The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-18 00:00:00

SUIVARY OF EWS

AND

'Outfit Opinion.

" Who runs may read."

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On Tuesday the FrenchPOZ
funds weON
re firm. The Three per
Cents._closed at elf. 95c., andfthe Fives at 122 f. 20c.
On Sunday evening their Majesties received the Menu-
de Pange and Generals Sebastiani and Friant.
By a Royal ordonnance, dated the 28th ult., his Roy
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Highness the Duke de Montpensier has been created a Ram°
ofthe Legion of Honour.
The godfather of the young Duke d'Alencon is his Msiestio
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the King of Portugal, who appointed his Ambassador at A
Court of Paris to be his proxy. The godmother is her Roy
,";
Highness the Duchess of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, represented "'I
her Royal Highness the Princess de Joinville.
The distribution of the prizes and rewards to the e
tors at the great National Exhibition will be made bi,:r,o
King's own hand. on the 28th instant, in the Hall ei
Marshals at the Tuileries.
Mr. Lewis Goldsmith, the father, we believe, of 1019
Lyndhurst, has been labouring under a serious attack ord2.
ness, but was sufficiently recovered to take daily collar
airings.
and
The Society for the protection of young prisoners
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juvenile liberated prisoners held its general meeting on
,trei.
day at the Hotel de Ville. M. Berenger (de la Drome),r%
of France, who presided, delivered an interesting address,',(
which he proved by authenticated figures that repetition!:
offences by young convicts had considerably diminished.,
the application of cellular confinement to this class of P
soners.
The post-offices of France last year received in the varl
boxes 114,200,000 letters, of which 3,200,000 remained oaf
claimed. The 111,000,000 millions produced a gum
41,569,200 f. There were also distributed 60,000,000 of prw of
papers, which produced 2,400,000 E, giving a to
43,969,200 f. •
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The price of bread at Paris for the concluding fortnight
the present month remains as it was-36c. the kilograue.Tk
A new opera, Les Quatres Fils Aymon, the music by
was produced or the first time at the Opera Comique,P"'
on Monday night, with immense success. f M.
Madame Lacoste had been acquitted by the Court °
size of Gers. lo
The Heraldo, a Madrid paper, states that Don Antos
i 0
Gallen°, long one of the most eminent politicians is
the Spanish capital, has left, on his 'way to Cadiz, to opelli,
school. The Herald° censures the Moderado party in
severe terms, for suffering so distinguished a man to feu
such distress. -AL
M. 'Biers left Paris on Tuesday, for Dieppe, from Will
-
after a short stay, he will go to Lille. 100
Lyons papers say that several persons have ie
arrested, charged with a Fieschi plot against the author! ,
of that place. Several grenades were fbund in their pet
sion, with which, it is said, they intended by a single
charge to destroy the general in command, the mayor,ro
the prefect, when coming out of St. John, after the sole
mass of the Ist of May.
LAW AND POLICE.
At the Chelmsford assizes, an action was brought by let
Ann Spaull, to recover damages from Stephen Forsterns
breach of promise of marriage, and obtained a verdict
400/. damages.
At the same assizes, a boy nine years of age was conVietjoi
of setting fire to a barn, by which property to the value
400/. had been destroyed. Sentence deferred.
At the Mansion-house' Henry Sage, the person who
charged on Tuesday with having presented for payrdwor
cheque for 301., which had been stolen out of a lady's ~,a
riage on Monday, was brought before Sir Peter Laurie
fully committed.
At the Thames Police-court, James Brigden, a cow-kee re bt
and dairyman, of Gulston-street, Whitechapel, was brougd
before Mr. Broderip for final examination, on a obarg
liess...,
manslaughter, in running his horse and cart over a -ty
married woman, named Ann Jones, who was killed ells,
spot. Mr. Broderip said the act was so clearly one of Olds
slaughter, that he could not take bail, and the prisoner "
committed.
At Queen-square, Mr. Bond gave judgment in a case
considerable importance to stage coach proprietors and o,he
ing-office keepers. The matter in dispute was, whether
omnibuses conveying passengers and luggage to the yario ol
railway stations were liable to the provisions of the 6th j
7th- of Victoria, cap. 86, which requires the proprietors rice
conductors of stage carriages within the metropolitael*s
district, to be licensed by the registrar, and the persen4
charge of the vehicle to wear a metal ticket, corresponw-0
with the number of their licence. Mr. Bond said, be:ole.
clearly of opinion that these omnibuses came under the "'
ration of the Act. •
COURT—PASHIONABLIS.
The Dowager Duchess of Bedford gave another. free
,e,
Wednesday, at Campden-hill, which attracted a very nil:110
rows assemblage. The beautiful grounds of her Graces „sgr
are now seen to great advantage, and the excellent arra"
of
ments which prevail render these periodical assemblageso
the aristocracy at Bedford Lodge, perhaps the most attra, ;e,
reunions of the season. All the preparations for the anlueo
ment of the juvenile portion of the visitors, which have woe
before described, were repeated. Conspicuous among .
juvenile dancers were the children of the Marchioneto
Abercorn, the Viscount and the Ladies Hamilton,- *
clever execution of several dances was much applauded.
The Earl of Shaftesbury entertained the Earl of Marital
Earl of Wicklow, Earl of Normanton, Lord Carbery,
„„der
Colchester, Lord Methuen, Lord. Brougham, Sir Alex"'_„j
Grant, Captain A'Court, Lord Ashley, Hon. H. Corry, nos
distinguished party at dinner, last evening, at his maw
in Grosvenor-square.
te°
The Earl and Countess of Ripon have returned to'
t.
from a visit to the Right Hon. J. R. Lushington, in gellbeit
Lord and Lady Bridport and family have left town for
seat, Cricket St. Thomas, near Chard, Somersetshire. ay
Lord Sinclair and family left London on Wedn7„o
morning, by the General Steam Navigation Gonir'
steam-ship Sir E. Banks, for Ostend.
-2111° The following are the latest arrivals at Brighton
Dowager Countess of Falmouth, the Marquis of Exe7
Lady Gardiner, Major Cholmeley, Lord and Lady Worgljj
the Countess of Mansfield, Lady Murray, Sir JaMeri. •
Lady Douglas, Lady Harriet Hamilton, Lady and Miss 1,
ley, Lord Lurgan, and the Dowager Countess of Cleves:lig
Lord Yarborough arrived off Brighton on Tuesday °bolo
in the yacht the Kestrel. His Lordship landed on the
~ed,
Pier, and after being on shore for a short time, re-embark
and proceeded on an excursion westward.

MZS CEIMMALICIEOUS
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On Wednesday the half-yearly meeting of the Go/
of the City Dispensary was held in the board-room of.
institution, Queen- street, Cheapside, for the purpose of wast
sacting the usual business--Mr. Nathaniel Ainger in ~pP
chair. It appears that during the past year upwards or
el its
poor persons have participated in its benefits, and fait tbd
institution in 1789, 256,054 patients were admitted. s' fal
anniversary dinner held at the London Coffee-house illgst
days since, the donations then made amounted to 7651'
and new annual subscribers, to 29/.Bs.
abli°
Earl de Grey and suite took his final departure from D -
on Tuesday. ,
A geDeral COJart• martial assembled at eleven o'clovh9l.
Weilnesday;l4 the mess-room of the Woolwick divisi°^"„d
toylil Matiree for the trial of Lieutenant Charles Loultv
,tlaFoolwicti division, Kt the following charge :_,‘For e'tk
ng„.abstefeil iffinself from his guard in the Victualling-4arl,oi
at Deptford, without due authority, on or about the °
July, 1844, and; not rejoining the same until the inoillss4o
the following day."—Lieutenant and Adjutant Berney ;
officiated as acting Judge-advocate, and the whole loos
evidence for the prosedution was completed at an early hog'
after which the Couit adjourned until this day at "
o'clock; 'when the prisoner will proceed with his defence•ai
of
are' credibly iliformed, says the Freeman's Joid7z, 00
vesterdV; that noleg than thirty boys were expelled 17. us,
hatelanlsattii•cray last for wearing an emblem of 'belt
anclamt the number who, h
because of oi
being Irish in- feeling as well as by birth, have been ',llt
driven from the schools established by ParliamentarY g 0
for their education, within the last few weeks, amounts
nearly 200.
The parochial authorities of St. John's, Islington, fife
offered rewards for the apprehension of the fathera
families, who have absconded, leaving the latter a biu""
upon the parish.
Many bullocks have been landed at Plymouth from 80
this week. Having had a short and favourable passage 0
appear in good condition, but neither In quantity or q"„ 04,
—in flesh, sinew, and bone—are they, according to 11401
to be compared for a moment with the true Devons.
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40 of them were sold on Friday on the quay, and PO
from 50s to 55s per cwt.
After about twelve years' suspension, or rather cote') el.
tive inactivity, the General Annuity Society has resusritid st
A dinner in aid of its funds was held yesterday even113;100
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The subscriP
exceeded 3004