The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-03 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Vubltt Optitton.

" Who runs may read."

rostEitil4.

On Tuesday, at one o'clock, on the occasion of the eve of the
King's fete, his Majesty the King of the French, surrounded
by the Royal Family, received in the hall of the throne the
Archbishop of Paris and his clergy. At eight in the evening
the King received the ladies of the diplomatic corps, and at
half-past eight the Council of State.
Their Majesties received on Monday evening Lord Cowley,
Marshal Soult, the Minister of the Marine, the Chancellor of
France, the Duke de Fezensac, the Marquises de Chasseloup
Lauhat, Counts Simeon, de Saint ericq, de la Tourettt•, de
Monthion, de Bruce, and Dietrichstein, the Earl of Dun-
more, Lord William Russell, and a number of other persons
of distinction.

On Tuesday, the Duchess of Kent and the Duke and
Duchess de Nemours, went, at three o'clock, to view the
Luxembourg, where they were received and attended by the
Grand Referendary and the Duchess Decazes. After being
present at the sitting of the Chamber of Peers for nearly an
hour, their Royal Highnesses visited all the various parts of
the Palace. They returned to the Tuileries at four o'clock.
General Van Halen, Count de Peracamps, has arrived in
Paris from Belgium.

The mail which left Paris on Tuesday last at half-past six
o'clock in the evening for Nantes, arrived there on 'Wednes-
day, at half-past four in the afternoon, having performed the
journey in 22 hours, being at the rate of four leagues and a
half an hour.

A letter from Dresden of the 20th ult. states that a de-
plorable duel was lately fought at Tharandt, between the
Count de SeckendorLand the Baron de \Vender, both pupils
of the Royal Forest School of the town, and neither scarcely
17 years of age. The weapons were pistols. Baron de
Wender had the first fire. The ball entered the temple of his
adversary, who instantly fell dead at his place. The young
Baron fled, but has since been arrested at Freyberg, and will
be brought to trial. The original cause of the meeting was
a dispute at billiards.
A young man was lately arrested at Bayonne as he alighted
from the Madrid diligence. It was at first supposed that he
was some political offender, but he turned out to be the
coachman of M. de Rothschild at Madrid, who had robbed
his master and made off. He has partly confessed, it is said,
and a sum of 300,000 f. has been proved to have been taken.
The theft, however, amounts to much more.
During the last review in the Champ de Mars, a young
man, under twenty years of age, in attempting to cross the
ground during a charge of cavalry, was thrown down and
trampled under the horses' feet. He was taken up lifeless,
with his skull fractured and a shoulder put out. A cui-
rassier also fell in the charge, but was only slightly hurt.
On Tuesday while a gentleman was bathing in the Seine,
two Newfoundland dogs from the watering-place at the Quai
de la Monnaie, both animals, excited by some unknown
cause, swam with all their speed into the middle of the river,
and then dived. On coming again to the surface each held in
his mouth what appeared at first to be a bundle of linen, but
which, as they dragged it to the shore, proved to be the body
of a well-dressed woman, between thirty and forty years of
age. It appeared that the unfortunate woman had been but
a short time in the water, and, from a letter found on her
person, had committed suicide.
LAW AND POLICE.

In the Sheriff's Court the following persons were pro-
claimed as out-laws :—Thomas Read Kemp, Sir Thomas
Houland Roberts, Bart., Edward Tuke, Mathew Rudsdale,
Francis James Nugee, Frank Whitworth Sykes, Thomas
Burrell Phipson, Harriet Massey, P. F. Bordmane, Samuel
Bertee Ambrosse, William Pyne, Augustus Villiers, George
Jackson, William Leith Hay, James Whitten Arundel,
Thomas James Vyner, Charles Wing, Gilbert Bolden, George
Hawker, William Wright, F. A. Stockpole, William Richard
Arthur Pole Tinley Long Wellesley, John Davie, William
Wood, John Salmon, William Walter, Hugh Mills Bum-
bery, James Anthony Emlee, Charles Francis Adey, and
Montague George Smith.
At the Mansion House Mr. Cope, the Governor of New-
gate, waited upon the Lord Mayor, in consequence of his
Lordship's desire to communicate with him on the subject of
a report which had become very prevalent, to the effect that
all the prisoners who had been tried with Barber, repeatedly
declared that delinquent to be innocent of the knowledge
that, in the proceedings adopted for getting the sums of
money sworn to as bequeathed to the different legatees, out
of the hands of the Commissioners for the reduction of the
National Debt, there had been any unfair play what-
ever resorted to. Barber had expressed a wish that
the other prisoners should sign a declaration that
through all the transactions he only acted as a professional
man, and that he had no knowledge of the frauds. This
they have all refused to do, with the exception of Mrs.
Saunders ; Mrs. Dorey alleges that Barber knew all about it.
It was to state publicly that the other prisoners had refused
to sign such a document that Mr. Cope waited on the Lord
Mayor. His Lordship said it was necessary to remove
wholly the impression that Barber, who was shrewd and
clever enough to take in all the rest, was himself the dupe of
any of them.
The Court at Bow-street was crowded to excess, in con-
sequence of a man, who was deaf and dumb, and believed to
be insane, being secured about an hour before the business
commenced while attempting to commit self-destruction. He
had gone into a barber's shop to be shaved, and there at-
tempted to cut his throat, but was prevented doing himself
any injury. Greif for the death of his wife, to whom he was
much attached, was stated to be the cause of the attempt. He
was removed to the Strand Union.
A young woman named Susan- Doherty, was charged at
Marylebone, with having robbed Miss Elizabeth Hodgson, of
17, Old Cavendish-street, with whom she lived as servant, of
property to a considerable amount. She was committed for
trial.

Miss Julia Elizabeth Scales, a good-looking young woman,
of 18 years of age, was finally examined at Lambeth-street
for the wilful murder of her female illegitimate infant, on the
22d of March last. She was committed for trial.
CO MOM A.ki

Prince Albert is expected to be at the annual dinner of the
Royal Academy to-morrow, when all the Ministers, the Duke
of Sutherland, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Francis Egerton,
and a very distinguished party dine together.
The Duke of Devonshire left Devonshire House on Thurs-
day afternoon for i is residence at Kemp-town, Brighton,
where the Noble Duke remains for a week, and will then
come to town and give a series of parties.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have arrived
at Northumberland House, from Alnwick Castle, Northum-
berland, for the season. His Grace is recovered from his late
severe attack of gout.
The Duke of Richmond, the Earls of Egmont, March, and
Winterton, the Bishop of Chichester, and the leading gentry
and clergy in the county, have engaged to attend the annual
dinner of the Petworth Agricultural Association, on the 10th
of next month.
Lady Pollock, the wife of the hero of Affghanistan, arrived
in town yesterday from India, with her daughter, by the
Dover Railway.
Sir R. and Lady Sale will arrive in England next week as
passengers in the Great Liverpool, from Alexandria, which is
due at Southampton on the Bth inst.
Lady Harriet Baring, after a lengthened residence in
Italy for the benefit of her health, arrived from Nice on
Wednesday last, much recovered.
PSI 4C3061,11.1411M0U9.

The annual distribution of prizes and honorary certificates
to the students of St. Bartholomew's Hospital took place on
Thursday, in the large hall, which was crowded with the
medical professors, governors of the establishment, the
students, and their friends. The President of the institution,
Matthew Prime Lucas, Esq., Alderman, was in the chair.
On the same day an anniversary dinner in support of the
Society for Relieving Foreigners in Distress, was celebrated
at the London Tavern, the Duke of Cambridge in the chair,
supported by Lord Arundel and Surrey, Count Reventlow,
Minister from the Court of Denmark; Count Bjornstjerna,
Minister from the Court of Sweden ; Baron Rothschild, and

numerous other persons interested in the welfare of the
charity. The report showed among the subscribers, her
Majesty 1001., the Queen Dowager 10/., the King of Denmark
1001., Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., 101. 10s. ; the gross sum
amounted to upwards of 1,5001.
The anniversary meeting of the Sunday Schools Union
took place in the evening of Thursday at Exeter Hall. Mr.
Hindley, M.P., in the chair. About four thousand persons
were present. On the platform were W. B. Gurney, Esq.,
short-hand writer to the Houses of Parliament, the Rev. D.
Morrison, Rev. J. Sherman, Rev. Robert Young, and a long
list of other gentlemen, lay as well as clerical, in connexion
with the dissenting interest. It appeared from the report
that within a circle of five miles of the metropolis there were
481 schools, 9,369 teachers, and 93,797 scholars—(Applause)
—there was yet accommodation in the various schools for
10,000 more children.
The London City Mission held its ninth annual meeting in
the large room, Exeter-hall, yesterday. The chair was taken
by Mr. Plumptre, M.P. The room was crowded in every
part. The report consisted of many interesting accounts of
the labours of the missionaries, and of their success in res-
cuing from vice and crime several hundred persons. The
funds last year exceeded the amount received the previous
year by 2,027/. 9s. 2d., being 8,781/. 14s. 4d. The ex-
penses were upwards of 7001. per month, which went to pay
101 missionaries, and current expenses.

FIRING PRINCE ALBERT'S PLANTATIONS, NEAR
BAOSROT.—WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—lnformation has just
reached Windsor of a most diabolical act of incendiarism
which has been committed upon the extensive plantations in
the forest, near Bagshot, the property of Prince Albert,
which was purchased some time since by his Royal High-
ness, and which formerly belonged to the late Duke of Glou-
cester. At an early hour yesterday morning the plantations
were discovered to have been fired, and in the course of the
day and last night upwards of 700 acres have been totally
destroyed.
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF PORTLAND.
—Yesterday (Thursday) morning the Duchess of Portland
was found by the housekeeper dead in bed at Welbeck
Abbey. Her Grace (who occupied'a separate room from the
Duke retired to rest overnight in her usual health, which has
not been good for several years. This melancholy circum-
stance will, it is feared, be such a shock upon his Grace as
to further impair his constitution.—From a Correspondent.
LAUNCH OF ANOTHER GREAT STEAMER—THE CITY
OF LONDON.—Within the last few days a stupendous iron
steam-ship, the largest that has ever been built in this
country, with the exception of the Great Britain, was
launched from the works of Mr. R. Napier, on the banks of
the Clyde, at Govan, near Glasgow. This monster of en-
gineering skill is intended for the London and Aberdeen
Steam Navigation Company, and when completed will run
between those ports. She is named
.the City of London,
and will undoubtedly be one of the finest and largest steam-
vessels that ever entered the Thames. She has been viewed
by several of her Majesty's naval surveyors, who have given
a very high opinion as to her form of buildt both in beauty
and speed, as also to the strength and security of her con-
struction. She is almost entirely composed of iron, the only
wood about her being the spars, decks, and the ornamental
work in the saloon and cabins, which is of the finest oak.
In order that she may be rendered as sea-u orthy as possi-
ble, the builder has divided her hull into four watertight
compartments, so that, in the event of her meeting with an
accident, and causing a leakage, she cannot, under any cir-
cumstances, become filled, and thereby founder, as was the
case with the Pegasus, and many other packets. Her -ex-
treme length is 231 feet, depth of hold 20 feet, and length of
beam 32 feet ; poop 65 feet long, which is erected four feet
above the main deck. Her complete measurement amounts
to 1,116 tons, and she will be fitted with two engines of 230,
horse power each. The ceremony of launching passed off
admirably. A large number of the neighbouring gentry and
Directors of the Company were in attendance ; the shores on
each side being lined with spectators. It is considered that
in six or eight weeks she will be completed and placed on the
station.

THE FARMERS.—This class of persons already
(since the Budget was opened on Monday evening) begin to
avow their wish for an immediate repeal of the corn-laws,
seeing clearly that they will go in a while. They feel that
rents must then come down, and until then they know it will
be impossible to hold up ae„Ainsi: the sliding policy of their
" friend" Sir Robert. The election juggle of 1841 is now g;
an end.—From a Correspondent,
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COURT CIRCULAR.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Her Majesty we are WV'
to state is much better. Her Royal Highness tile
Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Marlborough House
in a pony carriage from her residence at Kew yesterday
morning, and visited her Majesty. His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge also paid a visit to her Majesty.
The following bulletin was issued yesterday :
" The Queen Dowager has passed a good night, and
her Majesty is advancing satisfmtorily to recovery.
" Marlborough House, " DAVID DAVIES.
" May 2, 1844. " ROBERT KEATE."
The inquiries at Marlborough House yesterday,
the part of the Diplomatic Corps and the Nobility and
Gentry, were very numerous.
THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.—Her Royal High
neS5
passed a good night on Wednesday night, and we sre
happy to state is going on very favourably. Their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
visited their Illustrious Relative at Gloucester House
yesterday. The Duchess of Cambridge afterwards pro-
ceeded to her residence at Kew.

The Queen and Prince Albert took their daily walks
in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, rode out on horse-
back, yesterday forenoon.
The Royal family were taken airings yesterdaft iii
the Royal Gardens.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, Yesi
terday evening, included his Highness the Prince °
Oettingen Wallerstein. the Duchess of B u ccleutd);. the
,f
Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the Marques
Douro, and the Earl of Aberdeen.
The Health of Towns Commission sat yesterday after'
noon at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Commissioners;
present were the Duke of Buccleuch, the Rol el
Lincoln, Mr. Robert Aglionby Slaney, Mr. Get'r
Graham, Sir Henry Thomas Do la Bale, Mr. Del'
Boswell Reid, Mr. Richard Owen, Hunterian Profeg°r
of the College of Surgeons, Captain "1 homas
Mr. James Ranald Martin, and Mr. James Smith,

l)eanston.
A Deputation on the subject of vinegar, ccnsistingi
Mr. Charles Pott, Mr. William Pott, Mr. Brandon, ,311:;.
Burnett, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Payne, had an intervie7s
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, hi
official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter*
view with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday
at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Dean 11'17,
also an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday.
The Governor of the Bank of England and the
Deputy-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday.
The Harbour Commission had a meeting yesterdsrt
'afternoon, Gwydyr House, Whitehall; Admirill
Byam Martin in the chair.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE' bed
farewell Carlotta Grisi took her benefit and '.'0„1:
farewell for the seasoa last evening, on which eeeesii,,",-0;
Mozart's chef d'auvre (we are almost inclined to say
chef d'oeuvre opera) 11 Don Giovanni, was performed'l 'j
the first time this season. Either of these causes naj
have been singly sufficient to have produced a crowbw,
house ; as it was the house was an overflowing one,
ds
far the most crowded house of the season. Crown
besieged the doors long before they were opened---te
crush was terrific—within ten minutes after they ic,
opened the pit and gallery were crowded to suffocall00
;
and at the commencen.ent of the overture there was n
a box or a stall unoccupied. The cast of the opera we,
the same as last year, with the exception of the eheFaedi
ter of Donna Elvira, which was last evening sustal.'ne•
by Mademoiselle Favanti. She gave her oPeelifir.
scena with admirable effect, and sang most carefe'ie
and excellently in the concerted pieces. The trio "Yea
tegga giusto cielo" in the first act was exquisit
given by Grisi, Mario, and herself, and its repetition
loudly called for. It is clear that Favanti does not /II
alone to her wonderful powers of voice—her care 0
execution of Mozart's beautiful mettle proves that sbeo
studying diligently and practising assiduously.;
her go on in this course and the day is nut far dill.
when she will aohieve for herself a position in her Poo
fession which the proudest might envy. Grisi's De Frig,
Anna was a magnificently impassioned piece of aetiore
Nothing could exceed the intensity with which she g-sif
the words "E carnefice del padre mio "—and the', je
which immediately follows it, " Or sai chi l'onore
which she urges her lover to revenge her father's de 7;0
Fornasari is more at home in the Don than he was is
season, he was then rather too studied—probablY
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the part being new to him ; last night, however, he
the character completely within his grasp, and thrlo
degree of reckless abandonment into the part, which "
most effectually. He rattled off the " Finche dal vll7O
in admirable style, while in the " Lu ci darem la leag-,1.
in which he was admirably supported by Madame 10
siani, as Zerlina, he seemed the very soul of tendelp
and love ? What shall we say of the glorious Lelvrere
of Lablache. It was perfect from the first scene to ti.o
stage
last ; whenever he was on the the audience IV° io
the titter—audiences at her Majesty's theatre hello,
general too genteel o indulge in a hearty laugh• eek
blache, however, not unfrequently forced them to set
quette at defiance, and to indulge in a hearty roar al ". j 0
inimitable droll, ries. He is decidedly the first etta°.,o,
the world. Frederick Lablache, as Masetto, showed W.-if
self the worthy son of a worthy sire. Indeed, 0
his Masetto had not been good, it would have b
onpsrdon..ble, seeing he had Madame Persiani for
Zerlina. Nothing could exceed the beautiful end y
simplicity with which she acted the coquettish cooolto'
maiden, and her clear, silvery voice did ample justior'3
the beautiful music of Mozart. Her "Baas Batts, 011.
Masetto" was decidedly the gem of the opera, and' n$P
m titer of course, it was rapturously encored. B"-- I's
itely, too, did she sing the beautiful wattna
the second act " Vedrai carino." There was 9'll et
of archness mingled with tenderness about her
of giving this de,icious air, which told most effe,etive'
Mario made a spirited Don Ottavio, and his last cavat„iic 0
"11 m'o tesoro," was given with exquisite tender—ot
and pathos, and the audience were so delighted
its conclusion they called for him twice to come for
to receive their plaudits. The orchestra, under the 7:0
tion of Costa, gave the overture magnificently, alt.clo
tainly it is impossible for the chef d'ceuvre of 1514)7, lot
be more effectively given as a whole than it weli,-te*
evening.. Between the first and second act, Cal,';e-
Grisi and Perrot danced, and the ballet of La -D-ttif
ralda concluded the evening's entertainments. The 09
beneficiare was welcomed most rapturously wilelzbete
first made her appearance, and, after every dauber
quets in profusion were showered upon her by ne'ir
wirers. Immediately after the conclusion of the bath,
we understand, she left for the terminus of the Slior
Eastern railway, where a special train was in it eel
to convey her to Dover, as she is under an engage:o
to appear at the opera in Paris to-morrow eve";itls
treat credit is due to Mr. Lumley, for the spirit `tiff
which has made these arrangements, in order t 9 gr//da,
his patrons with one more performance of La Fame/114st
by delaying the departure of Carlotta Grisi to the
°o,
moment. The h use continued crowded until the
elusion of the ballet.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE. era'op
Madame Anna Thillon, the prima donna of the a
Comique at Paris, made her debut at this theatre last e
ing in Auber's opera Les Diamans de la Couronne, ajtler;
lash verson of which was produced for the occasion, u,13,i-dianti
"'
title of The Crown Jewels. The music is sparkling, .'‘age
and completely Auberish, and the plot is one of those srwhicli
melo-dramatic mixtures of ruffianism and elegane--ei ogslo
Auber so delights to illustrate. A young Queen of
in order to replenish her exhausted exchequer,
deterlig
to pawn the Crown jewels, and employs the chief of a &sr
bandits and coiners for this purpose, he at the same tiPtheit
dertaking to manufacture false ones, to substitute iiiivotla
room. The Queen visits the robbers at their d lost.
and there meets with a young Nobleman who bia, be Pi
his way, and who falls desperately in love with
She afterwards meets her lover at the house f rag
the Minister of Police, and the young nobleman belield
her to be a robber, is in the greatest dread, expecting
04,01
instant to see her arrested. The espieglerie with late
Thillon gave this scene was inimitable. She seemed 'Ol Ji•
revel in the agonies of poor Allen, who acted the 'Alt•ef
number of amusing incidents succeed, until at last, all i* je
plained ; and the Queen from her throne announces re oil'
termination to take the young Nobleman as MK' 5L13!",
The success of Madame Thillon was most complet_e.
not been on the stage ten minutes before site 'nod been;:ecil
great a favourite with the English, as she 1,, with the :-;„, tei's
audience. Her features are handsome, extremely
and very expressive. Her eyes are b': anent and platf IP'
her smile is one of the most 'WV:telling ever behen'orietit
voice is deliciously sweet, and 14 Capable of the utmost v loos
of expression. Now she melts her hearers: 181 slift
to tears by the impassioned tenderness wh;,,coot
throws into a love ballad, and anon she astonishes
~',„pirlY„)
her wonderful fioriture in the clearness, neatness, au,u
of which she equals Persiani herself. \Vith these ati"; t
it is not astonishing that Madame Thillon should be 11 eti,i
versa' favourite. Her success last night was pre-enuie
and Mr. Maddox has added to the number of the obliga: are
under which the musical public of this country airrnt,.St„lft
to him, by his engagementof this very facinating a';1" t 1
ing actress and singer. We are delighted, too, ,c) be a r'A,
although Madame Thillon is the Prima Donna of the si
Comique in Paris,_she is, by birth, our country;;°e
She was a Miss Hunt. At the conclusion she made ••,?,
pearance twice before the curtain, in obedience to the 7 4- app
the audience, and was each time received with sbehts,, lad p
plause and showers of bouquets. The house cro ono
the ceiling, and we have no doubt but that Madame fo,a6
and The Crown Diamonds will draw similar houses es
her engagement lasts.
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THE LATE MATCH FROM LONDON TO WI of of Igo-
The parties to this match, after the performancered Ye,
one of the horses engaged died of exhaustion, aPPr;tipie ,
tertian at the instance of Mr. Thomas, secretarY themes
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to nimals, at was fulls
hall, Windsor. The charge of excessive cruelty,„ bors,
substantiated against the driver and owner lirL.uwilliattvii
which subsequently died of his exertions, 8,. of
Moseley, and lie was convicted in the full pens-107,n rider,.
costs, A Mr. Henry Bond, a medical student, Vat, ose
the other horse, was then proceeded against, f no d grei
animal he rode was described as having been in% in 017,4
distressed, the charge was dismissed. Mr. Thomas, 1t 1,11,1
to a question from one of the bystanders, reirmeLin is,
law, however efficient against these vulgar ci
not• reach the parties to the recent steeple-chew
Job°
three fine horses had perished.
Carter; tri...,.#111
SMUGGLlNG.—Yesterday EtiWar—
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yacht
Dai
calledan ljatmhees
'Train, at the Woolwich Police-court, charge
nd we'g
umPui 3sof-h
Ina
contraband tobacco. Samuel Charles H c sou „ff
on board that vessel upwards of three thousLei,abold,
spector of the Coast Guard Service, and, w
iJsoihs,nosfonioththener
wsetreer
baronducgrbetvibs3:ssrog,.
con"' -AI
the vesse A to 5/..-ei
Purfleet, and demanded to know what
oceetlev• v efis
The prisoners replied nothing. They lo
arts of the
•
her, and found stowed away in differentaP, Appolbs to
Custom-house officer, deposed that the, boarded the 1190:41
62 bales, containing between 3,0001b5.
tobacco, which had not paid duty, and nn;
t the Solis sid
Saturday, in order to have the attendance
of the priso.ne b.
of the Customs to prosecute. One d
nearly 500/. Mr. Traill said the caseTstboe
it was rhubarb leaf steeped in tobacco.
_. They air
bailed, but Mr. Traill refased to take bail yenianaor