The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-24 00:00:00

BRIT ESH ASSOCIATION.

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lIIANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22.—The first meeting
of the General ommittee for the arrangement of the business
of the week was held this afternoon, in the rooms of the Royal
Institution, in Mosley-street. The Chair was taken by the
Rev. Professor Whewell, and the meeting was very numerously
attended, rmongst the company being the venerable Dr Dalton,
the Marquis of Northampton President of the Royal Society,
A. J. Murchison, Esq., President of the Geological Society,
Sir W. H. Delabeche, Sir. John Robison, Secretary of the
Raja' Society of Edinburgh, Professor Faraday, of the
Royal Institution, Sir William Jardine, Baronet, F.R. S.,
Colonel Sabine, • and many, of the leading members.
Colonel Sabine, R.S., the Secretary, next read the
Report of the Council. The most important circumstance
alluded to was that her Majesty had placed at. the disposal of
the Association the building in Richmond Park, which was
formerly occupied a: an obses vatory, but is now dismantled.
Experiments in physical science are intended to be prosecuted
here, and instrument: and apparatus deposited. It will be
made immediately available. The Council had elected as Hon.
Members Dr. Carl Ritter, of Berlin, Professor Bagulansky,
of Breslau, and Professor Warthmann, cf Lausau. A Com-
mittee, also, for placing the nomenclature of zoology on a new
basis, was formed, and a correspondence opened for the purpose
of obtaining different series of meteorological observations fern
Germany. The children of members and others are henceforth
lobe admitted to the different sectional meetings fur IL yer an-
num. Evening meeting: will also be held if the length et the
day proves insufficient. Yesterday ( Thursday) the sections
were to assemble at eleven o'clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
STOCKLRIDGE RACES—(TfluasnaY CO)CLUDED, )
The Produce Stakes of 50 EOM each ; h ft. Mile and a half.
Mr. Biggs' Elena
Duke of Richmond's fby Elis, out of Baleine
.

Lord Chesterfield's Dil.l;ar

Mr. Gregory's Barrier - 4
Match, 300, h ft, New Mile.—Lore G. Bentinck's Pclopou-
nesui received forfeit from Mr. S. Herbert's Clarus.

At the Downham Races on Wednesday, the Dow nharn Plate
of 50/. was won by Mr. E. K. Clarke's Sister to Glencoe;
the Hack Stakes by Mr. Chaplin's Frailty; the Park Plate
by Mr. W. Scott's Ellen ; the Ladies' Plate by Mr. Rogers's
Bridegroom ; and the Maiden Plate by Mr. Pettit's Smeetmeat
BE 1 TING AT NEWCASTLE—WEnxEsnav EVENING.
LIVERPOOL .JULv CUP.,-10 to 1 agst Heslington (taken);
14 to I agst Knight of the Whistle (taken) ; 15 to I agst
Una (taken) ; 100 to 6 agst Rhodanthe ; 100 to 5 agst hince
Carastoc; 1,000 to 5 agst Mus (taken) ; 100 to 5 agst Na.
worth (taken); 100 to 4 agst Jolly Tar (taken).
Sr. LEGER. —5 to 4 agst Attila (taken) ; 12 to 1 agt Bd.
cour ; 12 to 1 agst Cabrera; 13 to 1 agst Auckland (taken)
15 to 1 agst Meteor (taken).

Two men were condemned on the 13th inst., by the
Court of Assizes for East Flanders, to eight year& close
confinenent, and exposition on the pillory for an hour,
and to remain for ten years afterwards under the sur-
veillance of the Belgian police, for having, in February
last, taken away the clasps which served to unite the
rails on the railroad between Buggenhout and Termonde

FETE AT QUEENSBERRY VILLA.
The Duchess of Bucclettch gave a grand entertainment at
the family seat, near Richmond, yesterday, to her Majesty the'
Queen and Prince Albert, whi:h was attended also by the
Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Gloucester, the King and
Queen of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
the Duchess of Kent, and other members of the Royal Family.
To this splendsd entertainment were invited more than 500 of
the leading persons in high life.
The arrival of the Queen was expected about five o'c'eck,
and long before that hour hundreds of persons began to con-
gregate on the Rise and along the Barnes and Kingston-
roads, in order that they might gratify their laudable curiosity
of obtaining a glimpse of their bloved Sovereign and her illus •
trious Consort. At the windows of all the houses, from the
entrance of the village to the Duke's villa, parties were assem-
bled, and, indeed, the most intense enthusiasm was manifested
by the inhabitants and visitors.
At a quarter to six o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his
Royal highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties
the King and Queen of the Belgians, and attended by the
Lord and Lady in Waiting, and the other members imme•
diately connected with the Court, arrived, her Majesty and her
august relatives being received with loud acclamations of appro-
bation by the thousands assembled along the Royal route. The
arrival of her Majesty was proclaimed by a Royal salute being
tired on the island, and on the cortege reaching the villa there
was a discharge of ordnance in the meadow on the oppsite bank
of the Thames.
The Duke and Duchess having been apprised of the Queen's
approach, received her Majesty and his Royal Highness at the
entrance to the villa, when the Queen took the Noble. Duke's
arm, Prince Albert offering his to the Duchess of Buccleueli.
Iler Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the
King and Queen of the Belgians, were almost immediately can-
ducted to the front lawn, when the band (the Royal Horse
Guards blue) saluted the Royal presence by playing the
National Anthem.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their
Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen,
and attended by the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse,
Lady Gore, andseveral of her Majesty's Household, had arrived
in three carriages from Bushy Psrt shortly before five o'Clock.
The Thames, in front of the villa, presented a gay and ani-
mated appearance, from not only the number of pleasure boats
which literally covered its surface, but from the royal galley,
the two Admiralty boats, and the Trinity yacht boat, with the
watermen in their state liveries, moored in front, and a large
yacht, which was what is termed dressed with all the signals
used in the maritime servi, e, stationed in the centre of the
river. The opposite shore, which commanded an uninterrupted
view of the lawn and gardens in front of the villa, was thronged
by a vast concourse of speetators.
H r Majesty and Prince Albert, and the other illustrious
guests promenaded the gardens and romantic grounds at-
tached to the villa for some time, and at seven o'clock diner
was announced.
The enterta nment was served up in a spacious and beau-
tifully-furnished marquee on the lawn, almost adjoining the
mansion, lined with blue and white draperies, and carpeted
with crimson .cloth. The table was illuminated by a richly
wrought chandelier and various candelabra, by Messrs. Han-
cock and Co. The banquet was of the most recherche character,
and the fruit displayed on the Royal table was of the finest
culture.
Another temporary saloon, fur it had more the appearance
of a noble apartment than a marquee, was erected in the
back grounds belonging to the villa, to which the company
passed through a covered pathway. It was in that marquee
that the general visitors partook of a sumptuous' entertain-
ment. Some idea may be formed of the erection by its
dimensions, it being nearly '2OO feet long by 36 wade, and
the height of the dome in the centre was 50 fret. The interior
was hung with scarlet and white drapery, the walls being sur-
rounded with festoons anti rosettes of blue, white, and scarlet
silk. It was lighted by seven enormous chandeliers, giving,
additional brilliancy to the otherwise splendid interior. Both
tents were furnished expressly fir the occasion, by Benjamin
Edgington, of Duke-street, Southwark, and were highly credit-
able Cr that respectable establishment.
The circle invited to the royal table comprised, the Queen
andYrnee Albert, the Queen Dowager, the King and Queen
of the Belgian., their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, Duchess of Gloucester, their Serene Highnes-es
the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, Princess Augusta
of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge, the Prince of
Saxe Meiningen, his Excellency Count Mensdorf, the Duke of
Wellington, Earl of Aberdeen, Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land, and the more distinguished visitors of the Noble Duke and
Duchess. At the conclusion of the banquet, the health of the
Queen and Prince Albert was drank, with three times three.
The fine band of the Coldstream Guards was engaged, in
addition to that of the Royal Horse Guards. •
At the close of the evening, the principal marquee was
cleared for dancing, which commenced soon after nine, to
We;ppert's full band of thirty performers.
The grounds were illuminated at dusk by thousands of
variegated lamps intermixed in the shrubs and parterres, and
along the whole extent of the lawn facing the river were fes-
toons of lamps.
The architecture of the bridge was ttaced by numberless
illumination lamps, which were lighted at.dusk, and over the
three principal arches were devices.
There was a grand display of fireworks on the meadow on
the opposite bank, under the auspices of Southby the artist, in
which there were nine set pieces, some displaying trans-
parencies of the Qnsen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of
Kent, &c. The party broke up soon after twelve.
Among other illustrious personages present were the fol-
lowing :
.Amha•sarlor —The French.
Ministers—Austrian, Prussian, Saxon, Bavarian, Wurtem-
burg, Portuguese, Spanish, Belgian, Dutch, American, and
Russian.
Dukes—Norfolk, Cleveland, Wellington, Beaufort, Suther-
land, Leinster, and Hamilton.
Duchesses—Norfolk, Cleveland, Beaufort, Northumberland,
Sutherland, Leinster, and Hamilton.
Marquises—Lansdowne, Worcester, Westminster, London-
derry, Downshire, Ailesbury, Clanricarde, and Salisbury.
Marchionesses—Londonderry, Downshire, Ailesbury, and
Clanricarde.
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, thirty-three
Earls, and as many Countesses,' more than forty Barons, and
twice that number of -ladies of title. The entertainment alto-
gether was the most superb that has been given for many years
in this couatry.