The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-07 00:00:00

TILE LEVANT.

ATHENS, JUNE 29.—The President of the Coun-
cil of Ministers has expressed to the Chambers the
hope that Greece will not be under the necessity of
taking arms in a conflict for foreign interests.
ODESSA, JUNE 24.—The preparations for war
have increased. The interpreter of the legation at
Constantinople is at the head-quarters of the army,
to be of service to the troops.
Riots have taken place in Smyrna in consequence
of the forcible arrest of an aide-de-camp of Kossuth.
By way of retaliation, a marine officer, the son of a
field marshal, had been assassinated. The hotel of
the Austrian Consul was guarded by Austrian
soldiers.

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the Ist inst.
At 5 o'clock on the preceding evening the troops
of the garrison were drawn up on bOth sides of the
street, from the Station of the Aranjuez Railway
to the Royal Palace. At 8 o'clock, a salute of ar-
tillery announced the arrival of the Queen, who,
having taken her seat in an open carriage, drove
to the church of Atocha, amidst the enthusiastic
acclamations of the people. After offering up
short prayer to the Virgin, her Majesty proceeded
to the Palace, which she entered at 9 o'clock.
The Dowager Marchioness of San Martin de
Hombreiros had been appointed under governess
of the Princess of the Asturias.
The Gazette publishes a Royal decree instituting
several savings banks in the provinces.
General Aspiroz, Director-General of the Artil-
lery, was to be named Captain-General of the
Philippine Islands ; General Pavia was to succeed
him in that direction, and General Cordova to as-
sume the direction of the infantry.
The Three per Cents. were done at 43 ,ex div. ;
the New Three per Cents. at 23i ; the Debt of the
first class at 101 ; and that of the second at si.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday a man of the name of
Edward Skey, aged 55 years, expired in the Oxford
Ward, St. George's Hospital, from injuries received
under the following circumstances. It appears the iur
fortunate man accidentally slipped on a piece of orange
peel, and fracturing his leg in a frightful manner, he wag
conveyed to the above-named institution, when Mr.
Hawkins, surgeon, was unremitting in his attention, till
death terminated the sufferings of the unfortunate man.
Mr. Hawkins, the summoning officer, has forwarded
the information to Mr. Bedford, the Coroner, but no day
is yet named for the inquest.
LONDON MUTUAL LIFE AND GUARANTEE SOCIETY.—'
Yesterday the third annual meeting of the members of
this society was held at their offices, Moorgate-street,
Mr. Wilson in the chair. The report stated that the
society had during the past year steadily made its way
so as now to be considered as firmly established. The
business of the society from its commencement had been,
policies issued, 2,357 ; sum assured, 391,941/. ; annual •
income, 12,5461. Bs. 2d. The business of the first siic
months of the present year exhibited au increase of 32
per cent. over that of 1852. The deaths during the
year had been five the claims on which amounting to
6501. had been paid, except that on the last, which wag
not yet mature. In 1852 the sum of 1,9701. had been
advanced in loans, on approved security, to members,
and during the past six months a further sum of 3,2081.
had been similarly lent, making the total sum lent since
the commencement of the society to amount to 10,1891.
The suits between the society and its local solicitor had
been stayed, he paying the costs of the proceedings and
retracting the charges which he had brought against it.
The report was unanimously adopted, the retiring direc-
tors re-elected, auditors appointed, and the usual com-
plimentary votes passed, when the proceedings termi-
nated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
THE NEW BILL ON CHARITABLE TRUSTS.—Yesterdal
the nev bill for the better administration of charitable
trusts, which has passed the Lords, was printed by
order of the House of Commons. There are 64 pro•
visions in it, and the measure is only to extend to Eng'
land and Wales. By this bill her Majesty will be
empowered to appoint charity commissioners and other
officers. There is to be a board to carry into operation
the act, and to inquire into the condition and manage'
ment of charities. In cases of charities the incomes of
which exceed 30/:, the Master of the Rolls, and the
Vice-Chancellors, upon aPplication to them at chambers,
are to have the same jurisdiction as the Court of Chan-
eery or Lord Chancellor now upon informations, etc.
District Courts of Bankruptcy and County Courts are
to have jurisdiction in cases of charities the incomes of
which do not exceed 301. This bill will give a good
deal of business to the County Courts. There is an
appeal from the County Courts in charity cases, and
daily experience shows that there should be a like appeal
in all cases from County Courts where parties feel them-
selves aggrieved.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.—A sailor, named Joseph Paget
having Majesty's ship Queen, the
police desertedf
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Plymouth _
ingly, on Monday a policeman of Exeter found him in
house in Mary Arches-street in that city. Being par;
Bally undressed at the time, he retired to one corner of
the room, as if to put on his clothes, but he suddenly
stabbed himself near the heart with a large clasp knife,
such as is used by sailors. The wound is considered
mortal, and the surgeons who were called in entertain
no hopes of the man's recovery. The act was so sudden
that the policeman had no chance to avert it.
THE FIRE AND Loss OP LIFE IN HATTON GARDEN."'"
Yesterday, Mr. T. Wakley, assisted by Mr. Brent, re'
sumed at the Holborn Union, Gray's-inn-lane, the ad'
journed inquest on the respective bodies of Andrei
Stephens and Emily Curtis, who perished in the fire
which occurred on the premises numbered 107, Hat,'
ton-garden, on the 25th of June last. When several
witnesses had been examined, and the coroner had
summed up the evidence, the jury returned a verdict to
the effect that the two deceased were burned to death
in the fire, but how the said fire occurred there was no
evidence to prove.
PEERAGES UNDER ATTAINDER.—In the recent debate
in the House of Lords on the reversal of the attainder
affecting the earldom of Perth (by which the Due de
Melfort regains that ancient title), Lord Brougham tool'
occasion to refer to the injustice of allowing other dig'
nities similarly situated to remain obscured by pew",
enactments. The learned lord's remarks apply espee','
ally to the dignities of Derwentwater, Galmoyle,
inarnock, Herries, and Baltinglass--all forfeited for mill'
taken but devoted loyalty. Of Kilmarnock, the heir le
the Earl of Errol ; Herries is claimed by Wm. Constable
Maxwell, Esq., of Everingham, county York ; and the
viscountcy of Baltinglass has been declared, by the re;
port of her Majesty's Attorney-General, to whom t_he
case was referred by the Crown, to be now vested in tla
Rev. Charles Eustace. of Robertstown, the eldest brother
of Generals Sir William and Sir John Eustace.

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