The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-11 00:00:00

RE QUEE'v'S 1117:AlvT::(13-R0031".

The Queen Queen held a drawing reom (the first this sea-
!Pi) yeeterzley afternoon, at St. James's Palace. Her
•niniesly and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite,
calved from Buckineham Palace at two o'clock, and
were le ceit.ed I'r the Lord Stewerd, the Lord Chamber-
lain, and the Mester of the Horse
titr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Col. nel Sir George
Couper ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attetided by Baron Knesebeck ; his Royal Highness the
Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and
his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl,
arrived coon after two Aleck, and were received by the
vice-Chamberlain, who conducted their Royal and
Serene Highnesses to the royal closet.
The suite of her Majesty and Prince Albert included
the Duchess of Buccleuch (Mistress of the Robes), the
Marchioness of Douro, the Countess of Gainsborough,
the Countess of Charlemont, Viecoun!ess Canning. and
Viscountess Jocelyn, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hon.
Misses Stanley, Hamilton, Paget, end other Maids of
Honour; the Hon. Mrs. Arson, the Hon. Mrs. Gore
Campbell, and the E ion. Mrs. Brand, Women of the
Bedchamber; the Marquis of Exeter, Gro"rn of the
Stole to his Royal Highness ; Nile.. George Bawer I An-
son, Treasurer to his R yal Highness; Viscount Ha- warden, Lord in Waiting; Sir Frederick SO% in, Groom lin Waiting. • CaptainsFraeeis Seymour, Groom in
Waiting to his Royal Highness; C. den-1 Arbuthnot,
Rt querry in Waiting; Col
eiel Bonverie, Equerry to his
oyal Highness; arid the Pages .f He onur in Wai ing.
Her Majesty's Honeureb:e Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms were on duty in the Presence Chamber and Por-
trait Gallery, and also in the Bute rooms.
Before the Drawing r.enn, her Mtijesty, accerd;ng to
annual custom, received a deputation from Christ's Hies
pital, in the Throne•room, who were ushered to the
Presence of the Queen by Sir William Martins, Gentle-
i_n_an Usher in wahine. The deputation consisted of
,11r. in
Thompson, M.P., the President ; Mr.
Richard Hotham Pigeon the Treesurer ; Mr. James
Bentley and Mr. Thomas 'Weeding, Governors ; accom-
Pftnied by the
‘....Rev. William Webster, the Mathmatical
forty '‘ Mr' ri •H.
Back, the Drawing Master, end the
foundedoes educated ia the Royal Mathematical School
by Kline cular interest . e Charles H. Her Majesty
expressine an
01;iitit drawings and charts of thedeoys,
than usual. pinion
ma
je.tsht; their execution was batter
make known her
, approuatitnerously condescended to
The scholars having retired from the 'rhr ne-room,
the Foreign
Ladies Ambassadors and Ministers, and their
..0 , were introdeced, when the fellowing presenta-
It .ions took place ir• the when
circle :
Madame la diplomatic
de Flahault, Madame la Com-
tesse de Jarnac (on her marriage), and Madame la Ba-
the de la Ronside, by the Countess de St. Aulaire,
the French Amba,sadress,
Madetneiselle Bun.en, by Madame Bunsen (her
ti
ninetheer), the Lady of the Prussian Minister.
Dac de Broglie, Pair de France, and Le Prince
ue Bro
bass de d gate, fits du Due, et Secretaire de l'Am
e Fre
a ' " Pnee en Es scene by Count de St. Auia're,
thnch A. 'ttisttlor b '
H 3 .
,CountAe R. Hinsky' Cetiet Beekowsky, and Baron
An
Dibashrseacintthlra.l, by Count' Dietricbstein, the Austrian
M. Van Kerkhove Directeur de l'Administration du
,iri, tor Beige, and M. Von. Capenberg,. Inspecteur du
4 site., by M. Van de Weyer, the B leian :Minister.
IBaron Arnim, Privy Councillor, and Prussian Envoy
xtraordinary at the Court of Brussels, hy Chevalier
unsen, the Prussian Minisw.
(The Foreign Diplomatic circle was attended by the
retch Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire,
Comte de Jarrett: First Secretary to the Embassy, le
'cumin de le Ronciera de Nourg, (Meier de la Marine
""Yale de France and Madame la Baronne de la Ron-
cieri le Nourg ' the Austrian Ambassador and the
ete°llllless D etria:stein, Baron Ko:ler, First Secretary. to
sl-e Embassy, and Court 134er-hazy, Sarin] Effendi,
e
pit Embassy,
Ambassador, M. Agop, Secretary Interpreter,
kid Hassan Effendi. seeerei Secretary to the Embassy ;
eta de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and Mr. Charles
Dronet, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Cetto, Ba-
larlan Minister ; M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister,
C~M. de Stratenus, First Secretary to the Legation ;
Rant de Pollee, Sardinian Minister, and Count de
evel, Secretary to the Legation; the Portuguese Minis-
r and the
Baroness de Mrvo, M. Lobo de Mara, irst Secretary of Legation,enco and Baron de Lagos, At
Lad 6to the Leteation ; the Russian Minister and the
Baroness de Brunnow, and M. de Berg and M. de
Koudriaffeky, Secretaries of Legation ; Count Kielmann-
negge, the Hanoverian Minister ; the Prussian Minister
and Madame Bunsen, and Mr. Ernest Bunsen ; the
United States Minister and Mr. and Miss Everett, and
Mr. Rives, Secretary of Legation ; the Danish Minister
and Countess Reventlow ; Mr. Murphy, the Mexican
Minister; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister; General
Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G.
L'anofari, Secretary to the Legation ; Baron de Be-
llltu see' Swedish Chargi d'Affaires, and le Comte M.
de Rosen, Aide de Citinp General and Chambellan au
,Service de Se M. le Roi de Suede et de Norvege ; le
retron de Linden, Attach 6 to the Wurtemberg Legation.
Among the general company were the Archbishop of
.9anterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Steward, the
'"rd Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert, the President of the Board
of Trade, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen
at-arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Mar-
' pis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Vice
1-'ettealayiain, the Treasurerof the Household, the Comp-
ironer
of the Household, the Lord Chief Baron, Lord
Monteagle, the Comptroller-General of the Exchequer ;
le Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Major• General
Sir Wheatley, G.O H., Keeper of her Majesty's
nova HenryrivY Purse ; the Solicitor-General, the Attorney-Ge-
✓for Ireland, the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieute-
n of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-
ornls Sir George Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeomen
sZard • the Master of the Ceremonies. the Deputy-
e reta'ry-at-War, Mr. Sheriff Hunter, Mr. Sheriff Sid-
AY, Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the .
tleack 13'3(1_; Colonel Wood, Colonel Weare, Colonel H. . e liatinek, Colonel Clark Kennedy, C. 8., and K.H., and :
zi.°.neel Dyneley, C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen ; Lieu-e-
-x:et-Colonel M'Douall, 2d Life Guards ; Silver Stick,
io,..jarnes Bunce Curling ; Adjutant of the Hon. Corps
ekin entletnen-at-Arms • Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant ofthe
aafneo Guard ; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S. ;_Lieute-
the tiColonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gentleman Usher to
of the rtrY Chambers ; Sir Noel Harris, K.C.H. ; Groom
3t,„,,ery-riavayaCh_a.mber in Waiting ; Mr. Alfred Mont-
!sher to the Queen Diggle, Gentleman
lien ; Mr. Frederic Peel Round, ci: .
an Usher of the Green Rod; Colonel Godvrin, Lien
tleraa,
Usher j to his
Queen
Wilsen
eulonel sir Royal Highness the Prince Albert ;
any the 1 Gentlemen Usher to her ..
".d Adjutant n I) 'wager ; Cu putin Siborue, Secretary
follovvin. Pt. Lathes.-..
nuctte.-.. ROyal Military Asylum, and the
Mao ReEnZescjatG,rafton, Sutherland.
vollNTEssr.a."4—Nc)rnaanbY, Cholmondeley.
Win
iry, D 1
terton, Rosehe nniskillen'
Beetive,
Powis, Dowager
Longford, Listow
trim, Shelburn ''e'arr, Lincoln, Jersey, Sefton,
e , Delhousie, Erni, Malmesbury, An-
Haddingtol,
1:3, Clawdor, Eglinton 'March, Hardwicke,
Beverley, ' e Grey, She ' C . Wicklow, , o wper,
ITISco
,_... UNTESSES.--G
bill, Palmerston ago, Adare, Maynard Pollington,
P , Dun ,
,Iciwr
nomoir garvon.
_ telexes.-- a
sh,,,A3l•Es•—Ledy King, Lady Somerville.
t,?o,Ries, Oharlott ottuvart, 13. Johnstoue, Yarde Buller,
keetlsa Piernro e uest, Thesiger Lee, Anne Primrose,
!leek Dal_ , 'e, Leuisa 'Ffghe, Aldis, Frederick Beau-
-1(!ed, L v 711, Mary Sackville West, Wheatley, Clif
En' t e' 1 , Ernes, B- d
-4neY Herbert (3.
:, t a enbll Brue.e, Couper, Ashbur-
tastbepe, i 0 . , ner,otte Herbert, Arabella Fermor,
ine Charte yisa Oswalci, Beihavel, Mary Campbell,
titheri riti, Louisa Tenison, Georgians Pakenhans,
-1) ne Pakenh ogle Isabela 4M, Alice Peel,' Anne Wilbraham.
don e,',a Keith. Be t
eh' t'tarY Bereli . 'aaniont, Abinger, Alicia Gor-
y ariolio Bit) . even, Franctts,-Cole, Petre, Pearson,
4„gstre_ G. eon; Mary Stanley, Claud Hamilton, Sarah
l;lirisr„pVior 6i. xart Wortley, Catherine Boileau, Mary
Whirneliffe' Star
Fitzroy, Theresa Lewes, S:anley,
gust Vs.d,„ . 'flarY Hood, Ra,detock, Mary Fox, Au •
lietement,hi gtit. Honoria Cadogan, Clerk, Lyndhurst,
_rrabato, erg ve 'tilers,- Adela Villiers, Hamilton, Hunter,
,-reilget, bi".l,,_ergina Bathur-t, Wilson, Peel, Adelaide
,‘"rayn, uk_i_n_, Frederic Smith, Beauvale, Katherine
1-ettenhsh): Hood, Monteagle, Caroline S. L. Gower,
15-4 aye, o„ib "arapson, Frances Iligehason, Clay, Lister
'er " °Me V Maclaine,Franklin. Colehes-
p , Frarfee , , erney, ,,
't
es
s bandon, Jane Howard, E. F. Drummond,
Yeeser °ard, Stratheden, Albinia Foster, Mary
Malec
x Colville.
Mlioe , Ess—no Rutzen.
lles' ( URI•LE
44, i:Ni:
a. s—Charlotte Petre, Agnes Petre, Miss
,4, tiles,4
Johnth Mines, Caroline Gage Mrs. Anger-
a• --ott. At C• Erskine, Sophia Wheatley, Mrs.
lal4_
nrs. Carew, Mrs. Philips. Miss Sidney, Miss
Aiin, ...aY arci, Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, Mrs. Locke
li *' 14. itiil
94' Soarl ey Colborne, Mrs. Disbrowe, Frances
,c.4la,ei, mra.e, Mrs. Keith, Mrs. Robert Boyle, Mrs. A.
rL
I. Gra. Drummond, Mrs. &seam, Lady Borough,
..tttiittart, nthael Scott, Mrs. Charles Powys, Mrs.
yi;setelie_ ,_ Caroline Pepys, Miss Waldegrave, Miss
n, Marra,lvaldegrave, Mrs. G. Darner, Caroline Lyttel-
bell, Campbell, P. Mary Pe ts Leuisie Camp-
k . Marshall, The Lady MayPo)ress.
'•
8 1)•"18,--Sidn
i`nil„ .o.e, . ey, Lefevre, Hogg, Aldis, Howley,
dle tiu'rutth. E. Buller, Briscoe Frend, Belles's,
,__,
.urehiso urges Watson, Somes, Alexander Hankey,
i!!ichtted son, John Abel Smith, Villiers Stuart, Hibbert,
VtlYn Shill. am' Hampden, Arthur Shirley, Shirley,
r, ra,ii Y, Corkran, Malcolm, Hunter, Beauclerk,
wkleeei ' Ainsworth, Rob •
ile es Dickinson G .1 Robert Gosling, Stephenson,
,)*("erforce Bird, ' e! i, Benyon, P. S imerset Butler,
Joan Herb
William Cornww I, Cenlvvell, Tulloch,
Alf' , Y, Roberti-1' il
e ee al --')nnd, Harcourt, William Stuart,
4nelt nntgoneer
Gard 5 williarn
Glad' Henry Addington. Henry Ben
tie, liolt, Will' stone, H. St. John Mildmay, Bar-
eel' Shaw, ri 'nroson, Young, Milnes Ceaskell, Fred.,
;el toe, ee. '. St. John Mildmay, Ram, Morier, Ile-
'Lewis. ' uvvli %bend, Thomas Oliveira, R ' ' .
4tt °it, Franklaad
le Ssts—K
,„tirda 1, , unter,
'IOW. ...Aller, sh
vrJohnstone Elizabeth Jobitst 'tie,
k.:,‘e,:kl, ee. s-2..._.
_Lefe re, Helena Shaw Lefevre,
ia4tllerine se.`7l4itn, Hogg, Mary Ho g_ Fanny Ciiff ,rd,
mew_ „,. . &Low Stewart, Buller, 4 : '
it—. Welby M .
ts.. yridhnna, Sarah
..._ r), the
arlant?e Roberts Henkel' Pole Cowper.
Ihrine• 1 tleY, Emily Wilson, - ' '
Fit ~, ' tar • sSallvan Cavendish,
blagt,y, Eni., "4n• Clerk, Isabella Cherie, Dame-
Loporey, 1Y 113 ring, Matilda Noel 11 Pole Slight,‘,
,_a. _ Boileau, De Ke• e. ~,,, '
till, (3 Benyon. , .
~z,n, ~,uirt, i.•,.rclev lieny,,n,
Ird'the pittp. Loci 1)1‘b ovv:, rownsim'i'd• I • 'I
'4d, C "3' "c4e, Hibb ' • '• ' ` es. a
Shams of
/tan e. Hibbert, Henrietta Cole, Drum-
twi Au 1, Merritt Au t
"the 'tnta Parry B .' • gus a Woodall, Maria
bdi , Hinetena , ro ?inn g. , Gosline, Beauclerk,
.._ ps ve,
~
.11, Hampden Lister '
41„kapsoZ* L. Chichester llt Hampden, o,Kaye,
Mowbray,
'retire; ' August, B "gginson, Catherine Smythe,
tlut **414% Grevin trd, Wilber rot ce• Bird, R dt,
‘„, ,-.0.e r e, Lucy Heye El
t
Clay mend,
,aura mor,er
~.• tzaoeth Clay, Pe nye,
elay:mt '5l, Georgia N ' .nlarY Drummon.l, Theresa
u a enlle, Frances Neville, Fanny

The f Alowing Gentlemen attended the Drawing-

room :

D vim —Buceletch.

MARQUISES—HuntIy, Normanby, CllolololldelPy.
EARLS—Rosoberry:Listowei, Cadogan, Antrim. Lin-
coln, Lovelace, Pawls. Erne, Ros Ayn, Aberdeen, Ennis-
killer, Shelburne, Bective; March, Wicklow.

VISCOUNTS—Maynard, Polling ton, A dlre, Ingestre,
Cantilupe, Nurtlaind, Paltnerston, Lake, Berehaven,
Hill.
BtsrroP—Woreester.

Loxes—Sondes, liilmeny, Besumont, C. Hamilton,
Cottenham, Colville, Stanley, Somerville, Belhaven,
Beauvale, CaMpbell, A. Paget, Granville Somerset, Col-
chester, H. Lennox, A. Lennox.
COUNT---Erlach.
RIGHT HOSOURABLES—Sir Robert Peel, Sir Augustus
Foster, Sir James Graham, W. Gladstone, F. Shaw.
HONOIIITABLES —Captain Hood, Colonel Cavendish,
E. Erskine, W. R. Colborne, Captain J. Maxwell, S.
Lyttelton, C. Rice, Captain Harris, Y. Jocelyn, Rev. N.
Grenville.

SIRS—John B. Johnstone, John Guest, John Yarde
Buller, Charles Aldis, Augustus Clifford, George Clerk,
F. C. Hunter, H. Palliser, W. Clay, J. Boileau,
El. Verrey, C. Wade, G. Wa'ker, J. Kaye.
REv. Docrorts.— Scrobesby. F.R.S., Williamson.
REVEREND.—James Nevill Heard.
DOCTuRS —W Rae. Wilson, Aldis, Moore.

SERGEANT-AT-LAW.-13vilasis.
MESSIEURS.—Richard Hotham Pigeon, James Bent-
ley. Weeding, John Gregory, E. Buller, M.P., George
Buckley Bolton, George Denne,
_John Booth, Tighe,
11. ice, Murchi,on, Alexander Hankey, Henry Stuart,
M.P., Hughan. D'lsraeli, R. Haywood, J. Somec, H.
Wood, J. Somes, jun., J. Fog., R. Ho!lond, Cardwell,
Shirley, C. Levey, J. Eld, Beauclerk, T. Gladstone,
Stanley, Williams, R. Legh, W. Thornborough, De
Horsey, J. Robinson, P. Howard, P. But'er, Ram, W.
Doyle, J. Hardy, G. Mansell, J. Marshall, Pepys, R.
Gosling, A. Wood, Page, Bethune, Disney, R. Mayne,
E. Carver, C. Gibson, A. Oswald, N. Vaughan, Manes.
Tenison, Bainbridge, Malcolm, A. Hambrough, F.
Cavendish, J. Hornby, R. Blewicke, Hunter, Riddle,
Stephenson, H. Irwin, 11. Cowper, C. Stronge, H.
Smythe, Young:, Ainsworth, Gwynne, R. Godson, E.
Shirley, W. Bird, G. Irwin, J. Palsgrave, Astley, H.
Hamilton, A. Drummond, C. Jolliffe.

FIELD MARSHAL —Duke of Wellington.
GENERALS —L'Estrange, Sir Henry Watscn, Sir
Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Sir A. M.alaine, M•Leod,
F. Farquharson, Sir Frederick Trench.
COLONELS —Sir George Couper, Bart., Peel, Burnard,
Cord wall, Tu!loch, Hon. L. Stanhope. George Higgin-
son, George Everest, T.R.S., Fox, Monteath, Cureton,
C. 8., Bolt Gascoy ne.
MAJORS—Sir James J. Hamilton, Bart., M. G.
White, Cooke, Turner, Hon. George A. Browne; Schou-
swar, Jones, Henderson.

CAPTAINS—Cuddy, H. G. Napleton. E.1.C.5., F. H.
Jackson, Polhill, M.P., Bateson, M.P., H. W. Fraser,
Shea, H.C.S., Hon. C. G. Scott, Hon. Robert Boyle, J.
Penny, Kincaid, Fearon, Francis P. Nott. William
Wood, De Bathe, A. Shirley, F. W. Hamilton, James
M. 2.litr6

LrEurEvANTs.—Hogg, Rodney, JRRin Money, Hon.
C. Powys, L. Gomez Da Costa, John C. Hain, Hay, A.
P. S. Green, J. G. Wilkinson, Francis Koe, Charles
Graves, W. Pogson, It. Craufurd, Pennington, Hig-
giuson. W. E. Remington, W. Yates Peel, M. Cowell,
Francis, George Tamer, W. H. L. D. Cuddy, Pen-
nington.
CORNET.—Greetham.

ADMIRALS.—Lord Radstock; Sir R. Otway.
CAPTAINS ROYAL NAVY.—Sir W. 'IL Dillon, R. B.
Watson. Townshend, Sir J. Franklin, Byng, W. Hood,
Hon. W. 187,- Troubridge, F. Wood, F. Hutton.
COMMANDERS.—EIIieorc,•, Woodgate, Dumaresq.
LIEUTENANTS (ROYAL NAVY.)—J. Bletekmore, Old-
mixon, H: G. Keane._ _ _ .

The following Ladies had the honour of being pre-
sented to the Queen:—
Mrs. Sames. by her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch
The Hon. Mrs. John C. Erskine, by the Countess of
Jersey
The Countess of Enniskillen, on her marriage, by the
Countess de c..4rey
Lady Thesiger, by Lady Peel
Lady Lee, by Lady Radstock
Lady Dalmeny, on her marriage, by the Countess of
Rosebery
Hon. Agnes Petre, by Lady Petre
Hon. Elizabeth Mulles, by Lady Sondes
Miss Buller, by Mrs. E. Buller.
Miss Fanny Clifford, by her mother, Lady Clifford
Miss Hogg, by her mother, Mrs. Hogg
Miss Mary Hogg, by her mother, Mrs. Hog;
Mrs. Briscoe Friend, by Mrs. Alexander Hankey
Mrs. Bellasis, by Mrs. Greene
Mrs. Sidney, by Lady Graham
Miss Hunter (Daughter of Sheriff Hunter), by Lady
Graham
Miss Elia ibeth Johnstone, by her mother, Lady B.
Johnstone
Miss Helena Shaw Lefevre, by Mrs. Shaw Lefevre
Miss Wyndham, by her m9ther, the Countess of Listowel
Hon. Mrs. Angerstein. on hor return from the Continent,
by the Countess of Charlemont
Mrs. Rundle Barges Watson, by Lady Follett
Miss Sarah Maris Welby, by the Viscountess Canning
Miss Hankey, by her mother, Mrs. Alexander Hankey
The Duchess of Grafton, by Lady C. Fitzroy
Miss Marianne Roberts, by the Countess of Beetive
Countess of Longford, by the Countess of Wicklow
Viscountess Hill, by the Marchioness of Cholmondely
Right Hon. Lady Somerville, on coining to the title, by
Mrs. Hunter
Lady Claud Hamilton, on her marriage, by the Coun-
tess of Wicklow
Lady Dillon, by the Dowager Viscountess Dillon
The Baroness de Rutzen, by the Lady Anne Charteris.
Lady Caroline S. L. Gower, by the Duchess of Su-
therland
Mrs. Richard Godson, by Lady Stanley
Hon. Mrs. Disbrowe, by Lady Albinia Foster
Mrs. Hamden, by Lady Cottenham
Lady Franklin, on her return from Van Dieman's Land,
by the Countess of Haddington
Lady Easthope, by Lady King
Lady Arabella Fermor, by the Hon. Lady Borough,
her grandmother
Lady Louis Oswald, by the Countess of Sefton
Lady Doyle, on her marriage, by Mrs. Milnes Gaskell
Lady K. Pakenham, by the Countess of Longford
Miss Cavendish, by Mrs. Harcourt
Lady Georgians Pakenham, by the Countess of Longford
Lady Louisa Tenison, by the Countess of Rosebery
The Lady Mayoress, by Lady Graham
Mrs. P. Somerset Butler, by Lady Louisa Tighe
Mrs. John Hornby, on her marriage, by Lady Stanley
Mrs. Tulloch, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady

Pearson
Mrs. Cardwell, by Lady Stanley
Mrs. Evelyn Shirley, on her marriage, by Mrs. Shirley
Mrs. C irkran, by the Duchess of Grafton.
Mrs. Malcolm, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs.

Shirley
Mrs Stephenson, by Lady Belhaven
Mrs. aauclerk, on her marriage, by Lady Frederick

Beauclerk
Miss Wilberforce Bird, by the Lady Frances Cole
Miss Augusta Bird, by Lady Frances Cole
Miss Hampson' by her mother, Lady Eiampson
Mrs. Hibberts, by the Marchioness of Cholmondeley
Miss Augusta Woodall, by the Viscountess Canning
Miss Matilda Noel, by the Countess of Gainsborough
Lady Beaumont, on her marriage, by Lady C oldies ter
Lady Aoineer upon coming to the title, by Lady Strath-
eden and Campbell
Hon. Mrs. Robert Boyle, on her marriage, by the Vis-

countess Dungarvon
Hon. Mrs. C. Grantham Scott, on her marriage, by her
mother, Mrs. John Abel Smith
Hon. Mrs. Charles Powys by Lady Mary Fox
Mrs. Wilberforce Bird by Lady Frances Cole
Miss Emily Wilson by her mother, Lady Wilson
Mrs. Arthur Shirley by Mrs. Shirley
Miss Louisa Benyon by Lady Katherine Jermyn
Miss Hibberts, by the Marchioness Cholmondeley
Miss Gosling, by her mother, Mrs. Robert Gosling
Miss Hampden, by her mother Mrs. Hampden
Mrs. Beuyon, by Lady Katherine Jermyn
Miss Benyon, by Lady Katherine Jermyn
Miss de Rutzen, by her mother, the Baroness de Rutzen
Miss Pepys, by her mother, Mrs. Pepys
Lady Isabella Kt4th, by the Countess of Haddington
Miss Fitzroy, by her mother, Lady Charles Fitzroy
Hon Miss Sidney, by Lady Mary Fox
Miss Isabella Sjnythe, by the Countess of Wicklow
Miss Henrietta Cole, by her mother, Lady Frances Cole
Miss Drummond, by Lady Elizabeth Drummond
Miss Ma:ia Shaw, by her mother, Mrs. Frederick Shaw
Miss Augusta Parry, by Lady Somerville
Miss Smy the, by the Countess of Charlemont
Miss Catherine Smythe, by the Countess of Wicklow
Miss Philips, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Philips
Miss Georgiana Greville, by the Countess of March
Miss Elizabeth Clay, by her mother, Lady Clay
Miss Higginson, by her mother, Lady F. Higginson
Mass Mary Elizabeth Chichester, by the Hon. Mrs.
Leicester Stanhope
Miss Laura Morier, by Mrs Monier
MisA Mary Drummond, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs.

Charles Drummond
Miss Townshend, by her mother, Mrs. Townshend
Miss Ram, by her sister, Mrs Ram
The Honourable Mary Campbell, by her mother, the

Lady Stratheden and Campbell
The Hon. Mrs, Keith, by the Countess of Haddington
Miss Darner, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. G. Darner
Ttie 11,m. Frances Mary Scarlett, by her mother, Lady

Abinger
The Hun. Mrs Carew, on her marriage, by her mother,

the Hon. Mrs. Philips
Hon. Caroline P. pys, by her mother, Lady Cottenham
The Countess of Erne, by Lady Wharncliffe
Mrs. Geils, by her mocker, Mrs. Chit' les Dickinson
Mrs. Humphrey St. John Mildmay, by Lady B. John-

stone
The Hon. Mrs. Doughty, by the Hon. Mrs. G. Darner
Miss Louisa Di4browe, by her !nether, the Hon. Mrs.

Disbrowne
Miss Boileau, by Lady Catherine Boileau
Miss Fanny Clay, by her mother, Lady Clay
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal suite,
returned to Buckingham Palace, after the Drawing-

room.
Sir William C. Ross, R.A., bad the honour, yester-
day, of taking the first bittibg for a miniature of
Royal Htgnoess the Princess Royal, by command of his
itopl. Highness Prihci Alb rt.

THE HAMPSTEAD AND ST. GILES'S MURDERS.-
Both the prisoners, Hocker and Conner, who stand charged
with these murders, will be defended oat of the Sheriffs'
Fund, the fees of counsel and the expenses attendant on
obtaining the attendance of witnesses being defrayed from
that source, the prisoners being without sufficient means
of their own for that purpose. They are indebted to the
sheriffs for thus placing them in as good a position as Tawell
and Belaney, with all their wealth, on, the occasion of their
trials.

THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM-

PACKET COMPANY.

The General Meeting of the Propr'etors of this Com-
pany was held yesterday,. at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of rec.:,iving the report of the Directors on the
drain of the Company, for the year ending the 31st of
December last; and also ;or the purpose of electing two
Directors and one Auditor, in the room of Andrew Col-
vile, Esq., and of Russell Ellice, Esq., Directors, and
Abraham G, Roberts, Esq., who went out by rotation.
J. Tavnto, E-q., M.P., took the chair at one o'clock.
Upon taking the chair, the Hon. Gentleman said he had
great satisfaction in informing the meeting, that the
statements the Directors would have to submit to the
meeting were of a most gratifying description. The
Directors felt warranted in expressing their Jest hope in
the expectation of a successful future.--(Cheers.) The
Hon. Gentleman then called upon the secret try,
Mr. CHAPPELL, to read the report, which he did as
folloß s :
After the difficulties encountered by the. Royal Mail
Steam-packet Company at the commencement of is
career, many of which were unavoidable upon the for
illation of a steam enterprise more complicated and
gigantic than had been undertaken by any Government,
far less by a mercantile association ; and after having
surmounted the forebodings of those who naturally
doubted the possibility of placing the concern upon a
regular and secure basis, it is with sincere gratification
the Court of Directors submits, upon the present occa-
sion, a statement of the accounts for 1844, not only
realising, but exceeding, the expectations entertainer)
by
the Directors, at a period when the Company's affairs
had an appearance of very serious depression.
How far these anticipations (founded upon the intro-
duction of a modified plan of packet service, in 1843)
have been verified, will appear evident, by contrasting
the results shown by the accounts for the years 1843 and
1844, as follows :-
1843. 1844..
Receipts £321,581 ... £364,610
Expenditure
Surplus • . 94,219 ... 147,749
Looking at the probable results of the plan of service
then coming into operation, the Directors also ventured
to predict, in October, 1843, that the surplus upon the
working account for 1844, as compared with the surplus
for 1843, would be increased to a total of 120,0001.,
whereas it proves to be 147,749/.
The profit and loss account now presented will also
show that, after liquidatinc, the loss of 32,0571., exhibited,
on closing the accounts of 1843, the balance of profit up
to the end of 1844 is 50,107 L, exhibiting a difference
between profit and loss accounts of 1843 and 1844 of no
less than 82,1641 _ _

While the results upon the monetary affairs of the
Company are of so encouraging a description, it is an
additional gratification to add, that the present plan of
packet service has worked for the last two years with a
regularity alike satisfactory to her Majesty's Govern-
ment and the public in general ; and in proof that the
Company's interests have al-o been benefited, it will be
sufficient to state that the receipts from freight and
passage money for 1844 have considerably exceeded
what they were in 1843.
Although the unexpected and inexcusable loss of the
Actium deprived the Company of a vessel well calcu-
lated for iutercolonial service, yet the Directors have
been able to replace her by tho purchase of the Rein-
deer, a vessel in excellent condition, of nearly equal ton-
nage and greater proportionate power.
• Since the end of the year 1843 the loan of 50,000/. has
been paid off, and the Company is consequently entirely
out of debt to the present moment.—(Loud cheers.)
This statement, however, being applicable to the present
time, is no doubt in some degree anticipatory of the cur
rent half year's transactions.
After much negotiation . the Hon. Board of Customs,
daring the last year, made arrangements to enable the
Company's steam ships to load, embark, and tranship mer-
chandise in the British colonies, under regulations suited
to the peculiar nature of the service ; and although only
a limited space can be appropriated on board each ship
to this purpose, yet the Directors trust sufficient may be
carried to augment the future receipts of the Company.
During the year 1844 six of the Company's steam
ships were docked, caulked, and recoppered, being one
more than was stipulated for in the Ccmpany"s contract
with Mr. Pitcher :, five others will.be similarly refitted
during the present year ; and the whole are therefore
maintained in the highest state of efficiency.
TAing into consideration all the circumstances of the
Company, the Directors, notwithstanding ti e amount of
loss during the two first years of the service was con-
siderable, are of opinion that it will be more acceptable
to the proprietors to receive a portion of the profit on
the last year, in the shape of dividend, in preference to
applying the whole amount to a* fund for the replace-
ment of capital ; and they therefore recommend the
payassnt of 11. tOs. per share as a dividend for the half
year ending December 31,1844 ; and that such dividend
be =vie payable at the offs s, of the Company on and
after the 28th instant, on all shares then registered.
This dividend will require 21,0151., leaving 29,0921.
applicable to the fund in question, or to other purposes.
The CHAIRMAN then put the question that the report
be received, which was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. PoYNDER was highly gratified at the report that
had been just carried.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that
there was not a more wholesome school in which to teach
wisdom than adversity—(Cheers)--and to that, and that
alone, it was that it wa to btl'attributed that the pre-
sent great undertaking had been accomplished. They
had formerly to meet with shoals and quicksands, taut
he trusted that they had escap?d from them, and
that they were now in deep water, with plenty of sail-
ing room.—(Hear, hear.) He could not think that the
Court of Proprietors would do their duty nuless they
marked in some substantial manner the respect which
they entertained for the course that the Directors had
pursued. He should propose that the sum of 2,0001. be
appropriated out of the balance of the account that day
laid before the Proprietors, and paid to the Directors as
a remuneration for their services during the past and
present years, and that in future an annual sum cf
2,000/. be appropriated for the like purpose.
Mr. UILLS seconded the motion. He thought they
ought no longer to accept the gratuitous services of the
Directors.

The CLIAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, as
one of the Board of Directors, I feel called upon to re
turn our grateful thanks to the Hon. Proprietor who
made the last motion, and, especially to this large and
respectable meeting, for the manner in which they have
received the proposition made by the Hon. Proprietor.
He has not done the Court of Directors more than Justice
in Auting the great anxieties which they have expe-
rienced in encountering the difficulties and in endea
vouring to overcome them. During die long period in
which unsuccess attended their exertions, the Directors
were never dismayed.—(Cheers.) They never swerved
from that course which at first they pointed out for
themselves. They had been ever actuated by the prin-
ciple of being unchecked. unbiassed, and uninfluenced by
the opinions of the public out of doors —(Cheers)--and
withoat looking at the circumstances that attended
great operations, I believe that the present Company
have exerted themselves in a degree unparalleled by any
individuals, and even by Government itself.—(Cheers.)
I believe that notwithstanding the crisis of our affairs
we have now passed the rubicon, and that in future there
is nothing but pleasing anticipations in view.
Captain SWEENEY bore testimony to the conduct pur-
sued by the Directors. He was perfectly willing, indeed
he felt it a pleasure' to support the proposition, but, at
the same time, be felt bound to censure the captain of
the Acteon.—(Hear.)
Mr. COLVILLE, the Deputy-Chairman, said the Direc-
tors had done all they could on that subject, for they had
discharged all the parties connected with the transaction.
Captain WEISE, R.N., said that the proceedings of
the Company had met with the greatest satisfaction in

The motion was then unanimously agreed to.
The Directors that retired by rotation were re-elected.
Mr. ROBARTS was then re-elected auditor, and upon
being so, he declined receiving any remuneration—
(cheers)—his duties being so trivial.
The meeting then adjourned.

1845.—The following is the House List of Gover-
nors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year en-
suing, viz.:—

FOR GOVER2JORS.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq„ Governor.
William R. Robinson, Esq., Deputy. Governor.
ICOR DIRECTORS.

Edward Henry Chapman, James Malcomson, Esq.
Esq. James Morris, Esq.
William Cotton, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq.
C. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. James Pattison, Esq.
Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart.
John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Christopher Pearse, Esq.
Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, David Powell, Esq.
Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart.
H. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq.
J. Gelibrand Hubbard, Esq. William Thompson, Esq., and
Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Alderman.
Charles Frdk. Huth, Esq. Thomas Matthias Weguelin,
Alfred Latham, Esq, Esq.
William Little, Esq. Francis Wilson, Esq.
The election for Governor and Deputy. Governor will be
held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 15th, and for Directors on
Wednesday, the 16th inst., from ten o'clock in the forenoon
till four in the afternoon,

Colonel Sir William Robert Clayton, Baronet, has
arrived at 79, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, from
Harleyford, Bucks.
The Dirctors of the Chichester Railway purpose
opening to Worthing from Shoreham in the autumn of the
present year. The works are proceeding most satisfactorily.
—Brighton Gazette.
HOCKER AND HIS APPROACHING TRIAL.—In the
course of Wednesday it was announced to Rocker that his
trial was positively fixed for Friday; he received it with the
same degree of indifference that has characterised his demea-
nour during the whole period that he has been in the gaol.
Several highly indecorous rumours have been set afloat as to
the source from whence the prisoner has been enabled to
obtain the benefit of counsel. We have it from the
highest authority that his brief was handed to Messrs.
Clarkson and Ballantine through the Sheriffs, consequently
the expense of his defence falls upon the county. On Sun-
day last, when his fellow-prisoner Connor was introduced
to the chapel, observing his dejected appearance, he stood
up and closely scrutinised his features. Upon returning to
his cell, he inquired very earnestly as to the par-
ticulars of his case, to which he paid great attention.
We would remind the public, although ordinary prisoners
may become acquainted with what is passing without from
the new comers, it is impossible for prisoners similarly situ-
ated to Hocker, who are always watched night and day. A
few days since several of the more respectable prisoners in
that portion of the gaol termed the master's side were or-
dered into the yard, and shortly after Rocker was intro-
duced amongst them, and they were requested to mix indis-
criminately with him. The prisoners at first supposed he
had been brought out for an airing. In a few minutes, how-
ever, a person entered the 3 ard, and, advancing towards
Hocker, exclaimed, " This is the man." The prisoner said
nothing, but smiled. Upon the gaoler taking him by the
arm to gonduct him back to his cell, he turned to those pri-
soners near him, and said, In the coolest manner, " (mile•
men, good morning." He is represented as sleeping well, and
partaking regularly of his meals.