The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-12 00:00:00

DINNER AT THE CARLTON CLUB.

This entertlinment, given upon the occasion of the
Queen's nuptial.-r., was of the most, mignitieent character,
was admirably managed, and went with the greatest
eclat. The only circumstance which occzsioned regret
was the limited dimensions of the dinner-room, wh;chhas
rendered necessary a rule to the effect that the number of
convives at any barquet shall not exceed 60, a number
vastly disproportioned to that of the members of the club,
not less, we understand, than 1,'20a. The rule was
relaxed, however, in the present n.tar.ee, as far es tie
size of the room would admit, wit' out risking the chance
of confusion and incurring the cert linty of discomfort.
The 64 noblemen and gentlemen whose games we insert
were at the table. How many were deprived of the
gratification of joining the party may be eoejecturerl when
we say that, with very few exceptions, every member of
the club now in London was anx'ous for a seat. The ex-
cAlent club rule of yielding to priority of application its
just claim to preference was, however, strictly adhered to.
The party consisted of the tailoring :
Sir Robert Peel, Bart., in the Chair.
ON HIS RIGHT. ON HIS LEFT.
Duke of Wellington Marquis of Londonderry
Earl of Haddington Lord Wharncliffe
Lord Fitzgerald Lord Granville Somerset
Lord Ellenborongh Lord Redesdale
Earl De la Warr Viscount Barrington
Lord Ashburton Earl of Ripon
EArl of J2rsey Viscount Strangford
Lord Burghtrsh Earl of Lincoln
Earl of Oikncy Earl of Normanton
Earl of Charleviile Duke of Argyll
Viscount Hawarden Lord Ashley
Lord Eliot Lord Decis
Lord Villiers Lord Ernest Bruce
Lord C. Hamilton Viscount Sydney
Mr. F. Baring Mr. Plznta
Mr. E. Sugden -• Sir William Follett
Sir F. Pollock Mr. Serjeant Jackson
Mr. Thesiger Mr. Serjeant Goulburn
Hon. S. Herbert Her,. H. Liddell
Sir George Clerk Sir Charles atgot
Sir H. Harding° Sir Walter James
Sir Thomas Cochrane Mr. Henry Hope
Mr. Ormsby Gore Mr. Litton
Hon. Captain Gordon Mr. Emerson Tenet at
Colonel H. Baillie Col. Biker
Me. Pakington Mr. Mikes
Mr. Dunbar Mr. Manners Sutton
Mr. J Round Mr. Q. Dick
Colonel•Conolly Mr. Charles Ross
Hen. W. Lascelles Colonel Hall
Sir A. Grant Mr. George Palmer
Mr. B. Baring Mr. Borthwiek

Mr. Sterling-

We think we may assert, without any breach of modesty
or discretion, that the above, of all the numerous convivial
parties to which the occasion of her Majesty's marriage
may have given rise throughout the boundless dominions of
the Queen of England, was the most distinguished—the
most distinguished, Oct for the rank and station of its mem-
bers—though this also, we believe, ae might fairly claim,
but for the qualities which nations honour with their appro-
bation and esteem, and which the inheritors of thrones who
best understand their own position and the interests of their
people, always appreciate the mcst highly. We may not so
far forget the sanctity of private society (the meeting being
strictly of this character) as to attempt any details respecting
the toasts, the manner in which they were introduced,
or any other occurrences incidental to such an assembly.
The name of the distinguished Chairman, and those of the
noblemen and gentlemen over whose festivity he presided,
render it needless for us to say that all breathed the true
spirit of English loyalty and courtesy—a loyalty founded
upon constitutional attachment to a constitutional throne,
and remote alike from coldness and from adulation ; and a
courtesy which yields to that of no nation in the world in
generous and affectionate regard to tenderness of sex and
age.

The materiel and arrangement of tt,e banquet were in
the highest degree sumptuous and elegant. We suppose
these matters were under the direction of a committee.
But, by whomsoever they were conducted. they evinced a
determ►nation that in these minor particulars, as in others
of far greater importance, the Carlton Club should far
outstrip every competitor.—Standard.

HER MAJESTY'S PRIVY PURSE.

( From the Chronicle.)
With respect to the civil list, with one exception, the
whole is appropriated to particular services, fJr which par.
ticular officers are responsible, and with which her M ,jesty
cannot interfere, The only sum voted by Parliament for
the Queen, over which her Majesty has personally any
contr:l, is the 60,0001. for the privy purse. Out of this
sum the Queen pays all the pensions that were granted
out of it by George IV. and William IV., consideting it
more respectful to their memories to do so than to discon-
tinue them, or to transfer them to the Civil List Pension
Fund, which is made public by being laid annually before
Parliament. These pensions range through a variety of cir-
cumstances, from that of Mrs. Fox, the widow of Charles
James Fox. who receives 500/. a-year, to the servants of the
late Mrs. Jordan, and amount in all to 10 0001. per annum.
But these are far from being the only claims on the privy
purse. Her Majesty, with kind consideration for the children
of the late King, soon after her accession to the throne,
granted from the privy purse no less a sum than 7,800/.
per annum to the Fitzclsrences. She gave also 3,000/.
per annum to Sir John Conroy, and placed upon it some
small pensions which the Duchess of Kent had hitherto
paid.
In fact, the fixed charities and racing plate paid an-
nually out of the privy purse, amount to 35,000/. per
annum ; which, sub.racted front 60 0001., leaves only
26,0001. at her Majesty's own disposal. Out of this com-
paratively small balance, the Queen has riven away con-
siderable sums in occasional charities, and has paid the
remaining debts of the Duke cf Kent, her father, to the
amount cf 50 0001,

It has been customary to exhaust the language of pane-
gyric in the case of Gcorge 111. The instance of filial
regard we have just alluded to furnishes a very favourable
contrast to the conduct of Gearge 111. The debts of his
father, the Prince of Wales, wore very considerable, and
had been incurred not very long before his accession to the
throne ; but these debts be suffered to remain unpaid.
Her Majesty has at the same time patronized the arts, so
far as her means would allow, though not certainly to tl.o
extent which she could have wished to have done.
We have deemed it only just to the Queen to efface the
impressions which some of the statements in the debate on
the allowance to Prince Albert were calculated to produce.
By her personal economy, her considerate kindness, and
her filial piety, she has justly entitled herself to the admi-
ration of her subjects. From a reign thus auspiciously
commenced, what may we nor anticipate?

CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE.—On Sunday a
coupleof paupers from Calverly workhouse, near Bradford, con-
trived to elude the wa'chfulness of the master, and eloped to
the parish Church, Bradford, where they were married before
the nature of their condition was discovered. We suppose that
the banns had been re \r,ularly put up ; and 3•et there are those
who urge that the putting up of banns in churches is a pre-
ventative of secret and improper marriages.—Halifax Ex-
pres:r.
Dr. Alexander Turnbull, formerly of Carlisle, is
now in the enjoyment of great celebrity in London, especially
for his astonishing success in communicating to deaf and dumb
paients the sense of hearing, which leads, of course, to the ac-
quirement of speech.—Gateshead Observer.

Bacon curing (says a Correspondent), appears
to be very little understood in South Wales, as it is difficult to
get any but will turn yellow or rancid in a few days. This is
not the case in Hampshire, Wilts, or Gloucestershire, as the
system of drying there will keep the meat perfectly sweet, the
fat perfectly white, and the lean red. In Dorsetshire and
Cornwall drying bacon appears to be unknown. The plan there
is to put the green pork in pickle, and there it remains till re-
quired for use.

- Mr. Thos Devyr, the conductor of the Northern
Liberator, who has been twice committed for trial at the en-
suing assizes, on a charge of sedition, and on each occasion
liberated on bail, absconded from Newcastle a week or two ago ;
and, as we have since been informed, sailed from Liverpool for
the United States on Saturday morning last. He was accompanied
by his wife, and also by Mr. novas, le, late of the Side, New-
eboloakttsears,
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at maollvwelelzkneonwtenreCd hhai
himself
agitator.
hirpf,hs
" Mr. Johnson." Mr. John Blackey, one of Mr. Devyr's
bondsmen, was in pursuit of the fugitives, and lrrived in Liver,
pool in sufficient time—to be " just too late." His quondam
associate had sailed from England—
" And he was left lamenting."
Mason, another of the bailed Chartists, is als3 a fugitive; and
we therefore cannot be so surprised as Master Gilchrist, that
Ayre cannot find bondsmen.—Gateshead Observer.
SUMMONING FOR CHURCH-RATES.—Several
persons having refused to pay the Church-rate for the Pariah
of-St. Mary, the Churchwardens, on Monday last, summoned
Mr. Thomas Orme, one of the inhabitants, who had so refused
payment. Mr. Orme, in reply to questions from the Magis-
trates, stated that the reasons therein given were bona fide
his objections, and that they were true. Mr. Greenway asked
him whether he meant to dispute the rate in the Ecclesiastical
Court, and he replied that it was his intention to do so. 'I he
summonses were dismissed en the ground that, after the notice
and declaration of the defendant, the Magistrates had no fat they
power to act.— Warwick Advertiser.
WARRANTY OF HORSES.—In the case of
Mallileu v. Fusting, tried last Friday, Lord Denman held that
a general warranty of being quiet in harness meant quiet in
double as well as single harness. With reference to the facts,
he expressed his opinion that the evidence showed the horse to
have become a kicker, so that in fact the warranty had not
been supported. Horse.sellers will, perhaps, be somewhat
surprised as this decision, so contrary alike to their practice and
notions of right. The legal meaning of warranted " quiet in
harness, not only includes both single and double, but seems
to guarantee the present as well as the future behaviour of the
harness-horse. This is " riding over " horse-dealer's-law.
The mansion taken by her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, for a temporary residence, is No. 36, Bel-
grave-sivare adjoining the Duchess of Gordon's and Sir John
Shelley's. The mansion belongs to I.ord Ingestrie, who let
the house last season to the Prince of Capua. The Duchess
will remove, it is understood, from Buckingham Palace to her
new abode in about three weeks,

We have heard it reported that two of the
Chartist leaders, for whom rewards have been offered, but who
have hitherto succeeded in eluding► justice—Jack the Fifer, aid
Davy the Tinker—have at length been apprehended.—Mon-
mouthshire Merlin.