The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-05 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

Vutatt Optitton.

" Who runs may rearl."

FOREIGN.
The French funds again declined on Saturday. The Three
per Cents. closing at 81f. 75c., and the Fives at 124 f. 55c.
Orleans Railroad shares closed at 852 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 840 f;
Havre, 680 f.; Avignon, 660 f. ; Spanish Activel, 30i•
In consequence of the death of the Duke of Saxe Coburg,
the concert which was to have been given at Court on Friday
night, was put off, notices having been sent in the morning
to all the personages who had been invited. The deceased
Duke was father of Prince Albert, of England ; brother of the
King of the Belgians; uncle of the King of Portugal, the
Duchess de Nemours, and Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg;
son-in-law of the King of the French.
General Bertrand, the faithful adherent of Napoleon, died
at Chateauroux on the Ist inst.
Donna Carlotta, wife of Don Francisco de Paula, died at
Madrid on the 29th ult. This event will probably lead to s
marriage between the Queen and their son, the Duke of Cadii.
M. Angellis, a distinguished Member of the Belgian Chan"
ber of Representatives, died, on Tuesday last, from a Budded
stroke of apoplexy.
The boiler of a steam-engine, at the paper-manufactory rof
Messrs. Callaud, Bellisle, and Co., at Veuze, in the Charente;
burst a few days ago ; one man and a boy were killed, and
another man was so severely injured that his life is in danger!
The roof of the engine-house was blown off.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, at Paris, the weather was
most tempestous, and on Friday there was the heaviest and
most continuous fall of snow that has occurred in Franc!
during thirty years.
The Ccrurrier de Rhone states that the works of the rail°
road from Avignon to Marseilles are prosecuted with inces-
sant activity along the entire line from Barbentanne to Ts:
rascon. Six hundred operatives are employed on the row:
and the expense of extracting one part of the rocks which
impede the line has been estimated at 83000 f.
The Commerce says that the Cabinet has at length detera: •
mined to bring forward the dotation question. It adds, that
the King considers the question as one of vital importan"
to his dynasty, and that, should it be rejected, he will diB
solve the Chamber and appeal to the country.
On Thursday, about five hundred students of the various.
schools waited on M. de Chateaubriand, and presented to WWI
an address expressive of their admiration and sympathy. . •

COURT—PASIZZONAISLEI.
A Court mourning for his late Royal Highness the Duke
of Saxe Coburg Gotha, will, it is expected, be published in
the Gazette to-morrow evening. • •
The State apartments at 'Windsor Castle were closed to the,
public by command of her Majesty, in consequence of the
lamented demise of his Serene Highness the reigning Duke
of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.
Viscount Melbourne, since his return to town from Brockett
Hall, has been suffering from indisposition arising from a "/d.
The Noble Viscount was considerably better yesterday.
Lord and Lady. Beauvale arrived in town On SaturdaYo
from Panshanger.
Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn continue at Panshangel:'
with Earl and Countess Cowper, till the 12th inst., when the
Viscountess conies to town to enter on her duties as Lady ".
Waitin,, on her Majesty.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, accompanied by Lf..„111
Bernard and Lady Mary Howard, leave town on their re'.
to Arundel Castle, at the close of the week.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Emma Camp'
bell, who are passing the winter at Rome, intend to leads
that city at the close of the month, for Naples, and to return
to England early in May. The Marquis of Lorn, his Grace
only son, comes of age on the 30th April.
Lord and Lady Stanley entertained his Excelleaci,,,llol
French Ambassador and Countess de St. Aulaire, d
Buccleuch, - Baron and Baroness de Langsdorff, Earl
17-9,
Countess of Wilton, Duke of Richmond, Viscount and
•
countess Canning, Lord Ossulston, Lord George -Bentina_ _
his Excellency M. Dedel, Honourable Sydney Herbert, °‘;',-,
at dinner on Saturday last, at their mansion in St.. Jarnes
square.
The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Coinnl.a.,
commences his Parliamentary dinners for the sason en 80„ot
day next. The levees of the Right Hon. Gentleman are
as yet appointed.
Sir Frederick Trench entertained his Royal Highness the,
Duke of Cambridge and a select party at dinner onSaturdaft
at his residence in Pall-mall.

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• MIS CELLANEOTTS. nneed
Mr. Sotheron, late Member for Devizes, has Ann°---, re
himself a candidate for North Wilts, in the room of till
Sir F. Burdett, and Mr. Ludlow Bridges, in the same 111:
terest has issued an address to the electors of the borough,
claiming their suffrages. They are not, however, t
allowed to walk over the ground, as Mr. Sotheron is to. Terr.
opposed for the county by Mr. Edridge, of Bath, and f:i.„ •
Bridges, by Mr. C. Temple, Q.C., on the part of the Lino
The nomination for the borough is fixed for Tuesday, the
inst., and that for the county for Monday the 12th.
The heavy falls of snow in different parts of the cowl
appear to have thrown considerable impediments in the WAY
of railroad travelling in some instances: but the applicat _
of the plough and brooms have been found remarkwy
efficient in clearing off the snow so as to enable the than, to;
proceed.
At an early hour on Thursday morning, the cutlery works'.
known as the Soho-wheel, Sheffield, were destroyed by
The estimated loss is 8001., and there is too much reason 1/44',
fear that it has been caused by an incendiary.
The Government, it is said, has appointed Mr. Carr; 9ollcl•1~
tor of Excise in Scotland, to be solicitor of Excise in Eng*,'
land, in the place of Mr. Dehany, who has been compelled_ .to.
resign that lucrative office from ill health. This office /Pisa,"
been filled for many years by the father of Mr. Carr.
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The organisation of the pensioners in Ireland is rapidly
going forward. More than 8,000 are already enrolled.
The Royal Asiatic Society met on Saturday, at their room!).
in Grafton-street, Professor' Wilson in the Chair. There'::
were present the Earl of Auckland, Sir E. Colebrooke,-Bart..;
Hon. Holt Mackenzie, Major Oliphant, Dr. Phillimore, Auld;
others. t.
The annual meeting of the Agricultural Association ofi.
Buckinghamshire was held at Aylesbury on Saturday. Ths
members afterwards dined together, the Duke of Buckingham,:
in the chair. About eighty sat down to dinner. The 'Aiken
in returning thanks for his health being drunk, said; in refl.
rence to the corn-laws, " If gentlemen would only carefully
peruse what Sir Robert Peel, as the head of the Government*,
had said upon the subject, there would be no difficutly
ascertaining what Ministers really meant."--(Cheers.)
Rumour says it is the immediate intention of the Duke 0S
Richmond, Viscount Ingestre, M.P.; Philip Puser,
M.P., and others, to form a metropolitan Society for the r iv"
tection ofßritish Agriculture, in order to rival the League-
In the course of last week Anti-League meetings wet.
held at Lincoln, Amersham, Bucks, Cambridge, Wetherby,
Yorkshire, and Peebles, Scotland.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hare pr0n17,..'
gated an order that no tobacco is to be issued to seam
h;,l
marines on board ship, while in port, in consequence of t
enormous extent to which smuggling in that article hAI
lately been carried on.

MARKET VIEWS-(THIS DAY: ')

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CORN EXCHANGE—MoNDAY, - ..
The demand for wheat fresh up was somewhat active fill
parcels of both red and white were taken off readily', al of
lot.
advance in the currencies obtained on Monday ..ht,.
f L
fully is per quarter, while the value ,o
_. A.
middling and inferior kinds was steadily suers
Bonded Wheat and Barley at fully previous rates. _pan&
Barley at.an improvement in value of is per lig arter.
__jou,
ing and distilling sorts quite as dear. In Malt Prrpais
figures were supported. Oats at full prices. Beans anti'
unaltered. ,
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE ey t 0...
WHEAT—Essex & Kent,
(MALT—Chevalier.....,••
._
red 43. to 61.' Gass—Yorkshire and"stfia e 0 g 4.
Ditto, white
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe ..... ...«... •••
cols, red Cork, so
42s to 454 Youghall and .iv to
~..
Ditto white 44s te 50s black
.....•••••••••'... igs to ru"
Irish, red 4/7s to 50s Cork, white ..... -• .vo t. 49,
Ditto, white
RvE—Old
New
-
New 21,s to 33s BEA rts—llck ........... ...
36s to 32s PEAS— Grey ...- ....... • ... sg, to 5$
BARLEY-Grinding 2ss to 295, ' Maple ........"••••"••• 30s to SU
Malting l4s to 37s White ..... .. .........
...
... to mito
Chevalier 32s to 35s Boilers ......... .”.... ft; to
Miair—Suffblk and Nor- ' FLona—Town made • ' sg. to ISO
folk s6s to 621 Stiff° k .....••••••;1017 34a to a'
Brown ..............»
Kingston and Ware 568 to 62s
BOND* QS/
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN
.• oats/ 4
WHEAT—Dantzic
.... ,,,... 10 r
Hamburgh to 2
BARLEY
OATS—New
Feed l4s to 16s
3 036ss tt oo 433): FPLgoAt7I7—...A.-1ngcan""...............27
..
43.

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instances, an advance
sluggishstwa Sheep.--Prime
in dein , '
Tsieehcpdeo.—modiesply:
all‘ririaitaioennthd;iedvnfacpeooyltylltasld Disttae lYip
, iinTi e 81 gt
TS
opt=s li,
It efo rd s ,
811)5
; 'reed 4s 4d poi 81b9.
highest general figure for mutton not to exc
Calves at full prices. Pigs at late rates. s. d. to s. A.
2
telidswtoairifilhd prices
i2e,adyntmegrpiedpedrr e l iv
ingofuausnl i lit; tdite infer equal
ifiki) considerr esh;nDevon
ie
.f. .6 ....w • -A -4 ft:C.De'P
a. d. to 5.1.1 •
Inferior Beasts."... 2 8 3 0, Interior Sheep . . .... ... 210 $.,
ditto... 3 6 3 .
Second quality ditto... 323 4, Second quality. • s #lB
Prime large Oxen ci 6 38; Coarce.vroolled ditto.. 7O e.--1.
Prime Scots, Sa. 3104 0' Seuthdown Wethera ..*- 0 S 17,
Large coarse Calves... 4 0 4 6 Large Help ......»....•
.t 6 6 •
Prime small ditto .... 4 8 5 0 Small Porters .........:,1 0 .0
Suckling Calves. each ifi 026 o Quarter old Pip, each 15
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 1 rlLi
golodde2a;zris,t7aoMatdWptrihcaoeissjka
waif oe232ur4t:meAlgqatrisakelaDolinittdocishyllthhEmeoasseppsqpiunhasoeigtdeditgoij"lntti:!:o:.-0-47t..7;ff
from the
thTehmre
esqutalioftyEonfgtlhaend
sßueeeht; have ruled miserably
22.1 1 eath. been
tt:::::ed
Yorkshire, ye
--- prinie large ..... 2 0
1 ow.
At per stone by the Carcase
a. d tog
-- Middling . .. 2 6 2 4 Mutton. inferlot ....« n 5 411
s 2 118 i raidcUing ..... 4., i 3 it
ARRIVALS D'UR4HVII THE PAST WEE:i: Pidi ta.gs. 4
prime 5ma11...... 3 2 qIP ."---w- Prime •••• ..... 8 2
V ea5511)iifibr.r:k:10a:5k11ire11....7.1.......:........1.:.........- :e25:°1144'
12.11:angjsts. Slii: ************************** ..161:44' .
21 190 ..ge
Cambridgeshire
Essex 4O 200 140
Surrey 7O 340 290 7r900
2 60
Devonshire
....
Wiltshire' l5 133 190 200'
Other parts
...-----
. g 539
Total.. ... „.. ... ‘272 2,521 . 97. ~1
Previous wea'a"arriv.a.l.." 177 2,104 196 2.1.
Dillbrence since our last... 101 ; 39T 674 41
BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
There is only a moderate business doing in this ill
xn,urkfierint ,
any kind of hops, yet the demand may bo consid:tred „,ue
at prices quite equal to those noted in our last report. lu
show of samples is unusually small.
TALLOW.
We have nothing new to inform our friends of in cennex!.?!
with this market. The delivery is again smaller than in the
corresponding week last year, and the price, in consequienS7
is steady, at our quotation. In Tallow, for the A.ute_i.:
there is a little business doing at 41s 6d to 41s 9d. TorIll"'
low is 42s nett cash.
WOOL MARKET. •
The public sales have been well attended by the (1646-1,..,'
who have purchased largely at an advance on conTl:ub
qualities of lid to 2d, and clothing, ditto, Id to lid Per iu
BOROUGH AND SPITALTZ2aI4/9. ..
_,,
Although the arrivals of Potatoes have been seasofaud":„.
good since our last, holders of the best sample, 'have ,
madded, and, in some instances, obtained, a triaing ady

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THE DUKE OF BORDEAUX.—Accountsfrom pCk
announce the arrival of the Duke of Bordeaux in that town.
travelled day and night, but his proiksea.s bad been but slow', frmm
the accumulation of snow in the passes of the Tyrol. Hews'
petted to arrive at GOriti on the 23d ultildo.

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