The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-28 00:00:00

rE.-6.:-4—ST-6CK EXCHANGE. Auccst 27.

Bordeaux, To ulcsuse, and Cette (Mackenzie), PA—Laic (Espelete)
I—Dutch lthen ish„ 533 —East Indian, sy—Northern of France Con
stauted, 13—Of feat is and Bordeaux, B%—Paris and Lyons Consti•
tuted, 5

A Commiss ion i from her Majesty, giving the Royal
Assent to cer tai,q Bilis before Parliament, which was
sent from town' last night to Osborne House, Isle of
Wight, for the :.royal signature, was received in town
this day.

ROBBERY AT lit ESSRS. HANBURY AND CO.'S BANKING
HOUSE.—On Thur 4 ay information was forwarded to the va•
rious police-stations, that on Wednesday a man, named James
Richardson, a messenger employed in the banking firm of
Messrs Hanbury, Tat ylor, and Lloyd, of Lombard-street, City,
had absconded, taking with him upwards of 1501. in gold
and silver • 501. is of fered for his apprehension.
MR. WALLACE,V LATE M.P. FOR GREENOCK.—This
veteran reformer is at present on a tour in the Highlands,
and his countrymen • are paying him everywhere that respect
which his services in the cause of social and political ameli-
oration so richly n sent. On Monday the burgesses of
Dingwall presented ) sim with the freedom of this burgh, and
on Wednesday the f reedom of the burgh of Inverness was
conferred on Mr. W: allace.
THE LATE DES TRUCTIVE STORM AT LEICESTER.—
Up to the present ime active measures have been going on
for the purpose oi raising the necessary fund for the repara-
tion of the exten s'e damage done to St. George's Church,
Leicester. The e 31 .imated amount of damage done (as far as
the architect can at present determine) is 2,3001. A meeting
was recently hel d of the noblemen and gentlemen of the
county and town, at 'which Earl Howe presided, and it was
unanimously resol vi id to enter into a subscription for the
restoration of the c.b urch. About one-third of the sum re-
quired was speedily subscribed. Amongst the contributors
were his Grace tts Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Howe,
the Duke of Ruthae d, the Earl of Stamford, the Bishops of
Peterborough and. Lincoln, and a long array of the leading
names of the town. and county.
FURNITURE Bit OKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION,—
Yesterday the six th annual meeting of the members of
this institution, W ich was established for the purpose of af-
fording relief to rot mbers of the trade who may be overtaken
by distress, was eld at the Crown and Anchor Tavern,
Strand, Mr. J. F.. Kelly.in the chair. According to the re-
port the institut' mo a was progressing in a satisfactory manner.
The receipts du ag the year amounted to 1,3331., which made
the total sum a t, the disposal of the committee 1,7771. 95.;
deducting aan ILI' expenditure, a balance of 1,097/. remained.
The invested lock amounts to 8831. After the election of
one person to an annuity of 15/., the meeting separated.
ORDINATI( )N.—On Friday, the 24th ult., the Right
Rev. the Bish op of Glasgow held an ordination in Christ
Church, Glasgow, when Alex. J. D. D'Orsey, of Corpus
Christi Collefi e, Cambridge, Master of the English Depart-
ment in the igh School of Glasgow, was admitted into holy
orders. Prays rs were read by the Rev. C. F. R. Smith,
minister of C ist Church. The sermon was preached by
the Rev. Isaac . ET itchin,M.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge.
The candidate N., s presented by the Very Rev. the Deau of
Glasgow, and the • oaths were administered by Archibald
Alison, Esq. Mos t of the Episcopal clergy
of Glasgow,
Greenock, Paisley, Ayr, and Hamilton, were present. We
understand that the Rev. Mr. D'Orsey will shortly take
charge of a congregation in the western suburbs of Glasgow.
—Glasgow Courier
SCULLERS' MA TCH,--Yesterday afternoon the scullers'
match, for 10/. aside, between Maxwell, of the Custom-house
stairs, and Dcylf ,of Hungerford, to row from Battersea-
bridge to Han Inv rsmith Church, a distance of four miles and
a half, was d( seW .ed. Betting was 6t04 in favour of Doyle,
and considers TO" a sums depended on the event. The start
took place : 1,%., five o'clock, both men getting away well
together ; T sayle' however, gradually drew away from his
Iv opponent, , is three boats' length ahead in a quarter of a
mile, ultimately winning by 100 yards.
INQUIRY AT LEWISHAM WORKHOUSE.—Yesterday
Mr. Assistant -Commissioner Hall instituted some further in-
quiries into th e conduct of Mr. Burroughs, the master of the
Lewisham woi ruse, the former inquiry not being consi-
dered complete in all points by the Poor-law Commissioners.
Mr. Steele, the me dical officer of the union, with his assistant,
were the princip, >rJ witnesses examined, and their evidence
was, that the woi n, an Margaret Stevens had informed them
that she had had i, 'licit connexion with the master; these
assertions were, hoe -ever, positively denied by Margaret Ste-
yens. The master i gain entered into a defence of his con-
duct, and a criminal ion of the schoolmistress. It is believed
that the inquiry is n ow finally closed.
FLEET-STREET.. —Yesterday the portion of Fleet. street
from Temple-bar to Fetter-lane, which having been re-paved,
was passable as aca rriage thoroughfare, was again closed to
remedy some defer in the stone work.