The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-30 00:00:00

HUNTING APPOINTI►ENTS.

Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., New Lodge; Wed.,
The Magpies; Fri., Farnham Common-11.
Atherstone hds., Mon., Red Lion, Appleby; Wed.,
Fishernick ; Fri., Three Pots; Sat., Shenton
Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Bowood; Wed., Trouble
House; Thurs., Draycot; Sat., Bath Lodge.
Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon.. Wilbury Park; Tues.,
Oare Hill; Wed., Ashmansworth; Thurs., Wilster Wood;
Fri., South Grove; Sat., Roche Court-11.
Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Weeley-street; Fri.,
Flovvton Brook-102.
East Kent hds., Mon., Acrise Mill ; Wed., Elham
Park; Fri., Swingfield Park-10i.

MONSTER Pics.—Two pigs belonging to Mr. John
Hall, Barton Vicarage, Westmoreland, were slaughtered
on Monday, the 18th instant, by John Cannon, of Sock-
bridge, twelve months old, which weighed, together, 65f
stones.—Carlisle Journal.
THE FREE NAVIGATION Or THE ST. LAWRENCE.—
The adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of Montreal,
in favour of repealing the English navigation-laws, so
far as Canada is concerned was, say the Montreal
papers, attended by two or three thousand persons, and
the proceedings characterised by unanimity and en-
thusiasm.

WANTON MURDER IN CORK.—About the hour of
eight o'clock on the evenint; of Sunday last, a sailor,
named Michael Mahony. whilst in a state of intoxication
on Merchant's Quay, caught hold of a boy who was
quietly passing by, and without the slightest provoca-
tion stabbed him in the right side. The boy immedi-
ately tell, and the offender was taken into custody.
Alter being taken to the North Infirmary, it was ascer-
tained that the wound aas of a must dangerous charac-
ter; and the wounded boy was considered in so critical
a position that it was deemed advisable to take his depo-
sitions. Mahony was then conveyed to the infirmary,
where he was recognised by the boy as the person who
stabbed him, and committed to Bridewell. The boy died
in a few hours after.

THE

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, FKIDAT.

The Queen and his Royal Highness, and the
younger branches of the Royal Family, took their
usual early walk in the Home Park and slopes this
In( ruing.
His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended
by Lord John Russell, the Earl of Liverpool, Lord
Byron, and Major-General Bowles, went out shoot •
ing in Windsor Great Park.
The Marquis of Breadalbane and the Earl and
Countess Grey left the Castle this morning.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge arrived in town yesterday from their resi-
dence at Kew.

Sir Robert Gardiner, Governor of Gibraltar, had
an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Co.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the North American
?rovinces.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of Canada, and also
for the other North American Colonies.

The Earl and Countess Grey arrived in town yes-
terday morning from a visit to her Majesty at
Windsor Castle.

MDLLE. JENNY LIND.

BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—The " Lind Concert," in aid
of the funds of the Queen's hospital (established by
Professor Sands Cox), a valuable auxiliary to the gene-
, ral hospital, took place last night. Long before the
hour announced fur the opening of the Town Hall the
streets adjacent were thronged with persons anxious to
gain admission, and at no former period do we recollect
to have seen this magnificent structure crowded with so
brilliant an audience. Among the nobility and gentry
who graced the side gallery were Earl Howe and party,
Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Villiers, and distinguished
visitors from Drayton Manor ; the Earl of Dart-
mouth and party, from Sandwell ; Viscount Field-
ing, Mr. Scholefield, and a host of others
of the nobility and gentry residing in the sur-
rounding neighbourhood. The programme consisted
of pieces selected by Mdlle. Jenny Lind herself, and,
as might be expected, afforded opportunities in which
this charming vocalist was able to give full scope
to her mighty and varied powers. In "Di piacer,"
U-n ob.lie Wolke," and the Swedish " Echo Song" she
enraptured the audience ; while, in the duet with Signor
F. Lablache, " The singing lesson," the grace and
humour of her acting and singing, for in this they are
combined, were irresistible. Mdlle. Lind was well sup-
ported by Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, and Ma-
dame de Lozano. The National Anthem, Mdlle. Lind
giving one of the solos, was gloriously sung, and con-
cluded performances in connexion with which Mdlle.
Lind will be long associated in the grateful recollection
of the people of Birmingham.
The receipts are said to have amounted to 1,2001. The
precise amount of the expenses is not known ; but the
balance will prove a splendid Christmas-box for the
Queen's Hospital.
After the termination of the musical festival, for so
it may be called, a deputation, with the Hon. and Rev.
Chancellor Law at the head, waited upon Mdlle. Lind
at the York Hotel, and presented her with a splendid
cabinet of papier mache, manufactured by Messrs. Jen-
nens and Betteridge.

Chancellor Law addressed the fair syren as follows:
" Mademoiselle,—The Mayor of Birmingham, the
High and Low Bailiffs, end the members of the Queen's
College and the Queen's Hospital, have accompanied me
here, that we may unite in paying you respect and
honour. We aro convinced that we speak the unani-
mous voice of our vast population when we tender to
you our heartfelt thanks for your valuable gratuitous
services in singing at the concert at the Town Hall, this
evening, in behalf of one of the most useful and deserv-
ing of our public institutions, the Queen's Hospital,
founded by our townsman, Mr. Sands Cox. Happy is it
when it pleases Gud to grant exquisite talents such as
yours to one disposed to make such a use of them as you
do, for we have heard of other acts of your charity as
disinterested as your favour to us. We do not wish you
to forget us, as we will not forget you, and we beg of
you to accept, as a small token of our gratitude, this
cabinet, which we hare selected as a specimen of the in-
genuity of our manufactures. May health, happiness,
and success ever attend you in your onward course of
usefulness." _ _ _

Mdlle. J. Lind accepted the present with thanks, and
he deputation retired.

GENERAL THANKSGIVING UPON

THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1848.

A memorial has been forwarded to the Archbishop of
Canterbury, signed by the mayor and a large body of
the most influential inhabitants of Reading,: praying
his Grace to recommend the Government to advise her
Majesty to appoint a day " for some national acknow-
ledgment and thanksgiving," for the Divine goodness so
atamdantly shown to us during the year now closing
upon us.
The following is a copy of the reply of his Grace to
the memorialists:—" I beg to acknowledge the receipt
of a memorial from the mayor and other inhabitants
of Reading, on the subject of a thanksgiving day
for the mercies vouchsafed to this country, in
its exception from the calamities which have be-
fallen other nations of Europe. it has probably es-
caped your r, collection that a prayer was issued, by
order of the Privy Council, to this effect in April last. I
apprehend that her Majesty's Ministers would not be
disposed to recommend such a measure as you propose,
unless they had reason to believe that the desire for it
Was general throu4;hout the land. Neither would it be
possible, through the necessary official forms, that any
such order could be issued in time for the opening of the
ensuing year. It appears to me as the more advisable
Course, that the clergy should move their congregations
to that expression of thankfulness which the memorial so
justly desires, according to the circumstances of their
Own localities; and so be enabled to discriminate between
the different parts of her Majesty's dominions, which are
by no means in exactly the same condition of peace or
Prosperity. May I beg you to communicate the sub-
stance of this reply, with due respect, to the memorialists.
I remain, sir, your faithful servant,
(Signed) " J. B. CANTUAR."