The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended by
Lord Alfrod Paget, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, ar-
rived at Buckingham Palace, at half past one o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, in one of the Royal carriages and four,
with outriders, from Claremont, on a visit to her Majesty.
General Goblet and M. Van Pint! followed directly after-
wards. His Majesty was received on alighting from his
carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Aboyne,
Lord in Waiting ; Colonel Wcmyss, Equerry in Wait-
ing; Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert ; and
Captain Seymour, Grcom to Prince Albert.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended by
Lady Fanny [lowa' d, arrived at the Palace at two o'clock.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the King of the Bel-
gians, and the Duchess of Kent partook of a dejeune.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday.
The Royal Dinner party last evening included his Ma-
jesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, the Belgian Minister, Earl of Uxbridge,
Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Lady Fanny Howard,
General Goblet, and M. Van Prmt.
A Deputation from the Hundred of Hartingford, county
of Warwick, consisting of Mr. W. S. Dugdale, M. P ,
Chairman, Sir Eardley Wilmot, M. P., Earl of Aylesford,
Viscount Lifford, 'Mr. C. H. Bracebridge, and Mr. W.
Power, bad an interview with the Marquis of Normanby,
yesterday, at the Home Office.
Mr. Edward Buller had an interview with Viscount
Melbourne, yesterday, in Dawning-street
A Deputation from Manchester, headed by Mr. Mark
Phillips, had an interview with air. Labouchere yesterday
at tt.e office of the Board of Trade.:
Sir George Anson had an interview with :Lord John
Russell on Monday at the Colonial-office.
Dr. Southwood Smith and Mr. Slancy had an inter-
view yesterday with the Marquis of Normanby at the
Home-office.
The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended at the
Palace during dinner.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was
in attendance at Buckingham: Palace on Monday evening.
Her Majesty has transmitted, through the Duchess of
Kent, 201. to be distributed amongst the distressed poor
at Kensington; and her Royal Highness has also bestowed
a donation for the same benevolent purpose.
His Serene Highness, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
arrived at Marlborough House, Pall-mall, on a visit to her
Majesty the: Queen Dowager: yesterday afternenn,
from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.- His Grace
has passed another good night, and, from all accounts,
will be able in a day or two, to resume his usual occupa-
tions. The Duke's recovery is so complete that it is not
considered necessary to issue a bulletin.
DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY.-The
works of this line arc proceeding well, and the Sham-
holders are exhibiting increasing confidence. Several of
them are plying up in advance, the best proof they can
possibly give of their good opinion, and the shortest and
most effectual way of carrying out that opinion to their
own benefit

D ÜBLI N.—The Lord Lieutenant has appointed
Lieut tl.e lion. St. George Gerald Foley to be an Aide-
de. Camp, from being an extra in succession to Capt. S.
R. Conroy, of the Coldstream Guards, resigned ; and
Capt. Francis ,Mountjoy Martin, of the 2d Life Guards,
hasbcen appointed an Aide-dc-Camp,extra v. Foley.

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COUNCIL.—The Judicial uommittee
of the Privy Council will resume their sittings on Thurs-
day, the 11th inst., to hear petitions for prolongations of
patent and colonial appeals. Their Lordships will adjourn
in the course of next week, to attend the Earl of Cardi-
gan's trial in the House of Lords.
WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENING.—Her Ma-
jesty has given strict injunctions that the Royal christen-
ing shall be conducted upon a most magnificent scale.
Her Majesty has commanded that the celebrated tiger's
head (taken from Tippoo Saib by the Earl Cornwallis), with
a solid ingot of gold for his tongue, and crystal teeth,
should be sent from the Castle to Buckingham Palace,
to be placed on the side-board in the dining room,
amongst the other rich and splendid ornaments with
which the room is to be decorated. There is a curious
talc connected with this valuable trophy, which may
be worth relating. It was, for several y ears, placed
in the museum of the East India Company in Leadenhall-
street ; but it having by some means been ascertained by
the late King that this celebrated footstool of Tippoo Saib
was intended for the then Sovereign of England, it was
ultimately, after remonstrances on one part, and nego-
tiation on both sides, handed over to William the
Fourth, and it has been ever since preserved in the
plate-room at Windsor Castle. A splendid golden
model of a peacock, nearly covered with an im-
mense profusion of precious stones, and estimated
to be of the value of thirty thousand pounds,
has likewise been commanded by the Queen to be for-
warded from the Castle to Buckingham Palace, to orna-
ment one of the Royal apartments on the day of the chris-
tening. A special messenger arrived at Windsor yesterday
evening to carry them to town. He left this morning with
his valuable charge. The magnificent gold and crimson
canopy, under which the peacock is placed in the gold
pantry in the Castle, and the two beautiful flags taken
from Tippoo Saib (forming part of the ornaments), have
een also despatched to Buckingham Palace.
THE NEW JUDGE.—The creation of the new
Judge, Mr. Wightman, will take place at Lincoln's-inn
in accordance with the usual custom when the appointment
occurs out of term. He will go the circuit with Baron Rolfe,
and 11;s name already appears on the circuit papers as
"J. Wightman." _ _

The 'A aiquis Camden last week paid into the
Exchequer the sum of twenty-four thousand and fifty
pounds one shilling, which sum, added to former payments
by the late Marquis, forms an aggregate of 366,1161. 14s.
freely surrendered to the State.

UNEQUAL TAXATION. - The railway pro-
prietors pay one-eighth of a penny per mile, the stage-
coach proprietors one-fourth, and the postmasters three-
fourths of a penny for every passenger they carry—in other
words, the individual coachmaster is taxed twice as heavily,
and the individual postmaster six times as heavily, as the
great joint-stock companies.

MURDER AT HORFIELD. - Since the boy
Rudge has been conveyed to Gloucester, his coat has been
examined, sod it is now discovered that it contains a great
many distinct spots of blood which are not to be mistaken :
the sleeves arc particularly marked, and the lining of one
of them has been torn out : the lining of the pocket of
his trousers was also bloody.—Bristol Times.

Monday morning, at +a
quarter before six o'clock,
an explosion took place at the extensive distillery belong-
ing to Messrs. Seeger and Evans, situate at Milbank,
Westminster. It appears that the large still became over-
charged and exploded, forcing off the extensive roof of
the still-house ; a quantity of spirits became ignited, and
the utmost alarm prevailed fur the safety of the extensive
building and stock. The fire-engines, with a large body
of the brigade-men, were promptly in attendance, and by
great ex, rtions succeeded in arresting the progress of the
flames. Considerable damage has been sustained to the
building, but fortunately not any person received injury.
TIIREE BOYS SHOT.—Thc little town of
Yeevil has recently been thrown into a state of great ex-
citement, by a report that a man named Hodder had shot
three boys, which turned out to be too'true. It appeared
that Hodder, who is 72 years of age, has recently married
a young female aged 17, and a number of the boys of the
town had been in the habit of greatly annoying him by
epithets intimating that he had dyed his hair before mar-
riage. This annoyance so irritated the old man that he
discharged his loaded gun at a party of the boys who were
engaged in this occupation, and three of whom were
wounded, one of them, named White, seriously. Hodder
has since been in custody, and has undergone one exami-
nation before J. Newman, Esq., and been remanded to
await the result as regards White, who, we understand,
lies in a dangerous state.—Exeter Post.
RAMSGATE, FEB. 7, WIND E.N.E., STRONG
GALE AND HARD FROST.-At half past ten a.m., his Ma-
jesty the King of Belgium and suite landed here from her
Majesty's packet Widgeon, from Ostend, which place they
left about a quarter-past three o'clock this morning, but
were nearly prevented from getting to sea by the ice.
An extraordinary chase and capture of a fox
took place on Saturday, the 30th ult. A hound and a
cur, the property of Mr. Joseph Harrison, of Brownrigg,
unkennelled a fox in Molfell, a large plantation of 370
acres, the property of H. Hovrard, Esq., of Greystoke.
After running for two hours the cur returned home, but
the hound continued the pursuit. Reynard at length
broko cover, took away through Gowbarrow Park, to the
Lake of Ullswatcr, and sought refuge on the boat-house
landing, the dog " Ratler" close to him, though quite
exhausted. Old reynard then leaped into the lake as a
last resource, where he was taken by a boat, after a chase
of three hours. He weighed fifteen and a half pounds.
Carlisle Journal.
ANOTHER CORN-LAW MURDER.-011 Mon-
day an inquest was held at the Half-moon and Seven Stars,
Stanhope street, Drury-lane, before Mr. Higgs, on
Thomas Vaughan, aged seventy-two, whose death occur-
red under the following circumstances :—James Dixon, of
23, Blackmoor-street, stated that he lodged in the second
floor of the above house, in which deceased (a tailor) oc-
cupied the front attic. Friday evening witness heard a
noise, as if some one had knocked at his door, and on
opening it he found deceased seated on the stairs in a very
exhausted state, and suffering severely from the cold.
Witness assisted deceased to rise, and led him into
his (witness's) room, where he made him sit down be-
fore the fire. Deceased said he wanted to go out and
see about some work, but witness dissuaded him from
so doing, and in about an hour afterwards led him up
stairs into his own room. Deceased said he had only
earned Bd. all the week, and at his request witness
witness
bread.
sent out and procured him a penny worth
that he
Witness also gave him a piece of candle,
had none ; he was even without coal!, and
placed him on the
been without a fire all day.lived in the
had apparently
she afterwards gave
nextbed, aronodmthetno ldefetclLimse.d,
be almost in a dying
deceased a light ; he appeared to
which had been
state. He ate part of the bread
have had any food
statedE lElizabeth
e%t7thihtantCe srsohi
pro-
cured for him, and did not seem to
before during that day. He lay down again on the bed,
and was evidently getting weaker.. NVit believing
that deceased was dying, sent for the landlord, who in.
stantly procured medical aid. Deceased was almost
dead before the surgeon arrived, though he came imme-
diately. The landlord of the house stated that deceased
had lodged with him some months, and owed him fourteen
weeks' rent. What furniture there was in the room be-
longed to the deceased; it consisted of a chair, table, and
bedstead ; there was neither bed, sheets, nor blankets, the
bhsaidegbepeanrt
inofthaen ohladbirtugoi. It was evident
sleeping in his
clothes, the appearance of which bespoke extreme poverty.
When he died he had not even a shirt on., Deceesed
never camplained, and until his death
no one knew that he
was suffering from actual want. The 11 j y after a length-
ened investigation, returned a verdict of jury, after
al
accelerated by want sad the state of the tattler, 'c