The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN. •
The King of the .French arrived at DrettX On Monday
evening at six o'clock,
.and was met at his entrance by the
great body of the inhabitants, who accompanied him with
loyal acclamations to the Palace, where he was received by
the Prefect, the General comp
Prefect, the Mayor, !Ind. 11 I".:siimgthe district, the Sub-
reviewed the Natioro.;unicipal Council. Ilia Majesty
•
grand dinner
ssi Guards. In the evening there wag a
r`
The P-." t e aace. e h I Nxt day he returned to Paris.
_since de Joinville arrived at Rochefort on the 19th
at four in the afternoon. On his landing from his ship
in a Royal barge, with sixteen rowers, he was received by
the Maritime Prefect and the Marine Stall; and attended
with all honours to the Prefecture, after being addressed by
the several constituted authorities. The next day the Prince
visited all the marine establishments and the hospital, ex-
pressing his satisfaction at the order in which he found them.
At live o'clock there was a grand dinner of 120 guests,
iklitt in the evening a-ball at the theatre.
Lady Marianne Erskine, daughter of John Francis Ers
trine, Earl of Mar, died lately in Paris, at the age of seventy.
The deceased, who was blind from her birth, had resided tbr
several years in France.
The marriage of the eldest daughter of the Grand Duke of
Tuscany with Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria, was celebrated on
the 15th inst. at Florence. It is said that. the Duke of
Genoa, the second son of Charles Albert, and the I'rince de
Carignan, are to marry the two daughters of the Duke of
Modena.

It is said that the forte is about sending Fuad Effendi on
special mission to Madrid,' nominally to congratulate the
7°lnkft Queen on her majority., but really to treat of the ex-
differencea between-Spain and the Emperor of Morocco.
The Prussian State Gazette publishes the budget. for 1844.
The total of the receipts is 57,677,194 rix-dolbirs (the rix-
dollar is worth about 2s. Ild.) ; the expenditure is set do3vn at
exactly the same amount, being made to balance by an item
" 500,000 rix-dollars for unforeseen -expenses. The War
dePartment alone is dowmfor 24,604,308 rix-dollars.
Accounts from'Athens of the Oth inst. announce the for-
mation of the new Cabinet. M. G. Conduriotti.had been ap-
p(Anted Minister of Marine and President of the Council; M.
...taeylrocorclato' Minister of Finance ;.11. Coletti, Minister of
Sej nterior M. Tri•zotipi, Minister4or Foreign Maks; M.
The Minista ofJustice •M. Metexa, Minister of War.
had troniter of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction
--"J". been named, but was to.be chosen by M. Metaxa.
Vrete_ .A.D OICZ.
the ContractorLAW for the cleansing of the streets of the
w of London, appeared at tha Mansion-house, upon .a
.:411Mons issued by the Lord Mayor, upon his Lordship's
°lvn evidence, to answer for having neglecting to remove an
immense mass .of filth from Isuddle-dock. It was stated
that it was a 'Public laystall, and that its state was moat
horrible. The• Lori} Mayor said he should at once instruct
the City Solititoi. to proceed again,t the contractor by in-
dictment.

' A young Woman, about twenty years of age, named Susan
-Doherty, was charged at Marylebone with baying stolen
Bank-notes and other property to a considerable amount,-be-
longing to 418 S-Elizabeth Mary Hodgson, a dressmaker, .re-
1112ling at 'l7, Old Cavendish-street, Caveudish7square. She
"a's temanded till Thursday.
casaOf a very novel and singular nature was brought be-
lor A e AL*Burrell, at Queen-,square, by Skinner, an inspectoiof
hawkers' andpediers' licenses, who charged Samuel Slater, a
man in the employ of Mt'..tollins, at Paddington, with hawk-
thhtt.,y for sale withoutrcense, by which he had incurred
.hat-
of 101. Thieoffence was proved, but it was alleged
Wttepart of the defensiiint, that hay came under the section
.1* the-Actwhich allows victuals to be sold by hawking. 'The
'Bench took time to consider the objection.
o•
Thomas Cornell, a-,tall dark man, well dressed, was
charged 5t Union-hall, :with being concerned with another
limn not tu.custody,:4ll robbing George Ford, &countryman,
of 110/. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns. The'pri-
"l3erovhols well known as a frequenter of races and fairs,
and belongs to a gang of fellows named " magsmen,". was
committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
George Ward, in. the employ of Messrs. Cottam and Hal-
-24, the ironfounderarof the Cornwall-road, was charged at
.he game 'office with stealing some brass work belonging to an
.iron lighthouse intended for the Island of Bermuda. The-pri-
*)°et was reman4d.
An aetien-
Abrought against Sir W. Gossett, Sergeanf-At-
-0113-of the House of Commons, was postponedtill next term
l-Aequence Of the illness ofthe Attorney-General.
C&IEYSIT—FASHIONAXII.S.

Their, Majestic:4 the Ring and Queen of the Belgians and
• stlite *re not expected to leave Buckingham Palace for the
tblent until the close of next week. His Majesty's illus-
EtTa,s'eister, het Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, after
bto the Court of the Tuileries, proceeds, attended
Auna Maria Dawson and. Si George Ceuper, to
EZTe;ithere,"- her elder sister, the Duchess Julienne of Saxe
Virg, has long resident
merday was the anniversary of the . natal day of her
p„(iYal..Highnesa of the Duchess of Gloucester, aunt to the
who completed her 68th year.
th:ait EarVaild Countess of Erroll leaves Clarges-street, at
close otnext week, for Slain 's Castle, Aberdeenshire,
vsk-
ete they' ititend to remain until the .middle of September.
AL-1,40 Dovtliter Lady Holland has rece,mmenced her regular
s'Wer parties for the season, in Great Stanhope-street.
t.}l-91:a4nal.t.idy Stuart de Rothsay ate expected.to arrive at
ebLinanSion in Whitehall in about three weeks,. from St.
et*Nurgh, where the Hon. John A. D. Bloomfield, only
I,:teti f Lord BlooMfield, is accrediteillis Minister Plenipoten-
- Q 417 in bis :Lordship's place.
Sir tao Pattiek Bellew, Bart., with his lady and family, Cap-
Elphinstone, and other fashionables, were amongst the
p.!'llercoOS passengers who arrived yesterday morning, by the
'tamer Atawerpen, Captain Jackson. The passage was re-
markably favourable, and was made in the short period of
iliaatieithCurs.
,itaigeoun' t and Viscountess Milton, and the Hon. G. Fitz-
...,spfLairl,:"oftrived in Grosvenor-square on Monday, and left
'" ''"ertilLy.for Milton, near Peterborough.
S 0 az. &AMMO US. .
hAbe. trades Men of the Queen celebrated the birth-day of
er Majesty by dining together, at the Freemasons' Tavern,
teat Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, yesterday. The
rrleeting was not comparatively numerous, and was presided
over by -Mr. Dison, of Regent-street.
From a return, presented to-the House of Commons, of the
number .of criminal lunatics now under confinement, it
aprieers.that there are 128 confined in Bethlem Hospital who
were charged with various -offences, the charge -of murder
Vematlr Pteponderating—there are 3 in the county of Bed-
111114.ciW Chester, 8 in Cornwall, 6 in Devon, 2 in Dorset, 6
L arc, 10 in Gloucester, 4 in Hants, 7in Kent, 17 in
4317,1'er, 4 in Leicester, 22 in the Metropolitan Licensed
oxfor„.., 1 in Norfolk, fl•.in Norwich, 4in Nottingham, 2in
1 fe in Salop, 3 inrSomerset, 2in Stafford, 6- in Suffolk,
lq fgeiex, 2 in Warwick, 8 in Wilts, 3 in Worcester, and 5
0 inaking in the'aggregate 269 criminal lunatics.
foe Tuesday a numerous meeting of merchants and manu-
k ‘4grli interested in the cotton manufacture took place in
r anehester, when a memorial to Sir R. Peel, praying for a
tie,,Peaj.ol.-the tax on cotton, was adopted, and a deputation
. tinted, to wait on Sir R. Peel on the subject.
. Y•oreturn presented to the House of Commons, it appears
ii',lt.there are ten officers in the army receiving half-pay and
besides GovernMent appointments, for which they are
!id 'salaries. The receipt of the half-pay was sanctioned
;der a recent Act, 6 and 7 Vic., c. 99, sec. 24. One of the
en,-,ljudge in tbe Western District Court of Canada, at
4,year, and his half-pay ifour shillings a daY ; and an-
, ,ae-r is a Sub-Inspector of Factories, at 270/. a year, and his
aele.laky is' 58/.los. ••.-
pe_The ne
day.w regulations respecting twelve post-office deliveries
for what was formerly called the Twopenny Post
s;`rketare to come into operation next month, in cense-
?arlOe of which a great number of extra hands have been
''Oe; and are now undergoing probation.
Thursday the annual general meeting of the Lander,
istitntien was herd in the theatre of the Institution, in
etl;l4atry-eirens, Sirlhomas Baring, Bart., in the chair. Mr.
r 4 The, F.R:S., read the report of the Committee of
itanagement.- • The expenditure had been met by means de-
fi.anr.PreviOus Savings, and there had been no necessity
-4eberoachments on the funded property of the Institution.
e,tecelpta.liad been 3,657/. 4s. sd. and the pay ments3,2B6/.,
Pitj'a f ung, a balance in the treasurer's hands of 388/. 'l9s.' 3d.
d'ea property of the Institution amounted' td 37,630/.

',tINCLA'IMED DIVIDENDS.
,TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
.9
it 'llkos-Froin your observations on the Unclaimed Dividends
, would appear., that you consider the list of parties .whose
liteelt is, unclaimed-to be a sealed list, as regards the public:
order to undeceive you and the public, I forward you an
ttract:from 56 Geo 111., c. 60, sec. 1, by which you'will find
4at Parliament-has secured a right to the public to demand
the Directiors of Abe Bank of England an inspection of
are the wool lisr duritig the:usual hours•of transfer. The following
rds of ther Act :
eto4 Inunpdiately,-aa fi °in and after the sth of July; 1816,
' tithe capital stock, in respect of which any annuities con-
tuting. 413, part of 'the National Debt, are payable at the
Venk of .t.nglanth, and also the annuities for years called
Rig Anti,
uities, and other terminable annuities, and upon
• oth no dividends shall have been demanded for ten years
„
upwards, preceding the last day upon which any divi-
nd shall have become due (except where payment shall
,7,:ve been restrained the injunction of a Court of Equity)),
be tranSferred.in the books of the Bank of Englarfcl,
Itt a new and
.separatVaccount, to be raised in the names of
ind e Commissioners fo*Fthe reduction of the National Debt ;
inimediaWy after such transfer, the names in which
4'ol stock stood prevgus to such transfer, and the residence
ti 11• description of the parties, the amount transferred, and
4 dates of such tranAr shall be entered upon a list to be
tpt at the Bank, which list shall be open for inspection at
usual hours of transfer."
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
Ilfracombe, April 25, 1844. R. W. D.

DESTRUCTION OP AN- INDIAMAN BY FIRE.—At
41,°11t half-past twelve the afternoon of yesterday, a large
U(1,1,e, which was being towed down the river from the-
to
tion Docks, on arriviwopposite Gravesend was discovered
tv e ou fire, and an alarm being given, the tug steamer
kiie las her made for the:.ssex shore, about a quarter of a
th. oelow Tilbury Fort, ,where,. from the rapid increase of
fire, it was found necesaary, for the safety of the shipping
Z:tlie 'liver ofr Gravesend, to scuttle the vessel aa soon as the
• ,'erso •
.411 ns on board were taken pff. Various reports as to the
tr, ille,and destination of the ill-fated vessel were prevalent
e9nsiderable time before-we could procure anything like
litTisistent, not to say authentic, account of either. As far
e,,Z•Auld ascertain, upon .the most diligent inquiry that
Vlll be instituted, the-name .of the now sunken ship is the
:40ecicill, of Liverpool, with au outirard-bound cargo for the
p?e of Good Hope, Calcutti,. and Sydney, having several
IZsengers for the two former places, and-emigrants for the
(irter 'place; on board, all - of whom were safely landed
.at
4vesend and the opposite shore, s' on after the fire was dis-
stutered and but a short period previous to the vessel being
,att•tled.
From the conflicting. accounts we heard of the
fine 3° of the fire, we deem it more-prudent at present to
!h con-
-44 our notice to the mere fact of the loss from such acki!ow-
fa,t!?d accident ; and we also Confine-ourselves to the admitted
Iv at the .rargo is one of considerable value, being
.a gene:
proret and likely to be in part recovered, as there is every
ablity- thatihe vessel will be raised in a few days ; in-
-13 essential to the safety of the navigation of the
ad,l on the Eiaex side, that prompt measures should be
4f I:;ed.to raise her, independently of the partial preservation
.vaself and cargo.
*ith BENJAmix Woon, Al.P.—We have heard,
sorne vuell regret, that this- gentleman, who has been for
I,4seal,`.l!ne in indifferent health, has been lately attacked by
t 0 of so serious a character as to occasion much anxiety
of So nemrs• Mr. Wood has sat since 1840' for the. borough
Sou
SHEbo Ir PAIPBRO or RUSSIA.—We have reason to
tt
lie,thethat
will
his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the
arrive in this country on a visit to her Majesty
About course of a few weeks. The Emperor is expected
46econ4 week in May. Thies.