The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-10 00:00:00

FiANDERS MAIL.

(RECEIVED) THIS DAY.)
BRUSSELS, OCT. 7.-'The 9Ma deburg_ Gazee 60'
• bora
that it is believed that diplomatic relations will
.be established between Russia and Belgium.
The Belgian officers sent to Metz, to be present st the
reviews which have just taken place there, have returire
to Brussels. They all speak in the highest terms ofil
cordial reception given thtm by the French army'ti/30f
they cannot find terms to express their admiratl°lAe
the precision with which the troops executed those
reanceuvres. of
The Journal du Corr merce, speaking of the refusal
the Government to confirm the sale of the British (Pee:,
says, that if the second attempt to sell it does not Plbe
impossible, it is thought that it will be given up t,40
Navy Board to be taken to pieces, and that the mate
will be employed in the construction of some gun°(o
and schooners, of a hich we are in much need, for, 19estlio
the Lo&sa Maria and the Duke of Brabant, now' ,
out at Bruges, we have only the Congress, which 'k "of
old and rotten that it cannot move without ris

sinking. d Ind
The number of passengers between, Osten
Dover in September, 1843 and 1844, was—
In September, 1843—landed by the Mail
307
packets (18 voyages)
Ditto embarked

In September, 1844—landed by the Mail
582
packets, in 17 voyages
Ditto by the Princess Mary, belonging to the
Dover Company, in 9 voyages 47g_
Embarked in the Mail packets in 17 royageS 839
Ditto in the Princes Mary, in 9 voyages 1033
BELGIAN FUNDS.--Raussms, oar 6
Actua Debt, 9yl per Cent,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent.
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent....
Three per „Asi
--Thlrty.seven ns, ditto .......
101%

1844,
Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent.
Society of Commerce, four and a Half per Cent.
Bank of Belgium, Fire pe: Cent .............. "
—Bnossels Papers. Oct. 0

••••

HER MAJEST Y'S STRAW BONNE

AND SHAWL.
The Sun, a few days since, stated that it had receicss6l'
several complaining letters touching the plain dreher
ing of the Queen. The writers were astounded that'oo
Majesty should wear a simple straw bonnet and a P,bst
shawl. Their notions of royalty were, doubtless,
royalty should always appear with the crown °llber,
head, the sceptre in one hand, and the ball in the °too
That this notion is the right one is evident fr°tri".•
subjoined letter which the Marquis of Londonder!ly
assuming his privilege as Peer—has addressed* 1° le.
Queen. It has all the marks of the Queen's cal slt.
" Madam,—Deeply attached as I am—like 01) "
lamented relative—to the institutions of my cottotrLot
approach you with an earnest anxiety respecting 1001
simple straw bonnet and a plain shawl. Being s,:ecnii
to none in my attachment to the crown, and devoP-blii
your royal person, may I therefore humbly stlggeso fte:
the true dignity of the crown is in danger when
bet
quentiv supplanted by plain chip or Dunstable ; attd
ofseo
the royal purple cannot but be in peril when 0
covered by a Paisley or shepherd's plaid. 010(I
" The people, may it please your Alajesty, e°l3,blO;
simplicity with want of power. Use them to O°A. 4110
but the bonnet and thu shawl, and the diadem on 10
imperial robes will be to them a fiction of the h"';si6V
a brief time they will cease to believe even in the '"bi4
once of such things ; and then—but I tremble to 're
of the revolutionary consequences. The peofle-,50
vulgar, sight-seeing mob ; their eyes are, in fitc;',lllo
greatest part of them. The I:4e lamented Georg
Fourth knew this, and fed their eyes, and nothia
their eyes, accordingly. tie 01
" Hoping, Madam, that you will not misconstri,o
loyalty in this lov ly remonstrance, and further, iPpoio
all future journeys the plain bonnet and the verl,ozip
shawl may give place to something more likelf
the swinish multitude, I remain, • ct+
"Your Majesty's dutiful and most devoted OW if
"LONDOND"S4/'
" P.S. Prince Albert's white hat and black b.71ve19
forgive the expression, I can't .help it—are P°sl? So'
vulgar. Why does'nt he always wear his coronet
body can look better in it."—Punch.

VAUXHALL-GARDENS.—These g ,
ardens wereeiiveSi
vened last night by a masquerade, or, as the 4
the
pressed, " a carnival ball." The resuscitation f voter'
ancient amusements at this once popular place
_A° bytiiB
tainment has been for the last month patronise" of
public in a way that shows, if proper manag to
adopted, and a proper price charged for what risveetl,s,
seen, and for what is afforded, there areplentYte`yibs"
who will visit the gardens and make it worth I'm ke thei
of the proprietors to behave with liberality And IbrAte
" royal property" what it was in the days of the eel ,
Mr. Simpson. The masquerade was well atterldebue;o the
were many hundreds of persons, and amongst there Weds
usual quantity and quality of maskers. '0 for fa"
plenty of music, and all the usual applia,_ac:gotau"st
and frolic. The dancing was confined to taigas kept
and the adjoining room, in which it oigetrients;
up with great spirit till a late hour. The sciiebaraute
under the management of Mr. Lewis were 0' ardent'
to insure the gratification of all who visited tbe bv
di:
,
On this occasion he made his bow to the corap all,
tb
successor of the gentleman above mentioned, and
if
but a temporary successor to that original; he elletsr
sufficient originality to make himself the most bee
,picuous person present. It is but right to say his
lair
fit "is fixed" for to-morrow (Friday). ihe c 0 pdN
sariat department was well managed.
champagne, and other wines, were drank in grelq flovlsti
Cities, and there was the ancient demand for eulu,„,%"-
hams, &c. In a word, thoe who remembered Ars,'",ioll
in its old days recognised this fete as the best ita""
of its glories that has been given for some seasons.„.
DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF DONEGM"goble'
have to record the demise of this distinguished "ittir
man, who expired at Ormeau at an early hour °I L, tit!t
day morning. His Lordship had been for snoseP
past suffering from indisposition, but his medical ut.rocitii
entertained strong hopes that the invigorating iv
sea air might enable his constitution to make bead'eate
his growing infirmities. His Lordship accordingly nest
up his residence during the summer at a cottago,
Cobra, which was recently occupied by the P°
Countess of Dufferin. Towards the middle of last o,Joir
however, it became painfully obvious that his 110:0,40.0,
could not survive many weeks, and three weeks red
was removed to Ormeau, where, as has been stut 'istr
expired on Saturday last. The deceased, Georgflcit?
gustus Chichester, Marquis of Donegal, Viscouln,,
chester, and Baron Belfast (Viscount FisherWifehte
England), Lieutenant of the county Donegal, Ii:11;081,;
St. Patrick, &c., was born in 1769, and was' clea'
quently in the 76th year of his age. He is suecetteeotoi
his titles and estates by his eldest son, the Earl of Pig
Lieutenant of the county Antrim, now Mar
Donegal. The mortal remains of the late Martroc/
be removed for interment in the family vault at ‘;'1"
fergus Church, on Monday next. in
We have received a report of an applicatioll
yesterday to Mr. Rawlinson, at Marylebone Yoltrtstf
by a Frenchman, who has previously figured
crack-brained exploits, to forward certain
statements of claims against Louis Philippe tur s' ftaigbt
jesty. The same individual applied, about a
,:tae,:g
ago, to one ofthe City police-courts for a warrant a'
win his _Majesty on his arrival in this countrY•
letter to the Queen was printed Freach and Vilicgcall;
and betrays so obviously that species of insanity thil is efil
ing to the modern acceptation of the term) whic'4l9o
to take a mischievous form, that we are rather saV
the magistrate, instead of promising the aPPIIOII.,
peruse it at his leisure, did not at once take WO ~
vent even the possibility of any annoyance to °Split!'
trious gue 4 from a person of this description. " „
posely abstain from publishing the report.--Pestn tpbt
THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.—A gentleOla-
knows Mr. Alderman Gibbs well, being asked whi'ee
J
of a Lord Mayor he thought he would make, axis
the
" An unaccountable one."
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EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.---`,,,jon,
evening of Saturday last the following serious
occurred on the %Vest London Railway, Shepher,d''.oll,Air
by which two horses were killed and frightfulli,„ittn„,
lilted. From the inquiries made into this:',o_,tPt,
it appears that, about ten minutes past six o'cloc"„f
evening in question, as a groom in the service
John Tollitt, of .oxford•street, who had been t°loll/,
Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, to fetch four A*ll belri.
horses belonging to his master, which 11wf110
there at grass, was returning home, riding 011°00
horses and leading the other three, when c",-..105
the bridge crossing the West London Railway, Lii"lo,s
herd's bush, the Jed horses were frightened by ta e
o 4,01
of a carriage which suddenly turned the corneal tP
road, and broke away from the groom. Tvo, 0,114
took the direction of the railway station, whiiel,,,ter••
short distance north of the Uxbridge-road. and
the gates of the station, ran on to the litl.eJi-ogob
train returning from the London and /3111120 •
Railway was advancing towards them. It 440%r,
dark, and on the clerk at the station Ile-nollit
noise, and running out to see what was the Joe ,o,
he found the groom on horseback on the 1,
the act cf following the horses. The eLlffirg,lll:o
mediately told him that a train was approach Oleo
d,
that he would be killed if he attempted to folio ;coe
but the groom said wherevi r his horses had 7040 i,e
would go ; !,hat he might as well be killed es
se
horses, end ho did not cure what became of hinoobb
could not go home to his master ; and force
k, ro°lol3,,etli
to be used to prevent him going on, by which -oe
life was saved, The clerk instantly hoisted eilio lispe
stop the train, told on reaching the train, Ti•pinglett,
stopped on seeing the sign. al, he found, on extol) yiP,bo
wheels, that the horses had been passed over ne #1:10
One appeared to have baen struck by the fenders yo {ye
other by the left buffer, and the head of one of W eag 0,7
was found to have been driven into a part of 11°04 of
with such force as to require the use of crceliaiti,
extricate it. On search being made for the re ,P;1
the poor animals, one was found in a dreadfeititiee
lated state, at no great distance behind the t',',lol'
the other about 200 yilvds further off„ with the ;Woe
completely cut off. The. state of the groonif
found that both the horses were killed, was 13305
and there is no doubt he would have destroyed 1.101.00
had not the greatest care been taken of odift°
horses were, it is said, valued at 1001., and rnonot
to that loss, the damage done to the train am 000 toe
10/., yet, strange to say, the engine-drifvf,,, 014,1;jea/
guard declare that they felt no jerk in passive Of
horses, and that they were unconscious of of stoP
having occurred, until they saw the signal to , ,
train.
te
'We are pleased to learn ti tat it i:: in con
oPeof
to form a hut) of railway front Mallow to
, p °1-
have this nmtion fFonl 113 daighest anther/ll'
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