The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-20 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

E. Weatherby; J. H. Ford, W. L. Hilton, R. Addison, and
R. Gibson; cotton spinners, Manchester, April 12, et twelve,
at the Manchester District Court—F. Pkters, wine merchant,
Manchester, April 12, at twelve, at " the Manchester District
Court—J. Raleigh, T. S. Goode; and W. Holland, mer-
chants, Manchester, April • 11, of eleven, at the Manchester
District Court—H. B. Jones, phimber, Birkenhead, Cheshire,
April 16,at twelve, at the Livkpool District Court—J. Stuart,
draper, Liverpool, April 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court—W. Haskayne, ship chandler, Liverpool, April 12,
at eleven, at tli6 Liverpool District Court—D. Thomas,
grocer,- Newport,..Monmouthshire' April 12, at twelve, at the
Bri;tol District Court—W. Webb, hotel keeper, Leamington,
April 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court..
CERTINCATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
yft.. contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
T. Hancock, coach smith, Canterbury, April 11—T. Me-
garey, coal merchant, Love-lane, Billingsgate, April 11—J.
M. E. Stokes, gas contractor, St. Alban's, April 11—R. Phil-
lott, scriittner, Bdaydon, Somersetshire, April 12—W. Webb,
hotel keeper, Leamington, April 10—I. Parsonage, paper

were.

hanger, Birmingham, April 11-3. Turner, cabinet maker
Grange-place, Hoxton, April 9—A. Scott, auctioneer, -
bridge-street, Golden-square, April 9—J. Swann, bricklayer,
Thornton, Lancashire, April 9—W. Wood, screw manufac-
turer, Burton •upon-Trent, Staffordshire, April 9—H. Port,
screw manufacturer, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, April
9—G. Butcher, china dealer, Holborn-hill, April 9—T. W.
Jones, draper, Wellington, Shropshire, April 9—W. Cox,
money scrivener, Daventry, Northamptonshire, April 9—J.
Whipple, stay manufacturer, Crown-street, Finsbury, April 9
—J. Bourne, printer, Bemmersley, Staffordshire, April 9
—W. Dunnett, commission agent, Manchester, April 9—W.
Mills, upholsterer,_ Birmingham, April 9—E. Beck, cabinet
raker, Tiverton, April 11.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Wilson and W. Hostwitt, linen drapers, Wilson-street,
Finsbury—M. White and W. Batting, butchers, Bird-street,
Lambeth—O. G. Adamson and W. J. Paton, merchants, Li-
verpool—G. Wheeler and E. Hayes, silk mercers, Andover—
S. Selby, S. Norton, and G. Selby, attorneys, West Mailing,
Kent—A. Hind and C. Sneezum, grocers, Three Colt-street,
Limehouse—J. Crawford, J. E. Franklin, and F. G. Frank-
lin, painters, Red Cross-street, Southwark (so far as regards
J. E. Franklin)—J. Grant and J. Belleiby, house carpenters,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne The Rhiwbryklir Slate Company,
Festiniog, Merionethshire (so far as regards G. Clode) —H.
Bacon and W. Banbury, silk merchants, Bishopsgate street
Without—H. Bacon, sen., W. Banbury, and H. Bacon, jun..
silk merchants, Bishopsgate-street Without —J. Bastow and
E. Swift, cotton-warp dyers, Keighley, Yorkshire—T. and G.
Lea, coal merchants, Augustus-street, Regent's-park—M. S.
and E. S. Tovey, farmers, Frampton Cotterell, Gloucester-
shire—G. Farnworth, H. Farnworth, J. Farnworth, jun., and
H. Catlow, engravers, Enfield, Lancashire (so far as regards
H. Catlow)--T. Tyerman and R. B. Gardiner, architects,
Queen's-buildings, Brompton—T. Barrow and E. Day, stock
makers, Manchester—W. Edwards and A. Aubert, ship
brokers, Trinity
-'-square; Tower-hill—J. Engiish and I'. Parr, ,
hop merchants, Union-street, Southwark—J. Paley and 3.
Paley, jun., cotton spinners, Manchester—J. Wheller, H.
Wheller, and W. Wheller, eheesemongers, Chandos-street,
Covent-garden—S. Lees, T. Wolfendend, and J. Prestwich.:
cotton spinners, Oldham, Lancashire (so far as regards S.
Lees)—Naylors, Boardman, and Co., commission rnerch int.,
Valparaiso, South America (so far as regards H. Hendall)-11.
Baxter and J. Madden, booksellers, Leadenhall-street.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
• JOHN NAISMITII and CO., plumbers, Glasgow. March
22 and April 12, at one, at the chambers of J. Burnet, Glasgow.
JOHN COCHRANE, bleacher, Cross Arthurlie, Renfrew-
shire, March 26 and April 16, at one, at the Saracen's Head
Inn, Paisley.
ROBERT KENNEDY, Glencairn, Dumfrieshire, March
23 and April 23, at twelve, at Mr. M'lntyre's, innkeeper,
Thornhill. f•

MARGARET DICKSON, boarding-hou.e keeper, Edin-
burgh, March 22 and April 18, at two, at the Old Signet Hall,
Edinburgh. • • - •
JOHN HUNTER and SON, thread manufacturers, John
stone, March 27 and April 17, at one, at the Saracen's Head,
Inn, Paisley.

ROBERT JARDINE BROWN, • brewer, Glasgow„'
March 22 and April 12, at twelve, at tbe chainbers 'of A.
Strathern, Glasgow.
•
&PATRICK DUNCAN, merchant, Troon, March 25 and
'April 22, at twelve, at the King's Arms Inn, Troon.

CELTIC ENTERTAINMENT.
HIGHLAND MUSIC AND DANCE.
Under the above title an entertainment of great novelty
and interest was last evening given (for the seventh time)-
at the Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square, by the,
five most celebrated pipers and dancers of the Highlands,‘
who were selected for their pre -eminent excellence, by
the noble owner of Taymouth Castle, to exhibit tho
peculiarities and beauties of their national music and,
their equally characteristic dances, before her Majesty
and Prince Albert, during her stay at the Castle, on the
occasion of her late visit to Scotland. It is well known
that her Majesty, who is in these matters a connoisseur
of the greatest taste and judgment, expressed herself
delighted with their performance. The entertainment
of last night convinced us that it could not have been
otherwise, and a crowded audience testified by enthu-
siastic applause, and encores (too numerous, considering.
the great exertion required from the performers), that
they felt equal delight with that which their gracious
and accomplished Sovereign had enjoyed. The per-
formers are five, John Cameron, Archibald Macdonald,
Duncan Mackay, Donald Macdougall, and Ewen Fraser,
and th• labours of the evening, and opportunities of dis-
playing their powers, are fairly divided between them.
and in each Piobaireachd (Pibroch) and tune each re
ceived that full meed of applause and admiration which
he richly merited, and which was, perhaps, much en-
hanced by the entire novelty of the amusement, to the
lovers of song in this " Far South." The dances—
extremely pleasing, and, to us of London, entirely new—
whose pus de soul, or; if we may so speak, sells.
—or perhaps flings—were performed 'by Archibald
Macdonald, with polished
:grace -and finely regulated
activity, as well as, in some instances, with considerable
humour. In the character of !‘ a highland Shepherdess,
in real costume," he took the company by surprise (not-
withstanding the previous exhibitions of his art in the
course of the evening), and. drew down unbounded
plaudits. He looked and dressed the character to per-
fection," and mingled an expression - of coyness, sim-
plicity, and archness in his style, both at his entree anti
and throughout the dance, which dikl great credit to his.
powers as an actor. It was the very reverse of coarse
and droll, and yet it provoked irresistible 'laughter.
simply because the role of the shepherdess, with a well-
formed foot and ancle, which the omnibus-box would.
not find fault with, was performed by the manly High-
lander, whose exhibitions in his own character had pleased
them so much. The metamorphosis was complete and
well sustained, and the • dancing graceful, elaStic, and
elegant.. We have unintentionally been led to speak of
the dancing before the music, although the latter, on
account of its rank and the excellent style of its per-
formance, claims priority of notice. Perhaps the greater
novelty -of our impressions may be an excuse. The
music consisted of varied performances on the Highland
pipes, with the exception of a tune, " Roderick Mhie
Alpine Du," and a hornpipe, " the East Neuk of Fife."
played on the violin in a masterly style by Mr. Fraser.,
and rapturously encored by an audience to whom the,

nstrument way by no means so novel as the pipes
We must acknowledge that we had rt

notion of the merits of the Highland pipes until
we heard the instruments in the hands of
these masters. Their tones were ac melodious.
as they were brisk, and theirplaying was equally steady,.
vigorous, delicate, and exact. We need not particularise,
the names of the numerous pieces played, as we could
have little to say as to their comparative merits. They
were all received with equal enthusiasm. If an excep-
tion should be made in this respect, it should be to the
tunes " Queen Victoria's Welcome to Dunkeld," by
Mackay (the difference of the applause being certainly
to be ascribed to its loyal theme) ; and " Bodich
Briogaisi," by, J. Cameron. "The Gillie Callum, or
Sword Dance ' (as. performed before her 11Iajesty, at
Taymouth Castle), was executed by Mr. Archibald
Macdonald, with surprising agility and neatness. Each
part of the entertainment was concluded by a reel, in
which four of the performers take part, and each of
these elegant, and truly national dances, was encored.
In a word, we have scarcely ever made. part of a more,
'gratified audience, or witnessed an entertainment more
deserving of its success. They are to be at the King'
Arms, Kensington, on Friday next, under the special
patronage of Captain Charles Forbes ' • and at the Lon-
don Tavern, on Wednesday, the 3d of April.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO LORD
WILLIAM HILL.

(From the Ipswich Express of this day,)
A painful sensation was created in Ipswich, at about two
o'clock yesterday (Monday), by the rumour that Lord Wil-
liam Hill, Captain of the Scots Greys, now stationed in our
barracks, and second son of the Marquis of Downshire, had
met his death while hunting, near the village of Bramford„
about four miles from this town. Unfortunately the arrival,
of expresses at the barracks, and subsequently at the resi-
dence of Mr. C. Gross, coroner. confirmed the report that the
young nobleman was dead. It appeard that his Lordship
was killed in Bramford-park, the seat of the Dowager Lady
Middleton. Having mounted his horse, which he took from
the hands of his servant near the house, his Lordship seems
to have dashed with all his well-known boldness down the.
park, riding his horse at the very top of his speed. At the;
bottom of a hill there is a pond, and in endeavouring to tune
the horse so as to avoid it, the animal in the highest state of
excitement bore his Lordship witk so much violence against.
a large tree, as to knock him .from his scat, and cause in-
stant death. The trunk of the tree jutting out considerably.
the unfortunate nobleman's head came 'in contact with
it. No fracture took place, and there was scarcely an ap-
pearance of violence; but so intense.was the shock, that his
Lordship appears not to have moved or breathed after his fall..
At about half-past three o'clock, a respectable jury woat
sworn by Mr. Gross, at the Angel Inn, Brainford, and inua--
diately afterwards the coroner and jury proceeded to the cot-
tage, about half a mile distant, where the deceased lay, Se-
veral of Lord Hill's brother officers were in attendance.
After viewing the body and examining the hat of the de
jury -
ceased, which was completely broken, the repaired to the;
fatal spot, traced the footmarks of the horse in the turfy
which clearly showed that the horse had been going at a
fearful pace, and looked at the projection on •the tree, to
which particles of the felt on Lord Hill's hat yet adhered.
The body of the deceased was then put into a coach, and, fol-
lowed by the majority of the officers, proceeded mournfully
towards Ipswich. The jury returned to the Angel Inn, when
the gardener of Bramford-park, who saw the accident, was
examined, and stated the circumstances in a satiActory
manner.
Mr. Mumford, Mr. Bartlett, and Mr. Sawer, surgeons, were
in attendance, but the jury thought it unnecessary to examine
them.—Verdict, " Accidental Death."
Another serious accident also occurred to a youth named
Palmer, by a fall from the same horse. It appears shortly
after his Lordship was thrown, the lad mounted the horse,
with the intention of -riding him out of the park, but from
the excited and unmanageable state of the horse at the
time, he was instantly thrown with great violence, his head
coming in contact with some palings. He was immediately
conveyed home, and promptly attended by Mr. Sawer. The
extent of the injuries he has sustained, is not correctly ascer-
tained; his head and all parts of his body are severely bruised,
but it is hoped no bones are broken. ,This accident has co-_
casioned the greatest distress to the mother, a widow:
woman, with nine children, who has very slender means us f
supporting so large a family.

-
THE LAST CAMPAIGN IN AFFGHANISTAN,We
are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl-
borough-street, has this day published " The Narrative of
the last Campaign in Afighanistan, under General Pollock,"
by Lieut. Greenwood, of her Mtijesty's 31st Regiment ; form-
ing a Companion to the Narratives of Lady Sale, and Lieut..
Eyre, in 1 vol. small Bvo., with Illustrations, price 125.„
bound, which can now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Col-
burn has also just published the following ;-1. The pro
hibited Comedy, " Richelieu in Love ; or, The Youth of
Charles the First," with a Preface Explanatory, Bvo., 4s. 6(1..
—2. Lieut.-Col. Napier's Wild Sports m Europe, Asia, auks,/
Africa; 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, 21s. bound.-
3. The Light Dragoon, by the Author of " The Subaltern'
&c., 2 vols., 21s. bound.-4. Whimsicalities, by Thor „,"
Hood, Esq., 2 vols., small Bvo., with numerous Illustreficms_
by Leech, 21s. bound.-3. Agnes Strickland's Live; e,t" th 'e
Queen's of England, New and Revised Edition.
Ensign Swetenham, of- the- 3d Buffs, son Off maicr
Swetenham, of Somerford MIL Cheshire, was ver
,ns with Lis
severy
11.1,e'oainildeendt: iantctlegbiantgtlea boaftpteurnynioafr.theAecanenmnyo'ts
(tot entering
his right leg above the knee, carried away ably
iqt the flesh
inside his thigh, passing through, killed his cc _ '
g sergeant.
who fell (lead at the same instant. Mr, ,vexing
-letenham had
been previously struck by a musket sho% •-(s- en his sword-
belt arrested the ball from entering his hod, We arellappy
to learn the last account left him doing weli

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