The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-05 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEW

AND

Public Opinion.

" Who runs may read."

Louisa Cornwallis have left Regent•crescent for the family
seat in Cornwall, where they intend to reside until the close
of the autumn.
Lord and Lady Bridport, and the Hon. Miss Hood, have
returned to Cricket St. Thomas, from visiting Mr. and the
Hon. Mrs. Hall, at Astrope House, Warwickshire.
The Earl and Countess of Eglinton have returned to town
from enjoying the hospitality of the Duke and Duchess of
Richmond, at Goodwood, during the races, and their stay in
town will be very brief, as they go to Eglinton Castle direct,
in order to be at the festival to the sons of the poet Burns
at Avr en Tuesday next ; the Noble Earl having engaged
to take the chair at the entertainment intended to be given
near the monument to that bard on the banks of the Doon.

The Earl and Countess of Cardigan will shortly return to
Dublin. The Noble Earl has-generously given a donation of
il;difey chiliec-h, near Wakefield, the ancient structure
having, from the ravages of time, fallen into such a state of
deca_y as to render its demolishment necessary.
We understand that the intended union of Viscount Grim-
ston and Miss Weyland is not to be solemnised before the
ensuing month. The precise day is not fixed. The marriage
is to take place in town.
Sir John and Lady Mary Hamlyn Williams, and family,
have gone to Clovelly Court, their beautiful seat in Devon-
shire.

Lord and Lady William Powlett go to Downham Hall
early next week. His Lordship is making considerable im-
provements and alterations in the mansion. An additional
wing his been erected, which has contributed greatly to the
imposing appearance of the mansion.
Lord Francis Egerton will proceed with his noble rela-
tives, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, to Dunrobin
Castle, in the course of the ensuing week. Lady Francis
Egerton and the family will go to Brighton, for the season,
early next month. Mr. Frank Egerton, the Noble Lord's
second son, is serving on board the Warspite frigate, Captain
Wallis, at Gibraltar. -

ZYLISCZLLANEOUB.
In compliance with a requisition, signed by upwards of
1,200 farmers, freeholders, and other inhabitants of the county,
Messrs. Cobden and Bright have agreed to attend a public
meeting on the corn-laws, to be held on Monday next (being
a large cattle fair), in the market-place, Northampton.
On Friday Viscount Villiers, son-in law of Sir R. Peel, was
returned for Cirencester, without opposition.
The provincial papers give very favourable accounts of the
weather and crops. Harvest has commenced in most of the
southern counties. _

—A
printed notice has been posted at the several foreign
steam-wharfs, and at the packet ports of the kingdom, by
order of the Postmaster-General, stating that the practice
which exists of letters being forwarded to the Continent by
packets other than those which carry her Majesty's mails,
without passing in the regular manner through the Post-
office, is in direct opposition to the laws affecting the<Post-
office regulations, and that after the issuing of this notice, the
practice must be immediately discontinued, as in every in-
stance in which it is detected, the provisions of the Acts of
Parliament, forbidding the same, will be strictly enforced.
Cork Harbour Regatta commenced on Monday, the band
of the 61st attending. The Volage frigate and Resistance
troop-ship were decked with colours from stein to stern.
The victorious yachts were the Mask, T. French, prize of
40/. ; Belle, Captain Parker, 101. Cove was crowded with
visitors.

The sale of manuscripts belonging to the Sussex library
has brought during the three days 2,684/. 14s.

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Record the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for
the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to
each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and crier.
chandise:—
Total.
Week
ended Name of Railway. X. s. d.
July 27 Arbroath and Forfar 2OB 9 3
26 Birmingham and Gloucester 3,372 8 7
?7 Brandling Junction 965 0 7
17 Bristol and Gloucester .
16 Chester and Birkenhead 643 10 4
15 Dublin and Drogheda ... ......
10 Dublin and Kingstown 1,220 17 5
8 Dundee and Arbroath 331 4 9
7 Durham and Sunderland 4BB 18 10
7 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,458 16 4
8 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 5,044 19 1
r Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,620 17 4
Glasgow and Greenock 1,074 17 3
Grand Junction 9,165 0 4
Great North of England 1,955 13 0
Great Western
Liverpool and Manchester
London and Birmingham
London and Blackwall 1,701 3 0
London and Brighton
London and Croydon
London and Greenwich 843 15 3
London and South Western .......
Manchester, Bolton and Bury 920 3 3i
Manchester and Birmingham 3,511 5 10
Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 8,313 12 2
Midland Counties
Newcastle and Darlington 863 14 8
Newcastle and Carlisle 1,960 7 1
Newcastle and North Shields 5BB 3 2
North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,721 9 6
Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans —
Paris and Rouen 5,920 0 0
Preston and Wyre 562 6 6
Sheffield and Manchester 757 6 1
South Eastern
Taff Vale
Ulster 546 7 1,1
Yarmouth and Norwich ... ... 834 011
York and North Midland

Aug. - 1
July 28
25

Aug. 1
July 27
28

We understand that Sir William Not and Sir
Robert Sale are invited to dine with the Hoc. the Court of
Directors of the East India Company on the 16th inst.
DEATH OF SIR JOHN MAXWELL, BART., OF
POLLOCK.—We deeply regret to announce the sudden death
of the above venerable and highly esteemed gentleman, who
expired yesterday morning at eight o'clock, when stepping
into his carriage for his usual morning drive. Sir J. Max-
well, we need scarcely say was, during his long life, emi-
nently consistent in his political views, which were decidedly
liberal. As an agriculturist he was well known to be one of
the most enterprising in Scotland; and, as a landlord, his
conduct was uniformly kind and considerate. The deceased
Baronet it succeeded in his title and estates by his only son,
Mr. (now Sir John) Maxwell, who, a few years. ago married
Lady Matilda, daughter of the late Earl of Elgin.—Gklagow

FOREIGN.
In the French Chamber of Peers on Wednesday some dis-
cussion took place relative to the department of Foreign
Affairs, and M. Guizot gave some explanations concerning
the negotiations on the Bight of Search. In the course of
the sitting, the conduct of the Marquis de Boissy was such
as to draw down on the Noble Peer the marked disapproba-
tion of the Chamber. This very amusing Peer moved that
Ire Chamber should insert in its minutes that he had been
galled to order, which was readily granted by acclamation.
In the course of the debate on the supplies of the War De-
partment, the Prince de la Moskowa addressed some questions
to M. Guizot relative to the affairs of Morocco. M. Guizot
replied, that in the present state of the relations with Mo-
rocco he could not enter into any explanation on the subject.
He would merely, he said, repeat his former declaration, that
the Government entertained no desire of aggrandisement on
that side.

The Moniteur publishes the laws authorising the construc-
tion of various railroads voted during the session—l, that
between Paris, Belgium, and the British Channel ; 2, that
between Paris and Lyons; 3, that between Paris and Rennes;
and 4, that between Tours and Nantes.
A report prevailed in Paris that the Emperor of Morocco
had been deposed and Abd-el-Kader elevated to his throne.
The National looks on this event as probable, and accounts
for it by showing that the Emperor had roused the indigna-
tion of his fanatic subjects by the favourable reception given
to the French ultimatum delivered by Mr. Drummond Hay.
Accounts from Toulon of the 27th ult. state, that the
Acheron steamer had been ordered to be held in readiness to
sail for Oran, with dispatches, hourly expected from Paris,
for Marshal Bugeaud.
The National announces that the Dupetit Thouars testi-
monial subscription now amounts to 6801. We suppose ano-
ther will be started for Capt. Bruat.
A Barcelona letter states that the fete of Queen Christina
was celebrated on the 25th ult. with great pomp. At sun-
rise all the forts fired salvos of 21 guns, which were repeated
by all the French and English ships in the port, displaying.
the Spanish colours. About ten o'clock Queen Isabella, ac-
companied by her mother and sister, went to the cathedral,
where a grand mass was performed.
At Madrid the heat was excessive, the thermometer on the
25th having risen to 34 of Reaumur, or about 108 of
Fahrenheit.

The King and Queen of Prussia arrived on the 26th ult.
at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, in perfect health. After a short
stay their Majesties went on by Krossen to Christianstadt,
where they slept, intending to proceed the next day to Erd-
mansdorf.

LAW AND POLICE.
The Newcastle assizes commenced on the Ist instant ►efore
the Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Cresswell. There are nine
Causes entered in all—seven in the county and two in the
town. - The town calendar contains the names of seven pri-
soners—one of these stands charged with child murder, and
one with rape. There is one alleged misdemeanor under the
Bankrupt Act in obtaining goods without any prospect of
paying for them, the party being at the time on the eve of
bankruptcy. In the county there are twenty prisoners, but
of these twelve are comprised in two cases—six for theft, and
six for wounding a constable in a riot. There is out case of
murder, and one of burglary.
On the same day the Bodmin assizes commenced. The
calendar contains the names of 24 prisoners. There are two
of them for murder; two for perjury; one for bigamy ; one
for robbery; four for refusing to obey orders for the support
and maintenance of bastard children, &c. Robert Pascoe
was indicted for unlawfully and wilfully refusing to comply
with an order for the maintenance and support of a bastard
child. After the Learned Judge had pointed out to the jury
the nature of the case, and the evidence, they returned a
verdict of guilty.—Sentence was deferred. Henry Vivian
was convicted of forging an order upon Messrs. Coode, Sons,
aid Shilson, bankers in this county.
At Union Hall James Ryder, alias Adams, alias Smith, a
well-known character, being seldom out of trouble, was
brought up before Mr. Trail!, in the custody of police-con-
stable Borden. P 150, charged with stealing 18/. in gold and
silver, a silver watch, and a quantity of plate and wearing
apparel, the property of William Edmonds, a beer-shop
keeper, of Smith-street, Lambeth. The prisoner, on being
called on for his defence by Mr. Traill, said it was all a con-
spiracy against him. He was fully committed for trial.
James Taylor, chief mate of the Ranger, was charged, at
the Thames police-court, with having several times assaulted
a young man named Charles Pendrill, with a cat made of
stout cord, like jack-line, and having eight tails. The first
offence was committed in February, 1841, and was subse-
quently renewed on two or three occasions, up to August of
the same year. He was ordered to put in bail to answer the
charge at the sessions, and the complainant was bound over
to prosecute.
At the same Court two Dutchmen were sentenced to pay a
fine of 100/. each, for smuggling 101bs. of tobacco.
COITSIT—r.es.a AVM IV A. 13 .

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, were
pleased to honour Lady Brougham by their company, at a
soiree musicale aid dansante, on Friday, at the residence of
the Noble and Learned Lord, in Grafton-street.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, with Lord Alan
and Lady Louisa Churchill, have arrived at Arisaig, the
Noble Duke's shooting quarters in Perthshire, where the
Duke will entertain a select party of friends.
The Marchioness Cornwallis and Ladies Elizabeth and