The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Dtebeis of Kent, attended
by Baroness de Speth, left Casiiotury Park, Herta, the
residence of her Majesty the queen Dowager, at half-
past ten o'clock on Tuesday norning, for Frogmore
House, Windsor.

The Duke of Cambridge viited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester on Tuesday, at Gloucester
House.

A deputation, including lltssrs. Charles Cochrane,
Henry Painter, A. W. Hoggirs, and John Bilis, had an
interview with Sir George Grfy yesterday, at the Home-
office.

Mr. Robert Rettie, C. E., 'lad an interview with the
Right Hon. T. Milner Gibsot yesterday, at the office of
the Board of Trade, and sunnitted bis new signals.
The Attorney-General had an interview with the Right
Hon. Gentleman on Tuesday.
The Ecclesiastical Commisioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-
place.
Colonel Anson and Sir Join Burgoyne had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of tie Exchequer yesterday, at
his official residence in Dowling-street.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governorsof Canada, and of the other
North American Provinces, Dispatches were also re-
ceived yesterday from the Governors of Hong Kong,
Ceylon, and West and South Australia.
Lord James Stewart had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday. The Rey. H. H. Beamish had also an
interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday.
The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay arrived in town on
Tuesday night.
The Judicial Committee of the privy Council sat yes-
. Chamber. Whitehall. The Lords
present were the Master of the Rolls, Loru
Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn-
wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court.
The Attorney-General, Dr. Adams, and the Queen's
Advocate were heard on an appeal from the Prerogative
Court " Fowlis v. Davidson.'
Mr. Charles Buller and Mr. Jackson were heard on
an appeal from Bengal, " Mummi Ram Awasty v. Sheo
Churn Awasty." The case was adjourned.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASES.
WARWICK, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—On account
of the state of the ground from the frost, the steeple
chases are postponed till Tuesday, the 15th of December.
MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY.
Not one bet made on any event.
NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEET-

ING.
NEWMIRHET,WEDNESDAY EVENING.—In COnSequenc(
Of the continued unfit state of tho heath, accompanied
by fog, it was determined at noon to adjourn until to-
morrow.

EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER IN TEE CAMBRIDGE
REGISTER.—The Register of Electors of this borough
for the next year was published yesterday, and we un-
derstand that a most serious blunder has been made by
the omission from the Register of the names of no less
than 49 persons who made their claims to be placed
thereon at the last registration, and whose claims were
allowed by the revising barrister. The number we have
mentioned is composed of 27 Liberals and 22 Tories.
We are unable at present to ts3ertain who is in fault in
the matter ; but whether it Le the revising barrister or
any other person, most serious responsibility rests some-
where for this wholesale disfranchisement, and the mat-
ter demands (what we doubt not it will obtain) the most
rigid investigation. If the law provides any means of
obtaining compensation in such a case we think that
those parties who took the trouble to make their claims
aad neglected their business for the purpose of attending
the Revising Barrister's Court to support them, and
whose exertions are now utterly fruitless, will be per-
fectly justified in taking proceedings against the cul-
pable party, be ho whom he may.—Cambridge Adver-
tiser.

A 14141XY SHIFT.—Some days ago a grocer in the
High-street received an old half-sized herring-barrel
from the Highlands, whose weight told him that it was
not empty, but how to guess as to its contents was a
puzzle that baffled his ingenuity to the uttermost. At
length, however, he solved the mystery by simply open-
ing one of the ends, when, to his astonishment, he found
it stored with honeycombs, beautifully arranged accord-
ing to the nicest rules of bee architecture. On consult-
ing an invoice that was afterwards handed in, he then
learned that his Strathtay customer had had a thriving
summer bee trade—so much so, indeed, that the number
of swarms went beyond his usual quantity of skeps, and,
compelled him, as a last resource, to scrub the barrel
question and convert it to the purposes of an aputry.
The bait took, a noble or its uucuutti
appearance, entered into immediate possession, and
throve so well, that before bud and flower had left the
hill side and " lea rig," the colony was " put down" in
the usual barbarous way, when it was found that the
barrel had increased in nett weight 841bs. From such
a favourable result, we suppose that next season old
herring barrels will not be at such a heavy discount in
the Highlands as heretofore.—Perth Ad•ertiser.
CASE OF THE REV. DR. COTTLE.—MOSt Of OUT
Somerset readers are probably aware that for some weeks
past a rumour has been in circulation of a nature
extremely prejudicial to the character of the reve-
rend gentleman above-named. In consequence of
its existence, application was made by him to the
bishop of this diocese that a commission might be
issued, to inquire into the grounds of the charges
alleged against him. A commission was, therefore,
issued, and the inquiry commenced in the grand jury-
room, Taunton, on Monday. The commissioners were
the Venerable Archdeaconßpryormera. Rev.,nchairm J. La
an Rev.;nce.
ari
Thomas,
Rev. F. B. Portman,
Lethbridge, Esq. Mr. Prideaux appeared
fPo.rdW A.
Mr. Davies,
aovies, the nominal promoter in the case—
attorney, Mr. W. Pinchard ; and Mr. Sergeant King-
lake and Mr. Stone for the defence—attorneys,
Messrs. Reeves. Dr. Cottle was present in his gown
during the whole of the proceedings. The Court being
declared to be a private one, we are unable to give parti-
culars of the case. But we believe w© are justified in
stating that the witnesses for the promoters of the in-
quiry clearly proved that the Rev. Dr. Cottle could
not have been guilty of the charge preferred against
him. Most of the witnesses supporting the case were of
the most abandoned and infamous character, and their
evidence was one mass of contradictions. At the con-
elusion of the case for the promoters, Mr. Sergeant
Kinglake made a powerful speech, of three hours' dura-
tion, and stated that it was not his intention to call any
of the witnesses for Dr. Cottle (there were upwards of
twenty waiting to be examined). The commissioners
then withdrew, and, after deliberating for a few minutes,
returned into court, which was. opened to the public, and
declared that they were of opinion that there was not
sufficient evidence to justify them in reporting to the
Bishop that there were prima facie grounds for further
proceedings. The rev. doctor then retired, with a cha-
racter unblemished by these proceedings, amid the con-
gratulations of his friends.—Somerset County Gazette.
A SINGULAR FACT.—A clergyman in Lincoln-
shire, in the course of his sermon one Sunday afternoon,
took occasion to explain a text of Scripture which bore
upon the subject ; and after giving his interpreta-
tion of its meaning, he said he wished, however,
to state to his hearers that commentators did not
agree with him, but nevertheless he was confident he
was right. The next morning, whilst at breakfast,
with his wife and family, he was somewhat sun.
prised to see from his window a worthy small farmer in
hits parish coming up the walk in front of his house with
a large sack on his back; and going to the door to inquire
the. cause of this early and singular call, the good farmer
accosted him in the following terms:—" Why, Sir, you
said in your sermon yesterday, that common tater* did'nt
agree with you, and so I have brought you some fine
kidiney taters, which I think will suit your honour and
agree with you too."—Lincoln Paper.
PERTH. --.MELANCHOLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
About six o'clock on Tuesday morning, John M'Hane,
railway labourer, met with his death in' a fearful
in enter, at No. 3 shaft of the tunnel on Moncreiffe-
hill. The night miners, before leaving, fired off a
ni imber of charges, which caused a great volume
of smoke to ascend, and the morning being dark,
the mouth of the shaft was not so easily dis-
tii aguished. Deceased, when approaching the open part,
fo r the purpose of descending to his work, missed the
pl atform and fell to the bottom, a depth of two hundred

e et. When brought to the top, his Mangled body pre-
sented a shocking spectacle ; it was found necessary,
Armagh,e satnl d
before removing it, to have it properly rolled in linen
el oth. The deceased was a native of Ireland, county
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at the time the acci-
&nit happened.—Perth Con.;tilutional.
HOT Are° rrteepsphoenndseonnt,
ti'liseeminentAND engineer, has been making a series of ex-
periments upon the relative strength of hot and cold
blast iron, the result of which will be a complete revolu-
tion in the iron trade. Hitherto cold blast iron has
brought a higher price, and has been considered in every
respect superior to hot blast. Previous, however, to the
construction of the high level bridge at Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, intended to connect the York and Newcastle with
the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, Mr. Stephenson
caused more than 100 experiments to be made with the
various sorts of pig-iron, the result of which has been to
prove that hot blast is superior to cold, in the proportion
of 9to 7 ; and moreover, that pig-iron No. 3is better
than No. 1, which, up to this time, has sold much higher
in the market.—Mining Journal of Saturday.—[We have
been informed of an experiment of the same nature,
which was performed at the Monkland Iron Works last
week. A railway bar of malleable iron, of 751 b. per yard,
made at these works, where hot blast is employed, was
subjected to the following severe test :—The bar was
placed betwixt two points, four feet apart, and an iron
ball, upwards of 30 cwt. was dropped upon it from a
height of 30 feet, which only had the effect of bending
the bar. This test is considerably more trying than iron
of that size is usually submitted to, and proves the
a uperiority of the malleable iron made with hot-blast.--
S "cottish Guardian.]
SCARCITY OF EGGS.—For the last two days there
ha s been a remarkable dearth of eggs, which were not to
be obtained at any price in many parts of town, whilst
they were generally sold at very advanced prices.