The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-20 00:00:00

THE MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR,

The military Knights of Windsor, after 300 years'
struggle to obtain their rights and privileges, are at last
about to have full justice done them. The Govern-
ment having commanded that a full and searching in-
qniry into the case and claims of the Military
Knights shall be immediately instituted, a few
days since the Military Knights received an official
notification from the solicitor of her Majesty's Trea-
sury, Mr. Reynolds, that he bad been commanded by
Viscount Palmerston to instruct the Attorney-General
forthwith to file an information ex ojicio, on behalf of the
" Military Knights of Windsor v. the Dean and Chapter of
Windsor," for the purpose of investigating the power and
control exercised by the Chapter as trustees of the Royal
charity, left by theßoyal founders expressly for the "sup-
port and maintenance" of the Military Knights, and also
for ascertaining why the Chapter has not strictly com-
plied with the will and primary objects of the Royal
and benevolent founders, as laid down in the charter of
Edward 111., Edward VI., and Queen Elizabeth. Since
the passing of the act 4th Vict., c. 112, which came into
operation on the 11th of August, 1840, the sum of about
60,0001. arising from this charity has been wrongly paid
over to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners (as alleged), as
so much money arising from suppressed canonries of the
Chapel Royal of St. George, whereas the case submitted
en the part of the Knights is, from the perusal of various
documents connected with the case, together with the
opinion of the mist eminent equity lawyers, that in-
stead of is. a-day, which, from the commencement of
the charity to the present time, has been doled out to
the Knights, while the Deanand Chapter have appropri-
ated to their own use and to that of the Church the surplus
arising from increased rents that the Military Knights,
being the primarjobjects of the benevolence, ought at least
to have benefited in an equal degree with the Dean and
Canons, who are now receiving about 1,200/. a-year
each ; and that the Canons (as trustees) at the founda-
tion of the charity were placed upon the same stipend
as the Military Knights—namely, ls. per diem.

DEATH OF LADY LOUISA BOURKE.—Her Ladyship,
sister to the late Earl of Mayo, and aunt to the present
Earl, died at Clifton Hot Wells, on Sunday, in her 77th
y ear.

- DEATH OF GENERAL CARPENTBIL—This venerable
and gallant officer, the oldest general in the service,
died at his residence in Great Cumberland-strect, en
Tuesday, at the advanced age of 91. The general only
survived his son, the late Colonel Gaorge Carpenter,
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commanding the 41st Regiment, who fell gallantly at
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conflict at
celebrated /vlountgarret Peerage case, which has already
excited so much attention, was brought before the Court
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of Excdhequer, Dublin, yesterday. It was again ad-
Yesterday, hundred of persons assembled by the side
of the canal in St. James's-park for skaiting and eliding
amusement, but the ice was not of a sufficient strength,
and the injanctions laid on the park keepers were fully
attended to by preventing persons chancing their lives.
Another frost as severe as that of last night, and no
danger need be apprehended.