The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-09 00:00:00

COURT-FASHIONABLE.

Lady Brougham had an evening party at the family mansion, iti
Grafton.str eet. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Heriditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and Prince
George of Cambridge, honoured Lord and Lady Brougham by
their company. There was also a numerous assembly of persons
of rank, which would have been much greater, but for the confu.
sion which prevailed from shortly before eleven until after mid.
night, amongst the carriages ; for, by some mismanagement and
want of proper regulation, both lines became blocked up; so that
it was a matter of impossibility, for more than an hour, either to
set down or take up ccmpany. At least 200 carriages had to
drive away without reaching the Noble and Learned Lord's re.
sidence.

The Grand Duke of Baden is expected to arrive in this country
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on or about the lUth inst. The Lords Commissioners of her Ma.
jesty's Treasury have caused instructions to be issued as to the
passing his Royal Highness's baggage, carriages, and effects, with
all due dispatch.
The Earl and Countess of Beverley received the French Ambas.
sador, the Duke de Broglie, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and
Lady Clementina Villiers, Lord and Lady Stanley, the Lord Chan-
cellor and Lady Lyndhurst, and a distinguished circle, at dinner
last evening, at their mansion in Portman-square.
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh have arrived in town, from
Fleurs Castle, for the season.
The Archbishop of Armagh, who is improving in health, is ex.
pected to leave the archiepiscopal palace, accompanied by the Hon.
Miss Beresford, at the close of the ensuing week, for Charles.street,
St. James's-square, for the season. .

The Earl and Countess of Wilton entertained at dinner, at the
family mansion in Grosvenor-square, the Duke and Duchess of
Montrose, the*Duchess of Beaufort, Lord Alvanley, Lord Gardner,
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Baron Talleyrand, the Hon. W. Bagot,
Captain Bentinck, Mrs.`"John Stanley, &c.
The Earl of Ellenborough received the Marquis of Sligo,
Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, Lord and Lady Colchester,
Lord Brougham, Sir John and Lady Thackwell, General Napier
and Miss Napier, Mr. A. Stewart, Mr. Robertson and Miss Wood,
at his Lordship's mansion, in Charles-street, Berkeley square.
The Hon. C. A. Gore and the Countess of Kerry are sojourning
at their villa at Wimbledon.
DUSCELLANEOUS.

The fifty-sixth anniversary of the Covent.garden Theatrical
Fund was held on Wednesday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern,
the Duke of Cambridge filling the chair, supported by the Duke
of Beaufort, the Hon. Edward Byng, and other prominent person.
ages. Mr. Meadows, in the absence of Mr. Bartley, addressed the
company. The list of subscriptions for the evening presented a
total of 578/., indepelident of a legacy of 5001. bequeathed by
Mr. Walpole, the same gentleman who munificently left a similar
sum to the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund. The only other donors'
names mentioned were the Queen, as a donor of 1001., her annual
contribution, and the illustrious President 201.
Pursuant to appointment, a deputation from the Vestry of St.
Marylebone, consisting of the Rector of the parish, the Rev. Dr.
Spry; the Churchwarden, Mr. Geo. Daniell, Sir Peter Laurie, and
Messrs. Nicholay, Potter, and Angarde, accompanied by the Vestry.
clerk, Mr. Flood, had an interview on Wednesday with Sir J. Graham
at the Home-office, relative to the alleged unjustifiable conduct of Mr.
Twyford, the magistrate, in refusing to take bail in the recent
assault case charged against one of the members of the vestry, Mr.
G. J. Mayer, of 58, Oxford-street, on the prosecution of Mr.
M`Lean, picture.dealer, of 169, Strand, the maternal uncle and
seducer of Mr. Mayer's only child. The Rev. Dr. Spry stated the case.
and Sir James Graham said, although he could not interfere in
the present position of the case, Mr. Mayer standing committed
for trial for the assault, he would steadily keep his attention to the
subject, and should be quit,: ready to exercise his authority with
regard to the committing magistrate so soon as the case was dis-
posed of by a jury. He thought Mr. Mayer had a remedy against
the sitting magistrate.
Mr. John Farmer, chemist, of High-street, Putney, was en Wed-
nesday fined, at Wandsworth Police-court, 121. 10s., for selling
spirits of wine for medicinal purposes.
The General Steam Navigation Company's steamship Colum-
bine, reported on Monday from Rotterdam, had on board fourteen
oxen, sixteen cows, twenty-nine packages of different descriptions
of fish, about 350 packages of butter, a large quantity of cheese,
and other articles of Dutch produce and manufacture, !Or consump.
Lion in this country.

OPLNING of the NA lONAL ANTI
CORN LAW LEAGUE BAZAAR.

This magnificent and truly national exhibition opened yes-
terday in the Theatre Royal Covent-garden, the interior
of which has been entirely remodelled for the purpo,e
The doors were opened at twelve o'clock, but long
before that hour they were besieged by crowds of well
dressed persons, anxious to obtain admittance. The weathar
during the early part of the morning was very unfavourable,
the rain frequently falling in torrents. This, however, did
not damp. the ardour of the friends of free trade in the least ;
and very shortly after the doors were opened the bazaar was
crowded in every part—so crowded, that it had not
been for the excellence of the arrangements adopted by
those who have the management of the bazaar, considerable
inconvenience must have resulted both to the visitors and
the ladies attending the stalls. So complete, however,
were the arrangements, so ample the directions to

visitors pointing out the mode of progress through
the different portions of the bazaar, that there
was not the slightest confusion or inconvenience. The en-
trance for visitors is the box entrance in Bow-street. The
tickets are taken at the usual place on the staircase, and the
visitor proceeds up stairs to the Shakspere Saloon.
This saloon is fitted up for the exhibition of ta-
pestry, shawls, and carpets. Here, also, is one of the
most magnificent mirrors ever seen—a contribution to the
bazaar, and which is for sale. The price marked on it is 200
guineas. Passing through the box-lobby of the dress -circle,
we reach the entrance to the Great Bazaar Hall, which is
through the centre box of the dress.circle. The
effect of the amp (Neil from the back of this box, is grand and
effective in the extreme. The pit has been boarded over,
and the whole extent of the theatre, which has been fitted
up as a grand Gothic hall, bursts at once upon the sight.
The decorations are of the most gorgeous character, and we
have never seen anything to at all equal the pictorial and
artistic effect of this very superb Gothic hall The
roof is illuminated in imitation of richly stained glass.
The ceiling is decorated with the most elaborately carved
gothic mouldings and richly decorated arches, while at the
extreme end of the hall is seen a gorgeous gothic window of
painted glass, leading up to which from the entrance are two
vistas of pillars. The whole has been conceived and executed
with the finest feeling for true art, and reflects the highest
credit on the refined taste and liberal spirit of those who have
been entrusted with the management of this very superb ex-
hibition. Descending a flight of steps, through the centre
box, we find ourselves in the body of the hall. Here a label,
"Forward," with a hand pointing to the right, directs us on
our course, past the Northampton Stall, on which are dis-
played shoes, and other articles of the manufacture
of Northamptonshire, and through a double row of
stalls, extending the greater part of the length of the
hall to the proscenium. On the right, between the pillars,
are the stalls of Halifax, Leeds, Bradford, and other places
in Yorkshire, where are displayed specimens of the staple
manufactures of those places ; and on the left, opposite
these—occupying the right centre of the hall—are the stalls
of Bolton, Stockport, Swansea, Carlisle, York, Stockton,
Hull, Beverley, Bristol, and Newcastle. These stalls are
principally occupied by elegant fancy work, the contributions
of ladies. The stalls are arranged somewhat differently on
the stage, as greater width has been obtained. Here on the
right we have the stalls of Huddersfield, Paisley, Wakefield,
and a complete series of metropolitan stalls, every district
of the capital almost having furnished contributions
sufficient to entitle it to the distinction of a sepa-
Fate stall; The old refreshment room, at the Wk. of