The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-21 00:00:00

OURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. -- The Q:leen's private
band attended after dinner yesterday at the Castle,
and her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, and the distinguished guests, danced quadrilles
and gallopades in the course of the evening. The
compare s•parated about 11 o'clock.

_
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to Swinley
Park this morning to enjoy the sport of shooting, at-
te ided by Colonel Bouverie, Mr. G. E. Anson, Hon.
C. A. Murray, and Lord Alfred Paget.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lord
Alfred Paget and Colonel Bouverie, rode out in a pony
phaeton this afternoon ; and after the return of the Royal
patty, her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked on
the Terrace of the Castle and the Slopes.
The Kiri and Countess of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay
arrived this evening on a visit to her Majesty.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny
Howard, walked on the Slopes for some time to-day.
Sir James Clark arrived this morning at the Cattle,
and took his departure in tbe evening.
The Right Hon. Sir NV. Fremantle, the Earl of Ux-
bridge, the Ladies Elcanora and Constance Paget, Lord
Paget, Lord George Paget, Mr. G. E. and the Hon.
Mrs. Anson, will have the honour of dining with her
Majesty this evening.

The Dake of Cambridge visited the Duchess of
Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Solicitor-General, the Right Hon. Sir Charles
Grey, and Mr. Pattison, M.P., had interviews with Vis-
count Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street.
Sir Frederick Adam and Mr. Lynch had interviews
with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Edward Villiers had an interview with the Mar-
quis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office.

The Earl of Ranfurly has given 501. in aid of
the erection cf a new church at Donoughmore, Ireland.
Lady Gardiner has sold Tackley Park, Oxon,
to Mr. Manning, the purchase money being, w•e under-
stand, 16,000/.

The Marquis of Lansdowne has issued cards for
a grand dinner at Lansdowne House, on Satu-day next, to
all the cbrps diplomatique.
We are informed that the admission charge to
the crown jewels at the Tower, has been reduced from two
shillings to sixpence, and with the usual effect, a great in-
crease of visitors, and also that a suitable edifice is nearly
completed for their reception. The readiness of Ministers
to niset the wishes of the people in allowing a more free
acc. ss to so many objects of curiosity and interest dies
them great credit, and the results must be to them, as to
all promoters of national improvement and civilization,
highly satisfactory.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—It is stated, that it
is the intention of the Members of the Zoological Gar-
dens, in the Regent's-park, to remove their extensive
and valuable collections of animals at the latter end of
March next, (the lease being expired), as the Commis-
sioners of Woods and Forrests in tend raising the rent for
a grant of another lease, which the Members of the Society
will not agree to. It is not known for the present to what
locality they will be removed.

Lady Dover is staying at Stafford House, the
town mansion of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland.
Her Ladyship's family are expected to-day from Gowran
Castle, having recovered from the small-pox.
THE CONSERVATIVE PRESS.--Within the
last two years, no less than six Conservative editors
and proprietors of Lancashire newspapers, besides one in
Cheshire, have passed through the Gasette as bankrupts,
at a time, too, when Conservatism is said to be increasing
throughout the land.—Manchester Guardian.
FATAL EFFECT OF ADMINISTERING CAN-
THARIDES OINTMENT BY MlSTAKE.—Yesterday.morning an
inquiry took place at Spital, Berks, into the cause of death
of Letitia Friday, a girl only sixteen years of age, who
died on Friday last in consequence of cantharides ointment
having been administered to her by mistake for sulphur
ointment by the hospital-sergeant engaged to dispense the
drugs at the Infantry Hospital at Spital. The jury, bay-
iegbeen a short time in consultation, came to the decision
that the death of Letitia Friday was occasioned by the ap-
plication of blister ointment by mistake for the usual sul-
phur ointment, for the cure of the i7ch.
LAMBETH IMPROVEMENTS.—The inhabitants
of the extensive and populous borough of Lambeth are be-
stirring themselves to obtain a portion of the large sum
granted by Parliament for the improvement of various
pests of the metropolis. Several meetings, at which Mr.
Hawes, M. P., the Rev. Dr. D'Oyley, the rector, and
other influential residents, take an active part, are being
held to consider in what way that desirable object may be
most speedily accomplished.
AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE OF AMUSEMENT.—
A Morning Paper, noticing the attractive quality of the
amusements at the Garrick Theatre, says, " Conquest
has made several happy hits in his career ; but, in this in-
stance, it would appear that the author has taken his mea-
sure to a nicety, for he keeps the house screaming all the
time he is on the stage."
WARM, WARMER, WARM EST.—A house
with a wife is often warm enough ; a house with a wife
and her mother is rather warmer than any spot on the
known globe ; a house with two mothers-in-law is so ex-
cessively hot that it can be likened to no place on earth
at all, but one must go lower for a simile.
ELECTION FOR BRIDGE•NI ASTER. AT-
TEMFTED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH
PEE.ll:llY.—Yesterday a young man, apparently not more
than 19 or 20 years of age, presented himself before the
poll-clerks, on the hustings, to enter his vote for Mr.
Gibbs. A clerk was about to record his vote, when a
gentleman, a member of Mr. Ledger's committee, stopped
him, considering that the voter, from his youthful appear-
ance, was not duly qualified as a liveryman. The young
man was questioned on the point, but persisted that he was
eligible. He was then requested by some of Mr. Ledger's
committee to accompany them to their committee-room,
the Guildhall Coffeehouse ; when, on the books of the
crmpany to which he said he belonged bring referred to, it
was found that no such name as the one he had given was
inserted therein. He was given into custody ; and on sub-
sequent inquiry it was ascertained that, previous to the dis-
covery of the imposition, he had voted three or four times.
The business of the Guildhall police-office having termi-
nated, he was taken to the Cripplegate watch-house, when
a charge of perjury was entered against him on the police
sheet by Inspector Todhuntcr. tie was placed in one of
the cells, and, at about a quarter before five, the policeman
whose duty it was to inspect at certain hours discovered
the unfortunate youth suspended by his pocket handker-
chief. He was immediately cut down, and some constables
despatched for surgical assistance, and by a quarter before
six he was sufficiently recovered to be removed to the City
Compter, in Giltspar-street. The young man, after being
taken into custody, and on being questioned by the inspec-
tor at the watch-house, stated that his name was Baker.
He is said to be respectably connected. As it may be
imagined, several unpleasant rumours are in circulation,
reflecting on the character of curtain influential individuals ;
but as the affair will undergo a judicial investigation, we
at present abstain from giving them publicity.
Two PERSONS KILLED BY THE FALLING IN
OF AN OVEN.—The following accident, unfortunately ac-
companied by the loss of two lives, occurred on Tuesday
evening in the parish of St. Mary, Paddington :—Mr
Torre, a master baker, had lately taken the premises
situated 49. Dudley-grove, Harrow-road, Paddington, for
the purpose of commencing business there, and had caused
a new bakele,use and oven to be constructed. Mr. Collins,
a master bricklayer, had just finished the buiiding of the
oven ; end on Tuesday evening, between five and six
o'clock, he, Mr. Morre's brother, and a lad, named Elisha
Palmer, in the employ of Mr. Morse, entered the oven to
clear away the loose fragments of brick and mortar that
remained in it after its construction. Whilst so employed
the crown of the oven suddenly gave way, and the three
persons just mentioned were buried in the ruins. Mr-
Morrc, alarmed by their cries, hastened with some neigh.
hours to their assistance, but twenty minutes elapsed be.
fore the bodies were extricated. They were ail in a state
of insensibility, but Messrs. Anderson and Stewart, sur-
geons, having been called in, restored Mr. Morre's brother
to life, but were not equally fortunate with Collins and the
lad Palmer, who were irrevocably suffocated. Their bo-
dies were removed to the dead-house near the Paddington
Police-station, to await, before interment, the verdict of a
Coroner 'a Jury.
IlitiutiToN.—The Earl and Countess of Har-
rington and suite have arrived at the Gloucester, and the
Hon. Mrs. Lamb at the Bedford ; Captain Lovett, Capt.
Burdett, and Major Clarke and family at the Gloucester.
Lord Tenterdeo has taken his departure for London.
Viscount Neville has taken a house in Itegency.square.
The made between here and London have been in such a
dreadful state that the crack coaches have frequently been
from one to two hours after time.

THE LATE EARL SONIERS.—The mortal re-
mains of the above lamented Nobleman reached Eastnor
Castle, near Ledbury, Herefordshire, yesterday week.
The next day the body lay in state, and on Friday the in..
terment took place in the neighbouring parish church,
where the ancestral vault is situate. Shortly before two
the funeral procession left the Castle, preceded by above
300 of the family tenantry and dependents. Immediately
before the hearse was the bearer of the late Earl's coronet,
and in the first mourning coach were Earl Somers, Vis-
count Eastnor, Hon. and "Icy. James Cocks, and Colonel
Cocks. After the family carriages came those of the Earl
of Beauchamp, Baron Thoren, the Dean of St. Asaph,
Sir Anthony Lechmerc, Bart., and upwards of thirty car-
riages of the nobility and gentry of the counties of Hereford
and Worcester, many of whom attended the obsequies out
of respect to the memory of the deceased Earl. The bu-
rial service was read by the domestic chaplain of his Lord-
ship to a numerous congregation, the church being
crowded to excess.
A LAW SUIT FOR A PENNY.—SHERRIFF
and
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COURT, EDINBURGH —Yesterday the following car came
on for trial before Sheriff Tait :—A farmers
wife
tclaeuy did
g ter hadinonelatelye
f occasiontheir owntoe caort.
mse toT
he
carter, Edinburgh,t? which
hpro_
tact the t clotheshe be t
bottom
md f
etfh the ladies,
the
vehicle
ht
Messrs,
:cos
spsrmrse:chaluobyt
atdognts:odff
strewing
straw,t,utt forthe which,t
ae ks
on entering
utphoen ec'ihtyar,ging ore penny in
which was paid. The farmer, however,
of the illegality of tl,e charge, brought
abnneairanagecto of custom,
persuadedbeforeto
m the Small Debt Sheriff Court for the
recovery of the penny. The case was argued on both
sides at great length. On the one band, the tacksmen
contended that straw was an article subject to custom,
however small the quantity—that even a straw seat, or
a chaff bed was liable. In support of which they handed
up the new Act of Parliament, which the Sheriff care-
fully examinc d, The pursuer, on the other hand, main-
tained that straw was only subject to custom if brought
to the market for sale. The Sheriff was clearly of the
same spinion, and decernecl for recovery of the penny with
coste...Scotsniani

EVENING EDITION

CHARTIST MEETING iN 818

MINGHAM.

TUESDAY.—Last night a meeting I°'ls
held in one of the numerous dissenting chapels 'a
this town which have been recently rented and opened int.
Divine service, under the name of the Christian Chartist
Church. The meeting was convened "to take into con-
sideration the propriety of sending delegates to express
the opinion of the Chartists of Birmingham on the clunh,g
tion of Universal Suffarge, at the ensuing meeting to "
held at Leeds," and at seven o'clock the Christian Church,
which is capable of holding some hundreds of persons, wall
filled to overflowing.
After an animated discussion, the passing of several re:
solutions, the formation of a eo.nmittee, and other prelim
nary business had been disposed of,
Mr. COLLINS observed, that lie had been deputed 12
move the first resolution : —" That this meeting views wit"
intense interest the approaching meeting to be held O
Leeds ; and being fully sensible of the great importance f
a perfect understanding amongst the various ;.lasses
of the print iples and intentions of such meeting, do herchi,
declare that having, after mature consideration, adopted
as the object of their political struggles the princiPles
contained in the People's Charter, we will neither
countenance nor assist any body, however numerous °e I',
wealthy, or however specious their pretexts, who shill it
through expediency, set k an enactment short of the O.',
measure of rights therein contained." Mr. Collins said
that whether he looked upon the meeting at Leeds BIS
movement of the Government, to see hew small a measure
would satisfy leal as the price of retaining office--
whether t was movement occasioned by the necessitieg
of the middle classes, to try on what terms the working me?.
could be induced to co-operate with them—or whether l''
were called to consider the best means of promoting the
interests of the country,, it was a subject of the utmost ing"
portance, and one that demanded their most watchful cir
lance. They must not be allured by a parade of wealth °,
titles on the one hand, nor should they suffer themselve,
to be cajoled by flattery or by sophistry on the other; bu
they must recollect that they were to contend for nothing
more, and accept of nothing less, than the principles CO
tamed in the People's Charter.—(Cheers ) The g.„re',
question they would be called upon to consider was uri'
,versal Suffrage as opposed to Household Suffrage, and in.
b d
hoped the Delegates whom they elected to represent the
at the meeting would exhibit that temper, intelligence. an
firmness, which would prove to the Whig and Radical c,
thcring that they were not undeserving of the rights Whin
they claimed.—( Cheers.)
The resolution was unanimously adopted ; and, on On
motion of Mr. EMPSON, seconded by Mr. BLaxnas°'
late Member of the Town Council, Mr. Collins, of
Iltr-
mingham, and Mr. Arthur O'Neill, of Glasgow, were ar
pointed Delegates to attend the meeting at Leeds.
Mr. BLAXLAND hoped that the Chartists of Birming"libs
would act together, and at the next election, which
considered to be now close at hand, they would ba"",.
opportunity of returning Feargus O'Connor as Me'll'7o,
for their borough.—(This proposition was received 'NI
loud acclamations.)
A Committee was appointed to arrange for the dee;
ture of the Delegates, and to correspond with the
F during their absence; after which
; iosi
Mr. O'NEILL read an address, embodying the oP'n bat
of the Chartists of Birmingham on the various topics t,d,
were likely to engage attention at the approaching 1.4`
demonstration.

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A subscription was made to defray the travelling
penses of the Delegates to the north.

INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.

The Rouen papers mention that never, in the incei°rl n
of the oldest inhabitants, Lave the small streams, the ":
bee and the Aubette, been so much flooded. In the C2s"rci
tier Bouvread, the rue Verte was quite under water, a.""lii
the occupiers of the ground-floors had to remove ‘5l„
their effects. Several bridges have been carried a!,;(
and two persons belonging to Maronne, and severs o,
other communes, have been drowned. Many manUfACtibe
ries are stopped, in consequence of the destruction Of
water-wheels. leo°
Extensive inundations have taken place at far:
points along the course of the Somme, and near A/1'1d;
where a good deal of cattle has been lost. At 11°e
ville, near Fontainebleau, at Beauvais, and at Aubefil°:
in the Aisne, extensive flaods have prevailed. At E/re„°4
the lower part of the town has been considerably &nab-
by the waters.. er'
We learn from Pontoise, that the Viosne has °°
tor all the low grounds round that place, and has t:Pe
ped most of the mills. The Couleuvre, too, has
much damage. • ilia
Extensive inundations have been caused by the Meto
-
of the snow near Chateaudun, Chartres, and I)re°'
the Eure-et- Loire. f die
Advices from Arras inform us that the melting e;
snows and the rains has caused great fhods in all ti
districts round that city.
The low grounds on the banks of the Seine, bath °cies"-
and below Paris, are under water to a considerabifider.
tent ; but hitherto no damage to property of anye°,,ni- with
able extent has taken place. Thi river is on ley-
the tops of the arches of several of the bridges.

We are happy to hear that our army is to
ebh
increased to the extent of 10,000 men. They arc tD
_nt
wanted. There is also a rumour—how true we know, "/;"
—that an addition is to be made to the Marines.--Brig
(077 Gazelle.
Foust LIVES LOST.—ISL AY, .1 AN.. Ft.'"
Oa Thursday. the 7til current, when Donald Alat,hic:rAid
John M'Queen, Alexander Currie, and John Keit"' ere
John
crossir:g the trackless waste which lies between
lay and Kinagary, they lost their way and perished. Thiulp
friends and neighbours went out in search -of them, ,bhutthe
to the 10,h no trace could he found. On Sabba'n),•4
10th, the Froaig shepherd discovered the horse, %lila
they had along with theta, buried below the snow in As .tac
and romantic valley called Gleann do' Phroaig, ain.",tb is
remains of the unfortunate men were fouud on the '-",,,ere
the same glen. Alexander Currie and John ficiwn,. ea
found together, but Donald Mathieson and John.gii7es
d
were about a mile from each other. Currie, Keit''' left
M'Queen were unmarried, but Donald Mathicsori hts
Qs
a widow and three young children, and also his age
u
rents, to lament his loss.—Scouish Guardian.
I per
CH EL TEN II A M.-The frost being entireiYv 00
Lord Segrave's hounds went out for the first tnncniiel
Monday last since their return to the Cheltenhaor':sss
this month. The eet wa at Stancomb, when ai" rt.
almost immediatelym found,s and afforded excellentno
51)1.10
He made for Foxcete, when seeing the pursuit too h° ale
retraced his steps to Stancomb, 'where, seeing tildgaate.
was up, he became " resigned to his fate," mid die° baort
On Tuesday the gallant pack afforded some excellentLigli
to a very numerour field. The weather was caeecA",tba
-
unfavourable, and the cold and sleet combined tr'll"-frere
scent bad. Hazleton was the' rendezvous, and therde totcit
motor three capital runs, but:alaster Reynard seeinch
ee're
his pursuers at defiance, and succeeded in baffling
forts to take him captive. We rejoice to learn tW:;eced"
Griffiths and Ballinger, of this town, have been 'Tao,'
ingly successful in obtaining subscriptions for thcnitiee•
tenham Annual Steeple Chase.—Cheltenham EX111" evoillg
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday eligsr-
an inquest was held at the Charing-cross Hospital' Nest'
street, Strand, before Mr. Higgs, Coroner °rod 0,
minster, on view of the body of John Hine, og:nees'
whose death occurred under the following eirettOt— t°
—William Harriet, of No. 6, Savoy-place, cellarn;srr.
Messrs. Mitchinson and Co., ale merchants, DonhY%,."last
Sivey•street, Strand, stated that on Monday evenia9soo'6
he end deceased were unloading Messrs. flitlilitreeti
(their employers) cart at the bottom of Save/at °-
when the horse suddenly ran back. Deceased get froth
the cart to lay hold of the horse's head and stop hirilforee
backing. While doing this, the animal continued 1! be-
the cart back, and deceased was violently jammed is
tween the cart and a wall. He was immediately nd,pii
to the Charing-cross Hospital. On being exaultinhei, rib°
breast-bone was found to be fractured, and six day''
Ivyrebrokea, of which injuries he died on the following
. _

Verdict--. Accidental
EXTRAORDINARY QUEST. (A
dent,_ who perso:3ally vouches for the correctCnc°srsrer
esill'a;
facts, requests us to give insertion to the followinol,loo°
inquest was held at the Royal Hotel, Clevedon, on itl
say last, to inquire into the death of Fowler, s Pe,
of 14 years of age, servant to Mrs. Violet of that /ins
After the jury had been swan, /Le Coroner adoPteu (:
very unusual step of ordering all stra4-crs to beeo
appeared that, in consequence of a rinziour having TO
with some industry circulated to the prejudial thegttpoa
mistress, some of her friends had felt it their dot; lidepes
and watch the proceedings in her behalf. The eircuni-d"„, of
we briefly learnt were these :—Mrs. Violet, the mistre of
the girl, who is a widow and the mother of four childfro
two of whom arc ill of the measles, on her servant to
complaining, administered a little medicine and applielir,
the Parish Union, who directed the attendance of
Shipton ; the girl, however, gradually sank, end 'l'd
moment of delirium, among other extravagancies deelsrf,
her mistress " had poked her wi:h a fender." 'The 5110
geon, on this uncertain testimony, declared, in the evebee
of her death, that he would have an inquest held on
body. In consequence of this, Mrs. Violet, at the V.,
gestion of her friends, desired the attendance of the
Sprague and Mr. Lawrence, who, on examining ..,k„
patient, found that she had been bled, and was fast SIPe ,
•o
ing from exhaustion, and in spite of stimulants, 2- nt
at,
diateiy adopted by them, the girl expired in the ee. ept
of a few hours. On this sentence; uttered in A refrper
of unconsciousness, and containing a charge agai°s(6 et
mistress, which she was never known to have made Pei,-trat
and of which the body presented not the 5h,,50.,
corroborating evidence, the most unfeeling anue
from
fore enabled an amiable woman,
judicious statements were circulatedamong the
of the neighbourhood, whose had WWl'
thefeyt
station she once held in society, tor briyng up an db,re
patronagegeatl
family in comfort and respectability Her fries
therefore anxious that the most searching iovestigP e
should be made into the truth of this assertion, en a 1 el
were desirous that it should be publicly made. They wiebre;
therefore, no less surprised than indignant wheri,.-v io
found the Coroner desirous of conducting the inq"urse
private. On learning from the Coroner that this co
lb
reduced:
was to continue throughout the whole of the investigat;e
and that none of Mrs. Violet's friends would havliega,
opportunity of being present to watch the proeeeier sod
thoy protested against it. The room was, hossever, enip
and a post mortena examination directed to be made, lel/
which Messrs. Sprague and Lawrence were partieu
excluded. The inquest was adjourned until Sater
next, twelve o'clock.—Bristol Gazelle. 1041)
DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON ~e 0
BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Another frightful accident has !fitt is
place on the London and Brighton Railroad. which: tr-
feared, will end in the loss of several lives. It is,
aing
sent, impossible to collect the full particulars, there P; for
so many stories abroad, and there having been no 1!,:,7,-ncy
inquiry. Four men have been taken to the Sussex u uearo
It apr
Hospital, and one is lying dead at Clayton. , faie
that the melancholy and fatal accident arose from tno
who
ing in of a shaft of a tunnel, Thelunfortueate Olen'
'
have been taken to the hospital, are in a precarious ea