The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-29 00:00:00

COURT-PASIZIONARZNI.

It is said that a very numerous circle have been ho-
noured with invitations to meet his Royal Highness the
Prince of Prussia upon his arrival at Windsor Castle on
Saturday next. The Earl of Aberdeen and several other
of the Cabinet Ministers, Count Nesselrode, his Ex-
cellency Baron Brunnow, &c., will be among the guests
of her Majesty on the occasion.
Lord %V narncliffe and party have sailed from Southamp-
ton in his Lordship's cutter yacht, the Romulus, on a
cruise in the Channel, prior to his Lordship laying up
his vessel for the season.
Baron de Talleyrand, attachii to the French Embassy,
left Manchester House on Tuesday on a visit to Lord and
Lady Barrington, at Becket House, Shrivenham, Berks,
who are entertaining a select circle at that seat.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Au-
gusta Somerset left town yesterday fur Badmin-
ton, where the Prince of Prussia is expected to
honour the Noble Duke with his company to-day.
The Duke of Northumberland still remains confined
to his room at Sion House by an attack of gout. His
Grace is expected to visit Leamington, for the benefit
of the waters, prior to proceeding to the North for the
season.

The Duke and Duchess of Agyll left Connaught-ter-
race yesterday ter Edinburgh, en route for Ardineaple
Castle, North Britain, where their Graces will pass a
few days, proceeding thence to Inyerary Castle. Lady

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Emma Campbell is quite recovered from her recent se"
yore indisposition, and accompanies her noble parents t°,
Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn wil
arrive at Inrerary Castle, on a visit to the Duke all
Duchess, about the latter end of September, when the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and a large party rae
expected to assemble.
The Russian Prince Schischmaroff, family, and suite,
the Couat and Countess Persen, Count S. de la Sparre,
Count Betancourt, &c., have arrived at the BruuswicY

Hotel, from the Continent.
The Dike and Duchess of Hamilton are expeetta
Portman-square on Friday, from Easton Park, Sufi
A
and early in the ensuing week they proceed to Bath-,
.1,
The Earl of Cawdor, Lord Emlyn, and party, na'
had good sport at Cawdor Castle, N. 8., having killed (11
the average 80 brace of moor game.
Lady John Somerset and Miss Somerset have •Ter
Alton Towers, the splendid seat of the Earl of Shretvs'
bury, to join Lord John Somerset, at Clifton, where IP
Lordship has the command of the troops stationed there,'
Lady Alice Peel and family returned from the COw
nent last week. Colonel Peel, her Ladyship, and final
are expected to leave London shortly, to pass the Win°
in Paris.

IIILTBC2XMANIIOI7II.
It appears that, by mistake, the name of the 11°Iii,
Charles Langdale was omitted in the copy of the $
dress of the English Catholics to Mr. O'Connell, se
:,41)
to the Irish new papers; and that the name of Mr. 11";
dleton, of Stockeld Park, Yorkshire, has been sill'

added to the address. -
We have to caution cur readers against the in:II/Oil
of a man who represents himself to be a Swede, 04
commences his address to gentlemen in the street bfv
asking the way to the Swedish Consul, ending lc
begging for money to enable him to reach the Cele
house at Richmond, or to obtain a night's lodging. a
pretends to have an order on his Consul for mane),
only to possess Swedish coin, and, by a plausible 40
often induces the unwary and benevolent to give.:bt,
assistance. He is a young man, of the middle he'''
with light hair and complexion, and speaks English re'
markably well. pE
The Lord Mayor and Aldermen, the Governn,rs.,l
Emanuel Hospital, are going to erect twelve additlT',l,
houses for the aged, and take in twenty additional eu'j,
dren. The children are clothed, fed, and eduestier
Alderman Wood, on Saturday, in a Committee of Al`la
men, gave notice of a motion that he should make •,t,
this school to be placed on the same footing as Chll'
church School. ;-s'
On Tuesday letters were received at the principai,-, fl',o
ranee offices in the City, detailing the particulars ot of
dreadful fires which occurred in the quiet village
Winsham, situate near Chard, Devonshire, whichWs;
minated in the complete devastation of no fewer than
houses.
On Wednesday last a public dinner was given in
Town Hall, Tonbridge, to the Rev. E. Vinall, on th, I
casion of his resigning the curacy, which he had helne,
years. After the dinner the Rev. Gentleman wssPb
sented by the chairman (Sydney Alleyne, Esq.) ".I`,
chaste and elegant silver salver, weighing upwards 0'
ounces, bearing an appropriate inseripti,w. t '
re'
The presentation of colours to the 49th Regime,n
cently returned from China, took place at Win"e
on Tuesday in the:presence of a numerous body of
e°lf;
tators, who had congregated from all parts of the
try to witness the imposing ceremony. 1, Of
On Friday as the Criterion Stowmarket and Cole-e to
coach was turning the corner from the high road 11",,,ri
the Colchester railway station, to deliver its passe% ij
for the eleven o'clock up-train, it suddenly. upso*,..,lrsr
supposed from turning the corner too abruptly. .v"
nately no one sustained any injury. sre
On Tuesday night, between eight and nine, the
roc
mises of Mr. Logic, seamen's potatoe shipper, 9,
hill, Rateliff, were discovered to be on fire by 3 Pe„.o
passing by. No person was in the house at the; the
Mr. Logic having left a few minutes before, erligle
family being now in Scotland. The house of I\fr.
was almost entirely destroyed, but the flames were r
vented from extending..
Of
ELEMENTS AND DISCOVER

THE WEATHER CYCLES. gf.
Since our last notice of this important disc°,c-i0
published in The Sun of the 15th instant'
sensation has taken place with respect to it inv,,
metropolis ; and it is gratifying to perceive thil.tt;
White' Secretary to the Meteorological Soo! 'oil
Great Britain, has taken up the subject, and this
now in the course of illustration by that gentlell); es'
the Lecture-rooms of the Adelaide Gallery, fttjll r 4
ample which is likely to he followed by other gie'
and literary institutions throughout the countrPor4
Last week, in the course of one of his lectures..pti'
" Physical Astronomy," Mr. White took a c°7o"
hensive view of the different theories of the alniset
makers, from the first imaginings of Francis )I°o4
Mr. Murphy ; and after pointing out to his nn titer
the inconsistencies in the speculations of these /fop;
—with many more, such as Messrs. Legh,
son (Mercurius), &c., &c., who all differ one fr°01,1::
other—he proceeded to enlarge upon the recent coo,'
cations on the law or origin of storms, and to scoer's
for the occurrence of violent atmospheric phell-or
in certain or in different latitudes of the earth;
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which, we believe, Mr. White expects, in the Pt3::"Toe
of more extended and correct observation, to
nize the conflicting theories of this hitherto
cilable topic of speculation. 601!
rise•

Mr. White then at once introduced to the --;;04
the " Cycle of the Weather," as a system alt°l'
separate and distinct from all that preceded it. liod
author of this discovery he described as a 14:10.0'
individual, now in advanced years, who forine“6.o?.i
tern of observation and induction, without 1,,,0,10,
to, or dependence on, any ancient or modern 1";ptilf;
ctoornthpeutsatutido3n;an(Al fptreorsedceuNioiotningof nheiasrlovwnhalf 3 Cr
peCllll.O te.„
tem, Mr. Mackenzie came before the world
w in
corded daily observations on the weather, Toft2
own hand, upon which he founded his "
Winds, Weather, and Prices of Corn "—a sY.!..
truth and value of which, from its continn"),.oa",,,
can exist no doubt whatever, and which, when i'.,eolieh'e
into familiar observation and practical arr. 01l
will confer greater benefits on mankind t11211bigl!!
theories that ever were propounded on this It*?
interesting, all-important, and indeed wc,ficlerlP
covery. el:, el
In the course of the present and next We„.ect
White proposes to go more fully into the s°,4•lolert;l
the " Weather Cycle," and to explain the 111,11,,-0111,,..
principles of the system, by a magnified "r,efis‘'',3
the circles of comminuted and compresseudocet,
with the effect of these seasons on the Pr° ars 11
prices of corn, for a period of fifty-four Yeits
ginning with 1801, and ending with 1854• coo r 4:
as these lectures are delivered, we will endea
find space for a condensed notice of them for the er''/1
up:
benefit, being already satisfied, from the :1i 04%0
extracts of our former article in the provincia otrY`
that great anxiety prevails throughout the COo
this important subject. ttr
n
THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF 7' re'
DAY OF TIIE REV. HOWLAND rhi 0 4
celebrated yesterday by the members of '"ostet.',l4'
Chapel, Blackfriars- road, giving a dinner on a, rn-
oa
sive scale to the children of the Surrey Stain, best
Upwards of 3,000 children, male and fettuti;rs: st&
flags. and attended by their respective tea',3olo,fil.
present, and the Rya presented a 105:005,fore'
appearance. Tents were erected on different e%.
where tables were laid loaded with good, subsla.„oleoicti
of which, it is needless to say, the youngsters 'Pro
cellent use. Tea and other refreshments wered
for the youthful guests in the afternoon ;
turned home late in the evening, evidently dtgoiglipe
the day's entertainment, and, no doubt, aPPru .01`i
of the way in which the centenary anniverstbote‘,il/
birth-day of the founder of their sect was eel' ',4,10
CURRENCY MOVEMENT, DUMFRIES, e 'll;4'
Mr. J. B. O'Brien delivered two lectures in
rd4f ous
Hall here, on the evenings of Friday ands tt;ioncd
the
to pretty numerous and attentive, nay, e'dv,
diences,—subjects, .the Corn laws, the CurreneV°.4)ll
Land. The most important of these questions,it certiejer
Currency, was a new one to the ple and the fit°
peo t 0
could not have fallen into better hands; for, I"„,.sloo,.hitY,
turer unfolded, and laid bare to the —ll olel"
most obtuse, the cunningly devised sYstleen enft,4
those at the top of the social tree haveo
to reduce the industrious to thraldom v0',40
tian, the shouts by which he was ever 59ceee-„Isco,
terrupted, demonstrated that he has r- popt.
bringing down to the comprehension ° to
sembly, one of the most intricate, s°„' of r `
most dry questions in the wide ranb-,oly rooi
science. On the corn-laws he was eiqu e raue rool e
This visit of the " schoolmaster" has do to the goel?c,o
in turning the attention of the inhabitarithsoo Woe',
the evil ; and we trust that those wi), ifq,olo`o.
with the masses, will take advantage °L 'the cir yt g,ft
produced by Mr. O'Brien, to confirm, hYd by tPipol%,
of cheap publications—those recommend' ponce so`j
tleman (the tracts of the Society for the viewshe roi
of British Industry) among the rest--tll„eth oftfloPY
cessfully inculcated,• and assist the gre"corresK
if
seed sown under such happy auspices."'"
of the Sentinel. • Act 11 01 yr,
THE NEW FACTORY A CT.--eTerheltSaryt:s::lti
deft 'c
come into operation, and by one of its Pr2ovobleics ic;:r
street of the law is to be hung up 00 3 fecterAs 00
in every factory. The four Inspectors exprei.")
joint report made to the Home ti
opinion on the importance of having be the the
source the weight of whose authority."_tloo of of itv
to in questions arising on the interprettecessitY los
statutes; their own words show the nt of the,iotii
guidance they seek:—" The enforce sob vhe
prosecutions is committed to us and to tbercWoc
tors who act under our directions; it 150,
desirable that the abstract should sh re °0
extent to which the Factory Act "acs 0
`l;fortasn;celp
altered by the amending Act, fur the
ectors.,ssori s rep
guidance of ourselves and the sun-rno(Ppie. qouryre,
the mill. occupiers and their workYse;.biect of
and anxious reconsideration of this ; t
reso.tiv_ Afe
sent meeting, we have come owed coo:r !Too
questing respectfully that you will be
ng
that it should be prepared and em be dethe't-wo:013
advisersrections with
ht sucha
little
delay abstract
ab
se p rs es
Ipil r,:e,t deb
efbi
est edsPolitif:_irc:i:
s
the weight of whose authority v;-polo
oontaiinnboceeds
be able to refer to the abstract hat
ing
wbich Pr i3cost. „r,
tquestionsutes.l'lli s,
eonn
terpretation of the law, but
er L., much ra.o
tbu de.
hority, rin cul:r.,rwitY 1
pthroe
seienutteiropnaretatatiko:
pf,afc,et
nocet
ft'
r,i,110,1
competent
abileglQaigsvtaorliadtaeeuds and greater uniform
:secured."