The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRC'i

His Majesty's gate alms were yesterday distributed at
the Aknonry-oflice, by Mr. Hanby, Secretary to his Ma-
jesty's Altrionry, to one hundred and sklty-eiglit pour and
aged men *and women. Each person received 13s. B,tiz
men and women were, with few exceptions, above sixty
years of age.
The Bishop of Chichester had an interview with viscount
Melbourne on Saturday, in Downing-street.
Viscount Melbourne left town yesterday for the seat of
the Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday fbr
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.
Lieutenants Grey and Lushincrton had an interview with
Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the.bColonial-oliice, relative to
the survey of the interior of Australia.

The accouchement of the Princess of Capua will
take place at Malta ; the King of the Two Sicilies having an
infant son, the Prince is no longer heir presumptive to the
Crown.
Tne Duchess of St. Albans was sufficiently reco-
vered en Sunday to entertain at dinner the Countess Dowager
of Cork, Honourable General Monkton, Lady C. Stuart, and
the Misses Burdett.
Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart has let his country house
to a brother of Lord Brougham.
On inquiry at the house of the Bishop of Norwich,
we learn that although there is no apprehension of the imme-
diate death of this venerable Prelate, his physicians do not
entertain the least hope of his recovery.
The Lord Bishop of Killaloc left the London Hotel,
Albemarle-street, on Saturday, for Cheltenham, to accompany
his lady and family to town. They are expected to arrive a t
the hotel on Monday next.
There is no truth in the report of the death of the
Bishop of Lichfield.
AN EXTRAORDINARY FAT CONV.—An extraor-
dinary fat cow was slaughtered on Tuesday week, at Red-
ditch, by Messrs. Allen and Stevens. This animal was of the
pure Warwickshire breed, and was fed by Mr. Court, of Lill-
ington, in this county. She was small in frame, and particu-
larly fine boned ; her weight was 14 score and 151bs per qr. :
on the flat ribs, the fat was six inches in thickness; at the hip
it measured fifteen inches in thickness; but the most extraor-
dinary part was the rump ; when living this had the appear-
ance of an immense swelling, and when dead was found to
measure the astonishing thickness of twenty;four inches in
solid fat. Perhaps there is not on record a similar instance of
such a wonderful thickness in fat.-IVerwiek Advertiser.
Every other public question is now swallowed up in
the consideration of Church-rates. Every newspaper in the
kingdom is full of it; every house in the kingdom is converted
into an arena for its discussion, and it may truly, perhaps, be
said that, since the matter of ship-money was brought before
the public in the early part of the seventeenth century, no
subject more pregnant with important consequences has ever
engaged the nation's attention.—Cambrian.
The confirmation of the new Bishop of Salisbury
will take place at Bow Church on the 14th of April, and his
consecration at Lambeth Palace on the Sunday following.
It is with feelings of deep regret that we have to an-
nounce the demise of Charles Nicholson, the unrivalled flute-
player, which took place yesterday morning, about 3 o'clock,
after a long and painful illness. Mr. Nicholson was 42 years
of age. He has left an aged mother and a son and daughter
wholly unprovided for. There is no doubt but that his profes-
sional brethren will give a performance for their benefit, which
we hope will be liberally patronized by the public, as a tribute
to the memory of one who has so frequently delighted them by
his inimitable talent.
The Lords of the Treasury have directed Sir John
Hill to proceed direct to Scotland and take such steps as may
appear necessary in the urgency of the case, for the immediate
supply of seed-corn and potatoes ; officers and commanders of
the revenue cruisers, and of the coast guard, are to afford him
every aid and assistance.
The owners of small vessels on the western coast
have had a rich harvest during the past winter. Two years
ago, 4s. per ton was the freight charged, from Newport to
Plymouth ; but at the present moment, 14s. is charged, end
there is a scarcity of vessels even at that very high price. In
many towns in South Devon coal is now selling at 30s. per ton,
Colonel Boutourlin arrived at the London Hotel,
Albemarle-street, on Sunday, on a mission to this country from
the Emperor of Russia. The Colonel dined yesterday at Ash-
burnharn-house, with Count Pozzo di Borgo.
Baron Ansehno de Rothschild, Nr ho left London
about ten days since for Frankfort, in consequence of the dan-
gerous illness of Isis uncle, has returned to the Green-park
Hotel, Piccadilly.
FOSSIL TREE DISCOVERED IN A QUARRY.—
Mr. W. H. Binstcd, the proprietor of the quarry at Maid-
stone, where the celebrated specimen of the iguanodon. now
in the Mantellian Museum, was found, has lately obtained an
interesting specimen of a petrified tree, which he has presented
to Dr. Mantel.
For the last three days we have had hard frost, and
all farming operations are suspended. Such a prevalence of
cold weather in the beginning of Spring, is not in the recol-
lection of the oldest farmer. The late fall of snow was deeper
in the Upper Ward than it was in any winter for ten years.—
Scots Times.
LORD SANDON.—If we are going to have an elec..

ion, it is high time that Lord SandZits's claims to the support
of the Reformers of Liverpool should be arrayed in black and
white for the benefit of all parties interested in our precious
Member. Since the present Session of Parliament came in,
he has voted against the people on every occasion. Corn-
laws—against the people. Canada—against the people.
Vote by Ballot—against the people. Irish Municipal Bill—
against the people. Church-rates—against the people. In
short, he has been against the people in every division.—
Liverpool Chronicle.
• THE IRON TRADE.-Our readers will be aware
that some months since a meeting of the Iron masters was held
at Gloucester for the purpose of coming to a resolution of di-
minishing the make of Iron one-fifth until the 31st of the
present month, in the hope that. such a measnre would have
the effect of reviving the trade. Such, however, not being
the case, another meeting of the Iron masters was held on the
11th inst. at London, Mr. Alderman Thompson, .M. P. in the
chair, when it was determined that the diminished make of
Iron should be continued until the 30th of June next. In con-
sequence of the present depression experienced in the Iron
Trade, there is, we fear, great reason to apprehend that a re-
duction in the wages generally.in the Iron Works must take
place. The price of merchant Bar Iron in Wales is now, we
believe, about 91.—South Wales Reporter.
A Natchez paper relates the particulars of the
shocking death of a young man of respectable relations named
John Morfat, who kept a grocery in that city. He was much
addicted to hard drinking, and for the last two or three weeks
of his life he had not a soer hour. Under the maddening in-
fluence of intoxication, he sold his establishment, and started
on horseback for North Carolina. During the first day he
travelled 16 or eighteen miles, was seen by several who knew
him, to whom he appeared to be in a wild and confused state.
This was the list time •he was seen alive. The next morning
his horse was found without a saddle, and the presumption-
was that Morfat had been drowned in a creek in that vicinity ;
but in one week from that day a dog came into his master's
yard, bringing with him Morfat's right arm and shoulder blade.
Search was made, and he was found in the wood, a mile dis-
tant, having been devoured by wild beasts from his waist up-
wards. His saddle was on a log, his blanket spread on the
ground, appearing as if the poor wretch had lain down upon
it before he died. His watch and money were in his panta-
loons packet ; his saddle bags unmolested. Litemperance
had been his murder. Alone he had wrestled with its fever
and its madness—and, in the end, was devoured by dogs.—
Neu, •Yorli Sun.
THE VOCAL SOCIETY'S CONCERTS.-Last night
the Vocal Society gave their concluding concert for this season,
when they performed for the first time in England, Spohr's
new Oratorio, The Crucifixion.
In the course of the criminal business at the Tralee
Assizes, Baron Richards called upon an attorney to address
the jury on behalf of his client, a prisoner; but Mr. Bennett
objected on behalf of the bar, whose exclusive right it was.
Baron Richards, however, differed with Mr. Bennett, and this
conflicting point of. professional privilege is reserved for the
opinion of the twelve Judges.
EARTHQUAKE.--The Quebec Mercury gives the
following details of the shock of an earthquake which is as re-
cently experienced there:—" This morning, between the
hours of three and four, the shock of an earthquake was dis-
tinctly felt in this city and neighbourhood : its duration was
from half a minute to a minute, and the buildings were so much
agitated as to shake the furniture, wake persons in their beds,
and occasion the hinges of the doors to creak : in one house,
we are informed, a window was forced open ; it was accompa-
nied by a rushing sound such as is heard in a flue when on
fire. We have conversed with persons living in various parts
of the city, and suburbs, who all agree in their descriptions of
these points, but differ as to their opinion of the length of
time it continued. One gentleman living in St. Peter-street,
who was awake at the time, says that it appeared to him as if
rolling from north to south, the northward of the house being
first shaken, and south after an interval of some seconds. Ha
also heard a noise as if the snow was crushing the roof, which
he for some time imagined to be the case from the quantity On
the roof. He further says that he felt a sensation as if its a
berth in a ship when struck by a heavy sea. On the St. Foy
and St. Lewis roads, and beyond the Plains of Abraham, its
effects appear to have been more strongly felt than in and
nearer to the town. The shock was distinctly felt at Charles.
bourg and in the neighbourhood of Indian Lorette, and also at
Point Levy and on the Island of Orleans.
LEFCESTER.—We regret to say that there is no
improvement in the demand for goods. A considerable portion
of the goods manufactured at this season of the year are gene-
rally
destined for the export trade ; but the-state of the money
market, both here and in America, has deranged the usual .
channels of commerce, and it is probable that what little ship-
ping trade there maybe, will be very late in the season. Lung
wool continues firm, and it is probable will not be much lower
before clip-day, even if then, since the stocks are small, and

4 V •
the prospects of the quality and quantity of the new clip ire
by no means good, owing to the shortness of keep and the
length and the severity of the winter. Short wools are lower.
The pressure for money continues as great as ever, and the
effects are likely to be felt for a considerable period ; butias
the foreign exchanges exhibit symptoms of improvement, the
Bank oEngland will thereby be enabled to be more liberal in
its discounts, and thus, we hope, tend to produce some ame-
lioration.—Leicester chronicle.