The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-31 00:00:00

COUKT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took their accustomed early morning walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of \Vales the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, rode to Frogmore this
afternoon.

Prine(3lbert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morn-
ing. His Royal Highness was accompanied by Prince
4'o„ wenstein and Sir George Grey, and was attended by
colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie.
The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leve-
rk Gower are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day.
Sir John Hobhouse is also expected on a visit to her
tajes ty.
Sir George Grey left the Castle this afternoon.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
Ilielude her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower,
Chevalierthe Bunsen, Prince Lowenstein, the Lady in
Waiting Lord E: d:ards Seymour. of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth,
Francs Howard, Sir John Hobhouse, and Captain
The band of the Scots 1,
during
dinner. Her Majesty's pr -usilier Guards attend
ate band afterwards attend
in the Castle.

Tho Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with
Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday from
Windsor Castle.
The Duchess of Sutherland left town yesterday for
Windsor Castle.

RE'APFEARANCE OF MR. CARTER, THE " LION
""IrmQ."—lie. Carter has just imported a number of
valuable animals from their native forests, for the pur-
pose of forming an extensive menagerie at the Egyptian-
Piccadilly. The arrivals at present consist of four
splendid African lions, three fine Bengal tigers, four
beautiful spotted leopards, two magnificent South Ame-
can tigers, and two (hitherto conceived untamable)
en''„7.l.as• The principal object Mr. Carter has in view in
„--"inX this zoological collection is to exhibit the modes
orelerandi adopted in subduing these wild denizens of the
gt,.
Mr. Carter will appear in the dens with the
allTircals ; and his celebrated "Mammoth horse" and
bean
:1-'1'0" (the largest dog in the world) will also
tc,-11",ed in the exhibition. It is understood to be the in-
-I,ntelert of Mr. Carter to give a series .of poses plastiques,
l„-tse" 113 Daniel in the Lions' Den, and other scriptural
'.l,l'ets which have been delineated by the great histo-
-.eat painters.
MORTALITY OF THE METRoroLls.—The total
dumberQ of deaths registered in the metropolis during
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a week, ending Saturday, December 26, 1846,
ou than
to 1,268, of these 1,228 were from other causes
vi. lence, showing an increase in the number of
f,,ths from disease over the preceding week of five.
wrdeaths from typhus were 43—those from diseases
etrhe lungs and organs of respiration were 508. There
'wee (I no deaths from cholera registered during. the
k. •
6r,„s' rhe number
great length of time in which the
eeeabet of deaths registered during the week has ex-
ted the number of births.
1,1 DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT BLAcxwALL.—Yesterday
Vrrting, about half-past eleven o'clock, Mr. William
tit 1/33,uer, a master cooper and proprietor of a cooperage
lb 14okwall-point, near Black wall-stairg, was killed by
falling. of a wall ten feet high, bounding the ititbrs of Mr. Lungley, house and ship joiner, better
wall w:l4wki as Ashton's Wharf, adjoining the river. The
as erected about sixty years ago, and gave no
prfevious indications of decay. A few days ago upwards
ki seventy tons of sand were delivered from a barge on
~shton's Wharf, and piled against the wall. Yesterday
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Ir. Webber left his house, which is about fifty yards
from Ashton's Wharf, and was passing close to the wall,
on his way to the water side, when the wall suddenly
fell towards the street, and Mr. Webber was knocked
down and buried under the bricks and r übbish. Several
water
m
clearin en Plying at the stairs immediately set about
g away the materials, and the unfortunate man
was soon extricated, and at once conveyed to the public-
house opposite. no was quite dead. The body ap-
peared to have been mutilated in a shocking manner.
The deceased's right leg was broken, several ribs were
fractured, and the face was frightfully cut and disfigured.
Mr- Webber was in his 53d year, and has left three
children to deplore his loss.
EXPLOSION OF GAS, AND NARROW ESCE.—Yes-
ter% forenoon, shortly before 11 o'clock, an explosion
of
ges occurred in the private residence of Mr, It. Bax
ter, No.
43, Cadogan-place, Chelsea, by which had a very
tlarrove escape of losing his life. It appeared that the
lad to,_
UK a lighted candle into the knife-room, in the front
area, Which was filled with gas that bad escaped from
the main- The party had no sooner entered the room
o
tdhan the gas exploded, with a loud report, knocking
wn the bid and burning himself most severely over the
arms and face.
,0130x.raiG DAY. Mr. John Bull called upon Sir
ert Peel to ask him " to remember that little matter
ne had promised him four years ago. He meant the
repeal of the income-tax. The smallest trifle would do."
The answer brought to Mr. Bull was, that Sir Robert
`l% had
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nothing for him, and to go about his business."
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