The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-13 00:00:00

THE SUlkil LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER i 3, 1841.

DUKE DE BORDEAUX,

Extract of a letter from Vienna, in the Gazette of
Upper Germany :
The Duke de Bordeaux, after passing a few weeks
in this city, will go, it is said, to Goritz. The following
particulars concerning his Royal Highness and the exiled
Royal Family, are not without interest. The Duke, who
attained his majority on the 29th September, is now in
full possession of his estates, consisting principally of
forests purchased for him in France during the reign of
Louis XVIII. The sum belonging to the Duke and his
sister is about six millions of francs, two of which are to
form the dowry of the Princess. The Duke d'Angouleme
is, comparatively speaking, without fortune ; he pos-
sesses, at the outside, 50,000 f. a year, and yet with these
small means does a great deal of good. He has always de-
clined in the noblest manner the offers of pecuniary assist-
ance made him by different Powers; and his conduct has
excited for him the respect even of those who do not
participate in the political feelings of himself and the
Duchess. The Duchess de Berry posseses considerable
property, and has a superb chateau at Goritz, furnished
quite in the French style. The Chateau of irchberg,
which is without any external attractions, was purchased
in a hasty manner by. the Duke de Blacas, at the period
when Charles X. fell ill on his return from Prague. The
winter residence of the Royal family is Goritz, where they
possess three hotels, not having been able to find a single
mansion capable of accommodating all the family and
the numerous suites. The Duke and Duchess d'Angou-
leme occupy the chauteau, and the Duke de Bordeaux,
when at Goritz, occupies another building. At dinner,
they all meet in the chateau. The Duke de Bordeaux
is on visiting terms with several families of the town ; a
position which the Duke d'Angouleme cannot partici-
pate in on account of the strictness of the etiquette he
observes.- The numerous :visitors who arrive from
France are obliged to take up their residence at public
hotels in the town; ladies only are allowed to stay in the
chateau. The Duke de Bordeaux is a fine young man,
his cure is complete, and there will not be the smallest
trace of the accident left. There has been a talk for
some time of marrying his Royal Highness with the
daughter of a German Prince ; it appears, however,
that nothing is decided, and now the subject is not men-
tioned. Several matches have been proposed for Made-
moiselle, but none have been considered suitable. The
Duke de Bordeaux is to make a long tour next spring."

CHIEF MAGISTRATES OF BO-

ROUGHS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.

The following is a list of the Chief Magistrates in
several of the boroughs of the United Kingdom. We
trust to be able to make it more complete in a few
days :
London—John Pink, Esq., Tory.
Edinburgh—Sir James Forrest, Bart., Liberal.
Dublin—Daniel O'Connell, Esq., Liberal.
York—Henry Cobb, Esq.
Liverpool—John Shaw Leigh, Esq.
Manchester—Henry Thompson, Esq., Liberal.
Birmingham—Samuel Beale, Esq., Liberal.
Harwich—Francis Freeling Hart, Esq., surgeon, Liberal.
Chester—W. Brown, Esq., Liberal.
Bath—George Norman, Esq.
Kerry— Fitzsimon, Esq.
Boston—W. H. Adams, Esq., Conservative.
Bristol—Geo. Woodroofe Franklyn, Esq., Conservative
Cambridge—George Fisher, Esq., Conservative.
Weymouth—Charles Bridge, Esq.
Wisbeach—Thomas Steer, Esq., Conservative.
Hastings—William Duke, Esq., Liberal.
/
Oxford—
Browning, Esq., Liberal.
Sheriff Hunt, Esq.
Poole—Richard Penney, Esq., Liberal.
Stockport—William Nelstrop, Esq., Liberal.
Wallingford—Holland Thos. Birkett, Esq., Reformer.
Stafford—John Rogers, Esq., twice Mayor before.
Walsall—Thomas Oerton, Esq., Conservative.
Leeds—William Pawson, Esq.
Ripon--John Walbran, Esq., re-elected
Warwick—George Cattell Greenway, Esq.
Cork—Thomas Lyons, Esq., Liberal.
Derby— Gamble, Esq.
Plymouth—George W. Soltau, Esq.
Worcester—E. Evans, Esq.
Evesham—T. White, Esq.
Kidderminster—W. H. North, Esq.
Bewdley—T. S. Cartwright, Esq.
Tevvskesbury—C. Porter, Esq., Catholic.
Gloucester—M. Meyler, Esq.
Hereford—Captain Benet t.
Shrewsbury—T. J. Badger, Esq.
Oswestry—J. Hayward, Esq.
Exeter—C. H. Turner, Esq.
Wells—W. J. Welsh, Esq., elected three years running.
Newcastle- on-Tyne—James Hodgson, Esq., Reformer.
Gateshead—George Sowerby, Esq., Reformer.
Launceston—J. E. Prockter, Esq.
Lyme Regis—W. M. Tartt, Esq.
Falmouth—Robert R. Broad, Esq., Reformer.
Penryn—W. Corfield, Esq.
Lymington—Edward Hicks, Esq.
Windsor—John Clode, Esq., twice elected before.
Kendal—John Wakefield, Esq., banker.
Sunderland—Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart.
Tewkesbury—Charles Porter, Esq.
Inverness—Provost Nicoll.
Colchester— Vint, Esq.
Chesterfield—G. Crompton, Esq.
Blandford—A. S. Hodges, Esq.
Sherborne—R. W. Spicer, Esq.
Devonport—W. P. Billing, Esq.
Nottingham—Richard Morley, Esq.
Devizes— Crocket, Esq.
Chippenham—Harry Golduey, Esq.
Winchester—W. W. Buepete, Esq.
Bury St. Edmund's—J. Greene, Esq., first Conservative
Mayor for this borough.
Doncaster—Thomas Johnson, Esq.
Pontefract—William Clough, Esq.
Lincoln—G. W. Webb, Esq.
Retford—Francis Thornhaugh Foljambe, Esq.
Canterbury— Browne, Esq.
Sandwich—W. H. Rolfe, Esq.
Dover—E. Poole, Esq., re-elected.
Deal—C. Kingsmill, Esq.
Stamford—Joseph Phillips, Esq.
Grantham—E. H. Lough, Esq.
Godmanchester—J. Kisby, Esq.
Grimsby—B. Harrison, sq.
Louth—T. Lowther, sq.
Dorchester—H. Williams, Esq.
Blandford—A. S. Hodges, Esq.
Chard—R. W. Spicer, Esq.
Shaftesbury— Cotton, Esq.
Saffron Walden— Empson, Esq.
Hull—T. Thompson, Esq.
Leicester—T. Stokes, Esq.
Truro—William Warren, Esq.
Bodmin—John Cole Grose, Esq., retired draper.
Liskeard—Bernard Anstis, Esq.
Penzance—Capt. R: L. Davies, R.N.

Ives (St.)—Richard Kermick, 'Esq.
Totness—T. Shore, Esq.
Dartmouth—Sir John Henry Seale, Bart.
Barnstaple—Gilbert Knill Cotton, Esq.
Richmond—C. Croft, Esq.
Coventry—Thomas Morris, Esq.
Warwick—George Cattell Greenway, Esq.
Llanidloes—T. Haywood, Esq.

DUKE OF CORNWALL'S BALL.
Within the next fortnight a, " Duke of Cornwall's
Ball,"' for the benefit of the poor, might be got up in
every parish in England. The sum that might thus
easily be raised, being devoted at once to the immediate re-
lief of the most necessitous allover the kingdom, would of
itself produce a manifest effect upon the poor generally,
and unite all classes in rejoicing over an event for
which all classes are grateful. We earnestly press this
suggestion on the attention of our readers; three active
minds in each parish, if united, could accomplish an
object so desirable. This suggestion need not interfere
with any such plan of permanent commemoration, as is
contemplated at Eton and elsewhere, by the appoint-
ment of Committees to consider of the best means of
celebrating this event.
During the fortnight every theatre in England should
be opened for the " Duke of Cornwall's night" with the
same view. Thus the young Prince might be made a
general benefactor even in his cradle, and the poor be
taught to bless his name almost us soon as they can
know that he exists.—Atlas.

CHURCH-RATES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l send you a copy of part of. Lord Chief Justice
Holt's judgment in Hawkins v. Rous, Cartlew's Reports,
K. 8., Michaelmas term, 7th William IV., page 360, re-
questing you to put it in your paper, that your readers
may know one of the causes why we are said to be the
envy of surrounding nations.
Et per Holt, Chief Justice :—" By the civil and canon
law, the parson is obliged to repair the whole church,
and'tis so in all Christian kingdoms but in England ;
for 'tis by the peculiar law of this nation that the parish-
ioners are charged with the repairs of the body of the
church." Yours, SENEX.

AN OBJECTION UrsET.—While some beau-
tifully-made wheelbarrows were placed before the Prince
Royal, one of the Persian noblemen (who always affected
to despise
European improvements) said,--" This is all
very well, it will consume a considerable time to
bu t
empty these wheelbarrows. ' Sir James Sutherland said
to him, "Indeed, Sir, it will not ; and if you will only
get into the wheelbarrow I will show you it will not."
The Prince insisted on making the experiment. Sir
James trundled him away at a quick rate ; and, ap-
proaching a muddy part of the square, he gave the wheel-
barrow a cant, and to the great entertainment of the
Prince and spectators, turned the Persian Khan into the
mud.—Bridge's Mission to Persia.
DEPLORABLE Po VERTY.—The rector of West
Hackney has offered his parishioners the benefit of an
evening service on Sunday, if they will furnish the means
of lighting the church. There is n 3 Church-rate to
meet this expense ; and it is understood that out of a
, congregation of 1,000 persons, many of them till now
supposed to be wealthy, a candle fund cannot be raised.
family after
on t
i ann absencet.
e JosephContinent.--Leeds
idoesf,Esq., has returned to London,
fifteen
Mercury.weeks
RAILWAY CLERKS. GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.—We are most gratified to learn that the Di-
rectors of the Great Western Railway Company have
very handsomely raised the salaries of the clerks along
line.and
rGreat Bo
Western,ththelead stand ingCompanies, the Birmingham
the high for the character of
their officers, and the liberality of their establishments,
and it is by feelings of good will being cultivated, both
on the part. of the employers and the employed, that
this reputation is to be maintained.—liailway Magazine.
The parish clerk of Winkleigh has a salary of
a guinea a year for winding up the church clock daily.
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