The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-12 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.
The funeral of the late Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha took
place on the 3d inst. in the church attached to the palace at
Gotha, amidst salvoes of artillery and the solemn tolling of
bells. The body lay in state, the day before, in one of the
principal apartments of the palace. The procession was
composed of all the officers of State, and of the household of
the august deceased, a considerable number of officers from
the Prussian garrison of Erfurt and Langenzalza, and the
great bulk of the population. • After the funeral service, the
coffin, which was carried up to the altar by twelve gentlemen
of the Court, M. Jacobi, the Court chaplain, delivered an
affecting discourse, reminding his hearers of the many
virtues of their departed Sovereign.
- Another attempt at insurrection had been made in the
east of Spain, at a place called Alcoz, but it was unsuccessful,
and thirty of the insurgents were made' prisoners by the mili-
tary. By an order of the Minister of War, which appears in
the Madrid Gazette, all these unfortunate creatures are or-
defed to be instantly shot on the arrival of the dispatch.
The ball in aid of the English Charity Fund took place at
Paris on Friday night in the theatre of the Rue de la Tour
d'Auvergne, and passed off with great eclat. Dancing was
kept up till four in the morning.
We learn from the Swiss journals that the fall of snow in
the cantons of Berne and St. Gall, during the last fortnight,
has been heavier than has been experienced for many years.
Many houses, barns, buildings, and cattle, have been crushed
by the falls of avalanches. The loss of only two men, one
woman, and two children, is mentioned.
A violent storm prevailed on Tuesday and Wednesday off
the coast of Finisterre, and letters from Quimper state that
the weather continued so severe as to create fears of serious
disasters on the coast. Several fishing boats belonging to
Granville and Cancale were caught in the gale, and two
of them went down with all on board. The crew of one of
them consisted of six men and a boy.
Accounts from St. Etienne represent the fall of snow in
that country to have been so great, that the Paris and Mar-
seilles mail could not proceed without ten or twelve houses to
get it over the hills of La Republique and Grand Bois. All the
inhabitants of the surrounding communes were called on to
clear away the snow.
COURT—PASNIONABLE.
The Duke and Duchess of Leinster and Lady Jane Fitz-
gerald are expected in Carlton-terrace the first week in
April, from Carton House, Maynooth, for the season. Their
Graces have been dispensing their usual hospitality at Carton
during the winter.
The Marchioness of Normanby arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, on Saturday, from Mulgrave Castle.
Earl Fitzwilliam, accompanied by the Hon. G. W. Fitzwil-
liam, M.P., is daily expected at Mortimer House, from Milton
Park, near Peterborough.
The Earl of Harrowby, Viscount and Lady Frances Sandon
and family, have arrived in Grosvenor-square from Sandon
Hall, Staffordshire, for the season.
The Earl of Aberdeen is rapidly approaching convalescence.
Lord and Lady Brougham had a dinner party on Sunday
evening in Grafton-street. Her Ladyship commenced her
soirees on Wednesday last.
The Duke of Devonshire returned to Chatsworth on Friday
last, from Hardwicke Hall. The Noble Duke intends to re-
main in retirement at the former seat, in consequence of the
serious illness of his noble relative the Earl of Carlisle.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained Viscount
Melbourne, Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Earl of Minto,
Lord William Russell, Earl Auckland and Hon. Miss Eden,
Right Hon. J. C. Hobhouse, Mr. Dundas, Lady llolland,
Colonel Fox, and a select party at dinner on Saturday, in
Carlton House-terrace. In the latter part of the evening her
Ladyship received a small party, including his Excellency
the French Ambassador, Baron and Baroness Langsdorff,
Viscount Howick and Lord Glenelg.
The marriage of the Hon. Captain Denman, son of the Lord
Chief Justice of the Queen's Balkh, with Miss Watts Russell,
is to be solemnised to-day.
INISONI.L.A.NEOUS.
An Anti-League meeting was held at Bedford on Saturday.
It was a poor affair. The Russells and Whitbreads, and prin-
cipal landowners, were absent, and not more than 200 at-
tended. Similar meetings were held at Croydon and King-
ston-on-Thames on the same day, and at Gloucester on Friday.
In addition to the two rival railways to Rochester, the one
starting from Gravesend and the other from Rosherville, a
third line was introduced to public attention on Friday, at the
meeting of the Thames and Medway Canal Company. This line
is to consist of one line of rails, to be laid on the banks of
the canal ; and as the 170,000/. expended on the canal was
on works available to a railway, only 65,000/. are estimated
as necessary for the proposed line, as well as for the required
carriages, engines, stock, &c.
The President of the Geological Society, Mr. Warburton,
entertained the Council of that learned body at dinner, on
Saturday, at the Clarendon Hotel.
On Saturday a special meeting of the South-Eastern Railway
Company was held in the board-room at the London-bridge
station. Mr. Baxendale, the Chairman of the Directors,
filled the chair. Resolutions were unanimously passed,
authorising the Directors to apply to Parliament for an Act,
for the improvement of Folkestone Harbour, and to take steps
to enable them to carry a line from Ashford to Canterbury,
Ramsgate, and Margate.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Norwich
and Yarmouth railway was held at Norwich on Friday,
George Stephenson, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, presid-
ing. It apl)eared from the report read on the occasion, that
arrangements have been made with the contractors to open
the railway for public traffic on the Ist of May, instead of the
Ist of June.