The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert took en airing yesterday after-
noi.n in an open carriage and f iur ; the Him. C010n..1 Grey
and Colonel Bouverie, the Equerries in Waiting on the her
NlaYsty and the Prince, att,ndtrig on horseback:
Their Royal Highness...the Prince of Wales and.the Princess
Royal were taking an airing yesterday in a carriage and four,
accompanied by the D wager Lady Lyttelton. , .
The Royal dinner party at flu kingham Palace last evening,
inc.nded his Facitency Ali Effendi, his Excellency General
Sancho, the Duchess of Baccleach, the Earl of Liverpool, and
the Earl of Aberdeen.

The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in
ettendance at the Palace during dinner.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, left town at ten o'clock yesterday morning
for Frogmore. Her Royal Highness returned to her residence,
Clarence House, soon after six o'clock.

Their Royal' Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Auguita
Somerset, went to Kew yesterday, returning to Candwidge
House in the evening.
His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, at-
tended by the Baron d'Erffa, arrived at Marlborough Housei
at twelve o'clock yesterday, from Bushy Ilouse, Bushy Park,
the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. His Se-
rene Highness kft town at four o'clock for Bushy.
The I.ord Chancellor, Sir Robert. Peel, the Duke of Wel-
lington, Lord Wharneliffe, Earl of Ripon, Lord Stanley, sir
James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other
Cabinet Min.sters, attended the investigation. at the Home-
office yesterday. After the examination, Sir Robert Peel
went to Buckingham Palace.
Messrs. G. Robinson, It. Bryden, C. nibble, and a Deputation
on the Liverpool Improvement Bill, had an interview with the
Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade.
A Deputation, including Messrs. Thomson, Brooke, and
Brice, had an interview on Tuesday with the Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone, at the Office of the Board of Trade, on the Copy-
right of Designs Bill.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Couneil sat yesterday.
The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Wynford,
Lord Brougharn, Lard Campbell, Mr. Justice Erskine, the
Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Judge of the Admi-.
ralty Court.

Air. Pemberton, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Burge, Queen's
Counsel, were heard for the respective parties, in an appeal
from St. Lucia, " Gahan v. Laffette " (tehearing).
lord Brougham gave judgment on the part of their Lord-
ships.
The Queen's Advocate for the we'lant, and Dr. Addams
and Mr. Hope for the respondent, were heard on an appea,
from the Court of Arches, " Fiske Goodeve Harrison v
Harrison."

Mr. Justice Erskine gave judgment on an appeal heard at
former iittings, from Bengal, " Maharajah Mitterjut Singh v.
Heirs of Jeaurent Singh." Their Lordships affirmed the
decree of the Court belsw, so far as an lulling the sale of the
property, end directed each party to pay his own costs.
Mr. 3a3lice Erskine also deliTereci judgment on an appeal
" Sheikh Imdad Ali v. 111nsnmat Kootby Begum." from Bengal.
Their Lot dahips reversed the decree of the Sudder Dewanny
Ada wlut, and confirmed the decree of the Provincial Court.

Sir John and Lady Gerard have left Farrance's Hotel, Bel•
grave-street, for their seat, New Hall, Warrington.

THE THAMES TUNNEL.—We mentioned last week
that the atmospheric railway apparatus was likely to be laid
down in the Thames Tunnel, for the conveyance of passengere.
We have since learnt that it is proposed to apply the apparatus
to the ascent and descent, not only of passengers, but horses,
carriages, goods, &e., by means of the existing passenger
shafts, so as entirely to obviate the necessity of further open-
ings, which, of necessity, must be of a very expensive character.
It is believed that the cost of the apparatus would not amount
to one-tenth part of the sum necessary to form carriage ap-
proaches, as originally intended. Sir I. M. Brunel, the emi-
nent engineer of the Tunnel, immediately on inspecting the
railway at Wormwood Scrubbs, discovered how applicable it
would be to the extraordinary work which he has, with so
much energy and skill, brought nearly to completion.—Rail-
way Times.
GUERNSEY, JUNE 30.—0 n Monday afternoon,
Admiral Sir Edward Codringtnn, Port Admiral at Ports-
mouth, arrived here from Jersey, on board the Fanny yacht,
accompanied by her Majesty's cutter Seaflower. Lieutenant
Robilliard. On Tuesday morning his Excellency Major-
General Napier went off. to the Fanny to .meet the gallant
Adm!ral. Shortly afterwards two boats left the Fanny, and
a salute, fired from Fort George. announced that Sir Edward
Codrington was coming ashore. In the first boat were Sir
Edward and General Napier ; in the second, Captain Cod-
rington, 11. N. (son of Sir Edward), two lathes, Harry
Dobree, sen., Esq., and his son, Lieutenant Dobree, R.N.
The party landed at the north pier, and by some singular coin-
cidence, directly under the stern of the schooner Navarino,
which coincidence must have stt uck General Napier, as we
perceived hint directing the attention of the gallant Admiral to
the vessel's name. In the afternoon the whole party proceeded
on an excursion to Sark, in the two boats, and returned in the
evening. On Wednesday, the Lieutenant-Governor and the
Admiral made a tour of inspection round the island. This
morning ( Thursday) his Excellency General Napier embarked
on board the packet for Jersey, on a visit to his Excellency
General Sir Edward Gibbs, where he will remain for a few
days. Admiral Codrington will remain here a short time longer.
EXTRAORDINARY RACE.—Yesterday morning, at
fire minutes past 5 o'clock, 52 carrier pigeons belonging to dif-
ferent persons at Brussels, were let loose at Liverpool, and
started off with the swiftness of the wind, on a race to the Bel-
gian capital. They had been brought over to this place co-
vered up in a basket, for a grand trial of their swiftness and.
sagacity in returning to their homes. and the winner of the race
will carry off a handsome sweepstakes. They were set at li-
berty in the neighbourhood of St. Ltle's Church. and imme-
diately rose to at least double the height of its tower, slier
which they all started off to the south-east, the direct route to
Brussels, with incredible rapidity. When they were let loose,
the morning was bright and beautiful, but if the rain should
have been as heavy in the south-east (luring the day as it was
here, their flight will have beet greatly impeded, and some of
them will be likely to lose their way across ihe channel. We
shall be curious to hear the result of this extraordinary race.—
Liverpool Times, Tuesday.
ANOTHER PROPHECY.L-A ridiculous prophecy,
resembling that which lately frightened or amused the
people of London, and which threatened an awful earth-
qmike to the metropolis, is now rif • in the neighbourhood
of Inverness. War is to be the medium of destruction in
the present case. "The sa ord, the sword, is coming upon
Scotland," and, according to the Highland seer, the enemy
will, in August next, land upon that side of the sea, or Cro-
warty Frith, on %% hfch the sun rises. Houses and villages
are to be V.lirtied, and the last battle is .to be foUght
on the mountain opposite Lochassie. They that flee
away shall cross the little burn at the end of Lochassie,
and proceed by Lochness. The enemies, it is said,
are to be " clothed in drab-coloured dresses," an army
of Quakers ! Yet Quakers do not fight, so that the
armed men cannot be genuine Obadiahs. The great
body of the people are to go by Loch Dunteichiag,
" and the pursuers," continues the prophecy, " shall
stop on the side of the hill which is towards the
Belaidh, and they shall go no further. When the
dead bodies- shall be buried on the battle-field
great shall be the burying-place that shall be theirs !"
This nonsensical farrago, which seems to proceed
from a disordered intellect, and not from a cunning
impostor, has been transmitted from Canada, by an old
Highlander, who left this neighbourhood 37 years ago,
under the impression that the event now predicted would
one day take place. Some persons think that Donald has
been engaged by an emigrant agent in Canada to prac-
tise on the ignorant and superstitious of his country-
men, to induce them to fly from this danger, and seek a
shelter on the other side of the Atlantic. The prophecy
has been widely circulated, and is believed by hundreds
-we might almost say thousands—of the country peo-
ple. Meetings are held on the subject, and the
utmost consternation is evinced. It is said also
that appearances of fighting men and strange figures are
witnessed in the sky, near Leys ; and it is not impro.
bable that some atmospheric phenomena may have hap-
pened to cause this impression. The heat of the season
has been intense, and one optical illusion of the kind, by
refraction, undoubtedly took place at Foit George. It
is lamentable to think how long the empire of supersti-
tion and credulity has been maintained over the human
inind.—ltverness Courier.
RUMOURED " AFFAIR OF 'lol4oUB:l—The on slit
of Saturday night last, amongst the lovers of gossip in our
town, was that an "affair of honour" had, in the course
of the afternoon, come off in some secluded spot near the
sand. hills beyond Bootle. The story, such as it
is, runs as follows :—About thr,:e o'clock on
Saturday afternoon a respectably-dressed individual
summoned the driver of Mr. Morris's car, 169, from
the stand, and ordered him to drive to the house of Mr.
Bates; the Boar's Head, Drury-lame. The car was driven
to the place ordered, end the driver was'requested to ac-
company the gentleman to th'e- shop of Messrs. Pow.ll
and Williams, gun' and 'pistol4nakers. The gentleman
there desired to be furnished with a pair of duelling-
pitols, powder. ball, and percussion-caps. He left on
these a deposit of three sovereigns, giving his name and
address, and saying he would try the pistols, and, if he
did not like them, return them on Monday. He returned,
accompanied by the driver to the Boar's-head, where,
with two other persons, he got into a car, a hick was,
by order of the parties, driven to the sandhills beyond
Bootle. The three then got out and adjourned
to some distance, when, presently, the carman heard
two pistol-shots. He ran to the spot, where he saw
that one of the gentlemen had been wounded in the
arm. He was ordered to return to hi,-car, where, in a
few minutes, he was joined by the party, the members of
which got in, and ordered him to drive back to Liverpool.
One of the individuals remarked to the other, as
they took their seats, "I could have shot you, if I had
thought proper." Such are the incidents which we have
gathered relative to this piece of gossip, and we have no
doubt of their truth. Whether the two principals and
' the one second who went to the ground so lo%ii sly in
the car intended merely to send for, 11 a rumour through
the mouth of the carman, or whether they were really
silly enough to fight a real duel, we cannot say. We
leave the matter to future investigut ion. LiverpoulAlbion.
VAUXHALL GARDEN s.—This summer resort opened
last eight, and, in addition to other attrac, ions, the vocal concert
is restored, and Mrs. Grattan sings in it. The Burning of Ham-
burg is on so large a scale, that all the avenues leading to the
ground are closed up until the exhibition is over.
Paired off on the Poor-law for the remainder of the
session, after Friday, 9th July:—Mr. Ogle for, iSir W. James
against.

FIGHT BETWEEN JOHNNY WALKER AND NED
ADANIS FOR 2001.—Tuesday a prize fight for the above sum
took place in a field near 13racknell, in Berkshire, between
Johnny Walker and Ned Adams, both belonging to the London
ring. After fighting forty-two rounds in one hour and a half,
Adams being severely punished, Walker was declared the
victor. Waler was the favourite during the contest, the odds
being five to two on him.
There is not a single London Bankrupt in last
night's Gazette.
From all we can learn, the harvest promises to he
early, abundant, and good ; a little more rain, however, if it
pleased Providence to bestow it, would apparently produce
much benefit.

THE LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW STEA AD-
MIRA favourite vessel arrived here on Friday, after a
remarkably short passage from Greenock. It is with pleasure
we observe her resume her place between Liverpool and Glas-
gow, for, without disparagement to others, the Admiral is, to
our taste, as fine a first•class steamer as is to be met with in
this country. She is of the same class and description as the
Achilles, and. from what we cap learn, is of greater length of
keel than the famed Boston and Halifax steam-ships. Although
the speed, elegance, and comfort of the Admiral are so well
known to travellers, we recommend every person who can ap-
predate a fine steam-ship to go view the Admiral.-- Liverpoo
Albion.