The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-18 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NE

AND
Vtibitt Opinion,

" Who rims may read."

POSIZION. The 011
On Tuesday the French funds were firm. 2
Cents'. closed at 81f. 95c., and the Fives at 122£ elf
On Sunday evening their Majesties received ID
de Pange and Generals Sebastiani and Friant.
By a Royal ordonnance, dated the 28th ult,d
Highness the Duke de Montpensier has been create
of the
The god Legion of Honour. • bidli
father of the young Duke d'Aleneon ,deri
the King of Portugal, who appointed his Anibal-heti
Court of Paris to be his proxy. The godmother ,et
Highness the Duchess of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, rep
her Royal Highness the Princess de Joinville• the 6
The distribution of the prizes and rewards to deb!
tors at the great National Exhibition will be
King's own hand, on the 28th instant, in the
Marshals at the Tuileries.
Mr. Lewis Goldsmith, the father, we believe o
Lyndhurst, has been labouring under a serious s.;t„
o
cf
ness, but was sufficiently recovered to take tifuli
airings.
rigoo
The Society for the protection of young P,.oge6
tl'
juvenile liberated prisoners held its general Intriot),
day at the Hotel de Ville. M. Berenger (de la' sdel
of France, who presided, delivered an interestiog,so,
which he proved by authenticated figures that r,ell,
offences by young convicts had considerably ditsl'sseet
the application of cellular confinement to this e
Boners The. oie
di v". post-offices of France last year receive ole4o
boxes 114,200,000 letters, of which 3,200,° re s
claimed. The 111,000,000 millions produced° ef'
41,569,200 f. There were also distributed 60,000 P; le
papers, which produced 2,400,000 f., giving •
43,969,200 f.
The price of bread at Paris for the concludingl
the present month remains as it was-36c. the hi °eV
A new opera, Les Quatres Fils Aymon, thennts";4
was produced for the first time at the Opera Coo3',
on Monday night, with immense success. cos?
Madame Lacoste had been acquitted by the
size of Gers.
The Heraldo, a Madrid paper, states that Don
Alcala Galiano, long one of the most eminent t° to!,
the Spanish capital, has left, on his way to Caw:' ~ti
school. The Herald() censures the Moderado rt'ork
severe terms, for suffering so distinguished a wan
such distress.
Thiers left Paris on Tuesday, for Dieppe from
after a short say, he will to Lille.
The Lyons papers saygo that several persons alt"
arrested, charged with a Fieschi plot against tPeebeirr
of that place. Several grenades were found in I'ie4,
sion, with which, it is said, they intended by $4,:
charge to destroy the general in command, the 'tbe
the prefect, when coming out of St;John, after
mass of the Ist of May.
Law ANXI POZZCE. htb
At the Chelmsford assizes, an action was bri so'
Ann Spaull, to recover damages from Stephen ver'
breach of promise of marriage, and obtained
400/. damages.
.00:4
At the same assizes, a boy nine years of age wrbe
of setting fire to a barn, by which property to
4001. had been destroyed.' Sentence deferred. 00:
.'
At the Mansion-house, Henry Sage, the Pere-
charged on Tuesday with having presented for rog;
cheque for 301., which had been stolen out of $l,OO
riage on Monday, was brought before Sir peter
fully committed. A
At the Thames Police-court, James Brigdet!'
and dairyman, of Gulston-street, Whitechapot $
before Mr. Broderip for final examination, on er 5'
manslaughter, in running his horse and cart
led 4
married woman, named Ann Jones, who was pe
spot. Mr. Broderip said the act was so clearly °
slaughter, that he could not take bail, and the P
committed.
At Queen-square, Mr. Bond gave judgment rs
considerable importance to stage coach propriet°olYo
ing-office keepers. The matter in dispute was'
~°the r
omnibuses conveying,passengers and luggage 'tte
railway stations were liable to the provisions of ntie‘•
7th of Victoria, cap. 86, which requires the Pro. lit"
conductors of stage carriages within the metroP° •
district, to be licensed by the registrar, and theriofir
charge of the vehicle to wear a metal ticket, Cl/$.4
• Mr.
with the number of their licence. Bond s
clearly of opinion that these omnibuses came °-
n
de
ration of the Act. _

COURT-PABBION.A.BLI3' berr
The Dowager Duchess of Bedford gave an°
Wednesday, at Campden-hill, which attracted sloe
rous assemblage. The beautiful grounds of ber,,,t,t
are now seen to great advantage, and the excefor
ments which prevail render these periodical 9.5°0 ,
the aristocracy at Bedford Lodge, perhaps thema tily
reunions of the season. All the preparation 3
ment of the juvenile portion of the visitors, Nra-l' sti`)
before described, were repeated. Conspicuorl,
juvenile dancers were the children of the gailit
Abercorn, the Viscount and the Ladies gitillisc
clever execution of several dances was much aliliof
The Earl of Shaftesbury entertained the Ear' rbee.4
Earl of Wicklow, Earl of Normanton, Lord Cirfi''
Colchester, Lord Methuen, Lord Brougham' Co'
Grant, Captain A'Court, Lord Ashley, Hon. Pljtliio
distinguished party at dinner, last evening► at
in Grosvenor-square. (JP
The Earl and Countess of Ripon have retail
from - the Right Ho- - Lushingtox.i4o'

a visit to the Right Hon. E R. _ iusn.- —,... to
Lord and Lady Bridport and family have le,' hice•
seat, Cricket St. Thomas, near Chard, Sornerseo Aid
Lord Sinclair and family left London on c,
morning, by the General Steam Navigatiou ,
steam-ship Sir E. Banks, for Ostend. t, ri• ht°
The following are the latest arrivals at ,g of
~,
Lady Gardiner, Major Cholmeley .
Dowager Countess of Falmouth, the Marquis ;',li
the Countess of Mansfield, Lad ' y Murray, Sir
vdP • I
Lady Douglas, Lady Harriet HaMilton, Lady 3 Cie“
ley, Lord Lurgan, and the Dowager Countess ofoyil`:
Lord and Lact,,S
Lord Yarborough arrived off Brighton on Tura 01,,
in the yacht the Kestrel. His Lordship landed re- Aff'
Pier, and after being on shore for a short dole'
and proceeded on an excursion westward. •

riitZbCZ3I.:L.B.NEOIIO. the t'`,
On 'Wednesday the half-yearly meeting of ~.000i
of the City Dispensary was held in the boar" nose'
institution, Queen street, Cheapside, for the Pu,ri`ilgef
sacting the usual business—Mr. Nathaniel
chair. It appears that during the past year 1P ii
poor persons have participated in its benetits,,tticldi
institution in 1789, 256,054 patients were a(r
anniversary dinner held at the London Coffee-
to
days since, the donations then made amounted
and new annual subscribers, to 291.85. {r°lll
Earl de Grey and suite took his final departure l
on Tuesday.
o‘i
A general Court-martial assembled at eleve-h
Wednesday, in the mess-room of the Wooll",cio,Y,i
Loyal Marines, for the trial of Lieutenant Cliz7.„",,'
the Woolwich division, en the following charge ',col*
ing absented himself from his guard in the Victit Or
at Deptford, without due authority, on or ah°,,-e01°,,1,
July, 1844, and not rejoining the same until t"efile•
the following day."—Lieutenant and Adjutant 130,1,01e1,
officiated as acting Judge-advocate, and the „
evidence for the prosecution was completed at
9t y
after which the Court adjourned until this :-13jefe,V
11.1
o'clock, when the prisoner will proceed with '
We are credibly informed, says the Freeno,P7
' yesterday that no less than thirty boys were el'rof
batch on Saturday last for wearing an einhlenitise4
tional feeling, and that the number who, bec3.,
being Irish in feeling as well as by birth, has'
driven from the schools established by Parlialm"
for their education, within the last few weeks,
nearly 200. gt°4
The parochial authorities of St. John's, tbe
offered rewards for the arehension of the 'll
families, who have abscondepp d, leaving the latte,,
upon the parish.
fteg
Many bullocks have been landed at Plymeit'"Asirio',
this week. Having had a short and favourable .Po, or (4,
appear in good condition, but neither in ctilai'tj
—in flesh, sinew, and bone—are they, accorditiOt#
to be compared for a moment with the true Wool
40 of them were sold on Friday on the ritl*
from 503 to 5s er cwt. co
bet oye,
After aboust twelve years' suspension, or rat 1.0
tive inactivity, the General Annuity Society liar
A dinner in aid of its funds was held yesterday oh,
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The
exceeded 3001.

PARLIAMEN TA R Y DI V ,4107
0,01.
(From the Vote: and Proceedings of the House of
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17.
METROPOLITAN BUIDLINGS 13-
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
'
Schedule C, Part 7 :—" Greenhouses, '0 liffro
" And with regard to greenhouses for Plahnti-iod
aviaries, or such like buildings attached to other ch
" (Subject to any law in force applicable to el. of,ty
and subject to the rights of the owner or oceutielhreisf‘','i
joining property)—Any such building may be "jet? oil
party. walls, if any, according to the rules of thi, ocPj
respecting party-walls ; but in other respects, i 0 ;ere
only, and of such materials only, as shall be OP Cy;
Official Referees :" •
cls A ifi ,r
Amendment proposed, to leave out the
Referees :" Question put, 4, That the words
t.ttee
!areas' stand part of the Schedule :" The Co°l
MAJORITY—AYES, 25. ,01.„i'
Ackland, Sir T. D. Hodgson,,-,Sit
hft.
Baring, W. B. Knatchlru, 0f,,,
Boldero, Henry George Lincoln,
Buckley, Edmund Lockhart, .:714•
eocnoi
Christopher, R. A. Marshall) 1.-tsr
Clerk, Sir George rse
Polhill,Palmer,
.:10ertcli crl
Colvile, C. Robert]
Cripps, William
Darby, Ge >rge Somerset, '" hat
"
Eliot, Lord
Goulburn, Henry
Graham Sir James Sutton,P°°n s
Tezr c•
r1;11'r
A
Henley, 'J. Warner Young, J°r%stlje
Herbert, Sidney Pringle, 'e

MINORITY—NOES, 10.
Brotbert on, Joseph Scott, 11°1)Q101'
Busfeild, William J
Fleetwood, Sir P. H.
Ilumphery. Alderman
Mitchell, Thomas A. Wawa, ob°
Monts, George F.
O'Connell, N. J.

TELI,FRS to
Hawes. cor/
(i
Tufoell, op.?
60 I,
o+.

TIIE II DUTIES LEVIED ON k-"'" follOro"
—A grocer at Nottingham has put forth the
,i 0 s „ft'
showing the weekly tax paid by a working do:10,
the present duties on groceries, and also the DUTY Jr /Ai' 0
PAYING PRESENT DUTY.
S. d.
3 oz. Tea
lb. Coffee
3 lbs. Sugar
1 lb. Lump Sugar . 0 9 ................
2 oz. Tobacco 0 6 ................

11
vpo
4 6
Being a tax of 2s. 4d. per week, besides tll3' poP:(
and many other articles of daily constllPtietivirard,,iooll
A letter from Havre states that 1-4 I.l' at r
Cadot, who was recently charged under ve7rbstan'll,frl.'e;,''
cumstances• with the murder of his father, ti? for 'e
toise, and acquitted after a lengthened tninpe, ato
York.Afond ayAant
immense,ort o
concourseboard of t
persons
lu
,lea
1 e
nem his departure.