The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-21 00:00:00

nIMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.

The Duke d'Aumale arrived at Toulon on the 13,111te;
At twelve o'clock the landing took place under a °'
of twenty-one guns from the vessels, which wa re
turned from the batteries of the town. The Duke Wu%
a Lieutenant-General's uniform, with the kepi in use *
the army of Africa. He appeared in good health, thou g.. 1
somewhat fatigued with the passage. A great ere,. ".`
flocked to view the cortege as it passed.
The Toulonnais states that much activity prevailed in'
that port. The Suffren has been taken into dock to be
repaired as well as the Gemappes. The latter vessel,
which suffered severely at Mogadore, bears the trace of
several cannon shot. The Gemappes will be ready for
sea before the end of the month. The ship of the liner
Triton suffered but little ; she has, however, need rn‘
some repairs. The Inflexible, man-of-war, which is to
remain on the Morocco station, has sailed. The steal:
frigate Gregeois arrived on the 14th in our port ;
lost her commander, M. Fortin, who died of consume
tion on the Bth inst.
A letter from Otaheite relates the following
short time before the affair of Mahahena, a duel rob
i;:inght at the Marquesas, between M. Bertholin and bf•-
fel;ard, both enseignes of the Somme. In the first O-
r
chan shots M. Menard was wounded in the shoulder;
but, notwithb,
t
innding the earnest prayers of M. Berthooliej
insisted on Navin :
the pistols reloaded. At the sec lie
discharge M. Menaro.received his adversary's ball in who
body, and fell dead. M. Bertholin has been brought
Otaheite under arrest."
-ed --nsiderable damage

The late heavy rains have cant: ed consider
in the French provinces. The Art,,.
its banks, and the Rhone has burst don.n the new dyk
at St. Esprit. At Beaucaire the Rhone coy eyed the ills
ache has overflow
where the fair is held. Three bridges and
have been carried away at Vallerangue. The riYerhon
risen so high that all the shops on the quay have 00
injured, the water having reached the first -floor.
Gardon has also overflowed. Opt'
The Belgian Chambers will meet on the 29th ins
They will be opened by the King in person. three Ilia:
Al the last sitting of the States of Hungary, the pro'
position of extending the land-tax to the nobles was
jected by a majority of 33 to 43. IS'
The Spanish historian Don Martin Fernandez 14s
rete died on the 13th inst. at Madrid.

c 0 crEV-PAS RION Ali Nam
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester intellcl.:
to honour the Earl and Countess of Verulam with s
at Gorhambury, the deligiigul seat of the Verulsin
family, near St. Alban's, on her 2oyal Highness's re t•
to town from visiting the Queen DowNer at Witley Cour
The Marquis and Marchioness of Laosdowne and r
i
Louisa Fitzmaurice have left LansdowZie House f°
Bowood Park. t st
The Marquis of Bute arrived on Monds,v
Mount Stuart, his seat in Scotland. Lord Whs:rne."
and the Hon. J. S. Wortley were expected to arrive (),-01
visit to the Noble Marquis on Thursday last, fr'i

Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.-
The Earl of Mansfield arrived at Scarborough .4
week from Scone Palace, Perthshire, to join his youthi
family, who are staying with the Dowager Countess 011

Ladies Murray at that watering place.
The Earl and Countess of Beverley and Lady I,..guihr
,LT'ercy, have arrived in Portman-square. The .0°'',5,6
is also in town.
completely recovered from his late illne
Earl 1;:s
Lord Lovanh":
The Earl of Ila-j
dington's official residence at the
miralty is undergoing a thorough internal repair, nlid
the extensive range of raVeption saloons on the gllte
floor are to be suitably embellished by the ensew°
spring.
The Earl of Glasgow has arrived town from
market, but the Noble Earl intends to be present OA,
Houghton Meeting, so his stay in the metropolis 01
exceedingii brief. 014
Viscount and Viscountess Ponsonby are prolontop,
their stay in town, ioid next month repair to 13fig
with the intention of residing there for the winter,
Viscount and Viscountess Howick are with the lop
circle assembled at Howick Hall, the seat of Earl 44/0
The venerable Earl is in the possession of better in,
than for months past.
Lady Dover and family left Whitehall, on Saturhir
for her Ladyship's villa at Roehampton. Her Ledi.,so
does not intend going to the family seat in Irelana AAt
year. Viscount Clifden and Mr. Sturt had arefel;ip,
Brussels when the last letters reached her Ladr
The Noble Viscount Ino made arrangements to Lady
sent from England at least' twelve months. tad °
Lord and Lady Glenlyo.n are shortly expeet toe.
arrive in town, from Dunkeld, An their way. to prigitlyosi
Lord and Lady Colchester have arrived town/ he
their seat in Sussex, expressly to meet her LOP
brother, the Earl of Ellenborough.
ATISCE3 LANSOI7III. fort
This is the anniversary of the battle of Tra
which took place in 1505—thirty-nine years since' _ di'
The Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council lisTfar
rected that instructions shouN be given to the snrre.
intendents of quarantine at the different ports. "4,
lease from quarantine, immediately upon
her Majesty's ships of war, as well as eo:eign men-0 00
coming from the Mediterranean, provide(); all persontsjo
board are in good health, and have not bt..en let 551
at
fifteen days on their voyage, after having toue.ileu
Turkish port in the Mediterranean. n fat
A rumour, says the Dublin Statesman, has be-e-ffill
some time gaining ground that a sum of 100,00 UP es)
be asked for and (as a matter of course) granted in Ise
their arr.or
Parliament, for the erection of a great university
land, in which cheap education will be afforded '7 of
system of secular instruction, in which also professsso
all denominations (Roman Catholics and
kinds
will be eligible, and where degrees of all hinds w
conferred. ine?l°
There will be an election to a fellowship in —f ifir
College, Oxford, open to natives of the c0unt1,°,,,5 0112
coln, on Thursday, the 31st of October. Cancht:ta";ol`,
required to present to the rector, before twelve
on Saturday next, satisfactory proof of the Olt°
their birth, and also testimonials of good conduct.
the
In the Exeter Court of Bankruptcy, on ThursdsPo,ol
Commissioner committed to prison a bankrupt/ 1:11:01^
Hutton, a lime-burner, for giving prevaricating an,j,,00
A linendraper, named Goodenough, late of 33" for
Abbott, had the consideration of his application f
certificate adjourned for four years from the date
fiat, in consequence of attempted fraud. 41
•
The Chartists have resolved to call lime:110P,
simultaneous meetings throughout the kingdom, t°
tip for the free pardon of Frost, Williams, Joites 5
t,9 tio,
Ellis. In case their petitions be rejected, they stA,,,, esr
they will bring the subject before Parliament at to`
best opportunity next session. ten°4o
Government are immediately about to erect Obey t-
end defensible barracks for cavalry and infitn'' _t
miles from Bristol. • WO
The King of the French prezented Captain., ;00
the metropolitan police, with a portrait of his WA'
mounted on a gold snuff-box set with diamonds.

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Barnes, the carpenter's mate, who was J 9- 011.
sentenced to be hanged, by the Court',
held on board her Majesty's ship, San Jibe
remains on board that ship a close prisoner:lo
state of mind of this poor fellow was fora consw
time after the termination of the proceedings 111..:i1de6,
in the extreme. He was a prey to the ;0 0,4,
fancies, and appeared to imagine that each Pell 0 IT,
tering his place of confinement, came to sun:o°()f JP!:
to his fate. The humane visits, however/ costr'i
Beer, who was engaged as his counsel at theme fel
martial, and those of other parties, relieved hedre,
such feelings. There has been no orderjeCo4
from the Admiralty, but after the result of then
martial, held on the Boatswain, there can bed 070
entertained that a reprieve, if not a free parrl.4o%/11
be extended towards him within a few days'
port Telegraph. in Df,oli
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE 15he
—Shortly after one o'clock this morning, one of tk'rtliA
determined attempts at murder took place in St* olej
Church-yard, • that has ever been heard of. °tot frg,
of attack was Collins, of the City police, whes°,mitt jeff
been of late a meeting place for prostitutes an' "of
a
The inspectors and Collins have been the mewl! On
moving some, but other persons have taken theircooillt
tions. This morning, about half-past one o'eloc,lf.ll rtft
was walking on his beat, when suddenly a --"'
fellow, about six feet high, tripped the officer ul'ocletile
fell heavily, but not being at the time insensible he esto6
voured to draw his truncheon, when his assailsTit'it,
ing over him, unfortunately got possession of 040
struck him several blows over the 'head. Sh°rtft.o/ 01110
wards the officer was found bleeding profuseli,;(ot,
wounds, and quite insensible. The wounded :be ro;
conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, whe,r;,003.,e9
mained when our informant left, without the T-e,
of recovery. The murderous assailant has sal n 4
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apprehended by the p_o_lice. 4.
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THE DUKE OF ETONELLINGTON AN ETON
Saturday last the Duke of Welling ton, whilst
Eton tfi'
to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, walked te„P"ibe e:;
lege, accompanied by the Duke of Rutland, of op
press purpose of inspecting the room in the 11)11-whell et
" dame" which the Gallant Duke occupied house' or
Eton boy. The house, known as the manor- ft ollt
now in the occupation of the Rev. Mr. riulst°loowo
the masters of the College, and the " Dukes key,
de
occupied by an Etonian, the son of Mr. 13.3-00 se,
banker. The Noble Duke remained in the fiscal- 110
time, contemplating the scenes of his Eton „to itir
was much gratifitd in recognising and pointing °- to bee
companion several relics which were farniliarars 0113
Grace's recollection, although it is sixty-five Ye e
he occupied this apartment. T,AT,OIIs
ALLOTMENTS OF LAND FOR THE the
POOR.—A vestry meeting of the ratepayers 17,10'
ship of Hunslet, near Leeds, was held in
(la Ic, I
schoolroom at 12 o'clock, the Rev. John th
bent of Hunslet, in the chair, when it was 11,b°13ec::or,
resolved, on a motion proposed by Mr. JoseAr id
and seconded by Mr. Richard Bayldon, Ns' aio for
that the money (about 1,0000, which was Pp's-stile
North Midland
. Railway Company as a conVer flu 01
the land required for their works passing ovrne steeolyt
moor, should be placed in the hands of ,t„--,v ofheal 1)1,
under a committee of management, with a /.I`,'" tot." it*
purchasing or renting land, and rcletting older
bouring poor in suitable plots for gardens, or;„eg
dep
the able-bodied poor when out of work du 0
sions of trade. gobnrie'
HATFIELD HOUSE.—The Marquis oi gocer
Colonel of the South Herts Yeomanry Cavallo °P.
elegant entertainment on Thursday 184 1°
and privates of that regiment.