The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-27 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
flubitt Optitton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

On Saturday the King of the French,"decompanied by Ge-
neral Gourgaud, the Count de Strada, Messrs.-'Fontaine and
De Cailleux, and tyro order!), officers, went to Versailles.
His Majesty visited the galleries of the Musee, and' then re-
turned to the Tuileries.' M. Dupin dined with the Royal
family in the evening. - • •
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours,' attended by General
Count de Colbert, the Prince's Aide-de-camp, and the
COuntess d'Oraison, the Princess's 'Lady of Honour, went on
Saturday-to the Luxembourg, to view the fruits and flowers
exliiibited by the. " Cercle General d'Horticulture." Their
R'oyar Highnesses were received by the .Grand Referendary
and the, Duchess Decazes, and many of the Peers. This
HOrficultural Society, which is composed of two 'hundred
gardeneis and- ntirserynsensof Pairis, is under the patronage
of the Duchess de Nemours:

At the funeral- of General Pajol 'the pall was borne ,bv
Marshals Counts'Gerard and Molitor, General Count Excel.:
mans, and M. Laflitte, deputy. The funeral array was almost
entirely military, but solemn and impressive. Three Royal
carriages followed the hearse—the first being the King's, the
second sent by the Duchess of Orleans, and the last by the
Duke de Nemours. When the body was deposited'in the
tomb, General Cubieres deliVered' an oration,' which} was
heard with emotion by' all "present.
The Courrier Fravizis states that it was asserted on Sa-
turday at the Chamber of Deputies, that M. Guizot‘ had re:.
ceived dispatches from, th 4 Cabinet of St. James's annottncing
the dismissal of the missionary, Mr. Pritchard, from his office
as Cimisul at Otaheite.

By the death of the King of Sweden, Marshal Soult ,has
become the sole survivor of all the 18 Marshals of the empire
created hyllipoleon in 1804,'at the camp of Boulogne.
The diligence from Madrid to Seville.was stopped about a
fortnight ago by robbers in the neighbourhood of Cordova,.
and the•passengers completely rifled.. The bandits seized on
a quantity of jewels belonging to the Count de Merode, and
a cane mounted with brilliants, which was on its way 'from
Madrid to General O'Donnell. •
There appears to be quite a rage in Germany for invest-
Ments railroads: The Cologne Gazette states that the ap-
plications for shares in the Thuringen' Railroad amount to
167,000,090 thalers (625,000,000 f.). The capital required
was only 60,000,000 f. The line joining Berlin to BruAtels
and Paris will be probably opened for circulation in 1847 ;.the
capital of Prussia will then be a day and atalf's .journey
from Brussels, and two days'from Paris.
Another earthquake occurred at Ragusa, in Dahnatia,
about half: past ten in the morning of the 27th ult., the
Moment of the appearance of the new moon. It lasted six
or seven seconds. The sea ran very high, the Sirocco blew
with great force, and a quantity of rain fell. Three new
shocks of some violence were felt on the 2d inst. The inha-
bitants were so -alarmed, that they fled the town, and. huts
vere erected for the poor in the open country.

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.2.411 r AND POLICZ. '
• " At the'SherifreCourt, Greenwich, an action was brought
-by a tradesman of that town against, Mr. Bone, a person of
-independent properCy, for defaination of character. The im-
putations cast on the plaintiff were of a horrible character,.
'and the Jitt).7; after 'Consulting for a few minutes, returned a
verdict against the defendant with 2001. damages.
At Lambeth-street Police, court," Mr. Norton-was .engagedfor some hours in hearing the final examination of Thomas
`Buckmaster, Master Norman Buck'naster, Procter John Mel-
con", John Purdy, and John Payne; members of an iniplident
gang Of expert thieves; Who: have managed to plinider several
poor persons of property amounting to over 500/."' The pri-'
toners were all committed for trial on different charges:
Richard Lalt, a well-known young thief, was Committed:to'
the IlOnSe of Correetion with hard labour, for-six --tirbelis, for
pickingpocketd at the Tunnel finicYfair,,on• Monday night.
•The trio men named Ware anti Smith, and Williatris-' the
youth,•charged atUnien Hall on suspicion with TobbingMrs,
CIAO, Of a purse containing /20/, in •aii• omniblis ; and alsd
• with et'ealingift purse cOntaining twelve sovereigns, • frcini
Mrs. lialgAnith, Gitildtbrd4treet, were brought up for
final examniation mit these charges.! Mr. Cottingfiam Said,
that he shetild commit Ware and Williams "'Or trial on both
the charges"' `and that with respect to' the otliporiusoldy accept
the
ofev bailidencfeornohtiA ii biprlpgeaslara' stronglce against him,
lie ei:sit
444-with reminded on
charge of having obtained fourteen shillings tinder false pre-
tences from a• poor Old , woman, . residing in Peter-streeti
Clerkenwell, was, agairf-eXamined before :Mr. CoMbe.: Th
prisoner: called on the: prosecute'. and represented that: he ha
come from the West Indies, where he had- sben,lier• sen;• an
from whom' he pafeef for her,? but it was de
tained 'at -Liverpool for a Citsioni-house fihe of 14s. thit h
,-4as gOing,biick-fcrLiVerpooli- and that• he would forward Eli
parcel to her if • she , advanced him', the money to redeeni it.
She gave the prisoner the moriny,and Somelime afterwardS it
was discovered that the prisoner had . duped her;' w
fully eommitted for trial.
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COURT—rASAIONAI. BM. - -
The Queen Dowager left. ,Witley Court yesterday; and
`arrived at Marborough House at'half-:past sin 0 clock.
The DUke ' of. Rutland receives a distinguishict- eirele 'at
Belvoir Castle until' Saturday hext, -for the 'Criiitrcta Park
Raeff,- which commence to-inorroir under the steivitrdship of
the Marquis of -GianbY, Earl of -Wilfein;:anda Loid Fo-
resei. The Pahy-ass-euribles Belvait tain,tilYow) - The
Marquis of Exeter, Earl, and CounteS4' end
Duchess- of Beaufort, Earl and Countess of eheAte!field; Loricl
Forester, Hon. Cecil, Forester, Earl !and' Countess' of Wilton,
Viscount Maidstone, Sic.; are' meng th,egueSts-invited:
Yisconnt and Viscountess CanterbaY and family -*Tess-
ing the spring at Rockbeeze Houee, nearExetet.:" The Noble
Viscount and Viscountess are not expected in toWn'tilLthe
close 'of the ensuing month. •
• Lord and Lady Colehegey had' a dinner party on Mondoy
South-street.' . `• • r
3,lr.Arbuthiloti-who has been passing the wititek-at Apsley"
Reuse' in consequence of _delicate health, ednsiderably
better. - The Right Hit. Gentlenian is ekpectedl,ta join the
Duke-oft Wellington's party at Strathfieldsaye during the ap-
proaching holydays.
The Dowager' -Duchess 'Of • Bedford 'and Lady Rachaef
:Miss& are expected to arrive in Pads. on Monday next` from
Nice..

' The Marquis of Westminster is considerably improved in
health during the last Aveek.. Lord-Robert :Grosvenor has
returned to town from Eaton Hall, where he was called by
the illness of 1 its noble father; ' • ' :'
:1111e•Earl of Devon; on leaving town, 'did not proceed to.
Ireland, as was stated, but-: to ,PoWderhain` Castle, Devcin,
;The noble • and Learned EartipioCeeds: to. Ireland in the'
_comic' of this week; Lord Wild tLady-Courtenay remain at
Powderham Castle until after the Easter recess.
The Earl of irctulam has left Grosvenor-square. for Berk;•
hampstead castle4:lol2 Saturday next the Wilily, with the(
Earl and Countess Craven, Viscount an Viscountess Folkez'
stone, proceed to- irer,voir, Castle, on, a' visit .to—the ,Dukelof
Rutland. • -
• 'IVEZSCMLLANEOTCS.
In consequence of the plentiful supply of English wheat •
:At market,: and the quantity of foreign inn lond, the millers
have been able to reduce the price of flour, and a reduction'
in the ,price of bread took place 'yesterday, morning: The
first-rate houses reduced the 41b. loaf to Bd.; and the cheap'
bakers, as, they. are eommonly,ealled,have,loWered it to 64d.
and 'fld.' • • . f
The Duke of Namilton, in compliance with a requisition'
signed by 296 individuals, has summoned a meeting of ' the
county of Lanark, to be=held on the 29th curient,-to petition
Parliament to continue
,protection to the produce of land-,
and also to consider" the climes of the Bill now before Par-
liament, 4, to facilitate the disjoining or dividing of extensive
and erecting of new parishes, in Scot- •
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loetu-idp.oyulous. -parishes:

Yesterday morning the !‘ Fancy Fair," in the Thathes
Tunnel, which commenced on Monday, was resumed, and
presented much the same appearance as on the previous day.
There are• 64 arches in the tunnel, and of these 48 were
occupied with stalls yesterday afternoon, 16 arches being,
untenanted.
AntiCipatory of important changes, not quite completed,,-
in
ev tohnetyP,oiesttie or eedyemstaetrtie
eriayllytaktoen ibernretfiottthhee„pTubwlioc_,
penny' Post-ofti9o. A further increase will take place in a
sfficc aerr,
icealrgeulWe art
few day's;

LLOYD'S•SHIPPIG.-- (THIS DAY.)
27.--Moderate S.W. breeze; and cloudy.
DEui,,MAncti Wirid W.N.W. to N., Moderate;
N., very light.—Arrd. ArgYra, Reed, Ceylon; Swift,
Berbice
.; Osprey, Ripley,
,Matanzas.; Stephan, New York
'for Ilimbtirgii. 51d. City of poonah, Madras ; John Halt'
Mauritius Eliza SCott,' St. Helena ; 'Underwood, St.
-Kitts; 'Miranda, Antigua; Anrie Kenny, Quebec:
s„oREHAmo MAitCH 26.,:g1d. Claud, Quebec.
Ponrsmourn,lllAnon 26.—Wind W.—Arrd. Pestonjee Bo-
manjee (transport), Bunnye, Barbadoes, ski. 26th ult ; Vic=
-toria. New York, and ski for London.
'COIVES; MARCH 24.—Arrd.Harmonie, Lagon, Batavia. •
PLYMOUTH I!itlncti 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Sid. Frances,.
SciLY.Y, Mandl 20.—Arrd. Cornet, Cardiff for-Palermo,
Niith daniage,' having been in contact with the San Jose,
from Lisbon to Hafribuigh, 20th instant,' thitty-six miles
West by south of Scilly, when seven of the crew of the
latter got on board the former. 21.—Clifton, Newport for
'Bermuda, .leaky - - • ,
LIVERPOOL, 3fARCH 26.—Wind N.W., moderate:—Arrdi
James Dean, Bonny'.; Broadaxe, .St. Domingo ; Lady Milton,
Sinnett, Mobile ; Rory 011 ore,, and Conshook, Charleston ;
Elleralie, New York. Sld. Orixa, China ; Mary Ridley, Cal-
cutta ; Chimera, Mauritius; Islam, Barbadoes ; Hero of Si-
don, Purkit,.and Rialto", New Orleans ; Magnet, Montreal.
Arrci. off, Queen of England, Glenswilly, Leopora; and Tri-
ton. 'A brig of 200 tons, water-logged and abandoned; plain
stern and scroll head, was passed 13th 'instant, lat. 42, 'ion..
40, by the Rory O'More, arrived here. • •
. &Limbs, • MAncit 24J—S1d. Rota, Algiers and Batavia.
rislo:Lsz
AllnlAdttioc;a.2s.—Slil. Ganges ~St. John's and
Pepin; Quebec. 26. Wind moderate.—Sld.:Salipbary,.
Lv.sx, M.s.nen 25...—51 d. Whim, (luebec. •
SUI4ORRLAIND, MARCH '25.--Sld. Elhanui, tru_giash
'Echo, Misumichi Atlas, Bairon, British Queen, John White,
Maria and Elizabeth,! Maria Whitfield, Permute, 1011 a, Dan-
'don, and Symmetry, Quebec. -

Tlllll FUNDS-(CI
BRITISH

iOSING PRICES.

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FUNDS.. •
Bank Stock-.:..»....q.»
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Indian 5t0ck............ 202 pm
3 per Cent. Red Ditto Bonds ......... ..... pm.
3 per Cent. 'Cons.
33 per Cent Re-1 Ditto-New Annuities... •
New 3% per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0004 1Xd..... ~ pm,
New 5 per Cent.......„ Ditto 5001... ..... ..... ,—. pm
Long Annuities to expii:e. . Ditto 5ma11.... ...... .. .-- put
Jan. 1860 ........ ;.. . • Bank Stock for Acct...: 2003 ;
• Oct: 1859..:......... Consols for Acct. ' 91%
Jan. 1860 ..... . ..... . India Stock for Acct... .
FOREIGN FUNDS. .
Austrian, 5 per. Cent • • PortugueseOper Cent '
Belgian, 5 per Cent........... 11 Ditto New Ditto. ...... ........ ••••
Brazilian Bonds62 Prussian, 5 per Cent —
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... - Russian 9 per Cent. . . ....
Chilian, 6 per Cent — • Ditto, Metallic,
Colombian, 6 per Cent • Spanish, 5 per Cent • 253,4
Ditto, 1824.... .. , - Mtto, 3 per Cent 36
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent._ 93 . DittolDeferred......... . . ...
Danish, 3 per Cent BB% French, 5 per Cent ' —f. .
Greek, 18.5-, 5 per Cent — (Exchange. --f. —e.
Mexican, 5 per Cent . . .
Ditto,.6 per Cent., 1837. ..
iDutch, 234 per Cent.... 57%
Peruvian, 1825,6 per Cent • 303,Ditto, 9 per Cent ... ..... 102
SHARES. .
Birmingham end Derby (100 paid) - ' - 613
. • Ditto Thirds (25 paid) - - ....... • IIN
. ~, Eastern Counties (23 paid) ..... .....
- Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid)
'o `Great Western (75 paid)
in , Ditto 'Half Mares (50 paid) •- : .
~ ,fLondon and Birmingham (Stock)
London and Greenwich (12t.'155. 4d.-paid) - 514
• Ditto,P'
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ll4
- -..'''erence or Privilege (131. 17s. 2d. pd) 17%
Ditto Hall Shares CO paid) WOO 41334
Midland Counties (100 paid) •
Northern and Eastern (41 paid) .„. ..... ...—.— 5714
. ~ Ditto_ Quarter Shares (12% paid)
. North Midland (100 paid) 9l
Paris and Orleans (20 paid) .... • '' - --:35
,• , Paris and ' Rouen (20 paid) ...' . .... ... .:17.......... ......1 !! i 35%
Bciut. Eastern and I)oyer c5O paid) ' 1/11 E.47'!.... i
Ditto Surirr(2s-paid)- - .4- L.. " - - -
Yarmouth and Norwich (16 paid) ~,,, . lig