The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-29 00:00:00

DEATH OF CAPTAIN ROIJTLEDGE IN

HORSEMONGER-LANE GAOL
_I
This morning, shortly after eight o'clock, Freuecs
William Routledge, alias Captain Routledge, the Pr":,
of Swindlers, lately carrying on business in Fills;
street, High-street, Newington, expired in the CO .
gaol, Horsemonger-lane, after a severe and 11
illness. The deceased had been in the infu'illarl
Wing
some time past, under:the immediate care of Mr. Wing
Harris, the prison surgeon, who was unremitting i°
attention to the deceased, who died worth considersw

property.
This morning Mr. John Keene, the governor of theo
prison, in accordance with the Act of railway' (_..„4/r/1 •
refers to persons dying in gaol) forwarded a con our",;"
Lion to William Carter, Esq., the coroner for the dila%
It is understood that the inquest will be held to-03°'
row (Thursday.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS
(Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL, and Jae
ticea PATTESON, COLERIDGE,, and WinnTlist,Li
THE BANE OF AUSTRALASIA v. NlAS.—JUPG3tgliorr
Lord CAMPBELL gave judgment in this case this re,
ing. Ile said the first question. which the Coon' ,of
called upon to decide was raised upon the first cosn'ir
the declaration, and would depend on whether the:oo
fondant was bound by an Act of the Legislature of r49os
South Waits. If he were not so bound, the :I°, dgifier
obtained against him by the Bank of Australasia for
posed no liability upon him. The Act Was Passed
es
swath°
the bank in which the defendant was a r ge.
The Colonial Legislature clearly had authority t° egel
late the mode of procedure in the colonial courts, d
there was nothing repugnant to the law of Eng,l'et the
enacting that actions intended to be brought sgalei A
bank, should be brought against the chaitinaniotes
judgment recovered in such an action would, the
the same effect beyond the territory (34'd sP
colony as it would have had if the defendant ha f the
peered in person. On the judgment obtained out ° not
colony no specific remedy could be obtained if it were e a
made the subject of an action. This would dieposof
the point of the defendant not having been nereentoost
served with process in the original action. Bat Or
difficult and important question remained as to the olt•
reifies on which the action was brought having bee:l2oo/
tained by the fraud of the plaintiffs. There were the
dicta of learned judges, and many authorities in, d
books to show that the judgment ot a colonial coupof •
the British empire came within the category facia
foreign judgment, but that was only Pri,isete is
evidence of a debt, and was examine-- the
the courts of this country. It lay 1111,,ine4
defendant to show that the judgment had been nu—wel
fraudulently. The authorities bearing on the sa,r.o,
commented on in Professor Storey's " Conflict of
and in Smith's " Notes on Leading CUM"
considered all those authorities, the Court haaje—Tbs
at the conclusion that the plea of fraud was bud'
Abe
Court was bound to take judicial notice that tne;b",,, ter
an appeal from the judgment of the tribunal in dieisl
bony to the Queen, who would refer it to the ontbete
Committee of Privy Council, and whether or 001 tor
had been an appeal in this case, it was contrary Le., Po a
ciple to permit the same question to be submitteu.to
jury. Upon demurrer to this plea, therefore, I,betioaff
went of the Court would be fur the plaintiffsTPein ibe
of Common Pltas had decided the other pointe "oar&
case in the matter of the Bank of Australasia an eV
ing, and with their judgment this Court wn°l/
curred.
Judgment for the plaintifk

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAV. 2.
).
(Sittings at Nisi Prius at WPstminster, before 141x.'• "'"
PLATT and a Common Jury•)
FARRELL, PAUPER, V. EASTERN COUNTIES
COMPANY. t 0113
This action was brought to recover compel'? 1°01414
damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff th
the alleged neglience of the defendantsP. , oo'
Mr. Skinner appeared for the plaintiff; and -cur' coo'
der and Mr. Thomas Saunders for the defendants. is 0
It appeared that the plaintiff, Julia Farrell, who, of
woman in poor circumstances, about 50 ruiruig•
age, and who gets her living by selling 0101
was a second-class passenger on the Eastern C,°lit the
Railway on the 22d of June, 1850, and arrived 1/-0
is
Shoreditch station by the half- past ten o'clock tro
the evening. According to the evidence adduced (?,110;e11
part of the plaintiff, the train stopped, and a feW car'
afterwards, when the passengers were leaving thr,,rthet
riages, the engine returned and backed the train"— sods
into the station. In consequence of the 010/0•
den jerk thus given to the carriages, lL'ea
the
tiff, who was in the act of stepping out oa-whae'l
station, was knocked down, and fell between the osi'
and the platform. She remained in that perilougifejog
tion for nearly a quarter of an hour, the parties dshe
unable to extricate her, and after being 'TWO% os•
was conveyed to the London Hospital, where it the
certained that she had received severe contusions °thigh.
back and loins, as well as a fracture of °e; 1:c/
She remained in the hospital from hOOB,, ;
of June until the 31st of August, and -chriftss,
recovered, it was found that she would be
for lifa and would bo unable to pursue her ordinary
ing, the injured limb having shrunk considershiP,cidefo
For the defence it was contended that the 81-ige/lee'
had arisen entirely through the plaintiff's own 8eg17.,, the
she having endeavoured to leave the carriage beZ-door6
train was finally stopped at the station, and the
opened by twhietnpeosrsetes
M . SKINNER having
defendant',
w re
lied.
The and they gave this b version of the accident.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant/I'
eca
The
Learned JUDGE summedeld.
ll
pue
and
counsel,

BAIL COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
(sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice Eiti".)
QUEEN v. 7RZWIN. a bef;
In this case a rule nisi for a quo vvarranto f,
obtained by Sir Frederick Thesiger, uP°,7COO,#
Frewin to show by what right he held the office ;,,sci°l
ner for one of the divisions of Gloucestershire. -" fag:
leged that Mr. Frewin had obtained his election wcooff
got votes, but Mr. Frewin has denied this, and tbneolf
being of opinion that the facts in dispute Clici -of l'Pw
settled by a jury, Mr. Frewin consents to issue-
writ.—Rule absolute accordingly.
QUEEN v. COMMISSIONERS INLAND 11" 11/.4.
Air. WATSON moved for a rule to show cat's- icies
mandamus should not issue directed to the Comfipi;d
era of Inland Revenue, cmamanding them t° 1 I°.°
sum of money which they had received under 70
lowing circumstances:—ln September, 18ife"
lady named Clayton died, leaving ass"; ...rburi:
amount of 65,5411. in the province of Cein", be'
and 1,8641. in the province of York. Previous: "."04
death she had executed a bond fur 85,000/., cond.„%tielort,
to pay a gentleman, then named Walters, but no
ten, the rum of 40,0001. at her death. There ^"-l'g
doubt at all that it was a voluntary bond, 913cibt-e
object was to relieve the amount from the probe it 'r".
legacy duties. Now by the 6th and 7th Viet., c•q ' ,
provided that all debts due and payable at the nuts,
013;
party were not liable to the probate or legacy f°.
there was no question that had this bondbeenrg:eqr°°r
a consideration, the 40,000/. would have been irs'ortlecie."
all duty, but whether the 40,0001. was equallY_f,r:-
a voluntary bond was not quite so clear. "
fest, however, that in point of law the 40,000'/ wase 00
able as a debt, and should therefore be exempt jr°ll3
ortb
duty.
Mr. Justice ERLE thought the point Wag
discussing, and granted the rule.—Rule nisi accor—

LOUD MAYOR'S COURT'
(THIS DAY.
(Before the RECORDER ) 14 CI
ATTACHMENT OF THE PROPERTY 01; TUE 41141;
SPAIN IN THE HANDS OF THE CONSUL TO SECU: Ofifr
MENT OF INTEREST ON SPANISH ioNDS.—^vrAP-a
v. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. riyileg„
This was a case on an attachment under tbe ‘P'
of the city of London, which permits a tethercreditor,
city to attach any property he may find therein, "r het
in the possession of the alleged debtor or big °
tbe
agent.
The action in the present case was brought 'beets
purchaser of some Spanish bonds, alleged to befiri,,gee"
granted in December, 1834, by the then Qt'eerjo- SPifna
in the name of her august daughter the Queen vas '-
An affidavit on which the attachment- issued Os
and read. be 3 00
el3'
Mr. RYLAND appeared to support the
which had been made to thG extent of I°'9g,3jed,
moneys alleged to belong to the defendant, her —del' tb"
the Queen of Spain, end in the possession or nu
control of the garnishee, the Spanish Consul' illustriou,°,
Mr. RANDALL appeared on behalf of the,
defendant to contend that the Court had no is °'
on the first point, that her Majesty (the ‘4'Lle°
Spain)
was not properly described. • ao
fair
His HONOUR—It appears to me that there is
nomerMr.. a be°ll
RANDALL azt argued that the bonds 13°

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Ali
tb°
ird'
;or

given by the Queen-Regent. but that her acts
!oul not bind the present Queen, for there had not
'Rea shown on the affidavit that there had been any
Privity or consent on the part of the present defendant.
ki" (the Learned Counsel) bad further to contend that
reY royal personage or crowned head was not liable to
arrested--it was the law of nations, and if the law of
arrest did not apply, the law of attachment ought not,
for, in truth and in fact, the attachment was an arrest of
the goods and chattels of the defendant.
twat! itsIOLORDSEIP considered that on the first point there
arebiguity in the affidavit; it was historical that
here was the Queen of Spain, and that she was Donna
Isabella.
Mr. RANDA.LL observed that, admitting all the facts,
I!id if a Minister of a foreign country was arrested, or a
it.lag detained in a time of peace, it would lead to a war,
~11iS LORDSHIP said that might or might not be; all
`r,"OCY bad to consider Ras the law and practice of the
Re considered that the attachment was very
different from arrest. The attachment was only to in-
itre the attendance of the party, the property being, as
L
:ere, bail, and the justice of the case followed. His
dship considered that the affidavit was sufficient to
alpport the attachment.
l
about Itirlatin —Her Majesty the Queen of Spain knows
at as much of the matter as the Emperor of China
flees.
i, ?Ir. RANDALL—But her Majesty's Ministers do, and
w 49 positively stated and well understood in the Cortes
that tittle claims would be liquidated.
Jails LORDSHIP held that the attachment was good,
(1 that the amount attached must be retained under the
Itist°l7a °f the City until the cases were decided. His
rdsihip said he was acting on the privileges of the
Luis case. but the question of arrest did not at all arise in

BOIV-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
hall homes Bates, for seven years under-butler at the
Lenin the Middle Temple, was brought before Mr.
force, in the custody of Inspector Field of the detective
Jervis,
charged with threatening the life of Sir John
Ivii(stheLord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
1847 h Lordship being sworn deposed that in the year
e was the treasurer of the Middle Temple. The
tf. Boner at that time was hall, or under butler. In April
he,,thkat year witness, with the concurrence of the
flleged euers of that society, dismissed the prisoner for
drunkenness. Since that time the prisoner had
t) t%.ht numerous communications to him, and he had un-
ccecul i.nately destroyed them all, with the exception of two
h,itt
, His Lordship then handed Mr. Burnaby, the
°Jerk, a letter, in which the prisoner had
threatsned the life of Sir John. His Lordship added
;Pat the prisoner had written similar letters to this wife,
ford John Russell, and several Members of Parliament.
Pir• Burnaby read the letter, which was addressed to
njustice Jervis." It was a very lengthy letter. The
hie['oner accused Sir John' of unjustly depriving him of
to,s.ituation and said that if a fair trial was not given
niul he should use a law of his own, and let the public
_llw what wretches of judges they had, if he afterwards
übtered strangulation at the Old Bailey. The prisoner
;tl!s erttd in the letter that his Lordship had dismissed
t
consequence of his being promoted to the situa-
.stu4 by the late Sir David Pollock, and that his Lord-
Af•
ter the reading of the letter,
reeza.r. HENRY asked his Lordship if he went in fear of
r„ Titig some injury from the prisoner? His Lordship
plied in the affirmative, and said the letter required
nie explanation. His Lordship said the late Sir
David Pollock was his personal friend, and that, he never
"(Id any dislike to him ; on the contrary, he deeply re-
t.etted his death. The prisoner laboured under a delu-
sion, and he wished to disabuse his mind.
h'2he prisoner, who frequently interrupted his Lord-
said he had been unjustly deprived of his situation,
md that the treasurer had no power to discharge him.
tbh.
• HENRY said he would ask-his Lordship that ques-
ae ilia Lordship said he had the power to discharge any
hervaht• The prisoner was frequently intoxicated when
was on duty in the hall. It was his duty to say
trace, and his Lordship had noticed that he was drunk
alga he was repeating the words. The benchers had
"It?, noticed it, and witness therefore discharged him.
'the prisoner appeared to be labouring under some
w elate! derangement. It was at first supposed that he
Os then intoxicated, but that could not be, as he had
'eensn locked up since six o'clock last night.
rtaile prisoner made a long rambling and incoherent
podten'ent, in which he said he had served the office of
er-butler for seven years. No complaint was ever
bule until Sir John sent down word that he was clis-
a6arged• Sir John had no power to dismiss him. He
Cc' accused Sir John of refusing to give him a fair
eerie
Etld • HENRY decided upon ordering the prisoner to
to 1, two good sureties in 501. each, and himself in 100/,
mo' behavi our to all eace towards Sir John Jervis, and be of
her Majesty's subjects for six
hoT.lee
ths• f
Mr. Henry said he should require 24 hours'
IThe
e bail.
prisoner was then locked up.
k la
,--ttLBRO'-STREE'r.—(THISDAY.)
•CanIEZzI.BMENT BY A SHoPMAN.—Thomas Warner,.
well-dressed man, was brought up in custody of
aufhehid, 123 C, charged with having embezzled several
‘4,—,a of money, amounting to about 2001., the property
le'la employers, Messrs. Turner and Sons, wax-chand-
rVl, Haymarket.
14. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner was a shop-
ill, in his employ, and the utmost confidence was placed
a"lca. In consequence of having discovered that he bad
U!ived money from customers to the amount of 2001.,
h— not accounted for the same as it was his duty to do,
e sent for a constable and gave him in charge. He was
not Repined with evidence to enter further into the case
4
tld wished for a reand.
The prisoner was m
remanded until Monday next.

FESTIVITIES AT WY NYARD PARK.
Ihe local newspapers furnish us with extended
tieaports of the princely Lospitalities dispensed during
4:8 Past fortnight by the Alarquis and Marchio-
of Londonderry, at' Wynyard Park. The
it,'"lPal iie took place on Friday, 17th instant,
celebration of the natal day of the Mar-
'Cloticas, when a grand banquet to forty guests
lies succeeded by a ball, at which all the leading feral-
ttlB in the county were present. The party staying at
e hall on Friday included the Duchess de Coigny and
Mademoiselle de Coignv, the Duke of Cleveland, the Mar-
4luieis_and Marchioness a Stafford, the Earl and Countess of
e'gel', Viscount and Viscountess Seaham, Viscountess
b "gelation and Miss Irving, Lord and Lady Londes-
r,,°ugh,
La Lord Adolphus and Lord Ernest Vane, and
44Y Adelaide Vane, Lord William Powlett, his Ex-
cellency the Baron Bruno w, Sir James and Lady Graham,
114ra:11114m and Lady Eden, Hon. H. T. and the Misses
Guar , Sir Thomas Monro, Col. Macdonald (2d Life
tir 48), Capt. David Wood (Royal Artillery), Hon.
• Lascelles Hon. Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Lumley, Mr. Ben-
k,
&c.
An the afternoon, Viscount Statism and a party—
"umbering six guns—went out to shoot in the game
reserves of the park. In little more than three
B°Ll,rs, the party bagged about 340 head of game. con-
2ttng principally of hares and pheasants, intermixed
with a few woodcocks.
Lirtt eight o'clock, covers were laid in the dining-room
I'°")'• The Marquis's band was in attendance, and
placed several fashionable airs, polkas, &o.
e dinner consisted of everything which the season
°ll,lcl produce, or which the ingenuity of his Lordship's
de°K --one scarcely inferior to Soyer—could devise. The
t,eessert—a most splendid one, was, we believe, nearly all
a „Products of the gardens of Wynyard.
'Jae display of plate was most gorgeous. Gold and
_tiver epergnes, dishes, plates, &c., adorned the tables
Sad sideboards, in rich profusion. Everything, indeed,
that luxury could desire was present; and the appear-
e of the room, when the distinguished party sat
uwn to dinner, was very splendid.
AftEr dinner the Duke of Cleveland proposed the
'Pith of the Marchioness of Londonderry, for which
TNoble Marquis returned thanks. Shortly afterwards
theladies left the dining-room.
1:11e company invited to the ball began to arrive at
ng"e o'clock. The dance was opened with a quadrille,
_viliich the Duke of Cleveland led off with the Mar-
"lioness of Londonderry. The festivities were prolonged
until a late hour on Saturday morning.

DEPARTURE OF DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN FOIL
ZEALAND.—Yesterday the Managers of the Female
''''tngration Fund (4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar
were enabled to dispatch another detachment of
Tdistressed needlewomen to Australia by a splendid first-class
nue sailing for that colony, the Stately, Captain Grinder.
g'!eY were accompanied to Gravesend, where the ship was
ing, by the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Mr. Holy, the Rev.
ilewn, Mr. Quickett, the Hon. Mrs. Stuart Wortley, the
;;°0- Mrs. Percy, and a number of their relatives and friends.
'-'ll reaching the barque, they were introduced to the
rca_bin and had their berths allotted to them. The ar-
...aurgements for their comfort during so long a voyage
e as perfect as possible, and reflected great credit
Oen the care and zeal of the parties concerned, The
nourable Arthur Kinnaird and Mr. Quickett then
ter Y addressed the emigrants in earnest and affectionate
d,_r•u
;s, impressing upon
were the only them the fact, that their od con-
epwd and well-doing recompense which they
give to their benefactors, who had charged them-
selves with the expenses of their passage. The latter gen-
msnstated, that a full description of their characters, ,'ulis e
positions, and capabilities, had already been forwarded to
Bishop of New Zealand, and that his Lordship would be
epared to send them to suitable situations immediately on
jleir arrivaL The visitors and relatives then took an at:fee-
lonate farewell, and the emigrants were at once initiated
'4TO the mysteries of the "mess" on shipboard. After dinner
alw`eY were again addressed by Mr. T. Seaward, visiting
be,retarY of the Prayer-book and Homily Society, 18, Sails-
crY-square, who concluded by distributing to each selec-
tie from the homilies and liturgies of the Church suitable
..(? their circumstance& Mr. Seaward also made a similar
2!stribution to the other emigrants going out in the Stately.
'the number of needlewomen sailing in this vessel is 30.
LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The half-
Yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company took place
Yesterday at the offices, Coleman-street, City ; William Shad-
?oh, Esq., in the chair. The statement of accounts presented
1)1 the meeting
shares at 45. per share,
was as follows ; —To dividend on 43,077
58,6151. Bs. • to interest on bonds,
2,6 t; L" ; preference shares, L,568/. ; property-tax,
28— '3' ; expenses, salaries, &c., 84 1. 7s. ; balance, 8,7201.
2„. 2d.; half-year's annuity, 71. andg a total of
„0:734/. 17s. 3d. By balance of profit loss, t 1,7181. lls.
'ct ; rent of railway, halt year, 20,500/. transfer fees,
15i. 58 •
20,73 •• , interest on bonds, 219/. 12s. 3d.; making
a total of
4/. 17s. 3d. The statement of accounts was received,
and_ a dividend declared of 4s. per share. Some conversation
nstued relative to 50,0001. of the bond debt, and it was ex-
timed by the Chairman that, although only 10,5001. of that
he had yet been applied for, there was no doubt but that
be
tpresent holders would gladly continue to hold the de-
theniru re bonds, receiving 4 per cent. instead of 5. In case of
ot being willing
Pay to do so, they had the money ready to
them off. A Vote of thanks to the Chairman and direc-
torr concluded the Wiliam of the meeting.

LITERATURE.
SACRED INCIDEIVTS. By Psychologist.

and 11,
The design of this work being of a somewhat
novel character, we cannot do better than quote its
author's own account of its object and arrangement :
" At the period when the writing of this poem was
commenced, its plan (that of causing it to be publicly re-
cited, or read, whilst every incident therein narrated,
should be represented by accompenying pictorial illus-
trations, on a most imposing scale) was presumed to have
the merit of originality. It had proceeded to some ex-
tent, when a somewhat similar mode of conveyicg in-
formation, adopted by other parties, with works of lesser
extent, and such as could be more readily matured, came
rapidly into use, and was recognized by all classes of the
community as being philosophical in intention, and as
highly instructive in effect.
" The features of various countries, accompanied by
verbal descriptions, have be©n rapidly, and with various
amounts of talent, presented to the public; and the re-
flective faculties of thousands have been addressed, by
the simultaneous operation of these two important means,
appealing to the senses of sight and hearing, the great
inlets for the introduction of knowledge to the human
mind.
" Such mode of imparting information has become de-
servedly popular; it has especially beers made available
to the vivid conceptions of the unknown scenery of
foreign lands; and the groundwoi k has been laid of a
general system of conveying valuable and pleasing in-
formation in a form combining the effect of study with
the relaxation of amusement. The system I consider to
be yet in its infancy. I believe it will be applied to
matters of far higher interest and cf greater sublimity,
and that it will be more and more appreciated, as effec-
tive and valuable, as the faculties, and as the feelings
which are so addressed, are sought to be made the
vehicles for the conveyance of equally truthful, but of
deeper, and of more important, visions to the soul.
" I intend, therefore, in this poem, and in the pictorial
illustrations which are designed to accompany it, to avail
myself of the appliances which have received universal
approval, in minor matters, to arrest your attention on
subjects of the deepest possible import. I shall endeavour,
by the powers of poetry and painting, to engage your at-
tention to the most sublime subjects of sacred history; to
lead you to travel back from representations of lands
which you have hitherto seen peopled by their Abo-
rigines, in their primitive and uncivilized state, to the
time of their creation; to bid you run your imaginations
backward, in the stream of time, from delineations
you-, have seen of the remnants of the bygone grandeur
of the Eastern and Egyptian lands, to the wondrous
periods when such mighty empires existed in their
pristine and undiminished grandeur; when the temples
' of Egypt were thronged, the palaces were occupied, and
the cities were inhabited by those mighty nations, the
reeords of whose wealth and power they are, and whose
histories come down to us briefly declared in God's
Word; that Holy Volume alone remaining rightly to
account for the origin of that wondrous people by whom
their construction was commenced; to define the time
and the causes of their decline and overthrow; and to
describe the justice of that Eternal Mandate which went
forth for the consummation of the utter devastation
then determined, and now discernible; and, by such
means, I shall attempt to lead you still further back, be-
yond the origin of all these vestiges of human works, to
the vestiges of God's Creation. ,

" To address powerfully the senses of sight and hear-
ing, and to make such organs the channels of commu-
nicating the truths recorded in the Bible, is my most
earnest object in producing this poem, and its accom-
panying pictorial exhibition."
While we trust that this proposed exhibition may be
productive of beneficial results, we are inclined to
doubt the advisibility of such a mode of treatment of
such a subject. The most important portion of reli-
gious knowledge (immeasurably) is a practical belief
in the teaching, rather than an intellectual acquaint-
ance with the incidents recorded, in the sacred volume.
How far the plan of "Psychologist" may encourage
this we cannot say ; the poem now before us is suf-
ficiently successful in this respect. While we occa-
sionally shrink from the familiar introduction of the
most sacred names, we continually recognize through-
out the poem evidences of a reverent and religious
feeling. Regarded as a "poem," the first portion of
this work has one serious difficulty to contend with.
It necessarily suggests the thought of "Paradise
Lost," and as necessarily suffers by the suggestion.
Apart from such comparisons, the composition of
" Sacred Incidents" is for the most part a piece of
elegant versification, with occasional beauties and oc-
casional blemishes. The two first volumes refer to
the period from the creation of the world to the
passage of the Red Sea by the Israelites.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, JAN. 28.
The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
in the grounds around the Castle.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunt-
ing this morning, attended by General Wemyss and
Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour.
Lord John Russell and Lord Seymour left the
Castle to-day.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at-
tendance in the Castle during dinner yesterday
(Monday) evening, and performed the following
selections:—
Overture, "Camp of Silesia" Meyerbeer.
Waltzer, " Fairest of the Fair".. D'Albert.
Selection, "Matilda de Schrobran" Donizetti.
Quadrille, " Charleschantel"
Galop, " Hugo"
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended,
and played the following pieces :
Overture, " Zanetta" . , Auber.
Finale, 2d Act, " Zauberflotte" Mozart.
Selection, " Stradella"

The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Monday
next, the 3d February, at Buckingham Palace. Sum-
monses were issued yesterday from the Privy Council
Office to the Ministers and Officers of State.
A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The
Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town in the fore-
noon from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts, and was
present at the meeting. Lord John Russell returned
to town yesterday from Windsor Castle, and attended
the Council. The other Ministers present were the
Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, Sir George
Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the
Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry L abouchere,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon.
Fox Manila. Sir John Hobhouse arrived in town at
half-past three o'clock, and joined his colleagues. The
Council sat three hours.
Mr. Hastie, M.P. for Paisley, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The
Chief Commissioner of the Poor-laws had also an in-
terview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday at
his official residence in Downing-street.
Lord Seymour returned to town yesterday from
Windsor Castle.
The Postmaster-General had an interview on Mon-
day with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governors of the North Ame-
rican colonies.

DEATH OF MAJOR WILKINSON, H. P., ROYAL MA.,
RILES.—Major Wilkinson, who died on the 26th instant, at
his residence at Kensington, entered the Royal Marines in
the year 1797 and the next year served on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Diomede, in Lord Duncan's fleet off Camperdown
in the blockade of the Dutch fleet in the Texel ; afterwards
he proceeded to India, and in his ship fell in with a large
body of Malay pirates off Batavia, who were completely sub-
jugated. He afterwards served on board the Leander at the
capture of the French frigate, Ville de Milan, as well as at
the recapture of the Cleopatra off the Bermudas. Major
Wilkinson also served in the expedition to the north of
Spain, under Sir James Malcolm. He had received the gold
medal for his services in Egypt. This gallant officer had
served with the Royal Marines in every quarter of the globe,
and on one occasion when carrying dispatches was taken
prisoner by the Americans in Virginia. In the brevet of
1830 he attained the rank of major, and since 1839 had been
on half-pay.
DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HOLMES.—This gentle-
man, who for so many years cted as whipper-in to the Tory
party, was a native of the county of Sligo, born in 1779.
His father, an opulent brewer, was the eldest descendant of
a family long settled in the King's County, acquired con-
siderable property in Sligo, filled the office of High Sheriff
of that county in the year 1810, and after a long and rather
prosperous life, bequeathed some portion of his possessions
to his son. Mr. Holmes entered Trinity College, Dublin, at
the usual age, and after completing his education, obtained
a commission in the army, served some years in the West
Indies, and was military secretary there to Sir Thomas
Hislop. In 1807 he married Lady Stronge (widow of Sir
James Stronge, Bart.), retired from the army, and obtained
a seat in the House of Commons. It was in 1808 that he
came in for Grampound, and during twenty-three years
he continued to be a Member of the Lower House; but
from 1832 till 183 7 his parliamentary career was inter-
rupted, and in 1841 brought to its final close. He sat
successively for Grampound, Tregony, Bishop's Castle,
Hazelmere, and Berwick-on-Tweed. In the high and palmy
days of Toryism the peculiar talents of Mr. Holmes were
in great request, for in the private management of the mem-
bers of an unreformed House of Commons he was without a
rival. Mr. Holmes was by the side of Mr. Perceval when
he sank under the hand of an assassin, and he also happened
to have been within a few yards of Mr. Huskisson when that
well-known statesman came by a violent though accidental
death. Lord Liverpool succeeded Mr. Perceval as First
Minister of the Crown, and having held office during the
long period of fifteen years, his administration was followed
by the several governments of Mr. Canning, of Lord
Goderich (now Earl of Ripon), and of the Duke of Welling-
ton. Of all these Mr. Holmes was a supporter in the
House of Commons, taking no part in the debate, but ex-
cellent care of the division. Gradually his health declined,
and on Sunday last, to the great griet of his many friends,
he died.

RESIGNATION OF NR. ALDERMAN GlRDS.—Yes-
terday morning Mr. Michael Gibbs resigned his aldermanic
gown for the ward of Walbrook, which he has held since
the year 1838. It is reported that this determination has
been resolved upon principally in consequence of the losses
sustained by the litigation in which he was so long engaged
with the parish authorities of St. Stephen, Walbreok, as well
as by the failure of an eminent builder and contractor.

HOURS OF CLOSING THE ROYAL ExcBANGE.—The
Gresham Committee have given notice that henceforth the
four gates of the Royal Exchange will be closed for admission
at a quarter before four o'clock in the afternoon, and will be
opened for the purpose of egress only until a quarter-past
four o'clock F.M.