The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The following bulletin of ber
Majesty's health was issued this morning :
Windsor Castle, Aug. 9, 1844, 8 A.M.
" The Queen has had another good night.
" Her Majesty and the infant Prince are doing well.
" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
"ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D."

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Prince Albert yesterday evening, and dined
with his Royal Highness.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting. went this
morning to inspect the battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards
stationed here.

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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her.
Majesty this afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady
Lyttelton, were taken an airing in an open► carriage this
afternoon.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert drove out in a
pony phaeton this afternoon. The Prince returned to
the Castle soon after six o'clock. The eastern terrace
of the Castle will not be open to the public either to-
morrow (Saturday) or on Sunday.
Colonel Bouverie has relieved Major-General Wemyss
in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on his Royal
Highness Prince Albert.
A number of the Nobility and Gentry called at the
Castle during the day and entered their names in the list
of inquiries after the health of her Majesty. Among
these were the Countess of March, Mr. and Miss Cox,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills, the Misses Mills, Mr. Al-
gernon Greville, Miss G. Greville, Lord and Lady
Haddo, Miss Hamilton, Lady Isabella Wemyss, Sir
George and Lady Ouseley and Miss Ousely, the Lord
Mayor and the Lady Ma) oress, Major and Mrs. An-
derson, the Provost of Eton, the Hon. Mrs. Higson, Sir
George and Lady Couper, Miss Couper, Colonel and Miss
Howard Vyse, Miss Vyse.
This evening her Majesty is going on as w tll as
possible.

A Cabinet Council was held. yesterday at ono •lock,
at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, Among the
Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert
Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Stanley, Sir James
Graham, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Lord Whaincliffe, the Earl of Ripon, and
Lord Granville Somerset. The Ministers remained in
deliberation about two hours.
A meeting of the New Prison Commission was held
yesterday at the Council-office. Among the Commis-
sioners present were the Lord Presidet, Major Jebb,
Mr. Watts Russell, and Mr. Craufurd.
Sir Robert Peel dined with the Earl of Aberdeen yes-
terday.
Mr. Higham, Con p railer of the Office for the Reduc-
tion of the Natioual Debt, had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.'

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Majority and Minority on the question for assimilating the
law in Ireland and England by leaving the appointment
with the Judges of the Law Officers.
FOR AGREEING WITH THE COMMONS' AMENDMENT.
Wellington Beverley Rodney
Haddington Colville Monteagle
Aberdeen Liverpool Wrottesley
Buccleuch Hawarden Lake .v. . •
Ripon Bute Sheffield - •
Wharncliffe Winchester Tankervilla
Canning Melville Redesdale. -
Dalhousie .

AGAINST IT.
Lord Chancellor Foley ' Galloway
Clanricarde Glengall Wicklow
Besborough Ponsonby Beaumont
Sudeley ' Campbell Kinnaird.
Lilford

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—THAMES
zANKmENT.-Yesterday the Government measure to em,
power her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods to form a ter
racy, and embankment, with convenient landing places for
the public on the Middlesex shore of the River Thames, be-
tween Westminster-bridge and Blackfriars-bridge, was
printed. It contains no fewer than eighty-four sections, with
a schedule annexed, giving a full description of the intended
improvements, which are planned on the report of the Com-
missioners presented to the Queen, and to which her Majesty
has given her sanction. It is proposed that the terrace and
embankment should be completed in two years, with conve-
nient landing places and piers for the public. Money is to be
advanced for the purpose, under the threctifm of the Commis-
sioners. The Bill has been printed for consideration before
the metteZ4 further cliSCUiled•
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SPOItTING INTELLIt.:4I:NCE.
BRIG lITON RACES-FRIDAY.

Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for two and three yrs olds;
fillies allowed 31bs. Winner to be sold for 40/. T.Y.C.

(4 Subs.)
Mr. H. Stebbing's Mainstay, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b (Butcher) 1
Lord G. Bentinck's The Great Mogul. 3 yrs, 9st 2
Lord G. Bentinck's Duke of Cornwall. 2 yrs, ist 3
Mr. W. Jones's Pnantasia, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b 4
Even on Lord George's two, and 6 to 4 against the
winner. Mainstay led to the hill, and was then passed
by the Great Mogul, but came again near the end, and
won on the post by a head. The winner was claimed.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, 2 ft, with 50
added. New course. (9 Subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, aged, Bst (Rogers) 1
Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 3 yrs, 7st,
Mr. Dockeray's Black Stocking, 3 yrs, 6st 81b
Lord Exeter's f by Gladiator, 4 yrs,'Bst 61b
Mr. E. Walker's Cab Horse, 6 yrs, 7st 71b
6 to 4 agst Pergularia, and 7 to 4 against Naworth.
After the first mile-and-a half, the two favourites took
the running from the Cab Horse, and ran together till
a short distance from the chair, when Naworth went on
by himself, and won by a length.

The Amateur Stakes, of 5 sous. each. Gentlemen riders,

Heats. T.Y.C.
Mr. E. R. Clarke's Young Lochinvar, 4 yrs,
list 71b (Lord Maidstone) 2 1 1
Mr. P. Roles Argos, aged, 12st
Lord G. Bentinck s Great Mogul, 3 yrs, lOst 61b 3 dr
Firt heat-7 to 4on Young Lochinvar. Won by half
a length. Second heat-7 to 4on Argos. Won on the
post by -a head. Third heat-6 to 4on Young Lochin 'ar.
Won by half a length.
The Beaten Stakes were not run out when the last
train left.

SALISBURY RACES.—THURSDAY.
Sweepstakes or 50 sovs. each, h ft; for colts, Bst 91b,
fillies, Bst Glb; untried allowed 31bs, &c. One mile.
Mr. Herbert's c by Elis out of Delightful, walked over.
The City Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes
of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft ; 3 yrs old, 6st 121 b ; 4 yrs,
Bst Glb ; 5 yrs, 9t llb ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 71b.
Mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Heats, one mile and three-
quarters. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Williams's Elysium, 4 yrs... (Sly) 1 1
Mr. Crofton's Cornopean, 4 yrs dis.
Mr. Caffall's Mobarick, 6 yra
The Scurry Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added.
T.Y.C. (5 Subs.)
Mr. England's Spring Bok, 7st (Rice) 1
Mr. Herbert's Ajax, Bst 101 b
Mr. Herbert's Sister to Queen Charlotte, 5St 51b 3
Mr. Crofton's Cornopean, Bst lib
Mr. Saunders's Mind-your-Pockets, 7st 71b . 5

Won easy.
The Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, with 20 added for
the beaten horses, one mile, were won in two heats by
Mr. Crofton's Cornopean, Bst, 41b (Sly), beating Mr.
Bray's Midnight Star, 7st 11b, Mind your-Pockets, Bst
121 b, and The Lord of Misrule. 7st 41b.
NORWICH RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Willoughby Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added.
Heats, twice round and a dis. (14 Subs.)
Mr. J. Osborne's bg by Slane, 3 yrs...(Riley) 0 1 1
Mr. Walker's The Hobble, 3 yrs 1 0 3
Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 3 yrs
Five others started. Won cleverly by half a length.
The Tradesmen's Gold, Cup of 60/. added to a Handicap
of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two
miles and a quarter. (31 Subs.)
Mr. Wesley's Councillor, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (11. Darling) 1
Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 4 yrs, 6st 13Ib 2
Mr. Toke's Ermengardis, 6 yrs, Est 121 b
Seven others ran. Won very easy.
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 20 added.
Heats, twice round and a distance. (8 Subs.)
Captain Boyd's Lara, 6 yrs (Owner) 1 1
Mr. Thompson's bc by Shrigley, 5 yrs
Sir C. Monck's Flaggon, 6 yrs
Mussulman and Mudlark also started. Won by a length.
BARNET RACES.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST AND 22D.
FIRST DAY.—The Trial Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with
101. added from the fund ' • free for any horse. Three
years old to carry 7st 51b ; fours years, Bst 71b ; five
years, 9st llb ; six years and aged, 9st 41b. A winner
this year 51b extra. Mares and geldings allowed 31b.
Three horses to start, or the money added will not be
given ; if more than five horses start, the second horse
to save his stake. The winner to be sold for 801., if de-
manded in the usual way. To name and close on the
entrance night. Heats, twice round and a distance.
The Green-Man Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 201
added frow the fund. Heats. Weights and distance the
same as for the Trial Stakes. Three hdrses to start, or
the money added will not be given ; if more than fis e
horses start, the second horse to save his stake. Any
reputed half-bred horse to be allowed 71b. Mares and
geldings allowed 31b. To name and close on the entrance
night.
The Tally-Ho Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 13 added
from the fund ; free for any horse carrying 1 Ist. Heats,
twice round and a distance ; six leaps to be taken in
each heat over hurdles. Three horses to start, or the
money added will not be given ; if more than five horses
start, the second horse to save his stake. To name and
close on the entrance night. A winner once in 1844,
to carry 41b extra ; twice, 71b ;, three times, 101 b.
SECOND DAY.—Thu Town Plate of 2 says. each, with
10 added from the fund. Heats. Weights and distances
the same as for the Trial Stakes. A winner of the
previous day to carry 51b extra. Three horses to start,
or the money added will not be given ; if more than five
horses start, the second horse to save his stake. To
name and close before nine o'clock in the evening of the
first day's races. The winner to be sold for 701., if de-
manded, in the usual way.
The Barnet Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added.
Heats. Weights and distance the same as for the Trial
Stakes. A winner once this season to carry Mb extra ;
twice, 71b. Three horses to start, or the money added
will not be given ; if more than five horses start, the
second horse to save hisstake, To name and close before

nine o'clock in the evening of the first day's races. The
winner to be sold for 1501., if demanded, in the usual way.
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, added to a
Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each ; free for all horses carrying
lost 71b. A winner this season to carry 41b extra ; twice,
71b ; three times, 10Ib. Heats, twice round and a dis-
tnnee ; six leaps to be taken in each heat over hurdles.
Three horses to start, or the money added will not be
given ; if more than five horses start, the second horse
to save his stake. To name and close before nine o'clock
in the evening of the first day's races. The winner to
be sold for 801., if demanded, in the usual way.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BRIGHTON RACES—FRIDAY (CONCLUDED).
Sweepstakes of 3 sows. each, and 21 added for the beaten
horses. Winner to be sold for 601., &c. Heats, one
mile. (6 Subs.)
Mr. E. R. Clarke's Sir Edward, 5 yrs, 9st 51b 1 I
Mr. Smith's Queen of the Chase, 3 yrs, 6st 81b 4 2
Mr. Wilson's Dart, 5 yrs, 9st 41b 3 3
Mr. Law's Black Duchess, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 5 4
Mr. Monk's Beggar Girl, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b 2 dr
7 to 4 on Sir Edward, who won the first heat easily,
and the second by a head, and was claimed.
HOR%'VICH RACES—THURSDAY.

The Ladies' Purse of 15 soya., added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 sovs. etyli, mile and half, gentleman riders (3
Subs.), were won in two heats by Mr. Fowler's Jack,
aged, beating three others.
The Cup of 50 Guineas, given by Mr. Standish, added
to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, h ft ; one mile and a
half and a dis. (20 Subs.)
Mr. G. Osborne's Sloane, 3 yrs (Riley) 1
Mr. Worthington's Collina, 6 yrs
Mr. Thompson's Huiibras, .6 yrs
Several others Also 'ran.
The Hurdle stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added,
twice round, over four hurdleq,:.*Cre won in two
heats by Mr. Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs, beating se-
veral others.

MANCHESTER BETTING—FRIDAY.
GREAT EBOR HANDICAP.-7 to 2 agst Franchise (t)
—6 to 1 agst Petlometor (0-10 to 1 agst Rowena-10
to 1 agst Lucy Banks-15 to 1 agst Belle Dame.
ST. LEGER.-3 to 1 agst The Cure (t)-9 to 2 agst
Ithuriel-6 to 1 agst Bay Momus-13 to 2 agst Va-
lerian-10 to 1 agst Red Deer-10 to 1 agst Ugly Buck
—l3 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh-20 to 1 agst Morpeth-
-30 to 1 agst Lightning.
DERBY.—Nothing done. •

COURSE OF EXCHA2
Amsterdam CF. 12 44
Ditto, at sight l2 2
Rotterdam 2U. 12 5
Antwerp 25 90
Hamburgh M.B. 13 13}
Altona l3 14
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60
Ditto, 3 months 25 85
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 90
Frankfort on Maine l2l

ZGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar
Leghorn 3O 50
Genoa 25 85
Milan
Venice
Naples 394
Palermo, per oz llB4
Lisbon s4i
Oporto 544
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia 23
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF EDLIION PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons-- 0 0 0
New Donors 0 4 10*
Silver in Ears 0 4 114

Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7

Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 952
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 37

Cadiz

Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Seville

FATAL ACCIDENT.-.—DANGER or RIDING ON THE
SHAFTS OF WAGGONS.—Mr. Gell yesterday held an inquest
at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Charles Prior, aged
thirty-five, of Prescott-street, Windsor. In evidence, it
appeared that, on Tuesday morning last, deceased, with his
wife, quitted his residence in Windsor, for the purpose of
coming to London to get work: In the Bath-road, near the
Magpie public-house, they 'overtook a waggon, the
driver of which gave them a, Jift as far as he was going.
The woman got on the top of the waggon, and her
husband sat on the shafts; but he had net ridden far before
he fell into the road, and was seriously injured by the wheels.
He said, when removed to the hospital, that he did not know
what caused him to fall, but he recollected trying to escape
by rolling his body away. He died in two days. The acci-
dent happened at three o'clock, and he was not admitted to
the hospital until eight o'clock. He was thus five hours
without medical assistance, and the jury expressed much
surprise that he had not been instantly carried to a surgeon
in the neighbourhood. Verdict—" Accidental death."
THE RIGHT OF Cono-rifEtte' JURIES TO INSPECT
BODIES.—At an inquest held yesterday before Mr. Carter,
the Coroner for Surrey, one of the jurors inquired if they were
permitted to have inspection of the body, in order really to
ascertain if there were any marks of violence upon it, which
he 'understood to be the meaning of "viewing" the body, ac-
cording to the Act of Parliament; or were they, as was too
often the case in gentlemen's houses, just to look into the
room.where the corpse was? He was induced to ask this
question because he had often been on juries, and there gene-
rally appeared a desire to prevent the proper examination.
The Coroner observed, that it was the undoubted right of the
jury to make what they doiuticitired a proper inspection, in
order that 't e.y might be able to *lgo of the weight of the
evidence ards laid 'before thfm, acid to put such ques-
tiOnd al any peabtanoe iuggeste4 to theta.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.

. _
On Friday the Proprietors of the London and Birmingham
Railway held their general meeting at the station, Euston-
square, for the purpose of receiving the report, and the trans-
action of business for the last half-year. The meeting was
most numerously attended, it being generally known that a
piece of plate and a purse of money were to be presented by
the Proprietors to Mr. Richard Creed, the Secretary to the
Company. George Carr, Esq., the Chairman, in opening the
business of the day, said that the affairs of the Company
were in a most prosperous condition, and that the 'Various
branches of the line from the present trunk were rapidly ap-
proaching to completion. The report was read, from which
it appears that the balance in hand on the 31st of December
last was 383,904/. 14s. 5d., and the cash received from that
time up to the 30th of June last was 750,674/. 48. 1(.1., making
in the whole 1,134,578/. 18s. 6d., of ivhich sum 469,3731. 16s.
sd. had been expended on the London and Birmingham line,
22,1241. 13s, 11d. on the Warwick and Leamington branch,
147,854/. 3s. 9d. on the Northampton and Peterborough
branch, 100,0001. ou the Chester and Holyhead Railway—
making a total expenditure for the six months last past
of 722,3924 141., and leaving a balance to be divided
among the Proprietors of 405,2261. 4s. 5d., on which a
dividend of five per cent. was immediately declared,
leaving 15,0001. as balance in hand. An important
Part of the day's proceedings was the presentation of a
splendid piece of plate, in the shape of a candelabrum, and
two large dishes, all of solid silver, value 3001., in addition to
a purse of 2,100 guineas, to the secretary for his services.
Colonel Alcock, as Chairman of the Committee appointed by
the Proprietors to manage the subscription list, presepted
the plate to Mr. Creed, accompanied with a high eulogium,
upon which Mr. Creed replied in a very feeling manner for the
high compliment paid him by his employers. The candela-
brum excited the admiration of every person present, being
executed in the highest style of art, and representing Peace,
Plenty, and Britannia at the base, in addition to a view of
the Euston-square station. On the different pieces of plate
are engraved the arms of the Company, and of Mr. Creed,
with the following inscription engraved on each :—" Pre-
sented to Richard Creed, Esq., together with a purse of 2,100
guineas, being the voluntary contributions of nine hundred
Proprietors of the London and Birmingham Company, in ac-
cordance with a resolution passed unanimously, at a general
meeting held on the 9th of February, 1844, as a testimonial
of their high appreciation of the indefatigable zeal and dis-
tinguished ability manifested by him for fourteen years, in
promoting, under the auspices of the Court of Directors, the
general interest and prospects of the Company,6f their esteem
and respect for his private character,. and an evidence of the
manner in which they appreciated his courteous and gentle-
manly demeanour upon all occasions."

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL-

WAY.

The half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of this
Company was held on Friday, at the terminus, London-
bridge, William Nash, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, in the chair,
for the purpose of receiving the Directors' report for the half-
rear, and also a statement of the accounts of the Company.
The meeting was also made special, for the purpose of decid-
ing the means of raising the money for constructing the rail-
way from Brighton to Chichester, and from Brighton to
Lewes and Hastings. The report stated that the receipts
for ordinary traffic during the half-year ending the 30th of
June, as compared with the corresponding period of 1843,
showed an increase of 10,1181., while the expensesof working
the line (exclusive of toll and rates and taxes, as contrasted
with the same period) exhibited a decrease of 1,8801, the
result of the whole account being an increase on the balance
of net revenue of 10,215/. The agreement which had been
entered into with the Greenwich Company, by which that
Company were to receive a fixed sum in lieu of toll, having
terminated on the 30th June last, the Directors had entered
into a fresh arrangement, by which the Brighton Company
would in future pay for the first-class passengers 4d., second-
class 3d., and third-class 2d., so long as the whole Brighton
passenger traffic to and from London should pass over the
Greenwich line. The Directors had given unceasing atten-
tion to the necessity of improving the communication with
France, a subject on which their powers were very
limited. After several interviews with the General Steam
Navigation Company, some improvements had al-
ready been affected, and the Directors were enabled to.
state that for the month of August the departure of steamers
from Brighton to Dieppe had been increased to six in the
week. If either of the projected railways from Dieppe to
Rouen should be executed, the advantages of improving the
sea passage would be still more important to the interests of
this Company. The report having been adopted, the follow-
ing resolution was agreed to :—That the London and Brighton
Railway Company be authorised by the Proprietors, present
at this general meeting, to purchase an interest in the
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Company, to an
extent not exceeding 3,500 shares, and in the Brighton and
Chichester Railway Company, to an extent not exceeding
1,195 shares. That in order to complete these purchases the
Brighton Railway Company be authorised to raise by the
creation of new shares in eighths, at 61. ss. each, a sum not
exceeding 234,750/. That such shares be offered to the pre-
sent Proprietors of the London and Brighton Railway Com-
pany in the proportion of one-eighth share for every original
share registered in the books of the Company. That the
time for taking up such shares by the Proprietors be
limited to the Ist of September. That 21. shall be paid on
each such eighth share, and that each share should bear in.
terest at the rate of five per cent.
A dividend of 1/. 2s. 6d. per share rcas then declared, and
Mr. Cooper having been elected a Director of the Company
in the room of Mr. Parsons, who had retired, the thanks of
the Shareholders were voted to the Chairman, and the meet-
ing separated.

THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
The following is a copy of the petition of the medical
officers of the Horse and Foot Guards which was lately pre-
sented to the House of Commons:—

" TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE-

LAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSE3IBLED.
" THE PETITION OF TUE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF THE HORSE