The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

"WINDSOR, TUESDA V.—The queen and Prince
Albert walked both in the formujon and after-
noon in the Home Park. . Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, attended by .Lady Fanny
Howard, walked to Datchet, and returned in a
pony phaeton.
Lord Byron has succeeded Viscount Sydney
as the Lord in Waiting on- the Qneen, and Sir
Frederick Stovi a has succeeded Sir Robert ()may
as the Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., is
expected this evening on a visit to her Majesty.
.Viscount Melbourne and the Hon. Sarah
Mary Cavendish left the Castle this morning.
A splendid Shield, executed in silver, repre-
senting in has relief the achievements of the
three P.+tro❑ Saints of Great Britain—viz., St.
George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick, enclosing
a radiated centre, on which is the profile of her
Majesty; was submitted to her Majesty's inspec-
tion this morning. The Shield was executed fur
Mr. W. E. Drax, M.P., by Messrs. Green and
Ward, in commemoration of her Majesty's Coro-
nation.

Their Royal Higlineses-the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta
of Cambridge, attended by Lady Atignsta So-
meniet, honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their
I►resence on Monday evening. Their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess. and the Princess Au-
gusta of Cambridge afterwards returned to their
residence at Kew.

The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-Ge-
neral had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence
in Downing street.

Ilobert Peel firrived lii town ye.,,,terii:;v af-
ternoon, IT-om hi 4 seat, Dray tOn
shire. 'The Rip.ht Tlon. Baronet, oyt
proceeded front, the Euston-square terminus of
the Birmingham- Railway to the terminus of the
Great West6l Railway at Paddington, and left,
town on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
Lord Stanley left town yeSterday on a visit to
the Duke of Buckingham, at his seat, Stowe,
13-ticks.

The Archbishop of Canterbury had au inter-
view yesterday with the Chancellor of the Ex--
etualuer, in Downing-street. •
Sir James Graham left town yesterday fin•
Stowe, Bucks, on a visit to the Duke of Buck-
iffghain. •
Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope were received yesterday at the Co-
hinial-office.

SUNDAY TRAVELLING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
" Est modus in rebus ; sunt certi denique fines,
Quos ultras citraque nequit consistere rectum."

Ant,---Differing as I do, in many points, from
your able Journal, I have all along admired its
unremitting hostility and successful exposure of
cant, .humbug, and hypocrisy. I have therefore
taken the liberty of inclosing to you a document
signed by the Chief Magistrate of this city, and
extensively and gratuitously distributed through-
out this and the neighbouring towns. Of the
good taste, Christian feeling, and humility dis-
pia) ed in this production, as well as the consi-
deration evinced for the labouring manufacturing
classes, you will be no incompetent—no indiffe-
rent judge. The proposed 'Julius for attaining
the desired end, are likewise not unworthy of
observation.

The object of this precious document, ema-
nating, as it does, from a fiction in the Kirk of
Scotland, who are endeavouring, per fits out
nefas, to obtain a domination for their priest-
craft over our civil as well as religious liberty, is
to prevent any railway commuuication betwixt
Edinburgh and Glasgow, or the intermediate
places, on the Sabbath day. The means, you
iserve, by which this end is to lie accom-
plished, are not by showing to the people of this
country, Or to the directory or proprietors of the
railway, the heinous nature of the sin they are
about to sanction. No ; these proprietors, we
are told, are chiefly English, and what can be
expected from them? The mode which these
goodl2hristians adopt for teaching religion to the
shareholders, for inculcating the observance of
the word of' God unto them, is by an appeal
to their pockets. The proposal of these latter-
day saints, is that persons holding their doctrines
should become members of a Sunday club, and
enter into a bond altogether to abstain from tra-
velling by the railroad, to avenge upon the share-
holders the difference of opinion which they may
dare to entertain from these bigoted and self-
elected judges of Christianity.
That is the mode by which Sunday travelling
is to be prevented by these conscientious and re-
liiious men; but what are the means by wllich
that mode is to be obtained. " Let it, (says this
manifesto of those who profess to believe that
God can Work out his own good end), let it, how-
ever, be particularly attended to, that, under
God, success depends on the amount of signa-
tures." The word " amount" of signatures is,
you will- perceive, in italics. Gracious Provi-
dence ! have these persons conic to this, that
the observance of what •they consider, or affect
to consider,. God's laws, is to depend on the
amount of signatures, to a matter of' pounds, shil-
lings, and.pence, to a Railway Company
II any one fancies that this precious Address,
coming, though it does, with the awful autho-
rity of the Provost of Edinburgh at its back, is
the true opinion or feelings of Scotchmen gene-
rally, they are wofully in error. It is the pro-
duction of a few bigots among the laity, and ty-
rannical ministers, too common in the Scotch
Kirk, intended to procure for them the means
of imposing cruel and unjust fetters on the rest
of the people,
,especially the manufacturing
classes. C. D.

Edinburgh, Jan. 1.
[The writer discusses this precious scheme
‘vith much impartiality, but his letter extends to
such a length, that we can find room for only a
portion of it.]

RECANTATION.
(Front the Morning Herald.)

In our paper of the 21st ultimo we noticed, upon autho-
rity on which we have been accustomed to place implicit
reliance, the existence of rumours relative to the Exche-
quer Bill Fraud, which we were assured had gained an
extensive circulation in the City. The result of inquiries
which we subsequently- instituted on the subject, now
leads us to the conviction that we have been imp,sed
Upon; and that such rumours had gained no such circula,
lien as our informant confidently stated.
To have given currency .to an unfounded statement
such as we allude to, is a matter of regret ; but, having
aseertained its want of foundation, there is only one
course to be adopted, and that course we do now sponta-
neously adopt by thus making the tact just stated public.
It has, we regret to find, been supposed that our pant-
, graph, with its quotation from Milton, •
" What seemed its head,

The likeness of a • hingly crown had on." •
alluded to a Noble 'Marquis lately. Viceroy of Ireland,
and subsequently high in, her Majesty's Government.
-We take this opportunity to avow our thorough comic-
don that there could not be the sthallest foundation for
any such charge. We need hardly add, that to any one
who should understand our allusions as directed against
him, we should convey a most false imputation against
that Noble Lord which we should be the first to regret.

The Cologne Gazelte'of the 31st ult. publishes
a letter from the banks of the Niemen, stating that in
consequence of the treaty of London closing the Straits,
the tribes of the Caucasus who -revolted no longer re-
ceive assistance so regularly as formerly, and no doubt
was entertained but that they would be obliged to sub-
mit, and recognise the rights of sovereignty acquired
by Russia, in consequence of the treaty concluded with
the Sultan.

SINGULAR ROBBERY.—A singular robbery
took place, on Alonday last, at the Custom-house,
Liverpool. A gentleman went in to one of the
departments to pay duty. lie placed a 100 1.
Bank note on the counter ; whilst the proper officer
was calculating what was to pay, the gentleman
turned his back for a moment to the counter. On fum-
ing round again he found, to his astonishment and con-
sternation, that the note had disappeared. It is conjec-
tured that it was stolen by some person who was at the
counter at the same time.

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THE NEW YEAR IN EDINBURGH. On
Saturday the new year was ushered in, in Edinburgh,
with the usual demonstrations, by crowds of persons in
the principal thoroughfares, but hilarity and good-
humour universally prevailed. To, the credit of our citi-
zens, it ought to be remarked that the unseemly broils
and riots which formerly disgraced Edinburgh at this
season have lung since disappeared.—Edinburgh Paper.