The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-21 00:00:00

Su • PORTSMOUTH.
:an DV)AY.—It is officially announced that her Majesty
' nnee Albert will leave Osborne House for Windsor
in°"rnorrow, at two o'clock. Preparations are accord-
for the accommodation of the royal arty, ._.
by the naval and military authorities and the
Iro_u.th-Western Railway Company, at Gosport, her
-cnestY having
witith no intention of returning by way of
pton, notwithstanding the very Duketn‘.ours to that effect. It is expected that the
ZWellington will arrive early to-morrow morning
receive her Majesty and Prince Consort at the
Ronal
49tli Clarence-yard. A guard of honour of the
,r, , 76th, and 37th Regiments, with the band and
view
cla s colour of the latter, will be drawn up at the
renee-yard, and the Royal Marines will form the
ROard of
honour at the Gosport terminus. No
soldier will line the road from the Royal Clarence-
yard to the terminus, her Majesty having been made
ae •
dieainted with the. drenched condition of the sr:A-
-i rn*
who were placed along the road on Mo,-Aday
last, ex Posed that Pose to the awful severity of the elements or
1,,,'1r-;ventful day, for so many hours.
LATE AWFUL CATASTRI:ipIIE ON
THE KING'S BASTIejN.
herWe are gratified in being able +.4 state, that it is
At
vs_uow of the unfortunate r
i;e_.ebief engineer of 11.jia .etilleryman, Walker; and
garrison is directed by het
ez7C!‘), es
tY to make eve-...v inquiry into the circumstances
i; the widow prie,r to the settlement of the sum, which
I/id"? vill -
'ate('
at 301 per annum. We much fear the poor
Bile ree . I got enjoy the royal bounty, for the shock
her, e'ved, on the news being suddenly conveyed to
4ensik."'e think will prove fatal. She has not been
for,„";e since the dreadful accident. We are also in-
in.q.er. his Majesty the King of the French, on hear-
accident, the accident, was much shocked, and stated
..44 'lntention also to provide for the widow.
SOUTHSEA CASTLE.
laiTii,llis famed fortress is undergoing conversion. to a
z.hic,,z,tnryil
aprison. That portion of the 59th Regiment
quartered in this castle for some time
has removed on Friclay to other quarters, in order
' the alterations may be proceeded with forthwith.
th,.: he; As 2 ....-....__, -
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dolt , •T Majesty and Prince Albert were
.taking
ano,tin4teustomed early walk, about nine o'clock in the
he„c g, which they had extended upwards of a mile
t. 4 Rd the boundaries of the royal domain, they were
t,‘'lglit in Et heavy shower of rain, at a rather shelterless
karit of the hill- commanding a view of the sea. _
whoJehs,,tY told the Prince hastened their steps
.homeward,
avhol'oe old postman of East Cowes and Whippingbam,
the ~74just been performing his morning rounds in
res4-"Joining villages, observed that a ladygand gentle-
poja...?vere rather disagreeably exposed to the storm, and.
told",,N after them as fast as he could, h. e tendered his
.444glkoghani umbrella, which was graciously accepted,
to Osborne
ti Little
invited to follow their footsteps
at that
tiro; ~ Little did the poor postman imaginehad thus the
%lou f it w"..s to his Royal Mistress he
arrival affarding such seasonable shelter ; but, on his
feet, b at O:Le
thanks
Portico, he was agreeably awakened to the
kid a .-Laving tendered to him her Majesty's
, II IN,.
I'4. Ave pound note, together with his oldnuseThreenlleae.
of
41 al —°R, SUNDAY EVENING.—III consequence
hee teration having been made in the period whtihceh tiad.
of 1:1‘1Pled on for her Majesty's 'departurefrom. isle
res,Oght, the Court, according to instructions which
liot-"ecl Windsor yesterday 7 from Osborne-ttouse, will
of
,arrive at the Castle till to-morrow et:ening instead
i luncheon the royal carriage:'„, i military
eseort
Guards consisting of a detachine"...c of the Royala.
.Horse
the b (Blue) having been c,rdered to be in waiting at
/t i'arnborough station by four o'clock in the afternoon.
opooa
_,exPeeted than the state apartments will be
ere-
orwieito the publ:te in the course of the ensuing k
Lord le' due otice will be given from the office owfethe
n Chan* =nail,
n ',Ru e
`'ouseii,l4 Iti COUNCIL.—The following Orders in
the e - nave been transmitted to the Commissioners of
tc,D;;Rsistoras by order of the Lords of the Treasury, and
leia-rst,°': the same have been furnished to the several
gob, -nents in London, and atAll the outports of the king-
Istr7.B on in Council conferring certain privi-
°C. th " Hanoverian vessels and cargoes, in pursuance
Alt e recent treaty of commerce and navigation.: with
Priapitikeingdonl.—Order in Council conferring commercial.
Satto,,,,ges on Oldenburg vessels and cargoes, in pur-
Intl,'" of the recent treaty of commerce and navigation
„kNat; the Grand Duke.—Order in Council respecting
ie,,"B of commerce and navigation existing with the
cieh,,,°
_°,lf Hanover, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
1144.',e,i1R, the Grand: Duke of Dbeklenburg Strelitz,
%et:" Grand Duke of Oldenburg.—Order in Council.
44s,rritig certain privileges on vessels belonging to
Ski r,"4:11, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Mecklenburg Strelitz,
cotee'_iqefiburg, in regard, to pilotage.—Order in Council
tlseer,rg commercial/2rivileges onklthe Governments of
Preleliberg Se' hwevan and Mecklenburg S.trelitz.—
IsN,er hi Council eoiaferring certain commercial privoi-f
Ws on the ve,sels belonging to the DukeGrandof
14,okienburg
-ichwexin and the Grand Duke Meck-
taSrg4ty'',;,ltz, under the treaty of commerce and nevi-
, atm .ti the Emperor of Austria.
rjtalt,l.4lllA CAUSED BY THE DECOioMPtiOieSIyTeIaOrNIBOISF
"le kV Woon —Dr; Black states, that .
tit l'e-or
~, tr. -war to which he was surgeontook
-a's th4.reen wood at Demerara for firewood.. InTaheclusahilip-
l'ed ~." healthy, but after being at sea for three weeks,
'lent -,ol,,t,,l'euthein in other port, fever of a very vio-
the iti-e-m-gestive character made its appearance
oahmlion4
~.t° run t",,rl,Offieers, and the ship was ultimately_ g
"ere carti at'Atcloes, were 40 men, asnhdipthaeftedro:.taorrdsalrseo.,
re-
by h.. ....3011el•
ttulled , ed to the hospital. The
'','ould „to her
terliisinge-groufnd, it being thought
thshane.
,' • c ear IN the ever
dial. eg ,inch© harbo r. The men's diet was also ra°
the fever,' as y had notu been long from a cold climate;
Abe shi however, continued to make its ravages, and
The hold
,14.41 tbl3 was agaiu obliged to return to port.
4toui ti,,lieverhauled, and found to be very foul and fell *B4 ; - green woodsheetellnediatelycleafreerdmoeuntt,ingtheand decomposing.
*ihiel;
the the
lied; after
quarteredas on
et ship fumigated and whitewashed; lever o,e ell returned on board, but no more cases of
I Stte-tioell:red•---Illedical Times.
1.,- Privet-- " A SOLDIER OF THE 83D REGIMENT:
.'''h last' of this regiment which took up its station in
Rtale was
week, shot himself' on Wednesday last. His )'ears oniss Alexander Macintyre, and he was about 20,
lrieg Partya On Wednesday morning last, while onh
tei,
at On i
0 eant,, - 4 funeral, he was found fault withhbiymt
to
~..'lettik, ,--.0.10r for being dirty, and this caused
-)te he "'at t' if he were- humbugged in this wayedantyo
to the could shoot himself." This being addressed
an. Rage:ergatit-inajor was considered insubordinate 1
e°110,1,4,9 Macintyre was, therefore, brought before the
ekthe ja",,,ing officer, and sentenced to four days' drill outfor
,bat :•'-rooni, in which he was to be imprisoned
44,
ateriod. .
Was out t After being incarcerated in the day-room
4.8 heetof,w_o hours and a half, the report of a musket
back fou4ci ~nd on Corporal Southall entering tidte
ornoohmis,
, „ of acintyre stretched upon the groun
esr°_l4ll: hlevrft.airree:iy.tly dead, with th
hopelessm one ; a bullet had
Ea_steatiie waslennsfaeoce waasime meduisakteeltyasbeunutt foar,yabrudt
h, ids aftorwardtshrough, his bod and he died about tw
htia., oe the b
_, . On fhursday;eveningacn
hinapqe7sttowwnas_
Nvh;) before °;,Y, at the Barrack Tavern,D
•,, W. Harrison, Esq.
re-
lied, , c Temporary
t4l. 4 4 l'erdi tof " T wasderangementeputy,,Coroner,
t Skv;:"eds Sierciny.
the;irklltee;"4l LANE.s.--we are glad to find that the
tee; Profit 44 ti managers of Savings' Banks have, whdereovser
.
tors, is will enable them, resolved to allow . i allet4er 20th next month, the highest rate of. interest
tlostitut• by the recent Act of Parliament affecting those
eg th-,,-I°4--namely, 3L Os. 10,1. In future, those hay-
-7 exe-ilanagernent of Savings' Banks will act prudentlylts
telfr from improper persons from depositing. It i
Saver -°1:11 the first law that was passed relativet.
ntos
.it,,a,
14t., .0. ant,
t 11----'B, what the object of those institutions
isoafe
eest,:., 131' the Act says the aim is to provide for
41(147): and increase of small savings belonging to the
cias:Lriot,
classes -, and thereby recognising those
ptieBs::W. The abuses which have beencnoomwmitted
[4,„lngs' Banks ought to be counteracted
"zip h vtaIIISEMENT.]—THE RIVAL YORK LINES
tO 11(10„ILWAY.--The paper war between that
,ofthe
t,t4 Rein--; and York Railway, and Sir John Rennie s. Line,
'Ake inn °R as hotly as ever. The engineers fight, if not
Prof --'n Whose lives are in question, still as those whesie.
toc, essional reputations hang upon the result. The Raz 14_ Chronicle of yesterday contains a correspondencetooleeen the Secretary of the London and York, an
Um ' °Re of the engineers, who have retired from that.
kr.7t4king, in which the secretary says, in alluding to
could t 0 that " Under such circumstances, the board_
oth.' come to no other conclusion than that you had
mount er ieterests to serve which, in your mind, were pared-
th,, to your duty to the London and York line, an
board Y ti sacrificed to those interests the pledge to your
eo:tilyna,p lied in your acceptance of the office of their
1,...er. Mr. Locke, in reply, distinctly denies. the
termsteltations attempted to becast upon him, and in strong
points to the London and York Board " taking
ahrit:till,, etePs merely for the purpose of filling up their
44-t-etoilstLadding, that AIL Mowatt's (the secretary),
a PoYte suggestions are less honest than their other as INTENv
C
n:, , SPAPERS THROUGH. THE POST-OFFICE.—
by laintS are continually being made that papers sent
to the Post are frequently lost, and it may not be amiss
re state that the following order on the subject, as di-
dale,;tby the Postmaster-General, the Earl of Lons-
nf. will be periodically issued by the authorities, as a
'oAetion to letter-carriers and others-4, General Post-
ee,e—The complaints on the subject of missing
the
PPstPape,rs, stated to have been committed to
continue to be so numerous, that al-
%Aga the to
General is satisfied that
reh of the irregularity complained of arises from causes
tiel?'°nd the control of the Post-office, his Lordship
inks it expedient that every one engaged in the Post-
,,_ c. service should be made acquainted with the 32d
section of the Ist Victoria, cap. 30, by which it is pro-
tv_l a,—that every person employed in the Post•office
?uo shall steal, or for any purpose embezzle, se-
_rete, or destroy-, or shall wilfully detain or destroy
se-
in
of conveyance or delivery thereof by the
or any printed votes or proceedings in Parliament,
v,,,1,_4,ne3; printed newspaper, or any other printed paper
, er sent by the post without covers, or in covers
'oren t
at the sides, shall, in England or Ireland, be guilty
ofiva Misdemeanour, and in Scotland of a crime and
h0,,'.1", and being convicted thereof, shall suffer such
Is rhment by fine or imprisonment, or by both,
fartti)lethe Court shall seem meet." And his Lordship
hlai
.r desires it may be distinctly understood that every
ostvi_dftstia, acting in any capacity in the service of the
t„
1-"Foce, who shall be guilty of such an offence shall
loge shall With the utmost rigour of the law.
t,,ir llenry and Lady Pottinger and family honoured
C,-13,urford's Panorama of Hon Kong with a visit on
"1"14Y. 54 Lleury expressed lawnlibighly grtttifiEL