The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Privy Council at one o'clock yes-
terday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Council
was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Lord Privy Seal, the Commander in Chief, the First
Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the
Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the Paymaster of the Forces,
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord
Steward, and the Lord Chamberlain.
Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bart., Secretary at
War, was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Ma-
jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his
place at the Board.
Some Church Orders were submitted to her Majesty
in Council, and were approved of.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
At the Court, Frederick Thesirer, Esq., her Majesty's
Solicitor-General, was presented to the Queen, at an
audience, by Sir James Graham, her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her
Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon him.
Sir Thothas Freemantle had an audience of the Queen
and kissed hands, upon his appointment as Secretary at
War.
Her Majesty gave audiences to Sir James Graham and
Viscount Combermere.
The Court was attended by the Vice-Chamberlain;
Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; Lord
Byron, Lord in Waiting; the Comptroller of the House-
hold, and Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in
Waiting.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomel daily
airings yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham
Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace at ten minutes
past three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and
four, escorted by a party of Lancers, for Claremont.
Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alice, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton were
in the next carriage. Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in
Waiting to the Queen, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in
Waiting to Prince Albert, occupied the third carriage
and four. And the Viscountess Canning; Lady in
Waiting; Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Honourable
Miss Frances Devereux, Maids of Honour in Waiting;
,and Lord Byron, Lord in Wailing, followed in another
carriage and four.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to
their carriage by the Vice-Chamberlain, Captain Fran-
cis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert, and
Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday afternoon, in a carriage. Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to her Majesty
at Marlborough House.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured
the Archbishop of Canterbury with his company at din-
ner yesterday evening at Lambeth Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester
House.
His Excellency M. Dedel transacted business yester-
day, at the Foreign-office.
Sir Thomas Esmonde had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his
official residence, in Downing-street.
Dispatches for the Earl of Elgin, Governor of
Jamaica, and the Governors of the other West India
Colonies, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Governor of the Bank of England, and the
Deputy-Governor, had an interview with Sir R. Peel
yesterday.
The Duke of Buccleuch hail a dinner party yesterday
evening at Montague House, Whitehall-gardens.

,DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL.
ADDRESS OF THE METROPOLITAN DUNCOMBE TESTIMO-
NIAL COMMITTEE TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
Fellow Working Men,—The Metropolitan Trades
Demonstration Committee was called into existence some
few weeks since, for the purpose of arousing the men of
London into active and determined opposition to the in-
famous Masters and Servants Bill, alias Labour's Degra-
dation Bill. A petition against the Bill was adopted at
its first meeting, and a resolution, carried unanimously,
that, should the prayer of that petition be refused, and
the Ministry press the Bill, the whole of the trades of
London should be invited to assemble in their thousands
on Kennington-common, and demonstrate to Govern-
ment the folly of trifling with a nation's will. From the
enthusiastic manner in which our proposition was re-
ceived, and the universal feeling of indignation which
was entertained against the measure, we have every
reason to believe that it would have been one of the most
splendid demonstrations of public opinion that has ever
taken place in this or any other. country. But the ne-
cessity for such a meeting. happily, no longer exists.
The "strong Government" has been defeated. The Bill
has been crushed. Labour has, for this time; triumphed
over capital. Mark, we say for this time ; for as sure as
this attempt has been made, so sure will further attempts
be made to prostrate labour at the feet of capital, to
make the labourer a serf—a slave.
Fellow-Men—To what do we owe this triumph ?
Partly to the loud and unanimous expression of public
opinion against the Bill, but chiefly to the untiring and
disinterested exertions of labour's champion, the noble,
the patriotic Duncombe! Yes, workingman, but for him
you would now have been bound hand and foot, and de-
livered over to the tender mercies of grasping capital.
But for him the trades' unions of this country would, by
this time, have received their deathblow. One of the
proposers of the Bill admitted in the course of the de-
bate, that it was brought in, in consequence of the recent
decisions in the Court of Queen's Bench in favour of the
Union Coal Miners in the North ; thus virtually con- '
fessing that the real object of the Bill was to crush all
combinations of working men which had for their ob-
ject the attainment of a " fair day's wages for a fair day's I
work?' Surely, then, we owe to him a lasting debt of
gratitude. Surely it is our bounden duty to show to the
world that we know how to appreciate the services of
such a man—who, soaring above the vulgar prejudices
of class or creed, and, despite the sneers of lordly ty-
rants, or plebeian money-grubbers, fights the battles of
labour's sons, almost unaided and alone--encouraged
only by the cheers of what class legislators have deno-
minated " the swinish multitude," rewarded only by the
love and confidence of the toiling millions. Fellow-
Working-Men, the Trades of London have resolved upon
raising a sufficient fund to purchase an estate for him as
an imperishable testimonial of their thanks and grati-
tude for his uniform and unswerving support of their
rights, and especially for his successful opposition to the
Masters and Servants Bill.
For this purpose the Metropollitan Trades Demon-
stration Committee has resolved itself into a Duncombe
Testimonial Committee, and we now call upon you, our
fellow working-men, throughout the country, to assist
and co-operate with us in this good work. What man
amongst you will refuse to subscribe his mite for such
an object ? What class of men is there in the United
Kingdom which has not been benefited by his services?
Englishmen! subscribe to the Buncombe Testimonial, for
Duncombe is England's brightest patriot. Irishmen!
subscribe to the Testimonial, for Duncombe is the advo-
cate of Justice to Ireland. Welchmen! Scotchmen! sub-
scribe to the Testimonial, for Duncombe advocates the
Rights and Liberties of all. Trades Unionists! sub-
scribe, for Duncombe is the champion of the Rights of
Labour. Factory slaves of England! subscribe, for Dun-
combe is the advocate of the Ten Hours' Bill. Women of
England! subscribe, for Duncombe would deliver you
from the horrors of the mine and the drudgery of the
mill, and elevate you to your proper position in society,
as the friend and companion, but not the slave, of man.
Duncombe is the friend also of the factory child; he
would replace infant by adult labour, and deny to capi-
talists the right of accumulating millions from the sweat
and blood of infant children.
Up, then, and be doing, Men of the United Kingdom.
Let us have a Testimonial worthy of the man—let us,
have no isolated efforts—let it be indeed a National Tes-
timonial. Form your Committees in every city, town,
and village. Collect from door to door, from shop to
shop, and send your contributions to the Central Com-
mittee. Show yourselves to be worthy of such a man
as Thomas Slingsby Duncombe : show the tyrants that
he has your confidence, and they will fear him the more;
show him, that, though his prevent defence of the peo-
ple's cause will not ensure him the smile of Royalty, nor
the honours and emoluments which faction can bestow,
yet that he will live and reign triumphantly in the
\earts and affections of a grateful people.
On behalf of the Central Committee,
JOHN ROSE, currier, Chairman.
JAMES SYME, joiner, Secretaries.
JOHN KELSEY, hatter,

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT. AT LARGS.-1178 regret '
to state that one of the young midshipman describe as
lost off Largs on Friday afternoon last, the 17th instant,
was Mr. Charles Digby Cayley, in his eighteenth year,
son of E. J. Cayley, Esq., Member for the North
Riding of Yorkshire, who, with his family, is by
this awful event thrown into the deepest and most
poignant state of distress. The deceased had
distinguished himself in the Rodney, on the coast of
Syria, and had, ,with others, been awarded a medal for
the victories at Acre and other places on that coast. The
sailing-boat in which he and his companion (Jewel) were
lost seems to have gone down suddenly in a squall, head
foremost, taking these two promising youths, devoted to
the service of their country, down with it, never to rise
again. Mr. Cayley's son, if the remains be found, will
be removed to Brompton, in Yorkshire, the burial place
of the family.—Glasgow Eerald.
Tau ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—We are exceedingly
happy in stating, that Sir W. Follett is improving in
health. The Learned Counsel was able, yesterday to
resume his professional duties in the House of Lords.
On Thursday night last six mulch cows, the pro-
perty of Mr. Patrick Hallinan, of Win, in the county of
Limerick, were killed in the most brutal manner. The
savage ruffians accomplished their fell purpose by cutting
the throats and beating the brains out of the unoffending
animals. The cause of this outrage was, that Mr. Hall-
nan had taken some lands from which refractory tenants
had been dispossessed.—Kerry Evening Post,
The sum of 5001. has been raised in Manchester
for the relief of the parties injured by the fire at the
theatre in that town. _ . _

AMERICAN DOINGS.—The treaty of the United
States for the annexation of Texas, terminates charac-
teristically enough with the words "Done at Washing-
ton." It is to be presumed that the Texians are the
parties who have in the present instance been " done" at
Washington."—Punch.