The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert walked this morning on the Eastern Terrace
and slopes.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise.
Prince Albert hunted this forenoon. His Royal
Highness was attended by General Wemyss, Mr.
G. E. Anson, and Colonel Seymour.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary,
accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick
of Hesse, and attended by the Lady in Waiting on
the Duchess, and the Gentleman in 'Waiting on the
Duke, arrived at the Castle this afternocn, on a visit
to the Queen.

The Earl and Countess Delawarr, and the Right
lion. William S. and Lady Caroline Lascelles, are
expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a
visit to her Majesty.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George and the
Princess Mary, his Serene Highness Prince Fre-
deriA of Hesse, the Lady in 'Waiting on the Duchess
of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of
Cambridge, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess
of Delawarr, the Right Hon. William S. and Lady
Caroline Lascelles, the Gentleman in Waiting on the
Duke of Cambridge, and Dr. Meyer.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private
band will afterwards attend in the Castle.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Mr. Edmund Mildmay, left Cambridge
House yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governor of Sierra Leone.
Baron de Linden arrived in town on Saturday.

THE CASE OF THE LATE MR.

JOHN KAY.
It has long been, and still is, the pride of English-
men to point with pride and satisfaction to our
colossal manufacturing system, and justly to esteem
it as the result of our national skill and energy. But
while the commerce of our country, relieved from
every restriction, still continues to stimulate freedom
ofintercourse between distant nations, and bii,ds them
together in the bonds of peace and unity—while
navies freighted with our manufactures still ride in
triumph upon the waves, and bear the blessings of
civilization to other lands—while the products of
British industry continue to be sought for and valued
in every country--it would be well for a moment to
recollect that in the majority of cases the men who
may justly claim to be the founders of this
great system, have, for the most part, spent
their days amid continual struggles for ex-
istence, and died neglected and unrewarded. A
memorable instance of this is to be found
in the history of John Kay, of Bury. In the year
1738, Mr. John Kay invented the present mode of
casting the shuttle, by what is called the "picking
peg." The value of this invention consisted in the
weaver being enabled to perform twice the quantity
of work, without any additional labour, and to weave
cloth of any width. The invention, as was the case
with others of a similar kind, was opposed by the
workmen, on the ground that it would diminish the
demand for their labour ; and the inventor, after en-
during a series of troubles, was ultimately compelled
to take refuge in France, where he ended his days in
want and penury—the victim of persecution and
natural ingratitude. Some of the descendants of
.John Kay are now living in very humble circum-
stances, and efforts have for some time been made to
bring the merits of the invention of their ancestor
under the attention of the Legislature, with a view of
obtaining for them an extension of the national
bounty, similar to that which has beers recently
awarded to the children of Mr. Compton, the inventor
of the "mule." The efforts, we regret to say, have
been hitherto unsuccessful. We trust, however, that
a testimonial to the merits of the invention, signed
by upwards of 600 of the great manufacturers of this
country (a copy of which has been transmitted to us),
will not fail to have some weight in inducing the
guardians of the public purse, to dole out a small
pittance towards the descendants of one who, by his
exertions, has mainly contributed in raising this
country to its present proud pre-eminence.

Roar- Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., and
Lady Emily Dundas returned yesterday to the Gallant
Officer's official residence, at the Admiralty, Whitehall,
from a visit to Vice-Admiral Warren, East Court, Cos•
ham, Hants.

Viscount Sydney has arrived in town, from the
Mote, the seat of the Earl of Romney, near Maidstone.
The Viscountess is shortly expected from Bea.udesert.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.--HiS Grace is
perfectly recovered from the slight attack of influenza
under which he suffered about ten drys since; :aut owing
to the advanced age (82) of the venerable prelate, and
the variable state of the weather, his Grace's medical
attendants consider it advisable that he should not ven-
ture out of doors. This precaution, it would seem, occa-
sioned the rumour of his indisposition.
DEATH OF THE HON. FRANCES GRIMSTON.--This
venerable lady died at an early hour yesterday in orning,
at her town residence, in Chesterfield-street, IWayfair,
aged 90, from an attack of the prevailing epidemic.
Her Lialyship was grandaunt to the present Earl of
Verulam, and issue of the second Viscount Verula. n.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LICENSED VICTCA.I...
LER.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the
White Hart, Westminster, on the body of Mrs. Ellen
Cannon, the wife of a licensed victualler, carryin}; on
business at the Brown Bear, Millbank- street. The Co-
roner stated that the inquiry had its origin from a report
in circulation that the deceased had been ill-used by her
husband, and that her death had in consequence been
accelerated. The witnesses examined stated that. the
husband bad been in the habit of ill-using her, bur, the
surgeon proved that she had not died from ill treatment
but natural causes. Verdict, " Died from a disease: of
the liver brought on by excessive drinking."
DEATH OF MR. ELMES, THE ARCHITECT.—A hatter
was received yesterday at Liverpool, from airs. El hies,
announcing the death of her husband, on the 26t h of
November last, at Jamaica. Mr. Elmer erected the
Collegiate Institution in Liverpool, and was the arcld-
tect of St. George's hall and the new Law Courts in
that town. These buildings bear testimony to his tasto.
MORE HIGHWAY ROBBERIES NEAR LIVERPOOL:"."
On Monday evening two gentlemen were robbed by
seven highwaymen on the West Derby road, very near
the scene of the former robbery. All the money they
h.id was taken from them. On the same evening a gen
tleman was robbed of 7t. by three footpads on the old ,
Swan road, on his way home from town.
CARDIFF AND NEWPORT. Last night's Gazette i
appoints Newport and Cardiff to be ports. The limits of
the said port of Newport are declared to commence at
Redwick Pill, in the county of Monmouth, being the
western extremity of the port of Chepstow, and continue
along the coast of the said county to the river Rumney,
which divides the counties of Glamorgan and Mon-
mouth. The limits of the said port of Cardiff arc de-
dared to commence at the river Rumney aforesaid, and
continue along the coast of the county of Glamorgan, to
a place called Nash Point, in the said county. The-
limits of the port of Newport are to extend to the middle
of the river Severn. The limits seaward of the port of '
Cardiff to extend to a distance, from low water mark, of
three miles into the sea, including all islands, bays, har-
bours, rivers, and creeks within the said limits. .A.L
former limits of the said ports are annulled.
CHATHAM, JAN. 4.—A detachment from the pro-
visional battalion at, this garrison, consisting of two ser-
geants and 28 rank and file of the 11 th Foot, and 22
rank and file of the 96th, under command of Lieutenant
J. W. D'Oyley, with Ensign H. Clayton Hague, of the
11th Regiment, march on the sth instant en route for
Woolwich, there to embark as a convict guard on board
the Bangalore convict-ship, fitted for the conveyance of
free convicts to Van Diemen's Land. The following
detachments from the Isle of Wight have arrived at the
invalid depot, St. Mary's Barracks, to be discharged on
pensions for length of servitude:—Three sergeants, two
corporals, and 106 privates of the sth Fusiliers (of this
corps there are about a dozen men with bad eyes); three
privates of the 20th; two sergeants and four privates of
the 36th; two privates of the 45th; 13 privates of the 56th
three privates of the 97th; and two privates of the 24.
Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, with 60 women and 91
children, in charge of Lieutenant the Hon. W. Draper
Mortimer Best, (tithe Rifle Brigade.
CALLS TO THE BAR.—From a recent investigation
it appears that during the year 1847 there were no lest;
than 191 persons called to the bar by the societies of ure
Middle Temple, Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's
Inn. Of that number 84 were called by the society of
the Middle Temple, 53 by the society of the Inner
Temple, 40 by the society of Lincoln's Inn, and 14 by
the society of Gray's Inn. In the year 1846 there were
174 persons called to the bar, by the same societies. Of
that number, 78 were called by the society of the Middle
Temple, 48 by the society of the Inner Temple, 43 by
the society of Lincoln's Inn, and 5 by the society of
Gray's Inn. From the above statement it appears that
the number of persons called to the bar during the past
year exceeded by 17 the number called in 1846.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The packet-ship, West
Point, Captain Allen, arrived in the Mersey to-day.
She left New York on the 15th ult., and has brought
10,0001 in specie on freight.
LIBERAL DONATIONS FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—
The secretaries of the British Association for the Relief
of Distress in Ireland and Scotland have received from
Adelaide, South Australia, an order from his Excel-
lency Governor Robe, on the Lords of her Majesty's
Treasury, for 1,0001., subscribed by the colonists for
the relief of the distressed by famine in Ireland and
Great Britain. A donation in wheat of similar value is
shortly to follow.