The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-30 00:00:00

terday afternoon, in St. James's Palace.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at-
t -.nded by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, arrived from
Buckingham Palace soon after two o'clock, escorted by a de-
tachment of Life Guards, and were' received by the great
officers of state.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended the
Drawing-room, and was received by the Vice-Chamberlain.
Before the Drawing-room, her Majesty, according to annual
custom, received a deputation from Christ's Hospital in the

Throne- room.
The deputation, which was ushered to the royal presence
by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, con-
sisted of William Gilpin, Esq., the treasurer; the Venerable
Archdeacon Hale and Samuel Charles Whitbread, Esq., two
of the governors of the institution—accompanied by the Rev.
Wm. Webster, M.A., the mathematical master; Mr. William
IL Back, the drawing-master ; and the forty boys of the
Royal Mathematical School, founded by King Charles the
Second—and was most graciously received.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., presi-
dent of the institution, was present in the Throne-room with
her Majesty and the Prince.
The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and draw-
ings of the boys, and to express her approbation of their
performances.

- Her Majesty's Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms were on duty in the State Saloons, under the command
of the Lieutenant—Sub-officer Liout.-Colonel Nevill was on
duty with the corps.
A Guard of Honour of the 2d Life Guards was on duty, with
the band of the regiment, in the large court of the Palace.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen attended the
Drawing-room.

The Queen wore a pink satin train, covered with Irish
lace, and trimmed with white and pink satin ribbon.
The petticoat was white satin, covered with Irish lace, and
trimmed with white satin ribbon.
Her Majesty's headdress was composed of diamonds and
feathers.

The diplomatic corps was introduced, when the following
presentations to the Queen took place in the diplomatic
circle ;
By Madame Tricoupi—
Madame lonides,
Madlle. lonides.
The following ladies had the honour of being presented
her Majesty :
Miss Mary Baring, by Mrs. Henry Baring.
The Hon. Mrs. Hamilton Becket, on her marriage, by Lady
Anne Beckett.
Miss Dora Blomfield, by her mother, Mrs. Blomfield.
Mrs. Bromley, by Lady Graham.
Lady Alice Byng, on her marriage, by Viscountess Enfield.
Mrs. Robert Campbell, by Lady llynevor.
Miss Sybella Clive, by her mother, Mrs. George Clive.
Miss Cockerel], by the Countess of Malmesbury.
Miss Jane Codriugtou, by Mrs. Codrington.
Lady Colville, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Ely.
Hon. Georgiaua Copley, by her mother, Lady Lyndhurst.
Mrs. Sheriff Crosley, by Lady Grey.
Lady Maria Coventry, by the Countess of St. Germans.
Lady Cunynghame, by the Marchioness of Ely.
Miss Cunynghame, by her mother, Lady Cunynghame.
Miss Augusta Cunynghame, by her mother, Lady Cunyng-
hame.
Mrs. Ewing Cur wen, by Lady Cranworth.
Miss Curwen, by her mother, Mrs. Ewing Curwen.
Mrs. Henry Cust, by Lady Anna Maria Cust.
Mrs. Cuthbert, by Lady Anna Maria Cust.
Countess of Dartmouth, by Countess of Bradford.
Miss Denison, by Lady Londesborough.
Miss Charlotte Dempster, by Mrs. Dempster of (Skibo).
Mrs. Colonel Faddy, by Lady Pollock.
Viscountess Falkland, by Countess Grey.
Miss Thomaina Fawsett, by Mrs. Richard Gardner.
Mrs. Fowke, by Lady Turner.
Lady Gerard, by the Countess of Ellesmere.
Miss Catherine Gordon, by her mother, Lady Francis Gordon.
Miss Gosling, by her mother, Mrs. Richard Gosling.
Miss Anna Maria Hartopp, by her mother, Lady Hartopp.
Lady Victoria Hastings, by the Marchioness of Hastings.
Mrs. Headlam, by Mrs. Vernon Smith.
Miss Florence Hogg, by her mother, Lady ITogg.
Mrs. Knatchbull-Hugessen, on her marriage, by Countess

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'Cowper.
Mrs. Hussey, on her marriage, by Lady Mary Wood.
Mrs. Edmund Jeffreys, by Lady Dundas.
Hon. Mrs. Arthur Kinnaird, by Countess Grey.
Lady Katherine Legge, by the Countess of Dartmouth.
Lady Login, by the Marchioness of Ely.
Lady Sophia Macnamara, on Ler marriage, by Lady Alfred
Paget.
Mrs. Maze, by Lady Grey Egerton.
Miss Maze, by her mother, Mrs. Maze.
Mrs. William Mayne, by Lady Willoughby do Eresby.
Miss Janet Mary Marshall, by her aunt, Lady Montoagle.
The Lady Mayoress, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Lady Milford, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of

Abercorn.
The Countess of Mountcharles, by Lady Churchill,
Muggeridge, by Lady Grey.
Miss Selina Perry, by Mrs. Frederick Elliot.
Miss Phipps, by the Hon. Mrs. Phipps.
Miss Louisa Pollock, by Lady Pollock.
Miss Flora Ross, by her mother, Lady Ross.
Mrs, George C. Sawyer, by Lady Pakiugton.
Lady Emily Somerset, by the Duchess of Beaufort.
Mrs. William Stuart, on 1-er marriage, by Lady James Stuart.
Mrs. Thornhill, by Lady Townshend Farquhar.
Miss Thornhill, by her mother, Mrs. Thornhill.
Hon. Selina Rice Trevor, by her mother, Lady Dynevor.
Mrs. Tulloh, by Lady Ross.
Mrs. Henry M. Vane, by the Dowager Lady Talbot de
Malahide.
Lady Selina Vernon, by the Hon. Mrs. Gran Ville Vernon, on
her marriage.
Miss Smijth Windham, by the Hon. Mrs. William Hamilton.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MARCH 29.
CHURCH RATES ABOLITION.

Motion made and question put, " That leave be given to
bring in a bill for the abolition of Church Rates ;"—The
house divided : Ayes 155, Noes 76.
RTES-155.

Acton, J. Forster, J.
Adair, M. Fortescue, C.
Adair, R. Fex, W.
Ceock, T. Freestun, Col.
Antrobus, E. Gardner, R.
Ball, E. Gibson, T
Baxter, W. Goodman, Sir G.
Beaumont, W. Gordon, A.
Bell, J. Greene, John
Berkeley, C. Gregson, 8.
Bethell, Sir R. Grey, Sir G.
iliddulph, R. 31. Grey, R.
Biggs, W. Grosvenor, Earl
Bland, L. Ti. Hadfield, G.
tiouverie, Hon. E. P. Hall, Sir B.
Bowyer, G. Mlkey, T.
Brady, J. Hanmer, Sir J.
Brand, H. B. W. Harcourt, G.
Bright, J. Hastie, Archd.
Brocklehuret, J. Hayter, W.
Brockman, E.D. Hervey, Lard A.
Buckley, Gen. Ileywood, J.
Byng, G. HeywOrth, L.
Cardwell, E. llorsman, E.
Cavendish, G. Hudson, G.
Challis, T. lautchins,`E.
Chambers, T. Hutt, W.
Cobbett, J. A. Ingham, R.
Cobden, Johnstone, Sir J.
Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Keating,!lt.
Ciwan, C. Keating, 11.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Kennedy, T.
Crook, J. Keogh, W.
Crossley, F. Kershaw, J.
Cubitt, W. King, P.
Currie, Raikcs Kinnaird, A.
Do Pere, S. Kirk, W.
Di]lwyn, L. Lang ton, 11. G.
Duncan, Viscount Laslett, W.
Duncan, G. Lee, W.
Duncombe,Hon. A. Lewis, Sir G. C.
Dungat van, Viscount Lindsay, W.
Dunlop, A. Locke, .1.
Ehrington, Viscount M`Cann, J.
Ellice, E. MacMahon, P.
Ewart, W. Massey, W.
Fenwick, H. Irian, E.
Ferguson, J. Milligan, R.
F itzGerald, J. Mitchell, T.
Fitzgerald, W. Molesworth, Sir W.
Fitzroy, Hon. 11. Morris, D. TELLERS
Foley, J. Mulgraye, Earl of Clay, Sir W., Bt.
Forster, C. Mentz, G. Lowe, B.

Murrough, J.
Oliveira, B.
Palmerston, Visct.
Pdxton, Sir J.
Pechell, Sir G.
Peel, Sir R.
Pellatt, A.
Perry, Sir T.
Phillimore, J. G.
Phillimore, R. J.
Pigott, F.
Pilkington, J.
Power, N.
Price, Sir R.
Reed, J.
Ricardo, 0.
Ricardo, S.
Robartes, T. •
Russell, F. C.
Scholetleld, W.
Seymour, Lord
Geymour,
Seymour, W. D.
Shelley, Sir J.
Smith, J. B.
Smith, M.
Smith, B.
Stafford, Marquis
Stanley, Lord
Stanley, W.
Strait, E.
Swift, R.
Talbot, C.
Thompson, G.
Thornely, T.
Villiers, C.
Wahusley, Sir J.
Warner, E.
Whatman, J.
Whitbread, S.'
Wickham, li. W.
Wilkinson, W.
Willcox, B.
Williams. W.
Wilson, J.
Wlnnington, Sir T.
Wise. A.
Wood, Sir C.
Wyvlll, M.

NOES-7G.
Adderley, C. Follett, B. ()nut ston, Lard
Bailey, Sir J. Forester, Col. Packe, C.
Barrow, W. Frewen, C. Palmer, Robert
Bective, Earl Greaves, E. Parker, R.
Rentinck, G. Grogan, Edward Repton, G.
Blackburn, P. Gurney, J. Rushout, Col. G.
Bramley-Moore, J. Gwyn, H. Sandars, G.
Bruce, C. Raiford, Sir IL Scott, F.
Campbell, Sir A. Harcourt, Col. F. Sibthorp, Col.
Cecil, Lord R. Hawkins, W. Smijth, Sir W.
Child, Smith Hanley, J. Stuart, W.
Cholmoudeley, Lord Knatchbnll, W. Taylor, Col.
Clive, R. Knox, W. S. Tollemache, J.
Cobbold, J. C. Liddell, H. G. Tyler, Sir G.
Cocks, T. S. Lovaine, Lord Vance, J.
Co'e, IL A Lushington, C. Vansittart, G.
Davies, J. L. Macgregor, Jas. Waddington, H.
Deedes, W. Mathis, R. Walpole, S.
Duckworth, Sir J. T. Masterman, J. Whitmore, H.
Panne, Col. Mlles, W. wigram, Loftus T.
Du Pre, C. Michell, W. Woodd, B.
Egerton, E. C. Montgomery, Six G. Wynn, Lisut.-Col.
Evelyn, W. 3lowbray, J.
Farrer, J. Mundy, W.
Fedowes, E. Napier. J.
Filmer, Sir E. Northcote, Sir S. Spooner, R.
Floyer, J. Oakes, J. Drummond, IL
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TELLERS

PAIRS ON SIR W. CUAY'S MOTION.
FOR. AGAINST.
Mr. Mills Lord Chelsea
Col o,ifThrd Earl of March
Lord Uxbridge Mr. G. Dundas
Mr. W. Brown Sir J. East
Mr. L. Ricardo Mr. Bennett
Mr. Divett
Mr. Jackson Col. Monac a
Mr. Marshall Sir R. Vyvyan
Mr. Trail Mr. T. Baring
Sir E. Perry- Mr. Franklyn
Mr. Hardinge
Mr. C. Haward Mr. 0. Morgan
Mr. Rich Sir W. Verner
Mr. Mciffatt Mr. W. E. Duncombe
Mr. Mangles Lord Blaudford
Mr. Glyn Mr. G. A. Hamilton
Mr. P. Serape Sir J. Pakingtou
Mr. Headlam Sir F. Thesiger
Mr. Walter Sir R. Carnac
Mr. F. Dundas Sir T. Herbert
Sir J. Matheson Mr. Abel Smith
Mr. Layard Col. Gilpin
Mr. Mowatt General Wyndham
Mr. C. S. Butler General Peel
Sir J. Duke Mr. S. Wortley
Mr. Phillips Mr. Buck

MAJOI3 , REED'S MOTION.
Mr. Layard Mr, V. Harcourt