The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-01 00:00:00

COUSLT--3PASEXON.AI3I.II.

His Royal Highness Priicealbert is not expected to
reach Gotha in the short space of 52 hours, as stated, owing
to his Royal Highness not being able to perform the whole
journey by railway. Tuesday is still the day fixed for the
departure of the Court for Windsor Castle for the holidays,
and it is expected her Majesty will remain at the Castle until
the close of the ensuing month.
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The Earl and Countess of Albemarle left Berkeley-square,
on Thursday, for Newmarket, where his Lordship was to
inspect his racing stud, and thence proceed to Quiddenham
Hall. for the Easter recess.

The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have arrived at
Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, from town.
Lord Forester has also arrived at the castle, from his seat in
Shropshire.
The late Earl of Coventry's extensive cellar of choice wines,
at Coombe, Worcestershire' and other personal effects, are to
be brought to the hammerllorthwith. The sale will extend
over a period of five day

Viscountess Palmerston had an assembly on Saturday
night at her residence on Carlton-house-terrace: The Noble
Viscount and Viscountess go to Brocket_Hall to _pass the
holidays with Viscount Melbourne. - _

The Marquis and 'Marchioness of Exeter and family are
not expected to leave Burghley for the metropolis before the
third week in the month. The Noble -Marquis left
town on Wednesday, by the mail train, fur Burghley, and
proposed going to the races at Croxton-park, when hi; Lord-
ship would be among the guests of the Duke of Rutland at
Belvoir Castle.
The Marquis of Anglesey, accompanied by -Lords Alfred
and George Paget, left Uxbridge House on Friday afternoon
for Beandesert, Staffordshire, in order to attend the funeral
obsequies of the Countess of Uxbridge, at Lichfield Cathe-
dral, to-day.
It is definitively arranged that the marriage of Lord New-
port, M.P., with the Hon. Miss Forester' shall take place
this day fortnight. An elegant dejune will 'be given
after the ceremony, which it is expected_will_take place at
St. George's, Hanover-square, either by - Lord Forester, in
Charles-street, Berkeley-square ; or by the Countess of
Chesterfield, at Chesterfield House.
Lord and Lady de Manley intend to leavetanford Hall,
Dorsetshire, on the 10th of this month, for the Clarendon
Hotel, for the season.

The venerable Archbishop of York will entertain -the Duke
of Wellington, and the Directors of the Ancient Concerts at
dinner, on Wednesday, the 17th inst., his Grace being
Director for the evening.
On Friday the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury
received his Excellency the Russian Minister-and- Baroness
Brunnow, Marquis of .Normanby, Earl and Countess of Tan-
kerville, Countess of Malniesbury, Viscount and Viscountess
Leveson, Count Esterhazy, Count de Noailles, Earl and
Countess of Shelburne, Lord Brougham, Lord Elphinstoue,
Lord and Lady Ashley, Lady Stanley, Lord Seaham, Hon.
Colonel Dawson Darner, Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, and
Mr. Bentinek to dinner. The Marchioness, inthe latter part
of the evening, had a soirée, which was attended by a large
party.

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MISCELLANEOUS.
The Anti-Slavery Society have issued a circular to the
ministers and office-bearers of churches in London and its
neighbourhood, calling on them to sign a memorial to the
American churches against slavery. A similar memorial has
been numerously signed in the provinces by- the-ministers
and office-bearers in churches. The immediate object is, to
save the life of John Brown, lying under sentence of death
in New Orleans, for having assisted a slave to make her es-
cape. The London memorial is to be sent out in the Boston
packet, which leaves England for America on Thursday-next.
A concert upon a srand scale is about to be:given in aid of
the funds of the Society for the Protection and Employment
of the Distressed Needlewomen in London, at•which some of
our most eminent artists have kindly volunteered their assist-
ance.

A Bill to annex detached parts of counties to the counties
in which they are situate has been brought into the Howse
of Commons by Mr. R. Scott and Mr. J. Brothertora It con-
tains seven clauses, the first of which enacts, that wherever
in England or Wales any detached portion of any county is
entirely surrounded by the main body of -any -one other
county, or by such one other county and the seat such de-
tached portion shall henceforth be incorporated
_with, and
form part of, the county by which it is so surrounded. .
The following are details of one export entry at the Liver-
pool Custom-house :—On the 19th ultimo, per ship Patna,
for Hong-Kong, shipped by Richard Allison, cotton cloth,
3,012,147 yards, value 45,0251.; the raw material of this
shipment would be under 5,0001. - _

'the number of petitioners for a repeal of the Union with
Ireland has increased within the last -day or two from
452,198 to 618,055 ; the number of petitions against the
union of the dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph has increased
from 3,522 to 4,334 ; the number of petitioners against the
repeal of the existing corn-laws from 36,464 to 36,869 ; and
the number of petitioners in favour of a reduction of the
duties on tobacco from 50,419 to 54,779. - -

THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. is Majesty has
not been able, as yet, to visit his Royal niece during her first
separation from her Royal consort. The affair which detains
his Majesty is the contention between the Belgian Church
and the Belgian University. This question has the more
serious importance in Belgium, as there the preponderance is
on the part of the ecclesiastical polemists. In Belgium the
Church is powerful and rich, and is upheld by a large majo-
rity of the population, and the King is a Protestant. His
Majesty's arrival in England is deferred to-the -2d of next
mouth.
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MR. O'CONNELL.—The following as. the reply of
Mr. Sands, the Mayor of Liverpool, to the Orangemen who
signed a requisition calling on him to prevent the-meeting at
the Amphitheatre? in honour of Mr. O'Connell I beg to
state that, under the circumstances at present before me, I
have no power, as chief magistrate, to prevent the meeting.
I have a firm reliance on the loyalty and peaceful-disposition
of my townsmen, and I hope and trust that no breach of the
peace will be attempted on this occasion. I may state, how-
ever, that before the receipt of your requisitioa, I had- given
such orders to the police force as will effectually irevefit any
serious disturbance."
TIIE MARQUIS 'OF WESTMINSTER.—Wc regret to
learn that this nobleman continues seriously indisposed. Lord
Robert Grosvenor arrived at Eaton Hall on WedUesday last.
—Chester Chronicle. _
SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN DORAN,
day morning, about ten o'clock, Captain i
oner
of the Directors of the General Steam Navigation Company,
expired in a sudden manner at his residence ja Piccadilly. Yt
appears that on the previous afternoon Captain Doran, who
was in his usual ; good health, proceeded to the Steam Navi-
gation Company's offices in Lombard-street, for the purpose
of transacting business, and whilst there he, suddenly com-
plained of having been taken unwell, and ieturned home,
and, notwithstanding every medical attontie; he expired as
Awed otated.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Duchess et.
Kent attended Div'ne service yesterday morning in the
Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev.
C. Leslie Courtenay officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians yesterday;
at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday.
The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday. Their Mat.
jesties went to Marlborough House, attended by the
Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting on the Queen, ,
the Baroness d'Hooghvorst, Lady in Waiting on her
Belgian Majesty, and the Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry
in Waiting on the Queen.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and the Queen of the Belgians, on Saturday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace om
Saturday, included her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her
Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince
Ei-
ward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency th e Belgian Mi-
nister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Dowager Lady
Clinton, the Baroness d'Hooghvorst, Lady Anna Maria.
Dawson, Earl Jerinyn, Earl Howe, Major de Moerkerka,
Sir George Couper, and Captain Francis Seymour.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
Hon. Miss Mitchell, visited her Royal Highness the •
Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House, St,
James's.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine •
service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The Archbishop of Canterbury preached the Sermon:from
the 32d Psalm, verses 5 and 64 Prayers were read by
the Rev, Dr. Wesley, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr..
Knapp, and the Communion Service by the Rev.' Dr-
Sleath. The Anthem—" Who is this ?" (Arnold) 'MIS
sung by Messrs. Bradbury, Bennett, and Hawkins. -
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Dowager
Lady Clinton and Earl Howe. The Marquis of W
chester, Lords Tyrconnell, Wharneliffe, Palmerton, E.
Bruce, Alford, Clive, Ebrington, and Ladies `v '_heath.
and Palmerston, were among the Nobility present
The Duke of Wellington and Sir Fred. Trench
tended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's..
yesterday morning. The Rev. Dr. 'Wesley officiated ma.
preached the sermon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited. bar
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Atarlboroegta
House.

The American Dwarf, General Tom Thumb, attendes4
at Marlborough House on Friday evening, and exhibited'
his imitation of Napoleon Bonaparte and other perform—.
ances. Her Majesty the Queen DoWager was graciously.:
pleased to express her approbation. The General was:
accompanied by his guardian, • Mr. Barnum, of New
York.

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Messrs. Peter Dixon, Philip H. Howard, K?., and
William Marshall, M.P., a deputation on the subject of
a repeal of the tax on cotton-wool, had an
,interview
with the Earl of Dalhousie, on Saturday,.at. the office
of the Board of Trade.
Mr. J. Grey Porter Atthill had an interview with
Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
A deputation of the Provincial and Londok: --Press had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches from the Governor of the settlement on
the Gambia were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.
The Earl of Clare and Lord Adare had interviews
with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday.
Several of the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Cor-
poration of the Trinity House on Saturday evemng, at
the Trinity House.
Count Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted bu-
siness at the Foreign-office on Saturday.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday:
Mr. Walker had an interview with Sir R. Peel on,
Saturday.
Dispatches for the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta, were
sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday evening.

SPORTING M
MANCHESTER B.
CUESTE

11 to 1 agst Pharaoh
12 to 1 agst Pagan—taken
20 to 1 agst Cattonite
20 to 1 agst Red Deer
25,t0 1 agst The Prior
25. to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn
—taken

6 to 1 agst Rattan
66. to 1 agst Ugly Buck

16 to 1 agit Orlando
16 to 1 agst Running Rein
22 to 1 agst Cockamaroo

ITELLIGENCE.
ErriNG.-FRIDAy.

lR CUP.
30 to 1 agst Tacita—taken
30 to 1 agst Everton
33 to 1 agst Y. Lachinvar—t.
40 to 1 agst What
50 to 1 agst Arnagill
The rest as before.

BY. •
122 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire.
27 to 1 agst lonian -
135 to 1 agst Caltnpunero
33 to 1 agst Voltri—taken

The resells before.

OAKS.
16 to 1 agst Fanny Eden. No other ehLoge.
CROXTON-PARK RACES—(CONCLUDED)-.-FRIDAY.
The Farmers' Handicap of 501., and 51. for the second.
Gentlemen riders. Heats, once 'round. _

Mr. Vincent's Unfortunate, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (Mr: Palk) 1 1
Mr. Vincent's Pedlar, 6 yrs, list 71b
Mr. Shipman's British, Yeoman, 5 yrs, list -
Mr. Collins' Perseverance, 5 yrs, 11st
Four others ran. Won by a length:- ..!
The Melton Plate of 50/., four yrs, lOst 71b ; five yrs, list 41b;
six yrs and aged, llst 111 b, &c. ; one mile and a halt
Cinuat Bathyany's Fox, 4 yrs (Mr. Scobell) 1
Mr. Edmonstone's The Lord. Mayor, aged
Captain Oliver's Quilt Arnold, 6 yrs 3
Forget-me not and two others ran. • Won by a length
Match, 50/., one mile.—Mr. Palk's Cerit,o (Mr. White) beat •
Lord Chesterfield's Ainsworth, 4 yrs, (fell).
The Gold Cup, added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, -
and only 5 if declared ; one mile and a half. (18 Subs, 8 paid)
Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs, 12st 21b
Mr. Raworth's Chance, aged, lOst 71b • 2
Lord G. 3entinck's .Naworth, aged, lOst 71b
Mr. Bell's Thirsk, 6 yrs, llst 211) • 4
Won by half a length, after a good race, Thirsk b Nit= nfr
The Optional Plate, of 20 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 10
soya. each ; four yrs, lOst 61b ; five yrs, list 21b ; six yrs.
and aged, list 61b ; one mile and a half.. •
Mr. Osbaldeston's Shocking Mamma, 4 yrs,..(Owner) 0 - 1
Lord Chesterfield's Artful Dodger, 5 yrs 0 2
Mr. Taylor's Nora Creina, 5 yrs 3
Won by half a length, after a dead heat.
BLACKBURN STEEPLE CHASES—Thum:ma'.
Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; 12st each

Three miles.
Mr. Ward's Commodore • (Mr. Loft) 1
Captaiti Bradley's The Romp • 2
Four others were not placed.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, it ft, 70 added. Heats, one mile
and a half.
Mr. Bretherton's Marengo, aged (Owner) 2 1 A
Mr. Hollinshead's Little Peter ' • 1 0 4
Mr. Hornby's Paul Pry, 5 yrs 3 2 2
Mr. Loft's Ovid, 5 yrs 0 3 3
A Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each, p.p., with 15 added, 1 let
each, one mile and a half, was won by Mr. Crofton's. Fair •
Penitent. ,

IRELAND.
SENTENCE ON MR O'CONNELL.
DUBLIN, MARCH 28.—Some of the most distfriguisbet
counsel in England, as well as in this country, have declared
it as their opinion that a writ of error must, beyond nail pos•
sibility of doubt, lead to the quashing of the verdict against .
Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers in the State trials
But a writ of error does not lie until after sentence; and' the
question, arises are the traversers to undergo the sentence;
and suffer the period of impilserinient which the Court •
may think fit to award, whilst the arguments upon thewri.:
of error are in progress in the House of Lords ? c
cases of capital felony, the prisoner being sentenced: P
death or transportation, he remains, of course,
prison- whilst a writ of error is pending ; but t
a misdemeanour, where the law limits the punish.—
ment to fine and imprisonment, the case is totalli
different. The Attorney-General, as a matter of course,
will allow the writ of error to issue in the case of the
" Queen v. O'Connell and others." That writ will be prose'
suted through all its tedious forms; but there could be no .'
reasonable hope that the judgment of the House of Lords' '
could be obtained before the expiration of the sentence;
Suppose that judgment in favour of the traversers—and
understand that 'the plea of-abatement-alone nrust-weettO •
such a result—the quashing of the verdict Would probablf.
occur after Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers had beest
illegally incarcerated. This appears so-monstrous, that. it 115
difficult to imagine the Crown could permit imprisonment
pending the argument of the legality of the trial and OW'
verdict.

THE PRESBYTERIAN MOVEMENT:
The Presbyterians are agitating in earneiit, and" with hearty good good will. Meetings to petition for .equality of rights.
with the Established Church on the marriage
.question, we?.
held last week, in Dromore, Ballymoney, Newtownhamiltoti,
Killileagh, Dungannon, Lurgan, Bangor, Ballymena, Rath-
friland, Cookstown, Larne Donaghadee, and Coleraine. • .
Lisburn, and various other places, and even Armagh, the'
citadel of Primate Beresford, are joining in this formaidablw
movement.

Mr. Wilson will give his celebrated selected -enter--
tertainment on the songs of Scotland, at the London Mee.:
thanks' Institution, Chancery-lane, on Tues()ay evening':
next. The receipts will be devoted to the funds of the ta-
stitution, Mr. Wilson having liberally given his services for
the above evening.
HASTINGS ELECTION, FRIDAY.—The polling corn"'
naenced at the usual hour this morning. It was not expected
by his friends that Mr. Moore would have the majority 01:„.
votes, in consequence of his opponent having had so ratrla
the start of him in his canvass, and of certain practices re'..
sorted to by the Tories to secure the return of their candidafga,
The numbers at the close 9f the poll were—Mr. Briscoe, 511,,
Mr. Moore, 169 ; majority for Mr. Briscoe, 342.
DEATH Or COL. JOHN F. BROWNE, C-.B.—This,
gallant officer expired at his residence in Wales on Monday
last, in his 77th year. The deceased colonel had seen weal'derable service during a period of upwards of 20 years. Ti
served in Flanders during the campaigns of .1793-94 and 951
and ably distinguished himself at the siege of Nimeguen,
the sanguinary sortie thence. In 1796 he assisted at the"
duction of St. Lucia, and rendered considerable ierlico
throughout the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, especially in the
actions of the t?,th, 13th, and 21st of March. In .180 s: he e",
companied the expedition to Hanover, and in- 1807 went 0.1
active service to Zealand. In the following year 'he ivr,nd
with the expedition to Sweden, and the next, year 04 taaAl
in the Walcheren expedition. Subsequently he was rNutreo
for the operations in the Peninsula, and he gained consider_
able distinction at Barrosa, under Lord Lynedoch,comniana.
ing there the 28th regiment. For his gallantry there he re,
ceived a medal.

DEATH OF THE STAG AND FOUR HORSES WITH 11/1:.
ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—The run on Wednesday last, Whici
lasted for three hours and ten minutes, was one of the severest
during the present season, upwards of 400 (including Lora
Roslyn, Lord Sheffield, Sir W.. Wynn, Colonel lryse, car
:sin Seymour, Captain Harford, several military officers fro,
Windsor and Hounslow, and a good sprinkling from town.)
were present at the meet at Salt-hill. The deer (Sweep) wns
taken, dead beaten, at West Wycombe, a distance of
wards of twenty-five miles from the kennel at Ascot. and wao
obliged to be killed a short time after Wards. ' A -fine horse
belonging to Mr. Dyson, of Windsor, rode by Mr. Jenne2
and another belonging to Mr. Sharpe, f
-Slough, dropped dea .
A third horse died at the Crown Inn, Marlifw;• and anatbef'
making the fourth, at Beaconsfield. The pace was tremew
dous throughout. Not more than fourteen, out of a loge
field, were up at the finish.