The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the King of the Bel-
gians, and the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service
yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. Jan es's.
The sermon was preached by ,the Rev. Dr. Veath, from
Acts, chap. 19, ver. 2. The prayers were read by the
Reir. C. Packman, the lessons by the Rev. J. Baden, and
the Communion service by the same clergymen. The
musical service was Boyce, in C. The Anthem, "Praise
the Lord" (Scott). Mr. oss presided at the organ.
The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, and the
Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, were in
Waiting. . The Royal suite included the Countess of
Charlemont, Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, Viscount
Haw:ll-den, Lord Colville, Him. Sir William Lumley,
Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel Bouverie. Lady Anna
Maria Dawson was in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent.
Among the Nobility present were the Lords Wilton,
Effingham, Bective, Gesford, Ingestre, Canterbury,
Wrotteidey. and Eliot. _ _ .

The Duchecs of Gloucester and the Princm Sophia
visited the Queen of the Belgians yesterday, at Buck-
it-g,Yhtun Palace.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday
afternoon.

Prince George of Cambridge visited Prince Albert
yesterday. --
Prince Albert, attended by Cul. Bouverie, rode out on
horSeback on Saturday.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were
taken an airing in the Royal gardens on Saturday, ac-
companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Th• Duchess of Kent visited the Queen on Saturday
forenoon. . .

The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta
of Cambridge, visited the Queen of the Belgians on Sa-
turday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday evening included their Majesties the King and
Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, the
Countess de Merode, Lady Anna:Maria Dawson, Hon.
Sir Edward Cust, Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, Count
Hompesch; Baron de Dieskau, and M. de Moerkerka.
The.band of the Coldstreatn Guards were in attend-
ance at the Palace during dinner.
The Duchess. of Cambridge, and the Princesses Au-
gusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended Divine service
yesterday morning in Grosvenor ChapeL Lady Au-
gusta Somerset was in waiting on the Royal Duchess.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones,
left town on Saturday fbr Cambridge.
The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge
honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston with
their company on Saturday evening, at their residence
on Carlton-terrace.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta
of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset,
I took an airing to Kew yesterday afternoon.
Some of the Ministers and Officers of State attended

at the Home-office yesterday afternoon. Sir James
Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department,
went in the afternoon to Buckingham Palace. The At-
torney-General arrived in town at half-past six o'clock,
and immediately attended at the Home-office.
Sir Robert Peel left town on Saturday, on a visit to
Sir Henry Hardinge, at his seat, South-park, Penshurst.
Archdeacon Davis, of Antigua, and Archdeacon
Parry, of Barbadoes, had interviews with Lord. Stanley,
on Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
Lord Wharncliffe left town for Wortley Hall, near
Sheffield.

The Chancellor of the lvxchequer left town on Satur-
day, for Cambridge.
Lord E. Somerset and Captain Denman had inter-
views, on Saturday, with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-
office. _ _ _

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday. The Loris present were Lords Wynford
and Brougham, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of
the Admiralty Court.
Lord Brougham gave judgment in the Appeal "Rev.
Mr. Escott v. Mastin," affirming the decree of the Court
below, with costs.

THE CONDEMNED SERMON AT

NEWGATE.

Yesterday the condemned sermon was preached by
the Rev. Mr. Carver, the Ordinary, according to the
usual custom, in the chapel of Newgate. Orders had
been previously issued by the :Sheriffs for the exclu-
sion of the public, so that none but the functionaries
aid Cooper, the convict to be executed, and Francis,
whose punishment has been commuted to transporta-
tion for life, and the prisoners who are confined for
minor offences, or about to take their trials, were pre -
sent. Those who are aware of the avidity with which
seats have been sought for by persons who find plea-
sure in the indulgence of a morbid excitement, will
not be surprised to learn that many were dissa-
tisfied with the new arrangement; but the reflecting
portion of the community, who regard that greatest
stretch of power, the taking of life by the authority of
the law, as a thing too serious for theatrical display,
will rejoice that an end has been put to such exhibi-
tions, and that we shall hear no more of crowds re-
sorting to Newgatc on the Sunday, under the influence
of one of the most extraordinary and unaccountable
passions to be found in the depths of the human
heart. •

Cooper, who appears to suffer exceedingly from the
poison which he took soon after he committed the
ofience for which he is condemned to die, was carried
into the chapel by two of the turnekys, and placed on
a bench under the sheriff's pew, and Francis was
seated at some distance from him, but separate from
the other prisoners, who were arranged within the
iron railings at each side of the building.

Cooper took more notice of the service than those
who have been accustomed to observe his conduct
would have reason to expect ; for, until within the last
few days, he has betrayed a recklessness, which
impressed the .Ordinary with the very worst opinion
of the state of his moral perceptions. In fact, the
officers of the prison, one and all, have considered
him to be a most singular specimen of ruffianism, and
just as likely to repeat the offence for which he is to
die, if he 110 the power and opportunity, as he was
disposed foterpetrate it, upon .finding that an impedi-
ment was offered to his escape from the hands
of justice. His conduct in the chapel convinced those
who witnessed it that a .favourable change had
taken place in the thoughts of the unfortunate man.
Francis upon entering the chapel shed tears, and
wept frequently during the service. He seemed to
be overwhelmed with the consciousness of his own
unworthiness, of which he has spoken several times
since the Ordinary. and Sheriff communicated to him
the gracious interference of her Majesty in his be;
hal f.

The Ordinary took his text from the Ist Book of
Samuel, chap. ii. verse 25, " If one man sin against
another the judge shall judge him ; but if a man
sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him?
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice
of their father, because the Lord would slay them."
The Reverend Gentleman dwelt with great impres-
siveness upon the offence committed by Cooper, and
also alluded to the crime of. which Francis was con-
victed. The former was evidently affected by what
he heard, and the latter sighed and wept bitterly.
Upon leaving the chapel, Cooper said be feared he
should not be able, in consequence of the weakness
and disorder of his legs, to." make his way" up the
ladder in the morning without the assistance of those
who conveyed him to his seat in the place of Divine
worship. •
Francis, in the delight he has felt at the mitigation
of his sentence, has evidently forgotten what he was
informed at the same time, that he was to be sent to
hard labour for life to the most penal of our settle-
ments.' The warrant distinctly states the nature cf
the penalty he has to pay.

HEIM BREUNIG'S A.RMONICA-

PIANO.

The third morning concert of Herr Breunig was
given the day before yesterday at Saville House,
Leicester square, for the purpose of exhibiting the
qualities of his harmonica-piano, just brought by him
from Vienna: Singular in many respects, his instru-
ment is well worthy the attention of connoisseurs.
In appearance it resembles the ordinary grand piano,
but possesses the novel advantages of sustaining,
strengthening, diminishing, or modifying the sonorous
vibrations produced by the percussion of the hammer,
(as in the ordinary piano) by a .current of air acting
upon a set, of reeds located within the body of the
instrument. The effect produced thereby, in the per-
formance of any operatic piece of music, is
extraordinarily line ; and - by the combination
of sounds elicited from the reeds, augmented
by the instrumentations of the piano, its resemblance
to the swell and power.of the organ is clOse and almost
identical, with this superadded advantage, however,
that it has a range of swelling and falling tones which
that instrument wants, and which, in the
,present
ease., exquisitely attune themselves in exact proportion
to the elevation or depression, of a singer's voice, or
even of a numerous choir. We can only like.l the
sound produced by the reeds to that of some dozen
Syrinxes, full-blowing their cany tubes in concerted
harmony ; while in those passages where the strength
of the instrument i 3 sumnioned up, these might be
supposed to cease, and Pan, the supreme, played on
hiS pipe, his own grand and • sounding solo. Herr.
Breunig'S piano requires some slight difference of
touch from that adopted for the common range of
keys, but a tolerable pianist soon acquires the mode.

THE STONE-lIEAP TEST.—The accumulation of
stones at the Leeds stone heap, broken by the paupers,
amounts to 150.000 tons, and in order to diminish this
stock, for which there is little or no &mand, the over-
seers have made, in many instances, a sort of compromise
with the stone-breakers, by which they consent to allow
them 6s. a week for doing nothing rather than 7s. 6d. a
week for breaking stones.—Leeds Mercury.