The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-11 00:00:00

THE GRAND CALEDONIAN BALL.

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ROTS AT '.ROCHDALE. now going on, and as a proof of the absence of vindictive ' DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES.
.......____feeling on the part of the people, three soldiers of the 67 ti.i ,
(From the iffonchester Advertiser.) without their side anise. reitatin on the flags without ex- Statement showing the Amount of the several Stocks
LATIUM I.ARTICuLsaii.—INQuEsTs. citing any rein-a k. With the exception of these three, held by Domestic and Foreign Creditors, on the 15th
whom Mr. Leech. the erthetabla, teok out of the rank. to
During the whole of and yesterday the town . . ' , of October, 1828.
aillUic._laale.. had.
.been In a state Thursdayof tranquil sadness,. nor give evidence, the whole part) have dvart.eJ.. 'cl'bt(;):
1,1,1 4? *oi
nr TY Indlcatione of insubordination evinced is the
Lion
this morning fur Aland:ester, and are in tap t
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.. of going to Scotland. 2 * g-;.3 l'' N 2
:470.,„tit0i1• The following letter, which we received
.`• a g g ',.4,-z
-.... h r laic night, contains the latest information Two companies of the Royal. Irish,. commanded by 1 ..S. P..,--.
front filet place :...... Major Streatfield, are just coming into town. The 6th .74 ri; yl-r5; ki
rc," go,n4
Rochdale, May 8, 1829. Carabineers were relieved the day before yesterday, by a til -1 iice2 5 :Fig q ria »3
0
troop of tie 96) Lancers. e 'R el" F.•,' fl.,' '
hue Turner, of College-street, died on Wednesday
a a aeg ,4 eD es IA BM: FIELD, N EAR PADIIIANI.
elenil46 the 6th:inst. -No others of the wounded are yet
dead_ .1,na4..,.2E w,
„„;----, •unugh some of them are in a very dangerous state. At Henfield two or three hundred calico weavers assem- g w.,
A= F.-c. 010...
The 6th Enniskillen Dragoons left town on Thursday, and bled,. apparently without any definite object ; and, after -v.,
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_r. c° their him con ti nil together about an hour, quietly dispersed, with- ,77 . a
Zi,' a,: 4
~ P was supplied by a party of the 9th Lancers,
PO N . .
4.1!n a company of the 50th Regiraent of Foot arrived the out adopting any resolution. Since then written notices '''',.t :,14'
e• .. • •
have been posted in the various towns and villages of that ~% 2,...,, .
"me 4a. At seven o'clock this morning, the sixteen district-.P a:3.P e- .7-ipso? to
rtion.. eta. committed to the county gaol, were conveyed , stating that another meeting would take place on . o =
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Monday next. •t --, § c/Ra.SiS§i2lA§Y r'..,'
'Toni this town upon a coach hired for the purpose. They - -"' 1a.,,y,c0-:s ;_;.- 7
BLACKBURN. ce
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w.:re meted by a party of the 9th Lancers, headed by rZE 4 - to F
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:anle.ermoley, and John Beswicke, Esqrs. Magistrates; The manufacturers at this place are in a state of great ,3,- k-'l5 -
tz ' ss•atan .
alarm, in consequence of the riots at Manchester and Roch- z....-- g g & ravzsdiwc.i .1; Z-7
- minPonY of the 50th Foot, which had been drawn up '2 0
near the Prisms, followed in the rear, and the procession ►1 1 The civil power- is on the alert, and several mills , -
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moved fi.
...ro (haaae-e. been barricadoed and stored with arms. The people I -...-..0 w
hundred ugh the town with great solemnity. Several
have not shown any disposition to riot ; numbers of them, 1
People were assembled to witness the awful aline- however,
daily assemble in the streets to catch the news ;
4i°ll 0 the prisoners, whose dearest friends durst scarcely
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lift th.eir hands to wave a sad adieu to them. Not the which hourly pours in upon them from all parts. '.l
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Padiham, Burnley, and Bacup, are all in a state of C ... - 6-4 : ...• 4.:,,..
I.e.ait indication of tumult was heard or seen, and indeed .
quietness. The weavers are suffering severely from very I (cfr l:l
the weavers, :duet the fatal Tuesday evening, up to this " F .10 .a ca- C te
low wages, so trifling indeed are they, tbat human life I
4°111.' aPPear to be peaceable and quiet. 2g 6- ;:::E.:,.., 7,:tias?-:: ' m
The cannot exist if relying on the remuneration of labour i S ... l' 101%.' c,‘)ci' t:' ..o
ejlevin o'clock, Jury met at the Reed Inn this day, at
alone. Something must be done ; the country is in a g a tr, E 2,1; viz, p a ..I
5 ie
g• Fa'
The reporter for a Morning Paper ad-
dreadful state. P. .6. .., cealeß: : : w.e • 134
uireosed a note te Mr. Ferrand, the Coroner, requesting to c„ co .. . e.:cacsg
sotaime. .... a ''' )t
know if
he would be permitted to take notes of the evi-
There has not been the slightest indication of disturb- g 3I" te n
en"' To which the Coroner replied, that he excluded
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everyone not connected with the examination, and should ance, but consideral alarm exists, in consequence of re- fr>. 12 P''4-11- yd
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not ports from other places. The officer commanding the t ~,,, .-c,a 4,, 4:
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r. -.6'": Elt: Sesa 5, ?
'make an exce lion in favour of the reporters. 2.
military has ordered the Yeomanry to be in readiness. 6'
deadltdthe Coroner coming out of the house where the e) rs'
Prices are low, though rather better than in other places, k a 14::gi aai rincd!,-, r
dr Y9f Jame. Kay was lying, the reporter again ad-
in consequence of the almost exclusive branch of mane- `i's'
tiim 6f bira, and asked him if he still persisted in his in- a
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facture on which they are employed. exclutling reporters from hearing the evidence HT O'CLOCK, P.M. ~. '-', E-P1.2.-S,„l §lgtg Cl<
given on the inquest. MANCHESTER, SATURDAY, BIG C jgo 0,10 -.1 JP.. etd Co. z.,- , „i„ ,q
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Coilmia6 azizaali —a -:.*64L,L
R--Yea ;I do not see any good that would -
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_reonit from it. V. iii*
I wish you would mind your own busia thing remains to excite apprehension, save reports of a
. S. Ramr;atiad42 .°
.ess and stay at home. Meeting which is to take place on Monday morning, v.
jßeporter—l presume to think it highly requisite, in when it is rumoured that, if the demands of she spinners 0
ustice to all parties, that the simple evidence should be are not acceded. to, force will be employed. We do not, g a ~,...,:a;
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laid before the public. however, credit such rumour ; the spinners, we are per-
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C0R0N8R.....1 do not see any necessity for the whole e.
suaded, know better than to try such an experiment.
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country being made acquainted with it. el
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Another Reporter observed, that the publication of the Extract of a letter from our Manchester cor-
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evidence was the only means by which any
inform you that tranquillity seems to be restored in this erroneous re- respondent, dated Sunday, May 10 :—" lam happy to
ports which were in circulation
ould be corrected. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
CORONER_We shall have ethe correct evidence ; and town ; indeed it could scarcely lie otherwise considering
you would not come here if on were not aid for it. p ARRIVALS.
Reporter—The
the measures which have been adopted. Up to this hour
.....
Symonds, Esq. Mrs. Symonds, and family, at Blake's Bruns-
remark applies no more to myself than (nine o'clock) the town is perfectly peaceable."
you.wick Hotel. Hanover-square. from Surrey: Mrs. Kirkpatrick. at

Here hostilities ceased.
Names of Persons llead.—James Kay, 40 ; Thomas
Ab
13uckleYs 16; Edmund Walton, 19 ; Isaac Turner. 22 ;
raham Taylor, 28; Abel Stott, 7.
rThe Reporters then determined on examining the wit-
ests themselves, after they had given their evidence be-
are the Coroner; with this view, having been accommo-
dated with a suitable room, the witnesses were introduced,
as they returned down stairs, and the following outline of
the
inveltigation is the result :
Richard Turner, brother to Isaac Turner, was the first
Witness examined. He merely stated that his brother was
Z'ought home wounded, and died the next day, a ball
livin
back.g passed through his liver, and Caine out of his

Amos Kershaw, woollen weaver—Went and stood near
cleg;ga-houses. t was near eight o'clock. I saw the
lthers; I stood near some rails; the soldiers kept firing,
and, after they had fired twelve or fourteen times, Walton
fell about three yards from me. I then went a little higher
"Ps and saw Isaac Turner, and as he went up the street
he fell. 'We took him up, and carried him to Robert
After that we took him to Doctor Wood's, who
"told us to carry him home. We did so, and I went to
call his brother, who was in Led. When we got him
how, Doctor Ogden came and dressed him. A ball had
st?tered his left side, passed through his liver, and out near
!back bone. The soldiers came out of the guard-
louse by four at a time, and kept firing, and then going
In again.
Richard Weatall, bnokbinder—l was at Mount Pleasant
when the soldiers took the prisoners to the Lock-up. I
bent opposite the prison. They crowd cried " storm!" and
stones were thrown by some women and children. Two
Millers then pointed their pieces and fired. One of the
'lO7 wished to know if I could tell any of the ringleaders,
but another said it was not likely I should bring any of
those in. One of the Jury asked if I could swear to the
Sergeant, er any of the soldiers. I said I could. I saw
Jairn both last night and this morning.
Thome,
soldiers up to
Rhodes—When the mob had followed the
the New Prison they came back again, and
they drove them three times up to the prison. The people
th!lt cried out "storm !" and the soldiers drove them back
which their bayonets The mob then began to throw stones,
bpd the soldiers fired over thLsa, and after tl•at stones flew
on every side of the prison, and the soldiers began to fire
two or three at once, one forward, and other two on each
side. They retreated to the guard-house, and the people
stoned them, and one young girl kept dropping and rising
up again in the street. I did not see any other person
wounded.

„
'Om Petre—My premises are near to the Lock-up. I
aaw the serjeant or corporal of the guard waving his band
keep back the people. They paid no attention to it,
but
the zled upon them from both ends of the streets, till
oPpoeite the prison was quite full.
John Ingram stated that Walton was on the opposite
ode of .Entwisle-place, when he fell. • The soldiers were
firing, and one or two of the persons around me said a
In., had drops. I ran across the street, the soldiers still
Inc ings. and when I got to Walton, Chas. Gregory was.
holding him in his arms. I, with other assistance, con-
veyed him to Doctor Wood's,
Doctor Wood put his finger in
Fromw hh
thenceo e man'sivesin the same street.
mouth, and said
tl
he could not assist him.we conveyed him
to the White Lion public-houseinYorkshire-street, where
he was observed to be just alive.
Edmund Ashworth--I did not see the people throwing
at the soldiers. I was filling some meal-sacks in Mr.
s I
tott's mill.
heard a shout and went to the window,
and then the soldiers begun to fire. The room in which I
U'Tila in the third story. They fired several times in
three te direction to where I was, and then fired two or
Stoeet -"at' towards the mill, one of which struck Mr.
th
rotugB:°o Abel) who, together with his sister, was looking
the the window.
Ile fell upon some malt sacks, and
JJballan struck the other side of the room, and rebounded
fell 0- •
the floor.
andaL'es. Stott was in the room when the child was killed,
lated in carrying it into a neighbour's house.
t ,:"°lllas Forman lived in Entwisle-place.—Took
Wal-
to Dr. Wood's surgery. Dr. Wood examined his
tLeuliad; Lunt said he could do nothing for him. He was
fr 0 'liken to the White Lion, in Yorkshire street, and
iottnn„thence to the workhouse. Thomas Buckley walked
`ne room, and sat down until Walton had been ex-
thenl'l.l; After which he unbuttoned his waistcoat, and
Zn .4 trousers, and then a belt. We then placed him
wa tnair, He said he wished assistance if it could pus-
leoPe obtained. He had received a ball through his
b„-Y; Dr. Wood examined his wound, and directed that
%;hi'ould be taken to Mr. Greenhalgh's, New-street ; to
4„,e11 Place I attended him. Soon afterwards Dr. Wood
ap-„15 and ordered bran poultices to be applied ; they were
atr Td every five minutes, until three in the moing,
4,,,l!aieh time I left him. Betwixt four and five Irn us
nrilo called on, and stayed until seven. About ten
rett7k an injection was administered ; after which be was
14;0 with pain, and continued so until about five mi-
et„-ea to eleven, vhen he vomited severely, and shortly
-rwards
MAY 9.
SoThe inquest was adjourned last night, at half-past nine,
A! %in assembled at ten o'clock this morning.
1111,C° Greenless—Am daughter to Mrs. Pilling, whose
priiatod keeps the Lock-up. I was at the place when the
intla returned from the Wellington. They were put
the Lock-up, and the horse soldiers watched whilst
tiitr,onstables came down, and then they went off toge-
ete; Part of the horse then came back, and they went
ea htho people. Stones were then thrown ; the people
„„” ad:- Some called out and said, " Let us break
After'l open ;" and after that the soldiers began to tire.
fora t_mring awhile, two of the soldiers came in and asked
'so 'Laife to cut their ball cartridge. They-asked for
Ine drink, and I gave them some milk and some water. I
%,:itiet beard any one order them to fire, nor do I know
koat: made them give over. There were only me and my
of thter in the place when the firing was going on. Some
tL„,a soldiers came in and said a man was shot. I asked.
they to fire, and I would go and see, and they said
soldier °uld not hurt me. The door was shut until the
tehilio-Cante for the knife. After it was opened, and
`neY were loading their guns, some stones were
_own
• After this witness had been examined,
finTha; L,Coaosfitit commenced summing up, and had not
When'we were uncler the necessity of departing.
be streets are perfectly quiet ; numbers of people are
—mill in front of the Reed Inn, where the inquest is

STATE OF TRADE.—During ale present
week, trade has remained very nearly in the state in which
we reported it last Saturday. There has, indeed, been an
increase in the sale of goods, but without any ad-
vance in price. The town, however, has been so much
agitated by the riots that an accurate opinion of the state
of trade could not be formed under such circumstances.—
Manchester and Salford Advertiser.

With every desire not to exaggerate, we are
compelled to say, that the appearance of squalid misery
which prevails in this district baffles description. During
the conflagration of Messrs. PA ar ERS' factory, we possessed
an opportunity of estimating the wretched state of the po-
pulation in the wide neighbourhood surrounding the fire—
the houses having emptied their inmates into the streets,—
and such a mass of hideous poverty was enough to sicken
the heart. Most of the men, women, and children, looked
as livid and ghastly as if they had issued out of a fever
ward, and seemed in other respects, as if habitual want and
passion had cankered their very souls with vice.—Man-
cheater Advertiser.

STATE OF BOLTON.—Although great num-
bers of mechanics are without employment here, the town
was never more tranquil than it is now, and the only dif-
ference perceptible between the present and any other time,
is the congregating of a few hundreds of persons each
evening in the streets, to learn from the passengers by the
different coaches through Manchester, what is going on i
there. On Tuesday evening, in consequence of the reports ;
which had been in circulation during the whole of the day, I
respecting the riots in Manchester, there was a greater
crowd than usual collected in Bradshawgate and Deans-
gate ; but in an hour after the arrival of the market
coaches, the whole had retired peaceably to their respective
homes. It is highly creditable to the feelings of the labour-
ing classes here, that not a single individual has been heard
to express any satisfaction at the lawless proceedings in
Manchester; but, on the contrary, all regret that the mis-
guided persons who have been concerned iu the wanton
destruction of property which has taken place, should have
inflicted such an additional expence upon the by-payers of
the Hundred, as will be necessarily floured in indemnifying
the owners for their property destroyed !—Manchester
and Salford Advertiser.
THE WOOL TRADE.—It will be seen that
the Earl of MAtatEsauar gave notice yesterday week that
it was the intention of his Noble Friend, the Duke of
litcssatosn, to move certain resolutions respecting the
wool trade, on Thursday, the 14th of May, that is, on
Thursday next. What may be the precise nature cf these
resolutions we cannot tell ; but there can be little doubt,
from the sentiments expressed by the Noble Duke during
the last Session of Parliament, that their principal object
will be to recommend an increase of the duty on foreign
wool ; it therefore becomes the manufacturers of this dis-
trict to be once more on the alert, to guard against the
threatening danger. It will be remembered that it was
stated by Ministers, during the last Session of Parliament,
that they would not consent to any increase of the duty on
foreign wool. We trust that they will adhere to this re-
solution. The woollen manufacture is the only one of the
great staples of the country that enjoys, at present, any
thing even approaching to prosperity, and a duty on fo-
reign wool, an article without which the manufacture can-
not possibly be carried on, would,. in a very short time,
produce as much distress in this, as exists in other branches
of trade.—Leeds Mercury.
STATE OF THE MANCHESTER POLICE.—
Recent events naturally force upon the attention of think-
ing men the comparative inefficiency of our present police
establishment. We put it to any reasonable person whe-
ther 21 police officers, including the four keepers of lock-
ups (nothing more than petty jailors), are suf9cient to
attend even to the ordinary preservation of the peace of a
town containing a population of 200,000 souls ? To.
suppress or prevent the recurrence of such tumultuous
riots as we have witnessed during the present week they
are of course utterly inadequate. It is not, however,
merely in point of number that our police is defective, but
we are sorry to say (and we only repeat the sentiments of
men in office, who are beat able from experience to judge
in these matters), that our officers, as a body, were never
lower than at this moment in point of sagacity and vigour,
and that quickness and tact so requisite in the situation of
a Manchester constable. This censure does not of course
apply to every individual of the corps ; for we are free to
confess, and happy to admit, that among them are a few
exceptions. Nor do we attach the least blame to our
worthy and excellent deputy constable, Mr. LAVENDER,
for the feeble manner in which he is supported. We are
aware of the delicate situation in which lie is placed, of
the many quarters he has to please in his subaltern ap-
pointments, and the numerous instances in which to avoid
offence lie is compelled to act against his better judgment.
Our complaint is chiefly against those gentlemen who con-
troul the choice of the police and force upon the establish-
ment, men who are incapable of defending even a sheep-
fold. It is true that we have an auxiliary force in the
special constables, amounting in number to 337 ; but the
old and trite adage may be aptly applied to this subject,
" what is every body's business is nobody's business."
This special body are never called upon but as a last resort,
to assist in dispersing a mob, while the more important
work of crushing crime in the shell is left to twenty im-
becile and inefficient constables. This is a subject which
the disturbances of the present week ought to press upon
the attention of the Commissioners of Police, or of some
other competent authority.—Manchester and Salford
Advertiser.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9.---(Extract of a
letter.)—" I see you have reports about ships being ordered
to be fitted out : there is no such intention; and this season
there will be 1,000 seamen less than last. The Revenge,
Spartiate, and Wellesley, all of the line, should now be
coming home ; and the Gloucester, Melville, and Kent,
will most probably soon be order ed to fit for foreign service,
to replace them : indeed, they will go out first, as the Medi-
terranean station must net be left with a less force than we
non' have there."

A French paper states, that an inhabitant of
Chiteau-Thierry has discovered a mode of giving to pre-
pared hemp and flax the fineness, softness, and whiteness
of cotton, by impregnating those substances with oil, and
then exposing them, during 15 or 20 days, to the action
of frost between two layers of snow. By this means all the
inconvenience of the ordinary and tedious process of steep-
ing them in stagnant water will be avoided.—Literary
Gazette.

Symonds, Esq. Mrs. Symonds, and family, at Blake's Bruns-
wick Hotel, Hanover-square, from Surrey; Mrs. Kirkpatrick, at
Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Southampton; the Hon. Capt.
Noel, at ditto, from the country; Sir T. and Lady Jones, at the
Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Paris ; Sir George and
Lady Sitwell, at ditto, from ditto ; Mr. Bailey, at ditto, from
Wales; Sir John Trollope and Lady, at the St. James's Roy al
Hotel, from Ireland; Sir R. P. Joddrell, Bart. in Bentinck-
street, from Derbyshire; Sir John and Lady Pollen, at the Hyde-
pork Hotel, Hyde-park-place, from their seat in Hampshire; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Drummond and family, at ditto; Richard
Beaumont, Esq. at ditto, from his seat in Yorkshire; Captain
and Mrs. Hesse, at ditto, from the Continent; S. Walker, Esq.
Mrs. Walker, and the Misses Walker, at the Berners Hotel, Ber-
ners-street, from their seat, Blyth Hall, Bawtry, Yorkshire; J.
Tillard, Esq. at ditto, from Huntingdon; the Countess de Cha-
teauvillard and suite, at the Lisbon Hotel, Dover-street, from
Paris; the Countess de Quetra and family, at ditto, from Brus-
sels ; the Count 011villad, at ditto, frosts Russia ; Colonel
M'Mane and the Count de Morvilla, at ditto, from France.

The annual Fancy Dress Ball for the benefit of the
Caledonian Asylum took place at Willis's Rooms, King-
,street, .St. James's, on Friday night. His Royal Highness
the Duke of Sussex (Earl of Inverness), Patron of the
Society, and the Duke of CUMBERLAND, together with
700 of the most distinguished individual-., were present.
The orders of the Ladies' Patronesses, that no person
should be admitted in domino or plain dress, were moat
rigidly adhered to ; consequently the whole of the com-
pany appeared in either the Highland garb, naval or mili-
tary uniform, or fancy ball dresses.
The grand saloon was decorated with a profusion of
flowers, extra chandeliers were suspended, and also a
second orchestra erected, for the purpose of gratifying the
company with national music. The objects of this cha-
itable Institution were forty-two boys, dressed in their
tartan plaid, bonnets, &c. ; and, headed by two ancient
pipers, were stationed in the supper room.
The company began to arrive shortly after ten o'clock,
and continued to set down until half-past one o'clock. His
Royal Highness the Duke of. CUMBERLAND, dressed in the
Windsor uniform, and wearing several orders, arrived at an
early hour, and was afterwards followed by his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex, attired in a most splendid
Highland dress, as Earl of INVERNESS. His Royal High-
ness appeared uncommonly wtll.
Dancing commenced at eleven o'clock, and was con-
tinued until between four and five o'clock the next morning.
The dresses were most splendid, and an immense quan-
tity of diamonds were displayed. Amongst the most so
were the following :

The Duchess of ST. ALBANS in a Spanish dress and hat;
ostrich feathers affixed to the hat by a cluster of brilliants.
The Duke of ST. ALBANS in the dress of a Venetian
Nobltman.
Lady MARY BEAUCLEAK in an elegant fancy dress.
The Countess of WEMYSS, a rich old English costume
of green and gold, magnificently trimmed with diamonds.
Mr. CARET in the costume of a Knight of M ilta.
The Hon. Mrs. HOPE in an elegant fancy dress, and a
tiara of brilliants.

Miss JULIA CA'AIPBELL in a rich Highland dress, ac-
cording to the costume of an ancient Chieftain's Lady.

Air:A. HENNESSEY as Hamlet.
Mr. PEARSON as an ancient British Chieftain, with
shield, &c.
Mr. MeaßlsoN as Caspar.
Viscount RANELAGII as the Dauphin of France, in a vel-
vet robe dress, lined throughout with ermine. This dress
was stated to have cost upwards of 150 guineas.
Mr. BUCKINGHAM in an Ottoman dress.

Mr. FORBES in a Russian.

There were also a great number of Greek dresses, and
dresses of the reign of Queen Elizabeth and Charles IL ;
Russian, Tyrolese, Venetian, Spanish, Peruvian, &e. &e.
The Highland plaid was, however, the most predominant.
The following Lady Patronesses were present :
Dowager Duchess of RICHMOND and LENNOX, Duchess*
of MolintosE, Marchioness Of QUEENSBERRY, Marchioness
of LOTHIAN, Marchioness of STAFFORD and Countess of
SUTHERLAND, Marchioness of HASTINGS, Countess of
KINNOULL, Countess of NVEmvss and MARCH, Countess of
ROSEBERY, Countess of DARNLEY, Countess of MANS-
FIELD, Countess CAWDOR, Viscountess KEITH, Right
Hon. Lady WILLOUGHBY n'EuEsßy, Right Hon. Lady C.
CAMPBELL, Hon. Mrs. GRANT, Hon. Mrs. HOPE, Lady
SHAW STEWART.

There were also, besides the Dukes of CUMBERLAND,
and SUSSEX, the following distinguished persons present.
viz

Ladies FLORA and SOPHIA HASTINGS, Duke of Buc-
CLEUGH, Hon. CHARLES MURRAY, the Earl of KIN-
NOULI., Miss DENISON, Miss SHEDDAN,•CoIoneI LESLIE,
Captain DUNCAN, Ladies CHARLOTTE and JANE ST.
MAUR, Captain LEIGH, Hon. Mr. GRAY, Miss and Miss
L. BENYON, Lady and the Hon. Miss GRAY, Hon. Miss
ANSON, Lady H. PRIMROSE, Sir HENRY BARNS]', Earl
of ROSEBERY, Hon. Captain CALTON, Lady WETHERELL,
Sir WM. B. and Lady PROCTOR, lion. Mrs. and Miss
Awns PERCY, Earl and Countess of LONGFORD, Count
and Countess MONTERA, Lady SUTTON, Mr. DE BER-
MUDEZ, Sir J. and Lady E. DRAKE, Colonel E. HAY,
Lady CAROLINE MURRAY (in a splendid fancy dress),
Lady EAMESLEY, Sir R. and Lady PHILLIPS, Captain
CREIGHTON, Honourable WILLIAM CAPEL, E irl GOWER,
Lady SALToUN, Lady and Miss SHEFFIELD, Lord AmE-
Lips BEAUCLERK and Lady MARY BEAUCLERE, Sir
Matt INNES, Lady and Sir WILLIAM M`GREGOR,
Sir JAMES and Lady MACKENziE, Admiral Sir WILLIAM
and Miss HoTHAM, Captain BUCKLEY, Miss COBB,
Sir GEORGE ELDER, Mr. SPorriswooDE and family,
Lady ROWLEY and family, Miss MORTON DYER, Miss
LEIGH, Lady C. SOMERSET, Lady AUGUSTA PAULET,
Mrs. MARTIN and family, General M'LEOD, Captain
CAMPBELL, of Ross, Mrs. STUART, Mrs. ERsKINE and
family, Mr. and Mrs. MURRAY, Capt. ALLEN BERTRAM,
Captain THAIRE, Lady E. PA.LEE, Lady ORDE and Miss
ORDE, Captain ROWLEY, Colonel MILLER, Lady JANE
CHARTERIS and family, Lady RIVERS, Lady COLVILLE,
Admiral Sir PHILIP and Lady DURHAM, Hon. DUDLEY
M`DONALD, Hon. Mr. FERcussox, Sir I. BENHAM,
Hon. R. ROWLEY, Mr. CULLING SMITH, Lord GARLIES.
Lady BOSTON, Miss I. IRBY, Mrs. CUMINGS BRUCE, Lady
and Miss MoNTAGU, Sir Jas. FITZGERALD and daughters,
Miss FREMANTLE, Lady and Miss WILLOUGHBY, Colonel
WALTER RALEIGH GILIsERT and Lady, Lady M. CUN-
NINGHAM, Sir JOHN CATHCART, Earl of ABOYNE, Mon.
siear de CHAMPAGNE, Sir ALETA.KDER MALLETT, Lady
C. STENITART, Lady G. ECF.RTON, Sir JOHN NORRIS,
Lady A. VANE, Lord HENRY THYNNE, Viscount GLE-
VoRCMIE, Earl and Countess of BROwNLOw, Lady MORRIS,
Mrs. and Miss CHAMBERS, Sir RALPH ANSTRUTHER,
Lady MARGARET SCOTT, Lady C. BUGGEN, Miss PERIE,
Lady SYKES, Miss VILLEBOIS, Sir H. W. and Lady
WILSON, Major ROSE, Sir J. OGILVIE, Lord GLEN-
WORTH, Prince DE CHEMAT, Lord VILLIERS, Prince
KOSLOFFSEY, Earl DARNLEY, Lady and the two Misses,
CODRINGTON, Hon. JAMES DUTTON, Marchioness of
WEsTMEATII, Hon. A. LAsCF.LLES, Mr. H. VILLEBOIs,
Sir ROBERT and Lady HARLAND, Captain MTHERSON
GRANT, and Mrs. GRANT, &C,

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY enter-
tained the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. HER-
ams, and a select party to dinner on Saturday, at Lam-
beth Palace.

A deputation from the Mechanics' Institution
attended at the Home-office, on Friday, and had an inter-
view with the Under Secretary of State for the Home
Department.

Despatches were received yesterday at the
Colonial-office from Sir JAMES KEMPT, the Governor-
General of the Canada.

At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a Ca-
binet Council was held at the office of the Secretary of
State fur Foreign Affairs, in Downing-street, which was
attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON, Earls BATHURST and ABERDEEN, Viscount
MEr.viLLE, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL,
Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD, and Mr. HERMES.
The Cabinet sat in deliberation about two hours and a half.

Mr. HUSKISSON, M.P. for Liverpool, Mr.
HART DAVIS, M.P. for Bristol, Mr. WHITMORE, M.P.
for Bridgenorth, and about fifteen other gentlemen, form-
ing a deputation from the principal mercantile towns, at-
tended at the Treasury on Saturday morning, to have a
conference with the Duke of WEt LINGTON and some of
the Cabinet Ministers, respecting the opening the trade to
China and India. The Deputation were met by the Duke
of WELLINGTON, the PRESIDENT Of the BOARD Of CON-
TROUL, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and the
PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE. The conference
with the Ministers lasted near two hours.

Sir EDWARD and Lady KERRISON gave a
grand dinner on Thursday to the Duke and Duchess of
GLOUCESTER, at their residence in Stanhope-street. There
was afterwards a numerous evening party. The Duke of
CUMBERLAND joined the company in the course of the
evening. The Bohemian brothers were introduced, and
sang several of their national airs, some of which were en-
cored. They sang 20 times during the evening.
Sir CHARLES FLOWER entertained a dis-
tinguished party at dinner, on Thursday last, at Bolton
House. Among the company were ;—Lord Sinmomi,
Sir JOHN DovLE, Mr. Dam, the Governor of the Bank
of England ; Mr. Loctr, the Chairman of the India
House ; Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, President of the Royal
Academy ; Mr. ROTHSCHILD, Mr. PALMER, the Deputy
Governor of the Bank; Mr. AsTELT., Deputy
Chairman of the India House ; Mr. MUSPRATT, Sir
WALTER STIRLING, Mr. COMBE, Mr. EAMES, Mr. MEI,
Lim, Mr. S. THORNTON, Mr. ELLIS, Mr. ROBERTS,
Mr. H. ALEXANDER, M.P., Mr. PEARSE, ALpt4
Mr. MANNING, M.P. Scc.

Mr. and Mrs. PLUMER WA RD gave a grand
dinner, at their house in Carendish.square, on Saturday.
Among the company were:--Lord FITZROY SOMERSET,
Lord Cuva, Lord and Lady Dacax, Lord and Lady
GEORGE SEYMOUR, and Miss SEYMOUR, the Countess of
Essxx and MuLcitavx, Viscount and Viscountess Dux.
DONALD, Sir GEORGE WARRENDEA, Lord GOSYGAD?