The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-12 00:00:00

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FOREIGN'.

The funeral of the late Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha took
place on the 3d inst. in the church attached to the palace at
' Gotha, amidst salvoes of artillery and the solemn tolling of
bells. The body lay in state,, the day before, in one of the
principal apartments of the palace. The procession was
composed of all the officers of State, and of the household of
the august deceased, a considerable number of officers from
the Prussian garrison of Erfurt and Langenzalza, and the
great bulk of the population. After the funeral service, the
coffin, which was carried up to the altar by twelve gentleuien
of the Court, M. Jacobi, the Court chaplain, delivered an
affecting discourse, reminding his hearers of the many
virtues of their departed Sovereign.
Another attempt at insurrection had been made in the
east of Spain, at a place called Alcoz, but it was unsuccessful,
and thirty of the insurgents were made prisoners by the mili-
tary. By an order of the Minister of War, which appears in
the Madrid Gazette, all these unfortunate creatures are or-
dered to be instantly shot on the arrival of the dispatch.
The ball in aid of the English Charity Fund took place at
Paris on Friday night in the theatre of the Rue de la Tour
d'Auveroie, and passed off with great eclat. Dancing was
kept up till four in the morning.
We learn from the Swiss journals that the fall of snow in
the cantons of Berne and St. Gall, during the last fortnight,
has been heavier than has been experienced-for many years.
Many houses, barns, buildings, and cattle, have been crushed
by the falls of avalanches. The loss of only two men, one
woman, and two children, is mentioned.
A violent storm prevailed on Tuesday and Wednesday off
the coast of Finisterre, and letters from Quimper state that
the weather continued so severe as to create fears of serious
disasters on the coast. Several fishing boats belonging to
Granville and Cancale were caught in the gale, and two
of them went down with all on board.- The crew of one of
them consisted of six men and a boy.
Accounts from St. Etienne represent the fall of snow in
that country to have been so great, that the Paris and Mar-
seilles mail could not proceed without ten or twelve houses to
get it over the hills of La Republique and Grand Bois. All the
inhabitants of the surrounding communes were called on to
clear away the snow.
COURT—PASEXONA33I4III.

The Duke and Duchess of Leinster and Lady Jane Fitz,
gerald are expected in Carlton-terrace the first week in
April, from Carton House, Maynooth, for the season. Their
Graces have been dispensing their usual hospitality at Carton
during the winter.
' The Marchioness of Normanby arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, on Saturday, from Mulgrave Castle.
Earl Fitzwilliam, accompanied by the Hon. G. W. Fitzwil-
liam, M.P., is daily expected at Mortimer House, from Milton
Park, near Peterborough.
The Earl ofHarrowby, Viscount and Lady Frances Sandon
and family, have arrived in Grosvenor-square from Sandon
Hall, Staffordshire, for the season.
The Earl of Aberdeen is rapidly approaching convalescence.
Lord and Lady Brougham had a dinner party on Sunday
evening in Grafton-street. Her Ladyship commenced her
soirees on Wednesday last.
The Duke of Devonshire returned to Chatsworth on Friday
last, from Harciwicke Hall. The Noble Duke intends to re-
main in retirement at the former seat, in consequence of the
serious illness of his noble relative the Earl of Carlisle.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained Viscount
Melbourne, Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Earl of Minto,
Lord William Russell, Earl Auckland and Hon. Miss Eden,
Right Hon. J. C. Hobhouse, Mr. Dundas, Lady Holland,
Colonel Fox, and a select party at dinner on Saturday, in
Carlton House-terrace. In the latter part of the evening her
Ladyship received a small party, including his Excellency
the French Ambassador, Baron and Baroness Langsdorff,
Viscount Howick and Lord Glenelg.
The marriage of the Hon. Captain Denman, son of the Lord
Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, with Miss Watts Russell,
is to be solemnised to-day.

-MISCELLANEOUS.
An Anti-League meeting was held at Bedford on Saturday.
It was a poor aibtir. The Russells and Whitbreads, and prin-
cipal landowners, were absent, and not more than 200 at-
tended. Similar meetings were held at Croydon and King-
ston-on-Thames on the same day, and at Gloucester•on Friday.
In addition to the two rival railways to Rochester, the one
starting from Gravesend and the other from Rosherville, a
third line was introduced to public attention on Friday, at the
meeting of the Thames and Medway Canal Company. This line
is to consist of one line of rails, to be laid on the banks of
the canal ; and as the 170,0001. expended on the canal was
on works available to a railway, only 65,0001. are estimated
as necessary for the proposed line, as well as for the required
carriages, engines, stock, &c.
The President of the Geological Society, Mr. Warburton,
entertained the Council of that learned body at dinner, on
Saturday, at the Clarendon Hotel.
On Saturday a special meeting of the South-Eastern Railway
Company was held in the board-room at the London-bridge
station. Mr. Baxendale, the Chairman of the Directors,
filled the chair. Resolutions were unanimously passed,
authorising the Directors to apply to Parliament for an Act,
for the improvement of Folkestone Harbour, and to take steps
to enable them to carry a line from Ashford to Canterbury,
Ramsgate, and Margate.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Norwich
and Yarmouth railway was held at Norwich on Friday,
George Stephenson, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, presid-
ing. It appeared from ie report read on the occasion, that
arrangements have been made with the contractors to open
the railway for public traffic on the Ist of May, instead of the
Ist of June.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. Rutin seems de-
termined to surpass all his former efforts—for on Thursday
next, after the performance of The Bohemian Girl„ Albert's
splendid ballet of La Jolie Fille de Gand, will be brought for-
ward, and will introduce us to one of the greatest beauties.
and best dancers, the Parisian stage has ever produced,
Mademoiselle Fleury, who sustains the character of Beatrice,
the heroine of the piece. We are, moreover, to have Mon-
sieur Albert himself, and his pupil, Monsieur Haguet Vestris.
who lately made so successful a debut at the Academie—and
of the mise en scene report speaks in the highest terms.
CAPTAIN TUC KETT'S BENEFIT.—This gentleman, as
-will be seen from the theatrical advertisement, takes his be-
nefit this evening in the character of Falstaff, in the play of
Henry IV. He will be well supported by Mr. Keeley and
Miss Mordaunt, and every exertion will be made to render
the performance effective. Two amusing pieces follow, the
Miser's Well, and the Thumping Legacy.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—On Saturday evening a
new farce was produced here with success, entitled Bounce,
or the Qiibbeway Indians. The plot is one of those will ex-
travagant compounds which soraistirnea in..ke a man laugh
against his will, and which do not bear an elaborate
detail upon paper. The lover of a certain young lady ob-
tains admittance to the father's house, accompanied by a
confederate, in the disguise of Ojibbeway Indians. A
war-dance, accompanied by strange yells, is then performed,
which, by means of a little cajolery, is made the means of
inclining the heart of the old gentleman towards his future
son-in-law, to whom his consent is given with evident feel-
ings of pride and satisfaction. The droll acting of Messrs.
Oxberry, Walter Lacy, and Fitzjames carried this light little
affair merrily through ; and it was announced for repetition
amid general applause.
Among those who deserve to be honourably re-
corded for the persevering recklessness of their good-nature,
the London tradesmen hold a prominent position. Their oc-
cupations render them peculiarly obnoxious to the supplica-
tions of the needy, the promises of the expectant, and the
tricks of the fraudulent. And none of these various classes
go away ungratified, even though not satisfied. Their
ears are open alike to the needy, the sanguine, and the artful.
Not a day passes but some new event is disclosed which
proves the London tradesman to possess the most compre-
hensive benevolence—in the way of his business. He fur-
nishes houses for ideal tenants ; he supplies jewels to visionary
ladies of title; he makes up trousseaux for unbe-
trothed brides ; furnishes card-tables to folks who don't
know 100 from cribbage ; accepts the bills of major-
generals unknown to the Army List ; and gives four months'
credit for a grand piano to ladies who have learned only
the music of the million. The undiscriminating charity
which he thus systematically exhibits in the way of business,
would, if administered in its own name, and for its own ob-
jects, dry up the tears of every widow and orphan through-
out the metropolis.—Times.
THE LATE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS' HUNTING STUD.
—ln accordance with the wish of the deceased nobleman,
the following draft of his Lordship's valuable hunting stud
—namely, Pet, alias Bodkin, Darling, and Polly, have be-
come the property of J. Balguy, J. B. Story, and G. V.
Vandeleur, Esqrs.
THE PREPARATIONS,--Orders have been issued
from the office of the Cotnmander of the Forces in Ireland, for
the establishment of a military station at Tyrrell's-pass—the
force to consist of 40 men. This is the first time since the
rebellion of '9B that a soldier has been quartered in this re-
tired and peaceful village.
We stop the press to announce that Captain Grover
has just received intelligence from Dr. Wolff, at Erzeroum,
corroborated by six individuals, that Colonel Stoddart and
Captain Conolly live ; and therefore greater hope than here-
tofore may be entertained that our countrymen, towards
whom so much interest has been felt, will be restored to their
friends.—Literary Gazette.
IS The intention of Government to renew, with but
slight modifications, the Charter of the Bank of England,
is now pretty well believed in monetary circles, and
the delegates of the Joint Stock Banking interests
are assembling in the City to offer as much op-
position as possible to the maintenance of the exclu-
sive system, and to obtain, if possible, for themselves, a por-
tion of the great advantages which the corporation possesses.
If what we hear be correct, a strong ground of opposition
will be taken up by the friends in Parliament of the Joint
Stock Banks in London, and already the attempt to excite
public attention to this subject has been commenced. After
all, it may happen that the renewal of the charter of the
corporation will not be so easy an operation as would be
imagined from the tenour of the discussion which took place
in the House of Lords between the Duke of Wellington and
Lord Monteagle on Tuesday evening.-- Observer.
WITLEY COURT, FEB. 9.—Their Royal Higknesses
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and suite, arrived
here yesterday, and are this day gone to Worcester, ac-
companied by the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, the
Earl Denbigh, Lord Fielding, Baroness Ahlefeldt, Baron
Knesebeck, &c. &c., to inspect the porcelain manufactory,
and warerooms of Messrs. Chamberlain and Co.
THE LAND OF THE FREE —A New York paper
of the 10th ult., announces, in the following cool, dry, matter-
of-fact style, the intended execution of one human beita
for endeavouring to assist another in obtaining those rights
which, according to the American declaration of independence,
belong to all men :—" Capital punishment in South Caro-
lina.—Judge O'Neall sentenced a young man, named John
L. Brown, on the 21st ultimo, at Columbus, to be hung on
the 26th of April next, under a conviction of aiding a slave
to run away'!"
THE " STATE" TRIALS.—In case a verdict shottA
pass against the traversers, or any of them, will not thu, pub.
is in general say that it was, like the Union, obta'.ned by
fraud ? The whole tenor of the fighting Attorney -.General's
proceedings, coupled with other no less remarkatle circum-
stances, will be sure to leave that impression, an impression
so strong that the Government and the Executive will not
be able to remove. That strange circumstances are connected
with the whole course of the proceedings is "a great fact."
The fighting Crown prosecutor, peace-breaker, declared, by
way of creating feeling, that lie should be able to disclose the
blackest conspiracy ever known, and has done no such thing.
—From a Correspondent.
MAGISTRATES' CLERKS.—A few individuals who
show an apparent regard for public economy, wish to put
Magistrates' Clerks upon a fixed salary, and the general
fees raised to be accounted for to a public account, the
County Treasurer's fund probably. There aro obviousrea-
sons against such a system, a system which would not b,;,e
creditable either to justices or clerkS.—From a
t t Correspond
0I )" t THE " CLASS" PETlTlONS..—Wdhecnivepel corn
.law are
presented in favour of the iniqultoustiaen
an
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d rd arliament
laws at variance with holy
will not be indifferent with,
orsettlements muse them • no,
be looked to.
no ; mortgages and marriagee exist
long ;
trut,, will prevail ;
writ—the
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But the sophistry cannot
the " class law-makers cease to array and the sooner
against them general public feeling, the tjetter for themselves.
p.om a Correspondent,