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London, England, 1850-05-16 00:00:00

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EVENTiVer,

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two years. Tile Bishop of London went a great deal . THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.
further ie'th way 7,, both b•-,ck ,serds and forwards; he • PUBLIC REJOICING.
introduced the clause, that six rrioeths sh•aild Yesterday the bells of the various zwqropolita'i
not elapse with respect to the marriages churches rung a merry pea' from 141 early hour in tho
that had taken place, but be pronounced morning, and the royal standard and union jack flattered
valid at once and tor ever; and with respect iu the braze from warty a spire. The vessels in the
to those that should afterwards take place, not two, i Pool displayed their signal flags, and presented a gay
and animated appearance, whilst. over Buckingham
nor ten, nor twenty years were to sanction them, but '
1 Palace, Somerset House, and other national edifices,
they were to be invalid altogether and for all time.—
(Hear, hear.) Lord Lyndhurst and his friends said, the h
ther o
ay
t' a 1
national emblems
unfolded itssilken sides and displayed
al enribl:ms of royalty and power in honour
altered as•the Bill was, it would answer their Purpose; of the di
0 day which commemorated the birthday ot her
they wanted to secure a certain individual ; they pro- Majesty. During the morning the metropolitan railway
posed a certain thing that• would have secured that stations were crowded with persons desirous of:svailipg
individual, and the Bill, even as altered, would secure themselves of the recurrerive of this national boliday to
him. Very tree ; it would sacrifice everybody. else, enjoy a trip to the favourite resorts ef . Richmond,
hut they said, " never mind ; if we get our object for liatnpton Court, Windsor, and other places in the vi-
-1 the one, we will let the millions goy"---(Cheer")— cinity of London. The day was observed as a holiday
1 and so they wrapped it up.— (Laughter.) New, he at the Bank of England and other public estakili,h-
contends.d that was not Lord Lyndhurst's Bill, but the 1; incnt, and the celebration of her Majesty's birthday in
I3ishop of Loncloe's, to whom the Noncomformists weLare 1850 will long be associated in the winds of millions of
j.heeerresdutbijoco,cts with pleasurable recollections and hesltt ful
under so many and great. obligations.—(Hear.)
le' red .roy al.salu salutes, ane which,ei!oc-k were
e Park itt d
.Tower guns
the chapter of Leviticus, 'to which allusion had beenresponded to by those a,
made, there were two things in that law, admitting, Woolwich and Sheerness.
for the sake of arguinent, that it was the marriage THE ARTILLERY COMPANT.—Tho gun division of t 0
law, which bore on the' particular-marriage in ques- Ron. Artillery Company assembled yesterday, at the
,Artillery Ground, in Finsbury; under Captain Robinson,
tion. One of those things had not been referred to ,A
that night. in that law there was a clause forbidding at twelve o'clock, and fired a royal salute, in honour of
,ter Majesty's birthday. There was a mot t numerous
the marriage of a woman with the brother of her de-
attendance upon the occasion, sad the'enthusiasm was, if
ceased husband. Upon that their friends, on the
possible, increased by the celebrity attached to the corps
oppositen.
side of the question, took their stand, and 'upon the apeointeat of. his Royal Highness Prii ee
said there was an express injunction forbidding those Albert as the' head of it. The llononrabha Aitillery
triarri:ger, and, that being so, it was the same thing Company Las been under a course of chill, by ber-
for a woman to marry the brother of her deceased gelmt-Major Campbell, of the Royal Artillery, Wool-
husband as fur a man to marry the sister of his de. wich. We understand that L'ergtant-Major MiiN, of tie ,
ceased wife. If the one, said they, was forbidden, Scotch Fusilier Guards, has been appointed by his Royal
then the other was forbidden. But it was said, in 'Highness Prince Albert, under the new regulation, with
the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of Leviticus, .a residence at the Armoury-house, to superintend the
drilk. It will be in the ;remembrance of our readers that
" Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex
her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in • the Hon. Artillery Company most promptly, and to a
her lifetime." It might be said, properly, that 'did
man, were assembled on the 10th of April, 1848, to meet
e en .
not mean a sister, but, simply, a woman to a wonlan. 1 e
ININSPECTIONed OFdistur bance
THE TROOPS AT VPircoewica.—At
It was said the translators of the Bible showed an early hour Woolwich presented un unusual appear-
that the question admitted of n doubt, by 'mice from the number of persons from the metropolis '
puting in the margin, oppposite that text, and other places; to witness the review of the artillery,
the, words, "a wife to a wife:!' Now he Marines,. and Sappers and miners, stationed at this gar-
could not go t into that delicate qoestion in a- rison. The men having assembled with their three
meeting like tha ; he could not give them his rea• bands, several most appropriate airs were played by
sons. It was one of the mischiefs of this law, and them in front of a numerous staff of general officers;
-after which they formed a lineh aVatzweritilw Eallbila this controversy, that it excited a gred many-ques-7
species. tions 7hick were better left alone. Without at..
tempting to give them his reasons, he -thought those ! the- olifficvetgomfatrhelleetuha the
erpis weirne complimented
an the disciplined state of ,their men. The inspection
reasons were sufficient. He thought', those reasons .
founded on the nature of the thing, an agreeable) .4)._ trminated about half-past eleven o'clock, when tae
thousands present separated highly gratifiel
the Word of God. It was evident that the command ' STATE Difirizna.-7The Marquis of Westminster,
to which he had referred applied to the marrying of Loid Steward of the Queen's liousebold, gave a state
one sister during the lifetime of another who was dinner yesterday evening, at Grosvenor House,
_ Upper.
the wife of the party, but had no application at -El Grosvenor-street, in celebration of her Majesty's birth-
to the marrying of the sister after the death of the day. •
'M
wife.—(Hear, hear.) Now, as regarded the morals
The
of the community, it was well Known that bun- the arqUis•ef Breadalbane, Lord CheMberlain of
Queen's HeuSehold' • gave a state dinner in celebration
of her`Majesty'shirthday last evening, at his residence
deeds had married, in spite of the law, and let
in Park-lane. , ` .
them think of the position in which the children Lord John Russell, First-Lord of the Treasury, gave
were placed by the operation of the law. But a fuel-dress dinner yesterday evening, at his private re-
there were others whose sentiments were not of. so sidence in Chesham-place, to celebrate the Queen's
elevated a character, and who, finding that a birthday.
marriage could not be contracted under the law, The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's
agree to dispense with the ceremony which would 'Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, •
be useless, and live together as man and wife with- gave a full-dress dinner last evening, in 'honour of the
out marriage. Such was the effect of -this most queen's bir!hday, at the Clarendon Hotel.
unjust law, and what right, he would ask, •Earl Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
had the Government to place any portion of for the Colonies, entertained a full dress dinner. party in
the people in such 'is position ?—(Hear, hear.) honour of the Queen's birthday, at his residence on
There were a great number of marriages tolerated ca,iitein Right. t.cri..
Hun. on. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the
which were far more objectionable than those with Exchequer, gave a state dinner to celebrate the Queen's
a deceased wife's sister, such, for instance, as mar- birthday, last evening, at his official residence iu Down-
tines in which there was an actual blood, relation- ing-street.
ship.—(Hear, hear.) He thought marriages between ~ The Queen's Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms
cousins were open to greater objections, /both in a dined together to celebrate the day last evening.
physical and moral point of view.—(Cheers.) The Tbe Attorney-General gave a state banquet in celc-
law of Leviticus, he contended, gave 'permission to a bration of her Majesty's birthday, last evening, to the
man to marry his deceased wife's sister, and no leading members of the bar, at the Albion, Aldersgate-
human legislators ought to interfere with that right. street.
The resolution which he.proposed said, that the pre- _ The annual dinner given in honour of her Majesty's
birthday
sent law worked most injuriously to the happiness rthday by the Archbishop of York, was yesterday at-
tended by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of
and morals of the cornmunity! Now there could be London, Bangor, Carlisle, Gloucester - arid Bristol,
no doubt` about that. He knew that many Ripnri Lichfield, Oxford, Worcester, St. Asaph, blan-
p
persons of great respectability, education, re- chester, Norwich, Cashel, Down, Limerick, Archdeacon
ligion, and high honour, were prevented marry- 'Musgrave, Rev. Thomas Fuller, &c.
ing, although they were satisfied in their own -, ILLUMINATIONS.
consciences that their marriage would be perfectly The illuminations, yesterday evening, in honour of her
agreeable to the will if God, and though their affec- kraiesty'a birthday, wet e very genera', several of them
tions were trammelled and interfered with, they were being on a most magnificent and extensive scale. There
so anxious not to break through the law of the appeared to have been ce nsichrable ingenuity and taste
land, that they did not take the advantage of pro- displayed in the- molt ction of the devices, in which gene-
ceeding to other countries where they might have been rally tie introduction of gas had a most brilliant effeTt.
The following were the displays at
legally married. Many persons, however, of equally
high position had married in spite of - the law, but
their children, who were considered illegitimate, were
The Union, TiIECLUB HOUSES.
Cockspur-street—A
large projecting im-
penal crown, encircled with a wreath of laurel, termi-
branded with the name of bastards, and many a tinted by a true lover's knot, with two stars of Brunswick,
gentle spirit was crushed by the ignominy which in brilliant gas.
perhaps awaited him. It was said the law ought to The United University,. Pall-mall East—Large impe-
be a terror to evil doers, but in this instance, it was rial crown, with the royal initials V. R., in pure a hite
a terror to the good and virtuous.—(Cheers.) He lamps, with star, lczenge, and a most splendid trunspa-
(Mr. Binney) and Dr. Cox had given two or three telicy repro-renting Britannia in a marine car drawn -by
pages of evidence before the Parliamentary Select sea-horses, and bearing a medallion portrait of her Ma-
Committee, on the subject of these marriage,,, JeStY Queen Victoria, while Fame, in the distance, is pro-
but Mr. Roundell Palmer had undertook to claiming her glories to the world. This beautiful oeeien
was finished by wreaths of laurel, and a true lover's knot,
say, in the House of Commons, that they did
in blue lamps.
not represent the sentiments of the Dissenters
of England.—(Great laughter.) Now, ile,
~,,,,,,
us t Ishrt
silt umneisotr s
s United. Servicec
usual,' exhibited l ui'' alsi' gent-street—Tula 'l2 isi
astonished that a man like Mr. Roundell Palmer, rnagnitivent settle, which occupied the entire front of the
who perhaps had never been in a Dissenting chapel in, bui ding. It corn.isted ot a larg4 projecting imperial
his life, nor spoken to a Dissenter vis-a-via, should hive crown, with the Roy al initial V., encircled by the Order
the boldness to assert he knew the Dissenters batter of the Garter, and bearing the mot:o, "flotti soit qui
than Dr. Cox or hinyielf.—(Laughter.) It had beet. real y pensr," two stars of Brunswick, military flags,
said by their oppohents that much immorality and union jacks, wreaths ot laurel, scroll-, Sic., iu bril-
corruption would result from the passing of the Bill hal" gas'
The United Service, Pall-mall—Projecting imperial
now before the House of Commons, that women would
with a h hick' vonntiiiiiig the rose, thistle, and
have an interest in looking forward to the death of "own'
*Rhos w rtc
initials,, (, o c
V. 11.,
by thetedOrder of the Garter,b the
their married sisters; but he protested, in the name
of the women of England, against so gross a libel on s three stars.s
11017 ot either side mili-
taryyanti
Brunswick, and wreaths..-
female delicacy, honour, and purity.—(Loud cheers.) snrnils extending-'
along the entire trout of the building.
The Rev. Gentleman then concluded by proposing The whole in brilliant gas jet.
the resolution as given above. • The Athenaeum, Pall mall—The neatness of the dis-
Mr. J. C. EVANS seconded the motion, which was plaY.it this institution excited general admiration. It
unanimously agreed to. ' -• consisted et' the Royal initials V. R., each initial being
The Rev. Mr. BURNET moved the next resolution, encircled by branches ot cats, in gas.
and with much humour referred to the conduct 01 The Carlton, Pall-mall—lmperial projecting crown,
Henry VIII., in the several marriages which he con- the initials V. R., two stars, and wreaths of laurel,
tracted. Nothing, he said, was fixed on the subject in gas.
till the time cf Elizabeth, when, at her command, The. Travellers', Pall-mall—A novel display of illumi-
Archbishop Parker drew up his table, regulating the nations, representing 10 Grecian lamps, formed by triple
circles ( f gas jets, placed on the tops of the ordinary
degrees of affinity within which marriage might be gaslight corum•''s; of great brilliancy.
contracted. The whole matter was, in fact, a job. The Retorm, Pall-mall—A similar display to the
Henry wanted a little job effected, and he applied to Travellers', consisting of 13 Grecian lamps, in brilliant
Archbishop Crammer; Elizabeth wanted a job done gas, extending the whole length of the building, the
also, and she applied to Archbishop Parker, and hei effulgence of which was most dazzling.
object was to secure her own succession, which she The Err ctheum, St. James's-square—The Royal ini
feared might otherwise have been endangered. tials V. R., with wreaths of lame in gas. .
The Wyndham, St. James's-square—Large projecting
Again, in 1835, a certain peer wanted a job completed,
IraTehreiaAl crown, with scrip, V. R., in brilliant gas.
and he got a very arch peer to undertake it— The Army and Na. y,
.St. James's-square—The Royal
(Laughter)—and so the country in that way got the initials in scrip, projecting crown, stars, wreaths, &c.,
Bill called Lord Lyndhurst's Bill. The Rev. Gentle- in gas,
tleman continued at great length, and concluded by The Oxford and Cambridge University, Pall-mall—A
moving a resolution to the following effect :—" That large bulging imperial crown, and the Roj al initials
the strenuous support of this meeting be given to the V. R., in gas.
Bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wile's The Guards, Pall-mall—As usual at this club there
sister, now in progress through Parliament, by peti- was a very brilliant display of illuminations, consisting
lions to both Houses, praying theta to pass such Bill of the imperial crown, the Royal iuitials'V. R., two stars,
into law ; and that the petition to the Lords be pre- inps jets.
sented by Lord Wharncliffe, and that to the Com- . Ihe Conservative, St. James's-street—Large project-
tag Imperial crown, beeath which was a wreath of
mons by Samuel Morton Peto, Esq., Mla
.P." urel encircling the rosen thistle and shainrock and the
Mr. E. NIALL seconded the resolution. He had Royal initials V. R. in brilliant gas jets. '
great objections to the existing law, because the Act : Arthur's, Sr. James's-street—lmperial crown, the
of 1835 was carried under circumstances which did Royal initials, and wreaths of laurel, in brilliant gas.
not entitle it to respeCt. He had a further objection Brookes's, St. James's-street—Large .V. R., and
to it on the ground of its inefficiency ; the rich evaded crown, in gas. ,
it, and the poor disregarded it. Boodle's, Stjames's-street—The Imperial crown, en-
The resolution having been agreed to, circled by a wreath of. laurel, the Royal initials V. 8.,
The Rev. Mr. BROCK moved the last resolution, with two stars of Brunswick, in gas. .
" That a deputation should be requested to wait upon White's, Sr. James's-street—Large
lamps,
ichly coloured; the Royal initials in pure white
Sir George Grey on behalf of the Nonconformists, r
and wreaths of laurel, in coloured 1 p
and to solicit the active concurrence of her Majesty's "Gs' v' ice Club, (late
The Military, Naval, and County
Imperial crown,
Government in the effectuation of their desire." Crockford's), S
Mr. J. Helms, M.P., seconded the resolution, •
exhibited blaze of light
nig t a
h of maguiffcence rarely
be considered the crowning
which was agreed to. equalled, and might, indeed,
t. James's-street—This esertablishment last
the whole extent of
Thanks were then given to the Chairman, and the attraction of the night, . nearly devices
meeting separated.
aldg,s,onutwilohnic-jaacwkass,
this large frontage was
Towards the conclusion of the proceedings, a man projecting imperial_
crown,
coveredsurmounted
b y t.he A largeßritish
named Duncan, a Chartist, rushed into the meeting,
with the fury of a madman, and shouting at the top
&des" dise
played the national emblems of the rose, thistle, and
lion, and
Rsouteirnteitiaid oncr
vei.thiet:
asniddea bsyh
ifle
of his voice " I will speak, I will speak," leapt upon
ishamrock,pa with stars of Brunswick acid a scroll work,
the reporters' table, and thence bounded upon the bearing the inscription" CorUntun—Via Una," with at
platform, where he began menacing and threatening either extremity of the building Roman consular fasces.
everybody there. He was immediately laid hold of The whole in brilliant gas.
usvi and —Large
wreaths
of i mi
by several gentlemen on the platform, and a police- The Alfred Club, Albemarle-street—Imperial crown
man being on the spot, he was taken into custody, and V.Rtwoabrs of
gas.iinsetnatarl, Hanover-square
Btni ek,
and conveyed outside. The incident for some time T
pauerireall,
caused the greatest consternation, and_ was the means crowhne,
of putting a somewhat abrupt termination to the pro in brilliant gas..
ceedings.

THE THEATRES.
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket—A splendid im-
perial crown, the jewels of which were beautifully de-
fined in variegated lamps, and the Royal initials V.. 11,
encircled by wreaths of laurel, interspersed with ruby-
coloured fruit, and the wreaths joined by a true lover's
knot, in variegated lamp. The Royal standard, Of
large dimensions, also floated from the summit of the
building. •
The Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden—The Impe-
rial crown, the star of Brunswick, and the Royal initials
V. R, in gus.
The Haymarket—lmperial crown and V. R., in gas.
Drury-lane Theatre—Large projecting lair erit.l
crown, and the Royal initials, in variegated lamps.

Mr. Alderman Humphery paired -cff with Mr.
William Cubitt against Mr. Grantley Berkeley's motion for
a committee on the corn-laws.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The Poitmaster-General
of the United States having announced that the Government
of that country is about to establish contract mail packets
between Liverpool and New York, all letters, &c., intended
to be forwarded by these vessels must, until further. orders,
be specially addressed, " By United States' Packet from Liver-
pool." The postage will be the same ns that charged upon let-
ters and newspapers conveyed by British packet, viz.: —One
shilling for a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight,
and so on, and one penny for, each newspaper. The former
may either be paid in advance or left unpaid, at the option of
the sender, but the postage upon newspapers must be paid,
or they will not be forwarded. No particulars have yet been
received with respect to the periods at w Lich these packets
will leave this country.

Tne Adelphi, Strand—Large star in brilliant gas.
The Lyceum, Wellington-street—Magnificent star,
with the Royal initial V. in the centre, in brilliant gas.
The Princess's, Oxfdrd-street—Large star, with the
word " Victoria," in brilliant gas.
Astle) 's Amphitheatre, Westminster-road—lmPerial
crown and V. It in gas.
St. James's Theatre—A star, and V. IL in juts of gas.
The residence of the Duke cf Norfolk (Ma, ter of the
Horse), St. James's-square—A most splendid Imperial
crown of large dimensiow, on a velvet cushion, with
golden fringe and tassels, the jewels a the crown and
the colour or the cushion being most tastefully displayed
in variegated lamps; the Royal initials V. It, in Sure
white, and wreaths o fined in emerald-coloured lamps;
the whole terminated by a true lover's knct.
Thexesidenue of Earl Granville (Pay master-Geners;
and Viet -Presidrnt of tLe Board of Trade), 16, 13ruto
street, Berkeley-:quire—Largo imperial
clown and
V. It , in gas.

ST. PAUL'S SCllOOL.—The Apposition yesterday
was well atiend«l. Among the audience were the Bishops
of St. David's, St. Asaph's, Bangor, Manchester, Sir R.
Inglis, and the principal members of the Mercers' Company.
A great many ladies were present. The proceedings were
begun with a Commemoration of Dean Colet, founder of the
school, spoken by the captain. Messrs. Lawrence and Cooper
then recited their poems—first and second prizes on " The
Conquest of Peru." Both were much applauded. These and
the other prizes having been distributed, recitations from
Sophocles, -Shilspeare, Terence, and Aristophanes, were
given by seven,' of the scholars, one of whom (Lord) was
particulai ly happy in the spirit vith which he delivered his
parts. An announcement that, at the request of the bishops,
eight days' additional holidays would be grouted, terminated
the proceedings.'