The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
Queen and Prince Albert accompanied by the
hyihee ro°fWales and the Princess Royal, and attended
3111 suite, landedyesterday morning from the
14.
Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, and arrived at Us 1.1 Rouse soon after ten o'clock.
1!1. 1-oyal Highness the Duelaess of Kent, attended
Sir r'ittlY Anna Maria,DawPon Baroness de Speth, and
..,xeorge Coupes, arrived in the afternoon on a
Visit to }, .
re'' her 'rnilesty. Her Royal Highness left hel.
yesterda -"IPLore House at half-past eleven o'clock
ti" In'-'rnies., travelled to the Farnborough sta-
tail,s.all- 'proceeded from thence by the South-Western
13;; Yu' ere'ssing *o the Isle of Wight in the Fairy.
(tbue, Szttkiesty will hold a Privy Council to-morrow
lii;80Y) afternoon at Osborne House.
Ilscil,",.°Yal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Sterelits,isle of left Kew on Monday, for
.the
4044; " Ight. His oyal Highness' went to the King--
si,"tu''°o, and proceeded from thence by the South
ti 'ore Railvvay.
tlO Itqal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left
d_neucester House yesterday afternoon, for her resi-
'z at Richmond.
taitibtßoYal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
f
14, k'ug.e, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess
ilftecj"burg Strelitz, returned to Kew yesterday
.4100/1
Aq
Stratenus the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires, had
~orlntervieW Yesterday with Viscount Palmerston at the
'V3. e.
Orel, 4ume and Mr. Loch had an interview with Earl
Yesterday at the Colonial-otfice,
tion t' Committee on Education of her Majesty's Most
ilfte ourable Privy Council had a meeting yesterday
Ulolll°oll at the Council-office. The Lords present were
the k 341 President, Lord aohn Russell, Sir George Grey,
theii,hartinui eellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland,
of Clarendon, and Viscount Morpeth.
tirm. s t
r. "4074, the Mexican Minister, transacted busi-
Wetter -ay, at the Foreign-office.
t th,:* Bell had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey
'y Colonial-office.

btriTH OF THE EARL OF
STR A T HMORE.
8h,.,„ have to announce the demise of the Earl of
rie-‘44MI ore, which event took place on Saturday last, at
grOod House, Exiinburgh.
140`1145 deceased, Thomas Lyon Bowes, Earl of Strath -
Lt? and liiiigborn, Viscount Lyon and Lord Glamis,
teZultd,, Yee, Sydlttw, and Stradictie, in the Peerage of
Sil", was born on the 3d of May, 1773, and suc-
kfift n' to the family honours on the 3d of July, 1820.
-0112.412144°Lrdship was thrice married: first in 1800, to Mary
4eo,Ztll LOtlin Rodney, only daughter and heir of
14 ir Carpenter, Esq., of Redbourne, Hefts, who died
late secondly, in 1812, to Eliza, daughter of the
1817, t°„,°ol Northcote; and thirdly, after her death in
r dew anne, daughter of John Cheape, Esq., and
.46 fira-f. °le Alexander Campell, of Ordkinglass. By
titight-e' nutrriage his Lordship had issue a son and
illsrriedr*: The former, Thomas George Lord Glamis,
Stead, p"11 1820, Charlotte, daughter of Charles Grin-
Georg an'aztl., and died in January, 1834, leaving issue two
;" °.,.0s daughter the eldest of whom, Thomas
gia 14ie'ate tthe Ist Life Guards, succeeds
tgrandfether. nan
in
By
'frith Angular eolncidence, Sir John Paul, in whom
_
vet4thers
Ri the Castle and estates of Glamis have been
or ite nee the year 1820, by the will of the tenth Earl,
the eesollation, arrived in Edinburgh, on his way to
t.)4 theitstle, with Lord Glamis, now Earl of Strathmore,
'the 'verS day of his Lordship's death.
theearesent Earl of Strathmore succeeds at once to
'l/4 Remo8 Of his grandfather, in London and the county
454, , and in the year 1850, at the expiration of the
st4t to the ancient Castle of Glamis and the large
" s • nrrounding the same.
t_ARLI

Fro -A.MENTR Y BUSINESS.
la the 'Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
s Ate , TUESDAY, AUG 25.
`0 Ivhle-e,ngers_ from the Lords brought up the following Bills,
tun u their Lordships have agreed :-
4Plet4tie AsYlums (Ireland) Bill—New ZenlandLoan Act
Miter" ent Bill—lncome-tax Deduction Bill—Naval
1)s Bill—Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bninall—
(Ito Lie-eases and Duties Bill—Baths and Washh e.!
-.Kahn Bill—Public Works Commissioners (Ireland) Bill
I\ll—'le Works, Fisheries, &c., Bill—Lunatic Asylums and
Coup Lunatics Bill—lLuse of Commons Offices Binllm. too, 11' Works Presentments (Ireland—No. 2) Blill—d—C ) A,iinelosure (IN: .o 3) •Bill—Public Works (Ire ap
kre 41--Pnblic Works • No.
1_
mod)
Bill--Exci • d Fisheries Bill—Dublin Wide
lliZt Bill___Ame rive Privilege of Trading Abolition (Re-
nt Marriages (Ireland) Act Arpencl-
hil?ill--Curkn_anTleWs to
Railway Bill—Sir Richard
14410' Estate Bill—Duakee of Norfolk's Estate Bill—Macs:
11441 \'Z' (GlaVnw College) Estate Bill—Virgin Mary Hanod.
nhlerlt,,\lTlreastle.upon-Tyne) Estate Bill, without.
riltazi" reek and Salvage Bill—British Possessions
,Bill-
-3/414ezid,,,,n biseases Bill South Devon Railway (No. —4e'ut and Branches) Bill, with amendments.
2
spo

TIN INTELLIGENCE.
),The EGHAM RACES—TUESDAY.
inve fort:linations for the events, that for a long period_
thuougii7 the staple of the meetings on Runnymede,
last adMitted to be an improvement on the average of
gilt last
autadz.,_or eight years, were ill supported by the plate
the list generally contrasted unfay.ourably with
fo,kottik lift
c bill of fare so recently offered in the north,
littlt small inducement to sporting men, and but
itstiroilactiono to the customary attendants at races on
I(l,ldagelt• Still the weather was so favourable that the
..eretlt, was larger than we had expected; the sport was
Barred and so well was the advertised time of starting
5 eo,, , that by a few minutes before four it was brought
mantsion. We can promise better things for to-day ;
1104,P`ogramme comprises a two-year-old stakes with eight
3rjpptlathims, the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, for which
or six will run, the Queen's Plate, with two entries,
euolicifd
o og and the Hero,) in addition to thosa already made
i; the Amateur Stakes, in heats, for gentlemen riders,
ycli entries; and the Eghan Stakes, to which the South
estern Company have very liberally contributed 20/., this
Os four entries, and will be run in heats. Owing to the
T4:lher of events the first race will be run at one o'clock
hlMagna Charta Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added
For three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Win-
Sobs. of any stakes of 1001. each 7lbs extra, of the Derby.
zi7 )
lbs extra • maidens at starting allowed 51b. Old mile.
ton G..• lleathcote's Japan (Chapple) 1
kr."patthyanv's Muster ..
P
a_La.eath-.a Thrapston
i INT
lietti,n arty nd Camelia
q-7 to 4 agst Thrapston, and 2 to 1 agst Japan.
Ovlatob 9,a by three lengths; Thrapston a bad third.
*ucvil..t hlt ; weight for age. One mile.—Mr. Dyson's
6 to 4 °-ray, 5 yrs (Nat), beat Mr. Oldaker's The Witch.—
The c: Devil to Pay, who won as he liked.
each .Icl„Cup of 120/. (in specie), by subscription of 10 sovs.
sold f the second to save his stake, and the winner to be
Yra, Zr 4004 ; three vrs old, 7st ; four yrs, Bst 71b ; five
rwotn—ile!ix and aged, 9st 31b; mares, &c., allowed 3lbs.
Tr. Joba , (12 Subs.)
'!)l'd 4 DarS Bourton, 3 yrs (A. Day) 1
L'l4T,4, lieetaetTh's Sister to Pergularia, 5 yrs
sot cote s Japan, 3 yrs
toßichmond's Red Deer, 5 yrs
jc,a gat Bourton aud 5 to 2 each agst the others.
fel'egaaji thwas between the
.firs.t two all the way, Bourton
gttl. - canning, and winning rather cleverly, by half
it,te of 401.,bWeen tgiven by the County Members, added to a
YrB gia.,l!B of 5 sows. each ; three yrs old, Est 121 b ; four
mares, ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged, 9st alb ;
Sir aut_3s:,:ttlevh.o,
miles.
31b. . The winner to be sold for 2001.
S. Sprre les.. (3 Subs.)
by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs 1 1
2 dr
,J Th yany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs
IritlPson nd Bamy Lass, 5 yrs dis
-Loren on blaster Stepney. Won in a canter.
OLECEIVED THIS DAY.)
STOURBRIDGE RACES —MONDAY.
, reatwood Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats,
kl 2, one mile and a half. (4 Subs.)
r. (, aTenport's Florine, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Denman) 3 1 1
‘glibb's Hyacinth, 3 yrs, 7st llb 1 2 2
The RaTt's Felix, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
351 added
Stakes of 7 sovs. each, 2 ft, if declared,. with
1, • added. Mile and a quarter. (34 Subs, 19 paid.)
blr'parr' Dulcet, 4 yrs, 7st Mb . .( Whitehouse) 1
kr f; intoff's The Rhine, 6 yrs, 7st 61b
ryer nd Sweetbriar, 3 yrs, sst
ja,following also ran :—Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah,
-• A-nigt's Jolly Beggar, and Mr. Hook's Buttress.
The
Stand Purse of 251., added t? a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs.
NI. each. Heats, one mile. (4 Subs.),
htCockerell's Amazon, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (J. Sharpe) 2
r Davies' Kitty Wee, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
kaworth's Engineer, 3 yrs, 7st 4lb
he tast Worcestershire Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 30 added.
Heats, one mile and a half. (5 Subs.)
tr; 11arton's Reliance, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
" Jo
..whitenes'sh
Sailor °use's Cageharldo.Bst 31b tte, 3 yrs, Est 31b
3 dr
1 2 2
,
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY.
TITt RL
oderi k.
EAMINGTON STAKES.-3 to 1 agst Mongrel, 7to 1
to LEa cST na.-5 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (taken)-15
to l agst The Traverser (taken)-15 to 2 agst Brocardo--11
to f agst Fancy Boy (taken)-14 to 1 agst Grimston-15
trih"agat
B Poynt
ragb on (taken)-15 to 1 agst Sting-20 to 1 agst
go-.

The ROWING MATCH.
111,iet scullers' contest between Loader and Blinkoe, two
atieu
of
came off yesterday, and terminated, in conse-
-1,0,,ee ot an accident happening to the latter, in favour of
tilliir• The distance was from Chelsea-bridge to HaminFrh-
th, itt-bridge, and the stake 10/. aside. Loader went off wi.t
114tt'a„,i, closely pressed by his adversary, and off the White
lead the boats fouled, Loader at the time retaining a slight
the Blinkoe, whose boat's head was upon the quarter of
eate*er's, went to clear himself by a smart stroke, bi!t.
Ilea -rig a crab was thrown out of his boat. Loader coral-
L'B 8 °ll, and won, although his adversary, having resumed
tlredeat Yards in the boat, rowed after, and came up within a hun-
of him at the winning-post.

, 1.)4R,
411e8d -"PUL ACCIDENT IN A
.POWDER MILL.—On
'ePu aY morning, about half-past eight o clock,a fearful
1,4 rrerle_
e took place at the Karnes powder-mills, on
just
itbo„..: Bide of the Kyles of Bute. The workmen were per%
til"' to commence operations in the cornipg-house, b
co.Jllswderand w
I,„"ecloentlundergoes the operation of sieving, where,
gathered, when, by some
iron Y, a large quantity is
ontable accident, this portion of the building was in a
shZeut blown into the air. The workmen, five in number,s
Were the fate of the building; and their mutilated remains
Iva; found scattered at a great distance. A workman. yyh
but at some distance, although severely bruised, is atilt alive,as
b 7, not eXPeCted to survive. The scene is described
to
5 "i. g been
awfully grand. The report was so loud as 7
Ppit!arfi at Inverary, a distance of forty miles.—Ediiiburg i
,iess.
tioz.,7, BALLOON RACE.—The " Albion" and " Coronia-
C% Groallbuns, which ascended on Monday night, with 1% r.
~qroon-erl, the veteran aeronaut, and his brother, Mr. H.
uitt . made their safe descents—the former at Thames
forot, and the latter at Kingston—the former having, there-
sisa4g2ne the greater distance. Mr. C. Green was ably as-
pititTA ey the inhabitants, and subsequently was most bos-
b,urhyentertained by Mr. Walker, a farmer of the neigh-
ferentQr Mr.
12Y the --q- Green, unfortunately, met with a dif-
eception, as his machine was very roughly handled
,uainaget`bwuspeople of Kingston, and sulfered very serious
`tlrt, 412;011141. C. Green arrived at the Gardens, on his_ re-
-1/44 brcutri elePell o'clock, and he was soon after followed by

POOR EMPLOYMEN T--IRELAND.

A BILL

TO FACILITATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE LABOURING
POOR FOR A LIMITED PERIOD IN DISTRESSED DIS-

TRICTS IN IRELAND.

[NoTE.—The words inserted in italics are proposed to
be inserted in the Committee.]
Whereas, by reason of an apprehended failure of a
portion of tha potato crop of the present season of Ire-
land, it is expedient to make provision* for facilitating
and encouraging the employment of the poor in districts
where distress may prevail.
Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty, by and. with the advice and consent of the
Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in the pre-
sent Parliament assembled, and the authority of the
same, that whenever, on representation of the existence
of distress in any district, it may seem expedient to the
Lord-lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of
Ireland, that an extraordinary presentment sessions for
any barony, half barony, county of a city or county of
a town in Ireland, the county of the city of Dublin ex-
cepted, should assemble and make presentments for the
execution of public works in such district, it shall be
lawful for the Lord-Lieutenant, or other chief governor

or governors of Ireland, from time to time, by a notice
to be published in the Dublin Gazette, and also in one

or more newspapers circulating in the respectiveodistrict,
and of which notice copies shell be posted in the usual
places for posting public grand jury notices in such dis-
trict, to direct and require that an extraordi-
nary presentment sessions for such barony, baronies,
half barony, half baronies, county of a city or
county of a town, as the case may be,
shall meet and assemble at such place or places in such
district for the purposes of this Act, on such day or days
and hours as shall be specified in such notice, not being
sooner than ten nor later than fifteen days after the pub-
lication of such notice in the Gazette as aforesaid; and
it shall and may be lawful for every justice of the peace
for the county, county of a city, or county of a town
respectively, not being a stipendiary magistrate, to
attend, and such justices respectively, and the cess-
payers associated with them respectively, as hereinafter
mentioned, are hereby required to assemble and hold
such extraordinary presentment sessions respectively,
for the purposes of this Act, in such place or places, and
t such time or times, as shall have been so appointed.
And be it enacted, that the justices or justice present
at every such extraordinary presentment sessions,
together with the number of the cess payers appointed
by the grand jury at the then preceeding assizes of the
county, county of a city or county of a town in which
such sessions shall be held, to be associated with the
ustices at the ordinary presentment sessions to be holden
next after such assizes for the purposes of an Act passed
in the 6th and 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty
Kling William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to consoli-
date and amend the laws relating to the Presentment of
Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland," for the
barony or half barony, or the county of a city or county
of a town, as the case may be, for which such extraordi-
nary presentment sessions shall be holden, shall constitute
such extraordinary presentment sessions ; and the pro-
visions contained in the said recited Act of the sixth and
sexenth years of the reign of King William the Fourth,
relative to the selection of a chairman and of the cess-
payers to be associated with the justices or justice
at presentment sessions, and to the casting voice of
such chairman, shall, so far as the same are applicable

extend to such extraordinary presentment sessions
under this Act, and the secretary of the grand jury
and the county surveyor or surveyors shall attend
thereat: and also an officer or person appointed by the
Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, if the said

Lord-Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors

shall so think fit to direct.

And be it enacted, that any such extraordinary pre-
sentment sessions are hereby authorised and required to
make presentments for such public works within the
district for which such sessions shall be held as they may

think fit, specifying in all such presentments the maxi-
mum amount which shall be raised for the execution of
any such work, and the said extraordinary present-
ment sessions shall sit from day to day until all the
business which may come before them' of the nature
hereby described be dispatched, or may adjourn for
any period not exceeding three days ;'and every such pre-
sentment so made by such sessions shall be as valid
and effectual for the purposes of this Act as if the
same had been duly presented by the grand jury, and
fisted by the, court at any assizes or presenting term.
And be it enacted, that the chairman at such sessions
shall cause to be made out, and shall sign with his name
a schedule of all works which shall have been duly
approved and presented at such sessions respectively,
and shall deposit such schedule with the secretary of
the grand jury of such county county of a city or county
of a town, who within three days shall transmit to the
Lerd-Lieutenant, or other chief governor or. governors
of Ireland, a copy, signed by himself, and verified by his
declaration before a justice of the peace, of such schedule
of works so presented at such presentment sessions, and
. _

it shall be lawful for the said Lord-Lieutenant or other
chief governor or governors, if he or they shall so think
fit, to cause the same, or copies thereof, respectively to
be reported upon by the Commissioner of Public Works,
and to be afterwards transmitted to the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Treasury for their sanction or approval.
And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the said
Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury from time to
time, to authorise the Commissioners of Public Works
in Ireland to execute the said works so presented and
specified in any such schedule of works, or such of the
said works, or such part of them, as the said Commis-
sioners of the Treasury shall think fit, at andefor the
amount so presented for each such work respectively or
proportionate part of it ; and it shall be lawful for the
said Commissioners of the Treasury to advance and
place at the disposal of the said, Commisslpners of Public
Werks the several and respective sums 'of money so
presented for each and every such work, or proportionate
part of it, so authorised to be by them executed, to be
by the said Commissioners of Public Works applied and
ea pended respectively to and for and in the execution of
the said several and respective works so to be executed
by them, and to be accounted for to the said Commis-
sioners of the Treasury.
And be it enacted, that the said Commissioners of
Public Works shall, upon the receipt of any such war-
rant of the said Commissioners of the Treasury, cause
the execution or construction of any such respective
works therein authorised to be proceeded with, subject
nevertheless to such directions as they may from time to
time receive from the same Lord-Lieutenant or other
Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, and shall for
such purpose have and use all such powers and authori-
ties as they are by any of the Acts now in force for the
extension and promotion of public works in Ireland in-
vested with for the construction whereof a grant shall
have been sanctioned by the said Commissioners of the
Treasury, and also all rights, powers, authorities and
privileges of any county surveyor or contractor acting
under and by the virtue of the said Act passed in the
sixth and seventh years of the reign of his late Majesty
King William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to conso-
lidate and amend the Laws relating to the Presentment

of Public Money by Grand Juries In Ireland."
And be it enacted, that the several county surveyors
in Ireland, and their assistants, do and shall, from and
after the passing of this Act, in addition to all their other
duties, obey, perform and execute, either alone•or oon-
jointly with or subject to the direction of any other per-
seri or persons to be appointed for that purpose by the
said Commissioners of Public Works, all such orders and
directions as the Commissioners of Public Works shall
from time to time transmit to them, or any of them, re-

specting the planning, laying out, superintending, or
overseeing any such work or works within their re-
spective counties, as shall be specified in and by such
orders or directions, or the disbursing any such sums
of money which shall be placed at his or their dis-
posal for that purpose, and 'cause to be expended
on such works so presented, any sums not exceed-

ing the respective sums presented for the same
respectively, and for such purposes shall have power,
subject to such directions as aforesaid, to employ suffi-
cient workmen, either at reasonable wages, or by task-
work, and also an overseer for each such work, if he
shall deem such overseer to be necessary, at reasonable
wages, sanctioned by the said Commissioners of Public
Works, and shall account to the said Commissioners of
Public Works for the execution of such respective
works, and for the expenditure thereon, and for the
sums advanced to him for such works ; and all and
every the powers and authorities or provisions given or
contained in the Acts for consolidating and amending
the laws relating to the presentment of money by grand
juries in Ireland, with reference to the execution of

works thereunder, shall, as far as the same are appli-
cable, extend and apply to the excecuting of such works
as aforesaid by the county surveyor or his assistants ;
and any such county surveyor or surveyors or assistants
(in addition to his or their usual salary), shall, in con-
sideration of such employment for the purposes of this
Act, receive such further remuneration as the said Lord
Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors shall
deem fit and sufficient.
And be it enacted, that the moneys from time to time
to be advanced pursuant to the provisions of this Act,
by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, for the
execution of any works under this Act, in any county,
county of a city, or county of town shall be repaid by
grand jury presentments by half-yearly instalments not
less than four and nor exceeding twenty in number, as
the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury shall
direct, with interest at the rate of three pounds ten shil-
lings per centum per annum; and the Commissioners of
Public Works shall from time to time certify to the
secretary of the grand jury of each such county, county
of a city, or county of a town, in which respectively such
works shall have been executed; the amount of the in-
stalment or instalments so to be repaid ; and each such
secretary of the grand jury. shall lay such certificate be-
fore the grand jury of such county, county of a city,
or county of a town, at the next assizes or presenting
term after he shall receive the same ; and it shall be
lawful for every such grand jury, and they are hereby
required to present the sum mentioned in every such
certificate relating to such county, county of a city, or
county of a town, to be raised and levied in the manner
hereinafter mentioned off the respective baronies or half-
baronies, county of a city or county of a town in respect
whereof the works for which any such moneys shall be
so advanced by the said Commissioners shall have been
presented; and the treasurer of such county, county of
a city, or county of a town, shall pay the sum so pre •
seated by the grand jury, when and as by him received,
into the .131nk of Ireland, to the credit of the paymaster
of civil services, on account of loans under this Acts or
in such other manner as the said Commissioners of the
Treasury shall direct: Provided always, That such
Treasurer shall issue a separate warrant for
the levy of the sum mentioned in any such
certificate; and if the grand jury of any county
county of a city, or county of a town shall fail to pre-
sent the sum, or any part thereof contained in any such
certificate, relating to such county, county of a city, or
county of a town, the treasurer of such county, county
of a city, or county of a town, shall and he is hereby
• ObStrettigillbert sii 91 such olittidlott therpt