The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

IVINDson, WEDNEsDAy.—The Queen and Prime Albert walked this morning in the Home Park.
Afterwards his Royal Highness rode to Swinley, at-
tended by Viscount Sydney and Sir Edward Bowater,
where, as is usual at Swinley, the Royal party had
most excellent sport. Lord Rossmore (late Hon. Mr.
Westenra) had the honour of joining the Prince and
his suite at this sport at Swinley. The Royal party
returned to the Castle to lunch.
Viscount Canning took leave this morning,
Her Majesty and the Prince rode out in a pony
pllanton, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the
Viscountess Canning, Hon. Amelia Murray, by
Colonel Grey, and Sir Edward Bowater. On the re-
turn of the august party from their drive, her Majesty
and Prince Albert walked for some time in the garden
of the East Terrace, the afternoon being very fine.
His Excellency the Belgian Minister, and Madame
Van de Weyer, arrived to-day at the Castle, on a visit
to her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper, will join
the Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening.
V n de Wy
eyer, is alsothe Earle
of Liverd to include M. aViscountess
nd Madame
Canning,,,_ Viscount Sydney, the two Maids of Honour,
the Groom and the Equerry in Waiting on the
gueen, and the Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert.
Covers are laid for sixteen.
Her Majesty's ifrivate band and the band of the
Foot Guards will attend at the Castle this evening.

General Alva, the Spanish Minister, visited the
Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
The Attorney-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
A meeting of the Customs' Revenue Commission
Was held at twelve o'clock yesterday, at wyclyr
House, Whitehall. Lord Granville Somerset, the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and other Commission-
-2114 attended the meeting. The Commission sat some
noun.

Sir Henry Hardinge has left town for his seat,
South Park, Penhurst.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview
With Sir J. Graham yesterday, at the Home-office.

At a Court of Bailiffs, Wardens, and Assistants of
the Weavers' Company, in Basinghall-street, Under-
sheriff Hardwick was unanimously elected Clerk of
the Company, in the place of Mr. John Phipps, re-
Sighed.

A GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE FUND.—
'''.ll3r_attempt to give the aggregate amount of sub-
scriptions hitherto received by the League from various
quarters would be vain, even if it were practicable ;
4..11141 undesirable at present, because premature. But
r may notice the state of the subscription in some of
I4e, large towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire,—the
only two counties that have hitherto moved in this
sUbscription. Manchester in two days contributed
Upwards of 4,000/. ; since which the subscription is
roceeding; but, as the collecting-books are in the
ds of various gentlemen, it is impossible to state
the amount since received. In Liverpool, up to Mon-
: leY evening, the amount subscribed was 1,5271. In
ftochdale, the total amount up to yesterday exceeded
1,8001 ! In Yorkshire also the subscription is pro-
teding ; that of Leeds exceeding 1,0001., and that of
'auddersfield amounting, at the beginning of this
Leek, to upwards of 1,3001. We have named only
e towns, the aggregate subscriptions of which, at
therefore
moment, considerably exceed 10,0001. Five towns,
erefore, have raised already more than one fifth of
e total sum of 50,0001. The aggregate amount of
e great ftind thus raised will be made known at the
!fleeting on the 30th January.—Manchester Guardian.
Mr. John Parry's concert on Monday evening, at
41tackney, was very fully attended by a highly ele-
Pin and respectable company. Thalberg performed
ly° of his fantasias with his accustomed matchless
ter, also the duet from Norma with Madame
cken, on two of Erard's grand pianofortes,
which elicited the most rapturous applause.
'4lr. Lazarus played a solo on the clarionet excel-
ElntlY• A great variety of popular songs and duets
liiere mast successfully sung by Madame and Signor
enconi, Miss Dolby, Miss Rainforth, Mr. Hobbs,
and Mr. John Parry. Signor Negri presided at the
fPianoforte with great tact and ability. It was late
efOrC Miss Rainforth arrived, owing to her perform-
Alg in The Merry Wives of Windsor at Covent
Garden.
. REPORTED ELOPEMENT.—A paragraph appeared
!II the newspapers of Saturday last, under the head
Elopement," giving a detailed account of the
elopement of a " Miss Manners, a young lady, aged
23, of great beauty, and possessing a fortune of 5,000/.,
the house of her brother, near Sidcup, Kent, with
4Policeman of the R division,"; and subsequent mar-
age of the parties at Woolwich church. On inquiry,
It appears there is not the slightest ground for as-
trting that such a marriage took place at Woolwich
'lurch, and, if that part of the report is proved to
el incorrect, it is probable the whole story of the
upement and marriage is equally without founda-
-44u. At all events, one circumstance is certain—the
Policeman of the R division, said to be one of the parties,
!till performs his duty at the Dock-yard, as if no such
7,(irtunate occurrence had taken place as to become
The husband of a young lady of great beauty, with a
• fortune of 5,000/.
SUTUERLANDSIIIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. B.—The pro-
pitious state of the weather since Monday of last
Week, is truly astonishing at such a season of the
Year, every day of this week having been remarkably
ealoa and genial. Snow has almost totally dis-
Ppeared from the highest summits, and the
'and is now so dry and pliant, that it is seldom in
4_such a condition at seed time. Frost peeps in at in-
tervals but is as soon driven away by salubrious and
'
briny breezes from the high penchant mountains of
"ester Ross. Cattle and sheep were never in better
condition at such a period, there being a sufficient
Supply of fodder, and an abundance of turnip. Farmers
re got their cattle of every description in prime
endition.—Ross -shire Advertiser.
PLATTERY OVERDONE.—The Commerce observes,
that
M. Thiers, the great planner of the Church of
the Madeleine, has carried his love of flattery so far
as to decorate the niches of the church with statues
of saints, the patrons of the numerous family of Or-
leans. At the gates are placed the statues of St.
Outs and St. Philip, in the interior those of St.
t. Rand St. Aurelia, patronesses of the Queen, and
aphael, patron of the Duke de Nemours. If
'4le temple of the Madeleine has been elevated to the
the
of God, it was likewise intended not a little for
'tie glory of the Orleans family."
BISHOPRIC OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR.—The
11..,1un of the two sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, which
Rill take place unless that portion of the Act 6 and 7
Wlrl. IV., relating to the subject is repealed, meets
Veith strenuous opposition. A highly respectable and
ttatnerous meeting was held last Tuesday at Carnar-
/13,u, when petitions to Parliament were agreed to, in
lynich, after pointing out the increased necessity for
.Itiscopal superintendence, the petitioners say—" The
13ishoprics of St. Asaph and Bangor have been; from
/217 ancient times, endowed with funds solemnly de-
feated to the maintenance of the Church in North
Wales ; and they cannot feel it consistent with the
Interests of religion or with the demands of justice, or
!yen with the report of the Ecclesiastical Commis-
"euers, to unite these sees in order to divert a portion
4,f. these funds to the endowment of a Bishopric in a
district unconnected with Wales, and one of the
Wealthiest in the empire."
TRE 'STATISTICAL SOCIETY.—This Society has pre-
Pared some curious statistical records from a recent
survey. In a parish containing 1,500 houses, there
are no less than 700 children in arms, giving the enor-
mous average of nearly half a baby to each house ;
and in calculating the number of street door bells, a
:411larger result is arrived at. Of seven hundred and
twenty
knockers, there are six hundred and
Zenty out of the reach of a child, eighty-nine want
painting, thirty-two are in tolerable repair, and
ite remaining one has been wrenched off since the
Society's last survey. Out of seven families occu-
pying nine rooms, four had paid their rent, two had
Zroe idea of doing so, and the remaining one had
made a point of always running away with the goods,
14 anticipation of any harsh proceeding on the part of
4,
landlord.—Punch.
LONGEVITY IN MANCHESTER.—III the midst of
"Quell exaggeration and misrepresentations as to the
assumed unhealthiness of Manchester, as a place of
I:Fsidence, and especially as to the vitally destruc-
tive effects of the employments of our operatives,
4aay be worth while to place on record such
rets as the following, which we believe may
ue relied on. On Saturday last, there met
accidently,
at the shop of Mr. David Appleton,
hairdresser, Ashton-street, London-road, five per-
sons, all inhabitants of Manchester, namely, three
j'en and two women, whose united ages amount
tan
hundred and twelve years! The age of the oldest
"lan is 87 years ; and he is truly entitled to be ranked
one of the labouring classes, as he has spent no less
Bali 57 years of his life in the service of one firm,
i
I'whose employment he has filled various subordinate
'l,ees, including that of watchman of the premises.
, The next of the party to this patriarch, in point of
~nior] y i
, s another working man of 82 years ; he is,
aria has long been, a hand-loom weaver. The third
110144 is aged 81 years, and he too is a hand-loom weaver.
of the women, aged 81 years, is the wife of the
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:e4Yer of 82 years ; and she also pursues that occupa-
tion when she can obtain work. The fifth individual
the party is a poor widow of 81, who nurses
ildren for a livelihood ; her subsistence being eked
°l.t by the aid of some little parochial relief. All
these individuals, then, are of the poorer working
(AZ's and they all live within half a mile of each
"er, all within the town of Manchester, or, to he
Inure
exact within the townships of Manchester and
Ar"iek, but all in the town, none of them residing
tifbfieienn the suburbs to be said to have a rural
itatiotlny . i
—Manchester Guardian.