The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-01 00:00:00

COURT C I acuLAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Duke of Cambridge paid
a nwrning visit to the Queen at the Castle to-day, and
remained at lunch with her Majesty. His Royal High- I
ness took his departure from the Castle at half-past
three o'clock, and returned to his residence at Kcw.
Her Majesty promenaded on the East Terrace of the
Castle to-lay, attended by most of the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of her Suite in Waiting.
The Countess of Charlernont, and the Right Hon.
G. S. and Lady Agnes Bync, are expected to arrive
this evening on a visit to her Majesty.
Lord John Russell is expected to come from his resi-
dence at Buckhurst, to join the Royal Circle at the
Castle, at dinner, this evening.

The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. Her
Royal Highness also paid a visit to the Princess Augusta,
at Clarence House, St. James's.

The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday, in a
carriage and four.

The Chairman and a Deputation of the Commission
ers of Sewers of Holborn and Finsbury, the Poplar
Level, St, Catherine's, the Tower Hamlets, West-
minster and Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, had an Hi-
te, view with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at
the Home Office. The Deputation consisted of Mr,
Mills, Sir Charles Price, Mr. John Hill, Mr. Donald-
son, Coloitel Grant, Mr. Nottidge, Mr. Willoughby,
end the Clerks.
The Earl of Lichfield and Mr. Wood, Chairman o
the Excise, had interviews with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday, in Downing-street.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from
his residence, Broadlands, Hants,
Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Robertson had interviews
yesterday with the Marquis of Normanby at the Home-
office.

Despatches from Sir Howard Douglas, the Lord
High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received
yesterday at the Colohial-office.
The Earl of Lichfield has arrived in town from his
seat,ltanton Abbey, Staffordshire.

Viscount Duncannon is staying at Middleton-park,
Oxford, the seat of the Earl of Jersey.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRI VALS.

Earl Compton, Sir Edward Uust, Lord Maryborough-
Lord Charles Pelham Clinton, Ist Life Guards, Lieut.,
Col. M. Oakes, the Dowager Lady Hawke, Sir Charles
Vaughan, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Raikes Currie, and Sir
Rich. M. Rolfe. The Prince L. Murat, at Marshall
Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; the Counts Clarig,
at ditto; Captain Sari and family, at ditto ; D. B. Moses
and suite, at ditto ; M. C. Baptista de Oliveira, Minister
Plenipotentiary from Brazil to the Court of Russia, and
Mrs. Oliviera and family, at ditto ; Captain Hinde and
Mrs. Hindo, at ditto.
DEPARTURES.
Le Comte de Survilliers, Joseph Bonaparte, and suite,
from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, for
his mansion, in Regent's Park; Mr. and Mrs. Lockyer,
from ditto, for Plymonth ; Lord and Lady Charles Paulet
and family, from ditto; the Rev. E. S. and Mrs. Thor-
low and family, from ditto, for Norwich ; Mr. and Miss
Btddulph, from ditto ; Mr. Burdon and family, from ditto;
Tickle, Esq., from ditto, for his seat, Aston Hall, near
; Mr. and Lady S. Lister, for Cashiebury Park;
iir William Napier, for the Continent ; Gen Sir Thomas
Hawker, for Bath ; Lieut. Symons, 4th Dragoon Guards,
for the Wynde Park, Herefordshire ; Mr. Montagu and
Lady Georgiana Cholmeley, for Cashiobury Park ; the
Earl and Conntess of Mount Edg-econibe, for Bath ; the
Marquis of Waterford, for Melton Mowbray; Lord and
Lady Beresford, for St. Leonard's-bn-Sea.

JOHN THOROGOOD.

John Thorogood, shoemaker, has been confined in

the gaol of Chelmsford twelve months for nonpayment
of' five and sixpence, Church•rates. He has fought a
noble fight—he has endured heroically the persecution
to which the poor man's Church has subjected him.
Perhaps, as a poor map, he is to blame for having kept
a conscience. There is many a wealthy man who is not
rich enough to do so. But those who think that it is

right that he should have subjected himself to a dungeon
rather than violate his conscience, will not fail to bear
testimony to it. The friends of religious freedom are
desirous of placing him in a station by which his family
shall not suffer through his conscientiousness, and
though no money would compensate for a twelve-
month's captivity, yet a moderate contribution will pre-
vent his family from feeling the permanent ill effects of
his brave man's resistance to tyranny. To this end, a
subscription has been opened and we shall be happy to
aid the object by receiving and forwarding any sums
which the friends of religious liberty may think proper
to forward.—Western 'I imes.

At the same time, the friends of religious liberty have
not been idle. At the sixth annual meeting of the
Glasgow Society for its promotion, which took place on
Tuesday last, the case of John Thorogood was dwelt
upon with peculiar emphasis ; and it was resolved, that
the war against Church-rates should be renewed with

the utmost vigour, and be made for the time being the
sole aim of their association. By a peculiar coincidence
at the very moment at which this meeting was being
held, a Mr. Burgon was refusing to pay Church-rates,
arid stating at the Mansion House, before the Lord
Mayor, his full determination not to do so, let the con-
sNuences be what they might—adding, sarcastically,
I am a dealer in flints, and it may be as well for the
officers to seize them, as they may be made to assist in
enforcing the payment of Church-rates upon others."
' Truly, if the Church Tories were determined to co-
operate with the Reformers towards the extinction of
this Vagrant abuse, they could not adopt a more effectual
plan than their present system of persecution. The days
of the Church-rate enormity are few and numbered, and
the high Tories are every hour furnishing a new nail to
its coffin.—Carnarvon Herald.
Tsar CHURCH-RATE MARTYR.—We have learned
with pleasure that the friends of liberty, civil and reli-
gious, in Montrose, are making arrangements to express
their sympathy with Jan Thoregood. This mea-
tore contemplates a small subscription to the fund, and
we hope it will he more general than private. Indeed,
we should prefer a plblic meeting, and the collection
of pence, to a private contribution however liberal. But
they know what will be best for their locality. They
will not stand alone among the towns in Scotland ;7,1
this work. Since writing the above we have been gra-
tified to observe from the Fife Herald, that a deep and
fixed sympathy has been awakened in Thorogood's be-
half in that county. A general meeting is to be held
iii Cupar, and district meetings will follow. The Fife
Relief Presbytery have met, and have expressed their
sympathy with the sufferer. and their unalterable dotes-
' 'ation of ecclesiastical oppression.—Scottish Pilot.

The clay for the Queen's marriage is, we be-
lieve, not yet fixed, nor can it be, as it will depend,
we believe, on the time when the Bill providing
for Prince Albert passes through Parliament.
The Marquis of Ailsa is suffering from a severe
attack of the gout, at St. Margaret's Isleworth.

A medical gentleman residing near the o:,ain
Pier, of the name of Hodgson, hired a Newhaven boat
with three of a crew, for the purpose of sl:,ooting sea-
fowl a day or two since. A squall overtook them, and
the boat was thrown bottom upwar3, and three out of
the four perished.—Caledonian Mercury.
In the course of last week no fewer than 120
shopkeepers in Calton were summoned before the Police
Court for having in their possession light weights, when
almost all of them were fined in sums varying accord-
ing to the guilt, some in ss, and others in 2 guineas.
One individual was fined 54—Glasgow Argus.
EXTENSION OF THE METROPOLITAN PO-
LICE...eV'IIi Morning the extension of the police, to the
G ent of from ten to twelve miles round the metropolis,
commenced, viz., Hendon, Barnet, Croydon, Woolwich,
Hounslow, Romford, and other places. The new
force are composed of a portion of experienced seem
From the various divisions of the metropolitan fem.
ENfORCEMENT OF THE NEW POLICE J'aCT.
—This morning the policy constables belongin!,
to the
var:oUs divisions were furnished with hookas
containing
instructions the new Pollee Act. B,everal carts and
tru4S, drAwn by dogs, were seized, and also men carry-
ing poles on the foot pavetne.:A.
VATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.--On
Tuesday an inquest was, held before Mr. Baker, in the
committee-room of S 4, Katharine's Docks, on the body
of Alexander Alexander, a fine young man, late steward
on hoilo the ship Lusitania, who was accidentally
drowned on Friday last. It appeared from the evidence
that on the day named the deceased was proceeding
whore from the Lusitania, which was lying in the dock,
when his foot slipped, and he fell into the water and was
drowm3ll, His body was immediately dragged for ; but
was not found until the following day. The deceased
was quite sober at the time he fell overboard, and bore
an excellent character on board his ship. The Jury.
without hesitation, returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death."

THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.--A Correspondent
calls our attention to a paragraph which appeared in
The Sun, stating that the mwriage was expected to
take place on Saturday, the Sth, or Monday the 10th
of February, and expresses a hope thet the trading in-
terest may be allowed a share in the rejoicings on the
occasion. We think the wish is reasonable. It is
probable no day has yet been fixed. A Saturday w'euld
certainly in any respect be a most incoevenient,not
only for shopkeepers but for many others. Tradesmen
cannot afford to put a stop to business on that day ; and
if the Police Act remains so long io existence, there
would not be a tavern or hotel ...)en after the theatres for
loyal subjects to get a glass to drink her Majesty's
health. Those who went to the theatres gratis would
bless her Majesty for the favour, and curse the Magi's•
tract', and with them the Ministry, for this wicked in-
terference with their amusements.
THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.-- Two very
fine oxen, fed upon the Duke of Devonshire's farm,
Edensor, were slaughtered at the beginning of the pre-
sent week his Grace's desire, anti equal proportions
of them, together with two sheep. and quantities of
hour distributed among . the poor of Edensor, Pilsle,
and Becky, to make glad their
hearts on Christmas-dayy.
The amount of good done by this kind-hearted Noble.
man among the poor of the surrounding neighbourhood
is incalculable. Wo are in possession of facts that
would surprise many, who know little of the spirit of
benevolence which actuates his Gracc's heart. In him,
the poor have indeed a kind protector, and the public
at large a generous benefactor. May he long be
spared to gladden the hearts of the poor !—Der/rAire
Chronicle.
SUSPECTED MURDER.--Joseph Knight, who
has been confined for several weeks, on suspicion of
murdering his infant child, which took from its
mother only a few hours after its birth, was again brought
up at the Ilorough Court for examination on Friday,
when pahoe-serjeant Irwin ste:,:ing that the ease against
him steed as it was, he
was asked if he was ready to
satisfy the Court that the child was alive. He re-
plied that he would never do, it "to mortal man."
He said, had proper course been pursued against
him rd, Ilirsct, he would, but lie was charged with
Murder, nod he protested against L. After being in
gaol on such a charge as that, he said he would, rather
he shot, indeed, than be turned out of it a beggar.
The depositions of the witnesses were then read over
to him, and he was committed to the Assizes.-411an-
e4wer Chronicle.
In the course of Monday Mr. Twyford, of Bow.
street police-office, received an enclosure of 5/. from an
anonymous writer in the country for the benefit of the
poor.

AmERICAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.---The
annual report of the American Temperance Union stated
that in Massachusetts from 15 to 20,000 persons hrve
within the last year signed the pledge to abstain how) all
intoxicating liquors. In New York city more than
10,000. In Philadelphia more than 4,000, Tee New
York Seamen's Temperance Society reports, 200 cap-
tains and 2,000 seamen as regular and coni;itent cap-
hers. The The amount of domestic spirits in at the
public office in New York in 1838,
than half as great as that inspected 1837. In the
same year there was a decrease in ik:tported spirits of 25
was 'out little more
11,er cent.. Of 1.200 distilleries
state of New York, not 2 e'nee in operation in the
00 r,ow remain. The chief of
these are nine in the
vicinity of the city, much upheld
setts, in 1834, there were
by the manufactories
of imitation wines. In Massachu-
were only 46, 118 distilleries : in 1837 there
Hoßs KEEP,—Horses consume in England
the prsduee
Qf seven million acres ; there are one mil-
botsea tor labour, and two hundred thousand used
lor pleasure in England.
REVIVAL, OF RELIGION.—Last summer a
protracted meeting was held in the village of Aneram,
which contains a population of six hundred, when Mr.
Wilson, the minister of the Independent church at Den-
holm, was assisted by Mr. Dick and Mr. Napier, of th
same denomination. The emeeting continued for nine
ce evenings--the interest increasing each even-
leg, and ea
div muchevgod apparently resulted from the effort
Rude. In a letter lately received from Mr. Wilson, he
mentions that a deputation from the same village had
waited upon him twice in one week, with an urgent re-
quest for a second visit. With this request he has seen
it his duty to comply, and has been preaching to a
people whom he describes as more athirst for the word
of God than any to whom he ever ministered. He has
been greatly pleased to find much evidence of the good
done by the meetings in summer, and that some of those
who at that time scoffed at all that was done as the
fruits of fanaticism, are now actively engaged, as con-
kt.ste4 lien, in forwarding the good work of the Lord.
&ottisit Pilot.

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