The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-04 00:00:00

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The Mcssager states that the Duke d'Aumale is ex-
pected at Neuilly within a few days, the Queen having
expressed an anxious desire to see him, and the present
tranquil state of Algeria permitting his absence from
Constantine.

Captain Bouet, immediately after his arrival at Paris,
went on to Neuilly with letters from the Prince de Juin-
yille to the Queen, which the Captain was charged to
deliver into her Majesty's own hand.
Hussein Bey and Achmet Bey, the Egyptian Princes,
were presented to the King at Neuilly on Saturday.
The grand military manceurres commenced at Metz
on the 28th ult. The day being very fine, an immense
multitude had assembled to witness them. The Dukes
de Nemours and de Montpensier were loudly cheered.
General Baron Tavernier, one ofthe most distinguished
officers of the Republic pnd the Empire, died last week
at Colmar, aged 76.
The Toulonnais repeats the rumour about the inten-
tion of the Government to appoint the Duke d'Aumale
Governor-General of Algeria, and says it has reason to
believe that this will take place before the end of the
present month.
The last accounts from Gibraltar represent the health
of Mr. Drummond Hay to be in an alarming state, from
the fatigue and anxiety he has experienced in his late
mission to Morocco.

The Paris Globe states that M. Mauguin is about to
proceed in a few days to Madrid, to urge the claims of
the French creditors on the Spanish Government. lie
will act in concert with the English Commissioners, for
the purpose of having the claims of the creditors of the
two countries attended to.

We learn from Tilsit that the river Niemen has again
become flooded, raising the level to 15 feet. On the
20th ult., the bridge of boats was broken through by a
large beam brought down by the torrent, so that all
communication between the two banks was prevented.
The railroad between Nuremburg and Bamberg, in
Bavaria, was opened on the 25th ult. The train ran the
16 French leagues in 1 hour and 33 minutes.
The Toulonnais of the 29th ult., states that, since the
organisation of hospital-steamers for the transport of
sick soldiers from Algeria, the deaths during the passage
have not been more than one in four hundred. From
October 1839 to July 1 of the present year, 7,917 sick
were embarked for France, and of these only nineteen
died on the way.
Nearly all the standards taken at the battle of Isly are
of silk, richly embroidered with gold, and bearing sen-
tences from the Koran. One of them, which is of white
ground, has the following inscription :—" There is no
other God than God, and Mahomet is his prophet. If
God pleases, the holy war must triumph." The parasol
of the son of the Emperor is of red silk, worked with
gold and siver.

LAW AIED POLICE.
At the Mansion-house George Hey, the young man
who was some days ago examined upon a variety of
charges of embezzlement, ;brought against him by Mr.
Melville, of the house of Cruikshank, Melville, and Co.,
was brought up for re-examination before Mr. Alder-
man Wood. After a lengthened examination, the
magistrate said he would remand the prisoner till the
depositious should be made out, and then commit him
for trial.

Henry Foulkes, the driver and proprietor of a Ken-
sington omnibus, and Matthew Balls, jun., driver, and
said to be part proprietor, of a Brixton omnibus, was
summoned by the police, before Mr. Hardwick, at
borough-street, for furious driving, whereby the lives of
her Majesty's subjects had been endangered. The
defendants pleaded Guilty, and were sentenced to hard
labour for one month. The defendants, whose con-
nexions are very respectable, and who have up to the
transactions referred to by the police, maintained the
reputation of extremely civil and steady drivers, ap-
peared thunderstruck at the sentence.
At Marylebone, John Blake, a youth about eighteen
years of age, was charged with having stolen property
of different deicriptions to a large amount belonging to
his _uncle, Mr. John Dyke, Park-place, Paddington-
green. Mrs. Dyke quitted London six weeks ago with
her husband, who was in ill health, and said that on
their return they discovered that Blake, who had been
left in charge of the house, had plundered the same of a
vast deal of furniture, &c. The prisoner, who admitted
his guilt, was fully committed for trial.
At the Woolwich Police-court, six seamen, belonging
to the ship Brant, of Dantzic, were next charged with
secreting 1591b5. of tobacco in the forecastle and hold,
by which they had made themselves liable each to pe-
nalties of 100/. The prisoners admitted that certain
portions of it belonged to each of them. Mr. Grove, not
having the power to mitigate in this case, sentenced
them in fines amounting to 6001.; and, in default, to
Kingston gaol.
_ _COTTET—PASECION.A.I3I4I.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Here-
ditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg Stelitt,
are expected to honour Mrs. Lawrence with their com-
pany to-day at Ealing Park, for the purpose, of witness-
ing the performances of the loWay Indians, who are en-
gaged for the occasion, and will take up their position on
the lawn in front of the mansion.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster are
entertaining company at Moor Park, near Riekinans-
worth ; the Earl and Countess of Antrim, Lord and
Lady Prudhoe, Lord and Lady Parker, &c., are among
the “sitants. The Marquis, who continues in improved
health, will not proceed to Eaton Hall until the end of
the month.

The Earl of Albemarle will give his annual " harvest-
home " to his numerous labourers on the Quiddenham
estate, on Wednesday next. Lord Bury, his Lordship's
eldest son, is passing the season in the Isle of Wight.
Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, and their youthful
family, are expected to remain at Ryde until the close of
the month, and then return to town en route to the Mar-
quis of Westminster's seat, Mooi Park, Rickmansworth,
for the autumn.

Lord and La.dy Prudhoe have returned from a tour of
the German Spas.
Lord Dungannon has arrived at his seat, Brynknall,
Denbighshire. Lady,Dungannon and the Misses Irvine
are passing the season at his Lordship's ehateitu at
Honfleur _ _ _

The Duke of Beaufort has left town for Ryde. The
DuChess does not return to the Isle of Wight, but is
expected to proceed to Badminton, on Thursday, for
the season.

ZEISOZILUILMEIOI7B.
By the statute of the 7th Victoria, cap. 35, which re-
ceived the royal assent on the 19th of July last, the
making of lists, and ballots, and enrolments of the militia
of the United Kingdom, is suspended until the first day
of August, 1845.
On Monday, being the anniversary of the great fire of
London, the form of prayer appointed by Act of Polls-
ment to be used in commemoration of that event was
read at the church of St. Mary .A.ldermary, by the Rev.
IL B. Wilson, P.D., incumbent of that, and of the united
parish of St. Thomas-the-Apostle. With the exception
of St. Paul's Cathedral (now closed), this is the only
church in the city where this solemnity is still observed.
The accounts from all parts of the United Kingdom
of the weather and the harvest, are of the most favour-
able description.
Earl Howe has given 101. to bo distributed in prizes
to the allotment growers of Hinkley for the best ma-
nagement and cultivation of their respective pieces of land.
On Monday the Lord Chancellor laid on the table of
the House of Lords a return of the number of Royal Com-
missions assenting to public Bills during the present
session ;- also noticing the dates at which such Bills seve-
rally were read the first time in the House of Lords.
There were 11 commissions, the last being on the 9th of
August. To that period, inclusive, 105 Bills received the
royal assent and became lifts of Parliament. Of that
number 45, or very nearly one-half, were read for the
first time in the House of Lords,- in the course of July ;
11 were read for the first time in August.

MONEY MARKET tlnd CITY NEWS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 94r per mines
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101(1. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an eichange of 25
39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 47k, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cen'.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hainburgh the price of gold is 434
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of-3/. 17s. 100,
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9 ;
that gold is 0.23 dearer in London
ahneidngthle3e9x,ciltianfefleewastllambargh on London at short
than in Hamburgh.
101; and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 '23-40 per cent., it follows
ilepecrou:eseet.o! exchange at New York on London is
that
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ec; closed quietly this afternoon, but there
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99still an of general activity. con Sols were 981
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difference.
Money, and oh for Account. The Unfunded
Debt remained as in the morning, and in the heavy in-
vestments there was riti alteratioh.
There was.no feature either in the Foreign Market, if
we except a slight advance in Mexican, viz., to 351 I.
Chilian, on the other hand, declined to 101. Portuguese
Converted were at 44, and Spanish Three per Cents. at
33t. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. toaehett 614
The additional' transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 26f ; Eastern
Union, 1 ; Great, Western, 66 ; Birmingham, 123 ;
Croydon, 34 to cx New ; Manchester and Leeds, 54 ;
Ditto, Half, 23 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 26 ; North
British, I ; Northern and Eastern, 11 ;,,Do. Scrip, 10 ;
Norwich and Brandon, 94 ; South Devon, ' • South
Bastcrn, 48 to 5i ; ; York and North. Midland, Scarbo-
rough Branch, 22k ; and Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux,
1 premium. Blackwall have been 9i; Brighton, 1f ; and
Thames and Med Way, 9I discount.
There was a general steadiness this afternoon in the
rates of the Foreign Exchanges.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion froth the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last:—
Silver
Bars to Uamburgh
London 65,700 oz.

A return has been wade of 'the growth of wow,
from Which we find that the total quantity produeed ja
Essex is 2,372,640 lbs. ; the value of which is 118;6321.
The total Wool produced in England is 102„,803,7481he.,
and the total value at Is. per lb. (thelate reckoned above
5,140,186/. Yorkshire produces the greatest (Luau%
8,263,658 lbs.—Es6ex &rag.
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