The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-26 00:00:00

i HER, MAJES

'E DINNER.

Her Majesty gave a state dinner las evening to the Royal
Family, the Foreign Princes, the Foreign Ambassadors and
Ministers, and a party of the Nobility.
The company arrived at seven o'clock, and were ushered into
the green drawing-room. The Royal Family were received in
the Grand Hall, and conducted by the Hon. Colonel Caven-
dish, Clerk Marshal ; and Colonel Buckley, the Equerry in
Waiting, to the Throne-room. At half-past seven dinner was
served to the Picture Gallery. The table extended the whole
length of the gallery, and was brilliantly illuminated, and or-
namented with splendid candelabra, vases, a: 1d candlesticks of
silver gilt, with circular baskets of silver gilt, filled with arti-
ficial flowers interspersed. In the middle, opposite to her
Majesty, was the magnificent " Prince of Wales's candala_
brum ;;' and at each extremity of the table were some fine
Egyptian candelabra. The gallery was also illuminated with
several chandeliers. At the south-end of the gallery was a
large sideboard of gold plate, occupying the whole of the
space between the Corinthian columns which separate
the gallery frem the alcove. It was covered with rich
crimson cloth, finished at the top with a cornice of white
and gold. Some of the finest shields, salvers, vases,
tankards, and cups in the Royal collection, were here
tastefully displayed amongst a variety of gold branches and
candelabra. In the middle compartment were Flaxman's
" Shield of Achilles," and the urn captured on board the
Admiral's vessel commanding the Spanish Armada ; a beauti-
ful cup, the body of which is ivory exquisitely sculptured with
I a subject from ancient history; the cover is of gold, sur-
mounted by figures in gold of young Bacchus squeezing the
grape into a cup held by a nymph. The handle on the one
side is a satyr, and on the other a beautiful Bacchante, wrought
in the same precious metal, as are also the supporters ; and a
magnificent candelabrum in two divisions, the lower supported
by sea horses, and the upper by dolphins, surmounted by a
statue of Neptune. Among the pieces was a small basso re-
lievo, recently added to the royal collection, elegantly mounted,
the subject " Rebecca at the well." In front of the co-
lumns which formed the entrance to the alcove were placed
the two recumbent female figures in marble by Canova. In
an adjoining room the band of the Coldstream regiment of
Foot Guards was in attendance, an'l performed during dinner
several favourite pieces. All the company appeared in full
Court-dress; the members of the orders of knighthood wore
their respective ensigns. The Yeomen of the Guard were on
duty in the grand hall.
There were present—Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Sussex, the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge ; their Serene Highnesses
the Princess Hohenlohe, the Hereditary Prince of Nassau,
Prince Maurice of Nassau, Prince Furstenberg, Prince Es-
terhazy, the Austrian Ambassador ; Count Pozzo di Borgo,
the Russian Ambassador, the French Ambassador, and
Countess Sebastiani ; the Neapolitan Ambassador, and
Countess Ludolf; Prince de Ligee, the Belgian Ambassa-
dor ; the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary, and Countess
Stroganoff ; the Austrian Ambassador Extraordinary, and
Princess Schwarzenberg ; the Netherlands Ambassador,
and Baroness de Caeellen ; the M,u gels de Mirallores,
Spanish Ambassador Extraordinary ; the Prince de Putbus,
Prussian Ambassador Extraordinary ; General Count Al-
ten, Hanover Ambassador Extraordinary ; the Sardinian
Ambassador, and the Marchionness de Brignole ; Count
de Lowenhielm, Swedish Ambassador Extraordinary ; the
Portuguese Ambassador Extraordinary, and the Duchess
de Palmella ; Marshal Soult, French Ambassador Ex-
traordinary ; Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister ;
Count Alandeliloh, the Wurtemhurgh Minister ; M.
Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; the Danish Mi-
nister, and Baroness Biome; the Bavarian Minister, and
Baroness de Cetto ; M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister ;
the United States Minister and Mrs. Stevenson; Chevalier
de Aguilar, the Spanish Minister; Count Pollen, the Sardi-
nian Minister ; the Grecian Minister, and Princess Soutzo,
Baron Munchausern the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron Gers-
dorff; the Saxon Minister; Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Prince
Wennisch Gratz, John Van Buren, son of the President of
the United States ; the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cotten.-
ham; Dukes of Norfolk, ]Cleveland, Wellington, Sutherland,
Argyll, and Devonshire ; Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis and
Marchioness of Lansdowne, Marquis of Conyngham, Marquis
of Headfort ; Earls of Minto, Grey and Albemarle; Countess
Charlemont, Viscount and Viscountess Howick, Viscount Mel-
bourne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord and Lady John Russell;
Lords Hill, Glenelg, Holland, and Plunket, Lady Flora
Hastings, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theo-
dosia Spring Rice, Sir John Hobhouse, Sir Henry Wheatley,
Sir Hussey Vivian, the Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson,
Count and Countess Zavadowsky, Count Alexis Stroganoff,'
Marquis of Dalmatia, Marquis de Mornay, Hon. Miss Cocks,
Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lady Caroline Barrington, Baroness
Lehzen, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, HOn.
Wm. Cowper, and Colonel Buckley.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty yesterday.
The Duke of Devonshire and Viscount Melbourne bad au-
diences yesterday of the Queen.
The Duke of Somerset, Mr. Strutt, M.P., Mr. Greenough,
and Mr. W. Tooke, a deputation from University College,
London, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday
pt the Home-office, on the subject of dissensions in the new
University of London.

The Bishop of Chichester and the Duke of Roxburgh had
nterviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-

The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Sir John Rose, Messrs,
Blair, Crane, Smith, Fairbanks, Bourne, Codner, Turnbull
O'Hara, Rickford, Bond, linden, Cooper, and Captain Hunn
had interviews yesterday with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial-
office.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess
Augusta, and Prince George of Cambridge, honoured Lady
Shely with their company, at her last morning concert for the
season, on Saturday.

Majesty honoured Mr. George Hayter by sitting to
the imperial robes worn by her Majesty at the curona-
on, yesterday morning.

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The Duke of Richmond is expected to arrive this
afternoon in Portland-place, from Goodwood Park, to attend her
Majesty's ball ; and to-morrow, accompanied by the Duchess and the
Ladies Lennox, his Grace returns to Goodwood, to receive a brilliant
party of fashionables during the races, which commence on Tuesday
next. The mansions is furnished in the gorgeous and ornate style that
prevailed in this country during the reign of Queen Anne.
It was the Prince of Holstein Glucksbourg who
took his departure for Hamburgh by the John Bull steam.packet, and
not Prince George of Cambridge, whose destination is not the Conti.
ncnt, but Gibraltar, whither it is expected his Royal Highness will
proceed next month.
The Marquis D'Eyragues, First Secretary to
Marshal Soult's Embassy, has left town, with despatches. The Marquis
embarked on board the Phcenix steam-packet for Havre. The son of
the Marshal, Marquis Dalmatia, will receive, it is expected, a high diplo-
matic appointment on his arrival in Paris ; and there is a rumour of the
illustrious Marshal resuming his former post of War Minister, vice
General Bernard.

The Crown Prince of Bavaria, who was introduced
at Court on Monday last by Lord Palmerston, had, previous to his audi.
ence of her Majesty, been sojourning at one of the principal hotels at
the West-end for several weeks incog., and had dined frequently with
Baron Von Cetto, in Hill-street, and had, we believe, in some instances,
been mistaken for the reigning Grand Duke of Baden. His Highness is
Prince Maximilian Joseph, and he is the eldest son of the King and
Queen of Bavaria, and brother to King Otho of Greece. His Highness
is in his 27th year.

The Duke and Duchess of Somerset gave an elegant
dinner on Tuesday evening in Park.lane, to the French Ambassador
Extraordinary, Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia; Viscount Palmerston,
the Master-General of the Ordnance, and Lady Hussey Vivian; Lord
and Lady Falkland, Lord Dudley Stuart, the Marquis de Mornay, the
Marquis Dalmatia, and the Ladies St. Maur. It vas their Grams' last
grand banquet for the season.

Mr. Robert Ferguson, of Itaith, has paired ofr with
Sir Geo. Sinclair, Bart., for the remainder of the Session.
Lord and Lady De Grey have been giving a suc-
cession of dinner parties at their pleasant villa at Putney.heath. The
Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Lord and Lady Cowper dined with
the Noble Lord on Saturday.-
Sir Frederick Henry Bathurst„ Barr., gave a grand
dinner to a party of twenty on Tuesday evening, at his mansion in
Hyde-park Place.
The Duke of Beaufort returned to town late last
evening from Cheltenham, where his Grace has been s,_tend'ing the
races, The whole of the Noble Duke's establishment has removed
from Park.place to the new family mansion in Arlington-street.
STATE OF TRADE.—There is still a fair demand
for some descriptions of yarn, principally for the Russian market, but
at rather lower prices than heretofore. For goods of all kinds there is
but little inquiry; the wonted dulness of the season being no doubt in-
creased by the state of the cotton market, which continues depressed
Ind unsteady.—Manchester Guardian.
Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the
Foreign Department for Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at
Constantinople, for the British Charge d'Affaires resident at the Court
of Persia; and also for the British Charge d'Affaires at St. Petersburg.
Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the
Indian Board, for Lord Auckland, the Governor.Genera4 of India,
and for the officers commanding the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay.
In Maidstone and the surrounding districts the bines
have made astonishing progress during the last week, and in the best
grounds scarcely any vermin are to be seen. The weak grounds have
also improved, although to a less extent. Mr. Corrall's ground, " the
flower of Kent," is nearly in as flourishing a condition as in 1826, the
most productive season known. The bines are " ,haking 'mule' across
the alleys, and the whole piece presents a picture that a lover of hop
scenery would travel fifty miles to see. In Ticehurst, Burwash, Etch.
ingham, Mayfield, and Wadhurst, the bops have much improved within
the past week, and there is a decrease of vermin, but in some grounds
there is something of an unkindly appearance in the throwing out of the
branches. At Goudhurst, Staplehurst, Headcorn, and Benenden, the
bines are much clearer of vermin

THE PRECIOUS METALS.—The exportation of
gold and silver coin from the Port of London to foreign ports during
the past week, ending the 25th instant, is as under :—Gold coin to
Canada, 2,500 oz. ; ditto to Mauritius, 1,500 oz.; ditto to New York,
26,870 oz. ; ditto to Boston, 50 oz. ; silver coin to Mauritius, 3,295 oz
Mr. Laingtrce, of Bury Farm, Gosport, commenced
harvest on Thursday last, by cutting a field of fine oats.
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A few days since we announced an incendiary fire
as having taken place, at Chickerel, Dorset ; we have now to state, that
the owner is in custody, charged with having set fire to the property
(hay-ricks) himself.

FREEDOM.—None can lore freedom heartily but
good men ; the rest love not freedom, but license, which never hath
more scope or more indulgence than under tyrants. Hence it is that
tyrants are not oft offended by, or stand much in doubt of, bad men, as
being naturally servile; but in whom virtue and true worth most is
eminent, them they fear in earnest, as by right their masters; against
them lies all their hatred and suspicion.—Miltur..
An inquest was held yesterday at East Bedfont,
near Hounslow, on the body of a woman named Ann Pavel', the wife of
a labouring man of that village, who, from jealousy., committed Suicide
by severing the principal vessels of the right arm. Verdict—" Tempo-
rary derangement."