly exhibits the immense speed with which the boats must have been rowed the distance (about a mile and a half, against the stream). Although the Thames Club rowed with great pluck, their style was not, upon the whole, of so finished a character as the Oxonians. The Visitors' Challenge Cup. The Christ Church Club, Oxford (Dark, blue, white cross) Crew—Messrs. G. Mansfield, Mr. Haggard, E G. Burton, E. Thuiston, stroke, Richards. steerer. The St. George's Club, London (White, red cross) tri Crew.—Messrs. W. L. Falls, Lane, Wallace, Coul thard, stroke, White steerer. On going off the Christ Church appeared to have a very trifle the lead, and in this position both crews row ing in the most gallant manner, they continued up to Robenham. The winners then drew more away, but the St. George's put on a dashing spurt at the Poplars, and continued to press their opponents, who had no time to spare, right into the winning post. Won by a length only. The Ladies' Challenge Plate. The Childe of Hale, Oxford (Blue and yellow) I Crew.—Messrs. Jones, Earl. Oldham, Ogle, Rlyds, Smith,Wenfer, Noel, stroke, Knight, Cambridge—Thesteerer. First Trinity—the holders (Purple) 0 Crew—Messrs. Wolstenholme, Manic, Vincent. Ni cholson, Garfitt, Turner, Berwick, Rawlinson, Holland, steerer. This was another gallant struggle, the winners well earning their victory. A fine start was seconded by the crews keeping nearly oar and oar, at an extraordinary pace, for two or three hundred yards, wh en t h e C am b r id ge b oa t (First Trinity) took a slight lead, and held it nearly to the Poplar!, being closely waited upon by their opponents. At this point the winners made a fine spurt, and came level with their opponents. Stimulated by the shouts of the assemblage, both crews appeared to begin the race anew, but in the next minute the Oxford boat (Brazenose) showed an advance, drew their stern level with about No. 2 of the Trinity, i n w hi c h p os ition they remained for a dozen strokes more, which terminated the race. Some very minor performances wound up the day's sport, which must have been most gratifying, both to the stewards and the spectators. The Oxonians in this regatta have been signally suc cessful. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL MARKET, JUNE 18.—There has been rather more animation in the foreign wool trade this week, a more extensive selection being now afforded by the arrival of new wools; the advanced, prices however, at which they are held, induces considerable caution on the part of the buyers. ENGLISH, WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JUNE 18.—We have nothing new to notice in this branch of the trade during the past week. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JUKE 18.—We are without any a lte ra ti o n in our trade t hi s week, and have a limited demand w ithout any change in pri ces. 7 We have had the YORK WOOL MARKET, JUNE 1 - usual number of buyers in attendance to-day, . and . show of wool being on ly small, it was nearly all sold , .the . last week's prices being hardly maintained. We give the nearest quotations:—For all super hog, 13S. 9d., hog and ewe, 12s. 6d. to 135., all ewe, 10s. 6d. to 11s 6d , locks and cast, Bs. to 05.;6d. per stone. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is no im provement in the demand for combing wool. As yet there has been little of the new clip in the market. Prices are firm. Clothing wools can be purchased upon easier terms. The manufacturers begin to purchase yarns more freely, but there is no improvement to speak of in prices. The piece market is very brisk. The English merchants are doing much more business, and so also are the German merchants. There were a great num ber of the latter in the market to-day. Prices are very firm. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.—The tone of the market continues firm. There his been more business done in weather ould coritinae to goods ; and in som e a rticles a small advance on the prices of a fortnight or three weeks ago h as b een esta bl ished. In yarns sales have be en e asily effected at previous rates; sh and the opinion seems general of and some counts are a shade higher. Altogether the aspect promise an abundan t harve st , a considerable improve ment will take place. We learn that the orders for thingi th i tt s t m i o f re the encouraging Manchester goods received by the Britannia, though not large, are as extensive as could be expected at this sea son o f the year. The steamer is stated to have brought large orders for Birmingham and Sheffield goods. The following extract from a letter, dated New York, June Ist, received by an American house in this town, will be read with interest :—" Our trade the present season has disappointed every one we have conversed with. The country, we have reason to believe, will be more bare of goods for the fall than it has been for years past • while the light purchases made during the spring, and the enormous increase of resources arising from the vast shipments and high prices of produce, will open a demand for goods such as we have not experienced be fore. It is not very easy to account for the light demand during the past season, but a variety of causes perhaps have had a joint effect. In the first place, the numerous failures among the country merchants and jobbers last fall and winter, shook the eanfidence aid impaired the resources, very graatly, of many operators in every branch of the business ; and, secondly, many of the good country dealers invested in produce, which, owing to the lateness of the winter, and consequent opening of the canals, could not be got to market in season to pay off old indebtedness. The canals were six weeks later in opening than the previous season • and when they did open the season bad like wise so ir advanced that country dealers did not like to buy heavy stocks. We look, therefore, for a splendid business for the coming season, as we never knew the prospects more en couraging." Dia l u...ate ;Wile trod' of this town is not REGULATIONS. 1. That no person be admitted into the Senate house, or the Senate-house yard, on Monday July 5, or Tuesday July 6, without a ticket. 2. That every person who now is a member of the Uni versity shall have one ticket (not transferable) for his own admission on each of those days. 3. That every member of the Senate shall have one lady's ticket, and one gentleman's ticket—and every in cepting M.A. one ticket either a lady's or a gentleman's —for the admission of strangers on each of those days. 4. That personal application for their tickets be made to the Registrary by all Graduates, except Bachelors of Arts.* _ _ _ 5. That the tickets of all Bachelors of Arts and Under graduates be issued to them through the Tutors of their respective colleges. 6. That the platform, on which the chairs of State will be placed for her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness the Chancellor, together with the raised seats for ladies on each side of the Senate-house immediately communicating with it, be appropriated to those persons who have tickets from his Royal Highness, and to No blemen, Doctors, and Heads of Colleges. 7. That the remaining parts of the raised seats on each side of the Senate-house, and the west-end of the gallery be appropriated to ladies : and that on Monday July 5 7 the orchestra also be appropriated to ladies. 8. That the body of the Senate-house be appropriated to members of the University having M.A. tickets, and to gentlemen rot members of the University who have tickets of admission. 9. That the gallery on the north side of the Senate house be appropriated to Undergraduates. 10. That the gallery on the south side of the Senate house be open to all Graduates, and also to gentlemen, not members of the University, who have tickets of admission. The Vice-Chancellor requests that all members of the University will appear in their academical dress of gowns and bands during both days. A report had got abroad that under graduates were to be wholly excluded from the Senate-house, the errone ousness of which will be demonstrated by the foregoing document. In the Senate-house the arrangements are ad vancing at a rapid rate : it is a scene of great activity, and symptems of what is going on within may already be observed outside, where three of the temporary en trances are indicated by flights of stairs. The platform for her Majesty and the Chancellor is partly erected, the orchestra is in a state of forwardness, and nearly the whole of the side galleries for ladies is completed. We have more than once printed what we may call a programme of the proceedings; but there will be no harm in repeating it, with whatever little additions we are now in possession of. Her Majesty and the Prince will take the rail at the Tottenham station on Monday morning July 5, and will reach Cambridge about half-past twelve o'clock. The station here will be elegantly decorated for the reception of the Royal visitors, and accommoda tion will be provided for a number of ladies to witness the arrival. ,The Eastern Counties Company are making every exertion to do honour to the occasion, and we be lieve they will do their part well. The Mayor and Corporation will meet her Majesty at the station, where the usual formalities will be enacted; and they will accompany the royal cortege on foot to Trinity College, where their duties will end, for at that point in her progress her Majesty will be delivered over to the University authorities. We know not at this moment what arrangements will be made to mark public loyalty during her Majesty's passage through the town, for while we write a Committee of the Town Council is sitting to conclude what is to be done; but we appre hend there will be triumphal arches, and so forth, and we know that many of the inhabitants are already pre paring to decorate their houses with banners and flowers, and we have no doubt that the Royal progress through the town will be a scene of unusual brilliance. The Queen and the Prince will of course sojourn at Trinity Lodge, and lunch will be ready for them at two o'clgck on Monday. At three o'clock the Chancellor, and possibly the Queen, will go the Senate-house, where Honorary Degrees will be conferred by his Royal High ness. At half-past six in the evening the royal party will dine with the Vice-Chancellor in the hall of Ca tharine ball. It unfortunately happens that the accom modation is small, and consequently the Vice-Chan cellor's hospitality will necessarily be confined to a'-out sixty guests. After dinner there will be a concert in the Senate-house, to commence at half past eight o'clock. With respect to this concert we regret to announce that Jenny Lind's engagements in London will prevent her from coming ; but treaties are pending with Grisi, Alboni, Mario, and Lablache, and Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Mr. Philips and Mr. Lockey are engaged. The band will comprise the elite of the Philharmonic and Choral Societies of London; and there will be a full chorus, amongst which will be the Cambridge, Ely , and Peterborough choirs. It is understood that her Majesty and the Prince will attend this concert. On Tuesday the proceedings in the Senate-house will commence at ten o'clock. The great feature will be the performance of the Installation Ode, in which the singers at the concert will take a part. In the afternoon the royal party will honour the horticultural fete at Downing with their presence. We have already stated that most extensive preparations are on foot for this fete, which will be a splendid thing. In the evening a grand ban quet will be given in the noble ball of Trinity College, which will be attended by the Queen and the Chancellor. The plate for this banquet, as well as that at Catherine Hall, will be supplied by Mr. Read, of Market-hill. The public breakfast in Trinity and St. John's will take place on Wednesday morning, to commence at 12 o'clock. All preliminary arrangements for this grand fete have been concluded, and the highest anticipations of its attractions are indulged in. Tickets can be pro cured only through members of the Senate ; and for the distribution of them the members of the committee of management will attend at Mr. Barraclough's rooms, near the Senate-house, on and after Friday, July 2. We understand that the price of the tickets will be 11. ls., with the addition of 55., if not procured before Wednesday morning. We are glad to add that the profits will be applied her the benefit of Addenbrooke's Hospital. The raider is aware that the two Colleges will be united by a temporary bridge across the Cam. The bridge will be erected nearly opposite the northern end of the library ; the contract for it has been taken by Mr. Peck, of this p t t ti o r w r i enn. e a A n w d if hat itle w rt e atkhee e t a hp r eui t br h l dioe ipta br e akfastwr t i u l r l e bfeo vet are . s al n d es t t as y t a y n s d tr t u h c e - All the details that we h ave given are connected with the University ; but there will be rejoicings in which the townspeople can partake. These, however, are not com pleted at the hour at which we write, but we apprehend there is no doubt that there will be a grand display of fire-works. We may say generally that there is no doubt whatever that the town and University will be crowded with dis tinguished company. We have given lists before, to which we might now make additions ; but perhaps next week we shall be in a position to extend the list very considerably. The best spirit prevails amongst those charged with carrying out this interesting event, and the highest hopes are entertained of a brilliant issue. * The Registrary will attend for the purpose of distribut ing tickets at his office in the Pit Press, on Wednesday June 30, and on Friday July 2, from nine o'clock to one, a.m.; and at his rooms in Trinity college on Thursday July 1, from 6 to 10 p.m. ; on Friday July 2, from 8 to 10 p.m. on Saturday July 8, from Bto 9i a.m. ;from 8 to 10 p.m. on Monday July 5, from 8 to 9i a.m.; from 8i to 10 p.m. and on Tuesday, July 6, from 8 to si a.m. THE GERMAN HOSPITAL. -- On Friday the annual general meeting of the subscribers to the above hospital was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in the chair, supported by the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, Ernest Bunsen, Esq., Baron Knesebeck, Lord Ashley, the Venerable Archdeacon Robinson, the Che valier Hebeler, &c., &c. The report stated, that since the opening of the hospital 611 patients had been ad mitted into the wards, and 1,998 out-patients had been relieved. The total amount received during the past year galla, and the balance now remaining in hand, deductin expenses, was 6751. A convalescent fund has been formed by some ladies in London and Man chester, for the purpose of affording pecuniary relief to patients leaving the hospital. On the motion of Lord Ashley, seconded by . his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the report was unanimously adopted. , The committee and other officers for the ensuing year were then elected; and a vote of thanks passed to those retiring. A similar compliment was paid to the Royal Chairman, after which the meeting separated. MANCHESTER PRODUCE MARKET, FRIDAT.—The sugar market has assumed a firmer aspect this week, and the sales, which have been to a fair exten - , establish an advance of 6d. per cwt. on last week's prices. Refined sugar mid treacle are lower. Fine golden syrup is quoted 265. The tea market continues quiet, without any alteration in prices.—Manchester Guardian. Tua TURNIP FLT.—At a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society last week, Mr. Hillyard, of Thorpe lands, near Northampton, described a successful mode which he had adopted to destroy this pest. It was by keeping heaps of twitch on different sides of his farm, ready to be fired when the fly made its appearance on the , crop ; he then lighted those heaps which lay on the windward side of the farm, and placed brimstone on the top of each of them, when the combined effluvia of the burning twitch and brimstone being carried over the turn'f told the fly was wort e ff ectually destroyed.— p a o ur y Guardian, THE CROPS IN LANCASHIRE. (From the Preston Guardian of Saturday.) ECCLESTON, NEAR LEYLAND.—The crops in this neighbourhood look very promising, potatoes never looked better. Carts laden with potatoes from Burs cough, Rufford, &c., are now passing through here for Bolton and Blackburn. I cannot hear that there is a single complaint as to the appearance of the potato murrain. A party in charge of one cart, which was only partially laden with potatoes, said he had paid 151. for them, and fetched them out of the field, so that the farmer had not been put to any expense beyond getting them out of the ground. He stated that the crop was very productive, and that those farmers who were fortunate enough to have forward crops were reap ing a fine harvest.—Correspondent. POTATO DISEASE.—FRIGHTENED BEFORE HURT. — The following anecdote will explain how the reports of the potato disease get circulated. We would, however, caution parties not to cry " Wolf, wolf," too much, lest the wolf in reality should make his appearance as Oust visitation for their murmurings :—A farmer called upon a gentleman the other day, and stroking down his hair exclaimed, " Oh, dear, I don't know what ull be come uth country olong o' this potatee disease." The gentleman replied, " Why, Bob, have you got it among your crops ?" " Now, now," said the farmer, " but my nebbur has getten up o lot, up he fun TWO bad uns omung urn ! I I" HOARDING UP STILL.—One farmer in Wrightington has upwards of one hundred loads of meal yet unsold. I suppose that he is intending to wait for the harvest of 1848. The crops here look splendid, and no appearance of the disease amongst potatoes.—Correspondent. POTATO CROPS IN LONGTON.—Your correspondent for this place must have been mistaken as to the statement he put forth last week with regard to the potato disease having re-appeared. There may have been a few tubers found in a rotten state in some of the old gardens, which is nothing unusual ; but up to the present time there is not the slightest trace of the epidemic of last year. On the contrary, potatoes were never known to look so well. There are great quantities now ready for the market, a cart load having gone this day (Wednesday) from here to Blackburn.—J. P. HAS THE POTATO DISEASE APPEARED 2—A gentle man who has travelled through the places named below during the past week says, that after diligent in• quiry he was glad to find that there was not a single complaint of the potato disease having appeared, and what is still more gratifying, that none of the sets have missed germinating, and that there is every pro spect of a very abundant crop. Places referred to, starting from Wigan, through Pemberton, Orrell, Up holland, Standish, Wrightington, Welsh Whittle, Cop pull, to Choriliby. POTATOES.—UNFOUNDED RUMOUR.—Happening to see a copy of your - contemporary of Saturday last, I found a statement of the potato disease having appeared in Worden Park, which I beg to contradict, as I never saw them looking more healthy and prosperous than they do this year. There have been some got up, which were perfectly free from disease.—Aß occupier of the greater portion of Worden Park, Leyland. THE CROPS, LEYLAND.—AII kinds of grain crops look well in this neighbourhood. Yesterday was a splendid growing day—fine and warm after the genial rain. For ward potatoes look remarkably well, and bid fair for an abundant crop. Th ere are some rumoursi here and there of a bad potato being found—but to set up a report of appearance, the potato disease havi ng ma d e i ts is, I think, going too fast.—Leyland Correspondent. THE CROPS.—GARSTANG AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. The crops in these surrounding neighbourhoods were never known to look better; wheat looks very well, and is progressing rapidly in growth; oats are much im proved, and present a healthy appearance, the grub having now disappeared; beans, since the late rains, promise well, and the stems are studded with bloom from the top to the bottom. Potatoes present such an appear ance as to justify sanguine expectations both as to quan tity and freedom from disease; some of the cottagers who have got up the forward sort .have got from twenty to thirty potatoes at one root —Garstang Correspondent. POTATOES.—MORE GOOD NEWS.—At your request I have made it my business to inquire of the farmers at tending the market here to-day from the great potato district west of this, and can hear no complaints of the potato disease; they all speak well of the prospect of the grain crops, and state that wheat is getting every day fuller on the ground.—Garstang Correspondent. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN FURNESS.—We have had a delightful week of sunshine and showers, and the crops are rapidly advancing under their genial influence. The grain crops are spoken well of on all hands, and, no doubt, the markets are feeling their in fluence, as wheat, of which there was an abundant supply in our market on Thursday, fell 6s. per load. P o tatoes are getting up well, and our market at the latter part of the day was supplied with them as low as twopence per lb. The crops in the ground look healthy, and promise well. THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN THE FYLDE.—We have had a good supply of rain, and during the latter part of the week the atmosphere has been mild and warm. As a consequence vegetation continues to pro gress satisfactorily. Wheat, which has now begun to shoot, continues to maintain a healthy colour, and pro mises to be a good crop Oats are recovering from the effects of the grub, and have improved within the last few days both in colour and growth; beans and barley are also doing as well as possible. The fields and mea dows look remarkably well, and the hay harvest, even on high lands, which suffered in the early part of the season from drought, will be tolerably heavy. Potatoes in this district still maintain a healthy appearance, and I cannot but think that the reports of the disease have been greatly exaggerated, probably for the unworthy purposes of speculation.—Poulton Correspondent. THE HORTICULTURAL EXHIBI- TION AT CHISWICK. On Saturday the second exhibition of this society took place in the gardens at Chiswick, and, the weather being fine, was most numerously attended, and merit d and received general commendation. The Calceolaria were most splendid, and attracted much attention and admiration. Those most noticed were the Grand Sultan, a crimson species, and the " Henderson," Sir H. Smith. There were also some magnificent Azalias, particularly the Azalia Varie gates and Acredes Odoratum, both from China. The heaths, of almost every colour and form, were also a great source of attraction ; as were the exotics, orchids, and other orchidaceous plants, the fragrance of which so pervaded the marquee when greatly crowded as to be almost over powering. We must also not forget the geraniums, of which there was a goodly display, particularly the Jenny Lind, Curiosa, and Madame Grisi ; and of the roses, which are always most beautiful. The fruit appeared most melting, and consisted of pines and strawberries, pineapples, melons, peaches, nectarines, grapes (white and black), cherries, &c. Soon after twelve o'clock the company began to arrive, and by one o'clock, the time appointed for the opening of the doors, a large number of fashionables had been set down. From that period they continued to arrive until considerably after five o'clock. Be tween three and four o'clock a double line of carriages filled with company, extended from the gardens to Brook Green-lane, Hammersmith, s. distance of two miles. Throughout the whole of the afternoon the gardens presented a most animated appearance, there being present from eight to nine thousand persons, form ing a brilliant display of rank, fashion, and beauty. The splendid bands of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and of the Coldstream Guards were in atten dance, and played, amongst other pieces and national airs, the overture " Oberon" (Weber) • " British Army Quadrille" (Jullien); chorus " The Heavens are telling" (Haydn); " God save the Queen ;" " Wedding March" (Mendelssohn); overture " Camp of Silesia" (Meyerbeer). About six o'clock the sky began to get clearer, and the evening proved much finer than had been anticipated by many from the appearance of some portions of the afternoon, so that nothing occurred in the slightest degree to mar the happiness and joy which animated the countenances of all, and a great many did not leave till towards dusk. The only member of the Royal Family who visited the gardens was his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and that took place before the doors were opened. DEATH OF MR. PAPIVORTII.—The death of Mr. John Buonarotti Papworth, late Vice-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, occurred on Wed nesday last, at his residence, Park-end, St. Neots, whither he had retired from London, after more than fifty years professional practice. Amongst the clients to whom he owed an extremely varied practice he num bered several of the late branches of the Royal Family, especially the Princess Charlotte, and also the present King of Wurtomberg, from whom he, having designed the palace and English part at Kaunstadt, received the appointment of architect to his Majesty. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 18.—We have experienced an improved demand for raw sugars this week, and a slight advance has been established on the former currency: the reined market is rather dull, and prices muFt be quoted easier, say from 60s. to 635., for brown to standard quality. Nothing doing in ruin. — Bristol Mercury. Mr. Daniell, the African traveller, has reached this country, after escaping all the vicissitudes of a compara tively unknown country in South-Western Africa. lie has had several attacks of fever, and escaped death under various guises. tie has, however, reaped a rich ethnological collection, which he intends immediately to lay before the Ethnological Society. lie has minutely studied the distinctions which the various tribes of negroes of the south present, compared with the un. civilised men of the north of Western Africa. The Portuguese possessions, especially the penal settlements —a new and rich field of inquiry—have engaged his marked attention. The slave trade is rapidly gaining ground in Angola, and the adjacent countries, to the great detriment of our 1 , gitimate commerce ; and, not withstanding the reputed vigilance of our cruisers, a vast number of slaves have b een t ransm i tted to the Brazils, the exports of a few months exceeding the ordinary amount of past years. A vessel has been equipped in the port of Soanda, the chief Portuguese settlement in South Africa, and had successfully escaped with a full cargo of slaves. One of the members of the Portuguese Court was implicated in this affair, and has been dismissed from his post by the Government. W ALEFIELD CORN-MARKET, FRIDAY.—This week there is an average supply of wheat and a fair q uantit y of oats ; of o th er articles the arrivals are trifling. There is a good consumptive demand for wheat, at a reduction of ss. to 6s. per quarter. For oats and shelling there is a retail inquiry at declining prices. In beans and other nrticles no alteration. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIO, ~ ~ -.. r V S (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Covnoons.) , - FRIDAY, JUNE 18. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Questioa,. - - .. (11th June), " That it is expedient that the constitution and _ ....-..... Practice of all , rik v rx Committees on Private Bills, in futurrie,asicas - , . •-__,4 of Parliament, s h ou ld b e ass i m il a t e d as n early as may be to -••-i • tt -....t5..0 those of Committees on Railway Bills; and that it be an instruction to the Committee for revision of standing orders to make provision accordingly :—Question again proposed:— Debate resumed :—Question put. The House divided : MAJORITY —AYES, 116. Acland, T. D. Forster, Matthew Paget, Colonel Aldam, William Gibson, T. 31. Palmerston, Viscount Arkwright, 3. Gladstone, J. N. Parker, John Arundel, Earl of Gordon, Admiral Patten, J.,W. Baring, F. T. Gore, Robert Pattison, J. Baring, W. B. Gower, Leveson Philips, G. R. Barrington, Viscount Grey, Sir G. Plumridge, Captain Berkeley, Craven Grogan, Edward; Powlett, Lord W. Berkeley, Captain Hamner, Sir John Protheroe Edward Boyd, John Harris, Hon. Capt. p,m3., Philip' Brown, W. Basile, Archibald Rich, Henry Buller, Edward Hatton, Captain V. Richards, Richard Burke, T. J. Ileneage, Edward Roebuck, J. A. Callaghan, D. Holland, Robert Shaw, F. Cardwell, Edward Hope, A. Shell, It. L. Chapman, B. Horstnan, E. ' Somerville. Sir W. Clay, Sir W. Howard, E. G. Sotheron, T. H. Colebrooke, Sir T. Howard, P. H. Stanton, W. H. Collett, W. R. Jervis, Sir John Strickland, Sir G. Collett, John Labouchere, Henry Strutt, Edward Courtenay, Lord Langston, J. H. Tancred, H. W. Crawford, W. S. Lascelles, W. - S. Thornely, T. Dalrymple, Captain Lefroy, A. Tomline, George ' Denison, J. E. Lincoln, Earl of Towneley, John Dennistoun, J. Lindsay, Colonel Trelawny, J. S. Dickinson, F. F. Loch, James Tufnell, IL Divett, E. Mackinnon, W. Turner, E. Dodd, G. Marshall, William Villiers, Charles Dugdale, W. S. Marsland, Henry Vvian, J. li. Duncan,:Viscount Mettle, Fox Wakley, Thomas Duncan, George Miles, William Walker, Richard Duncombe, Thomas Moffatt, George Williams, W. Dundas, Sir David Morpeth, Viscount Winnington, Sir T. East, Sir J. B. Mostyn, E. Wood, Colonel T. Ebriugton, Lord Muntz, G. F. Wortley, J. S. Ellice, Edward . Nicholl, J. Yorke, H. R. Escott, Bickham Norreys, Lord Esmonde, Sir T. O'Brien, J. Estcourt, T. G. O'Conor, Don Ewart, William Ogle, S. C. TELLERS. Greene, Thomas Heathcote, Sir W. MINORITY-NOES, 88. Adare, Viscount Egerton, Sir P. Morris, David Benne, William Entwlsle, William Newdegate. N. Bankes, George Feilden, Sir W. Newport, Viscount Barnard, E. G. Fielden, John O'Ferrall, It. M. Beckett, William Ferguson, Sir R. Palmer, G. Bentinck, Lord G. Forbes, William Pechell, Captain Bernal, Ralph Fuller, A. E. Peel, Colonel Bodkin, William H. Gaskell, J. M. Prime, Richard Brotherton, Joseph Gisbenie, Thomas Rashleigh, W. Brisco, M. Gore, Montague Repton, G. W. J. Broadley, H. Graham, Sir James Rice, E. R. Broadwood, H. Hall, Sir B. Ross, D. R. Buck, L. W. Hamilton, W. J. Sandon, Viscount Buller, air J. Y. Hamilton, Lord C. Seymour, Lord Burrell, Sir C. Heathoote, G. J. Sheppard, T. Carew, W. H. Pole Henley, J. W. Smith, R. Y. Cavendish, G. H. Hildyard, T. B. Somerset, Lord G. Cholmeley, Sir J. Hodgson, F. Spooner, R. Christopher, R. A. Hodgson,lltichard Trollope, Sir J. Clerk Sir G. Howard, C. W.G. Trotter, John Clive, Viscount Hudson, G. Vane, Lord H. Codrington, Sir W. Ingestre, Viscount Vyse, H. Cole, Hon. H. A. James, Sir W. C. Waddington, H. S. Corbally, M. E. Kemble, Henry Walsh, Sir J. B. Deedes, W. Lowther, Sir:J. Welby, G. E. Disraeli, B. Lowther, Hon. Col. Worcester, Margais Douglas, J. S. Lygon, Gen. Duckworth, Sir J. Mackenzie, T. Duncombe, A. Manners, Lord J. Duncembe, 0. Miles, Philip W. S. Egerton, W. T. Morgan, 0. TELLIES. Inglis, Sir' It. Brotherton, Joseph HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 191. Acheson, Viscount Evans, Sir De Lacy Nicholl, John Acland, T. D. Ewart, William Norreys, Lord Aliam, W. Farnham, E. B. Norreys, Sir D. Antrobus, Edmund Ferguson, Sir R. O'Brien, John Arundel, Earl of Fitzmaurice, W. O'Brien, Timothy Baillie, W. Forster, Mathew O'Connell, M. J. Elaine, Walter Fox, C. R. O'Conor, Don Bannerman, A. Gibson, Thomas M. O'Ferrall, R. M. Barclay, David Gill, Thomas Ogle, S. C. Baring, F. T. Gore, Robert Pakington, Sir J. S. Bateson, Thomas Gower, Levesou Palmerston, Vis, Beckett, W. Greene Thomas Parker, John Bell, John Gregory W. H. Patten. J. W. Bellew, K. M. Grey, Sir G. Pechell, Captain Berkeley, Craven Grosvenor, Lord R. Perfect, Robert Berkeley, Captain Grosvenor, Earl Philips, G. R. Blake, Martin J. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pinney, William Boyd,;John ' Hamilton, W. J. Powlett, Lord W. Bramston, T. W. Hanmer, Sir J. Protheroe, E. Brisco, M. Harcourt, G. G. Pusey, P. Broadley, Henry Marris, Captain Reid, Colonel Bretherton, J. Hatton, Captain Repton, G. W. Brown, W. Hawes, Benjamin Rice, E. R. Buller, Charles Heathcoat, John Rich, Henry Buller, Edward lieneage, E. Roche, E. B. Busfeild, W. Hervey, Lord A. Romiliy, John Byng, G. S. Hobhouse, Sir John Round, J. Cardwell, Edward Hodgson, F. Russell, Lord J. Cavendish, G. H. Hope, Alexander Russell, Lord C. Chichester, Lord J. Horsman, Edward Sandon, Lord Christie, W. D. Howard, C. W. - Seymour, Lord Clay, Sir W. Howard, E. G. Seymour, Sir H. B. Clifton, J. T. Howard, P. 11. Sheil, R. L. Colebrooke, Sir T. Hutt, William Smith, Vernon Co!vile, C. R. James, Sir W. Somerville, Sir W. Conyngham, Lord A. Jermyn, Earl Sotheron, T. H. S. Corbally, M. E. Jervis, Sir John Stanley, W. O. Courtenay, Lord Johnstone, Sir J. Stansfield, W. R. Cowper, W. F. Remble, 11. Stanton, W. H. Crawford, W. S. Labouchere, Henry Stuart, Lord J. Dalmeny, Lord Lambton, 11. Strickland, Sir G. Dalrymple, Captain Langston, J. II sinatt, Edward Davies, D. A. Lascelles, W. S. Talbot, C. R. Dawson, T. V. Lawless, Cecil Tancred, H. W, Denison, J. E. Legh, G. C. Thornely, Thomas Denison, E. B. Lincoln, Earl of Tollcmache, John Dennistoun, J. Lindsay, Colonel Tomlin, George D'Eyncourt, C. T. Macaulay, T. B. Trelawny, J. S. Dickinson, F. H. Mackinnon, W. Turner, Edmund Duckworth, Sir J. M. iionnell,:j. M. Vane, Lord H. Duncan, Lorel 31'0e/wily, F. A. Villiers, Charles Duncan, George 111ainwaring, T. Vivian, J. H. Duncombe, T. Marshall, W. Wakley, Thomas Duncombe, A. Marsland, Henry Walker, Richard Dundas, Admiral Manic, Fox Ward, 11. G. Dundas, Sir David Mildmay, 11. St. John White, Samuel East, sir J. B. Miles, P. W. S. Williams, W. Ebrington, Viscount Moffatt, George Wood, Sir Charles Egerton, Sir P. Monahan, J. 11. Wortley, J. S. Ellice, Edward Morpeth, Viscount Wrightson, W. IL Emlyn, Viscount Morris, David Wyse, Thomas Escott, Bickham Morison, General Esmonde, Sir T. Mostyn, E. M. Etwall, Ralph Mure, Colonel Evans, William Seville, Ralph TELLERS. Tufnell, Heury Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY-NOES, 50. Adderley, C. B. Douglas, J. D. S. Newdegatc, C. N. Archdall, Captain Dugdale, W. S. Newport,;Visct. Arkwright, George Egerton, .W. T. Palmer, 'Robert itankes, George Floyer, John Rashleigh, William Bentinck, Lord G. Forbes, W. Rolleston, Colonel Bodkin, W. H. Frewen, C. IL Shirley, E. J. Borthwick, I'. Fuller, A. E. Spooner, Richard I.lroadwood, H. Granby, Marquis of Stuart, J. Brooke, Lord Halsey, T. I'. Vivian, J. E. Buck, Lewis W. Henley, J. W. Vyse, H. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hudson, George VYvYan, Sir B. 'M. Burrell, Sir C. Hussey, T. Waddington, H. S. Carew, W. P. Ingestre, Visct. Walsh, Sir J. Cole, H. A. Lennox, Lord G. IL Yorke, R. H. Deedes, W. Lowther Colonel Dick. Q. Manners, Lord C. Diyett, Edward Miles, W. Douglas, Sir C. Neeld, Joseph TELLERS. !quota, G. F. Sibthorp, Colonel DOMESTIC EXTRAVAGANCE.—The wanton and wicked extravagance that has taken place, and is taking place, by servants in many noblemen and gentlemens residences, and even in many middle class families, calls for an immediate correction. The waste of bread, meat, potatoes, &c., in many families is truly shocking, and which if the heads of those families were fully aware of, would produce astonishment to them. A correspondent writing to us upon this subject says he has seen such wanton and wicked waste of bread, meat, potatoes, &c., by the domestics of a gentleman's family near to where he resides, that it has positively shocked him. An immediate correction ought to take place by the prin cipals of all families; not a niggardly correction, but a n ecessary one of wastefulness. The Marquis of Anglesey gave a grand entertain ment to his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Con stantine of Russia, on Thursday evening, at Uxbridge House. The band of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), the Noble and Gallant Marquis's regiment, was sta tioned in the hall, and performed during the arrival of the guests invited to the banquet. His Imperial High ness the Grand Duke Constantine came at half-past seven o'clock, attended by Vice-Admiral Lutke, Rear- Admiral Gruch Heyden, Baron Freedericksz, and Lieu tenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey, Equerry to the Queen, in waiting on his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge came soon afterwards. Covers were laid for thirty-two guests. The Grand Duke retired at ten o'clock, and, with the ' rest of the company, went to the Duchess of Glouces ter's ball. GRAND BALL AT TUX AUSTRIAN EmnAsric.—The Countess Dietrichstein gave a grand ball on Friday at Chandos House, which was honoured with the presence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince George, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, his Serene Higness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Conde de Montemolin, the Prince of Lucca, and a brilliant circle of the aristocracy. THE WATERLOO ANNIVERSARY. Friday being the thirty-second anniversary of the ever-memorable victory of Waterloo, his Grace the Duke of Wellington received congratulatory visits from several members of the Royal Family, and many of the nobility. Last evening the Noble Duke gave his customary annual en tertainment to his old companions in arms, ninety-two of whom sat down to a superb banquet in the Waterloo Gallery. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the 'Cale Duke with his presence. During the day Apsley House was visited by several persons who had been fortunate enough to obtain permission to view the gallery where the banquet was laid out. FRENCH. PLATS.—The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, Lord Alfred Pagct, Lord Byron, Colonel Bou verie, and Major-General Bowles, honoured the French plays with their presence on Frday evening. Among the company we also observed the Baronoss Brunnow a n d Mdlle. 010-a de Lechner, the Marquis of Bristol, the Marquis of Douro. the Earl andC_ rc o_t a tnte h ssof Dalhousie, the Mgrquis of Lansdown e, the M lo ne ss Dowager of Downshire the Earl and Countess of Mount Edg combe,Viscount' and Viscountess Folkestone, Viscount Som-rton, the Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, the Count D'Orsay, Sir John and Lady East hope, Lady and the Misses Tyrwhit, Lady Ross, Sir Fitzroy and Lady Kelly, the Hon. Mr. Barrington, Sir Joseph Copley, the lion. Mr. Vesey, Sir George Clerk, Sir John H. Lowther, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, Sir Henry and Lady Meux, &C. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES Or THE CREST.—In addition to many donations recently advertised, on behalf of the above charity, msy be men tioned that of the Earl of Onslow, one hundred guineas; Philip Rose, Esq., one hundred guineas; and Miss Elisa beth Fox, one hundred guineas. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has also made another handsome donation to the institution,