The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

CoUIIT—PAB IXONtifL.C.

Her Majesty's banquet to-morrow evening, at Buckingham
Palace, will be given to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge. The performance of the Concert of Ancient
Music being under- the direction of his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, he has engaged Madame Caradori Allan and
Mrs. A. Shaw, Misses Rainforth and Dolby, Signori Mario
Lablache, Salvi. and Mr. H. Harrison. Her Majesty is ex-
pected to honour the performance with her presence.
Earl Fitzwilliam, the Ladies Wentworth Fitzwilliam, and
the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, M.P., have arrived at Mortimer
House from Milton Park, near Peterborough.
In consequence of the somewhat sudden death of Lady
Stanley's brother, the Hon. Sir R. Bootle Wilbraham, M.P.,
the dinner and evening party appointed for Saturday next,
will not now take place.
Lord Alexander Russell's marriage with Miss Holmes,
daughter of Lady Worsley Holmes, and the late Sir Leonard
Holmes, Bart., is on the eve of being solemnized. The nup-
tials will not be celebrated in town, but at Lady Worsley
llolmes's seat at the Isle of Wight. The Dowager Duchess
of Bedford has gone to Newport to visit Lord Alexander Rus-
sell, who is staying there with his regiment.
The Earl of Winchilsea and the members of the Lincoln-
shire Club gave their anniversary dinner at the Clarendon
Hotel, on Friday, when there were also present Sir John
Trollope, M.P., Sir R. Sheffield, Mr. J. Banks Stanhope,
Mr. Handley, Mr. Vere Fane, Lieutenant-General Reynard -
son, &c.
The Earl and Countess of Warwick, with Lord Brooke and
Lady Caroline Neeld, have returned to Warwick Castle, from
Bath. The Noble Earl, notwithstanding his visit to that
city for the advantage of its waters, continues in a very indif-
ferent state of health.

I Earl
. The and Countess of Eglintoun, during the present
week, w:11 receive a distinguished circle at Eglintoun Castle,
Ayrshire during the races. The Marquis and Marchioness of
Waterford have arrived on a visit to the Noble Earl and
Countess.
The Marquis of Salisbury has left town for Hatfield House,
Herts, in order to be at the assembling of the South Herts
Yeomanry, of which corps the Noble Marquis is Colonel Com-
mandant.
The Marchioness of Clanricarde contemplated giving two
grand balls to the beau monde, to introduce her daughter,
Lady Elizabeth de Burgh, into fashionable society ; but, in con-
sequence of the death of the Duchess of Portland, aunt of
the Marchioness, these parties have been put off for a time.

azzsdEmzeirrous.
The third concert of the Societa Armonica took place last
night at the Hanover-square Rooms, and there was an ample
attendance of visitors. Miss Rainforth, Signor Salvi, and a
Signor Pergetti were the vocalists. In a duet of Donizettes
there was some misunderstanding between the singers and
the accompanyist, and a break down nearly ensued. The
diffi-ulty however was got over, and they came smoothly to
an end. Signor Pergetti is a male soprano—a class of singers,
after the experiences in Velluti, not likely to be tolerated
again in this country.
The lady of Sir geil Douglas, Commandant of the Forces
in Scotland, presented new colours to the 26th Cameronians,
on Friday last, on Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh, after
having been consecrated in the usual manner, by the Rev.
Professor Lee. The soldiers were entertained at dinner in
the Palace-square, at the castle, and a ball and supper were
given in honour of the event, by the officers, to about 500 of
the elite of the city and neighbourhood.
A conditional order for a mandamus directing Mr. Board,
of Trinity College, Dublin, to admit a gentleman, named
Heron, of the Roman Catholic persuasion, as a scholar, was
obtained a few days ago in the Queen's Bench, Dublin, and
excites a good deal of anxiety as to its result, especially as
it is said Mr. Longfield, one of the fellows of College, and a
gentleman of some celebrity at the bar, has given his pro-
fessional opinion that Papists are eligible to scholarships.

IRELAND.
THE STATE TRIALS.

DUBLIN, MAY s.—The Attorney-General did not conclude
for some time after the departure of the mail yesterday
afternoon. In consequence of the introduction by him of
entirely new matter, Mr. Whiteside, on the part of the tra-
versers, applied to the Court to allow counsel on their be-
half to reply, so far as the new cases, introduced, contrary
to arrangement, were concerned.—The Attorney-General re-
sisted the application, and Mr. Justice Burton intimated that
the Court would determine the point to-morrow (Monday)
morning. If the traversers should be permitted to reply, the
Alecision of the Court on the new-trial motion could scarcely
bt• given before Tuesday. Term ends on the next day
(Wednesday). Supposing that the Judges should refuse a
new trial, and that the Crown should resist the right of the
traversers to move an arrest of judgment, on the technical
point of a want of notice, which the Orange party boast
they will do—even in this supposed course of precipitancy
on the part of the Crown, the Court could scarcely be in
time to pronounce sentence upon the traversers within this
term, although the Judges were to sit till the last minute
allowed by law. The Attorney-General is now endeavouring
to arrive at the judgment with railroad speed.

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a
church of the established religion took place on Monday
;Morning, at ten o'clock, in the presence of a number of
clergymen, resident gentry, and above forty-five vestrymen
of the united parishes of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, and St.
George's, Bloomsbury. The site chosen for the sacred edifice
is adjacCnt to the St. Giles's workhouse, and the frontage will
command a prominent view of the new streets and metro-
politan improvements running from Waterloo-bridge to the
British Museum.

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OLYMPIC THEATRE.—Last night Mr. E. L. Blan-
chard, the son of the once-favourite actor, had his benefit at
this theatre, as author of many successful pieces which have
been performed at the Olympic, and at other theatres. The
bill of fare was most abundant, and consisted for the most
part cf performances written by Mr. Blanchard, interspersed
with dances of various kinds. The Road of Life took the
lead, on completing its hundredth night ; next came a new
interlude, written for the occasion, called the Invisible Client ;
then Polichinello in Italy, in which the part of Punch was
admirably pantomimed by Mons. Stilt ; and lastly, the
burlesque of Cinderella. The house was filled with an audi-
ence that seemed pleased with their entertainment.
TEACHING BARBARIANS llumANnv.—Lieutenant
Greenwood, in his " Campaign in Affghanistan," speaks
with horror of " Affghan ferocity." and relates an illus-
trative anecdote :—A Khyberee boy, aged six years, was
observed by a British soldier handling a large knife,
and endeavouring to hack off the head of a dead colour-
sergeant, for his private amusement ! " There is a
ferocity about these Affghans," observes the tender-
hearted lieutenant, " which they seem to imbibe with
their mother's milk." And then, to show our superiority
over the barbarous tribes of Asia, he adds The
young urchin was so completely absorbed in his savage
task, that he heeded not the near approach of the
soldier, who coolly took him up on his bayonet and
threw him over the cliff."
FRENCH PLAYS.—Thesc performances were last
night fully and fashionably attended. Among the audience
we observed the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the
of Norfolk, the Earl and Countess of Che3terfield, the Duchess
French
Ambassador and Ceuntess St. Aulaire, the Earl of Malmes-
burv' the Turkish Ambassador and suite, Lady Meux, Lady
G. Sloane Stanley, the Baron and Baroness de itotschild, the
Lady Baroness de Calabrella, Sir Augustus and Forster, Sir
Henry Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Platt, the Belgian
Blinister and Madame Van der Weyer, Lord Fitzroy Somerset,
Lord Fitzharris, Sir John Abel Smith, Lord and Lad;
Vivian, Sir Richard and Lady Bulkeley Philipps.