The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in th•
Royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent partook of
a th:jcune with her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, yester

day, at Buckinghtim Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied bf
his Serene HiLrlinesi the Prince of Leiningen, and at'
tended by ei,brnel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, 11°'
noured the exhibition of the British Institution, in Pan'

mall, with a visit yesterday.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgian.
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on
Thursday, at Clarence House, St Jame*.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester-
day at a meeting of the Commissioners for promoting
and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding Me
Palace of "Westminster. The Commissioners; present
w, re, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lora
Colborne, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, Sir no'
bert Harry Inglis, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Hawes' 11. r.;
Mr. Hallam, Mr. George Vivian, and Mr. Thomas Wyse.
The Commission sat three hours. Prince Albert, 14'
tended by Colonel Bouverie, afterwards returned to
Buckingham Palace.
The American dwarf, " General Tom Thumb," MI
tended yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The RoYs`
circle included her Majesty and Prince Albert, their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, and his
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. The General •
was habited on this occasion in a full Court suit.'
The Royal Family were taken their customary airings
yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Duche3l
of Kent on Thursday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace ye,i•
terday evening included her Majesty the Que!
Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, bs
Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, ho
Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Viscountess Barring;
ton, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Earl of Jersey. Earl et
Denbigh, and Lord George Lennox.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, oa
Thursday evening, included her Roy al Highness the
Duchess of Kent, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer,
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Duke of WeilingtoN
the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Hon.
Sir Edwari and Lady Cast, and Sir George Anson.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited her Repo
Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at ClaXenc.
House, and the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester

House.
The Duchess of Cambridge left town, yesterday, for
her residence at Kew.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess Of
Kent, yesterklay.
Mr. lia,%sois, Treasurer of the Mauritius, had an
terview wi:h Lord Stanley at the Colonial
(try. Mr. Rawson', unexpected return to England bog
been occasion, d by the d, ath of his mother, Lady Raw.
son, which took place at Rome, a few days after his sr
rival in that city,
The Governor of the Wink cf England, and the Dre
puty-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor et
the Exchequer, esterday, at his official residence i°
Downing-street.
Sir James Graham, as Secretary of State for the
Home Department, has ismed invitations for a Stilt
dinner, on Thursday next, to the Judges, &
in-cele•
bration of her Majesty's birthday. The banquet will bl
office, yestev
given at the residence of the Right Hon. Baronet '
Hill-street.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England 11811!
meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehro,e
place. There were present the Bishop of Hereford,
Bishop of Salisbury, and the Earl of Besborough.
Mr. Reid and Mr. Hutton had an interview with Lor.
St•inley at the Colonial-office yesterday.
Mr. John Thornton, Deputy-Chairman of the Stan:
and Ta7.es, had an interview with the Chancellor of I
Exchequer 3 est roey.
Mr. E. Wodehotke, M.P., had an irterview with Lord,
Stanley at the Colonial-office yesterday. is
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has arrived in Paris.
Lordship is expected to return to town at the end of tr
present mouth.

SPORTING IN TELLIGENCIZ.
BURTON CONSTABLE HUNT RACES.—WEDOsId
The Drawing Room Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 gia°"9
Oue mile and three-quarters. 14 subs.
Mr. Wilson's dog Billy, 3 yrs
Col. Thompson's Gib 4 yrs .......................................
Mr. Milner's Beta, aged ..........................................
Mr. Baxter's Magna Charts, 4 yrs ..............................
Mr. Tuting's Corodino, 3 yrs ....................................
Mr. Creyke's f. by Delirium, out of Nell, 3 yrs ...... . .....
Mr. E. 11. Reynard's Miss Redmond, 4 yrs .............•..
Won in a canter.
The Tally-ho Stakes of 7 sovs. each, 2ft and 20 added- 0
yrs, lOst 91b ; 5 yrs, list 71b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st. gel/
one mile and a half. 15 subs. I 1
2
Mr. Milbank's Robinson, aged ...(Mr. C. Reynard) #
Col. Thompson's Hamlet, aged ••• ..... 1 ! 3
Mr. Richardson's Orleans, 5 yrs 8 °g 3
6 °
Mr. Loft's Le Grand, 6 yrs
Mr. Creyke's mby Muley Moloch—Alma, 5 yrs 3 S a
Mr. Johnson's Isabel, 5 yrs ..
,
Sir H. Boynton's Perambulator, 4 yrs
7
Mr. Reynard's Curate, aged
9 9 at
Capt. Chichester's Maria, 5 yrs
Won cleverly. A ilf .
The Holderness Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 addewlle
three years old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b ; one w"
and three quarters.
Mr Wilson's Dog Billy
IN
HURWORTH HUNT. AND DIMSDALE SPrAalkEed-OCS:
TUESDAY. itill
The Hurst Steeple Chase was won by Mr. Applegl
Safeguard, beating Creeping Jenny. 9 GO
The Hurdle Stakes were won lay Mr. Emmerson s
Darling, beating Paddy. OP
The Cleveland Stakes were won by Mr. Thompson's
ney, beating Shepherd. by
DU'
The Brancepeth Stakes were won, in three heats, w.,
Horne's Doctor, beating Ariel and Miss Denton. , tile
The Dimsdale and Middleton Stakes were won, is „„a
heats, by Mr. S. Waring's Saul, beating Miss Hityto
two others. _

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REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS 12-„—.,1
DEATHS.—A.NNE SLACK'S CAS
-"' •
Ti! THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Tighe
Sia,—Very shortly atter the birth of his Royal "lite
ness the Prince of Wales I read in your pap, that, foe
registrar of births attended at Buckingham Pa I fed the
the purpose of rogistering such birth. Here we "°,
public officer fulfilling his duty to the letter, sou 001
oriniag himself careful y" of such birth ; he yetis bito
satisfied at a stranger calling upon him and tellingo jog
that a Priece of Wales was born, and on such east' t
formation regist• ring the same. No ! he carried oil to
6th and 7th Wm. 4, c. 36, s. 18, which enttels,oalf
every registrar is hereb% require d to inform 111701
carecully of every birth and every death which
kith'
happen di-iris ,an to learn and register,
clog
out fee,required
p rticol.rs respectively toll 04
e‘ coy such bi2th nud every smelt chat!), as the col% the
be," &c I Le iev, that Buckingham Palace is 17.000
Piathco regisv ar's oistrict ; if so, we find this 1,4
officer registering the death of Anne Slack as:ta° (00
place on a c-rtain day at South-terrace, of
such place being in his district), on the informati,°"self,
p-tf•cr S ranuer, without proceeding to " inform
according to hi, duty, laid down in the Act of dest°
mew, as to the carr. ctness of the information 0,1 014
left at his office ; and it appears that he was 13°'„1 the
of having registered a fictitious circumstance 11,130" the,
party was in custody for felony who had given otafice'
information. The consequence of this registerillito 00,
having been "slack" in the performance of his uletioo,i-
-that a fraud and felony were carried out to coMP•ollf I
had this officer proceeded " to inform himself etliobe!/
as to the correctness of the statement of Mr*.,a,rea"
Hart (alias Fletcher), of James-street, Comniere7a 'pre
East (a fictitious name and address), before be LI.1500t11.:
seeded to register the death of Anne Slack, of
terrace. Pimlico, we should not now find such
his books, or a will of. such party stated to Work;
living at such place, and dying in such places ree hee_A
at Doctors'-commons, or a probate of such will hay, or'
ncio 0'
exhibited at the Bank of England, or a sum of ui, tr Ori ng
dividends standing in the name of Anne Shtn''
ferred by the Bank of England, under the autb;otioan
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the titled
Debt, into the name of a party not legally en
such unclaimed stock and dividends. a De'll
The Act for the Registration of Births an 000
was passed for the protection of the public 11,1 opt
registrations; but if the duties are to be carriebe" OP
this officer appears to have done his, it ought to l
minated " An Act for giving facility to Impositthe
Frauds." The registrar will perhaps say, that otter's
ment of one shilling for each entry will not re beo
him ; this cannot or ought not to be allowed t° for tb
excuse; Before he had become a candidate tea fitos:
office ho ought to have made himself acqua4o there,
the duties required, and before he had undert" theibe
he ought to have satisfied himself whether.s aot
muneratian would be ample or not ; surely it boefA •
time after election, and after neglecting his dot, We of
reported to have done, to say, it would not Plf th°AL.
infirm myself carefully" as to the correctness of 0179
formation of every birth and death reported at apt 05 It:
It is quite time that something were done tolettil3o.o,o
to these intliseiiminate entries of births and "10010
was but a few weeks since that a woman was
,ild. tare
custody for begging for money to bury her o.:ssereept.
,
produced a registrar's certificate (la death to "oteel„eti
~f her
parties %horn she solicited of the truth b T
A r"
On inquiry, it was found that no such death .0.
_Of.
prat; as repre;ent,d in the registrar's certifi" bop 0
• by
douele fraud I believe to be in daily practice itioes
imposters, and facility given to these thetoer"
frauds by registrars neglecting to otnteobil',
cal t AEI of the truth of the rep: rts left at theist °Try.
a pretty way, indeed, to swell up the aun:ll,ea ttbeir
ling.-fi es tor registration if they are 41°,4 to
gister any report of a birth or death brollg"
ffraool
es;
offices by strangers 00- .0 vr.
I knew nothing whatever of the registrar ate l roe
I have made this attack, further than tae rege picot the
public newspapers, se that, if my statement
have
I can only ;ay that I shall be willing to Pif.he,yeti.ool4
most ample satisfaction for the insinuations anti
out. I have no personal feeling'
take the present case, as reported, for tnvtireglea to
instancing the oils tin public are liable to ._"-Yaireeils bita
neglecting their duties ; and as the attack l'toettra.„ool;
an individual, I do not think it would be fa° sen
.uch n'd 030
by placing an anonymous signature to t• 11
tigairiSt
.1111%top.orroto
•ation, therefore I do not hesitate to affix
residence.—l am, Sir, yours truly,
Ilfracombe, April 18, 1844. rartttt'
ROBERT W. DICI6-ri

STONE THROWING EXTRAORDINAB''—'' -11 et t"; 141----- - _To 0 bat b.
a young man of the village of Edensor, made a tt,Acic
epeein
could throw a stone one hundred and fifty von bi
,and forwards each way. It was decided on luese Ilivage'Caa
last tin Chatsworth Park, when Strutt won tike
~
wenty-three yards, having thrown the stone 0r7,.
and 49YelltY-thre9 yards.—Tvoiverhampion clio°