The ball for the relief of the Spitalfields weavers, at
the Opera. house, on Thursday evening, was a splendid affair. The theatre was superbly decorated with silk and satin festoons, emblazoned with the insignia of the orders of the Garter, Bath, St. Andrew, and St. Pa- trick. Five of the centre boxes were thrown into one, over which a balcony for the Royal Family was projected. The pit was boarded over. The Dutchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and the Princess Augusta honoured the ball with their presence, attended by most of the members of the Royal Household. The Duke of Cumberland was also there—" very attentive to his royal niece." Among the general company, were nearly all the principal nobility and gentry now in town. The crush was so great that there was scarcely room for only three sets of quadrilles. About 2,300 tickets were disposed of At one o'clock the Royal party retired. It is said that the ball has given temporary employment to 8,000 distressed weavers. Nothing but British manufacture was to be seen.
Sir Francis Chantrey attended a meeting of the Committee on the Wellington Statue, on Wednesday; and accepted the offer to make the statue. He said that it would take him about four years to complete it : he could not tell what the expense would be, but the sum already subscribed would be by no means sufficient. It was agreed that the subscription should remain open for six months ; and a committee was appointed to announce to the Duke of Wellington the formal resolu- tion of the subscribers. Additional subscriptions of ten guineas each from Lord Abinger and Baron Vaughan were announced.
The thirty-fourth anniversary of the St. Patrick's Charity School and Female Orphan Asylum was celebrated by a dinner at the Free- mason's Tavern, on Wednesday. Mr. Sheil, the chairman, was eloquent and poetical, as usual. About five hundred children, carrying batmers of the patron Saint, paraded the room after dinner.
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