The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-30 00:00:00

PINE ARTS.

An order, it is said, will be immediately issued by the Com-
missioners of Greenwich Hospital, for the opening of the
Painted Hall two days in the week to the public free of charge.

LITERaiItY AND SCXEIVTIPIC.

M. de Sismondi, the celebrated historian, has long been suf-
fering under severe illness at Geneva, and is ROW in a dan-
gerous state.

SPORTING.

The Duke of Buecleuch's splendid rowing match took place
on Tuessiay on the river. John Harris and John Maxwell, blue,
won in the first heat by four or five lengths. Charles Hill and
Thomas Norcott, pink, won the second heat by six lengths;
and yellow won the last and grand heat by half a length.
COURIV—PASITIONAMLE.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster will give a
grand dinner en Friday next at Grosvenor House, to her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester and a select party.
On Tuesday morning Viscount Eml)n, eldest son of the Earl
of Cawdor, was married to Miss Sarah Mary Cavendish, late
Maid of Honour to the Queen.
At.miral Sir Edward Codrington and his daughter arrived at
Jersey on Friday last, in the Admiralty yacht, Fanny.
The Marchioness of Douro continues in a delicate state of
health at Strathfieldsaye.
The Earl and Countess of Listowel have left town for Frank..
fort. on-the-Maine.
The Earl and Countess of Cawdor leave town in a few days
for Cawdor Castle, North Britain.
We understand that a marriage is on the tapir between
E. I'. Shirley, Esq.,.M.P. for Monaghan, and Miss Lechmere,
grand-daughter of Sir Andrew Lechmere, Bart., of the Rhyde,
Worcestershire.

MISCELLANEOUS.
A report has reached town, which states the death of a
Nobleman, the sale of whose effects has recently attracted the
attention of the fashionable world. It is to be hoped that the
statement will be found premature.
The late Sir Joseph Littledale, was the eldest son of Henry
Littledale, Esq., of Eton House, Lancashire. He was educated
at Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler and First Smith's
prizeman in 1787, was called to the bar in 1798, and filled the
office of a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench from 1824 to
February, 1841, when he retired, and was succeeded by Mr.
Justice Wightman. He was knighted 1824, and sworn in a Privy
Councillor on retiring from the bench on the usual pension.
At a meeting of the Governors of Bethlehem Hospital on
Monday, inquiry was made by a Governor as to the truth of
the reports respecting Oxford, who was represented to have
an allowance of a pint of wine per day, and masters to teach
him the French and German languages. The President con-
tradicted the whole rumour, as not having the least foundation.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Rubmi s second per-
formance as Arturo, in the Puritani, and Persiani's second as •
sumption of Elvira, drew together the largest audience which
has perhaps been assembled this season within the walls of her
Majesty's Theatre. The chief gem of the evening was the
magnificent duo between Georgia and Ricardo, sung by La-
bla,.:he and Ronconi, who put forth all the powers they pos-
sessed, and secured an encore. Her Majesty, Prince Albert,
the
.King and Queen of the Belgians, and a number of other il-
lustrious persons were present.
GAME.—The reports from the mountains are ex-
ceedingly favourable; they give high promise of " a large sup-
ply" of grouse. In the low lands also the season has been most
propitious for the partridge to increase and multiply ; while a
finer breeding time for pheasants was never known. A gentle-
man has informed us that he has already observed several nides
numerous and strong on the wing ; therefore the dog and gun
will probably not have a bootless occupation in the ensuing
" popping" season of the sportsman. —Hereford Times.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS i
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

Although the opinion so often published is still :
firmly maintained, that the country at large should i
have borne the loss of receiving the gold coin, taking it
from the holders at the nominal value which it professed
to represent, that is to say, twenty shillings for every
sovereign, and that individuals should have been re -
lieved from the inconvenience of the exchange, and the
discount which it is now necessary to pay ; yet is it
imperative to remove certain misapprehensions which
are currently afloat in regard to the liability of the Go-
vernment, or the obligation of the Bank of England, or
private bankers, to exchange gold for silver. Continual
complaints are made, and in the country particularly, of
the difficulty of obtaining change ; but it must be borne
in remembrance that between the years 1816 and 1840,
no less than 204,020,146 pieces of silver money, of the
aggregate value of 11,108,2651. have been coined, the
greater part of which, if not the whole, are still in cir-
culation ; and they are, most probably so, for the rea-
son that it scarcely ever is a profitable operation, either
to export the coin, or reduce it to bullion, inasmuch as
it is, in reality, debased to the extent of ten per cent.
below the nominal value, that being the charge made by
the Mint for the expense of coining. With re-
peated applications before them to relieve the
country from the superabundance of silver with which
it was oppressed, and which was declared to be
far above the wants of the community, the Government
have, it would appear upon consideration, in this in
stance, act with a degree of prudence in refraining
from issuing a still greater quantity of debased coin,
and which would, when the pressure had subsided, be
found to be a far more serious loss to the hoAers than
might arise from light sovereigns. Each piece of gold
coin being worth, all over the world, as bullion, the
amount it exactly professes to represent, no disadvan-
tage can arise to the holder, while exactly the reverse is
the case with silver, and hence the advantage of pos-
sessing gold over silver money.
From this it must be obvious that no private or public
banker or merchant, will hold a greater quantity of
silver than obligation imposes, or will take in a greater
quantity than the law states shall be a legal tender, ex-
cept under special circumstances, because it is not in
itself worth as much as is obliged to be given for it.
No legal obligation existing to regulate the precise
quantity which may be demanded in payments, all par-
ties have refused to part with more than they may
please, or have endeavoured to procure for their cus-
tomers, being well aware that large quantities are
hoarded up, and a premium as large made out of the
sale of it, as has been made in the purchase of light gold.
The funds recovered themselves in the latter part of
the day, in consequence of a few trifling purchases, and
left off precisely as on yesterday, namely, Consols 91
91* for the opening ex. dividend ; Reduced 911 91k ;
Bank Stock, 166 167 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 45 47 ;
New, 41 43 premium.
Although the eve of the settlement in Foreign Securi-
ties, prices were unaltered. Belgian, 102 103 ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52i 52k, the Five per Cents,
100 - 101 ; Danish, 81 82 ; and Brazilian, 64k 66k.
The settlement in Shares has gone off satisfactorily,
and rates scarcely varied, except in Dover, Brighton, and
Blackwall. The necessity of raising an extra sum to
complete the works for the last line may have been the
cause of the decline in the prices of the Shares, but no
particular reason can be assigned which should affect the
other two. London and Birmingham were 175 177 ;
Birmingham and Gloucester, 49 51 ; Great Western,
86f 87f ; the Half Shares, 61 611 ; South Western, 60
61 ; North Midland, 61 63 ; the New Shares, 30 31 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 234 24/ ; the Scrip, 4a 44 ;
Eastern Counties, 81 94 ; Northern and Eastern, 39 40 ;
Blackwall, 94 94, and Brighton, 35 35-i.
The Market for Bonds also recovered, and the last
quotations were—Colombian, 21k 22k ; Peruvian, 16 17 ;
Portuguese Five per Cents., 35. 35k ; the Three per
Cents., 20 201 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 20k 20k ; the
Three per Cents., 22i-22*.
It was thought at one time that a crisis had arrived in
dealings in these documents, but arrangements having
been made somewhat similar to the " Gurney affair,
they will continue, it is expected, for some little time
longer.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The proceedings of the French Government, with regard to
the duties on our manufactures, has had a further effect on the
prices of the Funds, and Consols have been done as low as
904. Merchants generally do not attach any great importance
to the alteration, but speculators in Stocks have taken advan-
tage of it to create a degree of distrust. A purchase to a small
extent has somewhat improved the market, and the price of
Consols now is 91 for the Opening ex div. ; Three per Cent.
Reduced, 91i 91%; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced,
100% 1001; Bank Stock, 166 167 ; India Bonds, 25 ; Ex-
chequer Bills, Old, 45, and New, 41 43 prem.
Nothing done in Foreign Securities, except a purchase in
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 523/4, and Brazilian, 643;
Mexican is -uoted 364 37.
This is settling day in Shares, but is of course of no moment.
The transactions have been, Eastern Counties, 9; South Wes-
tern, 601 j 60i ; South Eastern, 24 24-3/4 ; and Brighton, 344 35.
To-morrow being settling day in the Bonds, the market has
been in a more agitated state than usual. It is said that since
1835 the account has never been so bad ; one failure was an-
nounced yesterday, and, from the violent fluctuations, no sur-
prise can be created if more follow. The quotations nomina
are—Buenos Ayres, 203; Colombian, 214 223; Portuguese
Five per Cents., 35j 35k; Spanish Five per Cents., 20% 203/4 ;
and the Three per Cents., with the dividend of 13/4 per cent.,
22% 22%:
By comparing the return of the weekly average liabilities and
assets of the Bank of England, for the twelve weeks, end-
ing the 18th inst., with that for the similar period, terminat-
ing 21st May, it is seen that the balance in favour of the
Bank is less by 122,000/. ; the difference between 2,695,0001.
and 2,817,0001., arising from an increase in the liabilities of
225,0001., while the assets have improved but 103,000/. The
particular items are an increase in the circulation of 259,0001., the
difference. between 17,795,000/. and 17,536,000!. The deposits
are less by 34,0001., the difference between 8,011,0001, and
8,045,0001. ; the securities have decreased 185,000/., the
difference between 21,181,000/. and 21,366,0001., while
the bullion is greater by 288,0001., the difference between
7,320,0001., and 7,032,000/. Beyond the first and last items
no particular remark is necessary. The increase in the circu-
lation would appear to be attributable to an improvement in
trade, and it must be admitted that since the commencement of
the month this demand for the staple articles has increased, and
the produce markets become decidedly brisker. The increase
in the bullion must, also be looked upon as favourable, since
in this return it can only have arisen from importations, and
not from payments into the Bank of light gold, consequent
ugon the late proclamation. The next accounts will
doubtless show an immense increase over the present,
but they will not be so correct, inasmuch as the Bank
will have had a large amount pass through its hands in
exchange. In comparison with the corresponding period
of 1841, the circulation is now greater by 1,163,000/. ;
the deposits by 793,000/., the securities less by 421,000/., and
the bullion greater by 2,222,000/.
The letters from New York, by the Colombia, are not so
satisfactory as those last received. It was generally beliveed
that the President would veto the Tariff Bill at present before
Congress, and that there was some question whether there
would be any duty on foreign goods after the end of the month,
should the laws remain as they are now. The Compromise
Act declares that after the 30th June, 1842, duties shall be
assessed on the value of the goods at the port where they shall
be entered, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law.
No regulations have been made, and the position is that no
duty can be collected until they shall be.
'I he suspension of specie payments by the banks at New
Orleans is said to have created an extraordinary panic in that
city, and had a tendency to destroy what little confidence was
placed in them. This measure had severely injured the trade
and credit of New Orleans, from which, it was thought, it
would not soon recover.

From all parts of the country, and in the Atlantic cities, there
was a general complaint of a depression in every branch of trade,
and there was no immediate prospect of a better state of things.
Nothing had transpired in regard to the pending negotiations
with Lord Ashburton, but it was said that the Boundary
Question would not be settled so speedily or so amicably as had
been at first supposed.
t'RICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 27.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 99 Grand Canal Stock ...
Ditto Reduced ...... , Ditto Debs. 6 per cent...

Ditto New 1830......... 99i Ditto 4 per cent
3i per Cent. Debs.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 28.—The sales were
very moderate, not exceeding 2,500 bales, but at steady prices.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 28.—The market was
very glo my, and business dull and sales rather pressed. The
transactions were Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47 ; New, 31/2 ;
Grand Junction, 187 ; New Quarters, 25i ; Great Western,
Halves, 61 ; North Midland, 61 ; South Eastern, 24#;
New, 4i.
MANCIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 28.—We have
had a heavy market to-day, with but little disposition to pur-
chase stock at the low quotations : London and South West-
ern, 60 61 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 24U 24i ; London
and Birmingham, 32/. New, 291 30i ; Manchester and Liver-
pool District Bank, 10A 10i.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock 166 India Stock — prn
3 per Cent. Red. ...... 914 Ditto Bonds .... 25 pm
3 per Cent. Cons — Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent. Red ...1001 Illitto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent......... 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 43 pm
New 5 per Cen'. — Ditto 5001— 41 pm
Long Annuities to expire , Ditto Small
Jan. 1860 ...... 12 7-I6'Bank Stock for Acct —
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860 Consols for Opg.
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — .Ditto, New Ditto 3si
Brazilian Bonds... 64/ Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 201 Russian, 5 per cent..... 1131
Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ...... . .... --
Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent...... 201
Ditto, 1824 2li Ditto, Deferred.....—
Danish, 3 per cent — !French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.,
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange ---f —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent 36 French, 3 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 —!Dutch, 21 per cent....... 52i
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... joi
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd)
Ditto Thirds (25 paid) l4i
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... Bll
Ditto Debentures .. .... .
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 6l
London and Brighton ( 50 paid)
Ditto Loan Notes (71 paid) . 7i
London and South Western (411 6s 10d pd) WI
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) .....
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 4i
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 24
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)

INTERESTING INCIDENT.--Yesterday (Friday)
afternoon, a peculiarly interesting incident took place at Joppa
sea-bathing quarters. A small pleasure boat belonging to one
of the inhabitants was lying, as it had been for seine time, high
and dry on the beach ; but the spring tide floated it off with
two fine children in it, who had been with their parents for
some time in lodgings at Joppa. The boat was nearly a mile
off with its pi ecious cargo before the circumstance was dis-
covered. It was, of course, unfurnished with either oars or
rudder ; but if it had been otherwise, its juvenile inmates
would have been as unconscious of their use as they seemed to
be of their own danger. Expresses were sent off immediately
to Fisherrow and Portobello; and a boat from each place put
off ; when the young navigators having been taken in tow, were
in a short time safely delivered into the arms of their anxious
and almost despairing mother.— Caledonian Mercury

COURT CIPCULAR.

Thi Qtaenheld a, Couvi yuste.'day 1::uc1.-
ingham Palace, for the reception of addresses on the
Throne.

The Bishop of London, accompanied by the Bishop of
Liandaff (Dean of St. Paul's), and a Deputation from
the Chapter of St. Paul's, and by the Rev. Sir Henry
Dukinfield, the Rev. Mr. Ward, and a Deputation of
the Clergy of the Cities of London and Westminster,
arrived at the Palace, and were conducted by Sir Wil-
liam Martins, the Gentleman Usher in 'Waiting, to the
entrance of the Throne Room, where the Lord Cham-
berlain received the Deputation, and conducted them to
the presence of the Queen on the Throne.
Her Majesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, and was attended by nearly all the
Ministers of State, the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady
in Waiting, the Great Officers of State, and the principal
Officers of the Royal Household.
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at-
Arms lined the room, commanded by their Lieutenant,
the Hon. Sir Edward Butler.

The Bishop of London and the Deputation advanced,
when his Lordship read the Address of Congratulation
from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, and the Clergy
of London and Westminster. The Bishops of London
and Llandaff had the honour to kiss hands, and the
Clergy then retired.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin arrived in state, attended
by his Chap'ain, and also by the Sword-bearer, Mace-
bearer, and other Officers of the Corporation. His
Lordship was accompanied by Aldermen Sir John Power,
Mackinnon, Egan, and Gardiner ; Town-Councillors
James Buck and Guinness ; Messrs. Perry, Morne, J.
Power, M.P., Matthew Gardiner, John O'Connell, M.P.,
and Counsellor Arabin.

His Lordship and the Deputation were ushered to the
Royal presence, when the Lord Mayor read the Address
of Congratulation from the Coiporation of the City of
Dublin, to which her Majesty was pleased to return a
most gracious answer. The Deputation then withdrew.
The Protestant Dissenting Clergy, of the three denomi-
nations, arrived at the Palace to present a Congratulatory
Address, and having been ushered up the grand stair-
case, were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the
presence of the Queen.
The Deputation consisted of the following :—The
Rev. J. Howard Hinton, A.M., Chairman ; Rev. Wm.
Stern Palmer, Secretary ; My. John Pye Smith, D.D.,
F.R.S., &c. ; Rev. Edward Alexander Dunn, Rev. John
Yockney, Rev. 'William Williams, Rev. Joseph Berry,
Rev. H. B. Jeula, Rev. John Blackburn, Rev. Thomas
Timpson, Rev. John Edgcomb Richards, Rev. Robert
Philip, Rev. John Tudor Rowland, Rev. Professor
Hoppus, L.L.D., F.R.S., Rev. Joseph Belcher, Rev.
John Hunt, Rev. Joseph Mason, Rev. Stephen
Augustine Dubourg, Rev. David Denham, Rev. Henry
Richard, Rev. John Andrews Jones, Rev. Thos. Lewis,
Rev. Thomas Jackson, Rev. Joseph John Freeman, Rev.
Stephen Joshua Davis, Rev. Israel May Soule, Rev. Wm.
Bean, Rev. Robt. Ashton, Rev. Daniel Curtis, Rev.
Charles Williams, Rev. William Grosser, Rev. John
Adey, Rev. H. L. Berry, M.A.; Rev. George Verrall,
Rev. John Edwards, Rev. George Wyard, Rev. John
Morris, Rev. B. Woodyard, and the Rev. Matthew Jeula.
The Rev. J. Howard Hinton, A.M., read the Address
of Congratulation, and her Majesty was pleased to return
a most gracious answer. The Rev. Howard Hinton,
and the Rev. W. Stern Palmer, had the honour to kiss
hands, and the Deputation then retired.
Her Majesty afterwards held a Privy Council. It was
attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord
President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Duke of Wellington, the Secretaries of
State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the
Admiralty, the President of the Board of Trade, the
President of the Board of Control, the Secretary at War,
the Paymaster of the Forces, the Lord Steward, the
Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the
Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting at the Court.
At the Court Ali Ben Nasser, Envoy from the Imaum
of Muscat, had an audience of the Queen, introduced
by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., her- Majesty's principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by
Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.
The Queen gave audiences to Sir Robert Peel, the
Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Wharncliffe.
The Protestant Dissenting Clergy of the Three Deno-
minations, after presenting their Address to the Queen,
had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and presented an Address of Congratulation to his Royal
Highness.

The Prince was attended by the Marquis of Exeter,
KG., Groom of the Stole; Mr. George Edward Anson,
Treasurer; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting; and
Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting.
Her Majesty's Court was attended by the Duchess of
Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes; the Countess of Char-

lemont, Lady in Waiting; the Captain of the Hon. Corps
6f Gentlemen-at-Arms; Lord Hill, Gold Stick inWaiting ;
the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Vice• Chamberlain,
the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the
Household, Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal)

Equerry in Waiting ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Cleric
of the Cheque of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-
at-Arms; Mr. Berestord and Captain Green, Gentlemen
Ushers in Waiting ; Sir Benjamin Smith, and Messrs.
Wilson and Wortley, the Pages of Honour in Waiting.

Viscount Hawarden and—General the Hon. Sir Wil-
liam Lumley, were th, Lord and Groom in Waiting.
The Yeoman Guard lined the Grand Hall, commanded
by Captain S. Sadler, the Exon in Waiting.
The Queen's Guard of the Foot Guards, with the Band
of the Regiment, was on duty on the,Palace Lawn during
the reception of the addresses.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accom-
panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an
airing in a carriage yesterday.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday. The com-
pany consisted of her Majesty the Queen Dowager ;
their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians ;
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; their Serene
highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen,
and the Hereditary Prince ; his Serene Highness
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar; M. Van de Weyer, the
Belgian Minister ; the Duchess of Buccleuch, the
Duchess of Northumberland, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady
Stanley, Lord George Lennox, Hon. William Ashley,
the Countess of Charlemont, Frances Lady Clinton, the
Countess de Merode, Lady Anna Maria Dawson,
Madlle. de Kaas, Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton,
Baroness Lehzen, Baron Stockmar, Baron de Dieskaw,
M. de Moerkerke, Baron de Erifa, Viscount Hawarden,
Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Lord Charles
Wellesley, and Sir E. Bowater.
The Band of the Ist Life Guards attended during
dinner.

Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The
company included Baron de Moncorvo, the Portrguese
Minister ; Baron de Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister ; the
Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Worcester, the
Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Marquis of Exeter,
Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Earl I)elawarr,
Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Jersey, Earl and Countess of
Verulam, and Lady Jane Grimston, Earl and Countess
Bruce, Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone, Lord and
Lady Wharncliffe, Right Hon. Henry and Hon. Mrs.
Goulburn, Mr. George Edward and Hon. Mrs. Anson.
Herr Dobler had the honour of attending at the
Palace and performing during the evening.
Mr. Ryall had the honour of submitting to Prince
Albert, yesterday, a finished proof of the whole-length
portrait of his Royal Highness, in the robe; of the
Garter, with which his Royal Highness was pleased to
express his approbation.
The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duke and
Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, and the Hereditary Prince,
left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday
afternoon, for town. Her Majesty visited the Princess
Sophia at: her residence at Kensington, and arrived at
Marlborough House at five o'clock, attended by her
suite. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty at
Marlborough House.
The Dueness of Kent received an Address of Congra-
tulation yesterday afternoon at Cl rence House, from
the Protestant Clergy of the Three Denom:n.ttions. Her
Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, and Sir George Couper, Bart.

The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones,
visited the Panorama of Caubul y..stefday, and was
pleased to express his approbation.

DUCHESS of BUCCLEUCH'z.., FETE.
This brilliant fete was given on Tuesday at Whitehall. Hor
Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Duchess of
Kent, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and a numerous
suite, arrived at ten minutes before five o'clock, p.m. The
Queen and the other illustrious personages were met at. the
foot of the grand staircase by the Duke and Duchess. Her
:Majesty was graciously pleased to accept the arm of the Noble
Host, and proceeded through the coble hall to the state apart-
n:ents, and thence to the grand pavilion erected on the terrace
next the Thames. Here the Royal party found, already as-
sembled, about five hundred fashionables, of the first families
in the kingdom. After the usual courtesies, the party took
their seats on ottomans, or chairs, to be spectators of a boat-
race, by selected watermen.
During this period the band of the Coldstream Guards played
selections from some favourite operas.
The dejeuner was a most elaborate, costly, and tasteful dis-
play of refinement. The Royal table was laid in the principal
saloon, whilst other apartments were appropriated for the
general company.

- The pare), began to break up about seven o'clock. The
Queen and Prince Albert stayed till a later hour.
Amongst the company were—
Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of
Kent, King and Queen of the Belgians, their 'loyal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George,
Duchess of Gloucester, the Prussian, Austrian, Greek, Saxon,
Bavarian, Portuguese, and Hanoverian Ambassadors; the Dukes
of Wellington, Beaufort, Sutherland, &c. &c. &c.