The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-03 00:00:00

Lord JOHN RUSSELL,moved as an sine. .Anti
i
the proposition of
_the Chancellor of the Esc op
reduction to thirty-four shillings of the duty

sugar from, foreigu countries.
(Lary srEAsimc.)

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DUTCH AND FLANDERS Mery
Butrssm.s, MAY. 30.—The Princess Cleolentilloiji:j
her consort, Prince Augustus of Saxe Coberg'.e
at half-past seven on Wednesday evening, hY.Btog
train at the railway station, where the Royal cbe
were ready, in which they proceeded direct to
ce of Lacken. - - era
The Chamber of Representatives has at 'envie
eluded to-day the debate on the timber dutiesi..s,pt
commencing the debate on
.the article coffee; Ali
mortier and M. Rogier proposed that this artic'oet,
be reserved to be discussed in Secret Cete°lthe
that the. Chamber should immediately examine , l,
ceptions that may be made in favour of the she
entrepota. This was-opposed by the Minister. 0 ;ir'
terior.. It was resolved that the whole tariff
be diScussed, and that the exceptions to be. Dow' •
be afterwards examined in Committee.
The Government proposes a reduction of 26`Prai;)
in favour of the national flag, on coffee breogi:xies
from the countries where it grows. Messrs.
eops
and Dumortier proposed an amendment, to ty.
vantage of 35 per cent. to the national flag. '1
ment was rejected. -• • iif.„o
The average price of wheat, last week, 191,.,0rr
and that of rye 101. 86c. The duties on 103 r 1
and exportation remain as before.
"
Tni
arrived here this Morning, at half-no
to
o'clock. The King being informed of • his &O
some way to meet him and "accompanied h 1 std'
palace, where he was welcomed. by her. MN 000
Queen, his. sister. The Emperor intends
red
morrow for -London, and will afterwards retu •
Hague and spend a few days. . , 0009
MAY 31.—The Emperor of Russia,. wit
7 to tirlY
suite, set out this morning from Rotterdate.,,, tejtely,
for London. A project of law has been pres',lo9l
Second Chamber of ' the- States-General; for Ri.shoj
sum. of 156,000• florins to the fifth ehapter of tu
of the 'expenditure of 1844-45; which sums ore_diol4
for the improvements of the- roads in the P`"
Friesland. '

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ROBBERY OF A BANKER'S. 340111
last, a person of respectable- appearance, About .16
age, who gave his name as_ James. Richards, but,„,ooll
give any particular account of 'himself, was exiniumptrd
a Bench of Magistrates; at the George Inn, Luton' eo
shire, on a charge of being concerned in stealing
parcel, containing 1,700/, in notes, and bills of e'lltif!,
the amount of 2,000/.; in the month .of, Sept._,°-0,
It appears that, on the 25th of September ',llro:l9e,
containing the above property, was intrasto, • /
the Bedford coachman, to be delivered at the b cop)
of Sir Charles Price and Co., King William •streetlA o'lol
after the coach had reached town it disaPPeATtid.,.
mysterious manner. Advertisements were iros.oroartiin
newspapers at the time, offering a handsome 71001..0/1
person who would give such information as ml
immediate recovery of the parcel ; but no one 11. to hay
been tempted by the offer. Nor flees there'appearodfleio
anything heard of its valuable contents until Ye
On that day the prisoner, made his, appearance st 00 tI
.4
just as the *shops there were about to be closed h>
purchases from three different tredeausear oftln
note at each. By a strange coincidence, they
keepers happened to go to smoke his pipe on tueutioli f
at the same inn, and one of them happening td 0110',„04
course of conversation that a respectable-100k,'70
ty
appeared to be a stranger in the town, had en'eed AA;
just as it was about to be closed, and exchangbi, firdy„
for a pair of stockings he had purchased frerill.iylielltorii
other two shopkeepers preseist inquired the dose mot oh
person, and on hearing it said it was eq1141V54:100:4
same individual had purchased a pound or bret.. joy
them at a late hour on the same evening,
a 51. note from each of them. This excited codiousdo
picion, and the result was that the prisoner 0,7: in
and taken into custody. On being searched, Iretilop
cheeks were found upon him; and it was diseikreo"ll.oo)
the same evening, he had.managed to change je
different shops iii the town,: and all these, As.c, hieg.l
other 51. notes found upon him, were proved ' ip 'Vcros.ii
a portion of the contents of the pared stolen
re Odd,
last. He underwent aprivate'examination berutso:;ifd
trates on Saturday mill on Monday, and s r F
Tharsday, when lUr. Robinson, the' • solleP„"oe j 1,4
garden, attended on his behalf; The gentivl3, et
to-the banking-house of Messrs. Sharpies, Egt°io fao'
by whom the parcel had been forwarded, wr,,e 'rod',
but the evidence was not gone into at any leigosot ft 4
Robinson requested that his 'client might be 15 1041
few days longer, which was assented to.
singular, that, since the apprehension of the
51. notes, which also formeda portion of tbe,
have been pissed at Luton. - .1 incAl
It was stated by. Captain Laws, 1 ':' 'of I/
dente before the Committee of the, get° baottt°i/
on the Hull Docks Bill,, that the war bet,
Manchester , and • Leeds Railway, at-idarleyArierefi
comprise six acres. of flooring. In their joitit
houses along their line the Company bs/toosK
one time, sacks, which, wtwn riMge AP/
tended over eleven acres of ground; uicb
The return of severe illness under Wurefir
rablo Earl Grey now suffers, has sgaill f Oe?'
tioneering' speculations in the borough °olillioff,"
The very advanced age of Earl Grey not
the apprehension that his Lordship cal ;04
and in. the melancholy event of his ee-0,1
Howick will succeed to the peerage, se (Iv 05,1 IV
a vacancy will occur in the representationdeotolge
of Sunderland. Such an event, it unpOOOOYI
immediately bring Colonel T. 11.
field as a candidate on liberal and free 170,by
and under the present state of poi-jail' 01/it
derland, there can be little doubt but, the
would be triumphantly elected, whoever
opponent.

MONTHLY MILITARY 0.0 __,,,r,
General—C. P. Dou laa
. (36 lleg.;
Major Generals—Cro g sse, formerly o c,
E. I. Com. Se'rv. - - i# I,
Colonel—R. Monerieffe;-late of R. lifar.", Luo, rA!
Majors—Myers, Unatt., at sea ;J. l'l , frior
Serv. ~-, la -hortigr* d;
Captains—J. Wilson h.p. 7 Dr.; if- -1,,,3th 4rA
U. (ge4rYs do. on board thi Rattlesnake i ''''' ti.:*l
Kent. Mil. ~,/. rtli p ; tiorpor
Lieutenants--Allen, 4 Dr. Gds. 430.---°e-r; ...- P,' '''
Moffatt, 46 F., on hoard the General Palo olter.,. '
F. j Lethbridge 85 F. ; Olphert, g• Arygo, 1,:;1", 11
R. Vet. Bn. ; Nealei (Adj.) h.p. 25 Dr. ; , pli •Q.
Alderson? h.p. 33 F. ; R. Madden, lite R. Art col, .
Commissariat Dipartment—Dep• Conirli.
• A $
turin, b.p. ,y(
Assist. Comm.n Gen.—l. Irvine. ' . ---.-ioti'. io(
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