The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-29 00:00:00

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Their Majesties left town at a quarter past three o'c
Saturday afternoon, for Windsor Castle.
The Duke of Cumberland visited their Majesties on AO-
day morning. His Royal Highness left town in the afternc:4l
for his residence at Kew.
Her Majesty visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Glwid;
ar
cester House, on Saturday morning. The Queen afterw
went to Kensington Palace. • l.
His Majesty gave audience on Saturday to the Earl of Err° '
The Landgravine of Hosse Homburg, the Duchess of Glou-
cester, the Princess Augusta, Prince George of Cambridge,
Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, the Marchioness of ElYcj
Earl and Countess Howe, the Treasurer of the us pith
.
Sir John and Lady Pechell, and Sir Harry Neale, dined w
their 11Iajesties, at St. James's Palace, on Friday evening.
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The Duchess of .Kent and the Princess Victoria, and th
Royal Highnesses' Household, attended Divine service yester-
day. The Rev. William Fisher officiated.
The Princess Augusta, accompanied by Lady Louisa Cl3trin;
wallis, attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in
Chapel Royal, St. James's.
Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, accompanied by
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Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, attended Divine Service Ye 6 s
terday in the Royal German Chapel. The sermon eia
preached by the Rev. Dr. Kuper.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, with theirs
Royal Highnesses' Suite, were present at the performance °'•
the new tragedy at Covent-garden Theatre, on Saturdai

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The Princess Augusta and Prince George of Cambridge
lunched with their Majesties, on Saturday, at St. James'i•
Preparations are making at Kensington Palace for the re
ception of his Royal Highness the Prince Ferdinand of Nru;
gal, who is expected with his brother, his Serene fligline;
the Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, to visit this countrY °;
his way to Portugal. His Royal Highness's arrival is fixed
the 15th of March. jlis

The Prince Fet.dinand of Portugal is in his 20th year. ',
Royal Highness is the eldest son of Field Marshal his Sel""o
Highness the Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, tea
married the Princess Kohary, the heiress of that distinguis",o
Hungarian family, and acquired thereby their great ento`o
in Austria and Hungary. Their children consequently boa
been brought up Roman Catholics. The Prince Ferditan,.
has, in consequence of his alliance with the Queen of rc)",,-
tugal, renounced in favour of his next brother his succession to
the family estates.
His Royal Highness is a young Paince of the highest Plre
mise and most amiable character, and is the nephew of nino,
Duchess of Kent, the King of the Belgians, and the reig
Duke of Slxe-Coburg Gotha.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon. abbe
Foreign Office. It was attended by all the Ministers. i"

Council sat two hours.
A deputation of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Societni:
including the Right Hon. C. Wynn, Sir Alexander Johnstuel.
and Sir George Staunton, had an interview with the Chan
for of the Exchequer, on Saturday, in Downing-street. op
Mr. Hume, M. P., and a deputation of market gardeiletbe
had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday, at

Home Office. vicsl
Mr. Stewart Mackenzie and Mr. Campbell had an inter
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday.

WINDSOR-SUNDAY.

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Their Majesties arrived at the Castle from St. James's eh-
quarter before six yesterday evening, escorted by a dent:rit.-
ment of the Royal Horse Guards. Frogmore-road, r.
street, High-street, and the Castle Hill were filled with...rfa.
sons anxious to greet their Sovereign's return to this the!' st.
voured residence. The bells of the parish church and ere
George's rang merry peals, the guns in Bachelor's Acre ° 0
fired, and the people cheered loudly and enthusiast
their Majesties passed through the town up to the Castle.
major part of the young gentlemen from Eton College ren;obr
the side of the Royal carriage, with their hats off, cheeir"tel
most loyally. The illuminations were but partially li:glthe
up on their Majesties' entrance to the town, but "',pile
evening there was a brilliant display, especially at the, ete''
Hart, kept by Mr. Clark, whose " Rex et Regina—'Se
a very splendid appearance, to say nothing of the jog.
works and balloon that went up from his house in the evneejece
Shortly after the arrival of the King and Queen, '1- tiler-
George of Cambridge, Earl and Countess Howe, Si`
bert and Lady Taylor, Captain Curzon, Lord and Lad"' i Sir
land, Sir Frederick Watson, and Miss Wilson arrivalleet
Jeffrey Wyattyille had the honour of joining the Roy "I"
part
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Their Majesties attended Divine Service this morning 1
Private Chapel ; the Rev. Isaac Gossett officiated.
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This evening the principal Officers of the regiments r
tioned here, and the Rev. I. Gossett, will have the bolo°
dining with their Majesties.
The Lord Chancellor has taken Earl Gran%
spacious mansion in Bruton street ; the edifice has bee° ,to
nanted since the Noble. Earl's nomination to the EinbassY
the French Government. 1 39
Sir John Colboine is to reside in Montreal
Commander of the Forces.—Montreal Herald.
According to a report just published by M. Thie;rsn's
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sions, independent of their wealth.
The French papers announce the death of Sir Ilf°'
Gell, at Naples, in the 59th year of his age. 'S
Captain Justice Sheil, of the India ComPs Codt
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Service, is appointed Secretary of Legation at the the
Persia. He is brother to the Member for Tipperary ;a t.
situation is worth 1,000/. a year.—Dublin Evening Fffishea
A RECORDER LOST.—From a report puul,o
by the Bolton Press, of a meeting of the Wigan Coornever
see that the Recorder of the borough, Mr. Fitzadam, ea eat'
acted as Recorder; that his name had not, for sonle„.'001-
appeared in the law list ; that lie had been a prisoner in so
bury gaol for debt ; and that the Council considered 1°7.001
unfit person for the office of Recorder, and had there of
to the determination to discharge him, and that a iglicehti-A
such discharge should be delivered to him; that such iletle,-ere he
been prepared, but that the Council could not learn ler vto
was to be found. A statement founded on these facts aj tor
believe, been forwarded to the Home Secretary by the of
cil, who have recommended another person for the aPPr°loties
his Majesty. The former charter gave to the Corneb! and
power to discharge the Recorder ; and we concur l'i;t,010
confirm the Mayor in the conviction, that there is no 08"
the Municipal Reform Act abrogating such power. .
On Friday evening, wineeting of the opero,tor° or,
sons of Glasgow was held in the Mechanics' Hall, Teetotal
close, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for th
abolition of the Taxes on Knowledge.
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SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday, the 12th-3,400
James Mair, weaver, in Portshaugh, parish of Abe;o hie
went into his workshop, at the usual hour, to cowmen -0,
labours. About a quarter of an hour afterwards, some of
bers of the family, who were in an adjoining apartmellte'd the
.prised that he had made no noise for some time, °Pell t
door, and beheld him seated upon his loom, with his seat
his hand, a breathless corpse !—Aberdeen Observer.verso
It was rumoured in Paris on Friday, that se tb°
persons had been arrested for depositing garlandsuP°ri the
graves of Morey and Pepin ; the followinv., howevery 1000
simple fact :----A female, named Grouvelte, who had ea the
strong political feelings, and by her importunities obtaleftler
to
clothes in which these two men were executed, in ,'„osio"
keep them as relics, entered the burying-ground and °roost
on their graves several garlands, ornamented with red Ilserte
On being desired by the keepers to withdraw, she its cole:
that, though she was not one of their families, she wateeeper;
missioned by them to watch over their remains. The ",,a
persevered in ordering her away, the feinale resisted, e"-
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length was conducted before a commissary of
after reproving her, ordered her to be released. The e° threethreesary of police, however, of the quarter, accompanied hY pioa
officers, came yesterday to her house, and demandedn'Tet ,;he
of the clothes of Pepin and Morey, which she stated t°3 e
had purchased from the persons to whom they bad faill,es f
perquisite, upon being authorised to do so, by the rell/110dge
the deceased. A complaint upon this matter has been ,
by her with the Procureur du Roi. f
DEATH OF DR. WHITFIELD.—The death we
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Helmer,
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Hereford.
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distinguished as an organist and composer, first under thoich
of Dr. John Clarke, and since under that of Whitfield'e ote,:
he assumed from his mother's family, through whom Pespee'
to have derived considerable property ; but these Pr-cbse.
were frustrated, chiefly by unfortunate proceedings in pre;
eery. Dr. Whitfield had been fourteen years Profeseet.,:cris''
viously to which he was, during almost as long high pee:
organist of Trinity and St. John's Colleges. His " "0411-:
fessional attainments, particularly in the branch of saerebart;
sic, together with his amiable and respectable private frie,„j
ip
ter, rendered him an object of sincere esteem to ",,sess
His death, which followed a protracted period of sick"' his, r
debility, must be to him a merciful release, though ca,
mily and his friends a source of sorrow and regret.
bridge Chronicle. 1 kcif
It is understood that the Earl of Burlington is 101
to be the Chancellor of the New University of Louden' ttsieer
we look back on the distinguished honours which be,
reoett,le''
at the University, his Lordship having been Second Nl' rjoife,l::
First Smith's Prizemen—haring been elected forhi poii;
sity for his academical merits, and then rejected for, h
tical demerits—we cannot but hail the probabilitYriecoil
Lordship's appointment as a mark of the efficieneY a cots.'
rality which will characterize the proposed arranger' .
Observer. 110
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At the late assizes for the department 0f oda,
and Cher a man named Mat was accused of having moo foe
his wife. The prisoner admitted the fact, and gave riz h
lowing details :—His wife was in the habit of beat_l pthso
and excited by the frequency of the act, be had deellusd
if she ever repeated it he would kill her. She did rr 00,.;
kept his word. On her striking him, he knockod nein
broke her head with an iron pot, and after leaving ,berfor tbt
agonies of death for half an hour, he felt compunctionaoole;
deed, and in the hope of saving her soul, prayed for
tbrust!er
by her side, and then completed his terrific crime by into 13_,
his working compasses into her ear, which penetratinog ex. 4
brain, caused instantaneous death. In the course to't in 11:d
amination it became evident that the prisoner was
r.efeery
right senses, as be frequently expressed a belief in `self 501 re
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;wise
other absurd notions, and stated that he was -. once the
u.ider the influence of a spell. The Jury in cuuseleft to
turned a verdict of acquittal, and the prisoner w!is .t„.
disposal of thiauthorities, as is tonal Ca9Q3 Qf "'sanity.