The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-23 00:00:00

COVILT-TASNIONAMMLIL

To-morrow is the birth-day of the Duke of Cambridge,. who
will complete his 70th.year..
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar has been Visiting the
Queen Dowager at Witley Court, since Wednesday`last.
The Duke of Devonshire has returned to Chatsworth from
visiting Sir W. Boothby, at Ashbourn-hall.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have been entertaining,
at Badminton, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, Countess
of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, his Excellency the
Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Lord Alfred Paget,
Hon. Mr. Bagot, Mr. Lovell,•&c. The Countess of Jersey
and Lady •Clementina 'Villiers, and Baron and Baroness
Brunnow, came to town on Wednesday night.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have come to
town from Brighton for the season. The Noble Marquis is
in the possession of better health than for some years past.
The Countess of Cardigan has arrived in town from Deene
Park, Northamptonshire, but returns early next week, and
her Ladyship intends to reside there till Easter.
Viscount Loftus and Lord William Clinton. were amongst
the passengers who left London for Antwerp, on Sunday last,
by the steamer Princess Victoria, Captain Jackson.
The. Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons
will hold his sessional levees on the 2d, the 9th, and the 16th
of March. •

The Bishop of Bangor has arrived in town from Wales for
the season.

Sir It Peel gives a Parliamentary dinner to-morrow,. to a
circle of about fifty noblemen and gentlemen.' •

mxsonsmAlizious.

The number of prisoners now in the Penitentiary exceeds
,200.

A general meeting of the subscribers to the London Hospital
was yesterday held at 3, Crosby-square, Bishopsgate-street,
Mr. John Capel, treasurer, in the chair. From the statement
laid before. the meeting by Mr. Joseph Cecil, Honorary Secre-
tary to the Charity, the addition to that fund during the past
year was 2081., and the gross amount figured 5,155/. 10s. In
May, 1832, a transfer of 8,739/. 11 s. from this fund was made
to the genefal estate of the hospital.
The Mint sustained a loss by its purchase of old worn silver
coin from the Bank of England during the past year of
9,483/. The sums issued out of the Consolidated Fund fur the
purchase of silver and copper bullion for coinage amounted
during the past year to 350,0001. The' silver coin deliver6d
into the Mint office durinti the same period amounted to
276,6064 and the copper coin to-10,98A4

BIOGRAPIIT'OP O'CONNELL, GRATIS.—The Fourth
Supplement, 'gratis, with the Weekly Dispatch, and of the
full size of that jOurnal, will be published on Sunday next,
Feb. 25; containing the Biography of Mr. O'Connell, written
by a gentleman intimately acquainted' with, and, conse-
quently, one who has treasured up many reminiscences con-
nected with the great Agitator:
.". The proprietors of this
popular and widely circulated journal intend, it will be seen,
to present their readers with two additional supplements,
making four 'relative to the State Trials--the most compre-
hensive history of that memorable investigation Which has
appeared."—.LieeToot Chronicle. Orders for the Diipatch re-
ceived by every Newsven'der and Bookseller in the kingdom ;
and by Mr. Wood, at the office, 139, Fleet-stkeit. " The
Proprietors of this popular and widely-circulated journal in-
tend, it will be seen, to present their readers with two ad&
tional Supplements, making'four relative th the State Trials
—the most cOmpreliensive history of that memorable inies •
tigation which'has appeased."-:-Liverpool *Chronicle,
THE SECRET PASSION. 'By TIIE AUTHOR Or " THE
YOUTH OF SHAESFEARE," " SHAKSPEWRE AND ma
FRIENDS," &c.—" The Shakspeare novels are now generally
known and justly appreciated. ' The Seeeet Passion' (just ,
published) is the third and last. Shakspeare being himself
the hero of it as of the two others, and its design and object
being identifical with those
.of its predecessors, namely, to
furnish a living picture of the • Life and Times' of our great
bard.' We Must say die generally that it is fully equal in
spirit, vivacity, and truth of Painting to its popular prede•!
cessors, and that it' is equally rich in incident, action, And,
character. The Shakspeare noVels are a valuable addition
to our 'literature. They place before us not only Shakspeare
the poet, but Shakspeare the man: -Shakspeare in his habit
as he lived-Shakspeare the boy, the youth, the son, the
brother, the lover, the' father, tie 'friend—Shakspeare the,
actor and the companion of actors—Shakspeare the manager,
the playwright, the wit, the courtier, the man of the world
—and, finally,Sliakspeare in his beloved' retirement on the
banks of his dear Sion."—Naval and Militar y.Cazette.
ST. STEPHEN'S; WALEROOK.—Yestprday m
.adr.
journed.meeting was held in "the Vestry-room, RogerCunliffe,,
Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of further considering Mr.
Alderman Gibbs's accounts. Messrs. Howett, Mock, ind,
otherspeakers, having expressed theinselyes much dissatis-,
fled with the conduct of Alderman Gibbs, . and the manners
in which he had prepared his accounts,. and:having stated.,
that the parties selected by him as auditors had not been ap-
proved of by the vestry, and that three of them: were unable:
to manage their own .affairs, resolutions of want of e-onfidenee,
,in Alderman Gibbs, and declaratory of the
,incompetency of
the auditors selected by him, were passed ; • after which the:
vestry adjourned.-; Dr. Croly was present, but took. no part;
in the vroceediugs, ,