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London, England, 1848-05-08 00:00:00

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31Ay 8, 1848.
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COURT CIRCULAR.
We have authority to announce that the issue of
orders for the admission of the public to view the State
apartments in Windsor Castle is resumed.
The Queen and PAnce Albert, accompanied by' the
Prince et Wales and the Princess Alice,
honoured the
exhibition of the Royal Academy with a visit on Satur-
day morning. The august party arrived at ten o'clock,
attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness
or Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hoo. M Paget, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, theatilda Master of
the Hoes,', Lord Byron, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Captain
Francis Se) tn-mr, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and
Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort remained an
hour arid u half inspecting the different schools, and then
returned to Buckingham Palace.
The Queen held, on Saturday afternoon, at Bucking-
ham Patace,:an investiture of the most lionou rable Mili-
tary Order of the Bath,—the first that has, been held
since the extension of the order by the addit on of Civil
Knights Commanders.
Her Majesty wore the mantle of crimson satin and
the surcoat; and. also the collar of the Order.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Great Master of
the Omer, wore the mantle and collar.
her Majesty and his Royal Highness having passed
to the Throne room, thi knights Grand Crosses were
called ever by Bath King of Arms, when the following
answered to ttp-ir names, vield Marshal the Duke
of Wellington, Viscount Strangford General Viscount
Beresford, General Viscount Comberusere, Field Marshal
the Marquis Anglesey, Lord Ileytesbury, Admiral Sir
Edward Codrington, General the Earl of Strafford, Ge-
neral the Hon. Sir William Lumley, General Sir James
,lahir nj.AlstraqsleseiLll7GeLn
Willoughby Gordon, Bart., General Sir George Anson,
iirsahlintogeto n4i,
it
General Lord Aylmer. General . Sir. Thomas Bradford,
Frederick Adam, Lieutenant-General -giii-
d Douglas, Bart., Major-General Sir George Pol.
Howard
Sir Arthur Aston, and Lieutenant-General lock,
Via-
coant Harding,.
Lieutenant Generaslir
liitiocnh.ards.iJrenkins,
The officers of the Ordert
Es present were—the Genealo-
q Bath King at Arms,
gist, Walter Aston
EBloun
a'nd Gentleman Usher, Albert
Algernon Greville, q.
the Throne-
d Officers having entered
The Knights an
either side of the Queen
ranged themselves ?ri
MOM,
Prince Albert being on
according to their seniority.
of Wellington ou the
and the Duke
her Majesty's right,
opposite side. Esq. Esq.
(Lancaster Herald).
the Lady in Waiting, the
The MN
,faster of the
the
Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Royal Household,
Horse, and the other members ofthe
Sovereign.
took their usual stations near
introduction
of
by the
The ceremony commenced
Somerset, supported
Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy .
t junior
t Hardinge, the two by Arthur Aston and Viscount William
Woods,'
tressof the Robes,
Knight Grand Cross on
of Arms bearing the ensigns of a
Gentleman Usher
a crimson velvet cushion, and by the
was bearing-ra-
his Gold Rod of office. Her Majesty .
.6 .
invest his Lordship with the insignia
ciously pleased to
Cross of the Bath.
Knights Grand Crosses present, preceded by Bath King
of a Military Knight Grand
Lieutenant.Genei a
F e ) and General Sir Cohn Halkett,
General of the ore s , .
were each
were introduced with the like ceremonies,. and
Military
invested by the Queen with the insignia of a
Knight Grand Cross.
• 1 Sir John Macdonald (Adjutant-
The
' hts Commanders of the Order
ended, that of the King
commenced.
investiture of the Knights Grand Crosses being

Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas J. Cochrane was invested
by the Sovereign with the ensigns of a Military Knight
Commander of the Bath. •

Major-General John Rolt had the honour of Knight-
hood conferred upon him by the Queen, and was invested
with the ensigns of a Military Knight Commander.
The Right Hon. Henry Ellis, some time employed on
an extraordinary and special mission to the Court of his
Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, received the honour of
Knighthood from her Majesty, and was invested as a
Civil Knight Commander of the Bath.
The Right Hon. Richard Pakenham, her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.to
the United States, was knighted and invested as a Civil
Commander.
Knight.
_ __ _ _

Caries Edward Trevelyan, Esq., Assistant Secretary
to the Treasury, had the honour of Knighthood con-
ferred upon him, and was invested as a Civil Knight
Commander.

Sir Randolph Isham Routh, Commissary General on
a particular service in Ireland, was invested as a Civil
Knight Commander.

Rear• Admiral Francis Beaufort, Hydrographer to the
Admiralty, was knighted and invested as a Civil Knight
Commander.

The Right Hon. James Stephen, one of the Under
Secretaries of the State for the War and Colonial De
partmett, received the honour of Knighthood, and was
invested as a C►vil Knieht Commander
- -
tillery, was knighted, and invested as a Civ►l Knight
Commander.::

Coloueljlenry Montgomery Lawrence. of the Bengal
Antilvry, received the honour of Knighthood, and was
invested as a Civil Knight Commander.
Major General William Francis Patrick Napier was
knighted at:d invested as a Military KJiight Commander
of toe Order.

Bath King of Arms, and the Gentleman Usher of
the Order. introduced all the Knights Commanders, the
former presenting the ensigns to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, by whom,they were delivered to the Queen.
His Royal Highness as Great Muster of the 0; der of
the Bath afterwards assisting her Majesty in investing
the new made Knights.

At the conclusi.in of the ceremony the Knights Grand
Crosses, attended by the officers of the order, retired
from the presence of the Sovereign with the usual reve-

recce,

Before the Investiture the Queen gave audience to
Vi-count Hardinge in the royal closet, on his Lord-
ship's return from the Government of India.
Mr. Matthew Wyatt had an audience of the Queen
in the royal closet to kiss hands, and received from her
Majesty his silver stick of office, as Lieutenant of the
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Mr. David James
Harmer had an audience of the Queen to kiss hands, and
received from her Majesty his silver stick of office, as
standard-bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms. Both officers were presented by their Captain,
Lord Foley.
Her Majesty's. Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
lined the throne room during the investiture.
QHer Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
ueen on Saturday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took a drive in an
open carriage and four on Saturday. The Equerries in
Waiting attended on horseback.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Matilda
Paapgettain the o, Lord Byron, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and
Cn. Alexander Gordon, honoured the per-
formance at the Royal Italian Opera, on Saturday even-
ing, with their presence.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended Divine service yesterday morning,
in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon.
and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated.
The Royal Children took their usual airings yester-
day.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine
service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The Prayers were read by the Reverend G. Repton, the
Lessons by the Reverend T. Helmore, and the
Communion Service by the Bishop of London.
DThe Sermon was preached by the Reverend C. E.
ering. The Musical Service was Mendelssohn's. The
Anthem was " 0 clap your hands " (Greene). Mr.
Cooper presided at the organ. The Bishop of London
administered the Sacrament. The Queen Dowager
was attended by the Countess of Sheffield and Earl
Howe. The Duke of Wellington attended the early
Service. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. C. E.
Dering, and the Sacrament was administered by the
Rev. Dr. Wesley.
The Duchess Ida and the Princess of Saxe Weimar
attended Divine service yesterday in the Royal German
Chapel.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Lord
James Murray, honoured the performance at her Ma-
jesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with her presence.
The Duke Bernhard and Prince Edward ofSaxe
Weimar visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on
Saturday, at their residence at Kew.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager yes-
terday.

Prince Herman of Saxe Weimar has left town for the
Continent.
Prince George of Mecklenburgh Strelitz has arrived
at Kew, from the Continent.
A. Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
Foreign -office. The Ministers present were Lord John
Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey,
Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Earl
of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse,
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Campbell, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, and Viscount Morpeth. The
council sat three hours.
The Mayor and the Town Clerk of Manchester, with
Mr. Bright, M.P., and Mr. Brotherton, M.P., had an in-
terview with Viscount Morpeth on Saturday, at the
office of the Woods and Forests, upon the subject of the
Bill for promoting public health.
A deputation, headed by the Earl of Harrowby, had
an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. Lord
Carrington had also an interview with the Hight Hon.
Baronet at the Home-office.
A deputation trom Stafford, including Messrs. C. B.
Pasamean and W. Wogun, had an interview on Satur-
day with Viscount Morpeth.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood had a dinner party on Saturday.

411P0
BOTANICAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary meeting was
held on Friday, at the society's rooms, Bedford-street,
Straud—J, E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the
Chair. Various donations were announced. Mr. F. U.
Goulding communicated a paper "On theßutany of Devon
and Cornwall," which was illustrated with several very
interesting specimens.
Sir W. Molesworth paired off in favour of the
the third reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill with Mr.
Benbow.

[PRICE SD.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
f BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Wednesday the Great Yarmouth Dis-
franchisement Bill was considered in Committee. Mr.
Hume divided the House, with a very small number
' of followers ; his object being to resist the separation
of the Great Yarmouth Bill from some others of the
' same nature,—a separation it was the policy of the op-
ts to secure, with the view of getting rid of the
pollen •
worst matter, and so making a better defence upon
the rest.
A particular tendency to raise the character of the
House of Commons in these days of danger to estab-
I fished powers, will be found in the lugubrious moan
made there on behalf of that injured portion of the
community the bribed voters of the rotten boroughs.
' The plea set up is, that they are a harmless and se-
duced race, who yield as our first mother did, to the
wiles of crafty serpents going about to deceive. The
policy of which, distinctly enough, is to turn aside
punishment from those who can be caught, on pre-
tence of laying it on those who cannot. Now my
belief, and perhaps yours, is that bribery as often be-
gins with the voter as with the candidate. Do we not
know, that to this hour there are voters going about
in a grumbling state of mind, at the abolition of what
they consider, and sometimes call, their birthright ?
There is clearly but one way to set this to rights, if
with present powers it is to be righted at all ; and that
is, to institute something like the old system of frank:.
pledge or making one set. of men responsible for an-
other, and ruthlessly disfranchising any borough where
systematic bribery shall be proved.
On Thursday the Jewish Disabilities Bill went to a
third reading, by a majority of 234 against 173, which
Tis t 4 a, unit the same proportion as on the second read-
ing.; the total number of votes being less by between
a sixth and a seventh, in consequence probably of
seemseai bers not being returned from the recess. There
to be a belief that the Lords, calculating by
the usual rules which connect their
proceedings with
majorities in the Commons, will not pass the Bill this
time. The Lords are better at an Alien Act.
On Friday the Alun Bill was considered in Com-
mittee. What was the particular policy of giving it
to be understood taogaEinurope, that it was refused by a
majority of 158
to allow a.copy
order to be served on the34of the
y a alien ordered to depart, *an-a
to be accompanied b
writing, is what Europe must judgecopy of the information in
should like to see the countenuasnyvtcehof the first English-
man in the Hotel Meurice, on
the counterpart
iBt3was afterwards
of this law shall be exercised. Andagawi
nolismir
refused by a majority of 98
in the interval
and sixty of the other side having (one Liberal
and mar
gone to dinner) to make the " knowingly
ciously giving information against an alien, which
should be false in some material part thereof" pun
ishable as a misdemeanour ;—why there shoulabe
this zeal for the protection of information false in
some material part thereof," and it should be thus
taken under the particular guardianship of the British
Legislature when practised against a foreigner ;—is
what we shall perhaps some of us know better when
our wits are sharpened by the application of a similar
code to our travelling tribes in foreign lands.
The Public Health Bill was on the same night
brought forward for the purpose of going into Com-
mittee ; but before this was effected, the debate was
adjourned till Monday.
In so extensive a subject there must be much which
the different interests concerned have a right to look
into with jealous eyes. But at this time of day it is
too late to raise any general protest against "cen-
tralization." Centralization means doing things by a
common will which sits in the centre; and the erect-
ing of this common will, in a multitude of cases,
makes all the difference between a thing's being done
or not. There may be centralization to do evil ; but
the business of wise men is to see that the centraliza-
tion is for good. In the present instance the point
to be aimed at seems to be, that as much as possible
should be done by the local authorities, and through
them ; the central power being chiefly directed
to seeing that the important things are not
left undone. The world is coming to a pitch,
when it must be washed to an extent our an-
cestors had no idea of. An Arab of the desert has
no more notion of sanitary regulations than a wild
horse; and for the same reason, that there is no occa-
sion for them. But let the horses come to he packed
by hundreds uptin a given space, and stable duties
be!Ore undreamt of rise to the perception of the
w sur-
iev
them, their tir%c act inf of tii to
their individual liberty of stabulary regulation, end I
submit to the direction of some central power of the
majority's , appointment, which shall see to the ob-
servation
of certain general laws calculated to pre-
vent the risk of murrain in the society.
Regulations of this kind are not always agreeable
to flesh and blood, but they are useful. If a man
will go and live in a desert, he may do as he will
about his sewerage. But if he has reasons which
make the emigration to the desert inconvenient, be
must submit to such sacrifices of personal liberty of
action, as are proved necessary to keep crowded
associations wholesome.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, London, May 8, 1848.

LONDON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

On Saturday the annual distribution of prizes to the
medical department of this college took place in the
presence of a large number of the students and of their
friends. Lord Brougham, the President of the Inatitu
tion, took the chair, in the theatre of the College, at
three o'clock, supported by Sir L. Goldsmid and Sir E
Ryan.

Dr. GRANT, the Dean of Faculty, road the report of
the committee, by which it appeared that the income and
the number of students were increasing.
The different professors then read the names of the
successful prizemen in their respective classes. On rising
eauh was received either with marks of applause or dis-
approbation on the part of the assembled students.
Professors Sharpey and Quain were badly received, upon
which the latter said—" I am not surprised at this.
Statements injurious to me have been circulated in re
ference to a respected colleague, and if they be not fully
inquired into it will be no fault of mine."
The CHAIRMAN—It you had been as long in the
House of Commons as I have been you would not be
surprised at these things.
The following is a list of the prizemen and priz,s :
Prize of 401. for general proficiency (August, 1847),
Thomas Park, of Lincoln.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.
Gold ➢Zedal.