The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

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The 2Vational states that Louis. Philippe is to pay his visit
to her Majesty, Queen Victoria, in the month of June, and to
be accompanied by Marshal Soult.
The election for Louviers was to take place on Saturday.
M. Charles Laffitte was tha only candidate, and would, no
doubt, be re-elected. It remains. to be seen whether the
Chamber of Deputies will annul the election a third time.
The Gazette de France announces the, death of a Legiti-
matist Member of the Chamber of Deputies, General the
Count de la Bourdonnaye, who expired at Paris on Thursday
of inflammation of the lungs. He ~was a Deputy for
Morbihan. . •

We learn by the Marseilles journals that it is intended to
get up a fite in that city in honour of the Duke of Mont-
pensier, on his arrival there from Algeria. There are to be
a ball at the grand theatre, an illumination, and fireworks.
The Moniteur states the total number of copies of new s-
papers printed daily in Paris to be 90,900, of which 52,600
are sent by post to the departments and foreign countries.
The obsequies of Prince Galitzin took place on Thursday
morning, in the Russian Chapel, in the Itue Neuve de Berry,
according to the rites of the Greek Church. The body was
removed on the preceding day, and lay in state on a cata-
falque, iu the coffin, with the face exposed. All his orders,
which were very numerous, being from nearly all the courts
of Europe, were placed at the foot, each on a separate crim-
son cushi,n. The coffin was carried to the church on a
magnificent car drawn by four horses. A great many per-
sons of distinction attended the ceremony, and among them
were the Russian Chargé d'Affaires and his Excellency Lord
Cowley. The body is to be conveyed to St. Peteraburgh, and
afterwards to Moscow. . _ .

A letter from Copenhagen, April 2, says :—" Railroads are
beginning to excite attention here, and within the last
month the King has authorised different Societies for the
construction of the following lines :-1. One from Copen-
hagen to Elsinore, about thirteen French leagues in length.
2. Another to cross the island of Zealand in its whole length,
running from Copenhagen by Rothschild, Ringsted, and
Slagelsee, to Corsoer, the length of which will be about
thirty-one leagues. By this line all communication between
Copenhagen and the east of Denmark, as well as the rest
of Europe during the period that steamers cannot
.ply in
the Baltic, will take place. 3. Six branch lines in the
Duchy of Holstein from the main railroad now in construc-
tion between Kiel and Altona, which will unite the principal
towns of. Holstein, together, and the North Sea with the
Baltic."
A letter from Berlin of the sth inst., in the Universal Ger-
man Gazette, says :—" The French and English Commis-
sioners who are at Berlin, for settling the Portendic affair,
cannot apparently come to any satisfactory agreement, and
Prussia will probably be obliged to name an umpire between
i1t10122."
.according to accounts from Stockholm, the Queen Dow-
a:,,er of Sweden intends to visit France immediately after the
funeral of the late King.
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The King and Queen of the Belgians are not expected to
take their departure for the Continent until about the 23d
inst. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Prince of
Leiningen, will proceed in the same Government steamer,
which will convey their Majesties across the Channel, on
her way to Germany.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence is expected to return to town
at the end of the week from the French capital, whither his
Lordship proceeded to be present at the marriage of his niece
Lady Augusta Fitzclarence to the Baron de Bondi.
Sir Robert Peel has had invitations sent out for a full dress
banquet, in celebration of her Majesty's 'birthday, on the 25th
irrst. The Right Hon. Baronet's party is to consist of about
thirty leading Peers.
The first subscription assembly at Almack's commences on
Wednesday, the 24ths
His Excellency the Count de St. Aulaire has caused invi-
tations to be issued for a grand banquet to the leading mem.
hers of the Cabinet and officers of State on the Ist of next
month at the French embassy, in celebration of the fete day
of the King of the French. Ihe whole of the Foreign Minis-
ters have likewise been invited to the entertainment, which
will be a full dress party, as the cards particularly. mention
that the personage so honoured is to appear en untfirme. The
Countess de St. Aulaire has announced a grand ball at the
French embassy for the 2d.
The Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse ; the Earl of Had-
dington, Duke of Buccleuch, and Lord Stanley, have cards
of invitation already prepared for full-dress dinners on, the
25th instant, in celebration of the Queen's birthday. It ip
said that either the Duke of Wellington, or the Duke of,De-
vonshire, purposes giving a grand ball on the occasion.
On Saturday the nuptials of Lord Francis Russell, seventh
son of the late Duke of Bedford, and Miss Peyton, daughter
of the Rev. Algernon Peyton, and niece of Sir 11. Peyton,
Bart., were solemnised at St. George's Church, Hanover •
square, the Rey. A. Peyton, jun., officiating at the ceremony.
The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers ar-
rived from Middleton Park, Oxon, on Saturday,: The Noble
Earl and Countess did not leave Belvoir Castle until last
Wednesday, having been nearly a fortnight the guests of the
Duke of Rutland.
The Earl and Countess of Macclesfield and Lady Louisa
Parker left their residence, Conduit-street, on Saturday last,
for Sherburn Castle, Oxfordshire. The Noble Earl is much
better.
Earl and Countess Fortescue, Lord and Lady Courtenay,
and a select family circle, have been passing the holidays
with the Dowager Countess Fertescue, at Wear Gifford.- The
Earl and Countess have since gone with Lord and Lady Cour-
tenay to Powderham Castle, from whence they come to town
early in the present week.
The Earl of Yarborough has arrived in Arlington-street,
train Brocklesby, Lincolnshire. Lord and Lady Worsley have
also returned to town. The Noble Earl shortly repairs to
Cowes for the yachting season.
The Earl of Burlington and family left Holkar Hall, near
Milnethorpe. last week, for town intending to visit the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland, at Trentham, Staffordshire.
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The members of the Southern Yacht Club are making the
usual exertions for the season. There are 24 yachts entered,
including the Flower of Yarrow, 185 tons, and the Gipsey, 22
tons, the property of the Marquis of Conyngham.
The amateurs of the Eton Choral Society gave a concert
last week in the Mathematical School of 'Eton College, the
proceeds of which are to be applied towards the purchase of
a new organ for the military church at Windsor. Her Ma-
jesty has been graciously pleased to transmit the sum of ten
pounds to the concert find, which is also applied to the same
laudable purpose.
It appears from a return made to the House of Commons
that the effective strength of the constabulary force through-
out Ireland was as follows:—viz. inspectors, paymasters,
surgeons, &c., 26; county inspectors of all rates, 35;, sub-
inspectors, of 11 rates, 208 ; head constables, 259 ; constables,
1,403 ; and sub-constables, 7,021; forming a total effective
force; on the first day of the new year, of 8,953, exclusive of
a " reserve force," amounting to 206. The total number of
horses in effective service was 291. The whole expenditure
upon the constabulary force in Ireland counties and
towns) amounted to 436,152/. 10s. There were at the same
period about 60 stipendiary magistrates, whose salaries
amounted altogether to 3.3841. annually.
On Wednesday, the 10th instant, George Jubee, of the
sth Fusiliers, was executed at Tullamore, for the shooting of
Adjutant Mackay. He fully acknowledged his guilt, and the
iistice of his sentence.

ST. ANN'S SOCIETY. SCHOOLS.—On Sunday a ser-
mon was preached at the church of the united parishes of St.
Ann and St. Agnes, and St. John Zachary, 'St. Ann's-place,
Aldersgate-street, by the Rev. Charles Kemble, M.A., minis-
ter of St. Michael's, North Brixton, on behalf of the above
schools. This peculiar and extensive charity consists of a
country asylum at Brixton-hill, where 229 children from all
parts of the world, and whether orphans or not, are entirely
boarded, clothed, and educated, and of a day- school 'in St.
Ann's-place, Aldersgate-street, where, in addition to two
girls, who are wholly maintained, thirty boys and thirty girls
are clothed and educated, the. boys till fourteen and the girls
till fifteen years of age, when they are generally apprenticed
and placed out by the Society. The rev. gentleman deli-
vered an impressive discourse from the 3d chapter of Ist Co-
pitithians, 11th verse, which was responded to by the liberal
collection of 491. Is. 4d.
DEATH OF SIR CHARLES M. WENTWORTH, BART.
—We have ,to announce the demise of the above respected:
Baronet, who expired on Wednesday last, at his residence in
Devonshire. He was born in 1775. The deceased was son
of the gallant Governor of Nova Scotia, who was created a
Baronet for his attachment to the British cause at the out-
break of the American war. The baronetcy becomes extinct.
YARMOUTH AND NORWICH RAILWAY.---On Friday
morning, at twenty minutes to eight o'clock, the Directors of
this railway, in• two carriages, accompanied by General
Pasley (the Government officer), the Lord Bishop of the dio-
cese, and a few Mends,. proceeded from the station at the
Foundry Bridge to Yarmouth, that the General might inspect
and report upon the line. The train appeared to go off very
steadily, and we understand arrived at Yarmouth station at
ten minutes past nine o'clock. The Directors, with the
General, returned to Norwich at a quarter past twelve o'clock,
having left Yarmouth at a quarter past eleven. The line will
be opened on the Ist of May.—Norwich.Mereury.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S STATE DIN-
NERS.—It is understood that the Reverend. Primate has
so far recovered in health and vigour as to be capable of
presiding at the State dinners, which will, consequently,
be resumed this season. •
PRINCE ALBERT AT ConunG.--Accorcling to
letter, dated the 4th inst., the Prince, accompanied by his
brother the Reigning Duke, went, the day after his arrival,
to visit the apartments occupied by their. late father in the
castle of Ehrenbourg, which had been left precisely in the
same state, without a single article being removed. Prince
Albert was deeply affected at the view. At two in the after-
noon, the whole court attended divine service in the cathe-
dral, every part of which was filled with the people, anxious
to see once more their beloved young Prince.
CHARITABLE PAWN SOCIETIES .......A Bill, " to pro-
vide for the establishment and regulation of Charitable Pawn
Societies," his been drawn up and introduced into Legislature
by Mr. Cowper and Mr. Hutt, the Members for Hertford
and Gateshead. It contains twenty clauses, and enacts that
societies may be formed for raising among the members
thereof a stock or fund for the purpose of advancing money
on property taken in pledge or pawn, the rate of interest not
to exceed Ave per cent. per annum. The operation of the Bill
is extended to Great Britain, Berwick, and the islands of
Guet esey, Jersey, and Man.
On the departure of Bishop Selwyn for his diocese
of ct.nnibals, New Zpaland, the Rev. Sydney Smith is said
to have taken leave of him in these affecting terms

"Good bye, Selwyn ; I hope you will not di-agrre with
the n:an that eats yon."—Hull Advertiser.
The Gazette des Trihunaux publishes an account of
a trial at Stockholm, wl i it is ye• y remarkele as coming
at a moment when two of the great States of Europe are
demanding from Turkey a positive guarantee against
religious persmution. A young psi der, named Nilsson
bra of Lutheran parents, and educated in the Protestantk
faith, having turned Roman Catholic, he was denounced
by the pastor of his parish to the Royal Consistory, and
brought before the tribunal. The President asked him
whether it was true that he bad renounced his religion,
and told him that the law awarded severe penalties
under such circumstances, but that he could avoid them
by again embracing the Protestant faith. Nilsson having
refused to do this, and declared that he had turned
Catholic from conviction, the tribunal sentenced him to
perpetual banishment, and declared him and his
descendants incapable of enjoying civil rights in Sweden,
or inheriting any property in that country. It was sup-
posed, however, in Stockholm, that the King would exer-
eise his royal prerogative and set aside this judgment.
A wag says that in journeying lately. he .was put
into an omnibus with a dozen persons, of whom he did
not know a single one. Turning a corner, shortly after,
however, the omnibus was upset, "and then," said he,
" I found them ail out."—Rua Adverttier.