The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Majesty held a Privy Council at four o'clock on
tidaY afternoon, at the Pavilion at Brighton.
th.ttit following Cabinet Ministers arrived at Brighton in '
afternoon from town, to attend the Council—viz.:
l''count Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Pal-
trl'ieraten, Lord Glenelg, the Earl of Minto, and the Right
ioneurable C. Poulett Thomson. The Marquis of Lans-
‘°'lll e arrived from his seat at Bowood Park; Wilts.
Council.
the King gave audience to Lord Glenelg before the
The Marquis of ConYng,ham, Lord Chamber-
m'_ll; and the Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse ;
'4O attended the Council.
The Honourable W. Bathurst was the Clerk in waiting.
t° town
of the Cabinet Ministers were expected to return
Ittavn last evening from Brighton, to dine with Lord John
ssell, at his residence in Wilton-crescent.
1, Mr. W. Brougham, and Mr. C. P. Cooper, Secretary to
‘:'e Commissioners on the Public Records, had an interview
esterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down-
nff-street, on the business of the Commission.
A Deputation of the Westminster School of Medicine,
°4sistino. of Dr. Burne, Dr. Todd, Mr. North, and Mr.
th e Thomson, had an interview with the Chancellor of
Exchequer yesterday.

It has been felt as a great annoyance by the whole
''l,lthe Tory party, that Sir Robert Peel, who was at Tam-
all last week, did not attend the Orange meeting
Which was held at Birmingham on Thursday. He did not
en send an apology.
orA notice was issued at the Post-Office on Saturday
),_tile further postponement of the sailing of the Lisbon
r,_eltet, and that letters would be in time by the 21st in-
;`'llt (Monday). This caused some considerable degree of
excitement in the city, as from the departure of this mail
moment
a second time 'delayed, it was considered something of
was pending.
a Accounts from Lyons, of the 15th inst., state that
'qe cold there is excessive, and that the Saone is now frozen.
The weather continues to be excessively foggy here;
t,t!, Saturday last the fog was so thick that several persons
fell into the water, but luckily no lives ware lost.--Amster-
'oh Paper.
FIRE AT NEATII ABBEY.—On Saturday morn-
it& between six and seven o'clock, a fire was discovered in
llPattern-store: of the Neath Abbey Iron Works, and in
few, minutes the whole building was in a terrific blaze,
presenting a truly awful spectacle. The wind was in a
'rcurable quarter, but from the immense body of flame
t.Yt was almost instantly kindled, and the combustible na-
the contents of the adjoining workshops, there was
some time no expectation but that the entire range of
building would speedily be consumed. Too much praise
tlenot be bestowed on the conduct of the workmen, who
,LsiPlayed the greatest energy and fearless promptitude in
:lter exertions, wherein they were most ably assisted by
their r wives, daughters, and the neighbours generally, who
ev.nced a deep interest in arresting the progress of the
lees, which, contrary to all expectation, was effected ;
led in about two hours the fire was got under, with coin-
,nratively little damage to the property, and no serious
personal injury, and the men were able to resume their
work on Monday morning. The proprietors feel much in-
debted to their neighbours and workmen for their unremit-
ting efforts, which were so successful in averting the im-
peuding catastrophe.—The Cambrian.
ts, ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Between seven and eight
also on Sunday night last, one of the bargemen, who is
ao occasionally employed as private watchman at Jones's
Zed on
Upper Thames-street, heard a splash in the water,
1,11,4 on looking over the side of the barge (the Emma),
struggling
was lying alongside'of the wharf, he saw a female
4:,_reggling in the water. The bargeman, with great humanity,
_gdnotwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, jumped
t`,l after her, and succeeded in reaching her as she rose to
:le surface the second time. She was got on shore in an
It'Parently lifeless state, and immediately conveyed to the
,gespital, where the usual means of producing resuscitation
:ere employed, and she was eventually recovered, but re-
ains in a very precarious state at present, chiefly, it is pre-
sumed, from the sudden chill she experienced from the cold-
ss of the water. It appears that the name of the unfor-
.e
gicate girl is Ann Rich, and that she is only in her 17th
Year. About six weeks ago she was inveigled from a situa-
te she held at a respectable tavern, in Bishopsgate-street,
a young man who promised her marriage, but who sub-
iectuently deserted her, which was the cause of her attempt,
11 self-destruction.
Two months ago the Queen of the Belgians had
Sent to her, from Paris, a quantity of dresses and rich
tuffs• The box which contained them was lost between
Valenciennes and Mons, and no trace of them could be
,ellod until Sunday last, when a peasant girl made her ap-
Vearance at the Church of Pierre Bois, a small village about
Ileacrue from Valenciennes, invested in a rich and elegant
`"aritre,
t and a fine Cachemire shawl, and at the same time
raring a pair of wooden shoes. Astonishment was ex-
ed, and inquiry, of course, ensued, when the village co-
luette declared that she had found the box in which they
Were contained, with other female apparel, on the high-
t'ael, and as nobody came forward to claim them, she
thought
she was justified in wearing them. The box, with
e remainder of the articles, was safe in the cottage, and
forwarded to their original destination ; the disappointed
girl being indemnified by some presents more suited to her
station.
GRAND PIGEON MATCH FOR A SILVER TAN-
10+13D.—Mr. Bowden, the proprietor of the Chalk Farm
l'lvern, yesterday gave a very splendid silver tankard, to be
shot for by gentlemen who had and had not won prizes,
giving four yards closer distance to the latter gentlemen.
e best shots of the day were engaged in the match, and
took
-their_places in the following order :—Mr. Bloodsworth,
bar.,,„ Taylor, Mr. Smith, Mr. Groom, Mr. Gyngall, and
'lr. Toombs. The gentlemen placed at twenty-one yards
mere Mr. Bromley, Mr. Danby, Mr. Williamson, Mr.
Mr. Chantrey,and Mr. Swayne. Mr. Groom killed
" ; Mr. Swayne, 8 ; Mr. Gyngall, 8 ; Mr. Toombs, 8 ;
kr. Chantrey, 8 ; Mr. Taylor, 7 ; Mr. Bromley, 7 ; Mr.
Williamson, 7 ; Mr. Bloodsworth, 7 ; Mr. Ball, 6. One
‘.O Mr. Bloodsworth's birds pitched on the paling dead, and
Fell outside the ground. The ties will be shot off on New
Tear's Day.
MURDER.—The spirit of evil which caused the fist
homicide seems. yet " untired by time."—A man named
pl`Carthy was murdered by his brother, in the neighbour-
'sod of carrigalinc, in the county of Cork, on Wednesday
11,,Ight. The two brothers, who were unmarried, lived toge-
ter, •having a small lot of ground divided between them.
The: younger of the two, thinking that he would do better by
setting up a jingle (a one-horse car), proceeded to dispose of
his share of the produce of the ground, and, accompanied by
his brother, brought a load of potatoes to market on the day
Mentioned. Having sold the potatoes, they left town, but
had some dispute on the road, the elder endeavouring. to
Persuade the other to abandon his design of the jingle, and
remain at home. The bad feeling thus produced was in-
creased by the deceased, on his reaching the house, turning
his horse on the ground that belonged to his brother, who,
being enragdd'at it, rushed on him with a spade. The de-
ceased endeavoured to escape, and made for the potato-
house • but the other forced the door, and inflicted a severe
!'lew 'from the effects of which he died on Friday. The
brother has been committed to the county gaol.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. HOWARD, THE
:I,i€Tort AND AuTuott.—An inquest was held at the White
Lion
_public-house, before Thomas Higgs, Esq., and a
respectable Jury, on the body of Mr. John Howard, other-
wise John Rogers, aged forty years. The deceased, it ap-
pears, was well known in the theatrical world, and was
formerly in affluent circumstances, but latterly had been
reduced to great poverty, and was, necessitated te. reside in
413 humble lodging at the above public-house. At an early
Period of his life he formed a peculiar penchant for the
Stage, and performed at most of the provincial theatres, and
Intimately he became manager himself in the country, where
he had .a circuit, and most of the stars and other actors of
the. day performed at his theatres. His histrionic specula-
tlous, however, aid not 'succeed to his wishes, and he a few
Yoars. ago (lune to London, with the remains of his shat-
tered fortune, which he soon expended, when he resorted
to literary pursuits for a livelihood, • and was in the habit of