The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-06 00:00:00

PARLIAMEN TARY iii V ISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
MONDAY, MAY 5.
IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (DUBLIN TO GALWAY).
Report (30th April) from Select Committee on Standing Orders
read :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the parties promot-
ing the Irish Great Western Railway {Dublin to Galway) Bill, be
permitted to proceed with their Bill." The House divided :--

Devereux, the Lord Chamberlain, Viscount Sydney, Sir
Frederick Stevin, and Gilimel Wylde.
Her Royal Highness the Durthas ot Kent (att,.nileil by
Lady Anna Maria Dawso,), their R-0$ ;ligneess..?.. the Duke
and Duche-s of Cambridge, Prince George and tti• Plaices.;
Mary, and the Hereditary Grant Duke and Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie
of Baden (attended by Baroness de Strumfeder) also arrive.' at
Marlborough House.
A select party of the Nobility had been honoured with invi-
tations.

Soon after the arrival of the Queen, the august party en-
tered the Grand Hall which had been fitted up for the perform-
ance of Lea Danseuses Viennoises, a temporary flooring having
been laid down with a row of elevated teats at the south-side
for the accommodation of the Queen and the other illustrious
guests. Seats for the other visitors were also prepared in the
gallery above supported by Doric columns. The recesses in
the hall were filled with choice and fragrant flowers.
The Queen and the Queen Dowager were seated in the
centre of the elevated seats, and the other visitors having en-
tered the Hall, Les Danseuses Viennoises performed their
dances, under the direction of Madame Josephine Weiss.
The royal and august party were served with refreshments
after the performance in the dining-rooms and other apart-
ments.

At seven o'clock her Majesty and Prince Albert and the
Prince of Leiningen, accampanied by the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their de-
parture.

The Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strditz, and the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, also left
at the same time.

The Queen had a Concert last evening at Buckingham
Palace. The company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived at half-past
nine o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
(attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson) and the Grand
Duchess Stephanie of Baden (attended by Baroness Strurnfeder
and Baron de Schreckenstein) arrived shortly afterwards.
Later in the evening Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal,
Prince Gcoege, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, and Prince Edward Saxe Weimar arrived.

The general company were ushered into the Picture Gallery.
At ten o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert were con-
ducted by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward to the
Salool, which had been fitted up for the Concert. The Royal
Family and the other distinguished visitors followed, and the
performances commenced.

Supper was served in the dining-room.
The following is a Programme of the Concert :
PARTE PRIMA.

Trio," Quando a quest' alma amante " Madame Gris.i,
Signior Mario e Lablache (Donna del Lago)—Rossini.
Aria, " Della I-tosa it bel vermiglio,"
Madl. Castellan (Biancae Falliero)—Rossini.

Duetto, " Qtrrido di sangne tinto," Signior Moriani,
e Fornasari ( Belisario)—Donizetti.
Duetto, "Lo conosco a quegli Occhietti," Mad. Grisi
e Sig. Lablache (La Serva Padrona)—Faisiello.
Aria, " Jamai qual aman gli angeli," Sig. Mario (Don
Carlo, )—. Costa.
Sestetto, " Vedi come it boon vegliardo," Mesda_►s. Grisi
e Castellan, Signrs. Mario, Moriani, Fornasari,
e Lablache (Ernani)—Verdi.
PARTE SECONDE.

Duetto, " Di Capricci," Mad. Castellan
e Sig. Fornasari (Coraadino).—Rossini.
Aria, " d'Amore fra le ritorte," Mad. Grisi
(Aleliandro nelle ladle )77Pacini.

Duette, " 0 Ciel, ou courrez-vous?" Mad. Castellan
e Sig Mario (Les Huguenot s)—Meye, beer
Aria, " Dalla sua Pace," Sig. Moriato ( Don J.tan)—Mozart.
Duetto " Vanne se Alberghi in petto," esdames Grisi
e Castellan ( Andronico)—Mercadatite.
Chorus, " Forza dell'Alma," Mesdames srisi e Castel:an ;
Signori Morisni, Mario, Fornasari e Lablache
(La Carita)—Rossini.
Signor Costa presided at the piano-forte.
The following had the honour of receiving invitations :
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl,
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the
French Amba sador and the Countess de St. Aulaire, the
Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichsteis, the
Turkish Ambassadpr, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van
de Weyer, the Argentine Minister, the Bavarian Minister and
Baroness de Cetto, the Netherlands Minister, the Sardinian
Minister, the Portuguese Minister and Baroness de Moncorvo,
the Venezuelan Minister, the Russian Minister and Ba,oness
Brunow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechnar, the Sicilian
Minister, the Hanoverian Minister, the Prussian Minister and
Madame Bunsen and Mademoiselle Bunsen, the Brazilian
Minister and Madame Marques Lisboa, the American Minis-
ter, and Mrs. Everett and Miss Everett, the Danish Minis-
ter and Countess de Reventlow, the Mexican Minister
and Madame Murphy, the Spanish Minister and the
Duchess de. Sotomayor, the Saxon Minister and the Baroness
de Gersdoff, the New Grenada Chargé d'Affaires and Madame
Mosquera, the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires and Baroness de
Rahausen, the Chief Secretary to the French Embassy and the
Countess de Jarnac, the Chief Secretary to the Austrian
Embassy, the Chief Secretary to the Turkish Embassy and the
Secretary Interpret, r, Baron and Baroness Arnim, Count
Bonkowski, Baron d'Aehrenthal, le Duc de Broglie, le Prince
de Broglie, le Baron de Folgoza, Count de Galva, le Baron et
la Baronne de la Ronceire Le Noury, Count R. Kineky,
le Coutre Amiral Pontiatine, Count Rosen, Mons. Van
Kerekhove, Mons. Van Capenbergh, Baroness de Strumfeder,
Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, M. Gustave de Gersdorff, Le
Countesse Marie de 1.1131 La Countesse Henrietta de Lusi,
Count Boleslas Potocki, Baron Knesebeck, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Lord Chancellor, the
Lady in Waiting on her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the
Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
the Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, the Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge, the Maid of Honour, in Waiting on
the Queen Dowager, the Right Hon. the Speaker, the Gen-
tleman attending on his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
brid2,-e, the Gold Stick, the Silver Stick in Waiting, &c., &c.
The Prince of Leiningen visited the Duchess of 'Kent yes-
terday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Grand Cuchess of Mecklenberg Strplitz' at-
tended by Baron Knesebeck, visited the Colosseum yesterday.
The Bishop of Fredericton had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday at the Colonial Office.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, hail an interview
with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Office of the Board
of Trade.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CEP.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Hesselane's Fitzallen—taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Jacques's Setriserea—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland—taken
9 to 1 agst Mr. A Johnstone's Obscurity—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. W. J. 11. Johnstone's The Era—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldestone's Sorella—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—taken to 40/.
2 to 1 agst Semiseria and Fitzallan'
25 even on Fitzallan, Serniseria, Ould Ireland, and Sorella,
agst the Field.
There was a strong desire to back Fitzallen, but few bold
enough to lay against him ; 9 to 2 was taken freely—Semi-
seria found friends at 13 to 2 and 6 to 1-10 to 1 was laid
against Ould Ireland to a score or two, and notwithstanding
a report that ho had stumbled upon the Rothtsee, was backed
near the close at two points less-9, and afterwards Bto 1,
was taken about Obscurity—and 12 to 1 each about Era and
Cataract. The investments generally were to small sums.
DERBY.
9 to 4 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken to 501.
'lOO to 10 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken
3000 to 60 agst Mr. A. IV. Hill's The Libel—taken
LATEST BETTING AT CHESTER.
THE Cur.-7 to 2 agst 'Fitzallen (taken to upwards of
1,0001.)-6 to 1 agst Semiseria-7 to 1 agst. Ould Ireland (t)
—7 to 1 agst Cataract-12 to 1 agst Era-14 to 1 agst Oto
scurity-14 to 1 agst Sorella-1000 to 30 agst Queen of
Tyne-1000 to 25 agst Counsellor-50 to I agst Milton. Ould
Ireland struck a post severely during his gallop on Sunday
morning. Alice Hawthorn, Winesour, and Fitzallen are at
Delamere Forest.

(RECEIVED THIS uAY.)
CHESTER RACES.
CHESTER, MONDAY EVENING.
The following is a list of the horses that nave already :tr--
rived, or are reported to be on the road:—
TWO YEARS OLD.
Sotades, Princess Alice, Amelia, ch c by Hetman Platoff,
out of Miss Thomasina, Queen Mary, f by Tory Boy, out of
Miss Fitz, ch c by Stockport, out of Manila, Anna Bullen,
The Traverser, Curiosity, Staircase.
THREE YEARS OLD.
Miss Holbrook, Outcast, The Witch, Lena, Queen Po-
mare, Manasseh, Bastion, Alice Grey, Freeman, Psalm-
singer, General Nott, The Helmsman, Frances, The Hermit,
Ada, Iretwalda, Vaudeville, Gothic, Hope, Violet, Cinizelli,
The Libel, f,by Sheet Anchor, out of L'Hirondelle, br c by
Muley Moloch, out of Tillah, Yellow Boy, Crim Con, f by
Jereed, out of Compensation's dam, Miss Elis, Fitzallen,
Ould Ireland, &c.