The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-07 00:00:00

14.: V 1,1 Nr N (4- 14: 1) 1 TIO N

COURT ChICULAR.

' WIND'3OR, WEDNESDAY. Her Majeety accom-
panied to is Royal Highness Prince Albert to the lake
rit Froigmore this morning at twelve o'clock, and en-
Joyed there the amusement the ice and season affords,
for tome time. Her Majesty was attended by the
'time os yesterday, with the addition of Sir Ho-
bert Otwav ; and Prince Albert was also attended by
the 5311/e gentlemen as yeaerday.
The Rev, Lord Wriothesley Russell and the ilxv.
Mr. (:aftning- will have the honour of joining the Royal
dinner party at the Castle this evening.

A
enbinfq. Council k summoned to meet on the 16th
la." . and the evening Viscount Melbourne will give a
limner to the Cabinet Ministers.

The Belgian ISlinister and Madame Van de Weyer
►etu,rned to their residence in Portland-place on Tues-
day, from a visit to her Majesty at W►ndsor Castle.
Sir Henry Mildmay, Bart., and Mr. Edmond Mild-
may, have arrived at Farrarlt`e'S Hotel from Carne
Uouse, the svat of Colonel Dawson aimer.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
Yesterday. The Lords present were Lord Brougham,
the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the
Judge of the Admiralty. The appeal " Edward KieHey
n• William Carson," Speaker of the House of Assembly
or the Island of Newfoundland, was resumed and con-
cluded. Rrectly after Mr. Pemberton, Queens Coun-
sel, had finished h►s reply for the appellant, their
l'ordship's adjourned Without giving judgment.

Lieutenant-General Sir
E Edward.t Oakley Park,
Kerrison, Bart.,
s
M.P.'
gave
a grand
dinner
last
woes:
near ye, to his fine corps of yeomanry the „uffolk Bor- ' derers. About 100 persons sat down to a sumptuous en-
tertainment.
DEATH OF THE HON. RICHARD ST.LE GER.
---•We regret to hear of the demise of the above Hon.
Gentleman. uncle of the present, and brother of the late
Viscount Don eraile. He di-d last week at Roebuck,
county Dublin, and was in his 70th year.
There is no official confirmation of the reported
retiremeat id Lord Hill; but it is said that his Lordship
h
i ein rent
b such an indifferent state of health as to render that
y no means improbable.
•
fittrGit To N, JAN. 6.—TheNV Venerable Earl of
estmoreland, who has recovered from his recent illness,
entertained a distinguished party to dinner at his residence
~,°1t11,,?, B:eine, on Friday last, to celebrate his birth-day.
The rioule Earl attained the patriarchal age of 82.
MCountess Cadogan and the Ladies Augusta and.
onona Cadogan arrived at Middleston.park , on aisits
the Earl and Countess of Jersey, on TuuefsdAayulsey, at
last, taron
it visit to the Marquis and Marchioness
Battudes'ert, Staffordshire.
APPROACHING
HIGH LIFE.
MARRIAGE:set()
IN
count Alford, M. P.,
--sW e hear that the nuptials
daughter of the Marquis
of Northampton. and Lady Marianne Compton, odf Vu
will be solemnised in a few. weeks.
Ca
Castle
etremony will be performed in town, and not at
'Ashby.
The Earl of Fingal has now quite recovered
from his accident on the Eastern Counties Railroad, and
" enabled to resume his duties, as Lord in Waiting on the
gneen, without any inconvenience.
A Lady Dover. we understand, has delayed her
"enerture from Gowran Castle, Kilkenny, on
aacekeeodunvit.iothf
towin of her youngest children having' been attacked
arrived at
e "D'lls her Ladyship was to hav
pi) . pos.
neat' tt"t Ledge, Dublin, on Monday last; from the above
1-.''; " a visit, to Viscount Morpeth, ALI P.
SArA Li
DFIITS RECOVERY COURTS.—At
the litte hero. ugh s'essions held at Falmouth, by T.. Painter,
tst
h 1" the Recorder, the Learned Gentleman
hi%aeddbrreususgmhgt
ttise Grand Jur, stated that he had hope. roh ,
of am withins mythhi" e report of the Judges to t e regulation
debts ended
Courts of Record for the recovery of small
by civil process within their municipal limits, t
mod,-from what he had learned by letter and by perd.
—nsi application, that the Judges had not entirely agreed
lisn the rules for conducting the business of such Courts.
`rnbahly at the meeting of Parliament somethin definite
old tss arranged. g
Ir., TILE FAIRY.—.A box has been picked up on
;tenon Beach, near Loweetoffe, containing papers with
sne gignature of Captain Hewitt on them, which no doubt
iPlahed from the wreck of the unfortunate Fairy,
The effects of the Chinese intelligence have
been already felt. The price of tea at the time we write
(three o'clock), has fallen 7d. per pound, whilst that of
East India Cotton has risen. The cause of the former
change is obvious; the cause of
g the latter is, that large
itantities of Cotton which, had e war continued, would
have been shipped for this countrthy, will, when the usual
trade shall have been again opened at Canton, be sent to
that pert; and we are aware that in August last the native
merchant (Jemset Jee) had in his possession, waiting the
• turn of events, upwards of 100,000 bales of this article.
iMattere have thus already be,run to settle down to the
level of a wholesome standare—Shipping
Gazette.
p REFUSAL TO ALLOW CONVICTS TO GIVE
.vioENCE riEFORE A CORONER'S Juity.—.At inquests held '
!.en/i"te,lay before Mr. Wakley, in the House of Correc-
. on the bodies of two prisoners, the Coroner, address-
inhg tho Governor, said., 1• lie siaould now (after hearing
fee evidence of the tuitikeys) require the eviience of some
thee ow-prisoners of tie decer.sed persons to place before
b s jurY." Mr. C hestertJn, the Governor, " You can
h'ad' any one you please." After some of the prisoners
th'''ri examinee.; and questions put to them whether
thlwere satified with the treatment they received, which
07 answered in the affirmative, the following colloply
Ilit-o's Pl4Ce
betwiscn the Coroner, the Governor, and a pris
..cotier, named
, N'Anry Collins, an inmate of the infirmary :
fi(",,nner---" l'ae silent system also observed throughout the
lovner —4.3' as lioell as the other parts of the prison 2—Yes ;
are not ii . nurse
allowed to speak in that place unless to a
I really' The Governor—lt is really a strange thing.
,enti. tiss not know what has come to the women re-
be.c.oruarodeswed to speak
),. I had issued positive orders that prisoners should
together whilst in the infirmary.
Coroner certainly is singular that the women should
-.. airireiTh'eti.etiiar, not avail themselves- of such a recreation. But
aud 1). awere of the order? Governor—l gave the order,
or
th'eellieyed. it WRI, carried out. Sir James Williams, one
orsier `'igloo Justices, was understood to say that the
tilh,temanated from the Magistrates. The Coroner said
reflected of the prisoners was very satisfactory, and
rs tell credit on the prison arrangements : he, however,
tvgretted to observe that attempts had recently been made
0f
Prev'nt observe
giving evidence as to death, in cases
,i those who bed been confined with them. From the
I.lblit'
(j Papers of 'Wednesday last he had found that in-
had tiests had been held at Woolwich upon seven convicts who
• To issiiibed of fever, and that the authorities had refused per-
e,;l, °I! inr the fellow-prisoners to he examined. He had
(14a!inn in saying that by law the Coroner could come-
.,
or
_heir attendenee to give evidence, and that the au !
cif
ties were liable to be punished for refusing. Such a
rye"'"tn"c was most alarmin and required the earlitsst
4"e,tigation by Governnient. g,
S
„I. I.)E.ATII IN ,
4'4* j-- '''HE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—
ft)re Arl'ri.a3l,' tiff,l
ei
and Elizabeth Ch -
yn:l'o'riesa were held in the above prison ha_
.he bodies of James Ashton, aged 69, The evi i• . rist)e)
aged 38, prisoners in that gaol.
Ihe 1 "nee 'n the case of Christie was as follows :
hat . ( eceased was received into prison on the 20th of July,
,ing been sentericed to six months' imprisonment. and.
1 "srd labour f the %.,3 , , ''r k eeping a bad house. On her admission
moil o' P:ased in the seventh yard, and continued there.
1
I Sh, o'c 28J, ult., being employed in "oakum" picking.
pf hr 'en eJmplained of a paia in her chest and shortness
oht,"th. By the surgeon's order she was relieved from
ikenur exercise.
She was subsequently removed to the
4;trutlry, where she was treated medically, and died on
rA„_" Y last. A witness was examined who stated that
surti"ceaseil broke a blood-vessel at the beginning of last
!, . Mee,
t
.40 Verdict—Natural death.
,11 RTALITY OF CONVICTS.—day
~i 'n quest wam held at the George and Dragon, Wool-
si:hOn Tuesday
, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, on the bodies of two con-
ttitr:+l:tatned Benjamin Lewis and Walter
p,"•eitee of Mr. [Liss Youngman. The
y, surgeon of the dockyard, went to
rose that the deatl, of the deceased convicts occurred
„tti natural causes, and the jury returned a verdict to
Sflat effect. One of the jury inre of r. Bossy if it
was true that tjie convicts in thequi dockyard M d were compelled
to wash every Saturday night in cold water? Dr. Bossy
St wered that the convicts washed every Saturday, but
t°e Water was warm.
h klusToli PIPPINS.—A gardener in Scotland
Vl'Pi,s'ligeocrcd that our finest winter apple, the Ribston
n, may be preserved from the ravages of the American
71'1114 or beg, an insect which has of late years been very
'!fesiructive to wall fruit, by grafting the Pippin on the stock
(:, th" jargoneile pear, which the insect is never known to
-''`ek• The eng raftment also improves the fruit in size
kid flavour
The Gazette des Tribuneaux mentions that M.
ilea, stockbroker, absconded on Friday morning, leaving,
4' is said, a great deficit, nerson, w who for.
tune was in the hands of the deo fapulter, hashose laid anle infor.
In, iltion before the Procurcur du Roi, and seals have been
;:"I' bY order of the competent authority, upon all hooks,
to LSP", and other effects of the absentee, who is believed
- "" gone to Brussels.
zlite Cochin-Chinese, ‘vlto have come to Paris,
:;10elrue their appearance at the last .soiree of the Minister. of
g,
..nleree• Their dress was very rich, consisting of long
'irig robes, in the Chinese fashion. At the Minister'3,
4,86,01 fact they are said to do in the streets and everywhere
china. . they took from their girdles tablets covered with
a„Paper, and with much gravity noted down whatever
Ppeared to them worthy of record.
Pr R t. .
daY tiff,S DURING TIIE PAST YEA R.—Yester-
pi Braidwood, the Superintendent of she London
toe r Brigade force, made his annual report to the Direr-
her f the various Insurance Establishments of the rum_
occur and extent of the various conflagrations which have
Year,
in the metropolis and its suburbs during the past
*;:a. • It commences by stating that the number and ex-
;s:' of the fires have been greater than in any former
ear Since the establishment of the brigade force in the
4, :it 1833, notwithstanding which the number of buildings
b,ntially destroyed" is under the general average. The
„iinioer of fires between the Ist day of January and the
pe3att_daY of December, 1840, amounted to 863. It ap-
I " from the report that they had chiefly originated in
out of intoxication or carelessness by workmen.
pi t of the entire number, however, 204 fires had taken
to4te_e in private houses. The number of fires that have
to ? place since the establishment of the brigade amount 1
10,,i0'68; the number of buildings totally destroyed, 195 i
ktolt:slY dsmagcd, 957; slightly damaged, 2,452. Tho
."
q of lives lost during the past year by fires was 22.