The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held an Investiture of the Most Hnneur-
abiceMilitary Order of the Bath yesterday afternoon at
Buckinfthiten tialac6;
The Kniahts Grand err)Sas assembled and were robed
in the Mantles and Collars of the Order in the Garter
Room, and afterwards passed to the Green Dressing
Room, where they were called over by Bath King of Arms.
The Knights Grand Crosses present were, Lord Hill,
Vise unt Palmerston, Earl of Minty, Sir Hussey Vivian,
and the Earl of Clarendon. The Officers of the Order
present in their Mantles and carrying their Badges were
Bath King of Arms, Algernon F. Grev•lle, Esq., Offi-
cer of Arms, attendant on the Knights Commanders, Sir
William Woods, K H., and the Deputy Registrar and
Secretary, Albeit William Woods, Esq.
Tire Queen and Prince Albert, her Majesty nearing the
Mantle and Collar of the Order, her train being borne
by Masters Byng and Wilson, Pages of Honour in Wait-
ing, and his Royal Highness, wearing also the Collar and
Mantle of the Order, having been conducted by the Lord
Chamberlain to the Throne-room, the Knights and Offi-
cer.; of the Order were ushered to the Royal presence
Then, by her Majesty's command, Sir Frederick Adam,
Sir Andrew Barnarrl, and Sir Joseph O'Halloran, were
severally introduced to the Royal presence, between Sir
Hussey Vivian and the Earl of Clarendon, the two Junior
Knights Grand Crosses present, preceded by Bath King
of Arms, bearing the Ribarre, B sdge, and Star of a
Knight Grand Cress upon a crimson select cushion.
The Riband and Ba'lge having been presented to ti'e
Sovereign, her Majesty was graciously pleaeed to put the
same ever Sir Frederick's right shoulder; Sir Frederick
rising, had the honour of kissing the Sovereign's hand, and,
having received from her Majesty the Star of the Order,
re.ired.
Bath King of Arms having again presented the Riband
and Badge, her Majesty was g-aciously pleased to inveA
Sir Andrew Halliard with the same, and her Majesty also
invested Sir Joseph O'Halloran with the ensigns in like
manner, and also presented both Knights with the Star of
the Order.
Major-General Sir Jeremiah Dickson was conducted to
the Queen by Sir William Woods, K. H., Officer of Arms
attendant upon the Knights Commanders, and received
from her Majesty the Star of a Knight Commander of
the Beth.
Lord William Fitzroy was conducted to the Queen in
like manner, and her M ijesty having received the Sword
of State fr. In Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher,
was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon him,
and afterwards invested his Lordship with fee ensigns of a
Knight Commander of the Bath. His Lordship rising,
had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand.
Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., was conducted to her Ma-
jesty by Sr W. Woods, and received from her Majesty the
ensigns of a Knight Commender of tie Bath.
The Kr ights Grand Crosses, with the Officers of the
Order, retired from the presence of the Sovereign with
the usual reverences.
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms lined the Throne-Room at the ceremony, corn-
mairded by their Standard-bearer, Mr. Henry Robinson.
The Court was etteneed lay the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting; the Fist Lord of the
Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the
Lord Seward, the Lord Charnherlain, the Captain of the
Honoereble Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Vixour.t Tor-
rington, Lord in Waiting ; the Treasurer of the House-
hold; Sr Edwin Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeomen
Guard ; Earl of Morley, Gentleman in Waiting on Prince
Albert; Major the Han. George Keppel, Groom in
Waiting ; Ciptain Francis Seymour, Groom to Prince
Albert ; Lord Alice l Paget, Equerry in Waiting ; Mr.
James Bunco Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the lion.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; and Sir B.njarein Smith.
The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. com-
manded by Captain Parker Nuttalt, the Exon in Waiting.
The Queen's Band of the Coldstream Guards was on
duty on the Niece lawn, and the band performed a num-
ber of pieces during the afternoon.
The Ashantee Princes, the Prince William Quanta.
unissail and the Prince John Ansah accompanied by the
Rev. Thomas Pyne, bed an audience of the Queen. The
l'rinces were introduced by Lord John Russell, her Ma-
jesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Thursday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, Lady Anne Maria DAW$Olt, Viscount Melbourne,
Lord John Russell, Vi-count Morpeth, Baron S ockmer,
and Lord Wriothesley Russell.
Tee Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards a tended.
The Royal Dinner Party last eveei lg included M.
Gonzalez, General Alava, Marquis of Normanby, Vis-
count Palmerston, the Right H in. F. T. Baring, and Co-
lencl Wylde.
The band of the Second Regiment of Life Guards was
in attendance during dinner.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager yes-
terdsy at Marlborough House.
Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness
Priece George of Cambridge. Many of the nobility called
at Cambridge House, and left their names for the Duke
of Cambridge. The Duchess of Gloucester visited his
Royal Highness.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria
Denson and Colonel Couper, honoured with her presence
lest night the performance of Haydn's oratorio, " The
Creation," by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at Exeter
Hall.
Mr. George Nicholls had an interview with the Marquis
of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office. Admiral
Allen had an interview on Thursday with tie Marquis of
Normanby at the Home•office.

graNATunE—The curious in
such matters may remember, that about three years ego
Irma interest was excited by a bo, k Le:ng brought to the
hammer Oa Evans's) with " Mint. Shakspere " inscribed
orrits title-page :it was the first a-d folio edition of the
Evglish translation of " Montaigi e's Essays," by
John Florio, printed 1603. That sold for 100/. ;
it was bought by Pickering, as was understood,
for the British Museum Previously to the discovery of that
book and autograph, according to Sir F. Madden's ob-
,ervations on that autograph of Sbakspere, and
the orthography of his name, communicated to the
Society of Antiquaries, by Sir F. Madden, in a letter
to Mr. John Gage, director, there were only five ac-
knowledged genuine signature; of Sbakspere, in exist-
ence; of those, three are attached to his will in the
Preregative Court, executed on the 25th of Marcb,
1615-16; the fourth is written on a mot tgage deed, dated
the 11th of March, 1612-13, of a small estate purchased
by Sbakspere of Henry Walker in Blackfriars; and
the fifth on the counterpart of the deed of bargain and sale
the same property, dated the 10th of March, 1612-13.
It is in a good state of preservation, except in the folds,
where the writing is slightly Injured. It is in the
engroisng band of the period. The parties are " Henry
WAlk,r, citizen and minstrel!, of London, on the one part;
and William Shakspere, of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the
countie of Warwick, gentleman ;" William Johnson, citi-
zen and vintencr," of London ; Henry Jackson, of Lon-
don, gentleman ; and John " Hemynge," of London, gen-
tirman.

SINGULAR CASE OF LOCK-JAW.—On Friday
last, an inquest was held on the body of John Hill, a boy
eight years old, who died of luck-jaw, under the follow-
ing singular circumstances :—Another boy and the de-
ceased were playing together the Friday preceding, in
HI-street, Toxteth-park, on some balks, and, in the act
of runnirg over one of them, a piece of wood stuck into
his foot. The den aced pulled out the splinter, and the
wound bled a good deal ; but, by putting some oakum to
it, he was enabled to walk home. His mother saw his
fcot swelled the next day, and, on asking him the cause,
he said a piece of iron had fallen upon it. Ou Saturday
it appeared to get worse, but the boy was s itl able to
walk about. On Tuesday night he went to bed quite
hearty, but the next morning he became sick, and could
not get up. From nine o'clock on Wednesday morning
until one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, he had a constant
succession of fits, which terminated in his death. The
medical man, Mr. Leech, when called in, found a slight
scratch on the instep. The usual medicine was adminis-
tered, but it was unavailing ; the disease was lock-jaw, of
which he died.—Liverpool Mercury.
RELIGION OF TIIE CHARTISTS.-010 Sun-
day morning last, Mr. Bairstoiv, the Chartist delegate,
delivered a funeral sermon, in the market-place of this
borough, on the death of John Clayton, a Chartist, who
died in Northallerton gaol. After singing two verses of
one of Watts's Hymns, Mr. B orstow offered an extem-
pore prayer, in which he implored God to In leg about the
adoption cf the Charter, to remove all tyrants and the
persecutors of Chartists from power, and to bear witnesc
to the sufferings and privations of the poor. The text
selected for the occasion was from John, c. xix, v. 6:
" When the chief priests, therefore, and officers saw him,
they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him." Christ
was represented as a great religious Reformer. All
Bishops, Priest*, Wesleyans, and Dissenters, were de-
nounced as hypocrites, who persecuted the poor, and
wrung from them their hard earnings. The prelates and
priests of the Establishment were represented as lising in
sumptuous palaces, and fattening on the land at the ex-
pense of the people. The only remedy, he u,ged, was
the Charter. At the conclusion of the service the sum of
11. 15s. 84d. was collected for the widow of Clay Lon—
. Reporter.:
DESTRUCTIVE ENGINES IN WARFARE.—
As a recent invention for blowing up and destroying ships
or towns has of late excited considerable curiosity, the
annexed extract from the travels of Count Falkensttin
(Joseph 11., Emperor of Germany), will be read with in-
terest A native of Dauphiny, by name Dupre, who
had spent his life in cultivating the science of chemistry;
invented a kind of fire, so rapid and so devouring that it
could neither be avoided nor extinguished : water, instead
of destroying it, gave it new force. Various experiments
were tried with it on the canal of Versailles, in the pre-
sence of the King (Louis XV.), which were rep.
the at
the arsenal of Paris, and in several seaports. The most
intrepid soldiers trembled at the effects of so diabolical an,
invention, and considered it with the same horror that the
ancient knights felt at the discovery of gunpowder. Being
convinced that one man, assisted by such an art, could
destroy a fleet or burn a city, the King commanded
Dupre never to communicate his secret, and paid him fur
his slcnce. His Majesty, however, was at that time en-
gaged in a ruinous war; the English braved him in his
harbours, and every day he suffered losses and disgrace.
He could casly have destroyed his enemies, but he pre-
ferred to suffer rather than to augment the evil.; of hum:,
nity. Dupre is since dead, and his dangerous secret lies
buried with him."
The Westphalian ill erczny states that Kunap-
fel, the murderer of the Bishop of Frauenburg, has been
condemned to be broken alive on the vslisel, beginning
with his lower limbs. When asked if he intended to im-
plore the rriecy of the King against this sentence, he
" No; I hsve frequently the toothache, and I
shill not suffer more pain en the wheel." Kunapfel is
,/„;1) by a Priest, anti behaves with pr. prie!:,
while he is preset,, but makes a mockery of religion as
soon as Priett lieu qultted hit.).—Cdiuharies
,Mes-
senger.