The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-15 00:00:00

WINDSOR.

The splendid and valuable library at Frogmore-lodge,
the property of the late Princess Augusta, is now being
removed to Kensington Palace, from which place the
books will be despatched immediately to Hanover, to
grace the shelves of the future owner. Tuesday Mr.
E. Harding, the librarian at St. James's Palace, arrived
at 'Windsor for that purpose, and has been occupied
packing up the most costly of the books. The collec-
tion consists of upwards of 5,000 volumes of choice
standard works, many of which are of an extremely
rare and valuable description. The purchaser of this
extensive and interesting library is said to be the King
of Hanover, but the amount which has been paid is by
no means so easily ascertained. The greater part of
the collection was originally the property of Queen
Charlotte, after whose death it fell into tho hands of
the Princess Augusta, by whom considerable and im-
portant additions were made to it. For some time past
the books have been sadly neglected : many of them
are at present strewed on the floor of the apart-
ment, and others placed upon wrong shelves, so that
some weeks will be 'occupied in restoring them to
their proper classification, according to which they will
be packed.

The King of Hanover has also become the purchaser
of the grcter portion of the plate belonging to the late
Princess, which was removed some time since to Kensing-
ton Palace, and shortly afterwards to Hanover. The pro-
ceeds arising from these sales, as well as those from
the disposal of other property, will (in consequence of
the Princess Augusta having died intestate), after the
payment of all debts, he divided amongst the heirs.at•
law, the brothers and sisters of the late Princess—
namely, the King of Hanover, the Dukes of Sussex
and Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the
Princess Sophia. Many of the valuable paintings which
formerly ornamented the walls of Frogmore-lodge have
also been removed by order of the Dukes of Sussex
and Cambridge, who some weeks since visited the resi-
dence of their late sister, for the purpose of making
arrangements for the sale and disposition of all the
property at that place. Many conjectures have been
afloat as to the future occupant of the elegant mansion
at Frogmore ; and although it has not as yet been pub-
licly known, there is not the slightest doubt but it is
destined for the occasional residence of the Duchess of
Kent. The house and grounds at the death of the late
Princess descended to the Princess Sophie, but as her
Royal Highness has signified her ictention of not
changing her present abode, the difficulty which at
first existed on that point has now been completely
removed.

SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND
PART OF MIDDLESEX.

A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City
and Liberty of Weaminsler and part of the County of
Middlesex, wig be held at the Sewers' Office, in Gredt-
street, Soho-square, to-morrow, ar two o'clock, to take
into consideration the drainage of the Wc:t of London
and Westminster Cemetery.
MEMORANDUAL—The cot.tractors' bills for the quar-
ter ending Christmas, 1840, amounting to 0,4151. ss. 9d.
are laid upon the table o f the Committee-room for the
icction of the Commissioners.

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SOUTH-EASTERN HARBOUR

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A notice has been placed upon the books of the
House of Commons by Mr. Rice, that on Thursday,
the 18th instant, he will mote the appointment of a
Select Committee on the State of the Harbours on the
south-eastern coast, to whom the Report of the Commis-
sion of last year shell be referred.
We venture.' to predict last Saturday that our busi.
ncss Member would rot be shuffled off from his purpose
of an inquiry into the state of err harbours by the no-
House " accidert" of the previous Thursday ; and the
promptness with which the above notice has been placed
on the books verifies our prediction.
Surely we 'ball not again have a " dismiss" on Thurs-
day next, as wo had on the 4th instint, when this im-
portant motion should have been hrought forward.
The question must be grappled with ore of these days,
and we wait with patience to see what the views of the
Government are on the subject, without, as the manner
of some is, attempting to dictate this or that site for
the
necessary Refuge Ports, or the adoption of this or
that plan.—Dover Chronicle.

We believe we may state with confidence that
the Heads of Houses in the University of Oxford have
appointed a Committee to prepare some measure, giving
testimony of their entire disapprbbation of Mr. Newman's
tracts, particularly the 90th. We are not aware that Mr.
Newman has yet answered the challenge of the Four
Tut..;rs. He piobably does not covet a collision with hia
Bishop.—EV(Pihy raper