The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-03 00:00:00

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Certified by the Governor of the. Bank,
COUNT- D'ARGOIP°

GENERAL Tom Tifumn,--On Monday night',
suant to .the 'command of her Majesty, " General 0(
Thumb,"- the celebrated American dwarf, had the honoir
appearing for the second time before the Court at Bucklef
ham Palace.. In addition to her Majesty the Queen,. to
Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, his Royal Highness
Prince of Wales, the PrinceSs Royal, and-the Princess' ,',,0
and their respective. suites, a distinguished party hid ut.ile
invited to witness the performance. His delineation act;
Emperor Napoleon elicited great mirth, and this was f0.1)„°„,,e
by a representation of the Grecian statties,after which the to-4
ral danced a hornpipe and sang several of' his-,favoutite gefiet
Her Majesty was pleased to present the General I'4OV,
own hand a superb souvenir of the most exquisite
of mother of pearl, and mounted with gold and preq;
stones. On one side are the Crown and Royal initials
on the reverse bouquets of flowers in enamel and rubies .dr
addition to this splendid gift, her Majesty subsequentififty
Rented the General with a beautiful gold pencil-case,-vAn oi
initials of Tom Thumb,-.. and his coat of arms engrisrol
the emerald surmounting. the case, aco,oniOany thing- er
souvenir with the expression of her Majesiy's high griti_d
turn at his versatile talents. The dwarf had- scarcely eD
his appearance in the afternoon at the Egyptian
the Duke of Wellington honoured the General with 9'l'ol
At the moment the Duke entered the room; the Genom st,
in the act of giving an incitation of Napoleon Musing Ptia
Helena, and on the Duke inquiring what. he was meditsVi'
on, he happily replied, " Upon the loss of the Battle of
terloo." His Grace then took the dwarf
.14o,his arms, the
asked him several questions, with the answers to which,d
.Duke appeared much pleased, and on his departure prese'
the General wth a handsome douceur.
SLEEPING IN enuncx.—Richard Dovey, o_fP .
cote, in the parish of Claverly, in Shropshire, by dee(-1?
1659, gave houses and lands in that parish, on trust, f°rtre
maintenance of a school and certain cottages adjoininityfreei
churchyard of Claverly ; and .directed-.that the Whiol
should place a poor man in one of the cottages, and pay r'
Bs. yearly, for which he should undertake to awaken o,e#
and whip out dogs from the. Church of ClaCerly during
service.
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• CHATium.,—Three detachments pf .the .58th ;fp
stationed at Brompton, to the number of 108 rank am; (of
will leave Chatham in the course of the next mont",o
Deptford, there to embark for New South Wales' as Ce!'a
!guards.l Thirty-six men will embark on the 13th of .AP'
Deptford, on board the Maria Sotnes ; 36 on the 151100
board the Barossa ; and the third draught . of 38, on the 01
onboard the Angelina. About 3,000 men will be sent,' 00
the various depOts at Chatham to the East Indies."'ef
course .of the present. year, - and the embarkations il!°-
pected,to continence in the course of the ensuing witty." ot
THE. LATE ACCIDENT AT THE GLASGOW THS-45did
—We have learned with regret that one of the sufferery
yesterday morning in the Infirmary. 'His name was,fet4
Wood, a young 'limn 18 -years of age, resideht in Castle-s' tli
It is believed that he received injuries by springing fl4Ol
gallery ; but in whatever way they were got, the inuo° ,
cause of death was • concussion of the brain. Three °V
persons were taken to the Infirmary, one- 'of when 00
since been dismissed, and the remaining two are don j
—Glasgow Paper of Saturday.
TESTIMONIAL TO ROWLAND HILL.,-At the isv,
Fancy Ball at Liverpool or. Monday laat, one of the
interesting characters personated was: that of Mr..l3,ircd,
Grove-street, as Rowland Hill, in a sort of light P„e01
dress; the front of it, from the neck to the waist, :00;
encased in penny and twopenny postagestamps, ViltleAP
derneath, embroidered on the belt, the words, " MY be
was in it,"anti the endorsement of this part of the thee'
as follows

" LETTERS FOR TIIE MILLION."
From Temple-bar to Piccadilly, id.;
From London-bridge to Londonderry, Id. ;
From Land's End to John-o'.-Groat's, ld• ;
Done by me. ROWLAND HILL."
—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
t. ,ied
INSOLVENCY OF A CLERQXMAN.--Mtleis S--,..0,1
has been felt and expressed at the announced insol'ev
the'Rev. Richard Corfield,..M.A., rector, of Pitchford,igatA
High Hatton, in this county, and rural dean of this "_„or
and master of a seminary of some repute. The Iwo pr
amount of debts varies from 12,0001. to 16,0004, a-nd ndito..i
perty is visible to afford any dividend to the cre.ofe:,,
Among the debts, about 400/. is alleged to be the savings v:,
Condover Benefit Society, for which we hope thereby 6
some efforts' ade by the public to replace the los
,a 5,,,
scriptions, as it is a lamentable prospect to the aged L 1,171;
and provident poor who have yearly 'contributed '''e s
fund, and fondly relied upon it as their resource beer • ,
ing intathe grave. =Shrewsbury Chronicle. i -or'
YFI, t PO' '
THE LATE EARL OF LONSDALE.-,--.Lne.,tlH-
..tit 0
cesssion of the late Earl of Lonsdale arrived at Lalle.„,'"ted,
an early, hour on Thursday nforning. It left Leo),;l",,lifv,
the course of the day, and arrived at .the Roam' va ,I'6
ton, where it remained the -night. Early- on FridaYciate
ing the procession left Burton, on its way, to LowthShe 1
and passed through Kendal about eight o'clock. !,,ai„
l',(
mains of his Lordship were consigned to their last:'
ootPod
place in the family mausoleum"in the Chfirch of. :t'o tly
yesterday. On his death-bed his Lordship stated • I'
about him, that he wished- his funeral to be conduct
tJ
. .
vately. , - 111'
111
During the last few months, there have bee ho, li
more than the usual number of deaths of persons l',eo)' °,74
arrived at a very old age recorded iu the newspapers- 2.„,/ deg
others, Mrs. Wilson, a native of Ireland; died here 11.!`iiii,itil?
ago, at the great age of 105 years. The fact of be', e1:',41
attained this period is certified by several benevolen; . , wt,ep
men who have long taken an interest' in .her Welfe .eist')
wasmarried, at the age of 19, to Mr. Wilson, who "%rette
grdener to an Irish Bishop, named, Harvey.-.-- - to(
Advertiser. -
BERWICK, 11Lauci1 30.—The Henry and Wiliihill?
Middlesborough to. Leith, was totally.wrecked on `.. df
ult.' near Holy Island ; crew and materials saved. fret
TWERTON.—Dgring the last two or thFelolliot
workmen have been engaged in sinking a shaft, i" 4 04 ',lii
..coal, on the estate of. C. Wilkins, Esq., of Tiverton, "cote,
week the proprietoi was rewarded for his enterprisebicifiel
into a vein of Coal, said to be of good. sllielity. 111_,`„01 pi
stance was hailed with. joy by the villagers, and a__„'"riantt 0:
ANOTHER ATTACK ON A BRIGHTON POLICE•
OFFICER.— The magistrates of the Brighton bench were of bells from -the parish church announced .the nrir ereJ re
covery. The fact is arso regarded 'withgreat int Ve 0
the l3'4'e lit
engaged several Hours on Monday, in in a charge Bath, as, from the close against a man named Eli Markwick, of attacking a police- se contiguity o new pc
mine, coals'' will, of course be rendered to the Pu tee, ,J 0
man named Huggett. It appeared in evidence that, about cheaper rate than heretofore.—Sotnerset- county arlsne s
,-ecle!
half-past twelve o'clock, on Saturday night, the policeman
AND ADMINISTRATIONS.—.III IT% ,avo'c'
found the prisoner making a great disturbance at the door_of WILLS
there 19 le ,sl/4
and taking out letters of administration, i 00
,ey
the Fox public-house, in Southover-street, and endeavoured
to get him home quietly. The prisoner went away; but the practice and a great hardship, If a deceased Pe s, aio,';eis,,
personalty in two, three, or no matter how Ineitelt-elli'::,
landlord, knowing that his customer was likely to return,
asked the policeman to, remain for a short time. probate of will or letters of administration mast.veno 11,4 :_
The policeman accordingly remained for a few minutes, in each diocese, whereas it ouht to be in one "T-e-cet9-)ill:
when the prisoner returned, and the policeman having ought to be wherever most convenient to the f. ae rot
gone a few steps to meet him, he drew a broom-stick administrators. In all the dioceses, as -the
-practice,rsras,to,
from behind him, and belaboured him over the head and Separate feee hare' to be paid to the registrars,ete,dAlf I, .
body in a ferocious manner, till the landlord went to his re- tors, &e., and in some of them the charges are Pr: OP',
lease. The prisoner was found shortly afterwards crouched THE TEN HOURS' BILL --In eieeordall?„,o3e.,ol
near the spot with the stick under his arm, and was conveyed Placard' extensively circulated throughout GLe!!," leis. co
to the Town-hall. On his way there he expressed a hope neighbourhood, a public meeting of the inhabitanar be ?,rig:,
that the man would die, and that several of the police ought able to, the Ten liours' Bill of Lord AsbleY,,wl3laettill
to be served in the same manner as Solomon. The police • Friday night, in the Christian Chartist, Chaco, or' te
The ae° i man's hat, which was protected and strengthened by leather, street. Mr. G. Adams officiated as Chairman. con ale i
was broken through by the blows, and Mr. C. Burrows, a was composed of operatives, and was --Mete
.chiefly3l.l'. to Al surgeon, expressed his belief that, 'l3ut for the hat, the blows throughout with at propriety and' decorum. Loa stivi
would probably have been fatal. He stands remanded for a Cullen introduced the business in an address o'Pe ingl'or °
week.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A THIMBLE•BIGGER. the proceedings in Parliament connected with_ tiin faveroect;
and concluded by delivering several 4PPel,lisill in c°ti°o'
—On Thursday, John Jones, on his return from Nantyglo abridging the hours of labour, more partici aY„ reset tee ,
where he had been selling stockings, fell in. with a party of
thimble- riggers, near Brynich-bridge, and being induced to tion with the factory system. He then propora:airee,
,r,e+,
try his luck, speedily lost half-a-crown. ' Not deterred by to the effect, that ' Long hours of labour be% e_.,5701 11. $10,1';
dency to injure health, prostrate man's
IPre); ato tip
this. be took out of his pocket two sovereigns and twenty ' produce a deterioration' of morals, and furtl.ev'ecelet it „.
ti;
shillings, intending to adventure again, when the man who of intemperance, thereby preventing tll64°iit‘i-ajtiel'' efj 4'
held the board, and whose name is unknown, struck the ,-having the, means of mental and moral eu_
~ was agefer
money out a his hand, and picking it up, made off with his of thanks was given to Lord Ashley, and I,L,,iii, jeti , ~.
companions. Jones followed and length' his memorialise him to bring in a Ten Nor' -1' , ~ 111
at got cash re- tor af'
turned; but the man who had ment gave up theirs.—Glasgow Argus.: , - do
rinie 0 robbed him soon afterwards
fell dolvii and expired in the road. His companions tried to Mr.. Aplin, foreman of the silk Inn" 00 6,
ovel g''' lO
recover him by giving water, &c., but afterwards left him, T'st Reach, :raunton, has recently trred a:,n.hort tire ifi t 0
saying that they knew nothing of him. On a post nurrtent which has turned out very successrali . =-' !Rdeo 14i,,,..
examination, the body presented the appearances usually i lie i;laced- sixteen hen's eggs in a vOOll,-- ' order Nael:,ti
caused •by habits.of intemperance, and it 'is probable that 'steam-engine belonging to- the- fattoup.: 01,!,i013,
Govt
death was occasioned by over-exertion in' running. Verdict chickens without the regular method of ino4lTipg cev
a t the inquest, held by Thomas Batt, Es of Brecon, "Died brood were hatched, and they
q., are now in a thrl
by the Yieitatiou of 001".--Shrewsbury Chronicle i and likely to liveer-Somereet aunty Gaze"

COURSE OF EXCHAI
Amsterdam CF. 12 611
Ditto, at sight l2 4i'
Rotterdam 2U. 12 7
Antwerp 26 0
Hamburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona l4 0
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70
Ditto, 3 months
Marseilles • 26 0
Bourdeaux 25 0
Frankfort on Maine l22}
Petersburgh, 3Us 364
Berlin 7
Vienna, etrec. fl. 3 M 968
rieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Yilbao 36
Barcelona , 36
Seville

GE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar —
Leghorn 3O 65
Genoa 25 95
Milan
Venice ........ . .
Naples ........
Palermo, per oz ll7
Lisbon 53
Oporto 53
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia 23
Buenos. Ayres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars... £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 91
Silver in ears 0 4 Ili