The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FEB. 7.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duchess 61
`Wellington have been invited, and are expected to day,
on a visit to the Queen.
The Duke of Wellington also remains at the Castle.

A deputation from the committee of the Association
for the Reduction of the Duties on Wines had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at
his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation
consisted of -Mr. Chisholm Anstey, Mr. W. B. James,
Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Lawrie, and Mr. Shorter, and was
accompanied by Mr. J. P. Murrough, M.P. for Brid-
port, Mr. W. E. Freke, Mr. George Frewer, and Mr.
Cyrus Redding.
Major-General Sir Henry Pynn attended at the Fo-
reign-office yesterday, on behalf of the claims of British
officers that served in the Portuguese army during the
Peninsular war.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonia]
office from the Governor-General of Canada.

FATAL EFFECTS OF BLOWING BLADDERS.—Yesterday
aestbSiadmditehr-bl
afternoon Mr. Wm. Payne held an inqufiel, on the body
Smithfield, est at the Rock-
oinfgchahmar-laerms
ms,
ilialol,siearg-eladne62W,
11, in the same lane. The deceased, bladder-blow of No.
appeared
from the evidence, had for several years past
carried
a large business by inflating bullocks' an calves' on
blad-
ders, by means of which he had been enabled to
his wife and three children, but of late he had got got re-
duced in circumstances, andbeingunable to obtain a pair
of bellows to perform the necessary work of inflation,
the result was he was compelled to do the same with his,
mouth. This caused him to cough
exceedingly, and
asthma supervening, he was unable to perform the work
without great suffering, and on Friday last he sent outr
for a quartern of gin, and having drank about half of it,
he laid down with his head reclining on a pillow, and
quietly expired. The widow of the deceased said that
her husband suffered so much from blowing the bla-
ders, that before he could get his breath of a morning he
was obliged to swallow a glass of gin. The coroner hav-
ing remarked on the melancholy nature of the case, the
jury returned a verdict of "Natural Death."
DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE METROPOLIS. It
gives us sincere satisfaction to perceive that the South-
Western Railway Company propose to obtain the neces-
sary powers to enable them to complete the abandoned
line between this city and Andover (the line between
Andover and Basingstoke being already in course of
construction). We have reason to believe that an ami-
cable arrangement will be come to between the inde-
pendent company and the South-Western; and the inha-
bitants of this city and neighbourhood have just cause to
be thankful to the projectors of the former, as there can
be little doubt that their spirited and energetic conduct
in the matter has *had the effect of stimulating the South-
Western to complete a line so essential to the welfare of
this city, and so important, above all, as a point d'appui
from which to star:: in the future extension of the line
westward, which we do not despair of ultimately seeing
proposed and carried by the very men who have ousted
Mr. Chaplin from the chairmanship of the board, because
he supported a scheme of which they either could not or
would not see the benefit and necersity. We accept,
however, the line from Andover to Salisoury as a valu-
able instalment of the debt due from the South-Western
Company to this district, and shall patiently wait for the
balance.—Salisbury Journal.
COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON A LADY OF FORTUNE.
—A writ de lunatico inquirendo was executed before Mr.
Commissioner Winslow and sixteen special jurors, at the
Abbey Arms Inn, Plaistow, Essex, relative to the men-
tal condition of Sussan of
Bndy, aged 68, of Cobley-
hall, Plaistow, widow of James Grundy, Esq., late of
Waltham Abbey, who, when living, was, together with
his wife and her sisters, the wealthy proprietor of exten-
sive house and freehold landed property. The commis-
sion had issued on the petition of Mrs. Duff of Manor-
house, Poplar, a sister of the alleged lunatic, and was
supported by 'Mr. Giraud of Furnival's-inn. The jury
proceeded to Cobley-ball, and examined Mrs. Grundy.
They found her in bed, though at twelve o'clock in the
day. Her replies fully confirmed the evidence, and they
returned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from
Ist of April, 1848.
SHEEP SLAUGHTER ON THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—
The 7 o'clock up-train on Monday morning last ran over
nine sheep belonging to the Rev. Ralph Fisher, Bank
Cortage, Pembrey, rear the Earl of Ashburnham's em-
bankment. The sheep were depasturing on the marsh
adjoining, and bow they came on the railway is not
known. Some of the sheep had their heads severed,
whilst others were not much mutilated.— Welshman.
CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—AII hopes of proceed.
ing with this undertaking appear to have been aban-
doned. It has been stated that the wrought iron,
which has been so long ready for the proposed structure,
has been sold to the West Cornwall Railway Company,
and instead of forming part of the "permanent way"
across the water from Clifton to Leigh, it will perform
that office on the line of the above railway.—Bristol
Journal.
THE LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL AND THE Docz
COMMITTEE.—An adjourned meeting of the Town Coun-
cil of Liverpool was held yesterday for the purpose of
discussing the difference between the Dock Committee
and the Messrs. Baker, when the council vetoed the pro-
ceedings of the committee by a majority of 31 to 21. In
consequence of two-thirds of the council not joining in
the veto, the proceedings of the Dock Committee were
confirmed.