The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-15 00:00:00

COURT
AyC. CIRCULAR.
SUMMARY OF NEWS I
noltlrietrxtDso. Re,
riTHITRSD --The Royal Family have
t th sidstte either yesterday afternoon or this
:morning for their usual walking and equestrian exer-
cise, owing to the continuance of wet.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is ex •
peeted to return to her residence, Froginore House,
to-morrow (Friday), teotn town.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz returned to Kew from town on Wednesday
evening. The Duke of Cambridge left town yester-
day afternoon for Kew.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester
House.

AND

inton,

" Who runs may read."

sAw AL P3ll.
In the Common Ph IVD
as an ettiono34
waos brought by Miss
Such, the daughter of a builder residing in Foundling-
terrace, Gray's Inn-road, against the defendant, Samuel
A(Aahani, inn., carrying on business as sum in Bow -
tm, Cheapside, for breach of promise cf marriage. The
defendant admitted that he had made the promise and
broken it,, but put a plea upon the record to the effect
that after he made the premise the plaintiff became a dis-
/Potable woman. She had borne a child to the defen-
dant- The jury, after a short consultation, returned for
the plaintiff, Damages 1001.
, }Award Taylor, cab-driver, was fined at the Mansion-
'louse 10s. and 3s. costs, for "crawling " Fleet-street
and the nesghbourhood. lie refused to pay the fine,
and' preferred seven days' imprisonment ; but on -the
Lord Mayor telling him that it could not be less than a
Month, the 13a. were paid.
At Clerkenwell James Kent was charged with having
9.1111 ed police constable Newman, C 2, and Harris, 50
.us It appeared that on Tuesday morning, at about one
°clock, the prisoner and others sallied forth from a beer-
°llorp in High-street, St. Giles's, made use of foul lan-
41Mte, and on the interference of the police, they were
resi•ted and dreadfully mdtreated. Both officers were
left on the ground insensible, but other officers secured
the prisoner. Newman and Harris were so much injured
tih at they required medical aid, and were excused from
g
MT. Air. Combe sentenced him to one month's itnpri
t!onnient fur the assault on Newman, and Harris might
the
a warrant for the assault upon him, to be heard at
'lke expiration of the month.
Barnn Morita Vehder Pforte appeared again before
I"tr. Hardwick at Marlborough-street, to clear himself
„r?"lt,he Charge of having obtained from Mons. Deneu-
-21. by means of a frauJulent cheque. Two German
Itnr'isses stated that the Baroha t b nbelonged to one of the
orat families in Saxony, and t his character for ho-
nesty had never been impeached. The Baron said he
2uld easily prove at this moment lit Was in possession
2 t three estates ; two in Saltony and one in Prussia.
The Prussian estate he had sold, but he had not re-
,!ved the whole of the T''.*;:iceeds yet. Mr. Hardwick con-
collaered that as
us the question of respectability was
eit:lich", ned 'tile Baron had satisfactorily established his
tO he considered the person whom he represented
411ttelf to be, and dismissed the charge.
en.; C OVIECT—PASICIONABAB.
~Pre Earl of Ellenborough has arrived in town from
Bonfbatn House, Gloucestershire.
C'She Duke of Richlieu has left town on a visit to the
1".1 and Countess of Malmesbury, at Heron Court, near
hristchurch.
'The Duchess of Grafton and Lady Louisa Fitzroy
1,."43 left town for Wakefield Lodge, the Duke's seat in
wthaus tonshi re.
The Duke of Norfolk arrived in St. James's-square on
Tuesday evening from Arundel Castle, Sussex. We
linderstand that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge and a distinguished party will assemble at Arun.
del Castle ht the ensuing week.
Marquis and.-Marchioness of Ailesbury have
0
ykhcioned their contemplated visit to Paris this winter,
and
JWill most likely remain at Tottenham Park until
anuary, when the Noble Marquis and Marchioness in-
tend to go to Brighton for a short period.
viThe Countess of Jersey, Ladies Clementina and Adela
ar !tiers
athte intend to prolong their sojourn a week longer at
esbn.
toLsrlin Dowager Countess of Pembroke has arrived in
'T,„.4 from Wilton House, near Salisbury.
Earl and Countess Bruce come to town next week
`r°lll Savenache Lodge, near Marlborough, and are about
V,°l-epart for Frognal Lodge, on a visit to Viscount and
The
Sydney.
"0 Countess of Cavan and her infant son were, tw-
ee,4ra the last letters from Caen, in Normandy, both
tn b favourably.
fro' be, Dowager Countess. Craven has arrived at Bath,
her seat near Newbury.
Ph'ir John Cam Hobhouse has arrived in town from
s,.stuatry Park.
Sir Charles Lamb and Lady Alontgomery, who have
been some months at Eglinton Castle and Lady Jane
ihrnilton's seat in Ayrshire, have 'arrived at their seat
in Sussex.
Lord and Lady Grimston have left Gorhambury on a
'visit to Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone., at Long-
ford Castle, near Salisbury.

The American Minister transacted business yester-
day at the Foreign-office.
A deputation from the Waterford and Limerick
Railway Company, consisting of the Mayor of Lime-
rick, the Mayor of Waterford, Mr. Francis J.
(Limerick), Messrs. Joshua W. Strongman,
and James Walpole (Waterford), and Mr. Charles
Vigil°les, engineer, transacted business yesterday at
the office of the Board of Trade.

Lord Stanley has left Burleigh, the seat of the
Marquis of Exeter, for Birmingham, on his return to
Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.

The ifiarl of Dalhousie has left town fur Deal
Castle.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
•fee from the Governor of the Mauritius.

LYCEUM TIIEATRE.

One of the liveliest and most amusing farces we
have seen for this many a long day, was produced at
this theatre last evening, under the title of A Trip to
Kissengen. The scene is laid at that fashionable
watering-place, where we find Le Comte de Caram-
bole (Mr. A. Wigan), a French Chevalier d'lndustrie,
and his wife Fifine (Mrs. A. Wigan). The Comte has
just performed a grand coup. By uttering forged
circular letters at Frankfort, he has made 10,0001.
The forgery, however, has been discovered, and he
has escaped to Kissengen, on his way to America,
" de country where la justice is unknown, and de
rogues is in safety." At Kissengen is -located Mr.
Hercules Crisis (Mr. Keeley), " our own correspon •
dent" to the Scourge newspaper, who had previously
at Frankfort formed some slight acquaintance with
Fifine. Crisis had at Frankfort spoken a leader of the
Scourge, in which his Majesty the King of Bavaria
was severely handled, and Fifine takes advantage of
this circumstance to enable Carambole to effect his
escape. She meets Crisis, tells him that the police
have orders to arrest him on account of the language
he had used regarding the King of Bavaria, but that
such is the interest she takes in his fate that she has
procured for him her own husband's passport, and
that during his stay at Kissengen he had better pass
as her husband, Le Comte de Carambole. The de-
light of the verdant Cockney at being the beloved of
a real Countess, and passing as a real Count, can
easily be imagined ; besides, the thing' is so ad-
vantageous in the way of business—his position will
enable him to procure such valuable, such early, and
such exclusive intelligence for the Scourge. Just as
he is quietly domiciled with the Countess, who should
arrive at Kissengen but his lawful spouse, Mrs.
Crisis (Mrs. Keely), who, tired ofthe solitude of Herne
Bay, has persuaded her uncle Lonely (Mt. Turner),
to accompany her to Kissengen to surprise her deaf
Hercules. She meets with the Comte, who, pour
passer le temps, makes love to her, and tells her that
Crisis has another wife, and, taking her to the Ragozi
Pavilion, shows her the faithless Hercules drinking
hock and 'flirting with Fifine. He is about to salute
Fifine, when Mrs. Crisis pops her head over Fifine's
shoulder and confronts him. The acting of Keeley
and his wife in this scene was admirable—the fussy
and furious jealousy of the one contrasted admirably
with the stolid look of surprise of the other. Crisis,
however, recovers his assurance, denies his wife and
his name, and proclaims himself Le Comte de Caram-
bole, on which he is instantly arrested, and hurried
off to prison with every chance of being hanged for
forgery. It is in vain that when before the Commis-
saire de Police he appeals to his wife. She disowns
him, and says the Comte, who talks excellent morality
to him, is her husband. Uncle Lonely, too, is deter.
mined to remain lonely—he will acknowledge no
nephew ; while, to crown the whole, Fifine enters,
and throws herself into his arms, declaring,
that although he is guilty, she will never desert her
husband. He is, however, rescued by the entrance
of two Bow-street officers from London, who recog-
nise the real Comte, with whose person they are ac-
quainted, and demand his extratradition, while they
recognise in Crisis an old Bow-street reporter, and
vouch for his identity. His wife, finding lie has been
made a dupe of, receives him back into her favour,
and Uncle Lonely advises him for the future, if he
must go to a watering-place in the summer, not to ven-
ture further than Herne Bay. The acting of the Wigans
and the Keeleys in their parts was beyond all praise.
The author has taken their measure exactly, and fitted
them to a nicety. Mrs. Wigans's broken French was ex-
quisite—quite equal to her husband's. We have long
wanted a good French lady, but we want one rio
longer, Mrs. IVigan in that line of character being
everything that, can he desired. The piece is ex-
cellently got up; some of the scenes in the garden of
the Pavilion is really beautiful. The dialogue is
very smartly written, and the fun never flags. From
the rising to the falling of the curtain the audience
were on the broad grin ;—of course it was completely
successful. Better than all, the farce is original. We
know not who the author is, but be he who he may,
we beseech him to give us many more such original
farces as a Trip to Kissengen. The house was crowded.

rarxecsaysx..Earainfa• lt ,is stated that there will be a new Philharmonic So-
ciety next season, and that it will embody among its
rnembera men of rank, position, and talent, who have
„hithefto kept aloof from joining similar institutions.
The new society, it is said, is to hold its concerts at the
Italian Opera House, and the following names are al-
realy spoken of as a portion of the new society :
Cramer, Mendelsshon, Benedict, Costa, Sivori, Thal-
berg, Leopold de Meyer, Berlioz, Auber, Balfe, Stern-
dale Beaaett, Macfarren, Smart, and C. Horsley.
Araovernment agent has recently been at Yarmouth
inspecting various localities for a lunatic asylum for both
officers and privates in the army. It is said that the
Royal Naval Hospital has been selected for that pur-
Pose, and that ere long sixty or seventy will be inmates
of that fine building.
4t a committee of the Dreadnought Seaman's Hospi-
tal Society, held on Friday last, a vote of thanks was
unanimously passed to Monsieur Augu, editor of the
Cherbourg Journal, for his zealous advocacy of the prin-
ciples of this universal charity. The inhabitants of
Cherbourg extol in high terms the British philanthropic
institution, founded and directed by naval officers and
merchants of the City of London, and would cordially
hail the establishment of similar asylums for " the sick
wounded seamen of all nations," at the great mercantile
Portal of Havre, Bordeaux, and Marseilles.
iThe Manchester Guardian cautions the public against
e de sgns of a woman who calls herself Mrs. Burn, or
—lsurnei, and who has been levying contributions in va-
rious palls of the neighbourhood, under the pretext of
6pllecting subscriptions for a forthcoming work of a re-
11)2ms character, which she alleges to have been written
Y her daughter, and from which she professes to show
extracts She had been very successful in her enter-
prises in the neighbourhood of Bury.
ZbWorkmen are busily employed in repairing and
ellishing the exterior of the Admiralty House,
to hitehall. The telegraphic department at.-- the
icf the building has been repaired and painted.
of walls in the rear, facing the Park, have been
ofefted and restored to heir original state; the bricks are
off- "right.red, and the corners and parapets are pointed
bee-With stone. The doorways, which have hitherto
eri4:P,iftin, leading into the gardens, will be ornamented
buiLi!s‘°fie mouldings, and, in short, the whole of the
I.7l'ig will be rescued from its dingy state.
biZPwards of 350 retired veterans from her Majesty's
forces assembled on Tuesday, at Woolwich, for the
pu7
oriP°B° of being enrolled and formed into companies.
el Tulloch, the chief officer of the corps of pen-
:A n
ark Captain Forbes, inspecting staff officer, and the
itae.r, attended to examine and finally pass the men,
to ,„ZeY appeared a very efficient body, many of them
eoBPeet4bly dressed in plain clothes and wearing their
seta:la, having been present at the battle of Waterloo.
a soldier in the Regimental Hospital in Westminster
len! to the Rev. Mr. Smith, belonging to the Horse-
j-zpad chapel, requesting him to. call and
• um spiritual consolation. Mr. Smith lost no
time
on in complying with the sick man's request, but
sda;king application at the gate he was refused
to nij-B`lsm The Reverend Gentleman forthwith wrote
Dthe Duke of Wellington on the subject. The Noble
l_,ere, to his credit he it spoken, answered Mr. Smith's
fvol:hi, and informed him that he had given instructions
admission ; and further, that he should send a
of all• I:. to all Regimental Hospitals to admit clergymen
Thprsuasions, when the sick requested their aid.
to taaßishop of Norwich has announced his intention
general ordination at Norwich, on the 26th of
teary. ,

IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN GOLD-
MINING COMPANY.

Yesterday the Half-yearly General Meeting of the
Directors and Proprietors of this Company was held
at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the
report of the Directors and declaring a dividend.
Thomas Gibson, Esq., in the Chair. The Secretary
read the thirty-seventh half-yearly report, which
stated that no new veins of gold had been discovered
since the last report, but large quantities of lacotinqa
for the stamps had been raised, as had been also a
quantity of palladium, of which there were on hand
3,900 ounces. The value of this ore was considerably
increased latterly, owing to the scarcity of platina. At
the Cata Preta mine about 711bs. of gold had been
raised. The produce of gold for the half-year ending
June 30, 1844, was upwards of 4111bs. from Youga,
being an increase of 1201bs. over the produce of the
preceding half-year. The expenses of the establish-
ment had been considerably increased by sending out
additional miners from Cornwall, and also in conse-
quence of the late excessive drought. After deduct-
ing all incidental expenses, a sum of 6,0541.25. 9d. was
the available profit, which afforded a dividend of 10s.
upon each share. In reply to Mr. Gray, a proprietor,
the Chairman stated the number of persons located
upon the Company's property was 636, and the cost
of the passage of each person who was sent out there
was 2.5/. They were bound to serve there for five
years, and a small sum was deducted from their
wages for the purpose of creating a fund to carry them
back to England if they chose at the expiration of the
contract. After a vote of thanks being passed to the
Chairman, the meeting separated.

THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL SIR LEONARD GREEN.
WELL, K.C.B. and K.C.H.—The deceased General, who
was third son of the late Mr. Joshua Greenwell, of
Kebblesworth, was born in 1781, and entered the 41st
Regiment an Ensign, in August, 1801. He accompanied
the expedition to South America, and was present at the
attack on Buenos Ayres, where he was severely
wounded. In August, 1808, he proceeded with his regi-
ment to Portugal, and served with the highest distinc-
tion throughout the Peninsular war, except on two occa-
sions, when he was absent solely in consequence of the
wounds he had received in the field. He was present at
the battle of Fuentes d'Onor, and at the storm and cap-
ture of Bsdajos. At Salamanca he was distinguished
for his bravery, also at Orthes, when in command of the
light troops of the 3d division under Sir Thomas Picton.
He was severely wounded in one leg in that sanguinary
engagement. Sir Leonard had been shot through the
neck, the body, and both arms, as well as in the leg, at
Ortkes above alluded to. He was nominated a Knight
Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order in
1832, and 1838 was created a Knight Commander of the
Military Order of the Bath. For his services in Spain
he received the distinction of a medal and two clasps.
His commission was dated as follows :—Ensign, 7th of
August, 1801 ; Lieutenant, 10th of September, 1802 ;
Captain, 31st of July, 1804 ; Major, 25th of October,
1810 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, 17th of August, 1812 ;
Colonel, 27th of May, 1826 ; Major-General, 10th of
Ja- a )1.. 1837.
THE ROYAL STAOHOUNDS.—MONDAY AND WED-
NESDAY'S RUNS.—An untried hind was turned out on
Monday, at the Stag and Hounds, Binfield. The field
was small, not more than between-forty and fifty beink
present. The hind went away in beautiful style to the
Shoulder of Mutton, on Bracknall-common, and thence
to the Warren-house, leaving it to the left, whence it
doubled to the left for Oakingham Church, leaving it to
the right, and thence crossing the turnpike road for
Mr. Barrett's, and away for the plantations, doubling
to the left in the direction of Hanican's-lodge. It
then made for the village of Finchampstead, on to Long-
water-brook (which separates Hants and Berks), where it
was taken, after a run, at a tremendous pace throughout,
of an hour and a quarter. About twenty were up at the
finish. The meet on Wednesday, in the midst of a drench-
ing rain, which continued to descend in torrents through-
out the run, took place at Mr. Mill's, at Hillingdon, near
Uxbridge. Between 40 and 50 determined sportsmen
were present. It was intended to have hunted the cele-
brated Hampton deer, but the state of the weather not
being such as to render a lengthened run politic or
con-
venient, an untried hind was selected instead for 'the
the day's sport. The hind, upon being uncarted at tho
back of Mr. Mills's, made across the grounds ell Long-
and then away for Ickenbam-marsh rl/4a great Por-
tion of which was flooded by the lat.', heavy rains), by
the White Bear to Ruslip, and th'.fn into Ruislip woods,
where it was taker. The run up the woods(where the
hind remained for nearly an hour and a half) occupied
about 30 minutes. The nie 0-day will take place at
Littleton, near Staineo, -

sae-
that th—e°lTespondent, an oyster merchant, informs us
ba re Is as much difference in the capacity 9f the
is containing the article in which he deals as in the
sing
bottles. This hint may be useful to pur-
Bar.
-.3 AND WASUNOUSES POR THE LABOURING
-1717'sts.—The Chairman of the St. Pancras vestry on
ednesiay laid before the vestry a communication from
Egyptian
Committee appointed at the recent meeting at the
-rgyptian Hall, Mansion House, calling upon them to
give their co-operation, in conjunction with the clergy
and influential inhabitants of the parish, to the Merit of a bath and washhouse for the labouring classes
in that locality. Mr. Douglas regretted that the Testry
bad no power to appropriate the parochial funds t%) such
Parnese. The only way in which they could aid so ex-
eetlent and benevolent an object would be, to fozni them-
selves into a Committee, subscribe themselves, and en-
deisvour to raise subscriptions throughout the parish to
hitt‘ry the plan into effect.. Mr. M'Gill said, the plan
ad, it appeared, worked- admirably in Liverpool and
other great provincial towns, and in a poor and pop dous
Parish like that, no doubt but great benefit would result
in such an establishment to the labouring classes. He
Should be most happy to join the gentlemen of the ves-
y in the formation of a Committee, arid also to sub-
iscribe towards so excellent an object.—(Hear, hear.) A
very man said, that one such establishment would be
of no service in so extensive a parish as St. Pancras.
Mr. Douglas said, that one would test the principle; and
if it answered, a number of establishments adequate to
the wants of the locality would speedily follow. A Com-
mittee was ultimately formed to co-operate with the ge-
neral Committee.
FIRE AT EXETER.—On Wednesday, about six
o'clock, a fire broke out in the wareroom of Mr. Whit-
marsh, bookseller, of this city, which consumed nearly
2,000 volumes of old books, some of them being rare and
-valuable. The. West of England fire engine was
promptly in attondance, quickly followed by those of the
San and Norwich offices. Owing to the efficient exer-
tions of the firemen, the destruction was confined to the
room in. Which the fire originated, but a great number of
Works'were destroyed. The goods were insured in the
l`Krwich Union Fire-office. The origin of the fire is
supposed to be accidental. On Thursday night a bed-
room in the Three Tuns Inn, adjoining Mr. Whitrnarsh's
house, was on fire, but was speedily extinguished, after
the destruction of the bed, &c.—Western Luminary.
NOBLE AMUSEMENT.—The Duke of Rutland last
week had a shooting party at Cheveley Park, near New-
market. On-Tuesday the four guns out were the Duke
of Rutland, the Hon. Col. Anson, Mr. S. Stanley, and
Mr. Farlie, and in the four hours they were in the
preserves they bagged no less than 734 head of game,
'law*, 285 pheasants, 33 partridges, 336 hares, and 80