The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—'The Queen and Prince Albert
walked this morning in the precincts of the Castle. Her
Majesty and her illustrious Consort again promenaded
in the grounds in the afternoon.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and her
Royal Highness the Princess Alice were taken a car-
riage airing to-day. The royal infants were accom-
panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken
out in the grounds today on a pony.
Viscount Canning has arrived at the Castle on a visit
to her Majesty. .
The Rev. Dr. F. Hodgson (Provost of Eton), will have
the honour of joining the royal dinner party at the
Castle this evening.

Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge ar-
rived in town yesterday, from her residence at Kew, and
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester- House.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has ar.
rived at Petworth House, Sussex, to honour Colone.
Wyndham with a visit, from Arundel Castle, the seat
the Duke of Norfolk.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had
a select party at dinner yesterday, at Gloucester House.
Count de Pollon, Sardinian Minister, transacted busi-
ness yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Lord Eliot, Chief Secretary for Ireland, visited Sir
James Graham yesterday at the Home-office. His Lord-
ship had also an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Lord Wharneliffe and the Right Hon. W. E. Glad-
stone had interviews with Sir R. Peel yesterday.
The Queen's Advocate transacted business yesterday
at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
Sir Robert Peel has issued invitations for a large
dinner party on Saturday next at his residence in White-
hall-gardens.
Messrs. Farrer and Greg-son had an interview with
Mr. Gladstone yesterday at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office for the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and also
for the Governor of New Zealand.
The Earl of Lincoln had an interview yesterday with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Archbishop of Canterbury arrived at Lambeth
Palace yesterday from Addington Park.
Viscount Canning left town yesterday on a visit to the
Queen at Windsor Castle.

French War, exceeded in iniquity the proceedings of the
British Government in India with respect to Sinde.—(Cheers.)
A deep blow had been given by them to the Christian
religion in India. He believed that nothing could tend more
to procure for it the hatred of the Indian population ; and not-
withstanding present appearances, he believed that if we retained
possession of Sinde in the present manner, it would be a cancer
which would eat away the prosperity of the British rule.
The following were the resolutions of the requisitionists:—
" Ist. Tha, from the printed papers recently laid before the
Proprietors on the subject of Sinde, it is the opinion of this
Court that the proceedings of the Government of India, which
ended in the dethronement, exile, and imprisonment of the
Ameers, and the seizure of their country and private property,
were uncalled fur, impolitic, and unjust.
" 2d. That this Court does therefore most earnestly recom-
mend to the Court of Directors the immediate adoption of such
steps, by representation to her Majesty's Government or other-
wise, as may cause all practicable reparation to be made for the
injustice already committed, and enforce the abandonment of
a line of policy inconsistent with good faith, and subversive of
the interests of the British rule in India."
Mr. EASTWICK seconded the resolution. Having residen
in India, and had considerable experience of Indian affairs,
he felt that the conduct of the British Government
towards Sinde had been extremely oppressive. He
said he differed from the Hun. Mover as to the British
Government having forced their alliance upon the Ameers,
and he read a series of letters for the purpose
of showing that they had voluntarily connected themselves
with that Government. They had, he contended, acted in
conformity with the treaties of alliance ; and this ought to
have procured for them some consideration. It was his opinion
that the annexation of Sande to the British empire was a grievous
error, both financially and politically. Underditferent treatment
the good offices of the chiefs might'have been confidently relied
upon. By an act of aggression they had gained possession of
a country, filled with tribes, whose motto, like that of the
Affghans, was " We will be content with war, we will be con-
tent with bloodshed, but we will not be content with
a master."—( Hear, hear.) Sinde afforded no ob-
stacle to the march of armies; there was little danger
of hundreds perishing in a night. But there was much to be
dreaded from a pestilential 'climate. A short time ago fifty
Europeans had perished from heat in two days, and he
had himself witnessed similar effects. Seven-tenths of
the population were bigoted Mussulmans, who, though
not able to contend against European armies in the
field, would be exceedingly powerful in desultory warfate.
It should be recollected, too, that the service in Sinde was ex-
tremely distasteful to our troops. They had been told that
there were commercial advantages—that the markets of
Central Asia had been thrown open to the British. He
contended that they had by their proceedings within the
last few years destroyed British influence in Central Asia.
Formerly there was security, for merchant, now there was
not, and it would be long ere things subsided into their
natural channel. He believed, too, that the capabili-
tits of the Indus were greatly exaggerated. Caravans
were generally preferred to that river for the trans-
fer of goods; and as to steam, he conceived that that
was a speculation in which co Proprietor would be disposed to
embark. The Hon. Proprietor then endeavoured to proved
from documentary evidence, that the Ameers of Sinde, pre-
vious to the war, had been subject to many grievances, and
were not exclusively to blame for what occured,
He also referred to the seals upon which Sir Charles Napier
had founded his proceedings ; reminding the Court how com-
mon forgeries of that kind were in India. It would be ludi-
crous, were not such moral consequences involved, to contem-
plate Sir Charles Napier sitting down with compasses in hand,
to examine and pronounce upon these seals. He believed that
the letter attributed to .Meer Nusseer, was not in truth written
by him, and yet upon that letter had the British Government
taken such serious steps. He referred to a man in Sinde
who made a trade of forging seals. He concluded by taking a
view of the events which followed the British in possession of
Snide. Viewed as a military achievment, nothing more
brilliant perhaps had ever been seen ; viewed in
a moral aspect, he believed a more disgraceful
case of oppression never occurred. The whole preparations
of the Ameers were of a defensive nature. Nothing but
blindness or obstinacy could cause any one to imagine that they
intended hostilities. If they had meditated hostilities they
would have sent away their wives and children.—( Hear, hear.)
If their superiority in arms was to be purchased at the expense
of justice, he would rather that they should descend within
the limits of a third-rate power.—( Hear, hear.) If they had
suffered misery, they had caused a hundred times greater.
War was at all times a great evil, but an unjust war was fear-
ful to contemplate. It was his solemn conviction that if the
thinking part of this country, if the press, to which they owed
so much, would calmly inquire into the merits of this
question, such a storm of indignation would burst forth
as must lead to all the redress which it was in our
power to make. Every Englishman shared the respon-
sibility of these acts. He believed it to be the duty
of every member of that Court to record his testimony against
a policy which inflicted so much discredit on the British name,
and entailed so much misery on !heir fellow-subjects in India.
The CHAIRMAN said that while he admitted that the sub-
ject had been brought forward with great ability, he was so con-
vinced of the necessity of having the additional papers, that he
would still suggest the propriety of the proposed adjournment.
The Court then adjourned until the 21st of February.

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The Dowager Princess of Hohenlohe died on the
10th instant, at the Chateau de Kapferzell, in Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood will shortly appear in Norma,
with Miss Grant, who takes the part of Adalgisa.
STAMPED AND UNSTAMPED PUBLIC A TlONS.—There
are a great number of weekly publications, as our readers know,
of which there are both a stamped and an unstamped edit ion. We
understand that the newsmen have experienced great inconve-
nience from this circumstance, and the revenue has suffered a
loss. Very frequently it happens that orders are sent from the
country for copies of these publications a few days after they
are issued, when it is generally found that the stamped copies
are all exhausted. The customer will not pay postage, and he
cannot therefore be supplied at all. The proprietor of the pub-
lication and the newsman both lose a cnstnmer. To remedy
this, a wide-awake newsman suggested to the Post-office that
it sliGuld allow the unstamped copies of these publications,
;which, when stamped, are sent free, to be transmitted by the
Post-office on applying to each copy a single penny-postage
stamp. It was represented to the Post-office that by so doing•
the sale of these publications would certainly be promoted, and
the revenue, as well as the individual, be benefited. The Post-
office, however, returned a very positive refusal, and peremp-
torily declined to adopt the suggestion. An Administration
seriously bent on making the Post-office the means of the
greatest possible good, would, we think, have adopted the sug-
gestion and been thankful for the discovery of any means to
make the Post-office at once more useful and more productive.
REPRESENTATION OF DUDLEY.—It is confidently
stated that a new writ for this borough will be moved for im-
mediately on the opening of the ensuing session, and the Anti-
Corn-law League are actively preparing for a vigorous attempt
to secure the seat for a free trader. Mr. Acland has arrived in
the borough, and commenced the campaign by a course of four
lectures on the corn-laws. Several agents of the League are
also actively at work distributing anti-corn-law tracts amongst
the electors and non-electors. Two candidates are spoken of
as likely to contest the borough on the free-trade interest, and
whichever of these gentlemen may be eventually chosen to
stand, we can promise the monopolists that they will have a
candidate of no ordinary character and influence to contend
against. We shall soon be able to speak in plainer terms.—
Trot cester Chronicle.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE,.--Yesterday morning, shortly !
after one, a rapidly destructive fire broke out on the premises
belonging to Mr. Houghtal, straw-bonnet manufacturer, carry- '
ing on an extensive business at No. 40, Whitechapel-road.
The fire when first perceived, was raging furiously in the
lower part of the building. Several of the brigade engines
were with all promptitude on the spot, with the West of Eng-
land one, all of which were set to work, and a vast column of
water was poured upon the fire ; notwithstanding, the firemen
could not get the conflagration under until the premises were,
for the most part, with their contents of stock-in-trade and furni-
ture, consumed. The total loss must be very heavy, and will fall
upon the West of England and Phoenix Fire-offices. Nothing
could be ascertained as to the origin of the fire. Besides the
destruction of Mr. Houghton's premises, several other buildings
in the immediate vicinity are damaged by the fire, water, &c.
INCENDIARISM.—Wednesday information was re-
ceived at Bow-street, that about six o'clock on the
morning of the 14th inst. some evil-disposed person or
persons set fire to an oat stack, with intent to destroy '
several other corn and hay stacks, standing in the home-
stead yard, and being the property of Mr. Thomas Ab-
bott, of the Manor-house, Belchford, near Horncastle, in
the county of Lincoln, whereby, the oat stack was totally
destroyed. A reward of 100/, has been offered by her
Majesty's Government, with a free pardon to any accom-
plice, not being the person who actually set fire to the
stack. Mr. Thomas Abbott and his friends have offered
701., and an additional 401. from the treasurer of the
Horncastle New Association for the Discovery of
Felony.—Also that, on the night of the 18th inst., or
early the following morning, some person or \persons
wilfully set fire to a stack of hay, and upwards of 320
sheaves of corn, in the village of Llansanan, in the
county of Denbigh, the property of Mr. Joseph Jones.
A reward of 51. is offered for the discovery of the incen-
diary.
In the London Gazette we find the following in the list
of army appointments :—" 15th Foot—Christopher Say-
ers, Gout., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Postal,
whose appointment has been cancelled." Mr. Sayers is
brother to the Rev. A. Sayers, of this city (Gloucester),
and also to a very gallant officer, Mr. Henry Knight
Sayers, of the 31st, who led the stoaning party through
the Tezeen Pass, in Affghanistan, but whose death, from
the fatigu, s which lie endured during that campaign, de-
privet] him of the promotion which was awaiting him,
and which his gallantry had so nobly won. The present
appointment has been made by the Duke of 'Wellington,
without purchase, entirely in consideration of the soldier-
like conduct of the deceased gentleman, who, in his own
person, was not permitted to receive the reward of his
bravery.—Gloucester Chronicle.
LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS.—There is nothing
more unfortunate, from whatever cause it proceeds, than
excess of expenditure beyond income. The greater
part of the harpies of society live and gorge themselves
by taking advantage of this imprudence. Half the
population of London live upon it ; three-fourths of the
ravenous lawyers live upon it ; all sorts of agents live
upon it ; and half the demoralisation of society is ge-
nerated by it.—Anon.
SPORTSMEN REWARD !--Last week as the Hon.
Mr. Dean and Mr. Brudenell Plummer were hare hunt-
ing underneath Mount Plummer, and having exchanged
horses, Mr. Plummer's celebrated mare " Molly Carew"
was killed on the spot, her hind legs having got into
a deep hidden drain, when at the top of her speed, and
her back bone was actually torn asunder. Mr. Dean
sustained no injury.—Dublin Evening Mail.
CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.—Great ex- '
citement prevails in this vicinity from a report being prevalent
that James Ford, who is a very steady sort of person, has lost
money to the amount of 1101., while returning home from Lon-
don in the train on the South-Eastern Railway on Friday
evening. James Ford is a jobbing carpenter, and by the will
of a relation hts became entitled to the above-named sum of
money. His attorney in London having written to say that
the money was ready, Ford went up on Friday to receive it
himself, countryman-like. He received a cheque from his at-
torney to the amount of 1101. Having inquired his way to the
Bank to get the sane cashed, he returned to the Borough with
the money in his pocket, namely, 70 sovereigns and four 101.
Bank of England notes, since ascertained to be the following
numbers, 24,985, 86, 87, and 88. He was accosted by a per-
son with the garb and appearance of a eountryman, who in
course of conversation asked Ford to drink with him, saying he
wanted to get a little business in Kent. A third person
" dropped in," whom the polite inquirer addressed as Squire
Jones." They all drank together, and parted. Ford repaired
to the railway station, where two persons took their seats be-
side him, and left him at Reigate. When Ford got home to
his cottage at Brenehley, after supper he prepared to spread
the table with sovereigns, but to his great consternation his
gold had been turned into cowers, about 2s. worth of which he
found in his pocket, tied up in paper. He remembers some
confusion in the Illerstkani tunnel ;whore lie think; the robbery
took place.-3 fa , 6 (tail

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