The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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VONIZION.

On Thursday the King 01 me French visited V. r"
sailles, but returned to St. Cloud to dinner. In the
evening their Majesties received the Portuguese
Danish Ministers, the Minister of Marine, Geners
Beeper, the Prefect of the Seine- et-Oise, Baron Bois:),
d'Anglas, and M. Martineau de Chenets.
The pupils of the Polytechnic School, who have bean
excluded from it under the new organization, have
addressed a petition to the King, praying him to take
their case into consideration, and grant them his royal
and paternal indulgence.

In. the session of the Council-General of the Seines
which has just closed, the Members again declared*
among other things, their wish to see the admission free
of duty of lean cattle into France, and the duty upon
other cattle at the frontiers levied by weight, and not
by head, as at present. It also passed resolutions in
favour of withdrawing from circulation the six-liard
pieces, the better regulation of the quotations of the
prices of corn and flour, the improvetnent of the Louvre
and Carrousel, the speedy opening of the Canal of Solt.;
sons,.and the reduction of the rates of postage.
Baron Charles Dupin will, on Sunday next, at half-
past one, commence a series of lectures on the comp"
rative commerce of France and England, at the Conser-
vatoire des Arts et Alders.
Several of the journals announce the death of the
Cirri-Merino, at the age of seventy-seven, at Alencon.
His death, it will be remembered, was falsely announced
some months ago. _ _

The Engineer-in-Chief of the department of the Jura
has recei;:dorders to prepare the necessary plans for
making a tunnel „::rough the mountain of the Famine,
in order to place Paris- Geneva in a more direct lin•
of communication.
The Moniteur publishes an account the gum, trim):
of the river Senegal for 1844, as compared vvili.4 P;4l
ceding year. In 1843 it amounted to 517,000 kilo:?
in 1844 to 1,028,000 kilos., or nearly double.
The Constitutionnel status, that the busts of the gvit
deputies who proceeded to London in the year 1843, for
the purpose of paying their homage to the Duke de Bor-
deaux, were seized a few days since at the shop of
Jeanne, passage Choiseul. Al..Teaune has received &no-
tice to appear ID, fore the Court of Correctional Police ou
the 27th inst., to answer for having exhibited those bast*
for sale.

A letter from Naples, of the 25th of November, in
Galignani, says .—" The famous volcano of the Valley
of Solfatara, near Pnzzoli, in the kingdom of Napier'
of which the last eruption took place in 1198, but which
sent up in 1807 quantities of boiling water, has been for
some days exhibiting the last-mentioned phenomena.
The water which it now emits is strongly charged with
sulphur. It issues from the eastern crater, in jets 01
about fifteen to twenty feet high." -
The King and Queen of Prussia have left the Palace
Sans Souci for the Chateau Charlottenburg, where their
Majesties intend to reside until Christmas, and then re-
pair to Berlin fur the winter. The King, it is asserted+
will leave at the close of the month for Hanover, to join
the King of Hanover's hunting party.
The Princess Dorothed Czartoryska, related to
princely family of Ligne, Lichtenstein, and Dietrichsteillt
and to many of the great houses of Galiicia, has just died,
at a very advanced age, in the Ursuline Convent At
Rome, where she has resided fur many years.
By a royal decree, signed by General Narvats, Zar,
bano and his followers are declared outlaws, and as such
are to be shot " without any other delay than that 11
necessary to enable them to die like Christians."
A letter from Munich. of the 15th, says A dretio-
ful crime was committed here yesterday. Whilst Clll3t*
N— was attending his duties at the Ministry of We'
his wife, only twenty years of age, and the female ser;
vent of the house in which she resided, were murdered'
A razor, with which the crime was perpetrated, W
found near them, and all the closets and drawers ha
been plundered of their most valuable contents. Tile
man servant of Captain N—, who is suspected of being
the murderer, has fled."

GOTTAZT-W.IIIIII33XODIALIMII.
Sir Robert Peel entertained his Excellency Ball
Branow, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Ellenborough, 4,41
Excellency Mr. Bloomfield, Sir Thomas Fremantle
G. Clerk, Sir George Cockburn, Sir W. Parker,
Buckland, Mr. Bird, &c., at dinner, on Saturday last,
his mansion in Whitehall-gardens.
The Marquis of Worcester will attain his majoriq"L°
February next, when the event is to be celebrated iv
brilliant festivities on the Duke of Beaufort's extensive
estates in Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, &c.
The Marquis of Abercoru is daily expected to arrive
in town from Barons Court, Ireland, where the bisor,
chioness of Abercorn, atcl Lord and Ll
dy Claudeiitt
ton, are at present sojourning. The Noble Marva,
Marchioness intend to entertain a distinguished circleii-
that seat during Christmas.
Viscount Maidstone and Lord Macdonald, in col:1311r
tion with Mr. R. I. Barnard (Master of the Warwickshire
hounds), has accepted the stewardship of the Learning:
ton grand steeple chase, which is to come off next Yee"
on the day succeeding the Warwick Spring Meeting. 0
Lord Templetown has returned to Berkeley-Ws'
from the Bon. Colonel Howard',4 scat, Castle Rising'.
where the Noble Lord has had a sojo:'rn of a few weeks'd
Lady Rolle has arrived on a visit to air Compton An
Lady Domville, at Sanby House, near Dublin, fr°o.
Glenarn Castle.
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Lord Dungannon is passing:the writer at Brynkfl.,
Denbighshire. Lady Dungannon is staying at the Nob''
Lord's chateau in Normandy.
Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and a larg°
family party hare been assembled at Ravensworrm
Castle, Durham, visiting Lord and Lady Ravensvrort.e:
Viscount and Viscountess Howick, the Hon. S,:b
Grey, and Lady Caroline Barrington, are staying W"
Ear l and Countess Grey at Howick Hall.
Viscount and V 6 t. countes Emlyn are shortly expectei
at Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire, where a family per
• will meet to pass the approaching Christmas with tb
Earl and Countess of Cawdor.
Lord and Lady James Stuart and the Hon. ig°
Stuart leave town this week for Cardiff Castle, We 4,6
and intend to remain there until the meeting of
ment, when his Lordship returns to town to attend tob
duties in the House of Commons.

Lulu 0 sk:e• s,A.1144101:111. of
The prize for the English Essay, " On the Abuse
Political Theories," given by Trinity College, CeT:
bridge, has been adjudged to the Hon. William Fred
rick Campbell, eldest sun of Lord Campbell and Le"'
Stratheden.
On Saturday cards of invitation were issued from tbe;
Lord Chamberlain's-(Mice fir a grand entertainment 1,
Windsor Castle on Wednesday next. The Dake of ‘'‘,:°,3
lington, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and a distinguielsl.
circle, have been invited to the festivities at that 14h,
residence in honour of the visit of their Royal gig ;
nesses the reigning Duke and Duchess of Saxe ColAr
GoAn tha.
extraordinary Gaz( tie of Saturday contsinos;"
amongst others, a notice of an application to Parhatueo
for an Act to annex so much of the garden, ground, inn
buildings belonging to the Hon. Society ofLincoln's
as are locally situate in the parish of St. Giles-in-Two
Fields to the vill or township of Line°,ii.
Inn. Also to stop up the present theroul'the
fare for carriages, horses, and cattle along
eastern side of Lineon's-Inn-fields, in the said Par'
d.
and to form a new footway, of the width of 20 feet, len.,
enclosingoining the iron-railing the garden of Line ° ha
Inn-fields on the eastern side thereof, and to enclose t
ij a
remaining portion of the carriage-way along the the
eastern side of Lincoln's Inn-fields, and to anueL'ett;
same to that part of the garden, ground, and build
belonging to the said Society as aforesaid, and W

said viii or township.
A number of amateurs intend to give four subscrirt
tion concerti, on a very extensive scale, at the 11611°1
Rooms, early in the approaching season. - eE
The triennial music meeting of the three chn""is
Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester will take p!acene,l
the latter city next year. A meeting has been COnve,:ieft
at Worcester f it the 19th of the ensuing montk, at w"'
the Bishop of Worcester has consented to presid6 be
The Ocean steamer, Captain Bast, belonging t('-at(it•
General Steam Navigation Company, arrived from dor
terdam at the Brunswick Pier, Black wall, on Si° oi
morning,at eight o'clock, and landed twenty-tour /lot
of cattle and 195 sheep, all in tine order. Car' had
reports that a brig, with forty-five head of cattle,
leftM the Brill for the same wharf. ,fses'
r. B. Wood, the Member for Southwark, his
mitted the sum of 211. for Father Mathew through
O'Connell. mod
Father Mathew is now on his way to Boyle,e"
of Roscommon, to administer the temperance pleug'

BEAUFORT—FOUR LIVER LOST.--Another Ot
deplorable and lamentable occurrences which W°
quently accompany mining operations, and charactef jo.
the critical and dangerous position of those class ° tbia
dividuals, who labour to gain their daily bread ia /14
section of national industry, happened at Beaufoll,rdee
Works, in one of the mine quarries, or patches, Oa were
day afternoon, by which the lives of four persona e 0--
sacrificed. The unfortunate party were at that tirn),-00,
gaged in pushing up the rubbish tram, for the ri.ce t/'
of clearing the remains of a " fall," when a Piliio"
ground, from the strata, lying eight yards 0bcv°,%,011./
pettedly gave way, and fell directly on them, is
crushing nearly every bone in their bodies, tiv.,4 balk
moment, depriving them of life. A strict intlul'ievear
been made, so as to ascertain whether this seriousof
the
was occasioned by any negligence on the part is tO
master watchman, and from which it appears therteit hes
the slight/2,st blame attributable to him, but thavvas
been the result of pure accident. The ground diotica
parently safe, and there was not the slightest ill Jatrieh
of danger. The names of the deceased are Isaat',barlea
aged is, Cecilia James, 18 (brother and sister), ,bar
Pensham, 21, and Margaret Davies, 18.-1/I°'nQu
Malin. 0 hAft,
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 22.-'BIIS ea
not been so eager this week in their purchasest'is
total quantity disposed of since our last reP°r übtaio7o
portant ; very full prices have, however, been for 01 0
and importers are by no means anxious sellers' bate be
there is rather more inquiry, and former ratea
paid for the purchases made.—Bristol illercurP, l
Several of our herring boats have arril"ticessft;
the week from the North Fereland, after 5 andseason, one having made 4301. by the voYaqi 00on Pin
pare em mad from 201. to 3001.TOtbeher
for thee mackareol season off riyinout:;,he orea•
has .been done with the small boats at home. and
has been more favourable for trawl-tishit
have .been retailed at from 7d. to lid. per
Herakil.