The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-27 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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On Saturday the Ring of the French, accompanied by.Ge-
neral.Gourgaud, the Count de- Stradal-Messrs, Fontaine and
De Cailleux, and, two • orderly. officers,- went to Versailles.
His Majesty visited the galleries of the lltiaee, and then re-
turned to •the Tuileries: ..M. :Pupin dined with tha, Royal
family,in the evening. , • . •
The Duke and Duchess-de Nemours, attended -1)y. General
._Count.de Colbert, , the Prince's Aide-de-camp, and the
COunteas d'Oralson, the Princess's Lady of Honour went on
.Saturday to the Luxembourg, to -view the fruits and, flowers
exhibited ‘by the •‘ Cercle. General. d'Herticulture." Their
Ito alFlighnesses were received by the Grand Referendary
and. the ',Duchess- Decades, .and • many of the Peers. This
-Horticultural Society, which is oomposed of two hundred
• gardeners and nurserymen of Paris,. is under the.patrpnage
.of the Duchess. de Nemours. -
At the 'funeral of General Pajol the pall was borne by
Marshals Counts- Gerard and. Alelitor. General. Count Excel
mans, and M.. Laffitte, deputy. The funeral array, was almost
.entirely Military, but solemn and impressive. Three Royal
'carriages follewedthe hearse—the first being the King's, the
second sent by the DuChess of Orleans, and the last, by the
:Duke de Nemours. When the, body. was depo4itedin the
tomb,' General Cubieres delivered an Oration, which was
heardwithemotion by all preterit* -
The Courriei-.Frangais statesthat it was asserted on Sa-
turday at: the Chaniber of Deputies, that M. • GuizQt had re-
`ceived, dispatches from the Cabinet of St. James's announcing
the dismissal of the missionary, Mr. Pritchaa frotn.his. office
as Consul at Otaheite.
_ By the death of the ring of, Sweden, Marshal Soult has
become the sole survivor of all the Is, Marshals of the' empire
created by Napoleon in 1804, at the camp of Boulogne.
The diligence from Madrid to Seville was stopped about a
fortnight ago thy robbera in the neighbourhood of-Cordova,
and thepassengers completely rifled.' The bandits seized ,on
a quantity of jewels belonging to the Count de *gerede, and
a cane mounted with brilliants, which was On its way from
• Madrid to General O'Donnell. - •
There appears to be quite a rage in Germany or invest-.
• `f
ments in railroads. The Cologne Gazette it4tes that the ap-
plications ,for shares in the Thuringen Railroad amount, to
1.67;000,000 lhakri (625,000,0009. The Capital required
was only 60,000,000 E. The line joining Berlin to Brussels
and Paris will be probably opened for circulation in, 1847 ; the
Capital of Prussia will then be a day and a half'rs purney
from BrusSek, and two days tofu raris.
Another earthquake occurred, at • Ragusa,, in Dalmatia,
about, half-past ten in the morning of the PO. Alit:, the
moment of the akiearance of the new moon. , It lasted six
or seven seconda. _The sea ran very high; the Sirocco blew
with great force, and a :quantity. of rain fell. ;,,'Three new
, shocks of some violence were felt, on the 2d inst. The jnha-
. bitants Were so alarmed, that they fled the` toivn,and huts
Were erected for 'the poor in the: open country.

LAW AND POLICE..: • •
At the Sheriff's Court; Greenwich, an action was brough
by a tradesman of that town against Mr,,Bene, a.person of
independent, property, for defamation. of Character, . The
putationspast on. the ,plaintiff; were of a horrible character,
and the jury, after consulting fur a. few minutes, returned; a
verdict against the defendant, with 2001. damages.
At Lambeth-street. Police court; Mr. Norton was' engaged
for some hours in hearing the final examination of Thomas
BuCkmaster, Master ,",-(orman linekmasteri.Vr.oeteftTohn Mel-
coin, John Purdy, and. John Payne;meinbers of an iinphdent
gangof expert thieves, who have managed to plunder several
poor persons of property amounting to over 400/. •The pri-
sopers mere all committed for trial, on different charges...
Richard Lan, a well-knoWn young thief, Wai.eonamitted to
the House of Correction, with hard labour,.for six. weeks, or
picking pockets at the 'funnel faney. fair, on Monday night.
The two men named Ware and polith, and .Williams, the
youth, charged at. Union Hall on suspicion With robbing Mrs.
Cutto, of a purse containing 720!., in an omnibus;; and also
With stealing a..purse containing twelve .sovereigns, from
Mrs.. Kingsinith,_ef ,Guildford-street, were brought, up, for
firial examination on these charges. 'Mr. Cottinghain said,
that he shonld commit Ware :and Williams for tria t1.,0n bisith.
thex , harges and that with respect tothe other prisoner, e
evidence not being so strong against him, he should accept-
of bail ,for, his appearance. • !
At Clerkenwell. ,John Williams, who was :remanded on a
charge of haying,obtained fourteen shillings under false p e-
tences from a poor old wonian; residing ,in .Peter-str t,
Clerkenwell, was again examined before Mr. Combe. e
prisoner called on theprosecutor; and represented that he d
come from the 'West Indies, where he had seen her son,
fro& whom he hid brought a parcel far her, lnit° it was e-
tained at Liverpool for a Custom-house fine. of I4s. ; that e
was goirig back to Liverpool, ,and that he weal(' forward h,
parcel to her if she' advanced him the money to. redeem '
She gave the prisoner the money, and some time afterward
was discovered that the prisoner had duped her. Ile
£44y committed for trial.
couscr—.r.eauxoN4.4.. , •
queen Dowager left Witley Court yesterday, c
-arrived. at Marborough itpuse at half: past six e'elock. ,
The,. Duke of .Rutland receives A ,distinguished at=
Belvoir Castle until Saturday next, for the Croxten" P rki
'Races, which commence io-morrow under. the. steNiaidihi of
'the . Marquis of Granby-, Earl of Wiltep*.and Lord o-
rester. The
.party assembles at I3elvoir marrow.. he
Marquis of Exeter, Earl and. Countess. 4Terseyi Duke lid
Duchess of Beaufort; Earfand. Countess. of Chesterfield, L rd
Forester, Hon. Cecil Forester,. Earl.: and Conntess of Wil
Viscount Maidstone, &c., are amongthe,gnests.invited.
~,Viscount and Viscountess Canterburnand fainilYAre p s-
ing the spring at Rockbeare. House., near Exeter. The Nq le
Viscount and Viscountess are not expected ,in town, till the
'close of the ensuing month. , •
Lord and Lady Colchester. had, a dinner party on Monday.
iii ,Sonth-street.
Mr. Arbuthnot, who has been passing thq winter at Ap ey
House in consequence of delicate health, is .consider ly
better.: The Right Hon. Gentleman is expected to join lie
Duke of Wellington's party at Strathfieldsaye during the p-
,proaching holydAys.. ".
The Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Lady Rae ael
Russell are expected to arrive in Paris on Aionday next f om
.
• i .
The 3larquis of Westminster s considerably improved in
. hearth during, the last week.. Lord Robert . Grosvenor lhas
returned to. town from Eaton Hall,: where he was called}
the illness of his noble father. 1
- • The Earl of Devon, on leaving- town, did not proceed to
Ireland„as was stated, but to Powderham Castle; Devon.
The Noble and Learned Earl-proceeds to Ireland in the
course of this week. • LOrd and •Lady •Courtenay" remain at
VoWderhant Castle until after the Easter recess.
The'Earl of Verulam has left Grosvenor-:square. for Berk-
hampstead Castle. -On Saturday. nakt.the family, with the
Earl and Countess Craven, Viscount-and Viscountess Folkiet
stone; proceed to,q3ehroir Castle, on a visit to the Duke ol
Rutland. • • - •

IitaSCELL4LNEIOI7O.
In consequence of the. plentiful supply of English wheat
at Market, and the quantity of foreign in bond, the millers
have been able to reduce the price of flour, and a reduction
in the -price of bread took place yesterday morning. Tlaa
first-rate houses reduced the 41b.,10af to Bd. ; and the cheap
bakers 9 as' they are conrionlyCalled, have lowered it to 60.
and 6d.
The Duke of Hamilton, in compliance with a' requisition
signed' by 296 indkriduals, has- summoned a meeting of the
county of Lanark, to be held on the 29th current, to petitik,
Parliament to continue protection to the produce of land,
and also to consider the clauses of the Bill now before Par,
lament, " to facilitate the-disjoining or dividing of extensive.
or populous parishes, and erecting of new parishes, in Scot-;
land."
Yesterday morning the " Fancy Fair," in the Thames.
Tunnel, which commenced on Monday, vas resumed, and.
presented much the same appearance as onthe previous day.,
There are 64' arches in the tunnel, and of these 48 were
occupied with stalls Yesterday afternoon, 16 arches being
cisimcp:lrlteendtmchataenrigallesy, ntootbeqnueitfiet
Ichome
ppulebtleid,c,
untenanted. • . -
sirievtehnetPoiSett-teorfli.ceacirriers
Were
yestemey
Anticipatory of
taken into the " Two-
penny"y Post-office. A further increase will take place in. a
few days. •
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LLOYD'S S-!-lIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 27.—Mederate S.W. breeze; and cloudy.
DEA, MAncit 26.—A.M., Wind W.N.W. to N., moderate;
r.a,t, N., very light.—Arrd. Argyra, • Reed; Ceylon ; Swift;
' Berbice ; Okprey, Ripley, Matanzas; Stephan, New York,
for Hamburgh. 81d.'City of Po6iaah, Madras ; John Hal-
lett, Mauritius; Eliza Scott, St. Helena; Underwood, St.
, Kitts ; Miranda, Antigua; Anne Kenny, Quebec. •
SHOREHAM, MARCH 26.-81 d. Claud, Qtiebee. '
Porrrsmotrrrt, MARCH 26.—Wind Pestonjeeßo=
marilee (transport), Bunnie, .Barbadoes; `sld. 26th tilt; Vie-
tone.. New York, and aid for 'London.
COWES, MARC" 26.—A.rrd. Harmonie, Lagon, Batavia.
BfallcH WIN.W.,—SId. -Frances
Lawson; Hull. , •
SCILLY, Mincit 20.—Arrd.' Cornet," 'Cardiff -for Palermo,
4ith damade, •having be'en in contact with the San Jose,
-froth Lisbon to Hatithurgh, 20th instant, thirty-six miles
west by south •of 'Scilly, when Seven of the crew of the
latter got on board the former. • 21.—Clifton, Newport for
Bermuda, leaky.
LIVERPOOL,* 3fARCH 26.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrd.
James Dean, Bonny ; Broadaxe, St. Domingo ; Lady Milton,:
Sinnett, Mobile; Rory O'More, and Conshook, Charleston;
Ellerslie, Now York. Sld..Orixa, China ;- Mary Ridley, Cal-
•cutta ; • Chimera, MauritiuS ; Islam, Barbadoes ; Hero of Si-
don, Puriuit, and Rialto, New Orleans ; Magnet, Montreal.
Arrd. off, Queen of England, Glenswilly; Leonora, and Tri-
ton. A brig of 200 tons, witter-logged and abandoned, plain
stern and scroll head, was passed 13th instant; lat. 42, lon.
40, by the Rory O'More, arrived here. •
'SHIELDS, 41•Ancit 24.—S1d. Rota,: Algiers and .Batavia.
Hum, MARCH 25.—S1d. Ganges, St. John's ; Gilmour and
PePin,-Quebec. 26. Wind moderate_.—Sld. Salisbury, Har-
rison, St. Andrew's. • • • - '
CAR.DIEF, MARCH 25.—Sld. Governor Douglas, New York.
AI3ERDOVEY, MARCH 25,—A ptuicheon, marked T.R.L.F.,
supposed to have contained rum, and to have come from the
wreck of the Caroline, was found here this morning.
GOOLE, MARCH 23.—The schooner -Magnet, from Peter-
• head to this port, was lost off Whitton yestryday,-crew saved.
LONGHOPE, MARCH 14.—Arrd. Corot an, St. John's,
.New Brunswick.. • ' '
LYNN, MARCH, 25.—Ski. Whim, Quebec.
SUNDERLAND, MARCH 25.--Sid. Euphanus, Pugwash
Echo, Miratnichi ; Atlas, Bairon,.British Queen, John White,
Maria.and Elizabeth, Maria Whitfield, Permute, Rolla, Dan-
don, and Symmetry, Quebec.

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- .WILSON'S SCOTTISH-ENTERTAINMENTS.L-It would
seem that the
.public appetite for Mr. Wilson's delightful
entertainments is sharpened by the numerous imitators that
are constantly springing up, and as constantly eVanishing ;
for last night the Music Hall, Store-street, was crowded to
excess, as usual, and every private hex Occupied, to listen to
the AdVentures of Prince Charles, and the heart-stirring
Jacobite strains connected with them: This -is one
of Wilson's most popular entertainments, equalled
only; perhaps, by his " Nichts wi' Burns," and it
went off with as much freshnese as ever, this being only the
first time he has given it this season. It will have to be re-
peated many times, of course ;• but the Scottish )%finstrel will
never give it with more thrilling effect than he imparted to
every strain last night. We see by the provincial', papers,
that Wilson was at Liverpool, Chester, and Manchpster, last
week, and was greeted with his usual success in each nlace.
ROBBERY AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Yester-
day information 'as 'received by
.the police that on the pre-
vious night a gentleman belonging to the firm of Messrs.
103, blackman-street, Southwark, was robbed in the pit of,
tIo dhle e,ome, and Co., wholesale druggists; Nos. 102 and
Haymarket Theatre, between ten and half-past, ten.
o'clock, of a brown silk purse, containing ten sovereigns and
Count of
some silver, and a Bank receipt for the sum of 451. and 401. in
notes. •
The reigning
Assenheim on the 18th, of pulmonary paralysis. Ile. was 54
years of age. . •