The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

COURT-T.afiIIIONABLE.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is expected to
arrive at Clarence House, St. James's, on Friday next, from
Frogmore Lodge, on which day the Court is expected to re-
move from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Cambridge's dinner to the Directors of the
Concerts of Ancient Music will be given on the 13th of the
ensuing month.
The Duke of Wellington will leave Apsley House to-mor-
row for Strathfieldsaye. The judges, Justices Cresswell and
Wightman, are expected to sleep at Strathfieldsaye previous
to opening the commission at Winchester. The Duke will
return to town at the end of the week.

The Duchesses of Hamilton and Roxburghe, the Mar-
chionesses of Breadalbane and Douglas, Countess of Caith-
ness, Lady E. Pringle, and the leading nobility and gentry
of the three Lothians, patronise the grand Celtic ball at the
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, on Friday next. The Mar-
quis of Douglas, the Earl of Caithness, Lord Berriedale, and
Colonel Mountain, 26th Cameronians, are stewards.
We have authority, says an Edinburgh paper of Saturday,
to contradict the statement which we inserted in our last,
from the Court Journal, regarding the marriage of Miss
Baillie to the Earl of Mansfield. There is, we understand,
no foundation whatever for the reports which have recently
been circulated by the public press on this subject.
Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby and family are still
at Rome, where they are expected to remain until the end of
March, and then leave that city on their way to Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Eglintoun left the Ciarendon
Hotel on Monday, for the Earl of Sefton's seat, Croxteth
Hall, Lancashire, which is full of company, on the occasion
of the grand national steeple-chase, which is expected .to be
attended by a strong muster of sporting noblemen and
gentlemen.
Sir Charles Rushout and the Hon. Lady Cockerell have
arrived at Fenton's Hotel, to be present at the solemnisation
of the nuptials of her Ladyship's sister, the Hon. Georgiana
Foley, with Mr. Montgomerie, a gentleman of property in
the county of Norfolk.

MISCELLA.NEOI7I3.
There has been another extraordinary change in the
weather within a few hours. On Monday at noon the ther-
mometer stood at 51 degrees, in the course of the night it fell
to 25, and at noon this day was only one degree above
freezing.
The gales of wind which blew heavily during the whole
of Friday night and Saturday morning from S.S.W., were,
we regret to state, productive of the most fearful results along
'the coast. At Scarborough it was severely felt, and the cala-
mity that was witnessed will long be borne in recollection by
the inhabitants. Three fishing yawls were lost at the mouth
of the harbour, and fourteen persons were drowned.
The members of the Journeymen Tailors' Benevolent
Asylum, on Monday, held their seventh anniversary meeting
at the Freemasons' Tavern, Mr. W: Harrison presiding. The
capital invested in the Bank of England amounts to 11,1261.,
being an increase for the past year of 2211. The number of
the society's members now amounts to nearly 1,700. During
the day an election into the asylum of five additional pen-
sioners took place, making the total number to amount to 44.
Some of the new shops in Hungerford market, it is said,
will vie in appearance with those of Covent-garden market,
and besides being appropriated for the sale of choice fruits
and vegetables, there will be some of them fitted for what is
termed the "fancy" portion of butchers' and cheesemongers'
trades. •
We have reason to believe, says the Court Journal, that
there is little truth in the report of the immense wealth said
to be lac by the late reigning Duke of Saxe Gotha, and that
Prince Albert is not likely to have an increase to his fortune
by any large bequest from that quarter.

Loss or LIFE By FlRE.—Between seven and
eight o'clock on Sunday evening a child, named Sarah Hand-
ley, eight years of age, whose parents reside at No. 14, Peter-
street, Cow-cross, expired at St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
from the dreadful injuries she had sustained on the 18th
inst., by her clothes accidentally taking fire. From the first
her recovery was considered impossible. An inquest will
be held on the body this day.
DISTRESSING CASE.—A few days ago, a poor
woman, named Mirah Ryan, residing at No. 4, Vittoria-
street Islington, who procured a scanty livelihood for herself
and family by shirt-making, accidentally stuck a needle in
her thumb, and in pulling it out part of it remained behind.
She paid little or no attention to the circumstance until the
affected part began to fester and swell. She applied her own
remedies, but at length her arm, up to her shoulder, became
exceedingly painful, and increased to an alarming size. Dr.
Butkr and Other medical gentlemen attended on her, and
used every effort to extract the portion of the needle without
effect. Mortification eventually took place, and the unfortu-
nate woman expired in the greatest agony. She has left her
family in the greatest distress, one being a poor boy stone
blind. The husband of the deceased, some time ago, met
with a severe accident whilst at work at a building in Re-
gent-street, and he is now an inniate of the workhouse.
FURIOUS AFFRAY.—The following rather serious
occurrence is reported in a Derry paper :—The Excise
officers, on special service in Derry, accompanied by Messrs.
11,1‘Cann and Wallace, discovered on Thursday; the 15th
instant, in the mountains of Ennishowen, an illicit still,
which they destroyed, and a short distance from it they
found a copper worm, which they proceeded to take with
them. Having advanced a short way with it, they perceived
the neighbouring hills covered with people, armed- with
sticks, pitchforks, stones, &c., who followed after them in
the direction of Quigley's-poit, and when the officers were
proceeding down the mountain, the peasantry commenced a
most furious attack with stones, keeping about 20 yards off.
They were repeatedly told to desist, or abide the conse-
quences—that they would most undoubtedly be fired on.
They dared the officers to do so, and rushing on in a body,
there commenced a most desperate affray. One of the
officers (Mr. Wilson) was knocked down senseless, when a
savage came running at him with a pitchfork, but two of
the party fired at him, and though apparently hit, he still
persisted, until it was wrested from him. The affray about
this time having lasted near an hour, and the numbers now
becoming appalling, the little band were at length obliged
to retreat, having two men badly wounded—the smugglers
still pursuing and keeping up a most murderous fire of
stones, until the party at length found shelter at Quigley's-
point.
AN EXTRAORDINARY:: VALENTINE RECEIVED
THROUGH THE POST-OFFlCE.—Perhaps one of the best
jokes that have lately taken place occurred last Valentine's
day, when a gentleman, bachelor, of this town, received
through the Post-office, from one of the most fashionable
watering places, a beautiful stuffed cat, with several mottos
attached round its neck with riband. One, in the shape of a
heart, on which was written " A gift from the old maids of
—." Another, " A fire-side companion." " A good house-
keeper during an afternoon's ride." "An old bachelor's
friend." "Smile if you like—laugh if you can." " When
the cat is in the way, the mice at your house dare not play."
—Manchester Advertiser. • •