The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, -TUESDAY AVENING- DrCEMBlin a, 1844.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Chapter of the Order of
the Garter, fixed for the 12th inst., at Windsor Castle
will be hold on that day, but the intended Banque'
in St. George's Hall in the evening will not be given.
in consequence of the deeeas^ of her late Royal High
ness the Princess Sophia Matilda.
Ihe Queen and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg anc
Gotha walked for some time within the precincts of
the Castle grounds this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, were taken an airing to-day in the
pleasure-grounds adjacent to the Castle.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returned
to her residence, Frogmore House, on Saturday even-
ing, after paving a visit to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester, in town.
The Duchess of Cambridge arrived in town yester-
day from Kew, and visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester.
Sir James Graham had an ',interview with Sir R
Peel yesterday.
The Committee of the Lords of her Majesty':.
Most Hon. Privy Council for the affairs of Guernsey
and Jersey had a meeting yesterday in the Council
Chamber, for the purpose of considering a petition of
the States of the Island of Guernsey, praying het
Majesty's confirmation of a project of reform in the
Constitution of the said States.
Mr. Burge, Q.C., and the Hon. James Wortley,
Q.C., were heard in support of the petition from the
States. The latter gentleman had not concluded his
address at four o'clock, when their Lordships rose,
and adjourned the case until this day.
The Lords present were the Lord President, the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mr.
Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn
wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court.
The Hon. Wm. Bathurst was Clerk of the Council
in Waiting.

SIR JOHN SEALE, M.P.
Our obituary records the death of Sir John Seale,
Bart., the representative of Dartmouth. Sir John first
entered Parliament, being then Colonel Seale, in 1832,
and from the commencement till the close of his career,
was a consistent liberal politician. He took an active
part in promoting corporation reform, and labonred as.
siduously in favour of free trade. For several sessions,
beginning in 1838, he brought forward a measure to per-
mit the grinding of foreign corn in bond, and ho had at
length the pleasure of seeing his plan carried into exe-
cution. We have no recollection of his taking a pro-
minent part on any other question, but he attended well
to his Parliamentary duties, and was rarely absent when
a liberal question was to be supported, or an invasion of
the public liberties defeated.
Sir John was descended from a good family, which has
been long settled in Devonshire, where it has consider-
able property and influence, and some church patronage.
He was Colonel of the South Devon Militia, and was
created a baronet under Lord Melbourne's administra
tion in 1838, an honour which his standing in his native
county and his public services well deserved. In 1804,
he married the daughter of Sir Paul Joddrel, and has
left behind him a numerous family. At the time of his
decease he was in his sixtieth year, and is succeeded in
his title and estates by his eldest son, born in 1806.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YE STE RDIT.
An expectation that something would be done towards
the settlement of the late Mr. Crockford's Derby account,
drew a much larger attendance than is usual at this dull
season, but, as far as the object in view was concerned,
to no purpose whatever, the guarantee required by the
Jockey Club mandate not having been forthcoming, and
not a sixpence having changed hands. On the coming
Derby, business was moderately brisk, and more par-
ticularly on Young Eclipse, Pam, Ides, Anti-Repealer,
and the Rebecca colt, Young Eclipse being the " lion of
the day"—(it was mentioned—truly or not we do not
take upon ourselves to state—that this horse has left
Coleman's stables for Kent's)—the extent to which they
were benefited by the support of several active partisans
is sufficiently explained by the table of prices given
underneath. Alarm was backed for about 3001. ; the
Cobweb colt, in two or three places, at 17 and 13 to 1;
Kedger at 18, 19, and 20 to 1 ; and several outsiders at
liberal odds. 1,500 to 100 was laid against Forth's lot,
John Davis included. Closing prices :
CHESTER COP.
1000 to 25 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken
1000 to 25 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn—t.
1000 to 25 agst Mr. Robinson's Morpeth—taken
5000 to 100 agst Mr. W. Scott's Agriculturist—taken.
It is desirable to state that all bets laid on this race,
unless otherwise stipulated, are understood to be not
only p.p., but named or sot named.
DERBY.
11 to I agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—taken
16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt
18 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger
22 to 1 agat Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken
1000 to 45 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken
2000 to 90 agst.Lord Stradbroke's Idas—t. and aft off.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit
35 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen—t
40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier
2000.10 45 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—t
3000 to 60 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus—taken
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Forth's Lady Berners colt—taken
2000 to 20 agst Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot—taken
1000 to 10 agat Lord Verulam's Christina colt—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Bradshaw's Manasseh—taken.
COURSING.
The Epsom Coursing Meeting will take place to-mor-
row and Thursday; Mr. E. Wright will officiate as Judge.
SOUTH LANCASHIRE (SOUTHPORT) MEET-
ING, Nov. 27 AND 28.
The Scarisbrick Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Petit-
jean's Chairman (late Birdcatcher); his Birdlime ran up.
The Fleetwood Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Reade's
Rogue-me-no-more ; Mr. Robinson's Stella ran up.
The Church-town Stakes (16 dogs) was won: by Mr.
Bake's Director (late Bird's-eye) ; Mr. Robinson's Em-
press ran up.
The Crosseus Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr.
Slater's Scot ; Mr. Hunt's Harkaway ran up.
The Blowick Stakes (4 dogs) were won by Mr.
Bake's Butterfly • Mr. Peacock's Alarum ran up.
The Port Stakes (4 dogs) were won by Mr. Slater's
Scrutator ; Mr. Coupe's Young Mat ran up.

_
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In reply to the article in your paper of this day,
headed " Transfer of Licenses, Exorbitant and Illegal
Fees," I beg to inform you that the next meeting of
magistrates for the Tower Division, will be held at the
Court -house, Osborne-street, Whitechapel, on Monday,
the 16th instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon pre-
cisely ; and that I am prepared to meet any charge Mr.
N. or any other person may think proper to bring
against me on the subject. Yours, &c.
THOMAS REYNOLDS, High Constable.
No. 208, Brick-lane, Dec. 2.

OSS OF AN AMERICAN LINER.

TWENTY-TWO PERSONS DROWNED.

By the Hibernia mail steamer letters have come to
hand with the melancholy intelligence of the shipwreck
and total loss of the ship Elizabeth, Captain Paton, com-
mander, belonging to Liverpool, with, it is much appre-
hended, tl sacrifice of 22 persons, including the coin
mander, the chief mate, several of the crow, and many
passengers..

The-particulars received state that the vessel was
on a passage to New Orleans, having on board fur
that port 16 passengers, of whom there were a number
of ladies.

On the night of the 4th of October they experienced
terrible weather. The wind blew a heavy gale from the
westward. Every precaution was taken by the captain,
who was a weather-beaten old tar, and a most experienced
man, to avoid accidents ; however, on the following day
the gale increased to a hurricane, and shortly the main
and mizen masts were carried overboard by its awful
violence. During the succeeding night matters
became most pitiable. It was discovered she had
sprung a severe leak, and that she would shortly
founder was inevitable. The pumps were then
resorted to, and all hands, passengers and all, worked
vigorously to save the ship, but there was no hope ;
and the captain, perceiving the dangerous position of his
vessel, ordered the boats to be launched and the men to
save themselves, which they had scarcely accomplished,
and the crew and the passengers got into them, before it
was discovered that the ship was settling fast, and before
many minutes had elapsed she went down in deep water.
All the boats, three in number, now pulled towards the
westward, hoping they might meet with some passing
vessel, and it was resolved they should continue as close
to each other as practicable. Such, however, was not to
be the case, for before many hours had transpired the
violence of a tremendous sea drove them far apart. Two
boats have since been picked up, the first six days after
the occurrence, at Sisale, having been without provisions
and water, and the other by a French brig, which
landed them at Vera Cruz, in a dreadful state of ex-
haustion.' The 'third boat, the launch, has not been
since heard of, and it being full of people, twenty-two in
number, including the worthy captain, mate, and many
of the passengers, it is fearfully expected that she was
capsised and all were drowned.

IMPERIAL PRESENTS.—We understand that at the
close of the past week (Friday last) a great number of
cases were landed at the Custom-house, having been
brought from Cronstadt. They all contain presents
from the Emperor of Russia, said to be of extraordinary
value. There aro no less than twenty packages for her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, four or
five of the cases, with their contents, weighing each
above a ton. Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Devonshire, and
the Duke of Buccleuch, have had also several large cases;
the whole amounting to about thirty. We cannot state
the precise nature of the Imperial gifts, but we hear that
the Queen has had forwarded some superb malachite
vases of great value, and soma of the cases are stated to
be valued at 10,000 L

THE MAILS TO SCILLY.—On Sunday, the 17th in-
stant, about three, p.m., a fishing boat from Mousehole
arrived with a mail from Penzance, a month exactly
having intervened since the receipt of the previous one.
The boat took the return mail about six o'clock the same
evening, and, as was naturally supposed, sailed direct for
Penzance; but we have been credibly informed that she
actually proceeded to her customary employment of fish-
ing, with her Majesty's mail on board, and was success-
ful in taking a good catch of fish. What time the mail
was landed at Penzance we have been unable to learn.
West Briton.