The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-30 00:00:00

COURI CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
walked this morning on the Eastern Terrace of the
Castle and slopes.
The Royal family took their accustomed walking aid
pony exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein and Sir George
Grey, and attended by the Earl of Listowel and Colonel
Bouverie, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning.
Lord Edward Howard is expected to arrive at the
Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his
Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, his Serene Highness
Prince Lowenstein, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess
of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lord Edward Howard,
Sir George Grey, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson,
and Capt. Francis Seymour.
The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during
dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend
in the Castle.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, yestt r-
day, at Gloucester House.
Mr. Samuel Palmer, of Great Yarmouth, had an in-
terview, yesterday, with the Right Hon. Thomas M. Gib-
son, at the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of Hong-Kong and Gibraltar.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the
Colonial office, for the Governor of the Mauritius.
The Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of Canada, and
the Countess of Elgin, arrived at Farrance's Hotel,
Upper Belgrave-street, yesterda, from Lambton Castle.

STORM AT GENOA.—A • letter from Genoa states,
that on the 12th instant a violent storm suddenly rose in
that neighbourhood, and caused considerable damage.
About four in the afternoon the commandant of the port,
perceiving the mercury to fall suddenly, and the wind to
change from north to south-west, sent word to the various
vessels to make all snug for a storm. Scarcely had
the intimation beer. given, when the tempest com-
menced, and raged for some time with dreadful fury.
The waves broke over the two moles and the quays,
and even sent their spray into the neighbouring streets.
The vessels lying in the harbour were driven violently
against each other, and in several cases injured. Three
were driven from their moorings and lost. One was
a Greek merchant brig, which was dashed against the
coast, and in five minutes was in pieces. The other
two were Sardinian craft, one a three-master and the
other a brig. The crews of the three vessels were saved,
with the exception of the three men belonging to the
Greek brig. Prince de Carignan, who exercises at Genoa
the functions of admiral, was busied for some hours on
the quays organising means of conveying help. Thirteen
men perished at Genoa, and the accounts from the coast
are terrible. The Dante steamer was at one time in great
danger, but fortunately escaped.
WOOLWICII.—SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IN WOOL-
WICH DoCKYAßD.—Between seven and eight o'clock on
the evening of Christmas-day, one of the police con-
stables on duty in the dockyard, when near the great
chimney of the foundry, thought he paceived a spark
ascend from a place where about 300 tons of coals were
stored for the use of the foundry and boiler-makers'
department. On proceeding to the spot, to ascertain
whether there was any fire or not, he discovered that a
large quantity of the coals were in a state of combustion,
and from the quantity converted into coke it was evident
they had been burning some time. An immediate
alarm was given, and the crews of the vessels in the
basin and harbour were brought on shore to assist in
quenching the burning coals. A number of convicts
were also brought on shore from the Warrior hulk, and
continued at work until three o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing in removing the coals from the place where the fire
originated. It is not known by what means the com-
bustion began, but it was evident that it must have been
spontaneous. Soile imagine the tire took place from the
coals having been placed on the wooden blocks of the
floor of the shed when in a damp state, and became
heated; others are of opinion that the spontaneous com-
bustion originated from the water of the coals passing
betwixt the blocks to the concrete, as that substance was
quite hot, and the outer sides of the wood deeply
charred, as if the fire had ascended from the concrete
betwixt the blocks. A full report of the circumstances
has been forwarded to the Admiralty, to be investigated.

STOPPAGE OF DISTILLERIES AND BREWERIES IN
IRELAND.—A meeting of the inhabitants of Belfast was
held in the Town Hall, on Thursday, to consider the
propriety of memorialising Government to suspend the
use of grain in distilleries and breweries while the exist-
ing scarcity of food continues in the country,
when tha following resolutions were agreed to :
" That the present high price of provisions, and
the amount of distress prevailing in this country,
require every attention to the economising of food, and
that for this purpose measures of an extreme nature
should be adopted." " That with this view the meeting
is of opinion that all distillation from grain in these
kingdoms should be forthwith suspended." " That it is
the opinion of this meeting that brewing from grain in
these kingdoms should also forthwith be suspended."
It was then agreed that a memorial should be presented
to the Lord Lieutenant, and a deputation appointed to .
wait on the Irish Government, and urge the necessity of
the immediate adoption of the measure.
DEATH IN THE MILLBANK PRISON.---SUICIDE
Richard Groves FROM SORROW.—An inquest was held yesterday after-
noon in the Millbank Prison, before Mr. Bedford, the
coroner, on the body of James Mills, aged 45. Mr. John
governorlabourer,
a uarter Sessions, 22d October last, of felony
—stealingshirt and sun dry other articles—and sen-
tenced to seven . ,
he was found Yarstransportation. On Monday morning
Francis, a hangingprisoner, in
his cell, and quite dead. John
er, confined in the same cell, said the
deceased fretted
He said that his aif;•eeat deal about his wife and family.
w
the world, and that he and children were thrown upon
knewli the parish would not allow
enough to support them,
wife, and after receiving nn e had a letter written to his
depressed than before. Witnessaseemed much more
nswer
a great wish to see one of hisrothers, who was in
had heard him express
prison for the same offence, and also
an elder brother, who was at large' was heard him say that
his misfortunes. Verdict—Temporary insanity.
the cause of all
The Nuremberg Correspondent states that Austria
and Prussia had positively refused to refer
of the suppression of Cracow to the examination
question
nation and
decision of an European Congress. _

REFUSAL TO BURY A SUlClDE.—Yesterday,
appli-
cation was made to Mr. Baker, the Coroner, for his
interference in a case where a clergyman refused to
perform the funeral service over the body of a girl, %ho
it was supposed, had drowned herself in the London
Docks. The clergyman complained of is the Rev.
Bryan King, of St. George's-in•the-East. The Coroner
said, his power ended when the jury were discharged,
and he could not interfere in the matter. It appeared
that the refusal to read the funeral service was not made
known till the body was taken to the burial ground, and
that one of the relatives afterwards read some prayers
over the grave, and the corpse was buried.
THE PRIVY PURSE.—The salary attached to the
appointment of keeper of her Majesty's privy purse is
2,0001. per annum. Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley,
who is on the eve of retiring from that office in the
Queen's household, to be succeeded by Mr. G. E. Anson,
was keeper of the privy purse to his late Majesty
William the Fourth.

Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that the
fancy sale, which is to take place in the new building of
the Orphan Working School, at Haverstock-hill, shall be
under her royal patronage.

DARING HIGHWAY ROBD2RY.—On Tuesday even-
ing last., as Mr. Fauchon, of Wrotham, was returing
from Maidstone market, when he had proceeded about
two miles on the London road he was suddenly as-
sailed by five men, who stopped his cart, and with
great imprecations demanded his money. They drew
the cart to the side of the road, struck Mr. Fauchon
on the back of his head, dragged him out of the cart,
and succeeded in robbing him of a cheque for 341., one
sovereign, and a silver watch. He immediate ly re-
turned to Maidstone and gave information to the po-
lice, but the ruffians have eot yet been apprehended.
Mr. Fauchon's purse and a fire-office receipt have been
since found in the wood near the spot.—Maidstone Ga-
zette.

PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED ST AT ES.—The
John G. Cost r, from New York, armed at Liverpool, re-
ported at th Custom- house on the 26th inst., brings 7,195
barrels of flour, and 553 boxes of cheese. The Mason,
from New York, which arrived at Liverpool on the 28th
inst., brings 17,000 bushels of Indian corn.