The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

POISONING OF A FAMILY AT

BURY.

On Saturday afternoon last the inhabitants of East-
gate-street and the neighbourhood were thrown into a
state of great consternation, by a report being circulated
that a whole family had been poisoned. Inquiry was
instantly set on foot to ascertain the truth of the
rumour, and it was soon discovered to be too true. The
family of Mr. 'William Rouse, agricultural implement
maker, of 56, Eastgate-street, consisting of the wife and
four children, sat down to dinner about one o'clock on
Serturday afternoon, some dumplings, prepared from
some dough which had been left after making the bread
in the morning, forming part of the meal. About
ten minutes after dinner, all who had partaken
of the repast were seised with severe pains
and violent vomiting, and, of course, from the
fact of their all being attacked in the same
manner, suspicion was aroused. Mr. Image was im-
mediately sent for, and arriving with the utmost expe-
dition, soon ascertained that poison had been adminis-
tered, and immediately resorted to those remedies usual
on such occasions. By the skilful treatment adopted
the sufferers were soon recovered, so far as to be be-
yond the reach of immediate danger. Mr. Rouse
as,
himself, having been engaged in business during the
dinner time, only partook of a small
dumpling afterwards, but wpart of a
aGoted. We have alread nevertheless, seriously
dumplings were made of a Y
was some flour not
stated that the
used.from thueutbnrebardea;dther piece
of dough left
andand
dumplings e
but the flour remained
daughter, aged about 21, and from were poisoned :
pure. Further inquiries
being made, suspicion fell
was considered proper to take rh°elnrHannah Rouse, the
was brought up at Mr. winiitaot
custody. She
hint
Wing's office this (Tuesday)
morning, and a
place, the rolonged private investigation took
maegvisntirepant:es ctoaknesinderitng it injudicious to make
known the
a
Mr. Image and several other witnepsrseeslim.:, en
raer y• inq ui r
examined,.3.'
and two letters wore produced, addressed to a young
woman named Sargeant, living servant, we understand.
at Mr. Quant's, in Abbe ate-street wherein she ex-
presses her regret at something she has done, and ob-
scurely glances at self-destruction. It is believed that
she has been led into the commission of some petty
filching, and feels conscince-stricken at her guilt. The
inquiry before the magistrates resulted in the prisoner
being remanded till Monday next, when she will under-
go another examinetion.—Bury Herald.

HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.
The Queen gave a State Ball on Friday evening at Buck-
ingham Palace, which was very numerously attended.
the company including the Royal Family, the Members t f
the Diplomatic Corps, the foreigners of distinction at present
in town, the Ministers and Officers of State, the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Royal Household, and the principal
nobility and gentry.
The splendid suite of State saloons and the picture gallery
were all opened for the reception, and were most brilliantly
illuminated with magnificent lu-tres of cut glass filled with
wax lights, and also with chandeliers and candelabra—the
two hall-rooms exceeding the other apartments in splendour
and brilliancy, each of these rooms containing numerous gold
branches with wax lights round the sides, in addition to
several large cut glass lustres.
Choice exotics, and plants of the greatest beauty and rarity
were arranged in the recesses of the different saloons.
for the accommo-
dation and the library, sculp-
tureas staircase rgcraasne
grand hall, prepared
gubetreedu
of the company.
Soon after nine o'clock the guests began to arrive at the
Thgeagl gallery, and
Palace. The Royal Family alighted at the private entrance
in the garden, and were conducted to the yellow drawing-
and Prince Albert received their it-
room. where her Majesty
lustrious visiters.

The Foreign Ministers, CaLinet Ministers, Ladies and
thlicers of the Household, and Privy Councillors, alighted at
a temporary entrance in the garden,. extending across the
terrace of the Palace, and leading into the library. Ma
general company alighted at the Equerries' entrance
lit 0, where an enclosed platform had been erected in front of
the lonic portico sufficiently capacious to admit of three
c.irriages setting down at the same time.
All the visitors (with the exception of the royal Family)
were conducted up the grand staircase into the grand draw-
ing-room and the picture gallery.
The Ladies co: turves, new fur the occasion, were composed
of the richevt and most costly fabrics in silk and satin of the
most elegant design, many of them remarkable for the ex•
ceding beauty of the material in texture and colour. Some
wore dresses of lace of the greatest beauty, and most
enormous value.

The dresses were most splendidly ornamented with
diamonds, pearls, and precious stones, and the head-dresses
almost universally displayed magnificent ornaments of the
same valuable and brilliant description.
The Queen wore a very magnificent costume. The dress
was of blue gauze, over blue silk, and tulle, and was trimmed
with roses panachees, white and pink. Diamonds were in-
serted in the roses, and the dress was also ornamented with
brilliants. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of a wreath
of roses, similar to those on the dress, and also ornamented
with diamonds.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent appeared in a
very splendid costume. The dress was of white figured silk,
with silver, and was trimmed with red velvet and silver lace.
The front, from the top to the skirt, was ornamented with
bows of red velvet, having each of them diamonds in the
centre; the stomacher was composed of brilliants. Her Royal
Highness's head dress consisted of feathers, red velvet and
silver lace, and diamonds.

The gentlemen appeared in uniform or in Court dress. ,
The Diplomatic Corps wore their respective national cos-
tumes ; the members of the Administration, and the officers
of the Royal Household, their gala costumes,covered with gold
embroidery; the Officers of the Army and Navy, the Lords-
Lieutenants of Counties, the Deputy-Lieutenants, and the
Officers of Yeomanry, in their different uniforms. In all
cases the members of the several Orders of Knighthood wore
their respective insignia, and several of the principal knights
displayed their ensigns set in brilliants.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert wore a Field-Marshal's
uniform, with the ensigns of the Most Noble Orders of the
Garter and the Golden Fleece. His Royal Highness also
wore the stars of the Order of St. Patrick, the Thistle, and,
the Bath.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was habited
in a Field-Marshal's uniform, and wore a brilliant star of
the Order of the Garter, and also a diamond George of great
value suspended from the riband. The Royal Duke also
wore the ensigns of St. Michael and St. George, of which
Order his Royal Highness is Graad Master.
Hisl Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen wore the •
uniform of a Bavarian General of Blue, turned up with red
velvet, embroidered with gold and a baldrick of silver. His
Serene Highness wore the ensigns of the most noble order of
the Garter.

The Duke of Wellington appeared in a Field-Marshal's
uniform, wearing the Riband, Star, and Jewel of the Garter,
the Riband and Badge of the Golden Fleece, and the Wa •
terloo Medal.

The Yeomen Guard lined the Grand Hall and Sculpture
Gallery, under the command of Captain Sadler, the Exon in
Waiting. The other Officers of the Corps present were Sir
Ueorge Houlton, the Ensign ; Captain Kincaid, Exon ;
and Lieutenant-Colonel Fitz-Maurice, K.H., Clerk of the
Check.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived soon
after nine o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness
de Speth, Sir George Couper, and Lord James Murray.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and Prince George, were attended by Lady Augusta
Cadogan and Colonel Sir William Davison.
The Royal Family were received by the Hon. Misses
Stanley and Dawson, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Admirals
Sir Edward Codrington, Groom in Waiting ; Lieutenant-
Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps,Equerry in Waiting; and Captain
the Hon. A. H. Gordon.
Among the earlier arrivals were the Belgian Minister and
Madame Van de Weyer, and Mr. Charles Drouet, the Ne-
therlands Minister and Mr. Stratenus, the United States'
Minister and Mr. Brodhead, the Portuguese Minister and
Baroness de Moncorvo, M. de Moraes Sarniento, Chevalier
de Ribeiro and M. de Soveral, the Spanish Minister, M.
and Madame de Tacon and Chevalier de Pedroreus, the
Brazilian Minister and Madame Marques Lisboa, the Danish
Minister and Countess Hilda de Reventlow and M. de Bielke,
the Wurtemberg Minister and Baron and Baroness de Linden,
the Prussian Minister andhis Serene Highness Prince Lowen-
stein, the Sardinian Chargé .d'Affaires and Count d'Aiglie,
the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires and Baroness de Rehausen,
the Buenos Ayrean Minister, the Peruvian Minister and.
Madame Iturregui, the Russian Minister and Baroness de
Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Earl and
Countess Delawarr, Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville
West, the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, Sir Harry Smith,
G.C.8., the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Earl and
Countess of Morton, Lady E. Douglas, Viscount Mahon, Sir
Henry and Lady Wheatley, the Misses Wheatley, Viscount
and Viscountess Combermere, Hon. Miss Stapleton Cotton,
the Attorney-General and Lady and Miss Jervis, Lord and
Lady Beuvale, Sir James and Lady Clark, Earl of Arundel
and Surrey, the Countess Spencer, Viscount Sandon, Sir
Thomas D. Acland, Lord Dalmeny, Mr. Tufnell, M.P.,
Countess of Minto and the Ladies Elliot, Sir Edward and
Lady Disbrowe and the Misses Disbrowe, Mr. and Lady
Manche Balfour, Viscount Emlyn, Sir George and Lady
Grey, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Mr. Culling Smith.
Earl and Countess of Rosebery, the Ladies Primrose, Earl
of Radnor, the Ladies Bouverie, Right Hon. J. C. and
Miss Herries, Sir de Lacy and Lady Evans, Sir Frederick
and Lady Pollock, and the Misses Pollock, Earl and
Countess of Haddington, Earl Somers, Duke and Duchess of
Roxburghe, Earl and Dountess Howe, Viscount Beresford,
Lord and Lady Marcus Hill, Lady C. L. Gower, Earl and
Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementine Villiers, Viscount
Duncan, Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Cust, Sir Edward and
Lady Bowater, Earl and Countess of Kinnoull, Lady Sarah
Hay, Earl of Cawdor, Marquis of Huntly, Earl and Countess
Brownlow, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Sir George
Anson, Lord and Lady Sondes. Sir Frederick and Lady
Thesiger, Mr. and Mrs. Home, Earl of Liverpool, Lord and
Lady Langdale, Sir James and the Misses Wigram, the Lord
Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Earl de. Grey, Lord Heytes-
bury, Mr. H. Reeve, Right Hon. Fox Maule, Lord and Lady
George Lennox, Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone,
Lord and Lady John Hay, Colonel Cavendish, Hon. C. C.
and Lady Catherine Cavendish, Mr. and Mrs. Brand, Earl of
Warwick, Marquis Headfort and the Ladies Taylour, Sir
John and Lady Macdonald, Mr. N. Macdonald, Colonel and
Lady Catherine Buckley, Lord Elphinstone, Colonel and
Mrs. Bouverie, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. John Talbot, Viscount
Falkland, Earl of Lincoln, Sir Lancelot and Miss Shadwell,
Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Marquis and Marchioness of
Exeter, Lady Martins, Sir Andrew Barnard, Major Hon.
Robert Boyle, Earl Fitzhardinge, Marquis of Anglesey,
Lady A. Paget, Earl and the Ladies Fitzwilliam, Sir John
and Miss Hobhouse, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, Sir Augustus and
Lady Clifford, the Misses Clifford, Lord Cantilupe, Lord
and Lady Byron, Honourable Frederick Byng, Earl of
Aberdeen, Sir Robert Gordon. Colonel and Mrs. Corn--
wall,
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At a quarter before ten o'clock the queen and Prince
Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George
and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, left the
Yellow Drawing-room and entered the Grand Saloon, which
was nearly filled with company.
The august party was preceded by Colonel the Hon. C.
B. Phipps, Equerry in Waiting; Captain Hon. A. H. Gor-
don, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince; Sir Edward Cod.
rington, Groom in Waiting ; Captain Francis Seymour,
Groom in Waiting to the Prince; the Master of the House-
hold; Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting; Viscount Clif-
den, Lord in Waiting to the Prince • the Groom of the
Stole to the Prince ; the Lord Steward, and the Lord Cham-
berlain.

Passing through the Grand Saloon, the visitors dividing
on either side, her Majesty and her Royal Consort en-
tered the Ball-room, the quadrille band playing the
• the distinguished party, also entered the
Na-
tionalandmAanidthsemof.
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nt
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followed Robe s ala d
the theauLg audit
party, and, with
Ball-room.
formed a quadrille,
d the ball with his Royal Highness
the Queen opened the
also in
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ten o'clock
His Royal Highness Prince Albert and
Prince George.
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the
performed the following pieces:—
Mr. Henry Barnard's quadrille band, who were stationed
in this apartment, played the " Nino"
by Basisio , ",9a3N''endish," composed
quadrilles.
,thS,
afterwardsEeTerxehqpniiulseelacdHbhrwaideg:edhe.nsoefishsS6lru'irte,,,
"\\Mraaljtzileds" bOrientalen." by La. Quadrilles—" Bondman,:
Cools ; "V estal.,"
" Queen of the Ball," by
expressly by Tinn7.
" Belfast" by Tinney ; D'Albert. Polkas--" Evelyn,"
bitzky ; " Goodwood, ' Caroline," " Rachael," by Tinney;
The company "'Helena," by D'Albert ; " Nardi.
untilciou s half-pasts
ai o op.s,u tpec\n,
sen," by Labitzky, Bcc.
continued to arrive without intermission
csl oocfko,n
one thousand
ing the‘is i
twohr
so lbeeoi
ardbeing present,
the
spa
the invitations exceeding thirteen hundred.
After dancing had been continued for some time in the
Ball-room, it was commenced in the Throne-room, which
was also prepared for dancing, and in which a second qua-
drille band, that of Mr. Weippert, was in attendance.
The following quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas were danced
in this ball-room :—Quadrilles—" Les Canatiens Parisiens,"
Basisio ; " Tantivy," Weippert ; " Sappho," Jullien.
Waltzes—" Jenny Lind," Basisio ; " Les Perles," Labitsky ;
"Rita," Earl of Belfast. Polkas—" Princess," Weippert ;
" Bruce," Oakey ; and Galop, " Beaufort Hunt," Weippert.
Refreshments were served to the company during the even-
ing in the Green Drawing-room.
The supper was served soon after twelve o'clock, in the
State Dining-room. The range of tables displayed a gorgeous
assemblage of gold plate, and in the -Centre of the end of the
apartment was a buffet also filled with articles of gold plate,
but of a rarer and choicer kind—more of the class that
would be properly denominated objects of taste and vertu than
applicable to the purposes of the banquet. Along the
tables were massive centre pieces, candelabra, vases, wine-
coolers, and epergnes. Some of them, from the designs of
Flagman, displaying forms the most classical and beautiful,
all of them of great elegance and the most admirable work-
manship. To relieve, as it were, the mass of magnificence,
at certain distances along the tables were placed the most
beautiful flowering plants, in golden vases. The appearance
of these bright flowers among the mass of gold plate had a
most charming effect. On the buffet surrounding the centre
, shield were ranged vases, cups, chalices, tankards, and salvors
in profusion, some of them glittering with precious atone.,