The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Majesty gave audiences yesterday, at St. James's Palace
to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Courtown, Earl
Jersey, and Sir Charles Rowley.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the King last evening.
The Queen, attended by Miss Hope Johnstone, went yester-
day to inspect the new Palace, in St. James's Park. Prince
George of Cambridge arrived at the Palace, and joined her
Majesty. In the afternoon her Majesty paid visits to the
Duchess of Kent,'at Kensington Palace, and the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House.

The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg visited the Duchess of
Gloucester yesterday.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked in
Hyde-park yesterday for same time.

The Princess Sophia visited their Majesties yesterday.
The Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl de_ Grey en
Wednesday evening, at his residence in St. James's-square.
The Earl of Westmoreland had an interview with the Duke
of Wellington yesterday at the Foreign Office.
The Earl of Wicklow visited the Earl of Aberdeen yester-
day at the Colonial Office.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

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SIR.—You will much oblige the writer by inserting the fol-
lowing in an early number of your Journal,-and thereby correct
an error which appears in your List of Members, in reference
to the sentiments of the Hon. Member for Frome.—l am, &c.,
Feb. 19, 18:35. A WHIG.

Mr. Sheppard, M. P. for Frome, has been incorrectly placed
with the Conservatives or Tories, whereas the Hon. Member,
at his last election, in his published address, " again avowed
himself sincerely attached to the principles of the Reform
Bill—the firm friend of civil and religious liberty"—that he
" fully recognized the leading features of Lord Grey's Govern-
ment—Reform, Retrenchment, Peace ;—and that he never
could or would give his support to any Ministry who should
seeh to govern this country on different principles."

In our Parliamentary List of Wednesday last,
through inadvertence, the mune of Mr. R. Potter, the Member
for Wigan, is put under the head of Conservatives: It-should
have been among the Liberals, as it is well known that
Hon. and indefatigable Member has voted in favour of every
Liberal measure that has been brought before the House since
he has been a Member. '
In the vain hope of seeing the King open Parlia-
ment yesterday afternoon, immense numbers of all ranks and
conditions of persons congregated in the streets of Westmin-
ster and in St. James's Park. About two o'clock, as the
Duke of Wellington passed through the Park to the garden-
gate of the Foreign-office, his Grace was cheered by long-
continued acclamations.
The decision of laSt night must have caused the
loss of many thousands, so strong was the opinion that Sir C.
M. Sutton would be re-elected by a majority of eight or ten.
Large bets were laid about the House, of 5 to 3 in favour of
Sir C. M. Sutton, even during the progress of the debate.
Among The strangers who attended in the House of
Commons, there were many Peers. They were chiefly ac-
commodated below the bar. The Lord Chancellor (Lynd-
hurst) was present during the whole of the debate, as were
many other Peers—namely, the Duke of Cumberland, Earl
Munster, the Lords Fitzclarence, the Earl of Errol, Lords
Rosslyn, Wharncliffe, Powis,* Wicklow, Cawdor, Buccleuch,
Ellenborough, Richmond, Duncannon, Salisbury, &c. Their
Lordships were obliged to wait in the lobby till the division
was over.
The ladies contrived to make their way into the
House of Commons yesterday. Being deprived of the " peep
holes" of the ventilator, they were accommodated behind the
Speaker's Chair.
Mrs. Lane Fox, and many other fashionables, re-
mained in their carriages near the House of Commons until
the result of the debate on the question of Speakership was
known, and communicated to them by their friends who had
been present at the discussion.

There were immense crowds about both Houses of
Parliament as early as eleven o'clock, more than are usually
present even when the King goes to the House ; and for some
hours the approaches to the Houses were almost impassable,
except to those who went in carriages. Eventually lines of
police appeared, and secured open footpaths and carriage-way,
according to the arrangements adopted by the police and the
military when his Majesty attends the Parliament. The crowd
continued till the adjournment of the Commons, and the
greatest anxiety was evinced out of doors to ascertain the
numbers of the division.
The following, signed by several hundred electors,
was presented to Sir Francis Burdett :
" Westminster, Feb. 19, 1835.
" TO SIR FRANCIS BURDETT, BART.

" Sir,—We, the undersigned independent electors of West-
minster, beg to address you with the earnest hope that, in the
election of Speaker to the Honourable the House of Com-
mons, an office of such high importance, that you will be
guided solely by your known sound judgment, and that you
will not allow either deputation or faction to dictate to whom
you shall give your vote."
MELTON MOWBRAY, TUESDAY.—Our fashion-
able list enumerates the following individuals of note:--The
Earl and Countess of Wilton, Mr. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs.
Ewart, Captain Stanley, Mr. Wharton, Lord Villiers and the
Hon. Mr. Villiers, Mr. White, Lord Rokeby, Lord Gardner,
Sir Frederick Johnson, Mr. Gilmour, Sir James Musgrave,
Mr. Moore, Mr. Maher, the Duke de Richelieu, Mr. and
Lady Elizabeth Norman, Lord Forester, Mr. Coke, Lord
Macdonald; Mr. and Mrs. Holyoake Goodricke, Captain Dun-
das, Mr. Spiers, Count Bathyany (the Austrian Charge d'Af-
faires), Sir David and Lady Baird, Lord William Poulet, &c.
EARL DARNLEY.—The remains of this Noble-
man were interred yesterday in the family vault in Cobham
Church, about four miles from Gravesend, and one mile from
Cobban! Hall. The late Earl, during the few years he held
the title, liver! entirely in the bosom of his family; and, al-
though his expenditere was limited to that of a plain English
gentleman, yet he was held in high esteem by the community
around ; and it is mentioned, to his high honour, that he has
paid upwards of 100,000/. of debts incurred by his father, al-
though not legally responsible for the same. The instrument
with which he gave himself the wound that so unexpectedly
proved mortal, was not, as stated, an axe, but a woodman's
hooked bill, such as is used for cutting down underwood and
pruning hedges. The medical attendant first called in wished
the Earl to permit the great toe to be taken out at the socket,
but his Lordship refused, observing that his labourers frequently
met with worse injuries, and yet easily got over them, although
not able to command the professional attendance and comforts
be could.

A meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society is to take
place to-morrow at• two o'clock, at which Lord Munster will
preside, to present a diploma to Lieutenant Burnes, of the
Bombay army, as a mark of their high estimation of the great
value and importance of his recent travels in eastern countries.

COURT OF COMMON COUNClL.—Yesterday the
Lord Mayor held a Court for numerous purposes. It was oc-
cupied the entire day with the annual election of Corporate
Officers, the reception of Reports and Petitions, and the ap-
pointment of the Irish Society Committee for the different
wards. There was a good deal of angry discussion. The
salary being 1001. a year, consequently there were several can-
didates.

The daughter of a rich landowner at Chateau Lan-
don, near Foutainbleau, inspired the son of a neighbouring
farmer with a passion so violent that, hearing she was about
to be married to another, he declared to her that his despiir
would drive him to commit some violent act to prevent it.
Unfortunately the young woman disregarded his menaces, anti.
took no precautions. As she was walking in the neighbour-
hood of the town, a few days ago, with her mother, her en-
raged suitor rushed upon them from behind a bush, and se-
verely wounded them both with a scythe ; and, believing that
he had consummated his purpose of destroying her, he threw
hiinself into the river, but not being able to drown himself
there, precipitated himself afterwards into a well. He was
taken out alive, but little hopes are entertained of his recovery.
The lives of his two victims, though they are,in great danger,
are expected to be saved.
Our readers will recollect that during the last three
weeks a considerable portion of our time was occupied in re-
porting outrages that were committed on the persons and prer
perties of the electors who had voted for Colonel Bruen and
Mr. Kavanagh, and we laboured strenuously to impress on
'l,e minds of our rulers the necessity of adopting some means
to pro`oct those respectable men in their just and lawful
rights. Since` our last publication, however, we find the
• murderous designs
•-if the priests and their followers fully
developed, for they have
•••nLID en ced -savage war of
^l,ed by t e stroll's am
ex-
termination, which, if not die,
of the law, w'.ll end, not only in the 4,.struction of lire
and property, but in the total disorganization o.
We are led to these observations by the perpetration of
one of the most heinous outrages it has fallen to our lot
to record during many years. On Friday night week,
about nine o'clock, some villains (instigated by the blessed
hope of martyrdom) proceeded to the premises of Mr. John
Cummins, of Begenalstown, an honest and independent Ro-
man Catholic, who voted for his friends, Colonel Bruen and
Mr. Kavanagh. They scaled the boundary wall, and having
torn off some slates, set fire to the roof of the stable, in which
were five horses. In less than an hour, the fire burst forth
from every part of the house, and on the alarm being given,
it was found impossible, if not-too late, to remove the horses,
being miserably burnt from the falling of the fire from the
roof, although the rack and manger sustained very little
damage. Mr. Beard and several respectable persons of the
town used every exertion to check the further propress of the
devouring element, and succeeded providentially in cutting off
the communication between the stable and a large rick of hay
and some stacks of corn which were within a few feet of the

rcof, and thus, by the unexampled exertions of a few persons,
there was a portion of the property and probably the dwelling-
house of this industrious man saved from destruction. During
the fire there were crowds of persons looking on with the grim
satisfaction of savages, and never assisted to check the progress
of the fire. This fact alone is illustrative of the condition of

society in this country, where sympathy and Christian feeling
have been erased from the list of Irish virtues through the
wicked agency of priests and demagogues. On Saturday a
long investigation took place at the Club-house in this town

• ...go, 0‘1•••7 WV IS
bebefore William Fishbourne and James Battersby,la
Esqrs., and
strong hopes are entertained that the perpetrators of this foul
deed will be brought to justice. On the 10th inst. some mis-
c Keats set fire to the forge of Henry Metcalf, a blacksmith,
who reaides in the barony of Rathvillc, which was entirely
consumed.—Carlow Sentinel.