The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY. —The Queen and Prince Al-
bert took their accustomed walk this morning in the
grounds adjoining the Castle.
Their Royal. Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alice were taken a carriage airing and a
walk for some time this forenoon in Frogmore•gar-
dens. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken
for an airing to-day in the Castle precinct.
The Duke and Duchess Sotomayer and the Earl
of Aberdeen were prevented from coming to the
Castle yesterday evening, but are expected this even-
ing, on a visit to her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady
Fanny. Howard joined the royal circle at dinner.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in at-
tendance at the Castle during dinner, and performed
the following pieces :
Grand March, "Lucia di Lammermoor"—Donizetti.
Ouverture, " Euryanthe "—C. M. Von Weber.
Selection, " Don Carlos "—Labietzki.
Dalkeith Waltzes—Labietzki.

Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner,
and performed in the Castle the remainder of the
evening.

The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High.
ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glou.
cester House.

The repairs and decorations of the State Banquet-
ing-room in St. James's Palace are nearly completed.
The ceiling has been painted, and the circular com-
partments, from which are suspended the gilt chan-
deliers, have been regilt. The walls have been painted,
and the ornamental gilt mouldings of the panels,
pilasters, &c., have been cleaned and restored. This
magnificent apartment will be used as a waiting-
room on state occasions at St. James's.

The Guard Chambers of the Yeomen Guard, on
the south side of the Colour Court, at St. James's,
will be repaired and restored ; preparations have been
already commenced under the superintendence of Mr.
Phipps, of the office of Woods, and Mr. Morris, the
Clerk of the Works.
Archdeacon Riariot had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, in the Coloaial-office.
Mr. Hudson and a deputation had an interview with
the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the
Board of Trade.

SUPPRESSION OF INCENDIARISM.—A. public meeting
was held in the Town Hall, Gainsborough, on Tuesday,
at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of forming an associa-
tion to arrest the progress of incendiarism. Several in-
fluential landowners and farmers were present, but the
meeting was not so numerously attended as might have
been expected on such an occasion. The chair was
occupied by the Right Hon. Sir John Beckett, Bart.
The meeting was unanimous in adopting a resolution to
form a district society in Gainsborough for the suppres-
sion of incendiarism. It was also deemed expedient to
confine the operation of the assocation at present to the
Lincolnshire side of the Trent. The proposal of a Secret
Committee was also favourably received, who should have
power, in case of a fire, to adopt some active measures
on the spot, without losing time in sending for advice and
authority to the General Committee. No less a sum
than 7001. was realised before the meeting separated.
The Committee are to meet in the Town-hall, Gains-
borough on Tuesday next, to report progress and trans-
act the general business of the association.

ITNNVIIOLESOME MEAT.—Wednesday night, a meet-
ing of salesmen and master butchers, was held at the
King's Arms, Snow-hill, Mr. Moray in the chair, to put
down the present practice of certain salesmen in New-
gate-market, College-market, and Warwick-lane, letting
their premises after six o'clock on Saturday night, to
certain parties who sold at reduced prices measly pork,
" cag mag," and " crokers," to the great injury of the
metropolitan butchers, and the detriment of the health
of the poor. The Chairman, Messrs. Higham, Hawkins,
Atwell, Thorpe, Reignart, and others, exposed the evils
complained of. It appeared from those addresses, that
a few salesmen let their stalls on Saturday nights to in-
dividuals who purchased wherever they could get it, dis-
eased meat, which they sold to the poor at very reduced
prices, and thus left the master butchers idle for hours
on those nights, as they could not cempete with those
that imposed the most unwholesome food on the poor,
who imazined that they were getting great bargains.
One speaker said that he knew several parties who pur-
chased measly pork that was returned upon the sales,
men by master butchers, and which they sold in 61b.
pieces for ad. and 4d. a pound. One of those parties
sold in one day 601. worth of this meat. Another said
that this trade was carried on in the College-market
with the greatest impunity, as there was neither clerk
or beadle attached to it. A third speaker alluded to the
conviction of a vendor of measly pork, who was sen-
tenced at the last Maidstone Sessions to nine months'
hard labour for that offence. All the speakers declared
that they only sought protection to the fair traders, and
to guard the poor against being poisoned by unwhole-
some food. Resolutions were ultimately adopted, pledg-
ing the meeting to carry out, by every possible means,
the objects for which they had been convened. The
Secretary read a long list of salesmen and master
butchers favourable to those objects; after which thanks
were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up.
ATTEMTT TO ROB A MAGISTRATE AND CAPTURE
OF THE DELINQUENT.—Tuesday last, being the market-
day at Penrith, in Cumberland, a number of suspicious-
looking characters were in the town, one of whom was
' observed by a constable watching and following Joseph
Salkeld, Esq., one of the sitting magistrates for Leath
Ward, in the same county, which circumstance the con-
stable communicated to the worthy magistrate. In the
evening it was agreed that one constable should go a
short distance before and another behind Mr. Salkeld on
his way home to Croft House, which is situated about
half a mile out of the town. Between seven and eight
o'clock, on his going up the back lane towards home,
the same individual was standing within the gate of
the field leading to Croft House, and Mr. Salkeld, having
passed him a short distance, he heard the person fol-
lowing him, and he begun to run up the field towards
home, when the man also ran after him. Mr. Salkeld,
finding that he was gaining ground upon him, called out
for the assistance of the constables, when one of them,
who was secreted behind the wall of the adjoining
field, sprang over to Mr. Salkeld's aid, but the villain, on
hearing the constable, ran down the field again towards
the lane, making his escape, but at nearly the bottom of
the field he ran into the open arms of the other constable,
who was waiting on the pathway for him. Ile was a
most resolute fellow, and struggled violently. He was
taken up to Croft House, where some of the servants
knew him, and had seen him a day or two before lurking
near the house. He had an accomplice with him, who
was seen to go out of the plantation at the lower end of
the field, who, no doubt, had been concealed there for
the purpose of rendering assistance, if necessary, or of
receiving the plunder had the other person succeeded in
robbing Mr. Salkeld. On Wednesday the villain was
brought before the magistrates at Penrith, but, having
been disappointed in carrying his design into effect, and
not having committed an assault upon Mr. Salkeld, he
was discharged, and banished the town.

GREAT PRDESTRIAN MATCH AT NEW YORK.—The
great twelve-mile running match for 1,000 dollars to the
winner, and 300 to the second man, came off on the 16th
ult. Two competitors only started, viz., John Gilder-
sleeve, of New York, and Thomas Greenaigh, of Eng-
land. The former had beaten the latter a short time
previously in a race of ten miles, yet Greenhaigh on the
present occasion was the favourite. The match was ad-
mirably contested. The American took the lead at start-
ing, and kept it throughout the first eleven miles, when
the Englishman, who had kept close at the heels of his
opponent the whole distance, made a dash, passed his
rival in an instant, kept the lead, and came in first by
about thirty yards. The distance was run in 68 min.
48 sec. A four-mile match, for 150 dollars, was also
won by an Englishman (Jackson), beating six others ;
run in 22 min. 10 sec.

EQUITY BUSINESS FOR HILARY TEnm.—The amount
of business of the Chancery Court for the present term
appears to be of an average character with that of the
preceding terms of late years. Of appeal cases for hear-
ing before the Lord Chancellor up to the present period
there are 34. Of causes before the Master of the Rolls
about 92. Of causes before the Vice-Chanctllor of Eng-
land 99. Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce there
are 34; and before Vice-Chancellor Wigram 46; making
a total of 300.
TAKING OF FIRE-ARMS.—We are informed on
most respectable authority that yesterday (Monday)
morning, at the hour of nine o'clock, some ruffians, with
their faces blackened, entered the house of a farmer
named Laurence Creagh, and of a gardner of Mr. Thomas
Evans, of Ashroe, on the eastern borders of this county,
and carried off fire-arms from both. When will there
be an end to this wicked and disgraceful practice, from
which no good can possibly arise, but, on the contrary,
the most disastrous consequences to all engaged in it?—
Limerick Reporter.