The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Wrinson, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
escorted by a party of the 11th, under the command of
Lieutenant Forrest, left the Castle at twenty minutes
past one o'clock for the seat of the Duke of Bedford,
Woburn Abbey. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel
Buckley and Colonel Bouverie, occupied the next car-
riage, and another carriage and four conveyed the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady in Waiting ; lion.: Miss
Sarah Mary Cavendish, Maid of Honour in Waiting ;
Marquis of lleadfort, Lord in Waiting ; and Mr. George
Edward Anson, Treasurer to Prince Albert.

Her Majesty and the Prince are expected to remain at
Woburn Abbey until Thursday morning, when they
will proceed to Pansanger, Herts, to honour the Earl
and Countess Cowper with a visit. On the following
(Friday) morning the Royal party will honour Viscount
Melbourne with a visit at his seat, Broad, Hall, Herts,
to partake of a dejeune, returning to Pansanger in the
evening.
In the forenoon her Majesty and Prince Albert
walked for some time in the Park.

His Royal Highness the Duke de Brabant is better,
and now takes an airing every day.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians remains at the
Castle. Mt Lad of Fingal arrived at the Castle tm-day,
to be in attendance on her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal takes her
usual. dicing.

Tier Mkj,:sty the Queen Dowager, attended by Vis-
count and Viscountess Barrington, arrived at her re-
sidence Marlborough House, Pall Mall, in an open
barouche and four, at twelve o'clock yesterday from
Bushy Park. Her Majesty went at two o'clock to Cam-
bridge House, to pay a visit of congratulation to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had previously ar-
rived at Cambridge House from her residence, Bagshot
Park.

Soon after two o'clock a dejeune was served to the
illustrious party.
The Duchess of Gloucester took her departure in the
afternoon for Kensington, and the Qum' Dowager re-
turned to Marlborough House.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Vis-
count and Viscountess Barrington, left town at five
o'clock for the Lodge in Bushy Park.
The Saxon Minister, and the Danish Charge d'Affaires
and the Countess Bille Brahe, were among the Diploma-
tic corps who called at Cambridge House on Sunday, the
birth-day of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge.
The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the
Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended
by Lady Augusta Somerset, took an airing to Kew yes-
terday evening.
Viscount Melbourne left town for his seat, Brocket
Hall, Herts, on Sunday. His Lordship left Brocket
Hall yesterday, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford, at
Wob irn Abbey, Bedfordshire, to have the honour of
meeting her Majesty.
The Marquis of Normanby left town :resterday for
Goodwood, Sussex.

LAUNCH OF COLLINGWOOD" MAN OF
WAR.—Orcl':rs have recently been received at Pembroke
Royal Dockyard, from the Admiralty, to launch that
nagnificent vessel, the " Collingwood, ' on the 17th of
August. This ship is pierced to carry 80 guns, and is
a beautiful specimen of the perfection to which the art
of shipbuilding has attained. The ceremony will take
place in the afternoon, about half an hour before high
water, and it is expected to be a very gay scene. It is
now six years since a vessel of he: magnitude was sent
off the stocks from Pembroke arsenal, namely, the Van-
guard, 80-gun-ship, which was launched on the 25th
August, 1835.—Welshman.

In the different lists of the Tory appointments
which are handed about we do not find the name of Mr.
Bradshaw in the Household, nor that of Mr. Roby. Nor
do we hear that the Rev. Reginald Chaudos Pole Is to be
one of the Court Chaplains. how are these extraordi-
nary omissions to be accounted for ? Can such services
be forgo4e4 iu the hour of success ?----.E.runtiner.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE,
CONCERTS D'ETE.

The Concerts d'Ete commenced
.at this theatre kit
evening upon the same splendid and magnificent scale as
lest season, both with regard to the orchestral arrange-
ments and to the decorations. The stage is fitted up as
a swoon, in a most gorgeous yet chaste and tasteful
style, adorned with mirrors, statues, fountains, and
flowers. The effect produced by the statue of Eve on the
fountain is one of the most beautiful we ever beheld.
• l'he Eve is an exact copy from Baily'sexquisite statue;
.:he reclines on a mossy bank in the midst of a parterre
of flowers, and is gazing into the fountain which occupies
the foreground. The light, which is thrown on this
tableau from above; produces the softest effect that can
to imagined, which heightens the whole, being seen
through an enormous sheet of plate glass. The promen-
tde is also surrounded by flowers. The orchestra,
rhich is under the able.direction of M. Jullien, is on the
same effective scale as it ever has been at this theatre,
and among the solo performers we recognized all the
favottrites of last season. Several aspirants for
public favour are, it appears, also engaged among them.
J ancourt, trout the Opera Comique at Paris,
natio his first appearance before an English audience in
a solo on the bassoon ; he made that usually gruff
aid growling instrument discourse most excellent
uusic, and was loudly applauded. Among the
tew pieces performed was a quadrille by
Jullien, and a grand fantasia from La Sonnam-
',lda, arranged by Mr. W. Childe. This last, which
includes all the gems of that most delightful opera, was
most effective. Mons. Dantonet gave the beautiful air,
Vi raviso," on the alto-trombone, with exquisite taste
Ind pathos ; indeed, until we heard Mons. Dantonet's
,terformance last evening, we had no idea that that in-
strument was capable of so much expression. The fan-
Asia concluded with " Alf non giunge uman pensiero,"
in the cornet-a-piston. It is sufficient to say that Koenig
vas the performer for every one who recollects the
concerts of last season to know that all that the most
perfect mastery of the instrument, combined with the
utmost taste, could do for 4 that beautiful air was done.
ft was indeed a great treat. The feature of the evening,
however, was Beethoven's symphony in C minor. It was
tetighttut to see J ullien conducting this symphony ; he
seemed so thoroughly to enter into the spirit of the
;nighty master. There is something in Beethoven's
nusic more imaginative, more poetical, more creative
han in that of any -of his predecessors. His cumpo-
;itions are as capable of pictorial illustrations as the
works of the highest poets; in fact, he was a poet, and one
if a very high order, and among the many obligations
which the English musical public owe to Mr. Eliason,.
terhaps the greatest is for his having by means of these
;oncerts caused the magnificent creations of Beethoven
he justly appreciated in this country. The works of
.feethoven's disciples are not, however, as yet sufficiently
mown here. May we indulge a hope that during the
season Mr. Eliason will enable us to hear and judge of
he productions of M. Berlioz, and some of the other fol-
lowers of the mighty founder of the romantic school.
rho theatre was crowded to excess, and every thing be-
mkens a prosperous season. One alteration has been
introduced of which we cannot but highly approve. The
programme will be changed every evening.

MR. MACAULAY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—A dispute
has arisen between the Secretary at War and some of
the electors of Edinburgh, in consequence of an applica-
tion to him by the Town Council for a subscription to-
wards the support of the races at that city. The follow-
ing extract from Mr. Maeaulay's reply has been submit-
'ed to us :—" in the first place, I am not clear that the
thject is a good one ; in the next place, I am clear that
by giving money for such an object in obedience to such
1, summons, I should completely change the whole cha-
racter of my connection with Edinburgh. It has been
usual enough for rich families to keep a hold on corrupt
boroughs by defraying the expenses of public amuse-
ments. Sometimes it is a ball, sometimes a regatta.
The Derby family used to support the Preston races.
The Members for Beverley, I believe, find a bull for their
constituents to bait. But these were not the conditions
on which I undertook to represent Edinburgh. In re-
turn for your generous confidence, I offer faithful Parlia-
mentary services, and nothing else. I am, indeed, most
willing to do what I can towards assisting your registra-
tion. lam willing to contribute the little I can spare to
your most useful public charities. But even that Ido
not consider as matter of contract. Nor should I think
it proper that the Town Council should call on me to
contribute even to an hospital or a school. But the call
which is now made is one so objectionable, that I must
plainly say I would rather take the Chiltern Hundreds
than comply with it."—[Having felt it our duty to ani-
madvert s9mewhat freely on the supineness, or negligence,
or abstraction of the Right Hon. Gentleman who is the
subject of the above paragraph, we must say that we
think this letter does him honour. His conduct is
straightforward and manly. It ought to be imitated by
every other honest and independent representative.—
ED. Sun.]

The Poll-book, which is just published, is so
far gratify ing that it does much to dissipate the feeling
of something like despondency entertained by many
Reformers respecting the next municipal election. From
the analysis at the end of it, we find, that, of the electors
who voted as householders, at the late election, 3,936
voted for Sir Joshua Walmsley, and only 3,875 for Lord
Sandon, leaving a majority of householders for Sir
Joshua of 61. In the different wards Sir Joshua had a
majority of householders in seven, while he was exactly
equal to Lord Sandon in two, within one of him in
another, and within three in a fourth. So that there
are only five wards in which the Tories had a decided
majority of that class of electors who alone have votes at
municipal elections. Surely here is no cause for despair.
—Liverpool Albion.
FATAL OCCURItENCE.—On Wednesday, Da-
vid Steel, a collier, belonging to Whitletts, lost his lite at
the Fulshaw pit, in that neighbourhood, under the follow-
ing circumstances :—A man of the name of John M'Cul-
loch, ploughman to Mr. Gordon, Newton Lodge, was at
the pit with a cart for coals, and happening to have
been followed by a dog' belonging to the farm, _ he ex-
pressed himself to some of the men employed at the
pit-head as desirous of getting rid of the animal.
The reply was that he might speedily do so by throwing
it down the shaft. This thoughtless advice was adopted
by M'Culloch, who immediately seized the dog and
pitched him into the pit. Unfortunately four persons—
the oversman, with a young lad who had got his hand
injured, and Steel and his little boy, who assisted him at
work—were in the act of ascending at the mo-
ment in ono of the buckets. They were within a
few fathoms of the top—the shaft being in all
about fifty three—when the dog in its descent
struck Steel somewhere on the shoulder or back of the
neck, by which he was instantly precipitated, head
foremost, to the bottom, the whole party narrowly cs
taping a similar fate. The unfortunate man was killed
on the spot, his body being greatly mangled by the fall.
The dog, strange to say, fell into the bucket, and was
brought up unscathed. On 'kerning what had been the
result of his thoughtless conduct, M'Culloch was very
much grieved The case has been investigated by the
Fiscal, who has admitted him to bail. Steel has left a
wife and family.—Ayr Observer.
It is understood that the Queen was so pressed
upon and crowded on Sunday week, as she passed from
the orangery on to the private terrace at Windsor, by
the throngs that were in the gardens, that her Majesty
came to the determination not to promenade amongst the
public as heretofore. It must be admitted that her Ma-
jesty is frequently subjected to annoyances of this de-
scription, from the unruly portion of the strangers who
visit the gardens and new terrace on Sundays.—Courier.
Yesterday having been set apart by the General
Assembly as a day of fasting, humiliation, and thanks-
giving, was observed with . decent outward solemnity
in this town, nearly all the shops being closed during
the whole day. In all the Established Churches but
one, divine service was celebrated, and the attendance
was respectable. By a number, however, the day
was kept as a holiday, and the steamboats and railway
met with great encouragement, the fineness of the
weather inducing Dissenters, and not a few of the
more lux Churchmen, to take a trip to the country.
The down trains in the early part of the day, and the up-
trains in the afternoon were lung and well tilled. At half-
past six 22 carriages, and at half-past seven 14, were de-
spatched up, while at the departure of the latter a crowd.
of many hundrads was waiting in the streets for the next
train.—Greenock Advertiser.
I DON'T LIKE TO SEE—A dirty shirt covered
with a clean dickey ; a working man, who has two hats,
wearing the best every day ; the windows patched with
paper, rags, or turf ; a sweep or baker passing through
the crowd ; a woman's boot-lace dangling loose ; orange
peels thrown on the footpath ; an orphan girl tempted to
walk the streets for the purpose of prostitution ; good
meat thrown to the dogs ,• a workhouse funeral nearly
without attendants ; a rich man's :funeral blocking up
the streets ; a woman beating her child Noun
it had
nearly got run over ; a country overseer putting fait
a poor woman by the shoulders ; two men fighting
a pitched battle on Sunday afternoon, with a large
attendance of men and women ; a Methodist parson,
with stentorian lungs, holding forth to three indivi•
duals ; a man, after breaking a square of glass in a
ing for liiicolocuoruist
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lirtnhtienrasaintelloraarndilliaentgu;
window, running away to escape detection ; a child cry=
,tgae
dopi ozogi rt
htl
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teller
ffoagirl,oed.
taotryfi-vienuoe
until his legs are obliged to be tied up ; a bed-rootn
comb left full of hair ; a servant waiting at the table
with dirty hands ; a woman slipping in at tile back
door of a public) house, with a little jug, at tea thne ;
justice fining persons for Pottinwo ttrint,,, W:10 crequentiy
gets it fresh" himself I a tegslll ekhibititig his wounds
and defiirmatioli bll tlit4 ittitl 616.1 Mil old iritimi of aetitity
g
married
nrrLY;ttindgrultl of 6t
rikene%‘actibtliti dgr6iiviiiii to churchiigliish
lifgstffoget
t full
gallop down a narrow street i eiothk§ Myth,
eatens while there .arc so imatiy books Without ;
a coach-loom ;vith bleedirig it dog poor
Man's botise; AVM getri felld Mil the iNflfilis r}iti tai's
shoes unibottomed, and stockings out at the heel ;
umbrella on a wind:: day with two broken bones ; a
shop with dirty window's; the baliffs carrying; the bed
and chair of a poor widow to the obelisk, to sell for
rent ; a poor rc.ggai wiCe seeking her ioust and at twelve
on Saturday night ; a man exceedingly drunk and noisy
at a temperance meeting ; a tee-totaller coming out of a
" Tom and Jerry" wiping his mouth.—Educational

gazine.
ORIGIN OF THE MALT AND BEER TAXES.---
The following memoranda may not be uninteresting to
many of our readers :—Ale-houses were established in
this country as early as 721. and are mentioned in the
laws of ina, King of Wessex. Public-houses were first
licensed in 1621, authority being granted for that pur-
pose to Sir Giles Dfontpessan and Sir Francis Michel, for
their own emolument. In 1553. the number of taverns

in London was limited to fr.ro-. The malt tax was esta-
blished in 1697, increased 1760, ttnd new odelled in
1766. An excise duty ot as
beer and ale w' mfir6t
imposed in 1660.
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