The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-14 00:00:00

COIISLT---PELSHIONJUBLE..

Lady Brougham has a soirée this evening at the residence
of the Noble and Learned Lord in Grafton-street. Invita-

tions for about 150 have gone out.
Sir Robert Peel's dinner party on Saturday next is to be a
very numerous circle of the Ministerial Members of the
house of Commons.
The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commobs has
appointed the 9th, 16th, and 23d of the ensuing month for
his Parliamentary levees.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, and Lady
Alexandrina Vane, who has recovered from the effects of
her recent severe illness ..are expected at Holderness House,
from the French capital, soon after the Easter recess
The Dowager Countess of Leicester and Mr. Ellice, M.P.,
are expected at the Right Hon. Gentleman's mansion, in Ar-
lington-street, early in April, from Italy, for the season.
Earl and Countess Craven propose to prolong their resi-
dence at Coombe Abbey till the, close of the hunting season.
There was another meet of the Atherstone hounds, at the
Abbey; on Saturday.
Mr. Watts Russell gave an elegant dejeuner at the Claren-
don Hotel, on Monday, on the occasion of the marriage of
Miss Watts Russell to the Hon. Captain Denman, R.N., to
Lord and Lady Denman and the Hon. Misses Denman, the
Dowager Lady Arundel, and a family circle.
The accounts received from Richmond yesterday, of the
health of Viscount Sidmouth, represent that venerable noble-
man to be going on as favourably as his medical attendants
could expect.

MISCELLANEOUS.
It was generally believed ,in Dublin, on Monday, that Mr.
O'Connell, with his two sons, the Members for Kilkenny and
Tralee, was about to start for London, in order to attend the
debate on Lord John Russell's motion on the state of Ireland.
Dr. Gray, one of the traversers, has resigned his seat in the
Repeal Association.
Among the multitude of advertisements of sales which
at this season of the year solicit the public notice, we regret
to see announced that of the library of Dlr. Black, late editor
of the Morning Chronicle.
On Saturday about 40,000 mackerel were landed on the
beach at Brighton, and sold at 16s. per 100.
A new opera, entitled Riguiqui, was last week produced at
Hanover. The plot related to the period of the French Revo-
lution of 1830, and contained passages and allusions in rather
free terms concerning the ancient regime, as well as reflections
on the French Nobility in general. The King, who was pre-
sent, left immediately at the conclusion of the first scene, and
signified his displeasure at the production of the work.

WILL OF THE LATE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD.—The
Judicial Committee of the Queen's Privy Council sat
this morning to hear anappeal respecting the will of the
late Marquis of Hertford, being an appeal by the Right
Hor. J. Croker against a decision of the Prerogative
Court, affecting a codicil for 100,000 dollars left to the
Right Hon. Gentleman. Lords Brougham, Denman,
Abinger, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and other
Judges, were present.
The Navy Estimates for the years 1844-45, laid upon
the table of the [louse on the Bth instant, have jit3t been
printed. As compared with the last vote for the finan-
cial years 1843-44, they result in an aggregate unusually
approximate. The "grand total "to be voted . for the
current year, is 6,250,120/. ; the grand total for the last
year, was 6,382;990/. ; 60 that there is a reduction in
the present estimate for the navy, from their amount for
1843-44, of 132,8701. For the current year the total
for the Effective Service is estimated at 4,004,7581. ; for
the Non-Effective, 1;398,6511. ; total for the Naval Ser-
vice, 5,403,409!. For the services of other departments,
846,711/. ; together, 6,250,1201. The chief items of
these estimates are—Wages, 1,170,476/. (Service afloat,
23,500 seamen, 2,000 boys, 4,500 Royal Marines ; ser-
vice on shore, 6,000 Royal Marines); Victuals, 544,9601.;
Admiralty Office, 126,8261. ; Registry of Mdrchant
Seamen, 2,980/. ; Scientific Branch, 38,076/. ; her Ma-
jesty's Establishments at Home, 127,9271., and Abroad,
22,426/. ; Wages to Artificers at Home, 649,104/. ;'.Ditto
Abroad, 42,080/. ; Naval Stores for Building and Re-
pairs of Ships, Docks, &c., 1,053,965/. ; New Works,
298,866/. ; Medicines and Medical Stores, 20,1651. ;
Miscellaneous Services, 61,630/. Half-pay ; namely,
to Officers of the Navy and Royal Marines, 742,296! ;
Military Pensions and. Allowances, 495,6261. ; Civil
Pensions and Allowances, 162,9591. The Estimates for
" Services Of other Departments of the Government"
comprise, Army and Ordnance Departments (per Con-
veyance of Troops), 160,890/ ; Home Department
(Convict Service), 96,527/. ; and Post Office Depart-
ment (Contract Packet Service), 432,541/.

FATAL OCCURRENCE AT LOCUMABEN.-011 Tues-
day several young persons having incautiously ventured upon
the ice on the Kirk Loch, for the purpose of skating and
amusement, it unfortunately gave way, when no less than
five of them were precipitated into the water, three of whom,
melantholy to relate, were drowned, the other two having
with great difficulty succeeded in getting out. The unfortu-
nate youths that have perished are, a son of Mr. Paterson, of
Locherbriggs, a boarder at, the public school here, a son of
william Gibson, slater, and the other a son of Mr. William
Harkness, and a brother of the two lads who were saved.—
Dumfries Standard.
THE FRENCH. ACADEMY.—Since its foundation,
the French Academy has reckoned 373 members, amongst
whom there were 1 prince of the blood, 13 cardinals, 4 arch-
bishops, 6 marshals of France, 20 Ministers of State, 15 pre-
ceptors of Princes, and a multitude of other dignitaries. Of
these 373, 30 were distinguished men, such as Corneille,
Racine, La Fontaine, Bossuet, Boileau, Fenelon, Voltaire,
Montesquieu, Labruyere,Buffon, d'Alembert,Cuvier,Casimir,
Delavigne. The others were authors of the second order.
Descartes, Pascal, Rotron, Moliere, Larochefoucault, Menage,
St. Real, Bavle, Regnard, Botudaloue, Chanlieu, J. J. Rous-
seau, J. B. Rousseau did not belong to the Academy, neither
did Pirou. • -