The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-12 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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The Duchess of Inverness is staying with the Duke
and Duchess of Somerset, at their villa at Wimbledon
Park. Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili Landi and
the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have also arrived
on a visit to the Noble Duke and Duchess.
The Countess of Beauchamp has been lately a visitor
at Worthing, where the Earl's sister, the Countess of
Longford and family, are sojourning, and some other
families are still remaining there for bathing.
The Duke of Sutherland gave a ball to his tenantry at
Dunrobin Castle on Wednesday, in a pavilion, erected
for the occasion near the castle. The attendance was
numerous, amounting to about 300, including the Duke,
the Marquis of Stafford, Lord and Lady Blantyre.
Dancing was kept up till four in the morning. A quad-
rille band, from Inverness, was engaged, and the Duke's
piper poured forth his spirit-stirring strains.
Madame La Conatesse Fluhault (Baroness Keith)
the Lady of the Minister of the King of the French at
the Austrian Court, accompanied by the Misses Fluhault,
have arrived at Meares Hotel, from Vienna.
Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili and family,
have also arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Alton Towers,
accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury.
ItwtlrCZLL MOUS.
It has been determined that the Royal Exchange shall
be thrown open to the public between the 12th and the
I7th of next month, the day to be appointed by her
Majesty.

It is-said that the trade between Liverpool and the
Mediterranean never was so brisk as at the present time.
One of the first acts of Mr. O'Connell, after leaving
the Richmond Penitentiary, was to forward his own sub-
scription of 5/. to the Duncombe Testimonial, the regu-
lations of that prison having prevented him from doing
so earlier.

The repeal rent for tho last week amounted to 575/.
17s. 6d.

The majority of the Marquis of Chandos was celebrated
at Stowe on Tuesday with great rejoicings. Among
other parties present on the occasion was the Lord Chan-
cellor with his lady and daughter.
A dinner was given at Belfast on Thursday to Robert
Burns, the eldest son of the Scottish poet. When his
health was proposed he said he was not without a strong
tie to the Green Isle. His sister was the widow of an
Irish gentleman, who, when alive, resided at New Ross,
and his second brother, Colonel Burns, was the widower
of an Irish lady.
On Tuesday the Precursor, a fine steam-vessel, Capt.
Harris, which has been purchased by the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Company, at an enormous expense,
left Southampton to assume her station in the East
Indies. She was haat by a Glasgow Company, which
did not proceed in their enterprise, and had been in the
market at 100,000/, but was purchased by the Peninsu-
lar and Oriental Company for 45,0001., without repairs.
She is 800 tons burden, and carries engines of 550-horse
power. Her destination is Calcutta and Ceylon, from
the former of which places she is intended to carry the
Government mails to Suer.

ARZIVAL OF THN ROYAL CHILDRIRN IN BRIGHTON.
—A special train, consisting of her Majesty's carriage,
between two other first-class carriages, and a couple of
carriage trucks, bearing two of the Queen's private car-
riages, arrived at the Brighton terminus on Tuesday
afternoon at a quarter to six o'clock. The engine
was driven by Mr. Cubitt, and Mr. Crowley, one of the
Directors of the London and Brighton Railway (who
with Captain Kelly, the chairman, and Mr. Ottley, the
secretary, had received the royal party at New Cross),
accompanied the train to Brighton. Arrangements had
been made for the recepti.)n of the royal party, a part of
the platform being carpeted. Six of her Majesty's horses
werr in waiting, and in about five minutes these were
attached to the royal carriages, and the Prince of Wales
and his royal brother and sister, together with Lady
Lyttelton, left the terminus, and entered the Palace gates
at five minutes to six o'clock.

CHINESE PROVERBS.— he tombs open every mo-
ment, and close for ever.—lt is from what people say,
that we judge of the value of their silence.—Memory
rather counterfeits wit than supplies it; a thousand re-
collections are not worth one thought.—With money the
dead can be made to speak; without it even the dumb
will not he silent, —Whoever seeks Ivo ,
1111 but how to
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Piddiny's Chinese

On Sunday Louis Philippe received the English Am-
bassador, the Minister of Marine, the Prussian and Tus-
can Ministers, and General Pre val.
The King of the Belgians, accompanied by General
Hane and Baron d'Arnim, the Prussian Minister at Bel-
gium, left Brun els, on Saturday, for Ostend, to receive
the Prince of Prussia on his return from England. The
Prince will not, says the Independence of Brussels, pro-
ceed to that city, but leave for Holland by Antwerp.
The Princess de Lieven has returned to Paris from
Baden and Dieppe, and taken her abode at the Hotel
Talleyrand, in the Rue St. Florentin.
The Presee announces that Captains Bruat, Governor
of the French establishments in Oceania, Le Predour,
and Vaillant, are promoted to the rank of Capitaine do
Vaisseau—first class. The promotion of Captain Brunt
is in right of seniority.
The road between Rome and Naples is again infested
by robbers ; and two diligences having been recently at-
tacked by them, travellers have been compelled to make
the voyage by sea, in French steamers.
General Pailhes, who resides generally at St. Germain-
en-Laye, but had gone to Estissac (in the Aube) for the
shooting season, was found on Thursday dead in one of
the coverts near Diery Saint Julien, with his dogcouched
by his side. It has been ascertained that the cause of his
death was an attack of apoplexy.
The Groenland, which has just been lost on the coast
of Morocco, was built at Rochefort, and her engines
made at the foundry of M. Hallette. She cost 820,000 f.
A steam-frigate, with her hull, masts, rigging, apparatus,
and armament complete, is reckoned upon an average to
be worth 3,000,000 fr., and this must be the estimated loss
of the Groenland. She was one of the four transatlantic
packets taken into the naval service for the Mediter-
ranean.

An officer who had perused the letters from Muley
Abderrhaman to his son, found in the tent of the latter,
writes, according to the Constitutionnel,—" We have
laughed heartily at the epithet with which the Sultan
salutes her Majesty of England on communication to
his son the note of Mr. Hay. See what is demanded of
me by this witch of a Queen (Chilana, in Arabic, signi-
fying a cursed or devil of a witch, or anything that may
be thought equivalent).' The whole of the great Chris-
tian family is placed on the same level by the spirit of
these fanatics."

The Courrier Franraix, says Galignani, has another
long article abusing Sir Robert Wilson, the Governor of
Gibraltar, and imputing to him a series of intrigues
against French interests. We cannot conceive what the
Courrier means by these attacks, for they have not the
slightest foundation in truth. The public conduct of Sir
Robert Wilson, in his present position, is the best
answer to such calumnies.

The Journal de Rouen notices the following singular
rencontre :—Two days ago, at the moment when an
equestrian statue in bronze of the Duke of Wellington,
brought from Paris in the Luxor, was about to be landed
on the quay to be shipped for England, the Tancarville
arrived with the statue of Napoleon, destined by the
King to be erected at Ajaccio. They were consigned to
two different houses, between whom a dispute arose as
to the precedence in their being landed, during which
the effigies of the two great captains stood face to
face on the decks of their respective vessels. The
commandant of the port decided that Napoleon should
be the first landed, and the Duke the first to be re-
embarked.

LAW AND POLICE.
At Guildhall, two fine-looking lads, brothers, named
George and John Axtell, were charged before Sir John
Key, with breaking into the chambers of Messrs. Harvey
and Co., merchants, Barnard's Inn, and stealing about
301. worth of apparel, the property of William E. Harvey,
clerk, residing there. Sir J. Key regretted to see two
lads, respectable in appearance, in the felons' dock ; but,
for the ends of justice and the protection of the public, it
would be his duty to commit them fur trial.
William Timberlake, alias Cooper, and George Jack-
son, alias Contison, were charged on re examination, at
Union Hall, with stealing twelve sovereigns, six silver
spoons, and several articles of jewellery, the property of
Edward Brundell, 24, Agues-street, Waterloo-road. The
circumstances attending the robbery have been already
fully described. One of them was also charged with
forgery. The prisoners reserved their defence for an-
other trbunal. Mr. Traill said it was his intention to
commit the prisoners for trial on the two charges of rob-
bery. With respect to the charge of forgery, as the
case was not complete, he should order the prisoners to
be brought up again on Friday.
At Lambeth-street, Mr. Norton was engaged for some
hours in hearing charges preferred against one class of
watermen plying at Alderman-stairs, Lower East Smith-
field, by others of the same craft, of violation of the
Act of Parliament by which their calling is regulated.
The Watermen's Act provides, in order to prevent ac-
cidents, and protect the passengers, that not more than
two boats shall at any one time pull within a certain
distance of a steamer on her mooring in the river, and
then close to the gangway. Latterly, however, on the
approach of the Dublin and Cork steamers off Alderman-
stairs, they are immediately surrounded by a number of
boats, and the confusion thus occasioned iss attended
with the greatest possible danger. The charge of
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tonly proved against the defendants, who ex-
pressed contrition for what they had done, and promised
not to violate the law for the future, upon which Mr.
Norton inflicted a mitigated penalty of los., declaring
at the same time that for all future offences he would
impose a penalty of 5/.
COVIIT—PASEIONANZE.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset entertained a
select circle at dinner at Wimbledon Fark on Monday.
The following were among the distinguished individuals
present :—The Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili, the
Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, the Duchess of Inver-
ness, Lady Davy, the Earl of Belfast, Lord and Lady
Cotteuham, Lady and Dliss Hall, M. de Koudriaffsky,
Count Gregory de Koudriaffsky, Count Dmitry de Nes-
selrode. M. and Madame Oury attended, and performed
a selection of favourite music in the evening.
A dinner was given in Londonderry on Friday to Sir
Robert and Lady Sale, when upwards of 180 sat down.
The mayor, William Hallett, Esq., occupied the chair,
and was supported by a number of the clergy and gentry
of the county. A variety of toasts were given and re-
sponded to, and the entertainment passed off with much
eclat.