The Sun.
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The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of
the Royal Suite, and the Domestic Household, attended Di-
vine Service yesterday morning in the 0 ap•l Royal, Bucking-
ham Palace. The Bishop of Norwich peached the sermon.
Prayers were read by the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Cour-
tenay.

Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early
walk yesterday in the Royal gardens.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Al-
fred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an
airing yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. On
Saturday the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, were taken for a drive in an open carriage
and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians left town on Saturday
morning, attended by the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, for Claremont.
His Alajosty returned to Buckingham Palace yesterday.
Their Aliijesties the Queen, and the Quk en of the Belgians,
took an airing in an open carriage and four on Saturday after-
noon ; the Ladies in Waniug following in another open car.
riage and tour, and the Equerry in Waiting (Col. Buckley)
attending on horseback.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
on Saturday, attended by Col. Rouverie, Equerry in Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duches.s. of Cambridge
and Prince George visited her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians
on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses
also visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
The Queen of the Belgians inspected on Saturday, at Buck-
ingham Palace, some novel fabrics for cloaks of the Paisley
manufacture, which were submitted by Mr. George Smith.
Her Majesty was graciously pleased to express her approbation
and also inspected some handsome shawls from India and China.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by
her Lady in Waiting, and his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, attended by the Baron Knesebeck, attended Divine
service yesterday morning in the chapel of the Magdalen Hos-
pital. _

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompa-
nied by the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday
morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Lady
Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay were in waiting
on her Royal Highness.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond
Mildmay, honoured Sir Robert and Lady Peel with their com-
pany at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in
Whitehall-gardens.
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Le Due de Serradifalco, Prince de S. Pierre, bad an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
The Bishop of Gibraltar had an interview with Lord Stanley
on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Major Robinson had also
an interview with his Lordship on Saturday.
Sir George Cockburn and Admiral Bowles had interviews
with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
The Duke of Richmond, Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the
Stamps and Taxes, and Mr. Hart Davis, Deputy Chairman of
the Excise, had interviews on Saturday with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
Dispatches from the Governor of New South Wales, and
also from the Governor of New Zealand, were received on Sa-
turday at the Colonial-office.

The Duke of Wellington and Sir F. Trench attended the
early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The
sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. W. Capel.
Prayers were read by the Rev Dr. Wesley. The Duke of
Beaufort, the Marquis of Winchester, Ladies Wilton and De-
lawarr, Lords Bandon, Cawdor, Devon, Ebrington, Ingestre,
and Vivian, attended the daily service yesterday, in the Chapel
Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Bishop
of London. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah ;
the Lessons by the Rev. J. C. Haden ; and the Communion
service by the Bishop of London. The anthem was " Ho-
sanna" (Gibbons). Mr. Turle presided at the organ.
The Hon. Francis and Lady Anne Charteris, and Lady
Gwenila)ine Anson have left town for Ostend and Grafenberg,
on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Lichfield.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Hon. Mrs. Goul-
burn left town on Saturday, for their residence Betchworth,
Surrey. •

LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUB

LIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
A General Court of the Proprietors of the London,
Edinburgh. and Dublin Life Assurance Company was
held at their office, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, on
Wednesday last.

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The Chairman, RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., hay-
ing taken the chair, stated that having become a share-
holder in the Company, the Directors had done him the
great honour of electing him their Chairman—that he
had previously made the fullest inquiry, as is the duty
of every one before entering upon such an undertaking,
into the affairs of the Company, its past progress, its
present stute, and its future prospects ; and having be-
come fully satiefied upon all these points, he accepted
the office with the full intention of exerting himself to
promote the prosperity of the institution, and he felt
highly gratified by the honour conferred upon him.
A Report by the Directors, giving a full account of
the state of the affairs, the balance sheet, a detailed
account of receipts and expenditure, and a report, by
the Actuary, Mr. Griffith Davies, containing a valuation
of the policies, and a recommendation as to the mode
and extent of the division of profits, having been read,
the report and recommendations were, upon the motion
of J. N. Shelly, Esq., seconded by C. H. Kendall, Esq.,
unanimously approvd.
A vote of thanks having been tendered to the direc-
tors, the manager, medical advisers, auditors, solicitors,
and the several officers of the Company, for their suc-
cessful exertions, the Chairman expressed the satisfac-
tion which he felt at observing that the Directors had
restricted the operations of the Company to pure Life
Assurance business, and that no part of their accumu-
lated capital had arisen from the purchase money of an-
nuities. He was glad to observe the confidence which
was placed in the institution by the public, as evinced by
the class of persons who were the applicants for their
assurances, many of their policies being held as securities
by the most influential English mercantile companies,
and by other Life Assurance Companies, as re-assurances
of portions of their own policies.
It appeared that the Company had, in the course of
five years, realised a profit of 38 per cent. upon the paid
capital, after setting apart a sum sufficient to purchase
from any respectable assurance office an indemnity for
every engagement undertaken ; and a reduction was de-
clared of 25 per cent. upon the annual premium of all
participating policies on which five years' premiums had
been paid._

Their future divisions of profits will be declared
annually,

STATUE TO GEORGE STEPHENSON.—At the late
meeting of the York and North Midland Company, Mr.
Hudson introduced a subject which has engaged the at
tention of various railway companies for some time pact,
namely the erection of a statue of Mr. G. Stephenson.
4r. Hudson (himself deserving of no mean public
testimonial), stated that when the Newcastle and 8.-r•
wick and North British Railways were completed, Mr.
Stephenson would have carried an uninterrupted line of
communication from London to Edinburgh, and he pro-
posed that as Mr. Stephenson was a Northumbrian, a
statue to his honour should be erected on the bridge
ab, ut to be built across the Tyne, at Newcastle and
tiateshead, which was intended to be one of the most
magnificent railway works yet constructed.—Berwick
Advertiser.

(STR ESS ED AN DL WOMEN'S SOCIETY. - The
meeting called on Friday, at Exeter Hall, in aid of the funds of
this charity, was adjourned until further notice, on account of the
very small attendance. There were not more than twenty persons
present at half-past two. _ _ _

FATE of A KING —Nlonsic ur Thierry, who at-
tempted to establish himself as an independent sovereign in New
Zealand, having disappointed or given umbrage to his barbarous
subjects, was recently killed, cooked, and eaten by them at a solemn
public banquet.—Edinburgh Advertiser.

We believe we can state that the disagreeable re-
velations contained in the report of the Committee appointed to
consider the petition of the South-Eastern Railway, have rendered
it imperative on Captain Boldero and Mr. Bonham to resign the
offices held by them in the Board of Ordnance.—Times.

In accordance with the determination of the French
Government to separate soldiers condemned to hard labour from the
other prisoners, the Perdrix, a few days back, took on board, at
Toulon, seventy-eight condemned soldiers, to conduct them to
Brest, whence they are to be sent to Mont St. Michel.

ROME, JUNE 28. A nephew of the celebrated
Amati was arrested in his lodgings last night, and conveyed to
the Castle of St. Angelo. He frequented the Vatican Library,
and made extracts from rare manuscripts, but he had taken the
liberty of cutting off the leaves of several of them, and pocketing
them.

HANOVER, JULY 4.—The Crown Prince and
Princesss intend to leave this city to-morrow for Norderney, where
they will stay some weeks, for the benefit of sea.bathing. It has
been reported that, on account of the delicate condition of the
Princess, their Royal Highnesses would not go to the baths this
year, but this determination has been suddenly altered with the
consent of the King.

ENGLAND, S WOODEN WALLS. —A railing is being
put up round the Wellington statue opposite the Royal Exchange.
The shabby boarding, however, still continues round the Nelson
column. We think, after the handsome present of the Emperor of
Russia, they might have bound this work of art in somethingbetter
than plain boards. A column does not improve, any more than
good wine, by being kept too long "in the wood." We certainly
take a pride in giving the column this railing, becausewe feel that,
if it is left to the public, it will never get one. The committee,
too, we think, requires blowing up just as much as the boards.--
Punch.

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CLAREMONT.—An extensive and convenient range
of stabling and coach-houses has been completed at Claremont for
the accommodation of the horses and carriages belonging to her
Majesty when the Court is at that delightful residence.
FIRE NEAR THE BLACKFRIARS-ROAD.—Thursday
morning, shortly after one, a fire broke out on the premises of
Mr. Downey, grocer and cheesemonger, 26, Cress-street, Black-
friars-road. Several engines were quickly on the spot, and after
some trouble the flames were extinguished, but not before very
serious damage was done, nearly the whole of the stock in the shop
being destroyed by fire or water. The occupier was insured in
the London Office.

TEETOTALISM.—" Arrah, Teddy dear, will you tell
ate what is the meaning of teetzvotalism ? Is it repale ?" Teddy
took his pipe out of his mouth, and deliberately said, " It's not
repale, Dennis, but it's like it. Repale is dividing a sister from
her mother. Teetwotalism is cutting the heart out of a man, and
sticking a lump of cold water in its place."
THE AGATE STONE.—It was stated a few days
since that agate seals, imported into this country from the Conti-
nent, made of agate stone, and formed into the shape of seals, re-
quiring only to be engraved in order to render them a complete
manufactured article, and fit for their intended purpose, were to
be considered goods manufactured, and charged with the ad va-
lorem duty of twenty per cent. A question has since been made
with respect to brooches, made of the same kind of stone, which
have undergone a manufacturing process beyond cutting, being in.
laid, and, therefore, though not set in any other material, were in a
certain degree manufactured. It has been decided that such ar-
ticles cannot be admitted free of duty, as "agates not set," accord.
ing to the meaning of the new Act Bth Victoria, chap. 12, in re-
spect thereto, but are also to be charged as goods, wares, &c., in
part or ti holly manufactured, with the ad valorem duty of twenty
per cent.
AN AWKWARD MISTAKE.—On Thursday evening
a somewhat vexing and rather awkward mistake occurred to George
Selgrave, Esq., residing in the Harrow.road. It appears that
Mr. S. was proceeding to the Opera, and when near the Piccadilly
end of the Haymarket he purchased a bill of the Opera, from one
of the vendors of these articles, giving him what he imagined at
tne time to be some coppers wrapped in paper; in less than ten
h.icutss, however, be okrovered II(' hat made a mistake, and
given the proceeds cf a ,:iecitte he had just cashed, being a 101.
nod 51. note, in which were wrapped seven half-crowns imme.
diate inquiry was made amongst the bill.selling fraternity, but
without effect, and Mr. S. having taken no particular notice of the
mans unfortunately cannot identify him,