The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR

WniDsoa, MONDAY.—The Queen held a Privy
Council at twenty minutes before three o'clock this
afternoon, at the Castle. It was attended by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert; Lord Wharncliffe, Lord
President ; the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Privy Seal;
the Duke of 'Wellington, Commander-in-Chief; Sir
Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir James
Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies ; Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster; and the Earl of Jersey, Master
of the Horse.

Some reports relative to Guernsey, &c., were sub-
' mitted to her Majesty in Council, and were received.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.
The Court was attended by the Countess of Char-
lemont, Lady in Waiting; the Earl of Warwick,
Lord in Waiting; the Hon. Captain Duncombe,
Groom in Waiting; and the Equerries in Waiting
on her Majesty and the Prince.
The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch,
Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, Lords Wharncliffe,
Stanley, and G. Somerset, arrived from town in the
forenoon to attend the Council.

After the Council the Dukes of Wellington and
Buccleuch, Lords Wharncliffe, Stanley, and G; So-
merset, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. C. Greville, took their
departure.
Sir Robert Peel remains at the Castle on a visit to
her Majesty.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their accus-
tomed early walk this morning.
The unfavourable state of the weather this forenoon
prevented Prince Albert from taking a shooting ex-
cursion in the royal preserves.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, were taken airings this afternoon.
The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, and "Viscount
and Viscountess Palmerston, took their departure
from the Castle to-day.
Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle on a visit
to the Queen.

The royal dinner party at the Castle included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny
Howard, Lord and Lady Wriuthesley Russell, and
Captain Francis Seymour.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in at-
tendance during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended,
and performed the remainder of the evening.

The agent for Jamaica had an interview with the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the office
of the Board of Trade.

Alderman Copeland and Mr. J. Oswald, M.P.
(Glasgow), had interviews with the Earl of Dalhousie
yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at his official residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Co-
lonial -office from the Governor of Gibraltar.
Mr. 'W Cotton had an interview yesterday with
Mr. Gladstone.

ASYLUM FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—On Monday
a general meeting of the supporters of the above insti-
tution was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, for the purpose of appointing officers tor the
ensuing year, and admitting thirty deaf and dumb chil-
dren to the benefits of the asylum. The Rev. John
Evans presided, and, in the course of the proceedings,
announced that, pursuant to the bequest of the late
Princess Sophia Matilda, the institution has been
enriched by two portraits of their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, from the pencil of Sir
William Beechey. The officers of the asylum were then
elected. Amongst them were the following ;—Patroness,
the Duchess of Gloucester ; President, the Duke of
Buceleuch ; and Vice-Presidents, the Archbishop of
Canterbury-, the Marquis of Bristol, the Earl of Zetland,
Viscount bidmouth, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Bexley, Sir
Thomas Turton, Bart., Alderman Sir C. Hunter, Bart„
&c. The poll having closed, thanks were voted to the
Chairman, and the meeting separated.
WINE AND SPIRIT DUTIES.—The Committee of
the Wine and Spirit Association yesterday received the
following communication. It is an important concession
in the mode of charging duty on spirits to the trade, and
which has been solicited by the Committee for the last
two years :—" Treasury Chambers, Jan. 10, 1645.-
1 am directed to inform you that my Lords have autho-
rised the Commissioners of Customs to issue general in-
structions to their officers to adopt the practice and rules
of computation which have been observed in the Excise,
both as regards fractions of under-proof and over-proof
foreign spirits, viz. :—ln cases of over-proof to charge
84-100 parts as a gallon, and to reject all fractions below
that amount ; and in cases of under-proof to observe the
same rule, and in like manner to disregard all fractions
below 84-100 parts. This regulation, upon being carried
into effect, will, my Lords conceive, afford to the im
porters of foreign spirits all the relief which it would
appear to be their object to obtain."
ROI3I3ERY IN Run—lND.—Last evenin g
the metropolitan police received information of a bur-
glary of a very daring and extensive nature having been
committed on the night of the 9th instant at the house
of the Rev. George Pochin, of Glaston, in the county of
Rutland. The burglars, four in number, broke into the
house at twelve o'clock at night, and succeeded, by inti-
midation, in possessing themselves of ten 101. notes and
five 51. notes of the Leicestershire Banking Company, the
Stamford Bank, and other county banks, several sove-
reigns, some silver, and a large quantity of plate, con-
sisting of silver ladles, table, dessert, and tea spoons, all
marked G. P., and with Mr. Pochin's crest, a griffin.
Mr. Pochin has offered a reward of 1001. for the appre-
hension and conviction of the offenders.
Wlnows' FRIEND SOCIETY.—Last night the annual
general meeting of the Widows' Friend Society, founded
in 1807, was held at the London Coffeehouse, Ludgate•
hill, for the purpose of receiving the annual report, and
transacting the usual business of the society. The Rev.
R. Munro, M.A., Vice-President, in the chair. The re-
port stated that during the past year 256 individuals had
been relieved with various sums, many of whom were, in
consequence, enabled to set up in some occupation
culated to yield a subsistence to themselves and families
The financial statement showed that the receipts
of_ the
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Miss
amounted to 438/. including a legacy_froin the late
Miss E. Gibson, of 225/. ; and the distilb ution to the
treasurer'spuose
sofhthaneds et
charity,
1t0259. leaving a balance in the
DEATH FROM " FARM —IMPORTANT TO THE
MEDICAL PROFESSION.—A policeman died in the Rich-
mond Hospital, a few days since, from the effects of this
terrible disease, after five days illness. It is supposed
the disease was communicated to him by drinking water
from a bucket which a carman had been supplying to a
horse. After some hours, the disease began to manifest
itself, and the unfortunate man was conveyed to Rich-
mond Hospital iu a state of great pain. The medical
men did not, for some time, understand the nature of
his complaint, but as the symptoms became more de-
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their opinions a horse was inoculated with some of the
matter taken from a pustule, and in a short time he
died. There was a post mortem examination held on the
man by an eminent surgeon of this city, who was so ap-
prehensive of disease that he performed the operation
with gloves on. Frightful as the external appearance of
the unfortunate man's body was, the internal was still
more shocking ; the stomach, heart, and liver, being
covered with ulcers, and all in a high state of inflamma-
tion. This is amongst the very few authenticated facts
which prove that the disease is communicable to man.—
Freeman's Journa.

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