The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

tier Majesty the Queen Dowager gave a grand dinner
yesterday evening, at her residence, Marlborough House,
to the Queen and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the
King and Queen of the Belgians.
The company present to meet the Illustrious Guests
consisted of his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, the Marchioness of Douro, Ladyi
the Queen ; the Baroness d'Hoogvorst, Lady in Waiting
on the Queen of the Belgians ; the Archbishop of Can-
terbury and Mrs. Howley ; the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl and Countess of Haddington, Viscount and Vis-
countess Barrington, Earl Howe and Lady Georgiana
Curzon, Mr. Frederick Curzon, Lord and Lady Rad-
stock, Earl of Harkwicke, Lord in Waiting on the
Queen ; Count Mercy d'Argenteau and Major A.
d'Hanins de Aloerkerke, in waiting on the King of the
Belgians ; Hon. William and Mrs. Ashley, Hon. Miss
Boyle, Rev. J. R. Wood, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in
Waiting to the Queen ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry
in Waiting to Prince Albert.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colo-
nel Bouverie, honoured the Society of Water Colours
with a visit yesterday, to inspect their exhibition in
Pall-mall East.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda
visited the Queen and their Majesties the King and
Queen of the Belgians, at Buckingham Palace, yes-
terday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colo-
nel Bouverie, went yesterday afternoon to the office of
the Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine
Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed air-
ings yesterday in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham
Palace.

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING- ROOM.—The Duchess of
Cleveland, Lady Dufferin, Lady Elizabeth Gore, the
Lady Leigh, the Hon. Lady Butler, the Hon. Emma
Leigh, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, and Miss Ruck Keene,
were among the company present at her Majesty's Draw-
ing-room on Thursday.
The Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward of her Majesty's
Household, gave a State banquet on Thursday, at Fife
House, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, to which
the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Board of Green
Cloth, with several other members of the Royal House-
hold, and about forty persons of high distinction and
fashion, were invited.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge paid visits
yesterday to her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marl-
borough House, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge honoured the performance of the French
plays with their presence yesterday evening.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir
R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of
Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Graham, Earl of Had-
dington, Earl of Ripon, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
Sir H. Hardinge, and Sir E. Knatehbull. The Council
sat an hour and a half. _

Mr. Cartwright had an interview with Lord Stanley

Gore, W. R.-O.—Sligo Co. Stuart, Villiers—Wateitord Co.
Gore, Robert—New Ross Stuart, H.—Bedford
Granger, T. C.—Durham Stock, Dr.—Cashel
Greene, T. G.—Lancashire Strickland, Sir G.—Preston
Grey, Sir George—Devonport Strutt, Edward—Derby
Hamner, Sir J.—Hull Tennent, J. E.—Belfast
Harcourt, G. G. V.—Oxfordshire Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton
Hastie, Archibald—Paisley Trelawny, J. S.—Tavistsck
Hatton, Capt.—Wexford Co.: Trotter, John—West Surrey
Hawes, B.—Lambeth Vivian, John Ennis—Truro
Hay, Sir A. L.—Elgin, Sze Warburton, H.—Kendal
Heathcote, Sir \V.—Hampshire Watson, W. H.—Kinsale
Hepburn, Sir T.—Haddingtonsh Williams, William—Coventry
Hindley, Charles—Ashton Winnington, Sir T. E.—Bewdley
Hobhouse, H. \V.—Hereford Wodehouse, Edmond—E. Norfolk
Hogg, James Weir—Beverley Wood, Charles—Halifax
Houldsworth, T.—Nottinghanuth Woed, Colonel T.—Middlesex
Howard,y. H.—Carlisle Wortley, J. A. S.—Buteshire
Howick, Viscount—Sunderland Wortley, Hon. S.—W. Yorkshire
Hughes, W. B.—Carnarvon 'Wrightson, W. lit.—Northallerton
Hume, Joseph—Montrose, Sze. Wynn, C. W.—Montgornerysh
James, Sir W. C.—Hull
Jermyn, Earl—Bury, Suffolk TELLERS.
Jervis, J.—Chester Colebrooke, Sir T. E.—Taunton
Kemble, H.—East Surrey Hardy, J.—Bradford

FACTORIES (No. 2) BILL.
Order for Committee read ; Order for committing the Bill
to a Committee of the whole House read :—Motion made, and
Question put, •' Tkat the said Order be discharged :" The
House divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 42.
Aldam, William Forster, Matthew Scholefield, Joshua
Barnard, E. G. French, F. Smith, Benjamin
Berkeley, Captain Hatton Captain:. Stanstield, W. R.
Bernal, Captain Hay, Sir A. Strutt, Edward
Bowring, Dr. Hill, Lord Marcus Tancred, Henry W
Bright, John Hindley, Charles rhornely, Thomas
Browne, Hon. W. Hume, Joseph - Treltrany J. S.
Buller, E. Humphery, J. Villiers, Charles P.
Busfeild, W. Leader, J. T. Wakley, Thomas
Cobdea, Richard M.Taggart, J. Wawn, J. T.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Marshall, William Williams, W.
Collett, John Philips, G. R. Yorke, R. H
Duncan, Lord Plumridge, Captain TELLERS.
Duncan, George Protheroe, Edward Duncombe, T. S.
Ewart, William Pulsfordißober t Ward, H. G.

MAJORITY—AYES, 145.
Aclani, Sir T. D, Eliot, Lord Miles, William
Acland, T. D. Fielden, J. Mordaunt, S'"P•
Adderley, C. B. Fadden, W. Morgan, Octavius
Aglionby, H. A. Flower, Sir James Mundy, E. Miller
Ainsworth, Peter Forbes, William Napier, Sir Charles
Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Forman, T. S. Ncwdegate C N.
Arkwright, Gcot ge Gaskell, J. M. Nicholl, Sir John
Ashley, Lord Gladstone, W. E. Norreys, Sir D. J.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Gordon, Captain Ord, W.
Baillie, Colonel Gore, Montague Oswald, Alexander
Baird, William Gore, W. 0. Pakington, J. S.
Baring. W. B. Gore, W. It. O. Palmer, (1.
Baring. F. T. Gore, Robert Peel, Sir Robert
Baskerville, T. B. M Graham, Sir James Peel, Jonathan
Beckett, William Granger, T. C. Philips, M.
Bernal, R. Greenall, Peter Pollington, Viscount
Blackburne, J. I. Greene, T. Ponsonby, C. F. A. C
Blakemore, R. Hamilton, Lord C. Pringle, A.
Boldero, Henry G. Hanmer, Sir John Pusey, Philip
Borthwick, Peter Harcourt, G.:G.I Rashleigh, Wm.
Beheld, Beriah Hardinge, Sir H. Round, C. G.
Bowes, J. Harris, E. A. J. Round, John
Brotherton, Joseph klawes. B. Rous, Hon. Captain
Bruce, Lord Ernest Heathcote, Sir W. Rushbrooke, Colonel
Buck, W. Henley, J. Werner Russell, Lord John
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Russell, J. D. W '
Cardwell, Edward Hope, Charlie Seymour, Sir H. B.
Carnegie, Captain Hope, G. W. Smith, .Vernon
Cavendish, G. H. iinwick, Lord Somerset, Lord G.
Chapman, Aaron Hussey, Ambrose Stanley, Lord;
Chelsea, Viscount) James, Sir Walter Stewart, Jab's
Chetwode, Sir John Jermyn, Earl Stuart, Henry
Clayton, Rice It. Jelliffe, Sir W. Strickland, Sir G.
Clerk, Sir George Kemble, Henry Sutton, Hon. H. M.
Clive, R. H. Knatchbull, Sir E. Tomline, G.
Collett, NV. R. Knight, F. Winn Trench, Sir F. W.
Colquhoun, John C. Labouchere, H. Trotter, John
Coote, Sir C. Lambton, H. Vane, Lord H.
Ccrry, Hon. Henry Lemon, Sir C. Walsh, Sir John
Cowper, Hon W. Lincoln, Earl of Warburton, Henry
Cresswell, A. J. B. Lygon, General Wellesley, Lord C.
Cripps, W. M'Geachy, F. A. Winnington, Sir T.
Darner, Hon. G. M'Neill, Duncan Wood, Colonel
1 Darby, George Mainwaring,:T, Wortley. Hon. JohnS
Denison, E. Beckett Marsland. H. Young, John
Dodd, George " Master, T. W. C.
Douglas, Sir C. Masterman, Jelin TELLERS.
East, James Buller Maule, Hon. Fox Fremantle, Sir T.
Egerton. %V. 1. Meynell, Captain Baring, H.
Egerton, Sir P. Miles, P. W'. S.i

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT MARTIAL. _ .

PORTSMOUTH, AWL court-martial was held this
day on board the St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship of Sir Charles
Rowley, Bart., G.C.8., G.C.H., Admiral of the White and
Commander in-Chief at this port, to try, pursuant to an
order trom the Hon. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
dated the 19th inst., Mr. George Martyr Smith, acting mate
on board her Majesty's brig Pantaloon, 10, Commander C.ll.
Lapidge, on a number of somewhat frivolous charges.
The Court, having heard the whole of the evidence pro-
duced in support of the charge, and by the prisoner, and
what he had to allege in his defence, was of opinion that the
charges had not been preyed against the said Mr. George
Martyr Smith, except that the said Mr. George Smith had,
been guilty of having improverly made use et the name of
his commander, the said Charles Horace Lapidge, in the
gun-room of the said brig, and did admonish the said Mr.
George Martyr Smith to avoid in future the line of conduct
so calculated to subvert the discipline of her Majesty's
service.
The trial commenced at nine o'clock, and did not terminate
until nearly five.
The Thames convict ship, with about 170 convicts from
the hulks at this port, sailed this morning from Spithead at
five o'clock. The Thames takes out dispatchesfor Sir Charles
Adam, whom she will find at Bermuda on her arrival.

Air. Manning, the Comptroller of the Customs at
the port of London, has retired on full salary of 1,0001. a year.
Mr. -Manning has been nearly, if not quite, half a century in
the service of the Crown.

Tim EARL AND COUNTESS Or JERSEY'S GRAND
PARTY.—A splendid entertainment was given last evening by
the Master of the Horse and Countess of Jersey, at the
family mansion in Berkeley-square. The Countess's assembly
was preceded by a sumptuous banquet, for which covers were
laid for twenty-two. His Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency the French Ambassador and
Countess de St. Aulaire, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke
and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Salisbury, his Ex-
cellency Baron ICieumann, the Lord Chancellor, Lady Lynd-
hurst, and the Hon. Miss Copley, Marquis of Granby, Vis-
count Curzon, Earl of Brownlow and Lady Caroline Cust,
Lady Augustus Somerset, Lord Lovaine, Viscount Ossulston,
&c., were among the guests of the Noble Earl and Countess.
In the latter part of the evening the entire suite of elegant
saloons were cast open for the reception of a brilliant circle
of the leading nobility. The staircase and apartments gene-
rally were adorned by the choicest flowers and rare exotics.
There were nearly five hundred persons present.
OFFICIAL Rumouns.—lt is generally understood
in official circles, that the Ministers intend making a strenu-
ous effort to buy off the opposition of Mr. Hume. If
he th e
Honourable economist is placed in a position for which is
adapted by his peculiar talent, he will be offered the com-
mand of a revenue cutter—for his tact in cutting down the
revenue must be, on all bands, admitted.—Punch.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the King and Queen
of the Belgians, left this forenoon for Claremont, and ars
expected to return to Buckingham Palace for dinner.
Lady Stanley will hold an assembly this evening at the
family mansion in St. James's-square. Her Ladyship has
invitations out for another assembly on the Hai of next
month.
Lady Brougham has caused cards to be issued for assem-
blies on the Ist, 15th, and 29th of the ensuing month.
The Bishop of Chichester proceeds to Brighton on Tuesday
next, to hold a confirmation at St. Peter's Church.
The Earl and Countess of Tankeryille have taken a man-
sion in Lower Grosvenor-street (adjoining Earl Amherst's),
for the season.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The annual meeting of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel among the Jews was held on Friday evening, at
the Freemasons"favern, John Dean Paul, Esq., Treasurer of
the Society, in the chair, who stated that the subscriptions
during the past year amounted to 927/. 118. 11-1, and the dis-
bursements to 634/. ss. 5d., thus leaving in his hands a
balance of 293/. 6s. 6d. The meeting was addressed by the
Revs. J. Bennett, J. J. Freeman, Dr. Wilson, J. Morrison,
E. Horle, Owen Clarke, J. Crowther, G. Paul, Esq., the Rev.
R. Herschel' (one of the converted Jewish ministers), and
Thomas Farmer. Several resolutions were passed, and the
officers for the ensuing year appointed.
On the same evening, the London Society for Teaching the
Blind celebrated its first festival at the London Tavern,
13ishopsgate-street. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., presided
on the occasion, and was supported on either hand by Lords
Arundel and Dudley Stuart. The company, though not a
very numerous one, was highly respectable, and the purpose
for which it was assembled was carried out by a most liberal
subscription, amounting to between 700/. and 800/.
The new line of road from Long-acre to Leicester-square,
which is to be continued to Piccadilly, has been thrown open
for the traffic of carts and carriages.
A new floating pier, similar in appearance to the one at
Lambeth Palace, was opened on Friday at Wandsworth ; it
is called the Waterman 's Pier, and has been erected by come
Wandsworth lightermea and;watennen, with the hopes of
inducing other boats to run between Putney and London, be-
sides those already engaged in the trade.

SUICIDE OF A CHELSEA PENSlONER.—Yesterday
Mr. Riggs held an inquest at the Compasses, Upper Ebury-
street, Pimlico, on the body of Edward Horrell, aged sixty-
five, a pensioner belonging to Chelsea Hospital. Charles
Thompson said that the deceased with his wife lodged at
No. 51, Upper Ebury-street. At five o'clock yesterday
(Friday) morning, witness was called from his bed by one
of the lodgers, and told that deceased had made an attempt
upon his life. Witness immediately arose, and upon going
into the kitchen saw him lying upon the floor, and bleeding
from a large wound in the throat. Deceased was first

missed by his wife, who went to the kitchen in search of
him, and found the door shut. Upon pushing against it
the deceased fell, and it appeared as if he had endeavoured
to hang himself by a cord at the top when his wife inter-
rupted him. Being frustrated in his attempt to hang him-
self, he got his razor and iOlicted a large gash upon his
throat. Witness had never observed anything in him which
indicated insanity. His pension of one shilling and three-
pence per day, and a trifle his wife earned by washing, was
all they had to live upon, and deceased being about to reside
in Chelsea Hospital, he went to St. George's workhouse to
ask them to make provision for his wife. They refused un-
less he also would enter the workhouse. Mr. Hankley,
surgeon, said that he attended the deceased, and found him
dead from the effects of the incision in the throat—Verdict,
" Temporary insanity."
A LEARNED FRENCH JOURNALIST.—A writer in
the Constitutionnel, one of the leading journals in Paris, states
that the Childe Harold of Lord Byron was an ancient Saxon
king! Another paper states that Gloucester is a large manu-
facturing city in Scotland! A third avows that no English-
man, Irishman, or Scotchman, can open a shop, or sell con-
fectionery or lucifer matches, without the authority of the
Parliament or the Queen !
THE CONVICT LOwTHER.—We stated in part of
our impression last week, that the extreme sentence of the
law was to be executed ou Lowther on Saturday last, for
shooting the Marquis of Normanby's gamekeeper. We are
glad to state, however, that shortly before the time appointed
for the execution, a second respite was received. The crimi-
nal will, therefore, in all probability, now be transported for
life.—Leeds Mercury.
Messrs. Pickford and Co.'s postage for the year
ending March, 1839, was on or about 30,000 letters ; in
the year ending March, 1843, it was on or about 240,000

letters.
The impurity of the water, arising from the
neglect of filtration, is said to be one of the main causes of
the unhealthiness of the towns, compared with the country.
The great match at draughts for 651. a side be.
tween Mr James Wylie, " the Herd Laddie," and Mr. An-
derson, of Braidwood, commences on the second Tuesday in

June. The Marquis
THE SIIAKSPEARE SOCIETY.—of
Conyngham presided yesterday at the third annual meeting
of the Shakspeare Society, which was held in the rooms of
the Royal Society dan Literature,ceo
fSint . e Martininb er so
ns - ltehno e
occasion, Th e re
lly
was an unusua
and the proceedings went off with more than wonted enthu.
fulolfa tten
siam, owing to the satisfactory report presented of the past,
and the great promise held forth of satisfactory and useful
labours in future. The Secretary stated that six octavo
works had been printed and distributed during the past year,
anti that three were printed for the present, beside numerous
volumes just ready, in various stages of preparation. The
expenditure during 1843 was 664/., tor printing and binding,
the Society's publications, &c.; and the receipts were 8934
thus leaving a balance in the Treasurer's hands of 229/., in
addition to arrears due from members of the three passed
years of 225/., beyond 417/. from members of the present
year. Thanks having been voted to the Director, Council,
the Noble Chairman, and officers of the Society, and various
routine business concluded, the meeting separated.
SUDDEN DEATII OF MR. COMMISSIONER MERP
VALE.—This Learned Gentleman, who has filled the offiee of
one of the Commissioners in Bankruptcy for so many years
Put, expired very suddenly at eight o'clock on Thursday
evening, at his residence, No. 18, Bedford-square. After
eating a hearty dinner he fell into an apparent slumber, from
which he never again awoke, and he remained for some time
in his chair before his daughter discovered the awful change.
Mr. Commissioner Merivale was in his 67th year, and has left
ten children to mourn their sad bereavement.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, APRIL 26.
—The following garrison order has this day been promulgated
by order of Colonel Sir Thomas Wiltshire, Bart., K.C.8.,
recting the officer commanding the 58th Regiment to select
2 captains, 3 subalterns, 1 surgeon, 5 corporals, 5 sergeants,
and 140 rank and file of that corps to hold themselves in
readiness for immediate embarkation by the Pestonjee
Bomanjec transport for New South Wales. Colonel Thomas
Weare, KM., of the Provisional, has also received orders to
hold in readiness all the available men belonging to the corps
now serving in the colony of Australia for embarkation in the
above ship, which is about 1,000 tons burden.i, and 99th. The
The regiments
96t
at present serving are the 51st, 80th,
troops are expected to leave here next week.
RAISING A SUNKEN BARGE-LOAD OF STONES,
About twelve months ago a barge, belonging to Mr. Free-
man, at 111illbank, laden with about forty tons of stone, WM
sunk off Greenwich Point.. Some persons undertook to get
the stone and barge up, but failed in their attempt. The
City authorities, being acquainted with the nuisance, em-
ployed four experienced under-watermen to remove it, and
they have succeeded in getting up 53 blocks of stone, and
likewise cleared the remainder of the barge away.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
CoL Bouverie, honoured the exhibition of the Society of
Painters in Water Colours with a visit yesterday, at their
Gallery, Pall-mall East, previously to its being opened
to the public. The Prince was received by the Presi-
dent, Mr. Copley Fielding, and the Members of the
Committee.