The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-20 00:00:00

SUEMARY OF NEWS

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" TVIto rvn.s may read."

REIGN.
The Madrid mail of thePO
12th had not arrived at Paris ell
Sunday, when the mail for England left. • The delay is attr!:
bated to the vast quantity of snow which has fallen in
.°
south of France and the Pyrenees:
the
At Paris on Sunday morning the frost was very severe'
thermometer being 12 degrees below freezing.
The Helvetie, a Swiss paper, announces the death, by sui:,
cide, of Dr. Schnell, one of the most eminent public Ni,-rit!r;
of Switzerland. He had long been the distinguished leader
and Intre1):1
of the aristocratic party in the canton of Bern,
had suffered much from an internal complaint. He drowned
himself in the Aar on the 6th, and his body was after 5°
search found near Brugg.
The Journal des hebats announces the death of Car—in
,„,
Bussi, Archbishop of Benevento, which took place at ETcie
on the •31st of January. He was born at Viterbo en
29th of January, 1755, and received the Roman purple fru ,
his Holiness Leo XII., in the Consistory of the 3d of NO'
1824.
The railway between Cologne and Bonne has just been
opened to the public.
According to the Cologne Gazette, negotiations are Pencil
between Austria and France for the conclusion of a treater
commerce. The tonnage duties are to be reduced, in
to facilitate the entrance of Austrian produce into France' his
Great preparations are making at Wiesbaden to receive,
~_
Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Nassau and his
trious Consort, Princess Elizabeth, daughter of his 10310057
Highness the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, who are
petted to arrive there on the 6th of next month. Accounts from Alexandria, of the 28th ult., announce that
Mehemet Ali, who was still at Cairo, "
had recovered freni,,,.
severe attack of convulsions of the stomach, which at
period created serious alarm. ray
The King of Sweden, in order to favour the export t
of the kingdom, issued, towards the end of last year, a relof
ordinance, making the following modifications in the tar ;01,),
duties :-1. From the date of this ordinance (17th Onreeva
and till further orders, the following articles are free f 'se.
export duty,.namely, alum, pitch in barrels, red ochre,
2. Coals and coke are henceforth, till furthor orders,
from duty on importation.

MAW AND POLICE. . ranee,
At the Guildhall, two females of respectable aPPes,vell3,
named Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Earnshaw and Emma
,' with
were brought before Mr. Alderman Challis, charge"ose, a
stealing two silver fruit knives from the shop of Mrs.rati
jeweller and silversmith, in Farringdon-street ;
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value 12s. 6d., from the shop of Mr. Lamb, a jew`...;iiocpse srs•
Cheapside ; and a piece of ribbon, value 55., from'.„cere
Hitchcock and Rogers, St. Paul's Churchyard. The}
remanded for a week.
f ntrP
John Warty, a private in the 49th Regiment of L.,1. rv,
was charged, at Clerkenwell, with stealing two silver et,
the property of John Spurgin, Esq., M.D. 38, Guilford-sr:o'oi.
Russell-square, and Orplands, Bradwell, Essex. He was
mated for trial.
A large number of agricultural labourers have beerl,°°°lol-
mitted to prison from Marlborough-street, for the pu:iiilf
affording them shelter, as they were wandering about tot
destitute.
ha!
William Henry Wilson, an elderly gentleman4-,:talo
been in custody some days, charged with having'erfent
a number of tradesmen by uttering sham cheques, uneer
another very lengthened examination at Queen-square'
was committed for trial, but allowed to give bail. llfr•
Amelia Wright was charged at Clerkenwell, b%tree,
Stephen White, surgeon, of No. 1, Lamb's Condnit" 510
with stealing two silver spoons and other propertY•
was committed for trial.
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-n the case of the Attorney-General v. the Corpootlord
Leicester, Burbidge, the late town-clerk, and others', y,3
Langdale gave judgment, and decreed Burbidge t"cie-
-2,8861. 10s. 10d. into court in three months, and matle..ilanit
claration that the corporation of Leicester was liable to 130-
amount, and for any other amount of .moneys come Nod be
bidge's hands, if Burbidge made default in payment ;
,aof the
directed a reference to the Master to take an accon,",ereof
moneys received by Burbidge, and of his application t'
C OITILT—PAS HIO Man
Her Majesty is expected in town from Windsor Castle 01'
Monday next, for the purpose of holding a Court, Bze' take
The Duchess of Gloucester was enabled, yesterday', 'bold,
an airing in her carriage in Hyde Park, the Duchess's
being nearly re-established. .0101 c;
The Duke of Hamilton is suffering at Hamilton
from the effects of an accident to his ankle by stulni,o6
over a chair in the dark. The visit of the Grand n„esr-
Stephanie of Baden to her illustrious daughter, the_ce tkio
chioness of Douglas, which was to have taken Plel
month, is postponed until the advance of the spring' eon °
The Countess of Bective was safely delivered 01 at oar
Headford House, on Saturday the 11th. This eve llgarqui°
sioned much rejoicing on the extensive estates of the
of Headfort in the counties of Meath and Cavan. t gel"
Lord and Lady Palmerston entertained Viscoun arty, at
bourne, Lord and Lady Beauvale, and a family PheS
01,'",,
dinner on Sunday evening, in Carlton-terrace;
dinneratid t
on
ex-Premier entertained his Noble relatives at
turday evening, in South-street. oted ou
Baron Lowther, the Postmaster-General, is exPe„,.,,,oidee
Wednesday at Lowther and Whitehaven Castles, to r-d iv;
a general meeting of the shareholders of the projected,OP'
way between Maryport and Whitehaven, in Curaberbo
to transact other business.
ivirsCELLANEOUS. 101
A meeting was held at Coleraine on Monday the
which was attended by upwards of ten thousand Oratt...Zge 0,
from the counties of Antrim and Derry, for the Ph that of
reviving Orange-clubs in Ireland, and resolutions to
fect were unanimously adopted.
On Monday evening, the wretched woman, Dicken..All'r of
rived at Newgata, there to await her trial for the Wu'
her two infant children at Deptford. „iij to
A system of incendiarism in the county Carlow is ;;"0144
have commenced, similar to that which has so long Pre ,
ot
in various agricultural districts in England. o°lo
Monday being the day appointed for the presentawi
a piece of plate to the Bishop of Lichfield, the late Frlttireth
of King's College, on the part of the professors, lecd the
masters, and other officers of the College, a meetingoithe
subscribers took place in the College library.
entrance of the Bishop, the present Principal, D
esete"
addressed his Lordship in very feeling terms, and rich beta
him with a superb silver inkstand, the pedestal of Yf',,olo.
an appropriate inscription. His Lordship returned t"

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MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA
HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2l 10s to Lll;2tsirto
ful ditto, 31 3s to 31 lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 11/ 691
3/ 16s; Clover Hay, 3/ to 5/; Oat Straw t;av sit,
Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs er load. ' Both 1-„, 'Above
Straw were in good supply, and heavy demand, at the ,
quotations. us
ett"
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay,
2/15s to 3/ 33 ;to 41 ,
ditto; 31 5s to 31 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 133 10133,1
Clover Hay, 3/ to 41 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 75t0 1/ supply, as
Straw, 1/ 10s3to 1/ 12s per load. A full average
a sluggish trade. Prices about stationary. 0 31;
WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ Ws3/135 tiP
useful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 12s; fine Upland ditto, to 1/ 89;
31 18s; Clover Hay, 3l to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 11 65 `°4
Wheat Straw, 1/ Ss to 11 lOs per load. supplf 0
and trade very dull. _
COLONIAL. • 3366113
SUGAR.—There has been little business doing. ii,resio-a,
Plantation, only about 150 lilids having been sold 1497 b
d,/ azi,
prices. The public sales have consisted chi of "Fish Y!ix
Manilla, which sold at 17s to 18s for low to mid grif,' whi-
low of mid quality, washed and damp at 16s W ' for
prices barely support the previous value. „fluirrcels
FOREIGN.—There continues to be very little f 1.7 paAr no
any
.of these descriptions, but there are
tvheetl'uosetniies9l3ll„l:
offering, and holders being extremely firm,
has been chiefly confined to about 200 chests V 'tt, at 1i',1,-
(of old importation), which have been sold, for en° re6a if;
and 160 hhds Cuba Muscovado at 18s to 18s 6d t:)orf vritali
in bond, being the extreme value. The quantit.lcest IP,rO
Plantation landed last week at the East and, 'there 1,%,r
Docks was 190 hhds, 46 tierces, 100 barrels ; all" ~ 21 yes,
taken for home consumption 1,311 hhds, 177 tieree6l tiere
rels. The stock in the same places is 6,013 hbd9' r;
782 barrels. las'''. 11
hilffs -iv
COFFEE.-1,012 brigs 41 casks Ceylon,
ii4u7cotio-0, nseesarv7llot
and 504 bags Costa Rica were offered by
the Ceylon consisted of British Plantation kiliTity broa4m
with much spirit at higher prices : good ord Gas 6d t°, the
66s to 66s 6d; the Mysore found buyers at 355
eslill
:ellie
for mixed good ord, being comparatively
Costa Rica was taken in at 54s to 64s for ghoe t 4 be
to fine fine ord coloury. No transactions howeverier.
place privately worth reporting, which, waYvoreigo ° ii•y",
chiefly attributable to the want of parcels of •L,, of P 9 01r
ing, for which article there has been a good de02409 are, tbo
particularly for Padang, and for which higher I)73ses, °I far.
tainable : subsequently, however, about 100 being II
latter description have been sold at 27s to 29* at
ther advance of is to 2s. p tati°l/ 0
COCOA..—Of 211 barrels and bags British .141'001 t° ra A
Gs tor od re'
auction only part was disposed of, at 44s to 4 .g 0
greyish red Trinidad, which is rather dearer '
~isett
Grenada was taken in at 48s to 495. , ,tie... .D
RUM.—Prices within the last eight or ten da3b3o; 9°10.'15
ld to 2d per gallon ; 250 puns Jamaica hayed raid t° t', 374
2s 8d to 4s for 27 to 36 per cent. over proof, for 35p ile
quality; 100 puns Demerara at 2s 10d to 2s
,il."lds at ' slid
per cent. over proof; 50 puns Leeward I"IL 30 puo!'ittity-
to 2s for proof to 5 per cent. over proof; an, vie qtrit,36
100 hhds Bengal at Is 84 per proof strength. Docks _ 910
landed last week at the East and West Indiai',,,,,ptieet',o):
puns, 47 hhds ; there were taken for home co T 0
puns, 24 hhds, and exported 71 puns, to
Iriell
in the same places is 11,698 puns, 1,865 hha'• ba,9 PA 6clr
SPicEs.--494 chests Cassia Lignee to tow,
and 766 s bas. eA,
...
were offered at auction. The former sold at 5 ~eitig pre:a to
for good ord coarse to good mid qualitoYi;"d for I°` j
prices. The latter was taken in at aid t 01
r rates" et, alri
good mid, there being no purchasers at former to 0
off.
34,1111a3.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull at 41s per cwt. 0 lug
town at 44s 6d per cwt.
TEA.--The very large public sales. of
................„/Tea are g°
rather briskly, and at full prices generallY,
tile
Ore'
BIRTS.
On the 16th inst., at Portman-street, Portnaall'sq
,elobio
lady of John Dod, Esq.. of a son. Thonlas 'j
c, f
On the 17th insdt., at Leggatts, the lady of
Esq., of a son. t,
On the 17th inst., at Walton,
tile lgd
ter,
{laughter. ivedtiniro
On the 18th inst., at Poets'-corner,
of Charles Frere, Esq., of a son. iw fe of
DIED. a 3farta, the .
On the 9th inst., at Hamburgh, Ann
:Middlegibsoll,
George Jones, Esq., of the Grove, Highgate,,.,-..5. Eliza
On the 11th inst., at Windsor-terrace, ri.„0.°005...,,,,,
Lady Mordatill
relict of the late J. Gibson, Esq., of the 17 p_m_L__bjebb, u
J.
tthere
elf2tthheinlsatt.e,
Hon. Mr.
u3bilri.n
j,
daughter
On the 14th inst., in Finsbury-place, stool?
uEstiiiczeletbrhbinjsba:y_squere,
Marpole, Esq., surgeon, R.N. ,-,..gdford,
On the 15th inst., at Shalford, near LP,. '
Cliarlei
Charles de St. Leu, Esq , aged 76.
ant-Colette iee.
On the 15th inst., at Bath, Lieuten
__..,,,, sers..ir. p..
Henry Baines, of the lion. East India ConlPr7uso, of ~'
oesi.
Frao
DanOnielst,haegle6dthl9inmsot.n,thats. Brompton, Waite
Carlisle, ve X'
On the 16th inst., at Stanwix Cottage,
o„.ai Oo
the infant daughter of R. M. Mundy, D. -7
finery. • 1 Than'eir,oce
()Oen
tthhee
1166tthh
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eatt
CBerleenhtews
toero
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c,
.t, s otinet.
Albert Parry, Esq., aged 83.
child of John Brightman, Esq., of Laveu sill'
of On the 16th inst , at Brighton, Jessie Rdaiekred.alli:rreoilb rd-
On the 18th inst., Susanna Elizabeth Bartiv
.„..,..--
street, aged 82.
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trarr.lnotaten,itehe Wife °

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