The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-02 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.

The Queen gave last evening a (second) State Ball at
Buckingham Palace.
About 1,900 invitations were issued, and included the
Royal family, the whole of the Diplomatic Corps, and a
very numerous party of the nobility and gentry.
The whole suite of State saloons were opened for this
reception, and the Throne-ipom was prepared for danc-
ing, as well as the Ball-room, by having an orchestra
erected, and a haut pas for the Queen and Royal family.
The Picture Gallery and the other rooms were very
tastefully decorated with rare and beautiful shrubs and
plants in flower, arid were brilliantly lit with magnificent
crystal lustres filled with waxlights, and also with or-mole
chandeliers.

A party of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in
the Grand Hall, under k. command of Major Phibbs, the
Egon in waiting. Sir George Oulton, the Ensign of the
corps, attended.
A Guard of Himonr of the Foot Guards was on duty
in front of the palace, with the band of the regiment.
The company began to arrive at the palace soon after
9 o'clock, and assembled in the Picture Gallery.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary were attended by Lady Suffield and
Major Home Purves.

Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz was attended by Lady Caro-
line Cust and Baron Luhe.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was at-
tended by his Equerries in waiting.
His Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh was at-
tended by Sir J. Login.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
and the Royal family, accompanied by her Serene High-
ness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,
were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain and other
officers of the Royal household from the White Draw-
ing-room to the Ball-room.
The Queen wore a dress of white tulle over white silk,
trimmed with bunches of lilac and white lilacs, with
green leaves and rosettes of green satin riband orna-
mented with diamonds.

Her Majesty's head-dres3 was composed of lilacs, to
correspond pith the dress and diamonds.
The Duchess of Cambridge wore a white glace silk
dress, trimmed with point lace, with three deep flounces
of point lace, each flounce trimmed with feather fringe.
The stomacher ornamented with emeralds and diamonds.
The necklace diamonds. Her Royal Highness wore a
diamond tiara and white flowers.

The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a dress of white
tulle over a rich white glace silk petticoat, trimmed with
bunches of grapes and green and gold crape leaves, the
body trimmed to match and ornamented with emeralds
and diamonds. The necklace pearls and diamonds.
Her Royal Highness's head-dress was formed of bunches
of grapes with green and gold leaves and diamond
ornaments.

The Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe wore a white
satin dress covered with tulle and trimmed with red
roses. Her Serene Highness wore a garland of red

roses.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince and
the Royal circle were followed by the general company
into the Ball-room, where the Queen opened the ball
with his Excellency Count Persigny, the French Am-
bassador.

Quadrille bands were stationed in the Ball.room and
the Throne-room, and performed a selection of the newest
dances, including " The Imperial Guards" (galop) ;
" The Highlanders" (quadrille) ; the "Review" (galop);
the " Garde Imperials" (quadrille) ; the " Lily of the
Valley" (waltz) ; and the "Fountain" (polka).
Refreshments were served to her Majesty's guests in
one of the principal State apartments during the evening,
and the supper was served in the Stite dinner-room, the
gold plate which decorated the tables being relieved by
a choice assortment of flowering plants.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince, and the
Royal Family were conducted to supper by the great
officers of the household.

- Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Cold-
stream Guards, has arrived at the Crimea as successor
to Major• General Caninghame.
The amount raised for the various objects of the Free
Church of Scotland for the year ending March 31, 1855,
was 308,0501. 9s. Bd.
A private letter from Bucharest, of May 19, says that
the Hospodar Stirbey has for some days exhibited symp-
toms of mental alienation, which occasions great anxiety,
insanity being hereditary in his family.
THE IRISH BEN4PEL—Chief Baron Pigott has arrived
in Dublin, and it is stated that his health has been mate-
rially improved by his visit to the genial climate of the
south of Spain.
The Marquis Sebastiano Tanari, of Bologna, who bad
been arrested at Turin at the request of the French
Government, was escorted on the 28th to the frontiers
of Switzerland with the whole of his family, after under-
going an imprisonment of seven days.
The vast estates of Sir John Henry Keane, situate in
the counties of Waterford and Tipperary, have come
into the market, and will be put up for sale in the
month of November next before the Court in Henrietta-
street.

Letters from Athens come down to May 26. On the
evening of the 25th it was said that M. Mavrocordato
was likely to resign, in consequence of the complaints
made by the Western Powers of the insnrnciency of the
means taken by him to repress the brig Inds.
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All the campaign furniture of the-Emperor, which
had been seat to Constantinople when his Majesty's
visit to the Crimea was in contemplation, was brought
back to France by the last packet.

CE EKE ENGLAND V. S BEBE r. —This match was
commenced at the Oval yesterday (Friday) ; the su'e-
joined score will show tie result. No play took place
on Thur-day, owing to rain. Score—Surrey, Ist in-
nings, 68 ; England, Ist it nhigs, 148.
GOLD IN ALGER] A. —2,111. Dumas and Pelonze, the
well-known chemists, have been directed by the Aca-
demy of Sciences to analyse a specimen of gold ore lately
transmitted by Marshal Vaillant, when announcing to
the academy, as already stated, the news of the discovery
of a gold mine in Algeria.
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names
of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science
and practice of medicine, and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday, the 31st of May, 1055 :—George
Meaden, Shillingeton, near Blandford, Dorset ; Thomas
Brickenden Blandford, Army ; Samuel Atkinson
Richards ; Henry Gibbons, Wolverhampton ; John T.
M. Syr/lot:a, Trevalga, Cornwall ; Henry Harris, Park-
street, Grosvenor-square.
REGISTRATION OF COLONIAL SHIPS. —The Gazette of
last night contains a copy of a letter which the Lords of
the Committee of Privy Council (Board of Trade) have
addressed to the Commissioners of Customs, recom-
mending them to continue for a time the system of re-
gistering colonial ships de ssovo in this country, as prac-
tised before the Merchant Shipping Act came into ope-
ration. The commissioners have issued an order in
conformity with this recommendation.
THE GREAT GLOBE.—The following is a list of dis-
tinguished visitors ,who have recently visited the Great
Globe, Leicester-square Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury, his Grace the Archbishop of York, the
Bishop of Manchester, their Serene Highnesses the
Prince V,etor and. Princess Hohenlohe and suite, Prince
Napoleon, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland,
Lord Palmerston, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord
and Lady Walsingha.rn, Lord Waldagrave and family,
Earl Fitzwilliam and family, the Countess of Sandwich
and family, the Dowager Marchioness of Exeter and
family, the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry and
family, Lady Constance Grosvenor and party, Lady
Rolle and party, Lady Laury, General Outram, Colonel
Tennant, Colonel Stevens, Sir C. Morgan, Colonel
Joliffe, Colonel Merrick, Major Elliott, Sir Felix Edgar
and family.
LETTERS FOR ADYDOS.—The following notice to the
public and instructions to all postmasters have been is-
sued, by command of the Postmaster-General :—" Gene-
ral Post-office, June, 1855. In order to prevent as far
as possible the delay of letters and newspapers for invalid
officers and soldiers in the British Hospital at Abydos,
which would result from such letters, &c., being sent to
the head-quarters of the army, a separate bag will in
future be made up in London for the correspondence
referred to, and letters and newspapers will be forwarded
in this bag, if they are plainly addressed to `The British
Hospital, Abydos, Dardanelles ; and if the postage upon
them is duly paid in advance, according to the following
scale :—Weighing under I oz., 3d. ; a oz., and under 1
oz., 6d. ; exceeding A oz., and not exceeding 1 oz., Is. ;
exceeding 1 oz., and not exceeding 2 oz., is. 2d. ; exceed-
ing 2 oz., and not exceeding 3 oz., is. 4d. ; exceeding 3
oz., and not exceeding 31 oz., is. 6d. The regular mails
for the British Hospital at Abydos, intended to be for-
warded through France, and by French packet, via
Marseilles, will be made up in London every Monday
evening ; but supplementary mails will be made up on
the morning of the following day, containing such
correspondence as may bested or received in London in
time for the day mail to France.—ROWLAND HILL, Se-
cretary.

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tion of criminal justice in certain cases. For example—
in cases of petty larceny, where the property stolen is
not above ss. in value, the parties accused may be sum-
marily convicted by the justices of the peace at petty
sessions and committed to prison for three months, un-
less the accused object, or there appear to be reasons for
thinking that the charge is fit to be made the subject of
prosecution by indictment. The justices must ask the
accused whether he consents to the charge being sum-
marily determined. Persons charged with larceny or
embezzlement, or attempting to obtain property by false
pretences, may plead guilty before justices in petty ses-
sions and be sentenced forthwith. The justices are to
warn the accused that he is not obliged to plead.
Justices may order restitution of property and pay-
ment of expenses. The petty sessions under this act
are to be an open court, and held for the petty ses-
sional division. Every conviction under this act will
have the same effect as one on indictment, save that it
will not be attended with any forfeiture. Any metro-
politan
police magistrate.or stipendiary magistrate may
act alone, and do all acts by this act authorised to be
done by justices of the peace in petty sessions. This
act is not to affect the Juvenile Offenders Act (10th and
11th of Victoria, chap. 82, and 13th and 14th of Vic-
toria, chap. 37). Compensation is provided for clerks
of the peace and others "whose fees may be seriously
diminished by the operation and effect of this act."
Portions of two very old acts, the 12th of Richard 11.,
chap. 10, and the 14th of Richard 11., chap. 12, pro-
viding payment for justices of the peace and their clerks
in each county, as wages by the day for the time of their
services, to be payable by the sheriff, are repealed. The
act is not to extend to Scotland.