The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-15 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

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A Lisbon letter of the 6th ElGin N.st. states that the Portuguese
Minister of the Interior, Senhor Costa da Cabral, has heel;
obliged by ill health to relinquish temporarily his officio
duties, and was about to proceed to Caldas, with the inten-
tion tion of remaining there for some months, for the benefit of
his health. The Cardinal Patriarch died on the sth instant.
The amount of
,wines exported for foreign ports from Lis Boa
in 1844 was 19,135 pipes, and the estimated value 229,0001
sterling.
The Moniteur Algerien of the sth says—" The Governo.
Gperl left iers in the mning of the 3d, to put hinise.o
ate thea head ofAlg the expeditionor to the Debra. The Duke de
Montpensier left the preceding day. Arriving at Itilianan
on the 4th, the Marshal learnt that the agitation on the two
shores of the Cheliff had not been of the serious character
they were represented to be in the fist dispatches."
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Letters from Zurich of the 7th instant stat e thatca.
sentence pronounced against Dr. Steiger had been leafher pmd
by the• Supreme Tribunal of Lucerne. His last hope rests in
the Grand Council, which alone can pardon him.
We read in the Quotidienne :—" The Duke de Serra Fot; -
priola, the Ambassador from Naples to France, a
e, is g''ne f. n
Paris to Brussels with a mission, it is said, to come to
w,
arrangement with the Prince de Capua for the public ackuo
ledgment of his morganatic marriage."
on Monday, in the Orangerie of the Luxeinbourg• e
The Central Agricultural Congress commenced its sittinge
The Director-General of the Customs has sent instruction_
to the several custom-houses at the several ports notrtv boat
too rigid in opening the cases, bales, and other paeka6es6o..
merchandise arriving in ships, unless there be reason to
urn'
pect fraud, and that there be any extraordinary cirith
stances attending them ; but to content thernselves._:n,a
comparing their marks and numbers with the caPrw
manifest. _,.,1 most
An accident, slight in itself, but which produvu- anon,
,irit'oaer'
lamentable catastrophe, happened on the 3d inst. at '
in Spain. A fire broke out in the premises of a co-'s:close-
but was rapidly extinguished without any serilloining,
quences ; but at a manufactory of cigars, nearly a J,,ionee
several hundreds of young women from Fluerta, a
.4 I°4
near Valencia, were employed at the time. A rePt.' they
among them hat the gas-pipes had burst, and
n thraof this
impression they all rushed to the
were all likely to be burnt alive. Under the tels",,;d stair-
horribledoors ''" 18 were
cases, and in the tumult and confusion thus created
killed, and 50 seriously injured.
A letter from Bourges states that from 1,000
to ~,
men are at present employed on the railroad front/ Inerott
hin thee
ler ennwor tbo
that town. It is intended, the letter adds, te, the sum
number, in order that the line may be terminateo at
time as that from Orleans to Vierzon. . •
LAW' AND POLICE. : the 00
At the sittings of the Court of Queen's Bench, .13-„t peter
au action was brought by Mary Ann Phillips aga'aihe de:
Owen Worsley, for breach of promise of marriage* _OW ill 3
fendant pleaded that the plaintiff had conducted lonia for
improper manner. The jury, however, gave 3 Yer
plaintiff, with 400/. damages. fore the
In the case of Borlase v. Borlase, which had been be .„d is
Prerogative Court for some time, Sir H. J. Fast dee'e"who
favour of the validity of the will of Mr. John
died at an advanced age, worth a considerable sunonet°,l„te' of
sonal property (20,0001.), and realproperty of the l'S'"
11,0001. ea 251
At the New Criminal Court, William Jenkins, agodicto,
and Henry Joseph Finch, 28, both cab drivers, 'wer ,i, so
for stealing, at Woolwich, a purse containing twels'd ante,
reigns, six half-sovereigns, and a Bank of Eefll,,,a gel
value 101., the property of John Mark, a private in ''.;,.4., sea
Artillery, from his person. The jury found both ga'' •Fincb
it was then proved that en the 18th December, 1543, -
ea to a
was convicted at the Surrey Sessions. and senten;. Jew,
long " treading" at Brixton, and privately whiPPeu a and;
Soria! %.„et..
kins was sentenced to be transported for ten yea°, Finch'
said the Common Sergamt, " with regard to Yl'there ili
you have been convicted three or four times, an"., TO
no doubt that you train cabmen for your, parPelo'atteeo
judgment of the Court is, that you be transported for
William Grace was indicted'
years." .., OW
in r
81., the property of Mr. Newett, his master. The Lac oa the
briefly these :—The prosecutor is a town-carrier livi... to *
a Fri.a soo,
for stealing a geld gte ore
Shooter's-bill road. He sent the prisoner on
person named Adams, but he did not return a,n,'''''„an ite);
when he said he had delivered it as ordered. It
hacker ,
wards found that he had sold it for slaughter to a treed, eta'
the name of Moore, for 21. The prisoner was on' '
sentenced to hard-labour at Maidstone for one Yea!? willan'a
At Worship-street James Higgs, the driver 0, lowed,
Stoke Newington omnibus, No. 1,257, was finall4.B Tholo_tas
charged with having caused the death of r' severr
Roberts, a retired publican, residing at Kingalanu......4,/ Se°.
witnesses proved that the melancholy event Was P"- '
dental, and the defendant was discharged.
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COITILT--741PASEIONASZO" ...srtyl .
night at Northumberland House,
The Duchess of Northdinberland had an eveningx, Of the
leading aristocracy were among the Duchess's die.' ip _ and 'r4
_,, „ant ran', t
guests. The circle assembled as early as half
broke up at twelve o'clock. t PortY t°
The Earl and Countess of Carnarron had a eelec when the
dinner at the family mansion in Grosvenor-gluare' -V'iscoio
Marquis of Salisbury, the Marchioness a iiieswigiboe, Exi
Strangford, Lord Polwarth, Lord and 1-14dY rmiss naritig,
Nelson, Lord and Lady Ashburton and the Hon. ~, were
the Right Hon. Mr. Goulburn, Mies Herbert, a,
• 't- '
when about loyi
_liithed
among the guests. have been visi,,
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleueli, who
ba
family se.tt '' .•
ing the Earl and Countess of Itc,mney, at the 0,01 to
the Noble Earl in Kent, since Tuesday last, have re
„d to
Montagu House.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's have retorne'deric,
Piccadilly, from visiting Admiral Lord Amelius rhea
,
at Winchfield House, Hants. Earl Ow •
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The Earl and Countess of Desart arrived at the OP
fromil
e theirili Marquis
r seatquis inan
dlreland. Countess of Cawdor's, in South Audley-street, last e. , '
j .eant, ' ,
lowing were among the company present gave The
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Marchioness of Douglas 4 "L:i 101"
yesterday, at their residence in Connaughir-plaee•mt hes 9 yi
Kent, the Grand Duchess Stephanie ofßaden,
Duchess of Somerset, the Duke and Duchess of -111°. VW' '
gif eduei countess:ana
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the Countess of Lincoln, Lady Anna Maria Das:ls:giro°.
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Lord Albert Conyngham, who has been on a to-
collo'
Count Clam, with Prince E. Schwarzenberg, Prime liotel'
redo, and Count Waldstein have arrived at Micart s
from Vienna. kFe
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eei rn,. Baroness ~._

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ausczamatagzois.vessels aril of
During Tuesday no fewer than ninety-two liadee., at
in the Pool and other parts of the rivo all e" ri out
thirty-six were from Newcastle, and twenty-y, thire
Stockton, the others being from Seaham,
tlepool, Cardiff, Goole, Selby, &c. Notwillislateriee
crowded state of the river, the collision with the 'art
steamer was the only accident which took place.. pritV_il-
Sanded!,
,rieg Ott
Yesterday- afternoon, the Dutch steam-packeu,s at
Captain Dunlop, arrived at the St. Katharine,e 00?
packet wharf, from Rotterdam, with a considerabooisted h
of passengers and an excellent cargo, whiff jive p.uvt'of
sixty-two live cows and oxen upwards of I,nus-, Low
hens and cocks (a new imporiationt, and a large q if 8
, oc.,
other kinds of agricultural produce. „ 4% OC' Air
On Wednesday morning, between one and „u„,. Ethe'. of.
daring robbery was committed in the house of e'"Dad-ree,i
ton, a tradesman, residing at No. 26, in the I°lstbeir fan
Mr. Etherington with his family retired to rest the shoPerve
hour at night, and the next morning, whetit„ed the.Lbt-
proceeded to take down the shutters, he Pere of th of 121.•
thieves had gained an entrance in the course ie Aboever,
The contents of the till were taken, amountinkad. ho large
and a bill of exchange for 301 The thieve ;jog 0
very luckily overlooked a tin cash-box, COO tried et
amount of cash and securities. e beg°
The action for crim. con,_ which was to have theig,,iiall
Dublin, in the Court of Common Pleas dart e 7 an P-'de-
nisi pus sittings, and in which the daughterted by tbe da'
Earl was unpleasantly concerned, has termine or largc
fendant allowing judgment to go against him eXPeri‘
mages, besides costs of Company default a the a the
The Drogheda Railway have &loses, eD,,f the
ment of giving cheap trips to the working c selves ,i. from
deed to all classes who choose to avail thei:
, I, t to aD,I" dais
indulgence. They are favoured with a tic" secoa-a eir"
Drogheda (thirty miles) at half-price, vnz". 00Were tA
2s. 6d., third class, Is. 6d. The result bee -8 eau-
tremely well. _DI have Ito he
It is said that tha trade of the port of Liverr; ieeers, 409
a request for a Board, consisting of two Conn; the bueorder
permanently established there, to superinteriu,ert, ia.s tbe
of the Customs' department in relation to tha_yenceit i irre
to remove the delay and inconvenience expoicobt or
present necessity of referring all matters of u
tgi Aer
gularity to the Board of Customs here. the SPe°".o.ol, itj
The Rev. Dr. Picquot, head chaplainries been 01P%, tht
bassador's Chapel, Manchester-square, retire fru- real'
consequence of his sickly state of health, to .with coots
situation, which he has filled for so many Year.l site
to himself and great satisfaction to the nuinere""
of that chapel.
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ENTERTAINMENT BY .r." .repare.,lee hie
COMPANY TO PRINCE ALBERT.—Extensive, r ,_. gi• - „jOP.
being made for the grand banquet which will
husees, na0,,,,
the Goldsmiths' Company to his Royal Sig oc. Win tea'
Albert on Saturday next. At the rear of the
e'd of OP ie.
in the banquetting-hall, and which are cote Pee, end enbich
didly stained glass, scaffolding has been erect of
closure of woodwork formed round each windoW_ewreriecnu,;ll,
a splendid gas illumination will be placed ;
the light from which, through the stained glas The I)Uriset
will present a most novel and grand effe;t" of the 7 pOra
ts" into te. `l.. of
Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, the whe`e - riociP- t tb"
Ministers, the foreign Ambassadors, and the
"ci to olerrroi
tiou of the nobility and gentry have been invl or, a 'oil,
Prince. In the morning, previous to the batl_r '0 coo
orue
of the Pix," will take place, pursuant to an
ail"
to test the present standard of the coinage The 5- frost
FOUNTAINS IN TRAFALGAR-SQUAWS.
_rotercerir
mains have all been laid down for the supplY4ert G `cici-
the engine-house in Orange-street to the dill tc,.eisea
ment offices in Parliament-street, Whitehal , f, the e,ieeo
city. The water will be laid on at Midsummer dircee:. this
Waterworks Company having received orderateA thai ble el%
their supply at that period ; and it is estiman ,
__ ion
well jg
new arrangement a saving of 500/. per a rrthe We,' for
fected. The quantity of water obtained fro nutpplp,l; ti
quite adequate to any demand ; asid, afte ,t, ebo
~s i 9
twelve hours, the depth of water does not ditrubne'''ibeatin'ithe
feet, notwithstanding the consumption bY
about 500 gallons per minute. The cisterns .nd a e.e_tit;ed
building wiil hold upwards of 30,000 gallonti; be DV,
sufficient to inundate the whole of the hoTii7e.' vTo
at the toP `.,,nlY
at a moment's notice, on any emergency " GAsOD'h Will
ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPH. FROg „eierlaP., city
EDINBURGH.—We understand an clectriVtAw`eof thsl'ted. too
speedily be laid down on the railwaY Din be sent Ben illy
Mr. Bain. We can no
(Glasgow) and Edinburgh. The
ourse of haul
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two cities, by means of the railway, aeration, We 9 ht vlt
hours; when the telegraph is in opiiis, thong.% We
communication in as many seconds, and 1'1.14 lightrde,t'of the
be conveyed literally with the swiftness. (1‘.9 service be
presume the instrument will be placed at_Ticb 0P.,. In
''v
have ectinTurnkiacvatiou belief s fe
public, on the charge of a moderate fee, "
CemP"Djstil
ever, produce a considerable revenue t...rah poly
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this way—easy as a journey to EdinDu eede; ',,e of*
necessity of it may often be altogether sbeuPearpprebenale erive.
the Company need not, on that account,_
~ _ ,eveau ~. t .
diminution of profits ; for, irrespective 0.! Lai''t 'seperseee;,, of
from the telegraph, its operation, VI)" be tbe,illihOt 1
necessi of some ourneys, will as
every showing necessity
poitnhteof
of the public will be promoted to an ex t . , bY
be calculated.— Glasgow Paper. 01136' Co.
view, the o jointr l''
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