The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-15 00:00:00

ROYAL MARINE RESIDENCE.

The treaty for Norris Castle has terminated un-
successfully. Rumour states that the great impedi-
ment was the high price required. If this be the
case, a correspondent has suggested a plan admirably
adapted for the proposed object, where the sum re-
quired is not likely to be an obstacle. Our readers
must have heard a few years since very much about
the Baroness de Feucheres, whose complicated law pro-
ceedings ended very triumphantly two years ago ; she
however, was only spared a year or two to enjoy
her triumphant success and her great wealth. It
may be remembered she erected a splendid
marine villa, in the New Forest, close to Christ.
church, where the bathing is proverbially as good as
any in England. We have been favoured, at Mr.
George Robins's office, with a sight of the drawings,
which were perfected by a first-rate artist of South-
ampton, when the sale was in contemplation, three
years ago, and it gives a very just idea of the im-
posing character of the building. Some little notion
may be formed by an intimation that this splendid
abode cost twenty thousand pounds, quite indepen-
dently of the little park, of thirty-one acres, and the
beautiful gardens and grounds that surround it. It is
accounted the most attractive feature of the New For est ;
and the accommodation, it is apprehended, is quite
equal to the expectation the word " comfort" would
imply in its most comprehensive meaning. Besides its
great desideratum will be found in its approximation
upon the sea, from which it is only distant a short five
minutes' walk. This favoured property is consigned
by the present owner to the fate of Mr. George
Robins's hammer in the spring, but he will
necessarily be but too happy to negotiate for
its occupation by our good Queen and her
lovely infants during the bathing season. Some faint
idea of the sort of place we have been noticing, may
be inferred from a very short but pithy paragraph
of " the knight of the hammer," which we extract
from his printed particulars of the sale :—" The
Baroness has given unequivocal proof of her extra-
ordinary taste in the arrangement of this domicile ;
and the accommodation is so perfect, as to leave no-
thing to be desired. Twenty-five beds can, on an
emergency, be made up. The arrangement has evi-
dently been planned by the hand of an artiste, and
one highly gifted. It very nearly .approaches per-
fection ; which, indeed, seems to reign triumphantly
through ' these regions of splendour and klight.'
The effect in the grand suite is absolutely electrical.
The entree to the mansion is by a lodge of clever
design, and a circuitous route through the prolific
ics plantat. s and pleasure grounds leads to the novel
scene of veral rural bridges across the meandering
stream, w ich is seen pursuing its natural course until
it is exhausted in the wide ocean." Such is a brief
outline of Mr. George Robins's description. If
Royalty do not previously fall in love with it, he will
offer it for unreserved sale in the month of May,
together with the elegant furniture and effects. It
is a five hours' journey only from the metropolis.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
G. Nettleton, tailor, Brompton' Kent, March 7, at eleven—
J. Harrison, coach builder, Brighton, March 7, at half-past
one—C. Marshall, brewer, Old Castle-street, Whitecharl,
March 7, at one—G. Bishop, merchant, St. Mary-axe, City,
March 7, at half-past twelve—F. W. E. Barandon, merchant,
Philpot-lane, City, March 6. at half-past two—A. Mason,
coach proprietor, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, March 5, at
half-past eleven—A. and C. Duncan, merchants, Tokenhoutc-
yard, City, March 6, at half-past one.
In the Country.
J. Brown, merchant, Sheffield, March 8, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court—G. and W. Boyd, millwrights, Hull,
March 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—St. John
Cartwright, grocer, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, March 7, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—S. Ferris, J. H. Butler,
and J. Butler, merchants. Liverpool, March 9, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court—W. Jacks, merchant, Bristol,
March 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—G. Holds-
worth, worstedspinner, Northowram, Yorkshire, March @, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—R. Hansford, grocer,
Weymouth, Dorsetshire, March 7, at twelve, at the Leeds
District Court—W. P. Georges, wine merchant, Devonport,
March 7, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court—J. R. Mun-
den, flax spinner, Barwick, Somersetshire, March 7, at one, at
the Exeter District Court—A. Webb, carpet seller, Liverpool,
March 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—G.
Hood, earthenware manufacturer, Burslem, Staffordshire,
March 6, at one, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Bate,
ironmonger, Dudley, Worcestershire, March 9, at half-past
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—T. W. Jones,
draper, Wellington, Shropshire, March 7, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court—G. Wheldon, clothier, Dudley,
Worcestershire, March 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
A. Wells, surgeon, Wickford, Essex, March 7-1 M•Lean,
statuary, Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street Without, March 7
J. Dobson, ship's carpenter, Old Gravel-lane, Ratcliffe-high-
way, March 7—P. Beyfus, steel-pen manufacturer, Hounds-
ditch, March 7—J. Gunton. butcher, Cambridge, March 7
E. Thompson, tailor, Southampton, March b—J. Andrews,
licensed victualler, Guildford-street East, Wilmington-square,
March 5—C. Willsmer, draper, Tillingham, Essex, March 7
A. G. Roussac, merchant, Austin-friars, City, March 5—W.
Read, engraver, King-street, Covent-garden, March 7—H.
Cotman, draper, Norwich, March b—A. W. and T. S. Low-
man, cheesemongers, Eastcheap, City, March 6—J. Wolland,
turner, Exeter, March 6—J. Rowles, worsted manufacturer,
Leicester, March 6—J. Baylis, victualler, Deritend, Warwick-
shire, March 9—F. Peters, wine merchant, Manchester,
March B—R. Prince, stuff printer, Manchester, March 6—J.
Smalley, iron founder, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, March 5
W. Dickinson, merchant, Bexley Kent., March 5—J. Web-
ster, newspaper proprietor, Sheffield, March 5.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. Knight and E. Cutress, millers, Preston, near Brighton
—F. W. Edwards and J. Poy, commission agents, Alderman-
bury—T. Purcell and T. W. Nichols, tallow chandlers, Bat-
tersea—T. Littledale, H. Littledale, R. Aspinall, and T. Lit-
tledale, jun. tea brokers, Liverpool (so far as regards R. Aspi-
nall)—R. Richardson and J. Holliday, tailors, Liverpool—G.
Barnes and C. Berwick, newspaper proprietors, Sunderland—
Deane, Youle, and Co., general commission merchants, Per-
nambuco, Brazil (so far as regards W. Atkinson and R. S.
Graham)—J. Ellerton and T. C. Knell, warehousemen, Law-
rence-lane, City—T. Hankey, J. A. Hankey, and T. Hankey,
jun. (so far as regards T. Hankey)—W. Wilkinson and J.
Adams, black ornament makers, Birmingham—F. Harrison
and H. Shuckford, hosiers, Greenwich—J. Bradder and J.
Wood, butchers, Stafford--R. Briercliffe, T. Briercliffe, and
S. Barrett, cotton-waste dealers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire
--W. Adams and W. Pearson, spar and marble manufacturers,
Matlock, Derbyshire—Ed. and Eh. Grainger, mercers, Dudley,
Worcestershire—B. Slipper
.and J. Cornick, builders, Little
Britain, City—J. Marrian and J. Reynolds, 'tampers, Bir-
mingham—G. Rands, sen., and C. Rands, leather sellers,
Northampton—E. and C. Margetts, brokers, Liverpool—W.
H. H. Turner and C. Hunt, joiners, Chorlton-upon-Medlock,
Lancashire—J. Yeomans and W. Standfie]d, merchants, Shef-
field—T. T. Cattle), and R. L. Young, lead merchants,
Cousin-lane, Upper Thames-street—J. and W. J. Bryant, sur-
geons, Edgeware-road—D. Hoyle and G. Sykes, cheese
factors, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—H, Linnet' and J. Tanner,
boot makers, Alton, Hampshire—S. Hatfield and G. Brsailier,
tailors, South Molton-street, Ozford-street—J. H. Crosland
and J. Hemingway, painters, Leeds.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
DAVID STOCKS, farmer, Cameron-bridge, Fifeshire,
Feb. 19 and March 11, at twelve, at Smith's Inn, Kirkaldy.

TIIE SECRET PASSION.—Of the numberless illus
trators of Shakspeare, no one has produced so animated a
picture of the poet, and the highly picturesque age in which
he flourished, as the author of those entertaining works called.
" The Shakspeare Novels," now completed by the publica-
tion of " The Secret Passion ;" a production, the character of
which can be best conceived by a summary of the chief fea-
tures of its extremely interesting story. The author com-
mences with his hero in the height of his fame, from his first
acquaintance with the celebrated Countess of Pembroke, with
whose son he is placed in the situation of travelling tutor;
an office, as is well known, held at the same period by Ben
Jonson. This arrangement enables the author to introduce
some extraordinary scenes and adventures in which Shak-
speare and the younff heir of Pembroke are represented as
engaged in whilst at Rome, Venice, and other Italian cities,
and subsequei3tly at the Court of Henri Quatre. The scene
is then changed to the Court of James 1., and among the
principal personages to be found there are the King. Henry
Prince of Wales, Villiers Duke of Buckingham, Lord South-
ampton, Sir Hugh Clopton, Si: George Carew, &c. The last
portion of the story shows the poet enjoying an honourable
retirement in his native town of Stratford-upon-Avon, which
cannot fail of being recognised as a most delightful conclu-
sion to a narrative of unrivalled interest.

The Runcorn correspondent of the Chester Courant
says—" There cannot be a doubt that Lord Francis Egerton
is either, or will be shortly, in possession of Ellesmere port,
docks and warehouses ; the term of proprietorship is not
known, but we believe very great changes are immediately
contemplated, both in the transit of goods and passengers
between Liverpool and Birmingham."

DEATH FROM DESTITUTION:OH Friday, Mr.
Baker, the Coroner, held an inquest at the Black Horse, Kingsland.
road, on the body of Johann Kuhulein, aged 4.9. John Smith,
gate-keeper at the Shoreditch workhouse, stated, that at eight
o'clock on Tuesday night last the deceased was found sitting on the
step of a door, in Hoxton, by police constable Dean, No. 205. De.
ceased was then in an insensible state, and the policeman had him
taken to the workhouse. Witness had him placed in one of the
wards, and sent for the parish surgeon. On the following day he
recovered a little, but not sufficiently to be able to speak. In the
night he grew worse, and at six o'clock the next morning died.
Witness found in his pockets a pawnbroker's duplicate for a pair
of shoes and a pistol, pledged at Dover, on January 15, 1844,
in the name of Henry Curling, of Limekiln.street. There was
also a book partly written and partly printed, and which contained
a description ofJphann Kuhulein. The description agreed with
deceased's appearance, and it was supposed from some writing in
the book that he (deceased) had been a miller, and had travelled on
business through Dresden, Hamburgh, and many other places on
the Continent. Deceased was very poorly dressed in an old blue
coat, canvas trousers, and old cotton socks. From a passport in
his possession, and some entries in the book. witness thought the
last place he was at was Rotterdam. Mr. James Clark, the parish
surgeon, said that deceased was scarcely able to breathe when he
saw him. He died next morning, and witness had no doubt that
his death was caused by the want of food. Upon an examination
of the body nothing whatever was found in the intestines. Ver-
dict, " Natural death, accelerated by want and destitution."
DONATION BATTA.—On Monday, at twelve o'clock,
a previous notice having been given by order of the Governor
and Directors of the East India Company to the officers and
seamen of the several men-of-war, frigates, steamers, and
other vessels which had been engaged in the hostilities against
the Chinese, that a distribution of donation batta would
take place at the East India House, many of those who had
shared in the glories of that war attended there for that pur-
pose. The donation batta, which had been ordered by the
Governor-General of India to the military and naval forces,
in consideration of the great services rendered by them, con-
sist of an addition of pay according to the time of service.
The vessels serving in that war were the Wellesley, Blen-
heim, Melville, Blonde, Algerine, Alligator, Calliope, Colum-
bine, Conway,Cruiser, Druid, Herald, Jupiter, Lara, Sama-
rang, Starling, Sulphur, and Volage, with the Nemesis and
Queen steamers. The distribution was an increase of 6, 12,
and 18 months' pay. This will cause an addition to the ex-
penses attending this war of several thousands of pounds.
The military received their batta at Calcutta, the money
having been taken there by the Calliope. The officers and
men have yet to receive the prize money for that war which
,will be paid at Somerset HOUR.