The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-13 00:00:00

TEA SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1846.

hisofficial capacity. SUSTUS LIEBIG and VICTOR HUGO
are severally ennobled by name, as an acknovvledgmeut
that they were previously ennobled by nature : but
FARADAY and DICKENS must content themselves with
the vague admiration of their countrymen. One
nation best•iws the ermine and the coronet upon the
successful author or the astute philosopher, the other
evinces its approval by endowing their hands with a
knife and fork, and by proposing their health in a
neat after-dinner oration. Though the latter appears
somewhat like squeamish generosity and spurious
gratitude, we welcome it cordially in default of some-
thing better.

A letter from Constantinople, of the 24th ult., in
a German paper, mentions, as an unprecedented
instance of toleration in Turkey, that the marriage
of an Armenian female with a Turk, without her
hating previously at her religion, has been
declared valid.

The Swiss Diet was opened at Zurich on the 6th
instant. A note has been addressed to the Govern-
ment of the canton of Tesino, by the POPE'S Nuncio,
complaining of some laws recently enacted. The
note declares these laws to be oppressive, and op-
posed to the spirit of toleration.

Advises from Rome of the. 2d, state that the pub-
lication of the amnesty will not be long delayed. The
authorities are busy at present in collecting and classi-
fying the names of the persons condemned, and
whilst waiting until this is finished, his Holiness grants
pardon to all demanding it. The nomination of the
two Secretaries of State, without being yet official,
appears to be determined on—Cardinal Gizzi for
Foreign Affairs, and Cardinal AMAT DI SAN
FILIPPO E SORSO.

The fete of St. Peter was celebrated on the 29th.
Notwithstanding the harmony which exists between
the Courts of Rome and Naples, the POPE protested
anew on this occasion agaim-frt the conduct of the
King of NAPLES, who refuses to pay the pretended
tribute for the investiture of his kingdom.

Madrid papers to the 6th inst. have arrived.

The Heraldo, of the 4th, states that some persons
in the province of Orense had been exhibiting the
portrait of the son of Don CARLOS for sale, but that
it had met with few purchasers.

All parties in Spain were preparing for the elections.
The Absolutists had met at the Duke of VERE-
GUA'S, and had come to the following resolutions?—

" ist. The Absolutist party will present itself at the
election. 2dly, the Absolutists elected will use their in-
fluence in the urging the marriage of the Queen with the
Count de Montermolin (son of Don Carlos). idly, a mani-
festo shall be drawn up with this view."

The hopes of this party, however, have been greatly
discouraged by the refusal of the Marquis DE VILLUMs
to sign the manifesto in question, and so completely
are they broken down as a party, that .this appeal to
the electors will not, it is expected, produce the
slightest effect.
Intelligence has reached Madrid, from Santander,
of the total failure of the potato crop in that part of
Spain, in consequence of the re-appearance of the po-
tato disease.

The diligence, which left Madrid for Bayonne on
the 3d, met with a fearful accident on the morning of
the 6th in the Spanish Pyrennees, at a hill called
Rentoria. Descending at too rapid a pace, in turning
an angle, the carriage, passengers, and nine mules were
precipitated over a steep precipice. The first fall
was upwards of twenty feet, and all would have been
rolled into the abyss beneath but for the intervention
of some trees. Strange to say, none of the passengers
were seriously injured. Among the number were
P. S. BUTLER, Esq., M.l'. ; Mr. CORUET, nephew to J.
BLACKBOURNE, M.P. E*q. ; Capt. WILSON, late 7th
Hussars, and Cap•ain PILKINGTON, Royal Engineers.
Of these, the three first escaped unhurt, but the last
was seriously bruised. The rest of the party were
more or less contused, but were able to proceed in the
course of the day.

One of the Madrid papers, of the 6th, repeats the
report of the loss of 600 troops on the coast of Al-
meira, by the sinking of a steamer, in consequence
of her being overloaded ; and it is added, that although
representations had been previously made to General
RONCALI by the captain on the danger of such over-
loading, that officer maintained the order for their
- - -
believe this report to be unfounded, for the Gazette
irey:,)tis 4.4. y• announced the arrival at L.rra-
gona of the steamer Alerta, with 600 troops on board,
who had been embarked for that place under the
orders of General RONCALL

Advices from Lisbon to the Ist inst. had been re-
ceived at Madrid. Everything was tranquil at that
(late, and the excitement in the public mind seemed
calming.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The dreadful accident on the Great Northern
Railroad is the one all-absorbing topic in France at
the present moment. Even the approaching elections
remain unheeded. In another part of our paper will
be found full particulars of all that has been published
on the subject of this horrible catastrophe.
The annual banquet given to M. GUIZOT by his
constituents at Lisieux is fixed for the 26th, when,
as usual, the Minister will give an exposition of his
future policy. It is said that his programme will in-
chide several most important reforms. M. GUIZOT
left Paris on Saturday for the neighbourhood of
Lisieux.

The daughter of her Royal Highness the Princess
Of SAYE-COBURG GOTHA was baptised in the Chapel
of the Palace of Neuilly, on Thursday evening. The
Christian names of the infant Princess are MARIE
ADELAIDE AMELIE CLOTILDE.

The Colonial Council of Guadaloupe has remon
strated against the measures propounded for the ame.
lioration of the condition of the slaves.

Several skirmishes with the Kabyles had taken
place in the province of Constantine.

M. DE SALVANDY landed at Algiers on the sth

instant.

The Due D'AUMALE has arrived at Marseilles

The T) Thais gives the number of persons about to
be raised to the peerage at twenty to twenty-two, of
whom about twelve were members of the Chamber of
Deputies which has just been dissolved.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur-
' day at 83f. 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 70c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2681.75 c. ; Rouen, 992 f. 50c.;
Havre, 712 f.; Great Northern 713 f: 75c. ; Avignon, 877 f.
50c. ; Vierzon, 628 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 568 f. 75c. ; Boulogne,
470 f. 50c.; Basle, 215 f. ; Dieppe, 406 f. 25c.; Paris and Stras-
burg, 488 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 5001. ; Paris and
Lyons, 523 f 75c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 351.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—
Lyons and Avignon, definitives, 4961. 25c.; Bordeaux and
Cette, definitives, .1821. 50c.
BUSINESS. DON'IL, IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 11.
Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Central of Spain, I—Dutch Rhenish,
6%—East Indian, - Great Western Bengal, —Luxembourg, 214
—Northern of France Constituted, I'3—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8%
—Paris and Lyons Constituted. %--Paris and Rouen, 38% —Paris
and Strasbourg Constituted, 4%•

and mortification,
another contested
be filled by
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL.—Mr. Dundee has been
appointed Solicitor-General. This arrangement will save
wMtrii.eßhailmlieesCtochheravnee expense,htheeentrotuhbeler,eeeltsof
election at Bridport.
y, not fewer than
Mr. Cochrane, anticipating the
selection of Mr. Romilly for the office which will
Mr. Dundas, issued his printed address to the electors of Brij-
port, and the document was circulated in the borough on
Friday last.
NUMEROUS FIRES IN ONE NIGHT.--13etween seven
took place at
1, Queen-street, Church-street,
fiver.. 7 toittiesaectuerudtaryedanind tthhreee
mA:ttr.eopnelSisu.inndoatehee
No. 5, Paradise-street, Rotherhithe, occupation of
Mr. W. Sandwill, a baker. The lower portion of the pre-
mises and contents were nearly destroyed, and the remainder
considerably damaged. Another fire occurred almost simul-
taneously with the above at the premises belonging to Mr.
Henry Mier., a skin dryer,
Mile-end New Town. It was caused from the overheating
of the stove in the drying-room. Considerable damage was
sustained. The Bmigade and West of England engines were
called on to attend another tire that had broken out in
Hornsey-lane, Holloway-, upon the property of Mr. William
Duckworth, a farmer. It was caused by some boys
.playing
occupied by Mrs. Mary
with fireworks, which set a stick of hay in flames, but they
were soon extinguished. A fourth tire happened at 14, King-
street, M street, St. James's, occupied br. William Weston. It was
epo
speedily extinguished. The fifth fire happened at 13, Dor-
chester-place, Blandford- square,
Barry. It was caused froma spark of a candle coming in
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contact with some linen. The inmates succeeded in getting
it out before the arrival of the engines.
A TOUCHING FA REW ELL.__The only allusion to the
departure of the Lord Lieutenant t inthe
Notices
to cn o,
rr in
s th
course of its sixty -four columns, is comprised in half-a-dozen
thelin foesamong
following paragraph
ovnits
an t news of the week, and in
dents :"—" A correspondent informs us that a nobleman of
the name of Lord Heytesbury, who is said to have lived for
some two years in strict seclusion in the Phcenix Park, left
town on Friday, and went to England. What then ? We
did not know of his coming—we never raw anybody who saw
him, and take no interest whatever in his going away,"
MONUMENT.—'rhe nob)r piece of scalp- :
hire intended to be erected in Crosthwaite Church, near Kea- •
wick, in honour of the departed poet, has at length reached
its destination, and will be placed in its position in the church
by Sunday next. It is a beautiful work of art by Mr. Lough, '
of Neweaatle.—Carlisle Pot, iot.