The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-13 00:00:00

PaXSCELL.a.NMOITS.

A meeting of parochial delegates was held on Monday, at
the Marylebone Court-house, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the Bill now before Parliament for the Amend-
ment of the Poor-law Act. A series of resolutions condemn•
ing the alleged interference of the proposed Bill with the af-
fairs of parishes under local Acts, was passed, and a Com -
mittee appointed to wait upon Sir J. Graham on the subject.
A statement has appeared in some West'bf England jour-
nals, that the packets are to be removed from Southampton
to Plymouth. The place of rendezvous is named, and even
the time of removal is stated to be in July next. There is no
ground for such a statement, nor is it probable that any
change will take place till the Railway from Exeter to Ply-
mouth is completed.
The mail-box which was missing when the Overland Mail
of last month arrived at the General Post-office has since been
received, and its contents delivered.
During the last month the number of passengers between
France and England, who embarked from and landed at Bou-
logne, amounted to 2,545. At Calais the number during the
same period NMI 969. Of the 2,545 passing by Boulogne
1,882 crossed to and from Folkestone ; 263 to and from Dover ;
and 400 direct to and from London.

A Tory paper asserts that there is no truth in the report
that in the event of her Majesty's purchasing a residence in
the Isle of Wight, Government would introduce a Bill to Par-
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'lament, to dispose of the Pavilion at Brighton.
The Newry Examiner states that Lord Wharncliffe is to
succeed Lord de Grey as Lord-Lieutenant, and that Lord
Langdale is to be the new Irish Chancellor, as successor to
Sir Edward Sugden, who is still suffering from indisposition.
Robert. Houlihan and Patrick Nunan, for the murder of Mr.
Patrick Shine, are under sentence of execution at the county
gaol of Limerick, on Friday next.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the royal gardens
of Buckingham Palace yesterday forenoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode ont on horseback
yesterday. His Royal Highness, attended by Sir Edward
Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, paid a visit to her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent at her residence, Clarence
House, St. James's.

- Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded Lady Portman as the
Lady in Waiting on the Queen. The Marquis of Ormondc
has succeeded Lord Byron as the Lord in Waiting on her
Majesty ; and Sir Frederick Stovin has succeeded Admiral
Sir Robert Otwav, as the Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.
Their Royal highnesses the Prince of Wiles and the
Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday, in the royal
gardens.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady
Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, dined with her Majesty
and Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, yesterday evening.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert did
Mr. Moon the honour to inspect the finished proof of Mr.
Don's line engraving from the portrait of his 'Royal Highness
by Mr. Partridge, in the uniform of the 11th Hussars, which
was highly approved, and gracious permission given that it
should be dedicated to her Majesty. At the same time her
Majesty commanded that the engraving in line by Mr. J. H.
Robinson, of the portrait of her Majesty, should be dedicated
to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
The Ecclesiastical Commission had a meeting yesterday
afternoon at the Office in Whitehall-place. The Comniis-
sioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bishop of London, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of
Chester, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the
Bishop of Llandatr, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Lord
President of the Council, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of
Chichester, the Earl of Harrowby, the Right Hon. H. Hob-
house, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Dean of
Westminster.

A Deputation of the Aborigines Protection Society, had an
interview with Lord Stanleyyesterday at the Colonial-office to
present a memorial on the subject of the Aboriginesgenerally,
and with special reference to those of New Zealand. The Depu-
tation consisted of Dr. Hodgkin, Rev. J. Burnett, Mr. Henry
Christy, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. A. Braithwaite, the Chevalier Dil-
lon, Mr. R. Young, Mr. A. B. Wright, Mr. Hatswell, and the
Rev. J. J. Freeman
Piri Kaw-an, a New Zealand chief, also accompanied the
Deputation.

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FREE TRADE.---A number of inhabitants of Crip-
plegate Within assembled on Monday, at 68, Cheapside, for
the purpose of forming a Free-trade Registration Society,
Mr. Frost in the chair. Mr. Thomas Kirby moved, "That
the meeting adopting the recommendation of the Metropolitan
Anti-Corn-law League, do resolve itself into an associa-
tion, under the name of ' The Free-trade Registration As-
sociation, for the Ward of Cripplegate Without.' " Mr.
Richard Tweedale seconded the resolution, which was carried.
unanimously. Mr. Strood moved the appointment of a com-
mittee. Mr. Shee seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.
The Rev. Dr. Warneford has presented a donation
of 5001. towards the erection of a collegiate chapel in con-
nexion with the Queen College at Birmingham, an institu-
tion on which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
confer a royal charter of incorporation. The Rev. J. Wool-
ley, Fellow and late Dean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge,
has been elected the resident warden.
FIRE IN FLEET-STREET.---On Monday morning
shortly before eleven o'clock, a fire occurred in the front
cellar of Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. The cellarman, in
taking down a candle, for the purpose of decanting some
wine, accidentally let fall a spark among the straw, which
instantly ignited, avid spread considerably before it was ex-
tinguished. Mr. Braidwood reports the damage as fol-
lows :—" Burnt and damaged two casks of wine, wood par-
titions, and joists of ground-floor in the front cellar severely
scorched."