29 JANUARY 1859, Page 20

Some four thousand guests answered the invitation of the principal

and professors of King's College, at their soiree on the 22d instant, thronging the lecture hall library, museum and class rooms, which were decorated with pictures, flowers, stereoscopic and photographic views, and articles of vertt in bewildering profusion. Babbage's calcu- lating machine and a large sized marine aquarium attracted much atten- tion and remark. Glees and madrigals by a well selected body of pro- fessionals relieved the buzz of animated conversation which resounded from the throngs of well-satisfied visitors of all ranks in literature, science, and art.