The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WrN-Dsoß, TUESDAY.—The Duke of Wellington
arrived to-day at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty,
The Queen and Prince Albert walked out this
afternoon in the Home Park.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert drove in a
pony phaeton to Frogmore, to visit her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, who returned with the
Prince to the Castle.

Sir Henry Wheatley took his departure from the
Castle to-day.
The Marquis of Ormonde has arrived to succeed
Viscount Sydney as the Lord in Waiting on the
Queen. Captain Meynell has also arrived to succeed
the Hon. Captain Duncombe as the Groom in Wait
ing on her Majesty.
Lord and Lady Haddo will have the honour of
foining the, Royal dinner party at the Castle this
evening.
Her Majesty's private band and the band of the
Foot Guards will be in attendance at the Castle
during the evening.

Her Majesty's Royal bounties were distributed on
Monday and Tuesday to upwards of 800 poor old
distressed persons residing in and about London, who
had been previously recommended by the Clergy,
Nobility, and Gentry, residing in the various parishes.
The bounty is limited to persons who are above
the age of GO years, and the exception to the rule is
made in favour of the blind, and those who are afflicted
with severe bodily infirmity.
The Royal Gate Alms to 168 persons, each receiv-
ing thirteen shillings, were also distributed.
These bounties were distributed by Joseph llanby,
Esq., Secretary and Yeoman of her Majesty's Al-
monry, under the immediate orders of his Grace the
Lord Archbishop of York, Lord High Almoner.
A meeting of the Ecclesiastical Commission was
held yesterday at the Office in Whitehall-place.
The following Commissioners were present :—the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of Winchester,! the Bishop of
.Llandaff, Sir
James Graham, and Sir Herbert Jenner Fust.
Count Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office. His Excel-
lency also transacted business at the office of the
Board of Trade.

Lord Bloomfield transacted business yesterday at
the Home. office.

THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS.
The Jloniteur of Monday publishes the report of
the occupation of the Mgrquesas Islands, addressed by
Rear-Admiral Dupetit Thouars to the Minister of
Marine, " dated on board the Reine Blanche frigate,
Bay of Taiohae, June 18, 1842." He states that he
reached Fatuiva (the southernmost of these islands)
on the 26th of April. On the 28th he anchored on the
western coast of Tahuata, where he was immediately
afterwards waited upon by M. Francois de Paule, the
superior of the French missionaries in the Pacific, and
King Yotete. The subjects of the latter, it appears,
had been guilty of some outrages against some Ame-
rican whalers, and, fearing reprisals, he applied for
protection to the French. The Admiral replied that
he would land a portion of his men and a few pieces
of artillery for that purpose, provided that the King
consented to recognise the sovereignty of King Louis
Philippe. This proposal was accepted, and it was agreed
between them that the occupation should take place on
the Ist of May. On that day, accordingly, the Admi-
ral landed with his staff and a guard of honour, and
after formally taking possession of the island of Ta-
huata and of the south-east group of the Marquesas,
the tri coloured flag was unfurled. The act of sub-
mission was signed by Yotete. On the same day, M.
Dupetit Thouars, accompanied by the latter, pro•
seeded to select the spot on which the French esta-
blishment should be formed; and the next day the
works were commenced and carried on with so much
activity, that on the 22d the barrack for the accom-
modation of the 120th company of Marines, which con-
stituted the garrison, a large storehouse, an oven, and
a gunpowder magazine, were completed. On the 23d,
just as the Reine Blanche was preparing to sail for
Nukuhiva, the Admiralhaving heard that a Spaniard
whom he had engaged as an interpreter had been
assailed by an individual well known to be the blind
instrument of the will of the King, he immediately
waited on the King, and told the assailant in his
presence, that if he offered another insult to any in-
dividual of the establishment, he would transport him
to some distant region, whence he would never re-
turn to his country. The same man having two days
afterwards pursued an Englishman into the garden
of the Catholic missionary, where he would have
killed him, but for the timely interference of the supe-
rior, M. Dupetit Thouars repaired to the King's resi-
dence, and not finding him, sent for his nephew, who
spoke good English, and bade him tell his uncle that
if he did not return forthwith, he would depose him,
and make him (the nephew) King in his stead.
This young man set out in search of Yotete, and
found him concealed in a wooded ravine, near the bay
of llanamiliai, and delivered to him his message.
The King, however, refused to follow him, and re-
plicd that he would only return in the company of
the superior of the mission. M. Francois de Paule
did not hesitate to undertake that mission, and re-
turned
soon after with the King, his wife, and their
eldest son. Yotete confessed his guilt, and admitted
having concealed himself from fear. The Admiral re-
proached him with want of confidence in him, and
told him that he was not accountable for the crime of
another, if he had not acted by his orders. Ile then
enjoined him to give up the offender, promising that
he would merely detain him on board for a few days,
and do him no harm, and said that he would keep his
son as a hostage until he fulfilled that condition.
Yotete was very much affected by that resolve, and
landed with the apparent intention of satisfying the
Admiral ; but two days having gone by, and Paanau,
the individual in question, not being delivered up, the
Reine Blanche sailed for the Bay of Taiohae,
in the island of Nukuhiva, bringing with him young
fimao, the son of the King, and the superior of the
mission, who was anxious to know the fate of some
clergymen who had gone to Nukuhiva and Uapou.
The frigate having anchored in the bay of Ilakahan,
the residence of the King of Uapou, a boat was sent
ashore, and brought back intelligence that M. Caret
and the missionaries had been driven from the island
three months before. On the 31st of May M. Dupe-
tit Thouars cast anchor in the bay of Taiohae, and
sent for the King, who hastened to repair on board.
After conversing for some time with him, through the
medium of M. Francois de Paule, he proposed to him
to recognise King Louis Philippe, offering to leave a
garrison in the bay for his defence, and to compel the
tribe of Taoias to make peace with him, and restore
his wife, whom they had carried off by surprise. The
King readily consented, and on the Ist of June the
principal chiefs of the latter having met the French,
peace was concluded, the sovereignty of Louis Phi-
lippe was recognised, and on the next day formal pos-
session was taken of the island of Nukuhiva, and of
the north western group of the Marquesas. On the
same day the French pitched their tents in the bay of
Kakapehi, at the foot of Mount Tahiva, where they
immediately set about constructing a fort, called
Collet (the name of the Captain of a corvette of the
expedition, who was appointed commander of that sec-
tion of the archipelago).
On the 4th, the Reine Blanche was joined by the
Triomphante corvette, which had recently visited the
islands Gambier, where the Catholic missionaries had
just erected a church, at the inauguration of which
the crew of the corvette had assisted. On the ith the
Julius Cmsar arrived, with eight months' provisions
for the personnel of the two establishments, between
which the artillery and cannoneers who reached in the
Triomphante were equally divided.
On the 9th M. Dupetit Thouars, accompanied by
the superior of the mission, visited the dominions of
King Temoana, renewed with the chiefs of the Traoias
the treaty concluded on board the frigate, and M.
Francois de Paule succeeded by his exhortation to in-
duce Taipis, the wife of Temoana (who, it appears,
became enamoured, during her captivity, of a young
Taoia chief) to return with her husband.
The Julius Cresar having brought a stallion, two
mares with foal, and a number of asses, M. Dupetit
Thouars made a present of the former to Temoana.

The Gazette of last night contains an Order in
Council declaring that Austrian vessels and their car-
goes, consisting of such of the produce of Galicia as
can be legally imported into the United Kingdom
and the British possessions abroad, from the ports of
Austria, by the said vessels shall, when coming from
Odessa, be admitted into the ports of the United
Kingdom, and of the British possessions abroad, in as
full and ample a manner as if the port of Odessa were
within the dominions of Austria ; and such vessels
shall be permitted to import the produce above men-
tioned upon the same terms on which the said produce
might be imported if coming from Austrian ports.
ST. PAUL'S ScHooL.—The distribution of the
prizes took place yesterday. That for Latin lyrics
was gained by Mr. Brien, and that for the best Latin
prose translation, the subject being Lord Strafford's
defence, from Hume, was claimed equally by Messrs.
Vincent and Clay. After the prizes had been awarded
the usual winter speeches were delivered, and most
of the young gentlemen distinguished themselves in a
manner that was highly creditable both to themselves
and their tutors.

On Monday evening last, a very interesting girl,
11 years of age, the daughter of John Lee, tailor,
Bath Parade, fell head foremost into a copper of boil-
ing wort, no one being in the brewhouse at the time
but a girl about the same age, who immediately ran
out and gave an alarm ; when assistance arrived, the
whole body appeared immersed, the legs only being
visible. The unfortunate sufferer expired in the
course of a few hours. As the parents are suffering
the greatest privations for want of employment, we
earnestly recommend their case to the Christian sym-
pathy and prompt attention of a benevolent public.
An inquest was held on Wednesday_Verdict, Acci-
dental death.—„Adifax Guardian.