The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-18 00:00:00

MOVEMENTS OF THE COURT

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Previously to the Court taking its departure, on Thursday,
from Claremont for Buckingham Palace, the Queen com-
manded that the mansion should be prepared for the recep-
tion of the Royal Family on Thursday, the 23d intent, on
which day the Court will leave town. Her Majesty's birth-
day will be celebrated at Claremont.
His Majesty the King of Saxony is expected to arrive in
England, upon a visit to her Majesty, either at the end of
this month or the commencement of Juno. His Majesty
will be received by the Queen, upon his arrival, at Bucking-
ham Palace. In the event of her Majesty's illustrious guest
not reaching this country until after the 29th instant, it is
the Queen't intention to remain at Claremont until the Wed-
nesday in Whitsun week.
The Kiug of Saxony, after remaining a short time at
Buckingham Palace, and spending a few days with her
Majesty, as it is expected, at Windsor Castle, will make a
tour, for some three weeks or a month through the provinces,
which it is not improbable may be extended to the mining
districts in some of the Welsh counties, and also to a portion
of the more southern Scotch counties, including the cities of
Glasgow and Edinburgh.
It is not now expected that the Queen under any circum-
stances will honour the Eton Montem with her presence on
Whit-Tuesday. The expectation is (in the event of the
arrival of the King of Saxony being delayed beyond that
period) that Prince Albert will leave Claremont early on
that morning, take breakfast with the Reverend the Provost
and the authorities of the college, and proceed thence to Salt-
hill, to witness the ceremony of flourishing the flag on the
mount. His Royal Highness will afterwards return to her
Majesty at Claremont.
Notwithstanding that these are at present the arrange-
ments which have been decided upon, the authorities of Eton
College still indulge the hope that (the weather being
favourable, and her Majesty continuing in the enjoyment of
her usual good health) this celebrated triennial festival may
yet be honoured with the presence of the Sovereign.

THE WEATHER.—A sudden change of tempera-
ture took place on Thursday, when the thermometer fell
nearly twenty degrees lower than it was on the previous
day. The weather still continues cold and boisterous. Last

night the temperature in London was only two degrees above
freezing, and this day, at noon, the thermometer marked
forty-two, being twenty-seven degrees lower than on some
days during the present week.
DEATH CAUSED BY A LUCIFER MATCII.—MF.
Wakley yesterday held an inquest at the Lord Portman,
Broadley-terrace, Dorset-square, on the body of Maryanne
Martha Benyon, aged three years and a half. About two
o'clock in the afternoon of Monday week, deceased's sister was
left in charge of deceased and a younger child, whilst her
father and mother went to fetch some linen to wash. The
deceased was playing with her doll near the fender, and all
of a sudden she screamed, and witness then saw her pinafore
'in flames. She called up a lodger, and with much difficulty
they were extinguished, but not before the deceased was
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ignited it, the fire caught her clothes. She lingered until
Tuesday evening last, when she expired. Verdict, " Acci-
dental death."
We have reasons for surmising that a new move is
ust about to be made, more startling than any which has
yet occurred in these exciting times. What will be thought
of a new London and Birmingham Railway, guaranteed by
the Great Western and Grand Junction jointly ? Stranger
things have come to pass ; but a few days will make a reve-
lation, and show bow well we get into the" secrets of the pri-
son-house."—Railway Record.
SINGULAR DEATH.—Yesterday an inquest was held
before Mr. Waklev, M.P., at the Horse and Groom, King-
street, Seven-dials, on the body of William Duncan, aged
forty-eight, who expired on Tuesday last. When the jury
went to view the body they had some difficulty in obtaining
an entrance, as the room was full of company, assembled to
wake the body. It appeared from the evidence that the de-
ceased was in the employ of an undertaker, and resided at
No. 1, New Turnstile. On Tuesday last he hailed an omnibus
from his residence, and placed a coffin on the top, saying to
the driver and conductor, " Here is a coffin for one of us
three." He then got inside. After the omnibus had pro-
ceeded as far as Compton-street, Soho, the conductor looked
at the deceased, and was so much struck with the change in
his countenance that he stopped the vehicle. The deceased
opened the door himself and got down, and then became in-
sensible. He was conveyed into the shop of Mr. Fitzgerald,
a surgeon, in High-street, and placed on a chair, where lie
bled profusely at the mouth and nose, and died in about two
minutes, although every effort was made to save him. Mr.
I Fitzgerald gave it as his opinion that death was caused by
the rupture of some large artery in the chest, and the jury
' returned a verdict of "Natural death."
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—The Archbishop of Ar-
magh's carriage, on Thursday night, shortly before ten
o'clock, met with and occasioned accidents that, it is to be
feared, will be attended, if not with fatal, at least with very
serious results. It appears that his Grace was proceeding in
his carriage across Westminster-bridge, when the horses be-
came unmanageable, and dashed off at frightful speed, and in
a moment came in collision with a cab, then with a second,
and lastly with an omnibus, directly in front of Mr. Painter's,
the Horseshoe and Magpie, in Bridge-street. The force with
which the carriage struck these several vehicles caused the
most extensive damage, and the drivers were thrown and se-
riously injured. In the confusion attendant on the sudden-
ness of the accident, it was difficult to obtain a very exact ac-
count of the various injuries that resulted. The Archbishop's
carriage was itself at length thrown over on its side, and the
coachman hurled with great violence from his box. Assis-
tance was immediately at hand, and his Grace was taken out
at the window. It proved, fortunately, that the Archbishop
was not injured, though muck alarmed. His coachman, and,
as was stated, some others who had also received injuries from
the accident, were taken immediately to the hospital.
STRANGE DEATII.—OH Thursday Mr. J. Payne,
Deputy Coroner for London and Southwark, held an inquest
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the body of James Brown,
aged 29, a journeyman tailor. It appeared by the evidence
of Henry Blundell, a waiter at a beer-shop, No. 70, Leather-
lane, that on Saturday fortnight deceased called on him, and
they began to play at a game called " puff the dart." The
game is played with a long needle inserted in some worsted
and blown at a target through a tin tube. Deceased placed
the dart at the wrong end of the tube, and drawing his
breath strongly to puff it with greater force afterwards, he
swallowed it, and asked witness whathe should do ? Witness
took deceased to the hospital, and one of the surgeons exa-
mined his throat., but could not feel the dart., and said lie
could do nothing for him then. After this deceased was
taken home, and attended by Mr. Walker, who could not ex-
tract the dart ; and eventually, on Tuesday week, he returned
to the Hospital, and was admitted next day as an in-door
patient. Everything was done to extract the needle, but
without success ; and he died on Wednesday last. Mr. Bell,
one of the Hospital surgeons, opened the body, but could not
discover any trace of the dart. Both lungs were much in-
flamed and mortified, which might have been caused by cold,
and have been of long standing, or it might have been aggra-
vated through having swallowed the needle, which, if swallow-
ed, must have passed through the body. The disease of the lungs
was the cause of death. Verdict, "Accidental death."
BERLIN, MAY 11.—A rumour, which found its

way, some time ago, into the public journals, about an in-
tended marriage of the King of Hanover—born July sth,
1771—and the Grand Duchess Dowager of Mecklenburg
Schwerin—born February 28, 1803—has been revived, and
gains credit in our higher circles.