The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

SUMMASY OF kN E 111 S

AND

pubitt taptittoit,

" Who runs may read."

FOIZEIGN.

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The French Chamber of Peers had voted the whole of the
budgets, and the Chambers were to be prorogued on Monday.
The Paris papers contain little news, and are chiefly occu-
pied with the Pritchard affair and the Morocco war. El"
tracts from them will be found in another column. The
ultimatum sent to the Emperor of Morocco was not fully ac-
cepted ; hostilities, however, had not followed immediately,
but a second ultimatum had been sent, an answer to which
was required by the Ist of August, failing which, the Prince
de Joinville was to commence operations along the whole
coast of Morocco.
According to Madrid papers, the Ministers of Finance and
Tustice were expected from Barcelona on the 30th. Senor
Gonzales Bravo had left for his diplomatic post at Lisbon.
The Bank of San Fernando had agreed to advance the Go'
vernment a sum of 60,000,(X)0 reals for the month of August,
on the same terms as the last.

The Neapolitan Gazette of the 29th ult. contains a decree,
arising out of the late troubles in Calabria, ordering all'per-
sons absent from home to return and present themselves to
the authorities in eight days, and granting an amnesty or
diminution of punishment to such persons engaged in the
late troubles who shall deliver themselves up within the spar')
of twenty days.

LAW AND POLZCZ.
The Mi4dlesex Sessions commenced at Hicks's Hall 4)!1
Monday. Ile calendar contains the names of fifty-four Prl'
soners tbr trial, thii ty- eight of whom were indicted for felony'
and sixteen for assaults and misdemeanours, none of which
are of a very serious nature.
Elizabeth Williams, aged 46, was indicted for stealing $
drinking-glass, value 10d., the property of Mr. Thomas WWI
landlord of the Silver Cup, Cromer-street, Gray's Inn-ron
on the 31st of July. Mr. Olney identified the glass as L!'''
property, and said he could not be mistaken with regard to it,
as it was marked with the words, "Stolen from the Silver
Cup." The Chairman said it was a curious mark, but
marked that it would be an exceedingly good plan for t
licensed victuallers to adopt. The jury found the prisoner
Guilty. Sentence—Three months' imprisonment.
Mary Smith, aged 19, Jane Driscoll, aged 20, and Sarah
Hodges, aged 18, were indicted charging them with steal's;
fourteen trays, value 155., the property of George Furby. Thß
jury found all the prisoners Guilty. The Court sentence';
Smith and Driscoll, both having been previously convicted
of felony, to six months' imprisonment With hard labour, and
Hodges to thretzqmoutha with hard labour.
COMILT-PASECIONILIMIS.
The Duke of Wellington is not expected to leave town until
the latter end of the present month, when his Grace proceeds
to Walmer Castle, where the gallant Duke will probably re-
main until the end of October.

The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh and family he°
left the Duchess Dowager's scat, Broxmouth, Haddingtoe'
shire, for their seat, Green Hill, Roxburgbshire, where th.a
Duchess and family will remain ; and his Grace repairs to his
shooting-lodge at Biarcleuch, on the Lammer Muirs, to alio/
the grouse shooting.
The Duke and Duchess of Leinster entertained Viscoullt
and Viscountess Palmerston, and a select party at dinner, 011
Monday, at their mansion on Carlton-house-terrace.
Viscount Ranelagh and the Hon. Miss Jones have left
Bolton-row, for Scotland.
Lord and Lady Doneraile, Lady Alice Peel, Lady The
Lister, Lady Boyle, Sir J. Reid, Hon. J. H. Knox, an
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great many personages of distinction, are residing at Int
All the marine residences on the Parade are either taken
the season, or negotiations are pending for their engageole
for the autumn.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence returned to his residence at
St. James's Palace on Friday, from Portsmouth, having !A
the order of the Admiralty been to inspect the Victoria
Albert, Royal steam yacht, preparatory to that vessel goo,'
out of dock.
Lady Peel, accompanied by her family, left Whitebsll
Gardens shortly before nine o'clock yesterday morning, I°r
Drayton Manor, proceeding by railway as far as Tamworth•A
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have isser:r
cards for a public breakfast at their villa, Rosebank, net
Fulham, on Thursday next.
The Earl of Wilton's yacht, the Xarifa, left Devonport on
Thursday, andhas since come round to Ryde to be in attenei
ance on his Lordship, who is expected to visit the Isle
Wight during the present week.
His Excellency Baron Brunnow entertained a small 101,t1
at dinner on Monday evening at the Embassy in Dover
street, including the following individuals :—Count Ness' ;
rode ; Count D. Nesselrode, First Secretary of Legation s,
Berlin ; Count Wielhorski, Privy Councillor in the service °I
his Imperial Mqjesty ; his Excellency M. de Maltzow, Cb'
berlain to the Emperor ; Chevalier Benkhausen
Berg, M. le Consieller d'Etat de Koudriaffsky, arid
Koudriaffsky.

BIZSCIEZZANEOI7B.
At a Special Court of the Directors of the Oiled°
Asylum held on Monday at the Freemasons' Tavern, fOO
P. M. Stewart moved that the schoolmaster to the Instittles.
be an " orthodox Presbyterian and ready to sign the Cow
sion of Faith." The Marquis of Bute moved as an amendoled,
that he be a member of the Established Church of Seal:o
The amendment was carried by a majority of 24 to 19, so
the. Free-church men had the worst of it. fid
The King of Saxony visited Edinburgh on Friday,
was to embark on Sunday on his return to his own do mini°,,i
The Directors of the North British Railway b:tve
notices for contracts for executing about twenty miles of
line from Berwick towards Edinburgh.
A great number of workmen are busily engaged t.
the formation of the line ofrailway kern York to Scarboreli
The Park guns were fired at o.lle o'clock to announce W
metropolis the birth of another Royal Prince.
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sell
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is said the puke of Devonshire is about toit;ios
his Irish estates; and that his visit is connected with I°
the property.—Limerick Chronicle. )Ir,
The Emperor of Russia has forwarded to 1.1,
Charles Coote, pianist to his Grace the Duke of Devulstilio
through his Excellency Baron Brunnow, the ribbon or
Order of St. Anne (with a gold medal dached), for his co je
sition entitled " Homage a l'Empereur Nicholas," written
honour of the Imperial visit to England, and perforni!'bo
presence of the Emperor at the memorable fete given to is
Imperial Majesty by the Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick
June last.
ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIES, MEDITERRAO4At
AND PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST s;.,„fir
forty-five minutes to two o'clock this day, the Oriental ViTly
pang's steam-ship Royal Tar arrived in the docks from sic,
raltar, and landed the Mediterranean and Peninsular less-
which were immediately dispatched by a special train,
the
ing here at two o'clock. The Royal Tar left Gibraltar on
28th of July ; Cadiz, July 29 ; Lisbon, August 1; and
the 2d. She has a full cargo, and above thirty panseniPiP
At 4 p.m. this day, the Royal West Indian mail.packetio
Medway arrived at her moorings and landed her mails/ 11e.
will be forwarded by the two o'clock a.m. train to-02°11,,e
The dates are Tampico, June 21 ; Vera Cruz, July 1 ;
vannah, July l 1 ; Nassau, July 13 ; and Bermuda, Juildust
She brings in freight 247,025 dollars, 697 oz. of gold
.flit o.
9,588 oz. of silver bullion, 1,816 oz. of gold, 313 oz. r,6,
Brata, 171 serons of Cochineal, 1711. 12s. British n'°'to
and 104 passengers. The Medway was not due beforo
7th inst.
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WEST INDIA PINES AND TURTLE...--YeSba cli,
there was another sale of 5,000 pines in Monumentcoo
making a total number of 36,000 of this fruit which Avg
this season been brought to the hammer by Messrs bf
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and Hunt. These last were brought from the BahainfOlos3
the Fear-Not, in twenty. six days, and the competition 0
very spirited, the best quality averaging from 3s. to 59.10 d,
each, whilst those of the inferior quality sold at 6d. LE'dertil
The sale of this new article of import may now be cog
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as fairly established for future annual supply, there tei% for
an import duty of five per cent. Purchases were Inaut•
several of the provincial towns, and also for the Paris 013 r v
A quantity of live turtle which were sent over by the 5310
vessel, and were the first imported duty free under the
tariff, were sold by private contract at Is. 6d. per lb. indjen
shell, it being hazardous to keep them, owing to the su
transition from a hot to a cold climate, of which they.aPPe
particularly sensitiveA(
THE Moolts.—Our accounts from the north or;ji
highly of the sportsman's prospects for the 12th. An OW
number of gentlemen from the south have gone into Sc°l"--
to be ready fer opening the campaign. ee
BOULOGNE AND PARIS.—The intercourse betty ea
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France and England is still remarkably on the increas;i
shown in the number of persons embarking and disamb.ar, 016
at the above-named French ports. During the week encl-T7iig;
Ist inst., the number was—at 80u10gne,3,831 ;
total, 4,843. During the corresponding period of last the
the total was 2,140; thus showing an increase during
week of the present year of no less than 2,703. to,
We regret to announce the alarming illness of
late respected Member for Hampshire, John Fleming:Ye:;
who, by the last accounts, was lying dangerously, ill of J, re
at Athens, and that little hopes were entertained of 11106
covert'. This painful intelligence vrill be received, lip
convinced, with deep regret by the numerous friends 0,
Fleming in this part of the COuntry.—Salisbury Herald. of
LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—The particularsd air
frightful calamity have just reached us. A pony Irl,, The
were got this morning on the strand at Doran's Islam" pif•
pony was dead, and there is every reason to fear ths:',o),
Cnfre l!durtin and his lady, who had a sea lodge in the Isiove
and who left this town about ten o'clock last ni-gbt.sn' rtea
been lost in the tide. Indeed, it is very generally rev-a in
that their bodies have been found at the Point, elfriPe, 511,
each other's arms. Nothing can eze!:'ea the syroPt'd'ot P." grief of all classes. We never SP....ff such an exciterneroce•
this town before at se painful and unexpected an ccolOrii, the
It has been rumoured that some of their children were In
car with them, but we are well informed that all the e"
are in the lodge on the isiand.—Sligo Journal.
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BIRTHS. Ger
On the 4th inst., at Campden-hill, Kensington, Lady
giana Romilly, of a son.
Willi°
On the 31st ult., at Newbrook House, the lady of
Ford Hutton, Esq., of a son. pil,
On the 2d inst., at Hyde-park-square, the lady of t
Esq., of a son. of
On the 2d inst., at Blackheath, Mrs. Frederick Lilt.'"
a son.
eli° J.
On the 2d inst., in Sloane street, the lady of Fred
Rothery, Esq., of a daughter.
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MARRIED. O'er'
On the 27th ult., at the British Embassy at thf„o-
Alexanfitr Elric Hemmingson, Esq., to Miss Johanna
Ranzow, of Brunswick. Churcb
On the Ist inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, New I,loo'
James, eldest son of James Turner, Esq., of Bec`:i f0(14
Kent, to Drucilla, second daughter of John garlar-'
Mynard-place, King's-road, Chelsea. fLolici°°'
On the 2d inst., at St. Peter's, within the Tower 0- ,00,3t00f
are A
Mr. Charles Head, of Kew-bridge, to Miss Marg
of Kelso, North Britain.
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DIED. Todieh
On the 23d of May, at Bangalore, in the Est 'rs.
Arthur Vizard, Esq., Cornet in her Majesty's 15th unLet,
MaOrny,t.vhieht3oQwthorutlht.e,
On the 25th ult., at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Rob
liant eIIIPVP.6
fifth son of the late Rev. William and the Hon. Mrs. 1-,),ance.
ampton, Gloucester. 13, relict
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On the Ist inst., at 'Woodfield, Havant, Elizabet
3030,
Hr
.Si3e3eiamuocuhra-rastpree,
.s-ii4ie,sot9f 'rport_h-•
of Thomas Hinchliff, Esq., late of Wandle-grove, 11
Surrey, aged 69,
On the 2d inst., at Hampstead, Mr. John Faxon. .derof
On fue 2d inst., Elizabeth,the wife of Mr. John .1.•
---ate-stet,
V okins, of John-street, Oxford-street. ate-s—
On the 2d inst., Mr. Thomas Sharpe, of Bishopsg
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Within, aged 65.
of Maiden rleg
On the 3d inst., Edward Golding, Escl-,
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and Sonning• grove, Bei ks.

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Ttiesday, August Op 1544