The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-25 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Vubltc Optntott.

" TYlto runs may read."

FOREIGN.

On Wednesday morning their Royal Highnesses Madam€
Adelaide and the Duke de Montpensier left Fontainebleau for
the Chateau de Randan. At four o'clock, the King, attended
by the Marquis de Chabannes, General d'Astorg, Colonel
Dumas, the Prefect of the Seine-et-Marne, and the Sub-
Prefect of Fontainebleau, reviewed in the principal Court of
the Palace several detachments of the National Guards, the
71st of the line, and the 9th hussars. At five o'clock there
was a grand dinner at the Palace, to which the civil awl mi-
litary:authorities of the town and department were invited,
and at seven their Majesties left for .1\ euilly, where they ar-
rived during the night.
M. Geoffrey Saint Hilaire, whose reputation stood so high
in the scientific world, has just expired at the age of 72, after
a long illness.
The Constitutionnel says :
" A letter from Bona, of the 4th, announces that the Tuni-
sians have attacked the French camp, at a league distance
from La Calle, 'and killed four men, and wounded Capt. Bril-
lant, of the African Chasseurs."
Accounts have been received from Algiers to the 10th, from
which it would appear that General Lamoriciere considered
that hostilities with Morocco were not yet at an end.
The Constitutionel announces that the Pantheon will be re-
stored to Catholic worship on the occasion of the anniver-
sary of the revolution of 1830 ; that a solemn service will be
celebrated in it on the 29th of July next, for the repose of
the souls of the combatants who tell in the Three Days; and
that the edifice will be afterwards open for religious worship
on Sundays.
The Orleans and Bourdeaux Railroad Bill was presented
on Friday in the Chamber of Peers. The Minister of Finance,
in presenting it, declared that the amendment introduced by
M. de Preignes, forbidding the members of either Chamber
to take part in any Bill as contractors and administrators,
was quite unnecessary, and contrary to the wishes of the
Government.
According to the report of M. Daguenet on the Bill rela-
tive to foreign refugees, there were, in France, on the Ist of
January, 1844, 4,800 receiving succour from the Government,
and 9,464 who required no assistance, in all 14,265 persons,
consisting mostly of Spaniards, Poles, Italians, and Germans.
The supplies demanded for that purpose amounted to
2,150,000 f., or 300,000 f. less than last year. The refugees
have cost France upwards of 40,000,000 f. since 1831.
According to official returns the population of Bavaria
amounted in 1837 to 4,315,469 souls ; in 1840 to 4,370,977 ;
and in 1843 to 4,440,327, of whom 69,476 belong to the army.
A letter from Rome states that the Tiber had suddenly
risen on the 4th inst., six metres seventy centimetres, in
consequence of heavy rains which fell on the previous day.
Three men employed in collecting timber brought down by
the current were drowned at Ostia.

A late trial at Bologna exhibited an example of the man-
ner of treating certain culprits in some parts of Italy, which
is not generally known. In the Roman States, it is the cus-
tom to assign their own residence as prison to thieves, vaga-
bonds, and rogue, who have not been sentenced to heavy
condemnations. They are not permitted to go out after
sunset, and, when the police agents go their rounds, if they
find that one is absent, he is condemned by the mere act of
breaking his ban, to the galleys, or to solitary confinement in
prison. This system is found to be cheaper than any other.
The fire at Cluses (Savoy), on the 13th inst., was even
more extensive than at first stated. It burnt down the whole
town, with the'exception of six houses and the church.
The memoirs left by M. Jacques Laffitte have given rise to
a judicial application, which must end in a formal suit. The
Prince de la Moskowa demanded that these memoirs should
be delivered up to him, but as Madame Laffitte and the exe-
cutors refused to comply with his requisition, the Prince
appealed to the Civil Tribunal. M. Debelleyme, the Presi-
dent, decided that as the right of possession was disputed,
the memoirs should bo put under seal, and thus kept until
the question is settled.

COURT-PASZIONABLZ.
The Duchess of Kent is expected to arrive in England
from Germany in the course of this week.
The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland received a distin-
guished party at dinner on Friday last, at their residence in
St. James's•square. The Duchess had a party afterwards.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey entertained the Marchio-
ness of Douro, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Lord
Brooke, Lord Gifford, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Edwin
Hill, Sir Horace Seymour and Lady Clinton, Mr. and Lady
Elizabeth Drummond and Miss Drummond, Hon. Heary
Pierrepont and Miss Pierrepont, and a select party, at dinner
on Friday last, at their house in Berkeley-square. The Duke
of Wellington was prevented from joining the party by his at--
tendance in the House of Lords.

Sir Edward and Lad}• Kerrison had a dinner party on
Saturday, at their residence in Great Stanhope-street. The
company included the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and
Lady Augusta Poulett, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Blandford, Lady Louisa Churchill, the Earl and Countess of
Malmesbury, the Marquis of Salisbury, M. St. Aulaire, the
Earl of Ilchester, and Ladv Caroline Strangways, Viscount
and Viscountess Holmesdale, Lord Seaham, Lord Stavordale,
Lord Curzon, Mr. W. Peel, Mr. Tomline, Lord and Lady
Mahon.

The Archbishop of York gave his annual entertainment,
on Thursday last, to the episcopal bench, at his mansion in
Grosvenor-square. There were present the Archbishop of
Canterbury, Archbishop of Armagh ; the Bishops of London,
Durham, Norwich, Worcester, Rochester, Lichfield, Glouces-
ter, Exeter, and Bangor ; Archdeacon Hale, Archdeacon
Wilberforce, Mr. G. Vernon, Mr. Glenny, &c.
Mrs. Lawrence had a cle`jiuner on Saturday last, at Ealing
Park, when a large party assembled. Among the visitors
were the Turkish Ambassador, Earl of Aberdeen, Marquis and
Marchioness of Abercorn, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Lady
Rolle, Lord and Lady Woraley, Countess of Jersey and Lady
Clementine Villiers, Lord Forester, Marchioness of- London-
derry and Ladies Vane, Viscount and Viscountess Beresford,
Lord and Lady Carrington, Count Rosen, &c.
The members of the Roxburghe Club gave their anniver-
sary banquet on Saturday evening at the Clarendon Hotel,
when there were present the Earl of Powis, Earl Brownlow,
Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., M.P., Mr. Botfield, M.P., Lord
Clive, M.P., Dr. Bliss, the Earl of Cawdor, Mr. Hope, Mr.
Baron Parke, &c. The Duke of Sutherland was among the
members who were prevented by other engagements from
dining with the club.
XS C ZIMANEOI7B.
On Saturday a very fully attended meeting of the Mary-
lebone Vestry took place at the Court-house, for the purpose
of considering the steps necessary to be taken for the purpose
of resisting the attempt of the Government and the Middle.
sex Magistrates, to pull down the county prisons and re-
erect them with cells for solitary confinement of prisoners
upon the same principle as those constructed at the new
Model Prison, Pentonville ; Mr. J. Gomm, occupied the chair,
and several noblemen and county magistrates, who are mem-
bers of the vestry, were present. Resolutions in accordance '
with the object of the meeting were unanimously adopted,
and as there were delegates now sitting from all the metro-
politan parishes on the amended Poor-law Bill, the matter
was referred to them, with a request that they would oppose
oiner%Oefry shape.
the Bohemian Girl (Balfe) is engaged in
thielecorn attemptp se
the composition of a new opera for Drury-lane Theatre, to hi
brought out shortly after the re-opening of the house in the
middle of September.
On Saturday the catalogue of the first part of the sale of
the late Duke of Sussex's library was issued by Messrs Evans
and Sons, of Pall-mall, the auctioneers appointed by his late
Royal Highness's executors to sell his valuable and extensive
collection of books. The catalogue is of vast size, consisting
of 259 pages, octavo, and giving a description of 5,551 lots,
all on theological subjects. This portion of the sale will last
twenty-four days, commencing on Monday next, the first ten
being devoted to the sale of the extensive assortment of
Bibles, in different languages, in octavo, quarto, and folio.
The Hon. Henry Cole has been returned for the family
borough of Enniskillen, in the room of the Hon. Arthur Cole,
deceased.

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIND-
son CASTLE, BCCILINGHASL PALACE, &c.—Arrangements
will be made, in anticipation of the accouchement of our be-
loved Sovereign, which will take place at Windsor Castle,
for intelligence to be conveyed to London, by means of the
galvanic telegraph on the line of the Great Western Railway,
between Slough and Paddington, which will enable informa-
tion to be expressed and telegraphed from the royal residence
at Windsor to Buckingham Palace, and the town residences
of the Ministers and the public offices at Westminster, in the
short space of less than twenty-five minutes ! This rapid
mode of communication will be thus easily accomplished—a
horse and groom, kept constantly in readiness to start at a
moment's notice, will reach the telegraph office, at the
Slough station, within 11 minutes from the time of starting
from Windsor Castle ; and thence information will be tele-
graphed to Paddington in a few seconds. From Paddington,
grooms, with horses kept constantly saddled, will proceed
with written slips of the telegraphic announcement to Buck-
ingham Palace and the residences of the Ministers and
other official personages. The distance from the Paddington
terminus to Buckingham Palace will thus be accomplished
in twelve or thirteen minutes. In the event of a telegraphic
communication being opened between the Round Tower of
Windsor Castle (which is clearly perceptible at the galvani•
telegraph-office) and the Slough station, the time (eleven
minutes) occupied by a messenger proceeding on horseback
from the Castle to Slough would be saved, and information,
under these circumstances, would reach Buckingham Palace
or Whitehall within a quarter of an hour of its being de-
spatched from Windsor. Special trains will be constantly
kept in readiness at the Paddington terminus, to start at a
moment's notice for Slough. Thus, it is quite possible for
the great officers of state to arrive at Windsor Castle, from
Westminster, within considerably less than-two hours (in-
deed,
within about an hour and a half) from the pkiiod of
a summons being dispatched from the residence of tite Sove-
reign at Windsor.
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PRINCESS'S TIIBATRE.—On Saturday rug D
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zettes opera buffs L'Elisir d'Amore was presented at this
theatre, with Miss Austin in the role of Adina for the first
time, and with Mr. Allen, also a first appearance, as Ne-
morino. Miss Austin made a favourable debut some seasons
ago at Covent-garden as Mundane ; she soon after appeared
as Polly in the Beggar's Opera, but her style of singing was
not suited to such a character, consequently it did not draw,
to use a technical phrase. From that period to the present
Miss Austin has been successfully studying on the Continent.
As an artiste the young lady has certainly improved ;
her voice, if not of remarkable compass, is good and well-
trained. She acquitted herself so well in Adina, as to induce
the audience to call for her a second time. Mr. Allen's
pleasing tenor was heard to much advantage in the character
of Nemorino ; he likewise had to pay tribute to popularity,
and re-appear after the opera. The other parts were well
sustained, Burdini playing Belcore, the sergeant ; and Paul
Bedford Dulcamara, the quack doctor, which is admirably
suited to Paul's magnificent voice and great comic powers.
His " Auditi ! Auditi o Rustici" is a rich bit of comedy.
After the opera a new ballet, called the Slave Mart, was per-
formed. The title sufficiently indicates the plot of this
pleasing divertissement, which affords fine scope for the
elegant dancing of Mr. Gilbert, Miss Ballin, Mr. and Miss
Marshall, &c. The laughable little piece Antony and Cleo-
patra, and the last new farce, Wilful Murder, both of which
followed, were capitally performed by Mr. Wright and Miss
E. Stanley, of Adelphi celebrity ; Mr. Granby, a clever care-
ful actor ; Miss E. llonner, and Miss Brooks. The house
was well attended.

STATE OF TEADE.—Considering the present period
as between the two seasons' demand, and that at which the
London and Manchester houses take stock, prior to giving
out their orders for the autumn trade, a fair demand con-
tinues for goods, and stocks in the manufacturers' hands
never were lighter for years past. The advance to the work-
men of twopence per dozen on worsted straight down hose
was given last week; also one penny for cotton sorts. But
little is doing in wools, our fair being looked up tc as a stan-
dard for prices. A better demand exists for noils and cloth-
mg sorts ; and the late public sales in London have estab-
lished confidence in prices, and removed the opinion that the
reduction of the wool duties would act prejudicially to the
farmers' interest. A fair trade is doing in yams, and the
prices are au), without alteration.—Leatatar Journal.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.

Stocks closed quietly this atternoon, Consols being
and all the other securities precisely the same as
in the morning.
There was no increase of business in the Foreign
Securities. Spanish were 23A- for the Actives, and 33
for the Three per Cents ; hist Mexican improved to 34i
Austrian were 115 ; Portuguese 82k ; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 62k.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Great Western, Half, were 28 to 274 ;
Norwicii and Brandon 5 to 5A • South Eastern 2i; York
and
e7r3itn B ;d
airdihFtoanrisk
Bank of Australia wer9 gto 1 ; and Union of London
and
discount.Orie antrniiBl
premium. North Union
Bank 2c!
hi di Ic7:n4 t
21 premium.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was a fair demand on Saturday for Cotton at Liver-
pool from the trade at steady prices. sales 4,500 bales. Spe-
culators and exporters were inactive. Shares were quiet—
' Liverpool and Manchester, 223; Birmingham, 218; Ditto
Quarters, 24i ; Midland Counties, 94 ; Paris and Lyons,
31. 9s. ; Ditto and Rouen, U.
At the present moment a considerable degree of interest is
taken in the City at the state and condition of the principal
grain markets thrbughout the United Kingdom, as indica-
tive of the exportations of the yield in the several localities.
Now, while the great metropolis, and its vicinity, has suf-
fered from an absence of good rains for many weeks past,
(those that have occurred scarcely moistening the surface)
almost every district beyond 25 miles from London, has been
blessed with genial showers. The Hull Corn Trade Report
states that in the wheat district there, and in other places
northward, rains had prevailed, during all the week,
and that the sales of corn had fallen off. This was the
case at Wakefield. The anticipation entertained in
many quarters that a speculative demand will pre-
vail for foreign wheat has not yet been realised
to any extent. Still there can be no doubt
that very considerable importations will take place, from the
Baltic and other Continental ports very shortly, in the hope
that prices will rise for it, and profits be realised.
Independently of the information contained in the letters
to our Morning Contemporaries from Southampton, relative
to West Indian affairs, the private mercantile advices are
deficient of interest. It is not immaterial, however,
to note that vegetation, in most of the plantations
was in a progressive and satisfactory condition. Com-
plaints were still, however, made that the labouring
population were disposed to inactivity. The rumoured in-
tention of her Majesty's Government to alter the sugar duties
in favour of foreign free grown produce, had excited some
sensation ; and a meeting to petition Parliament against the
agitation of such topics frequently, by which operations in
the Colonies were unhinged, was in contemplation.
It was not anticipated that the private and country
bankers would, through the efforts of their delegates, obtain
any modifications of the plan of the Government 'for the
future registration of the currency and banking in England.
At the recent interviews there were several points pressed
upon Sir R.Peel, which, it is asserted in well informed circles,
were met with favour by him, and probably this evening the
ultimatum of the Minister will be stated to Parliament. The
deputation deserve to be successful, as they have worked hard
and continuously for the benefit of the general body whom
they have represented. It will be observed that Bank of
England Stock is heavy, in consequence of an impression
that the Government will yield in some way to the wishes
of the private and joint-stock banks.
The commercial letters from New York, and other parts
of America, do not contain any news of much interest as to
trade. No question an attempt will be made to influence the
Cotton Market in consequence of the exaggerated accounts
of the damage done to the plants by the overflowing of the
Mississippi.
A rather dull market has prevailed this morning for Con-
sols, which, for the Account, have just been sold at 98g.
We have not heard of any large sales of Stock. . Reduced
Three per Cents. have receded from 99i to Ai ; and the
Three-and-a. Half per Cents. Reduced at 102 k. Exchequer
Bills have fallen to 735. premium. The demand for money
has advanced. Bank Stock is at 1981, and India Bonds were
at 94 96 premium. s. ,
An opinion was entertained on Saturday, that the divi-
dends upon the Three per Cent. Spanish Bonds would be
advertised to-day ; and as there was no confirmation of the
statement to this effect, the market has been flat to-day—
the Actives at 238, and the Threes at 35. Still our informa-
tion is that the interest upon the latter, due the Ist proximo,
will be forthcoming. A further advance has taken place in
the Dutch Securities, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. having
just been quoted at 62k, and the Five per Cents. to 1001.
In the other Continental and South American Bonds, the
transactions have been but few to-day.
Not much business has been reported in the Railway Share
Market this morning. The quotations are very nearly the
same as on Saturday. London and Birmingham have been I
done at 119 premium ; North Midland at 6 discount ; and
York and North Midland at 72 premium. London and West-
minster Bank Shares are at Gi premium, and London Joint
Stock Bank at 4* premium.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 22.—The share
market is firm, but quiet. We quote Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 56i to 57; Ditto Quarters, 3i to 34; Manchester
and London, 106 to 107; Ditto Quarters, 8i to 8i; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 65 to 651; Glasgow and Ayr, 56i to
57i ; Manchester and Buxton, 25 to 30 prem. ; Union Bank of
Manchester, 9i to 98.