The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY. - His Royal Highness
Prince Albert hunted this morning with his beautiful
pack of beagles, in the Great Park. The Prince was
attended by Sir Edward Bowater, Viscount Sydney,
and the Hon. Captain Duncombe.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual
early walk in the Home Park in the forenoon, and in
the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness
again walked out.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of ",Vales and
the Princess Royal were taken airings twice to-day,
accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. •
The Earl of Aberdeen and Major Malcolm ar-
rived to-day at the Castle, on a visit to the Queen.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured
Messrs. Lloyd and Grundy, by commanding them to
place his name as Patron and subscriber to the
National Art-Union.

Sir William C. Ross, A.R.A. has been engaged
during the last few days at the Castle, taking the
portrait of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, for
which he was honoured with the last sitting to-day.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and
Lady Fanny Howard, will join the Royal dinner
circle this evening.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge honoured Count Kielmansegge, the Hano-
verian Minister, with their company at dinner yeater-
day evening, at his Excellency's residence in Grosve-
nor-place.

The Governor of the Bank of -England and the
Deputy-Governor had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview on Wednesday
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
A Meeting of the Customs Revenue Commission
was held yesterday at Gwydyr House, "Whitehall.
Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci had an interview with
Sir James Graham yesterday at the Home-office,
Dispatches for the Governors of the West India Co-
lonies were sent offlast evening from the Colonial-office
The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday afternoon
on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA T TE RSA LL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The following were all the bets laid :—'7so to 25 agst
Winesour-1,000 to 25 agst Blackdrop-1,800 to 40, and
500 to 10 agst Sirikol-400 to 10 agst Amorino-1,000
to 20 twice, and 2,500 to 50 agst St Valentine-1,000 to
20 agst the Brocard colt-1,000 to 20 agst the Languish
colt-1,000 to 20 twice agst the Oxygen colt-1,000 to 12
agst Auld lang Syne—and 2,000 to 20 agst Cheviot.
The same odds were afterwards offered against all of the
horses mentioned, except Amorino and Sirikol.

PUBLIC MEETING IN AID OF THE LEAGUE FUND.
-We understand the Committee appointed by the
Anti-Corn-law Association to make arrangements
for a public meeting in this city, with the view of
promoting a subscription in aid of the great League
fund of .50,000/., have fixed the day for Thursday,
the 12th of January next. The meeting is to be a
public soiree in the Waterloo-rooms; and Mr.
Cobden, M.P., and other gentlemen, forming a depu-
tation from the Anti-Corn-law League, have agreed
to be present. —Scotsman.
RIGHT or SEARCH.—In a letter from Boulogne,
December 9, published by the Progres du Pas de
Calais, we read—" A new case of personal search has
been mentioned, which appears to have been attended
with shameful circumstances. An English family
landed a few days ago at Boulogne. After the master
and mistress had been searched, the same course was
observed with a young lady's maid. Whilst the
searching woman was handling her, the poor girl,
unused to such conduct, became suddenly flushed in
the face. This symptom of modesty was misinter-
preted; it was supposed that dread of detection had
made the blood mount to her face, and the moat
rigorous and indecent, but fruitless, search ensued.
These are excesses of authority, which the Govern-
ment would check, if it had the slightest regard for
public decency."
ALDERSGATE DISPENSARY.—OH Wednesday a
quarterly general Court of Governors of the above
dispensary was held in the Board-room, Aldersgate-
street. Mr. Herring, the Treasurer was in the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read
and confirmed, Mr. Wood, the Secretary, said that
the time had arrived when it was necessary to ap-
point auditors to examine the accounts. The follow-
ing where then elected :—William Batty, Esq., Ed-
ward Groom, Esq., Yates, Esq., and Dr: R. Row-
ley. The Secretary then read the Report, from which
it appeared that the number of patients relieved and
cured by the dispensary during the past quarter was
greater than at any former period, by between 200
and 300, making the applicants above 2,009. The
institution was considered to be of more immediate
service to the poor than the hospitals ; for in the
latter patients were seen only on particular days,
while the former distributed its relief throughout the
week. The Committee anticipated much .support to
the charity from the anniversary dinner, fixed for
March next, at which Lord Carrington, whose noble
father had given 8001. to the institution, would pre-
side. The Report was received, after which thanks
were given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated.
We have received the second number of a new
paper started last month at Boston under 'extraordi-
nary circumstances. Our readers will recollect the
legal decision by which it was pronounced that a
slave-holder might seize and repossess himself of his
runaway slave in any of the free States, without trial
—that is to say, without affording the party seized
an opportunity of showing that he was not
the slave pretended. Under this decision, a re•
spectable inhabitant of Boston, named George
Latimer, has been arrested and imprisoned at Boston
by the agent of a Virginian, whose name is James
Gray, and the whole city has been electrified by this
transaction. Not only have immense and thrilling
public meetings been held, but, in order to make a
more powerful appeal to public sentiment, a new
paper has been commenced, entitled the Latimer Jour..
nal and North Star, devoted wholly to this matter.
The details of Latimer's case are promised in the
next number of the Journal, and we shall eagerly
watch for them.—Anti-Slavery Reporter.
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—At a meeting of the Zoolo-
gical Society, held on Wednesday, Professor Rymer
Jones in the chair, • several interesting communica-
tions were read from corresponding members re-
specting some new species of animals and birds
which were now being forwarded to England for
the Society's menagerie. Among them was a new
kind of bird, from Western Africa, called pulih, a
species of mocking-bird, so melodious in its note, that
when the natives would pay an orator or a poet the
highest compliment, they say, "he is a perfect pulih."
A large collection of mammalia from South Africa was
announced r.s haring been presented to the Society by
its President, the Earl of Derby.
A great and rapidly extending impression in favour
of free trade is undoubtedly made. It has reached
the quarters which might he supposed most impene-
trable. The meeting of every agricultural association
brings fresh illustration of the change. Still it must be
remembered that all this takes place under pressure,
But let this energy subside, and trust to the truth
spreading itself; let this purpose be suspended or
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might the House of Commons
at the very mention of Corn-law repeal, ring with the
yells of scorn and defiance. The steam must be kept
up, or there will be no advance. The efficacy of
the propelling power is exhibited ; it were madness to
turn it off, or to dream of its abatement. The effect
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is already produced, proportionally ; try more of it.
Anticipation of the 50,0001. Fund has been a wonder-
ful enlightener. Conversions multiply with subscrip-
tions ; they will increase yet more with the applica-
tion. And the progress is in a geometrical ratio.
Light, once kindled up, radiates in all directions.-
Anti-Bread-tax Circular.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. —Yesterday, as
some workmen were digging up the foundations of
the old workhouse in Blisset-street, Greenwich, they
discovered several skulls and bones of human beings.
A few days previously one skull had been found, but
as it was extensively decomposed, little notice was
taken of it. Those last discovered were in a much
better state of preservation, the teeth of one being
perfect, and the hair on another also in good condition.
It is quite a mystery how the bodies came to be
placed there, for it never was a burial-ground, nor is
there on record any account of any other builling
existing on the spot before the erection of the work-
house. A good many people seem to think they are
the bodies of persons who died in the workhouse and
were dissected, but not afterwards interred in conse-
crated ground.
If reference be made to the most celebrated living
members of the British peerage, it will be seen that
the active political life which the majority of them
have led, has not had the effect so erroneously attri-
buted to this kind of mental excitement. The truth
will be demonstrated by the following statement :
The Duke of Wellington, 71; Earl Grey, 76 ; Earl
Harrowby, 78; Earl Abergavenny, 86; Earl Carlisle,
67 ; Earl Harewood, 73 ' • Earl Haddington, 60 ;
Lord Lyndhurst, 68 ; Lord Bexley, 74 ; Lord Abin-
ger, 73 ; Lord Brougham, 61 ; Lord Plunket, 76 ;
Lord WynforJ, 73 ; Lord Manners, 84 ; Lord Dun-
fermline, 64 ; Lord Carbery, 75 ; Marquis of
Anglesey, 72 ; Lord Wellesley, 80 ; Viscount Sid-
mouth, 83 ; Viscount Melville, 69.