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THE SUN,_ LONDON, FITIDAY EVENING-, JUNE 10, 1846,

its necessity, they had neglected the ieterests of the
country by not pushing it fe.rward more actively than
they had done.
Captain FITZ MAURICE said he would give his vote
in the sane manner as he had done upon a former oc-
casion ; he had received a letter from his constituents,
praying that he would not allow any personal feeling he
might have towards the Government to interfere with
his vote upon the present occasion. He might be told
that in voting on this measure he would be voting
against his own party ; but he would be a clever man
who could precisely say which was his party. The
other night he went with the Noble Member for
Lynn into one lobby. That night he would not
find him in it again, although there had been
since that time no change in his (Captain Fitzmaurice's)
opinions. There had been many allusions made to the
decrease of crime, but he could show such weighty
reasons why the Protection Bill should receive the as-
sent of that House, that he did not think any Member
could personally refuse to support the measure. He
would ask Hon. Gentlemen opposite, could they call all
their property their own ? If a man were a worse work-
man than another he would be sup, rseded, and thus
dissatisfaction would be engendered. He had lived in
most of the counties of Ireland, and found that the fac-
tions not only ejected parties, but prevented those willing
to work from obtaining employment. Under these
circumstances would any landlord find pleasure
in endeavouring to promote the welfare of the
people? He believed that many a man under
the influence of passion had committed crimes which, in
sober moments he bitterly regretted. The great evil of
Ireland, was that it was trader the influence of factions.
The lion. Member then adduced several instances of
murder having been committed in various parts of Ire-
land ; and amongst other instances he stated that of a
girl who was murdered in a -cottage, her head cut from
her body and nailed to the door.—(Several Members
here exclaimed " When and where.")
Captain FITZMAURICE—In the county of Gal-
way. He had merely adduced this as one of the many
instances of dreadful outrage which occurred in the
country, and which called for the interference of Parlia-
ment. He thanked the House for their attention to his
observations, and should certainly vote for the second
reading of the Bill.
Mr. HAWES said it was strange that the Gallant
Officer should allude to circumstances that had happened
in Ireland twenty years ago, in order to justify his con-
sent to a Bill which had for its object the suppress.on of
violence that had only recently been recorded as having
occurred. He would admit at once that the delay which
had taken place with respect to the present Bill was
inevitable, and, under the circumstances which the
Governmentvvas placed, was fully irvaifiable„ The,gort.
linen attuneit to the statement ot Mr. uanile
in 1830, as to the number of committals in Ireland, show-
ing that they diminished in number and atrocity up to
the year 1836 ; su that if any judgment were come to
from the number of committals in Ireland with respect
to the amount of crime, it could not be borne out by
facts. Having now stated these facts, he would now
come to the reasons advanced for the Bill. Was there
then that increase of crime in Ireland which justified the
present measure ? What were the proofs furnished by
the Government ? They put upon the table a variety
of police returns and official criminal tables. 'When he
examined them, however, he found that the case entirely
failed, and he would now call the attention of her Majes-
ty's Government to these returns. First, he would refer to
the committals. Since 1842, the number was 21,100 ;
in the year 1843, 20,000 ; and in 1844, 19,100. There
was in this return, therefore, a regular progressive dimi-
nution of crime. Nothing could be more decisive of
the decrease of crime in Ireland. The gross decrease
of 1845, as compared with 1844, was 14 per cent. As
to the murders in 1842. they amounted to 189 ; in 1843,
to 101 ; in 1844, to 129 ; and in 1845, to 92—again
showing a marked decrease. As to manslaughter, there
was also a progressive diminution in that species of
crime. So much fur the official criminal returns. He
now came to the special returns. He would not dwell
upon outrages which had been committed In Ireland, as
that part of the subject had been so well' andled by the
Hon. Member for Cork, as to render it unnecessary for
him to say a word. In 1842, the number was 6,542 ;
in 1843, 5,873 ; in 1844, 6,327 ; and in 1845, 8,000.
There was in the last year a considerable increase in the
returns. This was owing to the additional number of
'hreatening notices. But how, he would ask,
would they be able to prevent that offence by the
present Bill ? These notices might still be given whether
the Bill were in operation or not. As to the outrages, there
were four classes of offences which had increased. The
first was threatening notices—the second was the admi-
nistration of unlawful oaths. But now he would again ask
would this Bill prevent the commission of either of those
.offences ? They could not prevent the latter class by
the present Bill. Under these two heads, therefore,
there was no remedy. The third class related to rob-
beries
of arms ; but they alrrady had their Arms' Bill,
which had failed to effect the object for which it was
intended; and from the failure of that Bill he would
venture to deduce the failure of this also, as they were
both based upon the same erroneous principles. Let
it be also recollected that under the head of homicides
all persons who had lost their lives at fairs, markets, strug-
gles
for land, and from any other cause, were included•
The Hon. Member then quoted the returns of crime
during the years from 1842 to 1846, showing that a
great decrease had taken piece. He attributed all the
crime in Irelarri to the miserable condition of the pea-
santry. The Government were now adopting the old
and fatal policy which hail worked so much evil in that
country. Instead of giving a Coercion 1311, they should
bring forward measures which would better the condi-
tion of the people. He had shown that crime in Ireland
had considerably diminished—this he had proved from
the Government returns, and was this the period to bring
forward such a measure? He found that the value of land
was increasing in Ireland, the woollen trade was in-
creasing,-and the consumption of all excisable articles
was also increasing. This at once proved that the state
of the country was much improved, for crime would not
allow anything like prosperity. Under all the circum-
stances which he had brought forward, he felt that he
was justified in opposing this Bill. The social condition
of the heists people had been more distinctly exposed to
view in England than it ever had been for years before.
There had been Commissioners of considerable talent,
who had been able thoroughly to expose to view the Irish
character. England, as:far as could be seen,"from: the
result of the inquiries which had been made, must
prepare to govern Ireland on a far more rational prin-
ciple. This country must be prepared to use Irish in-
strumentality in the direction of so large and important a
nation. These were the views on the subject which he
had felt bound to offer to the House, and
he hoped that the Government would not
further waste the time of Parliament by
persisting in this measure. Was it acceptable to Ire-
land ? No ; for he had observed that only one gentle-
man in that Reuse—a gentleman of good family and
considerable influence in Ireland—had thought it his
duty to support this measure. No other Irish Member
had in any way assented to the Bill. All the Irish
Members on his side of the House (the Opposition)
had opposed the measure, and all the Irish Members c n
the other side of the House had expressed their belief
tbat the Bill would be utterly inefficacious for the pur-
poses fur which it was framed. One of the consequences
of their system of government in Ireland was, that it
had increased the value of property, while it had not
touched or remedied the condition of the people. The
course of injustice towards that country had been so in-
tolerable, that he wondered that as yet no struggle had
been made to check it course.
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON said it would appear
that an attempt was to he made to defeat this measure
by a strange combination of parties, who might be act-
ing in perfect honesty, but whose conduct, especially
those on that side of the House, would be scarcely con-
sistent with their votes and speeches. He had been in-
clined to have remained silent; but after the speeches
of the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London,
and the Hon. Member who had just sat down, he had
been induced to break silence. He would not go into
the whole facts and figures given by the Hon. Member,
though it had been state l that a considerable diminu-
tion of crime had taken place. With regard to the
crimes committed in the five counties to which special
reference was made, it had been shown that a diminu-
tion had taken place in only one county, while an in-
crease had taken place in the other counties to about
sixty per cent.—(Hear, hear.) What they had
to consider was, whether the ordinary operation
of the law would suffice to meet the evils
complained of; and the probability of the Bill operating
as ale medy. It had been shown by repeated instances,
that the ordinary law could not reach the crimes com-
mitted, and that nothing but some extraordinary remedy,
such as the Bill before the House, would be effective in
reaching the sources of evil. If the Noble Lord the
Member for the City of London came into power, he
(Lord F. Egerton) had no doubt, notwithstanding all his
benevolent intentions, he would soon be obliged to come
to the House to pass a similar Bil to that they were
now considering. He would in that case, if as.satisfac-
tory a case was made out for such a Bill as had been
made for the present, feel it to be his duty to support
him. He was quite persuaded that many of the outrages
and crimes complained of arose from the compacts of
secret associations, and he felt persuaded that were the
power given to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act, when-
ever a district was in a disturbed state, a great deal would
be done towards bringing it into a state of peace.
If the Government had adopted the course recommended
by the Noble Lord, and had come down to that House
to ask for increased milieu), flrce, he for one was con-
vinced they would have been answered with declama-
tions against the use of the bayonet. He thought this
was a sufficient answer to the charge urged against the
Government by the Noble Lord, that they had neglected
to resort to the usual and constitutional means for re-
ducing or preventing crime in Ireland. It had been
send regret.
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tended, in the course of this debate, that the increase
in crime in Ireland was more attributable to political
causes than anything else ; but he (Lord F. Egerton) was
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that subject. He- had -no hopes of
increasing his support by that avowal ; on the
contrary, he believed that as the subject of the
corn-laws was at that moment a thorny ono, he would
certainly lose a great deal of supperi, but he did not
purchase any votes to secure his return. If the Nofle
Lord meant by his expression to charge the supporters
of the Government with being influerced by mercenary
motives, he would only say that the charge was most
unjust. At that late hour of the night he did not think
he had any right to occupy the attention of the House
any longer. The measure, as he understood, was a tem-
porary one, and intended to prevent a temporary evil.
Without speculating on the probability of the position
in which the- Government would be placed by the de-
cision of the House on this question, he must say that
he was prepared to vote on a measure like this, which
had been fairly investigated and recommended by men
of property and intelligence in Ireland. He felt, for one,
as an English Member, that he should not be justified
on this occasion if he refused to send this Bill into
Committee, and he should therefore vote for its second
reading.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. B. HAWES having explained,
The debate was adiouroed till to-morrow, on the mo-
tion cf Mr. S. CRAWFORI).
SERVICE OF HEIRS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The LORD ADVOCATE having moved the order of
the day that the House go into Committee on this
Mr. P. MALTLE inquired what wan the object of the
Bill, when
The LORD ADVOCATE explained that its object
was to improve the present system, which was a very
loose one, and to make the proceedings entirely judicial.
The Bill had been drawn up in accordance with the re-
commendation of the Commissioners who had been ap-
pointed to inquire into this subject.
Mr. F. MA ULE said he would reserve anything he
had to say till a future day.
The House then went into Committee, and the several
clauses were agreed to.
CROWN CHARTERS BILL (SCOTLAND).
This Bill also went through Committee.
COUNTY WORKS PRESENTMENT (IRELAND)

A IVIENDNIENT BILL.
The House then went into Committee on this B.
Clauses up to 7 were agreed to with a few verba;
amendments.

After some short discussion clause 8 was agrecd to,

Upon clause 9,
Mr. REDINGTON rose to observe on the conduct oi
the overseers appointed under the Bill, who employed
gt thre
incompetent persons to carry out the works. He had
also to comp Lin that when he suggested that power to
present for new roads should be given, that the Go-
vc.,rumem, nau upposeu
was no clause empowering compensation to be given to
those persons from whom land must necessarily be
taken, but it appeared that the present Amendment
Bill had a provision for compensating such persons as
had been damaged by the widenning of roads. Now
this was hardly a fair method of meeting a suggestion.
There was she a clause provi,ling for the payment of
the overseer at a certain rate, which he considered far
too much, and wl'ich he did not consider should be in-
serted at all, as there was no provision made for the
payment of the labourer. He would, therefore, move
for the omission of the words in the clause limiting the
payment. _ _

- The Earl of LINCOLN had no objection to accede to
the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman, if the House
were of opinion that there should be no limitation as to
payment.

- After a few words from Lord EISRINGTON and Sir
R. FERGUSON, the amendment was agreed to.
Clauses up to 17 having been agreed to,
On the question that clause 18 should be agreed to,
which provided for the advance of money for public
works, at the rate of 5 per cent. on Irish counties, a long
and very desultory discussion ensued, Mr. Hudson,
Rrdington, Mr. W. S. O'Brien, and Sir W. Somer-
ville taking part against the Government.
Lord LINCOLN contended that 5 per cent. was the
maximum' rate, while it was still in the option of the
Government to reduce that interest, if circumstances
justified them in doing so.
Mr. HUDSON thought that 4 per cent. should be
fixed as the maximum.

The clause, after some discussion, was passed. The
Bill was then agreed to, and it was to be received to-
day (Friday).
The other orders of the day were agreed to, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock.

THE POEM OF LALLA ROOKH.
We once heard it said by a distinguished Pole, that
" Thomas Moore had made the story of Ireland familiar
upon the banks of the Vistula." " The Melodies" are.
in fact, well known (by translation) in Poland. Every
frequenter of the Opera knows how much the stage is
just now indebted to that most captivating of poems—
"Lalla Rookh." It is a flattering testimony to the
popularity of that poem, that since its publication to
the present day, it has continued to furnish to art some
of its happiest subjects, and to the stage its most
favourite and gorgeous spectacles. More than twenty
years ago it was the subject of an exhibition memor-
able in the annals of court pageants. On the occasion
of a state visit paid to the court of Berlin, in the year
1822, by tte Grand Duke Nicholas and the Gram'
I hichess, among the festivities prepared to welcome them,
was a grand divertissement, founded upon the poem of
" Lalla lloukh," and got tip with all the taste and splen
dour which so princely an occasion demanded. Th(
Grand Dnke acted Feramorz, while to his duchess fell. o°
course, the part of the heroine, Lalla Rookh. The
various groups that under the titles of Dames de
Cat.hemire, Dames de Bueharie, &a., attended the Grand
Duchess, and among these attendants are found name
of the Duchess of Cumberland, the Princess Louis:-,
Itadziville, the Princess Alexandrine, &c.
The splendid volume containing the account of this
royal pageant was published at Berlin in the year 1822.
and contains twenty-three coloured engravings of the
most remarkable costumes worn on the occasion. The
different scenes and events of the poem were represented
in the tableaux vivang, and the effect of all was
heightened by appropriate and touching music. "La
Romantique," says the editor of the Berlin account,
"que regne dans ce recit, tel que nous to lisons dans
l'original Anglois, acquit un nouveau degrg de vie,
d'expression, et de vivaeite, par la, musiqUe et la panto-
mime do cette representation thatrale."

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL.
THE HAGUE, JUNE 16. The first herrings have
been brought in to-day. The steam-boat which brought
them came in sight of Helvoetsluys yesterday evening at
half-past seven o'clock, and arrived at Vlaardengen at
seven this morning. It brought 70 barrels. The price
is 700 florins per barrel (ton).
AMSTERDAM, JUNE 16.—We understand that her
Majesty will come to-morrow morning, at five o'clock.
by a special train to Amsterdam, and afterwards by the
Rhenish Railway to the Loo, there to keep the birthday
of her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange.
We learn, from good authority, that the Company of
the North Brabant Railway, not having fulfilled the
condition of depositing 500,000 florins by the 11th o'
June, the plan of executing that railway may be consi-
sidered as given up for the present.
BOIS LE DUC, JUNE 15.—1 t is said that the Govern-
ment intends to build in this town a cellular prison, and
that the spacious and handsome edifice which 'has
hitherto served as a prison will be converted into
barracks for the garrison.
COLOGNE, JUNE 14.—The musical festival has com-
menced with great splendour, and with every appear-
ance of a favourable result.
BRUSSELS, JUNE 15.--The King and Queen, who left
Neuilly on Saturday morning, arrived at ten o'clock in
the evening. The papers have very long accounts of
the files on the opening of the railways. More than
50,000 persons went through the Cologne gate of
Brussels to witness the arrival of the French Princess.
Everything passed off in the most satisfactory manner
both at Lille and Brussels. The Cardinal Archbishop
of Malines will certainly set out very shortly for Rome.
to be present at the conclave. The Bishop of Namur is
to accompany him. His Eminence had a long con-
ference with the Apostolic Nuncio, after receiving the
official news of the death of tope Gregory XVI.
The Count d'Arschot died on Saturday night, or rather
Sunday morning, at half-past two o'clock. The disorder
of which he died was organic disease of the heart, com-
bined latterly with peripneumony. He was in the 75th
) ear of his age, having been born on the 12th o
December, 1771.
The news of the vote of the Chamber adopting the
project of law relative to the railway from Luxemburg.
was received in the provinces on the 10th of June, and
gave great satisfaction to the inhabitants, who expect
great
of Ardennes.advantagesto accrue to the agriculture and com-
merce

PANORAMA ROYAL. LEICESTER-SQUARE. - The fol-
lowing distinguished visitors have recently honoured the
Panorama with their presence:—The Duke of Wellington,
the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Marl-
borough, the Duke and Duchess of Argyle, the Marquis of
Stafford and Captain Loch, R.N., the Marquis of Ely, Prince
Dwarkanauth and suite, the Earl of Cardigan,. the \Earl of
Ripon and family, Earl of Euston, Lady Eden, Lady Palmer
and family, Viscount Canning, Lord and Lady Southampton,
Lord Nugent, the Countess Poulett, Mr. and Lady Louisa
Spencer, Sir E. Codrington, Hon. Miss Gough, Lord Sondes and
Misa Wells Lady Murray, Lady Antrim, Lady Bruce, Lady
Poole and family, Dowager Lady Cooper and family, the
Right Hon. John Elliott, the Right Hon. I. Carnagie, the
Right Hon. Mr. Copley, Lady Macgregor, Sir G. Palmer,
Lord Northwick, General Bouchier, Sir W. and Lady Welby,
Lady Hulse and family, Lady Charlotte Dennison, Lady F.
BentinA, Lady Belhaven, General Ashmead ,and family,
&c. &c.

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-THE ,WATERLOO BANQUET:3-
Yesterday being the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo,
the Duke of Wellington gave his customary banquet at
Apsley House, in celebration of that memorable military
triumph.
This annual gathering of the gallant officers, who shared
the danger and- participated in the honours of that glorious
achievement of our army, as might be imagined, possesses
increased interest to the public, as year after year rolls on,
and the age of the Noble and Gallant Duke advances.
Yesterday evening,' crowds of persons had congregated
at the gates of Apsley House, and the desire to obtain a
glimpse of the guests to the banquet was not confined to
the middle classes, for we observed the Earl of Jersey, the
Earl of Cardigan, and several noblemen on horseback with-
out, and a number of open carriages, containing the fair
members of the aristocracy. The traffic by that part of
Piccadilly- was stopped for nearly half-an-hour from the con-
siderable crowd in the vicinity of the Ducal residence, and the
different carriages of the nobility collected in front of the
mansion.
At half-past six the gallant company began to arrive-in
quick succession, and when the Marquis of Anglesey came
he was recognised by the populace, by whom he was enthu-
siastically cheered. The applause did not cease. until he-
alighted from his carriage.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Mais.: quis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole, and Colonel Bouverie,
Equerry in Waiting, arrived precisely at half- pasy'seven
o'clock, and on alighting from the royal carriage was received
by the Duke of Wellirigton.
The band. of the Grena.lier Guards stationed in the inner
hall saluted the Reyel Prince by-playing the national an-
them.
The Duke of Welliagton conducted his illustrious visitor to
the drawing-room, where the majority of the Waterloo officers
had mustered. Lord Sands, General Mercer, Colonel Chat-
terton, General Sir Edward Kerrison, Lord Fitzroy Somerset,
Colonel Egerton; Lieutenant-General Sir James Macdonell,
and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Adam, were among
the earlier arrivals. Daring the arrival of the company the
military band peiformed a variety of martial airs.
It is superfluous to give any description of the gallery used
on this anniversary entertainment as the banquetting-room,
because all the arrangements were the same as in former
years. On this occasion, in addition to the customary gor-
geous display of plate, there were Count D'Orsay's ad-
mirable equestrian statuettes of the Duke of Wellington and
Napoleon.
Since the last anniversary, death has been busy in his han-
diwork; but the mortality amongst the " Waterloo men"
has not averaged that of the five precedingyears.
Among the gallant officers deceased we have to record
Major-General Sir Robert H. Dick, K.C.B. and G.C.H., who
fell in the hour of victory during the recent war in the Pun-
jaub, Colonel the Earl of Portarlington, Colonel E. Wildman,
K.H., Colonel Gurwood, Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Fitzgerald,
K.H., Lieutenant-Colonel Richard. Brunton, Lieutenant-
Colonel John Crowe, K.H., Lieutenant-Colonel R. Ronald
M'Donsld, K.H., Major C. Teulon, Major H. R. Bullock,
Major N. Lamont, K.H., Major J. C. Wallington, Major N.
Hevendere Major A. Grant, Major G. Baldwin, &c.
rr the above-mentioned officers were guests at the
e banquet last y
Dinner wes announced at a quarter to eigui. u
The Duke wore the full uniform of Field Marshal, and
Prince Albert that of Colonel of the Scots Fusileer Guards.
The Noble and Gallant Duke filled his usual place at the
festive board, having Prince Albert on his right, and his Ex-
cellency Prince Castelcicala on his left hand. On the right
of Prince Albert sat the Marquis of Anglesey, and on the
left of the Neapolitan Minister was his Excellency Count
Kielniansegge..
Among the gallant companions in arms of the illustrious
Duke, assembled at the banquetting board on this occasion,
were his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian
Minister; his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan
Minister; General the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.8.,
and G.C.H., Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue)
General Sir John 0. Vandeleur,'Or.C.B., Colonel of the 16th
Dragoons; Lieutenant-General Sir Conn Halkett, K.C.B.
and G.C.H., Colonel of the 31st Foot; Lieutenant-
General the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, G.C. B. and
G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 21st Foot; Lieutenant-General
Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B. and G.C. 11, Colonel of the
14th Dragoons; Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew F. Barnard,
G.C.B. aed G.C.H., of the Rifle Brigade; Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Sir Harry Askew, from the Grenadier Guards; Lieute-
nant-General Sir George A. Quentin, K.C.H.; Lieutenant-
General Lord Fitzroy J. H. Somerset, K.C.8., Colonel of the
53d Foot, and military secretary to Field-Marshal the Com-
mander-in-Chief; Lieutenant-General Sir James Macdonell,
K.C.B. and K.C.H., Colonel of the 79th Foot; Lieutenant-
General James W. Sleigh, Colonel of the 9th Dragoons;
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur B. Clifton, K.C.B. and
K.C.H., Colonel of the Ist Dragoons; Major-General the
Hon. E. P. Lygon, Colonel of the 13th Dragoons; Major-
General J. M. Hamerton ; Major-General Sir George Scovell,
K.C.8., Colonel of the 7th Dragoon Guards ; Major-General
Lord Saltoun, E.C.B. and G.C.H., Colonel of the 55th Foot;
Major-General H. Wyndham; Major-General Sir Edward
Bowater, K.C.8., Colonel of the 49th Foot; Major-General
H. D'Oyley, late Grenadier Guards; Major-General the Hon.
, IL Murray; Major-General Sir Alexander Cameron, K.C.B.
Colonel of the 74th Foot; Major-General Sir J. May, K.C.B.
and K.C.H., from the Royal Artillery; Major-General T.
Delmer; Major-General J. Hay; Major-General Sir H;
Dalrymple Ross, K.C.8., Deputy-Adjutant-General to the
Royal Artillery ; Major-General Douglas Mercer, Major.
General John Reeve, Major-General Sir Robert Gardiner,
K.C.B. and K C.H., from the Royal Artillery; Colonel Archi-
bald Money, late 60th Foot ; Colonel Henry Dawkins,
late of the Coldstream Guards; Colonel E. Parkinson, late
11th Foot; Col. Edward Cheney, late 7th Dragoon Guards;
Col. R. Lluellvn, Colonel Richard Egerton, Colonel James C.
Bourchier, Colonel James Grant, Governor of Scarborough
Castle; Colonel Thomas W. Taylor, Lieutenant-Governor of
the Royal Military College; Colonel M. Childers, late of the
6th Dragoons; Colonel Felix Calvert, Colonel William Dram-
mond, late of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Colonel Lord James
Hay, Colonel Lord Sandys, Colonel Thomas Wildman, late
of the sth Dragoon Guards; Colonel George Bowles, Colonel
T. W. Robbins, late 18th Foot ; Colonel W. L. Walton, Col.
,Tolin Martin, Colonel the Hon. H. Heley Hutchinson, late
of the 6th Dragoons; Colonel Sir J. Maxwell Wallace, K.H.;
Colonel J. F. Love. K.H.; Colonel the Hon. George Anson,
Colonel S. Stawell, 12th Lancers; Colonel Lord Hotham,
Colonel C. P. Ellis, Colonel the Hon. George Cathcart, De-
puty Lieutenant of the Tower; Colonel E. P. Buckley,
Colonel Charles Yorke. Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Scots
Fusilier Guards.; Colonel C. F. R. Laseelies, Grenadier
Guards; Col. J. C. Chatterton, K.H., 4th Dragoon Guards;
Colonel A. K. Clark Kennedy, K.H., Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen; Colonel T. Dyneley, Royal Artillery ; Colonel Lons-
,iale Boldero, Grenadier Guards; Colonel Everard R. Bon.
verie, Royal Herse Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel R. IL Cooke,
late Grenadier Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel C. Rowan, late,
of the 52d Foot; Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. George Lionel
Dawson Darner, late of the 59th Foot ; Lieutenant-Colonel
E. Keane, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Webster, Lieut..
Colonel the. Hon. Henry Montagu, Scots Fusilier Guards, &c.
The Marquis, of Abercorn was present as Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert.
General the Right Hon. Sir James Kempt was prevented
from dining at the festival from indisposition ; and General
Lord Strafford, who has fore some years been .8 constant
guest of the Noble Duke, was absent on account of the
recent demise of his daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Tufnell.
The company sat doWn to dinner punctually at eight
o'clock; and it is needleseto remark, the sumptuous fare of
the Noble and Gallant Duke's table afforded every possible
luxury that art and wealth could obtain.
The band of the Grenadier Guards was stationed in an ad-
joining apartment, and
.performed, during the banquet, a
variety of charming music from the compositions of native
and foreign maestros, the selection including:—
Overture, Mao
Fantasia on favourite airs from the Crusaders
Waltz, Dublin Lebitzky.
Aria, "Donna chi Sei," Nino .... Verdi.
Polka, La Clochette
The assembled veterans having done justice to the
recherche viands,
The Duke of WELLINGTON rose, and in appropriate terms
proposed the health of " Her Majesty the Queen," which
was cordially welcomed by the loud cheering of the guests.
Band—" God save the Queen."
His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT then rose and gave the
health of the illustrious host, " his Grace the Duke of Wel-
lington." The toast was warmly responded to by the ap-
plause of the numerous company.
Band—" See, the Conquering Hero comes."
The Duke of WELLINGTON briefly returned thanks, and
concluded by proposing the health of "Field Marshal his
Royal Highness Prince Albert."
Band—" The Coburg March."
His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT, in acknowledgment,
graciously returned thanks for the kindness conferred on him
by so honourable and glllant a meeting of the officers of the
British army. .-
The Duke of WELLINGTON next gave the health of " Her
Majesty the Queen Dowager."
Band—" The National Anthem."
The DUKE, preliminary to giving the next toast—" The
Army which fought the Battle of Waterloo"—observed the
;ratification all those present must feel at the recent victo-
ries obtained in a distant land, and the splendid successes
that had attended the British arms under the command of a
meritorious commander, under the, eye of one of his com-
panions and brothels in arms—the wonderful achievements
that deservedly obtained the gracious praise of the Sovereign,
and the applause of the country.—(Cheers.) He concluded
by proposing " The Army which fought the Battle of
Waterloo."
The toast was drunk with all honours.
Band—" The British Grenadiers."
The Noble and Gallant DUKE, with a fervent expression,
gave "To the memory of those who fell at Waterloo," which
was drunk in solemn silence.

The DUKE, on rising to propose the next toast, said, the
cavalry at Waterloo had done their duty to their country,
and in conclusion gave " The Cavalry at Waterloo," with
which he coupled the name of his Gallant Friend the Marquis
of Anglesey.
The Marquis of ANGLESEY rose immediately the cheering
had subsided, and expressed his thanks for the honour. The
Noble and Gallant Marquis, in a short address, said that the
victories in India were a lesson to not only Europe, but the
world: and, soldier as he was, he was surprised at the com-
plete success of that brave army. He reminded the company
that the Gallant Commander, the no less Gallant Governor-
General, and many of the leading officers, were educated in
the school of Ilill—(Applause)—whose fame was imperish-
able. They must all admire the vindication of our cause there,
not for aggrandisement of territory, but for the preservation
of peace in that part of the Indian empire.
Band—Trumpet Quick Step.
The Noble and Gallant Duici next rose, and proposed as a
toast, " The Infantry at Waterloo," and bore testimony to the
great services of the infantry on that day, in the achievement
of the victory.
Lieut.- General the Right Hon. Sir F. ADAM briefly replied
to the toast.
Baud—Grenadiers' March.
The DUKE then gave " The Artillery at Waterloo."
Major-General Sir JOHN MAY returned thanks.
Band—The Artillery March.
The DUKE then rose and said that all his friends there
were aware of the services rendered by the Hanoverian army
at Waterloo; and the bravery they displayed in the battle.
He then proposed " The Health of Count Kielmansegge and
the Hanoverian Army."
His Excellency Count KIELNANSEGASIE, the Hanoverian
Minister, returned thanks, in acknowledgment to the com-
pliment the Noble and Gallant Duke had awarded to the
Hanoverian army, and concluded by observing that he bad
no doubt that the army of his country would be found, if
occasion required, as deperving of the Duke's praise as
when they assisted at the glorious battle on the plains of
Waterloo.
Band—" My heart is on the Rhine."
The DUKE then gave " Sir H. Askew and the Guards at
Waterloo."
Lieut.-General Sir. H. AsKEw replied on behalf of himself
and brother officers.
The Noble and Gallant DUKE next. rose to propose the
health of a gallant companion and inbrothe
were all "
arms, whose
presence at the great victories in India
ird inge --(Loud
ac-
quainted with—he alluded to Viscount t
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applause.) He need not speak of his talents as a soldier, for
his exertions in keeping up the communication with the
Prussian armyat Waterloo tended to the successful termina-
tion of the battle. He had been selected by the Sovereign
to fill the high station he now occupied as Governor-General