The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, 1.-RIDAY.-1-Icr Majesty Wits driveu out
in a pony phaeton to-day by Ins Royal Highness Prince
Albert. Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Bourcrie,
the Equerries in Waiting, attended her Majesty and
his Royal Highness.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, has not
left the Castle to-day.
His Highness Prince Esterhazy, Viscount and Vis-
countess Palmerston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Viscount
Duncannon, and Colonel Cowper, took their depar-
ture from the Castle this morning.
Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson will have the
honour of joining the Royal dinner party this evening
at the Castle.

A subscription for the poor at this inclement season,
to the amount of nearly 501., has this week been made
by the tiomestics of her Majesty's household. It was
cerntnenccd, on one of the most severe days, in the ser-
vants' hall, and, highly to the credit of the inmates, 12/.
was immediately placed at the disposal of their ov.n
Committee. The stewards' room tbllowed the laudable
example, and 301. has been handed to the Rev. Mr.
Gossett, to be distributed as he, and those acting for the
poor, thought hest. Upwards of 80 females have and
will receive a sack of coals each from this most praise-
worthy circumstance.

His Ito)al Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
the Duke of Sussex yesterday at his resideuce in Ken-
sington Palace.

A Deputation of Directors of the Guarantee Sceiety,
consisting of Mr. Pattison, M.P., Messrs. Shuttleworth,
Seuvdl, and Palmer, had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official resi-
dence in Downing-stre..!t.
Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, had an inter-
terview with the Right Hun. H. Labouchcrc at the
Office of the Board of Trade on Thursday.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to
.their residence in Carlton-gardens yesterday, horn a
visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle.
Lord Canioys and Sir William Symonds had inter-
views yesterday with Lord John Russell, at the Colo-
nial-office.

The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at his residence,
Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, yesterday. from
his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts.

Viscount Duncancon arrived in town yesterday from
a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle.

NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.

The Quirter Session for the Island, was held at our
Town-hall, on Monday. The calendar was very light.
There were only seven prisoners for trial, and those all for
minor offences.

The weather has been very severe. We bad a fall of
snow on the 4th inst., followed by a sharp frost. The
days beautifully fine, till the evening of the 9th, when we
had another fall, which lasted nearly the whole night; the
wind from the S. S. E., barometer 28 87. Sunday brought
the wind round to the S. NV., the mercury still sinking :
and on Monday and Tuesday the frost continued, with the
wind from the southward and westward; the snow, which
was about four inches deep, melting in the day and freezing
in the night, locked up the land from man and beast,
making the:roads almost impassable. The " Quicksilver"
coach between this town and Cowes ceased running, so
that the " Mercury" was brought to a standstill, regularly
frozen up. Persons might have skated from one extremity
of the island to the other. Many might be seen on the
roads, and the fine parade at West Cowes was alive with
the numerous skaters. Yesterday (Weduestlay) the
wind came round to the cast, attended with rain, which
still continues, so that the thing is quite reversed. We
got frost from the west wind, and thaw from the cast wind ;
barometer 28.77, thermometer 33. We have had no
intense frost, but long continued and severe, followed by
a bitter cold rain.

We have been supplied with vast ¶uantities of sprats,
which have been sold as low as a halfpenny per quart.

MANCHESTER, A PORT.—A Correspondent in-
forms us that about sixteen years since a project was sub-
mitted to the public by the late Mr. W. W. Tait, for cut.
ing a ship canal from Manchester to the River Dee, in
consequence of which a Company was formed, but one of
those disastrous reverses in trade to which manufacturing
towns are liable, stifled the project. Of late, however,
some spirited individuals have chartered small vessels from
Ireland fo bring their cargoes direct to the town up the
river Irwell, which have been landed at the New Bailey
Quay, and several of the minor importers and dealers in
Irish produce have united for the same purpose. We have
the pleasing prospect of their being rapidly increased till
a mole extended and eligible communication is established,
which from our enterprise and wealth may soon bo antici-
pated.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.--
-To such of our readers as arc shareholders in this under-
taking, it must be interesting to learn that the lint was
opened on the 4th instant for coal traffic, from Darlington
to York, a distance of forty-five miles ; and that on that
day, to the city of York alone, two hundred and five
waggons, averagiee,bout four tons each, of Durham coals,
were conveyed along the line, independently of a still
greater quantity supplied to each of the intervening towns
of Easingwahl, Thirsk, and Northallerton, which supply
has been daily continued without impeding the progre4s of
the works now fast approaching to completion. This
,ppc'ars t) be the only main trunk railway in the king-
duet that has so opened, and the result cannot fail to be
a consolidation of the embankments, besides giving expe-
rience to the conductors of the engines, r.s Aell as to the
o.her servants of the Company, so as to insure the rail-
way being in the best working order by the time the pas.
a-nger traffic commences, which the Directors confidently
contemplate will not now be delayed beyond the Ist of
March next.—Liverpool Mercury.
" IVANHOE" AND " LONGBEARD."—" Ivan-
hoe," observes the Alhenwum, " created a new era in his-
tory and romance. Before its publication most of our
writers lost sight of the Saxons after the battle of Haat-
it.7s. Mr. Mackay has chosen the same period for his
romance of • Longbeard' as the author of • Ivanhoe,' but
he has selected a different phase of society for illustration.
AraiOlii to prove that nfiecting incident, r ',ere uffection,
zald xii?ted sentiment might be found be; and the baronial
castle and courtly hall, he has the example of aban-
dott:,l that cP:nt of chivalry with which it has been too
mt., the custern to gloss over the horrors feudalism."
Longhe6rd," ot.servcs another Reviewer, is de-
cidedly one of the meat masterly stories that has issued
front the press since the days of the Magician of Romance,
the Author of Waverley.' "
CASE OF POISONING AT WORCESTER—An
itapiest was held on Monday at Worcester, on the body of
Mary Snead, a fernae pr.rwint, agcr' 19.. vtli‘ in
he house M. AtopLdot, e ehernir.t and druggist, and
who had eo.,e to her death front the eff:::e;s of poison, as
was tested by the post mortem examination ; but by whom
or in what manner the poison (arsenic) bad been adminis-
tered there was nothing to show. The girl had been
heard to complain of the conduct of Mr. King, the shop-
man, to .N.lrs. Amphlett, but had not specified any act of
which he had been guilty. The girl was also found to be
pv" ri.nd heel a stypoh,nrt, but he cleni,:d ever hriv-
;'-g. .-•,(1 any itotcleotmiu with her, ;Ind tt+A-e
ee.wiled tf. he 1, ra seta fur doubting the truth of his aser-
t;znj• The impiry was:.hijourned after the examination of
several witnesses, for the purpose of procuring further
incidence.