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compelled to vote for the three Bair& candidates,
and for Lord STANLEY. We cannot conceal from
ourselves that, for him to be neuter on the Ballot,
when he is in office with his father and the Conser-
vatives, is to be, personally, for it. We cannot
refuse to see that he has more confidence in the
electors than Lord JOHN has ; and that he must
feel assured that, voting free from undue influence,
they would subject the candidates to his favourite
competitive examinations, and make their appoint-
ments by merit. Lord JOHN'S own meeting of
electors the other day, after Mr. DILLON had carped
and cavilled at the Ballot, cheered Mr. SAMUEL
MORLEY'S defence of it so enthusiastically, that
Lord JOHN saw that even this self-elected committee
was strongly in its favour. If, then, notwithstand-
ing all, he remains obdurate and hostile, he surely
deserves to be postponed to Lord STANLEY.

MR. G. T. F. SMITHS MINISTERIAL
PREDICTIONS.

It is again my province to submit another proo
of Ministerial predictions to the marked attention
of the•public, deduced from the " Horoscope of our
loved and gracious Sovereign," a work published
by the proprietor of the Cheltenham Examiner in
the year 1848, and therefore now matured by a
lapse of 11 years.
Prediction—Summer of 1859: A Government
Crisis, and also much aggression following in the
interim of summer 1859 and -1860, ere the vredie-
tion is complete. But, firstly,, upon the Ministry
that forms only one of a series that have been con-
secutively before the publie, both in Cheltenham
and the metropolis, namely : William the Fourth's
Ministry of 1835—Queen Victoria's Ministry of
1839—Louis Philippe's of 1842—the Queen's Mini-
try of 1846, their very critical position in 1850, the
Resignation of 1851, the Resignation of 1852, the
Resignation of 1857, and lastly, the Resignation of
Lord Derby's Ministry, summer of 1859. Thus a
mass of specific evidence and published facts, so
many years prior to occurrence, and without equi-
vocation, have been from time to time before the
public ; but hostile aggressions tending to warlike
proceedings ere the autumn a 1859 transpires still
are looming in the distance, before the prediction

is complete.*
Predictions on the Emperor of France.—The
Emperor of France will encounter much hostility
from the autumn of 1859 to spring of 1860.
Government conspiracies or attacks will harass his
position.

• Predictions only, and not qualifications alone, induced
the great poet Dryden, and the magnates of every age, to
study and delight in its most philosophical truths.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, APRIL 21.

The confirmation of the Princess Alice took place in the
private chapel at Windsor Castle this morning, her Royal
Highness having been examined on the previous day by
the Dean of Windsor, in the presence of the Queen, the
Prince Consort, and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Oxford
(Lord High Almoner), the Bishop of Chester (Clerk of the
Closet), the Dean of Windsor (Resident Chaplain to the.
Queen), the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell (chaplain to
the Prince Consort), and the Rev\H. J. Ellison, took their
seats within the rails of the communion table shortly before
12 o'clock.
The ministers and other company invited to witness the
ceremony assembled in the Green Drawing-room at a quarter
before twelve. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting on the
Queen and Royal Family assembled in the corrider.
The company were then conducted to their seats in the
chapel.
At 12 o'clock Princess Alice entered the chapel with her
father, the Prince Consort, and stood in front of the com-
munion table.
The Queen, and the Duchess of Kent, Prince Arthur,
Princess Helena, Princess. Louisa, the Duke of Cambridge,
the Duke of Saxe Coburg, Princess Mary of Cambridge,
and the Prince of Leiningen also entered the chapel.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the members of
the Royal Family, occupied chairs in the centre of the
chapel ; the treat officers of State and the ladies and gentle-
men in waiting took their seats immediately behind the
Royal Family ; the remainder of the company were placed
in pews on either side of the chapel.
The Prince Consort, the Duke of Cambridge, and the
Duke of Saxe Coburg appeared in the Windsor uniform,
and each wore the Riband, Badge, and Star of the most
noble. Order of the Garter.
The gentlemen of the Queen's and Prince Consort's
household wore the Windsoruniform ; the members of orders
of knighthood wearing their respective insignia.
The gentlemen of St. George's choir attended and per-
formed the following

CHORALE.
0, happy bond that seeks my vows,
To Him who claims our highest love !
Let cheerful anthems fill His house,
While to that sacred shrine I move.
_ 'Tis done : the great engagement's done;
I am my Lord's, aiid'lre is mine :
He drew me, and I followed on,
Glad to confess the voice divine.
High Heaven, that heard the solemn vow,
That vow renewed shall daily hear,
Till in life's latest hour I bow,
And bless in death a bond so dear.
The archbishop having performed the service, the follow-
ing anthem, composed for the occasion, was sung :
Psalm cxvi., verses 12, 14, 16.—W. G. Cusins.
" I will receive the cup of salvation : and call upon the
Name of the Lord.
" Behold, 0 Lord, how that I am thy servant : I am thy
servant; Thou has broken my bonds in sunder.
" I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all
his people : in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the
midst of thee, 0 Jerusalem. Praise the Lord."
Mr. W. G. Cusins presided at the organ.
His Grace then delivered an exhortation.

The ceremony being ended, the Queen and Prince Con-
sort, with the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Saxe Coburg,
and the Royal Family, quitted the chapel and entered the
Green Drawing-room, where her Majesty received the con-
gratulations of the company present.

Her Majesty the ex-Queen Marie Amelie, his
-Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours, her Royal High-
ness the Duchess Auguste of Saxe-Coburg, accompanied
by the Duke de Montmorency, the Baroness de Finguerlin,
General Count Dumas, and a numerous' suite, arrived yes-
terday at Grillion's Clarendon Hotel from Claremont.
The Duke of Cleveland and Lady Augusta
Poulett, who came to town a few days since from Raby
Castle, left St. James's-square yesterday to pass three weeks
in Paris.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland will leave
Stafford House to-morrow for Cliefden for the Easter holi-
days.
The Duke of Leeds has arrived at Grillion's
Clarendon Hotel, from Hornby Castle, Catterick, York-
shire.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury had a
dinner party, last evening, at their residence in Whitehall-
gardens, when the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford,
the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, his Excellency the
Marquis d'Azeglio, the Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio, his
Excellency Sir James Hudson, and Mr. Bidwell, were
among the guests of the noble earl and countess.
The Earl and Countess of Yarborough left town,
yesterday, for Tunbridge-wells. We are happy to learn
that the health of the noble earl has lately improved.
The Earl and Countess of Ashburnham and family
left Ashburnham House, yesterday, for their scat in Sussex.
The Earl of Donoughmore left ' London, on
Wednesday night, for Ireland.
Lord and Lady Gardner have arrived at their
residence in Dover-street, from Scotland.
Lord Alexander Paget and Lord Berkeley Paget
have arrived at Howchin's Hotel, St: James's-street, from
their seat, Beaudesert.
Mr. Secretary Estcourt returned from Windsor
Castle yesterday afternoon, and was present at the Cabinet
Council.
The Very Rev, the Dean of Westminster and
family have arrived at the Oatlands Park Hotel.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon,
at 4 o'clock, at the official residence of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present
were—the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the
Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary
Estcourt, the Earl of Malmesbury, General Peel, Lord
Stanley, and Lord John Manners.