The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene High-
ness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, tier
Serene Highness the Princess Eliza of Hohenlohe
Langenburg, her Serene Highness the Princess Amelie
of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, her Serene High-
ness the Princess Eliza of Hohenlohe Schill-
ingsfurst, his Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar, the Lady in Waiting of
the Queen Dowager, the Lady in Waiting of the
Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Hon.
William Ashley (Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen
Dowager), Captain W. B. and Lady Harriet Hamil-
ton, Major-General Wemyss, and Sir George Couper.
The band of the 2d Life Guards attend during
dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards
attend in the Castle, and will perform the following
pieces :

Overture—"Preciosa" ..... Weber.
Quartetto, Op. 12, in E flat, Adagio
non tardante, canzonetta allegretto,
andante espressivo ; finale, motto e
vivace—(two violins, viola, and vio-
lincello: Messrs. Sainton,Betts,
and H. Chipp) .... Mendelssohn.
Finale, 2d Act—" Oberon" Weber.

The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday,
from his seat, the Grove, Watford. His Lordship
had an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-
office.

Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General
to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of the West India Colonies.
Mr. William Grey, M.P., arrived in town yes-
terday.

SWEARING-IN or THE LORD MAYOR.—Yester-
day the interior of the Guildhall presented an ani-
mated scene, from a vast assemblage of well-dressed
ladies and the members of the Corporation attending to
witness the swearing in of the Lord Mayor, Sir James
Duke. Previous to the civic ceremony, the members of
the company to which the Lord Mayor belongs, the
late Lord Mayor (he being virtually out of office),
several of the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and several
of the civic authorities, partook of a sumptuous break-
fast at the Mansion-house. Shortly after two o'clock
the civic procession reached Guildhall, and proceeded in
the first instance to the New Council Chamber, and then
into the Hall, when Sir James Duke took the various
oaths of allegiance and supremacy. The Lord Mayor
received the congratulations of his brother Aldermen,
and was inducted by his predecessor into the civic chair,
when the Chamberlain delivered to his Lordship the
purse and to the Mace-bearer and Sword-bearer their
respective insignia of office, which his Lordship retureed
to the present holders, expressing a hope that they may
long continue to enjoy their office. After the usual
forms and ceremonies had been gone through, the Lord
Mayor and the members of the Corporation returned to
the Mansion-house.
From St. Vincent's, St. Christopher's, and Gre-
nada, the accounts speak of plenteous showers occurring
at an opportune period for strengthening
canes. The
y
weather previously had been extremely dry the
dry and sultry,
and appearances at one time indicated hurricane. At-
tempts at incendiarism in Antigua had been discovered,
and it was feared, unless vigorous measures were re-
sorted to, the example would be followed in the more
haenrdi nt
hteh ips a ins. laahneds
—1.4:1 country districts. The
"C. exception, satisfactory, i; Olt not as yet suffered severely.
that Artifijed hs>~ - nontain an account of a
The Surinam jtkitnto& e the Dutch planters
meeting held among at *amber u. sea delivered
favoiiiing colonilatioti. The adnrt..
on the `occasion *de in rapport of the adoptio: of j!ets-
sures calculated to prodnetf this- remit, and a comm.. ee
was organized and empowered to Orme such steps as
shall bring the question under prominent ctesideration.
GIAND BANQUET AT DERBT.-011 Tuesday last
the electors of Derby entertained their late represents- '
ti+ei the Bight lion. E. Struts, at a dinner at the
Atitentelifti. About 250 persons were present; the
Mayor, Mr. H. Mogley, presiding. The Hon. L. Gower
the Hon. H. Cavendish, M.P., Mr. W. Evans, M.P., Mr
jaag, Mr. L. Heyworth, M.P., Mr. Moffat,
M.E:; Majt/r .tiottei Dr. Peach, Dr. Bent, &c., were
amongst the gtieStS, After the cloth was removed, and
the usual loyal toasts drunk pith the honours, two
splendid volumes, containing the address of the electors
to Mr. Strutt and their autograph signatures, were
placed on the table before the chairman, to be presented
by that gentleman to the late Member. The chairman
then proposed Mr. Strutt's health, and read the address,
at the conclusion of which the company responded to
the toast in the most enthusiastic manner. Mr. Strutt,
in returning thanks for the honour done to him, entered
at some length into his connexion with his late con-
stituents, and explained his political views, as well as his
reasons for retiring into private life. The principles
which had first obtained for him their approbation and
support had since been strengthened and confirmed by '
maturer years and increased experience, and it would be
a matter of enduring satisfaction to him that to them he
owed the opportunity of advancing, however feebly and
imperfectly, those great principles which he had always
advocated, and that from them he had received that day
the honourable and magnificent testimonial which they
had been pleased to confer. Mr. Strutt sat down amidst