The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-04 00:00:00

COURT -rill; tiION.A.33I6Et

The Duke of Cambridge, on leaving Dean Park, the seat of
Lord Cardigan, is expected to honour the .111arquii and Mar-
chioness of Exeter with a visit, and also the Duke of Rutland,
at lielvoir Castle, and then return to town to meet the Duchess
and the Princess Mary, on their arrival from the Continent.
Lord Cardigan proceeds to Dublin at the close of the ensuing
week to resume the command of the 11th (Prince Albert's)
Hussars. as his leave expires on the 15th inst.
The Duke of Bordeaux, on Monday, visited the men-of-war
lying in the Plymouth Sound. He was received with yards
manned, end all the honours due t• his rank. On that day
and Sunday he attended mass at the Stonehouse chapel.
The Duke of Richmond arrived in Portland-place on Mon-
day, from Goodwood Park, to be present at the marriage of
hit niece, Miss Maitland, to T. W. Blomefield, Esq., son of
Sir Thomas W. Blomefield, Bart., solemnisedon Tuesday morn-
ing. His Grace returned to Goodwood yesterday, where a
family circle has assembled for the holidays.
A matrimonial alliance is talked of bel ween the Rev. Lord
Augustus Fitxclarence and Miss Gordon, grand-daughter of
the Marquis of Huntley.
Sir William M'Gregor, Bart., of the 18th (Roza] Irish), has
arrived in town from China.

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General Sir Lewis and Lady Grant have arrived in Harley,
street from Scotland.

General the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff and Lady and Miss
Duff left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, on Tuesday, for
Brighton, where it is the General's intention to winter.
Mr. George Hope, M.P., arrived in town on Tuesday, from
Ditton Park, the scat of Lord Montague.
Lord John Russell arrived in town on Tuesday, from Woburn
Abbey.
The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers left
town on Tuesday, for the residence of the Hon. Frederick
Villiers, in Northamptonshire.

MISCE7.7.ANEOIM.
The cold on Monday night was intense, the thermometer having
fallen twelve degrees below the freezing point. The frost still
continues, but it is not severely felt as there is little or no
wind. The ground is covert d with snow. Within a week or
ten days the temperature during the night has fallen twenty
degrees.
The weather, says a Newcastle journal, was so remarkably
fine at Alnwick on Christmas-day that a number of boys were
seen bathing in the river A In, near that town. Several per-
sons were engaged in angling, numerous insects were on the
wing, the song of some of the warblers was heard, and the whole
had more the appearance of spring than winter.
It appears that on account of a want of proper draining at
Kentish Town, an alarming epidemic prevails there. It was
stated o❑ Tuesday, at a meeting of the t. r'ancras board of di-
rectors and guardians, that in one street alt,ne there were no
lass than thirteen families some portion of whom are suffering
from fever.

The half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors o the London
Dock Company was held on Tuesday at the Dock-office, New
Bank-buildings, Mr. John Cattley in the chair. From the
financial statement, it appeared that the revenue of the Com-
pany for the last half year, including whar age and other
dues, amounted to 19706e1. 15s. 7d. ; ti• exoenditure
108;5681. 9e. sd. A dividend of two per cent.. was declared.
A landowner in South Derbyshire has sent a contribution of
1001. to the Derby subscription to the Lea vac fun , from "an
opponent to the adding scale." The Derby subscri! ties), which
last year amounted to 4001. only, has already amounted to be-
tween 1,0001. and 1,200/. Before the books are closed, it will
reach from 1,200/. to 1,3001.
Miss Delcy, after having completed a successful engagement
at Verona, has repaired to Bologna.
'1 he appointment of official assignee of the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court of Bankruptcy, vacant by the renaeval of John
Follett, Esq., to London, has been conferred on George Mor-
gan, Esq., of Bristol.
Tuesday the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors
of the Colonial Bank, established to extend banking •pera-
tior,s in the West Indies, was held at the London Tavern, for
the purpo,:e of receiving a Report from the Court of Directors,
the election of Directors who have gene out by rotation, and on
other matters. he chair, in the absence, by reasr Ti of ill-
ness, of the Governor, Mr. Irvine, M.P., was ta'cen by the
Deputy-Governor, Mr. A. Culvide, ALP. From the Report,
it appeared that the profit made by the corporation during the
halt-year ending June 30, 18-13, after deducting all current ex-
penses, is 10,4121. 2s. 4d. ; deducting half-yearly proportion
of preliminary expenses, 1,0001., leaves an available balance of
9.412/. 2s. 4d. .No dividend was declared, and the outgoing
Directors were re-elected. Great dissatisia•tion w.,s expressed
with the Fart of the Report detailing a roSbery of rite branch
at liarbadoes by one of the clerks, to the amount of 11,000/.
The annual meeting of the members of the l'oyal South
London Dispensary, took place on Tuesday at the Dispensary,
St. George a-fields. The Report stated that the Society was
established in 1821, and that during the first year WM patients
were admitted. The numbers had gra lualiy increased, and
during the last year 4,333 received medical assistance. The re-
ceipts amounted to 7741. ss. 10d., and a balance oi 561. 6s. 4d.
had been left ire the hands of the treasurer, after paying all ex-
penses. 'Dr. Clutterbuck, Dr. Addison, and Dr. Sutherland.
were elected physician, for the ensuing year.

SALE OF LIEUTENANT MONRO'S
TEKDAN The sale of Lieutenant IlLinro's eflects commenced
yesterday, at twelve o'clock,: at his resiclunce in Brompton-
square. There were very few persons present, aid the pur-
chasers were chiefly furniture brokers. some inquiry was
made for the case of duelling pistols, but it was not in the cata-
logue. It was expected that the ?ale would be interfered with
by Air. Walcley, the Coroner, but up to the time our reporter
left the lion. C;eulleman had not made his appearapee, and the
sale was proceeding. The articles sold ibis morning fetched a
fair price; they were confined to small articles of bed-room
furniture. -The sale will be concluded to-mcrrow. _

HE INVASION OF RUSSlA.—Accounts received
through the foreign papers on Tuesday con' ain the following ad-
ditional particulars of the monument erected by the Emperor
of Russia : —The monument erected by the Emperor In the
city of Kowno, to commemorate the extraordinary events. of
1812, was inaugurated on the iOth of November. Kowno
was one of the most remarkable points in the Russian em-
pire, for there Napoleon concent,ated the enormous force
with which he marched across the Russian frontier, and there
commenced the sanguinary war, which afterwards spread
through the interior of Russia. The monument which has
just been erected is of colossal dimensions. In front- is an
ii,scription consisting of some words quoted from tbe first
manifesto issued by the Emperor Alexander at the opening of
the war. These words are—" God is against the aggressor."
On the back is the following inscription .—" In the year 1812
700,000 hostile troops entered Russia, of this number' only
70,000 marched back." At the inauguration of the monu-
ment there were present the few surviving warriors who fought
in the battles of 1812. In this category the number of Gene-
rals, -tall and superior officers, amounted to 23 ; the number
of subalterns was 31.

I)nici; or BREAD.—We stated last week that a
number of the Edinburgh bakers had reduced the price of the
41b. loaf to 61,4 d ; and we observe, from a schedule tent round
by what are called the " high price bakers," that they have ho-
nestly resolved to folios this example. This schedule intimates
flour at 2s td., and bran at '7d. per stone, and adds the im-
portant notice of—" No discount, neither anything to be given
with the loaf."—Edinburyh Journal.
SIIEEP KILLED ON A RAILWAY.—On Saturday
last, as the afternoon train front Darlington to York 'was
passing Popple:on-bridge, twenty-five sheep, the property of
Mr. Carr, or. Overton, were killed by the engine.—Durham
Paper.

COURT CIRCULAR,
WINPSOR, WEDNESDAY.—This morning his Roy's/ High'
ness the Prince of Wales, and her Royal Highness the Princes°
Royal, were taken for their customary exereise.
tier :Nlajesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Princoef
Albert, walked in the grounds about the Castle in the coarse
the day,

Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister, transacted business yes,
terclay, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign o'o*
The Attorney-General visited Sir James Graham yesterdaYt
at the Foreign-office.
Lieut. •General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of thei..
Cape of Good Hope, transacted business yesterday at t"
Colonial. office.
Su. J. Graham visited the Earl of Ripon yesterday at the
office of the Board of Control.
Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canadh
and for the Governors of the other North American coloulato
we sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office.

Bill'iQUET AT FROGIVIORE-HOUSE
wiN molt, TvEarn.% EVENING.— A grand banquet Waif
given this evening, by her Royal Highness the Duchess
Kent. to her Majesty, the Prince Consort, Prince Edward to
Saxe Weimar, and a distinguished circle, in honour of the birth,:
day of his Serene Highness Ernest Antoine Charles Louis, t'!;
reigning Duke of Saae Cnbourg and Gotha (the father of bid
Royal Highness Prince
,Albert), who was born on the gd
January, 1784.
Covers were laid for sixteen, in the large dining-room.
The Royal dinner party included, in addition to the Que,e
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Serene Higbo:
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Marchioness of Pau':
ti.e Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Clementina Hamilt°";
Lady Fanny Howard, Lord Rivers, Captain ths Hon. Mtloirti
Duncombe, Colonel Arbuthnot, lajor-General Sir Etio,gb,
Bowater, the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay•
Hon. C. A. Murray, Colonel Sir George Cooper, Bart,

Dr. Prictorius. o
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At the conclusion of the banquet her lilajesty, the Pl„,,
Consort, the Duchess of Kent, and her Royal .Highness's wri
tinguished guests, retired to the grand drawing-I'om,
a concert was performed by the band of the Ist Life Ouard&
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ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING -

OLDHAM.
On Tuesday evening, pursuant to placards and advertl
meat, a large public meeting was held in the Town-beill of
Oldham, in aid of the great Anti-Corn-law League Fuon,
100,0001. Mr. Joseph Gillham, senior head constable,
sided. Though admission was only had by tickets, price 60?
the lirge room, which is capable of holding upwards of
persons (having an area of 242 square 3ards), was well filo,
wi'h a respectable assemblage, including a number of Iswit3;l
The room, which was tastefully decorated, was brillieo
lighted by three handsome candelabra, of bright and burnis,,r
gold, each containing eight argand gas burners. These buret
delabra have just been fixed in the hall, and greatly in
its appearance. They cost lbo/.
Owing to a delay in the starting from the ManehOtej,
station of the railway, of the principal.speakers of the even
caused by the immense number of Oldham persons retell
from Manchester (so that the train which should have e
at five o'clock was three-quarters of an hour later), the e"'
was not taken until seven o'clock. qA
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceeding!,_read

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from Mr. Alderman Brooks, Mr. Brotherton, M.P., aet;ii
James Lees, of Delph Lodge, expressing their regret at e"
unable to attend. )110
The meeting was then addressed by Colonel Thompson, °sill
usual quaint and pithy style ; by Mr. Cobden, in a Perceiost
and argumentative speech, addressed chiefly to the vvera
classes, and considering the corn-laws as a wages and tile
question ; and by Mr. R. R. Moore, who showed by d,e510
respecting the hat trade of Oldham, and the exports et
that with high prices of wheat our exports fell off, ste"“lif
creased when wheat fell. lie also explained the progress ?,..41
League, and how it had employed the large sums pre Oil
contributed, and concluded by calling on the meeting to "
the new year well.
The CDAIRMAN said, he was not able this year
losses had been severe) to double his subscription. Ile
give 1001.-k Applause.) _
Mr. Moore then announced other subscriptions:—Aso
Lees and Mills, Waterhead Mill, 40/. (double last year
!caption) ; Messrs. Gartside and Mayall, 401. ; Alesertif
and H. Nelson, 301. (double); Mr. James Cheethain, flop
Mr. James Butterworth, Greenacres Moor, 20/. (quadr.l;oo,
Messrs. Seville and Wolstenholme, Lower Moor, 201.;
Marsden and Collinge, of Hellins Mill, 201. 4
(double)l,l
John Bentley, head-constable, 10/. ; Mr. Eli Lees, Soh°, r4fill
Messrs. Whittaker, of Royton, 101. (double) ; Messrs._ .d
Holden and Brothers, Holden Fold, 10/. ; Messrs.
Holden and Son, Royton-lane, 20/. (double); D,rot
Lees and Barnes, Soho, 20/. ; Mr. John Peet-,
ford Iron-works,lo/. (double) • Mr. James Greaveg; ri
' D fe
30/. (double) ; Mr. John Chadwick, Rhodes Mill, la Siel,l
William Wilde, Belfield, 10/. ; Mr. James Wilde, Mumps' or
Messrs. James Cheetham and Sons, Clough Mill, Creslrost
10/. (new) ; Mr. Thomas West, Union-street, Si. (las I,ll'
21.) ; Mr. Joseph Baxter, Hollinwood, 51. (new) /off
Thomas Mellor, Royton, Si. (five fold); Mr. Sarong ftbl
Market-place, Si. Oast year 21.) ; Messrs. Dyson end it el
,74ift
Greenacres, 101. (double) ; and at least 150 other sa;00,
tions varying from 20/. to one shilling. Among other
of subscriptions were—" A Bolus for Peel," 20/.; "le(tfeiii
Immediate Repeal, and No Compromise," 20/4 A Flirt&
A Few Friends from Waterhead Mill, 301.: making a p_
Eight Hundred and Sixty Pounds.—(lmmense chee
Mr. Moore concluded by proposing " Three cheersfor
which were given with hearty good will.
etlee,e'
The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of thanks to the geti
who had addressed the meeting, which passed by wiz,*
and was acknowledged by
Mr. Colman, who said he felt grateful plealuire
astonishment. For the size of the meeting, he had ner;forr,
tended one with more spirit than the present one. Be rs,,,beirt
vote of thanks to the Chairman, which passed with three'ooii
The CnetastAzt called for " three cheers for the wu
which were given with spirit. 01111
Mr. ALEXANDER TAYLOR moved a resolution of arl` 11.
with Mr. Alderman Brooks, whose absence was caused hi
serious illness of his only daughter.
Mr. Moons moved a vote of thanks to the ladles' fe4
being passed by acclamation, the proceedings terminated
minutes after -eleven o'clock. • ,p,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUNS lice
Six,—From the accounts in the newspapersl,
doll appears in a tumult respecting remedies le' ty
existing distress, its crisis have actually react:l6l.loi
ears of a Bishop. But in all this anxiety for agb.,71,0
relief, I see nothing aimed at to prevent that
appears to have led to the extensive inquiry nowt
on—l mean the victims found in the Park. not'
the Bishop of London has consented to hec°,f,!
Christian, and move in this wide field of hisba
see no mention (in this as in every other chal:ni
exertion) of the Duke of Wellington. Still tht,Ylo,
might do a great deal. In this respect 4v-,
his superior, he does subscribe to charities+ itO
it shall be related of him, when his
tongue has ceased to wag that at
of intense and universal distress, caused.)/
continued in some degree by his own obstinaetwell
time when mothers were weeping over °l'll
crying for bread—at a time when tholy,
either died from actual starvation, or the ribe
of death were sown by want—he subsc
five thousand pounds for building churches. topel
people asked for bread and he gave piles of.ap'A
The large subscriptions paraded in the newaP"iie,
the preset-it time, are a wicked mockery of the 0
distress.
But to return to the Duke. It was alleged
think, the Morning Herald, that the victims f,1110,,!'
the park were from the country, they bad 1,,c)„,d,i:
the soldiers, by whom they had been debaOe'artir
seased, and then deserted : and I observe a 139.1/4016
in your paper of the 21st ult. from the Leedi
headed " Regimental Love Scene," which, beiebti
terpreted, is merely an account of the rnanufactu
similar victims, by the same parties, the militarii,
The account is evidently intended as a laegool
affair, and no doubt would be so only for the; to
quence, any one can see, must have ensee„'ooo,l
disease, desertion, &c. The scene "craning 014''
women up, four or five. at once into barracPo'llo,-
laughable ; and " some few more devoted of
tunny contrived to hide themselves in the t;;
carriages, and went forward to Manchester,
also be laughable; but of the less devoted, 001
seems to have been the greater division, no ale 04
given, " some few only" reached 3ilanchester, t
no doubt became victims.
Id the gel
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The position of the Duke just now, an- oper
reign now on the Throne, gives hint a fine vet
tunny o!. doing honour to himself and his S°v,,,Toorto
by adopting some means to check the sY*" ce
licentiousness of the army. It is a disgr°,llo'
the British soldier that he cannot, even for 11101
time, be quartered in any place, but he letl,eo
marks of demoralisation in living characters,iteni
him. Private soldiers are somewhat like chilulytt
they faithfully copy the manners of those Pio,ol
above them ; and I fear imitation of officeo esvi,
principal source whence springs this reckless° t4ef
morals. The niilitary seem to enter a town Pb4o°
tertnined to ruin its fair inhabitants; the WI
peace are exchanged for the ravages of 'War. .304.,,
This licentiousness the Duke might cons[ of al.
check by a general order, carrying a penalq..-; .
Op
missal to all officers guilty of seduction or crw- miss'°„
and making them ineligible to hold any 0° ti
in the service. In the case of privates, corportelf
they could be punished by confinement, ands ' 01
hee
of pay for a certain time. I do-not expee-I#.4i.vio
of " Josephs," but something Should'beldoo2't par
this wholesale system of making victims
and other places. 04'
Your Constant Reader, irto •
X., COMMEJICIAL TRA
Clortmek Dec. 27, 1843. o6'
• . • An 1,104
ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT LEIGIV"'";SO opt,
corn-law meeting was held at Leigh, on Monday CA,OOt
Year's Day), at two o'clock, whioh was addressed 3'l4oo,icla
Thompson, Mr. R. R. Meorei-'and the ,Rerepro4,oP,oo
of Chow Pent ; andxsubscriptiOn-was then-ciiiioo,%tortiol!
Wore the meeting closed, amounted to 821., a
of which consisted of very small sums, men)",,l':ultlr;fttr,
working men. This amount, it , is- expected, will
reach 140/. or 1501. Most of the subscriptions ""„eole
who have given before, were doubled, and tiore, -roe" •
new ones. Indeed, last year the 'amount ultimately
only 451. r
.A. new villa, in the course of erection nea-e.,,'
road, Bristol, fell down on Saturday last while six °Oleo":
work; :five escaped, but the sixth, unhappily, ass - her
ruins having fallen upon 11;m. 4.r.• ler
INC in; ARISM IN BEDFOILDSIIIRE.--- ea!"
stand that Government have sent down three de jet
men to assist the constabulary of this county in.t."--oriPrifit
of the villians who have committed the late set 3 4(04
diarism on farming property. We are happy to etaliects 14
farmers are alio exerting themselves for th,e P1.r.340,115Ar
their property and the prevention of this ;pont r
placing watchmen on their premises ; and, troll
the advantages of this system, we may "e' 010 111
Thursday last, William Bone was fully commitird_,.-"ii,i ..1911
gaol, by the bench of magistrates at Luton, for fv"10;„)1P
Mr. Rudd's farm, called Gouche's farm, near. Dun°7o..-01,tp
the 26th Robert Truett, a labourer in the enrig• sikt" 04,
Swannell, was remanded by the Rev. J. B. Magn,';' 'WO
Rev. Vere Alston, until Monday, on a charge 00010"
to the farm of Sir. :Swannell, at Tehnershant•-•" •
Advertiser.