The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-18 00:00:00

TilE HOUSE OF MERCY.

This truly pious and patriotic Irishwoman should not
drop into the tomb like those who leave no traces of use-
fulness behind them. With a mind, a person, and an in-
dependent fortune, which might command exalted rank
in any point of Christendom, she practised, as far as any
mortal could, her Saviour's noblest attribute. The house
of Mercy, in Baggot-street, and. fourteen similar esta-
blishments in various portions of the empire—namely,
those of Kingstown, Booterstown, Tullamore, Carlow,
Naas, Galway, Limerick, Wexford, Charleville, Cork,
Parsonstown, Bermondsey, Liverpool, and Birmingham—
were her own foundations ; and, after seeing about one
hundred of her spiritual daughters walking in her path,
she expired in lita. 57th year of a disease which she con-
tracted iu the discharge of what she deemed her duty.
From the hand of one who knew her many years before
she took the veil, and who has frequently been edified
by her example, this trilling tribute is an act of grati-
tude and justice.
THE NV EITHER. 'There was a heavy fall of snow last
night and this morning, an occurrence very unusual in
thi*, country at so early a seasua of the year. The hills
in tha vicinity of the city have all the appearance of a
severe January. Several of ,he country mails were late
in their delivery at the Post-otlkee this morning, the
coaches having been retarded by the state of the reads.
Dublin Evening Mail.

RECEPTION OF LORD CO WLEY
IN PARIS
held
His Majesty Louis Pmhiolalisape. a Court at the
Tuileries this morning (
Lotd Cowley, the newly-appointed the reception of
Court of France. His Excellency has mt bkassador to the
dance at present at Meuriee's Hotel, in h
n up his resi-
dence
the preparations fur his reception at
titl.aeßue Rivoli,
not yet completed. At noon precisely
two of the %al
carriages, each drawn by eight horses, ar • no: --
above hotel for the purpose of conveying hisll arrived at the
to the Palace. The cortege consisted of tho Excellency
tn
carriages, followed by four outriders and his Lo.orcliolyp'll s
r and tho
attaches carriage, containing Mr. Henry Bulwe
attaches of the embassy. -
Lord Cowley was conducted to the throne-room
by Count St. Monis, where •he was presented to
Majesty, who was standing at the throne, at
hieth foot of which was M. Guizot. His L'ord-
ship. then put on his hat, and presented his cre-
dentials to the King, who immediately handed them to
the Minister for Foreign Affairs. After the customary
speech, to which his Majesty replied in most flittering
terms, the Ambassador withdrew to the Royal apartments
to he introduced to the Queen, to the Prince, and to the
Princesses of the Royal Household.
At twenty minutes past one his Excellency returned
to his hotel in the carriage of his Majesty in the same
order as before. There will be this evening a grand
dinner, to which are invited all the members of the
English Embassy. On Wednesday next, the lith inst.,
M. Guizot will give a grand diplomatic dinner to Lord
Cowley, to which Sir Stratford Canning, the English
Ambassador to Vienna, is invited.
To-morrow, the 16th, Lord Cowley, will commence his
visits to the members of the corps 41uniatique resident
in Paris. The report that his Excellency had already
paid some of these visits is unfounded, as his Lord-
ship held no official character until the presentation of
his credentials.

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INFLUX OF GOLD AND—
SILVER.—It Is un-
d,r-tuml that for Soffit' tine pest the imports of sove-
Icigu.., have hek:u on rather a large scale, and so much so
as to have cre;:t:l something like a glut in the market.
The fact would seen, curiously at variance with the late
returns of the Bank, from which a decrease in the stock
of bullion is apparent. The discrepancy is, however, ac-
counted fur by the statement that the sovereigns so itn-
ported or. finding their way back are found to be mostly
of light weight, and as such rejected at the Bank of Eng-
land and by the banking-houses in general. This will
be a partial bar to their getting into circulation in large
quantities, although in a small way and gradually the
holders or foreign remitters may be enabled to pass them
off at a profit, assuming that they were purchased or taken
at their value by weight, as was probably the case. The
imports of dollars have latterly been heavy both from the
United States and Spani..,h America, more particularly
.-) • f•T‘rgi tie coasts of the Pacific, so that the demand was
- \ttleOlithout inconvenience,—Herald.
FOIVEIGN RicE----The London papers have
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..: fate ly pr*: ented some official notices respecting " foreign
-. • . -.l,4ice.":;W, beg leave to remark that there is " Irish Rice"
4 ..?-' .: lif,:ttif try, of particularly objectionable quality ; the
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-,-- • -..-• „„oh.a.„ s sent back to the land of its
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Great Britain

16,366,011

HOUSES IN GREAT BRITAIN

1831 ............

Inhabited. 'Uninhabited.

2,866,595 133,331
3,464,007 198,061

i 13,664,761

Building.

27,553
30,631

THE METEORS OF NOV. 12.
" Canibridgo Observatory, Nov. 15.
" Nothing of an unusual character was observed here
either on the night of the 12th inst., or subsequently."
" Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Nov. 15.
" The only night in the last week, favourable for the
observation of meteors, among those nights in which
they have usually been seen, was the 12th instant
(Friday). The night was remarkably fine. A careful
watch was kept at the Royal Observatory throughout
the night, and every shooting star (or nearly every one)
which was seen was registered. The whole number was
25, a number probably much inferior to that usually
seen at other parts of the year in equally fine weather."

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The Hungarian Royal Academy seems anxious
to have 61fakspeare's plays translated into Hungarian,
as well as those of the greatest German, Spanish, and
French authors, fur the purpose of being represented on
the national stage.