The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-18 00:00:00

14`,V E I ict

COURT CIRCULAR

WINDSOR, MONDAY —This morning. at I.'"'n
o'clock the band of the First Lite Guards serenaded
under the window of her Royal Highness the Ductwis
of Kent. The first piece played was an anthem And
chorus, composed by Mr. Waddell, the talented ni. s.er
this excellent band. The second piece WaS the
Grand March of the First Life Guards, composed
by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The
band afterwards played two or three pieces on the )..3zist
Terrace, under her Majesty's window, end conchded
with the national anthem.
At half-past one o'clock the Queen Dowager, (woo'
panied by the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and at-
tended by the Countess of Sheffield and the Earl of
Denbigh, arrived at the Castle from Bushy Park, t°
pay a congratulatory visit to the Duchess of Kent 00
the return of her Royal Highness's birthday, and nise,
to visit the Queen and Prince Albert, and the King and
Queen of the Belgians. A dejeunc was serval to the
august party.
Her Majesty and her Serene Highness remained St
the Castle until four o'clock, and then left, on their
return to Bushy Park.
The Duke of Wellington took walking exercise this
morning in the Lower Ward and North Terrace. Has
Grace was looking better than could be expected after
his attacks of illness.
A party from the Castle, including the Hon. Col.onel
Cavendish, Lord G. Lennox, Right Hon. George S'
Byng, and Colonel Bouverie, rode this morning to the
Horse Barracks, where the troops were inspected bi
the Hon. Colonel Cavendish.
The Royal Dinner party this evening is expected t°
consist of the King and Queen of the Belgians, til
Duchess of Kent, Prince and Princess Hohenlohe atiu
Princeis Terese, the Belgian Minister and Madill
Van de Weyer, the Duke of Wellington, Marquis °t
Normanby, Earl and Countess Albemarle, Vise°l4
Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, La"'
F. Cowper, Right Hon. G. S. Byng, Lord G. Leonel
Hon. W. Cowper, Mr. George E. Anson, Duchess 0
Bedford, Madame d'Hoogvorst, Lady C. Dundaa, 11°I/;
Misses Pitt and Spring Rice, Baronness Lebzent Co d°
Arschot, M. Von Praet, Baroness Speath, Maafr;
Hugel, Viscount Torrington, Sir W. Lumley, no".
Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel CouPer'
and Mr. Francis Seymour.
The Earl of Uxbridge and Viscount Falkland like.
wise joined the dinner party, and the Ladies Elea°°r.
and Constance Paget will join the evening party. ,„„
The Marquis of Normanby will leave the Castle
morrow morning, for town.

Yesterday being the Duchess of Kent's birthday, th6f
usual marks of respect were shown by the ringing 5
bells and illuminations ; and in the evening by her ftnit,,
Highness's tradesmen, who assembled to dine togeti-s
on the happy occasion, at the King's Arms Hotel' $
Kensington. Mr. N. W. Symonds was the Chairnnin.
The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday from
the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of CambLit
The following account of the state of her Royal ri,to
ness's health was issued yesterday morning :---"
health of the Princess Augusta has improved tbelt
three days, and her Royal Highness passed the Ing,
with much refreshing sleep.—Clarence House, Ang•l:
Her Royal Higlicess continued much the same Y7O
terday afternoon, and passed some time in her do'.
inn-room.
The Duke of Sussex entertained the Duke of 011$30
bridge and a select party at dinner last evening

Kensington Palace. -
The Right Hon. R. L. Shea left town on Satattl#

for Ireland. tges ,
Sir Henry Halford left town yesterday for his '
Wiston-ball, Leicestershire. AT elf
Despatches from Sir G. Gipps, Governor of •-itar,
South Wales, and also from the Governor of Gibilli

were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

POLISH FETE AT CREIVOUO

HOUSE.

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The fete champetre which was held yesterday ter
morns House, under such high patronage, and °IV
much careful and expensive preparation, was unluiPc.i.be
most melancholy failure. Neither the Council 0 eye
Literary Association, nor the patrons, nor the pUbliciloP
have anything to reproach themselves for in this Inc dip
tune. The state of the weather was, throughout, kb,,,tat°
such that a numerous attendance could not in tne fifty
of things be expected. There were, however, fr?tv who
to a hundred ardent and generous friends of hultVl.:ed to
braved the inclemency of the season, and endea,f;eseb
make the most of every gleam of sunshine, and to ucul;s, pow
other under the disappointment by enjoying assll,,ore pp.
Bible the varied and elegant entertainments 01_ feelieg
vided for them. We believe, too, that some of the epo'
for the Council, under their cruel disappointment' be erser
sidering that the loss upon this occasion tougLentribo;
mous, presented the Vice-presidents with liberal •• bid
tions. But vvhon it is considered that the Coarlei.votg
expended on the Fete at least three hundred polo dsritl
than they have received—justified unquestionaloY „,
that large expenditure by the august and extensiv ri;
tronage under which the adventure was hazarded,
is to be hoped that the public will come forward liberPhri
and promptly, not so much to cover the losses of S
spirited and benevolent Association, but to 'Agave fr.,
'
starving in the streets of London the SIXTY unbar,'
Refugees, who looked anxiously to yesterday's fete as tie'
only hope of relief from famine in a strange land.
Amongst the company which was assembled in i`e,
grounds of Cremorne House, immediately after the gstol
were thrown open yesterday, we observed the Duchesle
Cannizari, the Hon. Mrs. Norton. the Hon. Mrs Le'47o
Stanhope, and the Hon. Mrs. Abbott; Lords Adolphtdies
gustus, and Frederick Fitzelarence, with a party or Ap..
of rank ; Lord Dudley Stuart, J. A. Smith, Eacl"
Colonel Hughes, Captain Becher, &c. elegint
The concert was given in the saloon of tbr beep Os
mansion, instead of in the open grounds, as ha" beaus
tended. All the leading vocalists of her Msjesty'sabianbe.
took part in ii.—Persiani, Coulon, Ostergeardr Lim rejli;
Rubini, Lasdcsl.i, Ricciardi, Musalli, and 'll3O °
and it may be guessed that in this porto" ,be
the entertainments there was nothing to mat(lose
perfection of delight. Madame F. Lablacheith
Miss Mason) sang " John Anderson my Joe" Ilona °I
quisite feeling, and was rapturously encored. InflY
the very rare intervals of sunshine, two very pratt.'ss,
races were run for silver cups, and the fine little fell?,00elt
was the losing jockey in the first race acquitted %ow.
with so much spirit as to call forth very general
At seven o'clock Mr. Green, nothinci. deterredPP bfn
boisterous state of the weather, made an Assent:, or
Royal Balloon, and was soon out of sight. He vv-nf the
conipanied by Mr. M'Donnell, the Hou. SecretarY
Literary Association of the Friends of Poland.

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A PYRE HEN SION OF A D—Ssulk
RATE GANG OF ROBBERS AND
PECTED MURDERERS AT WIGAN•

(FROM A ooltßEsPorm;:NT.)
WIGAN, Aue. I7.—Mr. Whittle, the chief /no
stable, and the police of this town, have for the to
three weeks been actively engaged in endeavotn% of
find out the perpetrators of the robbery and ontr-eitb°
Mr. John Coulton, of Haigh, but apparently Ye; - 012
out effect, though some clue has been obtained; foot
Friday last a man of the name of Robert And be
who had originally resided in Wigan, was broug""foi
fore the Magistrates in the Wigan Police Court, ehab'Vto
with stealing a horse, and with two other acts of t of,
and was committed to take his trial for the three offenose
01 Saturday morning considerable, excitement eftd
created, in consequence of a report having been sP'rose
that the prisoner had made a confession of a serionsoo
tune, which implicated some of the witnesseg/viialt
had ,appeared against him, and in consequenee.:geio
Rowe, William Austin, and William Hague were,7ittif
talscri into custody. Some of the parties have
ido'rore-
stated that Mr. Part, the attorney, of the firm ofll7cost
Woodcock and Part, was to have been shot on hi. ri'
home last Saturday three weeks ; but owing to the Pic
soner Andcrton having been detained by a werflito'
the Mesnes, he was prevented from overtaking. his
They state further that Anderton had a pistol il°oo,
possession on the night of Coulton's robbery, ne"
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Coulton pass near the Catholic Chapel, and folio
him up Wigan-1 me.
As if something snore. was wanting to fill up the cats'
logue of their enormous Fences, Anderton states a,
he was taken down to Mr. Brindle's, the ljnicoreilt
purpose
last Saturday night but one, for the of of
lying Mr. Giles Fletcher, jun., who is in the hs%oo,
coaling to the Wigan Bank, on the Saturday Wells-tett':
for cash to pay the workpeople employed at the v-tol°
s:ve collieries at Kirkiess, near Wigan. Anderton
na
Fletcher to his face that he was to have been sh°titea
robbed on his return last Saturday. He also desAcr
the exact time of the day when Fletcher return!"
the track through the fields which be usually tooK• a to
The charges of 'robbery against Anderton onl°,1100(1'
nine or ten ; even the coat upon his back is etalrieas
The parties appear to have carried on their ntiotiS-
practices for upwards of fourteen years. The . inn'
trates arc engaged in investigation at the preseleog
meat, but will not admit of the proceedings
made puliiic. thinking it might probably have 6-
furious

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The two Grisis, Giuletta and Ernests, too
Tamburini, Brizzi, and Benedict, the pianist, leavebeatre
to day for Bristol, where they give a concert in the itt
to-morrow, and of, Thursday at the Assembly-r°°
Caton.
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WELLS, Flt IDAY NIGH T.—Mr. - tr„'orler
surgeon, in large pr,ietiee at Bridgewater, chargaligav,
several ccunts viitti endeavouring. to procure the 210
siege of Elizabeth Dibble, at Bridgewater, on the
March Ist. was honourably acquitted.
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CHURCH RATES, WAREHA itma y,
The Churchwardens of the parish of Lady St. Meld berld
this town, having given notice of a Vestry 0, order t°,
five o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last, '0 000"
make a rate for the repairs of the church, the
.°YrPcbrnen,
of the rate, among whom were a few liberal cou,__oxious_
assembled in sufficient number to prevent the o:_rd, tbalt
imposition. It is due to the churchwardens to. °now;
they t,t4icared to contemplate, with reluctanec,.tue uhlie
se
of a rate ; and that, on perceiving the strength
prop th 3
feeling against the measure, they declined to
rate in vestry, and avowed their determinat
the voluntary assistance of the friends of the Ow