The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

e•ceremony of the lying in state of the remeins
44 the Princess Sophia Mathilda took place yester
le at her Royal Highness's residence, the Ranger's
°llse, Blackheath.
00, guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards was
~tiutY at the principal entrance, the colours of the
"Oft nt covered with crape, the officers wearing
silk scarfs with crape fittings, and the
ii 7,414. The troops lined the corridor leading to
4111714 which was entirely covered with black
Zile Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her
)I_JestY's Household, arrived in the forenoon at the
"gees House, from town.
801 e he dining-room was appropriated for the mournful
111.,t.lity. At twelve o'clock the Lady Alicia Gor-
dan,t7 ',My in Waiting on her late Royal Highness,
hotered the apartment, conducted by the Lord Chem-
d riabl• Her Ladyship, who was attired in the
ue:Peat mourning, took her seat, as chief mourner, at
t}lead cf the royal corpse, supported by Miss
otes, and the Hon. Mrs. Oust, Bedchamber Women
the late Princess, also attired in deep mourning
Corps
ag 4e4 of her Royal Highness stood at the feet of the
e.
_he ceiling, sides, and floor of the room, were corn-
:toy covered with black cloth. Over the royal
IV" was a large canopy, the interior fluted, and
lathered to the centre, formed by a white rosette.
e corniche of the canopy was silvered, and the
',pry black, with white fringe.
thile body was covered with a very large pall of
4 velvet, having a deep border of white satin,
an. side of the pall having three escutcheons, con-
oßelPl? the arms of the Princess in a lozenge, and her
,41 Highness's coronet above. The pall was removed
veLue feet of the body displaying the coffin of crimson
The fivolitiohwsiialveer ornaments.
was the inscription on the coffin :
D epositum
Principisste
Sophie Mathildm
Felice Illustrissimi Principis
Gulielini Henrici
De Brunswick Lunenburgh
Ducis Glocestrim et Edinburgi
Comitio Connacive
Periscelidis
Equitis defuncti
Dbiit vicesimo nono die Novembris
Anno Domini MDCCCXLIV
lEtatis sum LXXII.
49n the coffin rested the coronet of her Royal
Priess, as a junior Princess of the Royal Family,
118' a cross pare with strawberry leaves instead of
Above the chief mourner, at the back, was a large
su handsome escutcheon of the Royal Arms, with
?Porters, accompanied by a number of silver
lees with wax tapers.
un each side of the coffin were massive silver
esacliestt •
totiticks, with large wax burners, placed on cir-
.l... Pedestals covered with black cloth.
e roomwas lighted by silver sconces, each
et ti",,,ee Containing two wax candles, and at the sides
sort room, between the rows of sconces, were in-
k `, 'l,, small escutcheons of the arms of her late Royal
tnness, in a lozenge, surmounted by a coronet.
bIV-fle chief mourner and her supporters being seated,
Rublic were admitted to witness the ceremony
the..." grand entrance, passing thence into the hall,
Cling, sides, and floor of which were entirely
16.!,red with black cloth, sconces with, wax tapers
t4l"ng the apartment. From the hall the public
red the dining-room, and after viewing the lying
th2tatN quitted the mansion by a different entrance,
d7:_ugh an ante-room, which was covered with black
7.Pery,
404" t two o'clock the Hon. Mrs. Legge relieved the
Re ' no's. Cust. The Pages of the late Princess
ta, 'relieved every hour.
the44' succession of spectators continued to pass through
rue rooms, without any intermission, from the corn-
th_liCenient of the ceremony until its close, preserving
LiTghout the greatest order and regularity.
rue e fitting up of the different rooms and arrange-
io Ins for the ceremony were executed by Mr. Bant-
ofßeithin a very limited period, under the direction
Zs Lord Chamberlain.
du • Party of the metropolitan police was on duty
etidPl/23 the day, under the command of Mr. Malalieu,
Maintained the greatest facility for ingress and
AThe domestic household of her late Royal Highness
bed through the rooms a short time previous to the
e being admitted to the ceremony.
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PORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERPAY.
acted-n-7e than average amount of tJusiness was trans-
toutatte Derby, showing a ';urther improvement in
iittorepwasso
tion of W'ttPse, Idas, and -A-nti-Repealer, but no altera-
tiltiseidreat imPor'vance. We ought not, however,
outside eavyd transactions on the leading and
to
~-avourites :—For instance, 12 to 1 to 1001.,
and tv Ito at least 6001, were taken about Alarm ;
:;,,e'quoted odds agst the Cobweb colt, Kedger, Pam,
Rebecca' colt, to amounts sufficiently large to prove
au they had not lost ground in the estimation of their
Aporters. 1,000 to 25 each was taken about Pantasa
741 q Miss Whip colt, 1,000 to 20 several times about the
re?it OHL of Calypso's dam, and 1.000 to 15 each about
Ztha Boy and Seaman. The appearance of Ironmaster,
h:utinidable public runner, and generally supposed to
" been disqualified by the death of Mr. Marshall,
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• a bit of a sensation. It is now asserted that he was
atned by Mr. Marshall, jun., and that there is every
rt
' th,.°4 Peet of the nomination being pronounced valid—on
strength of it, 5,000 to 1,000, and 1,000 to 15 re-
, amallY were taken abeut him, ".all in," and 3,000 to 60,
tt 'OOO to 200. with a 'proviso that the bets shall be
id, should he be disqualified. The Chester
t Cap was
ftlo touched upon, ard See,ns be " a standing
lat throUghout the winter. The- following were the
eh,ararket prices :
1 CHESTER CITP (NAME OR NOT NAME).
';000 t.,) 25 was laid against Porto Bello ; 1,000 to 20
Mitist Poussin; 1,000 to 15 against Cabin soy; 1,000 to
foliagainst The Dean; and 500 to 10 against each of the
tovning in one bet :—Ratan, Porto Bello, Extempore,
bt,ract, and Pastoral ; 1,000 to 5 was laid against Cabin
• 3' winning this and the Derby.
DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Forth's lot
11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—taken
18 to 1 a2.st Colonel Anson's Kedger
20 to 1 ags..t Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Ides—taken
122 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken
Z 2 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken
'3 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt
40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier
40,. to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen—t
' to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Lady Berners colt—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster
166° to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's colt—Calypso's dam—t.
in 7 to 15 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy—taken
,mins'uu to 15 agst General Yates's Seaman—taken
1M to 30 agst Collier and Winchester—taken
17... n even between Ides and Young Eclipse
,uOO even between John Davis and Devil's Dust.
OAKS.
• to 1 agst Drlr.Worthington'sLancashireWitch-1
23 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's As You Like It—taken.

TrIE LATE MR. CROCKFORD'S ACCOITST.
the The following is a copy of the guarantee received by
th.„ keeper of the match-book, and posted yesterday in
" §llbscription-room :
" Dingley Park, Dee. 6, 1844.
ta:,ll the undersigned H. H. Hungerford, hereby gua.
'ee that the bets due from the late Mr. Crockford on
e la.st Derby and Oaks, shall be paid in full.
• " Witness my band, this 6th of Dec., 1844.
" H. H. HUNGERFORD.
A 're the Stewards of the Jockey Club."
to' notification added that the debtors will be expected
PaY on Monday, the 16th.

.I,„_ NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.
.//re e A llington-bill Stakes were won by Mr.Mey-riek's
err., rnia, and not by Captain Daintree's K. Flora, as
''lleously stated in our paper yesterday.

cii,l4l2lAurfriNG FOR THE COUNTY.—FOF the southern
I,sinn the process of qualifying goes on rapidly, show-
g
,a determination on the part of the free traders to
well their majority. To increase the number of inde-
. tol:dent voters in the northern division, meetings have
4121 held, or are arranged to be held, in Blackburn,
Colne, Accrington, Clitheroe, and Chorley.
e Preston Commit tee met as usual on Wednesday. Many
applications for qualifications were received, and property
Tl•o sell registered. To facilitate the work, an -office is
a„Pout to I,e opened here as a central point for North
eashire.---- Preston Guardian.
t ovule el ke of
the red deer, the
property of the
sold "on. Charles Stuart Wortley, have been valued and
by Earl Fitzwillis.m's gamekeeper, to an
Pt ast w
nt Baronet, for stag hunting.
• DELsH WAITS.—It may not be uninteresting to
po-r.42121i5h reader if we describe the peculiar system
4,Lied by the Welsh wails. Durim: the pact w?ek three
Pat' ."‘rri4theitinu, briee!yan:aritya:e
-artoa perambulated the streets of
in the i”orning, playing tunes
rite;itiveariyodfoor to commemorate the approach of the high
Christmas. After the musicians have played
hO,"rY tune before the house, the, owner of which they
Le_te Propitiate, and to persuade him to make them
oirsent at Christmas. the " leadesr of the band" calls
g:,with stentorian voice, " Good morning, Mr. Jones,
od Morning Mrs. Jones, good morning Master Jones,
• • vest morning Miss Jones, and goud morning to all the
mot of the family. Half-past five o'clock, and a frosty
rning." The tune is then proceeded with, and varied
be:e_asrionally as the name of the occupier of the house
e which it is played differs from that of his or her
b:1?-_,hbour. For instance, '° Rousseau's Theatn" is played
r iior.e the house of Miss II , a maiden lady, of a
gl"lis turn of mind, while " Drops of Brandy" is
p aly4e_d_ opposite the Boar's Head Inn.—Welshman.
sortoN TER JJYSTERS, OR CARRICK "NATIVEs."—
fre of the largest oysters that we have ever seen, even
evena the far-famed Carrickfergus beds, were, yesterday
Sh,rlai_ng, left at our office, for inspection, from Kean's
• It will not be said that we Law; mistimed tbe:ri
ceaning thany" monsters," when WO state that several
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them weighed from 2lbs. to 2illiv.—Norrhern Whig.