The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-05 00:00:00

THE LATE SIR ROBERT SALF..

The LORD MAYOR stated that he had received the
following letter from the son of the late Sir Robert
Sale :

" Simla, Aug. 31, 1846.
"My Lord,—lt was with feelings of the utmost pride
and satisfaction that my lamented father looked forward
to the arrival of the vase, with the freedom of the City
of London. That satisfaction was denied to him by the
eventful battle of Moodkee. The vase has arrived at
Simla, and my mother has made it over to me, to be
considered as an heir-loom, and to descend in our
family, as a proud testimonial of the esteem in which
Sir Robert Sale was held by the Lord Mayor and
Corporation of the City of London. —.I have the honour
to remain your Lordship's most obedient and thankful
servant,

" R H. SALE,
" 9th Regiment B. N. 1., and Second in Command
Cady Gawlior contingent."
.....s Lordship also laid before the Court a letter from
Major General Thackwell, late commanding the cavalry
of the army of the Sutlej, acknowledging the receipt of
the freedom of the City, voted to him by the Corpo-
ration.
Both letters were ordered to be entered upon the
journals.

GRAND JURIES.
Mr. ANDERTON gye notice of a motion for inquiry
into the utility of Grand Juries, with the view to ascer-
tain whether they cannot with advantage be dispensed
with.
THE LORD MAYOR'S FAREWELL TO THE COURT.
The LORD MAYon. said, that as the last Court of the
Mayoralty bad arrived, he took the opportunity to bid
them farewell. He could not help saying that, he felt
deeply obliged by the distinguished kindness with which
he had been uniformly treated by them, and that he felt
the highest degree of satisfaction in performing the
duties of his office amongst them, and he hoped they
ahhniawsd had no
Lordship
nr you
cnuhceiasassli.loinkap rrtopifinensds.f—au(lct with him.—(Loud cheers.)
I
Mr. WIRE said, the Court reciprocated the sentiments
which the Lord Mayor had uttered, and declared that
had presidedhey wished
uover i
ni
long with
possessionability,
health, and happiness, and prosperity.—(Cheers.)
Tne Court then broke up.

THE NEWSPAPER PRESS IN FRANCE. The
Epoque newspaper, which was started in Paris about a
year since, on the joint stock and half price principle,
after spending the whole of its capital in twelve short
months, and having attained a circulation of 12,000, was
sold on Saturday last as bankrupt property. The nomi-
nal purchaser is M. Prosper Deville, the gerant of Le
Droit, an offshoot of the Presse ; but the real proprietor
is believed to be M. Emile Girardin, the proprietor of
the Presse. The purchase price was 8,100/. sterling.
The sale of this paper gives us a curious exemplification
of the state of the law of libel in France. Within the
last two years the editor of a Paris journal was fined,
and, if we remember well, imprisoned for a rather too
severe theatrical criticism. Yet, for the last month, the
columns of the Presse have been daily-filled with calcu-
lations and argunaents, to show that the Epoque was not
only not worth a farthing, but that it would bring certain
ruin on any one bold enough to purchase it. This new
way of excluding competition, it now appears, was de-
vised and practised with impunity, 'because the pro-
prietor of the Presse himself wished to be the purchaser.
THE STH AND 9TII OP NovEmnEß.--Yasterday the
Lord Mayor issued' ecnotlee to the inhabitants of the
City, announcing that the police were fully instructed
to stop " the firing, Jetting off, or igniting" of any
nibs, crackers, or rookats, on Thprsday, the sth of
(this Liv), being Guy Faux dty, within the
the 'City; and that any intriagembnt of
at order wguld pvished with the utmost rigour of
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