The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-21 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.

IICESVELLAZTEOI7O.
To aceommodate thbarrangements of Mr. Cobden tke free
trade banquet at the Amphitheatre 'at Liverpool has been
postpOned until Friday, the 12th of April.
' On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the donors
and subscribers to the Artists' Benevolent Fund, which' was
established by a Royal charter granted by George the Fointh
in•theyear 1810, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great
account
f etoree Benjamin Bond Cabbell; Esq., in the chair. The
Queen-street ;
income
and expenditure for the peat year being
read, the former was 1,5181. 3s. 'ld., in . which was ' included
93/. ss. annual subscriptions, 6211.•145. - donations, and 561/.
13s .44, dividends on 19,000/. Three,per Cent. Reduced Stock:
The disbursements had been nearly 1,4094.. leaving a balance
in the hands of the treasurer of 109/. 17s. 9d. The gratui-
ties to widows- in •the .latter accounts amounted to 620/. 7s.
'Bd., and to orphans 128/. 6s. The capital of the fund con-,'
sisted ofl9,3ooollree per Cents. Reduced: " '
. In the course of last week three destructive incendiary fires
took place in Essex. • • •
A return of the Weekly aggregate average Price of wheat;
by which the duty is regulated, from the let of February; 1843,,
to the present time, has beeir.printecl on the motion of Mr.
Charles Wood, M.P. Striking. a general average of the
various prices during the above period , (which includes 57
weeks), we find that the weekly:average price,. by which the,
duty was regulated, amounted to 2/. 10s. 4d.
The metropolitan mortality by 'small-Pox during the last
year, whieh has been remarkable, for the severity of its epi-
demic maladies, has been estimated as low as 438, whereas by
measles alone-1,400 lives have been lost. This latter disease
is prevailing to a very considerable extent, at RUM College.
As many- as between 100 and 200 orthe boys are 'affected ;
but only one case of a fatal nature has occurred.
Last night, a public meeting, crow.dedly attended, was held
in the large room at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
called- by the Metropolitan Anti-State-Church Asssociation,.
to express an opinion on the subject of the union of Church
and State, to adopt resolutions condemnatory of such union,
and to elect two delegates from the nietropoliS to serve in the
Anti-State-Church Conference, now-forming. , Resolutions to
that effect were adopted..

MARIiET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.)

NATAT.aRKETS.

Smirttnr.t.n.—CCTaTS;llleado;l7.ll42l 15s •to 3135••, use-
ful ditto, 31 5s to 31 10s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to
31 16a.; ,Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 51.; Oat Straw,: 11 63 to. 11 Ss;
Wheat Straw, 11 8s to I/ 10s per load. Both Hay and
. Straw sold heavily, at the above quotations.
CirmßEßlANl).—'Coaise Meadow Hay, 2/ Isis to 315 a; useful
ditto, 3/ 8s to 3/ 13s; fine Upland ditto, 31 153 to 41;
Clover Hay, 31 to 4/15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 75 to 1/9s ; Wheat
Straw, 118 s to 1112 s per load. A moderate supply, and a
sluggiSh demand. Prices,about stationary. ' •••
WitrrEcumtea..—Coarse Meadow • Hay, 2l 12s to 31;
useful ditto,' 31 3s to 31 10s; fine • Upland ditto, 31.12 s to
3/ 15s; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 51 ss; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to
118 s ;..11rheat Straw, I/ So to 1/ 103 per load. Supply good,
and trade very dull:
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114[AZIKETS. .• .
Souttr.,'Manot 20:—For prime. Mutton, Veal, and
• Pork w had a steady demand, at prices, fully equal to those
obtained on this day se'nnight. In all other kinds of stock
exceedingly little was doing,• and their 'value had a down-
ward tendency:--Beef, from.2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 10d
to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per gibs,
to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 32; Sheep, 2,001.; Citlves,
47 ; Pigs,. 40,

itomt-n,- MARCH 20.—Although the supplies of stock on
offer to-day were by no means extensive, the demand was
throughout inactive, on the following terms :—Beef, from
2s 6d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to
4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 35 8d per Sibs. Suckling
Calves, 18s to 28s; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to, 21s;
and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each.

HAtr.onAm, MAacn 20.—We had a comparatively sluggish
demand ,for stock hero to-day, at barely late rates :—Beef,
from 2s 84 to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s 8d; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 6d;
and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 64 per albs. • •
AttuNREL, MAncit l9.—With. the exception of the primest
Beasts.and .§beep, commanding a steady sale, at full prices,
the demand ruled. eitremely- inactive :—Beef, from 28 6d, to.
4$ Mitttini,-2s lad to 4i 8d ; .Veal, 3s 6d.to 4s fid ; and
Pork, 2s
.6d to 3s 4d per 81bs.
• •
CluctibifEit, MAncit 20.—T0-day's market exhibited a,
full average supply of stock; which met a slow: inquiry,
in some instances, depressed rates•:—Beef; from 25,6 d to 4s ;
Mutton, 2s 8d- to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 456 d and Pork,
2s 6d to 3s 6d per BIbS. Suckling Calves, -18 s to 28s ;
quarter-old Store Pigs, 168 to 19s ; and Milch Cows, 151
to 18/each;

Vißi4 IN usual. t.—On Sunday night,
or early .on
Mcli.da, Y morning; a copper boiler. was stolen from the, pre-
'nisei of Mr. Singleton, hi the Brazen George yard, but
while bits. Singleton went,,to tbe.station,house to give infor,
matidEr'of. the relihery, the boiler was restored to the place
from whenCO it-liad been-bteien-r-=-CamW4e'Chrolicte. ' • -

In the French Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday a division
took place on the Secret Service Money Bill, which was car-
ried by a large majority, supposed to be about 50. •
Some disturbances took place at Marseilles on Friday, in
consequence of the display by the Legitimatists in favour of
M. Berryer. A great number of young men having .ascer-
tained that M. Berryer with some of his party was at a house
on the Prado, proceeded thither with the tricoloured flag.
As they went along their numbers were increased, until the
whole extent of the Prado, from the Place Castellane- to the
Rond Point, was filled. The disposition of the crowd was
byno means of an equivocal character. Not only did they
sing the Marseillaise ; they also set up loud cries of " A bas
-les Carlistes I", " A has les perjures !" The authorities were
compelled to interfere, and sent General Perchappe with a
squadron of chasseurs to protect the Carlist Deputy.
The Abbe de Pradt died at Vedrine, his country seat, a
few days ago, aged eighty-seven. The interview he had with
Napoleon, at a small country inn, on his retreat from Moscow,
and the•reinarkable conversation that took place, must be
fresh in the memory of many readers. It was on that occa-
sion the Emperor used the phrase now become a proverb—
" From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but a step."
The Monitcur contains a royal ordinance, authorising the
Minister of War to call into service 16,000 of the 40,000 con-
scripts of the class of 1842, who had not yet left their homes,
to replace 13,000 of the class of 1838; whose time of service
will expire in 1845. The effective krce -of the army for
1844 is fixed at 355,000 men, 75,000 of whom are stationed
in Algeria, and that of the reserve at 71,740, of whom 51,820
are old soldiers, and 19,920 recruits.
The Presse says, " It has already been announced that the
Board of Directors of the Bank of France was engaged on the
question ofissuing notes for 150 f. We now learn that thiS
measure has been resolved upon. -
The Gazette du Midi gives an account of the banquet of-
fered to M. Berryer at Marseilles on the 14th. The number
of persons who sat down to dinner was 550. M. Berryer's
health having been drank with great enthusiasm, he replied
by proposing ' " The dignity of the national flag on all the seas
of the globe, which was followed up by proposing the health
of Admiral Dupetit Thouars.
" It would appear," says the Patrie," that Queen Christina
does not intend to be long absent from Paris, forshe keeps the
Hotel Coureelles and Malmaison, where M. Munoz still
resides." ,

On Sunday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, the
.Tuileries was thrown into sudden and great alarm by the re-
port of fire-arms and cries for assistance from the garden side.
The officers on duty immediately . went on the search, and
found in the small garden next the Pavillon de Flore a sen-
tinel from the 2d regiment of infantry lying' at full length,
.covered with blood. He .was, however, soon recalled to his
senses, and stated that, while resting on his musket, it went
off by some unaccountable accident, and lodged the charge in
his arm... -
Nine condemned malefactors were, on Monday, between
eleven and twelve- o'clock, exposed on the Pillory in the
PlaCe du Palais de Justice: • - •
.A. fire broke out at Madrid on the 12th, which destroyed
the hotel-of the Administration of the Mines: The•wife and
family of M. Olozaga occupied apartments on the second
floor of the building. No lives were lost.
According to a letter from Naples, a negotiation was then
pending to effect a marriage between the Duke de Bordeaux
and the third sister of. the King of the Two Sicilics.
. The Commerce mentions that COunt Mold would leave Paris
for St. Petersburgh next May, and return by Constantinople,
after visiting Moscow and the magnificent harbours and ar-
senals established by Russia along the Black Sea.
A letter from 'Wiesbaden of the -9th says :—" One of the
largest hotels in this place has already been engaged for the
reception of the Emperor Of Russia. It is said that his Ma-
jesty will go this year to the baths of Erni.°
' • - - LAW' AND POLICE. ' •• •
James Elmore, a-policeman; recently in the employ of the
Croydon and- Brighton Railway ComPany, was convicted at
the Surrey Sessions of feloniously stealing, on the 13th of
February last,. at St. Olave's, Southwark, a gold seal and
, ring, the preperty.of W„Fisher, and sentenced to hard labour
for twelve months. . .
• At Bow-street, Frederick Shaw, a gold-beater, and Frede-
rick Radfort, a butcher; were committed for trial,- the one for
four acts of theft and burglary, and the other for six similar
offences. In- one case, the property stolen in jewellery,
amounted- .to 2001.
At Guildhall, William Brown, lieu Chaplin, and Joseph
:Harvey,. three seanien, • -belonging to the 'schooner Maas,
Captain Cooper, trading- bet Ween Londen End Hamburgh,
were charged by the Solicitor of.Customs'with smuggling
:1201bs. of foreign tobacco, valued with the duty at 651. Mr.
Alderman Gibbs, with the concurrence of Alderman Sir. C
Hunter, fined each of the prisoners 1001., and ordered them
to be imprisoned till the same be paid.
Mr. Maltby, the sitting magistrate at Marlborough.street,
acknowledged the receipt of a Si. Bank of England note,
No. 00,70.0, from a benevolent person, who states in his note
that it was saved from "self-denial practised during Lent,"
for the poor-box.
At Worship-street, Wm: Stripling all. as Wilson, was re-ex,
amined before Mr. Broughton, charged with having bur.
g,lariously entered the dwelling-house of John Finlayson,
Esq., a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, residing in Pales-
tine-place, Cambridge-heath, and stolen therefrom a quan
City of plate and,other property. He Was fully committed.
COURT--21/I.S2IZONABLII.
The' Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the . Baroness
Ahlefeldt and Major Stephens, honoured the French Plays
with her presence last evening.
The Earl of Rosebery received at dinner en Wednesday
-the Earl Stanhope, Lord John Fitzroy, the Earl of Altainont,
Sir John Harrington, Bart., Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Stan 4
hope and Miss S. tanhope. Mr.. Hope Vere, and Mr. Robert
Drummond- • • • ' -
The Earl of Haddington entertained the Duke of Welling-
ton, Sir R.Teel, Earl of Aberde,en, Lord Stanley, Lord Wharn-
cliffe, Sir James Graham, Sir H. Hardinge,, Sir E. Knatchbull,
Duke of Buccleuch, and the Right Lion. W. E. Gladstone,
at dinner last evening, at the Admiralty. It was the Noble
'Earl's-first Cabinet dinner this season.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are still on a visit
at Badminton, and will not leave until Saturday next for
town. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort return to Arling-
tonzstreet, for the season, On the WedaeSday
The Countess
,of Uxbridge is recovering from her very
serious attack of illness, and. we are, happy to hear'no danger
is now apprehended. ' -
Tuesday next is the birthday of his Moral Highnele Prince
George of Cambridge, who will complete his 25th year.
The Marquis of Abercom is expected at Dudley House,
Park-lane, early in the ensuing week.. •
The Countess of Haddington has issued invitations for a
grand assembly at the Admiralty on Monday next, in honour
of her Majesty's drawing-room .
The opening ball at Ali-neck's' on Monday next, the day of
her Majesty's drawinggoom, expected to be a brilliant
assembly. The Countess orjersey and Viscountess Palmer.:
vouchers,. considering it is the
ston perpose being in -attendance, and the' appliCations to
those ladies
have been exceedingly nu-
gillpba patronesses f
the bo of the ts;o:
--Lord-iind Lady Stanlefhave a goratiddinner on SatUtday
next. It and Lady's last party be-
fore Easter. \ _ _ ' • • )