The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-05 00:00:00

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A meeting of Corn-law Leaguers was held on Friday, at
the Town Hall, St. Albans, for the' purpoie of forming an
Association to -oppose the Anti-Corn-law League. There
were present, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Verulam, the
Earl of Essex, Lord Grimston, M.P., the Hon. G. D. Ryder,
M.P., Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., Sir J. S. Sebright, H. W. Bur-.
chell, Esq., J. S. Story, Esq., 'l'. NV. Blogg, Esq., R. Clutter-
buck, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Moore, the Rev. Dr. Nicholson, the
Rev. Mr. Midcome, a great many other gentlemen of the
county, and upwards of two hundred farmers. The usual re-
solutions were all carried unanimously, and it was announced
that upwards of 1,000/. were collected in the room. Among
the contributors were, the Marquis Of Salisbury, 100/. ; Lord.
Verulam, 100/. ; the Earl of Essex, SOL ; Abel Smith, Esq.,
M.P., 100/. ; the Hon. G. D. Ryder, 501.
Mr. Edridge, of Puckeridge-house, has acceded to the call
of the North Wilts Reform Association; to stand for the va-
cancy, against Mr. Sotheron, the Tory candidate ; and in his
letter to Admiral Bouverie, accepting the invitation, says,
" I shall be delighted to do battle in the sacred cause of free
trade, and of civil and religious liberty, against monopoly of
every description."
The funerals of Sir Francis Burdett and his lady, took
place at Ramsbury, Wiltshire, on Wednesday.

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF COBURG
On Saturday, at four o'clock in the morning, an ex-
press reached Buckingham Palace, announcing the de-
cease of his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, the father of his Royal Highness Prince Al
bert. The melancholy event was altogetliei unexpected,
for no previous information of his Serene Highness's in-
disposition had been received at Court.• So early as
decorum would permit, this truly melancholy intelli-
gence was imparted to the Queen and his Royal High
ness Prince Albert.

At ten o'clock a telegraphic dispatch was received at
the Admiralty announcing the same sad event.
It is considered as a most extraordinary circumstance
that no direct information relative to this important
event should have been received from Germany.
Ernest Anthony Charles Lewis, Duke of Saxe-
Coburg-Saalfeld, was born on the :2d of January, 1784,
and succeeded his father on the 9th of December, 1806.
The Duke had been twice married; first, to Dorothy
Louisa Paulina Charlotte Frederica Augusta, daughter
of Augustus, the last Duke but one of Saxe-Gotha-
Altenberg, from whom he separated on the 31st of
March, 1826. On the 23d of December, 1822, the Duke
Married Antoinette Frederica Augusta Maria Anne,
Princess of Wirtemberg. By the first marriage the
issue was Ernest Augustus Charles John Leopold
Alexander Edward, hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, born on the 21st of June, 1818 ; and
Albert, the young bridegroom elect of Queen Victoria,
born on the 26th of August, 1819, and therefore not
of the legal age of twenty-one until August, 1840. The
Queen was bern on the 24th of May, 1819, and is,
therefore, three months older than her husband.
When, during the war in Germany, which was ended
by the peace of Tilsit, Napoleon found that the here-
ditary Prince Ernest, now Duke of Coburg, was at the
Prussian head quarters, he issued a proclamation,
declaring him his particular enemy, and caused formal
possession to be taken of his territories. All the
property belonging to the ducal family was seized, and
a very heavy contribution imposed on the country,
which had already suffered by the passage of the
French army.
During this period of distress Prince Leopold re-
mained with his mother, who, but for him, would have
been entirely deserted, attentively watching aver the in-
terests of his family.
It was not till the peace of Tilsit, that by a particular
stipulation, the house of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was re-
instated in its possessions. Duke Ernest, however, on
his return, found the finances dilapidated by the French
authorities, the institutions entirely ruined, and his
country to the last degree impoverished. Having re-
mained at Coburg time enough to put his affairs some-
what in order, Duke Ernest went to Russia in 1808, and
resided there for some time, leaving his possessions to
the care of his brother Leopold, now King of the Bel-
gians.
On the 9th of December,lBo6, died the eccentric Duke
Frederic of Gotha-Altenberg, by which event his estates
came into the possession of Duke Ernest, by virtue of
the Salk law, established by Ernest the Pious. He
shared, at that time, the inheritance of Gotha-Altenberg
with his cousins the Dukes of Meinengen and Hildburg-
hau,en, and left the duchy of Saalfield to the Duke of
Nleinengen. It was thus Duke Ernest exchanged
the title of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld for that of Duke of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
For some time after the demise of the sovereign Duke,
Gotha remained without any regular succession, the
public administration being concluded in the name of
the widow, until, by a convention, dated the 12th Noreen
her, 1826, it was agreed that the Duke Ernest of Saxe-
Coburg-Saalfeld, brother to Prince Leopold of Coburg,
should take possession of the principality for himself and
heirs. His Serene Highness, in consequence of that con-
vention assumed the title of Duke of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, as such, and made his solemn entry into Gotha
on the 25th of that month.

Loss OF Two VESSELS .—CALAIS, FEB. 2.—Yes-
terday morning some French fishermen brought into Calais
an English three-mast vessel of 300 tons, called the William
Ward, of Hull, which they had picked up, about ten miles
off, at sea, abandoned by the crew. It is supposed she struck
on the Goodwin, and floated off with the rising tide, the
wind being strong from the northward. The cargo is corn,
posed of flour, b7scuir, and coals. This is not the only dis-
aster occasioned by the late heavy gales, Early on the even-
ing of 3resterday, Captain Pahloy, on his voyage from
London to Calais, in the Belfast steamer, perceived a brig on
the Goodwin. It proved to be the Jane of Sunderland, laden
ith coals from Ilarfleur. Fortunately the captain and crew
altogether took t., folly boat, having only two oars, and.
contrived to keep ari ,!'i cflptain Pashley, with his usual
activity and exertions, took them on board his vessel. The
brig sunk irgadistely after. •

COURT -.CITICUL,AR

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Her aud 14inee „Albert,
companieci by her Royal Highnel,s the i'riheess Rod" :and
aheaded by Lord Charles Wellesley and COlonel'W%ide,
rived last evening at the Castle from town, escorted by r
party of the Life Guards.
The Countess of Dunmore, Lady Caroline Cocks, 11„°,11.
Miss Devereux, Viscount Hawarden, and the Hon. and .se''
C. LeSlie Cottrtenay, arrived from town by the Great Wester
Railway yesterday afternoon. - jog
The Royal party have remained in strict privacy', °w,he
to the bereavement sustained by his Royal- Highness
Prince Consort.

The reception on the Throne, by the, Queen, of the Ati.;
dress of the House of Commons on Saturday afternoon,
postponed, in consequence of the receipt at Bucking?
Palace of _the melancholy and unexpected intelligence of ``",
death of his Royal Highness Ernest (reigning) Duke of Sas,'
Cobourg, Gotha, father of his Royal' Highness Prince Alber',
The Right Honourable Earl Jermyn,. Treasorerse°'
her Majesty's Household, attended at Buckingham Fid
on Saturday afternoon. at
His Royal Highness .the Duke of Cambridge enneuo
Buckinghim Palace on Saturday afternoon, to inquire
his Royal Highness Prince Albert. . tt%,
Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Frances DeeerLdi
Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen, left Buckingt:;,,
Palace at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for the teroTe;
of the Great Western Railway, at 'Paddington. The C0212'4,0
.of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting, and Viscount Hawardenl‘
arrived at the Paddington terminus. The Royal peel. '—
their departure, via railway, for Windsor Castle. ip los
Her Majesty and Prince Albert left . Buckingham Pa
at at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in a carriage and f 0
for Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princeisswo
was taken in the next carriage, and the Equerries in l
ing, Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) and td°
100
Wylde occupied another Royal carriage and four. sts,
The Royal party quitted the Palace Ly the garden-g
and travelled post `to Windsor Castle, unattended by any
e
cort from town.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Ss,„.ttirw,
Yesterday morning his Royal Highness left town for Keel
The Messrs. Samuda had an interview with Sir Robert 'or
on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street,
tive to the Atmospheric Railway. OOO
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colon's."
from the Governor of the Mauritius. visited het'
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday
The Archbishop of Canterbury had 'an interview with
R. Peel on Saturday. •• • • "
Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Cana
and for the Governors of the other North American Colonies,
were sent off on Saturday, from the 'Colonial-office.
• Sir Robert Peel had a Parliamentary dinner -on SaturdF.
at his residence, in Whitehall-gardens. The company 112_,
eluded Viscount Castlereagh, "ViScount.Marebam,
Lord COI
tenay, Lord Ashley, Lord .Sandon; Lord Mahon, Hon. '7
Clive, Hon. W. Lascelles, Hon. H.. Liddell,- Holt
Wortley, Right Hon. Sir George Rose, 'Sir Thomas AeLanot
Sir Howard Douglas, Sir C. Knightley, Sir Walter Jer,iro
.Sir Charles Douglas,'Sir C. Burrell, Lieutenant-Colonel Nr.
.Trevor, Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Bodkin, kir', c k
Beckett, Mr. G. Bankes, 'Mr. Bramston,- Mr. Ireland Bldg,
burne, Mr. Alexander Campbell, Mr. Beckett Denison, 0;
Escott, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. G. Harcourt, Mr.-
atf
Mr. Maunsell, Mr. Masterman, Mn Neeld, Mr. Gaily n-Pchay
Mr. Stafford O'Brien Mr. Christopher, Mr. Pusey, Mrs
Mr. B. Palmer, Mr. firownrigg, and Mr. Tattoo Egert°': t•
he
Sir Frederick Trench entertained his Royal Hightle...,Assw
Duke of Cambridge and a select party at dinner on. Stitt"—
at his residence in Pall-mall.
Lord Stanley had a dinner party on Saturday, at ten
dence in St. James's-square.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat 0;2,011,4,
,turday. . The Lords" preSent were, the Master of the
and
the
Lord Brougham, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, 123
'Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall.
Messrs. Burge and John Stuart, Queen's Counsekcourt
heard for the appellant, on an appeal from the SuprePte
of the Mauritius, "Heirs of Ribeiro v. May." o f the
. • Lori Brougham, after alluding to the circumstance
Court having to decide. without the presence of both far toot
the respondent not having chosen to appear, gave Plugholl°,
on the part of their. Lordships, reversing the decree. deb'
Court below, and also giving effectual judgment for the
and costs below. clrA
Mr. Charles Buller was heard on an appeal from
" Kouadry "Valubha v. Valia Tamburah." _

• MONE ir AND COMMERCIAL .0 ..T"-
vW
(From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) 01)0'
There was a very firm market for Cotton at LiverP° „ea°
terday. Sales, 20,000 bales, of which 14,000 were ou irrieer.
lation.—A fair business was done in shares at stagififSad
Birmingham and Gloucester were 713 ; Edinburg tiro
Glasgow, 593 ; Grand Junction, 2291 ; Great Westeloi;
72 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 222 ; Birmingkani,i ditto
Rouen and Havre, 143 ; South Eastern, 351 ; 111/-
New, 363.
e tit°
• The debates in Parliament are likely to have nlOllllO4
ordinary influence upon the Funds and Money Markt,
beti
the present session, so many important topics ha ":„11 eat;
announced•for diseussiou—and not the least p 7oint i 4 nieo
ject of the renewal of the Bank charter; it is not tu•
that any material alteration will be made, Unless the food
• stock banking interest bestir themselves, and that "'
time.
3/411‘"
There is rather more business doing in the Conrail 1, for
this morning, and prices are a shade higher. C.,"*o°, the
Money have been sold just now at 971, and for 411011-;disi,
same. Bank Stock *as rather depressed early in, t':36100/
namely, to 192, but it
Stocklga to 19:3i. Th,eraef
stocks are firm. India commands a rise on yesi_iculst
value of 2 per cent., being now 278. There is no Par:
alteration in India Bonds or Exchequer Bills this ra;"
oral
A good deal of business was transacted in the
0 lit
Funds this morning. Spailish Actives have been
is di
221, and the Three per Cents. at Sli 1-• For Belgr By
,tocx
6 per cent, above par is ihe current value. In Dutch
scarcely any alteration has taken place this morning• eps
mSoeuxthicaAnmfoerriAcacheollimotn,dwshinerhe
are
et
atm 3utich in demand
ex
is * per cent. lower than yesterda
The Share Market has not
d very inimate
presente ave te
pearance this morning, and, generally, rather 100.1.reeter,
1. Brazilian: 70,
have been submitted to; as for instance, the Great !A
the Manchester and Birmingham, the Edinburgh 4ne'!.. too
gow, &c. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares have b
at 16
MA N premium
HE . •
13111cSTEE STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 2.--IV* icer. 1
firm market without any material alteration IriPto 1.„/61.
gd Eastern Counties, New, 121 ; ditto Perpetual, 155. - p
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 593 ; Manchester and LW-
Shares, 49*.
. CLOSING PRICES.
-A-. 0
BRITISH FUNDS -
• • 20
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Cons:... 973 Ditto Old 'AnnuitieS..•
$1 per Cent. Red 10:3 Ditto New Annizities••. 69101
New 33 per Cent lO2 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. lid' 69P:
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001......• 69 11-
Long Annuities to expire DittO Small •••••
Jan. 1860
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860 .. .. . -- Consols for Acct. •• •••
FOREIGN FUNDS: . •"'
A ► -"nil% 6 per cent.... • Portuguese 5 pet
st
baleen, b_per cent lO5l Ditte,Newbitto .... . ...
Brazilian Bonds ... .....
lam •••'
B s Ayres 6 per cent. 331 Russian, 45 put. eerie: •••• ••••
Cnilian, 6 per cent. — ;Ditto Metallic ..... ••••
Colombian, 6 per cent l2ll",Spanish, b per 0."/ ......... 5
Ditto 1824 Ditto, 3 per co" ......
Cnba-Bonds, 6 per cent 93 Ditto,_ Deferred.••• "7;
Danish, 3 per vat -•-• French, 5 per oat*
Greek; 1825;5per cent — Exchange...... ••••_. 55
cent.
Mexican, 5 per cent. French, 3 pe.r coot, reen`.
1
Ditto; 6 per 1837 Dutch, 2 per
Perevian, 1825,6 perct. Ditto, b per 'Pt.
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) .•••••••' .411
Ditto Eighths (1/ 10s paid) .., ......... ••, 74
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (1000/ 69
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ... . ... 101
Eastern Counties (23 .............. 12/
•Ditto New Shires (25 paid) ..... . . ... •.. • 59b
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid)... .. •„,•••••j.
Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham(llii Y‘'
Great North of England Railway (100 / 11!
Great Western (75 paid) .... ....... ... ; `•• 4u
Landon and Brighton (50 pa d)
London and Greenwich Railway (1211544dr- 11.
Ditto Preference, or Privilege ....••••••;,7).. "a
London and South Western (41164 10dr"
Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) .. . . ........ ••• ,1_
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) -f* IIL
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) . . ...... •••
Manchester and Birmingham (40 Faid) ..... . 331
Nerwick and Brandon (2 paid) ••• ••.....
Paris and Orleans (20 paid) .. ...........
... 14
Paris and Rouen (20 paid).. ....... 35
Rouen and Havre ( 6 paid) ..•••• .....
South Eastern and Dover (50 pia) .... •
DM* Scrip (25 paid)
—%/11.

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- The House met at One o'clock, for the PaPrtstidieb2ll:lll°°tif
IMPERIAL P ARLIAI/1- 4-3
tb.
address to her Majesty. There was not a (Ull ...*; 1100. again' e
onlyafter.pu
tthirty-two3ceoan ateen tsk,
tbhuet
Ctili,ae
eRfumtOUSE OF COMMON go°l;'l4ter—ted,
prayers.
Members n aBb ee
Membersrvsero anl t h being
el o
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T Members dropped i ana ''" Alfillt" Jef'"
were only thirty-el • n very slowlY, wss . _„d gr.
Librar Ott present. A niessalie oeserfa '''"
y, and atter some time the Attorner OOTILtd
Q.C., entered and made the House. ,vg COnle scililtt.'
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF SA".O- urea ef di„chid re"'""ki.
Sir R. PEEL then rose and said—ln the. thAt_ agreed 1. -,,.:
night on the Report on the lull es ,
_he a'd b sde to 11-.
believe, in case the Report on'trhes*COr'''. al- in
t°
l'er
that w .enient re
Majesty, in answer to the counnualestion
to be conN would p .
requesting to know at what period 1.% W°.. of Cotnin°.,nB'stion tp tb
Majesty to receive the address of the I:°°'" that Ulan' ....t 110°'
I maden 1 110 u". to Of
bably name this day at two o'clock. '. Mei cony . fleet., -00
House, thinking it might be for the goer
eying their reir-rt es
....
Members should have an opportunitY of Ptteo the ItePct'be stddfli
Majesty. In consequence of that MOMS
ni,ade oat
er 4,
address having been agreed to, au order Ivo'
i Houle. °it we, '7;
be presented to her Majesty by the ho.°
..,.nt but ,Angen ,
would certainly have adhered to this arratib'!l",_snroing Irciliet,
painthl duty now to state that in the course of tla._',-e.oooltia t_to of
had been received, which, though not directoaado :4 of tna oultter
was still too much reason to fear was Wendt father of tit; of
the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, .... eonsalOento tri ii,'s
ous Prince, the Consort of her Majesty.eceilyac
the addr _tdci, s
event, her Majesty could not, of course, r .._ a motion. ..„.. to!:
usual manner and he had, therefore, to niaxa._ ~f whole jley.7- az
was sure would receive the general cOneuffeuvilL lli .00
by the
f trog Ole
the order for the presentation of the &areal" anco 0 t
rescinded—that, under the particular cire ractlCo---°°4 tr
eyer 30.
there should be a departure from the usual P_ _op if
he Wt.. , ~dl,
address be presented by such Members of so a 119-80
hers of the Privy Council. the vr-1 000
13
The order for the presentation of the address by ..„.„.
Eight ...v.-•or
was then discharged, and the motion of the coo
agreed to. , f • th, greet in 010
Tho ATTORNEY-GENERAL complained v
0 log
nience he had been that morning put to, while na27,,„,n tho ._7;440
the House, in consequence of the communication pzif the spVP
and Westminster-hall being closed, notwithstalinins .
0_
• tutieStl;
order of last session that it should remain open' _ _,....,0
The SPEAKER said he had ordered that tn!..W.b"oooeas
should always be left open, and he would see in?". .--
directions were given for that purpose. ,
The House then adjourned.
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OLDENBURG, JAN. 27.—A mos.. 1 ~ the . °
tv
unexpectedly fallen on the Grand Ducal family -
sdoVuebe° e
country. This afternoon at four o'clock the Oran _f her O::
pired, after a short WA Severe illness, in consequefritea ai.te fros
couchment. lig Royal Highness was a daughter 0
_11:10, j OW
of Sweeten, Gustavus IV.; she was born June 22, 18°' •
VW the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, May 5, 1831.
nsg TIIIS°:
EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF GENERAL T-- .of flit
illustrious individual (a lineal defteenditiotone,
f
Immortal Tom") is ly expected from New York. Loop!
Jonathan is not " pokidng his fun at us," he is the most r`e'' vest
production of modern times. His age is eleven yen"'
__„,,d, fr
15 lbs. 2 os, ', ', in lie,glit t 5 inches II I slost perfect'," !antifu: wet'.
marlcably healthy, good looking, and talented. The ',
nor's errand is. we hear. o extract some more of John o, ry
a an
loose edit]. We• shall cer ;only pay hie Generalship a visit''
port aceordlnily, .. - • . ,
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