The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-22 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.
Accounts from New York to the 2d inst. inclusive, have
been received this morning by the packet-ship Montezuma.
Important intelligence had been received from Mexico.
The revolution against the Administration of Paredes had
spread to the department of Jalisco. The revolt broke out

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a new Congress be eie.:,ted by the people according to the
electoral laws of 1824, to frame I am and anti-monarchical
constitution. The decree also provided that the Congress
meet four months after the liberating army shonld gain pos.
session of the capital of the republic. Don Juan Camplido
was recognised as provisional Governor of the department,
and, according to the accounts published in the New Qrlec#nN
Picayune, under oath to repel the aggressions of the American
States. This statement, if authentic, bears a most important
relation to the duration of the existing war, Late accounts
from Havannah state that Santa Anna still remained there.
Letters from Yucatan report that the commander of the
United States brig Somers had received dispatplies from the
Government, proclaiming the neutrality of the State. The
Somers, therefore, immediately left for Vera Cruz. A pri-
vate letter from New York adds to the above statement—
Paredes has capitulated." The correctness of this is doubted,
however.

No further accounts have reached us from the "army o
invasion."

Domestic affairs in the Union had undergone little change,
and our advices still remain indefinite with regard to the
several points pending at the date of our previous letters.
The Warehousing Bill had been taken up by the Senate on
the 30th ult., and the measure would, it was anticipated,
receive the sanction of that assembly. Similar opinions
were generally entertained with regard to the Tariff Bill,
then slowly progressing before the lower branch of Congress.
The leading men of the Upper House, according to the
Washington letter-writers, would compromise the question.
No steps had been taken by either House on matters of
finance. The rumours of Cabinet changes still continued
afloat, and there would appear little doubt that Mr.
Buchanan desired, and would assume, the vacant seat upon
the Supreme bench.
Several additional military appointments had been made.
The Mormon differences had temporarily settled down.
Exchange continued dull at 1071 to 108.
Our accounts from Canada are unimportant. The provin-
cial journals ridicule the bombastic comments of the Ame-
rican journals upon the late achievements effected by the
" American " army, composed of a miscellaneous crowd of
foreign immigrants.

MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
(From the Yew Orleans Picayune.)
The United States sloop of war Falmouth arrived at Pen-
sacola on the evening of the 19th inst. from off Vera Cruz,
whence she sailed on the 4th inst.
The United States steam frigate Princeton had arrived off
Vera Cruz, and, with the frigate Raritan, was maintaining
the blockade of the port. The health of the crews of both
vessels was excellent, although the vomito was raging in the
city of Vera Cruz.
The Falmoth left at Vera Cruz the British brig of war
Rose, and the Freich barque La Perouse and brig Le Mer-
cure.

The fate of the bark Eugenia, Captain Biscbe, from New
York—which vessel it will be recollected, ran the blockade
—was uncertain. Instructions for disposing of her had been
sought from the capital. Some were disposed to seize and
burn her, though subsequently a disposition was manifested
to let her off " scot free," in consideration of her saucy de-
fiance of the American squadron.
Our news from the city of Mexico is later than we gave
on Sunday. We are informed that the Mexican Congress
was finally organized on the Ist inst., but VI e do not learn
whether a legal quorum was obtained. The reader will re-
cal that when Mr. Dimond, our late Consul at Vera Cruz,
left, on the 30th ult., he was decidedly of opinion that a
quorum could not legally be obtained, and such appears to
have been the case down to the evening of the 30th.
General Paredes at last determined to leave the capital and
take the command of the army of the frontier. The result
of the actions of the Bth and 9th of May is said to have
made upon him a profound impression. We detect in the
tone of the papers, which comment upon those actions, di-
rect attempts to paliate the extent of the disasters, intended
for the Provisional President rather than the public. But
Paredes would seem to appreciate the full extent of the ca-
lamity, and perhaps he judges rightly that the most certain
means to confirm his power in the Republic is to retrieve in
person the honours lost at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
He was to leave the capital on the 6th instant, at the head
of 3,000 troops, but orders had been issued that large bodies
should join him at the different points on the line of march,
so that his entire force, including Arista's command, should
not fall short of 16,000 men.

Although we have now received intelligence by way of
Havannah and Tampico, and by the Falmouth, that Paredes
would certainly take the command of the army in person, yet
there was an impression prevalent among men of sagacity in
Vera Cruz, when the Falmouth left, that he would not and
could not venture to leave the city of Mexico during the ses •
sion of Congress. It is said that nearly one-half of the coun-
try is in open revolt. The news received here a fortnight
since of the revolt at Mazatlan is confirmed, and, as we then
anticipated, Sonora is now in a state of rebellion against the
Central Government.

So ripe for revolution is the department of Vera Cruz,
that upon the departure of the Falmouth it was said there
were 1,500 men outside the city of Vera Cruz ready to attack
it at any moment, upon the signal being given. Some of
the guns had actually been removed from the Castle of San
Juan de Ulloa, and placed around the city for its defence,
and troops had been withdrawn from the castle for the same
purpose.
The intelligence received from Tampico on Sunday shows
how that city was rent by internal dissensions, and in con-
sidering the deplorable state of the country in every quarter
and under every aspect, it would by No means surprise us
were Paredes compelled to forego his cherished purpose of
placing himself at the head of the Mexican army. But, sup-
pose he carries his resolution into effect, what better fate
awaits him at the hands of General Taylor and our troops?
Truly his chances from every point of view appear desperate.
To illustrate the treachery of General Alvarez towards
Paredes, the story is circulated at Vera Cruz that the
former, who had the command of the forces at Mazatlan,
was supplied with 1,500,000 dolls. with which to act against
the American squadron in the Pacific. No sooner had
Alvarez obtained the funds than he pronounced against
Paredes, kept all the money, and even sold the cannon in the
forts.
The British brig Reliance, Captain Doane, arrived at this
port yesterday from Tompico, having sailed on the sth inst.
The Reliance was chartered at Liverpool to proceed to
Tampico, and thence to Tobasco, to take in a cargo of cork.
She was prevented from performing her voyage by the block-
ading squadron, and left Tampico on the sth in company
with several vessels previously reported at Tampico, the time
allowed by the terms of the blockade for loading and depart-
ing having expired.
We received yesterday a copy of El Locomotor, of Vera
Cruz, of the Bth instant, which is four days later than any
advices received by the Falmouth. The news is important.
A revolution had broken out in the department of Jalisco.
It commenced on the morning of the 20th of May in the city
of Guadalaxara. The battalion of Logos, followed by other
bodies of military and by the enthusiastic populace, attacked
the palace of the Governor.
The assault of the insurgents was so prompt, that the
guard had only time to make one discharge, by which one
man was killed and one wounded.

Some of the defenders recognised friends among the assail-
ants, and refused to fire, The disaffection then became ge-
neral, and some of the leaders of the Government troops
were arrested to save them from the :fury of the insurgents.
Some skirmishing ensued, and preparations were making for
a general engagement, when General Dugue, who had taken
command of the Government troops, proposed a parley.
This was agreed to, and the result of the deliberation was,
that the troops under General Dugue should be allowed to
retire with the honours of war, by a route designed by them,
directly to the city of Mexico. Provisions were given them,
and they were allowed till the 22d to prepare for their de-
parture.
Don Jose Maria Tanez was at the head of the insurrection.
A formal declaration was drawn up by the insurgents, pro-
claiming Santa Anna their Chief, and declaring that a new
Congress should be summoned to be elected by the people,
according to the electoral laws of 1824, to form a new Con-
stitution, in which the monarchial principle is to be ex-
cluded.

It also provides that the Congress should meet four months
after the liberating army shall gain possession of the capital.
Don Juan Cainplido is recognised as Provisional Governor of
the Department, and his oath includes the repulsing of the
infamous usurpation of the Americans.

Mae. MA.I3I3IO2MIT'S Maw, Nova=,
the sale of the publication Of The Love Match," Arm Ma-
berly has taken rank amongst the popular novelists of the
day, and every new work of hers is looked forward to with
interest. In " Leontine" she lays bare with unsparing pen
and strong purpose, the hollow elegance, the sensual cultiva-
tion, the abandoned and selfish refinement of the Richelieu's,
the De Chevreuses, the Bouffieurs, and the rest of the profli-
gate parasites who thronged Versailles during the reign of
Louis XV., the Heliogabalus of France. These she pourtrays
with a bold, unflinching spirit, yet so as never Ito offend,
whilst coming out from the mass of dark shade, in clear and
beautiful relief; stand the characters of Leontine an, d Anselm
Quinot, the very perfection of artistic skill, and pictorial
effect. The hero, Guesclinde Fontenelle, is not one of your
monstrosities, a model of perfection, but a true n aan, with
his failings and his virtues; and the interest attach ing to his
fate, from the first moment of his introduction in the first
chapter of the book, never flags far an instant. Independent
of the merits of the novel as a work of fiction, it has strong
claims on attention, from the historical accuracy v rith which
it lays bare the state of France previous to the rev elution.—
, Lublin Freeman's Journal.
IBRAHIM PAEHA.—The establishment of looms for the
manufacture of Llama cloth in Egypt is, amongst other mat-
ters, talked of as one proposed by Ibrahim Pacha, and it
would appear that the Messrs. Nicoll, of R
into this country,
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object.
THE WEATHER.—The weather continues most duecpeudttehde
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vourable for the growing crops, and the fields of wheat and
barley, in some places, are beginning to assume the tint of
harvest. Such corn are now fully in the ear ; and • we saw the
other day a field of barley belonging to Capta in Munro,
Coul Cottage, which will be ready for I ;he sickle
in ten days. In general, all the crops al luxuri-
ent, except in some very and districts, where th to oats and
barley are short and irregular. In moist and good ' land the
return will be ample. At Arcan and other piaci Is, we ob-
servod some fine barley and oats, of great he right, and
with large ear. The potato crop has evert appear-
ance of being unusually prolific ; and We have h e and of no
failure in this country, where, we believe, a larger breadth
than usual has been planted. The turnips are look ing well,
and, so far as we have heard, have escaped the w arm. St.
Swithin's day, the 15th, was warm and dry ; and if the usual
prediction be verified, dry weather will prevail iduring the
autumn.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERS, PUTNEY._The president
and council, in order to meet the mei.
-,--ements cif this ra-
pidly advancing institution, have resolved to build Lin exten-
sive range of studies and private rooms for the ,students,
fronting on the river. The designs, prepared by Mr:. Thomas
Little, are now being carried into execution by Messrs.
Burton, the contractors. Additional buildings are al so being
erected for the use of the Government Commissia n, under
Dr. Lyon Playfair, for the purpose of testing the qualities of
the different mines of coals throughout the kingdq m.—The

ju ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT
SOCIETY.

Ths quar:erly meeting was held 4,1 Monday at twelve
o'clock, at the Thatched House Tavern. Captain W. G.
IL \Vhisch in the chair. Previous to the usual business of
the meeting, Earl Cadogan called attention to the case of
Miss Hoare. He said that he appealed to their sense of
justice to allow her to have a fair hearing—not such a hear-
ing as she had hitherto had. She had been under the protec-
tion of the lady of a clergyman holding a living which he had
presented to the incumbent. From this circumstance he had
been put in possession of numerous facts and certain docu-
ments, which at the proper time he was prepared to
bring forward. He called upon the meeting to do justice
to themselves as well as to this persecuted and unprotected
female, if they would avoid that obliquy which must be at-
tached to injustice and oppression, and to appoint a commit-
tee to inquire into her case. He did not want a committee
appointed by Captain Dickson, or any other member, but a
committee elected by ballot, so that no person interested in
the question should have the exclusive power of adjudicating
upon it, Ho wished they would do as they would be done
by. It really was the height of oppression and cruelty not to
give this lady a fair hearing, for he appealed to them as a
body of honourable men to say if there had been an investiga-
tion of her case which any man could put his hand upon his
heart and pronounce fair and impartial,
Admiral Lord aO said, he thought, though he did
notlimself form one of the Committee, that it consisted of
individuals who were inclined to give to Miss Hoare's ca”
the mot, favourable consideration,Earl C;inctuAtt said he held documents, with which if the
members had been conversant, they would have come to a
different conclusion.

After some observations from the Chairman, with reference
to the mode in which the Noble Lord's resolution should be
made, his Lordship handed a written proposition to the fol-
lowing effect—that a Committee of not less than five mem,
tiers, .fo be elected by ballot, should be appointed to inquire
into the case of Miss Hoare, and that she should be furnished
with all letters and documents in the possession of that
Society reflecting upon her character.
After this question was disposed of, a lengthened conver-
sation arose respecting the reading of an official correspond-
ence between Admiral Sir E. Codrington and the secretary
of the society, which, in the absence of the Gallant Admiral,
was postponed until the next quarterly meeting.
The financial report of the quarter ending the 30th of
June, gave a gross suns of 1,2111., of which 5201. had been
expended in grants, 120/. in the expenses of the society,
leaving a balance in hand of 5701. The consideration of the
memorials, and the other usual business, was then disposed
ot; and the meeting broke up.

AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SALARIES WHICH CHANGE
HANDS ON A CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION.—First Lord of
the Treasury, 5,000/. • Chancellor of the Excheqner, 5,000/. ;
Home Secretary, 5,000/. ; Foreign Secretary, 5,000/. ; Colonial
Secretary, 5,000/. ; Secretary at War, 2,4804 ; First Lord of
the Admiralty, 4,5001.; Lord High Chancellor (exclusive of
his salary as Speaker of the House of Lord.), 10,000/. ; Presi-
dent of the Council, 2,0001.; Lord Privy Seal, 2,000/. ; Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (not known); Chief Com-
missioner of Woods and Forests, 2,000/. ; President of the
Board of Trade, 2,000/. ; Postmaster General, 2,5001. : Presi-
dent of the Board of Control, 3,500/. ; four junior Lords of the
Treasury, each 1,200/. ; two joint Secretaries to the Treasury,
each 2,500/. ; Under Secretary (Home Department), 2,000/. ;
Under Secretary (Foreign Department), 1,5001.; Under
Secretary (Colonial Department), 2,000/. ; five junior Lords of '
the Admiralty, each 1,0001. ; First Secretary, 2,000/. ; two
Secretaries of the Board of Control, each 1,500/ ; Vice-Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, 2,0001. ; Master of the Mint,
2,000/. ; Paymaster-General of the Forces and Treasurer of
the Navy, 2,400/. ; Judge Advocate General, 2,0001.
Ordnance—Master General, 3,000/. • Surveyor General,
' 1,200/. • Secretary to the Board, 1,4001.; Clerk of the Ord-
nance, 1,200/. ; Store-keeper, 1,200/. Ireland—Lord Lieute-
tant, 20,0001.; Lord High Chancellor, 8,0001.; Chief Secre-
tary, 5,5004 Household—Lord Chamberlain, 2,000/. ; Lord
Steward, 2,000/. ; Master of the Horse, 2,000/. ; Master of the
Buckhounds, 1,7001.; Master of the Household, 1,1581.;
Vice-Chamberlain, 9241. ; Treasurer of the Household, 904/. ;
Comptroller of the Household, 904/. ; Chief Equerry and
Clerk Marshal, 1,000/. •, four Equerries in Ordinary, each
7501. ; Mistress of the Robes, 500/. ; eight Ladies of the Bed-
chamber, each 500/. ; eight Maids of Honour, each 400/. ;
eight Lords in Waiting, each, 7021.; eight Grooms in Wait-
ing, each about 535/.
CHILD MURDER AND DEATH OF THE MURDERER.—
We have just learned that a girl, named Elizabeth Bell, of
Blacksyke, near Brackenburgh, in the parish of Ifesket-in-
the-Forest, has committed the crime of infanticide on her

illegitimate offspring, and that she, within an hour afterwards
died. Inquests on the bodies have been held before Mr. Car-
rick, coroner, and the jury have returned a verdict of" Wilful
murder" in the former, and " Natural death, consequent on
child-birth,' in the latter.—Carlisle Journal.

THE CROPS.—In the vicinity of London, so far as the
wheat crop is concerned, reaping has commenced in good
earnest. In the course of the past week several fields cut
down in the luxurious districts of Kent and Surrey show that
they are not far behind in regard to productiveness. The
first cutting we have heard of was that of Mr. Jibbald, Goose-
grove, in the middle of last week ; and last Saturday evening
we saw a field of beautiful wheat in the vicinity of Camber-
well-green, belonging to Mr. Harris, in the act of being cut
down. In all the fields we have seen the crop seems abun-
dant ; and on the authority of a practical fanner, who has
within the last two months travelled over England and Wales,
we can state, that while the wheat crop is fully an average,
the oats and barley crop is in a fair proportion, compared
with other years.
SPEED MATRIMONIAL.—An honest tar, who does not
reside one hundred miles from the port of Milford, having
consigned, what once was his better half, to the solitary
tenements of deceased mortality, bethought himself, after
a very brief period, of filling up the vacuum made by the
grim tyrant in his domestic comforts. He forthwith cast
his eyes around him as to the whereabout of an object
worthy his (choice, and as the hand of time had numbered
some two score years to his pilgrimage in this transitory
vale, he opined it would be but advisable his intended help-
mate should be " fat, fair, and forty." He was not long
kept in suspense, the: fates were auspicious, and the fame
of her, whom his heart was ere long to hold dear, reached
him through the channel of report. He forthwith rigged
himself out ship-shape, and steered his course clue west,
for the moorings of his intended, whom the fates (again
in a kindly mood) allowed him to see, for she it was
who, at the portals, answered his summons for admission.
" Time and title will wait for no man ;" it was therefore
deemed expedient to take one at the flood and the other by
the forelock, to prevent the thousand slips which happen
between cups and lips. A meeting was arranged for the
evening, "the time for lovers and lovers only," mutual vows
were exchanged, and that consummation so devoutly to be
wished for was hinted at. The fair me hesitated, but the
skipper exclaimed, " If it were done, when 'tis done, then
'twere well it were done quickly." The fair one relented,
when he of the seas,' watching his opportunity, portrayed
the dangers he had participated in. He spake of antres
vast, of foaming billows, whose tops touch Heaven, of hill
and Dale. The fair one consented, "and wished Heaven had
made her such a man." The nautical hero, now pressing
her to his ardent breast, sighed into her not unwilling ear,
" I am a pilot, and wert thou as far as that vast shore
washed with the furthest sea I would adventure for such
merchandise." The course of true love for once ran smooth,
and ere one little month had run its course, " the funeral
baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables."—
Carmarthen Journal.

STRANGE ACCIDENT.—Two days ago some boys
seeing a heap of straw thrown out in the Place du Parvis,
Notre Dame, set fire to it, and soon had the pleasure of see-
ing the whole in a flame. In the midst of their delight at
beholding the fire and smoke, a cry was heard to issue from
the burning mass, and at the same time a human figure
issued from it. It was a poor man who had fallen asleep
amongst the straw, and whom the flames had roused. He
rushed with his clothes on fire to the river, and threw himself
in. The spectators, who expected to see him re-appear, were
disappointed. He was drowned, and his body was found
shortly after.— Gaiignani's Mesionger.
EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF BATS.—Bats are
sometimes fourni clustered in considerable numbers behind
sign-boards and similar dormitories, where they remain
during the winter season in a dormant state. A few days
ago there was taken out from under one of the leaden gutters
of Springwood Park House no fewer than 400 full-grown bats,
some of them grey with age; and also from the same place
three pails full of batiana, which, no doubt upon trial, will
be found to be as useful and nutritious a manure as the far-
famed guano.—Kelso Chronicle.

THE RICHMOND RAILWAY.—On Friday last, Major-
General Pasley made a formal inspection of this line of rail-
way. The Government Inspector arrived at the junction of
the South-Western and Richmond lines at eleven o'clock,
and, attended by ➢lr. Chadwick, the chairman of the latter
company, the secretary, the resident engineer, and several
directors, started down the new line. General Pasley fre-
quently alighted from the train, and inspected the various
cuttings, embankments, bridges, stations, &c., but he chiefly
directed his attention to the viaduct at Wandsworth, which
consists of twenty-two arches three of which are each
seventy feet in span. This viaduct is 1,000 feet in length,
and is carried over three wide pieces of water and an
extensive osier-bed, to which the tide has access, and
its construction was accomplished under no ordinary
difficulties. General Pasley observed that it was an admi-
rable specimen of railway work, and reflected credit on the
contractor. This was the chief point of interest on the line;
but on coining to the level between Barnes and Richmond,
the General recommended that the gates at the crossings
should be lengthened, so that when open they should meet
and form a fence across the line when cattle were passing.
General Pasley subsequently expressed his satisfaction at
the excellence of the line, and permitted the directors to
announce its opening to the public on Monday, the 27th
instant.

TILE 'MURDER OF THE POLICE CONSTABLE.—On
Saturday bills were issued from the Home-office, and exten-
sively circulated throughout the metropolis, offering on the
usual conditions, a reward of 1001. for the discovery of the
murderer of George Clarke, the police-constable, at Dagenham.
FATAL OCCURRENCE AT BATTLE-HRIDGE.—OR Satur-
day Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the University Col
lege Hospital, on the body of Mark Sinnott, aged 66, a
watchman, in the employ of Messrs. Marston, the sewer
contractors. Charles Farrander deposed that about ten
o'clock on the evening of the 15th inst., while standing at
the corner of Maiden-lane, Battle-bridge, he saw a four-
horse waggon coming from the railway, when he heard a
fall, accompanied by groans, and on proceeding to the spot
ho discovered that two men had been knocked down and run
over. Assistance was procured, and the deceased was taken
to the hospital, where he died at six o'clock the following
morning. He repeatedly blamed the driver of the waggon,
and said it was entirely his fault. The other man who was
knocked down is still lying in a very dangerous state. The
deceased had stated that he heard the cries of the other
watchman, named Synes, who had been knocked down by
the van belonging to the Messrs. Crowley, the railway car-
riers, and on going to the spot he had requested the driver to
stop, but he took no notice of what was said, and flogged the
horses on, threw him down, and drove over his chest. The
driver was taken up before a police magistrate on Friday,
and is now out on bail. He had acknowledged having driven
over the deceased. The coroner briefly addressed the jury,
and adjourned the inquest for a few days to have the driver
identified.
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A STEAM-DOAT.—Thuntday
forenoon, Mr. Wm. Carter held an inquest at the Hero of
Waterloo, Waterloo-road, on the body of Joseph Chappell,
aged 14, call- boy of the Moonlight iron steam-boat. From
the evidence of George Heath, the captain of the boat, it ap-
peared, that on the night of Saturday last, between nine and
ten o'clock, the deceased was on the deck of the Moonlight,
which was moored off the King's Arms Stairs, when all of a
sudden he was missed. Search was made for the deceased,
but he he was not found until Wednesday morning last,
when his body was seen floating towards the larboard paddle-
box of a steamer, near to the place where he was first missed.
It was the opinion of witness that deceased must have fallen
into the water whilst he was passing from one boat to an-
other. Verdict, " Accidental death."
THE LEAGUE.—The last remnant of the League—
their offices in Fleet-street—were closed on Monday with
the announcement that their offices, furniture, &c., would be
subject to the auctioneer's hammer on Tuesday next, the
28th inst.

COURT CIRCULAR.
LoM John Russell had an audience of the Queen
yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual
early walk yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took
their accustomed exercise yesterday, in the garden of
the Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelite visited
the Queen yesterday.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Leiningen, honoured the Italian Opera House
with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite
included the Countess of Desart, Lady Caroline Cocks,
Lord Byron, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Lieut.-Colonel
Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
also honoured the performance of the Opera with her
presence. Lady Anna Maria Dawson was in attendance
on the Royal Duchess.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester,
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George,
and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelita honoured Sir Thomas and Lady
Wilde with their company yesterday at the breakfast
given by her Ladyship at Bowes Manor, near Southgate.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at
Gloucester House.
Lady Anna Maria Dawson has succeeded Lady Au-
gusta Bruce as the Lady in Waiting on her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent.
His Excellency Sami Pacha, after accompanying his
Highness Ibrahim Pacha to Portsmouth, has returned to
town, and taken up his residence at the Turkish Em-
bassy, Bryanstone-square, where he intends remaining
for the rest of the season.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock, yester-
day afternoon, at the Foreign •office. Lord John Rus-
sell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmer-
ston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
John Hobhouse, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of
Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B.
Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, were
present.
The Council sat an hour and a half.
Tne Governor of the Bank of England, and the De-
puty-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
The Earl of Besborough had an interview with Lord
John Russell yesterday.
Captain Denison had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Tootal had an interview with the Right Hon.
T. Milner Gibson yesterday at the office of the Board
of Trade.
Lord Ingestre had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.