The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-20 00:00:00

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The Queen, the Queen Dowager, and tne Duchess of
Kent, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the
Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Chapel was hung with
black, in consequence of the death of her Royal Highness
Dowager Landgravine of Hesse Homberg ; and after the
the sermon, the Funeral Anthem," Lord, let me know my
end" (Greene), was performed.

The sermon wis preached by the Rev. M. Irving, D.D.,
who took his text from St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans,
chap. ~erscs 6,7, 8. The Lessons were read by the
Rev. Mr. Povah, the Prayers by the Rev. Mr. Packman,
and the Communion Service by the Rev. Messrs. Povah
and Packman. The Music.l Service was Boyce in C.
The Sanctus and Commandments, Davy's. Mr. J. B.
Sale presided at the organ.

The Rev. J. Vane, Dep.ty Clerk of the Closet, was in
waiting. The Royal Suite included the Countess of
Charlemont, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon.
Miss Paget, Lord Byron, lion. Charles A. Murray, Hon.
William Cryyper, and Colonel Buckley. The Queen
Dowager's Suite consisted of the Countess of Mayo, Hon.
Miss Hope Johnstone, and Earl Howe. The Earl and
Countess of Wilton, and the Countess of Chesterfield,
were amongst the Nobility present.
After the service, her Majesty and suite returned in
three of the Royal carriages to Buckingham Palace.
The Queen went on Saturday to Kensington, to visit
the Princess Sophia. The Countess of Charlemont, Lady
in Waiting, and Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, at-
tending her Majesty.
The Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess of
Mayo, visited her Majesty and her august Mother on Sa-
day, at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George,
and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine
Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South
Audley-street. Miss Kerr and Colonel Cornewall were
waiting on their Highnesses.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Au.
gusts on Saturday at Clarence House, St. James's. The
Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to her Royal Highness
yesterday.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
thr Foreign-office. Two o'clock was the ttme appointed,
but several of the Ministers did not join the Council till
late, having been detained in the House of Commit's.
All the Ministers were present.
A deputation from the Town Council of Manchester
consisting of the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Neeld, Mr. Alder-
man Kay, Mr. Alderman Shuttleworth, Mr. Thomas
Hopkins, and the Town Clerk, had an interview with the
Marquis of Normanby, on Saturday, at the Home Office.
Mr. Crawfurd and Mr. Russell, Inspectors of Prisons,
had an interview on Saturday, with the Marquis of
Normanby.

Despatches were seat off on Saturday evening from the
Colonial Office, for the Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar.
Lord Nlarsham had an interview with the Marquis of
Normanby on Saturday.
Sir William Heathcote, M. P., left Farrance's Hotel,
Belgravc-street, yesterday, for his seat Hunsley House,
Winchester.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Viscount Sandon, M. P., in Grosvenor-square, from
Naples ; Mr. and Mrs. Lippincott, at Mivart's Hotel, from
their seat, near Bristol ; the Earl and Countess of Am.
herst, from Knowle Park ; Viscount Clements, from Ire-
land ; Viscount and Viscountess Adair, from Wales; Lord
Alfred Paget, at Uxbridge House, from a visit to Sir
Thomas Hare, at Stowe, Norfolk; Lord Eliot, Lord Sal-
toun, the Hon. W. and Lady Louisa Duncombe, Lady
Ernest Bruce, from Middleton Park; Sir J. P. Bores-
ford, from Yorkshire; Viscount Stormont, from Scone
Palace ; Lord Granville Somerset, from Monmouthshire ;
Lord and Lady Bridport, from their seat, Cricket Lodge,
Chard; the Right Hon. William Dundas, Earl Jermyn,
the Marquis of Granby, Lord De Saumares, Mr. Brooke
Greville, Lady Ramsden and family, Captain Hamilto,..l,
M.P., the Earl of Fingal, Mr. and Mrs. Wrn. Jammon,
and family, at the Sackville Hotel, Sackville-street, from
St. Helena ; Mrs. Cox and daughters, at ditto, from Chel.
tenham ; the Hon. Mr. O'Callaghan, from Ireland.

DEPARTURES.
Lord Henniker, M. P., from the Brunswick Hotel, Jer-
myn-street, for Suffolk ; G. S. Harcourt, Esq., M.P.,
and Mrs. Harcourt, from ditto, for Ankerwycke House ;
Richard Gresley, Esq., and family, from ditto, for Port-
man-square ; W. Tollemache, Esq., and Lady Anna
Maria Tollemache, from ditto, for Hampshire; the Marquis
de Bourbel, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville-street, for
Paris: Mr. and Mrs. Oliphant and family, from ditto, ior
Bath; Captain Johnstone, from ditto, for Edinbu-..gh;
Mr. and Mrs. Nash, from ditto; Lord Clanmore,s, for
Brighton ; Count Altdorf, on a tour; Mr. Alcocke, M. P.,
for King's Warren, Surrey ; the Hon. Berkeley Paget,
for Barkhampstead ; the Marquis of Salisbury, for Hat.
field House ; the Dowager Lady de Clifford, for Rich-
mond ; the Earl of Lonsdale and Lady Frederick Ben-
tinek, for Cottesmore Lodge ; the Hon. William Middle-
ton Noel, for Rutlandshire ; the Earl of Denbigh, for
Bushy ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. John Boyle, on a tour;
Col. Maunseli, for Piershill Barracks; Colonel Falconer,
Sir Fred. Nicholson, Bart., to join the Blonde frigate;
the Earl De Grey, for Wrest Park, Bih; Lord Mon.
tagu, for Ditton Park: Hon. Ctarles Forrester, for
Brighton ; the Earl of Brecknoek from Bromley Palace,
on a visit to the Bishop of Rochester and Lady Sarah
Murray ; the Earl of Jersey, for Middleton Park.
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His Excellency Baron Brunow, the Russian
Minister, had a dinner party on Friday evening, at Miv art's
Hotel.
Mr. and Miss Williams entertained a large party
of friends, on Friday, at a dinner and evening party, at their
house in Portland-place.
The Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Len-
nox are at Goodwood House, Sussex. The Earl of March has
been very unwell during the past week.
Viscount and Viscountess Chelsea, and a select
family circle, are staving at Bishopwearmouth, Durham, on
viAits to the Hon. and -Rev. Dr. Wellesley. The Marquis and
Marchiones. of Douro stayed a day or two en route to town,
from the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweedale's.
Viscount Palmerston visited his Excellency Baron
Utunow, the Russian Minister, yesterday afternoon, at Mivars'
Hotel.

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deli-
vered Ire-
land. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford,
at the aboxe seat on a
with du', Ladies
Georgiana and Rachel Russell, continue
visit to the Marquis and Marchioness. Accordinr6 to the last
etters the Marchioness and infant daughter were going on very
favourably.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is still
on a visit to Lord Dinorben, at Kinmel Park, St. Asaph, and
is daily improving in health. When the last accounts were re-
ceived in town, his Royal Highness had not been out, but was
waiting for a fine day to take an airing.
The Baroness de Clifford has been staying several
days at Middleton Park, on a visit to the Countess of Jersey.
Lady Gardiner is staying at Kinmel Park, on a.
visit to her father, Lord Dinorben. Lord Gardiner continues in town.

The Duke of Wellington entertained a select
party at dinner, last evening, at Apsley House. The Dake and
Duchess of Beaufort were among the guests.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton received a
select circle to dinner on Saturday evening, in Grosvenor-square.
Viscount Palmerston and the Dowager Countess
Cowper gave a grand entertainment on Saturday evening, to a
distinguished party, at their residence on Carlton House-terrace. There was a small circle after dinner.
CIIRISTENINGAT THE MARQUIS AND MA' it,
cHIONESS or DOWNSHIP.E'S.—The infant son of the Honr
ble Captain and Lady Alary Hood, was christened at the c
'tinily residence of the Marquis and Marchioness of Downsl Are, Gl' Hanover-square, on Saturday last. The ceremony w 4,3 er.
formed by the Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle. PA, Grace
Bridport,
. the termina-
the Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Downshire, and Lady
Bridport, were the sponsors, and the child receivee,
plendid
W oiling, on, Earl of
if Arthur, Wellington, Alexander Nelson. At the names
Earl and Countess
tion of the ceremony, the company partook of .. s
dejeuner, the circle inelutl;:ng the Duke of
Clare, Earl a.nd INur'4ess of Hillsborough,
L',ird and Lady Cowley, Lord and Lady Marybo-
of AMikor*
rutigli, tior•Yt-lill, Lord and Lady Atarcus Hui, Lady Sarah Ae."lV"lst, Viscount Hood, Lord Savadys Viscount Dungannon,
jord and Lady Bridport, lion. Miss Vellesley, Hon. Mr. and
Miss Musgrave, Lord Edwin Hill, the Dean of Carlisle, Lady
Hammond, Captain G. Hood, Mr. E. B. Clive, Mr. Culling
Smith, Mr. E. Drummond, &c.

GEORGE
fallTd Tifehrd;
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towardsree etnhtelyeriencstitornucotfeda
toi estant inhabitants not having
munificence of his Grace has given .
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tDoKirnusihiklniiper Ireland larornfaTcylph, tetoehvgeoi vpilersohl
district.greatest pleasure to a numerous portion of his tenants in that
Lady Noel Byron subscribed 50/. last week to-
wards the relief of the poor operatives of Leicester.
Mr. Barry Baldwin has contradicted the state-
ment that he intends retiring from the field at Totnes.
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LEAMINGTON,
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from
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sort is now extremely full, all the principal houses are taken,
and the hotels are overflowing ; ';l7teitti re-
amongst our recent arrivals are
Sir George Wombwell and family, Colonel and Mrs. Vaughan,
Sir E. Colbrook, Mr. Harrington, Mr. gigot and Misses Pigot,
Mr. Dalrymple, Hon. Mr. Leigh, Hon. Mr. Gordon, Colonel
Mackinnon, Lord Dunally, Sze.
General Sir Ronald Fer guson, G.C.8., the gal-
lant Member for NOttingh
health, which prevents him am, is suffering from extreme ill
duties. from attending his Parliamentary
Prince henry of the Netherlands, youngest son
of the Prince, of Orange, is at Naples, as we find by a letter
from that city of the 2d inst.
Itis rumoured that there will be a Drawing-room
n the 30th inst.
stand
H thatULL
Mr AND SELBY RAILWAY.--We under .
. Waer, the Company's chief engi I. ills
been in Hull this
wlkeek, and after exam ning theneer, vari.ous
works on the line, has reported very favourably as to the pro-
gress which is being made in them ; the bridges over the rivers
Ouse and Derwent are in an advanced state of forwardness,
and kill loath be completed in a few weeks ; nearly the whole
of the line is ballasted, and several miles of the permanent
quntitie.s of these are being 'constantly
on longitudinal bearers and cross sleepers, are
single way,
rious portions of the line. The depot and
'at Selby are in a very advanced state; this is
tie
the ease with those at the Hull terminus
; and, although
other forwarded edlL,.,lmilde,n:l,,;bl:4 r gv
(,l
tine +-ast season has been a most unfavourable one for all rail-
the 'am' ie3y
'way 'works, it is still hoped that this undertaking mill be ready
to be opened for the whole length, about Midsummer nes' ~;
With respect to finances, we understand that the whole arno' an't
to be taken upon loan has been obtained without advsatis.„nr , ;
market,and t he
haslast call,be ennroetmwairthksattlainyd,irnegiit
pliaeidp.re s
Ns
vu reernuap-o n
i congrat'alate
our townsmen especially, and the inhabitants ', -the mar mac_
taring districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire
y., on the
prospect of speedily being enabled, by rD'eans of the Efull and
Selby Railway (connected as it is 1-
1113,1 the Leeds and Selby,
the York and North Midland Counties, Manchester and Leeds'
general]
Manchester and Liverpool, C;
--rard 'unction, and London and
Birmingham Railways), to travel ),), this
cheap,
safe, and ex-
peditious mode to all the principal towns in the kingdom._
Hull Rockingham.

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Hail, joyous day I The Postage Bill
Brings blessings great and many ;
And, best of all, say what we will,
It only costs a penny.
From John o'Groat's to England's-end,
From Norfolk to Kilkenny,
A letter now may reach a friend,
And only cost a penny.

The dying miser writes, " dear son,
My days will not be many."
The youth exclaims, " Gcd's will be done !
This news is worth a penny."

Dame Nature will her rights pursue,
Fond Jock woo smiling Jenny ;
A note brimful of love—if true—
Is surely worth a penny.
Hurrah ! Hurrah 1 May Rowland Hill
Ne'er want " the ready penny."
To him we owe the Postage Bill,
And blessings great and many.
b True love.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEWARK ELECTION.

EVENING F,D IT 1 0 N .

LINES WRITTEN ON THE FIRST D

PORTSMOUTH, SAT. JAN. 18. —The Pembroke, 72,
Captain Moresby, C. 8., arrived to-day from the Mediter-
ranean, to be paid off.
The Jupiter, troop-ship, Mr. Fulton commander, sailed
on the 25th of October, from Ceylon, for England, with
the 61st regiment on board.
The Herald, 28, and Pclorus, 18, were at Sydney, on
the 23d of August.
The Louisa Felicity, a French vessel from Rouen to the
Bay of Biscay, was blown into St. Helen's Road on Tues-
day night, but shortly after broke her anchor, and drifted
on the sand to the eastward of Ryde, where she bumped
till she got seven feet water in her hold. The boatswain
and boat's crew of the Adelaide cutter, saw her in the
morning, and immediately went to her assistance, and as
the tide was high, succeeded, by getting sail upon her,
in bringing her into Portsmouth harbour, where she is now
in dock. Great praise is due to the Revenue men for their
promptitude and skill.
The ship Broxbornebury, for Sydney, is on her way
to this port from London, to embark passengers, stock, &c.
At Spithead.—Pembroke, Fantome, Crescent.
In Harbour.—The Britannia, Victory, Blenheim, Ex-
cellent, Royal George, Blonde, Pique, Pantaloon, Raven
cutter, and Messenger steamer.
In Basin.—The Madagascar, Magicienne, Ardromache,
and Victor.

In Dock.—The Queen, St. Vincent, Warspite, Dublin,
Tweed, Harier, and Fanny tender.

NMARK, JAN. 18.-It is w'nerally understood that the
election will take place on Friday, and as the period Ip-
proaches the interest becomes more general and intense,
and the exertions of both parties more strenuous. The
Tories have found out the errors of their calculations;
they have discovered what was long since told them, v
that the power of their party has rapidly declined in the
bbrough, and that men will act upon the Newcastle motto
of cioiug as they like with their own, and hence springs the
magnitude and continuousness of their efforts. Intimida-
tion has been practised as far as their means will permit,
and to give effect to their threats and clothe their candi-
date with the semblance, at least, of aristocratic patro-
nage, tbe Duke of Newcastle, arid Lord Maidstone (son
of Earl Winchilsea) have visited the town, the latter of
whom has endeavoured to influence many of his father's
tenants. His efforts, however, have been fruitless. Mr.
Thesiger has been in the town some days, and has been
busied in attempting to encourage the doubtful and confirm
the wavering.
The Solicitor-General arrived on Thursday evening, and
has sought, with much success, to counteract the ma-
noeuvres of his opponents. His friends are unceasing in
their labours, and are reaping a rich reward in the increas-
ing certainty of their triumph. If amongst the electors of
Newark there be any regard for truth—if honesty be not a
byeword, and conscience a phantom—if promises volunta-
rily and distinctly given, and temperately and deliberately
weighed, are to be relied upon, the return of the Solicitor-
,General is more certain than it has been on any former oc-
casion. The following address, issued by the Learned
Gentleman late this evening, briefly but clearly indicates
his awn idea of the prospects of the cause .

" TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OP THE

BOROUGH OF NEWARK.
"Gentlemen—Since my return to Newark on Thursday
3vening, 1 have made myself intimately acquainted with
the state of the canvass.
)",. Every vote has been most carefully considered, and I
have the happiness to be able to inform you, that after
making ample and even extravagant allowances to our op-
ponents, our majority is great and decisive.
" This avowal I should think it very imprudent to make
if I did not from long experience know that the surest
prospects of success will not abate your zeal and energy.
Until the pnll is closed, you will remember that the elec-
tion is not won, and you will, I am confident, spare no
exertion to ensure our success.
" With regard to the attempts at coercion which have
been made, you have resisted and overcome them when
they were a thousand times more formidable than they can
ever be again. Oppose them as you have always done
with :your steady defiance, and you will make them as
harmless as they are unprincipled.
" I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
" Your faithful and obedient servant,
" THOMAS WILDE."
" Castle and Falcon, Jan.l2."

THE NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TROLLOPE.
In 3 vols. post Bvo..
®NE FAULT, BY MRS. TROLLOPE,
IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES.
" One Fault,' though differing in style from Mrs. Trol-
lope's other works, will be found inferior to none in popularity.
It forcibly inculcates a great moral lesson "—Morning Herald.
By the same Author,
In 3 vols.: 04 Bvo., 245.
The ENGLISH WIFE and the FOREIGN HUSBAND.

A Romance of Vienna..
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME
VESTRIS.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 20,
Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of
HAMLET.
Hamlet, Mr. Moore (from the Theatres Royal, Edinburgh
axid Dublin. his second appearance on this stage); Laertes, Mr.
J. Vining; Horatio, Mr. Selby; Polonius, Mr. W. Farren ;
First Gravedigger, Mr. Bartley Ghost of Hamlet's Father,
Mr. Cooper ; Gertrude, Miss Penson (her first appearance at
this Theatre) ; Ophelia, Mrs. Walter Lacy.
To conclude with the New Grand Comic Christmas Panto-
mime, entiiled
HARLEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED-
MONTON ; OR, THE GREAT BED OF WARE.
Wtih entirely New Scenery. Machinery, Dresses, and De-

corations.

Har.equin, Mr. C. J. Mr. T. Ridgway ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Merrie Devil, Mr. Gibson ; and Co-
umbine, Miss Fairbrother.
Dress Boxes, is; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second
ss. ; Second Price, 2.5. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price,
25.; Gallery, Is.
Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
commence at Seven o'Clock.
Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter,
at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, wh re Season Tickets
may be had upon application.
Private Boxes to be bad solely of Mr. Andrews. bookseller
167, New Bond-street.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
The Grand Comic Pantomime, universally allowed to be the
best in London. is attracting the most brilliant overflows
ever witnessed, and will be repeated every evening.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 20,
Will be repeated, an entirely new Legendat v Drama, called
THE LAPIDARY OF LEYDEN.
After which a Drama called
THE INNOCENT CULPBIT.

To corclude with the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called
THE QUEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY

TWO SHOES.
The splendid Scenery by Mr. Brunning—The magnificent
Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips.
Columbine, Miss Sharpe ; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and
Sprite, by the Bolero Family.
Messrs. Sams of St. James's-street ; Andrews, Ebers, and
Mitchell, Bond-street ; and Seguin of Regent-street, Book-
sellers, are appointed to let Private and Public Boxes during
the run of the Pantomime.

Commons seeks to relieve itself from this
responsibility, and. to in [-e from Ili, whole
people all legal means of limiting and controlling
whatever it publishes. Now, we see no reason
whatever for releasing the House of Commons from
such a control, nor can we believe, if that House
mean honestly and fairly by the public, that it
ought to strive after such an extraordinary exemption.

At the same time the House of Commons may,
with great propriety, object to have its conduct tried
by the fictions of the Courts of Law, and those de-
cisions and enactments which go under the name of
the law of libel. Newspaper proprietors make the
same objection, but they cannot help themselves ;
and thanks to a so-called paternal Legislature—
thanks to so-called Courts of Justice, they, though
acting with the most honest intentions, prosecuting
their business with the most scrupulous care, and
performing with the utmost exactitude their im-
portant duty to the public, are liable at any moment
to be ruined, and crushed by a prosecution for libel.
The particular case of Mr. STOCKDALE, which
seems to have been made for the purpose of set-
tling the folly of the law in a clear light, demon-
strates that it is the libel law, as now constituted,
from which the House of Commons seeks to be
released, not from a due responsibility for its con-
duct to properly constituted tribunals. Why, for
such a libel as the House of Commons
published against him, in the due and ho-
ourable performance of its duty, he could
hardly have recovered damages from a news-
paper ; and under a proper law, would have been
hooted out of Court, had he ventured to appeal to
one. It was, however, under the present libel law,
and under a mass of fictions, that he recovered
damages from the printer of the House of Com-
mons. The conchlsion, therefore, that we jump to
—for newspaper writers must jump at times—is,
that the wretched trash which the Courts of Law
, call the Libel Law, is the source of all the regric-

tions and responsibilities which the House of
Commons feels to be adverse to the peformance of
its duty, and that were the libel law what it ought
to be, the privilege of printing and publishing by
the House of Commons, would be unimpeded and

What then should the libel law be ? Why every
man should as now be free to print and publish
whatever he pleases, he being responsible for what
he prints and publishes. If what he prints and
publishes aggrieves any individual, a jury should
decide upon all the circumstances of the case, the
truth or falsehood of the libel, whether it were
published in the performance of a duty,
or out of wantonness and malice, whether

it were justified or not, and that Jury should de-
cide what damages and what costs the libeller
should pay, and what punishment he should
suffer. As far as the public are concerned, it
would also be necessary that Courts of Law should
be made accessible to all parties, and be made to
approximate to tribunals for dispensing justice.
With such a libel law it would be seen at once
that there was no malice in any publication
by the House of Commons, except in case
of evidence given before Committees, for which the
witnesses should be held responsible, that it was
published in the performance of a great
public duty, and no action could be sustained.
Under such a law, no man would think of bring-
ing an action, for he could get neither costs nor
damages—and the privileges of the House would
be as unquestioned as the power of the wind or the