The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-08 00:00:00

S Ng MAY 8, 1848.

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apartments in Windsor Castle '
The Queen and Prince is resumed.
Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, honoured the
day morning. The
of Douro,.august party arrived at ten o'clock,
attended by the Duchess Sutherland, the Marchioness
Tviisei Vitt
OtnhesSattuarte.
Lady Carol of
Caroline Cocks, b
Hron. atida Paget,
the Lord Steward, the Lord ChamberlainM, thel Master of
the Horse, Lord Byron
Francis Seymour, Colon' 1 the Mr*
Ormsby Gore, Captain
Captain the Hon. Alexander e on. Charles Grey, and
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Her Majesty and the Prince Gordon.
hour and a half inspecting the
Consort remained an
returned to BuckinghatnP 1
e different schools, and then
t The Queen held, on Saturday ae.
Bucking-
ham Pahice,:an investiture of afternoon, at y
Order of the Bath, the most Hoaou table Mili-
since the extension of the the first that hest been held
Knights Commanders. order by the addit on of Civil
Her Majesty wore" the mantle
the surcoat, and also the collar of crimson' satin and
His. Royal Highness Prince Albert
of the Order.
the. Order., wore the mantle and collar.t Great Master of
Hei. Majesty 'and his Royal Hi b
0' tlib' Throne. rnoin, the Kni htsg ness having passed
celled
over.by
134th
King
ef xrme Grandb Crosses were
answered to; their names, viz.:—Fte9ldw
en the following
of Wellington, 'Viscount Strangford G Marshal the Duke
Beresford; General Viscount Coraber, eneral Viscount
mere Field , Marshal
the Marquis Anglesey, Lord Heytesbu
Edward Codrington, ,General the Earl ry, Admiral Sir
neral the Hon. Sir William Lumley,
General Strafford, Gee.Sir James
Willoughby Gordon, Bart., General Sir
,General. Lord Aylmer, Geittrel Sir ThomeebergerAnson,
Lientenot Genbral ' Str -.Lanai- Law .Lushibßtialgford,
Richard Jenkins, Sir John .4'Neill,, Generalthei ':'Sir
Right
Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, ,Lieutenant• General Sir
Howard DouglAs, Bartl, MtljorGeneral Sir George Pol.
lock, Sir Arthur Afton, and Lieutenant-General Via-
emit Hardinge.
The 4cers of •the Order present were—the Genealo-
gist, Walter Aston Blount, Esq.; 'Bath King at Aims;
Algernori Greville, Esq.; and Gentleman Usher, Albert
William Woods, Esq. (Lancaster Herald).
1 • ' The Knights and Officers having entered the Throne-
' room, ranged themselves on either side of the Queen
according to their • seniority. Prince Albert being on
her Majesty's right, and the Duke of Wellingtot on the
1 opposite side. , • •
The Mistress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, the
Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the
Horse, and the other members of the Royal Household,
took their usual stations near the Sovereign.
The ceremony commenced by the introduction of
Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, supported
by Arthur Aston and Viscount Hardinge, the two junior
Knights Grand Crosses present, preceded by Bath King
of Arms bearing the ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross on
a crimson velvet cushion, and by the Gentleman Usher
bearing his Gold Rod of office. Her Majesty was gra-
ciously pleased to invest his Lordship with the insignia
of a Military Knight Grand Cross of the Bath:
Lieutenant-General Sir John Macdonald (Adjutant-
General of the Forces), and General Sir Cohn Halkett,
were introduced with the like ceremonies, and were each
invested by the Queen with the insignia of a Military
Knight Grand Cross.

Tie investiture of •the Knights Grand Crosses being
ended, that of the Knights Commanders of the Order
commenced.
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 Fakenham, her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the United States, was knighted and invested as a Civil
Knight Commander. ,

Ciiaries 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. Jamei Steysl4, one. of the Under
Secretaries..of the State for the Mir and Clip nialj)e.
partmet ^
t, received the honour of Ksighthonewas
invested as a Civil Knight Commander.
Major-General William Morison, of the Madras Ar-
tillery, was knighted, and invested as a Civil Knight
Commander:

Colonel Henry Montgomery Lawrence. of the Bengal
Artillery, nceived the honour of Knighthood, and was
invested as a Civil Knight Commander.
Major-General William Francis Patrick Napier was
knighted and invested as a Military Knight Commander
of the 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 Master of the Older of
the Bath afterwards assisting her Majesty in investing
the new made Knights.

At the conelusi(4l 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-
rence.

Before the Investiture the Queen gave audience to
Viscount 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
itandard-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.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen 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
Paget, Lord Byron, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and
Captain the Hon. 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 Rent,
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 Communionßishop of London.
D Service bT. Helmore, and the
y the Toe Sermon
Sermon was preached by the Reverend C. E.
g. The Musical Service was Mendelssohn's. The
Anthem was " 0 clap your hands " (Greene). Mr.
Cooper presided at the organ. The Bisnop 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.
Dena e.
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 Thaatre, on Saturday evening, with her presence.
The Duke Bernhard and Prince Edward of Saxe
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•officv. 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. Laboueltere, 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 Right Hon.
Baronet at the Home-office.
A deputation from Stafford, including Messrs. C. B.
Passmean and W. Wogan, had an interview on Satur-
day with Viscount Morpeth.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood had a dinner party on Saturday.

Te"
BOTANICAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary meeting was
held on Friday, at the society's rooms, Bedford-street,
Strand—J. E. Gray? Esq., F.R.S., President, in the
Chair. Variuus donations were announced. Mr. F. U.
Goulding communicated a paper "On theßotany ofDevon
said 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 Dill with Mr.
Bienbow.

[PRICE SD.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
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-
ponents to secure, with the view of getting rid of the
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-
lished 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 sst 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
is to 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
Me:x:bers not being returned
urnedfrom the recess. There
seems to be a belief that the Lords, calculating by
the usual rules which
connect their proceedings'
majorities in the Commons, will not pass the Bill this
time. The Lords are better at an Alien Act.
On Friday theAali n Bill was considered in Corn-
inittee. What was the particular policy of giving it
to be understood toaEope, that it was refused by a
majority of 158
again 34 to allow a copy of the
order to be served on the
alien ordered to depart., and
to be accompanied by
a Copy of the information in
writing, is what Europe
judge for herself. I
rneunuint.zehof the first English-
manshould like to see the count,
in the Hotel Meurice
the counterpart
of this law shall be exercised. And svohn' iBt:was afterwards
3 (one Liberal
refused by a majority of 98 agains);
and sixty of the other side havingin the interval
gone to dinner) to make the "knowingly
and mar
ciously giving information against an alien, which
should be false in some material part thereof;"
pun-
ishable as a misdemeanour ;—why there shoul4bethis 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 ut 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 mast •lie washed to an e:sjtnt „ 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 fur them. But let the horses come to be packed
by hundreds upon a given space, and iqtable duties
before Apdreaint of rise to the per Option of tbeAkr.•
prised proprietors ; and if they have their wits ardut
them, their first act will be to give up something of
their individual liberty of stabulery regulation, and
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, he
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 t►iis college took place in the
presence of a large number of the students and of their
friends. Lord Brougham, the President of the Institu
tion, took the chair, in the theatre of the Culiege, at
three o'clock, supported by Sir L. Goldsmid and Sir E.
Ryan.

Dr. GRANT, the Dean of Faculty, read 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
each was received either with marks of applause or dis-
approbation on the part of the assembled students.
Professors Sharpey and Quoin 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 CJIAIRMAN—If 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 prizes :
Prize of 40/. for general proficiency (August, 1847),
Thomas Park, of Lincoln.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.
Gold Medal.