The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-16 00:00:00

CHARLES ALBERT.

"Count Balbo, with his arm still in that of Negroni,
left the ante-room, the crowd of courtiers making way
respectfully for them as they passed, and together
entered the Cabinet of Charles Albert. Round a table,
on which was strewed a quantity of papers with military
charts and plans, were seated the Ministers of the King
of Sardinia. The King himself sat in a gilded chtsu,
ornamented.with the crown and the arms of Savoy, at the
head of the table; but he was a man who would have
been conspicuous and remarkable without any of these
ensigns of royalty. His figure was lofty and attenuated;
his cheeks hollow; his features strange and irregular,
even if not decidedly ugly; but the look of intellectual
power of his lofty forehead, and the largo and lustrous
eyes of the King, relieved the heaviness of the counte-
nance, and excited the curiosity and interest, even if they
did not gradually remove the first unfavourable impres-
sions of the beholder."
Otherwise than containing this feeble pencilling of
a brave king, the work is wholly without importance.
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INDING•UP OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. --
Amongst the joint-stock companies before the Masters
in Chancery during the week, to have their affairs set-
tled and wound up under the provisions of the Act, bits
been the India and Australia Mail Packet Company,
projected with a capital of 100,0004, and the business
of which was carried on from 1847 to April, 1849, until
their affairs became greatly embarrassed. There were
difficulties in the way of dissolution, the shareholders
not having paid up their calls to constitute a legal meet-
ing for the purpose, and which was to be done whenever
a loss of 75 per cent. on the capital for the time being
was sustained. The list of contributories, with the ex-
ception of some adjourned cases, had been settled. It
appears that the deed was signed by shareholders to the
extent of 1,080 shares; the amount of deposits and calls
paid was 3,2401, the amount received, 2,3331. ; the
amount still due, 9071; the number of shares on which
the Parliamentary deposit of ss. was paid, but in respect
of which the deed was not signed, was 2,430 ; amount
paid, 7,2901.; received, 6434; and still due, 6,6471. The
total number of allottees who paid up the Parliamentary
deposit watt 4,685. Only 242 shares were taken in Ma-
dras; and 81 in Ceylon. The only assets are 3971. under
a distringas, and a call has to be made on the share-
holders to pay off outstanding claims, which amount to
between 2,0001. and 3,0001.
The Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam and family
are passing the autumn at Deal Castle, Kent. The Noble
Earl has recently been appointed by the Lord Warden
of the Cinque Ports (the Duke of Wellington) Captain
of Deal Castle, in the room of the Marquis of Dalhousie,
the Governor General of India.
STAGE ACCIDENT.—DUTiIIg the performance of
Romeo and Juliet at the Sheffield Theatre on Friday
evening last Mr. Rolfe met with an accident which
might have been of the most serious nature. In the
third act, where Romeo has to disarm and kill Tybalt,
Mrs. J. F. Saville, who enacted the part of Romeo, at-
tricked Mr. Rolfe (Tybalt) under such stage excitement,
that she accidentally stabbed him in the side. A surgeon
was called in, when, at first, it was feared that the
wound was internally severe, but by proper treatment
Mr. Rolfe is fast recovering rom the injury. It is need-
less to say that Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Saville have been
unremitting in their attention to Mr. Rolfe since the
accident.—.Nottinghom Journal.
A FACT WHICH SPEAKS VOLUMEL—There is not
at present a single ship building in the port of Liverpool.
—Liverpool Courier of yesterday.
ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENT. The Lord
Bishop of Manchester, yesterday, at the Registry, St.
James's-square, licensed the Rev. George Nightingale,
M.A. (late senior curate of the parish church of Bury),
to the perpetual curacy of Holcombe, vacant by the death
of the Rev. William Holt, who held the living forty
years. The licence was granted on the nomination of
the Rev. Geoffrey Hornby, rector of Bury, who is the
patron.—Manchester Gazette of yesterday.
MULTIPLE BIRTH.—On Monday last, at Wall's
Temperance Hotel, London-road, Derby, a female was
safely delivered by Mr. A. Borman, surgeon-accoucher,
of four perfect and healthy children, two male and two
female, who with their mother aro doing well.—Derby
Mercury.

THE- HoN. A. H. VERNON.—The coming of age
of this young nobleman is to be celebrated at Poynton,
on the let of February next. Two immense oxen, feed-
ing for the purpose of the celebration, will be slaughtered
and given away on that day, and as it may be interesting
to the admirers of prize cattle to know something of
their breed, weight, symmetry, &c., we will give them
some information in reference to these extraordinary
animals. They were bred by Mr. John Booth, of Louth;
are of the best breed of short-horns in the kingdom;
and in point of beauty, symmetry, and aptitude to
fatten, are equal to, if they do not already exceed, any-
thing of the kind seen in this part of England. Their
present weight is—Sampson, 2,4871b5; Goliah, 2,4961b5.
They have yet to be fed more than two months, and
their feeding is under the direction of Thomas Ash-
worth, Esq., of Barlow Fold. A drawing has been made
ofttessneiminaalm
pointer, and
w
d animalseunderstand by
syMn
r.Davies, an emi-
nentder the portraits will
be lithographed for distribution amongst the tenantry of
Lord Vernon, as soon as they can be conveniently exe-
cuted.—Macclesfield Courier.
A .BULL IN A CHINA SHOP.--A singular occur-
renc., fortunately not attended with loss of life or
damage to limb, occurred in Snow-hill, on the evening
of Thursday last. As a bull, said to belong to Mr. Jones,
butcher, of Gloucester-street, was proceeding up the
street, he suddenly rushed into the shop of Mr. Chew,
confectioner, but was speedily driven out. He then went
into Mr. Bent's shop, where he remained for some mi-
nutes bleeding from the nose, and after breaking some
glass in the door in making his escape, he ran up the
street and dashed into the shop of Mr. James Jones,
china dealer, and destroyed property to the amount of
70/. Mr. Jones boldly seized the infuriated animal by
the nostrils and one of his horns, but he broke away
from him, left the premises, and fell exhausted on the
steps leading into Mr. Thornley's shop, where he was
killed by Mr. Lichfield, the butcher. The carcass of the
beast bas not been claimed, Of course the owner is
liable for the damage done by his beast.—Aris's Bir-
mingham Gazette.

It implies a want of feeling, amounting almost to
baseness, to deride any one on account of bodily defects.
Every generous man avoids even the slightest allusion to
such misfortunes.—Eliza Cook's Journal.