The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-28 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.
The Moniteur contains the Bill which has lately passed
the two Chambers, for calling out 80,000 men in 1846. It
is signed by the King, and countersigned by the Duke of
Dalmatie, Minister of War.
The same journal states that M. GuizoT drove out in his
carriage on Friday to the Bois de Boulogne, where he walked
for some time ; and adds, that the general state of his health
was most satisfactory. On Saturday he paid a visit to the
King.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, M. Dozon
brought forward his proposition for preventing, by fine and
imprisonment, the practice of duelling, and asked the
Chamber to appoint a day for his bringing the matter before
it formally. The Minister of Justice opposed the proposition,
on the ground that the common law was sufficient for all the
purposes which the Hon. Deputy sought.
Letters from Romagna announce that the military com-
mission sitting at Ravenna had condemned to death three
political prisoners, and a number of others to the galleys.
Among the former was a young man, under eighteen years
of age.
The Commission on the railway from Tours to Nantes, and
from Paris to Strasburg, is composed of Messrs. Richond des
Brus, Gillon, Larabit, Dutier, Combarel de Leyval, Hallez,
D'Hunolstein, General Paixhans, and De L'Epee. The Com-
mission is favourable to the scheme, two only of the members,
Messrs. Larabit and Combarel, are opposed to it.
The Legislative Chamber of Portugal was prorogued on
Sunday, the 20th, by the. Queen in person, preparatory to a
dissolution.
The Swiss Diet on the 22d inst. prorogued its sittings in-
definitely. The whole of the diplomatic corps left Zurich for
Berne after the day's proceedings.
The following is the distribution of the Mediterranean
fleet, according to the accounts from Malta of the 15th of
April :—At Malta, the Formidable, 84, bearing the flag of
Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, the Commander in-
Chief; Ceylon,_ 12, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir L. Curtis, second in command, and Stiperinten-
dant of Malta Dock-yard ; Amazon, 26 ; Snake, 16 ; Locust,
war-steamer, and Beacon and Bonetta surveying vessels. At
Gibraltar, the Scout, 16; Fantome' 16; Medea and Flamer
war-steamers. On her way to Malta from the West Indies,
the Inconstant, 36. At Barcelona, the Devastation war-
steamer. At Corfu, the Orestes, 18. At the Piraeus of
Athens, the Tyne, 28, and Geyser war-steamer. At Smyrna,
L'Aigle, 24. At Constantinople, the Hecla and Virago war
steamers • and at Beyrout, the Warspite, 50.
The Semaphore de Marseilles contains a letter from Con-
stantinople of the Bth inst., stating that the affairs of Greece
continue dto occupy the Divan. Chekib Effendi had lately
addressed a note to the representatives of the three protecting
Powers, in which he set forth the complaints of Turkey
against Greece, and declared that if the latter continued to
menace the peace of the neighbouring Ottoman provinces,
the Porte would be under the necessity of adopting energetic
measures and stationing corps of observation along the Greek
frontier. This note was forwarded to the Ministers of Eng-
land, France, and Russia in Athens, by whom it was sub-
mitted to the Hellenic Government. Coletti gave the three
Ministers the most satisfactory explanations, which con-
vinced them that the apprehensions of the Porte were un-
founded.
According to a letter from Constantinople, Russia is
making great exertions to increase the Circassian army to
the amount of 180,000 men. 100 transports are to be col-
lected in the Black Sea, for the transport of troops and
stores, and the command of the whole force is to be given to
Count Woronzoff, the Governor of the Crimea. This army is,
it is said, to be concentrated at Sebastapol and Stavropol, to
operate by sea and by land.
COURT—FASHIONABLE.
Lord and Lady Brougham had a grand dinner party last
evening at his Lordship's residence in Grafton-street. The
Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz honoured
the Noble Lord and her Ladyship with his company on the
occasion, and among the other distinguished personages
present were—The Duke de Broglie, the Austrian Ambassa-
dor and the Countess Diestrichstein, the Hanoverian Minis-
ter, the Dutch Minister, the Duke of Wellington, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl and Countess
of Jersey, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, and the Hon.
Colonel Dawson Damer.
The Duke of Richmond left Portland-place on Saturday
for Goodwood. His Grace, with the Duchess and the Ladies
Gordon Lennox, is expected to return to town for the season
in the course of the present week.
Prince Albert de Broglie left the French embassy late on
Friday evening for Paris, charged with dispatches for the
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Earl and Countess of Harewood and family are ex-
pected to arrive to-day at Harewood House, Hanover-square;
from the Duke of Buccleuch's seat, Boughton House, near
Kettering, Northamptonshire, where the Noble Earl and
Countess have been staying since their recent domestic be-
reavement.
Viscountess Palmerston has a grand ball this evening at
her Ladyship's mansion on Carlton House-terrace. The
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, will honour
the Noble Viscountess with their company on this occasion.
Among a distinguished party who visited the Great Britain
steam-ship on Saturday, were the Marquis of Normanby,
Lord Brougham, Lord Lennox, Lady Essex, Mrs. Montgo-
mery Martin, and Mr. Young, of the Treasury. Most of the
party afterwards dined at Lovegrove's.
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Ths being the season for the introduction of the summer
fashions from Paris, the steamers from the Continent
are bringing a very large quantity of silk and fancy goods
over, of every character, value, and description, for the
supply of the shops of the metropolis, and to enable them
to put forth an attractive show of novelties usual at this
time of year. The great influx of these articles lately has
bad the effect of causing a great deal of business to be going
forward at the quays and warehouses adjoining the Custom-
house, and the revenue officers, who, from their greater capa-
city or more extensive knowledge of the value of these va-
riable descriptions of merchandise, are placed on these sta-
tions, have been very fully employed.
Some further returns respecting corn were issuedon Satur-
day, by order of the House of Commons. It is shown
thereby that in the year ending sth of January last, 781,035
quarters of foreign, 3,392 quarters of British colonial, and
:,7,727 quarters of Canadian corn, were the quantities upon
which duty was pLid for home consumption—making a total
of 822,156 quarters, paying a duty of 673,811/. altogether.
The foundation-stone of the Royal British Orphan Asylum
was laid at Devonport on Wednesday. Earl Fortescue, as
Provincial Grand Master, came purposely from Ireland to
attend the ceremony.
The Committee of the Foundling Hospital are gratified
in announcing the receipt of the very handsome donation of
2501., through the medium of John Francis Maubcrt, Esq.,
Ralph Ricardo, Esq., and David Haes, Esq., trustees of the
Children's Friend Society. 2001. of this sum is to be applied
to the general purposes of the hospital, and the 'remaining
50/. to the benevolent fund lately establislled for. the relief
of aged or distressed perms brought up in the liositaL.