3 AUGUST 1839, Page 7

On Tuesday, a party of gentlemen gave Sir Charles Metcalf

a dinner at I is:, Rooms. Sir Charles, it will be recollected, is going out to Jamaica as Governor and Commander-in-Chief. Mr. J. E. Elliott pre- sided at the dinner : we find nothing but commonplace compliments in the speeches delivered.

The Queen has announced her intention of becoming patroness of the King's College Hospital.