The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attenue—
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Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, Bart.,
left Osborne House yesterday morning, on her return to
her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor.
Tbeir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburg Strelitz, honoured the performance of the
Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening.
The Honourable Louis M'Lane, late Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to this
Court, left London on Monday for Liverpool, to embark with
his fain!ly on the Britannia steamer, which leaves for Boston
this day.
A deputation on the affairs of the Mauritius, consisting of
Mr. Barclay, Sir John Reid, Mr. D. Barclay, Mr. A. Lewis
Gower, and Mr. hunter, had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the Colonial- office.

Mr. Edwin Chesshire, and Mr. R. Chesshire, jun., of Bir-
miogliam, had an interview yesterday, accompanied by Mr.
Spooner, Vii. P., with the Earl of Clarendon, President of the
Board of Trade, and exhiiited to his Lordship a plan and
motel of an improvement invented by Mr. E. Chesshire, for
materially reducing the dangerous effecis of collisions on rail-
ways. General Pasley and Captain O'Brien were present at
the interview.

The Attorney-General had an interview with the Chancel-
lor of the Excliquer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
Dispatches were sent- off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of Canada, and also for the
Governors of the other North American provinces.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

THE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON.
(From a London Journal.)
In commenting upon the proposed alterations and addi •
tions to Buckingham Palace, and the expense necessarily
attendant upon it, after a long preamble, in a good-humoured
and facetious style, the journalist goes on thus
" Her Majesty, not to speak it profanely, seems very much
in the predicament of the old woman' in the nursery
rhyme, who

' Lived in a shoe,

And had so many children she didn't know what to do.'
En this difficulty she, most excusably, applies to Parliament
For an extension of the Palace accomudationl. _ _

"A vote of 20,0001. for the purpose of altering Buckingham
Palace was proposed on Friday night. The total cost of the
alterations is estimated at 150,0001. Among other charges
to be made, we see the marble arch is to be taken down.
This is hard on the memory of "the first gentleman of
Europe," to whose taste we owe that remarkably useful
erection. Nay, not satisfied with thus trampling on his
artistic reputation, the Woods and Forests propose
to sell the Pavilion ' at Brighton. The money
it may fetch is to go in part payment of the
expense of the repairs and alterations of Buckingham
Palace. We hope that Mr. George Robins will be entrusted
with the sale of this Pavilion; no style but his can dojuqtice
to such a work of art. No doubt Punch will furnish him
with a model for his advertisement, but we shrink from tres-
passing on the domain of our facetious friend. At the same
time, we must repeat, we are sorry not to see more respect
for the memory of the fourth George. His claims to ele-
gance of manners have been contested. Certain traits re-
corded by Lord Malmesbury and Lady Hester Stanhope
somehow seem to be inconsistent with the behaviour not
only of the first gentleman of Europe, but of any gentleman
whatever. His reputation for wit seems to have dwindled
away into an admission of the fact, that at one time of his
life he could use his tongue after his third bottle of claret.
A-nd•aow we-throw dotien the.nrch he .apPrOved, and bring
the paaion of his aesthetic affections to the hammer. Sic
transit !"

DISCHARGED PRISONERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN

SlR,—The change of administr .tion has slightly re-
tarekd the measures for rescuing misguided individua's,
and preventing them becoming, from necessity, tae in-
mates of our jails; but I am nappy to announce thus pub-
licly through the medium of your excellent paper, that
yesterday, a deputation, headed by the Bishop of London,
waited upon Sir George Grey at the Home Office, and
were pleased to hear him express his great anxiety on
so important a subject, a hich shall have the serious
censidetation of her Majesty's Government during the
recess, which must produce a remedy.
When it is consi ered that the returns for the last
year shaw a frightful picture of 30,000 convictions—to
say nothing of acquittals; and when from my own ex-
perience last week I found in Newgate, out of 150 cases
for trial. 52 of that numt.er had been there before ; in
Gilispur-street Prison, out of 91 cases, 60 of that
number bad been repeatedly there before ; one woman
declared, in the presence of the Governor, that she had
been in that prison for the last 20 years. Now, with
such a state of things, with no remedy provided, no re-
source left, but on leaving prison to commit fresh crimes,
the warning of the magistrates, the admonition of the
judge, the exhortation from the prison pulpit, appear to
me but a " solemn mockery."
It is fearful to look at the extent of our " criminal po-
pulation," with no adequate m:?atis offered, but one or
two charitable institutions, with limited means, which
can never meet the evil; and nothing but a legislative
national measure, giving voluntary shelter and employ-
ment, can effectually produce a remedy which all the
corporations in England have petitioned the Legislature
to adypt.
Whilst such a state of things exists, I will not fail to
impress upon both Houses of Parliament the painful
picture so destructive to morality, so degrading to us as
a Christian community ; and whilst, on the one hand, I
wiy41.41.,.0y no :ttaeans screen the guilty, but severely.
'yet- I do think we are bound to 'offer and to
ettefid mercy to so large a portion of helpless indivi-
duals, who still gladly avail themselves of it, and save
them from endless destruction.
I am, Sir, your bumble servant,
JOHN LAURIE.
Sheriff of London and MiddiCs2x.
1, 117.1.. Park-place, Aug. 1113, 1846.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sts,—The improvement which has gradually taken place
during the last seven or eight years in the York Meeting,
has at last made it a rival of no small consequence to its
much-favoured neighbour at Doncaster. This year the sport
is decidedly above the average, although the interest at
tached, as far as betting goes, is but small, there being but
four or five nags in the market this afternoon at Tattersall's
for the" crack" race of the meeting, the Great Elsor Handi-
cap ; and of these, Bourton, a moderate three-year-old, and
The Druid, are the only two invested on to any sum.
On Wednesday the Colt Sapling Stakes will be won by
Christopher.
The Knavesmire Stakes of 100 soya. each looks very much
like a " walk over" for Sir Tatton Sykes : it is not improbable
that the Wrestler or the Peri coirmay put in an appearance;
but whether they do or not, it will not interfere in the
slightest degree with the result.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 soya. each has sixty-
four subs., and a good field may be expected to show, in-
cluding Slander, or Glentilt, Dipthong, Her Highness, and
Cobweb fillies; the race will lie entirely between the latter
two, with, most probably, the Cobweb filly for winner.
The Great Ebor Handicap will attract from fifteen to
eighteen to the post, viz., 'The Baron, Glossy, *Example,
Little Hampton, Connaught Ranger, Darr, Satyr, Teetotaller,
Burgundy, *Columbus, The Druid, Laura colt, •Cameraob-
scura, Driffield, Bourton, Finvaragh, Golden Bee, Brother
to Sir Henry, and Robin Burns. (Those marked with an
asterisk are doubtful.) Of the fOove lot, I consider Columbus,
6st 31b, and Finvaragh, sst 31b, to be as well in as any, and
to them I leave the race, taking The Druie, sst 121 b, for a
" cockboat:'
On Thursday the Chesterfield Handicap to Lord Chester-
field or Mr. Meiklam ; the former, with Lady Wildair, will
just manage, I think, to do the trick ; if he tails, Mr. Meiklam
is my forlorn hope.
The Conipetition Produce Stakes to Susanna or Johnny
Armstrong.
The Filly Stakes to the Slayer's Daughter, Morella filly
playing second fiddle.
The Gimcrack Stakes to Miles's Boy, Christopher, or
Sir Martin. For this stake a dozen, or thereabouts, will
start.
On Friday the Great Yorkshire Stakes, with 116 nomina-
tions, will probably muster ten starters, viz., Mendicant,
lago, Josephine. Poynton, The Conjuror, Joinville, Hoouah,
Fiddlestring, and perhaps Fancy Boy and Sting, but the
latter two and Grunston are very doubtful, the St. Leger
being too near. I have not the least hesitation in declaring
Mendicant or Fancy Boy the winner.
The Convivial Stakes to Tom Fool or Tom Tit.
The Filly Sapling Stakes to Dipthong; and
The Thirty Sovs. Stakes to Jonathan Wild or Erin-go-
bragh—the latter for choice. I am, Sir, &c.,
Aug. 17. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

CIIAMPIONSIIIP OF THE THAMES.—Charles Camp-
bell, of Westminster-bridge, and Robert Coombek, of Milbank, will
contend to-day for 2001. and the championship of the Thames.
The event is the theme of conversation in every circle, and so much
liversity of opinion prevails as to the merits of the men, that but
very little money depends upon it. Good sums have been offered at
even on Campbell, but those disposed to back Coombes required odds ;
and, although 5 to 4 has in some few instances been speculated, the
,airrent betting is 9to 8. The great question is, whether Campbell,
the " lion" of past years, who defeated Coonabes with perfect ease
About eight years ago, is as good as he was. Both parties are in
active training, and appear very confident. The distance is Mtn
Putney-bridge to Mortlake Church, and a strong attendance is
expected.
George Hudson, Esq., M.P., arrived in this town on
Thursday afternoon, from York, and has since been actively engaged
in inspecting the works on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, and
in making arrangements for the Immediate construction of the high-
level bridge across the Tyne.—Nerecastle Journal.'
AUCTION SALE OF WEST INDIAN PINE-APPLES --
On Monday, Mr. Adams sold in Lower Thames-street, upwards of
8,000 pine-apples, recently imported from New Providence, and
which sold at from 35. to ss. per pound.
ALLEGED DEATH OF A FEMALE FROM THE VIOLENCE
or HEE HUSEAND.-011 Monday forenoon, Mr. T. Wakley, M.P.,
opened an inquest, at the Crown arid Anchor, King-,treet, Seven
Dials; on the-body of Mary Williams, aged 45, who, it was alleged,
had met her death through violent treatment she received from her
husband. Mary Dixon, a single woman, said that she had known
the deceased and her husband about three or four weeks, by living
in the same house with them. On the evening of Thursday last, the
deceased took a knife out of one of the drawers, and told her hus-
band that "she would stick him." The deceased at that time was
inebriated, and they had been quarrelling together about some money.
Witness and her sister laid hold of the arms of deceased, and wrenched
the knife out of her hands. She afterwards took up a chair to beat
her husband with. She also struck him in the face, and at the side
of his head, two or three times. The husband then gave the de-
ceased a blow with his hand or fist. The blow produced a black eye.
Between eight and nine the same evening, the deceased, who
had been out for an hour or two, returned home rather more
intoxicated than she was before, and she commenced abusing
her husband, who took her round the waist, and carried her out
of the place, and left her on the lobby of the stairs. The husband
then went to bed, and just before eleven o'clock the husband accused
the deceased of having thrown the iron candlestick at him, for the
purpose of splitting his head. He then got out of bed, gave her a
violent blow on the head, and knocked her against the bedstead.
When down he lifted his foot, apparently to kick her, but the candle
having gone out, witness was unable to state positively whether he
did or did not kick her. The deceased, however, fell over on her
side, and faintly ejaculated "Oh !" The following morning deceased
complained of great pain at her chest, and she died on Friday morn-
ing. Witness did not see any violence inflicted upon deceased after
the night of Thursday last, as she left the house at eight o'clock the
following morning to look after a situation. Other evidence of a
similar character having been adduced, the Coroner said th.lt the in-
quiry would occupy the Court several hours more, awl as he had an-
other engagement to attend to, he should adjourn the further inquiry
until this day (TuesAay). The witnesses and the jurors were then
bound over, each in the sum of 101., fa appear at the adjournment.
A professional gentleman attended for the husband.—This morning
at nine o'clock the inquiry was resumed, and after some further
evidence had been gone into, the Coroner summed up, and ex-
plained the law on the subject, and remarked that as the evidence
was not positive, it would be for the jury to consider whether the in-
flammation which caused the death of the deceased, had its origin,
or was aggravated by, the kick given to her by her husband, and to
return a verdict accordingly. The jury then retired, and after an
absence of half an hoar returned the followim verdict:—" That the
deceased Mary Williams died from the effects of the ill treatment of
her husband, Jeremiah Williams, against 'whom wo finds verdict of
mangstipter, which act Wu committed wader grot TiOncetion."

RAILWAY SIIAP.t MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Atrurs'll :7.
ttot.ANn-The sales are-Caledonian, VA-Ditto, New,
,
1/. Os. 3d.-Great 'Part., Shares, '2434-Manchaster and
Leeds Extension, 3 p.-North British, 14 v,-Ditto, New, ”4
Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 414 - South-Eastern :!'ll-1 POW.? 'New (i's.
at 151.), 33,-South Wales, 314.
MANCHESTER, Avousr 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-AiribtAgith', Nottingham,
13-16 Ms. -Blackburn, Chorley, , and Liverpool, 1 di,t,-Blackburn
and Preston, 8% p.-Boston, Stamford, and Birminghant, 11s,
-Churnet and Blythe, 14 dis.--Eastern Counties, York Extension,
1 13 16 p. -East Lancashire, 9N p.-East Lincolnshire, % dis.-
Great County Down, 211. 6d. dis.-Great Eastern and Western, 28s.
Lie.-Great Grhnsby and Sheffield, 1% dis.-Great Grimsby and Dock
Extension, 1% dis.-Iludderstield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 2% p. -Ditto, Extension, % p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3 7-16
die.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 5 p.- Leicester and Bed-
ford, % dis.-Liverpool. Orniskirk, and Preston, 314 c. p.-London,
Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarter Shares (A), 10% p.-London
and York, 14 dis.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 14/4 c.-Man-
chester and Southampton, % dis -North Eastern, 114 dis.-North
Staffordshire, 3% p.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 225. c. dis.-Shef-
field, Leek, and CYCWC, % (1i3.-- slleflleld and Lincolnshire Junction,
3.16 dis, -Ditto, Extension, 34 dis.- Sheffield and Manchester,
Quarters, No 1, 4 p.- Ditto, No. 3, % c. p. - Shrewsbury and rdr-
mingliant, ly c. p.-Shropshire Union, 12s. die.- South-Eastern and
Dover, Halves, No. 4, 13-16 p.-South Statnrdshire Junction, 3-16
p.-Trent Valley Midland, &c., par -West Riding Union, 3 3-16 p.
LEEDS, AUGUST 17.
STOCK EXCIIANOK.-The sales are-Blackburn and Preston, 8%
p. -Ilastern Counties, York Extension, 375. 6d. p. -East Lancashire,
9 p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 1% c. dis.--Iludderstleld sod
Manchester, 2% p.- Ditto, Extensions, 3s. p.-Leeds and Bradford,
43 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 434 p.-Ditto, Branches, 2 p.-Ditto,
Extensions, ls. dls.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3% dis. - Ditto, New, 34 dis.
-Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 2/. 16s. p.-Newcastle and
Darlington Junction, Extensions, 101. Bs. 9d. p.-North British, Car-
lisle Branch, 595. p. -York and North Midland, East and West
Biding, 12% p.- Grand Union, 12s. 6d. dis.-Great Eastern and
Western, 1% dls.- -Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 270
dis.- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 17s. Gd. dis. -Leicester and
Bedford, 10s. dis.--Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. Bs. p. -
London and York, 7s. dis.-Malton and Drlftield Junction, 10s. p.
-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21s. s. p.- -North
Staffordshire, 3% p.-North Western. Os. 6d. p. -Shefffild and Lin-
coln, 3s. 6d. dis.-Shropshire Union, 15s. dis.-South Midland, 14s.
6d. p.-:Vest Riding Union. Si. Is. 6d. s.--York and Carlisle, 41s.
dis.-Yorkshire and Glasgow Uttion, 38s. Gd. dis.
SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 17.
STOCK Excustsox.-The sales are Grimsby and Sheffiall, 114
dis.-Ditto, Extension, % dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, Os. 6tl dis.
-Manchester and Liwoln Union and Canal, 19a. dis.-Shetlield and
Lincolnshire, 2s. dis.