The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-27 00:00:00

ral accounts of confirmations in the records of the
Archbishop of Canterbury which showed that wit-
nesses had been examined and cross-examined in
support of the charges of opposers et such confir-
mations.

Mr. Justice COLERIDG E —Were the witnesses cross-
examined by an opposite interest, or by the Arch-
bishop's officers ?
Mr. BADELEY believed it to have been a sifting
by the officer of the Archbishop, not technically a
cross-examination.

(The case was proceeding when our report left.)

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert walked this morning in the pleasure grounds
adjacent to the Castle.

Lord George Lennox left the Castle to-day.
Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at the Castle
this afternoon, on a visit to the Queen. Earl Spencer
and the Viscountess Palmerston are also expected to
arrive this evening on a visit to her Majesty.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Bel-
gians left the Castle shortly before four o'clock this
afternoon for Frogmore House, and paid a visit to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice., took their
usual airings to-day in the Castle pleasure grounds.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked out
this afternoon.

The Countess of Desart has left the Castle. The
Viscountess Jocelyn has arrived from her residence
at Richmond, and has succeeded the Countess as the
Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
The Earl of Morton and Sir Edward Bowater
have taken their departure from the Castle, and have
been succeeded by Lord Byron and Mr. R. Ormsby
Gore, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include their Majesties the King and Queen of
the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, his Excellency Mons. Van de Weyer, La Mar-
quise de Trazeynies, the Lady in Waiting of the
Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Earl
Spencer, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord
and Lady John Russell, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs.
Anson, and Major de Moerkerke.
The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend
during dinner. The Queen's private band will after-
wards attend in the Castle.

The Bishop of Manchester bad an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday. The Earl of Harrowhy
had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon.
Baronet, at the Home• office.

Mr. Brooke had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday, at the Colonial-office.
Lord and Lady John Russell left their residence in
Richmond Park yesterday afternoon, for Windsor
Castle.

Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governor of the Mauritius.

THE ANTI-GOLD LAW LEAGUE.
MR. COBDEN AND MR. BENNOCH.

TO THE EDIT6I? OF THE SUN.
Six,—Why did Mr. Bennoch disguise from Mr.
Cobden, that one of the objects of the Anti-Gold-law
League is to substitute a silver standard at the fixed
price of ss. 6d. per oz. for the present gold standard
at 3/. 17s. 10Id. per oz. ?
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
R. W. DICKINSON.
Ilfracombe, Jan. 25, 1848.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER. - TUESDAY.

CHESTER CIIP.-20 to 1 agst Blaze (taken), 30 to I
agst Jonathan Wild (taken), 33 to 1 agst Swallow
(taken), 40 to 1 agst Clumsy (taken), 40 to 1 agst Swiss
Boy (taken), 40 to 1 agst Stultz (taken), 50 to 1 agst
Cracow (taken), 50 to 1 agst War Eagle (taken).
DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Surplice, 13 to 1 agst Glendower
(taken), 20 to 1 agst Springy Jack (taken), 20 to 1
agst Assault, 30 to 1 agst Beverlac, 33 to 1 agst Cervue,
35 to 1 agst Sesostris, 35 to 1 agst Keraun.

LEAMINGTON AND SOUTHAM STEEPLE-

CHASES.

The stewards have decided that all bets made upon
these chases prior to the frost shall " stand," whether
the races come off next week, or in the event of a further
postponement becoming necessary.

IMPORTANT EXPEDITION IN
SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.

The public will learn with great satisfaction that
the Government having determined that no expense
shall be spared in providing an efficient expedition to
proceed in search of Captain Sir John Franklin,
K.C.8., and his gallant companions in the arctic
regions, the Admiralty have spared no pains, and
have lost no time, in meeting the wishes of the Go-
vernment and the public generally by providing
superior ships, and selecting an efficient officer to
command this perilous enterprise. With reference
to ships, we may state that two vessels have already
been purchased, one of 420 tons, from Messrs. Green,
to be called the " Resolution," the well-known name
of Captain Cook's discovery ship; and the other,
of 470 tons, from Messrs. Wigram, of Blackwall,
to be called the " Endeavour," the name of
the famous circumnavigator's first ship. They
are entirely new, and the names of the builders
are a sufficient guarantee of their qualities in every
respect essential for such a service as that to which
they are to be devoted. With respect to the officer
who is selected to command this expedition, when
we mention that it is the gallant and distinguished
Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Knight, D.C.L.,
F.R.S., who returned about four years since upon
a polar voyage (and who is the nephew of that
other celebrated arctic voyager, Captain Sir John
Ross, C. 8.), the most unanimous confidence will
be reposed in him as an excellent seaman, an effi-
cient officer, and a most skilful and experienced
navigator. In his appointment to command and
conduct such an expedition, an assurance will be
felt that everything that can be done will be ac-
complished to gain tidings of, and to afford succour,
if required, to Sir John Franklin and his gallant
band of adventurers ; while at the same time we
shall have the satisfaction to know, that what by any
possibility can be effected in the way of solving the
grand problem, the pursuit of which has already cost
so much, and in which so many gallant lives have
been sacrificed, will at least be bravely attempted by
Captain Sir James Clark Ross, in the Resolution and
the Endeavour. Already we have heard that many
of Sir James's old shipmates, who are not with
Franklin, are desirous of casting their lot with him a
second time amongst the eternal ice fields, and we
are certain that by the time the ships are ready fitted
by Messrs. Green and Wigram, which by their
contract will be about the Ist of April, as efficient a
complement of officers and seamen will be collected
as ever devoted themselves to any national enterprise.
The Resolution and Endeavour will follow Sir John
Franklin's track as close as possible.—fierald.

RUMOURED ROYAL VISIT.—It is stated that the
King of Prussia will pay a visit to Queen Victoria in
the course of tho spring, when the " Shield of Faith," on
which the artists are busily engaged, will be presented
to the Prince of Wales.

DEATH OF COLONEL VAUGHAN, OF RUG.—We
have to record the demise of Colonel Vaughan, of Rug,
Merionethshire, the commanding officer of the militia of
the latter county. He was brother to the late Sir B.
Williams Vaughan, who for more than 44 years repre•
rented the county of Merioneth in Parliament. His
death took place on the 19th inst., at Nawna, near Dol-
golly, one of the family seats. The vacancy in the
militia will be filled up by the Lord-Lieutenant, the Hon.
E. L. Mostyn.
THE WEATHER.—Yesterday morning the guards
who arrived at the General Post-office by the different
railway mail trains stated that many parts of the country,
especially in the north, are covered several feet deep
with snow, and the water completely frozen over several
inches thick; so that in all probability canal communi-
cation, should the present frost continue a few days,
will be closed to navigation in the eastern, western, and
midland counties. The tall of snow has been very
heavy also in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, and parts of
Surrey. Yesterday numerous cart loads of ice from the
environs of the metropolis were shot into the ice-houses
of the confectioners and fishmongers. The Serpentine
in Hyde Park, the pieces of water in St. James's Park
and Regent's Park denoted the probability of soon
affording amusement to skaters. In the north of France
the fall of snow during the present week has been very
heavy, and the waters in the vicinity of St. Omer, Ber-
guos, and Calais are frozen, forming an immense sheet
of ice.
THE CONWAY TUBULAR BRIDGE.—By last Thurs-
day, we understand, about 200 feet out of 400 of the
wooden supports to the tube have been removed, with
which the tube exhibited no sensible deflection. When
they are all removed the bridge will rest on two temporary
pillars constructed under its ends, for the purposes of
testing it. By this day it is expected the whole will be
removed, and the invention be fully tested. After that
it will, with all expedition, be floated to the piers in the
river, and raised to its proper place. In a workk of this
sort so much uncertainty exists, that credit is due to
the engineers for having hit the time so nearly as they
have. We understand Mr. Brunel was there the other
day, inspecting the bridge. If all things go on well, it
is expected that the line to Bangor, 591 miles from
Chester, will be opened for goods traffic by the Ist of
March.—Chester Courant.
AsyLums FOR THE HOUSELESS.—In consequence
of the severity of the weather, and the appearance of a
continuation of it, the committee of the " Asylums for
the Houseless" had an especial meeting on Saturday,
when'jit was resolved to open the asylums in Playhouse-
yard, St. Luke's. and Glasshouse-yard, East Smithfield,
in which establishments about 400 applicants were
received on Sunday night. The Western Asylum, in
Ogle-street, Marylebone, is also to be opened. We
regret that the funds of this most effective but unobtru-
sive charity are.scrioesly reduced.
Alderulan Plums, on the day of his inauguration at
Guilhall, very liberally transmitted 501. to the Tower
Ward Schools, in addition to his former donations,