A great number of congratulatory addresses have been presented, and most graciously received.

THE QUEEN'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS OF THE LORDS, presented on the 22nd of June, and read in the House by the Duke of Argyll, as Lord High Steward:

"VICTORIA R.-I have received, with lively satisfaction, your dutiful and affectionate address.

"The sorrow which you express at the death of the late King, and the testimony you bear to his virtues, entirely accord with my own feelings.

"I return you my thanks for the expression of your loyal attachment to my person; and I fervently join in your prayer to Almighty God, that he may strengthen and direct my councils."

The Queen's answer to the address of the House of Commons is reported to be as follows:

"I have received with the most sincere satisfaction the loyal and dutiful address of the House of Commons.

"The assurance of your grief for the death of his late Majesty, and of your sympathy for the loss which the nation has thereby sustained, has consoled my feelings, and fully accords with my expectations. It shall be the study of my life to preserve the liberties, and maintain the ancient glory of this country.

"I have received with great satisfaction your loyal and dutiful address; and it is gratifying to me to find, that the House of Commons will, without delay, proceed to forward such measures, and make such provisions for the public service, as may be necessary."-June 27, 1837.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE QUEENDOWAGER AT WINDSOR.-At a quarter past 11 on Monday the 26th, her Majesty, accompanied by her royal mother the Duchess of Kent, entered Windsor Park by the Datchet Gate, and drove across the turf, by Adelaide Lodge, up to the York and Lancaster towers of the Castle. Her Majesty remained one hour. Few persons were aware of the circumstance. The Queen went incog., and was noticed upon her return through the Park to be in very deep mourning-pale and agitated. It is said that the interview, though most painful, was yet of a most gratifying nature, and that her presence was hailed by the Queen Dowager as if she had been her own daughter. It is also understood, that his late Majesty had desired the Queen-Dowager

to communicate to his successor some injunctions, which, it seems, were listened to with the deepest reverence and regard ; and it also seems, that in consequence, a communication was conveyed to the Earl of Munster and his brothers and sisters, which is regarded by them as an act of great kindness and condescension.

PROCLAMATION AT WINDSOR AND ETON.-After her Majesty's visit, the usual proclamation was read at Windsor, and solemnly received, and then at Eton, where the boys hailed it with loud acclamations: whatever some may say for youthful and ardent minds, we think we have no right to do otherwise than approve of the silence of the Windsor people-considering them to be almost within the precincts of the dead monarch's home.

THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.-The day following her Majesty's visit to Windsor on Monday, the Queen was still suffering from the painful recollections of her bereavement.

SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION. -Twenty thousand pounds have been voted by the House of Commons to her Majesty to aid these funds by loan, for the erection of school-houses for the pur poses of general education.

INTRODUCTION INTO LIFE OF OUR PRESENT GRACIOUS QUEEN. The Opera House Ball for the Spitalfields Weavers. This fête took place on the 1st ultimo, and was perhaps, in every respect, the most court-like of meetings. out of the precincts of a palace. It far exceeded, in splendour and number of the company, any thing of the kind, such as the Spanish ball, &c. &c. which we have witnessed, and the hearts of the company were as charitably disposed to each other-a thing not very commonas was the object charitable for which the meeting was held. Our present young and gracious Queen was a great object of interest, it being her first appearance in common with the public. Her head-tire was a simple wreath of white flowers; her hair was parted equally on either side of the face, and her dress most simple. The music seemed to engross for a while her very soul. General and ardent plaudits followed her parting footsteps, whilst, curtseying, she withdrew, doubtless much gratified at the public affection for her house. Her

Majesty's dancing-master was most zealous in the execution of the orders he had received from her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, so to place the dancers who were most splendidly attired in fancy dresses, after the costume of many nations, that the (then) Princess might have the best opportunity of having at least an eye participation in the pleasures of the evening.

THE SLAVE TRADE, it appears, by reports in the House of Commons, is carried on with still greater activity than ever. It was recommended by Mr. Hume, that steam vessels should be employed on the coast of Africa, to prevent escapes at night, and that the owners of all vessels captured should be treated as pirates. Sir Edward Codrington

said it was carried on at present to a degree of unparalleled cruelty. Mr. Rice thought that the only way to terminate the traffic was by encouraging civilisation in Africa-although all admitted that it was done by British hands and British capital. Mr. Rice and Mr. Young took an earnest and praiseworthy part in the debate. -The following, from the Times, is a significant hint to dealers, on the subject: -An English sailor, observing some slaves marched down to the quay to be freighted to New Orleans slave market, said to his companion," I say, Jim, if the devil don't catch them 'ere fellows as drives them poor creatures along, it's no use having a devil, that's all."

BIRTHS.

On the 5th, in Harley Street, the lady of John Forbes, Esq., of a daughter.

On the 9th, the lady of Edward Buller, Esq., of

a son.

On the 13th, in Guildford Street, Russel Square, the lady of Mr. Serjeant Andrews, of a daughter.

On the 13th, at Brighton, the Lady Jane Laurence Peel, of a daughter.

On the 19th, at 22, Hill Street, the lady of Captain Nugent of the Grenadier Guards, of a son.

On the 20th, at Laura Place, Bath, the lady of Rev. Augustus Crofton, of a daughter.

On the 20th, at Harrowgate, the lady of Captain Ross, R.N., of Otterington Hall, of a daughter.

On the 23rd, in Park Street, Westminster, Lady Emily Pusey, of a daughter, who survived her birth only a few honrs.

On the 17th, at Nice, the Lady of Sir James Fitzgerald, Baronet, of a son.

MARRIAGES.

On the 27th of May, Edward Conroy, Esq., eldest son of Sir John Conroy, to Lady Alicia Parsons, daughter of the Earl of Rosse.

On the 1st June, at Madron, Cornwall, by the Rev. William Ewbank, Alexander Cooper Ewbank, Esq. of Liverpool, to Louisa Caroline, second daughter of the late Hon. Sir George Cooper, Knight, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras.

On the 5th, by the Rev. L. Lloyd, J. M. Williams, Esq. of Penbedw-hall, Denbighshire, to Annabella, daughter and co-heiress of the Rev. Phillip Pulleston, D.D. of Pickhill-hall in the same county.

On the 5th, at Cortachy Castle, by the Rev. Mr. Buchan, the Hon. the Master of Arbuthnott, eldest son of the Right Hon. the Viscount of Arbuthnott, to Lady Jane Graham Drummond Ogilvy, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. the Earl of Airly.

On the 16th, at Awlescombe, Devon, Robert Abraham, Esq. of York Terrace, Regent's Park, to Mary Anne, widow of the late H. B. Lott, Esq. M.P., of Tracy House, near Honiton.

On the 17th, at Southampton, by the Rev. William Orger, Villiers Dent, Esq., [son of the late John Dent, Esq., M.P., to Susan Jemima Frances, second daughter of Lieutenant-General Orger, granddaughter of William Beckford, Esq., and niece to the Duchess of Hamilton.

On the 20th, by the Hon. and Rev. R. B. Stopford of Lowick, Northamptonshire, William Bruce Stopford, Esq., of the Foreign Office, to Caroline Harriet, daughter of the late Hon. Mr. Germin, and niece of his Grace the Duke of Dorset.

On the 24th, at St. Pancras, by R. R. Barker, British Chaplain at Hamburgh, Henry Baker, Esq. of 25, Grafton St. Fitzroy Square, fourth son of Sir Robert Baker, Knight, to Caroline Matilda, daughter of the late P. Delanney, Esq.

DEATHS.

On the 4th, in Gloucester Place, Portman Square, Sophia, relict of the late Chichely Plowden, Esq. of Calcutta.

On the 4th, in Harley Street, Mary, youngest daughter of the late Henry Hughes, Esq.

On the 8th, at his residence, Shepherd's Bush, near London, Colonel Joshua Edward Cooper, of Markree Castle, county Sligo, Ireland, aged seventyfive.

On the 12th, at his seat, Eaglehurst, near Southampton, in the seventy-fifth year of his age, General the Earl of Cavan, K. C. L., Colonel of 45th Regiment, after a short and sudden illness. On the 13th, Julia, the beloved wife of Mr. Francis Watts, publisher of the London Gazette, aged thirty-nine.

On the 21st, in Hill Street, aged six years and seven months, Adelaide, youngest daughter of Mr. and Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville.

On the 18th, at Dallicot House, Shropshire, aged sixty-five, Elizabeth, relict of T. W. Grazebrook, Esq., late of Stourton Castle, in the county of Stafford.

At Kilkenny, in the 19th year of his age, of a few days' illness, Charles Vere Levinge, ensign 7 1st regiment, and son of Sir Richard and the Hon. Lady Levinge.

DESCRIPTION OF PORTRAIT.

THIS noble lady (Jacqueline de la Grange) is dressed in an emblazoned skirt, on which was embroidered her armorial bearings, and those of her unfortunate husband. On the right side, the arms of Montagu, and on the left those of De la Grange. Over this skirt she wears a close-fitting vest of rosecoloured satin, curiously cut, and bordered with ermine and a stripe of jewellery. The sleeves of this vest, which was called a surcoat, are tight to the arm, and over them are put the long pocketing sleeves of white lawn. They are narrow, but nearly reach the ground. A remnant of this fashion is preserved in the black cassock worn at church by the clergyman while he delivers the

sermon.

The dress of Jacqueline appears a "thing of shreds and patches," and although very curious and very gay, it

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is anything but becoming. Her cap is a variety of the horned head-gear worn in the reigns of Charles V. and VI. It is a stuffed white satin roll, or bourrelet, called escoffion, studded with jewels, and surmounting a plain close cap of gold brocade and emeralds, from which falls behind a white gauze veil. This close cap, divested of the clumsy bourrelet, would be very pretty. She wears the pointed pigace shoes.

It was under the auspices of Queen Isabeau of Bavaria*, wife of the unfortunate Charles VI., that Paris took the lead in Europe as the emporium of dress and fashion. Jacqueline de la Grange was one of the beauties of that voluptuous court; and her portrait gives us a very elaborate idea of the toilets of those ancient leaders of fashion.

*See this portrait and memoir, May, 1833.