The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-28 00:00:00

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COURT CIRCULAR.
th 1110 Kingcb
atended Divine Service yesterday morning in
, (Tel,
' Royal St. James's. His Majesty was accompa-
thssen.Y the Duke of Cumberland, the Landgravine of
carnb Ilomberg, the Princess Augusta, Prince George of
dwarrdi ge, Prince Earnest of Hesse Philippsthal, and Prince
of Carolath. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached
te. sermon from the sth chapter of Hebrews, and the Bth and
verses.
anlj•lemusical service was King's in D. Horncastle's Sanctus
entoornmandments. The Anthem " Who is this that
Sunda f,rnte Edom," was composed expressly for Palm
Vaughan n Dr. Arnold. It was sung by Messrs. Salmon,
The
an, Y
Quad Sale. Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
Majesty ! Q
'"aa & ueen, we regret to state, has been indisposed. Her
hisß Ater yesterda
eompanier, ness the Prince Ferdinand of Portugal, ac-
and An ny their Serene Highnesses the Princes Ferdinand
left icrg'Astus of Saxe Coburg, and the Prince of Leiningen,
In hi 'naington Palace, for Portsmouth yesterday morning.
BarnB 110Yal Highness's suite were the Count Lavradio, the
sic.,, Moncorvo, Lord Elphinstone, Sir John Conroy, Mon-
The Baron de Dieskau, &c.
tess Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Prin-
illu t
.leterin accompanied the Prince of Portugal and their
shotatttious relatives as far as Claremont, where they passed a
and the together , when the Prince proceeded on his journey,
sin buchess and the Princess Victoria returned to Ken-
gen p„,_
Their R.udee'
Victop; Prince
Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Princess
nets —a' nince Ferdinand of Portugal, their Serene High-
bootea tbe Princes Ferdinand and Augustus of Saxe Co-
tegn!' and the Prince of Leiningen, accompanied by the Por-
d'Affale and Belgian Ministers and the Austrian Charge
at the Affair and a large suite were present at the performance
Eve,.'-tngs Theatre on Saturday evening.
eelv. rY Praration has een made Portsmouth to re-
HI the Preinpce of Portugal with great tatention.
Ver 3 Royal Highness was to dine with the Lieutenant-Go-
yesterday evening, yesterday evening, to visit the Dock-yard, &c., to-day,
pri,,,:11 the evening his Royal Highness would entertain the
hit pal officers of the army and navy at dinner at the hotel
To
for his occupation.
and °C.nliorrow his Royal Highness is to embark for Lisbon ;
)310 1.13 distinguished relatives who accompanied him to Ports-
itatit" will return to Kensington Palace, and shortly after-
lid.s Proceed to Germany.
411,18 Majesty entertained at dinner on Saturday, at St.
Pl.:•es's, the Princess Augusta, Prince George of Cambridge,
reiate r,rnest of Hesse Philippsthal, Prince Edward of Ca-
E, u and a select party.
"rla Albemarle and Amherst had audiences of the King on
aturday.
ph she Landgravine of Hesse Homberg and the Princess
,r!.So-
visited the Queen on Saturday.
etZThe Duke Duke of Cumberland, and the Landgravine of Hesse
terg, honoured the Earl/ of Westmoreland with their
fly at dinner on Saturday evening, in Grosvenor-square.
tn,..,14ne Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal and Prince Edward of
tst7tath, accompanied by Earl Howe, visited the Zoological-
tl,...,Aranns, in the Regent's-park, yesterday. In the evening
ail, "retie Highnesses dined with Baron Bulow, the Prus-
Ministe in Bryancton square.
Pe?:Cabinert'Council W- as held on Saturday afternoon at the
Messrs.
Office. The Ministers sat an hour and a half.
the ps,,srs• Barnard, Taylor, and Knott, had an interview with
toars",uaneellor of the Exchequer and the President of the
-` Trade Saturday, in Downing-street.
on _
Ca r. Lord Advocate, Sir M. S. Stewart, Messrs. Walter,
Stiri
'Abell
, Emerson Tennent, Wallace, Chalmers, Forbes
motet .ngabire), Houldsworth, Oswald, and Dunlop, had an
Na„Ylew with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday, on Steam
Migation•
r
• Alderman Harmer, Messrs. Westmacott, Anderson,
unn.
Chan ' and Stevens had an interview on Saturday with the
beellor of the EXchequer.
44nsPatehes from the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's
~
were received yesterday at the Colonial Office.

hket Marquis of Hertford and his extensive suite are
th ;_ot to return to England in May. The Pagoda Palace,.
et : Itegent's-park, will be ready by that period. to receive
Ziltrua•—sicalEtirely new and very extensive additions to that
Aft4building are now in progress, under the direction of
ecimus Burton, the architect.. Lord Hertford, soon
11,04 la arrival in London, will give a series of entertainments
,Tll more extensive scale than any of even his former
!ets.
Nta4lle Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch intend to give
aottiZagnificent fetes at their house in Whitehall•gardens, in
J°hathe marriage' of the Noble Duke's brother, Lord
.I,,Qcott, to Miss Spottiswode.
e Young lady who recently made her. debut at our
boa.tre, is the Mrs. Deacle whose case. with the Barings,
tour years since, excited so much interest throughout
ningdom and in the House of Commons.—Bristol Paper.
ki-21,ENWICH FAIR. We hear that arrangements
5-"°'6og on the London and Greenwich railwaytoconvey
4,1,3 Passengers at a trip. As the carriages make now four
tray
"eLPer hour, this would give 13,200 persons ; and as this
fairly doubled during the holidays, we do not think it
lieroln.nell to suppose that they may carry 26,400 persons per
Sabi ~E
vV EATHER.—No greater contrast has Fo-
alk, Leper occurred in the temperature of the
atmosphere
hnat 'which has been experienced during the last week.
„'ltti,t-erniorneter, which on Monday had been as high in the
Iczlt'g as P 0, fell in the course of Saturday night below the
int.
It't464 e"SeqUenee of the late heavy rains, the waters
kititt;lnany places out to an extent scarcely ever known in the
IC? Proverbially dry month of March.
1104 fisth of course to be expectrd that upon the
e proposed reduction of the stamp duty on. news-
Ohl',_attiogent measures will be devised. for preventing the
bap of the contraband trade in unstam ed papers.
hko,,r reason to believe that effectual measuresP will b. e
S%it "r that purpose, and that, as far.as. circumstances will
01,14 principle of the excise regulations.for the pre en-
ncSrr'llgglincr will be applied to the detection and punish-
m,4tY such offenders as shall attempt to evade the. stamp
4, n'ovvspapers. The most important of these regulations
e Which give the right of search and seizure; and we
, 'hat the Chancellor of the Exchequer will extend to the
`rader that protection which they must afford.—Observer.
re a friend writes to us from Gottingen—" I met
traveller famous his lomotive rNfo„, thirty-five years fold—whoran rom Paris to Moscow
sOnteer, days,swimming across thirty' rivers. He ran. from
skald 'ea to in Greece, in twenty-four days, and is.now
11,4 4,11 gP t to run from Vienna to Calcutta in sixty-
;osd4t" logcaa elynLntters for which he is to receive 3501. All
Ilael:ata will, I hope, stimulate others, who will see what
even: by a pair of human legs." This almost
'lattt:i„`" famous German leg, which formed the subject of an
-g Paper in " Blackwood."—Englishman Calcutta paper.
t, tsp.,
1)• t ,CTED MURDER AT CROSS.—In our paper
'on week, We stated that a woman had been taken up on
ikers tv suspicion of poisoning her husband, and that a Coro-
l'vit"ltrre engaged in investigating the subject. They
11% cooY ncluded the inquiry, we are now enabled to state
ere Path left Bristol for Cross on Saturday, and gave his
totie„'ee before the Jury, which fully substantiated the pre-
tloel other y
1 rsenic it, the stomach: of the deceased, J. Edney ;
ttrlati evidence being adduced, which tended to bring the
tito, alstrot.
wife, the Jury, after an able
100 of it home to the
-ng,tlP by the Coroner, retired, and, after long deli-
t,l"` M°;•,l' late on Saturday evening, returned a verdict of W. 11-
; g lit,'er against the wife. She has since been committed
'ear4cbot`e take her trial at the next Assizes. She is about 23
he age, and her husband was 54. —Sherborne Jou.rnal..
Ziasoae sudden deaths (that of a mother and child). in
tb'eat,-801iire having given rise to 'considerable local excite-
-I;at.to-e'r, rnedicalattendant urged that a post mortent exa-
tle °` the b houl ke place. The bodies were
eted, o ies s
togadou th -n, from thefacts brought out, there could be
td at both had died from poison. Suspicion at-
-111 `alas a ie'Tisie who had acted as a sort of sick-nurse, and
for hit.L PPrehended • and as it subsequently appeared that
itaedqualwl af the deceased woman and the sick-nurse. had
;1°(ly illicit connexion, he has also been taken into cus-
-4'41(1 the general opinion is, that however culpable
.he
1 of theitihis Connexion with this female, he is totally guilt-
% ody Lott-I
osoning of his wile and child. The parties are
ap•Der.liberated in the course of the law. —Edinburgh
A 4 (list!.
~,oeSsing accident "has happened to Miss Pro-
trie'.llligteunisoustaying with her si_s!eer,wMasrs.w2untaginwNitehwasel,maet
vtaads on,
the_
r,se, Ramsgate.d Sb
helo,sn, the vv'Lr‘cegwell-roa , and being overtaken by a shower
'teteuaging toll party took shelter in a mill near the town,
Fssr.s. F. and H. Thornton. During their
ottilwttr4ttlhaeor,ec,umri?'ssity induced
.them tc!rislit the upper works, and
Ltlveel:ala
for gallser Prontrhderoe
elinvceaduttwiouus y ventured out on the
violent blows from the
1,1 in% the mill': which stunned her and broke her collar-
RI: the Plases. Assistance was immediately rendered,
ke- Paid:4B conveyed home, where every medical attentionl
T"im oP•ad, we are happy to say, she is now doing wel
h, .x6erver.
nefortners of this district will peruse with
°f 1411 •fi •the powerful letter of Mr.
Athall4ll, •
grafi cation
i 4„, which appears elsewhere, intimating his acceptancy lo;tatleo;"aion to dine at Hull on the 6th of Ail. Irelalld s
hille)toofalrocate will find every day new and more c?nvined
th Hero at he has not appealed in vain to the Justice an
re4,o ItaYtievf_
.Englishmen on behalf of the land of his birth. !e_ve ,ezi_e town of Andrew Marvell, Mr. O'Connell will
hilmed peoewed assurances of British sympathy with an op-
eloqo Pie, to the redress of whose wrongs he has devoted
do:tufo:lit labours with resolution not to be shaken, and
*--.../(47,01 hope not to be clouded with despondency or
to •'Vvo " Advertiser.
Satellites
°4o"q the have lately been observed revolving
!i4tiof theseenstellation Peleus. Some astronomers consider
Ittqa,,k the e .te be a comet, the tail of which is still perceptible
41. 'lltaa eitght, though the original brightness of the object
oler"ed away. The second satellite is an opaque body
tioni the ;yea all its brilliancy from the light of the other.
atellites appear to be devoid of the power of attrac-
‘titA Ottl,
°N01.1%4 T.Y.—On Friday last died, Esther, the
hi • \‘'llialn Burton, gardener to James Barber, Esq.,
° Hall •
11.1 t° a • ' in the suburbs of this city. She had given
enild . • „,,ma Item previous, and her labour had been a
'fii L'oro "tl'al one. In the night above-mentioned she b.e-_
hne, and her husband hastened to call in medical aid,
ttio'eot -wnrcsr, was unavailing for the preservation of her
reelin • Lal elc.::ed our melancholy recital. The agi-
.g3 of her husband, in connexion, it is probable

with the night air, caused him to be attacked by a severe ill-
ness, which also proved beyond the reach of medicine. He,
too, rapidly sank, and on Saturday night was a corpse. Thus
both husband and wife, within the lapse of a few brief hours,
were laid in the cold embrace of death, leaving the new-born
pledge of their affections an unconscious orphan. Their re-
mains were interred in one grave, in the churchyard of St.
Cuthbert's, Peaseholme-green, in this city, on the morning of
Tuesday last, several spectators witnessing the peculiar solem-
nities of this funeral ritual.—York Courant.

On Monday evening last, soon after eight o'clock,
a gentleman of the University was met, opposite to Belmont-
place, Jesus-lane, by three men, who in passing addressed
some observations to him. Desirous of knowing who they
were, he turned round, when he was instantly struck by three
stones, one of which unfortunately hit him upon the eye, and
serious apprehensions are entertained that he will entirely lose
the sight of it.—Cambridge Chronicle.
An open boat and sixty-four half ankers of brandy
and Geneva were seized by the crew of the coast guard sta-
tioned at Lowestoft, on Tuesday morning (having, it is sup-
posed, being sunk from the cutter Virgo, mentioned in our
ship-news as being detained), which were delivered into the
Custom-house at this port ; together with one man, who is also
detained for the present.—Norfolk Gazette.
It will be seen that the Town Council of Bath have
agreed to petition both Houses of Legislature, for the total
abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers.
Three cannons of considerable length (nine-pound-
ers) have been recently found embedded in the sand opposite
Reculver. From the situation in which they were discovered
it is supposed that they must have been attached to some an-
cient fortification erected as a protection to that part of the
coast at least about the middle of the sixteenth century, as
Leland in his " Itinerary" mentions the church of Reculver,
in the reign of Henry VIII., to have stood " about two miles
from the sea" (which now laves the foundation of that struc-
ture), so that no vessel capable of carrying such guns can
reasonably be supposed to have been lost where they were
found. Two of them are very much corroded, and the car-
riage part has become completely petrified ; the other, having
been more deeply embedded in the sand, is very perfect. The
whole are worthy the notice of the curious, and may be seen
on the beach at Herne Bay.—Kent Herald.
Archdeacon Butler intends to resign at Midsummer
his situation as Head Master of the endowed school in this
town—a school which, during more than 30 years, has not
merely been conducted by Dr. Butler, but has raised to fame
not only himself, but a multitude of his pupils. The Rev.
B. H. Kennedy, one of the most distinguished of Archdeacon
Butler's pupils, is to succeed him as Head Master.—Shrews-
bury Chronicle.

THE HIGH MA'AM I—The arrival at Woolwich of
that splendid present the Imaum, 74, from the reigning Prince
of Muscat to the King of England, has given rise to a whim-
sical appellation in the true nautical style. When moored the
shipwrights were of course anxious to see her build, and,
amongst other inquiries, asked her name of the seamen who
had navigated her here. They replied that she was called the
" High Ma'am," in honour of the King's daughter; and by
that title is likely to be known by sailors.
ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER.--On
Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, Mr. Woodward,
malt-mill-maker, in this town, accompanied by his nephew
named Urwick, were returning in a gig from Wrexham fair,
when, in the vicinity of Petton, five men leaped from the
hedge side—some of them seized the reins, whilst the re-
mainder attacked the travellers with bludgeons, and having
inflicted dreadful wounds on their heads, brought them to the
ground: Mr. Woodward was struck senseless, and was plun-
dered in that state of nearly 501. in money, his handkerchief,
and all the contents of his pockets. Mr. Urwick retained suf-
ficient sensibility to, observe one of the ruffians to place his
knee on his breast, and opening a large clasp knife, cut
through his braces and his dress, and rifle his pockets. The
next moment the knife would have been in his throat, but for
the providential sound of a horse's feet.—Shrewsbury Chro-
nicle.

DANIEL O'CONNELL.—On Easter Monday, we
may expect the presence of this celebrated individual, in the
town of Nottingham, and great preparations are making to
render the dinner the most splendid ever given in this town.
Dinner will be provided for the greatest number that the rooms
will accommodate, and galleries are to be erected on each
side of the large room, to accommodate 200 ladies and others,
as spectators. We can add, that one of our Members, Sir H.
Ferguson, has promised to attend, and other influential cha-
racters are expected to honour the festival with their presence.
—Nottingham Review.
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO HIS MAJESTY'S
MINISTERS.—On Saturday, the Lord Mayor gave a most splen-
did private entertainment to his Majesty's Ministers at the
Mansion House. There were present, besides most of the
Ministers, several of the Bishops, about fifty members of Par-
liament, the Aldermen, the Chief Officers of the city of Lon-
don, and a few private friends of the Chief Magistrate. At
half-past seven o'clock, about one hundred and twenty sat
down to one of the most sumptuous feasts. As the entertain-
ment was what is called a private dinner, the ceremony of
toasts was dispensed with. Most of the company retired be-
ore eleven o'clock.

THE BALL AT DEVONSHIRE HOUSE.—The
fete given by his Grace on Friday night was upon the same
scale of magnificence and liberality as usual. The eleven sa-
loons were most brilliantly illuminated. The dancing com-
menced at half-past eleven o'clock to the music of Weippert,
who introduced the new French quadrilles, namely, Beatrice di
Tenda, the quadrille Des Nations, and the " Terpsichore"
waltzes. At half-past one there was a magnificent supper ar-
ranged on the side tables in the grand drawing-room on the
north side of the mansion. There was, however, no cessation
of the merry dance, which was kept up with great animation
until the hour of five on Saturday morning.
Covent-garden has announced a novelty for Easter
Monday, founded on a piece which has had a most extraordi-
nary run at Franconi's, in Paris, called Zazezizozu ; or the
Pacha's Dream : the music selected by- Rodwell, from the
most favourite compositions of Locke, Ware, Winter, Weber,
Braham, A. Lee, Mozart, and Rossini. _ _ _

Astley's Amphitheatre, under the direction of Mr.
Ducrow, will open on Monday next, with a splendid spectacle
of melo-dramatic and historic interest, to be entitied The
Great Fire of London ; or the Plague of 1665 ; with a
variety of equestrian entertainments.
Mr. Morris Barnett, whose personation of Monsieur
Jacques has acquired him such deserved reputation, has an-
nounced a benefit for Monday next, at the St. James's Theatre,
whorl that, with other popular performances, will be presented.

LONGEVITY.—The united ages of M. Mosson,
Curate of Avol, and of his three sisters, all octogenarians,
amount to four hundred and twenty years and a half.
Journal des Debate.

SAILOR'S EXCURSION TO DONCASTER.—EarIy
on Sunday morning last, the good folks in the market-place of
Doncaster were humorously surprised to see a Jack Tar, who
was mounted on a decent Rosinante, steering his course towards
a respectable public-house situate therein. Having unshipped
himself (the only cargo on board) he called loudly for grog,
and being " all right and above board," his request was com-
plied with. ' The horse was at the door, but at the suggestion
of the ostler, he was safely anchored in his proper port. Jack
remained till ten o'clock, stating, during his sojourn, that after
a long spell at sea, he had returned to Thorne for the pur-
pose of visiting, once more, his old mam and dad, both of
whom he should always take care of whilst he had a shot in
the locker,—" split his whiskers," and " shiver his tim-
bers" if he would'nt. He also observed that he had
an old atilt residing in Doncaster, and he had "put
out, with fair weather," to pay her a visit likewise,
but he was fearful her land-mark was not noted in his
log, and he should not be able to make out her " figure head."
He said he would make a " steerage" at all events, and ordered
out, instanter, " old Jerry" who had been grinding, with his
broken ivorys, a good feed of beans and oats. The horse was
brought from the stable, and Jack insisted upon "rigging the
animal himself, and thus created universal laughter; he com-
menced the "stern" with the main-braces," and actually
mounted in that position, steering by the tail instead of the
head, but was only suffered to proceed a few yards, when
ostler John, having dismounted the tar, he was put all right,
and fairly started. He returned, however, in less than half
an hour, without the horse, stating, that a double share of ra-
tions had made the " devil" frisky, and he couldn't manage
him "at no price," but he had safely landed and started Jerry,
who knew the way to Thorne, better than he did, by himself.
He could not find his old aunt, he said, and after another glass,
he steered his course, steadily, towards his mam and dad
again, to the amusement of all who witnessed the above scene,
which actually occurred as stated.
THE LATE LORD SONDES.—The last moments of
this noble-minded peer were distinguished by the peculiarity
which characterized his walk through life. Few individuals,
perhaps none, ever looked on the "pale messenger" of death
with greater composure or more manly firmness. On the
morning of the day he died he intimated to his surgeon the
prudence of tapping ; and when informed that the operation
would endanger his life, he exclaimed, with much emphasis,
" What 1 tell me whether you think 1 shall outlive the day ?"
" I fear not," answered the surgeon. "Do you (he then con-
tinued) think I shall live an hour or two ?" " That is doubt-
ful," responded his attendant. " Then call Milles" (the present
Lord), on whose appearance he coolly said, " Milles, I am off,
you succeed me here." After this he made several legacies to the
amount of 7,4001.—t0 his surgeon, three or four of his tenants,
and housekeeper, with 5001. to his nurse (a Canterbury wo-
man.) Desiring some wine, it was handed him, when lie said
" You'll soon follow me ; may God forgive me my sins, and
all of yours. I hope we shall meet to a better world."
Shortly afterwards, the wine reviving him, he turned round
and exclaimed, " Death is a long time doing his work, is he
not ?" He expressed to those around the consciousness of feel-
ing perfectly happy, and was occasionally heard to repeat cer-
tain portions of Pope's celebrated hymn, " Vital spark," &c.
To those affected to weeping, he said, " What are you crying
for ? Don't weep for me—l am happy 1" A few minutes before
his decease he was removed from the bed to his chair, where,
about half-past eight, supported by his nurse, he quietly breathed
his last, without a sigh or a groan. In addition to numerous
legacies left by this truly charitable and munificent nobleman,
his Lordship's last bequest was a year's rent to each and every
of his tenants.—Kent Herald.

OUR ARISTOCRACY.----. 011 Thursday night week,
the Marquis of Waterford was again making himself conspi-
cuous in the pugilistic world, by abusing three poor glee-
singers, but we are happy to state, that although the Marquis
was clad in buff, his customers were perhaps more powerful
than he thought of, for they gave him a handsome dressing to
cover his naked skin with, and he was contented with being
closely packed in a post-chaise, and driven home.—Notting-
ham Review.

THEATRES.

ST. JAMES'S.

This place of entertainment terminated its first season on
Saturday night with Auber's opera of Fra Diavolo, ThelVa-
ternzan, Man-Fred, and Monsieur Jacques. In the course of
the evening, Mr. Braham delivered a farewell address.