The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.
Count Pollon, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary from the King of Sardinia, and from his Royal
Highness the Duke of Lucca, had an audience of her Ma-
jesty. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Pal-
merston, G. C. 8., her Majest)'s principal Secretary of
State•fer Foreige Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert
Chester, Master of tho Ceremonies.
Her Majesty was attended by Lord Lilford, Lord in
Waiting, and Mr. Rich, Groom in Waiting.
Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Leiningen, attended by the Baroness Spaeth, arrived at
Buckingham Palace at six o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
on a visit to her Majesty. Their Serene Highnesses, soon
after their arrival, went to Clarence House, Si. James's,
to visit her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
The Queen and Prime Albert attended Divine Service
yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Sr. James's.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook, from
Corinthians, chap. 13, verse 13. The service was read by
the Rev. Dr. Vivian, the Lessons by the Rev. Horsley
Dakins, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Vi-
vian and the Rev. Horsley Dakins. The Chant, Te
Deum and Jubilate in D, Sanctus and Responses, con--
posed by Sir George S:ntrt. The Anthem, " The Lord
is King," ( Arnold), was sung by Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs,
and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart {:resided at the organ.
The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the
Closet in waiting. The Royal suite included the Duchess
of Bedford, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavenci.h,
Lord Lilford, Lord George Lennox, Mr. Rich, Lord
Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain Francis
Seymour.
' The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince
Albert, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, yester-
day, at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal waa taken
an airing on Saturday in a carriage and four.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended by Colonel
Bouverie, visited her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent
yesterday at Clarence House, and the Duke of Canibridoe
at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness rode out ori
horseback on Saturday attended by Colonel Bouverie.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen on
Saturday.
The Duchess of Kent v:sitel her Majesty and Prince
Albert on Saturday.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Duchess of Bedford, lion. Miss Cavendish, Lord Lilford,
Mr. Rich, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie,
honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur-
day evening.
Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Royal highness
received visits of congratulation from their Royal
Highnesses Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
and the Duke of Cambridge. Most of the F -
reign Ministers called at Gloucester House during the
day, and left their names for the Royal Duchess, and also
very many of the Nobility and Gentry.
The Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yester-
day afternoon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Lady
Anne Maria Dawson was in waiting on her Royal Highness.
The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yes-
terday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Major Stephens
was in waiting on his Royal Highness. In the af.ernoon
his Royal Highness attended Divine Service in St. James's
Church.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou-
cester ott Saturday.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock on Saturday
afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all
the Ministers.
The Council sat three hours.
A deputation, consisting of Sir Mathew Wood Bart,,
M. P„ the Governor of the Bank of England, Mr. R. L.
Jones, Mr. Hall, and the City Remembrancer, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer OR Saturday
in Downing-street, respecting the embankment in Thread.
needle-street, opposite the new Royal Exchange.
Lord Hill and the Quyen's Advocate had interviews
with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
Sir George Arthur had an interview with Lord John
Russell on Saturday at the Colonial-office.

EVENING EDITION.

PARIS 1N 1845
JOURNAL OF A BESIEGED INHABITANT.

MARCH I.—The Gt..vernment has learnt today that the
aleeced'armie; were rnarehit:g from Troy upon Paris..
Consternation is in ever; disorlel. We shall then see of! -
what use will ba those fortitiext.'.ons which were so much:
asked for five years ago by M. Thieri;' partisans,
MAseu 2—Not being able to risk t.)o unequal a battle,
the French Army has fallen back on the Loire. It is in
obsert:a.ion, pending the moment for risking a final coatest
under the walls of Paris, where our own plans of campaign
'lave called forth the fifteen hundred thousand soldiers of
the coalition.

MARCH 3.--This morning all the cattle, which the Pari-
sians are to subsist upon during the siege, were penned up
between the doub!e wallsof the enciente. These miserable
animals come from such a distance that the greater part die
of fatigue on arriving.
MARCH 4.—The city was handed over to-day to military
authority. At tea o'clock it caused the -forty-eig'at gate;
of the w ills of the enceinte to be closed. What Wag feared
has come, to pass: t. 11.01. the ozea and sheep punned up
between s.l e two walls of the enciente Rte stead.

MAIZCII L.—The Boulevards, the Ciratisee d'Autin, the
Faubourg- :3aint honors, and all the strcets between the
Louvre intrl the Rue St. Denis, are filled with dung up -to
the first flrxnr of the houses. This measure, which is adopted
with a view of deadening the fall of the bombs, has stopped
the cirenktion of carriage;. Trade is at a complete !Amid-
still. The Bourse closed yesterday. Three hundred bank-
ruptcies have been declared oaring the day.
MAtten 6.—81-i.ck flags have just been placed on the
summit of the ho ;pitals and public buildings. Boards and
mattresses are being put round the surface of the Church
of Notre Dame, in order to preserve that fine Gothic monu-
ment from cannon balls. M. Victor Hugo superintends
this preat undertaking. He is a son who renders the last
office to his mother.

MARCH 7.—The Faubourg St. Marceau is stirring. It
pretends that all that is thought of are the rich districts,
arid the means of saving them, from famine atirl destruction.
Meetings are taking place on the Place de l'Estrapzde.
The inice of bread is incretised fifty centimes. Vegetables
are already se, rce ; the cold, it is true, is excessive. The
marl, et gardeners come no longer.
MARCH 8.- -All on the qt4i. vine. The report is current
that the enemy was at Meaux. Nothing is done but cart-
ing powder and muskets from Vincennes to the fortifica-
tions. The mold de piete (pawnbroking establishment)
lends no more money. Twenty-four suicides have occured
during the day.
MARCH 9.—The liberty of the press is suspended by mi-
litary authority, under the pretext that the journals tend to
disunite the population. All the p!incipal edit;rs who
L protested are in prison.
MARCH 10.—The coalesced army is in sight. A fresh
misfortune. A sort of epidemic ha: broken out among the
cattle within the walls of the fortifications. There is the
utmost danger in eating their flesh. Potatoes cost fin),
sous a pound.
MARCH 11.—The theatres are shut. Prayers arc being
said in the churches. M. Thiers' house was set on fire dur-
ing the night. Fortunately the celebrated journalist was
not at home.

Mmicti 12.—The enemy has opened the first trenches.
It fell back at a vigorous sortie, but resumed its position
during the night.
Mallen 13.—Fifty pieces of cannon are round the Palace
of the Tuileries. Dogs are beginning to be eaten, and
those who have any do not allow them any longer to run
about the streets. A baker has been thrown into his oven
by persons who accused him of wanting to have a monopoly.
Flow dull Paris is !

MARCH 14.—The enemy has opened the second trenches*.
To-morrow it will attack Mount Valerien, defended by
Marshal Sault.

MARCH 15.—The Faubourg Saint Antoine is on fire.
Some insurgents have burnt the wood-Narda in the
de Charontie, St. Bernard, and many others. A cat sells:
for twenty-four francs.
MACCIt 16..—1 t is stated that the French army be-
trayed. There is no lucre meat, bread, or vegettLie. is
Paris. It is a complete famine. The National Guard
and the Line no longer art together. Questions as to
preeeknec have caused a misunderstanding, Many Na..
theta' Guards Muse to do service. Cannon-hail: arc
showering in every direction. Nothing is heard but la-,
mentations and complaints. Paris is Civided into two greva
factions ; one disposed to surrender, the other to burn tWa-o
city, in order to avenge the deception of Moscow. The
cries, " Bread l" a Give us bread 1" resound' in all the,
streets of Pali.,

MARCH 17.—A bomb has fallen on the roof the R.ny al
library. It is burning at this moment. What a tr:isfor-
tune! What an irreparable disaster ! I hear ';hat the
Pantheon has just fallen down.
Maucu 18.—Mount Valerien it tiken. News from the
French army it is is full march ;it is arriving; may it.
arrive in time! . .

MARCH The Louvre h no longer in exiitence it
is a heap cf ashes. It is stated that a mother has eaten--
lily pen stops short. Where do those conceal themselves
who wished for the fortifications? _ _ _

MARCR 2q,-...1f the French army had come forward six_
hours soories the enemy, notwithstanding the immense sty.
perieloy a numbers, would have been crushed at the foot
cif aloe fortifications, which were very badly served it is
stated. But the enemy was already in possession °favors!,
and had turned the bat'eries on Paris.

MARCH 21.—The,e were not 20,000 Nationul Guards.
on duty at the siege yesterday.
Maas n Paris does not surrender to-day bcfnre

ta qt Ain be subject to the laws of war, that id to sal, tnree
dayy pillage.
Mancit .423,—The twelve mayors of Paris went out ye.s
terday at 11 o'clock, to offer in an 'humble manner the keys.
to the Generals-in-Chief of the coalesced army. But, At
the moment when this disgrace was }Ting consummated,
the French army, which was beini Sre.d upon by the forts
in the enemy's possession, made a sudden, terrible, dread-
ful, and desperate attack, and the destinies of France
changed in the twinkling of an eye. The enemy was
beaten back, and fled, leaving 40,000 dead, 18,000 picots.
et cannon, and a prodigious quantity of war materiel.
The French army has saved Pal i 4, in spite of the forti-
fications, which it cook possession of, and which only served
agaiuA it.
MARCH 24.—T0-morrow the demolition of those fatal
stones will be commenced. It will he an evidence of vie.
tory, and it will be a noble day.—Charivari.

THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " JOAN
))7 Atte."—Mr. Serre's long promiced portraiture of the
Maid of Orleans is at length before the world. It has
numerous beauties. A romance on the achievements of
her, whose meteoric career was one thr;lling chain of ro.
mance must, indeed, prove a production of no ordinary ex-
citement. In novels of this kind, history has been fre.
quently rendered but too subservient to romance. In the.
present instance Mr. Serle has inverted their relative posi..
lions by renderina romance the Vain-bearer to history.
Every spot of celebrity—every anecdote of authenticity..
every trait of the heroine's character has been careful!!
visited, properly sifted, and duly considered : in short, we
are here presented with neither bust nor profile, but Juan,
the far-famed Maid of Orleans, at full length.—Conserva-

live Journal.
TROLLOPE'S " SUMMER IN WESTERN
FRANCE."—WC arc requested to state that " A Summer
in Western France, including the Provinces front the,
Loire to the Dordogne," edited by Mrs. TruHope, in 2
vols. Svo., with numerous illustrations, is published this
day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Nlarlbmough-street, and
may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also
just published the following new works :-1. TLe French.
Stage and the French People. Edited by Theaore:
Hook, Esq., 2 vols., small Svo.-2. Dr. Croly's " Per..
soma Ilistcry of George IV " 2 vol=. small Svo. with Per-
trait. —3. Swinburne's " Courts of Europe at the close of
I:rorhtie•ait.—ft"
the last Century," 2 vols. Svo. with Portrait.-4. The
Life and Letters of Beethoven. Edited by Ignace Mos-
cheic,, 2 "is, small Svo. with Portrait.-5. Lady
sfslelce.ossn..d..
ington's " Idler in Italy," the ad vol. of thcvniall pal,
edition.-0. The Book without a Name. By Sir Charleixs
and Lady Morgan, 2 vols. small Svo. wit:.
Dr. Granville's " Spas of England, 1 vol. with Map and
2 volD'e.
e—r s A nc ttl,
thelo. . Thelate ' . Comic
jame small
s
thirty-one Illustrations, 1.55. bound.—
volume of the new and revised edition of Agnes
().tatcl,t
land's " Lives of the Queens of Eitgland."—
Sportsman in France. By F. Tolfrey, E,q
" Rejected Addresses,''
Svo, with
,Miscellanies,
mNeireomusoirlslluasatdratiLonesti
Smith, Esq , one of the authors of
2 volsr.sm
small Svo.
understand thatwi,li Portrait,
rhit.
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metropolis, sufficiently extensive,Plotk
JU :
in progress for selecting a most active tnea_ns are
ceaysetreyr nw
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aand t the
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to the purposes of a public
DGM EN T C par
it a the
or oLoutt.—Persons, all having
excellent eyes, and • seeing perfectly well, differ much in
their powers of recognising persons, finding their way, &e..
In none of thew points is the difference so striking as
with respect to judging of colours. It is by no means no-
common to meet with individuals whose eyes appear excel-
lent, and whose sight is excellent, and who may judge of form
and distance correctly, but who cannot distinguish certain,
colours. Dr. Nichull describes a boy who confounded
green with red, and called light red and pink, blue. His
maternal grandfather, and one uncle, had the same imper-
fection. This uncle was in the navy, and, baying a blue
un form cost and waistcoat, purchased a pair of red
breeches to watch. Dr. Nichol' mentions a gentlemen
who could not distinguish green from red. The grass,
in full verdure always appeared to him What others call
red ; and ripe fruit on trees '.,e could not distinguish fro y
the leaves ; a cucumber and a boiled lobster were of the
same colour in big sight; end a leek resembled a stick of
scaling.wax, This prson had a brother and a niece—,
act daughter of another brother—in a similar predicament.
Indeed, the defer t has frequently occurred in several mem-
bers of the same family, and frequently has been here.
ditary, sometimes passing over a generation,like other
culiarities of structure. It is observed
more frequently,
perhaps, in men. In the rarest and most extr , n-o
colour is distinguished, all objects appearinr, • errtiti. ea
respect
alike. In all the cases in which the mini in
nas biesen ax-
minrd, the part of the cranium under which,i according to
Gall, the organ for judging of the harmony of celours is
placed, is flat or depressed I have
case,, - • seen several
and in all II •
. its was the fact. In painters, remark—
able for their excellence of colouring, this part is full or
prominent. The contrast between this part of the fore,
head in a [ erson who has the defect, and in another P.X_
ecilinri, in tne power of colouring, placed side by sidt, is
very striking.—Elliotson's Human Phy,siolo9Y•
Loiti) CARDIGAN AND SUNDAY PLOG•
otso.—Lord Cardigan seems :o be one of these unfortu-
nate individuals who cannot for their lives keep oat of hot
water, He has scarcely got out of one scrape ere he is
right into the hea-t of another. Mischief seems to be the
very element he lives in. He alternates his amusements:
by moulting i,is officers and whipping his privates—shoot..
ing Tucket:s with hair-triggers, and
plying the eat-o'::
nine-tails on the backs of his men. How long will R
arm
madman be allowed to disgrace the ranks of the this
y 1 and
t.
thus ~, set humanity, decency, religion, and morals, 'alike
at defiance ? The man himself has no sense of
about him; but those to whom be is officially rest 'shame
arc greatly to blame in having so long tofrated such a
nuisance in the public service.--Leeds Tines,
e

EVENING EDITION

HIGHLAND SCHOOL
SOCIETY.

The anniversary festiv;l;f7lle itoyal Highland S,hool
S.;eiety took place this evening (Saturday), at the Fre--
tuasons"Tavern, Great Queen-street. This natio,,al in-
tititution, which, for nearly a century and a i alf, his so
powerfully conduced to the brit intc,rcsts of the whole
Britiih Empire, and which has constantly more than
300 schools, and upwards of 29,000. childr‘m under its
daily care, appears to be annually rising in public estima-
tion, if we may judge from the number and rapecti-
hility of those who attended the festival on the present
occasion.,, _ _ . .

The fol!owing sketch of the rise and progress of the
Sce'ety may not, at the present moment, be tthintyr-

esting;
'Fhe Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian
Knowledge•in the Highlands and Islands was originally
sounded in the year 1701, by a feW indiv;duals in Edin-
burgh, "for the reformation of manner.," in that metre-
nolis. Its philanthropic influence at length reached those
il-tant rogiqns of the North, where the errors of super-
st Coos ignorance had too long prevailed. The cif:ct; of
the Institution We e speedily felt there also, by gving ad-
ditional influence to the michirations of the established
n!ergy, whose pious labours had been previously frustrated,
t,ot lets by the miserable condition of the pc >plc. .thau by
I.e immense extent of the parishes by which they were
surroundel.

Inquiries into the state of those places soon furnished
melancholy proofs of the moral destitution of their neg-
lected inhabitants. These few Protestant ministers were
mainly scattered over an extensive surface of rugged
country, divided, indeed, into parisliel, but rather re-
liiding counties or provinces; several of them being
mote than sixty miles in length by thirty in breadth, any
other consisting of numerous islands, separated by many
leagues of boisterous ocean. The parishes on the main land
vf the Highlands being also, for the most part, intersected
by arms ajthe sea reaching far into the country, and by
rvid rivilir destitute of bridges, which are in the winter
gone:ally impassable—or divided by morasses, bays, and
mountains, covered for months together with insurmount-
able barriers dice and snow; all intercourse is thus pre-
(laded, not only between the different parts lt,f the same
parish, but also between the minister and his people, ex-
ceptingin thatrmmediate district in which he happens to
reside.

'rho Act of Union having received the Royal Assent
en the 6th of March, 1707, the condition of the High.
I..,ids then became a great object of national concern;
and on the 25th of May, 1709, this Society received a
Patent of Incorporation from her Majesty Queen Anne,
'lcier the title of the Society in Scotland for Propaga-
tlng Christian Knowledge. It was then strenuously sup-
p,rted by east. Scottish Nobility and Parliament, under
which distinguished patronage, the patriotic advantages
the Institution rapidly became more manifest; and in
the year 1738 the Directors obtained from his Mijesty
King George 11. a new patent, authorising them to erect
schools of industry, for teaching the youth of both sexes,
and particularly female;, its more common employments.
On this part of their plan, as well as on that of their first
charter, they bare et/cr since proceeded ; and now, the
pupils in these schools, who 'are chiefly girls, are all OCal-
pied in employment befitting their sex • whilst they are at
the same time taught the first principles of the Christian

religion.
In aid of the Parent Establishment in Edinburgh,
wejch then very greatly, needed additional assistance, in
the year 1773 i corresponding board of co-operatioa was
formed in London, the munificent snpport of which has.
been equally honourable and advantageous to the , Insti-
tution, and bee most materially aided the •Scieiety's ad-
vancement to its present solid respectability, and exten-
sive greatness.
The population of the Highlands and Island's is 'com-
puted to exe.ied 450,000 souls, amongst Whom the hies-
A(lgs of this charity are daily diffused. It has there most
Cxtenlively improved the morals, influenced the sentiments,
and ameliorated the condition of the people, which bene-
ficial effects have been principally accomplished by giving
gtetuitous instruction to the poor; for whom schools have
been erected wherever they were most required. Those
seminaries are supplied with able teachers, the faithful
discharge of whose duty is secured by the vigilant super-
intendence of the parochial clergy and catechists ; by
whose united means the pupils are fitted for filling their
future stations in society with propriety and usefulness.
Though eh'efle inetrueted in the English languaee, the
knowledge of which prepares them for an easy intercourse
with every quarter of the kingdom, yct the visiting com-
mittees are particula ly directed tha:—" in districts
'where Gaelic is chiefly spoker, they try the sch Firs in the
trenslating of Gaelic and English ; and whether they un-
eers,;and the meaning of what they read."
At a few misuses past six o'clock the Right Hon. Sir
Robert Pee:, Bar,., M. P., entered the room, preceded by
the stewards bearing white wands, and wearing the Royal
tartan scarf over their shoulders. In the van marched the
Highland piper of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sus-
-ex and the piper of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, playing
•he spirit-stirring air of " The Campbell. are coming."
The Right Hon. Baronet, who wore the royal tartan,
looked extremely well, and indeed it became him better
ellen any other dress we have ever seen him in. He was re-
ce:ved with loud and general acclamations by the assembly,
which consisted of upwards of 300 gentlemen of all shades
ef polkical opinions. The Right Hon. Gentleman took
his seat at the head of the table, and was supported on his
right and left by the Marquis of Northampton, the Earl
ant' Eldon, Sir George Murray, Sir Augustus D'Este, Sir
A. Grant, M. P., H. l(emble, Esq., M. P., the Chisholm,
.B. Bond Cahbell, Eaq., Edward Kemble, Esq., Thomas '
Esq ,J. W. Farrer, Esq., Rev. Dr. Croly, Major
&C. &C.
Over the Chairman was a white silk flag, splendidly
ealielezoned with the arms of Scotland ; the galleries were
`red with lovely and elegantly-attired ladies, many of the
reteste wore the national costume of Scotland, and the
eipearance of the ball, when all the company were seated,
•. ,t extremely brilliant and animated. The band of the
‘::oldstretun Guards were stutiored in the end gallery,
and, alternately with the Highland pipers, entertained the,
company during the evening with A variety of fashionable
eeirl national tire. The lrofessioaal gentlemen present
e ere Messrs. Broad:Roe, Cooke, Yenning,
end Bradbury, and their exertions contributed much to the
e-atification end amusement of the company.
After ample justice had been done to an excellent dinner,
the cloth was removed, " Non robin domino " was sung in
a very beautiful and impressive style.
The CUAIRSIAN then rose, and said,—Gentlemen, it is
note my duty to propose that toast, which, in every as.
eertbly of loyal subjects, particularly in this country,
claims precedence—the health of her Majesty, the
Queen.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) Gen-
tlemen, I well know that in this assembly of men,
devoted not only to the monarch of this country,
by feelings of cordial and affectionate attachment to the
hereon of the Sovereign—(Loud cheers)—there will be
ne additional motive required to induce you to di ink that
sows with enthusiasm, but, gentlemen, it is fitting on
this occasion, and in this roma, that we should remember
that we not only drink the heath cf the Sovereign—but
the health of th..: illustrious lady who has condescended
too honour this institution with her special patronage.—
( Loud cheers.) I have no doubt, therefore, when you
have fulfilled your duty to your Sovereign, you will Lava
in reserve a cheer for our Illustrious Patron—the glove
—( Loud cheers.)
Air—" God save the Queue." •
The Cuetamee thee said—The next toast I have tee
honour to propose i., •‘ The health of his Royal High-
Ines P.dide Albert, and the Princess Royal."—( Loud
long-continued cheering.) And, Geetlemen, I have
exiretne eati.'faction in unarming you that the Soe:ety
tawis, or, at least, with your cousent, is about to stand
in the vvme reation to the illustrious Consort of her
Majesty is which it stands towards the Queen herself.—
( Cheers.) I have no doubt that if I had met ely pro-
osed toyouihe health of that illustrious Prince, the

ro,ny acc.arnVidaments and virtues that adorn Lis cha-
raetci have camel an enthusiastic receptipn to
the ment..on of his name. But, Gettlemen, it is my
pleasing duty to announce to You that, within the last
1.7„,, days, his Royal lli tenets has declared his readiness
to rdeeept th, office of Vice-P„tron of the Royal High •
lar,d 5.40 d Slcietv.—( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, be.
lieve t ancient farms and rules of this S ,ciety, to
,thich it is most desirable that we should adhere, requi e
that the appointment .of his Royal aghne s should be
,zalicticaed by meeting,e consent and election of this
'and I
therefore ropose to You that we should as it
n.ere by acclamation,
elect his Royal Iligliness to that al:-
.
InLotman t, which he Ilia signified his willingne4s to aces!ut.
sidemen with es e t •
Loud cheering.) Ge P e to the
Plineess Royal. 1 . cannot po,xibly be in doubt of the fact of
an Illustrious Princess, brought up under the auspices
I this Society, at
such parents, immediately connecod wit
of
tune
5o may
y, at
some i Le
remote period. when in tle course
sue; eed to the office she is destined to fill— Oatur r;-
mote posterity may have the sntisfae!ion of seeing this in-
p ess
tution meat, under the auspices of that illustrious rtoc_e
its it now meets under the auspices of her Illustrious NI -
-her. I ho.:, therefore, to propose to drink, with every
to,ken of onthusiasm, " The health of his Royal IliglineSs
Prince Albeit and tie Princess Royal."—(Loud cheers.)
Had, Star of Brunswick." '
The CHAIRMAN, on rising to propose the next toast, said
had now' the honour to propose the health of " The
Dowi,s.er, and the other Zilembers of the Royal
i 1 y " --(Lung continued cheering.) It was almost
impossibie to name any member. of the Royal Family
csi:liout awaking feelings of the greatest gratitude for their
Levolence towards the public charities of this country.
--( Cheers. )- H,r A,-lijesty the Queen Dowager was one
of the patronesses of the Institution, and he bei!eved that.
ii :)ca the reign of Queen Anne, her Majesty was the first
reign
s,ivereigu w. to bad accepted the office of patroness of the
n,g,,iaud School Society ; and he had no doubt that their
;.;lowledgment, for that instance of her benevolence,
tiLd their respect fur her private virtues, would induce
tt.ern to receive the toast with the proper enthusiasm.
The Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Fa-
-I,nnily."—(Gr6at epplause.)
The CllAhni-AN next begged to propose as a toa,t—
-"I•he Navy....and Army of the United Kingdom."—
( Cheer.) At toast whjch be knew they would drink
pcculiai satisfaction, for he eonSidetei Ite was
fully warranted •in stating that the Highlands of Scot.
b.nd had contributed their full share to the glory of the
navy arid army of this country.--( Cheers.) lie conceived
he was in stating Chit amongst the best and bravest
of the sr idlers who filled the ranks of the Highland.

they ctitirld number those who were educated in the
I ip,l,l4nti schocils.-4 Cheers.) lie conceived he was right
saatipg, thltit,thk.tolst would be acknoscLdged by v.-to
triernbers of the Highland Society, each of
..5 bona hal tiii,tl the higite3t situations in the profeskion to
...ilich they -heVenged.—( Applause.) Ile was instructed
tia,otate theibit. Was owing to accident that his friend and
"1194,40xi0n, lilt- George 'Cockburn was absent upon this
occasion. buttli‘l 'had Ihe gratification of seeng present his
Right 14'1iArid- Sir Elearg,s Murray—(Cheers)--a
sold et who stood ion the right hand of the illustrious Wel-
lington—CErernendous cheering)—a soldier and a states-
Ina!) of whom' Scotland had a right to be justly proud, and
tscbo, vvhatcvier night 'be hi, military eminence and mili-
rn
tary fame, yst be proud of the distinction this day
awarded him—that of returning thanks fir the Army of
Great Britain Great cheering.)

" Rule &Nun:a."

I Sir G. NI Ull.R A Y rose and said, he should have been
happy it his [lon. F'rierl, Sir G. Cockburn, bad been
l able to attend ;and discharge the duty which had been al-
lotted to h'in, in returning thanks for the applause which
l was bestowed 'on the naval service ef the country.—
(Cheers.) That branch of the public service must always
he considered, and he was glad so to consider it,•on ac-
count of the insular situation ol the country—on account of
its extended commerce—and also on recount of its own
brilliant echievemente, ae the right arm of our country.—
( Hear, hear, Fred cheers.) He had much pleasure also in
acknowledging that part of the compliment which was paid
to the army. No man could otTer his acknowledgments
for that distinction with more sincerity than he did, because
no man could lee more satisfied than he was of the value of
such testimonies of public approbation of the conduct of
both services.:—(Cheers.) In this free country these
1 testimonies of, public apprebetion formed the heat re-
ward fir,. part -service, and the most powerful incentive
to future exertions.—(Cheers.) Several years had
elapsed since this country was engaged in any general
war, aid since the period of the achievement of those
great victories by sea and land which would go down to
our remotest posterity as memorials of the skill of British
commander;, and the valour of British soldiers and sailors.
But occasions , had not altogether been wanting, in the
meantime, to prove to our countrymen, and to the world at
large, that British commanders, and British troops and
sailors, were still the same as they were in the days of the
the victories of. Wellington, and the triumphs of Nelson.
—(Loud chcers.) The remotest nations of central Asia
had learnt to appreciate tLe powers of our generals and
soldiers ; and on the coasts of the Mediterranean, already
familiar with British heroism, the renown of the exploits of
the British navy were again revived.—(Cheers.) His
Right Hon. Friend in the chair had been so kind as to al-
Itrie to the share which Scotland had in the achievements
of both services.—( Hear, hear.) Perhaps be might be
pardoned for indulging in some little national feel-
ing in this Scottish festival, and fur also remind-
ing them en that occasion, that the laborious researches
of an Elphinstone and a Bruce had paved the way for
the march of our army into the central parts of Asia, and
that the fiery spirit of Napier—(Continued cheers)—and
be said this with the greater satisfaction, because that spi-
rit was not confined to one individual of that tamily. They
all sought for renown where danger thronged thickest to
oppose their progress. —( Loud cheers.) He trusted to be
allowed, before he sat down, having expressed his thanks
for their gratitude to the army and navy, to allude to an-
other topic. It was his good fortune, some years ago, to
be present on a similar occasion, when the chair was filled
by Lord Stanley, immediately after' he had eccepted the
honourable situation of Rector of the University of Glas-
gow.—( Cheers.) His Right Hon. Friend was making
the same return to that country for the same honour con-
ferred upon him (Sir Robert Peel). That was the object
which had brought them that day together, to promote the
education of the humbler classes; and, he was happy to
add, that already Scotland had benefited much by the ad.
mirablo institutions cf all kinds that existed amongst I
them; for to that they were to attribute that character for
trustworthiness, and that disposition to cultivate the talents 1
which nature had given them, and which had been so con-
spicuous among Seotchmen all over the world, and to
which the schools they were now met to support had so
much contributed. He Legged to thank them for the
cordial wanner in which they had received the toast.
The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—Although, Gen-
tlemen, we have manifested our respect collectively for
all the members of the Royal Family, yet there is one
member of that illustrious family to whom we all owe such
a peculiar debt of gratitude, that I must take an exception
in his case, and reserve him for a peculiar and special
notice. Gentlemen, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex has on all occasions manifested the deepest interest
in the prosperity, of this Society.—(Loud cheers.) We
have the honour of meeting hero under the presidency of
his Royal Highness. But it is not only the manifestation
of his interest in this particular Society that entitles him
to our peculiar gratitude, but he has on all occasions
shown himself fully entitled to it. He has shown that he
deserves the title of Earl of Inverness by directing his at-
tention to every institution connected with the welfare of
the country, and keeping up those peculiar habits and
usages which are familiar and dear to the inhabitants of
the Highlands.—( Loud cheers.) You will, therefore,
cordially concur with me in the propriety of giving a se-
para'e acknowledgment of your gratitude to his Royal
Highness—the drinking his health with every mark of
enthusiasm.

The :oast was then drank, with loud and enthusiastic
cheering, and his Royal Highness's piper proceeded round
the hall, playing Tullochgorum and other popular airs.

. . . ..
Sir AUGUSTUS D'Ese'e. returned thanks. He' said that
it was impossible for him to refrain from expressing his
grateful thanks, first to the Chairman, for the gratifying
manner in which his Illustrious Father's health had been
proposed ; and, secondly, to the gentlemen assembled who
had received it in so warm and enthusiastic a manner.
When he took into consideration the important character
of the individual who had honoured the institution by pre-
siding at their annual festival that evening, and when he re-
flected on the respectability and influence of the gentlemen
present, who had assembled for a most praiseworthy, and
truly benevolent purpose, it was gratifying to his heart
that the great statesman who occupied the chair, had se
kindly proposed his Illustrious Father's health.—( Cheers.)
It was gratifying to his feelings to know that that dis-
tinguished individual had so borne testimony to his fa-
ther's worth, as if it had proceeded from even the
most influential person whose political feelings coincided
with the opinions entertained by his Royal parent.--
(Long-continued cheering.) It was exceedingly gra-
tifying to his feelings that they were that day
presided over by an individual who, on the sacred
ground of charity, could forget and abandon all little poli-
' , twat differences for the purpose of doing justice to the il-
' lustrious Prince who, he would venture to say, notwith-
' standing that he stood in a relation so near to him, had
done much to promote the interest and advantage of the
country. --(Cheers.) He had been always ready to assist
in every work of charity, and to preside when called upon
at every meeting col:weed for the promotion of science,
andcon hoeciucconucled
onfo t
thece help
necessity
sat
s-
si
intey thato f
p rao
vgi
do
ioodg starshonesome
remedyover
on the distinguished person in the
chair to bear testimony to fits metits.—( Cheering.) After
a most feeling and sincere expression cf thanks, Sir Augus-
tus resumed his scat amidst loud applause.
Miss Steele, who was seated in the gallery, at the re-
quest of the Chairman, sang the beautiful Scotch ballad,
" My heart's in the Highlands," with much taste and ex-
pression, sad was greeted wi h loud and general applause.
The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, it now devolves on me,
in fulfilment of my duty as chairman of this assembly, to
call your attention to the particular object which has
brought us together this day. Gentlemen, we are met
on one of those occasions so characteristic, and so honour-
ably characteristic of society in this great country, when
we add dignity and grace to a tavern dinner, by making
our conviviality contribute to the great ends of benevolence
and charity. Gentlemen, I have little doubt that you are
all perfectly acquainted with the nature of the institution
whose claims I am about to urge upon you. I have little
doubt that you know it is an ancient institution, and that
its special object is to train up the youth of the Highlands
of Scotland in the principles of reyerence to their 'God
and loyalty to their Sovereign.—(Loud che)rs.) You
know, gentlemea, that the edeceti of which is distributed
by this $ seieey is founded upon the only sure basis, that of
the principles of rcligiouese(Chsere.) You know that that
education is strictly a :trip oral education, in coniermity
with the tenets and dos trio es of the Established Church
of Seetlend,—( Hear, hear.) You know that that educa-
tion is now dstpetiseal, through the in trumentality of
abvc 260 schools ; and thee 20,00 Q seleders arc receiving
the benefits of a sound, moral, and ril gi:;u3 education,
through the Beaus of this Society.—( Hear, hear.) You
know that it is Epa;taly depcndei t upon voluntary beneve-
lenes, and it is under these circumstances that I now
make to you an earnest, and I trust, it succesefel appeal,
to maintain, nay to Uphold, to exteed, die usefulness of
this institution.—(Cheers,) Gentismen, 1 helieie this is
the 68th annisersery on which this assembly IRS met on an
occasion like the present, and I have little doubt that on
all those occasions theea is ills h Ire re eemed wi h nearly
the same sentiments, del,v:rad pn behalf of the Society by
the chairmen who happened to preside, Gentlerries, I
have been anxious to discover wheal( r there were any new
and peculiar claims whic:i I could urge on your consi-
deration whether there hail been any recent evi-
dence of the usefulness of this Society, or any recent
means of demonstrating its bent Ouial effects as resulting
is'iems owleitiesnlesittitdutevioonlvtehde
fromoyfoutrbobLeneegvio:aet.loareo,
ofGaelnisticeomueont,ry,f
do not wish to make an appeal to your passions, but to
your reason and your understanding, Gentlemen, the
condition of the Hihlands has within the last two months
attracted the
the attention exercise
f
in Consequence of the great diAtress prevailing there. In
! Is'leaenr 01 fticSncootliandll.'L House of Commons bee recently
appointe,d. a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into
tl
(pLoopiludl a ticohne
ere:.
)theGeHnigtlehmlaenne,s atnhtle
main object of -the appointment of that Committee was for
the purpose of considering whether estondea emigration
might not afford the best means of relieving the destrteis
that prevails there, and I fear to a frightful extent. Gen-
tlemen, I referred with, some anxiety to the evidence taken
before that Committee. I know the main objettt of it was
to consider and to recommend emigrati >n as a reme ly for
the distress existing in the Highlands. Gentlemen, I
referred to that evidence with some anxiety, for I thought
it might be possih'.o that I Should find in that evidence
no admission of the advantages of education. I feared
that the minds of men aught be so occupied with the dis-
tressine scenes they were calle.l upon to investigate, that
they might direct their attention u Italy to the main re_
e.
aids, which was proposed for that
distress, namely, 3
; the
transport of that population which wa suff.ringrest
distress from its excessive numbers and its disproportion to
that their atten-
the means of employment. I was afraid
; diate re-
tion aright be so exclusively directed to an fame .
medy, that I might find no evidence from their recent k
fits
tes-
timony in favour of education, and of the public ene
that might be expected to rattle from it. But, gentlemen,
evidence, canting
I star agreeably surprised to find is that .
from men of the highest character—coming from men with
the nicest ample local infermatien—l was gratified to find
that I was enabled to lay before you this day the most
conclusive evidenee ,of the advantage.; of that education
whie.4. the Sacitty is caieselated to conies. Now you will
oh:terve, gentlemen, thst the Ey:slave of those witnesses on
whose authority I rely was of the most ixpartial and un-
suspicious character. Their inquiries had no refereeee to
education—they were not catied epon to give any evilen.ce
respecting eduent:en—they were only (sailed open to testify
5.) the extent of the distress then existing, and so eeggest
a remedy ; and tivarefore if those reee, with their prectieei
knowledge of the 4e-rel.); thee existing, and their means of
local information—if they- nave their decided testimony in
favour of education—of a refigaous cod moral education as the
only pore/meet and effectual remedy ,itie tgo evils existing in
the Highlands and Islands of Scotland,
,cep J rpa,iet the
tore of that testimony? area if I succeed in demonstrat-
ing the necessity of this remedy, em I not making a
legitimate appe il, not to your passiori lase, as I said
before, to your reason and your undereteridingi-e-(Mech
cheering.) Gentlemen, the Committee to which refer,
was appointed only six weeks ego; and at this time wisee
it was appointed nothing was said about education, how, ,