The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-27 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEW

AND
13nbtir Opinion.

" Who rime may read."

DICISCIILL.ILNEOTTS.
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At the next annual meeting of the Royal Agne'dditioil Association, which is to take place at Shrewsbury, in 11. Oil!
to the prizes given this year to the various classes of ca
fe
ir,
prizes will be given to the owners of sheep best adapted le
mountain district. Prizes will also be given for the
essays on certain subjects.
Coif
In a few days, workmen, under the direction of thevios
missioners of Sewers, will proceed to prepare the fon•Toce,
(in the open space between Kin William-btreet, 'OP
church-street, and London-bridge) for the erection °f DO
statue of his late Majesty William the Fourth, Whil,e°
been completed at the expense of the Corporation °
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City of London, and the Commissioners of Sewers'
Samuel Nixon is the artist. The statue is of granite.
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It appears from a Parliamentary return printed yeteci
that the charges and expenses paid by her MajestYS'A•fir missioners in and about the execution of several Acts, otiool
liament for building and promoting the building of `Addliagd'
churches hi populous parishos, amounted, from the ,ast.h J" 1843, to the 25th March last, to 4,227/. 18s. 9d, • f ti)e,
This is the last days sale of the theological portion of
Sussex library, which has nearly extended to a month, „f be;
which time the number of lots disposed of, consisting; OP tweet; twenty and thirty thousand volumes, were 5,33'
of
amount realised exceeds 10,0001.
At the Tipperary assizes, there was not a single r
"se
murder or manslaughter in the southern division. • 1034'
There are forty-five prisoners for trial at the Galway a— 6y
At Cork •assizes there are but thirteen records in tie CO
and two in the city, for trial.

RAILWAY RETURNS. 000
We elaraet from, ihe Railway Magazine the '
reoeived on the, principal Railways of Great BrittOe:lii to
the week ending on the day of the month prerle for
each, The return includes the money recielv, per
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, maib, and
chandise:—
1101$1. (I,
ended
Week
Name of Railway. 0.
X.
/
--
July Arbroath and Forfar .. l9 Birmingham and Gloucester , 3 2 0
,117 8 1
20 Brandling Junction
20 Bristol and Gloucester .
19 Chester and Birkenhead 584 6
7 17 t
18 Dublin and Dr0gheda...,,,,..... . 70 6 14,-
23 Dublin andKingstow-n
21 Dundee and Arbroath . .
20 Durham and ftunderland
20 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. ~ ........ 2,570 0 0
21 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 5,204 9
20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,585 13 $
20 Glasgow and Greenock
20 Great North of England 1,762 : I
21 Great Western
i: 6
19 Liverpool and Manchester 6,242 $
1 8 9
20 London and Birminham -
21 London and Blackwell 1,653 is 9.,
20 London and Brighton
23 London and Croydon
25 London and Greenwich ........... 911 iai
21 London and South Western .............. . 8,530 ;
18 Manchester, Bolton and Bury . 929 ." 1
20 Manchester and Bintingharn . 3 19
3,2.7 4 O,
20 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 7,962 v
.- 7
20 Midland Counties
~
.20 Newcastle and Darlington 730 jV 20 Newcastle and Carlisle
21, Newcastle and North Shield-, 392 6
11 A
19 North Union and Bolton anti Preston 1,702 , 8 ‘•
22 Paris, Corbel]. and OrleanA
22 Paris and Rouen 5,181
11
20 Preston and Wyre
V 0 Sheffield and Manchester 582 5
Amt 16 g.
25 South Eastern ... .
20 Taff Vale
470 ; a
21 Yarmouth and :igorwich .
3,072 '
20 York and North Midland

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THE GOODWOOD CUPS. Li-
Ciao The groups in silver to be run for at the ensuing ce•
wood races are two in number ; they have just been cexiels
euted by the Messrs. Garrard, from the designs and °ub:
of Mr. Edward Cotterill. They Are as interestiny, ins 1
ject and as fine in design as any of the superb
anf.i ass__so to
compositions which of late years have emanate Cl act': are
hand of the highly-gifted sculptor to whose ge'Aius 1- 00
indebted for a vast improvement and refinement upon ul"
racing cup. of
The subject of the first is an incident in the 1110
Llewellyn, Prince of Wales. Llewellyn, returning
~' big.
home, is related to have been met at the threshold b.,' 1,00.
favourite deer-hound Gellert, whose jaws being bloodPover
the cradle in which the child of 'the hero was Eleepthinegciviafdipie:t
turned, he imagines that the dog has destroyed
and under that impression kills him. On l'ifting tileheded. however, he finds his child alive, and discovers Lii ea-
body of a wolf, which his faithful dog Iliad destroy so 0 deavouring to save the life of his r,aster's child' t rill DO
the romantic and touching incident which Mr. Cot
_euariag
delineated in sculpture. The Pri".iceis represented
sloci7swer.
just dismounted, and still holditg the reins of stepsr, He appears ascending a rased platform of threeillisgr
which may be aupposed to tJe the entrance to his ""--otste-
The horse 4 depicted as tader the influence of fear,_'olf.
which is peculiar to that animal when in sight oicole"ctod,
This trait in the character of the horse, it may be rei i the
is very vividly_ described by Cooper in his novel
j,..is
" Last of the Alrohicans.., . The Welsh chieftain is I,,,4'ircreci
tullic4 V4t.b. an tAuctitr oat, his arms and legs being w

POILEIGIZ.
sent
The Journal of the Two Sicilies publishes the sendiv
pronounced by the military commission at Cosenzas
the seventy. six persons implicated in the insurrecVo
March last. Among those on whom judgment bsstent
pasied, twenty-one have been condemned to death, t,
thirty years' imprisonment in irons, twelve to twentYlics
six to five years solitary confinement ; three haveAlieteeo
demned merely to pay the expenses of process, anufwette
four have been acquitted and set at liberty. The de 04
the Two Sicilies of the 15th states that six of those con
to death have already been shot, and that the 1;3110
commuted the punishment of the remainder to COO
in irons for life.

It is stated that the French Government proposes tiLinitd
important modifications in the tariff of customs with Delp
waiting only for the close of the Chambers to bring t
cbio
ject into execution. The entrance duties on nlit,rfir/
oleagenous seeds, and leather coming from that CO
be considerably increased, the introduction of (a 044
restrained as much as possible, and, in a word, the
ordonnance by which these changes are to be regulaiteto ly
be in accordance with the Customs Bill, presented
Chamber of Deputies on the 26th of March last." pil
A letter from Cadiz, of the 16th, states that tile!erlo
the French squadron had landed at Algesiras. On Gp
the French squadron consisted of three ships of the
steamers, a frigate, and a brig. They were est4v
hospitals there.
On Thursday at Paris the thermometer stood at 86 de
in the shade.
General Prim, Count de Reuss, Colonel Wang, and
Carriquiri, banker of Madrid, who had been in Paris for
days, left on Wednesday, on their return to Spain.
The Brussels journals mention a rumour that the
the French, yielding to the earnest solicitations of tbetill'lsi
and Queen of the Belgians, has consented to visit Belgi
his return from England.
The Weser Gazette states that the Austrian Govere
has opened negotiations with the different German Shod
with a view to the establishment of a perfect and ,111
monetary system throughout Germany. tli
Rullier, who was some time since condemned to deLO4
the robbery and murder of M. Peyronneau, near Au7d
and also for the attempt to murder his female servant, ly
he left for dead, but who recovered, was executed lite
rente on the 20th inst. For some time before Ilis,...„detogi
manifested great repentance, and met his fate with b
resignation.

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A—Lille journal relates the following curious circurii 6
An inhabitant of Crespin, wishing to put an end to J3„'ol
istence, went into the river Hogniau a few days agtod
the water being shallow, was looking for a place deep b,
to drown him, when he was perceived by a Custonsi
officer, who suspected his design, and, levelling his ,rijofill
at him, threatened to shoot him if he did not come out 1).
water. The man, who it seems had no desire to die
whatever affection he might have for death by water, ro
the injunction, and quietly left the river, and went And
himself.

LA AND POLICE.
At the Ipswich AssizesW Joseph Barrett was tried for "Ai
and after a careful investigation, which lasted the VII
the day, was acquitted.
far°
James Friend was convicted of sending a letter to a
ivi
oi)
of the name of Cockerel], threatening to burn his Pre
Sentence deferred. f
sal
A lad of 16 years of age pleaded guilty to a charge °
ting fire to two acres of furze.
Two boys, one aged 11 and the other 13, were trior
arson. The former was acquitted and the latter eon
Sentence also deferred.
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The Durham Assizes commenced on the 25th. 9,
day contains the name- of 52 prisoners, and there wcai"
out on bail. There are some eases of riot among r'
Hers who have been out of work in consequence 0' s
agreement with the masters.
04 At Queen-square Police-Court Mr. William Iltlrt.
St
years one of the rate-collectors for the
parishes of w
tot.
garet and St. John, Westminster, who has been in c
since the 27th of June, on the charge of embezzling uPtoler
of 500/. received by him in that capacity, and who has
befo
gone two or three examinations, was again brought tarl,,
the Magistrate. Nine distinct cases have been alreatitsh
against the accused, to which Mr. Rogers, the Patgl,
,
citor, on Friday, added two others. The
parties WI
bound over to prosecute in the two fresh
cases ; the P
was remanded for three weeks.
ClOtTlZT—rzusrutoxvis.nLia.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset entertained at dd
on Friday evening, the Marquis of Douglas, the 3141 V!
Huntly, Duchess De Coigny and Mdlle. De Coigny' coo!,
Westmoreland, Earl and Countess of Jersey Earl and ,t 7
tess of Dunmore, Countess of Lincoln, hi; Excellen47o,..o
Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Mdlle. D'Este' 7
distinguished circle, at their mansion in Park-lane'
Duke of Wellington was unavoidably absent. Ger
Lord and Lady Prudhoe have gone on a. tour of IVO
man Spas, and are not, according to their present in
likely to return to this country before December. vele
Lord and Lady Lovat and family have arrived at
Seiol ,
1
Castle, Inverness. shire, where the Noble Lord will r—grow
succession of Visitors during the next month for
shooting.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll are expected to re..keil
Brighton some weeks longer, their Graces having `"--
mansion on Eastern-terrace for a limited period. with
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe are stayiate l
Dowager Duchess at Broxmouth, near Dunbar. tstatior
Duke's birthday was celebrated by the usual maw's'
of respect by the tenantry on his estate on Friday spit ef
Lady Peel and family leave town early in the__ex. r
week, for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Lieut. Um
joins his ship in the course of next month.
His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador is at preseri.4lo'
"
tour in the Midland Counties, visiting the principal '"
facturing towns and districts.
01
Captain Lord Colville is now receiving a numerous clop'Edinb guests, at his romantic residence, Portobello, near
Pl
The Earl of Mornington is enjoying excellent heal,h'
having received the slightest injury from his fall.
The Earl of Morley, as President of the West of ED
Yacht Club, has postponed the Plymouth regatta fru.-
16th to the 2;th August.
The Marquis of Blandford, who has been elected a Incliltretbet'
of the Royal Yacht Squadron, has purchased the W
ave ca e.
a beautiful craft of 54 tons. Next month the Noble xiar,
and Marchioness go on a cruise of some weeks in his
ship's yacht.