The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-10 00:00:00

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COURT CIRCULAR.

His loyal Highness Prince Albert, attendtd by Sir
Edward Bowater, rode out on horseback, on Saturday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
were taken airings in the royal gardens on Saturday.
Iler Majesty, and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Dunmore, Hon. *Miss Kerr, the Earl of
Morton, Marquis of Granby, Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey, and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured Drury-lane
Theatre with • their presence on Saturday evening.
Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Granby and
Sir E. Bowater, •also honoured the Marquis of North-
ampton with his company,-at his residence in Piccadilly.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at-
tended Divine service yesterday morning in the private
Chapel, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C.
Leslie Courtenay officiated.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured Christ's Hos-
vital with a visit last evening, to attend the service and
witness the scholars at their evening meal.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness arrived at half-
past six o'clock, alighting at a temporary entrance,
erected on the south side of the Hall, leading to the
principal staircase, whore they were received by Mr.
Alderman Thompson, M.P., the President, and Mr. R.
ITotham Pigeon, the Treasurer. The royal suite con-
sisted of the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the
Robes ; the Countess 'of 'Dunmore, Lady in Waiting ;
the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting ; Mr. R. Ormsby
Gore, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey, Equerry in Waiting, and Major-General Sir
Edward Bowater, Equerry to the Prince.
As the royal party entered the Hall, the organ com
menced playing the National Anthem. Her Majesty and
Prince Albert (who wore the Star of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter) passel up the middle of the Hall
followed immediately by the president and the treasurer,
and also by the royal suite.
The appearance of the Hall was very interesting, the
building, which is about two hundred feet long, fifty-
two fret wide, and forty-sev, n feet high, contained near
nine hundred scholars, ranged at ng rows of tables ;
and great numbers of Governors of the Institution occu-
pying seats on either side of the Hall.
At the_ east-end was the Organ-gallery with the
scholars composing the choir, and at the west-end were
a number of raised seats, filled with the ladies of the
Governors and of the members of the Corporation.
Tire Lord Mayor and most of the Aldermen were pre-
sent, and occupied seats on the south side of the hall
at the western end ; and fronting the corporation on the
opposite
side were the members of the committee, in-
cluding Lord Sandys, Sir William Curtis, Mr. B.
Baldwin, M. P., and Mr. Thomas Poynder, and also the
Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey,
and other governors.
Her Majesty sat in the Chair of State, usually filled
by the President, who sat, on this occasion, on her Ma-
jesty's left. The Treasurer was on the eight of Prince
Albert ; the Duchess of Buccleuch and the Countess of
Dunmore were on the right of the Treasurer ' • and the
noblemen and gentlemen in waiting occupied seats on
the left of the President.
The Chair of State was p'aced in front of the 'raised
seats at the west-end of the Hall, and behind the Queen
sat Mrs. Thompson, the wife of the President, and Mrs.
Pigeon, the wife of the Treasurer.
The Steward of the Hospital was stationed underneath
the magnificent window of stained glass, in the middle
of the Hall, which contains the Arms of its four Royal
Governors, viz., the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince
of Wales, and Prince George, and the Arms of Edward
Vl.,Founder of the Hospital; and of Charles 11., Founder
of the -Mathematical School ; also the Arms of the Pre-
sident and the Treasurer. • -
On a signal from the Steward the service commenced
by the whole of the scholars singing the first two verses
of the 100th Psalm, written copies of the Psalm being
presented to the Queen and Prince Albert by two of the
scholars, kneeling.
The Reader for the evening, Edward A. Newton, one
of the Senior Grecian Scholars, then read a portion of
the tenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke, beginning
with the 21st verse.

FOREIGN.
On Thursday evening their Majesties the King and Queen
of the French received the Duke d'Estissac, General Gour-
gaud, Colonel Dumas, Admiral Dupeiit Thouars, and the
Baron de Rothschild.
The grand banquet to be given by the principal merchants
of Paris to Marshal Bugeaud, and which the Duke de
Ncinours, the Prince de Joinville, the Duke d'Aumale, and
the Duke de Montpensier will honour with their presence,
will take place on Sunday, the 16th inst., in the great Ball
of the Royal Exchange, and not at the Opera-house, as was
at first stated.
The Ci:amber of Peers, on Friday, adopted the Secret Ser-
vice Money Bill by 111 votes to 44. The sitting was in
general devoid of interest, and the calm teitour of the discus-
sion presented a very striking contrast to the agitation of the
preceding day, of which a report will be found elsewhere.
At the commencement of the proceedings, the President in-
/brined the Chamber of the course which he had thought it
advisable to adopt, to prevent any unpleasant termination to
the incident in which the Manias de Boissy and Generals
Gourgaud and Colbert had been the chief actors the day
before. lie took occasion, at the same time, to lecture the
Chamber in very serious terms on the necessity of conform-
ing most strictly to the regulations of the Chamber and to
the laws of good breeding.
The Revue de Paris states that in consequence of the last
news from Otaheite, Captain Page, one of the aides-de-
camp of the Minister of the Marine, left Paris on Friday to
go by the brig-of-war Duconedic to Otaheite, on a special
mission. It adds that Captain Page had a long interview
with the Kiiz before starting, and that additiinal troops
wei e immediately sent out.
By a royal ordonnance, issued upon a report of the Mi-
nister of the Marine, the Superior Central Commission on the
Composition and Organisation of the Steam Navy has been
reformed, and now consists of the Minister of Marine, as
President, with Admiral the Prince de Joinville, Admiral
Baron Hugon, and eleven other members belonging to the
navy and army.
The Bishop of Metz has published,. in a journal of that
town, a letter addressed by him to the Cardinal Archbishop
of Lyons, expressive of his entire approbation of the pastoral
letter which has just been condemned by the Council of
State.
The Augsbury Gazette, of the 2d, says :—" We learn from
Warsaw that the prisons are becoming each day more and
more crowded. Prince Paskewitach is at St. Petersburgh.
The surveillance is more rigorous than ever on the frontier,
and no one can venture to send a letter."
A letter from Malmoe (Sweden) states that ,information
had been received from the province of Nprland, stating that
on the 11th ult., the thermometer was down as low as 26
degrees of Reaumur (26% below zero of Fahrenheit), and
that within a week eleven persons had perished from cold.
The accounts received from Switzerland are of a more sa-
tisfactory nature than those previously received from that
country. Letters from Ifttle, of the sth of March, state that
the troops which had been kept under arms by the Govern-
ments of Uri, Schwytz, and Unterwald, since the 20th of
February, had been sent home.
COURT—FASHIONABLE.
Her Majesty will hold her second levee for the season at
St. James's Palace on Wednesday next.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch gave a (rand enter-
tainment at Montague House, oa Saturday. The circle at
dinner comprised his Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst
and the Hon. Miss Copley, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the
Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Brougham, the Earl and Countess
of Lincoln, Lord and Lady Ashiurton, his Excellency the
Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Lord Forester, the
Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Viscount Castlereagh,
the Hon. J. and Lady Georgiana Stuart Wortley. &c.
The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton have a grand party on
Wednesday next.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel had a select dinner party on
Sunday evening, at the family residence in Whitehall-
gardens.
Sir George and Lady Clerk had a dinner party on Satur-
day last at their residence in George-street.
The Marquis of Northampton's next soirée is appointed
for Saturday next, the 15th instant, and not the 22d, as er-
roneously stated. Previous to the soirée the Noble Mar•
quis will entertain at dinner the members of the Council of
the Royal Society.
The Countess of lladdington has issued cards for an as-
sembly at the Admiralty on Wednesday next.
Viscountess Palmerston's assembly is announced for Satur-
day next.
Count Esterhazy has been passing some days at Bad-
minton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort.
Lord and Lady James Stuart and family have arrived in
town for the season from Cardiff Castle.
Lord Ward, according to the provisions of the will of the
late Earl Dudley, will come of age on the 27th instant, when
the Noble Lord will take possession of the bulk of the for-
tune of the late Noble Earl.
The Earl of Ellenborough has issued cards for a grand
dinner on Saturday, the 15th instant.
raxscm LX.ANZOUS.
In consequence of the decease of Lord Wynford and ,Sir
J. Gurney, pensions to the amount of nearly 7,0001. a-year
revert to the public, Lord Wynford having received a pension
of 3,500/. a-year, as late Chief Justice of the Common Pleas;
and Sir J. Gurney had just been granted 3,2501. a-year as a
retired Baron of the Exchequer.
The examination for the Newcastle Scholarship was de-
cided at Eton on Saturday. The Scholar, R. Day, K.S. ;
the Medallist, Back. The next three in merit (in alpha-
betical order), Herbert, Hornby, Wayte, ma., K.S. The
next five in merit (also in alphabetical order), Bramont,
McNiven, Ranken, Simonds, K.S., Welby, ma. The exa-
miners were G. C. Lewis. Esq, of Christ Church, Oxford, and
the Rev. L. W. Sampson, of King's College, Cambridge.
Mr. Edward Copleston Buckland, son of Dr. Buckland,
Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of
Oxford, has been appointed by Sir Robert Peel to the junior
clerkship in the Treasury, vacant by the retirement of Mr.
Van Spegel, who for many years filled the responsible office
of chief clerk in that department.
Mr. F. Courtenay, son of the late Philip Courtenay, Esq.,
formerly Member for Bridgewater, has been continued pri-
vate secretary to Lord Dalhousie, on his Lordship's elevation
to the presidentship of the Board of Trade.
It is stated that the sum paid by Colonel Meyrick, for the
spacious mansion of her late Royal Highness the Princess
Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, in Curzon-street, was 8,0001.
The building is to undergo a thorough decorative "repair,
previous to its occupancy by the Gallant Officer and his
family.
On Saturday night the Right Hon. the Speaker of the
House of Common& gave his second and last levee this ses-
sion at his residence in. Eaton-square. Previous to the re-
ception of Members, the Right Hon. Gentleman had a Par-
liamentary dinner, when among his guests were the follow-!
ing noblemen and gentlemen :—Lord Henniker, Lord Ossuls-
ton, Viscount Jocelyn, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Sandon,
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., &c.
During the week ending the 3d inst., the number of per-
sons passing between Calais and Boulogne and England was
—At Boulogne, 756 ; at Calais, 194; total, 950. During the
corresponding week of last year the total was 647 ; showing
an increase in the present year of 303.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HOOTON PARK STEEPLE CHASES.—PRIDAY.
Sweepstakes of 2Q soys. each, 10 ft, with 100 added. 12st
each. Three miles.
Off. No race.

Sweepstakes of 10 sot's. each, with 50 added. 12st each.
Sir W. Stanley's Harborough (Lord C. Russell) 1
Mr. Bretherton's Marengo ...
Lord Glamis's Salem
Mr. Errington nd Othello ... 4
Mr. J. Stanley's Mickey Free 0
•
Mr. Soloman's Prejudice 0
Mr. Grace's Sailor 0
sto 4 agst Marengo. Won easy by two lengths.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with a purse added. 1 Ist 71b
each.

Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on
Satui.day. _ _ _

Mr. Cross nd Lady Grey.
Mr. Betts's Sankey
Mr. Coates's Lightning
Sir W. Stanley nd Cowslip
Lord C. Russell nd Deerslayer 0
Mr. Willoughby's Brynallyn ...
Mr. Matthews's George and Mr. Austin's Cripple also 'an.
A very fine race—won by half a length.

Then followed several prayers.
The scholars sang four verses of the 139th Psalm,
copies in ornamental penmanship being presented to
her Majesty and the Prince, by the scholars by whom
they were written.
Grace having been said, the supper was served. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert then rose, and followed by
the Royal Suite (including the Marquis of Exeter)
passed' down the whole extent of the table in the Hall,
while the scholars were at their meal. The President
and the Treasurer attending the august visitors.
The Queen and the Prince having returned to their
seats, and the supper being ended, the following anthem
(composed by Hayes) was sung :
The Lord is good, fresh acts of grace
his pity still supplies ;
His anger moves with slowest pace,
His willing mercy flies.
Therefore will we the righteous ways
Of Providence proclaim ;
We'll sing the praise of God most high,
And celebrate his name.

CHORUS.
By angels in heav'n, of every degree,
And saints upon earth, all praise be address'd
To God in three persons, one God ever blest,
As it has been, now is, and always shall be.
The Solo part of the Anthem was sung by Master
Sharp ; the Duet by Masters Pizey and Hunt.
The whole of the scholars then passed in procession
beforo the Queen and Prince Albert, the twelve Gre-
cians (proceeding to the Universities of Oxford and Cam=
bridge) passing first, followed by the twelve King's
scholars destined for the naval service. The other boys
followed, with their nurses, in the order of their wards.
The s.dtolars, having made their obeisance to the Sove-
reign and the Prince, retired from the Hall. The organ
continued to play during the procession of the scholars.
The Queen and Prince Albert then rose and quitted
the Hall, attended by their suites; the President and the
Treasurer conducting her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness to their carriage.
Mr. George Cooper presided at the organ.
The Duke of Cambridge 'ttiti6nded Divine service yes-
terday morning in the Foundling Hospital The Duchess
of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz attended Divine service yesterday
morning in Grosvenor Chapel.
The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yes-
terday afternoon in Grosvenor Chapel.
Mr. Hawes, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P.. Mr. Muntz,
M.P., Mr. Benbow, M.P., and a deputation of manufac-
turers of flint'glass, consisting of Messrs. Green, Christie,
Powell, and Pel!att, had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer and the Chairman of the Excise,
on Saturday.
His Excellency Sarim Effendi, attended by his suite,
visited the Earl of Aberdeen on Saturday, at the Office
of the ;iecretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr. John Chapman, Mr. Alderman
Gresham, Mr. Atkinson, and Mr. Kinloch, with Sir
John Rennie, Mr. Leach, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Ord,
a deputation from the Hull and Gainsborough Railway,
transacted business on Saturday at the Railway Depart-
ment of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches for the Governor of the settlement on the
Gambia were sent off from the Colonial-office on Satur-
day evening. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mau-
ritius were received on Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
- Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Saturday, at the official residence of the Right Hon.
Gentleman in Downing-street.

DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS.
The next mails for Malta, Greece, lonian Islands, Egypt,
Ceylon, India, and China, will be dispatched from Southamp-
ten on the 20th inst.; letters in time on morning of that day.
Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India and China, via Mar-
seilles; next mails dispatched on evening of 24th inst.
West Indies, &c.—Letters in time on morning of 17th
?nit. ; the steamer appointed to take them out from South-
ampton is the Tweed.
America—The steamer Caledonia is appointed to take out
the mails of the evening of April 3d.
Sydney, New South Wales—The next mail will be dis-
patched hence on the evening of the 31st March.

TO THE RIGHT HON. THE CHAN-
CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.
Sir,—Justice ! Mr. Goulburn, you have the power
to dispense it. Why do you refuse ? Your own
character is at stake, you hazard the character of the
Government. Remember, that honesty is the best
policy—that when you propose great commercial
changes, at a period least expected, you have no right
recklessly to sacrifice the property of individuals.
You have, Sir, been itirormed that the wholesale
grocerS in Liverpool, and other ports, purchase their
West India sugars at the long or duty-paid price.
You also know, that in consequence of the large
capital which this business absorbs, few are engaged
in it. In Liverpool there are only about four
wholesale grocers ; each of these cannot in
ordinary times hold less than 200 or 300 hhds.
Last year the annual Sugar Bill was moved and
carried as usual; that Act expires next July. Sir
Robert Peel had informed the country that when
the income-tax cane again under discussion the ex-
pediency of reducing the duties upon sugar would
occupy the attention of Parliament. The wholesale
grocers, therefore, expected a change, and they in-
tended to be prepared for it; they had already com •
menced operating cautiously, but they could not be
prepared for a move unparalleled in the annals of
England. The deputation did not claim compen-
sation for sugars actually taken into stock; they
only required the drawback upon sugars in her
Majesty's possession. You were told that the
quantity of duty-paid sugar was larger; with
the aid of your officials you have satisfied your-
self that the statement is correct; you were also in-
formed that when the last reduction was made, you,
Mr. Goulburn, allowed a drawback. Why do you
refuse it now? mark the answer, Englishmen. "I do
not dispute the justice of the claim, but I cannot
aprd —" Yes, honest, working-men of Britain,
listen to your Chancellor, take a leaf out of his book,
imitate his example, and tell him boldly tint you
cannot afford to pay the income-tax. Rejoice, ye
rogues who refuse to pay your just debts, you are as
honest as the Chancellor. You cannot afford, Mr.
Goulburn, you must therefore rob the honest man of

the fruits of his labour. But although you cannot be
honest you will be lenient, the new duties shall
not come into operation until the 14th of
March. " Gentlemen, you shall have an opportu-
nity of working. off your stocks." Will the grocers in
that time dispose of ten tons of sugar? You must
be very ignorant to suppose any such thing. You,
Sir, are only adding torment to injury; you are, in
the plenitude of your goodness, favouring them with
a lingering, instead of a sudden termination of their
-misery. lam aware that you are grossly (not wil-
fully) ignorant of the sugar trade. I freely grant
that the very honest and intelligent man, Mr. George
Crossfield, who; all acknowledg►e, has a happy knack
of elucidating a subject, could with difficulty make
you to comprehend the case; but, Sir, it is rather too
bad that the wholesale grocers should suffer through
your ignorance and want of honesty. lam not per-
sonally interested in this matter ; I do not Lold a
pound of sugar. Yet I take a great interest in the
cause of the wholesale grocers. I have been for
some years connected with the trade. I know that
their profits are very limited, and I cannot allow
them to be robbed of their earnings, without entering
my protest against it.—Yours, &c., B.
Liverpool, March 1.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
CUTTER-MATCH.
This match, which has created considerable sensation in the
aquatic circles, has finally been settled to take place on Sa-
turday next, and a number of gentlemen belonging to the
Royal Thames Yacht Club, the Arundel, Leander Lond'o'n
Amateur, and several other Clubs, have signified their inten-
tion of being present to witness the match in the cutters be-
longing to their respective clubs. The distance will be the
same as rowed by the Eton and 'Westminster scholars, from
Putney-bridge to Mortlake. The Oxford gentlemen have
had a very fine boat built by Mr. King, of Oxford ; and the
Messrs. Searle, of Stangate, have built a beautiful 8-oared
cutter, 55 feet in length, for the occasion, for the Cambridge
gentlemen. The. following will be found a correct list of the
crews :
Cambridge-1. S. Mann, Coins College ;2. W. Hawkness,
St. John's College; 3. W. Lockhart, Christ's College; 4.
Clowes, Ist Trinity College; 5. M. Arnold, Caius College;
6. Harkness, St. John's College;. 7. Richardson, Ist
Trinity College; 8. C. 2d Trinity College (stroke) ; H.
Munster, Ist Trinity College ( cockswain ).
Oxford-1. W. Stapylton, Merton College; 2. Milman,
Christ Church College ; 3. H. Lewis, Pembroke College ; 4.
Rayer, Trinity College; 5. W. Buckle, Oriel College; 6. T.
Royde, Brasenose College; 7. A. Wilson, Christ Church
College; 8. F. Fuke, Brasenose (stroke) ; Richards, Mer-
ton College (cockswain).
Betting-5 to 4on Oxford.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAlLway.—An accidents
nearly attended with loss of life, took place a few nights
back, near the Brentwood station, owing to a concussion
between one of the third-class trains and a luggage
train. It seems that when the up luggage train in
heavily loaded, it is customary to detach some
of the trucks before ascending the inclined plane
by the third arched bridge at the commence-
ment of the cutting at Shenfield, the engine taking
the remainder of the trucks on to the Brentwood station.
Soon after seven o'clock, on the evening in question,
the guard was left in charge of some of the trucks
of the luggage train ; and whilst waiting the return
of the engines, a third-class train came up, and
the night being dark, the engine-driver did not see
the signal ; the two trains came into collision with
terrific force ; some of the carriages were driven off
the line, and shattered considerably. The guard was
thrown across the rail, sustaining very serious injury.
The poor fellow was. conveyed by an engine to the sta-
tion at Brentwood, where surgical assistance was ob-
tained. The passengers by the cheap train were exces-
sively terrified, but, fortunately, none were much hurt.
SINGULAR ADVENTURES.—The adventures of a
second Robinson Crusoe, in the person of Charles Good-
ridge, who has family connexions in Colchester, have
just been published, and present one of the most singular
narratives ever recorded. The author, with his fellow-
shipmates, were wrecked when on a sealing voyage in
1821, and cast ashore upon one of the Crozet Islands in
the South Seas, uninhabited by any human being, and
without. w tree or shrub growing upon its barren soil.
A part of the crew landed upon another island
some miles distant ; each party believing the
other to hare perished. In this situation they furnished
themselves with such accommodation as pieces saved
from the wreck afforded, subsisting on birds, the sea-
elephant, and fish. After the lapse of about two years
they were rescued from their situation by an American
schooner, the captain and the mate of which afterwards
quarrelled upon the 'voyage, and the former determined
to leave the latter upon one of the numerous islands in
those seas, and abandon him to his fate. The mate'.
situation met with sympathy from those who had been
so recently released from their captivity, and our author,
with eight: others, declared they would accompany the
mate in h'is exile if the captain persevered in his deter
ruination. The captain did keep his word, and so did
the others, and all were left together upon an uninha-
bited isk4nd by the inhuman captain. After a length
ened sojourn here, and after passing through many
seenets of privation and suffering, they were taken off by
a vedsej, carn',-d to Van Dieman's Land, and eventually
returned to Eng:
end. The truth of the narrative is well
attett„:l, and is altogether one of the most singular and
yrotantic we have eter met with.--Ipswich Express.

SUICIDE.—This morning, at seven o'clock, a gen-
tleman of very respectable appearance, about fifty years of
age, light complexion, and pitted with the small pox, was
found hanging at the foot of his bed, at 'Wright's coffee-
house, Charing-cross, where he had taken a bed for the night
Previous to his going to bed, he had several cups of coffee,
but was perfectly sober, and of pleasing manners, and had
ordered himself to be called at seven o'clock, but was heard
by the waiter moving in his room at six ; but, notwith-
standing, at seven, the waiter knocked at his door, and,
receiving no answer, opened it, when he observed the un-
fortunate' gentleman suspended by two handkerchiefs from
the bed-post. The waiter immediately gave an alarm to his
master, who cut him down, and sent for a doctor, when Mr.
111‘Cann, surgeon, of Parliament-street, was promptly in
attendance, and attempted to bleed him from the arm and
jugular veins, and applied other resuscitative remedies, but
without effect, as life was extinct. At present no means can
be assigned for so rash an act, as he had between 181. and
19/. in gold and silver in his pocket, but no letter or cr.rd was
found about him to give any clue as to who he may be. His '
linen was marked "G. M.," and his stockings " M." His ,
hat had the maker's name—" Hall, Regent-circus." He
lies at the coffee-house, to await a Coroner's inquest.
RUNNING MATCH ON WATERLOO-DitlDGE.—This
morning the race between Cole of (Jermyn-street) and War-
wick's novice, came off on Waterloo-bridge; the contesting
distance was 200 yards, and the stakes 5/. aside; there were
a good sprinkle of the fancy present. At eight o'clock the
men peeled for the run, and a line being-made, at the signal
they bounded away with rapidityl• the novice took the lead
fur thirty yards, when his opponent came up and ran with
him for 150 yards, when lie again took the lead, and ap-
peared to have winning certain; his opponent made the last
effort for the goal, but without success. The 20G yards of
road was accomplished by the winner in twenty-seven
seconds. In betting Cole was the favourite, and much money
was staked upon him.
It is confidently rumoured that it is her Majesty's
intention to honour with visits all her Lord-Lieutenants of
counties in England. The first royal visit is expected to be
to Hattitld,- second, to Warwick Castle. It is also believed
that these royal progresses will not be confined'to England.
Court Journal.

Tlll4l SON, LONDON, MOND A Y RVFINING, MARCH 10, 1845.

LITERAT URE.

MAXIMS AND OPINIONS OF THE DUKE
OF WELLINGTON. By George Henry Francis,
Esq.
This will be found a very useful collection, and
easy for reference, of the opinions expressed in his
writings, but chiefly in his Parliamentary speeches on
important events, civil as well as military, by this re-
markable man. They bear the stamp ot- an original
mind which thinks for itself, and fears not to disclose

what it thinks. Though unpalatable to his hearers,
and not unfrequently somewhat adverse to his party
the sentiments of the Duke of Wellington have seldom
or never been concealed, and they have, consequently, at
times produced effects which neither he, perhaps, nor
his Tory friends anticipated. Such was his remark-
able eulogium passed on the unreformed House of
Commons. " I maintain," said he, " that it is as
complete a legislative body as can be required, and
that, since the peace particularly, it has shown itself,
to be the most efficient legislative body that ever
uxisted in any country in the world, not excepting this."
These are the words quoted by the compiler, but the
Duke said something more, and that something gave
the finishing stroke to the Reform cause. He added
words to this effect —" If I had the making of a Con-
stitution, and a representation of the people, I would
take the present as the best that can be found." It
was announced in The Sun, on the evening on which
these words were used, that they had sealed the fate
of the Wellington Administration—that it would be
extinct in a week; and, within a week, the Duke an-
nounced his resignation. Many of his sayings, how-
ever, are not liable to the same objections, for they
abound with knowledge of human nature, and with
the sage conclusions of a mind that watched events,
that took many circumstances into account, and that
rarely was ever diverted from its purpose by conflict-
ing opinions. A rage at one time prevailed, and still
partially prevails, for the conversion of the Hindoos
by means of a few missionaries. The hopelessness—
nay, the imminent danger—of such a scheme could not
escape his notice and reprehension. After entreating
the House never to lose sight of the fact that, with
the exception of about 20,000 of her Majesty's troops,
the civil servants, and a few European residents,
there is not a man in India who is not an idolater, he
added—" I know from experience, for I have seen the
missionaries at work, the little progress which they
make. I warn the Government not to go too far in
their measures against the idolatry of India; for the
Indian empire is one of great importance, and they
must not expect to convert 100,000,000 of idolaters
to our holy religion by the small means at their dis-
posal." Many of his sayings, too, like those of most
great men, have become household words. " A great
country cannot wage a little war." "It is no mistake,
it can be no mistake, and it shall be no mistake." " I
say that the means of Church extension must proceed,
in the first instance, from the Church, and that they
must be exhausted before the public are called on
for other means," and many others might be quoted.
We will not advert to his contradictory opinions about
Catholic Emancipation further than to say that he
made atonement for his inconsistency by timely and
just concessions. His remarks on the absolute neces-
sity of maintaining an efficient naval force should never
be forgotten, and it is probably to him the country
owes the increase of the present estimates for the
steam navy. In 1838, he said, " Should we at any
time be involved again in another war—which God
forbid—the only mode of keeping out of difficulty
would be to maintain such a navy as would give pro-
tection to her Majesty's subjects in all parts of the
world." These extracts give a fair specimen of the
collection, which is preceded by a concise and com-
prehensive memoir of the ,Duke, with a very good
portrait, taken from the best likeness by Lawrence.

DIARY OF TRAVELS IN FRANCE AND
SPAIN, CHIEFLY IN 1844. By the Rev. Frc.ncis
Trench.

The author of this diary claims no merit for it as a
book of travels ; he;publishes it simply as a daily or
weekly journal of events and scenes which he wit-
nessed, chiefly in the south of France and in districts
not usually visited by travellers. His object was
laudable. He was anxious to make himself acquainted
with the state of religion, both Roman Catholic and
Protestant, and we regret to find that he was greatly
disappointed, especially as regards the Reformed
Church. The zeal of the Hugonots had entirely dis-
appeared, and the temples were thinly attendeJ. In
adverting to the low state of the Protestant Church
at Naumur, a place, in the days of Henry IV., cele-
brated for the number of its Protestant inhabitants,
he says, until the erection of the only church for that
body in the town, very lately, there was " no point of
Christian union, no flock, and no pastor—much zeal
and perseverance are requisite in order to form and
preserve a congregation amidst the many obstacles
which rise up, and the general depression of Pro-
testants in the land." Even at Albi, the town which
gave its name to the Albigenses, there is only one
Protestant family, and no church nearer than Real-
mont, nine miles distant. The work is illustrated by
some neat sketches, made evidently by Mrs.
who is often mentioned in the "Diary,' and to whom
it is inscribed.

ON PROPRIETY IN UNITING
SCULPTURE WITH ARCHITECIURE.

Whoever has examined the images in our Gothic
cathedrals, will have been struck with their peculiar
form and impress. Their attitudes, the folds of their
drapery, their whole execution and design, bear an
assimilation to the character of the edifices, of which
they are part. The smaller decorations of the eapital
or the boss often show great grotesqueness of fancy,
and pliancy of curvature, but the larger figures, which
partake less of detail, and more of the general effect,
have an expression of stability in accordance with that
of the mass. In all points these are strictly architec-
tural ; the crusader rests in unbroken sleep, recumbent
on the tombstone, the saint stands erect in solemn medi-
tation. In other styles of architecture, we find not an
equal propriety of design. It is forgotten that sculp-
ture is for the most part seen in connexion with ar-
chitecture : it should be subservient to it whenever
the arts are employed together. The sculptures on
the fronts of Grecian temples, faultless as they are in
themselves, have less of accordance with that motion-
less character, if we may thus apply the term, which
the Grecian style, more than any other, presents. The
centaurs, in violent contest with the Lapithie, are
hurling huge rocks at their opponents, whilst women,
with fluttering garments, are flying from the scene
of action. In the Panathenaic procession in the
Parthenon, the horses bound with their riders,
and no one can look at this fine frieze, without
feeling the impression of motion in the actual marble
before him, most powerfully depicted in his mind.
During two thousand years these sculptures have re-
mained unsurpassed, and it may seem little short of
hypercriticism to question in any respect their pro-
priety as works of art. In the buildings of the later
Italians, we find statues beautiful, perhapz, if they
could be viewed apart from the edifices which they
are designed to decorate : but, perhaps, placed in a
niche or a pediment, they are entirely out of keeping
with the building. Palladio, in his designs, has given
figures with extended arms and distorted attitudes,
and Wren himself, in his statues on St. Paul's, has
shown some want of the architectural character for
which we contend.—The Builder.

DEPOSITS AT THE ADELAIDE
GALLERY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,—About eighteen years ago I became pos-
sessed of a very curious relic of former times. It was
a b Ale so ingeniously manufactured, that it puzzled
the most clever mechanics of the present day to say
how it had been made. It was found at St. Anne's
Well, near Nottingham, and I procured it in that
vicinity. When I was subsequently at Edinburgh,
a report of so interesting a memento of days long
gone-bye in my possession reached the ears of Sir
Walter Scott, who was ever delighted in antiquarian
researches. He saw it—examined it very minutely
—and gave me his opinion of it in writing. That
opinion I will presently subjoin. But I first beg
leave to mention that from tradition, and from other
circumstances, it is not unreasonable to suppose that
the identical bottle in question at one period belonged
to the renowned Robin Hood,or some of the followers
of that famous freebooter. Now for the opinion of
the " Great Wizard of the North."
" Sir Walter Scott presents his compliments to Mr.
Rayner, and is greatly obliged to him for a sight of
the very curious leather bottle, presented to him
through the medium of Mr. William Murray. It
differs materially in shape from any Sir Walter Scott
has ever seen, and seems to him well calculated for
the purposes of an outlaw forester."
Having transcribed the written opinion of, perhaps,
the most competent judge then living on such
matters in the world, I was induced to send it for
exhibition at the. Adelaide Gallery, for the gratifica-
tion of the visitors to that establishment, awl where
it remained for a number of years, and until very
recently, with the original note of Sir Walter Scott
affixed to it.
Hearing, however, that the effects of the Adelaide
Gallery were about to be sold off, I reclaimed my
bottle, which was returned ; but without the autograph
of the great northern bard, and to which I attached as
much value as to the bottle itself, or indeed more.
Now, Sir, how can any person, in future, entrust
to the managers of a public exhibition an article of
value, who are so 'culpably Regligent of their duty ?
The duty if the proprietors of the Adelaide Gallery
was to restore my property in the same state as that
in which I deposited it in their hands. Had I
claimed remuneration from them they might have
bad some excuse fur their misconduct.
I shall, therefore, feel obliged by your publishing
these facts, and remain, &c.,
L. B. RAYNER.

WESTMINSTER NEW PALACE.

COPY OF THE ARCHITECT'S REPORT AS TO THE
PRESENT STATE OF THE WORKS, WITH ES-
TIBIATES.

The centre and curtain portions of the river front are roofed
in. The north wing is up in readiness for the roofs, part of
which are already fixed, and the remainder are being put on.
The south wing is nearly up to the level of the roofs, which
are prepared, and in readiness for being fixed.
A considerable portion of the north flank of the building is
now being roofed in, and the south flank is up to the level of
the roof, which is being prepared, and will soon be ready far
fixing. The remainder of the north and south flanks, toge-
ther with the turrets and pinnacles surmounting them, will
be completed hi the course of the present year.
The Victoria Tower is carried up to a height of thirty-
eight feet, and the Clock Tower is at a height of thirty-six
feet above the ground. _ _ _

The House of Lords is roofed in, andjthe ceiling and other
fittings of that chamber are in hand. The central tower is
carried up to a height of twenty-eight feet above the ground.
The House of Commons is about thirty-feet above the ground,
and will be roofed in during the present year.
The other portions of the building are upon an average
thirty feet above the level of the ground, some of which are
in readiness for the roofs (now nearly ready for fixing),
while others are being roofed in.

The alterations directed to be made at the Victoria Tower
and Gallery and the Queen's Robing-room have been carried
into effect.

A contract has been entered into for the finishings of the
entire building, and those of the House of Lords, and the
rooms provided fur the business of that House are in hand.
Some delay has taken place in the fixing of the iron work
of the roofs, owing to the unsettled state of the iron trade,
and difficulties with workmen.

The stone for the exterior of the building is still continuing
to be supplied in great abundance, and of most excellent
quality. (Signed) CHARLES BARRY.
January 3. LINCOLN.
Sum stated by Mr. Barry in evidence before
the Select Committee of the House of

Commons of last session £1,016,924 12 9

Deduct for purchase of premises and mis-
cellaneous expenses

90,605 6 6

926,319 6 3
Add for alterations at Victoria Tower, &c. 800 0 0
And for residence of the Clerk of the Crown 1,794 0 0

£928,913 6 3

Estimate of the total cost of the building
accord'ng to the latest plan approved £928,913 6 3

LINCOLN.

MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
(From the Morning Chronicle.)
Rumours have gained ground within the last few days,
which it is impossible altogether to discredit, of the probable
early retirement of another member of the Cabinet, in the
person of Mr. Goulburn. As lately in Mr. Gladstone's case,
this intended step is not attributed to any differences with
his colleagues on matters connected with his own depart
ment of public business, but to the influence of religious
convictions, which from Mr. Goulburn's first entrance into
public life to the present moment he is known to have always
strongly and consistently cherished. An unexpected an-
nouncement by Sir Robert Peel, in the course of last week,
of the intention of the Government to propose a Bill for the
removal of the municipal disabilities of the Jews, has been
rapidly followed by the introduction of such a Bill into the
House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor. In the year 1841,
the last year of Lord Melbourne's administration, a Bill of
exactly similar object was introduced into the House of
Commons by Mr. Divett, the Member for Exeter ; and
having been carried through that House by very large
majorities, was afterwards rejected in the House of
Lords. On the third reading of Mr. Divett's measure in the
house of Commons (21st March, 1841), Mr. Gladstone moved
that it be read a third time that day six months, and was
zealously supported by Mr. Goulburn. Mr. Goulburn hav-
ing scouted the notion that the admission of Jews to muni-
cipal offices would not lead the way to their admission to
Parliament, proceeded in the following (his usual) forcible
manner to object to their admission even to municipal
offices :—" Confining himself to the present Bill, he would
not admit that a Jew could properly take part in the ad-
ministration of a Christian community. Could they admit
Jews to offices which might require them to determine ques-
tions affecting Christianity ? How could a Jew enforce the
law against blasphemy, or against Sabbath breaking, or
determine questions arising from labour performed on
a day
.on which the Jews thought no labour could
be conscientiously performed ?" Mr. Goulburn is
said now to feel that, though he has never explained at large
the grounds of his opinions in .a book, it would still not be
decent for him to be a party to the proposal of a measure
against which he spoke so strongly on the very eve of his
coming into office ; and it is much to Sir Robert Peel's
honour that, greatly as he must regret the loss of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer at this particular moment, when
such large and important financial- measures are being
carried through Parliament—feeling, as he does, a great re-
spect for Mr. Goulburn's private character, which is, indeed,
exceeded only by his admiration for his financial abilities—
he has yet net allowed himself to offer any obstruction
or discouragement to the conscientious resolution of his valu-
able colleague and long-attached friend. We understand that
the same cause will lead to the retirement of Mr. Pringle, one
of the lords of the Treasury, who, on the occasion to whicl we
have referred, seconded Mr. Gladstone's motion for the
rejection of Mr. Divett's Bill. It is rumoured that Mr.
PrinFle's place will be filled by the Earl of March, the Duke
of Richmond having kindly consented to give this additional
proof of his real confidence in the Government, and of his
regret that the very peculiar circumstances of his position
compel him so often to speak disparagingly in public of their
conduct towards the agricultural interest, Our readers are,
probably, aware that his Grace's brother, Lord Arthur
Lennox, is at present one of the Lords of the Treasury; that
another brother, Lord George Lennox, is a Groom of the
Bedchamber to Prince Albert; 'and that one of his Grace's
sons, Lord Gordon Lennox, has lately been appointed Precis
writer in the Foreign-office. But the notice-book of the House
ofComrnons being at present somewhat inconveniently crowded
with notices of motions and amendments of agrlculturtl Mem-
bers, Sir Robert Peel has become exceedingly anxious for a new
practical proof of the Duke of Richmond's confidence. We
hays nut heard any rumours as to Mr. Goulburn's successor.
But the late decided tendency to dissatisfaction in the agri-
cultural interest, and the circumstance of Sir Edward Knatch-
bull's not having yet been called up to the House of Lords,
as was expected, render it not improbable that that old and
tried friend of British agriculture may be the new Chancellor
of the Exchequer. In that case the public, judging by Sir
Edward Knatchbull's past mode of fulfilling his professions,
may confidently expect the repeal of the Customs' duties on
butter, cheese, and upon clover and other agricultural seeds,
which are carefully excepted at present from the general re-
peal of the duties on foreign seeds.

ETON COLLEGE, MARCH B.—THE EWCASTLE
SCHOLARSHIP AND MEDAL. —The annual examinations for
the Newcastle scholarship (of the value of 501. per annum, to
be held for three years, founded by the Duke of Newcastle,
in 1829), which commer.ced on Monday last, were concluded
vestefday. The scholarship was this afternoon adjudged to
hay, K.S., the son of the Rev. H. T. Day, Vicar of Mendle-
sham, Suffolk; and the gold medal to Back, the boy who
stood second in the examination for the scholarship. The
number of candidates was thirty-six, the following were
selected by the examiners (G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq., student
of Christ Church, Oxford, and the Rev. W. L. Sampson, of
King's College, Cambridge), as having particularly distin-
guished themselves:—Mr. Herbert (son of Earl Powis);
M' even, Hornby, Welby, M.A., Simmons, K.S., NVayte,
K.S., Ranken, and Beaumont (first Prince Albert's prizeman
of 1844).

We regret to learn that a heavy failure took place
in Glasgow on Tuesday, in a house largely connected with
the American trade. The liabilities are stated to run from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand pounds, the
full half of which is said to be owing in Glasgow.—Glasgow
Chronicle.

DEATH OF MISS LINWOOD.—It is our painful
duty this week to record the demise of one of the most gifted
and remarkable women of the age in which she lived, and to
whom Leicester has had the honour of giving birth—we
allude to the death of Miss Mary Linwood, which took place
on Sunday, at her residence, Belgrave-gate, in this town.
The deceased was born in the year 1756, and was in the 90th
year ofher age. She was taken ill lastyear while on her annual
visit to her inimitable exhibition of needlework in London,
and was brought to Leicester in an invalid carriage, on the
27th of September last. Although she did not rally again to
any considerable extent, hopes were entertained until about
New Year's day that she would recover strength, but an
attack of influenza seizing her at. that time, it became evident
that debility would gain the mastery, and since that period
she gradually sunk until the hour of death. Her affliction
was borne with the utmost fortitude, and her end was ap-
proached with exemplary resignation and patience. By her
death many poor families will miss the hand of succour, her
benevolence of disposition having led her to minister of her
substance to the necessities of the poor and destitute in
her neighbourhood.—Leicester Mercury.
DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC FEMALE.--On Saturday
Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the British Lion, New Ca-
vendish-street, North-road, Iloxton, on the body of Mrs.
Frances Hall, aged 74. It appeared in evidence that the
deceased was possessed of property amounting to 2001, a year,
although residing, in a very filthy state, in a small back room
in New Cavendish-street ; and, strange to say, she lived fully
up to her income. For some months past she was observed
to walk lame, which she accounted for by saying that she
had a touch of the gout, but, from pecuniary motives refused
having any medical advice. On Wednesday last she was
about the neighbourhood as usual, making her domestic pur-
chases, and about seven o'clock she went to bed. Next
morning, about ten o'clock, she was discovered dead in bed,
with her face frightfully distorted, by a female who was in
the habit of attending upon her, Mr. Baker, a surgeon, was
called in, who informed the coroner and the jury that he
found the body in a horrible state, and the stench arising
from it was quite unbearable. The limbs were quite stiff,
and the violently distorted features arose from the agony
she must have been in at the time of her death. On'
examining the body, the mass of disease, externally and
internally, was of so frightful a character that it was sur-
prising how a human being could live under such circum-
stances. The Coroner said that it beggared description of
anything he bad ever been obliged to witness, and the jury,
after a short consultation, returned a verdict of—" Died from
natural causes."
THE OPERA AT MALTA.—The Malta papers -de-
scribe several appearances of Miss Bingley, a young English
singer (of whose rising reputation we had previously heard),
l
at the Italian Opera-house of that place, and they all agree
in speaking of her talents in terms of the highest eulogy.
The Malta Mail of the 7th of February, in particular,e me-
n
tiona her performance in La Cenerentola, as
ia complete
triumph. Of her execution of the famous finale,
lookedillal
c'"fNokagrudi
all affanno," the writer says—" Eyery
a triiiaetiiro ndsi treerqmniinreat eiteh is piece;
greatest
introduced
_ rouladest
."i
t variationsh an Xi
e t t
that,o the variations
excellent occasion,
Ste, dicat IDA her ex en-
satnudd3n-e.
new
11plaissssaBgesingwlciyat on this
• knowledge of her profession and her resolution to master
sive
every difficulty. The whole was given with a perfection of
execution we could scarcely have anticipated. The public
could not refrain from expressing their high admiration of
Miss Bingley's talent, taste, and execution, and in so doing
rendered inaudible her last variations by such a burst of ap-
plause,as really deafened, and which continued until the fall
of the curtain. Miss Bingley was recalled to the stage after
the drop had fallen, and made her bow to a numerous au-
dience amidst deafening cheers." This young lady will, of
course, look forward to her own country as the ultimate scene
of her efforts. And we trust she will, in her studies and
practice, hear in mind that in England her proper sphere
will be the English, not the Italian stage.
HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—The directors
and managers of this undertaking, have determined on open-
ing the bridge for general passengers at Whitsuntide next;
previous to which persons will be allowed to pass from the
Strand to the south side of the Thames gratuitously ; but of
course under the disadvantages of the 49A-completion of the
footways till the time'above specified. It is gratifying, to
state, that during the whole progress of this suspension
bridge not a single accident has occurred to the men engaged
at work.