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London, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

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- The King of the French, on Thursday, received at Neuilly
I. Mazard, Mayor of Limoges; M. Fourner, Counsellor of
the Com. Royale, and Member of the Municipal Council;
and M. Arblant. Member of the Consultative Chamber of
Manufactures at Limoges, from which town they were dele-
gatas, on the subject of the railroad from Vierzon to Pmoges
by Chateauroux, Lately passed. His Majesty conversed with
them for some tiros on the state of the central departments,
and the benefit they would derive from this new means of
communication.
The following is the current rumour respecting the King's
visit to the Queen of England i—The King and Royal
Family will leave Neuilly for the Chateau of Bizzv,
imme-
diately after the close of the. session. They will go from
thence to the Chateau d'Eu, where they will arrive about
the middle of August. His Majesty will remain at the
Chateau d'Eu till the 12th or 15th of September, when he
Wheirl el embarkfrom o-t erl fir line,
oit for Portsmouth, accompanied by
and three steamers. From Ports-
mouth he will proceed by railway for Windsor Castle.
The beat at Paris is very oppressive. On Friday the
• thermometer stood at 59 deg.
Metter from St. Omer announces that his Royal Highness
the Duke de Nemours left that place on the 24th for Metz,
after reviewing the troops of the garrison. During the re-
view, an accident occurred to two cuirassiers from the falling
of their horses.. The Prince immediately went to the spot,
and ordered that the greatest attention should be paid to
them ; the injuries they received were not, however, very
severe. St. Omer was illuminated on the occasion of the
visit of the Royal Duke, which occasioned great enthusiasm:
The Naniteur confirms the report already mentioned, that
after the official closing of the session, the Minister of Com-
- coerce will- submit to the approbation of the King several or-
donnances fur the modification of the tariff of customs, and
kdds, that they will be in conforinkY with the recommenda-
tions of the committees of the Chamber of Deputies. which
Lave nut been discussed in the Chamber firm want of time.
' • Saturday being the first of the fetes of the three days of
jullY, a funeral service to the memory of the victims of the
fev.,Futiou was celebrated in several of the churches of Paris.
The great illuminations were to take place on Monday.
We hod the following in the Augsburg Gazette of the 23d :
" Letters from Bologna announce that tranquillity is-restored
la that city, and also iu the legations. There have not been
any other condemnations. The court-martial has condemned
to death a man named Gardenoz, for having, in December
last, killed a custom-house officer at one of the gates of Bo-
logna. He was shot on the 26th inst."

sGazette states on the authority of a
letter from Berlin, that the i rie-stan Government has eon e
to a resolution to'abolish imprisonment for dent in all cases.
The aiwover Gaz tte of the 17th inst. announces that the
Bing ha, been itidispesed, but not so much so us to prevent
Awn from transactii.g business.
We lean, from Prague that on the 16th inst. notices were
Posted up in Ibe city that, as tranquillity was completely
restored, the ordonnance directing all public-houses to be
elosed at nine o'clock was no longer in force, and that they
111%4, as before, be kept open till 12.

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The Earl and Countess of Jersey gave au entertainment on
.rmarday- evening. to her Royal Highness the Duchess of
tioucester, at their mansion in Berkeley- square. A select
'airele were invited to meet the illustrious Duchess at dinner,
d in tee evening about one hundred distinguished mem-
re of the aristocracy assembled.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, leave Beaufort House
t. clay fur Goodwood•park, where they will remain as guests
of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond during the races this
Iverk.

The Countess of Westmoreland has gone to remain a few
y 8 with the Earland Countess of Mornington, at Orleans
'l°,4se; Twickenham.
tie Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by the Lady
eli„,•celiabeth Leveson Gower Mid' the yeunger branches of her
'race's family, left Stafford. House on Saturday, and pro-
.beeeded, tea- the London and Birmingham Grand Junction
-L'ailway, direct to' Trentham, where the marriage of the
-"c'Y Elizabeth with the young llarquis of Lorn, will be
selemnised on Wednesday next. As upon the occasion of
the Marriage of Lady Evelyn and Lord Blantyre, in the
atterpart of last year, great-rejoicings will take place in
felebeatron- of .the event. The, tenantry will be regaled, and
the poor on the Noble Duke's ostate feasted on the follow-
Lugiday.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster arrived in
town on Saturday, from Woodstock, where they have been
*taYing during the last few days on a visit to the Viscount
and Viscountess Parker. The Noble Marquis is enjoying an
excellent state of health, and appears much better than he
was at this period last year. His Lordship has recently
sent the whole of his stud, including two Derby colts, for
next year, to John Day's stables at Stockbridge.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, with their
Youthful family, have left town for the season, and are at
Present staying at the Priory, near Starimore.
The Eart and Countess De Grey are about to leave town,
for West Park, near Silsoe Bedfordshire, whence, after re-
attaining -a short period, the Noble Earl and Countess will
Proceed to Buxton for the benefit of the waters.
Lord Stanley left town on Saturday for Tonbridge Wells.
irLady Brougham has issued cards for a ball on Friday next.
Peel, and the younger branches of her Ladyship's
fame;', left town onSaturday, for Drayton Manor.
On Wednesday last the Duke of Devonshire arrived in
Liverpool,.. and proceeded by the steamer of the same
evening to Dublin., for .the purpose of visiting his extensive
*states in the south of Ireland
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Lord Heytesbury arrived in Dublin on Friday. A great
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Lancenrse of people turned out on the occasion and received
Excellent well, though they showed their dislike to the
etecordee, who accompanied him in the same carriage.
Our reports from all parts of the country, says the Dublin
Post, are in the highest degree satisfactory. *The harvest
will be about a fortnight earlier than the average of years.
Heaping of wheat, oat*, and barley, has already commenced
in some few places, and next month it will
M. master, M.P. for Cirencest r
Lord Villiers, son-in-law to Sir Robert
be very general
tern intiidreds, and e . has accepted the chil-
i meelf a candidate fur the borough.
Peel. has declared !I
On Saturday, at the weekls. meeting of the Committee
and the Watermen's
Aldermen, the members
in compliance with aarnericommPaEneid'
Coro s uf the Navigation Committee
attttnenfrodeiriu,
tialendLorpdre.3slean3ted,or:
of-the numerous ebteam-boats on
a eipy of by-laws rules for the future regulation
steam-boat is to
rations proposed the river. The alte-
-3' these rules are, that in future no
carry beyond a certain number of pas-
'aePgerSt according •
to as tonnage, and that proper persons are
be to•
appointed to see that the regulation is not violated ; and
Also that no
_boat is to be permitted t.e go beyond a certain
rate of s
a Peed, and the places of embarkation are to be upon
secure and uniform footing.
• On Saturday,"
Drut:e nn ,u
at the Brantford Petty Sessions, Charles
tienry Hunt, two respectable-looking young men,
residitee in Old Ilrentford, were charged with having set fire
on Wednesday night, to a hayrick, containing thirty-six
loads, valued at upwards of 2001., which was wholly destroyed,
'while other property was seriously damaged. The prisoners
were fully committed to take their trial at the next sitting of
the Central Criminal Court.
The lessee of the Haymarket gives the use of his theatre
for a benefit on Thursday, the Bth of August, in aid of the
feuds of the British Society of Dancers. Several of the prin-
cleat performers of the company at the Princess's Theatre
Isare consented to appear on the occasion.
On Sunday, after the performance of divine service in the
Isarirnine', the following notice was affixed on the doors of St.
4,',11.41's Cathedral :—" Notice.—There will be no service in
this cathedral during the repairs and cleaning. Due notice
r_,ll be gives of its recommencement. —St. Paul's Cathedral,
'e' 28, 18 It is fall time.
The concert for the benefit of the wife and children of Mr.
;,latdon, the celebrated comic song writer Gild singer, is, to
I;_e place on Wednesday, the 31st instant, at the Princess's
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'"tre. The high patronage under which the performance
eernminceel. will at once satisfy those who know nothing of
deeeased, that he possessed claims of no ordinary kind to
e for his memory so great a distinction.

.p._ RE • FLOATING PIER.—The neighbourhood of
-x-street and Milford-lane, Strand, near the water-side,
hi is been the scene of great noise and confusion during. the
aast
alfew days, owing to the erection of a riva floating-pier
)ngside the old one at the bottom of Essex street,fi
aitetn... .
pi. of a gang of hired men to destroy tdhe. old
hotaotfinthge-
st,p e on—n-
ar
b I §i gto Mr. Francis, which is moore in o
I"' Public-home, his property, and where passengetrsheheaivdee
anded and embarked for the last four years. By
be
t.„,he Ship is a passage leading from the steps at the end
ts...s,ssex-street to the water-side, and the common sewer
to,Tath it, and flows along an open culvert, :or brick, drain,
has
Le el 'water. mark.- Oyer this culvert a
pierfloatingnel Wool-
;Se i moored at the expense of the old Greenwich a
. clh steamboat companies, without the sanction owf. the
thteY authorities or the Commissioners of Sewers, in n
se ~„eiwnPerty is vested, The owners of this. pier, determined
m ,'"'-`e't- by violence what they could not obtain by other
the thit' in the first instance broke down a gate at the en
g.angway .
boar"
ye e'raige on the edge of the river, and placed a
ut.
N "lea
mg. ' a few days ago,
entnin • t' with the inner barge of the pier upon
ne 0 sooner was the pier opened,
and . .blackguards were employed as touitnegrsetanthdetooldinpsiuelrt,
anncty Passengers landing and embark
; where the Watermen's steamers and the wooden steamborats_
call. A
ied
at , Mong them are some of the watermen who formerly plied
the `4,e Temple-stairs, for whose benefit it has been given oute
. • 4„- Pier has been erected. These fellows, emboldened_b_y_tah
,4alseness of the City authorities, declared they would 5! g
1,..„a lithe old pier and destroy it altogether. On Friday
pintie
stoleg of' fifty ruffians from Execution-dock, NI, ap-
.,_ K. the pier at erreenwieh, and other places, as-rambled
Z' eslrlv as three o'clock, and began cutting away the sup -
i.:ts of the old pier, and swore with dreadful imprecations
• : ,Y would murder any one who interrupted them. Two
ptermen, named Maynard and. Hill. in the employ of Mr.
ilerrssics, Nvho endeavoured to protect their master's. pro-
--.. t'Y, 'were knockeo down and severely ill-used. The police
ent for, and eight men of the F'division came to the
sofl'°_,t, and found a portion of the rioters engaged in the work
~i''atruction, and the others fighting with Mr. Francis's
--s, yams. Crow-bars, boil-hooks,
Z."were used by the ruffians, who swore they would ah-
hammers, and other wea-
_ e police if they atiemptest to interfere. The noise
13.(1 tile shouts of the rioters at so early an hour alarmed hp,
tilkbabitante, who rose fr..m their beds and went to the slxot,. ,„°_aseertain the cause. In the mean time the crews
_e.l. 7eral Thasaes Police galleys ' landed, and the ruffians d
2led, but not before they hail caussad damage to the atnnlipt
old .., and torn away the gangway board or brow on the_ •,
wit,er and thrown it into the river. Maynard was covered
.0f,.., irutaes, and Hill was terribly knocked about. One.
1:
..,41,1L.....e assoailants, a fellow named Ash, of Wapping, received
fi•
•rsw n the eve from a sharp instrument which was the
...lett,' i; -
• Y One orhis companions, and it is not expected he
....Islll.,recover the sight of it.• The police continued on the spot
. t.O a sharp look out; and the rioters having declared.
• • tti,:T. !ntention of coming down with a stronger force on Fri
•• lin- nighl; the land and river police mustered in considerable
_ bratrth.rs and-preserved order. On Saturday the touting and
• -en .wt.,!ing,yras going on, and some of the greatest blackguards
the, ..iie Aver were dragging the people about, shouting in
`-"". :.
1, k•:rs, and doing all in their power to prevent them
yn _ ?,. on the old pier to embark in the Watermen's steamera.
~ Li Lehq curse of the day warrants were applied for at 80w-
.., .z '..t splice.court against several.of the rioters, and granted.
Piers"'nig body of police were again atationtad near the rival
_, 011 SatUrday evening, and will continue there till the
''' ,,Pier it removed.
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Cr • s, IN ILLIAMS, AND jONBB.—Our Alol7:rtlOUth
. sTTrre- ,son-, rt._ , ~,
,relent hat received a letter from a friend in
:t .", own, dated March 8, 1844, in which the writer
f 4 • '----" I irften see Prost, Williams, and Jones; the
"ruler live
' ...., in ,i, s a few doors from me, at a grocer's ; lie is
.1 Nines
.counting-honse ; Williams is a constable ; and
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triostiiiir.AE:itloo.tiuticjhLci:st;triajil.o.;rilTaikihe above may be relied
'Nye Highness the
I,lo_ c crince . returned yesterday afternoon, on hoard the
Crown Ts .
Then 4,
nrrette, from his visit to Scotland and the Tara islands.
lAnalkian fleet is still at Elsinore, wind bound.