The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-22 00:00:00

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enlock's ball last evening, in Berkeley-se,; v.
a very brilliant assembly. The drawing-rooms we'ot iota
fully illuminated, and a splendid supper was laid ° oco'
apartments on the ground floor. The dancing cowl
eleven and ended at four. goe
The Marquis of Londonderry will inspect, on,,e 60
next, at Wormholi Scrubbs, the 2d Regiment of 1",1,10,itig,8
of which his Lordship is Colonel and the same 0' ot to Fa
Marquis and Marchioness give a grand entertaininece of v
officers, which will be honoured with the presence
Dukes of Cambridge and Wellington.
2zzk,clex.l.4s.morS• f 0,
The entertainment given by the authorities 0 0(
lege on Thursday, in the College-hall, upon the Ov(iv*"
the laying the foundation stone of the new building Area of
the most splendid character. Upwards of one 1104'00 ali,
tinguished guests were present. At the coneluiondaLier
proceedings connected with the laying of
stone, a dinner was given by the authorities to ;0
the 1,200 Y"
persons residing in the district,
Ifilietrg'sar-fidceld:s:rfifC.'l7l:l°olll
At the late fancy bazaar, heilnd
College and Old Ranelagli, the splendid sum of new boßtioB
was cleared in aid of the building fund for the,.lle,
now in progress •of erection at Brompton. c
have thus been enabled to begin with one Web' •noe"
Thee
mated cost of the whole is 16,0001. • ts
The artists who have been engaged in the varl°tthe•l io
consisting of sculpture, frescos, and cartoons, for seo.olt
lishment of the new Houses of Parliament, wer„ea (beta
their designs on or before the 15th instant, a- Dav,e„es°
has been that about two hundred desigsf td;
sent in, among which are thirty-four models °I.„ Dee-oP
various designs. Since then the Committee ha fiesco•''or
sily engaged in hanging and placing the desiges vublie
cartoons. The hall will be thrown open to the '
the prizes have been awarded.

96 5.e,,
The General Steam NavigatiotiConiptilYst ece
ship Countess of Lonsdale, arrived in the river it-nt at POO
with the Hamburgh mail. A passenger states tur'sneelotti.
burgh great alarm is manifested at the non-aPP,,etil e'e " per
steamer Manchester, that was due at Hamburg" A'', bared,
It is supposed that she is lost, and that all h e wog'
rished. Several bales of twist were floating at 05
the Elbe. s agt to
SINGULAR CIRC lIMSTANCE.--A few okrek
some workmen were employed in quarrying 3,ri,°erford"
the Tweed, about a quarter of a mile below Ruh": stol'er. sg,f
a gold thread was discovered embedded in t•—foraie. WiP
depth of eight feet. How long this remnant of 3 taken' ion
has remained in the situation from which it "svf„ clet°,lo
baffle the skill of the antiquary or geologistee
A small bit of the thread has been sent to our ° .
inspection of the curious.—Kelso Chronicle. tO
THE WEATHER AND THE CRops.--01%-root
some heavy showers of rain have fallen, which,fc-0wi13g,.001e,,
have produced a very beneficial effect upon the 1.;':
in this riding. Up to yesterday morning the raa/ed ;of;
quence of the long drought--had scarcely moister' pop .00e.
beneath the surface. About twelve o'clock yestea coldoce
ever, the rain commenced falling heavily, all p pet.
without intermission for five hours. Agriculturoaroproce,
must, therefore, have been greatly improved in coo Poll'
Should another equally heavy fall speedilY
,t.rate bat
the crops throughout the riding will be in
dition. The wheat-crops enerally arc looking 00°0411
spring-corn, barley, and oats, as well as t.er er°Psceci'
are as yet very thin. The ope of a heav,loinineysilll
dtlay grass-cutting in parts where it has aou,sf this 800
several small patches in the immediate vicinir9hue, 00),
and of Beverley, have, during the past week,,,, rnesby,
led. Rain fell on Tuesday morning, at Urns e 5e3
Gainsborough, Thorne, Goole, Lynn, and on tb es
from Flamborough to Spurn.--Hull 2ldrertisen. contillog
LYCEUM THEATRE --_This theatre stile
i
to draw the most fashionable audiences. e wee r,A
distinguished persons have visited it duringt lo
Of Cs
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, plebe fjord t
land, Duke of Leinster, Marquis of Granq,counteiner,
Lady Ramsay, Lord Ranelagh, Earl ana d Gar Vls'
Essex, Earl and Countess Delawarr,
Lord Sherburne, Lady M'l)onald, Lord
ount rrl°r•
count and Viscountess Barrington, isc Do 09
countess Folkestone, Lord Wrottesley, L°.l 000. „pt.
ton, Sir Edwin Stanhope, Mrs. Egerton, „,01, 0r.45.
Mitford, Hon G. Knox, Mr. William Peel.
_.131 Cnivel
Maw Col°
Admiral Stopford, Lord Strafford, Rear rd
-
tian,', Sir T. Wilde,- M.P., H. Villebois, ;P:1,11,
Wallace, George Wombwell, Esq., Lord -crevCotP`
Harewood, Lady Caroline Duncan, Sir AD
Sir H. B. Houghton, &c. &c.
—On Ve
FATAL ACCIDENT IN ITA MO A ZE. _tore, fig
• qsing _to
evening an accidont, of a most distressing
coble Y edi
curred in Hamoaze, by which two resPe ~n, o t at.
• young 11' boo
females met an untimely death. Two d botO
hire a 5
to
Lor fir
Cole and Smith, friends of the deceased,

ta::: g;iietill;:
Richmond
a ndy Walk, for
_ . .
on
cruise, and invited them and two other young .6% Is3°
fuonrfotritl purpose oerfe
men with them, and when off the Pallas coiu ofthe,
in consequence of some injudicious fnanageree° ref'
sails, the boat capsized, and all of them were P. r
tated into the water. Although the weather No' to the
terous, for some time they all contrived to cling ir eS"
boat, which was keel uppermost, but from tuebefore
hausted state, twenty minutes having elapsed,. r; 619
assistance could be rendered them, two of the Je CoPf
named Hannah Dann and Mary Guswell, sunk; opett':
used the most strenuous exertions to supPer".d calP"
them, which he succeeded in doing for a cons' ,eat 110
time, but at length became so exhausted himself, 9400
was forced to leave go
Al
hold, and the
cell cry,"
sunk to rise no more. boy on board a ier atif the
distance saw their perilous situation, and rousaciatelY
crew, who were in their berths, when they ironer alos°
manned their boat, and put off to the assistance tortW
in distress, and by their promptness and praisc"oad
exertions, they rescued four individuals from a orated
grave. The survivors, who were much exhausted, At;
taken on board the collier,whire they remained sllrrii`ter
they were treated .with the uttnostkiadnees.42(. 'lik
Oil
tion, and were brought on -shore about eight o'cloc-i,el
Wcdcesday morning. The boat has since been rict;t4
up near the Breakwater. The bodies of the unfirdkl
girls have net been recovered.—Plymouth Journah

1"011LE1c.4.14%.
The Revue de Paris says that Louis Philipnei,lngoal,ty,'
roily will remain hi mourning for the Duke '1,400;
until the first days of July. The same -Paper sot
the visit of the King of the French to England ir
t sti!
tend bey_ond the Isle of Wight.'
Tlie Hamburgh Correspondent of the 18th instiseiln pc.^^;"
that his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of R..°-,csiacsP",i
on the 15th, together with his Majesty the -t1 bet l
his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, ar';
Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh '-.'cved for 4,
Stettin, where a Russian steam-frigate had arriesero7,g,
purpose of conveying the illustrious party to St.l„.itybel)s
A great number of the Professors of the Unir'e 'science:o
ing to the Faculty of Letters, to the Faculty ot
the Normal School, and to all the Colleges of 1":8s,;ce
of Versailles, went, on Wednesday, to the rest"..sc" pee ","ej
- _AN
Thiers, to inscribd their names, as a mars; ° .(18.,'"Nt
acknowledgement for the manner in which he hltei
the cause of the University, in the bureaux of t°
of of Deputies.
A column in plaster is being erected in the on,ipereritotb,64
Place du Carrousel, for the purpose of making anrie:- Colo
in lighting, under the direction of M. Clloalt.s.birb_a•
the diameter °, summit is to be placed a lantern,
be about six feet, containing 120 burners suPPlie4aeltes
gas. The trial is expected to be made within ',het s
or ten days, and to last at least a fortnight, paid,bead° e
After this, a trial on a large scale will, it is
the electric light. Weclinr
At the sittings of the Correctional Tribunal CO s Iseisd
the new game-law was enforced for the first tira;ssdo,oo
partment of the Seine. The inspectors having
the Tool,
hare on the 25th ult., in the seat of the coupe of
,t
diligence, just 'arrived at the Messageries gO3-ales'
ductor was cited to answer fur this breach of the
condemned to pay a fine of 60f. and all costs.
• The Castellano of Madrid of the 13th states that dcooo'
forty in number, infests the province of Toledo, an
extensive depredatiofis.
We learn from Breslaw on the 9th inst. that thria4
have returned to their work after having obtained:lie al:f
of wages. They burst in during their excursions "„. fof
several wood-rangers' houses, and carried off the,iairg,
pieces and ammtonition, but without touching 113,,,,Jdred;54
It is said that 400 or 500 smugglers, and some 117,sse
:i• •
auxaiaries were amongst them, and that they,Pststeo
over the frontier the goods taken from the marmot" A
LAW stses .01
Thomas Rose, a salesman in Smithfield 01`f
is aro
charged, at the Guildhall, with exposing for 53. e begirt:
market two diseased cows. They were proved.
iit°o
unfit for human food. Defendant was held to NI a
the charge at the sessions.
ctritirti
f •
An old general officer was charged, at Marlbor°ggrass.
by George Middleditch, a private in the Sth
sceseatil
battalion of Coldstream Guards, with having inutpd for fort
&suited him. The charge was evidently fabri't-sse
purpose of extorting money, as the soldier had ya pup'
been bound over to prosecute in a similar case, ant sreal
come forward. Major-General Thackery Was 3.
;1
charged. He was resolved to prosecute the soldier
ing the charge against him. , ,te,
Edmund Davis, fishing-tackle-maker, No. „'ajoi!'
court, was charged at the same office with being 10
;5cC-0
premises, No. 13, Ryder's-court, where gambling ",ssficl
on without lawful excuse. The evidence not heith' 100
he was discharged. µboer
Two perions named Duke and Rilejalighternief%eisgtsl
Undergone several examinations on a charge °J,,„,5
caned with a third person, named Pierce, who of b',ll3'
his escape from the-officers. in stealing a quantilibirtb
from the St. Katherine's Dock on the Qucen'ss
were, after a lengthened examination at Lambe
charged.
Edward Williams and James W. Relph, both god°tl tan
coachmen, residing at Lewisham,- appeared on tag ,ifot
Greenwich-office, charged with wantonly cad ti
Clarke, a youth about sixteen years of age, in "-sislivris'ca
the landlord-of the Black Horse, Rushy-green,
which the sight of his right eye was totally destr°,,); bog
were ordered to come to an arrangement with t.
his friends.tb
counT-721.5EM017.8131,33' feuaiot
Monday, the Ist of July, was the day arrang.e
departure of the Court from Buckingham Palace f"• access
Castle, but it is now understood that her Majesty, ivea
ance with the wishes of her medical advisers, tbecy
town at an earlier period. Friday or SaturdaY".,oll of
suing week, are the days now named for the ar"
naectr
Court at the Castle.
We understand that her Majesty will honour the -is e`
e
Duchess of Sutherland with her company at dinner s's t 1
Graciesse.
ing, on the occasion of the christening of their
son, to whom her Majesty has been graciously P
stand sponsor. 1, 43 of
Lord and Lady Brougham entertained the Doc`stiaa .is
ford, Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle°',ge jortisl
Hers, Countess de Pallfy, Viscount and Visoouliter.-loa.e!'io'
Viscount Cantilupe, Sir J. and Lady Williams, aFAja
Lady Laura Mevrick, Mr. and- Mrs. A. Capel, am tll
guished party at dinner, on Thursday last. As—
assembled after dinner.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland received t/tise..6
guished circle at dinner, on Thursday, at Stafford iDerrysia'il*:
Duchess had a small party in the latter part of tha,„ gi, •
The Duke and Duchess of Buecleuch contemPlawp.
within a few days, a splendid fete at Montagu 11°11sisaltS
The officers of the Third Guards gave their seeooi
for the season last evening, at the Clarendon 1-I°te &vie
were present Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Cottoll,cor,
Hon. Colonel Montagu, Lieut.-Colonel Dixon, Lordosar,,
Town shend, Colonel Knox, Lieut.-Colonel MR' 3$ Captadyin Ridley, Mr. Cumberland, &c.
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