The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IWO:

LEIGH HOUSE.
NORTHAMPTON, FRlDAY.—PreparttiOnS are WI
made in every town in Northamptonshire thr3u,,gli
which the Queen will pass en route .to Bilrie's
House, to give her Majesty a welcome and loyal re
ception. d
On Wednesday last it was officially announce ir
the Mayor of this borough, that her Majesty vicn,
pass through the town on Tuesday next.
A public meeting of the inhabitants was held
the Town-hall this morning at eleven o'clock; for tf
purpose of adopting measures for establishing a-ler
pensary as a permanent memorial of the visit** Pi,'
most gracious Majesty the Queen to this town. the
spirited subscription was entered into to carrY,:oo,t,"
object. Upwards of 3001. was collected at the
ing, and a committee was formed to collect furtb,
subscriptions. The dispensary will be called„r
Victoria Dispensary.
There will be a public dinner on Tuesday, at tb:
Angel, the Mayor in the chair, and on WednesA
evening there will be a ball at the, George Assembit
rooms.
Her Majesty will be met at Weedon by the LOP
Lieutenant of the county, the Marquis of Eseteo'
and the High Sheriff, Sir Henry Dryden; and 1"r,
be received by a 'guard of honour formed' by
.7,
troops at present quartered there. The LordA,-41
tenant and the High Sheriff will accompany
Majesty to Northampton, where the Mayor and
:poration will meet her Majesty, and escort .11.1
through the town in the procession, accompanied,
the clergy and gentry of the borough and n
bourhood.
A county meeting has been convened by the Pre
Sheriff, and is to be held to morrow at the (Coup 4
hall in this town, for the purpose of adopting le
measures as may be agreed upon to demonstraVA
loyal feelings of the inhabitants of the county gene'!
on the occasion of her Majesty's visit. id;
At a meeting of the Town Council of Stanafere_di
Tuesday last it was resolved that the council 51'71i,
in procession meet the Queen at the boroughll9,oo
dary on the road to Wothorpe, in which directino
will enter the town, and passing round the eorntl,
Dr. Arnold's house in St. Martin's, will after provai
ing a few yards enter at the gates of the Marceol
Exeter's park ; so that the royal cavalcade 10
scarcely at all be seen in Stamford, and not pl,ls!eti
houses in the towu. A hope is felt that her MN
may on a subsequent day honour the inhabitatitilgd
showing herself in the borough.—A public tneo'is
was held at the Town-hall on 'Wednesday, an 4,14
attended by upwards of 200 respectable persoo"o
whom it was resolved to unite with the council /Poi
procession to meet the Queen and the Prince 0°..,4
Wothorpe-road, and in dutiful addresses to thefoli4
pair. A subscription for enabling the poor to reJef
on the occasion of the Sovereign's presence vi.,,.°00
tered into, towards which the Rev. Nicholas Wit)?
was empowered to contribute 501. in the name °
Marquis of Exeter, " for entertaining the school
dren and the poor of the several .parishes of
and St. 'Martin's."
Great preparations are making by the 160134 ,td
Exeter for the reception of the Queen. 111-.'fil4
tenantry, amounting to 400, have received oral tbi
meet at Wakerleyford-bridge, at.three o'clock Pa
afternoon of the 12th, to escort her Majesty to 801
laic
leigh, and the tenantry will afterwards dine to
different public-houses in Stamford, at his Lott, 00
expense. Triumphal arches will be erect,eheo'
different parts of the Marquis's property ; one er,lorrid
from a very elegant design by Mr. Charles Iticiet
son, is to span the west entrance to the hall"
IVothorpe. The christening at Burleigh is
place on Wednesday ; the cake, made by Mr.. e
of Stamford, is about four feet in circumftreneetill
weighs nearly 601b5., without the silver or of
whith which it is tastefully decorated.-0^",
Mercury. 110103
It is generally understood that Earl Fits*;•„op4
hounds will meet at Burleigh on one of the 41‘1.'
which Prince Albert will be there, in order to
his Royal Highness an opportunity of hunting .
one of the best packs in the kingdom.—/bid. rosy
PETERBOROUGH.—We understand, that ntcli ~,iti
v•tbeo
lvs
tunable Bishop (Dr. Davys) has been requests i
Marquis of Exeter to administer the rite of Poo tb
to his infant daughter at Burleigh next week,
occasion of the Queen's visit.—lbid.

The discovery of a-very ingenioto fraud 13,1;0 vla
cently boon made at the Custom-house. It is Wl;aid d
our readers, that a duty of Is. 6d. iii;t•oanee
all silvf,r plate stamped at the Goldsmiths' •Lki`
that, should such plate be afterwards entered for etro
0„sio ,bo
lion, the exporters may demand from the ',I '01:al
drawback of duty ; in other words, they ingqil Keitl
repayment of the Is. 6d. an ounce which had "e,..0,n
to the Goldsmiths' Company, when the plate sr' as 9."-
with the hall mark. The fraud to which fie ;be);
consisted in. this : after the articles of plate 9i1,0!e
stamped, they were enlarged by the addition 1,1,rer0,,
which had not been stamped, and which-had there
I,rJ
not paid duty ; yet, when the articles were Een,),ior
Customs for exp 11ertation, drawback of duty was,kiaro
on the whole weight—that is to say, uPO
tion of the article as had not paid duty, I's &Hl'
upon the portion which had. This fraud whicll,4
on to a great extent in silver knife handles, to h'°
ojrci
large ferrule was fraudulently attached after the. ell
had been stamped; and thus drawback was obtal° 13V
the entire weight, although the ferrules had not b:e1;
eluded in the weight 'upon which duty had bee-evittls`cilt
viously paid at Goldsmiths' Hall ; so that the I:0 5 Al
was defrauded to the extent of Is. 6d:. per ounce vs, Or
ferrules. Upon being brought to the Search:l'ooo%;
o
for examination, Mr. Scanlan, searcher any. bi,
waiter, acting either upon private intelligences,orwerro
observation, detained the plate ; and It . .9 t,.1
since been established,. that no doubt exists 14c,01
fraudulent manufacture of the knife handies',ooo,
'
have since been condemned ; but the other
that theA
the plate has been given up, as it appeared had
dritivFl
porters were not parties to the fraud, aria
a yr-;
0
the manufacturer of the knife-handles the
them.—Sunday paper.
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