The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-27 00:00:00

No. 16,674. LONDON, FRIDAY
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• ,NI FEBRUARY 27) 1846.

(lOMMERCIAL AND GENERAL LIFE
.AiSSURANCE. Annuity, Family Endowment, and Loan
ASSOCIATION, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London. Under Act of
Parliament 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110. Established 1841.
At the Annual General ➢leeting of the Proprietors of the Com-
mercial and General Life-office, held at the Company's offices, as
above, en February 13, 1846.
Ir. G. WARD, Esq., M.P., In the chair,

it was resolved unaalmously,— '
1. That the report tow read be adopted by this meeting. ,
2. That a dividend of SI. per cent. ppon the paid up capital for the
half-year ending the ist or.ranuary, 1846, bedeclared.
3. That H. G. Ward, Esq., MX., William Bestow, Esq., and T.
Bush Saunders, Esq., be re-elected Directors.of this Company.
4. That W. Wellington Cooper, Esq., be re-elected Auditor. '
5. That the Directors be empowered to take such steps as they may
deem advisable for increasing the working eapital of the Company,
by an issue of the reserved shares.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Directors, and the
meeting broke

By order of the Board,
FRED. LAWRANCE, Resident Sec.
Offices,ll2 and 113, Cheapside.
For the purpose of carrying out the fifth resolution the Directors
have resolved upon issuing the reserved shares at par.
The sum now paid up is 12s. on each share of 10/.
Applications for allotments may be made in the following form,
and addressed to Frederic Lawrence, the Resident Secretary, at the
Company's offices, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London.

Form of Application for Shares.
To the Trustees and Directors of the Commercial and General Life
Office, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 10!.
each, and I undertake to pay 12s. per share on allotment, and to
sign the deed of settlement on delivery of the stock.
Name . .
Address ....
Business or profession
Date of application .
, Reference ........... . .....

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORWIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £1500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offsrs important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both be Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the prendum paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of kis interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT:.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 31) to 75 Tper cent. en the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale. -
EXAMPLES.

t in Premium.
P .

Bonus
added.

A 1837, Xl9l 13
1838: 165 13
11000! 74 3 4 1839 138 13
• 1840, 89 0

Berms in
Cash.

£8713 5
74 13 10
61 14 3
41 13 4

6 S

Bp
134.
;a°

£l3 17 11
11 8 6
9 2 10
6 0 0

HE395 Il 1
346 2 3
29e 13 4
247 46

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be mach, in De-
cember of the present year.

QOVEREIGN LIFE
1:3 FANY, 5, St. Jai
TRUE

Lord Rossmore.
Sir August Brydges Heniker, Bt.
Henry PownalL Esg,

Chairman—Lieutenant-Colonel
Deputy-Chairman—C.
John Ashburner, Esq., M.D.
T. M. B. Tiatard, Esq.
Philip Patton Blyth, Esq.
Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P.
C. Farebrother, Esq., Alderman.
William Tulloh Fraser, Esq.

THE AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY CO3I-
PANT, 126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill.
Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.

Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks; Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
TRUSTEES—Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. ; J. H. Capper, Esq. ;
Edward Thompson, Esq.
Aunrroas—James Easton, Esq., and C. Richardson, Esq.
SoLienoas—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples.
ANICERS —The Union Bank of London.

COLONIAL BlNksks—The Bank of Australasia (incorporated by
Royal Charter, 1835), 8, Austin-friars, London.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
ACTITAZY AND SccßETAliY7Edward Ryley, ESq.
_

The following are the specimens of the rates of Pieminm charged
by this Company for the Assurance of 1001.:

WITH PROFITS. WITIIOUT PROFITS.
Age. Annual Premium. Age. Annual Premium.
20 £1 17 1 20 £1 10 3
25 2 2 1 25 1 14 11
30 2 8 2 30 2 0 7
35 2 15 2 35 2 7 0
40 3 4 0 40 2 15 3
45 3 15 6 45 3 6 6
50 4 11 8 50 4 1 8
55 5 9 7 55 5 0 5

No extra Premium is charged for residence
North American Colonies, or at the Cape of G

in the Australasian or
ood Hope.
urance of the lives of
incites.
in Australasia and the

Peculiar facilities are afforded for the ass
persons proceeding to or residing in the East
Premiums may be paid, and claims settled,
East Indies, by indorsement of the policy.
Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company
on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature In its constitu-
tion that Annuitants participate in the profits.
The following are specimens of the rates of annuities granted for
every 1001. sunk :

Male Female Male Female
Age. Lives. Lives. Age. Lives. Lives.
40 £7 8 3 £6 18 2 65 £l2 12 0 £lO 19 0
50 8 13 6, 7 14 4 70 15 0 8 13 2 6
60 10 16 3 9 9 0 75 18 9 2 16 3 5

Prospectuses, with Tables, Forms of Proposal for the purchase of
au Annuity or for making an Assurance, and every information,
may be obtained by application at the Office of the Company.
E. RYLEY, Actuary and Secretary.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by special Act of. Parliament, 4th Vict., cap. 9.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH.
Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample
subscribed capital, and the large funds accumulated from the pre-
miums on upwards of 6,000 policies.
Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the
first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the
profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the
Assured.

muTuAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. PROPRIETARY BRANCH.
Halt Pre- Whole Pre- Half Pre- Whole Pre-
dge. mium, first mium, of ter Age. mium, first mium, after
ilve years. five years. ' seven years. seven years.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. X s. d.
20 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 18 0 1 16 0
25 1 2 2 2 4 4 25 0 19 7 " 1 19 2
30 1 4 11 2 9 10 30 1 1 9 2 3 G
35 1 8 6 217 0 35 1 411 219 10
40 113 3 36 6 40 1 9 2 218 4
45 119 6 319 0 45 114 10 39 8
N 27 9 415 6 50 22 6 45 0
55 218 10 517 8 55 212 9 54 6
PETER MORR SON, Resident Director.

AN AFFECTING GOOD BYE
A gentleman, not many days remote,
Was heard in conversation with his coat.
" My faithful friend," said he, "it makes me grieve
To think that I'm constrain'd to take my leave.
You've been a worthy garment in your time,
But now, alas I I think you've seen your prime.
And, therefore, dearest coat! I think it best
To fold you up and pop you in thy chest.
Good bye, my worthy coat ! good bye! good bye I"
(And here he wip'd a tear-drop from his eye).
" Well," said the garment. "if it must be so,
It can't be help'd ; but I regret to go.
Of course you'll haste to MOSES for another;
At MOSES' mart I've many a worthy brother.
You'll get a coat of MOSES and his SON
To serve you just as well as I have done.
I'm only one from such a boundless stock ;
They've charming coats in thousands—dress and flock.
Cheer up, good master I pray cheer up," said he,
" You'll get another coat as good as me."

4 s. d.
..........from 0 8 6

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments,
by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past, Three, and on the Evenings of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at • Nine o'Clock. During
.Lent a series of LECTURES on ASTRONOMY, by Dr. Baclihofther
on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days, illustrated by a beautifill DISSOLVING ORRERY, accoom-
panted by Dr. Wallace on Grove's Melodian, a new Musical
Instrume .t, and on ,-Braby's OALOTONE. A daily LEC-
TURE on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, illustrated by a
Working Model carrying Visitors. A New and Powerful Working
Model of COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, NI hick
ascends and descends Inelined-Planes with one 'or more passengers,
The PHYSIOSCOPE, OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING
VIEWS, CHROM ATROPE, &c. Experiments .with the DIVING
BELL and DIVER. Open from Eleven to Half-past Five, and
from Seven to Half-pa.st Ten in the Evening.
Admittance, Ono Shilling. Schools, Half-price.

rIPBE. HUMAN TRIPOD, or the THREE-
LEGGED 01-11.110 and FIRST BIPENIS EVER SEEN or
HEARD OF.

The nobility and gentry, and the lovers of natural sciences, are re-
spectfully invited to view the following unprecedented phenomenon
of a Male Child, Six Menths old, by name JOHN BAPI'IST DOS
SANTOS, a native of Portugal, having THREE LEGS and
TWENTY TOES, and being other Wise a very line, well-tnade,
healthy, and lively boy. Ile is a bipenis as well as a trisceles, and
till causes of this extraordinary gemination of limbs and organs, and
the iJobabilities of their future growth and development, may well
afford aiNPie Reid for the speculations of the learned. •
Exhibited every day (Sunday excepted) from Eleven to Five
o'clock, at No. 50, QUADRANT, REGENT-STREET.
Admission, Half-a-Crown.
_ _ -

The Child will be shown privately at the residences of the nobility
and gentry, by applyitist to Antonio Dos Santos, at the same address.

YNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY
COMPANY.
At the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS in this Company, hold at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, London, on Thursday, 26th February, 1846,
HENRY CHARLES LACY, Esq., Chairman of the Board of DI-
,
rectors, in the chair,
The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meet-
ing, and the Report of the Directors,
The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to, viz.:-
Ist. That the Report of the Directors, read to the meeting, be ap-
proved of, adopted, and confirmed.
24. That the Common: Seal or the Company be affixed to the Re-
gister of Shareholders.
3d That the salary of the Secretary he at the rate of 2001. per
annum, commencing from the date of the Act of Incorporation.
4th. That Edward Self, 'Esq., be elected Auditor, in the room of
George Whitley, Esq., who has resigned.
sth. That the annual sum of 401., over and above their travelling
expenses, be allowed to the Auditors for their services, to be paid
from 20th August, 1845.
6th. That Sir Henry Roddam Calder, Bart., and Henry Charles
Lacy, Esq., be re-elected Directors.
7th. That the sum of 6001. be paid to the Directors, as a remunera-
tion for their services up to this time.
Bth. That the cordial thanks cif the meeting be given to the Direc-
tors, for their attention to the interests of the Company.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman.
9th. That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman, for
presiding. W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

ELY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY
COMPANY.
At the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS in this Company, held at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate. street, LOndon, on Thursday, Feb. 26, 1846,
HENRY CHARLES LACY, Esq., Chairmon of the Board of Direc-
tors, in the chair,
The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meet-
ing, and the Report of the Directors,
The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to, viz. :-
3st. That the Report of the Directors, read to the meeting, be ap-
proved of, adopted, and confirmed.
2d. That the Common Seal of the Company be affixed to the Re-
gister of Shareholders.
3d. That the salary of the Secretary be at the rate of 2001. per
annum, commencing from the date of the Act of Incorporation.
4th. That Timothy Steward, Esq., be re-elected Auditor.
sth. That the annual sum of 401., over and above their travelling
ex-senses, he allowed to the Auditors for their services, to be paid
frcni July 31, 1845.
6th. That Henry Charles Lacy, William Everard, Henry Champion
Partridoe, Foster Reynolds, Edward Self, and Joseph Bridgewell
Whiting, Eaqs., be re-elected Directors.
7th. That the sum 0f.600/. be paid to the Directors, as a remunera-
tion for their o:rviCeB up to this time.
Bth. That the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the Direc-
tors, fer their attention to ;he interests of the Company.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman.
be given to the Chairman for
9th. That the thanks of the meCting
presiding.
w. w; WILLIAMS, Secretary.

LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY
COMPANY.
At the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETI-NG of the PRO-
PRIETORS in this Company, held at the London INTern, Bishops-
gate-street, London, on Thuisday, Feb. 26, 1846,
Sir W. J. H. BROWN FOLKES, Bart., Chairman of the Board
of Directors, in the Chair,
The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the
meeting, and the Report of the Directors,
The following resolutions were unanimonsly agreed to. viz.:-
Ist. That the Report of the Directors, read to the meeting, be ap-
proved of, adopted, and confirmed.
2d. That the Common Seal of the Company be affixed to the
Register of Shareholders.
3d. That the salary of the Secretary be at the rate of 2001. per
annum, commencing from the date of the Act of Incorporation.
4th. That Edward Self, Esq., be re-elected Auditor.
Oth. That the annual sum of 401., over and above their travelling
expenses, be allowed to the Auditors for their services, to be paid
from 31st July, 1845.
6th. That Sir William John Henry Browne Folkes, Bart , and
Henry Charles Lacy, Francis Cresswell, William Everard, Foster
Reynolds, and William Seppings, Esquires, be re-elected DireetorS.
711 i. That the sum of 6001. be paid to the Directors, as a remune-
ration for their services up to this time.
Bth. That the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the
DireCtors, for their attention to the interests of the Company.
WM. BROWNE FOLKES, Chairman.
9th. That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman,
for presiding,

W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

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NORTHERN CIRCUIT, Carlisle, Feb. 25.
This being the commission day at Newcastle, Mr. Justice
Coleridge proceeded thither by an early train, Mr. Justice
Patteson remaining to dispose of the •few cases still on the
calendar.

Charles Stead was indicted for cutting and wounding John
O'Brien, at Penrith, on the 12th inst.

The details of this case were the same as those already
given of the attack which was made by a number of English-
men working on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway;:on the
house of a person of the name of M•Levi where a number of
Irishmen lodged. The prisoner was identified as having
been one actively engaged in the outrage, and by whom the
prosecutor was knocked down and severely wounded. He
was found guilty of a common assault.
Joseph Andrews was indicted for an assault on James
Mooney.
This was a portion of the same transaction. The prisoner
was clearly identified as one of a party by whom the prose-
cutor, an Irishman, was knocked down and severely beaten.
—Verdict, Guilty.
An indictment for riot had been found against John Hob-
day, convicted yesterday, Geo. Fallowfield, Charles Stead,
Joseph Andrews, and John Richardson, but it was arranged;
they pleading guilty to the riot, that those not convicted of
other offences should be discharged on their recognizances
to keep the peace, and to come up and receive judgment if
called on.

His LORDSHIP then proceeded, in a most impressive ad-
dress, to pass sentence on the prisoners. He characterised
the attack made on the house of M'Levi, and the treatment
of the inmates, as one of the most cowardly, brutal, and
savage actsibe had ever heard related in a court of justice ;
and observing that it was necessary to repress such outrages
by a severe example, sentenced Hobday to be transported for
15 years, Stead to 18 months' imprisonment, and Andrews to
12 months.

APPALLING EXPLOSION ON THE

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.

DovEn, THURSDAY ND:MT.—The Coroner's investigation relative
to this sad catastrophe was commenced this day, at twelve o'clock,
before Mr. G. T. Thompson, the borough Coroner, and a jury of
thirteen householders, in the Guards'-room attached to the town ter-
minus of the railway.
The names of the sufferers. and their respective ages, as handed
to the Coroner, by Mr. Way, the station-master, are as follows :
Joseph Hambrook, aged 24, left a widow and one child; William
Gordon, aged 23, a widow; Thomas Hutton, 52, a widow, and no
family ; James Cooke, 56, left two children ; John Russell, single
man ; John Payne, 39, a widow and seven children ; Isaac Hughes,
28, single man ; John Wilson, 28, a widow ; Edward Ruck, 38,
widow and two children ; slohn Kendall, 24, single man ; William
itithards, 39, widow ; and Joseph Willis, 30, widow and two chil-
dren ; the last-named deceased survived the accident some hours.
Ile died in shocking agony at nine o'clock last evening.
The jury having been duly empannelled on the twelve bodies,
Mr. Sims, the foreman, observed that before the investigation was
proceeded with, he should wish to ask the Coroner whether he really
had any power to deal with the case, as the accident took place in
the county, and, therefore, he thought, out of the jurisdiction of the
borough Coroner.

The CORONER remarked, that knowing an opinion had gone abroad
questioning the legality of his going into the inquiry, he_ had sub-
mitted it to the consideration of Mr. Sergeant Manning who was
clearly of opinion that he (the Coroner) had jtuildiction in the
matter, and was bound to proceed with it.
The inquiry was then resumed.
. . .

Henrykoize said he last saw them alive at half-past eleven o'clock
on Tuesday forenoon. They were engaged on the line near the cave.
Never saw them enter the cave. Did not know that it contained
powder, or even that a cave existed there.
Mr. Nash said that, after the Coroner had taken the evidence as to
the identity of the deceased, he would call witnesses who would mi-
nutely describe the formation and character of the' cave.
Mr. Nash here addressed the jury, and said, it would be found that
the deceased were aware of the existence of gunpowder in the cave
and, according to a statement, which he had reduced to writing, of
one of the sufferers, since dead, which he was desirous to put in as
evidence, the explosion was occasioned by one of the deceased incau-
tiously smoking a pipe in the cave, and a spark falling on to the
powder led to the deplorable result.
The CORONER replied that he could not accept it as evidence.
Francis Barnes, on being sworn, then said, I am a commission boat-
man, in the service of the Coast-guard. On Tuesday last I left our
station at Lydden Spout, near Dover, and proceeded on duty along
the railway towards Folkstone. Having spoken with a policeman
and a plate-layer, who were on the line, respecting some particular
duty, I returned towards Dover, and while walking on the sea-
wall, near the Shakspeare tunnel, I saw the explosion take place
at the foot of the cliff, about 50 yards in advance of me. I felt
the shock very greatlY, and ran back as it E hook me. There was
a dense body of smoke, and I noticed dark figures being hurled Into
the air, which I have no doubt were the bodies of the deceased.
Thinking at first that they were blasting the cliff, I ran back to the police-
man to blame him for not warning me. He told me that he knew
nothing of the circumstance. I then returned, and met an old man,
who was holding up and grasping his hands in apparently deep agony.
I said to him, " What are they doing--are they blowing up the
cliff?" He replied, "Oh,
no, there has been an accident; several
persons are killed." I then made my way to the mouth of the cave,
and saw bodies lying about in all directions, with their clothes on
fire. I noticed three or four men alive in great suffering. Two were
lying in a ditch fronting the mouth of the cave. They were sensible,
and praying God to let them die. I afterwards discovered the other
under the sea-wall. The remainder were scattered on the line and
about the rocks. As seen as I lied recovered myself, for I was much
eonfUse4l by the scene, I ran to the policeman, told him the occur-
rence, and bade him go to the spot. I then went further up the line
anti fired my pistol, the usual signal to alarm my comrades at the
station to render assistance. On returning to the cave a pilot en-
gine awl some carriages came up from the Dover station, and I
assisted, these present in placing the sufferers in them. 'a
Thomas Wrigley, a plate-layer, in the service of the company, was
also examined, And spoke to the foregoing facts.
Henry Hunter, a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Grissell and
Peto, deposed, on Saturday last I was breakfasting in the toll cave
with several other labourers. It was full, and the labourers, the
deceased, wanted to enter. They were murmuring for want of room,
and said to Dingley, as he would not. disturb his ra!ibits for them in
ene of the caves, would he let them go into the one that contained
the powder? He refused, unless they got the sanction of Mr.
Way, the station-master, When he would remove and bury
the powder. On Taesday morning, between eight and nine
o'clock, I saw the door of the cave open, and went in with
several fellow-labourers, and drank some beer. There were two
small beer-casks in the cave, one was empty and the other had two
gallons of beer in it. They were placed in the cave on Monday, and
were taken away only twenty minutes before the explosion. When
I went in I saw the powder on the floor ; did not think there was
much danger in wandering about such a place.
Some interruptions occurred here In the investigation from Mr. De
Lassoul, coroner for the Canterbury division of the county claiming
the right of holding the inquest.
Mr. De Lassoux again repeated his determination to proceed
with his inquiry on the following day, and left, evidently much
excited

The investigation was then resumed; the witnesses who were
examined corroborating the evidence previously adduced, and at a
late hour the ingulrywas adjourned, with a view of obtaining further
evidence.

The dying declaration of the deceased, Joseph Willis,. which was
rejected by the Coroner, as It could not be received In evidence, but
which gives the cause of the explosion, is to the following effect :
" I, Joseph Willis, make a statement, as far as I can recollect, of
the cause of the accident. At a quarter-before one o'clock P.M., o❑
Tuesday, I, in company with others, entered a cave situate close to
where we were at work. We did so in consequence of its raining,
and wanting to finish our dinner. Afterwards one of my mates—l
do not know his name—took a lucifer-match to light his pipe of
tobacco. Having done so, he accidental let it fall upon the ground,
close to something black, which immediately began to hiss, and we
all became alarmed, and endeavoured to make our escape, during
which time it communicated with two barrels which were in the
cave, containing gunpowder. I did not at the time know that they
contained powder, but judged they did in consequence of the explo-
sion which followed directly after. I recollect nothing further."

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HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-

• ROOM.
The Queen held her first Drawing-roomthis season yesterday after-
noon, at St. James's Palace. - Her Majesty and Prince Albert, at-
tended by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham rftlace shortly
before two o'clock, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain. the
Lord Stewaid, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole
to his Royal Highness.
In attendance were the 'Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of
Bticcleuch, the Ladies of the Bedchamber, the Countess. of- Mount
Edgecumbe (in waiting), the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchioness of
Douro, the Countess of Charlemont, the Viscountess Canning, and
the Viscountess Jocelyn ; the Maids of Honour, the Honourable
Misses Stanley and Dawson (in waiting), Paget, Kerr, Napier, and
Lady Caroline Somers Cocks; the Bedchamber Women, Honourable
Mrs. George Campbell, Lady Gardiner, Honourable Mrs. Brand,
Viscountess Forbes, and Lady Theresa Digby ; Lord in Waiting,
Lord Glenlyon ; Groom in Waiting, Colonel Drummond ; Equerry
in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot; Pages of Honour in Waiting,
Messrs. Wortley and Gordon; Treasurer to Prince Albert, Mr.
George Edward Anson ; Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness,
Lord George Lennox ; Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness,
General Sir George Anson ; Equerry in Waiting to his Royal High-
ness, Colonel Wylde. _ _

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by her Lady
in Waiting, Lady Fanny Howard, and her first Equerry, Colonel Sir
George Conper, Bart., was present at the Drawing-room.
Ills 'Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by his
Equerry, ➢fajor Stephens, and his Royal highness Prince George,
arrived at St. James's Palace, and were received by the Vice-
Chamberlain, who conducted their Royal Highnesses to the royal
closet.

Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, com-
manded by their Lieutenant, Sir llenry Robinson, was on duty at the
principal entrance; in the State-rooms, and also in the Portrait Gal-
lery and Presence Chamber.
Before the Drawing-room, her Majesty, according to annual cus-
tom, received, a deputation from Christ's Hospital in the Throne-
room. The deputation, which was ushered to the royal presence
by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, consisted of
Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., the President; Mr. Richard
Hotham Pigeon, the Treasurer ; Mr. Thomas Poynder and Mr. John
Alliston, two of the Almoners of the institution ; accompanied by
the Rev. William Webster, M.A., the Mathematical Master; Mr.
W. N. Back, the Drawing Master; and the forty boys of the Royal
Mathematical School, founded by King Charles the Second, and was
most graciously received.

The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and drawings of the
boys, and to intimate her approbation of their performances. Her
Majesty was also pleased to express the lively interest she felt in the
continued and increasing prosperity of Christ's Hospital, of which
ancient institution her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
have for several years past been Governors.
The deputation having retired, the Foreign Diplomatic Corps
was introduced, when the following presentations to the Queen took
place in the diplomatic eircle :
By her Excellency the Countess Dietrichstein—Her Highness
Princess Nicholas Esterhazy and Mademoiselle Dedel, daughter of
the Netherlands Minister.

By Madame Bunsen—The Baroness de Langen, wife of Baron de
Langen, Officer in the Prussian Guards, and Attache to the Prussian
Legation in London.
By his Excellency Count Dietrichstein—His Highness Prince
Nicholas Esterhazy, and Count Rodolph Pinsky.
The Foreign Diplomatic Circle was attended by Count de St. Au-
laire, the French Ambassador, M. George de Rabaudy, Chancelier
de l'Ansbassade, and Count de la Grange, Attaché to the Embassy ;
the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, and Baron
Koller, First Secretary to the Embassy; the Bavarian Minister
and Baroness de Cetto ; Baron Dedel, the Netherlands Minister ;
Count de Pollon, Sardinian Minister ; Baron de Moncorvo, the Por-
tuguese Minister, the Chevalier de Ribiero, Secretary, and Baroa de
Lagos, Attaché to the Legation ' • the Russian Minister and Baroness
de Brunnow, M. Alexandre de Berg, First Secretary, and Baron de
Nicholay, Secretary of Legation ; General Prince Castelcicala, Nea-
politan Minister, and 31. G. Canofarl, Secretary of Legation ; Count
de Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, Wur-
temburg Minister, and Baron de Linden, Attache to the Legation ;
the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, and Mademoiselle
Bunsen; Baron de Langen, Attaché to the Legation; le Com-
mandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister; Count de Reventlow,
Danish Minister, and M. de Bielke, Secretary of Legation ; Mr.
Murphy, Mexican Minister, and M. de Somara, Attache to the Le-
gation; the Duke de Sotomayor, Spanish Minister; le Chevalier de
Pedrorena, Secretary, and M. Javier Romano, Attache to the Lega-
tion; the New Grenada Charge d'Affaires, and Madame Mosquera ;
Mr. Raphael de Ayala, Secretary to the Mission, and Madame de
Ayala; the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires, and Baroness de Rehausen ;
Mr. Charles Drouet, Belgian Chargé d'Affaires, and 31. Delepierro,
Secretary to the Mission.
The General Circle was attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord
Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Captain of the lion. Corps of Gen-
tlemen-at-Arms, the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold Stick in Wait-
ing ; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the
Comptroller of the Household, Mr. Mandeville, her Majesty's late
Minister at Buenos Ayres; the Vice-Chancellor of England, Major-
General Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.B. Keeper of her Majesty's Privy
Purse; the Master of the Ceremonies; Sir Henry Robinson, Lieu-
tenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlenien• at-Arms; the Solicitor-
General, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Mr, Sheriff Chap-
lin, Mr. Sheriff Laurie, Colonel Sir George Couper first Equerry
and Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent; Dr. Chambers, Physician to her Majesty and the Queen
Dowager; Captain Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, and
Groom of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert ;
Mr. M. Wyatt, Standard-bearer' of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms ; Lieut-Colonel Hall, Silver Stick; Major-General Wemyss,
Equerry to the Queen ; Major Stephens, Equerry in Waiting on his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge; Captain H. Hope, C. 8.,
Naval Aide-de-Camp in Waiting ; Colonels Weare, Owen, Dyneley
(C. 8.), and C. Kennedy (C.B. and:K.H.), Aida-de-Camp to the Queen;
Mr. J. B. Heath, Govenior of the Bank of England ; Rev. Charles
Farebrother, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor; Rev. William Hutchin-
son, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Chaplin ; Rev, S. R. Cattlay, Chaplain
to Mr. Sheriff Laurie ; Mr. James Bunco Curling, Adjutant of the
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant of the
Yeomen Guard; Captain Bellairs, Exon in Waiting; Captain Kin-
caid, Exon of the Yeomen Guard • Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. ;
Chevalier Hebeler, their Prussian anriWurtemberg Majesties' Consul-
General ; Mr. Charles Castellain, Vice-Consul for Belgium ; Mr.
Robert A. Heath, Sardinian Vice-Consul ; lion. Frederick Byng,
Mr. Beresford, Captain Hon. Mortimer Saekville West, Captain
Green; Mr. Des Vceux, and Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentlemen
Ushers to her Majesty; Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher to his
Royal Highness the Prince Albert ; and the following Ladies :
DuonEss—gutherland
MAILCIIIONESSES—Westmeath, Londonderry, Exeter

COUNTESSES—Meaborough, Rosebery, SCGermans, Dalhousie,
Jersey, Delawarr, De Sails, Dowager De Salts, Haddington, roulett,
Ranfarly, Chichester, Ilardwicke, Home, Limerick, Sheffield, Essex,
Rosslyn, Dowager Winterton

ViscourrrEss—Newport, Dowager Galway, Gage, Pollington,
Sidmouth, Barrington, Dowager Glentworth, Dowager Torrington,
Ashbrook, Hawarden, Palmerston, Hereford, Duncan
BARONESSES—Anthony de Rothschild, Lionel Rothschild
LADIES—Laura :Myrick, Page Turner, Yarde Buller, Simpkinson,
Barak Lindsey, Claud Hamilton, B. Johnstone, Louisa Primrose, Anne
Primrose, Byron, Mahon, Bowyer Smyth, Kelly, Wheatley, the Lady
Mayoress, Eleanore Paget, Adelaide Paget, Constance Paget, Suffield,
Napier, Aldis, Dowager Napier, Blake, Langdale, Mary Sackville
West, Isabella Wemyss, Caroline Kerrison, Charlotte Egerton, An-
trobus, Scudamore, Erle, Dorothy Walpole, Mary Knox, Elizabeth
Knox, Lucy Bridgeman, Charlotte Bridgeman, Maitland, Colborne,
Mary Fitzroy, K. Douglas, Alderson, Dalrymple, Lister Kaye, Farn-
ham, llamilton, Spencer, Stopford, E. Dawson, Burrard, F. Sandon,
Peel, J. Stuart, Monteagle, Susan Habroyd, Frances Cole, Coote,
Clerk, Lyttelton, L. Peiham, Adelaide Capell, A. Beckett, M. Alford,
A. Wentworth, Goldsmid, Cottenham, Dowager Abinger, Dahneny,
Wade, C. Villiers, Dillon, K. Jermyn, Stabley, Cockburn, Lynd-
hurst, Beauvale, IL Lennox, Davis, Margaret Grey, T. Murray, A.
Barnes, J Walsh, Caroline Gower, Fremantle, A. Vane, F. Egerton,
Graham, Goring, Caroline Bathurst, Brickuaan, Colchester, Shadwell
Canning, Harriet Anson.
RIGHT HONOURABLE—Lady Colyile.
HONOURABLES —Mrs. Feliowes, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Monckton, Mrs.
Methuen, Mrs. Henry Walpole, Mrs. H. Tufnell, Miss Maude, Miss
Gage, Mrs. A'Ceurt Holmes, Caroline Gage, Louisa R. Colborne,
Caroline Lyttelton, Miss Flower, Miss Ryder, Lady Cockburn, Mrs.
P. Barrington, Mrs. K. Stewart, Mrs. R. Currie, Mrs. A. Duncombe,
Mrs. J. Mackenzie, Louisa Addington, Mrs. Carew, Charlotte Bar-
rington, Mrs. Phillips, Miss Eden.

RISTRESSES—Stewart Mackenzie, •Chaplin,'Shaw Lefevre, George
Jenkinson, Tinney, Laurie, Matheson, Langford, Henry Beauclerk,
Jervis, Henry Creed, Charles Farebrother, J. B. Heath, Aldis, Yarde
Buller, Joint Neeld, William Paynter, A. G. Roberts, Whitworth
Russell, Escott, Ram, Sandon, Newte, Monteflore, Willats, Henry
Harvey, T. Willis Fleming, Kinloch, Edmund Campbell, Kingsmill,
Robert Stopford,", Walrond, Ross, Howard, George Maclean, Arden,
Vincent Thompson, Locke, Hamilton, Arbuthnot, Edwin Leaf,
C. Low, Rowland Cooper, Jones, David Salomons, Frederick Brett,
E. T. Coke, P., Gipps, F. H. Brett, B. Neville, C. Brace, Howley,
L. Brooke, W. G. Ilayter, M. Gibson, Russell, Stephenson, Fitzßoy,
Hamilton, Newete, W. Chute, E. Cardwell, Austen, Talfourd, Cooper,
Deedes, P. Bennett, Young, E. Grove, Barkly, Ogle, R. Ellice,
I'. Reading, Morrison, Hume, G. Taylor, A. Montgomery, 11. Ad-
dington, J. Gladstone, W. Campbell, Steuart, M. Gaskell, W. Glad-
stone, G. Barclay, H. Burr, Gascoigne, Moberly.
MISSES—HaIIam, Meyrick, Laura Meyrick, Frances Chambers,
Rosalind Chambers, Shaw Lefevre, Helen Shaw Lefevre, Mary
Wheatley, De Salis, Wilberforce Bird, Chaplin, Augusta Bird, Sarah
Chaplin, Marianne Chaplin, Page Turner, Emily Page Turner, An-
trobus, Caroline Antrobus, Ram, Paynter, Lockhart, Johnstone,
Elizabeth Johnstone, Christina Perceval, Bowyer Smyth, Shadwell,
Fanny Russell, Spencer, Mary Spencer, Hill, M. Ely, C. Baker,
Charlotte Hill, Eliza Hervey, Fanny llervey, Hubbard, Cardwell,
Spearman, Louisa Stupford, Morrison, Jane Walrond, Cole, Gold-
smid, Louisa Cola, Murray Macgregor, Arden, Emily Davis, Newte,
Thompson, Lister Kaye, Panton, Stuart, Davis, Emily Timmins,
Mary Sulivan, Baring, Timmins, De. Horsey, Walrond, Stewart
Mackenzie, Baker, Ellice, Emily Morrison, Lucy Heys, E. Murray,
H. Campbell, Catherine Bathurst, Jervis, C. Sulivan, Copley, Coote,
Sophia Copley, Philips, Eliza Fremantle, M. Fremantle, Elizabeth
Dawson,•Loulsa Alderson, Mary Hume, Charlotte Ilume, IVenayss.
The following ladies had the honour to be presented to her Ma-
jesty ;

The Countess of Limerick, by the Dowager Vicountess Gleßtworth
Countess of Renfurly, by Vicountess Canning
Vicountess Newport, by the Duchess of Buceleuch
Vicountess Sidmouth, by Mrs. Howley

The Dowager Vlcountess Glentworth, by the Countess of Ranfurly
Vicountess Hereford, on accession to the title, by the Hon. Lady
Cockburn

Lady Page Turner, on coming to her title, by the Vicountess Can-
ning

Lady Simpkinson, by the Lady Langdale
Lady Sarah Lindsay, on her marriage, by her mother, the Countess

- -
of Mexboreugh - -
Lady Kelly, by Lady reel
The Lady alayoress, by Lady reel

Lady Napier, on heiniarrlaie,by the Dowager Lady Napier

Lady Blake,-by Lady Palmerston

Lady Caroline Kerrison, on her marriage, by Lady Mahon

Lady Dorothy Walpole, by her sister, the Viscountess Pollington
Lady Lucy Bridgeman, by the Viscountess Newport
Lady Charlotte Bridgeman, by the Viscountess Newport
Lady Elizabeth Knox, by her mother, the Countess of Ranfurly
Lady Mary Knox, by her mother, the Countess of Ranfurly.
Lady Susan liolroyd, by the Countess of Sheffield
Lady Spearman, on her return from the Continent, by Lady Mont-
eagle

Lady Mary Fitzroy, by the Countess Delawarr •
Lady Adela Capell, by the Countess of Essex
Lady Wade, on her marriage, by Viscountess Palmerston
Lady Maitland, by the Viscountess Jocelyn
Lady Erle, by Lady Langdale . .

Lady Scudamore, by the Countess Delawarr
Lady Davis, by the Dowager Lady Napier
Lady Margaret Grey, on her being raised to the rank or dignity of a
Peer's daughter, by her aunt, Lady Jane Walsh

Lady Goring, by her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk
lion. Mrs. Hall, on her marriage, by her mother, Dowager Vis-
countess Torrington
The Hon. Mrs. 11. Tufnell, on her marriage, by Lady Cottenham
The Hon. Mrs. Henry Walpole, on her marriage, by the Viscountess
Polliugton
Hon. Mrs. Monckton, by the Dowager Viscountess Galway
Hon. Mrs. Fellowes, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Sondes
The lion. Mrs. Methuen, on her marriage, by Countess Powlett
The lion. Louisa Addington, by her mother, the Viscountess Sid-
mouth.
Mrs. Langibrd, by the Countess Dowager of Winterton

Mrs. Laurie, by Lady Graham
Mrs Tierney, by Lady Cottenham
Mrs. Yarde Buller, on her marriage, by Lady Yarde Buller
Mrs. George Jenkinson, on her marriage, by Lady Gardiner
Mrs. Chaplin, by Lady Graham
Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, on her marriage, by her mother, the Hon.
Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie
Mrs. Escoa, by Countess Powlett
Mrs. Whitworth Russell, by Lady Caroline Russell
Mrs. John Neal, on her marriage, by Mrs. John N. Gladstone
Mrs. J. B. Heath, by Lady Peel
Mrs. Charles Farebrother, by Lady Peel
Mrs. Henry Creed, by Lady Thesiger
Mrs. Jervis, by the Dowager Viscountess Torrington
Hon. Mrs. Percy Barrington, by Viscountess Barrington
lion. Miss Ityder, by Lady Frances Sandon
Mrs. "titbit Neville, on her marriage, by Lady Lyttelton
Mrs. Rowland Cooper, . on her marriage, by her mother, Lady
Burrard

r.fro.lMderick Brett, by Lady Ashley
Mrs. Frederick 11. Brett, by Lady Ashley
Mrs. Plumptre G:pps, by the Viscountess Forbes
Mrs. David Salomons, by the Baroness Lionel de Rothschild
. .

Mrs. Jones, on her marriage, by the Dowager Lady Ahlnger
Mrs. Arbuthnot, by the Countess of Dalhousie

Locke, by Lady Goldsmid
Miss Ilallam, by Lady MoMeagle
. _

3iiTs Frances Chambers, by Laily Fremantle

Miss Rosalind Chambers, by Lady Fremantle
Miss Laura Mey►ick, by her mother, Lady Laura May-rick
Miss Chaplin, by Lady Graham
Miss Sarah Chaplin, by Lady Graham
Miss Marianne Chaplin, by Lady Graham

Miss Page Turner, by her mother, Lady Page Turner
Miss Emily Page Turner, by her mother, Lady Page Turner
Mlss Caroline Antrobus, by Lady Antrobus
Miss Shadwell. by her mother, Lady Shadwell

Miss Pariter, bitter mother, Atre,'Willtim raptor

Miss Lockhart, by the Duchess of Buccleuch
Miss Fanny Russell, by her mother, Mrs. Whitworth Russell
Miss Christina Perceval, by her sister, Mrs. Matheson
Mrs. Hamilton, by the Countess of Rosebery
Mrs. Colonel Low, by the Lady Frances Cole
Mrs. Edwin Leaf, by Lady Edward Chichester
Mrs. Vincent Thompson, by Lady Alderson
31rs. Arden, by Lady Dillon
Mrs. Ross, by Lady Cockburn
Miss Arden, by Lady Dillon
Mrs. Wairond, by the Lady Caroline Bathurst
Mrs. George Maclean, by the Countess of Haddington
Mrs. Robert Stopford, by the Hon. Lady Stopford
Mrs. T. Willis Fleming, by Mrs. Howley
Mrs. Edmund Campbell, by Lady Spearman
Miss Jervis, by her mother, Mrs. Jervis
Mrs. Willatts, by the Countess of Erroll.
Mrs. Henry Harvey, by Lady Cockburn
Mrs. Sandom, by the Lady Colchester
Miss Eliza Fremantle, by her mother, Lady Fremantle
Miss Thompsen, by her mother, Mrs. Vincent Thompson
Miss Panton. by her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk.
Miss Coete, by Lady Coote
Miss Sophia Copley, by Lady Lyndhurst
Miss Charlotte Hume, by her mother, Mrs. Hume
Miss Mary Hume, by her mother,•Mrs. Hume
Miss Wemyss, by Lady Isabella Wemyss
Miss Davis, by her mother, Lady Davis
Mrs. Hamilton, by the Countess of Rosebery
Miss Emily Davis, by her mother, Lady Davis
Miss Timmins, by Lady Dalrymple
Miss Eleanor Murray, by Lady Sarah Murray
Miss Louisa Alderson, by her mother, Lady Alderson
Miss Emily Morrison, by hor mother, Mrs. Morrison
Miss Stewart Mackenzie, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. S. Mackenzi
Mrs. E. T. Coke, by Lady Alderson
Miss Baker, by the Countess of Erroll
Miss Wairond, by her mother, Mrs. Walrond
Miss Jane Walrond, by her mother, Mrs. Walrond
Miss Baring, by Lady Arabella Baring
Miss Goldsinid, by her mother, Lady Goldsmid
Miss Murray MacGregor, by the Viscountess Canning
Miss Spearman, by her mother, Lady Spearman
Miss Cardwell, by Mrs. Edward Cardwell
Mrs. General Taylor, by Lady Alderson
. . .

The Lady Harriet Anson, bithe Countess of Lichfield
Mrs. Cooper, of Pains Hill, by Lady Burrard
3liss Hubbard, by Lady Napier

Miss Fanny Ilervey, by Viscountess Gage
Miss Eliza Hervey, by Viscountess Gage
Miss Charlotte Hill, by the Lady De Saumarez
Miss Catherine Baker, by the Countess of Errol
Miss Mary Spencer, by Lady Cockburn
Miss Spencer, by Lady Cockburn
Mrs. Austen, by Viscountess Mahon
Miss Emily Timmins, by Lady Dalrymple
The following Gentlemen were also present at the Drawing
Room:—
DusEs—Buceleuch, Norfolk.
Mantua—Exeter.

Emus—Selkirk, Rosebery, Uxbridge, Oxford, Ellenborough, Ripon,
Haddington, Limerick, Essex, Sheffield, Howe.
ViscouNTs—Pollington, Newport, Paluierston, Alford, Goderlch,
Northland, Duncan.

Loans-Byron, Claud Hamilton, Cottenham, R. Taylour, Stanley,
H. Lennox, Granville Somerset, Colville, F. Egerton, A. Vans,
Brougham, Brooke, Dalmeny, A. Lennox, Napier, Keane, M. Kerr,
A. Churchill, Sandon, A. J. Churchill, Colchester.
RIGHT HONOURABLPS—Sir Robert Peel, William Gladstone, Sir
George Clerk, James Stuart Wortley, Sir George Cockburn, F. Baring,
Sidney Herbert, Sir R. Gordon, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir James
Graham.

JUDGES—Erie, Alderson.
FIONOURABLES—E. Gambier Monckton, W. A'Court Holmes, Capt.
Duncombe, J. Lyttelton, R. Carew, M.P., IL Fitzroy, Captain K.
Stewart, W. R. Colborne, M.P., P. Barrington, Rear-Admiral Poulett.
COUNT—De Sans.
Ilsumcs—Anthony de Rothschild, Lionel Rothschild.
BABONETS—John Yarde Buller, Ed. Page Turner, T. Brinkman,
D. J. Norreys, M.P., J. Tyrell, I. Lyon Goldsmid, H. P. Pattison,
R. Barclay, C. H. Coote, J. L. Kaye, A. K. Macdonald, H. Goring,
A. Spearman.

Sias—Francis Slmpkinson, Q C., Chas. M. Fitzroy, Chas. Aldis,
W.Medlyeoff, G. Seudarnorc, J. Walsh, G. Wilkinson, R. COlll3ll
QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—TIuney, Jervis, M.P., W. G. Ilayter, 31. P.
REVEREND DOCTORS—SyMOES, D'Arey Irvine
REVEREND MESSIEURS—George Jepson, J. Jessop, E. J. Ireland
DOCTORS —Chambers, Billing, W. Pitcairn, F. 11. Brett, Mackintosh,
J. Barry, 11. Falconer, R. H. Mackenzie, Outran,
The Accountant-General.
The Mayor of Norfolk.

MESSIEthtS —Matheson, M.P., Poynddr, Wilberforce Bird, Arden,
Jeston Homfray, Wallace, Ram, Yarde Buller, William Poynter,
John Neeld, M.P., John Lockhart, J. Booth, 11. Beauclerk,
Tufnell. M.P., Francis Burgh, Stewart Mackenzie, A. G. Robarts,
Escott, M.l'., Wairond, J. Bowring, S. O'Brien, Carlw..ll, C. Gibson,
J. Gibson, W. Chute, 3f.P., I'. S. Butler, M.P., .1. Gilbertson, Martin,
M.P., W. 1). Bruce, Howard, M.P., R. Currie, 3f.P., G. Fraser,
Kirk, M.P., Hume, M.P., Sulivan, J. Gibson, Fellowes, Molyncux,
Wynne, J. Banks, Alliston, C. Wpm, R. Cooper, J. Harford, R.
Bewicke, 11. Colston, D. Salmons, P. Burnet, Arbuthnot, C. Newte,
Young, Kingsmill, Hicks, G. Egerton, V. Wentworth, Jones, Wil-
shere, M.P., Dc Horsey, 11. West, R. Neville, M.P., H. Burr, W.
Raleigh, Gilborne, J. Eld, Stephenson, J. Morrison, M.P., W. Lock-
hart, M.P., C. R. Gibson, 31. Gisborne, Puke, M.P., Barkly, M.P.,
T. Baker, M. Gibson, 31. P., M'Gregor, Clarke, 0. Gill, Sergeant
Thompson, Young, M.P., It. Ellice, T. Fleming, A. King, M. Mimes,M.P., Kinloch, Gwynne, Sergeant Talfourd, P. Hamilton, Deedes
31,P., Fitzgerald, E. Saunders, F Hogge, W. Judd, IL Hughes.

FIELD-ifeasitiL—The lYttiCeof Wellington.
GENERALS—Sir Patrick Ross, Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.11., Sir
Dudley 11111, Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Anderson, C. 8., Sir Thomas
Hammond, Taylor, C. 8., Sir John Gardiner, Sir James Bathurst, Slr
James Cockburn.

COLONELS—Sir Claude Wade, C.D., Sir George Couper, Bart.,
Thos. Wood, Gaseoigne, F. Cannon, Brandling, G. Everest, F.R.S.,
E, W. Bray, C. 8., Charles R. W. Lane, C 8., Austen, M.P., Maberly,
Murton, H. R. Hartley, J. I. Underwood, J. Low, C. 8., Matheson,
Owen, Sir James Beholder, Parity
MAJORS—E. T. Cooke, M. G. White, Brookes, Carvick. Le Missu-
tier, Turner, Proby Centley, Rlood, Onslow Baker, Edmund Camp-
bell, W. M. Mills, Gordon, Algeo, D. Ewart, Sir James John Hamil-
ton, Bart., Wilkinson, C.B.

Cerrsins—Jenkinson, lion. James Lindsay, Frederick Gaitskell,
Pollan, M.P., De Sans, George Maclean, Francis Percy Nott, J.
Godfrey, Surtees Cook, H. Dalrymple White, Hamilton, Knox, W.
Wood, R. H. S. Jackson, Sanders, Geo. Lewis, ILE. Montague
Meryweather, James Goold, Sir Thos. Maitland, Compton, E.
Kevin, Taylor, M.P., Bateson, M.P., H. P. White, G. Emery, W.
Wood, Haughton James, Fred. W. Hamilton, Franc!s Percy Nott,
Pender, Sandham, Shea, 11.C.5., Hon. James P. Maxwell, M.P.,
Kirkland, George F. Sympson, Hamilton, Mitchell, 11. Rudd, H.
Creed, Stuart Farquharson, C. Sidney Hawkins, W. A. St. Clair,
Wetherall, C. Randell,

LIEUTENANTS —Riddell, William Philip Snell, Henry Bliss, G. Dis-
browe, Hon. Horace Manners Monekton, Fitzroy, S. R. Lugg. Ha-
milton, Arthur H. 11. Mercer, Singleton, Saunders, I. Kendall, A.
Douglas Smith, Mowbray Smith, B. W. Arthur Sleigh, James Money,
Portal, Bray, Maxwell, J. Chambers, Charles Lewis, Pitcairn Onslow,
John 11. Mercer, H. Ponsonby, G. G. 80wrin,,,,, Reilly, C. 11. Hut-
chinson, Young, F. Waugh, I. B. Jones, E. J. Charter, Manners
Wood, George Scriveu, I. L. Bolton, Ellison, T. W. W. Whitt:mit
Charles Cameron Shute, E. J. Christie, Somerville Burney.
Counts—Colston, Fredcroft.
Erisids—Gwyn,.

ADMIRALS—Sir Charles Malcolm, Ross, C.B.

CAPTAINS (ROYAL NAVY)—Wood, Sir Henry Loraine Baker,
Bart., C. 8., Troubridge, G. G. Lock, Sir W. H. Dillon, Robb,
Sandour, M. J. Currie, W. H. Hall, A. B. Sharpe, Willis, It. F.
Stopford, Carter.

COMMANDERS (ROYAL NAVY)—Mathison, Cheere, James Booth,
Cooper, Montagu Hayes, C. H. Jay, J. S. Ellman, Henry treader-
burn Johnstone, Arthur Grant, Walter Kendall, Gladstone, M.P., W.
Ellis, Hoseason.

LIEUTENANTS (ROYAL NAVY)-01dmixon, John Illackmore, Sickle-
more, Edward Le Messurier, M. 11. Perceval, W. W. Dwarris.
Iler Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, re-
turned to Buckingham Palace after the Drawing-room.
The Countess de Reventlow, the lady of the Danish Minister, was
prevented by illness from attending her Majesty's Drawing-room.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness Prince
George, his Excellency the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen,
the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Bishop of London andiirs.
Blomfield, the Earl of Liverpool, the Right lion. Sir Robert and
Lady Peel, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Lord and
Lady Lyttelton.

The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance during dinner,
and performed the following pieces :
Sinfonla ....... .......... G minor, Ist part ........Mozart
Walzer
Introduction and Aria; from Alessandro Stradella ........Floton
Quadrilles, Scotch ..
• • • • ...
P010nai5e.............. .........
Quick March, Prussian.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Palace.'
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms dined
together yesterday evening at the Thatched house.
Mr. Thorburn was honoured with the final sitting yesterday for
the portrait he is painting of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred.
The Hon. William 'Victor Anson, second son of the Earl and
Countess of Lichfield, has entered the navy as cadet on hoard the
Hibernia, Sir William Parker, flag-ship at Malta.

TUE CONSOL ACCOUNT.--The settlement of the Con-
sul account which has taken place to-day, is one of the most re-
markable as regards fluctuations during its progress, which we have
had for a very long time. Bargains in it commenced, according to
the usage at the Stock-Exchange, on the 4th of January. The opera-
tions between this date and the 10th of the same month showed an
upward tendency in the market, and from about 95% Consols ad-
vanced to 95%. After this period the scarcity of money began to
be felt, and in connexion with the account then about to be settled,
a reaction took place, and the quotation dropped to nearly 94%.
The account was settled on the 16th, and the price then arranged
Was 9434 . Between the lith and 18th of the mouth there
was a flatness in the prices which was increased by the advices
received from America of a strong feeling in favour of war. Upon
this news Consols at once went back to 94. There was then, between
this period and the 29th of the month, increased activity, consequgent
upon the purchases of the Government broker, whose dealings
ve
-
strength to the market, and Consols reached
Prices continued to advance, and, with triffing l'. From that date
ter mediate uc
fltua-
tions, the quotation touched 95% on the receipt of thrther intelligence
from America respectipg the moderation of hostile feeling towards
the English. This figure was marked on the 4th of February, and
Consols then exhibited much firmness. Between the sth and Bth of
the month the Chancery broker came In as a large buyer of
stock and Exchequer-bills, and the quotation of Consols imme-
diately advanced nearly 1 per cent. per diem. After they
touched 974, there was another reaction on sales, but so soon
as the effect of those had passed; a fluther advance occurred,
and Consols .on the 9th got up to 97%. It was then
found that the broker had concluded his operations, and the result
was, that from that time to the llth prices receded to 96%, and from
the 12th to the 23d to 96. Since that date, business having been
limited, bargains have been done as low as 95%, but now more firm-
ness is manifested in consequence of the account allowing a "bear"
tendency, which has brought up the price to 9614. Daring the whole
progress of the account the extreme advance, it will be Seen, was
about 3% per cent., and the reaction 1% per cent. At the com-
mencement several causes operated to depress the market. The State
of relations with the United States kept up a general feeling of
anxiety, and the doubt as to how the question of the railway depo-
sits would be settled, hung as a dead weight on the minds of ope-
rators. Nevertheless, the danger of the period wag over-estimated,
and the principal losers on the present settlement are those who then
speculated for tile fall. The reaction which was produced by the
purchases of the Chancery broker led many to believe that Consols
would reach a much higher quotation than was actually attained,
ienrifitcheedirtenxpectations. The com-
but they were soon stoppedwsehrOertsa
parties, who saw how they
gh
it i
ninvestingi tohpeey-
rations, checked their progress, althou
had actually taken out Chancery orders for an amount far exceeding'
that which has been actually invested. The depression at the com-
mencement, and the sudden rise on the Accountant-General's pur-
chases, are the two most cOnspicUoUs.features In the account. Since then
the tendency has been for the most part downwards, and the scarcity
'of money. occasioned by the withdrawal of the deposit money from
circulation, has been the theme of general complaint. The Bank,
by extending its advances, partially relieved the pressure ; but still
the market is in an unsatisfactory state, and the rise of to-day is at-
tributed merely to the account being against those who speculated
for the fall about the end of January.—Times' City Article of this
day.

4, THE OVERLAND MAIL.—The Bombay Journal of
Commerce of the 14th ult. contains a notice intimating that it has
been resolved to extend the subscriptions for the Waghorn testimo-
nial to that place, and that an agent has been appointed to receive
and remit such donations as the local community may be disposed to
contribute to the fund raising in London for thatpurpose. Thenews of
Mr. Waghon I's celebrated journey by way of Trieste had reached India,
and given a sew stimulus to the feeling in his favour connected with the
original opening and improvement of. the route to this country by
way of Egypt and the continent. Much speculation is indulged in re-
specting the comparative merits of the Trieste and Marseilles mutes,
with some leaning in favour of the latter, so far as speed is concerned ;
but all seem awake to the great advantage of ceasing to depend
absolutely upon the French Government for communications of such
vital importance ; and it is generally .auticipated that for travellers
the Trieste route will have many points of preference. That part of
the transit which lies through Egypt is becoming a source of some
uneasiness in India, and all look forward with apprehension to the
period when the management of the conveyance shall be taken, as
is threatened, into the Paella's own hands, subject to the powerful
influence of French intrigue in Egypt. The existing contract has
still, however, two years to run, and it is impossible but that this Government must be awake to the importance of profiting by
.e
interval, in obtaining proper guarantees that this route shall
placed beyond the risk of disturbance or interference. It has become
its
a national question, and every arrival that takes place adds to
Importance.
THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 20.—The Oriental
Company's steam-ship the Madrid arrived
O n the docks at eight
rto, 21 ; Vigo a
o'clock, p.m., yesterday, and landed the ma, ;
po the following, d teand
s :
—Gibraltar, Feb. 16 ; Cadiz, 17 ;Li 1
and a full cargo of fruit. The
ain
Corunna, 22. She had 27 passe,,,,goeir, y the two a.m. train this
mails were forwardedl gas will leave here to-morrow
The Queen, Cattmorning. to
L°
MaterraUeall and, fun
with the PenhaujEn ant
for Gibraltar,
cQuipcnient efpaaseniers.

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PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in by the undernamed lion. Members :
THURSDAY, FEB. 26.
Rugby and Himtingdon—Mr. Astell and Mr. 0. Duncombe.
Derby and Crewe Junction—Mr. Mundy, Mr. Colvile, & Mr. Ricardo.
Monmouthshirelltailways—Mr. Fitzmaurice and Mr. rakington.
Eastern Counties (Epping Extension)—Mr. Ward, Mr. Hudson, and
Mr. Brams ton.
Huddersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Companies
Amalgamation—Mr. Stanfield and Mr. Entvvisle.
Eastern
Captain Gladsto U .
nion (Ardlelgh to Colchester)—Major Beresferd and
ne
Congleton and Crewe—Sir P. Ertn ad Mr. J. Tollem
Moninouth and Hereford— Sir It.gePrice n and Mr. Pulsford.ache. • Monkland and Kirkintilloch—Mr. Oswald and Mr. Denuistoun.
Liverpool.and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Arnalgatnation—Mr.
Entwisle and Mr. Gibson.
•
Ely and Bury—Lord G. Bentinck, Viscount Jocelyn, & Mr. E. Yorke.
London and Birmingham Railway and Birmingham Canal Arrange-
nd
—Mr. Deedes, Mr.
sAhnfosonut astlitoliri.sitE. tortztement)
South.ll-Eastern—Csteorlir (eAI
Plumptre, and Sir E. Filmier.
London and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation—Mr.
Kemble and Mr. Elphinstone.
Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham—Captain Pechell, Lord A.
Hervey, and Lord H. Lennox.

SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS.
MONDAY, MARCH 2.
Great North of Scotland.
Leeds and York.
Llynvi Valley.
Cockermonth and Workington Extension..
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Pea?: Forest and
Mucciesfleld Canal Purchases).
Glasgow, Kilmanioek, aid Ardrossan.
Eastern Union and Handel' Railway and Pier.
Scottish Midland Junction Branches.
Scottish Midland Junction (South Inch of Perth Branch).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Polloc and Govan Branch):
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Harbour Branch).
Wishaw and Coltuess (Greenhi:l Branch).
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (lludderafiga and
Cooper Bridge Branch).
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Oldham Branch).
TUESDAY, MARCH 3.
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Docks
Consolidation.
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction (Humber Ferries).
THURSDAY, MAr.CII 5.

Kent Atmospheric. -
Great North and south Wales.

THE SEIZURE OF AN ENGLISH

VESSEL BY THE PORTUGUESE.
The ship Duke of Cornwall, which arrived yesterday in the East
India-dock from St. Helena, has brought home the crew of the brig
Lady Sale, of Liverpool, which was seized on the coast of Africa by
a Portuguese man-of-war on suspicion of being fitted out for the
slave-trade.
The Lady Sale belonged to the respectable house of Charles Hors-
fall and Son, of Liverpool, and was chartered for Rio Janeiro and
Congo, to get oil of palm and ivory, but had not been able to obtain
either, and was on her way to Ambrez to ship a cargo of copal, when
she was boarded by a Portuguese man-of-war, and seized, in conse-
quence of her having on board twenty-six casks of water. several
-hags of riess,aeOpper, and some bars. -,-
The Portuguese authorities, however, condemned the vessel, and
the matter has been taken up with some spirit by the Liverpool mer-
chants. The crew of the Lady Sale were detained for some time by
the Portuguese, and afterwards sent to St. Helena. The authorities
of St. ile:ena sent them home in charge of an officer of the English
navy, who left the Duke of Cornwall three days ago at Deal, and
nothing has since heels heard of him. The owner of the Duke of
Cornwall waited upon Mr. Broderip, at the Thames
court on Wednesday, and requested his interference. The Magis-
trate referred him to the superintendent of the Thames division of
police, who declined taking the men into custody unless some specific
charge was made against them. The owner of the Duke of Corn-
wall declined making any charge against the crew of the Lady Sale,
and said they had been sent home as passengers in this ship in charge
of a mate iu the navy, who quitted her at Deal. The owner was only
anxious to be released of the men, for whose passage he was to re-
ceive 1501. from her Majesty's Government. Mr. Evans, the
superintendent of the Thames division, communicated the arrival
of the eleven men to the Board of Admiralty, and also to the Com-
missioners of Police, but received no authority from either party
to arrest-the crew of the Lady Sale. Indeed neither the Admiralty
nor the Commissioners knew anything of the matter. On Thursday,
on the arrival of the Duke of Cornwall in the dock, some parties
connected wills the ship requested Mr. Evans, jun., an in-
spector of 'Phonies police, to take the men into custody, which
he refused to do unless sonic tangible charge was made. The
crew of the Lady Sale still remained on board the Duke of Corn-
wall, and are very anxious for some officers to take them into cus-
tody, and that the question as to the legality of their detention should
be tried. It is expected they will leave the ship this day, and put
their case into the hands of a procter or attorney, unless the Board
of Admiralty order them to be taken before a magistrate. No wit-
nesses have been sent to England to give evidence against the eleven
seamen. It is rumoured that the mate, who had charge of the men,
has either lost or mislaid the papers intrusted to him relating to the
seizure of the Lady Sale, and that his non-appearance at the Admi-
ralty is owing to that cause. Several gentlemen went on Thursday
to the Thames Police-court and inquired after the crew of the Lady
Sale, and were much surprised to dad that no order had been g.ven
to remove them from the Duke of Cornwall. They expressed a
strong opinion of the illegality of the seizure, and came prepared to
bail the men if they had been in any legal custody. We believe a
strong representation relating to the seizure and condemnation of the
Lady Sale has been made to the Portuguese Ambassador by Lord
Aberdeen, and`the case is likely to become a matter of discussion in
both Houses of Parliament.

A BEUDEEN SIIIRE.—C OM MISSIONS SIGNED BY TILE
LORD LIEUTENANT.—James Duff, Esq., M.P., Banffshire,
Turriff district; Alexander Dingwall Fordyce, Esq., of Cul3ll
and Brucklay, Deer district ; and James Michael Leslie, Esq.,
of Balquhain, Garioch district.

„,
MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, ” THE ROBERTSES
ON THEIR TRAVELS," in 3 vols., is published this day, by
Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be
had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just pub-
lished-2. Peers and Parvenus, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols. 3.
Sir Roger de Coverley, a Tale of the Court of Charles 11.,
by the author of " Maids of Honour," 3 vols. 4. The Ci-
tizen of Prague, edited by. Mary Howitt, 3 vols. 5. Dun-
ster Castle, a Tale of the Great Rebellion, by the author of
" Peter Priggins," 3 vols. And 6. The Valite Slave and
the Russian Prince, Second Edition, 3 vols. Also, now
ready, a Third and cheaper Edition, in one volume, of
"'The History of Margaret Catchpole," by the Rev. R.
Cobbold.

SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY. Yesterday the
nineteenth half-yearly general meeting of this company took place
at the offices in Bishopsgate-street. The chair was taken by Col.
Barlow, when the secretary read the report, from which it appeared
that the sum of 210,000/ , proposed to be raised for the purpose of
completing the inner dock, not having been responded to beyond the
extent of 82,0001., the directors had suspended the raising of the sum
required, but thought it could only be temporary, from the growing
importance of Southampton. The graving dock was progressing
satisfactorily, but owing to the extraordinary demand for stone at the
Government works, the directors did not contemplate its being ready
to receive ships for repair until May next. The Itchen wharf Lad
been made up to a length of 700 feet to the dock entrance, and
a sufficient depth of water obtained to admit colliers, as coal was
already an important item of business. The directors had much
satisfaction in calling the attention of the proprietors to tho
proposed extension of the South-Western Railway to London-
bridge, for which the directors had applied to Parliament in the
present session ; a measure of the highest importance to the interests of
both companies, and thus enabling the above to purchase or rent ware-
houses in the port of London in connexion, by railway, with those
at Southampton. The comparative statement of the half-yearly
receipts for the last two years, upon that portion of the revenue
derived from goods passing over the company's quays, continued to
increase, being for the year 1844, 4,0181. 7s. Bd. ; and for the year
1845 8,3761, 6s. 3d. The balance on the capital account was
20,644/. Bs. Id., and on the general revenue account 9861. 2s. 9d. in
favour of the company. The total quantity of tonnage which en-
tered the docks iu the year 1845 was 158,680, which was made up as
follows:—From the West Indies, 5,572 tons; Mediterranean, 27,997 ;
America, 5,014 ; Baltic, 1,366 ; Cape of Good Hope, 1,223 ; Ichaboa,
809; France, 39,330; Jersey and Guernsey, 33,474; Western Isles,
1,059; coasters, 42,836. After the report was read some discussion
took place, in which one proprietor thought it would be better to
dispose of the concern to the South-Western Railway, or some other
company, for a fair remuneration, but it was not entertained by the
directors, or the majority of the meeting, who would rather rely on
the growing importance of Southampton. Four directors, namely,
Count Eyre, Captain Ward, R.N., James Rigmaiden, Esq., and J. H.
Forbes, Esq., were re-elected directors, and the report was adopt A.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting
adjourned.

THE SElga GuNs.—Among the observations made
in the City by groups of eager politicians commenting on tke news
from India, Should ba noticed the surprise generally expressed at the
possession by the Seikh force of that powerful artillery which were
employed with such murderous effect against the British troops.
This has led to much questioning among the merchants connected
with India ; and some of them itow call to mind that about five years
ago, while itunject Singh was yet alive, large purchases of cannon
were made in this country by the agents of that distinuguished
officer, General Ventura, then in the service of the Baja ; and that,
so far from any jealousy or suspicion being manifested by our Govern-
ment respecting them, facilities were given for their transport across
the desert, which otherwise could hardly have been accomplished.
Others profess to recollect, that as the vessels plying between Suez
and Bombay could only take a few of these guns at a time,
on account of their great weight, a merchant ship of great
power in the India trade was expressly employed to come up to Suez,
where they had accumulated in large quantities, and took away what
remained. Of course this service was most liberally paid for, and
heavy duties were probably levied at Bombay on the landing of this
fatal cargo ; but money was of no consideration with the parties for
whom it was intended. The transition from the possession of the Raja,
then on friendly terms with us, to the hands which have turned this
murderous weapon at a most critical moment against the bravest
i andd
the most distinguished of the British army, is perfectly easy to ac-
count for, if the facts here stated are admitted: leyhave excited
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nn tie shown t,h,
officiallyto thatre
great relief; it otherwise, it will be at least a piece of Instruction to
those in power never to regard with indifference a great export of
warlike stores from this country, however improbable its being here-
after turned aguinst us may appear.

ASSOCIATION FOR CLEANSING THE STREETS, &C.--
The Association for promoting the improvement of the pavement
and the cleansing and draining the streets of London, and other large
cities and towns, celebrated for the second time the anniversary of
its formation by dining at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
yesterday evening. The attendance of the supporters of the Society
was numerous, and consisted of persons from all parts of the town,
over whom his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided.
There were also present most of the original supporters of the Society,
viz., Mr. C. Cochrane, the president (who is understood to have
made from his own purse the most liberal advances of money to
carry out the objects for which it %formed); Lord Robert Grosveaor,
Lord James Stuart, General Sir Henry Pynn, Messrs. D. Salomon,
R. Lambert Jones, Edward Brewster, Silk Buckingham, Luke J.
Hansard, &c. The musical arrangements were under the direction of
Messrs. Newton, Sporle, Genge, Crouch, and Edney, assisted by Miss
Thornton ; and Mr. Toole attended to give out the toasts and preserve
decorum. The usual toasts were drunk with the honours, and ap-
propriate songs were sung by the vocalists. The health of the
Royal Chairman called forth the long and loud cheers of the com-
ma-, for which his Royal Highness acknowledged his gratefill feel-
ings. Shortly before ten o'clock the Duke retired, and Lord J. Stuart
took the chair ; after which, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. S. Buckingham, and
several other gentlemen, addressed the company in advocacy of the
objects Of the meeting, add the result was a list of liberal contribu-
tions, amounting to upwards of 7001. Notwithstanding this display
of liberality on the part of the subscribers, it is very problematical
whether their zeal in favour of cleaning pavements and streets does
not exceed their discretion. As all housekeepers are taxed and as-
sessed somewhat heavily in their respective districts to the expenses
of cleaning the streets, and are, moreover, liable to heavy and pe-
remptory penalties for • suffering any accumulation of snow or
filth before their doors, it would seem that the energies of a pri-
vate society to do the duty of well-paid public functionaries and
the great
.mass of the inhabitants of cities and towns is un-
called for ; and . certainly if a society were formed for rousing
the contractors to do their duties, it would be a more effec-
tive mode td employ its funds for enforcing penalties for their neglect,
than to coax them into the performance of them by models of muck
machinery, or the distribution of birch brooms to paupers. These
amateur experiments have hitherto been productive of little or no
benefit ; and, indeed, one gentleman who addressed the meeting ad-
mitted flitted that the streets of Paris (In which no society as this cf.:lava
were better cleaned titan those of this metropolis. What lla
by
-
good done, though it may show that the promoters arc actuated
so large
good intentions, shows little beyond it. Street cleanisg,_
a city as London, is a national affair, and can be little, helped_; by ,
line scores of gentlemen dining together, and niakiliePe:gltee of tics
How-
ever eloquent, over their wine and dessert. That
streets is execrable is not to be denied; that "'Plc
col-
lected for keeping them in proper orderis
s than voluntary high time that some more effective measures
is to sec to such things Into the
contri-
butions to shame those whose duty I
26.—Arrived this
Tint BaAZILS.—FALmos trr also undeniratblleds; aatriud itist
's packet Express, -Colone lHarrielt,
performance of their duties, were inultopte,;iii.:.:33tT:ci'liaienst.
morning her Maies4- - freight, 7,0001. in gold and dia-
monds. The Express
damages, had ascended the
from the Brazils ;
left
brings news from Monte Video of Dec. 23.
The and on December 5 were seven
Panama 1,
Ito no. The arrival
of the 45th and 73d Regiments
attack of o;ibe's forces.
telpicairlinughabitants of Mottle "Video,
se oalb,ilteiteht_ol
_use
itrist,:f:uardtirinoi
had calmed os afterp,oors
iri
stleieurtleie fri:::nlioleanytlepartmeat of Meiteam
deserted front Roue. Garribaldi had routed Larrelleja, and
have
teured his family and baggage. Urguiza had been twice repulsed
beforec Salto. The province of Buenos Ayres is said to be full of de-
tfeJellohilige tbi'fliZu•lab,'eusvi
de-
serters. Paraguay has joined Conicules against Roses, and 5,060
meu front Paraguay have joined Paz, who had been declared General
in command of all the forces. Lopez, the President of Paraguay,
had declared war against the Dictator of Buenos Ayres. Exchange
at Rio upon Loudon, 26% to 27 pence; upon Paris, 356; upon Ham-
burgh, 660.
We regret to announce the decease of the infant son
of the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, who expired on Thursday
morning after a short Mum, arising from teething, at the family
mansion in Belgrave-square. The deceased infant had completed his
first year, and was the cidst son of the Noble Earl and her Ladyship.
It will be recollected that we annotutecd the birth of a second son
only a few days since.