The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-02 00:00:00

CHRlsrs HOSPITAL.

THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL.
Yesterday a special court of the governors of Chriet's
Hospital was held, and which was most numerously at.
tended, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
recommendations contained in the report of the select
committee appointed Dec. 19, 1854, to inquire "Whether
any, and, if any, what changes are desirable in the con-
stitutionpowers, and duties of the committee of almon-
ers," and for the despatch of other business. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., the president,
was in the chair, and amongst those present were the
Duke of Northumberland, the Duke of Cleveland, the
Venerable Archdeacon Hale, Aldermen Sir G. Carrell,
Sidney, Finnis, Wilson, Kennedy, Wire, Sir J. Duke,
Rose ; Sir E. Antrobus, J. Neeld, Esq., M.P., William
Cotton', Esq. (late governor of the Bank of England), J.
M`Geecny, Ste.

THE COMMITTEE OF ALMONERS,
Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY moved that the recommenda-
tions contained in the report of the select committee that
had been appointed so far back as the 19th of December
, last he adopted, viz.:—
" That with a view to lightip the labour of the corn-
. inittee of almoners, the duties with which it is now
charged be divided between two distinct committees, to be
called the committee of almoners and the committee of
renters.
" That the committee of almoners do transact all the
business and discharge all the duties heretofore committed
to their charge, except snail as are hereafter transferred to
the committee of renters.
" That the committee of renters do transact all business
connected with the management, care, letting, and other-
wise dealing with all the estates and other property of the
hospital, and with all the disbursements incidental thereto
or connected therewith; apd with the oversight and dis-
tribution of all the charities of which the governors are
trustees, with the exception of Hetherington's Charity to
the Blind."
Mr. R. S. THOMAS seconded the motion.
Mr. S. GARRARD moved the following amendment :
"1. That the committee of almoners consist in future of
the president, treasurer, and members, of whom siz shall
be honorary members.
"2. That such six honorary members be nominated in
the first instance, and afterwards from time to time as
vacancies occur, by the committee of almoners, and that
each honorary member be appointed either in consideration
of his high rank or distinguished position in society, or of
valuable services rendered by him to Christ's Hospital.
" 3. That the present cow wittec shall forthwith appoint
the six honorary members, and shall then, by ballot, re-
duce their number to 27, exclusive of the pgesident, trea-
surer, and the honorary members; and that in the month
of May in each of the years 1856, 1857, and 1858, nine of
such 27 'rein tiers shall go out of otEce by lot.
" 4. That in the month of May in the year 1859. and
thereafter annually in the same- month, nine of the com-
mittee, who shall have been the longest in office, exclusive
of tho president and treasurer and the honorary members,
. shah retire by rotation.
1,. 5. That tho retiring members be re-eligible, but that
at every fresh election at least four members be elected who
have not served on the committee.
" 6. That in the month of May, 1855, or as soon after
as conveniently may be, and in the month of May in each
succeeding year, nine governors be elected members of the
committee by a general court to be held for that purpose,
in the room of those members who retire.
" 7. That the commitee of almoners shall, at a court to
be holden some time in the month of May, 1855, or as soon
after as conveniently may be, and at the quarterly court in
the month of April in each succeeding year, report the
names of the members retiring from the committee, and
recommend to the court nine gentlemen as eligible for ap-
pointment on the committee.
" 8. That any two governors desirous of proposing one
Or more gentlemen to be appointed on the committee, shall
give notice thereof in writing under their hands to the
chief clerk at or before such court to be holden in the
mouth of May, 1855, or as soon after as conveniently may
be ; and in each succeeding year at or before such quar-
terly court in the mouth of April in such succeeding year.
" 9. That the names of theretiring memberei; as well as
of the governors recommended by tie° committee for
appointment, and of those proposed by two governors in
the manner before mentioned, together with the names of
the parties proposing them respectively, be printed and
forwarded to each governor at least 14 days before the
general court appointed for the election in each year.
" 10. That printed lists of the parties so put in nomina-
tion be provided,eend that each governor voting shall strike
out from one of such lists as many of the names therein as
he may think fit, and thereupon deposit it in a balloting-
glees to be provided for that purpose, without in any other
manner declaring in whose favour he votes; and that any
list Which shall contain a greater number of names than
nine, or which shall not contain the names of at least four
governors, who have not served on the committee during'
the last preceding four years, shall, on taking the state of
the ballot, be rejected:
" 11. That in case more than five governors, who have
served on the committee within the last preceding four
years, shall have a majority of votes, the first five only
shall be elected, and, in case of an equality of votes be-
tween any two or more governors, a casting vote or votes
shall be given by the chairman of the meeting in so many
cases as may be requisite to complete the appointment of
members of the committee to fill the vacancies.
" 12. That in the event of any vacancy occurring in the
committee of almoners during the currency of any year by
death or otherwise, the committee shall on every such oc-
casion nominate a governor to fill such vacancy ; and the
governor so nominated shall serve on the committee in the
place of the party causing such vacancy, and shall go out
of office in the rotation, in which the party causing such
vacancy would have gone out of office.
" 13. That the committee of almoners shall appoint out
of of
of their body a sub•comittee of renters, consistingl
members, including the president and treasurer, and asu.b
committee of education, consisting of the like number,
in-
cluding the president and treasurer, and subject to such
regulations as they may find expedient.
"14. That a list of the committee, as they
of rotation for retiring, be hung up in the counting-hones
for the inspection of the governors."
stand in order
Mr. GREY seconded the amendment.
orted the
for which we have not space,
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY,
original resolution.
said no one would doubt the
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE
institution'and the in-
in a loenogreainaldlyelesqu;nt speech,
terests of the children t
question, and one that could not
It was a very important
rashly—althoughithad
ehecomratted to their care.
gone abroad that
anxiety he felt in reference
het
wtoert
be treated
everything
shortcomings on the part of the al-
If there had been
eastilteacintinoont,
that had beenindost!heatdhenreothaardisbeenenf done badly.
from a want
committee, he
now been. Having since he returnetadingiceheannige
been so forcibly brought under their notice as they had
the best shortcomings
carrying out th '
the
the hospital would be by
ens went into a corn-
, la),lnnf °dz ne
ea
attended
on their
ever every
but
meeting
because
gdminent of Mr. arrard. He then e improve-
!palantahineroeniuenton at length between the two
them
ermes;olhuutitohnes
adopting the
said if changes were neces-
sary
proposed, and, in conclusion,
he would be one of the first to makee would not do so until he was convinced they were neces-
sary and desirable.for the benefit of the 1,400 children .
under their care, and the diffusion of useful and whole-
some learning,
hniontg.
er governors addressed the court, after
which
The Chairman put the question, when there appeared,
For the amendment
1 - For the original motion
- Alajority for the amendment ---39
The resolutions were then agreed to.
the court to his Royal Highness for presiding, which
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND moved the thanks of
..
was carried by Acclamation.
ment, and the meeting separated.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE acknowledged the compli-

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second ma-iershio 'cif' this t•chool Richard Elwyn, Esq. ,
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THEATRE ROYAI. HAYMARIERT.
17nder the management of Mr. Buckstone; -
THIS EVENING.
be performed ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, 31Iss Cush-
man; Juliet, Miss swanborougb.
After which. a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HIY-
MA-RICET SPRING MEETING, 1855.
To conclude with OUR MART ANNE.

ROYAL pßiscEsa's THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza Ewe.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's
Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
To conclude with (17th time) a Romance, i two acts, entitled
THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queenand Knave.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
Proprietor, Hr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Wid be performed ICING O'NEIL. Characters by Messrs. C.
Selby, Garden, Parse! e. J. Bland, L. Murray,Be,; Mrs. L. Mur-
ray, Miss Wyndham, Be.
To conclude wth A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALFS
OF MOTHER GOOSE, with nunierous highly-coloured Illustrations.

R9YAL °LYMPH?, THEATRE.
Lease° and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING.
Will be rerforrned THE WFL-H Chwacters by Messrs.
Zmery, Leslie, and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and N
After which, the ComecUetta. called LAW FOR
racters by Me-ars. A. W igan, G. ining, H. Cooper, 1. anvers, awl
Miss Castleten.
To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called TRE YELLOW
pwaxy A...D THE KING OF tHE GOLD MINLS.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed Donizetti's Opera 0; THE DAUGHTER CF
THE REGIMENT.
Atter which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE.
To conclude with THE WATERM AN.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Second night of a (4rand Hibernian Ballet !
THIS EVENING.
The interesting Equestrian Drama ty Nelson Lee, called, THE
FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE !
After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, including Mr. W.
Cooke's Dwarf Elephants.
To conclude with, first time. a Grand Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey,
called, THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY.
A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added. to
the Embellishments.
Box-oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
.Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE
Tars DAT —Norma 57 min.aftw 1 j Evpningl4 min. al. 2
To-1,14..uw ..Etvrialn. 33 .nlo.after 2 j Eveni,g4Bmin.art. 2

"A' BATHER. —Sus Otirms, May. 2.
THERMOMETER, 11P THE SHAD&
—llighest since noon yesterday.
41—lowest this morning and during the night.
,57—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'10.
WIND, N.N.E.—Light breeze, with -fine sunshiny
weather. The wind took a sudden change yesterdayeven-
ing to its old quarter.
It was full moon this morning at three o'clock.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1855.

The House of Commons really does seem dis-
posed to show a little more interest in the nation's
business. At the division on the Loan Bill on
Monday night, the number of persons elected to
do the business of the country who contrived to
be present positively amounted to 321, nearly
half the members ! Later in the evening, when
Mr. MILNEE and Mr. Lows proposed to make
the Times a present (in addition to Mr. GLAD-
STONE'S of last year) of 1251. for every number
with a supplement, say of 375/. per week, or
about 20,0001. per annum—the house actually
mustered some 346 members, rather more than half
its members. A majorityofl74collec'ed together
to express the general feeling about the shameless
proposal. Very well in its way this. A rather
hopeful sign that 260 independent and honour-
able members dared to incur the penalty of a
black cross against their names in the Parliamen-
tary Register of the Great Implacable. If, how-
ever, they want to show their assiduity or their
courage scope will not be wanting. It is some-
thing, to be sure, to beard the Times ; but it
will be somewhat more to brave the dis-
pleasure of a Prime Minister, of a Cabi-
net, of a whole Aristocracy, their officials
and their inveterate system, of the COBUEGS
and the Court. Tile infuriated muster against
Mr. LAYARD last Friday shows what an honest
reformer of aristocratic abuses must expect: His
firmness on that occasion does him infinite honour.
He seemed perfectly unmoved by the sanctimo-
nious bray around him ; and he has but to de-
velope his resolutions with equal firmness to gain
for himself a lasting reputation, and to render h:s
country an invaluable service. We take the scene
of that evening as a pretty fair proof of
the real quality of our present House of
Commons. It is one quite ready to swarm
together to vanquish if it could a solitary
denouncer of aristocratic misrule, and ready, too,
to exult in seizing hold of some trivial errors of
statement, and to hoot down the weightiest ques-
tion of the'hour on the strength of them. Dur-
ing the whole session we have not seen the House
look so exceedingly small. While it thought to
put down Mr. LAYARD, it only compelled him to
despise its hypocrisy, and sunk itself in the eyes
of all Europe as well as of all England. Mem-
bers racked themselves to put him on the rack
Parliamentary ; but unluckily lie would not even
wince. He was completely victorious. Let the
country see to it that his victory be not a barren
one.

The nation ought now to face the real difficulty
of its position. This difficulty lies at home. We
have statesmen utterly incompetent to deal with
Saxe-Coburg, Austria, and Russia combined, and
equally incompetent to deal with army and official
patronage. The political and the administrative diffi-
culties are both of them such as our aristocratic
Government will never ly grapple with.
They make a show of doing something, but will
do nothing to annoy either the relatives of
our Crown, or Lord jonN RnssELL's pet,
Austria ; or the titled incapables who have quar-
tered themselves on the civil and military estab-
lishments of the nation. The country justly
suspects incalculable mischief from the subser-
viency of all our Premiers ,:to, court Germanism.
Without a tinge of disloyal feeling, we believe
there is a disposition to curse' the Hanoverian
policy of sustaining so rigidly the purity of the
German descent of the family which governs us.
There was great joy when Hanover itself
dropped off from the English Crown ; but
iaed
it s!eseems3 only to have resulted in linking
ms
indissolubly to one of the most corn-
pletely inediaState which, in f little states of Germany—a
act, is but an electric wire between
the Austrian
and 'English Crowns. It would be
worth something if Lord
ecr.vi
absolved from any PAL-teßsTorcr could be
could be retl4.lr,l
oath of 3
ortriny honour-
able pledge, anl
to give evi-
or restrained his
dente as to how far he was
that
movements by the was
the interests of
&burgs ;or bow far he f wilfulness of the
the English Crown and peopleof yielding to cC7lll'
, and the
em
of oar ,military service and operations, wer c'e"Y
think
promised by the necessity
7lnan influence at Court. The people thrai
• nothing else can account for the fatuity which
Waits with such fatal results on the pOlicy of A.
Ifejlie nation errs in this, 'twere well it
should know it ; if it does not, it were even still,
?mart important.
a new ‘3
V") ()NV stand upon the commencement of
war. Prussia has cancelled all the Four
l'o:nts by raffia. the carding], Que. pw3o-3111iSe

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dievous proposals are gone, or ought to be gone,
for ever. The questions of Crimean and Bes-
sarabian conquest, and of Polish liberation,
are now fairly before all the parties con-
cerned. Austria may now surely be required
to fight for or against, while Prussia must
be compelled to stop Russian transit trade,
or to have her Ports blockaded. We confess we
shudder at the thought of such questions being
entrusted to the class which has long held the
helm in England, to the particular individuals
who grasp it now, and to a Court so bound up
with the miserable despots of Germany. There
are men who, at the head of our troops,
would have wintered in Sebastopol, but to
have employed them would —we blush to
write it—have superseded old Lords and their
relatives, though it would have saved our men
and our money, and have brought Rus,ia on her
knees before now. We could rame the men who
as commanders-in-chief would have done what we
have stated ; but all the family cliques would
have turned up their noses at the mention of
them. They uiust make the nation almost nytd
before they will give way. There are men, too,
who know the political counsels which would save
the Allies and Europe, and who could give effect
to them, but they belong not to the governing
cliques, and if they did they must govern their
politics by German considerations, or they would-
not be endured in the Cabinet. We must think
that our only hope liss in the nation's awaking to
its own imperative wants, and to its compelling
the House of Commons to do its duty, or to give
place to one which *ill. Good attendances for
party conflicts, and empty benches for the busi-
ness of the country, or for the evasion of su-
premely important motions can be tolerated no

longer.

Procrastination and mystery appear to be the
'prevailing principles of the PALMERSTON Admi-
nistration. Postpone everything to the latest
moment, and then withhold any information while
it is possible to do so. These seem to be the
chief rules of action of our present rulers, and
they are the only points in which vacillation and
infirmity of purpose are not but too plainly per-
ceptible. The telegraph has, with some trifling
breaks, been opened to Balaklava. Ample infer-
_mation may be received from the seat of War
within a few' hours. But the public are in no
respect wiser or better informed. The Govern-
ment has taken the example of the "Dog in the
manger," celebrated in the nursery fable,
and will neither itself use the extraordinary
means for obtaining rapid intelligence thereby
afforded, nor permit any one else to do so.
That no accident has occurred to impair its effici-
ency is certain from the•facts stated by the First
Lord of the Admiralty, who admitted that tele-
graphic despatches had been received from the
Crimea, but positively declared that be had given
their substance nearly 'verbatim to the House ;
and further, that the Government would commu-
nicate any information they mi.:ht receive, and
which they considered to be interesting ! Extra-
ordinary as these assertions may appear, we are,
in the fibsence of conclusive evidence to the con-
trary, bound to believe them. What, then, can
be thought of the apathy and indifference of Lord
RAGLAN, who does not condescend to make the
most trifling effort to appease the public anxiety,
or to set at rest the sinister rumours which silence
at such a time, -and under such circumstances,
must necessarily occasion? What of the Ministry
who do not forthwith insist on his availing him-
self of the means at his disposal, to the extent of
sending at least a daily desrfitch respecting the
true state of affairs before Szbastopol 7 All par-
ties concerned appear to be equally reprehensible
for their very extraordinary conduct in refereime
to this strange and ominuns.taci:urnity.
Sir CHARLES WOOD hai also declared that the
telegraph will be entirely under the control of
Government. But he does not say that it wih
be confined to their service. But is it net so,?
Who else has been permitted to transMit a mes-

sage of any kind ? From the extraordinary bre-
vity of Lord RAGLAN'S conimunicatiuns, it is ob-
vious that the use of the machine for a very few
minutes in the day would amply satisfy his re-
quirements, and that it must remain idle for more
than 23 out of the 24 hours. It is impossible to
suppose that there are not many persons anxious
to transmit intelligence if they were at liberty to
do so. Although, therefore, Sir CHARLES WOOD
"does not say that it is confined to Government
use, it is obvious that it is so, and that the First
Lord of the Admiralty has evaded the question
which he professed to answer.

The suppress;,o vere is, however, scarcely more
justifiable than the suggestio falsi. If the House

and the Country are deceived -or misled by a

I quibble, it just as bad as if a similar result bad
been obtained by a direct falsehood. We trust,

therefore, that a more distinct and intelligible
answer may be elicited froth the Right Hon.
Bart. on a point on which the public anxiety is
so greatly excited.

It iS DOW certain that nosatisfactory result can he
anticipated from negotiations, and that any honour-.
able Peace, likely to be permanent, must, as we
have repeatedly declared, be "conquered." Al-
though other elements may speedily be added to the
calculation, the venue for the time is laid before
Sebastopol. We know that Russia—who has not
beeti idle or slothful during the time wasted in the
Conferences atVi en na, has concentrated an enormous
force in the vicinity a the Allied lines, and it is
more than probable thatAlerce attack, similar
to that of Inkerman, will be made on the French
and English armies, seconded by a sortie from the
beleaguered fortress. Should such a conflict take
place, it will indeed be one for life or `death.
Few of the Western warriors will be spared should
the Russian attack prove successful. They are
not men to quit their posts, or abandon the posi-
tions which they have assumed, while the faintest
hope remains ; and yet, at such a time, and under
such circumstances, the Government will neither
supply the required information themselves, nor
allow us to obtain it from independent sources !

This is assuredly too bad, and it will be the fault
of both Houses of Parliament if such an untoward
state of affairs should be suffered to prevail much
longer.
Again, the most serious doubts are entertained
as to the course to be
,pursued by Austria. Lord
JOHN, who can alone dispel the mystezy, returned
on Sitnday, and on Monday evening appeared in
his place in Parliament. An influential Cabinet
Minister, one who is generally supposed to have
more weight in the National Councils than even
the nominal Premier, has admitted that " it is of
infinite importance that the earliest possible infor-
mation should be given to the House and the
country zespecting the result of the negotiations."
alid yet no time is specified; no day named when
°"r doubts and anxieties shall be set at rest.
This is not fair to tle community, nor re-
'Peetful to the I.eg
Parliament isl• ature. The authority of
is) if Possible, to be set at nought,
Y, eulimit
the heredity
either Idou,erYaeatrl be a representative_ members of
which, if the
treated with contumely
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th-ir Own dignity or
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memories of those who owe their positions to the
suffrages of independent constituencies may be
very unpleasantly jogged. The dreaded appeal
to the country may come sooner than they antici-
pate, and if they hope to pass unscathed through
that ordeal they must shake off their insouceance,
and display, even at the eleventh hour, qualities
befitting the chosen representatives of the British
People.

WEST INDIA MAILS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, 11.30 A.M.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato,
Captain Woolley, has just arrived with the West
India, Mexican, and Pacific mails.

TEE QUEEN'S COURT AND PRIVY

COUNCIL.

KNIGHTHOOD OF THE SHERIFFS &e.

The Quee-o held a Court arid Privy C3uneil, at three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Bucking Lain Palace.

At th Court Sens r D mFrancisco Cle.Rhero had his
fir-rt audience of her M:.jesty, and presented his creden-
t'als ay Mini,ter Resident Irons the Republic of Peril.
His Excellency was introduced by the Earl of Caren-
don, K.G., the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and cor.ducted by Major-General the
Hon. Sir Edward Cust, her Majesty's Mager
of I he Ceremonies.

Mr. Alderman Henry Muggeridge and Mr. Charles
Decimus Croiley, the Sheriffs of London and Middle.
sex, were presen,ed to the Queen at an audience, by Sir
George Grey, G.C.8., her Majesty's Piinciral Secretary
of State for the Home Department, when the Queen
was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knight-
hood upon both sheriffs.

The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High-
ne-,e Prince Albert, Viscount Palmen-ton,_Virst Lord of
the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for
the Home Department ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Sir Charles Wood,
First Lord of the Admirgity ; the /tight Hon. R. Vernon
Smith, President of the Board of Control ; Viscount
Canning, Postmaster-General ; Earl Spencer, Lord
Steward ; the Duke of Well,ngton, Master of the Horse;
and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Chamberlain (officiating
for the Lord Chamberlain).
The Queen having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Lord John Russell to be one of her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, his lordehip, by command
of the Queen, was sworn into that office at the Council,
and received the seals of office from her Majesty.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Clarendon,
Viscount Palmerston, and Lord John Russell.

Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Combermere,
Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Rid of Mu!grave, Treasurer
of the Household ; Lord Dufferin, Lord in Waiting ;
and Mr. R. Ormeeby Gore, Groom in Waiting.
Major-General Buckley and Captain Du Plat have re-
lieved Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel Seymour in
their duties as the Equerries in Waiting to the Queen
and the Prince.

BIRTHDAY OF PRINCE ARTHUR.

JUVENILE BALL.

Yesterday was the birthday of, his Royal Highness
Prince Arthur. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
gent paid a visit of congratulation to the Queen and
Prince Albert early in the forenoon. Her Majesty gave
a ball in the evening at Buckingham Palace to the juve-
nile nobility and gentry.
About 240 invitations had been issued. The juveniles
began to arrive at the Palace soon after eight o'clock,
accompanied by their parents, and were ushered to the
Reception-room.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at
half-past eight o'clock, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson and Baroness de Speth.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary and his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge arrived at a quarter before nine
o'clock.

Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert lett the White Drawing-room at ten
minutes hefore nine o'clock, and passed into the Throne-
room, accompanied by the Prince'of Wales, the Pm-
ce9s Royal, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princesses
Alice, Helem, and Louisa, the DuChess of Kent, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, the Duke
of Cambridge, the Princess cf Hohenlohe Langenburg,
the Princesses Ade!aide and Feodore of Hohenlohe, and
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe.

The Princess Royal and the other Royal Princoses
wore dresEes of light blue tulle, over a blue silk glace
s'ip, trimmed with ruches of white blonde and ribbon.
A bhuquet of white hyacinths.
Their Royal Highnesses each wore a wrtath of white
layacinthg, - • -

The Princess Maly of Canildritlge wore a dress With
three skirts nipink toil.- over a rich pink glace Hills pet-
ticoat, looped np with bunches of apple-blossoms and
green crape leaves.

Her Royal Hizhness wore a wrath of apple-blossoms
anlyrePti crape leaves.

The Piinceszes Adelaide and Feodore of Hohenlohe
Langer: fur.; wore flounced duss.:-14 of white tatletan,
trimmed with white silk fringe. The Princess Adelaide
Wf,re a garland of pink roses aml white ; the Prin.
c;t4,l Feodore, a ~..'sia!;ll cf pink roses.
The Prince of Wa'es and Prince Alfred appeared in
the Highland dress, which costume was also worn by the
sons of the bake of Aron and other young Scottish
nobles prei-ent:

The Queen's band was in attendance in the Throne-
room- ; and moon after the entrance of her Majesty and
the Royal circle, dancing commenced. A quadrille was
formed, which included the juvenile members of the
Royal family.