The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-25 00:00:00

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

The Duke of Beaufort's hounds will meet on Wednesday,
at Siston ; Saturday, at the Lawn—at half-past ten.
Sir W. Ridley's hounds Tuesday, at Middleton Bridge ;
Friday, at the Highlander ; Saturday, at Plessy Checks Toll
Bar—at half-past ten.
Mr. Candler's foxhounds Tuesday, at Hagley ; Friday, at
Pensax.

Mr. Leeche's foxhounds Tuesday, at Malpas; Thursday, at
Carden ; Saturday, at Pentre Bychan—at half-past ten.
The Nelmes foxhounds Tuesday, at Laindon Hills; Satur-
day, at the Dog and Partridge—at half-past ten.
Essex Union foxhounds Wednesday, at Purleigh Wash ;
Saturday, at Ashington Wants—at half-past ten.
The Tynemouth beagles Tuesday, at Monkseaton ; Friday,
at South Shields—at ten.

The Lancaster Union harriers Wednesday, at Conder Mill;
Friday, at Poulton—at ten.
Herefordshire hounds Tuesday, at Perrystone ; Friday, at
Brickhill Turnpike--at ten.
The Norfolk foxhounds Tuesday, at the Kennel; Thursday,
at Westacre ;' Saturday, at Rvburgh Bridge—at half-past ten.
Mr. Mure's foxhounds Thursday, at Bourne Bridge—at
half-past ten.
The Cambridgeshire hounds Friday, at Morden Heath—at
half-past ten.
The U. P. Friday, atiWittingslow Turnpike—at eight.
The Ludlow hounds Tuesday, at Munslow Village ; Friday,
at Newnham Bridge—at ten.

Mr. Wall's harriers Thursday, at Bradnor Hill—at nine.
Lord Moreton's hounds Tuesday, at Ampney Park ; Thurs-
day, at Lechdala ; Saturday, at Minetz Pound—at half-past ten.
The Somerset sub4eription foxhounds Tuesday, at Raleigh
Cross ; Friday at Bagborough Plantation—at half-past ten.
Mr. Morgan's hounds Wednesday, at Meary Town—at ten.
The Craven hounds Wednesday, at Bedwin Brails ; Friday,
at Whittenditeh ; Saturday, at Hungerford Park—at half-past
ten.

Mr. liorlock's hounds Tuesday, at Catcomb Wood ; Friday,
at Bittlosea Wharf—at eleven.

Duke of Buccleuch's hounds Tuesday, at Hirsel ; Thursday,
at Haining ; Saturday, at Drygrange—at half-past ten.
Mr. Bulteel's foxhounds Tuesday, at Fleet Western Lodge ;
Friday, at Goodamoor—at half-past ten.
Mr. Farquharson's hounds Tuesday, at Winford.
The Charborough hounds Friday, at the Cock and Bottle,
l'Slordon.

The Bedale foxhounds Wednesday, at Hornby Castle ; Fri
day, at Langton Lodge Gates—at half-past ten.
The Crew•kerne harriers Tuesday, at Misterton Bridge
Thursday, at Maiden Beech Tree—at half-past ten.
Mr. Foljambe's hounds Tuesday, at Headon Clump; Thurs•
day, at Tedwick Bar ; Friday, at Ossington Hall—at half-pass
ten.

The Essex and Suffolk hounds Tuesday, at Osyth Flag
Friday, at Raydon—at half-past ten.

The bells of the Durham Cathedral were rung
in honour of the Duke of Sussex passing through that
city, on his route to the south, on Thursday last.--
2Ve tvcaslle Chronicle.

An unsual species of the fungus has been dis-
covered in the neighbourhood of the town of North
Berwick. It attaches itself to wood, and some very
fine specimens aro to be seen about the rustic seats in
a garden at the back of the town. Its properties are
very peculiar, and of a medicinal order. A young
man visiting.; in the neighbourhood last summer, was re-
commended to try an external application of this weed,
and it is understood that he owes to the unusual medi-
cine his recovery from a complaint in his breast, which
his friends feared had taken deep root in his system.
He is how in his ordinary state of health, and has not
been threatened with a return of his disorder.—Cale-
donian _Mercury.

THE CHARTISTS.----The large body of work-
men in the employ of Mr. J. T Price, of the North
Abbey Iron-works, met their employer, and freely dis-
cussed the question of their withdrawing themselves
from all connection with the Chartists, which they una-
nlmously consented to do, and retired, giving three
cheers.—Worcester Ononicle.

THE FAMILY OF SAXE COBOURG.

The fortunate bridegroom elect of her Majesty
Queen Victoria, Albert Francis Augustus Charles Ema-
nuel, is second son of Ernest, rei,fning Duke of Saxe
Cobourg and Gotha, who succeeded his father, Francis,
in the small principality of Saxe Saalfeld Cobourg, on
the 9th of December, 1806 ; and, by the death of Fre-
deric IV., with whom the male line of Saxe Gotha Al-
tenbourg became extinct, came into possession, in right
of descent from the female branch, of a considerable
portion of that inheritance, and took the title of S ixe
Cobourg and Gotha on the 12th of November, 1826.
The Duke has been twice married—first to Doi othy
Louisa Pauline Charlotte Frederica Augusta, daivrbter
of Augustus, the last Duke but one of Saxe Gotha
Altenbourg, from whom he separated on the 31st
of March, 1826. On the 23d of December, 1832.
the Duke married Antoinette Frederica Augusta Ma-
ria Anne, Princess of Wartemburg. By the first
marriage the issue was Ernest Augustus Charles John
Leopold Alexander Edward, hereditary Prince of Saxe
bbeorutrg and Gotha, born h
bridegroom-elect
te 2 Ist of Jn
of
ciuueee, 18nvIi
cB, and
tor
Victoria,
born the 26th of August, 1819, and therefore not of

the legal age of twenty-one until August 1840. The
Queen was born the 24th of May, 1819, and is, there-
fore, three months older than her intended husband.
The other members of the family of Cobourg are :-
1. Sophia Frederica, &c., sister of the Duke, married
to Count Emanuel, of Mensdorf.
2. Juliana Henrietta Ulrica, also sister, re-christened,
and now Anna Feodorowna, on her marriage with the
late Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, from whom
she was separated in 1820, through gross cruelty on his
part, and other circumstances on her own, not necessary
to advert to. The death of that Prince, in 1831, left
her a widow. She resides, and since her separation and
widowhood has resided, in Switzerland. She and two

her sisters were sent, previous to the marriage, to St.
Petersburg, for choice of that barbarian Constantine,
3. Ferdinand George Augustus, brother of the Duke,
married in 1816 to Maria Antoinette Gabriella, daugh-
ter and sole heiress of Prince Francis Joseph de
Kobari, an Hungarian Nobleman of ancient family,
and immense territorial property in Hungary. As a
condition of this marriage, Ferdinand was obliged to
embrace the Roman Catholic religion, and to agree that
all the children born of the marriage should be brought
up in the same faith. The issue of this alliance is
three sons and one (laughter, of which the eldest son,
Ferdinand Augustus Francis Antony, born in 1816,
married Donna Maria da Gloria, Queen of Portugal,
and, according to the law of Portugal on the birth of
a son and heir, became King Consort.
4. Maria Louisa Victoria (now her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent), married first to the Prince of
Leiningen, on whose death she was afterwards married
to the late Duke of Kent, who died in 1820.
5. Leopold George Christian Frederick, Le youngest
brother of the Duke and uncle to Albert, married first
to the late Princess Charlotte, heiress presumptive to
the Crown of Great Britain, who died in 1817 ;
elected King of Belgium in June 1831, and re-mar-
ried at Compeigne, in August, 1832, to the Princess
Louisa Maria of Orleans, daughter of Louis Philippe,
King of the French.—Courier.

As the marriage of our young and interesting So-
vereign has been finally resolved upon, according to her
own free will and choice, some particulars of the family
of Saxe Saalfeld Coburg, or Saxe Coburg and Gotha, as
more recently entitled, and now about to be still more
aggrandised, may not be without interest.
To a nation so justly distinguished for its high-toned
loyalty, and the pure standard of its morals and religion,
it cannot but be a source of the most unalloyed gratifi-
cation to know that in this union wiih Prince Albert of
Saxe Coburg Gotha, the personal felicity of our young,
lovely, and gracious Sovereign has been identified and
combined with the security of all other objects of inex-
pressible import to the constitutional rights and pros-
perity of the empire. By the free selection of the man
of her own choice, not unknown, unseen, and as so fre-
quent in Royal marriages, negotiated by proxy, the do-
mestic happiness of her Majesty has been assured, so
far as by human means it could be assured, against the
possibility of doubt or disturbance ; and this conviction
must carry the most pleasing confidence to the minds -of
her faithful subjects of all classes and parties. Viewed
in its more public and political aspect, there is every
cause also for congratulation. Brought up in the strict
tenets and observances of the Protestant faith, the young
Prince will come no stranger into the bosom of the Pro-
testant Chnreh. His religious sympathies, equally with
the affections of his heart, will bind him up no iess with
the interests and feelings of the great community of
which he is about to become one of the first and most
distinguished citizens, than they will endear him to that
august Sovereign. 'Who is the objet 'of their homage and
devotion as of his own. Descended in a right line from
that branch, the eldest branch, of the House of Saxony,
which in the person of its Elector, in the time of Charles
V., forfeited dominions and sacrificed power rather than
abandon the truths of Protestantism and the cause of
Luther, its champion, of whom he was the great pro-
tector, we have the strongest assurance, in Prince Al-
bert's connexion with the Crown, of a stedfast supporter
of the national faith, and a bulwark, if need be, of the
National Church. Educated at the great Protestant
University of Bonn, in Prussia, all accounts concur in
describing him of gentle and unassuming demeanour,
winning the affections of all around him—a numerous
body of preceptors and associated students—active in
the pursuit of knowledge, and equally accomplished in
mind as i❑ person. The accession of a young and high-
born Prince, of promise so fruitful, to the home and
hearth of our beloved Queen, cannot, therefore, but be
celebrated as a day of rejoicing and jubilee for the
people of an empire upon which it may be said the sun
never sets.—Morning Advertiser.

To be the husband of the Queen of Great Britain
would seem the realization of all that-even romance has
conceived of human grandeur and earthly happiness.
Rank without responsibility—station without duties—

riches without labour, and, better than all, the chosen
partner of a young and beautiful woman, who, distrust-
ful of all around her, selects one breast in which to con-

fide her doubts without fear of treachery, and one
judgment from which to ask advice with the certainty of
faith and truth, that an identity of interests only creates.
But turn the medal, and what is the reverse ? A gilded
puppet, who can perform no action becoming in elevated
birth and exalted station ; who can follow no pursuit
worthy of a warrior or a statesman ; whose entire im-
portance is reflected, and who can avow no opinion
(except, perhaps, on an article of dress, a piece of furni-
ture, or a horse), even though the fate and character of
his wife be at stake, without violating theconstitution of
the country that has adopted him ! Happiness may,
nevertheless, be the fate of the illustrious pair, and
there can be no exaggeration in saying that the best
wishes of the nation for their felicity will attend the
union. But to domestic happiness the public can con-
tribute little beyond good wishes; for, as with inferior per-
sons, thatblessing depends upon circumstances over which
none besides the parties themselves have much influence.
For the consort of the Sovereign it becomes the country
to make every reasonable provision as regards his dig-
nity and comfort, and no doubt the country will perform
all that it ought.

The questions asked by everybody are, " What is
the Queen's husband ? his rank—his power—his re-
venue ?" These inquiries are easily answered : he has
no rank except what his wife may give him—no consti-
tutional power whatever--and his revenue depends on
the liberality of Parliament.
No person in England has ever stood in exactly the
same situation as Queen Victoria's husband. Even if
the state of this country and of society were like that of
the twelfth century, Geoffrey of Anjou, husband of
Maud, the only surviving child of Henry the First, was
very differently situated. On the death of Henry the
First, the throne was usurped by his nephew Stephen ;
and all that Maud could do was to secure the succes-
sion for her son Henry the Second. The next instance
was that of Lord Guildford Dudley, husband of Lady
Jane Grey ; but Jane was an usurper, and as her reign
lasted only eleven days, nothing was done respecting
the consort, who was, however, styled " King" by fo-
reigners.

The case of Queen Mary resembles that of Queen If
Victoria, inasmuch as she was married after her ac-
cession ; but it is dissimilar in every other respect. It I
was provided by the treaty for her alliance with
and confirmed by Parliament, that on the celebrion
of their nuptials he should, " during their marriage,
enjoy jointly with the Queen the Kingly natner,taoinfitnigle,
realm and dominions unto the Queen ap,-,,ife,
in the
and should aid her Highness, being his iv
happy administration of her realms ar.a dominions."
Philip was thus legally King of Ene,17.,::,d ; and as there
is no fear of that precedent being i'ollowed, his status
was altogether different from tliat of Prince Albert.
King William and Queen. Mary do not come within
the present category ; far their title to the Crown
the will of the notion,. which had set aside the regular
order of succesiion in their favour ; and they ascended
the throne as. joint Sovereigns, the exercise of the Royal
W.
that of Prince George
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consort of Queen Anne ; but Anne was married long
before her accesson, and the
Knight of the Garter by
King William. There was, however, a strong prob;,..
bility of Anne's succeeding, n shea_rr
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cess Charlotte. The point that bears on the prese ut
question is, therefore, what was Prince George's posi-

tion after Queen Anne's accession ? All that appears
on the subject in Bishop Burnet's History is, that the
Prince was appointed Lord High Admiral, and that
100,000/. a year was granted to him in case he sur-
ked the Queen : but that extravagant grant is ex-
plained by the great improbability of its ever being paid,
in consequence of the Prince's ill state of health ; and
dying before her, he never enjoyed it.
Of so little consideration in the eye of the Constitu-
tion is the consort of the Queen Regnant, that he is not
known to the law ; and the little that Blackstone says
about such a personage shows his insignificance :—" The
husband of a Queen Regnant, as Prince George of
Denmark was to Queen Anne, is her subject, and may
be guilty of high treason against her ;" and he adds a
line about the impunity attending his " conjugal infi-
delity," which cannot possibly interest Prince Albert.
Ad that can be said of the husband of the Queen
may therefore be comprised in a few words. Politi-
cally, he can ostensibly be nothing, though privately
he may be almost everything. The representations and
advice of Ministers will avail little against the wishes
and arguments of a beloved spouse ; and the delibe-
rations of the nuptial couch—if, as is ardently hoped,
harmony, tenderness, and love attend it—will probably
he found infinitely more efficacious than those of the
Council Board. Happily, the destinies of England do
not depend upon the will of any two human beings ;
but if Prince Albert be endowed with great intellec-
tual attainments, sagacity, and firmness, united with
ambition, he may nevertheless have immense influence
in this country, and may become the instrument of
great good or almost irremediable evil.
The marriages of the Queens Regnant have not
been of long duration : Mary's with Philip lasted only
four years, and William the Third became a widower
in less than six years after his accession.
The vulgar and predominant feeling at this moment is
not, however, what effort will the Queen's husband
produce on the institutions and policy of the country,
but what are the " creature comforts"—those posses-
sions which the dullest can understand, and the least
ambitious appreciate—with which he will be endowed?
Their curiosity can be readily satisfied. He will be
naturalized by Act of Parliament ; he will be created a
Duke, and perhaps Duke of Kent, and a Privy Coun-
cillor (though, if he be wise, he will refuse all honours
connected with responsibility and duty), a Field-Mar-
shal, a Knight of the Garter, the Bath, and perhaps of
all the other Orders ; and, like his uncle, be authorised
to quarter the arms of England, -with a grant of prece-
dence of all persons except Dukes of the Blood Royal.
Thus much from his wife. From Parliament, perhaps
30,0001. a year, with laudations from all sides for so
moderate a wish ; and the same desire for popularity
may induce him to be satisfied with 50,0001. per annum,
in case he should survive the Queen. For their illus-
trious progeny, the good natured country will be no less
considerate ; and loyal people may chaunt the burden of
the song written on the Prince of Wales' marriage, just
forty-five years ago—

" The Royal House of Hanover, the darling of the nation,
I; likely now to last for another generation."
—Spectator.

RIOTS AT NEWPORT.

ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS'S EXAMINATION.

NEWPORT, FRIDAY NIGHT.
My report of to-day embraces several minor cases,
and the commencement of the examination of Zepha-
niah Williams, a man who is said to have had con-
siderably more influence amongst the mountaineers than
even Frost himself, from his loaf; personal acquaintance
with them, and from his having at one time given em-
ployment to a great number of colliers. So much im-
portance was attached to his apprehension, that the
Magistrates doubled the original reward, for the county
added 1001., and Mr. Blewitt 1001., making altogether
4001. for his apprehension. It is expected that on Mon-
day some important disclosures will be made on the
examination of this prisoner.

THE EXAMINATIONS.
FRIDAY, Nov.22.—Magistrates present—the Marcie,
Thomas Hawkins, Esq., Rev. James Coles, Chairman,
Octavius Morgan, William Brewer, G. Hall, J. Fa ,„o='
thergell, and S. Homf ray, Esqrs. Professional gentle-'

mea—Mr. Maule, Mr. Phelps, and Mr. T. J. Phillips:
The first prisoner placed at the bar was David Morgan,

charged with riot and sedition.
The first witness called was Evans Harris.—l was a*
home on Sunday night, the 3d of November. After I

went to bed I heard a noise, as though the house was

very near fill'.

Two or three minutes after that

- -
heard a person call halloo, two or three,times. A child,
about 18 months old, was in bed with me at the time..
The child began to cry. After that some man came
into the room. He had a pike in his ha nd. There

was another man with him, who had something that ap-
peared like a cutlass. The man with th e pike told me
to rise in a minute. I did rise, and went down in the
kitchen and dressed myself there. i took my clothes
down into the kitchen with me. It was then
ten minutes to ten. I did not know either of the men
that came into my bedroom. When I came dorm stairs
there were about twelve or fifteen men in the house.
They were armed, but I cannot describe w'nat sort of
things the weapons were. I know David 7,1 oy d. He
lives at the Argoed. He is a beerseller. The prisoner
is,tho man. ls4w the prisoner in my b ouse with the
men that night down stairs. I went :.-..v,vay with them,
for I was in fear of my life. We all went together.
We went as far as Newbridge, about a mile and
three quarters. I saw a sight of men there, and I ran
away. I got back home about twelve o'clock, and my
wife was then at home.

Anna Harris, wife of the last witness, gave similar
testimony..

There being no further evidence against the prisoner,
the Chairman cautioned him as to. his future conduct,
and discharged him.

Thomas Bray was next placed at the bar ; but as he
received a good character from his employer, Mr. Mom-
fray, and there was no important evidence agatost
him, he was discharged.
Thomas Llewellin was placed at the br.r, on a charge
of riot. After the evidence of J. Hughes and L. Lewis
had been heard, the prisoner was reuianded till Tues-
day, for the production of further evidence.
Zephaniah Williams, whose appreb ension I announced
yesterday, and for whom a reward of 4001. had been
offered, was then placed at the bar. Considerable irj.
terest was excited by the prisoner's appearance in tszvant,
as it was considered that he possessed more ir:fluence
with the colliers than any other man, and brad under-
taken to bring 5,000 into the field, which he did. Wil-
liams has been in affluent circumstances, braving at one
time employed some hundred men himr,elf. He had
for some time previously to the riots kept a public-
house.

Edmund Evans sworn and examiner-I
—I live near the
Wear at Bedwelty. I know Israel. Furman ;he lives
just by Gelby, I 17,',1S at his house on Sun-
day, Nov. 3, about seven o'r2;ock in the evening. Fur-
man's wife and child wr,re there also. There was a
knocking at the door. from without while I was there. I
heard some one as',;-. Furman to come out. His wife an-
swered that he 'should nos come. The persons then were
at the door :, they said they would have him. Ile
door was sr Jon after opened, and the old man we-A off
before rn a. It was after they went away trom the
door. j went home then. There was no one at all
there, 'Alen. I called on my way at Elias's public-house
for ani horse. As I was going home I met a good many
tr.en with candles in their hands. I did nof see whether
thel,- were armed. No one came to my house that
&gilt. I have known Furman a morlth or more. I
never saw any pistols in his possess'
,on. I know the
prisoner at the bar by sight, but I do not know where I
have seen him.

Thomas Sanders was then sworri, and stated—l live
at Abersychan, and am a shoparian in the employ of
Daniel Lewis, draper. I know the prisoner at the bar,
Zephaniah Williams. I reme saber the Sunday of the
riots. I spent that day with Mr. Marsden. At about
seven o'clock I left his hour,e, and was returning towards
Abersychan, when I met from forty to fifty men, who
passed me. Some of them were armed, but not all.
Going„ along they sahl., " We are very near to the
Chartist-house, and you had better have cards."
Zephaniah Williarr,s' house was within ten yards of
where I was take o. He keeps a pubic-house, called
the Royal Oak I was taken to his house, and I saw the
prisoner's wif Llewellin, Williams, and the servants,
and several "drinking in the kitchen.-When I went through
bar, I said, " I suppose as I am taken
have cards." I said this to Mrs. Williams
and di' m aturbsd'4B, prisoner's son, Llewellin Williams. I drank a
glass of beer, and went along with Llewellin Williams to
the. parlour, and got a card for Daniel Lewis and my-
self I then went along with the men who were outside:.
V.ewellin Williams is about eighteen years old. Re
w ent along to. Waynylcham by way of Beaufort. over the
bills and got near Ebbw Vale. I then saw the prisoner
standing on rising ground ; it was very wet, and dark.
He had an umbrella over him. There were a great
number of 'people there. It was about, ten o'clock.'
Some had candles and lanterns, and se,me candles in
their hands. The prisoner said to me, " What, are you
come here ? Come here to me." They made their way
to the bottom of the hill. Afterwards we met another
great crowd, and then I tried to make. my escape, but I ;
was called back by the prisoner, whc, said, " Stop, stop, I
you must go along with me and keep tbese m men on." As
we went along there were houses called at on the
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him what we were going for, and he made me: no
answer. Then the prisoner hired a tram, at a public-
house, and I and several more men got into the tram.,
It was very wet all the night, and after :wards they g, jt
, another tram, which was hitched onto the other, and