The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wale*A rce,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princes; . ;.,d ,
the infant Princess, and Prince of Leiningen, attena'4
by Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, Col°l3o.
Bowles, Colonel Arbuthnot, Lieut.-Colonel Sri° i ;
and Dr. Proetorius, arrived at Osborne House, Isle °_,..
Wight, at half past twelve o'clock on Thursday from
town. In the afternoon her Majesty and her Itelf
Consort, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningei
walked in the grounds, and tho royal children rode 1:1
on ponies,
There was no addition to the royal cii2licr -party in the
evening.
Alberti
Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince - As
accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, walked in 1"
pleasure-grounds towards Barton.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, VI
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice te°
their accustomed exercise on the sea-beach yesteresi
forenoon. . dei
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, atten
by L edy Augusta Bruce,?and Sir George Couper, 131,'
left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at "ore
past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Frog°
House, near Windsor. of
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess i
Cambridge had a grand dinner party yesterday even; Cambridge House. The company included e"; 4
Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister, Baron de Bruno?"
the Russian Minister, and the Baroness de Brunnovit ",,,
Duchess of Northumberland,the Marquis of Winches,teA
the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Est
and Countess of Kinnoull, the Earl and Countessio
Clarendon, - the Earl and Countess of Cianwillian3ia• tie
Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Lord and Lady ;,,cee
port, Lord Foley, Lira and Lady M. Alford, Sir -u°':ldi
Seymour and Frances Lady Clinton, Sir William ":
Lady Georgiana Codrington, and the Hon. W. Colgel,
A deputation, connected with Newfoundland, eons%
ing of Mr. George R. Robinson, Mr. Walter Ste,
M.P. ; Mr. T. N. Hunt, Mr. Thomas Benriett, Ige'°oo
of the Executive Council of Newfoundland ; sir. Th°_4.o
11. Brooking, and Mr. Ewen Stabb, had an inter!'"
with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. it.
Sir lloward Doi4as, M.P. ; Mr. Moffatt, and 11, dope,
tation, had an interview with Lord John Russell-1, ,
terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. 9,0
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England b7„l,
special general meeting yesterday. There were nree,
the Bishops of London, Bangor, Bath and Wells, vori4
~h.ster, Lichfield, Oxford, Rochester, Salisbury'.
Worcester. bti
The Might Rev. Dr. Fleming (of Newfoundland)
poi
an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Major-Get;1111
Sir Patrick Ross had also an interview with the P, ,*
Earl yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Earl Granville had an interview with Lord v1.°11...4
Russell. Mr. Patrick Stewart had also au inter;
with his Lordship.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Col°l;ei
office from the Governors of New South Wales and '-','i
Zealand. -,11
The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President)_ar.fis
in town yesterday from his seat, Bowood Park, ", VII
liter
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch left !box' 'O,
dente in Whitehall-gardens yesterday, on a visi: 5,
Earl of Romney, at his seat, The Mote, Maidstone,'
Lord and Lady Hatherton left Farrance's P'
0
Upper Belgrave-street, yesterday, for Teddesley,
fordshire. Si* Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., has left town for „...,.,
Isle of Wight. -' :ft
.
TOWER REGATTA.
The twenty-eighth annual regatta amongst the watt'"
plying at the Tower, came off on Thursday, and we 3 raG'4oo
nerously attended, both on the river and on the shore•
distance in the two first heats—it being a contest ill
vlo
boats, with six competitors—was from St. Katherine's,"
to a boat off Adelaide Wharf and back, twice round, i.--0,
ing at the Eel Chain ; and in the two latter the courses • ":4)
reversed, the start being from London-bridge. ; i
'
(ping
lie'llgti.;.:
FIRST HEAT.
George James
James Gates ... (ye .o ~
Thomas Jones
f.,
Th 3 -‘,ed away t- thr-

_ winner rowed away from tem.
SECOND HEAT.
eell) 1 '
John Warwick f Gl' /
Francis Barry soluei .-5
J. D. Bartlett (purple‘ ...
A good race between the first and second pair' I.'

THIRD HEAT.
Blue
Pink..
.

Blue won easily. '
GRAND HEAT.
ftrCeil'
John Warwick
(.0." •

George James
(it-
In starting red to, k the lead, but was quickly lilo
o• Yertoool
by green, who went well in advance, and won FT eV
tli •tli
lengths. It was a smart race between the twe sewn vit„-
The prizes are a boat worth 23/. for the winoar,, P
about 121. for the others. It was well managed '
Eallam.

CRICKET. Wednerof
KENT v. ENGLAND.—This match terminated *Do ..500
day afternoon. A newly infused vigour, by some r`grageed
other, or an extent of emulation which is rare in the tt
day, was in.milested from the opening of the contes foo
increased as it progressed, until when the. creeping pro'
England towards the close of the game held out stre°7
spects of her representatives winning, the exciteMellaip de
arrived at a point seldom exhibited. It will, to a certobitO
gree, be conceived that the interest had reached In,- d
pitch, when it is stated that, on England takinQ''Pee
bat a second time, she went in tor 86 to tie, and #s„,"ter,ill
went to the te icket as the last man to assist „--ewho
inert of one to tie or two to win. He joined pea"' are, b'
been playing. cot merely with more than ordinsrrhce dead
extremely well. Hillyer had to bowl at bins, auu tlig
tried to visit his stumps with a shooter, for he Poil;c,,,eepitii
ball with a cutting twist from the leg, but rinsteed
the ground, it rose about half-stump high, so that SI, of tbis
able to hit the ball round to the long leg, ai:a j
finest hits it was in the match, for the conqueralb
thus won the day, amidst the cheering of the baC
England.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(tame OUlt OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Jun; 7.—The 4th inst., being the anniversary
of the
e,
rican Declaration of Independence, was celebrated be;4105
I. R. Croskey, Esq., Consul for the United States, ent,esitkr
ing a party of twenty gentlemen, comprising the cap ftr
American vessels lying in the Roads, and many friends
respected Consul, „.00
e'd I
The late amicable adjustment of the Oregon question
a peculiar interest to the occasion, and it was the til"„"betr.;
mutual congratulation many times during the evening,
ing that, however the rulers of the respective nationsott,o
deem it proper to differ on such comparatively trifling 0
the people see it is to their interest and satisfaction 0 16;
4
vete peace and commerce, and look upon the horrors v
with disgust. f
The dinner and wines were provided by Mr. Roper,
Vine Hotel, and gave the most entire satisfaction, alrojitt:
arrangements of the Consul were everything that libe b
and good feeling could dictate. Our excellent Cc:oosg
was in attendance, and played appropriate and pleasirl ottv
alternating with the many gratifying toasts and song esr 10;
salutes from some cannon planted on the quay for' ~ P
jesty the Queen and the American nation respectiVoit:ol/
discharge of rockets followed, and the party broke 011,iiig:
delighted with the feeling and entertainment of the eve, or
JULY 9.—The report that Appeared in the Times 01 001
wreck of the schooner yacht, Flower of Yarrow, °:091)
Caskets, we are happy to say is void of foundation, '
arrived safe at Gibraltar on the 18th of June. • plir
The next general meeting of the members of. theverSl
Yacht Squadron will take place at the Thatched Houser ::000
on Saturday next, when three candidates will be bail
for. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has intimate" t.lO
intention of giving a piece of plate to be sailed for 00
26th of August by yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadrov'ea 4,
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and suite arrived at C°11:00, •
twenty minutesto one this day. The Fairy yacht o„,te'iaitl
into the harbour and landed the royal parry at the Tr
Wharf.

COLONIAL-OFFICE. On Thursday a Par Haul% Do
paper was printed, containing the correspondence vibiccritic'(
taken place between the late Colonial Secretary Off' eut, °E
stone) and the Lords of the Treasnry on the app,intait 010.
an Assistant Secretary for the Colonies. The &currier' ;p:,
required to contain the minutes or orders in Cnol&loole
the year 1833 relating to the establishment of the,,. na,at r,
office. The first minute, or, rather order, was =21,70 Ptd,
17th of September, 1834, when Lord Monteagle,,! seci7
Spring Rice, held the seals of the Colonial-office; thenrot
on the 29th of August, 1839, when Lord Norin3"4
Colonial Secretary ; the third was in October of the
year, when Lord John Russell was Colonial Secre;
tourth in the same month ; the fifth, from the in
Lord, in January, 1840; the sixth, from Lord scan' troll Dirt
vember, 1845 ; and the seventh and eighth,
the oth
Secretary Gladstone, on the 17th of April and.
0V
May last. These several documents set forth the
cessity alterations in the internal mana,,em 17
t i 4
the Colonial-office, and her Majesty was Infire'scag
Council to sanction the alterations, which sauctiO rye
obtained. Lord John Russell, in his communication to bet
Lord President in January, 1840, showed that the nurlag
of dispatches and letters received for the then prece
bot
three years had not in any year been less than 11,000 ;.„08
of those a very large number were so voluminous,
contat",ol'
often numerous enclosures, that the whole annua'i
lection far exceeded in bulk what might be inferred finky,
mere consideration of the number alone. In April 135to'ther
Secretary Gladstone applied to appoint (among yvli"
things) an Assistant Under Secretary, at 1,000/. a-year'tioo
should also be placed on the Colonial Land and Ellug.ie
Commission. The appointment was allowed to he net 10°
the 18th of May last, and a gentleman (Mr. Murdoch)' eido
had been a clerk in tthe office a number of years, en „ocei
spoken of in high terms by the several heads of the "
was promoted to the first class. ler
SUDDEN DEATH IN A FIT.-011 Thursday ,004.,
Baker held an inquest at the George, Mansell-street, ifolr
man's-fields, on Daniel Chapman, agd eighty-six. 00,olt110
day evening the deceased, who had enjoyed good chsit
was smoking his pipe, when he suddenly fell from the
...,0 fie°
on to the floor, apparently in a fit. Every resterati.o
administered, but he died in a few minutes. Verdict,
tural death in a fit." a; °es
MANIACS IN SCOTLAND.—The following horri
tails, communicated by a correspondent, show the nee*, $l3!
for a lunatic asylum in the north :—On the banks c`iii
Kelso river, at Lochcarron, Ross-shire, a maniac resideeof
lonely little hovel, who has been chained to a pillar for Pqhat
years, and so confined is lie by the necessary restraintibial
his body has actually grown into the form of his crou;001
posture. In warm weather, the olfactory nerves
,crer
hardly permit any party to visit this unhappy fellow
tiocv
tune. There is a striking incident in the life of this nee Oct
Some years ago he had a brother residing with bin' were
similar restraint, from the same painful cause, and theyighS
then the two stoutest men in this parish. One 'O,O
the brother broke loose, and, having seized an e%°',i the
about to sacrifice his mother, when she in terror 100_01
other maniac to protect her. The two enraged madtnethoral
upon each other with the fury of tigers, and fought for s;
hours; at length the subject of our notice, having torn
ivto
vanquished his brother, re-bound him, and then qui,e there
turned to his own chains. At Auchintassan of Udreig°lte of
is a maniac (a male adult) who wanders about in a si; per(
nudity ; and in Gairloch a very outrageous female
.;oti°
mated to go at large. People may demur at the pre% viti
bringing these subjects before the public, but it is dene „
of
tIV!
a;view of calling attention to the matter, in the m"
something may be done to mitigate the wretched
Unhappy Diimeadkvernes4 avii+37.