The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.
The King and Queen of the French, the Duchess of Kent"
the Prince of Lemingen, and the Royal Family, arrived I
Fontainebleau on Tuesday evening, at six o'clock. The Fre'
fect of the department, the Sub-Prefect, General d'Astork
and the civil and military authorities of Fontainebleau, were
in waiting to receive the Royal party. In the evening the
King gave a grand dinner, to which 40 guests were invited.
The Count de Syracuse, brother of the King of Naples, bl
arrived in Paris. This is the second visit paid by his Roy''
Highness to this capital.
The National says :—" It is announced that the Conamitlr
of the Northern Railroad decided on Tuesday on the princl:
that the Paris and Lille line, already almost terminated
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the State, should be finished and worked by it." ed
The Courrier Francais has the following:—" It is assert s
in political circles, which are generally well informed, that
the Count de Reuss (General Prim), who has had frequell
conferences with Queen Christina in Madrid, will shortly Pt
rive in France, with instructions to treat on a very hnP°rt:Aaltio
affair. The negotiation with which he is charged is etuo",
be connected with the renunciation of the claim of Den u—;
los to the throne of Spain, and a marriage between the you"'
Queen Isabella and the Prince of Asturias."
The postscript of a letter from Constantina of April
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the Toulonnais, says :" It is reported that our soldiers ha
experienced a pretty serious check. The column, divided_,T,
three, was about to attack the Guled-Sultan, when the I'o
vanced guard, having gone a little too much forward, W
attacked with loss."
The Vienna journals announce that the exhibition of 11_,Ar
tional Industry in that city will open on the 15th instant, be
close at the end of June. The exhibitions in future are to

quinquennial, as in France.
A fire took place at Bremen on the 30th ult., in "
eight persons were burnt to death.had
We learn from Munich, May 3, that some atterePt, the
been made to renew the disturbance caused by the rise in
out
price of beer, but that tranquillity was maintained, '''ith
the necessity of having-recourse to violence.
On Thursday last two French artillery soldiers ble-
their brains at Valence. They were intimate friends, tes
one of them having in vain endeavoured to induce the tit>
to abandon the idea of suicide, resolved at length to die "ty
him. Their lifeless bodies were found side by side 011
staircase of their barracks.
Etiessi4

" On the day of the King's fete," says the Constittio'ots
" whilst the crowd on the Pont des Invalides was s tiO
height, a young. man dressed in a blouse climbed 0::',01
balustrade, and threw himself into the Seine. Pie
drowned before assistance could reach him." -014
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The Stockholm journals publish an account of the i. ,00
the late King of Sweden and Norway, which took plAro
the 26th ult. The coffin was borne by Noblemen, an dr
loWed to the church by the King and Queen. It
posited in the Royal vault, and two Bishops, in pres€o`;,id
the Archbishop, performed the Jordfastning, a ceretnontV
in Sweden at all burials—the priest casting three o_l7,
earth on the coffin, and pronouncing the following piOr."
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o From earth thou tamest, to earth thou returnest--tbto
Christ thou shalt rise again." At this moment the bat
of artillery at the Kungsholmen. and the Kornhatileregioo
256 shots, and the infantry two volleys. The Pr`94
then returned to the Palace, where it entered at half-Po 0
o'clock. The whole of the diplomatic corps were press
the ceremony.

LAW AND POLICII.
At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Henry P. hut,
was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard 1110,, rot
for highway robbery; and James Lemens, a black 15Ofeet
cutting and wounding Jane Smith, was sentenced !my 0'
months' imprisonment, the jury having found him 8""
assault only. .
At Bow-street, Edward Youngman Cotton was 43710
with having committed a serious robbery In the houss"oog
master, Mr. Edward Driver, of No. 8, Parliament-streeqb
to Whitehall, and then setting fire to the mansion, t
tent to burn it down, and thus destroy all proofs of bo ;lett°
A young woman of prepossessing features, named 011iour
Smith, was charged as accessary. After a lengthened
tigation, the prisoners were both remanded. • h
At Lambeth-street Francisco Llancheris, a SPaniseoiti
dier, was brought before Mr. Norton for further ei...siois
tion, on a charge of stabbing a young man named.l364.
Rogers. He was again remanded fbr a fortnight. jeer
Richard Redwood, Alexander Cecil,
Clarke, and John Walker, were charged at Woolwich Tittl
James Carter, roller
court with stealing six loaves from the cart of gr'esecot,
baker, of Hare-street. The baker declined to Pf,a
them, as they were in a starving state. Mr. Grove steep o!
must not go about stealing bread ; they ought to %oil
home, for their parish must support them. Howerf'obool
baker himself humanely declined to prosecute, he
discharge them.
COVET—FASHIONABLE. 1,4 late.
The Master of the'Horse (the Earl of Jersey) '7; at ::
made a reduction in the -number of her Majesty's stll.7,oroel
Royal mews, in consequence of so many of the Royal "
being made by railway.
The Marquis of Bute, the Lord High Commissioner, rtopce,
General Assembly, is expected to arrive at Holyro°`;!,.ooe„
early in the ensuing week. We understand that the 7dari:,
ments for the company who will dine with his gracml ioe°
the sitting of the assembly are to be on a scale of moo
beyond that of former years. GreV
he Earl and Countess of Carnarvon and familY Leiftight°
venor-square, on Thursday, for Arundel-terrace, i. te
where his Lordship has taken a mansion fora molitt,tecl,,
The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are not 01'01;
return to Portman-square from Stephen's-gree' of t
where the Noble Earl has taken the spacious mansio e
late Lord Chancellor Manners, for a limited term. Dell'
The Earl and Countess of Albemarle returned to
ley-square, on Thursday, from Newmarket, for the osi>cei
Mr. and Mrs. Standish Standish entertained his as r
lency the French Ambassador and the Countess cool;
Aulaire, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, and the 11 d
tess Bjornstjerna, Lord and Lady Aylmer, Count 11°,,,,.7,00e1
Noailles, Count Esterhazy, Barons de Talleyrantlt )I°.
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and Taylor, &c., at dinner last evening, after Will
Standish had a soirée. ow-4
On Thursday last was married, at the Catholloc,ohoPte
Chelsea, by the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Catholic .r_Pitost,_A
the London District, Sir Pyers Mostyn, Bart., of„l'moilr
the Hon. Frances Georgutna Fraser, second daugaw•
and Lady Lovat.

JEWISH MARRIAGES.,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE Sn'
Sin,—An article headed " Wholesale Marriageo bt
peered in your paper of yesterday, in which )rty-eigiti
serve that marriages are prohibited for twel!, ebetler
days at this season amongst the Jews; whereas 4590'
have been for seven weeks from the Feast of .%.a
to that of Weeks, excepting on the thirty-011004
which, as you mentioned, was Tuesday. The nutbst
marriages supposed to have been solemnised
on
was thirty-seven.
May 10, A 00°1.
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THE BANK CHARTER.--Last week Prre 0004 1
Ministerial Budget ; this week has witnessed a 're!: pr,
portant Parliamentary expose—that relating to a f0ta7,01,1
the Bank of England Charter, and the plan of a intliel i 0
timid currency. These two public questions are " epP;eo
connected, and we wish it were in our power t,O tcot,
terms of commendation of one or the other;
When we reflect on the rapid diminution of the 17 01;00
which took place previous to the " fatal measureo' osidrids
a decrease of twenty millions per annum, and co-our I
constant struggle we have had ever since tOkee.,rr,jo6,4o„
above water, and that we are now, after twent;esteWe
of peace, in the predicament of the drowning Mall f 101,40 f
a straw in the shape of a surplus revenue
return
of 1:40t
400,000/., for which we are indebted to the retlliqu Ow: IT
noxious income-tax, we can scarcely restrain 01 oce
3'
tion at the financial folly that has produc'otti' feA
sults. Unfortunately for -himself ,and his c°o-serl saw,
Robert Peel, in the beginning of his bullion
into very bad company—that of schemers, bto.'i peoire
self-styled political economists, who succeeded il; t
his mind with foolish dogmas as to free trade in~d„4l
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except the most important of all commodities-i,pla., ,
never our misfortune to hear more ignoraneet.ica
the subject of the currency than was exhiviotior'
Premier on Monday night; indeed, we doubt 00. 00:
knows what money is—of course we mean in it oft).k
sense; for in his eagerness to get the command it 1'414;
part of Government, he evidently confounded 000(17
mercantileexercising currency epnreeyr
oogfatthiveecoofuntitireyc, sroowthnaat; oth°l
parierl,o4'str.A.4
money of the realm, he would, forsooth, usurp otoofton„
banker in general for the nation, as if the Gsr`bot Al"
not quite enough to do to mind its own affairs' Gael OS,
needs look after those of other people. Let the Atb„
issue its receipts (we do not want gold ones) fores'-fro!:47,
plies, services, salaries, &c. &c., which it raisostitowie
people, and let these receipts pass current as °. and
receivable at the Treasury in payment of tax-el so
will be thus formed of legal tender, on which thea fsof6;
tare of mercantile currency may be safely rearoiltt,e4
then be guided by the wants of our own orar obliad
gards the circulating medium, instead of beill!sotc7 fee
now, to fix our gaze on Amsterdam and Par'„ose Ai)
1
the changes of the bullion market, for the earl (0
lating our circulation on some fanciful theorfuld coliftko
changes. Gold, as an article of commerce, w•coulagorag,
go according to our wants, and it is likely we cane A
command our fair share of it, seeing that dome e
r•
pay the best price for it. We all got rich fele
when the foreign exchanges were against us iinoarod,
all impoverished with the foreign exchang.eswoittes
So much for the wisdom of the Bullion Liu
disciples !—Pictorial Times.
BIRTHS.
On the 6th inst., at Stansted, Mountfitche-, the Lib'
wool"
F. Maitland, Esq., of a son.
St•
.1"1". 11,00
On the 6th inst., at Willow-cottage, • ors
lady of Mr. Thomas H. Barber, of New Yorl.t,_
On the 6th inst., at Shirley, the lady of. ,4
T. Ferrer, Vicar of Addington of a son,, stilt born Ao
On the 6th inst., at Brooklyn , New York '"
Blackburn, Esq., of a son. f 5, 'r• of*
On the. Bth inst., at Highgate, the lady o _lOO,
Esq., of a son. G'
On the Bth Kist., in Hans-place, bps,
daughter.

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MAR.RIED• per► r° of
On the Bth inst., at theparish church of St. , _ setqgge,,
Hon. and Rev. Henry Montague V illiers, A-1,16;;,,t00ttp I#44'
George's, Bloomsbury, Raymond MVO; ~,n 0f,,,e0 ,iol.td
Kensington, and Warwick -square, seconu to -1' ecio;
Thomas Newton, Esq., of Clapham-common, of II it
second daughter of Sampson Goldsmid, scl'' ,Lba
the
burgh-square.__, 0 Coll'of 6
On the 9th inst., at St. John's, Paddingo4ogbter„ Of
Spencer Vassall, R.N., K.H., to Ltitia, only usoineroToi 0)
late E. B. Napier, Esq., of Pennard House, BesideP
widow of the Rev. C. H. Pulsford, Co°ll
Wells Cathedral.

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On the 30th ult., at flitftcDraeld licalst,i /atWit. ..,i If'
Lieutenant-Colonel R. Anderson R. 11., late --5 Ms• ' '
...E.
On the let inst., at Bergholt,'near Colchester,
ye'
Taylor. dti h 1/
On the 4th inst., at Murton Parsonage, I'' •11(
only child of the Rev. J. Hutchinson, DI A, diotai 'r.
On the Gth inst., at Theberton Hou.se, Saaraan
Wootton, Esq. Asir, ericl‘
On the ith inst., at Colehouse, Devon, W• —fe rrgel
On the Bth inst., in Baker-street, portlilan-SCP..-' s•
efile.7
Franks, Esq. Cloud
On the Bth inst., at Lower Islington-terrace, -
square, Mr. W. Brecknell.

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