The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

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QOa Thursday evening their Majesties the King and
ueen of the French received M. de Varennes, the
French Minister at the Court of Lisbon; Count de
13"d3", and M. Oder, Peers of France • Generals Hou-
r nel and De Saint Yon ; Baron Rothschild, and M.
43rogniart.
Prince Elim Mitchersky, Chamberlain of the Emperor
.or Russia, died two days ago, aged 36, at his residence,
la Paris.
A Marseilles journal states that the sch-coner Curieux
of that port has been captured by an English cruiser, on
her way- to Goree, on suspicien of being a slaver. The
Journal asserts that there was nothing on board to war-
rant the capture. The schooner had, it says, ten empty
casks and twelve sacks of rice on board, but they were
down on the manifest, and were fur the use of the crew.
The vessel had been confiscated, and was about to be
sold when the account left.
fly a letter from Guadeloupe of the 9th September,
We learn that since the earthquake not less than 429 new
11°484's had been built, of which 118 cost each 15,000 f.
and upwards, exclusive of the purchase of ground ; 166,
'OWL to 15,0001.; and 145 under 6,0001. At the date
of this account 173 houses more were in the course of
construction.
The following curious circumstance, says a Dunkirk
rhaPer, happened a few days ago in the burying-ground
'''ere• While the sexton was digging a grave, a skull
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rose from that which adjoined it, and which was also
IPeo, and as the terrified man started back, advanced
towards,, him. He then fled on to the road, crying aloud
for n,
--er°Y. Another man hearing the alarm, and being
told the cause of it, had sufficient courage to go to the
too
'Plat, and there saw the head still moving. Undaunted he k it up, and, on examination, found within it two '
14°Ies, which had made it their retreat, and had given it
• motion,
I. The Second Chamber of the States General of Hol-
-"44 has come to a resolution to send back the address
to the First Chamber in its primitive state, with a slight
modification of the paragraph objected to. It remaitis
to be seen whether it will finally be adopted by the First
Chamber.
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mThe following lamentable accident happened a short
,Is ago in Piedmont. The Countess de Samaz, wife of
e Grand Master of the Household of the King of Sar-
dinia, in opening a drawer at the top of a very high
c""t, drew the whole piece of furniture upon her, and
Zits crushed to death. She was found a lifeless corpse
Y her son-in law, Count Maurice de Samaz, en his en-
"ng the apartment shortly after the accident.
....
Sallier, the Commissiary of Police at Calais pus-
fCe ted of having murdered the English physician, all
circumstances of which we have given, is ordered for
before the Court of Assizes for the Pas de-Calais.
quetbT Marseilles journals announce that a grand hau-
l/141V° take place on the arrival in that city of Mar-
Thel.st ancl, in honour of the illustrious visitor.
of z,TE4lee of bread in Paris, for the second fortnight
gram "ve'nber, has been fixed at 31 centimes the kilo-
me for the first quality.
Earl CRVITZT —PALSZIONAIMM.
Rap, l'elawarr left town on Saturday last for Bourne
Earl near Easton, Cambridgeshire, where the Noble
the at'd family are expected to remain until the close of
1,, !tenth, and then return to Buckhurst Park, Sussex.
brlir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam
bur 16,gh and the llereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
otrelitz, are expected to honour the Noble Earl
linZPountess with a visit shortly at Buckhurst.
ciithe Duke of Newcastle, accompanied by the Ladies
tit enitr, and Lords Robert and Charles Clinton, arrived
naber Park, Notts, on Wednesday last, from Brid-
vugtos, Yorkshire, where the Noble Duke and family
been residing the last month.
, The Duke of Leeds left the Clarendon Hotel on Satur-
oay..for his seat Hornby Castle.
Mlhe Marquis of Salisbury returned on Friday evening
slatfleld House from Burleigh House, where the Noble
Ttha had been among the visitors during the sojourn
e Queen and Prince Albert at that princely
.seat.
he Marquis of Salisbury intends ,shortly to receive a
succession of visitors at Hatfield.
The Earl of Shaftesbury has had a select family circle
assembled at St. Giles's House, Dorset. Tho Hon. Cap-
tain and Lady Harriet Corry, lSlr. and Lady Charlotte
Sturt, having been among the visitors.
The Earl of Lonsdale has arrived in town from White-
haven Castle, his Lordship's'seat in Cumberland.
• Dowager Lady Holland 01 South -street on Saturday
last for Brighton, where her Ladyship intends to pass
the winter.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Ashley,
and Lord Earnest Bruce, were among the nobility at-
tending Divine service on Sunday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.

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The election of the Lord Rector 2f . the
Pro-
fessorpewion Friday,Principal
versity of Glasgow took Hill presiding in the absence
.of
.
Macfarlan, who was unable to attend from indisposition.
The candidates were the Earl of Eglinton (Tory), and
Andrew Rutherfurd, Esq., M.P., late Lord Advocate for
Scotland (Liberal). The numbers for Mr. Rutherford
Were 277, and for Lord Eglinton 185—majority 92.
Mr. Charles Laffitte, head of the house Charles
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Laffitte, Blount, and Co., has arrived in London. I
understood that the object of his visit is connected btoth
with the French loan and with the formation `
°ia
com-
pany for the railway from Paris to the Belgian frontier,.
and that he has already received proposals from different
influential parties.
It is propos
l
ed to a c alum for Cumer-
land and 'Westmoreland,erect bylunati asylum
way
EAF of a memorial to thebate
I. of ',misdate.
At a full meeting of the British Archeological Asso-
ciation, held on Saturday, it was resolved that the
second
nanual meeting should be held at Winchester in the
comer of 1845. ,
80,
1.111" Lal, a distinguished Oriental traveller and
er, is at present on a tour in Ireland. He visited
the
te Bank of Ireland on Thursday last, accompanied by
of the Directors.
Ono night in
begs either lost August, 1843, there were several mail
or stolen from the Dublin and Cork
teach, ma Cashel, and although Government at the time
offered a considerable reward for their recovery, no clue
t..? them ..,
-.as traced, until by the exertions of Mr. Dann,
rie Postmaster at Fermoy, there appears now every
.
vaelinood of a discovery, which may lead to the regain-
Itlsitrnt:fi*e property lost by individuals in the letters con-
, le these bags.
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Ner,sh. -came/lox OF AMERICAN PRESIDENT.—From
zepreingtoo he owing infono two
ste,e
:re dentswe ofhave thet Newfoll
York Herald ;ormati
theyare both
.r.reY Instructive. The first extract describes the retiring
.rt sident:--" A
freaehery, of tale might be told of intrigue and
bargain and sale of office, of betrayed
erinaenthiPte of violated trusts, of foul aspersions of name
13,-„jeutsr:itter, of corruptions and abominations as would
!„,-'''") •jubilee in hell. But this ungrateful task is not
-44 • at present." The second represents the pleasant
"bsequences resulting from a presidential election to all
o.fficials Jam
not vote the winning ticket:—" A thun-
Oering_
is anticipated during the next six months'
particularly if Mr. Clay be elected. Myriads of hungry,
(423', starving expectants, will swarm here like the
saocusts of old, literally choking up the streets and
ever walked with a hickory stick will, immediately after
the 4th of March, have to 'walk chalk, ginger blue.' ''
, Tire c
Th fol-
ro ALAMITOUS FLOOD AT FLORENCE.—_-e .
bed rig account is given by an eye-witness :—" The rain
ea on the 3d, and continued nearly the whole day ;
during the night it increased, and fell in one continued Clare M. Early on Sunday morning the alarm was given
hell the Arno was inundating the town, and in about
an hour all the lower parts of Florence were six
and seven feet deep in water ; so sudden was the rush of
water that there was barel time to take the horses
out of the stables, and several were drowned. Those
persosui who were in the stre t rushed into the
houses ; and many who were ine sthe churche. s were
ebliged to stay there till the following morning. In
Santa Croce triere were two feet of water, and the
Piazza was inundated t the feet
of ten feet. All this
happened between seveon
sons who slept on the groaund eightfle o'clock. Many
e per-
forcing open the windewosrsesvr were awoke ok byAll this
while the Arno kept rising—windows°, ecrhairs, tables,
pictures, in short, every article of furniture
came whirling past in the torrent. At ten o'clock
e treruendons
bridge crash was heard, the upper iron
had given way, and the whole wood-work
12f tt came dashing past the Ponte Vecchio, where the
Jewellers have their shops ; it was expected every mo-
ment to be carried away ; but luckily it resisted the
shock. The consternation was at its height, for here
was a mother inquiring for her child, here a father
asking for his son; the rain still falling in torrents, no
boats to be had—all carried away. At last two were pro •
cured, and rafts were made to succour those parts o
t,hs town that were inundated. Seven persons were
drowned in the streets. At 2 P.M., the Arno began to
subside, still no one could get to the inundated quarter;
more than two-thirds of the town were without bread,
and no help reached them till evening. It was dreadful
to hear the cries of " Bread! bread!" from the streets
that were inundated. At last the rafts were able to take
bread. In many streets remote from the centre they
were from Saturday evening till Su night without
food. All the cellars are full of waterway
;l the merchan-
dise iu the douane ruined; shops have been completely
cleared; a picture dealer found but a
his shop, all else swept awa mass of sand in
y. At the Calcine the
hares, &c., have been drowned, and the ruined. In the country it is much worse ; Whole towns
are under water, and without food. It rains incessantly,
and another flood is expected every day. No English
have perished. The streets are still full of water. The
ac age at the douane alone is estimated at 2,600,000
li(above 100,0001.)"
Berme SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 15.—8
tome forward more freely this week, and the purchases
have been on a larger
scale than for some pa
e past ;
both refiners and grocers have shown a disposition to get
into E tock, and the sales in West India sorts reach 600
hhds. and tierces, at very full prices. A good business
has also been done in East India descriptions, the trans-
actions in Bengals and Mauritius reaching 3,000 bags
a
her rid mats, at prices not previously attainable. In rum
te is nothing doing.—Bristol Mercury.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.--011 Thursday, a
ecAlple of Hymen's votaries, Mr. J. Biggs and Mrs. E.
luridge, whose united ages amounted to 142 years,
were married at Hughendon Church, Bucks. The
bride had been married three times previously—twice in
the above church, and once at Bradenham ; and for
fourteen years she acted as housekeeper to her present
lord and muter.