The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-29 00:00:00

,SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

Pubitt Optitton.

" Who runs may read."

MUT SCE Zia...&310* E 0 Eta.
- At the next annual meeting of the Royal Agriculto.lll..
Association, which is to take place at Shrewsbury, in additle;
to the prizes given this year to the various classes of
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prizes will be given to the owners of sheep best adapted t° t
mountain district. Prizes will also be given for the be!
essays on certain subjects.
In a few days, workmen, under the direction of the COP;
missioners of Sewers, will proceed to prepare the founclati°,
(in the open space between King William
street, Giloe a
churoh-street, and London-bridge) for the erection of
statue of his late Majesty William the Fourth, which l 0
tibe been completed at the expense of the Corporation (liar,
City of London, and the Commissioners of Sewers.
Samuel Nixon is the artist. The statue 19 of granite. p
It appears from a Parliamentary return printed on Frit.
that the charges and expenses paid by her Majesty's C4O,
missioners in and about the execution of several Acts of 1
sj
liament for building and promoting the building of additiojnA. churches in populous parishes, amounted, from the2sth ADP"—
1843, to the 25th March last, to 4,227/. 18s. 9d.
Saturday was the last day's sal( of the theological portifilb,
of the Sussex library, which has nearly extended to a ni°lo;
during which time the number of lots disposed of, consisto
of between twenty and thirty thous :Ad volumes, were 5(
The amount realised exceeds 10,0001,
At the Tipperary assizes, there was not a single
~Ise cif
,--
murder or manslaughter in the southern division. kg*
There are forty-five prisoners for trial at the Galway 8.-"'"-
At Cork assizes there are but thirteen records in the anisty and two in the city, for trial,

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The following brief accountlN
fArom a C
relative to the new trade with China willorresp beond
re'llj
with interest :
" Shanghae is a large city, the walls are a—boat i§
forty-five miles round, but like all Chinese places,:ce-
very dirty. It has every appearance of being a P7Oll
of large trade ; the river which is a fine stream IS
of junks, which are arriving and departing every atifo+. and it possesses a great advantage from being so nest Nankin and Soo-chw, the latter one of the larre
commercial cit'es in the Entpire, it is said. 1-,hb,
people are very civil (the effects no doubt of ",,
thrashing they have had), which contrasts stroniN
with the behaviour of the Canton men and the autl3:;
rities have shown every disposition to meet the wis",a,
of the Consul—at first they objected to }•,;m
living
the city, wanting to keep that sacred as in Canto
but he insisted on it, and told them if they would 11
allow it he should go on board the steamer and retti!...l,
to Chusan. A good site has been appropriated 15
the European residents—it is about three-quarters
irya mile from the city walls, bounded on each side.„er
creeks with a frontage of about quarter to the rivet
hut without any boundary behind, so that baildia,
can be carried as far back as is necessary or con
venient. The shipping will lay right in front
oft 111
place, and the Custom-house being there also, it
be convenient for business. The country all rounrise
flat, in fact, there is not a hill in sight from Shaitsr,
or Woosung, but I cannot see why it should L'weje
unhealthy as is generally represented, for in est
neighbourhood of the city it is principally dry Iv
and cotton land. When we have comfortable 12,00,essie
live in I hope we shall find it
quite as healt:ny as u
ton, for the situation does not appear to ire to be w°-
if so bad.
foul
Large quantities of cotton are exported to
Shanghae principally, I believe, to the more soutn,,,
provinces; it laas also a considerable trade with Jar-
I am told.
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" I have also visited Ningpo, which is a „n 7,00 larger and handsomer city than Shanghae; it cou io
some of the best streets and finest shops I ever say' of
China, but there is not that bustle and appearances
trade that there is at Shanghae, although its tr
must be considerable; the river Tai-hae is not such
large stream as the Woosung, and although there ar
po,
many junks moored between Chin-hae and Nilion
the bulk of them appear to be of a smaller class
those I saw-at Shanghae.

ART•UNIONS BILL—.Lord Monteagle's
titled "An Act for Legalizing Art-Unions," has --tb.ee
brought down from the House of Lords, fors-
- of the lower branch of the "e;'l,
lature. It enacts that all art-unicns, and all ,11;.-of;
hers, contribu:ors subscibers, and officers We—-
:And persons acting for thf,m, or on their pd
half, shall be discharged and freed from all suits leb
prosecutions, liabilities, pains, and
penalties to wb
by law they might be liable, as being we
een
s,
corned in lotteries, little goes, or unlawful gl':',o2
for anything done, or which may be done bY '":,r.,h-
herebefore, or before the Ist day of January nest, "or
ing the purchase of any such or other works of arti,
the, sale or distribution thereof by chance or Jot. , ro,,
es-
Vision is made by the second clause for 6* regular
tabiishment and regulatilm of such associations by rd-' cal
of
charter, to be granted on the approval cf the Boar
TTade 4nd Plantations.

FOREIGN.
The Journal of the Two Sicilies publishes the sentrl
pronounced by the military commission at Cosenza WI
the seventy. six persons implicated in the insurrectioL,
March last. Among those on whom judgment has °T)
passed, twenty-one have been condemned to death, tell
thirty years' imprisonment in irons, twelve to twentyYes,*
six to five years' solitary confinement ; three have been car
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demned merely to pay the expenses of process, and tivell'll
four have been acquitted and set at liberty. The Garb
the Two Sicilies of the 15th states that six
of those condennblii
to death have already been shot, and that the King et
commuted the punishment of the remainder to confiaan
in irons for life.
It is stated that the French Government proposes to 0.111
important modifications in the tariff of customs with Belgi;
waiting only for the close of the Chambers to bring the Pe
ject into execution. The entrance duties' on machiaiii
oleagenous seeds, and leather coming from that country
be considerably increased, the introduction of foreign lc 11
restrained as much as possible, and, in a word, the rolo
ordonnance by which these changes are to be regulated, 'co,
be in accordance with the Customs Bill, presented to
Chamber of Deputies on the 26th of March last." 01
A letter from Cadiz, of the 16th, states that the trol
the French squadron had landed at Algesiras. On the 1b
the French squadron consisted of three ships of the line, IL
steamers, a frigate, and a brig. They were estabrish',
hospitals there.
On Thursday at Paris the thermometer stood at 86 degreel
in the shade.
General Prim, Count de Reuss, Colonel Milano, and
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Carriquiri, banker of Madrid, who had been in Paris for s°'
days, left on Wednesday, on their return to Spain. .of
The Brussels journals mention a rumour that the Kti
the French, yielding to the earnest solicitations of the
and Queen of the Belgians, has consentea to visit Belgium °
his return from England.
The Weser Gazette states that the Austrian Government
has opened negotiations with the different German Stf,eeh
40;
with a view to the establishment of a perfect and untie
monetary system throughout Germany.
Rullier, who was sonic time since condemned to death fat
the robbery and murder of M. Peyronneau, near Aubeten:
and also for the attempt to murder his female servant, wh° he left for dead, but who recovered, was executed at Oi,
rente on the 20th inst. For some time before his death
manifested great repentance, and met his fate with beconwr
resignation.

®Lille journal relates the following curious circumstao:9'
An inhabitant of Crespin, wishing to put an end to his of
istence, went into the river Hogniau a few days ago,
the water being shallow, was looking for a place deep ent4
to drown him, when he was perceived by a Custom-h"
officer, who suspected his design, and, levelling his Mut,
at him, threatened to shoot him if he did not come out of
water. The man, who it seems had no desire to die by 461
whatever affection he might have for death by water, opeY.o
the injunction, and quietly left the river; and went and do
himself. •

LW' AND POL.
At the Ipswich A A
ssizes Joseph BarrettlCE was tried for a
and after a careful investigation, which lasted the whole
the day, was acquitted.
James Friend was convicted of sending a letter to a ,er
• of the name of Cockerell, threatening to burn his prep,'
Sentence deferred.
A lad of 16 years of age pleaded guilty to a charge of
ting fire to two acres of furze.
Two boys, one aged 11 and the other 13, were tried
eedr
d.
arson. The former was acquitted and the latter convict
Sentence also deferred.
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The Durham Assizes commenced on the 25th. The ce-00 dar Contains the names cf 52 prisoners, and there are. °Di, out on bail. There are some cases of riot among the cAir
Tiers who have been out of work in consequence of a
agreement with the masters.
At Queen. square Police-Court Mr. William Burt, men!years one of the rate-collectors far the parishes of St. An.
n.
garet and St. John, Westminster, who has been in custn
since the 27th of June, on the charge of embezzling upw7r.
of 500/. received by him in that capacity, and Liam
gone two or three examinations, was again who has
brought be 0
the Magistrate: Nine distinct cases have been already tatiej.
against the accused, to which Mr. Rogers, the parish 0490
citor, on Friday, added two others. The parties having beo
bound over to prosecute in the two fresh cases ; the priSaa
was remanded tor three weeks.
COI:TUT ----7.6).SICION'ASZE.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset entertained at ett
nj
on Friday evening, the 'Alai quis of Douglas, the Marato;
Huntly, Duchess De Coigny and Mdlle.De
Coigny, Est'
Westmoreland, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Earl and Coe;
tess of Dunmore, Countess of Lincoln, his Excellency to
Russian Minister and Baroness brunnow,Dldlle.D'Este, °To
distinguished circle, at their mansion in Park-lane.
Duke or Wellington was unavoidably absent.
Lord and Lady Prudhoe have gone on a tour of the Ge 1,14
man Spas, and are not, according to their present intento
likely to return to this country before December.
°fort
Lord and Lady Lovat and family have arrived at Bes','••
Castle, Inverness. shire, where the Noble Lord will receit!,
succession of visitors during the next month for gr:4.-- shooting.
..st
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll are expected to retrial° •
Brighton some weeks longer, their Graces having taken
mansion on Eastern-terrace for a limited period.
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The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe are staying l',lble
Dowager Duchess at Broxmouth, near Dunbar. The "done
Duke's birthday was celebrated by the usual nlanife''.
of respect by the tenantry on his estate on Friday •
Lady Peel and family leave town early in the eristue
penel
week, for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Lieut. Win.
joins his ship in the course of next month.
His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador is at present ell!
tour in the Midland Counties, visiting the principal Wig'
factoring towns and districts.
uohi
Captain Lord Colville is now receiving a numerous
cite
guests, at his romantic residence, Portobello, near Edinbarri
The Earl of Mornington is enjoying excellent health,
13°
baying received the slightest injury from his fall.
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The Earl of Morley, as President of the West of Eng,7,o
Yacht Club, has postponed the Plymouth regatta from
t"
16th to the 27th August.
The Marquis of Blandford, who has been elected a menillr,
of the Royal Yacht Squadron, has purchased the Wave eitt.teli;
a beautiful craft of 54 tons. Next month the Noble Mar, L.
and Marchtoriess go on a cruise of some weeks in his
ship's yacht.