The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-15 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MARCH 11—THE ROYAL Visrr—We believe
it may be now safely stated that the annual report
respecting the intention of the Queen to visit
her Irish subjects is no longer a matter of
speculation, but that this long-expected event will
actually take place in the autumn of the present year,
or perhaps at an earlier period, if circumstances
permit. Indeed, from the signs of preparation
already making, there can be but little doubt that the
authorities here have received au intimation of her
Majesty's gracious intentions, in confirmation of
which it may be mentioned that a few days since
the llon. and Very Rev. Dean Pakenham (brother•
in-law of " the Duke") applied to the Board of Ec-
clesiastical Commissioners for a grant of money for
the purpose of d• corating the Cathedral of St. Patrick,
and putting the grand reception-room in a state of
thorough repair, in anticipation of her Majesty's
honouring that ancient cathedral by her presence at
disine service. The application was immediately
acceded to, and workmen are now busily engaged in
making the alterations suitable to the auspicious occasion.
FUSE YISM IN ULSTER.

Several meetings are about to be held in the diocese
of Down and Connor, "to protest against the innova-
tions attempted to be introduced into the Church ser-
vice." The great majority of the clergy of the diocese
are anti-Puseyite, and it is stated that a petition to the
Legislature is in progress of signature amongst them,
praying for a revision of the Book of Common Prayer,
the Canons, and Rubrics.

DEATH OF WILLIAM HENRY, ESQ.
This eminent Irish manufacturer died this morning, at
his residence at Is:and-bridge, in this city, where he had
established an extensive calico-printing factory. Mr.
Henry was a most enterprising and successful manufac-
turer. Many Yeats ago, he faile in business; but he sub-
sequently paid every engagement in the most honourable
manner, and realised a considerable fortune. His muslin
prints were highly esteemed in all parts of the empire.

DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.
The following were the closing prices at the Stock Ex•
change this afternoon :—Three per Cent. Consols, 99i ;
Three-and. a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1021 ; Three-and •
a-Half per Cent. Deb., 95 ; Six per Cent. Red. to 41. ster-
ling per ann., 721 ; Four per Cent. City Debentures of
92L 6s. 2d., 971 ; City of Dublin Steam Shares, 1071 ;
Dublin and Drogheda Railway, 83; Great Southern and
West, rn Extension, 7 to 1; Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion Railway, .6 51 6; Irish Great 'Western, Dublin to
Mullingar and Athlone, 2i; Belfast and Ballymena, 31;
Dundalk and Enniskillen, 2i i; Waterford and Lime-
rick, 44; Kingstown and Bray, 94.

THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SHOOT PRINCE AL-
BERT.—As many reports art at present afloat regarding this
alleged attempt to assassinate his Royal Highness Prince
Albert on Tuesday last, and these reports are all exaggera-
tions, it becomes necessary to disabuse the public mind, and
state the real facts of the case, which are these :—The Prince
left the Palace on horseback by the garden gate shortly after
12 o'clock on Tuesday noon, attended by Sir E. Bowater
(Equerry in Waiting) and a groom. The Prince had
wonaythneP Constitution-hill, when a
pathway, presented a pistol
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Royal
Highness. There appeared
to be no attempt made to discharge it, and the action was
unobserved both by the Prince and his Equerry, but Colonel
James's-place, and a Mr. Arnold were on
Enddward Bowater. The man who had
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having observed what passed noti-
fied
pistol walked on towards Buckingham Palace, as did a
man who was with him. Sir Edward Bowater dis-
patched the Prince's groom in search of a policeman, but
he failed to meet with one until he had reached Hyde park
corner, when he called police-constable Bolton, 57 B, to his
assistance and took that officer with him to the Prince's
Equerry. Sir Edward described the appearance of the man
to the policeman, as did Colonel Knight and Mr. Arnold.
These gentlemen also accompanied the constable in search of
the man. He was traced, through the information of one of
the park gardeners, to the little gate by the Duke of Suther-
land's mansion, but here all further trace was lost. The
from eighteen to twenty years
of manage, w
aboutwas describedfive f
eaest
with brawn hair; he was dressed as a decent mechanic. The
constable continued his search until he reached the Horse
Guards, where he apprehended a man somewhat an-
swering the description given him, and took him to
Sir Edward Bowater. That gentleman at once dis-
covered that he was not the individual who presented
the pistol, and he was immediately set at liberty. All
further inquiry has proved fruitless. A description was
dispatched by route to the different police-stations. The
opinion of those acquainted with the fact is, that even sup-
posing that a man did present a real pistol at the Prince, it
was done without any evil motive. The Police Commis-
sioners have, in consequence of this occurrence, placed an
extra constable on duty on Constitution-hill. It is a singular
coincidence that on Monday night, about a quarter to twelve
o'clock, as the Queen was returning from the French Plays,
and in the act of entering the Palace gates, a woman threw
herself on her knees before the carriage, and called out,
"Queen Victoria, save your country f"The woman Is as re-
moved in custody immediately. It was a miracle that she
escaped with her life, as the horses were all but trampling on
her, when the coachman pulled up. It appears this woman,
who is about forty years of age, Irish by birth, and resides
in the low part of Westminster, is well known to the police
and soldiers on duty at the Palace, and has been many times
driven away from the Palace gates. She was taken to the
station. house in Gardiner's-lane, but after a short confine-
ment was set at liberty.
Mr. Alderman Humphrey paired off with Mr. Col-
quhoun, in favour of Mr. Cobden's motion.
ICING'S COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Thursday a public
meeting was held at Willis's rooms, in aid of the funds of
this hospital, the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., in the chair.
Amongst the nobility and gentry present were Lord John
Russell, Lord Radstock, RN., the Bishopa of London and
Lichfield, the Right Hon. Mr. Gladstone, M.P., Mr. Alder-
man Copeland, Mr. Cotton, &c. The secretary read the re-
port, which, after enumerating the many benefits conferred
upon the poor and on science by the hospital, stated that
the charity would be compelled to close its doors against
many deserving applicants for relief, unless its funds were
replenished. In conclusion, it stated that since its opening
in 1840, the in and nut patients who had received medical
and surgical treatment numbered 553,286. The Bishops of
London and Lichfield, Lord John Russell, Mr. Gladstone,
and others very ably and eloquently advocated the cause of
the charity ; after which it was unanimously resolved to
raise 15,000/. towards the maintenance of the hospital. Do-
nations to the amount of 1,6581. and 45/. additional annual
subscriptions were announced. Amongst the donations were
the following :—Her Majesty (fifth), 100/. ; Queen Dowager
(fourth), 1501. ;
Prince Albert second), 521. 103. ; the
Bishop of London, 100/. ; the Duke of Buccleuch, 100/. ;
(
Archbishop of Canterbury, 52L 10s. ; Joseph Green, Esq.
(third), 50/. ; I ord Radstock, 20/. •, Lord Manvers, 521. 10s. ;
lessrs. Twinings, 31/. 10s., &c. Thanks having been voted
to the Noble Chairman, the meeting broke up.
DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The Directors of
this Company are about at once to carry into effect the Board of
Trade's report in favour of their line from Lincoln to York, and to
cease to press upon the Legislature that portion of the line between
Lincoln and London. To compensate, however, for the abandon-
ment of the latter portion, of their undertaking, it is the intention of
the promoters to enter into an arrangement, already said to have
commenced, with the Cambridge and Lincoln, Eastern Counties, and
Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension Companies.
SUICIDE BY BITTER ALMONDS.--'llursday Mr.
Higgs held an inquest at the Cock, Grafton-street, Soho-square, on
the body of Sophia Margpret Thompson' aged 36, late a cook in a
gentleman's &milky, who had poisoned herself by drinking some of
the essence of bitter almonds, which had been used for flavouring
puddings. &c. The deceased, it appeared, had some time since been
deserted by
porary Insanity:.
a man whom she expected to marry her. Verdict, " Tem-