The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 172 1844.

• and even the press itself. Already there are
signs of serious opposition, stimulated, no doubt, by
its disappointed rivals, to the confirmation of the pro-
visional adjudication in its favour accorded on the 9th
instant. The public here will be surprised to learn
that this adjudication is so far purely formal.
It must successively pass '..through the searching
scrutiny of the Council d'Etat before it can receive
the confirmation of an ordonnance royale. If we may
judge from the tone of the press and the late circular
addressed to the agens de change by their syndic, the
fate of this Company is already determined. It is
not destined to retain the crown it has won with
much more boldness, perhaps, than discretion, from
the insatiable grasp of an overweening capitalist.
The Government papers find in the terms accepted
by MACKENZIE'S Company (a rebate of 14 years
upon the Government minimum) but a small
security for the completion of the contract ; and
are afraid, as has frequently happened on other
occasions, that the aid of the State will have to be
invoked when the financial difficulties of the Com-
pany will have made manifest the insufficiency of the
terms they have accepted. The reclamations of the
Company D'ANTHOITARD before the Council d'Etat so
unceremoniously excluded from the competition, will,
no doubt, form the ground work for the reversal of the
adjudication, so little expected by the Government
and the Chambers, so little desired by the capitalists
and speculators, and so powerlessly defended by its
single supporter amongst the press. Be the result
as it may, amidst these uncertain new elements, we
think the eager unimformed buyer would act wisely
in requiring from the seller a guarantee for the final
constitution of the several companies, before pur-
chasing at a premium, a title which must always be,
if disputed, doubtful until after the publication of
the ordonnance royale.

By the Levant mail, which arrived at Marseilles on
the .1 Ith instant, we have accounts from Constanti-
nople to September 27, Alexandria 26th, Athens 29th,
and Malta October 5. The PACHA was still at Cairo,
and he had been followed thither by Colonel BAR-
RETT, M. BONNE, of the London Post-office, M.
THURBII3I, and others interested in the negotiations
now going on with our Government, relative to the
speedy transmission of the India mails through
Egypt.

Accounts from Constantinople of the 27th ult.,
state that letters had been received from Pr. WOOLF,
dated Bokhara, July 25, announcing that he had re-
gained his liberty, and was to set out on his return in
a few days. We have intelligence from Dr. WooLF,
however, to the Ist of August, when he considered
his life in the utmost danger.

We have intelligence from Madrid to the 10th of
October, on which day the QUEEN proceeded in state
to the Senate-house, and opened the Cortes with a
speech from the throne. The document is given in
another part of the paper. Our readers, like our-
selves, will be puzzled what to make of the phrases,
" project of constitutional reform," and " endow the
nation with organic laws," for no insight whatever is
afforded by the speech to the proposed changes.
Judging, however, from the character of NARVAEZ
and his colleagues, the well-known dispositions of the'
QUEEN-MoTRER, and the rising influence of the
Church, it may be taken for granted that the
reforms will all be in the wrong direction. But the
Constitution of Spain now excites the least possible
interest. The great body of the nation have shown
themselves incapable of appreciating the blessings of
liberty ; their representatives wasted their time in
angry and factious harangues, without any object but
party and self-interest ; some of their best statesmen
(if we may use the term in reference to such a people)
have sunk into oblivion. ESPARTERO, the only Con-
stitutional ruler that Spain ever enjoyed, was rejected,
almost by universal consent, and is now an exile in
the English capital. The other parts of the speech
are more intelligible, though they abound only in
promises. Economy is to be practised, the army is
to be diminished, " when the authority of the laws
becomes strengthened by means of order in the ad-
ministration, and the vigour of the civil authority" (a
long prospect) ; and every exertion is to be made to
place the navy on a footing suitable to the power of
the country and the extent of her colonies. No allu-
sion is made to the Church or to Church property.
The papers of the 9th contain no news. On that day
the Three per Cents. were done at 26 15-16 for cash,
and 27f at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 20 3-16
cash, and 201 at 60 days. The following day was
observed as a holiday.

The visit of Louis PHlurrE to England still
continues the chief topic of interest in the Paris
papers. Certain of the Opposition journals con-

tinue their rude and senseless comments on the
proceedings of which we have given sufficient spe-
cimens. One of them, the Commerce, however, forms
an honourable exception ; and we, therefore, have
great pleasure in quoting the following just remarks
respecting the part which the Duke of WELLINGTON
took in the public ceremonies during the KING'S
sojourn at Windsor. Before giving the extract, we
may remark, that we place no confidence in the
statement that the Duke of WELLINGTON wore a
sword which had formerly belonged to NAPOLEON.
We saw the statement only in one paper, and the
Duke who, all will admit, possesses some sense of
propriety, would be the last man to offend a
brave people by such a wanton and unne-
cessary act of rudeness. " Some journals," says
the Commerce, " have appeared to regard the
presence of the Duke of WELLINGTON at the fetes
given by Queen VICTORIA to the KING of the
FEENcit as unbecoming. We do not see it in this
light. When peace is re-established between two
countries, after even the most sanguinary war, the
warriors of the two nations may join hands—the
more efficiently they have performed their duties the
more do they merit the esteem of their former
enemies. None should be excepted on either side,
save those chiefs who have been guilty of maltreating
prisoners of war, or those who, during an invasion,
have encouraged a laxity of discipline in their sol-
diers, and committed vexations on the inhabitants
of the invaded country, which were not rendered
necessary by the laws of war, or which
those laws condemn under all circumstances.
Now, we do not hesitate to affirm, that the Duke of
WELLINGTON has no reason to blush for his conduct
during his command either in Spain or in France.
Perhaps his care for the well-being of the French
prisoners of war was deficient in generosity : but,
personally, he never issued any orders that they
should be maltreated or insulted. As to the discip-

been insolently allowed to subsist at Windsor. Truly,
to believe these gentlemen of the Opposition, we must
have been tolerably daring ourselves when we charged
Marshal Soult, one of the rudest adversaries of England
during the Empire, to go and represent France at Lon
don on a solemn occasion. If the Duke of Wellington,
in appearing before our King wounded our national sus-
ceptibilities, did not we ourselves wound those of Great
Britain in presenting on Queen Victoria's coronation
Marshal Soult to her people ? As to the Waterloo Gal-
lery, the name of which calls to mind a. day unfortunate
to France (where, however, whatever may be said, the
Queen gave no fete to Louis Philippe), have we not its
equivalent at Paris in several monuments commemorat-
ing our own victories ? And do we not show them to the
strangers who visit us, without ever thinking that they
should be offended at our endeavouring, after the example
of every nation in the world, to engrave on marble and
on bronze the pages which flatter most our just national
pride ? We may be certain that what we find it proper
to do at home we ought to consider good to be done
amongst others."

The Journal des Debats thus adverts to the ad-
dress presented to the KING by the Corporation of
London :—" The Queen of ENGLAND displayed all
the pomp and magnificence of her Court to Louis
PHILIPPE, and she has invested him with those
honours most coveted by foreign monarchs. The
English people, in their turn, wished to identify
themselves in the most expressive manner with the
sentiments of their Sovereign; and the representa-
tives of the metropolis—the organs of the most en-
lightened classes, the most intelligent as well as the
most powerful of the nation—came to Windsor to
offer to the KING of the FRENCH the homage of
that universal respect Which they pay to the friends
of civilisation and orreal improvement. The pro-
ceeding of the Corporation of the City of London is a
fact of which the i4ortance cannot be misun-
derstood. It is without example and without prece-
dent. It was the first time that the representatives
of the metropolis of Ragland left the precincts of their
city to present their 'homage to a foreign nOtentate.
The citizens of Londs.)nto have mord., than once invited
the Kings of Europ
enjoy
. their princly hospi-
talityii,t.._ in their Guildfiall, but. thpy.never,iendereel to
any Prince a similaihanageytp that whielithey of-
fered to the august kid vqierated-repret.entative of
our country. France assuredly-ti-liberal, enlightened,
and emancipated France—wilr,see,Fithepride the
marks of respect bestowed on her SOyEiLioN by the
citizens who enjoy theAighest degree .Of liberty in
the world, and she will respond with piofnund sym-
pathy to the affectionate and noble sentinonts which
the Corporation of London has: expresSed, for the
French people as well as for their KING:" .
The following story, which first appeared in the
Journal du Havre, has been copied into several of the
Paris papers :
" The Prince de Joinville, who arrived unexpectedly
at the Palace of St. Cloud,was saluted by the King with
all that effusion of heart, which a father, the chief of a
State, can alone feel under such circumstances. My
son,' said his Majesty, lam fully content with you, and
lam quite willing to prove it. What have you to ask of
me ?" Sire,' replied the Prince, 6 I have in truth, a
request to make to you, and will speak of it to-morrow,
if your Majesty will permit me.' Returning to his apart-
ments, the Prince, at an advanced hour of the night,
seated himself at his writing-table, and with his own
hand drew up the preamble of the amnesty. It was not
for him to choose the names or fix the number. The
next morning at breakfast the King addressed the
Prince, and said, Well, what is your request ?" Here
it is, Sire,' replied the Prince, and presented to the King
the paper which he had in his hand. His Majesty
looked at it, aril holding out his hand to the Prince,
said, It is well, you have only anticipated my wishes.'
On the same day the Council of Ministers did the rest."

THE BOURSE-'TUESDAY, OCT. 15.

First Highest Lowest Last

price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cants— 118 55 118 55 .. 118 40 .. 118 50
Fours ...... 107 • • 107 • • 107 • • 107
Three per Cents..... 82 15 • • 82 25 .. 82 10 62 25
Bank of France
Lailitte Bank, I,ooof. Shaxeslllo —lllO ..1110 ..1110

giaresso4s • • 5045 —5045 ..5015
Belgian 8ank..........
Belgian Fives,lß3l..
1640........ 1031 • • 1031 • • 1031 •• 1031
1842 ........ 105 i 105; .. 1051 1051
Spanish Passive
Active ....... .

Three 5............ 34. •• 35i • . 341 .. 3'j
Portuguese Five per Cents•. 50 •• 50 •• 4ti .. 491
.. 98 70 • • 98 75 .. 98 70 .. 98 75
Roman •• • •

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain
Versailles, R. 8.. 395 •• 395 .. 345 .. 395
273 75 .. 281 25 273 75 •• 281 25
Rouen•.•.
Rouen to Havre....
Orleans ...
Strasburg to Bale-- •• •• 272 50 .. 277 50 • 272 50 .. 277 50
Avignon to Marseilles...... 780 . 780 780 .. 780
RAILWAY SHARPS FOR THE ACCOUNT, OCTOBER 16.
Versailles, LB .... 395 • • 395 395 • • 395

275 .. 282 50 .. 275 , .. 282 50
R0uen........ ...... 1015 ..1015 ..1007 50 ..1007 50
R0uent0Havre............ 76250 765 . 762 50 .. 765

Orleans .. ...• ..........1015

..1021 25 -1015

..1021 25

Strasburg to Bale.-..
Avignon to Marseilles.... •• 77S 75 .. 780 .. 778 75 .. 780

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The return for
the week ending Saturday, October 12, shows a great
increase of deaths, chiefly caused by scarlatina. The
total number is 1,018, previous week 932 ; average
for the autumn months, 990. In most other cases,
with the exception of diarrhoea, there is a diminution.
Last week the amount under this head was 19 ; aver-
age 10. Deaths caused by diseases of the lungs
are considerably below the average, the number
being '282, while the amount for each of
the five preceding years was 312. There is a
decrease in deaths from old age and violence, the
numbers with the averages being 57, 74 ; 15, 26.
The following is an analysis of the list of violent
deaths : —Fracture or contusion, 5 cases, of which 1
was by a fall, and 2 by horses and carriages. Poison,
3 cases, of which 1 was murder, and 2 suicide.
Drowning, 4 cases, stated to be accidental, except
one, in which the circumstance is omitted. flanging,
1 case (suicide). Suflocation in bed, 1 case. And
manslaughter, 1 case, in which the jury have neglected
to state the means employed. Total, 9 males and
6 females. The quantity of rain fallen in inches was
0.08. Next week there will be a very different return.

line of his troops, we know that he maintained it with
the greatest attention, not only as a matter of pru-
dence in a General, but as being consistent with his
character as a man. We regard him, therefore, as an
honourable enemy ; and whatever rank he may have
held in the armies of the coalition, we see no
reason on that account to bear him hatred.
If we do not, however, consider the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON out of place in the cortege which surrounded
Louis PitiurrE at Portsmouth, and at Windsor, we
think that at the reception of the new Knight of the
Garter he was guilty of an act of bad taste. Accord-
ing to the report of the English journals he wore a
sword that had once belonged to NAPOLEON. Who
can have authorised him to wear this sword ? It is
not a trophy gained in battle. That which the great
captain wielded for twenty years he carried with
him to St. Helena, and he left it a legacy to
France. It is to repose upon his tomb
It must be then one of those mere dress-swords, of
which the EMPEROR might have had hundreds, which
the BOURBONS found in the Tuileries, and which in
1814 they might have distributed to their friends. If
so, it is not a very glorious trophy, and it was scarcely
worth while to wear it during a solemn ceremony in
which a King of the French took part."
The following article on the same subject, from the
Paris Globe, displays the same good taste and sound
argument :

‘‘ Every one is aware with what exquisite tact the
Queen of Great Britain has known how to avoid the
slightest occasion to awaken the King's mind, or in that
of the officers who accompanied him, any reminiscence
that might call to their minds our unfortunate disputes
with England. However, far from taking into account
this spirit of propriety; which honours the Queen—far
from seeking to show to England that the public mind in
France is elevated enough to comprehend and appre•
ciate such admirable proceedings, our excellent and
patriotic journals do not the less continue to pub-
lish the grossest falsehoods on the humiliating recep-
tion by Queen Victoria of the Sovereign of France.
Yesterday it was the Duke of Wellington who endea-
voured,
according to them, to humilitate uw in coming to
Portsmouth to
itpresent his respectful homage to the
King ; to-day,
is the Waterloo Gallery which has
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employed beyond the time fixed for the attendance of
the water-side officers.

The Lords of the Treasury having been pleased, by
their warrant, to approve of Hartlepool, at present a
sub-port of Stockton, being constituted a separate and
independent port, and of Seaham, also within the port of
Stockton, being attached to the port of Sunderland, the
Commissioners of the Customs have issued directions
that the same do take effect from the sth of January
next ; and copies of the order have been furnished to
the officers at the several departments in London, and
transmitted to the collectors and comptrollers at the
several outports of the United Kingdom, for their infor-
mation and government.

A splendid Scotch beast, which bids fair, from its pre-
sent appearace, to carry oft' one of the principal prizes
at the Christmas cattle-show at Smithfield, is now being
fattened on the Flemish Farm, in the occupation of his
Rdyal ;Ugliness Prince Albert, at Windsor. The beast
at the present time weighs 210 stone ; and as two
months will elapse before the show takes place, its
weight at that time is expected to be enormous.
The ship Royal Consort., which has arrived in the St.
Katherine's Dock from Batavia, had on board the captain
and crew of the Belgian ship Le Charle., with their bag-
gage, consisting of about 110 packages, their vessel hav-
ing been attacked and captured by the pirates at sea, in
consequence of which they were obliged to seek protec-
tion, and obtained a passage on board the Royal Con-
sort, bound to this port, on their way to their native
country.
Two candidates have announced their intention of con-
testing the vacant aldermanic gown for Portsoken-ward,
viz Mr. F. G. Moon and Mr. Thomas Bousfield. Mr.
Salomons declined again coming forward, as it is his
intention to petition against the decision of the Court of
Aldermen. Mr. Michael Scales was also solicited to
stand, but has declined, expressing his intention to use
his interest on behalf of Mr. Moon.

The annual meeting and exhibition of the Draycol
Parochial Agricultural Society took place last Tuesday
The show of stock and implements was more numerously
supplied than in former years, and the whole was con.
sidered of superior quality.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DIY.

At a county court held at the Sheriffs' Court, Red
Lion-square, this.inorninz., before Messrs. Hunter and
Sidney, the lately,
_appointed Sheriffs, Mr. Hemp, the
sheriffs' officer, read a proclamation, outlawing the fol-
lowing persons :—Thomas Richard Kemp, Trevan-
nion, George Clark, Thomas Ddahay, Thomas K.Chan-
nell, Wm. Payne:Sarah Grepon, Wm. Francis Ellaby,
George Baker, Thomas Hawkes, E. B. Luke, George and
John Croke, Sir John Scott Lillie, Wm. Learmouth,
and Charles Wing.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Sir C. WILLIAMS.)
IN THE MATTER OF RICHARD WILSON.

The insolvent, who applied by Mr. Hughes for his
final order, was opposed by Mr. Dawson, of St. Swithin's-
lane, on the ground of having fraudulently contracted
a debt with him, and being a trader at the time, thus
putting the case entirely out of the jurisdiction of that
Court.

The evidence adduced, which was of a somewhat ex-
traordinary character, in point of hard swearing on one
side or the other, went to show that Mr. Dawson had
advanced the insolvent a sum of 200/., under agreement,
to be paid within a month, with a further sum of 1001.,
by way of interest ; the said sum being required by the
insolvent to free him from incarceration, on account
of some interest on a mortgage to a third party. At
the expiration of a month, the borrower and
lender went down to Wolverhampton, to receive a sum
of 5001., which the insolvent had represented was due to
him from an estate there, and out of which the sum ad-
vanced by Mr. Dawson, with the interest, was to be
paid ; when on the morning of the intended settling, the
insolvent left without Mr. Dawson's knowledge, that
gentleman being informed by the landlady of the inn, in
answer to his inquiry if Mr. Wilson was stirring yet ?
" Stirring, Sir, Lor' he be gone an hour or more."
After some considerable wrangling on both sides,
Sir C. WILLIAMS said that he would examine the in-
solvent a little, and he having been sworn said, that so
far from his " levanting," as stated by Mr. Dawson,
that individual had actually walked arm in arm with him
to the coach, and had seen him off to London.

Mr. Dawson, emphatically—lt's as false as God
is true.

Sir C. WILLIAMS, after remarking upon the extraordi-
nary evidence, said should much like, for his owe
gratification, and for the exposure that seemed so much
wanted somewhere, that he could adjourn the case for
the examination of witnesses on this point ; but as the
case was out of the jurisdiction of the Court, he could
only dismiss the petition.

BOW-STREET.—(THiS DAY.)
An elderly man named Anthony Calloway was brought
before Mr. Hall, charged with breaking the lamp over
the door at the residence of the Duke of Northumber-
land, at Charing-cross.
The officer stated that he was on duty last night at
Charing-cross, when he saw the prisoner deliberately
break the lamp in question. He came up to him, and
the prisoner said the reason he had broken it was that
he was a brother of the Duke of Northumberland.

Mr. HALL inquired if any one was present from
Northumberland House, to prove whether the lamp was
a public or private one ?—The officer said there was not.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that he had often
tried to gain admission to this Court to state his case
to the magistrate, but he had always been refused. He
had been in great distress for a long time, and could not
get any relief.
Mr. HALL inquired why he went to the Duke of
Northumberland's house?

Prisoner—Because there is a relationship between us.
The Duke's father was my father. I have lived for
thirty years in Limehouse, but having been taken ill,
some time ago, I have been in great distress.
Mr. HALL—WeII, that is no justification. But, how-
ever, I am compelled to discharge you, as_the evidence
is not complete against you.
The prisoner was then discharged

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Frederick Marinagne, a foreigner, of shabby-genteel
appearance, was placed at the bar, on a charge of stealing
a newspaper from a coffee-shop.
Mr. Matthew Snow, the proprietor of a coffee-shop in
Sherrard-street, Golden-square, stated that the prisoner
entered his rooms last evening, and while taking his
coffee, perused the National. On his leaving it was
missed. He was followed, taken into custody, and the
identical paper was found upon him.
Sergeant John Greig, of the C division, stated, that
on receiving the prisoner into his custody he proceeded
with him to his lodgings in Rupert-street, Haymarket,
and there found above a thousand newspapers ; six of
them of recent date being identified by the prosecutor.
Others were also of recent date ; amongst them were
two of the Gazette de France, three of the National, two
of the Morning Advertiser, three of the Journal des Debuts.
_ _ _ _

Mr. MALTiY said he should remand the prisoner unti
this day week.

UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Walter Baker was charged with administering aqua_
fortis to a woman named Siddenham, with intent to
kill her.

It appeared the parties were acquainted, and that on
Sunday night they met, and while they were walking,
the prisoner took a phial out of his pocket, and saying
the contents were oil, poured some down her throat, and
then ran away. The defendant, finding that the liquid
burnt her mouth, and some portion falling on her clothes
burnt them also, hastened to the hospital, where anti-
dotes were administered.

The prisoner denied the charge, and declared she had
taken the phial with the aquafortis from his pocket, and
drank some of it, and that in trying to wrest it from her
grasp, some of it went on his hands and burnt them.
The prisoner was remanded until to-morrow.
MARYLEB.ONE.-(THIS DAY.)

Margaret Reed. a young woman, was charged with
assaulting the police, and with having a watch in her
possession, supposed to have been stolen.
Police-constable, 85 D, said between six clliet seven
o'clock this morning he saw the defendant and a young
man get into a cab in Lisson-grove. A person told him
that he had seen her in a public-house with a watch in
her possession, which he thought had been stolen from
some person. Witness stopped the cab. The defendant
immediately jumped out of the cab, and the watch fell
out of her breast. The young man ran off. She struck
the constable repeatedly.—She was remanded until Sa-
turday.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
A lad named Bryant was charged with stealing a
quantity of leather and woollen cloth, value 71., the pro-
perty of Mr. Hitchin, a respectable tradesman, residing
in Gray's Inn-road.—He was committed for trial.
William Osman, and Mary, his wife, were placed in
the felons' dock, charged with a wholesale rubbery of
ready-furnished lodgings.
Mrs. Legatt, housekeeper, residing in Brewer-street,
Islington, deposed that in the commencement of the pre-
sent year the prisoners came to lodge with her. As
they seemed decent people, witness did not suspect
their integrity. It was, however, discovered, on the
previous day, that the prisoners bad completely gutted
the apartment 'of its contents—furniture, bed-clothes.
and even the feather-beds. Not content with rifling
their own apartments, they extended their pillaging into
the adjoining ones, which they denuded of their most
valuable contents. Some idea may be formed of the
extent of the plunder, from the fact that eighty-seven
duplicates were found on their persons when arrested,
which do not comprehend anything like the amount of
property disposed of. Police--constable 167 N took them
into custody.
The prisoners partly acknowledged their guilt. A
large portion of the plunder was produced in Court; but
Mr. Combe remanded them for further inquiries.

LOUIS PHILIPPE'S JOURNEY TO DOVER BY THE
DOVER RAILWAY.-It gives us extreme pleasure in
being able to state, that his Majesty the King of the
French has, through Colonel Wemyss, conveyed to the
officers of the Dover Company an expression of his ex-
treme 'approval of the manner in which the arrange-
ments for his transit had, from first to last, been con-
ducted. His Majesty expressed much regret at the fire
which was raging at New-cross on his arrival, inquired
anxiously as to whether the Company were insured,
and finding they were, evinced much pleasure. 111hk-
journey occupied 4 hours, and his Majesty bore it, from
the known smoothness of the line, with apparently little
fatigue.—Times,