The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-07 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FORZXGN.
• • The-French mail brings no news from Paris or Madrid r
-the Slightest interest, ,
An outline of the ,intelligenee.,,brought ,by the Overland
Mail will befound under, the proper head.
Boghos Youssouti Bey, Minister of Foreign.AffAirs 'and of
Commerce to Mohammed Ali, 'Viceroy a Egypt, died at.
-41exAndria, in the afternoon ,of the 10th instant,.at the age
01. about 71. He was,e,onsidered the highest person in Egypt
`der MehemetAli
, By the Philadelphia packet, which reached Liverpool' on
uesday evening, accounts have been received froin St. Louis
of a most terrible and,distressing steam-boat accident, by
-17 filch 90. or 100. persons had. lost. their. lives. The vessel
,
plied.between Cincinnati and St. Louis struck on a
_sunken tree in the water, three miles from St. Louis,.and al-
Mostlmme,diately, went to pieces. . , .

LAW AND pozacs.
At Guildhall, a man of the, name of Davis, a journeyman
baker, was charged with the . murder of his wife, by cutting
her
; throat with a razor, on the 11th of December. An
`ikine-st had been heldon the. body, when the jury, having no
suspicion to the contrary, gave a verdict that she committed
suicide, being, in -11 state of insanity, The. evidence was con-
fined to the testitnony,given by the relatives of the deceisod,
• who considered her,
insane. The, sitting Alderman 'directed
44.Pfficer to summon, other witnesses, and remanded the
. prisoner till Friday.
• Damages were assessed in the Secondaries' Court in the
case of Litton a, Rowe. ,The. defendant, under a misconcep-
tion arising out of a transaction about
,a bill for ,187. lls.,
tensed the plaintiff to bc,apprehended on a charge of felony,
through which he, -was -ke felon's, cell, at the police
station, a whole night. wrong,enant admitted, by his
TAnsel, that he had done . and, the jury gave 50/.
•uania,gcf‘,
Unien-H,all Thomas Sparks,, formerly; shop-lieeper to
Bytield, paWnbroker, Kennington, was.fully coMmitted
°,ll a charge of robbing his late employer of 414
• • buscEzzarazious.
The weather here has again suddenly changed from a
4etlyfrost to-a thaw, accompanied with rain, and the baro-
xneter stands very low:
The opening of the South-Eastern line between Folkstone
ri,.(l. Dover was celebrated yesterdab a dinner, given by the
.._taYor and. Corporation of Dove the. Chairman and Direc-
L°N of the Company., The whole. proceedings were of the
nor enthusiastic and gratifying character..
An Anti-League; meing was held at Lichfield on the same
tY, MT: Manley, the High. Sheriff of Staffordshire, presided,
And the usual resolutions were adopted.
t, 'l;4 nomination of candidates for. Devizes took place yes-
when the. show of hands was declared to be in favour
yes-
of Mr. Bruges. Mr. Temple demanded a poll, and the election
Ities place this day,: , . •
"‘.)n 'Friday; the first of a regular line of Post-office packet-
cu'lls for New South Wales, sailed from Gravesend for Syd-
te3r, carrying out all letterswhich.were posted at the General
°st-offiCe up to Thursday evening.
, At Guildhall, lm Tuesday, Mr. Alderman Gibbs was una-
te ensuiftely. elected. Chairman. Of 'the- Commission of Sewers for
ng year
A. select dinner partv, consisting of Noblemen and Gentle-
Ten connected with- the Fox Club, took place on' Saturday,
..tt Brooke's. Among those present were Lord. Dinorben the
Lltrl of Errol,' Earl Fortescue, Lord Rowley, Earl Fitzwilliatn;
t(1, Duncanuon, . Lard . John. Russell, M.P., Lord Strafford,
.g.on. C. Ponsonby, M.P., Lord James Stuart, M.P., and
Hon Fox Maule, M.P.
Anti-League• meeting-of landowners and farmers of the
"ern Division of. Gloucestershire was held at Cirencester
Tuesday, and was well attended.- • •
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.PIVEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
T._ - CITY, QUARTER•TO THREE.
the
market yesterday, the sales were:l3.ooo
I.ltlff fat previous: rates ; :speculators . took 70:390
• g and French Shares were ratheriower , but other stock
17,1
14 fir,rul• Birmingham and Gloucester,'724; Edinburgh
-`4azgolv; 594 _Birmingham, 244 ; Brighton, 45k ;
auchester and Leeds, 113 ; Paris and Rouen, 32i ; South
"v4tBt,ern and Doverf-351., • .; .
:6,41)1 '-, delivery, of the general correspondence by , the
hilie44l4(l. Mail,. is ;expected take. place to-morrow ;
-tithe
actinn France are described rks being so bad, that
thj`l,-mas e, exertion will be necessary to accomplish
Afr A8-fax as the- mere summar-y.of,commercial news can
r 4,., data foe- conclusions,. we:should-say that there ,is a
B„Pflet- of improvement in the Indian. trade,. though it. ".cvill
;14itNYthis,yeAg take tho,dovelopernent which. Some ,parties
iii&ated with respect to China.. The Consular arrangements
art 0 ik progressing steadily, and
.also the necessary port
t
.Pt,eations; , but' t is hoped the other settlements may. no
573, le so unhealthy as Hong-Kong. ' •'•. • .d , Funds have not recovered, the ,depression of yest ei
the for account have been -97 to. 97*, and for. 31on_ey
F,x4altle- The Commissioners have, purchased. at
Illint.,(lllCr Bills are 675. to 695. -premium,. being steady..
lit Stock is 1921 t 0,193/, and 'lndia Stock, 277 i, neither
Th,11,, fluetuated to, any:extent, -and).hcing tolerably firm.:
ely Three-and-a-Ha.lf per Cents. are .102 to 101 i- and
aced .1.02 i, to 103. . •• •
•
Cents;
vanish Market is not so gay: For . the Five per
Three the rates have., been . 241. to. 23i, and for the
Bond Cents..,32 to .• Portuguese • Converted
S have alternated from 47i to Mexican are 35 for
414011ey; jind Columbian, 12a to which is an advance.
C6b3, bring 1014 to - '
thahisa!as In Shares is dull. Birmingham are not higher
Itr,t 40 prethium 'tind 'the' Fi'ench-lines'are quiet. Great
eittte!ru, Brighton-,and-Ihe few others dealt-in are'mtich the