The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCUL AR.
Their Royal Highnesses the Du. ice and Duchess
of Cambridge and the Princess Augl ista of Cambridge
visited the Duchess of Gloucester 0 41 Tuesday after-
noon at Gloucester House. The 1 )uke and Duchess
of Cambridge were after ards pre` knt at the perform-
ance in the Haymarket Theatre in the evening, at.
tended by Lady Augusta Some rset, her Royal High-
ness's Lady in Waiting.
The Minister of the Net] ierlands had an interview
With Lord Aberdeen at the Foreign-office, yesterday.
Sir. Hudson Lowe had an interview with Lord
Stanley Yesterday at the Col opi•al-effice.
Chancellor
Earl of Lincoln had an interview with the
of the Exchequer yesterday at his official
residence in Downing-street..
The Duke of Wellington. gave a grand dinner last
evening at Apsley House to his Imperial Highness
the Archduke Frederick of A ustria and the Noble-
men and Gentlemen of his Suit. Baron de Mon-
eorvo, the Portuguese Minister; Baron de Cetto, the
13avarian Minister ;. M. Dedel, the Netherlands Mi-
nist
-.r ; Baron Brunow the Russian Minister; Count
I(ie wan I segge, the Hanoveria.n Miniater ; the Earl of
Aberdeen, and a select party, were present to meet his
Imperial Highness.
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council,
,
town
yesterday morning on a visit to Sir Robert
eel, at his seat, Drayton Ma nor, Staffordshire.
Sir George Clerk left town yesterday morning for
Drayton Manor, on a visit to Sir Robert Peel.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
George Dodd, Esq., M.P., Mrs.. Dodd, and Miss
Sanders, in Montagu-square, from the Pyrenees; his
eeellency General Cass rind Mr. Lewis Cass, at
kg's Hotel, Bond-street, from Paris; G. Y. Wil-
cl:s"
Esq., Esq., and J. Malueck, Esq., at ditto; S.
of Trinity College, Cambridge, at ditto ;
Vin Portal, Esq., from Freefolk Priors; Rev. W.
p,..84ke11, at ditto, from Devonshire : G. Ferguson,
10, at ditto, from Sussex; D. Floyds, Esq., and F.
Altives, Esq., at ditto, from New York ; Mr. and
t L. Faits and family, at Markwell's London Ho-
Albemarle-street, from the Continent ; J. Pain,
el:1-, at Nelson's Hotel, Portland -place from Christ-
• the Misses Sutton, at ditto, from' Cologne ;
rs- Owen and family, at ditto, from Hastings; J.
drikins, Esq., and Mr. Jenkins, at ditto, from Car-
en, South Wales ; J. Bourne, Esq., and family,
ditto, froth the Continent ; Lyndley Purcell, Esq.,
at ditto.

DEPARTURES.
and Miss Jackson, from Long's Hotel, for
; Henry Annesley Wuodham, Esq., from
tlittottol for Cambridgedge ; John Norris, Esq., from ditto,
Rughenden House ; Edward Reynolds, Esq., from
ut
ph for Huntingdon; Mr. and Mrs. Grant•de; Lon-
7:eville and Miss Cregor Colmore, from Markwell's
Macleod
Hotel for More End, Cheltenham ; Edward
tehleo(l, Esq., from ditto, for Arley Hall, Glouces-
V-L're ; Major and Mrs. Hobart and family, from
p;e,rn's Hotel, Portland-place, for Paris ; Sir Thomas
f 'ay, from ditto; for Paris; Thomas Curtis, Esq.,
,r.°4l ditto, for Southgate ; Mr. and Mrs. Purcell, from
'4O, for Brighton.

NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
INCOME-TAX.
h 13uriog the whole of the past week, the inquisitors
t,,l' Ye been prying into the affairs of the inhabitants of
13efo 3 town and Ryde ; numbers have been summoned
re these Paul Prys, to their no small annoyance.
. Is week they rest from their labours ; next, it is
bld these Peelites intend commencing business again,
orsilina °fling up twenty or thirty of the tradesmen
of „ewes before them, with whose private affairs some
'nera wish to become better acquainted. They
.1111te gorged themselves last week, and they will next
eek
ne doubt, enjoy an equally glorious and honour-
This'le fest.
airwhipping on the raw makes some quite sore
eadY, who were Peel's admirers in days gone by, but
the_ worst is to come—the Collector's lash which, it is
e
2-11ected,will be applied in:January ; the little that re-
Thir-4a.ns secret now, will be blown then.
INCOME-TAX AND THE POSTMASTERS.
N 0
s description of business is suffering equal to the
e road
postmaster was before nearly driven off
I
Stip triedau by steam-coaches and steam-vessels, but he
to hold on and brave the storm ; but this
tirlicaule-tax will sweep him away—his having to pay
e assessed taxes, and a fifth of all he earned after-
wards
was too bad, but now he can earn nothing ! !
avert one is saving to meet this tax. All are putting
;re
their sevenpennies but him—those who used to
;r._e a carriage two or three times a week, or once in
"bs'llonth, no longer do so—they can no longer do it
171 pay the tax, though it was beneficial to their
ealm. It enabled them to make friendly visits, or
°ll‘;arded their business—they can no longer do it,
aII' c
Hlonseq
utenseuently the falling og in the post-horse duties
s

thial)' NEWPORT BANK.
~,,Ci.rkPatrick pays a first dividend of two shillings
l'tlee in the pound to-morrow (Nov. 16.), five
it I,.:jigs w exected in all, but it is now feared that
1 - leachot that sum.

.n.6PORTING IN
43ETTINcT AT MAN(

TELL IG ENCE.
CHESTER.—TUESDAY.
40 to 1 agst Newcourt (t)
40 to 1 agst Amorino
40 to 1 agst Languish colt
50 to 1 agst Oxygen colt (t)
5 to 1 agst Scott's lot
13 to 1 agst Sir G. Heath-
cote's lot.

DEE 8 to 1 agst A British Yeo-
man (9 to 1 taken)
20 to 1 agst Murat
20 to 1 agst Winesour
30
40 tto 1 agst Progress colt
o 40 1 agst Parthian
to 1 agst 4O to I agst Nupier (t) erstono

oA
8 to 1 apt Maria Day
10 to 1 agst Lord Westmin-
ster's awes lot (t)

KS.
10 to 1 agst Wee Pet
114 to 1 agst Extempore.

A COURSING.
su
or OWN PARR Nov. 15.—Mr. Kersham's Knight
+, D
Garter beat 'Mr. Goddard's Gammon. Mr. W.
lea ,11's Whip poor Will beat Mr. Bennett's Boulogne.
Braille •'s Bay Leaf beat Mr. Lawrence's Leporello.
s Ernest the First beat Mr. Bowles's Buscar.
Agd E Cup AND SOVEREIGNS.—Mr. Bradley's Barclay
rclaylVl st Mr. Bennett's Brahmin- (no course).
Agg's Amazon beat Mr. Goddard's Gridiron. Mr.
C'Ettl's Eton Boy beat Mr. Lawrence's Longstock. Mr.
Xe-lIT'S Spitfire beat Mr. Morant's Mussulman. Mr.
go:B,naw's Kalmia beat Mr. Etwall's World's End. Mr.
"aesis Nom beat Mr. Morant's May Fly. Mr. Brad-
;:o's ,Laura beat Mr. Bennett's Bravura. Mr. Lawrence's
beat Mr. Goddard's Glasgow. •
10 4,'"i'ARXSIIIRE AND ,RENFREWSIIIRE MEETING, Nov.
krlll3 I2.—The Cup of 161. for dog puppies was won by
Ida. The Pollokshaws Stakes by Lord
's Stag. The Pollok Stakes by Mr. A. Gra-
-1144'1'4, White Hat. The Patterton Stakes by Mr. A.
- h,ISK'S Match'em. The Darnley Stakes by Mr. A. Gra-
'SS blackball, and the Consolation Stakes by Mr. L.
Aig's Lammermoor.
Stak"PETH CLUB Nov. 10 AND 11.—The All Aged
(Ls were won by Mr. Braithwaite's Beeswing. Mr.
i4Tridge's Comua ran up.
of 2,,441NALL MEETING, Nov. 14.—,The Dinner Service
ban— was won by Mr. Gale's Dangerous ; Mr. Bake's
gerous receiving the second prize, 61.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.

A, INT() BRIGHTON, 1843.
for 2 ,„ DAY MENTlONED.—Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each,
out JrB-°lds B.:.c.—Duke of Beaufort's cby Liverpool,
to
.4°l Retamo'sa ; Duke of Bedford's b f 'Commerce ;
ItitrtZ Gr• Bentiuck's Croton Oil ; Lord Chesterfield's c by
Ilis,aoteltler, out of Nameless ; Mr. GFatwiocnk-,'ss
arfatbhY-
g oof the Margravine ; Duke of Maim
Nr5,311; Omphale, and br f Jill ; Colonel
Master Hervey.

l'%N,

Ni.,'4„ANCE, Nov. 16.—THE PILCHARD FISHERY.
to tO th -,4te glad to be enabled to state that, although
of h'e last few days there seemed but little probability
Makin mysterious visitants of the Cornish coasts
the ~,*11? their appearance this year, on Wednesday,
t e "tn instantp they approached in vast quantities
enlelvsainrgds
fthe St.' Ive'S shore ; 12 scans were shot, en-
thoin 12,000 to 13,000 hhds.: and yet, al-
there e weather was stormy, blowing off the land
them the have three or four days at most
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lein of even such as it then was, they would
veaol ueen an tbLi `enabled
e to
o secure them all. Estimating theirt
moderate computation of from 40s.
worth
25s.Per "Dd., they may be fairly be said to be
gre-ari* 0r.30,006/—a-rich prize to the takers, and a
blessing to the surrounding country. It is also
Cured that at Mevagissey some 8,000 or 10,000
eurys: have been taken.—Sherbortte and Yeovil lifer-
. PATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morn-
-I,ng, last the neighbourhood of Messrs. Russell and
a°t•los Wiorlts g
patio
, at Risen, was thrown into great conster-.
DY a report that an explosion of fire damp had
en place, and that several of the colliers had been
nAilieurcd• On repairing to the spot it was found that
wasrteport was correct, but fortunately that the fatality
down into so great as was at first supposed. On going
certainm,to the pit, and examining the stalls, it was as-
td that four men had been badly burned by ex-
rtosien
8 , and two, named John Thomas and Joseph
t,rn4Zulen were found dead. The whole were brought
die`",e surface with the least possible delay, and me-
te:l,i aid obtained for the wounded men; they were at-
.2l'oued with all the care their painful situation required.
A nntouthsltire Merlin.
13A,
into alsh.r.," OF SCORPIONS.—Four scorpions were put
)10 dug in the earth. They soon began to
like The mode was curious. Having two claws
otha cra,
_ atter by with these they attempted to seize each
the head. When one happened to be thus
e ghe
out,
and seemed sensible of his danger, and 'cried
stuntalthe other, regardless of his cries, turned round
11. and gave him one sting. The one that was
theTas if aware of its mortality, resisted no more,
laid down till he died. The other, as if aware of
The same thing, gave himself no further trouble.
wa_ Y all had the same method of fighting, and all the
_ nnquished acted in the same manner. The surviving
becleror was put to death, as too dangerous to
weti allo. •
Afriga. to escape.--Campbell's Travels in South