The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-02 00:00:00

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

DEATH OF COLONEL LIGHT.
(From the South Australian Register of Oct. 12.)
It is with feelings of deep sorrow that we announce the
death of Colonel Light, the first Surveyor-General of
South Australia. An asthmatic affection, we believe, to
Which Colonel Light had for several years been subject,
assumed some months ago a character which his medical
advisers considered fatal—his bodily health, weakened by
tang wounds, and the effects of former hard service in the
il.Q.,_ninsula, gradually decayed, and death finally released
olik,from mortal suffering on Saturday last. An account
„ ,le public honours paid to his remains by the Governor
"laa the colonists will be found below.

THE FUNERAL.
When the melancholy fact that the Colonel was no more
became known, It was determined that all public honours
which it was in the power of the Colonists to give, should
be bestowed on his memory. His Excellency the Governor
readily entered into these views, and a special meeting of
the Legislative Council was held on Monday, to take into
eonsiderat:ion how the Government would best bear testi.
teeny 01: their respect for one who had so ardently and
energetically exerted himself to promote the welfare of the
XOlO Ay. y The result of their deliberations was the issuing
"r.tieee requesting that the different shops should be closed
during the funeral procession and ceremony, and that all
tne Government Officers should attend the funeral. It
was also resolved that the Government should devote a
Certain sum from the public funds towards defraying the
Cost of a monument to be erected over the grave.
On Thursday, the day appointed for the funeral; at a
little before 12 o'clock, the hearse containing the body,
lee°
in Pani ed by the friends d the deceased, proceeded
f
frorn Thebarton towards Adelaide. From the time the
procession left Thebarton till its arrival at Trinity Church,
lzmute guns were fired by a party stationed at Hindmarsh,
and the colours at Government house were hoisted half-
zasl: At the old Native Location the funeral was joincd
,Z his Excellency the Governor and all the Government
Dicers, and by the largest body of Colonists ever con-
gregated within this Province. Four hundred a, d twenty-
three gentlemen, all in deep mourning, formed in pro-
" Won.
Nyhen toe body arrived at the grave the appropriate
„i'.''`L'ee 1". as real over it by Mr. Howard, and the remains
fn tr Gallant Colonel were then consigned to the earth,
',he presence of the largest assemblage of persons ever
1 "een in Adelaide, all of whom seemed anxious to show
the respezt they entertained for the memory of one whom
theybad so sincerely respected and admired.

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EXPARTE FISHER IN RE HAMMOND.—In
tae Court of Review at Westminster, yesterday, a petition was
resented by Mr. Fisher to annul the fiat issued ngainst the
he ste liikrPof the dayquest , b
t.„
..wanstort, who appeared for the petitioner, and inq
consequence
the absence of Mr. Bethell, who is retained for the as-
Ilneel, it was adjourned till Monday neat!
LINCOLN'S INN, MAY I.—The following gen-
leruen were this day called to the degree of barrister-at-law
.?.,Y the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, viz.:—James Adamson,
sq ; Kenelm Kilner, Esq. ; Walter Wyndham Burrell, Esq.
.Robert Williams Soady, Esq. David Power, Esq. ; and
Samuel James, Esq.
The spacious mansion in Privy-gardens, next
door to Sir Robert Peel's, formerly belonging to the late Lord
Farnborough, has been takenl by Charles Mostyn, Esq.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Last night, between
nine and ten o'clock, while a young man was engaged in light-
ing the illumination lamps in front of the house of M. Guizot,
the French Ambassador, in Manchester-square, to celebrate the
marriage of the Duke of Nemours, the coachman of the Portu-
guese Ambassador drove the carriage against the ladder on
which the young man stood. In consequence of the shock the
unfortunate man lost his hold, and fell on his head from a
height of forty feet. He was carried to Middlesex Hospital,
when it was found his skull was severely fractured.
WINDSOR.—A ball and supper, upon a most
sumhtuous and magnificent scale, will be given at the barracks
, at Spital on Tuesday evening, by the officers of the 2d Regi.
trent of Life Guards, now stationed at Windsor. The invita-
tions to the neighbouring nobility, clergy, and gentry, embrace
a. circuit of several miles around the two towns of Windsor and
Eton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has accepted the
itrvitation of the officers, and notified his intention to honour
this splendid fete with his presence ; and it is considered nct at
itll improbable that the Queen will accompany her Illustrious
‘-keasort. The preparations for the reception of the Prince,
tnd for receiving her Majesty in a style worthy of the Sove-
reign, are in active progress, under the sup-rintendence of Mr.
Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. The ex-
tensive ridine. school was being floored yesterday morning for
the dance, and several marquees will be erected in various parts
of the barrack-yard. _

ALMACK S.—On Wednesday night the first
ball this season was given at the usual locale, Willis's Rooms,
King-street, St. James's. As is always the case with the
first ball of the subscription, the attendance was not so nu-
naerous, although on thie occasion 200 members of the beau
Monde were present. The splendid salon de dance and the adjoin-
ing tea saloon and ante-rooms, so much admired by the distin-
Rinshed foreigners who visit this country, for the solid elegance,
and good taste which pervade the embellishments and fittings
11P, were thrown open, and brilliantly lighted from the five mag-
nifinznt chandeliers, manufactured last season by Messrs. Perry
and_ Co., shortly before 11, at which hour the company began to
arrive. Dancing commenced at half-past to Weippert's band.
The Marchioness of Queensberry, Countess of Jersey, and Lady
Sarah Villiers, his Excellency Baron Brunow, Count Nesselrode,
Earl of Athlone, Lord Cremorne, Countess of Orford, Lady
Colborne, Hon. Miss Ridley Colborne, Lord and Lady Na-
Pier, Hon. Miss Napier, Baron Pahlen, Viscount Cantilupe,
Count Kondroisffsky, Lady Sand!or.l Graham, Lady Gore,
4lisses Gore (2), Viscount Villiers, Hen. A. Ponsonby, Earl
(,)f Mulgrave, Hon. Mrs. Drummond, Misses Drummond (2),
Lord George Paget, Sir Compton and Lady Domvile,
ilia
Domvile ( 2), Lord Curzon, Viscount Loftus Mrs. and
~:1", Wyndham, Lady Johnstone, Miss Johnstone, Colonel and
Herbert
Bentinck, Mrs. and Plisses Nassau Sutton, Hon. Sir. W.
, Miss Herbert, Lady Trollope, Misses Trollope (two),
viscount Drumlar:rig,
.Lady Augusta and Miss Milbanke, Hon.
Apia and Mrs. Best, Lady Maria and Miss West, Mr. and
Lad? Helena Stewart, Misses Tilney Long, Sir W. and Miss
Clayton, Mr. IL Wellesley; Lady and Miss Langborn, Mrs.
and Misses Vansittart, &c.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has offered a
hward_„, of 1501. atcl a free pardon, to any of the accomplices who
"'1" give evidence against the murderers of Mr. Claudius
bleat,
of Leitrim.