The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Royal, arrived in town soon after three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by
a party of the Royal Horse Guards, from Claremont.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the
Princess Alice, followed in another Royal carriage ; and
the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting, Colonel
Buckley, Equerry in %Vatting, and Colonel Wylde,
Equerry to Prince Albert, followed in a third Royal
carriage.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at
Buckingham Palace by the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Maids of
Honour in Waiting. the Vice-Chamberlain, and the
Lord and Groom in Waiting.
A grand dinner was given yesterday evening at Buck-
ingham Palace, to the Noble Directors of the Concert of
Ancient Music, his Royal Highness Prince Albert being
the Director for the evening. The company consisted of
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei-
mar, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke of Welling ton,the
Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Liverpool. the Earl De-
lawarr, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Cawdor, the Earl
Howe, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Baroness Ahlefeldt ; the Equerry to the
Duke of Cambridge, Baron Knesebeck ; and Captain
Francis Seymour.
At eight o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge and the Duke of Wellington, left Buckingham
Palace for the Hanover-square Rooms.
Earl Howe, Earl of Cawdor, the Marquis of Granby,
lion. C. A. Murray, Baron Knesebeck, Captain Francis
Seymour, and Colonel Wylde followed in two of the
Royal carriages.
At a quarter-past eight o'clock the Queen left the
Palace to honour the performance of the Convert with
her presence at the Hanover-square Rooms. Her . Ma-
jesty was accompanied by her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge, and was attended by the Duchess
of Buccleuch.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Baroness Ahlefeldt,
lion. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Hamilien, the Earl of
Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Jersey, Vis-
count Hawarden, Sir Frederick Stovin, and the Hon.
and Rev. C. Leilie Courtenay, followed in three of the
Royal carriages.
The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe has succeeded the
Marchioness of Douro as the Lady in Waiting on the
Queen. Viscount llawarden has succeeded the Earl of
Hardwicke as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty ;
and' Sir Frederick Stovin has succeeded Capt. Meynell
as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.
THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.—The answer given
yesterday at Gloucester House to the nobility and gen-
try who called to inquire after the health of the Royal
Duchess was, " Her Royal Highness is going on very
well."
The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re-
sidence in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Clanricarde had an interview with Sir
R. Peel yesterday.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
and Mr. Brickwood, had interviews with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of the West India Colonies.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar.

NEWMARKET RACES.
NEWMARKET—TUESDAY NIGHT.
LATEST BETTING.
SUFFOLK STAKES.
75 to 40 agst the Cure I 2to 1 agst Minotaur
DERBY.
Even between two and the 30 to 1 agst Bay Momus
field 1000 to 15 agst Foig-a-ballagh
5 to 2 agst Ratan —t
11 to 4 agst The Ugly Buck 2000 to 10 agst Beaufront—t
10 to 1 agst Leander—t

OAKS.

i 2 to 1 agst Crenoline 600 to 500 on Sister to Mar-
-12 to 1 agst Merope tingale agst Barricade ;
25 to 1 agst Charming Kate 6 to 5 offered the other
way
Arrivals.—Duke of Rutland, Duke of Montrose, Mar
quis of Exeter, Lord and Lady Albemarle, Lord Orford,
Lord Vivian, Lord W. Powlett, Sir R. Bulkeley, Sir D.
Baird, Hon. Colonel Anson, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Hon.
Captain Rous, Colonel Peel, Colonel Brinkman, Messrs.
Thornhill, Batson, Newton, Gardnor. Higgins, Port-
man, S. Stanley, Rush, jun. Forester, Jaques, &c.

LONDON, MAY B.—Light breezes from N. to N.E., and fine.
PonrsmourH, 7.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Fairy Queen,
London, and sailed for West coast of Africa.
FALMOUTH MAY 7.—Wind N., fresh breezes.—Arrd.
Wilhelmina, FALMOUTH,
Pernambuco ; Randers, Clausen, Ha-
vannah.
DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind, A.at. N.N.W., light, r.x., S.—SlcL
Mary Anne, Trinidad ; Chanticleer, Jamaica.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 7.—Arrd. Tweed, steamer, West Ins
dies, left Chagres March 12, Tampico 21st, Honduras 22d,
Vera Cruz April 2, Trinidad 4th, Demerara-. 6th, Barbadoes"
Bth, Jamaica Bth, Grenada 9th, Havannah 11th, St. Thoinal's
15th, Bermuda 22d ; in freight 263,800 dollars, 97 serous •
cochineal, 17 serons gum, 1 box vanilloes, 1 box pearls, for
Lizardi and Co. From Tampico, 34,719 dollars; from Vera,
Cruz, 21,000 dollars,
NEWPORT, MAY 7.—Sid. Louise, New York. The ship,,
Mary Barbara, with railway iron for Philadelphia, has,
sprung a leak, and will be surveyed. The Three Sisters, ol
and for Plymouth, has strained and fills; she has been cur-
veved and will be discharged.
OFF CAPE CLEAR, MAY 4.—Wakington, Rio Janeiro for
Liverpool.
LErrif, MAY 5.—A red. Janet Muir, Heron, Ichoboe.
OFF SCILLY, MAY 3.—John M‘Lellan, M‘Donnell, Bombay ;
Honor, Cephalonia. out 36 days, having experienced nothing
but strong E. and N.E. winds since April 8.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 7.—Wind N.W., light.—Off, Eucleb
Calcutta ' • Independence, Nye, New York (Bth ult.) Sid.
Guiana, Ichoboe ; Lady Paget, Africa ; Catherine,
,Hayti;
Wttuguier, New York.
HATERIORD, MAY s.—Sid. Ellen, Trinidad.

THE WEST INDIA MAIL. •
IMPORTANT FROM HAYTI.
SOUTITIMPTON, MAY 7.—The Tweed Royal Mail Cotn-
pany's steam-ship, Captain R. Sharpe, is just arrived from
the West Indies and Mexico, bringing sixty-four passengers
and invalids. Her dates of departure are as follow :—Tam-
pico 21st March, Vera Cruz 2d April, Honduras 22d March,
Havannah 11th April (met there the Tiviot), Nassau 13th
April, Bermuda 22d April (met there the Medway), Deme-
rara 6th April, Barbadoes Bth April, Grenada 9th April, Tri-
nidad 4th April, Jamaica Bth April, St. Thomas's 15th App
and Shagres 12th March.
The Tweed brings 263,800 dollars, 55,719 of which are for
the Mexican dividends. She also brings ninety-seven serous
of cochineal, seventeen bales of gum, and a quantity of gold
dust. Also about 7001. worth of pearls, consigned to Paris.
It is thought, notwithstanding there is not sufficient dollars
necessary for the dividends, that the Thames, expected about
the sth of July, will bring a very large consignment.
The Tweed experienced head winds the whole passage;
had not this been the case she would have been here twe
days earlier. The Tweed was also detained at Bermuda
coaling.
At Bermuda—Admiral Sr Charles Adam, in the Thai'
trious, and the Inconstant, and Euridice frigate. The Warl)P
Albatross, and Ringdove, were fitting out to suppress the
slave trade on the coast of Africa. The Pique was at Vers

Cruz.
The Royal Mail steamer, Tiviot, with the Ist of March
mails, arrived at Kingston (Jamaica) on the Ist April.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer, Thames, Captain r.
Hasle, which should have arrived at Kingston (Jamaica),
from Havannah on the 3d or 4th of April, reached the Con"
pany's wharf on Sunday, the 7th of April, at 2 P.N..
had been detained at Bermuda more than two days extra, 0;
consequence of severe gales there blowing, and whick.ho
done some damage. The port pilot refused to take out Of
Thames until the gales had much moderated.
The following lamentable account of the insurrection at
Hayti we copy from the Jamaica Gazette of the Bth April
"The French brig Adelina, Captain Tahet, arrived in tbio
port on Saturday evening, bringing disastrous intelligerl
and no less than 140 passengers, including 25 children
persons of colour, and compelled to fly from their native l 5
to seek refuge under the flag of foreigners.
" Our readers remember that the new President, Hera 1j
had marched with a large army for St Domingo city, to 10_,„e
the insurrection in the eastern portion of the island. 1r,,;
ing advantage of the absence of the General and troops,_,,`"d
black people rose en masse on Sunday, the 31st ultimo, 1`"„
commenced an indiscriminate slaughter of the brown P°P",.:(
latiOn. On Wednesday the National Guards, of the towll_,,-
Aux Cayes, went out with two pieces of ordnance to S Ora
the rebellion and punish the rebels, but, as we have 1007,
their own General Commanding delivered up the Cannons ed
the blacks, and joined them himself. Thus strengthe°,4
they drove the National Guard back to Aux Cayes, ente! d
the town, and commenced a relentless butchery—murde2;
every brown person, without regard to sex cr age. Le,
wretched inhabitants had no means of defence, no rew_t,
save on board the few foreign ships lying in the harboa,-,1
French, American, and English. Into these they eroiTri ,
in confused and huddled batches—men, women, and tiA
dren literally covering the decks, and exhibiting a dist%;
ing spectacle of misery and sudden destitution. I'm
the decked vessels were not sufficient to hold dotted
number of wretched refugees ; the port was &ato
over with small open boats, each containing as many' bud to
beings as it could hold, who dared not remain on lea of
await certain massacre, and yet could have little hoPe.,tri
escape by sea. Captain Tahet, a man worthy of his ee"„ to
and of humanity, could not for a moment think of leavir tbo
a miserable fate those who had fled to his protection 811 cs,
guardianship of the tricolour. He was bound for Fr"' of
and had but provisions sufficient for his crew. To Cubed
Porto Rico, which would have been on his route, he ,7,10
not bring his poor proteges, for there they would not
bo
been received. With disinterested generosity, therefore,
sailed for Jamaica, and here has safely landed his tiratt4
rot
freight. Most of these made their escape from shore 1'1`,104
any other property than their wearing apparel—some iittog
with scarcely that. At eight o'clock on Thursday el.
last Captain Tahet set sail, and at that time the WeiZor
blood was going on, and the port crowded in the Inw,,,ts
mentioned. We shall probably have some of `thenolio
vessels with the refugees arriving here to-day. st,
Adelina left, her commander had just got his letters fro'',
Domingo; and. though vapours were rife, there was 110 br
tam information of any encounter having taken place.
tween Herard and the Spanish revolters."

ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOIC•
e weir
On Tuesday the annual visitation for the purpose o' 1 ill
ing in the persons who had been elected on the Thars."Zeat
Easter week to the office of churchwardens for the dui'," t'
parishes in the city of London, and also to receive Pi' l'
ments connected with the church, was held at St- *";sts,
chre's Church, before Dr. Robert Phillimore, the Surrog
in the absence of Archdeacon Hale.
Upon the parish of St. Stephen's Walbrook, being ce.,x,/jeo
~`ti:
Messrs. F. Rock and Flight, who were elected at the 11`. of
vestry by the inhabitants of the parish to the owZicier
churchwardens, presented themselves, as well as Mr. `b7, re'
man Gibbs and Mr. Whitaker, both of whom, it will,„ft t,collected, from the report of the vestry meeting, ifit,P
church and retired to the house of the Alderman, vit_here'.,,selfe.
the assistance of two or three others, they elected then'
to the office of churchwardens. Olt
Mr. Alderman Gibbs, who was attended by Al r• dad ,
barrister, on presenting himself to Dr. Phillimore, her of th:
a declaration relative to the very dilapidated state. ~, the
church of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, which arose fro -
~
want of proper funds to repair and beautify it. .otitioA;
Dr. PIIILLIMORE then requested that the two gs-1,,0 v'
who had been elected to the office of churchwardens R"oro iiss
ensuing year be presented, for the purpose of being s° A
when Presslichltri
Mr. Alderman Gibbs, for the twenty-first time, ba ~,
himself, and a Mr. Whitaker, as his colleague, ,eschor''
been duly elected by the vestry to the office 01
wardens. I ofecl
Dr. PIIILLIMORE said there was a difficulty ~‘,„,,,a -.4
them in, for a caveat had been entered by Mr. It°eres hej
Flight against any other individuals but themsei°
sworn in.
Messrs. Rock and Flight here presented themselves. i11d.,,
purpose of being sworn in, when e °P.
Dr. PHILLIMoRE inquired who presented them to
t° to
rogate, and proved that they had been duly electetlif the3ii
Mr. ROCK said he imagined that it was the cluttv,,,e sid. its
churchwarden, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, to present 01"" 00,40
colleague, for it was well known to the Alden:nail ire'l
and Mr. Flight had been duly chosen and elected itioppoiti
vestry to the office of churchwarden, and they, in Lie •
that election, now presented themselves for the r
being legally inducted into that office. °, sitts';io
Mr. BODICIN observed, that he had the honour LdePttio
ing on behalf of Mr. Alderman Gibbs, who, ha conte".oof,
the only legal churchwarden ; that by the constitutijo 05
parish it was governed by a select vestry, and only ~ c,locre
bers of that vestry had the power of electing 10,1)901
wardens, and in the performance of that right :sty
elected Mr. Alderman Gibbs, and with him they • (of'
Mr. Whitaker. 11°104
Dr. PRILLIMORE said he was aware that, unhelflot I_,oo
ference had sprunt up in the parish, but with tube po'
ty 4
nothing to do, his duty being merely to swear io t
who were elected to the office. O."
Mr. Bonxn; contended that no doubt could !LW"
the legally elected persons to the office of ciluiriterelt;
were Mr. Alderman Gibbs and Mr. 'Whitaker.
_lean s 4
many precedents to show that in all disputed ' 04 II
Surrogate swore those in who were elected hi 0011 f
vestry, and there could be no doubt that the4spselooits
right of election was vested in the select ''''"'so
Stephen's ; still, as he was anxious to relieve thf:to, 1,11
of any difficulty, he would suggest that the .0, fej.illtiti
who had presented themselves should be sworn I.ho f j
evident that the question as to who possessed 'OlO r
election, the select vestry or the inhabitants fhe V-
public vestry assembled, must be decided by - betlej
Queen's Bench. vibi;ht,
Dr. PIIILLIMORE said, that the only difficultY"., f
was, that only one set of gentlemen had been awd
to his notice. red the fpA
At this juncture the Rev,. Dr. Croly ente f tbsA,
when he said that he presided as the chainneoi 0 A.
in which Messrs. Rock and Flight were elecb— ..,,lii
wardens, and he should, therefore, present thel&to,:e
Messrs. Rock, Flight, Alderman Gibbs, and ~itig tl. do(
then sworn in, the Learned Surrogate thus lea orols
in dispute to be settled elsewhere.
Measures have already been taken to briPo4sNoleth,
before the Court of Queen's Bench, for as the Pb
to obtain any proper account of Mr. Aldernindotte,r,
Rock and night intend to proceed upon theirs clot!, ~
especially as Mr. Alderman Gibbs has made 007 19tP
ls. 6d. in the pound, baNvMdgossi
nevern, lII'
PORTSMOUTH. A sentry belonglop hits by,e 0• oil
Regiment was seriously hurt on TuesdaY nit) oPnl.oooo°
rines, who forced his post ; he endeavoured,...ooet_i„ 00
but they threw him down, and taking the r_JorouS" of 084
musket, wounded him in the upper part of tl'ir- s-0,:p0,'
ran off towards Southsea. Mr. Bamford, P Isot!.YA isiot
59th Regiment, passing at the moment!
tgo be tr_l7o/1 i 0
them, and secured one of the party, who ivisourided P. 0'
diately by garrison court-martial. The 14, 00
recovering.—Hampshire Telegraph. .. A befOre;a tlf4d
POST OFFICE.—From returns Wu
ent„, r rou i 0
expense
he e72og ~, 7soks :51
ment, it appears that the gross total Pa :ails n 1,3014
Post- office for the conveyance of the to 1:4,0 94,,,,t.
in Great Britain amounted in 18;1*._ 0.41, Lille ' ill
1839, to 52.230/. ;in 1840, to 51,301/. ; ife 360 i. officsA to
ninumlbBe4r2,
0ft0m7070.e5y70/0.
r;daenrsd
pinaisleBd43,otoro7B44b
,tlis:010.0741.
the quarter ended the sth of January sont 0:0 101;14 is;
1,109,720, and the amount thereof t tn.
i:O2 dorders he otje oseljt
In the preceding quarter the nurn_. r,._,Judiog 11 th oieet
and the amount thereof 2,106,11.7: kiii" a i_ ,
.. total %Pe 0 'ib tot
amountpsueertilodanmd_aspa2ids)4.,6sT2haegainst
22,1,1
11 5 raden° dr' 5 43-0:01,504fi1t-heSeevic!slir
485,5721. respectively. The gro_._n.,_, Kingdo _pi ~
_„1 .
service between places in the pireur.,ersto. Itved itl.6.- soi
1842 amounted to 91,324/., d theßetweett :uentit.249o7:oglitel rft
ing the
rp:aI.:n.18:1
abroad
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of death p0t,900ci..01 •
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the es.' legal I,- les'
gaol, for the murder of
hinasstbteoenthpelelasueidi
oftojudnireecntexat,rfeosrpritae,_
box for examination as a witness .
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