The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Chapter of tho Most Noble Order
of the Garter, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at
Buckingham •palace, when the Earl of Clarendon and
Earl Spencer were elected Knights Companions, and in-
vested with the usual formalities.

Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, attended by
the Countess d'Hulsc and ➢Major de Moerkerke, took
leave of the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday morning•
The Royal children took their usual exercise yesterday.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the perform-
ance at the Haymarket Theatre yesterday evening with
their presence. The Royal suite consisted of the
Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon .Miss Stanley, the liarqui!
of Ormonde, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel
Bouverie.

Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, and partook of
a dejeaner with her Majesty, at Marlborough House.
The Queen of the Belgians visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Her Serene Highness
the Princess Amelie of Hohentohe Schillingsfurst also
paid a visit yesterday to her Royal Highness, at Clarence
House, St. James's.
Mr. Alexander Hastie and Mr. M'Gregor had an in-
terview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Earl of
Clarendon had also an interview yesterday with the
Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-office.

COLOSSEUM.—Among the numerous visitors to the
Cyclorama during the past week were the following:---
Lord Sidmouth and party, Lord St. Vincent, Viscount
Alford and family, Lady Douglas and party, Marquis
and Marchioness Cholmondeley, Baroness Dimsdale,
Baroness de Rothschild, Lady Deere, Lady Yarde
Buller, Lady Webster, Sir E. Codrington, Sir J. and
Lady Cole, General Pereira and party, Mrs. A.
Goldsmid, &c., &c.
BANVARD'S PANORAMA, EGYPTIAN HALL ._The
following distinguished persons have honoured Banvard's
exhibition of the Mississippi River with their presence
during the current week:—The Duke of Wellington,
Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord C. and Lady Russell,
Lady H. Russell, Right Hon. Eirl of Lincoln, Sir R.
and Lady Peel, Lord Carlisle, Earl of Minto and Lady,
Bishop of London, Bishop of Norwich, Sir John and
Lady Anson, Sir E. W. W. Pendarves and party, Sir W.
Jolliffe and Lady, Sir N. and Lady Davie, Lady Char-
lotte Edgerton and party, Lady Webster, Marquis of
Lansdowne, Chevalier Bunsen and Lady, General and
Lady M'Donald, Colonel Gordon and family, Esc, 86c;
On Saturday last the boys connected with the Roy,l
Military Asylum, Chelsea, attended the morning exhibi-
tion, by invitation, accompanied by their full band.
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found
bed, and at his side the basin full of matter he bad
ejected from his stoma.cfh. Odn the dressing-table were a
glass tumbler. a penkm e, an a paper labelled "Purified
Epsom Salts." In his pockets were found letters, his ad-
dress, and 4/. Bs. in money. He had not previously seen
deceased. The Rev. William Monkhouse, vicar of Gold..
ington, Bedfordshire, knew deceased for twelve years,
and during that period was intimately acquainted with
him. He never knew a man of a more composed
or even temper. He had everything that could make
life desirable, and was the last man that would contem-
plate suicide. In witness's opinion ;the druggist stir''
plied deceased with oxalic acid instead of salts, and dui
caused his death. He was in the habit of taking
salts.
Mr. Thomas Skelding, surgeon, 11, Euston-square
called to attend deceased, whom he found dead. 'l.'"e
basin at his bedside contained the contents of his
stomach, which were impregnated with oxalic acid. In
a tumbler on his dressing-table were crystals formed by
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the acid, and close to it was a paper labelled " Purified
Epsom Salts," which contained a portion of the poison'
No druggist's name was attached to the label. He wasof cpinion the deceased was supplied in mistake with
oxalic acid, and that he took it unintentionally for EP
som salts. Mr. Lynn Smart, a solicitor, 56, Lincoln s:
inn-fields, and several other witnesses, give similar en:
deuce. Verdict—" Deceased was killed by oxalic ae id_
but whether he took it designedly to destroy life, or
through his ignoranco of its effects, there was no eY,
deuce to prove."