The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-10 00:00:00

ABERDEEN.

The
Queen has made known her pleasure:—
.9* "That the Bth clause of the regulation respecting
Vreign orders shall not be taken to apply to decora-
ETs of the Guelphic Order which were bestowed on
British subjects by her predecessors, their Majesties
hell George IV. and King William IV., on whose
. e Crowns of Great Britain and Hanover were
united.

" Decorations so bestowed cannot properly be con-
sidered as rewards granted by a foreign sovereign for
services rendered according to the purport of the sth
gered
clause of the regulations. They must be rather consi-
as personal favours bestowed on British subjects
by British sovereigns, and as having no reference to ser-
vices rendered to the foreign Crown of Hanover."
(Signed) ABERDEEN.
Foreign Office, July 6, 1846.

GRAND FETE AT THE TOWN-HALL, WINDSOR.—
A grand ball and supper, at which upwards of 500 of the
families of the nobility, gentry, and clergy of the neigh-
bourhood, the colonels and officers of the two regiments
in garrison at Windsor, the Mayor and corporation of
the town, mid the principal inhabitants, were present,
were given at the Town-hall, on Thursday ,evening, by
the chairman and board of directors of the Windsor,
Staines, and South-Western Railway, to celebrate the
passing of the Bill through Parliament during the pre-
sent session. The entertainment, which was upon a
most magnificent scale, incurred an expense of upwards
of 1,5001, the greatest liberality prevailing in every de-
partment. The extensive hall, which was appropriated
to dancing, together with the Council Chamber, were
elegantly decorated with various devices, flags, &c.,
bearing the initials of the company (W. S. S. W. C.).
under the superintendence of M. Henry Goertz, uphol-
sterer to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The
extensive open space, used as the corn-market, under the
hall, which was also appropriated to dancing, and like-
wise the butchers' market, in which the splendid supper,
supplied at an unlimited expense by Mr. Layton, con-
fectioner to her Majesty, was served, were enclosed by
Edgington, in the form of marquees, decorated with
Rags and 'banners, brilliantly illuminated with superb
chandeliers (filled with wax lights), but lent for
the occasion, by special permission, from the stores of
Windsor Castle. The band of the Royal Horse Guards
wits stationed in the apartment beneath the ball, Jullien's
band performing in the hall above, in a raised orchestra
constructed expressly for the occasion. Dancing com-
menced shortly before ten o' clock. The festivities did
riot conclude until nearly six o'clock yesterday morning.
Amongst those present were Lord Fitzgerald, Colonel
Reid, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey (the Head Master at
Eton College), Mr. J. T. Bedborough (Mayor of Wind-
sor), Mrs. Bedborough and family, Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
Ashley, Mr. Hamilton Parke and family, Colonel and
Mrs. Salwey, Rev. W. G. Cookesley, Mr. H. C.
I'aesY (Chairman of the Company) and lady, Mr. John
Clode, jun. (who officiated as Master of the Ceremo-
nies) and Mrs. Clode, Captain Forbes and family, Mr.
and Mrs. John Bedborough, Mr. Alderman Tebbott
and family, Mr. Alderman Snowden and family, Mr.
Joseph Locke, Dr. Stanford, Mr. W. J. Chaplin,M.P.,
and
lady, Colonel Richardson, Captain Parry, Mr. W.
• Riley and lady, Rev. J. C. Yonge, Rev. J. Abraham,
tr- G. W. Horne, Hon. Mr. Trelawney, Captain and
Mrs. Coleridge, Mr. John Seeker, Lord Brownlow
-roil, Dr. Maitland, Mr. W. B. Holderness and lady,
:rfen- Mr. Lyle, Rev. Mr. Balstou, Major Wathen, Ray.
. Pickering, Mr. Wm. Legh, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Stuart, Vouler and Miss D'Egville, Captain and Miss
Allen, Mr. Richard Barton and family, Mr. Charles
Finch, Mr. Caleb Norris, Hon. Mr. Leigh, &c.
a The Municipality of Hanover has just contracted
„l_nall of 300,000 thalers (1,200,000 f.) for building a
„
ir theatre, which, it is said, is to surpass in magni-
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