The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took their usual morning walk.
The Duke and Duchess of Victoria, Viscount
Palmerston, Viscount Canning, and Colonel 'Wylde,
took their departure from the Castle to-day.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
to-day in the Little Park.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn,
and the Rev. Lord Wr:othesley Russell.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attend during
dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards
attend in the Castle.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived in town yesterday, from his residence at Kew.

The American Minister has left town for Paris.
During his Excellency's absence, Mr. Broadhead will
act as Chargé d'Affaires. _ _ _

Sir William Clay transacted business yesterday at
;he office of the Board of. Trade.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left Althorp
Park, for his seat, Hickleton Hall, Doncaster.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS'
SCHOOLS.

We have been requested to correct one or two
trifling inaccuracies in our report of the first anni-
versary of this valuable institution. They are mainly
to be attributed to an imperfect list of the principal
persons stated to be present, and of the toasts, sup-
plied to our reporter early in the evening, and to the
difficulty, owing to the crowded state of the room and
the noise that prevailed, of hearing distinctly.
It appears that Mr. Muir returned thanks for the
Vice-Presidents ; that twenty children were main-
tained and educated by the institution, but that since
the anniversary twenty more have been elected, and
that the subscriptions and donations received during
the evening exceeded the magnificent sum of 2,0001.
Mr. Robert Johnson proposed the National Mercan-
tile Assurance Company, who gave the institution
their first subscription of 1001. a year. Mr. Moore,
the treasurer, in the course of his address, said he
hoped to see the institution placed in a condition to
elect twenty additional children every six months,
and not " six," as erroneously stated. We have sel-
dom had to record such unparalleled success in so
youthful an institution. Its age dates no further
back than two years.

We have received the following letter from Mr.
Charles Nash, the secretary, on the subject :
Sta,—Permit me to correct an error in the report
of the dinner of the above- named institution, held at
the London Tavern, on the 27th inst., which appeared
in your usually very accurate and valuable journal.
It is stated therein that Mr. George Moore, in the
course of his observations, expressed his desire to see
six children elected for admission into the society's
schools every six months. This, you will perceive at
once, is no very ambitiOus hope. What that gentle.
man really did say, while referring to the fact of
twenty children, in addition to those already in the
institution, being about to be,elected, (for particulars
of which election I refer your readers to your adver-
tising columns of this day), was, that he hoped to see
the society in a position to admit at least twenty
children at every succeeding half-yearly election.
Trusting you will find'space for these few lines, in
correction of an error which gives a most inadequate
and prejudicial impression of the society's intended
exertions, I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES NASH, Secretary.

GRAND OPERA, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—
Among the company who honoured the performance yes- .
terday evening were—His Royal Highness Prince George
of Cambridge, the Marquis of Stafford, Marchioness of
Clanricarde, Lord Ward, Lord Rokeby, Lord Devon,
Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham and party, Viscount
Somerton, Viscount Cantilupe, Sir George and Lady
Wombwell and party, Sir William Martin and party,
Baron Rothschild, Right Hon. E J. Stanley, Captain
Stanley, Gen. D'Oyley, Montague Gore, ,
Dr. Bowring, M.P., 11. G. Coupe, Esq., MT:, &c.
CHRISTMAS LIBERALITY. This morning, Mr.
Mark Nichols, of the St. Martin, Duke-street, Adelphi,
laid a sumptuous repast before his friends, as a mark of
his esteem for the many who had for years frequented
his house. A huge baron of beef—a portion of one of
the prize oxen—was the principal object of attraction,
and a mighty Cumberland pie, containing pheasants,
hares, geese, and other such choice food, met, like the
hare in the fable, with many friends. The brethren of
the Philanthropic Lodge, which meets on Monday even-
ings at the St. Martin, afterwards held their usual
meeting, when, from the accounts rendered, it appeared
that several poor families had been provided with Christ-
mas fare, who would otherwise have been quite destitute
at this inclement season.
ACCOUCHEMENT of MARY ANN HUNT.— This
wretched female, who was tried and convicted for the
wilful mnrder of an aged woman, of the name of Stow(11,
and whose case, from the peculiarity of the eircumstat:c2s
connected with it, created at the time a good deal of
attention, has at length given birth to a male infant.
The first intimation which the prison authorities had
that the convict was about to become a mother was on
Monday night, and from that time up to four o'clock
on Tuesday morning Mr. Holding, the assistant-surgeon,
was in attendance, when she gave birth to a fine healthy
male child, which, with its wretched mother, are both
doing well. The birth of the infant has raised a ques-
tion of some difficulty as to its future destination, should
the infant live. Although the mother's sentence is
commuted to transportation for life the child is not liable
to the same penalty; and as the mother has no locus
stun& in law, the child is an orphan, and as the prisons
are exempt from the payment of poor-rates, no settle-
ment can b e obtained by those who are within. Pro-
bably theinfant will become the ward of the Corpora-
tion, which will no doubt do its duty towards the poor
little fellow, if he lives. The wretched woman will, as
soon as she has properly recovered from her confinement,
be removed to Milbank prison, preparatory to her sen-
tence being carried into effect.
CHRISTMAS WAlTs.—Numerous tradesmen waiting
for their accounts, as they have all a "little bill" waiting
to be taken up—Numerous persons waiting several days
in the Post-office at Manchester to get a small money-
order cashed—The pedestal in Trafalgar-square waiting
for a statue—The Spanish bondholders waiting for a
dividend—The Irish waiting for John O'Connell to die
on the floor of the House of Commons—The monster
home at the Albert-gate waiting for a tenant—The
subscribers to the Art-Union waiting for their en-
gravings—The marble arch at Buckingham Palace
waiting for a situation—Leopold waiting for his wife's
jus-
tice from Ireland—And, the greatest wait of all, the
printer's devil waiting for
T.copy,
Philippe—England waiting for jus-
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George
Bourke, brother to
the Earl of Mayo, died a few days ag.:) at his residence in
Ireland, aged 72. His father was Archbishop of Tuam.
DARING ROBBERY.—A most daring robbery was
committed in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on Monday
last. As Thomas Davis, one of the Doctor's-commons
letter-carriers, was on duty, making his evening delivery,
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women, who soddenly placed a cloak over his head,
which in a short time renderou the old man quite power-
less; they then robbed him of 21s. in silver, with which
they escaped. This was in one of our most public str,ets,
and not more than half past eight o'clock in the evening.
It is supposed the women had followed him for a consi-
derable distance, and probably had discovered the tempt-
ing stock of inoi.ey of which ho was possessed, being the
harvest of his Chri,tmas-boxes.
EXTENSIVR ROBBERY BY A POTBOY.—lnformation
was forwarded to the police that the potboy in the
employ of Mrs. Wieland, widow of the late celebrated
Wieland, of the White Hart Tavern, Oxford- inarket,had
absconded, taking with him a tin cash box, containing
upwards of 701. in gold and silver. The police have got
a clue which, no doubt, will tenu to the villain's appre-
hension.
QUITE A MATTER OF FEELING.—A medical man,
of the very old school, calls all operations that are per
formed without the patient feeling anything, " senseless
operations."—Punch.