The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Quen and Prince Alb_rt walked yesterday
morning in the garden o Buckingham Palace.
L,)rd John Russell had an audience of her MaSesty
yesterday.
Ilia R +yal Highness Prince Albert rode our, on horse-
back yesterday morning, aitinded by Lieut. Colonel the
Hon. 21!exander Gordon.

Their Royal highnesses the Duke find DucLees de
Nemours visited her Maj:sty yesterday. Their Royal
Highnesses eterwards went to Clarence House, St.
.briues's, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent.

The Royal Family took their accustomed norm snd
waltzing exircise yesterday, in the garden of the Ptdrce.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday. at Bucking-
ham Palau. The cc,mpany included her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, hia Excellency Mons. Tri-
coupi and Madame Tricoupi, the Marquis of Donegal,
Laety Fanny Howard, Baroness do Speth. Lord and
Lady Stanley, Lord Fitvoy S:)merset, the Right Hon.
Sj-tri.trht and Lady Caroline La,icelles, Viet -
Admiral Sir George and Lady Seymour, and Colonel
_ _ .

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent vi,ited her
R9yal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday-, at
Gloucester house.
A Cabinet Ciuncil was held yesterday, at three o'clock
in the afternoon, at the Foreign-office, the summonses
for the meeting having been issued in the forenoon.
The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the
Lord Cnaccellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmer-
ston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the Bight Hon.
Henry Labouchere. the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the
Right Hon. Fox Maule.
The Council eat three-quarters of an hour. After the
Connell Lord John Russell went to Buckingham Palace,
to have an audience of her Maj..-ity.
Mr. Scholefield, M.P., and Dr. Birt Davies, Coroner
for BirruiLgliam, had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday, at the Home-office.
Mr. M'Gill, from Canada, had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the, Governors of West Australia, the Mau-
ritius, and Malta, and from the Lord High Commissioner
of the lonian Islands.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes•
terday. Present, the Master of the Rolls, the Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Ad-
miralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. An appeal frina
Bengal, "Baboo Sheodass Narain v. Mussurnat Khawal-
has Kooer" (part heard) was resumed; Mr. Turner,
QC., and Mr. Forsyth; and Messrs. Wigram and Lloyd,
Q.C., appeared for the respective parties.

CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.
The anniversary ball of this patriotic and national in-
stitution took place on Thursday evening last, at the
Hanover-equare Rooms, where the members and !heir
friende gathered in great numbers. This society is now
in its twelfth year, and its pretensions are "social
friendship, and chority." These are carried out, in the
true acceptation, and with a thorough regard of the se
virtues, by its committee of management; always re-
membering that to do them well, must needs be to do them
gracefully, and in this way they apply the surplus of
their annual balances between the Scottish Hospital and
the Caledonian Asylum, worthy objects of their pa-
tronage. The ball la:it evening was for the double pur-
pose of the society's objects, giving an opportunity for
friends to meet in one common hall of friendship, to pa a
the night in mirth and glee, which the rastives of Cale-
donia never forget to do on such merry occasions.
There was present last evening u;wards of th ee
hundred persons, and their varied and handseme
dresses had a fine effect; the rooms were tastefully dsco-
rate!l with heraldic emblems, shit:lds, ripai.a, and national
flags, the whole draneried with various clans' tartans.
Supper was served in the spacious hall below, where
ev,:rything that was of good cheer was to be had, the
stewards ever active in their attention to thas„conitorts of
the company. This festivity over, dancing was returned
end maintained with unabated vigour till au early hour.
The moth rn dances of every description had due places
on the programme card, also strahspeys and re els, toge-
ther with the country-dance, and the goold old aivourite
Roger de Coverley, which should ever sat as the rear-
dance of a British ball. The music was of the choice2t,
and Mc. Mackay, her Majesty's piper, assisted by Mr.
Mtobeth and the Marquis of Douglat,'s piper. attended
to play the martial music of the North. It was a happy
and pleasant assembly. and those *lst partook of that
enjoyment owe it to the excellent arrangements of the
management unit the indeiatigable secretary, Mr. Gray,
to whow, as a matter of course, belongs the major part of
the labour attending the getiing up such a meeting.

ANTIDOTE AGAINST POlSON.—Hundreds of lives
might have been saved by a knowledge of this simple recipe
—a large teaspoonful of made mustard mixed in a tumbler
of warm water, and stvallowed as soon as possible; it acts
as an instant emetic, sufficiently powerful to remove all that
is lodged in the stomach.
rd, XYbINSIVE ROBBERY ON A RAILWAY.--On Thurc.
day evening, as a gentleman name i Alford, residing hi Man-
chester, was waiting the arrival of the train at the Bolton
Railway station, Sew Bailey-street, Salford, some adroit
thieves contrived to abstract a red morocco pocket-book
containing 800 S, from his person.
The Sunderland Herald says that the sailors' strike
take
itihi thate
e np,ort
one
afterisvirt uana lolet-haetr,atno end,
employment. as stern necessity is driving
AT dowse.
S 0 D r"BUBS,
An Irishman swearing the peace against Hs three
sons, concluded his affidavit thus: —" And the deponent
further, saith, that the only one ot his children who showed
him any real affection was his youngest, Larry, for lie
nevAerys,trEuGykEphinPlOwithSenoNhleNuG.asNEAß BRISTOL.
—The little town of SoSbury has been placed • state of
considerable excitement in consequence f.AI iii a
state
way, the wife of a person keepingsmallrs. Jane I ath-
a public-house,
having died somewhat suddenly under suspicious circum-
stances. An inquest upon the body has been commenced.
The deceased was seized with her last after
illness has ing
partaken of some anion broth given her by her husband.
Afterart ' p alung of it she was seized with the symptoms
which usually follow the administration of arsenic. No sur-
geon was called in, and she died. It appears that her bus-
basd and herself had lived
a we upon unhappy terms. It is also
alleged that during her lifetime her person had frequently
exhibited marks ot violence caused by her husband. The
contents of the stomach and viscera have been submitted to
Mr. Herapath, the analytical chemist, and the inquest has
been adjourned to await his examination of their coutents.
"NORM CAROLINA COAL.—A spsce of fifteen miles
in laugth, by four to five miles in width, situated in Moore
and Chatham counties, North Carolina, has been lately ex-
plored, and unmistakeable signs found of a deposit. of the
best kinds of bituminous, semi-bituminous, and anthracite
coal. The deposits extend a distance of thirty mile' by four
or live miles in width, embracing a space of about 150 square
miles. They reach a depth of seven feet two inches.
• ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW A RAILWAY TRAIN...—
James Prior, a labourer, was yesterday convicted at the
Aylesbury Quarter Sessions, of having attempted to upset
the express train of tee North-Western Railway Company,
from Liverpool to London, on the 19th November last, by
piscine. e. A large piece of iron-rail, and several chains, on the
rails. He was sentenced to two years' iniptisonment, the
highest measure of punishment allowed by law.
PREsENTs TO THE SULTAN.—A Turkish officer,
named Itassim Effendi, serving on board her Majesty's ship
Arab, has landed at Portsmouth soma pickages containing
curiosities from China, which are intended to be immediately
forwarded to Constantinople as presents to Mehemet Pasha;
and Sir Godfrey Webster, who has been appointed by the
Admiralty to attend on the Turkish officers during their so-
journ in this country. has made arrangements for them to be
shipped on boat d the Turkish frigate Maritz Zater, now
lying in Portsmouth harbour, for transmission to their dee-
tination.

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NEWMARKET RAILWAY COM-
PANY.-(THIS DAY.)
_ .

A meeting of this company was held (his day at the
London Tavern, Mr. Face in the chair. _

Mr. FArrN anrionocEd the object of the meeting,
which was to consign the forfeiture of certain shares by
reason of the non-payment of a call made two years
ago. There was also another object, whieh was to
postpone the half-yearly meeting of the company to
March from February. The reason of this was, that as
all the railway meetings took place in February many
of the shareholders were obliged to attend at other
places, and could not be present at this meeting to bear
the statement of the company's position. In the present
instance the directors wished also to dispose of this
matter of forfeiture before again meeting the share-
holders.
The SECRETARY then read out the numbers of the
forfeited shares, amounting in the whole to 2,392.
In reply to a question from Mr. COIIPLIN,
The CHAIRMAN said that it was perfectly legal to
compel the payment of these calls.
Mr. ComPLIN intimated that he had an opinion from
an eminent counsel to the contrary.
The CHAIRMAN then read an extract from the Law
Times, containing a judgment of the Court of Exche-
quer, given on the 14th of February, that such calls were
perfectly legal, and could be enforced.
The resolution, empowering the directors to sell, or
otherwise dispose of the forfeited shares, were then put
and carried with only one dissentient voice.
The CHAIRMAN then put a resolution postponing the
half-yearly meeting of the compawy until March.
The meeting then separated, after a vote of thanks
to the Chairman.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the LORD
CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.)
POLTER V. ENGLAND.

This was an action to recover damages for false impri-
sonment brought by the defendant, who is a domestic
servant, against his former master.
Mr. Sergeant Allen appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Lush conducted the defence.

From the evidence it appeared that platntiff had for-
merly been in the service of the defendant, and had then re-
ceived 201. a year, with liveries found. There was, however,
a stipulation that all the livery coats should be delivered
up by the plaintiff on leaving, and it was a rule with the
defendant not to allow his servants any perquisites. The
plaintiff left his service to be married, and on so doing,
delivered up all the clothes which he had had from
his master, with the exception of one coat, which
was afterwards missed, and found by a po-
licemar, sent to search for it, in the posses-
sion of the plaintiff, who alleged that it had been
given to him by his master. The plaintiff was then
given into custody on a charge of stealing the coat, but
was dismissed by the magistrate before whom the case
was heard; and it was to recover damages for this im-
prisonment that the present action was brought.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, one farthing.

EXCHEQUER.-(T HIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the LORD CHIEF BARON
and a Common Jury.)
The Court waa occupied this morning with a case of
illegal seizure, which seemed likely to last through a
great part of the day. The case was proceeding when
our report left.