The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-07 00:00:00

proaching to it. The victims in her story were
adults. Here it was a child six years old, maimed
for life ! LEGREE was bad enough in all con-
science ; and the Judges apparently connived at
offences committed by persons in authority. But
the one committed no outrage so bad as that of
OLDHAM—the others passed no such farcical sen-
tence as that so recently pronounced by Mr. Com-
mon-Sergeant BULLOCK !

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 6.

The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of
Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Prince
of Leiningen, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe,
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and the Countess of
Dornburg, Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer, the
Earl of Aberdeen, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess
of Kent, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, the Baroness
Speth, Major General Sir George Bowles, and Baron
Kneseheck.

The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the
Castle, and played during dinner.
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Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the
evening, and performed the following selection :
Overture, " Haydee" Auber.
Ottetto, Op. 20, Allo. con fusco, An-
dante, Scherzo—four violins, two vio-
las, and two violoncellos—Messrs.
Sainton, Day, E. Chipp, Cusins, Hill,
Nickel, H. Chipp, and L. Schroder,
jun. Mendelssohn.
Selection, Ballet, " Aglae" Lindpainter.
Her Majesty was visited yesterday afternoon by the
Countess de Neuilly, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours,
the Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duke and
Duchess d'Aumale, and the Prince and Princess Augus-
tus of Cobourg.
The following have received invitations, and are ex-
pected to-day :—The Count and Countess Colloredo
(Austrian Minister), the Earl of Clarendon, Lord and
Lady John Russell, and Viscount and Viscountess
Mahon.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, President of the
Board of Trade, attended yesterday, for the first time,
at the Board of Trade.
The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's
Counsel, &c., on Tuesday next, the first day of Hilary
Term, at 12 o'clock, at his lordship's residence, in Upper
Brook-street. _ _

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The Duke of Newcastle has returned to town from his
seat at Clumber-park, Notts.

ETON COLLEGE.—The election of a Provost of Eton,
in the room of the late Rev. Francis Hodgson, 8.D., is
appointed to take place on the 12th instant. The nomi-
nation being vested in the Crown, the election by the
College will, of course, be pro formd. No positive
appointment has yet been made, but among those named
as likely to receive the offer, the Hon. and Rev. Gerald
Wellesley, her Majesty's private chaplain, the Hon. and
Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, canon of Windsor, and
the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the present head master, are
mentioned. The statutes of the College require that the
Provost should be of the degree of B.D. at least, at the
time of his election ; and custom has further added that
he should have been educated on the foundatiou of the
school. This, however, has not been always the case, as
neither Sir H. Savile, elected Provost in 1596, nor Sir
H. Wotton, in 1624, was educated at Eton, the latter
having been brought up at Winchester.
DEPARTURE OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.—The Lord-
Lieutenant and the Countess of Eglington took their de-
parture from Ireland yesterday. At eleven o'clock his
Excellency and the Countess, accompanied by their suite,
left the Viceregal Lodge, escorted by a squadron of the
King's Dragoon Guards. At the railway, which they
reached at twelve o'clock, they were received by a guard
of honour. The special train consisted of the royal
carriage (built for her Majesty when she visited Ireland
in 1849), which was occupied by the viceregal party ;
the three first-class carriages, in which their suite and
immediate friends were provided with seats ; and
' tbree third class carriages for his Excellency's servants.
Upon the arrival of the special train at the Kingstown
terminus, the Earl and Countess were received by a
squadron of cavalry, as a guard of honour, and a cavalry
band, who struck up the National Anthem, and oon-
tinned to play it until their Excellencies were on board
the Prince Arthur, the special steamer placed at their
disposal. The moment the noble Earl and his amiable
wife and suite went on board, the moorings of tre Prince
Arthur were slipped, and she proceeded on her voyage
amidst the cheers of their friends, who congregated in
thousands in this favourite locality. A troop of the
Horse Artillery was placed on the East Pier, and fired a
salute of 21 guns, which was answered by similar salute
from the park.
THE NEW LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.—The new
Lord-Lieutenant arrived in Dublin at 11 o'clock yester-
day
forenoon, and proceeded at once to Dublin Castle.
The Privy Council shortly after assembled, and His Ex-
cellency was sworn into office with the usual ceremonies.
The noble earl returns to London to-day, and will make
his state entry into Dublin on the 16th inst.
LLANELLY RAILWAY.—At a meeting of the Llanelly
Railway and Dock Company yesterday, a resolu-
tion was_passed for applying to Parliament for powers
to extend the Llanelly Railway to Llandilo. Mr. Butts
was elected a member of the committee. The half-yearly
accounts showed that the receipts of the 6 monthi was
7,0481. Is. 6d., being an increase of 2061. over the cor-
responding period of last year. The tolls of the dock
had not quite maintained themselves. The junction of
the South Wales line and that of this company at
Llandilo, would have the effect of increasing the traffic
considerably. The expenditure did not exceed the re-
venue by more than 2501., but this arose from the cost
of increasing the strength of the rails. The cost of the
extension line was estimated at 51,0001. to be raised by
preferential shares. After some discussion the accounts
were approved unanimously.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.--Yesterday, about four
o'clock in the afternoon, an accident occurred in the
neighbourhood of Russell-square, which, although hap-
pily unattended with any loss of life, was followed by
serious consequences. A jobbing carriage and pair, be-
longing to Mr. Yeoman, livery stable keeper, of Guild-
ford-street, were incautiously left standing in March-
mont-street. The horses, being spirited animals, took
fright, it is supposed, at a baker's cart passing them ra-
pidly. They immediately started off, and tore along at a
furious pace, until they reached Everett-street, down
which they gallopped, alarming the passers by, and nar-
rowly escaping collision with a van laden with furniture.
Continuing their course into Bernard-street, they dashed
across the road and came violently against the railings of
No. 11, which immediately faces the bottom of Everett-
street, tearing away a great portion of the iron-work and
the coping stones. They hung within the area, suspend-
ed by the traces from the carriage, when they commenced
plunging and kicking in the most violent manner, ren-
dering it impossible for any one to attempt their extri-
cation. At length, Captain Troup, who resides at
No. 11, with great presence of mind and no little cour-
age, severed the traces, precipitating the horses into his
area. The fall considerably injured them, and it is
feared one must be killed. As it was impossible to re-
move them in any other way, a scaffolding and cross-
pole were immediately erected over the railings, and
several men employed to raise them by means of a rope
and bands passed round the bodies of the prostrate ani-
mals. Upon the first being raised to the level of the
pavement, it was injudiciously attempted to carry it
over that part of the railings which remained standing,
instead of choosing the part which was broken down,
and which would therefore have presented no obstacles
to their exertions. The consequence was, that, kick.
ing furiously, the hind foot of the unfortunate beast,
caught in the railings. It continued plunging violently,
and broke a further portion of the railing away. At
the same moment the cross-pole over which the rope
was thrown, and from which the horse was suspended,
gave way, thus creating considerable confusion, the
poor brute falling violently into the area upon the body
of the other. The scaffolding having been refixed, the
workmen succeeded in drawing up the horses, bleeding
profusely from several frightful wounds. The scene
altogether was one of considerable excitement, a crowd
of 800 or 900 persons having collected together. One
unfortunate man, while assisting in rescuing the horses
from their perilous situation, met with a serious acci-
dent, and was removed to the Free Hospital in the
Gray's-inn-road, in a state of insensibility.
FATAL CAB COLLISION.—Last evening, Mr. Bedford
concluded the inquiry into the circumstances attending
the death of Arthur Groombridge, a cab-driver, aged 48.
Thomas Blakemore, a breaksman to a horsedealer, de-
posed that about half-past one o'clock on Friday last, he
was outside his master's premises, No. 33, Millbank-
street, when he saw the cab coining towards him, and
the gentleman's brougham was coming in the opposite
direction, and just after the latter had passed the break
with which witness had returned the collision took place.
There was ample room for the vehicles to have passed
each other. The cab was not so close to the kerb as it
might have been, and the brougham was in the middle of
the road. Dr. Samuel Ashwell, of 16, Grafton-street,
Bond-street, deposed that he was riding in his brougham
at the time in question, and heard his coachman call out
to a cabman who was approaching them. He looked
out of one of the windows, but providentially instantly
withdrew his head, as his brougham was immediately
struck by the cab. Immediately after the collision had
taken place he jumped out of his brougham and went to
the assistance of the cabman, who had fallen off his box
into the roadway. He appeared to have had a sufficient
fall to fracture his skull • but it seemed impossible that
he could have so injured himself; as, on the policeman
taking him in charge for being drunk and incapable of
managing his cab, he walked to the station-house. Some
conversation here took place as to the treatment de-
ceased had received at the station-house, and it appeared
that Inspector Bickerston had sent for Mr. Pearse, the
surgeon, when it was discovered that deceased was ill,
but neither that gentleman nor Mr. Morgan, who had
seen him previously, had the least idea that his skull
was fractured. The coroner having summed up, the jury
consulted, and after some time the foreman reported that
they could not come to a unanimous verdict, but 12 out
of 16 returned that of "Accidental death."
NEW CHARGE AGAINST MR. KIRWAN.—The authori-
ties were busily engaged all day yesterday investigating
a new charge involving suspicion of murder against Mr.
Kirwan. The proceedings have been instituted at the
desire of a Mrs. Bowyer, the wife of an artist of some
eminence, who disappeared some years ago, after the
sale of property to a large amount, including the sum of
2,800/. in Government Stock, and in the disposal of
which, it is alleged, Kirwan took a very active part.
From that period to the present an annuity of 401.
a year has been paid to the widow, through Mr. Kirwan.
It is further alleged that some of the property of Bowyer,
among which were several valuable paintings have been
found by the police in Kirwan's house.