The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-04 00:00:00

CO URT CIRCULAR. I provisions. It is a notorious fact, that many bankers
Virnmsou,enaded in the Home Park for some time FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince t instead of taking out a license to draw unstamped bilk
Albert prom draw letters of credit payable after a stated period.
this morning.ty and Prince Albert took equestrian That these are not transferable, like bills, is not very
Her Majesty
material, as the London agent pays the letters of credit
tterixercise yesterday evening in the riding school for on the simple endorsement of the holder without identi-
fication. The revenue thus sustains an obvious loss.
Colonel hour, attended by Major-General Wemyss and It is suggested as a remedy that the powers of issuing
Bouverie. notes and drawing unstamped bills should e granted
A deputation from St. Thomas's Hospital, consist- under separate licenses. As for letters of bcredit, the
log of Sir John Pirie, Bart., the President; Thomas law respecting them seems to present peculiar difficul-
'l3' Burbidge, Esq., Treasurer ; "William Pitt, Esq., ties, so that it is doubtful whether, according to the
and Edward Tyrrll, Esq., Governors ; attended by 55th George 111., C. 184, they are legal without stamps
11r. R. A. Wainwright, the Clerk of the Hospital, at all, although they are in constant use, and their con.
had the honour of an audience of his Ro) al High-
venience is generally acknowledged.— Times.
ness Prince Albert at the Castle this morning, to
present to his Royal Highness, according to ancient
t7Btolnt a green staff on his becoming a Governor of
raat royal foundation. An illuminated copy of the
!solutions of the Court was presented by the Presi-
dent to his Royal Highness, who was graciously
pleased to receive the same, and also the usual charge
as a Governor. The gentlemen of the deputation
weregraciously invited
, by the Prince to partake of
luncheon in the Castle, after which they left for town.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken a
carriage airing, and also for a walk in Frogmore-
p!rdens. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was
taken an airing this morning.
, Her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort, attended
by the Equerries in Waiting, went this afternoon to
Ille_riding school for equestrian exercise.
t,
aelud The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
ed her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, and
n'll:George Edward Anson.
Uer Majesty's private band was in attendance in
the Castle after dinner.
A di

putation from
ofth manufacturin district of
Stroud, consisting Mr. W. H. Stang ton, M.P.,
A:lessrs, 117. H. Hyett, N. S. Marling, and Charles
fanton, had an interview yesterday, on the subject
the South Wales Railway, with the Earl of Dal-
housie, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister,
roturned
to town yesterday, from a visit to the Lord
Chancellor, at Turville Park.
Thll Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
yesterday, from a visit to Lord Braybrooke, at
Audley-End, Essex. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of
the Excise, and Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comp-
troller-General to the Commissioners for the Reduc-
tion of the National Debt, had interviews with the
Right Hon. Gentleman, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
The Sardinian Minister transacted business yester-
daY at the Foreign-office.
Lord Grantley had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie yesterday.

£34,327,491
iSFIALL, Chief Cashier.
Lry, 1845.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.
EXPULSION OF A MEMBER.

The monthly meeting of the members of this club was
held last evening at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-
street. The room was crowded to excess by nine o'clock,
at which time the Commodore, W. Harrison, Esq., took
the chair.

Mr. REYNELL addressed the meating on the subject of
a motion, notice of which he had given on the previous
monthly night, for the expulsion of a certain member
who had published some letters in a weekly paper with
reference to th:, disputed case of Lord Alfred Paget's
Mystery and Mr. Wilkinson's Phantom. At a subse-
quent meeting of the club the statements he had made
on the subject were declared by a majority of the club-
-48 to 3—to be of a libellous nature. A motion was then
about to be given for the expulsion of the member, when
he consented to retract and apologise through the same
source as the letters had been promulgated, and did so,
but on the very next occasion that presented itself he
reiterated the statements above alluded to.

The notice for the expulsion of this member (M. H.
Fowler) was accordingly carried last evening by a majo-
rity oc 42 black balls against 8 white balls. The result
of the division was received with loud cheers.
A letter was then read from Lord Saye and Sele, in
which that nobleman, after complimenting the Commo-
dore in the highest terms, expressed his determination to
give a handeti guinea cup (as we understood) as a
mark of satisfaction at the Commodore's return to
office.

The club expressed their warmest thanks, and it was
carried that the latter, in the most complinaentar)
manner, should be expressed to his Lordship.
Other business having been disposed of, the club sepa
rated at a very late hour

ROMANTIC YET TRUE.
Although years have elapsed since the following
remarkable circumstance occurred, it by some acci-
dent escaped our notice till very lately: and even
then in so indirect a shape, that it became necessary
to enter into a little correspondence, before directing
attention to an incident illustrating very forcibly the
verity of the old adage " that truth is sometimes
stranger than fiction.' Such inquiries as we were
enabled to jot have at length been answered to our
own satisfaction ; and before proceeding further, we
have to return our best thanks to Mr. Roderic
M‘Laren, formerly of Glenluce, but now of Carlisle,
and Lieut. Taylor, staff-officer, paymaster of out-pen-
sioners, Stranraer.
As there are two heroes connected with the tale,
we begin with the first, David Kelly, a native of
Wigtownshire, who at present resides in the village
of Portwilliam. As a horse-breaker, or trainer, he
has long maintained an excellent character, and as such
is well known to the gentleman of the county, by
whom he is employed, and even a good way beyond
its bounds. In early life he entered the army, as a
private in the 2d Heavy Dragoons, or Scotch Grays.
From this corps he was discharp,-ad on the 24th
January, 1816, on the modarate allowance of sixpence
per day, in consequence of a severe sword cut received
on his left hand. He had been only three years en-
listed, when it was his f e•tune to abide the brunt of
the most tremendous battle fought in modern times;
and at this period, when in the prime of manhood,
he must have been a remarkably handsome, soldier
looking man. Even yet, at the age of fifty-three, he
stands fully five feet eleven inches high, and is so
firmly knit together, that nature mint have antiaipated
his calling, by moulding his shoulders beautifully for
the combined burdens of a fiery war-charger, heavy
hel:net, carabines, and sword.
Of the other personage connected with a tale cf
real life less is known, from the circumstance that IT
belongs to th • Emerald Isle. and had also been a
soldier in hi :,-auth, in the 4th Draevans, or Ennis
killens, in which capacity it was his fate to become
an actor at Waterloo. To different persons he ha-
mentioned that, while in the service, he was promoted
to the rank of sergeant, and received a temporary
allowance after the great battle which was discon•
tinned
many years ago. To all appearance he is a
man about sixty, having long travelled the whole
south of Scotland as an itinerant cutler ; and who, at
least in one respect, cannot say with Canning's knife-
gri
llndre—" Story;
te, sir." bless you .
God I have none to
With these preliminaries we proceed to state that
on one occasion the above two characters forgathered
—point of contact, parish of Mochrum, estate of Mon-
reith, on the public road leading to Portwilliam. The
cutler, who lael bees either treated to a dram, or
felt fatigued by a long day's journey, in pausing
for a brief space to recover his breath, had fallen
fast asleep by the roadside. His barrow and
wheel stood close at hand ; but, at the same
time, projected rather further on the public
path than men in authority, such as road trus
tees, willingly permit. At this juncture the trainer
appeared, mounted on a young horse he was engaged
in breaking, and as the animal shyed at objects so
unwonted, he essayed every art to urge his steed
onward in the right direction. But, in place of
moving forward, it became restive, which so annoyed
the rider that he bawled out as loudly as possible,
commanding the sleeper to get up instantly, and re-
move his nuisance apparatus to a proper di6tance.
This injunction he repeated more than once without
extracting the slightest response, and, losing all
patience, he called the poor cutler all sorts of names,
telling him, among other thing 3, that he well
deserved fine or imprisonment, in thus en-
dangering the safety of valuable property by
daring to obstruct the King's highway. How long
the clamour continued we do not know ; but, as much
was said and more threatened, the unconscious offender
at length awoke, and, after rubbing his eyes and look-
ing up, on noticing the irregularity, put everything to
rights as speedily as possible. A way thus cleared,
the trainer moved onwards; but, as his temper was
still chafed, he abused the wayfarer up hill and down
dale, in a long string of angry expressions, plentifully
interlarded with expletives altogether unfit for ears
polite. The culter in the first instance bore all pa-
tiently • but, naturally enough, became a little nettled
when his opponent threatened to dismount and trea

him to a sound drubbing, which he would remember
all the days of his life. Accordingly, looking sternly,
he said, " It's one thing to say and another to
Jo; cannot two play at that game ? And to be plain,
I would sooner feel the weight of your fist, and you
mine, than be bothered any longer with your abomi-
nable tongue. An' as to the sport you so brag about,
I've seen more of that in two hours than you ever saw
in your born days, let alone your father and grand
isther afore you." Kelly—" You, you lubber; what
did you ever see, you thief ? Your brogue I did
not nutice before; but now see that, like all your
squad, you like to spin a long yarn." Cutler—
" Softly, my boy; I an' the Ennerskillers did
what we could at Waterloo, a place you never
saw and never will." Kelly—" I was there mysel ;
but as for you, I would like a better warrant
than yours at the foot of the halberds, with the

-
drummerat your back, ready to lay on with the cal

and nine." Cutler —" Say you so, my boy ; and
supposing you spake true, what regiment had the
benefit of your mighty services ? " Kelly—l belonged
to the Scotch Greys." Cutler—" Indeed ! the Scotch
Greys; well, I saw one of your lubbers, as you called
me, set on by three French cavalry, and, thinking
three too many for one, I galloped from my own
ranks and cut down one of them; and, when his corn-

rades saw that, they made off in a twinkling." Kelly
—"An' do you know what became of the Grey
after ? " Cutler—" The poor fellow had got his
bridle-hand cut nearly through at the wrist, by a
Frenchman's sabre, an' with that, and fighting a-while
afore, he seemed quite squeamish ; so I took him to
the rear, an' gave him a brandy sip out of my pocket-
pistol; but as I had to lave him to join my
own ranks, I never saw him more. I never
saw him but that once, an' he may dead or living for
ought I know. But as you are an ould Grey, you
should be civil to Paddy, for the sake of your com-
rade." " Civil," retorted the trainer eagerly, " par-
don, pardon, pardon ! Forget every word I said; if
strangers before, we are brothers now; there is the
wrist that got so fell a stroke; and by the blood and
wounds that raged so rife at Waterloo, you are the
very man that saved my life."
The sequel of the story is soon told. The two men,
perfectly satisfied as to their respective identity, found
their way to Portwilliam, where, under the roof-tree
of a kind hostess, they spent four days and nights in
one another's society, as happy as princes, pledging,
on parting, the most lasting friendship, and vowing to
boot never, never to quarrel more under whatever
circumstances they might chance to meet.—Dun fries
Courier.

STRANGE STORT.—The letters from Florence men-
tion an occurrence which is scarcely credible. The
Countess Z—, of St. Petersburgh, who is known fur
the many male enmities she has kindled, and seems to
delight in, had just entered her carriage in order to go
to the promenade ; the horses were about to start, when
perceiving that she had forgotten something at home,
she descended and re-entered her residence ; but she
had scarcely passed the door, when 3 tremendous ex-
plosion blew the carriage to pieces, and killed the coach-
man. An infernal machine had been introduced into the
body of the carriage. This horrible attempt is imputed
to a young man who had sworn to be conspicuously
revenged on the celebrated Countess. The corpse of the
poor coachman was removed to the Brothers of Mercy.
—Revue de Paris.