The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-28 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire is on the eve of de-
parting for Paris on leave of absence. His Excellency's
absence will not exceed six weeks, during which Count
Jarnac will transact the diplomatic duties of the embassy as
chargé d'affaires.
Lord Palmerston, at his seat, Broadlands, and Sir William
Heathcote, at Hursley Park, will entertain select parties
during the approaching agricultural meeting at Southampton.
Anti CEL
This day being the sixth anniversary of the, co-
ronation of her most gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria,
it will be observed as a holiday at the Stamp-office,
Excise, Custom-house, the St. Katherine's, London, West,
and East India Docks; and at the different Government
dockyards at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness,
Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Pembroke.
The Court-martial ordered by the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty to be held on First Lieutenant Frederick John
White, of the Woolwich division, after a protracted sitting
has been dissolved, and the charge and finding of the Court,
with the remarks of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty, promulgated in general orders. The finding is as fol-
lows :—" The Court having maturely weighed and considered
all that has been adduced in support of the prosecution, as
well as what has been brought forward on the defence, are of
opinion that the prisoner First Lieutenant Frederick John
White is not guilty of the charge preferred against him, and
we therefore acquit him." Lieutenant White is a very clever
artist, and the public are indebted to his spirited sketches for
the Chinese scenery in Burford's Panorama in Leicester-
square. The main charge against him was for creating a
disturbance in the streets.
The Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union met
at Birmingham, on Monday afternoon, iMr. Sturge in the
chair. The Secretary read the reply from the Loyal Repeal
Association of Ireland, to the address recently issued to the
people of Ireland to that body by the Complete Suffrage
Union. The Council resolved earnestly to recommend to the
friends of political freedom in every part of the kingdom, to
devote their immediate and most careful attention to the state
of the registration in their respective localities, and snake
every effort to get complete suffragists on the roll.
The annual entertainment in aid of King's College Hos-
pital was celebrated on Wednesday at the Freemasons'
Tavern, when a numerous party of the friends and supporters
of the institution sat down to a well-served and well-cooked
dinner. The chair was taken by Lord Sandon, who was sup-
ported by Dr. Lonsdale, the Bishop of Lichfield, and upwards
of one hundred gentlemen who are connected with the King's
College Hospital.
At the meeting of the Scotch Corporation, held on the
same day, the treasurer communicated that the amount of
the proceeds of the Caledonian ball was 553/. 195., and he
proposed that two-thirds should be given to the Caledonian
Asylum, and one-third to the Corporation, which was agreed
to. The Committee for the increase of insurance reported
that they had ;insured the picture of Mary, Queen of Scots
(which was painted by a French artist, and for which a large
sum was offered by the Scot's College at Paris many years
ago), for 2001.; the picture of King William IV. for 3001 :
that of Mr. James Kienier, the first Master of the Corpora.
tion, for 20/. ; and the remainder of the pictures for 101. each

MONEYAND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Consol Marketleft off firmly this afternoon, at 98i
to The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were
102 to 41.
Spanish Stock was steady at 231 -a for the Five per
Cents., and at 35i- 1 for the Three per Cents. Colom-
bian have realised 131 to g. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. were 621 to 8. Brazilian were marked 82;
and Venezuela Two per Cents., 44.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 8;
Brighton, 3i; North Midland, 6; and Thames and
Medway, 10 to discount. Grand Junction were 121;
Northern and Eastern Quarters, 34; South-Eastern, 11;
ditto New, fli 1; Trent Valley, 6 ; Yarmouth and
Norwich, 5 to ; York and North Midland, 751 ;
ditto New, 371; and Paris and Orleans, 181 premium.
Australasia Bank New Shares were 21 premium.
The following information has been sent us from a
respectable quarter.—
" A French gentleman, of the name of Bergasse, has
entered into a contract with the provincial authorities of
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, to introduce six hundred Euro-
pean agricultural labourers into that province, for the
purpose of cultivating the sugar-cane, and producing the
sugar by an improved method, as practised in the Isle of
Bourbon. Germans, Belgians, and Portuguese are
flocking to that empire for the same purpose. Here,
then, will be a distinction between slave-grown and free-
grown sugar coming from one and the same country.
Will the Government provide, for such a ease in their
differential Act now under discussion ? "
Tlte Sun of Last Night.)

A very extensive business was done in Caton, at Liver-
pool, yesterday, and, in most instances, at an advance of
Ad. per lb. on the rates of Friday last. Speculators took
4,000 bales, and the total sales were 12,000 bales, viz., 1,000
Surat, 3d. to 34d. ; 600 Perham, 53 to 6A ' • 200 Maranham,
sd. to 51d. ; and the rest American, at sd. to 6*d. Shares
were dull, and business closed quietly. Birmingham and
Derby, 64i Caledonian, 33 ; Dublin and Cashel, 3* ; Eastern
Counties, 113 ; Great Western, Fifths, 22i •, Liverpool and
Manchester, Quarter, 54A ; anchester and Birmingham,
56A ; North Midland, 94* ; St. Helens and Runcorn, Gap,
Preference, 33; Lyons and Avignon, 21. Is. 6d.; Paris and
Lyons, 2/. 155.; Paris and Strasbourg, 21.55. ; Orleans, Tours
and Bordeaux, 1/. 19s; Belfast Junction, SA.
The result of the debate in the House of Commons on the
motion of Mr. Villiers, relative to the corn-laws, has given
great satisfaction to the small clique of monopolists which
still remains among the mercantile classes, and is a source of
deep regret to the many, who are anxious to see the mer-
cantile interests of Great Britain extended, the only way in
which "ships, colonies, and commerce," an be materially ad-
vanced. The exposition of the mover of the resolutions ought
to have had, it is considered, more weight with the second
branch of the Legislature.
Among the many subjects of importance now before the
House of Commons is one relating to the future mode of con-
ducting Savings' Banks, and a point upon this subject is raised
which seems, from a Morning Contemporary, to have led to
much difference of opinion. We refer to the clause render-
ing it imperative that, once a year, the depositors should be
compelled to send in their receipt-books for examination.
This is a most wholesome clause, as it ensures the verifica-
tion by the Managers that all sums paid in have been duly
received, and it would afford a complete check to any
mal-appropriation of money by clerks, &c. Nor can
it be successfully contended that the privacy, which is a point
as respects individuals who are depositors, would at all be
infringed, as the Managers have, as a matter of course, a pe-
riodical inspection of all the accounts. There is, therefore,
safety on the one hand, and privacy as secure as now, on the
other. As to the fear that the entries made in the de-
positors' names might, on the annual inspection, be
tampered with, among competent judges, the remark does not
require any consideration. Any such step would inevitably
lead to instant detection. It is suggested that the books
should be enclosed in sealed envelopes, and addressed only to
the Managers of the Savings' Banks themselves. Thus per-
fect security would be obtained that the items contained in
them would not be altered.

.'here was not any arrivals of interest from the colonies, or
elsewhere, this morning.
It is satisfactory to state that the commercial markets are

FOREIGN.
On Monday the King and Queen of the French again
visited the Exhibition of National Industry, and were re-
ceived with the usual loyal demonstrations. The King
passed a very long time in the machine-room, examining the
productions, and conversing with some of the manufacturers.
Their Majesties left at five for the Tuileries, and at six re-
turned to Neuilly.
M. Thiers has been appointed reporter to the Committee on
the Education Bill, by a majority of 6 votes to 3. This has
given great satisfaction to the parties who support the claims
of the University-.
We find the following account of the loss of the Manchester
steamer in Galignani's Messenger of Tuesday :—" The Paris
steamer, which left Hamburgh on the 22d inst., at six in
the morning, arrived at Havre on the 24th, at nine in the
morning, after a passage of fifty-one hours. Prince d'Anhalt
was on board on his way to Paris. This vessel brings ac-
counts of a violent storm, which took place on the 16th and
17th at the mouth of the Elbe. The Manchester steamer,
p!ying between Hull and Hamburgh, went to pieces, and lost
every soul on board, on the rocks of Heligoland, where the
Cadiz, a Spanish vessel, was also cast away, but the crew of
the latter was saved. The Manchester was one of four
packets plying regularly between Hull and Hamburgh.
The heat at Paris had somewhat abated. On Monday at
two P.M. the thermometer stood at 83 Fahrenheit.
A Constantinople letter of the 7th, in the Malta Times,
says :—" By the last accounts we have received of the Sul-
tan, his Majesty must be now at Mytilene—and in the course
of a few days will return to the capital. His presence seems
to have produced the most lively demonstrations of joy
wherever he has been, and to have been hailed even with
greater satisfaction y his Christian than his 211ussulman
subjects."
We find the following in the Phare d'Alexandrie of the
6th :—". For the last few days the Viceroy has been residing
at the Palace of his Excellency Moharem Bey. He intends
to return to town as soon as the sea-bathing season com-
mences. The Government steam-boat, the Raschid, left on
the 25th of last month for Trieste. She had on board his
Excellency Ismail Bey, second son of Ibrahim Pacha. The
new measures which the Health-office have taken to stop the
progress of plague, have been most successful, as since our last
report we have only heard of 11 cases: the interior of the
country still continues healthy.
LAW AND POLICE.
At the Westminster Sessions, John Williams, connected
with a gang of notorious coiners, pleaded guilty to stealing a
quantity of silver plate from the residence of Sir Edward L.
Bulwer. The prisoner was sentenced to three months' im-
prisonment and hard labour. On hearing the sentence the
prisoner exclaimed, "Not lagged yet, neither," and went
laughing from the bar.
A lad, named Sullivan, was charged, at Marlborough-street,
with having stolen a quantity of geraniums and other orna-
mental shrubs from Kensington Gardens. The defendant
was seen to get over the wall, and the plants were found in
his possession. Fined 20s. or a month's imprisonment.
At Union Hall, Ann Fendon Croisy, alias Pain, was brought
up for re-examination, charged with defrauding several per-
sons, by representing herself a ward in Chancery, and en-
titled to considerable property. Mr. Cottingham, having pe-
rused a letter which he had just received, on the subject of
the prisoner's apprehension, said that the writer of the letter
detailed circumstances, by which it appeared that the pri-
soner had robbed a poor woman at the east end of the town,
who committed suicide, which latter event was alleged to be
attributable to the scandalous treatment she had experienced
at the hands of the prisoner. She was remanded.
- COURT —111.1188ION.4.7a&z.
The Marquis of Exeter entertained a select circle at dinner
on Wednesday, in Grosvenor-street. The guests included the
Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Douro, Lord Charles
Wellesley, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and
Countess of Manvers, Lord and Lady de Ros and Miss de
Ros, Lord Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil, Hon. Henry Pier-
repoint and Miss Pierrepoint, and the Hon. Captain Percy.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyle entertained the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Elizabeth Leveson Gower,
Duke of Hamilton, Countess of Lincoln, Viscount Morpeth,
and a distinguished circle, at dinner on Monday last. A
small party assembled in the evening to meet Lady Eliza-
beth Leveson Gower, about to be married to the Marquis
of Lorn.
The Duke of Bedford arrived at the railway terminus, near
Exeter, by the noon-day train on Saturday, and proceeded
immediately with four post horses from Cockram's New Lon-
don Inn to Endsleigh Cottage, near Tavistock.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have issued cards for
a grand entertainment to her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester, on the 11th of the ensuing month, at Beaufort
House.