The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-25 00:00:00

COURT CI RCITLAR.

WINDSOR,TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
walked early this morning in the grounds adjacent to-
the Castle, and visited the Duchess of Kent at
I'rogmore House.
In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert,
attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Lady
Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, Viscount
Ilawarden, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Sir Edward
Bowater, went to the small lake in Frogniore•grOunds.
Her Majesty, the Lady in Waiting, the Maids of
Honour, and the Lord in Waiting, here witnessed
the remainder of the royal party partake of the diver-
sion of skating, the skaters being Prince Albert,
Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater, Mr.
G. E. Anson, Captain y Francis Seymour, and Dr.
Prcetorins.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal took a
carriage airing to-day, and her Royal Highness
the Princess Alice was taken for walking exercise.
Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to-day.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of kent,
Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Mr.
George Edward and the .Hon. Mrs. Anson, Major-
General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, and Captain
Francis Seymour.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was ill at-
tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band
afterwards attended.

The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester
House.

Her Majesty's royal charities, of five shillings esch,
to upwards of nine hundred poor and aged persons,
were distributed on Monday and Tuesday le.st,
under the orders of the Lord High Almoner, the Lord
Archbishop of York, and of the Sub-Almoner, the
Venerable Archdeacon S. IVilberforce.

In consequence of the severity of the cold, the dis-
tributions were extended to a greater number of per-
sons than usual.
The Royal Gate Alms were distributed at the
same time to one hundred and sixty-eight perseno,
who received thirteen shillings each. Many of the
aged poor who received the royal bounty are' b1.1_144
and suffering under bodily affliction.
The paymeats are made by Joseph Hanby, Esq.,
the resident Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonri.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yester-
day morning for Cambridge.
The Marquis of Downshire had an interview with
the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the
Board of Trade.

Dispatchess-from the Governor of Gibraltar were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatch
were sent off last evening for the Goveruck,-.ot
Gibraltar.
The Hon. C. E. Law, M.P., left town yesterday for
Cambridge.

PANORAMA OF NAPLES.
Mr. Burford has just brought out a grand pen°6,
ramie view by moonlight of the City and Bay o'
Naples. The beauty of the bay, with its numoroto
islands, and the grandeur of Vesuvius during an erur
tion, are well known, and in this new work are faith-
fully and strikingly represented. The view is teket
from the bay in front 'of the isolated rock on which'
the Castle del Uovo is erected. From this point the
two semicircular curves which form the bay is coo;
mended throughout by the eye of the spectator, an
"
every object of interest or importance is taken
On the left hand is the long line of the Marino and
Chiaja, and in the back are seen the palaces, and the
hills, the villas, groves, vineyards, &c., rising, 0 it
were, in terraces, and forming the middle distance,
whilst further backwards the fort of St. Elmo
and the Convent of St. Martino bound the view.
The richness of the city to the west, and the,
background of hills are also seen. On the right
are the Houses of Charity, the Royal Palace of Cell
di Monte, and the Castle Nuovo, the mole, and ligiacti
house, &c. During the eruption the Royal Palo*
was considered in imminent danger, and his Neel'''.
litan Majesty withdrew to a safer ;bode. The cele-
brated isle of Capri, the infamous retreat of the
Roman tyrant, is seen in the distance of the pictere•
Virgil's tomb is also introduced; and, in a sien,rd,'
nothing seems to have escaped the eye of the sell;
or to have been omitted in his representation of t"
scene that can in any manner delight the spectator .
rouse the recollections of the scholar and antiquetrY_
The general appearance is very imposing; there
great grandeur of effect and magnificent breadth
the the shadows. The water is well painted. We regard
this as one of the finest of all Mr. Burford's "
11 h° 1.
rous productions, and we would recommend A
and
day people to take advantage of the opportguiti; •
see Naples by moonlight, which they can do for
shilling.

TAVERN CHARGES AT DOVER.—"Walter! hof
much is my glass of brandy-and-water ?—" The bill,
Sir."—" What ! lOs. 6d. ?"—" Yes, Sir, brandy's 2s.
never charge less."—" Well."—" Sugar, 6d. ; never
charge less."—" GO on."—" Waxy lights and spat;
ment, ss."—" Why, I have only been here five minutes-
-" That's not our fault, Sir; ne never charge lesa."---
" Go on."—" Servants, 2s."—" What !"—,, Me, boo0;-
and chambermaid ; never charge less."—" Well; '',l;s
next ?"—" The use of plate, glass, and linen, ":_ra
" What do you mean ?"—" Tea-spoon, turnbler,oau
table-cloth ; never charge less ; but—we makes ) our
present of the biling water."—" Very well, therisd
t .„,ler los. 6d., and I shall write to the Times."—" Yeh's
pen, ink, and paper, is ; never charge less."--4
Almanack. utker
A VOICE FROM Till BAKEHOUSE.—A good ----„
should grow his own mutton. This is easily done '7
placing your customers' legs in a row, according to sise.;
Having purchased the smallest leg you can find, chap%
it for one of the bakings which is a little larger ; t.htt,
again should take the place of the next bulkier) in::
and so on until you arrive at the largest. You can th 4;
walk off with your leg. A good crop of baked tairb.
may be got by digging one out of each customer's. Cl°
—Punch's Almanaclt.
NEVI CURE FOR WEITLOW.—The suffering part. if:
to be moistened with water, and then touched I'l,
nitrate of silver, till the spot begins to be discolourd.
when it is to be simply covered with lint and bandge,,
If the complaint is of recent date, probably, on the o's
lowing day, all pains will cease, and, on the third. it.
cure is effected ; if of longer duration, the skin will
more thickened, and, after acting on it with the cost; ;
it must be removed with the scissors or knife, in, orlf
to give free exit to the collected matter underneath.
of
swelling and redness are still present, the application,..„
the lunar caustic is to be repeated, till the tumour al,
appears, and the spot becomes free from pain. If wbetime
low happens on callous parts of the hand, it will be be 4,
to remove thin layers of the callous skin with the kn
ell
before the caustic is used. Warm fomentions of

are likewise useful in such cases.—Medical Times. •
FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH THE INCAVTIO.
HANDLING or A Gust.—An inquest was held on Sato°lit
last, before Mr. T. Higgi, Coroner for the Ducbf
be
Lancaster, at the Black Horse, Enfield-highway,
body of Richard Moses, aged eighteen, who died from
°
the effects of a gun-shot wound, received under the f 1•
lowing circumstances :—Simon Brown, of Tottenhswof.
said he knew the deceased, who he was in the serYiceo.
of Mrs. Bergen, market gardener, residing near witrelf..
On Tuesday week last, he was by the side of i ri,
which separated his ground from Mrs. Bergen's, wheiliyas
saw the deceased with a gun. He asked him if h°bets
shooting snipes, and he riplied " Yes." Witness'ol
looked at the gun, which\ was a very good one, our
returned it to deceased. Witness said here comsqb,
mi. tress, and deceased hid the On amongst some rub
consisting of twigs, stopping 'up a gap in the llevta
Mrs. Bergen did not come towards them. As 6011, of
she was out of sight deceased took hold of the mtlo, off,
the gun, and drew it towards\ tam, when it Ire?: !be
Witness saw smoke come frotri' the trowsers
Of
bap
deceased, who exclaimed that he was shot. He Wig Pntly
taken to Mr. Moon, a surgeon, and wits subsegill'os.
removed to his father's at Enfield. Mr J. Jam b.O
surgeon, was called to attend deceased, and foup"
wounded in the upper part of his right thigh, t"?
hip. He went on favourably at first, but err
supervened. On Wednesday lock jaw came on, eviviel
caused his death the same night. Verdict—
from# lock jaw, produced by a gun-shot wound
dentally received." 0 01'
THE EUTERPEOR SOClETY.—Handel's 0110rjor :
the Messiah was performed on - Monday by the De t.
hers of this society, at the British School-roons, 'viva
:nark-terrace, Pentonville. The band isd chew.
consisted of about 150 performers, led by M.,Trider
Blagrove, and under the able direction of Mr. 11°6,0
ness. The aelo parts were sustained by gis_° rports•
Flower, Mrs. Newton, Mr. Leffler, and Mr- Bel"-witig
The two ladies were in excellent voice, shelig„,.,,rei,
much taste and judg-ment. Mr. Leffler 11:r0000
to be suffering from the effects of a cold) wee 110
in " Why do the nations so farionsly rage' greSs
choruses were admirably given, and relle°.;rosto
credit on the society. The company was n*
and respectable. 00°
An iron bridge laid across the Senne, in 0n,..e.
suburbs of Brussels, fell on the 18th. Yortaittow
was nobody upon it when the etaidest eesieirtab'', v,„
HEALTH OP GENERAL NOTT.—We are milir;;.bot
being able to state that the General is now sole
etter, though still far from out of danger. F°l.
ays he was lying insensible, but a favourable e res-
as taken place. lie is now able to sit up for 64
ours daily.— Welshman. 'TO
SUICIDE OP A LADY AT BRONIPTON.—""%OO3'
Mr. Wakley, ALP. held an inquest at the Fll4OOO
bridge Tavern, on the' body of Mrs. Mary BingleYding
50 years of age, the widow of a solicitor, Ml' rote"'
No. 2, Queen's-buildings, Brompton, who cool la
suicide by cutting her throat on Friday snorningbod
the course of the evidence it appeared that the 11° ode
of the deceased lady died in August, 1543. For
time after his death she bad been much distill' to
mind, and imagined that she was going to be, sowl;
prison, and that she would come to be hung, en" °. the
account became in quite a desponding state. Witterjod
last six months, however, she had been much bent. occOr
appeared to be perfectly sane until the press
.I%ord
rence. Her husband died owing considerable de%rpose,
the property was in Chancery, but only for thelispotee`
of the affairs being. settled, and not on ail boa'
point, as, after settling all claims, there ill besof fir
some property for the family, which . consist s of sgr'
children, the eldest of which (a girl) is 17 Y
ear
Verdiet—" Temporary Insanity."

LITERATURE.
TRAITS OF PRIVATE LIFE.

Bogue, London, 1844.
taiTh, e volume before us consists of three short prose
7) the last of which, entitled the" Legacy Hunter,"
tltne hest, as being the most natural, and written, ap-
Wi otntlY, with the greatest relish. The tales are
of a domestic character, and though they are
tillrft4ifclinly deficient in striking incidents and bold
of roatic contrast, such as the multitudinous readers
tetion in the present day are so prone to admire,
da they present a series of pictures of familiar every-
"fe in a very agreeable light, and the descriptions,
14,14 'no instance forcible, are invariably unaffected.
41-'he ecorid story, " The Rivals," would have been
titi!,ll improved in its effect, had it been subjected to a
el', process of condensation,

C.:19,311C M I SCE.EL Al% Y. Colburn, London, 1844.
4." lively little work before us is the production
ISjr, ?oo 0, the dramatist, but as it is merely a re-
k h:lleation of articles that have already appeared in
Pageft of the New Monthly Magazine, and have
1,1,11 noticed from time to time in The Sun, we need
111' nothing more on the present occasion than that
ti 3' are not unworthy of being republished. The
,etiverest of the napers'is one entitled the " Newgate
114111'41," which is a capital quiz on some of the flash
els that were so undeservedly popular a few years
but which now are most properly forgotten.

0 PUNCH. Vol VII. London, 1844.
bear whimsical friend, Punch, has just completed
seventh volume, and a livelier or a more amusing
1.01,411,4 s not yet been brought out under his quaint edi-
-14,1 auspices. Puns, caustic sarcasms,
. political
("; and all sorts of eccentricities, in verse as well
4;r*Ose; abound in every Number, and to those who
e not taken in the work regularly, as it appeared
kcweeldy Numbers, the present volume will be very
4,4515tab1e, furnishing them with the best possible
pu serous,
fire-side reading. The illustrations are
dier°ll3, but—as might be expected—they are of
tta'rent degrees of excellence. Some are simply ex-
th:agant without the slightest humour to recommend
; but the majority are distinguished by infinite
eh tolie r.l', and the sketches of the different political
teters introduced are hit off with great exactness,
Attlaat the likenesses may be recognised at a glance.
"g them we find admirable caricatures of Sir
t4lit Graham, Sir Robert Peel,. Lord Brougham,
two'lr. Joseph Hume. The sketch in which the
kki former worthies are represented as Sarah Gamp
4,4 f..l3,etsy Prig, seated over a sly glass of gin at the
140. (le, discussing political matters in no amicable
-11 is a caricature worthy of H. B.

TROP OLI TAN IMPRO VE-
AIENTS, NEW STREETS, &c.
t*Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in their
14-„nitY-first report, state, with regard to the improve-
ittl-,"1.3 in the metropolis, in the several lines of those
torr'vernents authorised by the Acts 3 and 4 Vic-
tobteaP. 12, they have, since the dates of those Acts,
t-oeted purchases to the amount, in the whole, of
the'B 441- 15s. 10d., and have contracted for fur
l4,,Purchases to the amount, in the whole, of
1,„„,,,in. 15s. 10d.; and besides these, the purchases
)th'oretnaining to be made, in order to clear the
of the ground required for completing the
ttei', the
lines of improvement, it is estimated will
tit e further sum of 54,2561. 55., or thereabouts,
the--II the line from Oxford-street to Holborn,
11" 'lave completed purchases to the amount of
th,''B4/.145. 10d., and have contracted for further pur-
-1 tike" to the amount of 56,9691. 3s. 4d. ; and besides
tt se, there remain to he made purchases estimated to
it the sum of 14,5714. 15s. Thus this new line of
f't Will have cost, in purchases of property alone,
ttr44lY 290,000/. Secondly, in the line from Bow-
to Charlotte .street, Bloomsbury, they have
kni`ll,"ed purchases to the amount of 70,958/. 18s. 3d.,
atop have contracted for further purchases to the
tel,-"11t of 3,0091. 1 ls. 9d.; and besides these, there
14,441.t0 be made purchases estimated to cost the
~of. 17,5951., or thereabouts. Thirdly, in the
t43,1r °lll the London Docks to Spitalfields Church,
have'4E,7,., completed purchases to the amount of
Pkir 4 ci- 16s. lid., and have contracted for further
tide 41ases to the amount of 30,236/. Bs. 7d.; and be-
kit these there remain to be made purchases esti-
kltem4to cost the sum of 6,740/., or thereabouts.
ht1,—,41,1.Y, in the line from Coventry-street to Long-
the Commissioners have completed purchases to
thiesit4lnunt of 77,078/. ss. 10d., and they have con-
hs2e4 for further purchases to the amount of
tel hsv2l. 128. 2d ; and besides these, there remain to
1,1,0f-1714de purchases estimated to cost the sum of
tot/1j "e:l°3., or thereabouts. And fifthly, in the line
ieettni'''.ast Smithfield to Rosemary-lane, they have
4Sv r`r!ted purchases to the amount of 1,4201., and
I:ll;`,°,\TAracted for further purchases to the amount
,P,4,c11-kv°/. ; and besides thee there remain to be made
~,"`tteabf,4 estimated to cost the sum of 7,2521., or
L'etitio7,-111. It appears that of the sum of 500,000/.
"ase in the Commissioners' 19th report, to
4/Ice c'en borrowed of the Equitable Assur-
ktient. °l-11pany, for the purposes of these improve-
iknan Upon the security of certain portions of the
„' revenue of the Crown in Middlesex, and of
r:neys arising from interest on Exchequer bills, and
"bfit on the sale and purchase of those bills, in which
part
NI of that loan was temporarily invested—from the
rye of old materials, and from rents of property pur-
t, led for the purpose of these improvements, there
t):11, ained a balance of 1,420/. 6s. 6A. These funds
4;11* nearly expended, the Commissioners are taking
v,,tBnres for obtaining a further loan of 250,0001.,
ptl,_lol they find "it will be necessary to raise for the
st,'l4), se of making the several remaining purchases
for the completion of these improvements."
VISIT OP THE BLUE-COAT BOYS TO TDB
GALLERY.— .Monday the boys of Christ's
dejjlnine hundred in number, visited the Adelaide
er7, in the Lowther Arcade, and appeared highly
ti 'kited with the amusements and various curious spe-
A 4 of mechanism exhibited there.
e Marquis of Downshire has been sworn into
118 High Steward of Reading, in the room of the late
eount Sichnouth.
1) I,IIIARGE AGAINST A POLICE INSPECTOR.—At the
FRfttget Winter Assizes, just over, a charge of rape
e,an rred agninst four men, named Lacey, Poole,
and Wicks, by Ann Holbrook, fell to the
kn„ "° in consequence, it was understood, of an alleged
honetrial of the case having taken place at a public-
%lt 1/1 Taunton. In this farce, Frost, an inspector of
",Bath
'police, was stated to have acted the part of
thee"; and proceeding, ron Alderson remarked strongly
r,,e,:3uPposed attributing the acquittal of
tg."loberg to the effect produced by it on the minds
These circumstances having reached the
for twi:dis.e of the Bath magistrates, Monday was fixed on
to the
k)trt tr investigation. The affair was sifted bottom,
kequrned out to have been mere " moonshine. A
howtrial of some sort did certainly take place ; it was,
4itik:'rer, found to be entirely disconnected with the bu-
%11,14 of the assize, and arose from the circumstance of
,
trol:11tt, a witness in the Lansdown-riot arse having
t 4),„,
"Itu the bed-room of Ann Holbrook, Matilda
the'et, and some others, and there washed himself. In
}tl!fning, someladies " jccularly proposed to
toy hlro under the provisions of "the Strong Beer Act,"
Thin taken the liberty of entering their chamber.
l•
'ley did, and inflicted on him a fine of a quart of
fif t' Which he, however, not recognising the jurisdiction
t24-tie, " Court," nor the " Act " under which it was
,41..„.:tited, refused to disburse. Frost was present
140,1 6,‘ .part of these proceedings, but took no part in
itti,ueyond advising Butt to pay the money. This
the ellneident having reached the ears of the counsel for
tltilszi,!fetine, they made an ingenious use of it ; for, by
the young women with questions, they so
qr. th L:ii them that an impression was left on the mind
ket:„Judge and jury, that a mock trial of the case had
Par.t""Y been got up, in which Frost acted the principal
kat; and Holbrook and Co. that of witnesses. The ma-
-1:,t0rk41," having consulted Frost, was fully exonerated
'ort,,-;:ri°e charge made against him. He was also in-
Ulla a copy of the depositions would be for-
to Mr. Baron Alderson.—Somerset County
y"e*
tt PLAN OF EVADING THE NEW BANKING
11(),,:r--It appears that in some of the iron districts a
14,414P1aii has been adopted to evade the New Law of
lqitit'r'g• At certain periods time proprietors of iron-
Pose rf quire advances to pay wages, or for some pur-
tt I
tttt°l the kind, and they address themselves in the first
i
Zrlee to the neighbouring bankers. In some cases the
Ilt)s ai,B have already issued all the paper that the new
the e-" The, and at the same time are anxious to afford
tr Cwired accommodation. To do this they give a credit
1)(j,.11),,, Party—probably a tradesman—in the vicinity,
,',4al„",!°,rEn their applicants that, although they (the
si cannot assist them, this party can accommodate
ttibi with small cheqees. Of course there is nothing in
tt)l,4ltw that can hinder a person keeping a drawing ac-
with a barker from drawing cheques for any small
ktlitcc,"t he pleases, and as the signature is perfectly well
in the district, such cheques perform all the func-
osN; °,f a local issue. In some districts the bankers have
41144401*n to supply the drawing party with cheques
4t/4Printed for the purpose requires/.—Hampshire
Mat. .14NSIVE ROBBERY OF PLATE.—The following
Ctik oolonging to the Duchess of Palmella, left on the
litqeinst• at the Southampton Docks, has been since
,111,,'"---36 tea spoons engraved with a P. and a crown;
44 t -1° kn. - Idl 32 sroons (soup spoons),
tr,b, Ives, a soup a e, -
uet,,,,"' forks, 18 ditto, bearing the Palmella arms, 36
3Poons, and the same number of dessert forks,
rge
;u4as ~,,raYY spoons, 2 other gravy or sauce spoons, a
tislt-k'°on and a pair of sugar tongs, 3 salt spoons,
ere, a sll ar basin a tea-pot, a coffee-pot, a milk
htr,oktiveso g 29 f and 30 spoons, silver gilt; and a
kr4r silver vase and r salver, engraved with the Almito
the I,' All the other articles were engraved either with
eo,,4lmella arms, or the P. and crown.
121 ad 11 of an application, verbatem et literatum,
"01 On Monday last, for permission to serenade the
©i-p.ileople of Newport, Monmouthshire, by a modern
t1117.,,e:"*" Honoured Sir I applis to yer Honur meself
filgAother Musishuners as well-known for our
hi P tnussic in Bristid for an allowance to play our
watiee for this here Crismus ferstifal in
1., •
Putt hand hinvironses. We has a fidle a Strumbone,
Vilialshilo and a Clarynet, and we plays the
tiny lots' and psalmes with other new hairs No malersta-
"s4es-r,,m"fY, until arter the ferstifal I ham your
vbadint Surrent Time Brim."