The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-15 00:00:00

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SIOVAL OF THE COURT TO
TIIE ISLE OF WIGHT.
‘,PORTSMOUTH, WEDNF,spay.—The expected arrival
of the Court at this
Isle of Wight, caused tine
this afternoon, en lout.; to the
ma-
nifested by many hund 4C most lively interest to be ma-
towns and neighbourlnlcts of the inhabitants of these
At 25 minutes to threty7iy
r 1 clock her Majesty, the Prince
Consort, the Prince (:;
4i,(IT a es, the Princess Royal, Prince
Alfred, Princess 91
e, and the infant Princess Helena,
attendedd by the.
5 mount Eat.,
-Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Countess
Murray and umbe. Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Miss
a M'Donald, Maids of Honour ; Earl
Lr)rd, in Waiting • Major-General Bowles,
Master of tlae 'Household; Colonel' Phipps, Colonel Soy-
3_tour, Colau'el Buckley, Equerries, and Dr. Meyer, left
court
te
o
re Nine -.Cams terminus of the South-Western Railway
i royal state train, which was accompanied by a
directors of the company, the secretary (Mr. L.
*ng Cain bell), the general manager (Mr. C. Stevin), the
sneer (Mr. 13-ooch), and the special guards, for Gos-
Port, where it arrived at a quarter before five o'clock,
;which was the signal for a salute from the Commander-
au-Chief's o",ip Victory, 104, Captain Pasco, with yards
manned P.rid dresred.
On th a platfr,rm at the Clarence-yard her Majesty was
receive by Ildrairal Sir Charles Ogle, Bart , the Cora-
zna„,,
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_,l'-in, Chief ; Major-General the Right Hon. Lord
lipr—"eriolt FitAclarence, G.C.H., Lieut.-Governor of the
te'rrison, with the keys and staff ; Rear-Admiral Hyde
:trknr,
C. 8., Superintendent of the dockyard ; Captain
W
. E. Parry, Superintendent, and the other officers
tb e Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment; Cap-
Lail) the Right Hon. Lord Adolphus Fitaclarence,
-`,...*`C•Ef., of the Royal yachts; Mr. Stevens, of the South-
Western Railway Company; Flag-Lieutenants Cochrane
41nd the Hon. W. S. Spencer; Major Harvey, aide-de-
43an'IP to the General; Captain Servente, commanding
the Royal Engineers at Gosport; and a guard of honour
of the 60th Royal Rifle Regiment, commanded by Major
Crorabie, Captain Jones, Lieutenants Roe, Fletcher, and
Bowles.
Sir Charles Ogle escorted her Majesty to the state
"wire, and assisted in the Royal Family. Lord Adolphus
Fltaclarence th.en took the helm, and steered the barge
the Fair
the Weevil Lake (it being dead low water) to
airy, under the charge of Commander Crispin. A
few
the minuti were occupied in embarking the whole of
I.°Y - art, wen the vesselcheersleftthe of the
litlll'an and visitors afloat, and the salutes usually fired
11P?,n such occasions.
NnFerapproaching chingSpithead the fleet under Sir Charles
presented a splendid spectacle.
,he Fairy arrived at Cowes harbour nlittle before six
O'clock, and disembarkf.td the royal party at Trinity
`wharf, whence they proceeded in four carriages to
'Osborne, where the royal standard was immediately
hoisted from the summit of the high tower.
The Court is believed to sojourn at Osborne until the
dissolution of Parliament, and we are informed that the
Loyal children will remain at Osborne during her
Majesty's 'visit to Scotland.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
On Monday we had the pleasure of hearing a most
admirable and scientific lecture on Metallic Poisons, by
Mr. Henry M. Noad, the well known author of several
highly scientific works on natural philosophy this
lecture being one of a series on metallic and other
T.olsons, rer the purpose of putting the public in possess-
!lion of simple and easily executed methods of ascertain-
mg the presence of such of those virulent poisons as are
frequently met with either from the hand of_the mur-
derer or by accident; with which view all the most ap-
proved investigations of modern chemistry are brought
und, ar review, and the actions of the various tests exhi-
bited and explained, with the precautions to be adopted
11) their application.
In this lecture the, learned gentleman's subject was
-mineral poisons, more particularly arsenic, as being the
most important, both from its deadly nature, and from
the facility with which (unfortunately) it can be oh.
tained.

Amongst the multitude of valuable facts which were
adduced by the talented lecturer was one which must
startle the reader, viz., that no less than 185 deaths took
place in the years 1837 and 1838 from this deleterious
material, and that from this lamentable statistical fact
has the properties of the. metal been most diligently
studied, the researches resulting from which investiga-
tion presrmt tis with information highly important and
interesting throughout. The lecture was most ably
delivered ; the manipulations and experiments are such
as must do credit to both the lecturer and the establish
Meat.
RE

LATE FATAL ACCIDENT
OFF THE FAIRY STEAM-BOAT.
Late last night Mr. J. Payne, the deputy. coroner,
p_pened a very interesting inquiry at the Green Man
"L'avern, Darkhouse-lane, Billingsgate, on view of the
body of a remarkably fine young female, aged twenty,
name unknown, the deceased being supposed to be the
Young person who was drowned on Sunday evening last
et Southwark-bridge, off the Fairy, a Woolwich steamer,
ashsome brief account of which has already been pub-
ed,
William Arnold, of 12, Water-walk, Greenwich,
Waterman, deposed that about half-past three o'clock
1111" (Wednesday) morning he found the body of de-
ceased floating on the surface of the water just by Dutch
Tier, and nearly opposite the Custom-house. It was
I,lgh water at the time, and witness rowed up to it and
co d shei
Va."6d " owshore. Deceased had no bouuet on, nor
shawl. but with these exceptions she was
r,a,PLetety attired, having a fine muslin de laine dress on,
umlor.:l petticoat, a white petticoat, and a pair of
.irer2s, with a brooch in the dress and two gold ear-
gl3. None of the linen was marked so as to lead to
ii_oreentification of the body, but the description of the
dress precisely coincided with the account at the police-
non of the party who was lost on Sunday.
George Arnold, son of the last witness, corroborated
-Vie testimony given above.
City policeman, 166, William Byford, the beadle of
St. Mary-at-Hill, and James Martin, city police-sergeant
61, Were examined at considerable length, but none of
them could give such information as might eventually
lead to an identification, and, after a protracted inves-
tigation,
Mr. PAYNE rmarked, that this inquiry was one of a
ttalost important character, because, if the deceased were
"'"" Person represented to have been lost off the Fairy. on
Sunday last, it would seem that her death had arisen
1.1.0 M one of two causes. viz., that the steamer was so ex-
.ceB;_ sb'ely crowded as to endanger the lives of the public
'44 such a manner, and which he regretted to say was but
too frequently the case with the majority of the vessels
11 the Thames; or, on the other hand, deceased may
have been pushed over. In the latter instance, it would
be their duty, in common justice, to investigate the
matter thoroughly; and with regard to the overloading
411 Steamboats, he (Mr. Payne) considered it of such
-Mlle importance that he was determined the present
ease should have a most rigid inquiry, and would, there-
I
, mre, in consequence of the lateness of the hour, sug-
'eat to the jury an adjournment, in the hope that the
"Jody would in the interim be identified.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The second. per-
formance of Spohr's " Fall of Babylon," conducted by
the composer, takes place at Exeter-hall, to-morrow
(Friday) evening.
ETON COLLEGE CHAPEL.—The Queen has been
graciously pleased to contribute 100/., and Prince Albert
Gel., towards the restoration of this sacred edifice. The
Queen Dowager and tho Duchess of Gloucester have also
subscribed liberally.
Sir Bellingham Graham has been elected Vice-
Commodore of the
of the Marquis of D
Royal Yacht Squadron, in the room
one al.
Mr. Rush, the New Minister of the United States
of America to the Court of France, has arrived in Paris.
PROVIDENTIA-L ESCAPE.—A wonderful instance of
providential esteape from drowning through the gallant
conduct of a clergyman, occurred on Monday week.
About six o'clock on the morning of that day William
Patey, a labourer, residing in the parish of South Pool,
Devon, want down to the Salcombe river to get a boat,
which was moored out in the tide beyond his reach. ile
stripe ad himself, but not being able to swim, he collected
two or three oars, a spar, and gangboard, which he placed
under his chest without lashing them together; then
Paddling with his hands endeavoured to reach the boat.
The moment, however, ho got into tho run of the tide,
oat of his depth, the timbers parted company, and he
wvali at once left to his own resources. For a moment or
two he ccntinued above water, but just as he was sink-
ing, for the second time, the Rev. E. L. Davies, of llol-
well llouse, near Kingsbridge, who had arrived at the
spot, plunged into the water with his clothes on, but
before he could reach him the drowning man had disap-
peared. Mr. Davies then took one of the oars which
Was floe tine. and pushed it down upon the man, whom he
could ice moving to and fro. The poor fellow grasped
it and 'rose to the surface. Sufficient life was left to
enable him to keep his hold till Mr. Davies gained the
0,
-.ore , which he did by towing the man after him.— West
THE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BERMONDSEY.-
-h. sensation, which it is impossible to describe, has been
(created throughout Bermondsey, since the perpetration
of the dreadful murder and suicide, in Hickman's Folly;
;Ind during yesterday, so great was the crowd in front of
the house in which the tragedy occurred, that the police
were obliged to be kept there on duty. The parents of
the unfortunete young woman are in a state of heart-
'rending distress; and the father is obliged to be watched,
as he has several times since attempted to destroy him-
self- From inquiries made yesterday, it appeared that
llatilda Griffin and Henry Parker had been keeping
'company together for eighteen months or two years. On
Monday night the female went out with a male ac-
(juaintanee to some place of entertainment, without
Parker, who, on hearing of it, threatened to do some-
thing
desperate. On Tuesday, about half-past four, the
girl was sent by her mother up stairs to make the bed,
at the same time telling her, in the event of Parker cons-
-1:2% in, to leave the room, as she did not like his manner
•nat day. She went as requested, and it is presumed,
that whilst she was kneeling down, making the bed,
parker entered the room unobserved, and that he then
inflicted the fatal wound. Upon examining the neck of
parker, there are no fewer than three gashes in his
!hroat, one of which is very extensive. Mr. Johnson, a
butcher, who lives opposite, found a letter, which it is
said, was written by Parker, and which alluled to the
areadful affair. It has been handed over to the police,
and the contents will not be made public'until the inquest
is held.
NEWFOUNDLAND PRODUCE.—The vessel Dart, ar-
rived in the river from Newfoundland, has brought, in
addition to a cargo of oil and other merchandise, the
rge number of 1e,194 seal skins ; and another vessel,th e
C)iiLuitt, ft om piuce, besides a
extensive
of oil, 17,000 of the same kind of skins. These
e'ive
importations of the skin of the seal from the
British North American province mentioned amply illus-
trate the abundance of the creature in that district.