The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FEE. 8.
The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Lady in
Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth,
Sir Henry and Lady St. John Mildmay, and Sir George
Couper.

The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the
Castle, and played during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and
performed the following music :
Overture, " Trophy "
Selection, " Fra Diavolo "
March, "Fidelio"....
Melange, " Silvana "

Marschner.
Auber.
Beethoven.
Weber.

The Queen and Prince drove out in an open carriage
this afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget and Lieut.:Colonel
the Hon. A. Gordon were in attendance on horseback.
Viscount Hardinge and Sir James Graham have been
invited, and are expected this afternoon.

The Marquis of Lansdowne travelled from Bowood
yesterday morning to attend the Cabinet Council.
A deputation from Whitechapel had an interview with
the General Board of Health yesterday, at their offices
Whitehall, in relation to the Whitechapel Improvement
Bill. The deputation consisted of Messrs. G. Offer,
Francis, and Liddle, and were attended by Mr. J.
Smith, the vestry-clerk.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth.
The Council sat three hours and a half.
THE COURT.—On Monday next, according to the pre-
sent arrangement, the Court will take its departure from
Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty
will again visit Windsor on the 23d proximo for the
Easter holidays, and afterwards return to Buckingham
Palace. It is not expected the Court will go to the Isle
of Wight until after the royal accouchment. On Thurs-
day there will be a grand concert at the Castle, when
Schiller's "Lay of the Bell" will be performed.
The Earl of Aberdeen had a dinner party on Monday
at his residence in Argyle-street. The company consisted
of the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, Earl of Bess-
borough Viscount Sydney, Lord Ashburton. Lord Stan-
ley, of Alderley, Lord Wodehouse, Sir James Graham,
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. Ed-
ward Cardwell, the Right Hon. G. Hayter, the Hon.
Henry Fitz-Roy, Mr. Frederick Peel, and Mr. Clinton
Dawkins.

Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Monday at
his residence in Chesham-place. The company present
were the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the
Russian Minister and Baroness de Brunnow, the Swedish
and Norwegian Minister, the Spanish Minister, the
Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi, the Sicilian,Min-
ister and Princess di Carni, the Danish Minister and
Madame de Bille, the Austrian Minister and the Countess
Colloredo, and the French Charge d'Affaires.

CONVOCATION.---It is now understood that the Govern-
ment has assured both the Archbishop of Canterbury
and the clergymen anxious for the revival of Convocation,
of its determination to interfere if Convocation attempts
to enter into business beyond that which has been al-
ready transacted in framing an address to the Crown—
or if any factious attempt be made to resist the proroga-
tion by the Archbishop. This announcement may tend
to allay the eagerness of the Bishop of Oxford to enter
into a contest with the Archbishop. The address will
be presented on the 16th, and the prorogation will im-
mediately follow.

CLOSING OF ST. CLEMENT DANES' CHURCHYARD.....:
Last night a crowded meeting was held in the vestry.
room of St. Clement Danes—the Rev. W. Ellis, rector,
in the chair—to determine whether a burial-ground
should be provided for the parish, under the Metropolis
Burial Act, 15 and 16 Vic., cap. 85. After much dis-
cussion it was resolved, by 50 to 11 votes, to request
Lord Palmerston, as Rome Secretary of State, to obtain
an order in Council for the immediate closing of the
burial-ground.

•
THE MURDER IN CLAYHIDON, DEVONSHIRE.—An in-
quest was held on Monday, at the Half-Moon Tavern,
Clayhidon, on the body of William Blackmore, collector
of taxes for the district, who was murdered a fess days
; ago near that village. Ann Redwood, the landlady of
the White Horse public-house, stated that between seven
and eight o'clock on Saturday evening, the deceased
came into her house and called for a pint of beer. The
three prisoners and two other men were there, but the
latter two left shortly afterwards. The three prisoners
asked the deceased to treat them, and he contributed to-
' wards a quart of cider, saying he had only half-a-
-' crown in the world. In the pockets of deceased two
51. notes were found, and it was known that he had
other money, the produce of his tithe collection. The
deceased had some further conversation with the pri-
soners, and about one o'clock on Sunday morning they
all left together. Braddock, a constable, apprehended
the prisoners the same night, just before daylight. He
found George Sparks in bed, who at first denied all.
knowledge of the crime. On his waistcoat were spots of
blood. Several people came in and put questions to the
prisoner. At last he exclaimed, " I would as soon tell
the whole of it as not. I struck him back-handed, and
I think I killed him the first blow, but I struck him
twice after that." He fully exonerated the other pri-
soners. The only suspicious circumstances in respect to
Hitchcock were, that on his great coat which he wore
there were spots like blood, but there was som( differ-
ence of opinion as to whether it really was blood or not.
Footmarks corresponding with his boots were also dis-
covered near to where the body was found. The jury
returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against George
Sparks and James Hitchcock." Edward Sparks was
discharged.

HORRIBLE MURDER IN ESBEL—A. most appalling
murder was committed yesterday morning on the turn-
pike road between London and Romford. The unfortu-
nate victim was a very respectable man, named Toiler,
a commission agent, who resided on Chadwell-heath,
near Romford. Mr. Toiler was in the practice of visit-
ing London almost daily. He left his home yesterday
••• morning, at 8 o'clock, with the intention, it is believed,
of walking to Ilford and taking the train for London.
) About fifteen lor twenty minutes before 9 o'clock he was
met on the road by an ill-looking tramp, whose intention,
no doubt, was to rob the unfortunate man. The fellow
struck Mr. Toiler a violent blow on the head with a
stick, which caused him to stagger. Mr. Toiler called
out for assistance, and his cries attracted the attention of
a man and his wife, at work in an adjoining field, who saw
the murderer strike Mr. Toiler repeatedly with the
stick. They called out to the ruffian to desist, and
hastened towards the road • but before they could reach
the place they saw him take a clasp knife from his
pocket, with which he deliberately cut tho throat of his
victim, and nearly severed his head from his body. The
murderer immediately fled. The man and his wife in the
field were so horrified and frightened at the fearful and
bloody deed they had witnessed, that they made no
effort to pursue the murderer, who fled towards London.
They, however, gave immediate information to the first
police constable they met with, and soon afterwards Mr.
Howie, the superintendent of the IC division of police,
rode into Ilford, and on being informed of the murder,
gave directions to a number of mounted and other police-
officers to pursue the murderer, who, singularly enough,
after the commission of the horrible act, lost his way,
and being unacquainted with the road, made a detour,
and came back to within three hundred yards of the spot
where he committed the murder. He was immediately
pointed out by the man Willis, and taken into custody.
The prisoner, who gave his name Charles Saunders, was
brought up before Mr. Octavius Mashiter, who remanded
him until Saturday.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500
American were taken for export and 1,000 on specu-
lation. The market was tame, and closed with
more cotton offering. The sales comprised 4,500
American, 100 Pernam and Maranham at 6gd.,
200 Egyptian at 64d. to 9d., 300 Surat at 30. to
41-1, and 40 Sea Island Is. Bd. to ls. 9d. per lb.
Railway shares were very firm.
The quarterly sales of Indigo commenced this
day, consisting of 14,759 chests, including 6,779
chests of old goods, bought in at, or withdrawn
from, former sales, and 2,166 chests in second
hand. The qualities of Bengal are about one-third
good and fine, and two-thirds middling and ordi-
nary ; the Madras, three-fourths good and fine,
and oie-fourth middling and ordinary ; the Kur-
pah, one-fourth good and ordinary, and three-
fourths middling and ordinary ; the Bim-
lapatam, middling and ordinary ; the Oude
one-third good and fine, two-thirds middling
and ordinary. The sale opened with fair
spirit (without the announcement of any par-
cels being withdrawn,) at an advance of 4d.
to 6d. per lb. upon last October rates ; buyers
seemed prepared to purchase freely, consequently
but moderate support was required on the part of
importers. For Bengal indigo, of imperfect and
undesirable qualities, the advance is about 4d. per
lb., but for the more perfect descriptions, fully 6d.
advance was paid. For Kurpah the advance was
also from 4d. to 6d. per lb., but stronger support
was required, and a large proportion was bought
in. The few Madras in to-day's sale were at about
2d. under last October rates. There was a very
fair attendance of both home and foreign buyers.
The rates for Bills of Exchange on the Conti-
nental cities rather tended upwards yesterday
afternoon. Amsterdam and Trieite were excep-
tions, the former being at 11 18& for 90 days'
paper, and the latter at 114 to 9; Paris was at 25
274 to 30, and Hamburgh at 13 6 to 13 64.
The English Stock Market has been very fluctu
ating this morning. At the commencement of
business, prices were buoyant, Consols having been
991- 4, and since 994 . For next Account they
were 994 , and are now 99i I. Bank Stock is
steady at 228. South Sea Old Annuities have
realised 994. Exchequer Bills are 50s. to 545.
premium.

The Foreign Stocks have been dull, neither real
nor speculative business being brisk. Mexican
Bonds have been 22k, Grenada Deferred 11 to
and Equador have touched 5 to I. Spanish
New Deferred are 22k, . Dutch Four per Cents.
are 97k, I.
The Railway share market has been very good
upon the whole, and would probably have gone
higher but for the reaction in Consols. There
is evidently a struggle between the Bulls
and the Bears, and prices are in conse-
quence kept fluctuating. Great Western,
have been as high as 89, and North Western
and York and North Midland in propor-
tion, but they are all at present rather flatter. A
good deal has been done in Eastern Counties, and
not much in the other small lines. French Shares
have receded, and have scarcely anything doing in
them.

The Mining Shares have been in moderate de-
mand, and realised full prices.
The Land Companies are very firmly maintained,
and the British American Land have improved.

In the Joint Stock Bank Shares of Australia
there is less doing.

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY,
(Hem the Official List.)

- Bank Stock
228
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.......... ICn 100
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 994
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
India Bonds, £lOOO 65 t d 3
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860..6 a
60 65
Ditto, under £lO3O 65 60 65
South Sea Old Annuities 994
Consols for Account 10th February 99A
Excheauer Bills lid. March. June.
£lOOO
50
£5OO 54
Small 5O 4

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Equador Bonds 5ll if
Grenada Bonds, Deferred, I Hi
Mexican 3 per Cent 224
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 93t
spanish Bonds, 2 per Cent ... 47
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22 i
Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..

Consols
Ditto March Account

HALIi-PA.ST TWO.
99

THE SCHOOLS DESIGN.—It is said that the neces
sity of completing, without further delay, the new build-
ings at Somerset-house, now erecting for the Inland
Revenue Offices, and of consolidating the public offices
on that site, has induced the Government to determine
on the immediate removal of the School of Design from
Somerset-house. The opportunity, we believe, will now
be seized of effecting a public improvement -which will
greatly increase the usefulness of the school. Instead
of having but one central school of art for the whole of
the metropolis, arrangements in concert with local au-
thorities will be made to carry out the wishes often ex-
pressed of establishing district schools in several parts of
London. The improvement will not stop here, as facili-
ties will thus be created of teaching elementary drawing
in any parochial schools where such instruction may be
desired. The few students in the higher stages of instruc-
tion at Somerset-house will be removed to Marlborough-
house, where they will be enabled to participate more
largely than at present in the means of eduCation
afforded by the museum, library, and other features of
the Department of Practical Art.

BURGLARY AT BOWOOD.—TWO men, named William
Townsend, alias chimney-sweeper, and Thomas Waite,
labourer, have been committed to take their trial at the
next assizes for a burglary committed as long back as
the 20th of April, 1850. They were charged with having
on that date "broken into and entered the dwelling-
house of the most Hon. Henry Petty, Marquis of Lans-
downe, and therefrom stolen 211. Bs. 6d." Mr. Henry
Phelps, the Marquis of Lansdowne's under steward, de-
posed to having, on the 20th of April, locked the doors
and windows of his office, and finding the next morning
that a pane of glass had been broken in the centre win-
dow, by means of which the window was opened and the
office entered. A drawer in which cash was kept had
been ransacked, and 181. in gold and 3/ Bs. 6d. in silver
carried away. Waite confessed the robbery to a man of
the name of Nichollo, and the latter gave inforniation to
the
tpolice. Both prisoners were fully committed for
We

A BISHOP AT THE DlGGlNGS.—Yesterday, at the
monthly meeting of the Christian Knowledge Society, a
letter was read from the Bishop of Adelaide, in the
course of which his lordship remarked, " I perciaive that
the notion prevails in England that the gold diggings
have poured wealth beyond bound into our laps. This
is true of the labouring class, but the other classes were
never so much pinched. The cost of subsistence has
doubled. All labour and service wages are exorbitant.
The clergy and gentry, therefore, not only find their in-
comes diminished, because the supply of labour is insuf-
ficient and wages high, but, besides much discomfort,
find it difficult to live and educate their children as be-
fore. Bread is 4d. per pound, and unless the good feel-
ing of the working classes induces them to get in the
harvest, instead of hunting after gold, even this rate will
be exceeded next year."
MORMONISM IS SOUTHAMPTON.--The Mormons have
a number of disciples in Southampton. Their place of
meeting is at the bottom of the High-street. The preach-
ing for intellectual incapacity and religious extravagance
is on a level with that of the ranters. The Southampton
Mormons have a sort of religious dance, during which
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of the necessity of baptising adult converts by immersion.
The place where they (the no•phytes) are baptised are
the private baths at West Quay, where, at this time of
the year at least, the members of the Great Salt Lake
fraternity are secure from impertinent curiosity and mo-
lestation. On Sunday night last the Mormon elder or
priest baptised five poor women. The thermometer
during the ceremony was nearly down to the freezing
point. There is a belief amongst them that no bodily ill
can result from the ceremony of baptism, no matter what
is the state of the convert's health or the temperature of
the weather when the ceremony is performed.
LYME REGIS.—We are glad to hear that the commit-
tee appointed at this place to collect subscriptions on
behalf of the emigrants and seamen shipwrecked there
on the 27th of December last, and also for the relief of
the widows and families of the brave men who Were
drowned on that day, have already received a considera-
ble sum. The total receipts amount to 4311. 45. Bd, of
which 3081. 2s. 6d. has gone to the widows and families
of those who lost their lives, and 1231. 2s. 2d. to the
emigrants and seamen. Among the donations is included
a sum of 1001. from members of the Stock Exchange,
and the local sympathy excited is pleasingly marked by
contributions at Lyme Regis of 1501., at Charmouth of
331. 6s. 6d., and at Axminster of 231. 12s. The letter
published on the subject in the Times of the sth of Ja-
nuary has brought a total of 194/.lls. to the fund.

INSURRECTION AT

MILAN.

(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
( From a Second Edition of the Morning Post.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The Government has received, last night, a tele-
graph from Basle, transmitting one from Belling-
zona of yesterday.
An insurrection took place in Milan on Sunday.
The people rose suddenly in three parts of the
town ; five men were killed. An Austrian pro-
clamation announces the re-establishment of order.
But the Milan train had not arrived yesterday at
the Swiss frontier.

Milan is still closed, and it is believed that the
fight has recommenced. Mazzini's incendiary pro-
clamation was everywhere posted up.