The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-31 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Vttigtr taptuton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

The Duke of Bordeaux has forwarded the subjoined no-
tice to most of the Eurepean Courts :—" Having become, iii
consequence of the death of the Count de Marne (Duke of
Angouleme), the head of the house of Bourbon, I consider it a
duty to protest against the change introduced in France into
the legitimate order of succession to the Crown, and to de-
clare that I never shall renounce the rights which, by the an-
cient French laws, I derive from my birth. Those rights are
linked to great duties, which, with the grace of God, I shall
fulfil ; nevertheless, I wish to exercise them only when, to
my conviction, Providence shall summon me to be really
useful to France."

The French Funds continue depressed. On Sunday the
Three per Cents. were quoted at 81f. 60c.
A letter from Cadiz, dated the 18th inst., announces that
on the arrival of a steamer from Tangiers, with dispatches,
the Prince de Joinville set sail with the whole squadron for
the coast of Morocco. The departure was so sudden that se-
veral officers were left on shore.

The Duke D'Aumale was expected at Bona at the end of the
month. An expedition was to leave Bona on the 20th, to
trace the frontiers with the regency of Tunis.
The Journal des Travaux Publiques announces that the
company of the Avignon and Marseilles Railroad had or-
dered, in England, the forty-eight engines necessary for the
working of the road. _ _ _

The trial of Gaston .de Montmorency, Prince of Robecq,
accused of distributing busts and medals of the Duke of Bor-
deaux, will take place at Paris about the beginning of August.
Accounts from Bohemia, of July 21, announce that tran-
quillity is restored in Prague, but the troops collected there
to the number of 20,000 men have not yet been sent back to
their garrisons. About a week ago the windows of the Jewish
synagogue at Brandies were destroyed, but no further excesses
committed.

LAW .ann POLICE.
At the Durham Assizes, two men, named Kinsop and
Twadddle were convicted of setting re to three stacks of
wheat and four stacks of oats. George Bewick was con-
victed of a burglary in the house of Lord Stourton, at
Hartlepool. The sentences were deferred.
At Guildhall, Charle's John Savage, a young man who had
the appearance of a tailor, was charged before Mr. Alderman
Hunter, with uttering blasphemous language in Smithfield,
and with resisting the police in the execution of their duty.
It appeared that the prisoner had been haranguing a multi-
tude in Smithfield, and denouncing Christianity as a farce.
His language was so outrageous, that the crowd cried
" Shame," " Down with him," and the police believing he
would create a riot, took him into custody, after some re-
sistance. Alderman Hunter said he would not indulge the
prisoner by making him a martyr, and fined him 10s. for
resisting the police.
John Joyce, a young man residing at 2, Watling-street,
City, was committed at Bow-street on a charge of endeavour-
ing to extort money from Mr. Frederick Randall, at his
chambers, 10, Lancaster-place, Waterloo-bridge, under the
threat that he wanted to take indecent liberties with him.
At Union-hall Pietro Valler, a merchant, residing in
Hatton-garden ; Francis Enrico, Gibraltar-row, Lambeth,
fencing-master; and Henry Harrison, whose residence was
unknown, but was described in the police-sheeet as a linen-
draper, were brought before Mr. Traill, the sitting Magis-
trate, charged with forgery, and having in their possession
certain Dutch coupons for dividends in Dutch Five per Cent.
stock. Mr. Mullps, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, soli-
citors to the Society of Bankers for the Detection of Forgery,
attended to prosecute the case on behalf of the Dutch Go-
vernment. The prisoners are all foreigners. After a length-
ened inquiry the prisoners were remanded till Monday.
Henry Marsham, a stout and very respectably-dressed
man, aged 38, was Charged at the Thames Police-court with
stealing a gold watch, value 101., from Mr. Henry Howell,
clerk in the establishment of Lyall, Brothers, and Co., of
Great St. Helen's, on board the Vesper steamer. He refused
to give his address, and was remanded.

COUSLT—FASSIONABLEI.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived in town on
Friday, from Endsleigh Cottage, their romantic seat near
Tavistock, Devon, where the Noble Duke and Duchess have
been residing since_the commencement of last month.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas (Princess Maria
of Baden), the Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Lady Rachel
Russell, Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Claud Hamilton, and a
distinguished circle, assembled on Saturday, at the Priory,
Stanmore, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness
Abe rcorn.

The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland arrived in town on
Monday, from Cadlands, the seat of Mr. and Lady Elizabeth
Drummond. Their Graces leave town for the season ou
Thursday, proceeding, in the first instance, to Raby Castle,
Durham.

The Duke of Rutland, who, with his daughter, the Lady
Adeliza Manners, has been for some time past enjoying a
cruise in the Channel in his beautiful yacht the Resolution,
anchored in the Southampton Water on Friday, and came on
shore expressly to attend the recent festivities at Cadlands,
upon the occasion of Mr. A. J. Drummond, his Grace's
nephew, attaining his majority. The Noble Duke, accom-
panied by the Lady Adeliza, re-embarked on board the
yacht on Monday, and will continue his cruise for some time
longer. _

The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro are on the eve of
leaving this country on a continental tour, of what duration
has not transpired.
The Dowager Countess of Pembroke and the Earl and
Countess of Clanwilliam, who are making a tour of the Ger-
man Spas, are not expected home until the middle of Sep-
tember.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to town
yesterday, from Woodlands, near Romsey, Hants' where
the Noble Viscount and Viscountess have received a suc-
cession of visitors during the agricultural show last week at
Southampton.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have left Chester-
field House, to. day, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Rinhmnrtrl 'Pbr. otlicatiaa will
close on Friday, with the annual race ball at Chichester.
The Earl and Countess of Eglintoun have left the Clarendon
Hotel for Goodwood Park, where they will remain during
the week, as guests of the Duke of Richmond.
The Earl and Countess of 111arrvers and the Ladies Pierre-
pont have left Portman-square for Thoresby Park, near
011erton, Nottinghamshire.
His Excellency Baron Brunnow have left Dover-street for
Goodwood Park, to join the circle assembled at the Duke of
Richmond's.

Colonel Wyndham is entertaining a very numerous circle,
during Goodwood races, at his beautiful seat, Petworth-house,
Sussex.

Mr. A. R. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, accompanied
by their daughter, Miss Annabella Drummond, left Cadlands,
on Monday, for Arundel Castle, where the Duke and Duchess
of Norfolk are dispensing their hospitality to a distinguished
circle during the Goodwood races.

S CEL A..A.NEOUS.
At the Polytechnic Institution on Monday, a series of
lectures on the subject of explosive compounds were com-
menced by Dr. Ryan, F.R.S. The subject of the first lecture,
tended to show the power the lecturer believed Capt. Warner had
probably used in blowing up the John o'Gaunt . He believed
Captain Warner had used chlorate of nitrogen, a most dan-
gerous compound ; but, as a great many people believed, he
did not suppose that Captain Warner used a lock or a trigger
for the purpose of causing the explosion, for there were in-
numerable other means at the disposal of the chemist much
easier of application, and several of which were more to be
depended upon.
On Thursday next the Act of Parliament for abolishing
the collection of tolls at the different gates in Newington,
Camberwell, Kennington, and Lambeth, will come into ope-
ration, and the above gates will soon be rased to the ground.
Lord Morpeth laid the foundation stone, on Thursday last,
of a new church in the borough of Morpeth, in the presence
of his brother in-law and sister (the Rector and the Hon.
Elizabeth Grey), the Rev. Dr. Hook, and a large concourse
of spectators. His Lordship delivered a suitable address on
the occasion.

The King's or Royal Library in the British Museum is
undergoing a complete renovation. It was dingy in the ex-
treme, nothing having been done to it since it was first built,
some 16 or 17 years. As neither this nor the general libraries
are open to visitors on the public days, few are aware of the
existence of this magnificent room, which is not alluded to in
the catalogue. It is by far the most ornamental and most
extensive of all the galleries, being 300 feet in length, 41 in
breadth, and 30 feet high.

At a ;meting of the Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary, held on
Monday, the following vote of thanks to Alderman Gibbs was
passed :—" That the long, faithful, and useful services of
Michael Gibbs, as treasurer of this institution, are deserving
of the sincere thanks of this meeting, and this meeting hereby
tenders its thanks to Alderman Gibbs, and hopes that he will
be long spared to render his honourable services to suffering
humanity, and to the public at large."

THE LATE PRINCE TALLETRAND.--Rarely has
a more amusing and interesting series of papers ap-
peared in the pages of a periodical than those on the late
Prince Talley rand, which are now in course of publica-
tion in the New Monthly Magazine. The value of these
papers is greatly enhanced, too, as well as the interest of
their curious revelations, by their undoubted authenticity.
The portion of these remarkable articles given in the
Magazine for the present month comprises An Account
of the Prince in his early manhood—Mirabeau and his
mysterious death—Sieges and the origin of the Garde
Nationale—The Princesse de T. and the Maison de
Plaisance, &c. The New Monthly for August also com-
prises a very clever, humorous paper called " Le Peuple
Souriquois"—A striking notice of the Art Exhibition in
Westminster Hall—A full and remarkable account of
Mr. Beckford's curious structure at Bath, here called
" The Tower of the Caliph "—and other articles from
the pens of W. IL Maxwell, Esq., Author of " Stories of
Waterloo," Horace Smith, Esq., Mrs. Trollope, The
Author of " Peter Priggins," Laman Blanchard,
Esq., &c. &c.

Sir. Townsend has just published the second
volume, dedicated to Sir Robert Peel, of his valuable
" Memoirs of the House of Commons." The House of
Commons ! What spirit-stirring recollections does not
that designation awaken! There the battles of social
and political freedom have been fought—there the
superiority of right to might has been established--
there the shackles of the slave have been broken—there
the destinies of empires have been decided—there that
pre-eminence which distinguishes ours above all the na-
tions of the earth has been achieved. What English-
man is there, indeed, who has not a more or less imme-
diate interest in all the transactions of this, the most
illustrious legislative body in the world, the classic
sanctuary of the intellectual greatness of Britain, the
palladium of her proudest attributes—freedom, elo-
quence, and power! At the present day, when reports
of the proceedings of the House of Commons constitute
by far the most important feature in our daily papers,
a popular history of that House, comprehending biogra-
phical details of the speakers, lawyers, orators, and
statesmen, most distinguished in its annals ; a review of
the privileges enjoyed by Members, and of their hard-
won right to personal and deliberative freedom; a record
of the vindictive powers exercised by the House over
their own body and strangers; a description of the in-
ternal economy of St. Stephen's Chapel; of the changes
in the habits, manners, and character, of the constituency;
in the decorum and method of proceedings ; in the tone
and temper of discussion; and in the progress of intelli-
gence and refinement—such a history, presented in the
volumes here announced, and enlivened by anecdotes
and extracts from private correspondence, must form a
most acceptable, instructive, and amusing accession to
every library.
ENORMOUS SKATE—PRESTONPANS, JULY 25.
Some workmen, while fishing off here this morning, caught
a skate of the enormous weight of 129 lbs., and measuring in
engthsix feet three inches;iA breadth, Aye feet nine inches.