The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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On Wednesday the King and Queen of the French, the
Duehes of Kent, and-the Prince de Leiningen took an airing
in. he forest. Their Royal Highnesses the 'Dukes' de Ne-
mours and Montpensier preceded them on horseback. In the
evening.there was a dinner ofninety7five covers at the Palace.
The different authorities and a great number-of officers of all.
grades of the. troops in the garrison. at Fontainebleau, were
preeent. After dinner the royal party visited the-galleries of.
the Palace, and on Thursday returned to Paris.. On the Name
day the Duch•ss of Kent left, for Switzerland. .
The following appears in the Journal des Chemins de lir
—" The account published by several journals, stating that
the Committee on the Northern Railroad pronounced
in favour of the working of that- line
,by the State, is incor-
rect. The majority, it is true, adopted the system of short
leasea (10 or 12 years), a system objected to by us, on general
grounds, but the adoption of which we can understand for
the Northern line, which by the advanced state of•the works
is an exception to other lines. The recommendation of the
Committee proves its desire that the country should, as soon
as possible, be put into possession of the advantages which
must result from,the opening of a line Of such importance."
, . The Constitutionnel says :--" The examination of the Paris
and Strasburg Railroad project has been terminated. The
Council-General of the Ponts-et-Chassees is to present its
conclusions to-day in favour of adoptink the line, and it is
said that the Minister of Public Works' will present the Bill
to the Chamber of Deputies in •the :early part. of the week.
The Government has, adopted the direct line, for which •a,
tender was made Mx weeks bade by the CoMpany of which
M. MOle. is the chief. The, most minute investigation has
preceded the resolution taken "by- the Minister of _Public
Works, and it appears to result, from all the information
obtained, that the -direct line—by • • the of the
Marne, Chateau4hierry, Chalons, Vitry, and Bar--is that
which host responds te what the general interest demands."
A letter from Tharandt (Saxony) of • May 4, states that
Count de SeckendOrit aged 17, a pupil of the. Academy, has
been'eondemned to three years and a'half's imprisonment, for
killing in a duel one of his comrades, a young man of his own
age:- the twopersons who conveyed the challenge to three
months ; 'and the four seconds to two months. • They have
all appealed against the sentence. • ,•
A letter from Naples of the 15th says :—" In the night of the
4th, the inhabitants of, Catania were roused from their beds
by a slight shock of earthquake. In the evening of the 10th,
a new eruption of the principal crater of Etna was visible
from that place."
Viscount-de Boubers, 'who had visited the Duke of • Bor-
deaux at London, has been deprived of hit rank as captain
of the' National Guaid at Miromesnil. •
The Commerce mentions a report from' Madrid; that the
prOperty belonging to Don ' Manuel Godoy, Prince-of Peace,
hasjust been restored to him. Those estates have been under
sequestration for thirty-six years. Thoie of the greatest
yalue are. the palace of Buena. Vista, the lake of Valencia,
the pasturage of Alcudia. and the palace of the Ministers.
A treaty has been agreed to between the Governments of
Texas and the United States, for the annexation of Texas to
the Republic. Texas is to be admitted as a territory, and to
• be allowedone delegate in Congress.
COMIT----PALBECIONAZIAL

The Duchess of Kent is expected to remain on a visit to
her sister the Duchess Julienne Henriette of Saxe Coburg,
at her chateau of Elfenan, near Borne, about a month, and
then return to Clarence House, St. James's, for the remainder
of the season. We believe the Royal Duchess has not seen
her august sister since her marriage with the late Duke of
Kent, in 1818.
The Earl of Wilton, who has been among the guests of
the Earl and Counteas of Eglinton, at Eglinton Castle, during
the week, arrived in town yesterday.
Lord Lorton, Lord TichAeld, and Colonel Wvlde and fa-
mily, were among the passengers- that arrived trom Ostend,
on , Saturday morning, by the General Steam Navigation
Company's, steam-ship Sir Edward Banks.
Lady Howard de Walden and Lady Charlotte Denison are
staying with the Duke of Portland, at Welbeck Abbey, Notts.
Lord Henry Bentinck, after attending the funeral of his vene-
rated mother, returned to Welbeck the same evening. Lord
George Bentinck continues at Harcourt House. • •
The Duke of Norfolk has returned to town from Arundel'
Castle.
The Duke of Devonshire hail a select family circle to
luncheon, on Saturday, at the beautiful suburban villa of the
Noble Duke, at Chiswick.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne received
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and < a distinguished
party. at dinner, on Saturday, at Lansdowne House. ,
It is some years now since the Duke of Devonshire cast
open hie salons for such a brilliant assemblage as gathered
within the ducal residence in Piccadilly on Friday-night. At,
least 900 persons of distinction crowded the splendid apart-
ments at the invitation of the Noble Duke.
The DucheSs of Inverness is passing the season at Ken-
sington Palace, where the other inmates of that ancient
abode of Royalty now comprise Lord and Lady Frederick
Gordon Hallyburton, Major General and the Misses Wyn-
ward and the Right Hon. J. Wilton Croker, Mr. George Bar-
row, and the Misses Stephenson and Disbrowe.
The Earl of. Cawdor s 'grand dinner, in South Andley-
street, on Wednesday next, will be given to his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge; the Duke of Wellington,
Archbishop of York, &c.; his Lordship being grand director
of the Ancient Concert for the evening.
• MISCELLANEOUS.
- The anniversary of the Artists' Benevolent Fund was held
at Freemasons' Tavern on Saturday, Lord. Palmerston in the
•chair. About 120 sat down to dinner, and the subscriptions
amounted to 5501.
The annual dinner of the Medical Benevolent Society took
lace also on Saturday at the same tavern, at which his Royal
Highness the Diskeol'.Cambridge presided, supported by Sir
Charles Cherk4DtitP,aris (President of,the Royal College of
Physicians), Dr. Chambers, Dr. Pope, Dr. Pitman, Dr.
Sutherland; Mimi. Stone, Pennington, E. White, &c. About
11004eutlemetusat down to an excellent entertainment.
An :theZsubscriptiong Announced were twenty guineas
froMisiseßoyal Highness:lke chOrman, and a munificent do-
.nationx6:loa.,guitteits tfrem4or. Chambers, whiCh 'was most
enthusiastically applatle.din_--,_
The 11-lenelsig varnohial referm of St. James's parish, West-
minster, celebrated,tlet twelfth, anniversary of its emancipa-
tion from the bondage of the select,vestry system, and of the
placing the betetvol:of. their resources under an electiVe yes-
,tryi by it suppeekonfTbuesilay-_evettiog, at the crown Tavern,
Broad-street, Golden square. The chair was taken by T. S.
Duncombe; ESVsUPPOrted by two of the most hearty paro-
chialsion reformers
sitturd of y
ciety for the Suppression of Mendicity was held in the
Society's rooms, Red Lion-square, when several noblemen
and gentlemen: of distinction mere present. Among them
were Earl Manvers, Lord Dudley Stuart, the Earl of Arundel
thtehetwpeanritsytxth annual meeting of the So -
parish--'Messrs. Maul and A'Beckett.
in the chair. The report
and Surrey, Lord Radstock, Lord Lovaine, Sir John P. Boi-
leau,&c. Lord Gage wal,
was read and adopted, but no speeches were made.
Bart.,
The iron trade continues improving, with every prospect
of being in a healthy state for several years. Many iron-
works, which have been standing for a long time, have com -
menced Mork, and others are in course of preparation.
The members of the Dublin Conservative Society have
been summoned to meet .on Tuesday,
evening to dissolve the
Society, " it being found • impracticable to carry it on any
longer, in consequence of the apathy now manifested 14y Pro-
testants to the cause of Couservatisrat and3the consequent
falling away of the funds of the Society?'

FLANDERS MAIL. •
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BITUSSEL, MAY 10.—To-day, 'at -noon, the King received
the great deputation of the manufacturers of the province of
Liege, which it Was said at first would not be received till
Sunday.
The Journal de Liege says, " We have received this morn-
ing the following particulars rerative to the proceedings of
the great deputation of our tnantrfacturers and merchants at
Brussels. On' Wednesday evening the deputation waited
on the. Minister • of Pinance 'and the Interior, and
some of the members stated the 'great objections of our.
province to the system of differential duties, but they got
only evasiVe_inswers. In the interval that will_elapse before
they have an audience of the King, they will 'wait on some
.of the representatiVes, and endeavour to convince them of the
immense injury which the differential duties Would do to the
country."
• A correspondent at Madrid informs us that Senor Bermii,dea
de Castro, formerly -Secretary to-the Council of Ministers, has
just been appointed . Minister for. the 'Queen of- Stain at
Brussels. •
The. Theodorea will leave Ghent to-ninrrow for St. Tho Mas,
with one hundred 'and thirty settlers. It is calculated,. that
when they ace larded, the European population of the colony
will. amount .t:6,4ight hundred souls. As from this time a
vessel will be 'diiiitched every month, the European popula-
tion may amount, at the.end of the year, to nearly two thou-
sand. . Its subsequent inerease•will certainly be rapid.
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Sir Robert . And Lady Peel enteitalneff his Excel-
lency Prince Caste'cicala, his Excellency, M. Dedel, Deka
and Duchess of Buccleuch, Viseoinit and Viscountess Mahon,
'Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, Sir Henry end Lady Emily -
Hardinge, -,Sir William and HOnourable Lady •.Middleton,
Right Hon. George and Mrs. Dawson, Colonel Malcolm, Mr.
Balfour, Mr.-Repton, and aselect party, at dinner, on Saturday
ast, at their house,in Whitehall.gardens. x , •
PRINCE METTERNICH.—The French Ambassador
it Vienna, the Count de Flahaut; celebrated the King's
fete en the 4th inst.; bf.giving A dinner to. the diploanatic,
the grand officer's •of the Austrian Court and State, and other
distinguished.gaests; amounting in number to 70.. It was
subect of remark that Prince Metternich, ,who for- several
successive years' had been from circumstances absent from ,
this anniversary, was present en this occasion.
.THEDERBY.---Beitaife in London, of Sunday next,
May 19, will contain :—Forewarnings by Pesakt-inaix
to the Winner-The Derby Prophecy, and important pre-:
liminary hifermatiOn. Contents of Beira- Life of last Sunday,
Nay 12, 16 folio columns of Sporting events. An epitome of
the week's miscellaneous news, and a hundred adVertisements
chiefly connected with sportidg matters. The insertion of a,
;single advertisement in Belrs.Life may be equally beneficial
to that Of half-a-dozen in some jrrnals. A sixpence, or six
penny stamps, to Mr.,Clement, 'junior, 170, Strand, will at
all times ensure a copy of. Berra Life by return of post. The
weekly, sale of Bell's Life exceeds 20,000 copies. It is pub-
, fished in time for, the Saturday afternoon railways:
ANOTHER. INCENDiART ATTEMPT TO FIRE. THE
PLAmraTtoxs BELONGING TO, THE Cno-ws.,-LAnother most
abominable attempt to destroy; the valuable plantations 'of
firs and young oaks in the Great Park, et: Windsor, was
made on Thursday last, but which was fortunately discovered
in sufficient time to prevent the extensive destruction, which
.otherwise, must have ensued, from taking place. On the
morning in question the heath, close to the clock-case, in the
Great Park, and but a short distance from the fishing temple
at Virginia Water, was, discovered .by Mr. Turner, her Ma-
jesty's head gamekeeper, to be on fire, the wind at the time
blowing from the north-east. Mr. Maslin, surveyor of her j
Majesty's Woods and Forests, who was 'near the spot, in-
stantly summoned', all• the assistant keel** vio, 'aided by
several other persons, succeededlnit not 'withouht considerable
difficulty, in subduing the flames, and preventing their ex-
• tanding.beyond some :thirty or.forty yards froin the vicinity
flt aakme
en s placehd
attained a t and .before the
where the lire *as fait ignited. slficl not the disci:Avery
the Whole of 'the
s°earanic agPre!a ascendancy,rtiod
Royal plantations in. this part of, till Great fork, extending'
over nearly 150 acres, and also a great conntity of the
game and pheasant's eggs in these, portions'orethe Royal
preserves, must have been utterly destroyed:' regnt to
state, that, not the least trace of, the scOlinsliehi: (who are,
no doubt, partof the ;same gang.. who. of 700
- acres of Prince Albert's plantati9Ps m the neighbourhood of
Bagehot a fortnight ago) had a yetbe04.413"01
On Thursday afternoon .•a -Phil& 0,134 Pvo years
old, unfortunately fell into the Grand SurreY ..Canal, near
the wooden bridge leading over to. the VictualAng-office. It
'as rescued from a watery grave-by the admirable conduct
of Mr. Oliver,' a -retire& gentlernen, in thei Bfittii ,iear of his
-age; who: intrepidly leaped,:into tlle,-yratar wrought the
child on shore, anckin,thnnaFft.44o4Pu. OWB quite re-
stored. Such heroic conduct is well worthy ot record.