The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-10 00:00:00

M. GUIZOT'S FETE.

The political and elegant world crowded, on Friday
evening, the drawing-rooms of the Foreign-office. The
two sons of the King, now at Paris, the Dukes de Ne-
mours and deMontpensier, honoured with their presence
this splendid fete, given by M. Guizot, and which the
Bey of Tunis attended. Among the crowd were the
Ministers, a large number of Members of both Cham •
bers, the most eminent members of the great Courts of
Law, the Council of State, the Administration and Army,
and the Ambassadresses and the members of the corps
diplomatique. (The Ambassadors were absent, owing,
it is said, to a question of precedence founded upon
their relations with the Ottoman Porte). About two
thousand invitations had been sent out. Many foreigners
of distinction had hastened to this reunion d'elite.
Among those present were Lord and Lady William
Hervey, Lord and Lady Cowley and Miss Wellesley,
Countess Rostopchin, Prince Trubetakoi and Madame
Oustinoff, nee Trubetskoi, m. Martinez de la
Rosa, the Spanish Ambassador ; and, lastly, that
host of celebrites in the arts, sciences, politics, and lite-
rature of whom France is proud, and who are connected
by so lively a sympathy with a Minister who is not
solely great as a statesman. The Bey of Tunis arrived
at nine, accompanied by his Minister of War, his
Minister of Finances, Chevalier Buffo, and followed by
a brilliant cortege. His Royal Highness the Duke de
Nemours arrived at a quarter to ten. The moment he
took his seat, the concert, executed by the " Conser-
vatoire," commenced. The programme, which was
worthy of the performers, had been drawn up by M.
Auber with the tact and intelligence of a great master.
It was, we are assured, at the request of M. Guizot in
person, that the chorus of the Muctte de Portici
formed part of it, and that brilliant inspiration re-
tained all its power and éclat by the side of the airs of
Weber, the fine chorus of Semiramide, and Beethoven's
gigantic symphonies. The concert ended at half-past
eleven. His Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier
had arrived at about eleven. The Prince had been de-
tained at Vincennes owing to a banquet he had given to
the artillery officers on the occasion of the Sainte Barbe
fete. His arrival created considerable sensation. M.
Guizot's fête concluded at one, after a rich collation.
During more than four hours, an elegant crowd (about
800 persons were present) bad not ceased to circulate
through nine great drawing-r-_,-oms, resplendent with
light and thronged with flowers. All that our prdens
can yield was accumulated in profusion, and the Bey of
Tunis must have been astonished at such marvellous
Oriental splendour. The utmost order was maintained,
both without and within. A curious multitude stood on
the Boulevard near the Foreign-office, and despite the
immense line of carriages, the circulation was kept free
the who'e night.

THE SHANNON IRISH STEAM PACRBT.—PLY-.
MOUTH, DEC. 6.—Last night, on the fall of the tide, the
scuttle holes in the ship's sides were plugged and caulked,
and the vessel made sufficiently tight, tinder the direction
of Mr. Hill, shipbuilder, to allow of her being hauled off
from the beuch. She is not much strained, and now lies
on a mud bottom, having a list to starboard, with her bow
pointing more eastward than yesterday. It is hoped next
tide that she may be placed alongside Mr. Hill's wharf,
which is near. Several beams between her engine-room
and stern are destroyed, and her saloon presents, by its
charred, broken, and desolate appearance, a sad contrast
to that which it bore when with its numerous and con-
tented occupants it left Southampton. The fire seems to
have commenced right under the spiral cabin staircase,
where two of her crew narrowly escaped destruction
when removing the plate and other valuables from
the steward's pantry, as the cabin deck in this place,
gave way under their feet, and they with difficulty saved
their lives. Most of the cabin bertha were occupied.
Two young ladies, named Fagan, :rho were going to
Ireland, escaped in their eight-dresses. Mrs. Jarrett,
an elderly lady, was carried into the hulk alongside.
Her husband, a captain in the army, incurred great
risk ; being advanced in life, and rather deaf, he lay in
his berth, unconscious of his perilous position, and was
rescued by the intrepidity of Captain Gennys, R.N..
who rushed through the danger and brought him on
deck. The wife of the assistant-surgeon of her Majesty's
brig Recruit escaped from one danger to encounter
another. The only ladder in use, that on the starboard
side, was deficient one step in the middle, and this
lady in the hurry fell through the aperture, but was
speedily taken out of the water and conveyed to Cattle-
down. Another lady walked right off the gangway at
the head of the ladder. Two other ladies are said to
have fallen overboard, and these casualtiees have given
rise to reports that some lives were lost, which, we
are happy to say, is not the case. The stewardess had
all her spare clothing, &c., destroyed. A woman named
Miner, who expected her confinement in January,
became the mother of a buy on board the Shannon prior
to the ship's arrival at Southampton—an event for which
she was totally unprepared. Her wants were, however,
well supplied by other female passengers, and she is now
with her friends at Plymouth. Her husband left her,
with two other children, before the discovery of the fire
on Saturday morning, but fortunately was not far from
the ship when the alarm was given, and returning im-
mediately conveyed them ashore. The origin of the fire
remains unknown. Some of the passengers affirm that
it first smelt like burning cotton. The contents of the
cargo are various, comprising bales and boxes of all de-
scriptions, cotton, crape, shawls, silks, books, stationery,
clothing, hops, spirits, wine, &c. It is surmised that
some of the ca'go ignited spontaneously shortly after
leaving Southampton on Friday, and continued smeul-
dering until the ship's arrival at Catwater on Saturday
morning.
EARLY SHOP-SHUTTING.—We are glad to learn
that the most respectable booksellers and publishers in
town have agreed to continue the shutting of their places
of business on Saturday afternoons at five o'clock
throughout the winter months ; thus aftbrding time to
those in their employment for self improvement in one
season of' the year, as well as fur physical recreation in
the other.—Edinburgh Eveniny Post.
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL DICKINSON, OF
THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.—We have this day to record
the decease of the oldest surviving general officer con-
nected with the Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-General
Richard Colleton Dickenson, who expired on the sth
instant, at his residence near Notting-hill, at the ad-
vanced age of eighty-four, alter a military service of
sixty-five years. He entered the royal regiment as
second lieutenant, Juna 29. 1781, his subsequent com-
missions being thus dated :—First lieutenant, May 17,
1790 ; captain, March 6, 1795 ; major, September 15,
1806 ; regimental lieutenant-colonel, June 4, 1514 ;
regimental colonel, July 29, 1820; major-general, May
25, 1827 ; lieutenant-general, June 28, 1828 ; colonel
commandant of the second battalion of the Royal Artil-
lery, April 28, 1836.
MURDER OF A CHILD BY HER FATHER.—BRISTOL,
TUESDAY.—Last night a man, named Cann, a butcher,
residing in the district of Baptist Mills, murdered his
infant daughter, during a quarrel with his wife. Mr. J.
Grindon, coroner of Bristol, held an inquest to-day
upon the body, and received the following evidence :
Police Constable, No. 200, said he was alarmed by a
noise on Monday night, and going to the place whence
the sound proceeded, he saw John Cann knock his wife
down with his fist ; he then kicked with his foot, upon
which the wife screamed "murder, the child is dead."
Witness ran towards her, and saw the mother lifting the
child from the ground. He took the child up, and told
Cann the child was dying. The woman said he had
kicked it in the head, and before that he had flung it
across the street three times. Cann made no answer.
Witness then took him into custody. The infant was
sent to the hospital. John Mason, house-surgeon of the
hospital, said that about half-past two o'clock this morn-
ing the deceased infant was brought in. It was treated
for concussion of the brain, but died soon after five
o'clock. Ile bad made a post mortem examination, and
found that the death had been occasioned by fracture of
the skull and concussion of the brain, produced by some,
violent injuries received. The inquest was finally ad-
journed.
MEETING AT OLDBURY FOR THE RELIEF OF Till
SUFFERERS BY THE LATE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—A
numerous and highly influential meeting was held at
Oldbury on Tues lay, for the purpose of adopting mea-
sures fur raising funds to relieve the wants of the widows
and orphans whose relations perished in the late coal-
mine accident there. Captain Bennett was in the chair.
Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the sub-
scriptions at the close amounted to 640/., including 101.
from her Majesty the Queen Dowager, 20/. from the Earl
of Dartmouth, and 21. from his lady. It was suggested
that a memorial should be addressed to Government,
praying for inquii y into the circumstances of the acci-
dent; but it appeared from an answer from Sir George
Grey to a memorial to this effect from Dudley, that Go-
vernment is already in communication with Mr. Hinch-
cliff, the coroner, on the subject.
An unsuccessful attempt was made at North Shields
on Monday, to blow up the wreck of the Lady Fever-
sham, which has obstructed the navigation of the river
Tyne for the last twelve months. Only two out of ten
canisters of gunpowder exploded when the galvanic cir-
cuit was completed, and the effect on the wreck was con-
sequently very trifling. Another attempt will be made
in a few days.
THE MEMBERS FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.—The
Liberal candidates for the representation of the City of
London at the next general election will, it is now under-
stood, be Lord John Russell, Mr. Patteson, Sir G. Lar-
pent, and Mr. Rothschild.
In Paris, music is ascending into high places, is in-
fusing itself into politics, bringing musical harmony (and
it is high time) into that sphere where no other sort of
harmony at present exists. Every Tuesday Louis
Philippe has music executed; thirty poor devils, under
the direction of Auber, sing from the scores of Mozart
or Meyerbeer. The King in the meanwhile reads the
dispatches of the day, makes notes on the margin, with
an occasional reverie, with eyes fixed on the ceiling,
during which, no doubt, he ponders how he may be
avenged upon his old enemy, Palmerston, for mistaking
Montemolin for Christina's door, and for snubbing his
young Rod-child, Jarnac. The Royal Family, in the
meanwhile, remain its the adjacent room; the ladies at
their tapestry or their parfitaye ; whilst the Princes, I
am sorry to say, too often are seen trying in vain to
suppress yawns at their better halves, not excepting by
any means the Duke de Montpcnsier who appears to
appeal
from his sallow little bride to the musicians for
assistance to his flame, saying, in a very different spirit
from Duke Orsino—
e If music be the food of love, play on !"

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Lurru.--Err Ell SI V E 111 PORT AT lON .—Foreign pro-
duce continues to flow into our port; timber, tallow,
and grain in great into our
During the last
four days upwards of 10,000 quarters of grain have
entered for landing. A vessel from Dantzig has
among other commodities, no fewer than 1,700 kegs of
black beer. The advanced period of the season shuts
more cargoes arriving from Ports
out the hope of many
influenced by the frosts. No year has been markt d by such an influx of foreign :tores as the present. Bonded
vaults, warehouses, and timber-yards are full to over-
flow.—Edinburgh Weedy Express.