The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the
Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess
Helena, left the Castle at nine o'clock this morning,
attended by the royal suite, for Osborne House, Isle of
Wight.
The august party occupied five carriages and four,
and the royal suite consisted of the Lady in Waiting,
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Maid of Honour in
Waiting, Major-General Bowles, and General Wemyss.
The Queen was escorted from the Castle by a party of
the First Life Guards.
Lord John Russell left the Castle to-day.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Royal Family, and attended by the Ladies and Gentle-
men of the royal suite, arrived at Osborne House, Isle
of Wight, at half-past one o'clock yesterday from Wind-
sor Castle.
In the afternoon the Royal Children rode on ponies
and walked in the pleasure grounds.
Viscount Palmerston gave a Cabinet dinner yesterday
evening at his residence on Carlton House-terrace to
Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Earl Grey, Sir George
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of
Auckland, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl
of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right
Hon. T. B. Macaulay.
The Speaker of the House of Commons had RR in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester-
day, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday from
Windsor Castle.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
General Meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-
place.
Dispaches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope, and also from the Governor of the Mauritius,
were received yesterday at the Colonial- office.
Dispaches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of the North American
Provinces.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.-011 Thursday, the sth
instant, as Mr. George Thompson, of Barton-le-street,
near New Malton, farmer, was ploughing in Barton Open
Field, one of the horses suddenly slipped with its hind
legs intoa chasm, made by the earth suddenly giving way.
Thompson, on seeing his horse in such a situation, was
much alarmed, and ran for assistance, when, after much
difficulty, the poor animal was withdrawn from the ori-
fice, without having sustained much injury. On examin-
ing the opening it was found to be nearly three yards
deep, and about the diameter of a well. A person went
down with a lighted candle, and states that it appeared
like a subterraneous passage, running immediately under
where the opening was made, and that he had gone
several yards one way, until he came to a turn, but that
the other way was made up at some short distance from
the entrance. This passage is stated to be upwards of
four feet in diameter. It appears that the same spot had
been gone over by the plough for a great number of years
without the earth giving way.—Yorkshire Gazette.
FORGERIES ON THE BIRMINGHAM STOCK-Ex-
CHANGE. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY EVENING. The
members of the Stock-Exchange in this town were this
afternoon occupied for a considerable time in investigat-
ing certain forgeries discovered during the day. It ap-
pears that yesterday morning the Stour Valley shares
brought 41. 18s., and opened this morning at 3i. In the
course of the day they further dropped to 2i, when, to
the great surprise of the brokers, orders were brought
upon 'Change, in the names of Massey and Onions
(brokers), for the purchase of Stour Valleys at 2!. 17s. 63.
Suspicions that all was not correct immediately arose ;
an inquiry was instituted, and both the gentlemen whose
names had been used declared that they had given no
orders for the purchases. Bills offering a reward for the
apprehension of the forgers have been issued, but as yet
no clue bas been obtained likely to lead to their detec-
tion. The orders were delivered to the porter at the
door, and it is doubtful whether he will be able to iden-
tify the party from whom he received them. There can
be no question that some person or persons affected by
the great fall in the Stour shares, and anxious for their
advance,:are concerned in the attempted fraud.
PEDESTRIANISM.—Robinson and Jones's deferred
race came off on Tuseday, according to appointment, at
Fig's Marsh Level, the White Swan being head-quarters.
After a multiplicity of false starts, the men got off,
Jones with a slight lead, the Hucknall phenomenon,
known of late as
in London,
Pet, ran splendidly, and a very
fast race ended in his favour by half a yard. The sur-
mises so rife . on Monday night, as to the
non-intention of either party to bring this long-suspended
match to a conclusion, are thus shown to be unfounded.
The competition was first-rate throughout, and the speed
of both men fairly tested; in conclusion, we may remark
that T. Sewell, the well-known cricketer, who officiated
in the responsible and thankless office of referee, dis-

Af:-,er a few further comments, the article thus charged his duty in an impartial manner.
'ouch Of 3s : DEATH OF TWO BROTHERS AT BRIGHTON.—A
"In tl le trouble evinced by the Government, there is gentleman named Champion, who had been staying for
a pren le( Citation of malice; it is revealed in what is said some time at No. 45, Marine-parade, died last week, and
by the 3 finisterial journal about the last pretender of on Saturday last Mr. Thomas Champion, brother of the
the Sty is rts, who died at Rome in 1820. But ought it deceased, came down from London to superintend the
not to ir lve spoken of the succession of agony which the funeral arrangements. Mr. Thomas Champion was 72
house of ' llanover paid for the succession to the throne, years of age, and he was very much unnerved at the loss
and th a circumstances by which it was more than once of his brother. On Sunday evening he went into his
bedroom, and whilst there he fell down, and almost in-
on the p oint of being precipitated from it? When his-
tory is c ited the instructive parts of it should not be con- stantly expired. A coroner's inquest was held on the
cealed; neither should there be false, impossible, and body on Monday evening, when the jury returned a ver-
absurd t analogies. The Journal des Debats knows diet of " Natural death. Both the bodies are lying in
whethe r there is the least similitude between the revo- the same house on the Marine-parade, Brighton.
lution of 1830 and that of 1688. In each case a crown CAPMAXING AND STARVATION.,—..OII Tuesday an
fell, it Ls true. But in the one case by an exertion of inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Halifax Arms,
social ai ati political power; in the other it was swept King Edward-street, Mile-end New town, on the body of
away by- • a storm. When the De bats shall have placed Mary Ann Ryan, aged 43. The case was one of great
France :at the point of greatness, dignity, liberty, interest. The body lay at No. 5, Spring-gardens, a
prosperity r, and security, we will permit it to talk of most miserable place, down the middle of which runs a
pretend en s who died cardinals. Until then we shall see ditch about two feet wide. The room was so small the
in allusi for is of this kind only the indication of a personal jury could only enter it three at a time. On the return
malevol en ce of very bad taste." of the jury, Elizabeth Simmons, who looked like a resus-
The .1137 ac DE BOURDE AUX is meanwhile taking ad- the body lay, for which she paid ls. 6d. per we rent.
vantage! fl f every opportunity to present himself and The deceased lived with her, and paid 6d. a week. She
his pretam sions in a favourable point of view before got her living by capmaking when she could get it to do.
the Frenc h people. He has evidently some shrewd In February last she fell down and hurt one of her legs,
causing a bad wound, from which she suffered most se-
advisers. A bout him, and has the wisdom to adopt their verely. She did not apply to the parish surgeon for
suggest as. The following letter to the Marquis of assistance, but got a pennyworth of salve when
PASTORS c, dated Frohsdorf, October 30th, which is she had the means. The deceased had no bed
publishcxl in all the Legitimatist journals, is an ad-
to lie upon, but used to sit on a bundle of rags
and lay her head on a box when she went to sleep. She
mirable 1 iece of diplomacy. lie has here absolutely had not had any work to do for four or five days before
anticipate d the Government in providing for the re- her death, and had lived very badly. Witness parted
lief of pul die misery : with some of the things to provide her with food as well
as she could; but could not do much for her, her own
" Mcrasi our le Marquis,—You know that I desire means of livelihood onlbeinabove al Ito signalise by succour to the indigent classes deceased had relief fromythe g
rish in February last, but
the hap 31 • epoch of my marriage, and my thanks to none since. The Coroner—Why do you not go into the
Divine 3 covidence for having removed all the obstacles house? Witness—Thewon't take mo in, Sir; I applied
which h/ ve hitherto opposed it. Although compelled to two years ago, but they would not admit me. I don't
reside ha a foreign land, I cannot be insensible to the
misfort ..11 .es of my own country. Reflecting upon the know why. About half-past two on Monday morning I
awoke, and as I could not get an answer when I spoke to
dearnc ss of provisions and the just alarm which that the deceased, I got a light, and found her dead and cold.
circum 0 ance must excite for the rigorous season on Some discussion then took place among the jury, and a
which vcc are about to enter, I have sought how I could verdict of "Found dead, caused by starvation, was re-
contrif )tote to the relief of the public misery. It has ap- turned. A subscription WAS then made to purchase
peered : :to me that the best use to be made of the sums of flannel for the witness Simmons, who was advised to
which .1 can dispose is to establish at Chambord, and in apply for admission into the workhouse, which she said
the fo rats which still belong to us, charitable establish- she would do.
meats i for labour (des attiliers de charitit), which in AMERICAN ORDERS.---We understand that the or-
offerii ig to the poor inhabitants of the district certain
(en for British goods brought by the Caledonia are
labou r during the approaching winter, will furnish them
unusually large, and that there is every prospect of a
with 1 be means of providing fur their wants and those of
very extensive trade with the States when once the new
their 1 Faxiailies. I charge you, then, to adopt the neces-
b tariff has come into operation. The internal condition
sary n le asures for the execution of a project
which ' of the Union is highly prosperous—chiefly owing to the
should I ke to see extended to the whole of France. As
great demand for grain, flour, and provisions—and con-
for me, .1 may at least congratulate myself with having fident expectations are entertained of a great increase
rendered less severe the conditioa of unfortunateFrench-
of business with this country.—Liverpool Standard.
men, whi ) by their particular position have additional
A FRENCH SUICIDE WITH GUN COTTON.—An
claim s of . on me.
" account is giyp in a French journal of a gentleman corn-
" HENRI. his ear full of the cotton

mitting suicide by cramming
In thsv2\ eighbourhood of St. Valery, according to I and igniting it with a cigar.