The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Royal party left the
Castle, this afternoon, for a drive in the Great Park ;
the Queen, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess of
Rohenlohe with one of her children, occupying the
first
carriage ; the Princess Therese, the Duchess of '
Bedford, and Madame Spaeth, in the second carriage ;
.tl.ll Lady Charlotte Dundas, and the Hon. Miss Spring
"I e, occupying a pony phaeton. Prince Albert was on
horseback, attended by the Hon. Colonel Cavendish,
tir• George E. Anson, the Hon. Major Keppel, and
4vlr • Francis Seymour.
Viscount and Viscountess Falkaral and son, the Earl
of Albemarle, the Earl of Errol, the Earl of Claren-
, and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, are expected to arrive
-e)'• on a. visit to her Majesty.
Sir William Fremantle will have the honour of
'wig with the Royal party this evening.
• The Duchess of Bedford and Baroness Spaeth rode
le carriage and four to Dropmore this morning. The
a %ll* Miss Pitt and Lady C. Dundas took an airing in
Pe ton this morning.
The Marquis of Headfort, Lord in Waiting, the
lee• Colonel Cavendish (Clerk Marshal) Equerry in
aitieg, and Mr. Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting
ZPrince Albert, returned from Woolwich to the
• "tie yesterday morning, at t-.velve o'clock, after see-
nut
ad ethe
,King and Queen of the Belgians embark for
"st

i The Princess Augusta, 'A e regret to state, continues
,11:1 a very precarious state. The account issued yester-
maY morning was as follows :
The Princess Augusta had a good night, but there
is (14) improvement in her Royal Highness's symptoms.
Clarence House, August 25."
Sir Henry Halford and Sir Matthew Tierney at-
-I!eded the Princess in the morning. The Duchess of
Gloucester visited her Royal Highness. Mr. Moore,
1!5_..130 has been her Royal Highness's constant attendant,
Paid repeated visits at Clarence House, St. James's, in
t4tl course of the day.
h The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones,
}reared Mr. Bailey with his company at dinner on
'nday evening, at his residence in Seymour-place.
Lord John Russell has arrived at Drumlanrig Castle ,
D' fries from Naworth Castle.

THE CHURCH AN!) DISSENTERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

- -
Sia,—The Church party appears to be determined
to damn itself in public estimation. The case of honest
Thorogood has already excited considerable attention,
and the relentless spirit by which he is persecuted re-
ceives the reprobation of every honest man. The late
conduct of the Vicar of Rochdale is another proof of
the mean and persecuting spirit of Old Mother Church.
The bigoted spirit reigns in gaols. lam a Dissenter,
and a Chartist prisoner. I lately received a letter
from the Rev. J. Jenkinson, of Kettering, a Baptist,
minister, and there was sent with it a parcel of pm-
phlets. (Lord Normanby, some six weeks ago, issued
an order for me to receive books.) One of the pam-
phlets sent me from Kettering is entitled the " CHURCH
AND ITS EXACTIONS." The chaplain of this gaol has
withheld the pamphlet from me. He states that he
intends to take Lord Normanby's opinion upon the pam-
phlet. He says that it " abuses the Church, and he
does not think I ought to have it."
Now, Sir, if this bigotry is displayei towards me, I
am resolved not to attend the gaol church. It is a
strange thing that a man who dissents from Mother
Church, and who is allows I to receive books, should
have a pamphlet favouring Dissent, and exposing the
plundering exactions of the Church, intercepted by a
gaol chaplain.
I can assure this chaplain, and the Church party.
that no pamphlet on " CHURCH EXACTIONS" can make
me hate the " Old Lady" more than I now do. lam
dosed here with high-Church poison, and I conceive
I ought to have its antidote.
I am, Sir, your obedient servart,
HENRY VINCENT.
Oakham Gaol, Rutlandshire, Aug. 25.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION

AT LUDLOW.

BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—In The Sun of last Tues-
day we gave the deposition of Mr. Mackreth, the
wounded man, as well as that of Mr. Hodges, the sur-
geon who attended him. Subjoined is some additional
evidence given on the inquest :
Sarah Jones, chambermaid, deposed—l showed Mis-
ters to his bed-room, No. 20, about half-past ten. He
had nothing with him. I put the candle on his dres-
sing table. and on going out shut the door. I brought
the candlestick out of the room the following morning.
The candle was burnt to the socket. After 1 had showed
Misters to his bed-room, I went down and brought a
candle to No. 17. to light Mr. Mackreth. I showed
him his bed-room, and shut the door. On going
along the passage I observed a light in No. 20, the
door of which was half open. There was a basin and
napkin in Misters's room, the latter of which is now
missing. The window in No. 20 looks into Mr. What-
more's yard. I closed the window after Misters went
into his room. It was open when I went in.
R. Hammond, police officer, deposed—l went to the
Angel Inn a little before four o'clock on Thursday
morning, and found the wcunded gentleman lying on the
bed. I saw Misters first about six o'clock. I saw some
drops of blood near the door of No. 20. I opened the
door, and savtiMisters in bed, nearly.covered with a sheet,
but did not observe whether he was dressed. I said
" Good morning." He replied, " I have just gone to
bed again. I have been in the room with them." I
was in Mr. Whatmore's yard shortly after six, and dis-
covered a razor opposite the window of No. 20, the
room in which Misters slept. It was lying on the ground,
open, stained, and partially wet with blood. I then
searched the prisoner's room, and found the stain
of blood upon the prisoner's curtain. This was
about seven o'clock. I saw the prisoner in the room
after he got up. He came in and stood at the corner
of the foot of the bed. He said it was a bad job,
and asked if the poor man was any better. He asked
me if I had seen his stockings ;he had lost them. I
distinctly traced the spots of blood from No. 17 to No.
20 door, and to within one inch of the door. Was pre-
sent when Mr. Mackreth's bed was removed. There
was no carpet under the bedstead. There were marks
of a :van's fingers on the floor, the left hand in particu-
lar, as though a person had lain there and rested on his
belly. Where the right hand was it appeared as if a
person had breathed on the floor, which was darkened,
as if by heat or perspiration, to the extent or size of a
man's body. The " Boots" found some lucifer matches
under the bed.

Dr. Lloyd carefully examined the shirt on its being
taken from the prisoner. Portions of it were stained
with blood ; upon the right sleeve in particular there
were stains which appear to have been washed. There
were other marks of blood on the back. Dr. Lloyd
also examined the handkerchief taken from Misters.
It had been recently washed, was partly dry and wrung,
and appeared as if dried by the heat of the body.
From the account given by Smith, the waiter at the
Angel, it appears that Misters, who had been about
Ludlow during the afternoon, did not make his appear-
ance at the hotel until after the arrival of Mr. Ludlow
from Birmingham on the Wednesday evening. It ap-
pears also, upon the same authority, that after the con-
versation with Hammond, the police-officer, in No. 20,
Misters went down stairs into the commercial room,
and sat down to breakfast with Mr. Jobson, Mr. Lud-
low, and Mr. Lacon.
Letters received in Birmingham to-day state that Mr.
Mackreth is gradually improving, and little doubt is now
entertained of his recovery.