The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-25 00:00:00

SUFMARY OF NEWS

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TOIVOZGN.
Louis Philippe has presented to the Chamber of Peers his .
statue at full length, in marble, in his royal robes, executed
by M. Jector. It was conveyed on Sunday to the Luxem-
b-ourg, and placed in the hall preceding the old Chamber. In
the same hall has also been hung a large picture in wax, re-
presenting the great legislators under the inspiration of the
Gospel. At the summit of the picture is Christ presenting
the Gospel to the world, attended by the four Evangelists.
In the foreground are, in different groups, all the great law-
givers from the time of Constantine the Great down to Louis
Philippe.
A letter from Barcelona, of the 18th, states, that seven un-
fortunate persons suspected of being Carlist refugees were shot
within the Spanish frontiers a few days previously.
The Sentinelle of Toulon announces that, on the morning
of the 18th inst., with a breeze from the west, Admiral
Parseval Duchesne, with his squadron, consisting of the
Ocean, Jemmappes, Inflexible, and Suffren, of the line, the
frigate Belle Poule, and the steam-frigate Asmodee, sailed
on a cruise of practice for the Islands of Hyeres, where they
came to an anchor at two o'clock. The corvette Lrunproie
also took her departure with dispatches for Oceania.
The Countess Beauchamp has arrived in Paris, at the
Hotel de Bath, Rue de Rivoli.
The Courrier Francais states that M. de Lessepa,
the late
French Consul at Barcelona, but who is at present in Paris,
is to be appointed Consul-General of Egypt, in the room of
M. Lavalette, who removes to another station.
The States of Hanover have resumed their sittings. At
the date of the last accounts they were engaged on a Bill for
the amelioration of the system of public education.
The Herelitary Grand Duke and Duchess of Russia left
Darmstadt on the 18th for St. Petersburgh.
A letter frem Frankfort, of April 17, in the Augsburg! s •
Gazette, has the following :—" On the occasion of Prince
Oscar's accession to the throne, Prince de Vasa has -written
from Darmstadt to all the great Powers, to say that, in the
present position of affairs, he should certainly abstain from
all demonstration ; but that he did not intend, on that ace
count, to forego his own claim, as well as that of his faanlifr
to the throne of Sweden."
COTTIZT-11.11.1311XONABLE.
Her Majesty's birthday drawing-rot= to-day was brilliantly
attended. Many splendid fetes by the leaders of the beats
monde are understood to be in preparation, and several Royal
strayers from the Continent are expect&l to visit the metre'
polls during the season.
The Duchess of Hamilton, accompanied' by the Countess
of Lincoln, arrived in Portman-square on Wednesday ever
ing from Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire, where his Grace,
whose health is improved, is still staying. The Duchess pro-
ceeds to Bath on a visit to her father, the venerable Mr. Beck-
ford, who is in delicate health. The Marquis and Marchioness
of Douglas Ece on a visiting tour in Scotland, and it is uncor•
tain when thet
come to town.
Viscount 3, elbonrme arrived in South-street, yesterday.
from Brocket Hall.
berg Minister, has taken a maw'
Baron Hugel, the Wuileik:
sion in Lower Brook-street, fm- the season.
The Attorney-General
for Ira)and has taken one of the
splendid new mansions in Eaton-sq:iare for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Warwit..k have been for some
weeks at Bath. Her Ladyship has deriii-ed much benefit from
the change of air ; but we regret to hear Plat the Noble Earl
is still in a weak state of health.
Viscount and Viscountess Campden have arrived at the
Clarendon Hotel from Barham Court.
IMEXSCEMILAMEOUS.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, fir consequence
of the late fatal accident at ore of the termini of the Dower
Railway, have ordered that the iron roof being constructed 1
by Mr. John Rigby for the ,new boiler manufactory fug
foundry, built by 11r. Rolt, at the Woolwich Dockyard.
should be tested to ascertain its utmost strength. The de"
partment for the use of the boiler-makers is 228 feet hi
length and 62 feet in breadth, over .w.hich the span of the
iron roof extends at the height of about 40 feet. The usual
weight or strain considered a sufficient test of the security
of a roof of this dimensions is four tons on two Principals, or
at the rate of 101bs. weight to the square foot.. This weight
was applied without the least visible deflectilon, and addi-
tional weights were added to test the greatest:- strain the
roof would bear, without any part giving way. The mon-
ster chimney attached to the extensive bone's factor): -
and foundry has had the wooden roof with which it covered
in during the winter removed, preparatory to workmsm being ,
employed on the Ist of May to raise it to its ultimate height.
which will be about ten feet higher than the Monument neer .
London-bridge. .
A general meeting of the Governors of the Orphan3Vorkine
School was held on Wednesday, at the Hall of Commerce'
•It appeared from the report, which was read by the secretralf •
that the institution is in a prosperous state, and .that the fine .
ing of some leasehold property into the hands of the trustee/
had induced the Committee to take the necesear v steps Or
erecting a new building sufficient to accommodiete double+
the number of children at present admitted. The cost 01
this will be abot 9,000/. The cash account show -ed the
ceipts of the last year to be 3,023/. Os. 2d., and the•diaburts°
meats 2,792/. II s. Bd.

FRENCH PLAYS.—Madame Albert's benefit, 101
evening, was attended by a crowded and fashimiable audietww
among whom we observed the Marchioness of AileslatrlV
Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Earl of Wilton, th e Countess '
Nelson, Baroness•Dimsdale, Earl and Countess ec.,° Shelburnq
Earl and Countess of Morley, Viscount Templatown, Let;
Robert Grosvenor, the Marquis of. Worcester, Lady Ge0rgi,„412,4
1,
Codrington, Lord Brougham, Lord Alexander' ...,nnor-, -ov". ,
of Scarborough, Count Esterhazy, Sir Henry MildmaY Hoff,,d
Turkish Ambassador, Baron and Baroness de Roth '
Earl of Belfast, Lady Curteis, Lady and Miss Quent in, ....
Spencer Cowper, Hon. GenerakUpton, Mrs. Standish s.tandlo"
Mrs. Mountjoy Martin, and Lady Larpent. _ . ,
THE LYCEUM rHEATRE. Amongst the ( tistia- .
guished personages who have visited the Lyceum 'l72.ttt'sd
during the present week, we have noticed the Marq'T °id,
Clanricarde, Countess of Tankerville, Earl St. Vincent, --,,_
and Lady Folkestone, Lord Grimstone, Lord Fitzroy" 0"-•
merset, Lady Radnor, Sir Henry Mildmay, Lord riso
Pollb3rl
Lord Sefton, Lady Verulam, Captain Cox, Sir John "ed'
Lady Romney; Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, Lady Lawley, Att
Mr. and Mrs. john Stanley.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—The Polka, that wonde;
ful dance which has so suddenly shot up into the me."/dietl°4
popularity, dividing the public attention with the most,l6
questions of state, has at last found its way to this hotli
The little piece in which the Polka was introduced last t!iife
at this theatre, danced by Madame Albert and a Madem Went
Forgeot, is entitled La Proces de la Polka, and is as t Ibsi',.--t
in its purport as the subject deserves. It represents the cow-
of some provincial town as occupied with the trial of e;
action, brought by the citizens of the said town tteinsAt'o!
certain instructor of the Polka, on the plea of its turning .--.1
heads of all the female inhabitants, and causing the terror ri
all respectable fathers of families as to the moral welfare :
their charges. The cane is regularly tried before the Lielli
tenant-General, and pleaded on the plaintiff's side by an,
lawyer, whose distaste w the dance arises from his lame n;
and on the defendant's by a plump young adv ovate, 1,711°,0;
himself under tuition to "acquire the incriminated Pt'lig
After citing various ancient a:sthorities in favour of deu,,,
generally, he calls upon the court not to decide until ku.'et,
have themselves seen the Polka. The request is genii
and forthwith two ladies in full Polka costume, armed *i..
brass heels, enter the court, one of 'Yhorn to the astoo 0
meat of the judge, he finds to be his wife. The rollt_44
danced in the open arena, and its fascination is so powtiLd
that ere long the whole court in wig itnd gown are Zit;
jigging to the measure. This, of course, .decides thie twof,
and the curtain descends on the triumph of the Polka ft ill
the moral prejudices of bourgeois and pees ee famihie. 4 0
needless to say that a vociferous encore was th...: result, oig.
was accompanied by the projection of one or tw," bow:Vey-of
ADELAIDE GALLERY.—Dr. Jones, the DlKDarrf AV
this institution, took a benefit yesterday. What'` kind ° Ole
tendance he had in the morning we know not, ,but_lei
evening the gallery was crowded to excess. Thei`v WlOll,O
a variety of exhibitions—for those who could get at ar
The concert seemed to have great attractions, and the u'i-ise
tions of the vocalists were much applauded. In the c(!,„
/
of the evening Dr. Jones delivered an address (explane;s .
of his services during the two years of his manairta t
which was attentively listened to, and warmlycornplitoen 00
Between the acts of the concert some clever performs an..,iceScte4
the musical glasses by a Mr. Smith, of Edinburgh, Aitts-
much notice.. •
EXETER HALL.—The Oratoria of " Debol' "011.,:g15).
announced for performance on the 26th (to-more el le,m-grot
It will be recollected that this work was performed for 'to oil
and only time by the Sacred Harmonic Society last reat -
that its not being repeated was the source of great reg,„ rk's
We learn that the scholars of the Duke of 12„tiosi
School intend visiting General Tom Thumb, at the - EP li'vor
Hall to-morrow (Friday)morning, at' eleven oclock,. 3c -
panied by their band. . tot
SHAKSPEARIAN READINGS.—We uvclerstaxid fro
Mr. Charles Kemble will give a series of six reeding 6 ',rise
Shakspeare during the ensuing month. Theywill coln, yet
selections from Cymbeline, Much Ado About Arips.hing, As 00
Like It, Macbeth, the Merchant of Venice, and Berne! 1101
Juliet. Her Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dogvagex.e'ke
several distinguished members of the nobility have- ,aOO
their high approbation of the forthcoming entertzln•
The readings will take place at Willis's .
Room-
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BIRTHS.
On the 23d inst., at. Clyst St. Mary Rectory, near
the lady of the Rev. Edmond Strong, of a daughter.
,_ 'lls'
On the 23d inst., in Southwick-crescent, Hyde-part"'
James Stewart
i of daughter. ii°llll
On the 23d nst.,a at Ball's-park, Hefts, the lady
Henry Pally, Esq., of a son and heir.
On the 24th inst., at Bernard-street, Russell-K.l-
William Byers, of a son

MARRIED. • Col°lle
On the 28th of March, at Naples, Lieutenant- so oa
Charles Hay, commanding the 19th Regiment, f0urt13,01,,0
the late General Sir -James Hay, K.C.H. to Eller ;foe
daughter of the late Major-General Sir 'Charleti "
E.C.8., K.T.S.
On the 20th inst., at St. George's, 4
.11anover-gitl.fl.l"<cc,
0
George, Esq., of Denmark-hill, Camberwell, to 1110011e'
berry, youngest daughter of A. George, Esq., of
Middlesex. '96
On the 20th inst., at Tooting, Henry E. Goodh— ; ,
Norwood, to Charlotte Eliza, youngest daughter 0`
George Evans, Esq. ,9On the 20th inst., at Trinity Church, ,Brompton'to
GreenaWay, Esq., of the Madras Native Infantry,
Elizabeth, donghter of Sydney Cumberland, Esq'

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DIED.
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On the 20th inst., at Worksop, Nottinghanaelw"' .
Collinson, draper, aged 48. ;€0 oiff
' *IP•
On the 21st inst., at Canterbury, Martb a, the
H. 0. Sankey, Esq., late of Margate. ..,...„Liett•_„al,
On the 21st inst., at Cheap:iide, Mr. Malcolhn .1,<,713ge1y"
On the 21st inst., John Smith, Esq., of tte ur'''"- le,
Bermondsey, aged 63. oestbce
On the 21st inst., at Bristol, ,Henry Spy Adest
Esq., of Coleman-street, London. Toil,'
On the the 22d inst., at Clifton, Lucy Ziaria Bell • Wil'v ,
Babb,daughter of the Rev. Dr. Posey. I. 4_,
On the 22d inst., at New Sydney-place, AD. sopat 0'
Esq., of Devonshire-street, Portland-place, Levu' ,gast
On the 23d inst., at Buckland, Barton HaY,Y°l3' ~./ the
the late J. Carbonell, Esq. hter " ffo
On the 23d inst., at Brighton, Mary, eldest &gil/•fole 6
late Peter Du Cane, Esq., of Braxted, Essex, an _„iiall
Smithe, Esq., of Lansdown-place, Brighton. i•Telle''"
On the 23d inst., at East House, Kenningt c4/' pilot
James Rolls, aged 26. jfelart.
At Manheim, Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. _A,
• a i iee'-' ---
Graham, and eldest daughter of the late Sir • „- ~c, of
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