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On Monday the King and Queen of the _4
Duchess of Orleans, with the Count of Paris and the Puj hr
of Nemours, again visited the Exhibition of Sati.°2! ,reot
dustry. On this occasion the King examined wit' Ttaet
attention the machinery and sonae of the most irelo);)cioelc,
products, and did not leave until between five and six
when the Royal party returned to Neuilly, the ltril
The Marseilles journals announce the arrival, on „e
Dee
instant, at the Hotel d'Orient, in that city, of mange'
Governor-General of British India, Sir Henry 13"--
with his son and his aide-de-camp. was Pr•
The Suffren ship of the line, on board of which leads et
Admiral the Prince de Joinville, arrived from the ,
Hyeres, at Toulon, on the 13th instant. Brsel.4
*; The Archbishop of Bruges, according to the
ail tbe
papers, ordered prayers for rain to be put
ouitiiintit.d_sl;:
churches last Sunday,. and in the afternoon
terrible hail-storm came on, which did much injurY
perty. In some of the fields the hail lay four inclianits
The Courrier Francais states that the Parisian it
interested in the trade with Morocco, having aPPli.e°
formation on the subject to the Ministry of Foreign f Or
had been answered, that " there was no probability °ranged
between France and Morocco, and that all would be
diplomatically. • „bee
The 3foniteur contains the official returns of the Pcorr
and consumption of domestic sugar, from which l
it ire-jilt
that on the Ist of April last there were 325 MitnufacW
operation, or 69 less than in April, 1843. itao..A°ll
The.,Bulletin des Lois publislAps a convention, cone ~Toice.
the 9th of November, 1843, between France and mho lets
States of America, for the mutual extradition of pal set.
The receipts, of the Belgian railroads in 1843 f01tP2•;,..40'
gers were, 5;482,259f., and the carriage of goods
oafter
giving a total of 8,994,5391'. The expenses of
were 5,000,000 f., so that the profit has been 3,994,53'
,
deducting 3,594,539 f. for the interest of the capital It Pr
which was 137,573,077 f., there remains asuin 400,
dividen a
red. Kikijn
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In cent duel between a professor of a militari
tithe Netherlands and a lieutenant, the former 'Oslo ier';
The survivor has been tried before a c,ourt-martial, ads 01
tented to five years' imprisonment. The two sO°ll
condemned to three years of the same punishment- by es'
The Memorial de la Sambre records two calamities/0-0;
plosions of gas in coal mines last week, at Marchie „wee;
Pont By one of them, seven men were killed, and el'icilleth
more or less injured. In the other, two persons user
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and five other; severely wounded.
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LAW AND POLICE. ate"
In the Court of Exchequer, an action penalti ;04
instance of the Attorney-General, was brought e+gielll:
person of the name of Pool, who held the office ;,,,,cti,`!;
ing-waiter at the Custom-house, arising out of tralse et
connected with the Custom-house frauds. The cles e'":1
opened on the part of the Crown and several we,s,,tes
amined ; but before the case on behalf of the Cuswej,
concluded, a conference took place between the coun,lit
a verdict was taken by
•Ll
consent for the Crown for 4,-Ifersia"
At Guildhall Mr. Humphreys applied to Mr. „" for s
Gibbs (the sitting Alderman), and Sir Peter Lanri,,‘,
warrant to recover summary possession of certain rod
situated in Printers-street, Blacktriars, under the ,Is'oeloce'
of Victoria, cap. 74, commonly called the Small:l:the Pr;
Act. Sir Peter Laurie inquired, in litnine, whet '41061
mises consisted of an entire house, or only of Ple ?OA
hired by a lodger? Mr. Humphreys replied that;,eter
to be proceeded against was only a lodger. Sir soytbie;,
that such being the case he should decline to have Wo)_,,i
to do with the adjudication, and then left the Cont`. *o'o
after Alderman Wood entered, and Mr. HuroPhre,t
renewed his application. Alderman Wood said, tli
clearly of opinion that the Act applied to 1001
Alderman Gibbs concurred, and a warrant for tP.e ;iesias
recovery of the premises was ordered to issue ; it
peremptory.
COOET—PASIIIXONAIgX.V. d 0 Veit
Count Reventlow, the Danish Minister, returne
neobe
day to his residence in Wilton-crescent, from Scoashe Cteb,
his Excellency has been to attend and accompany t is
, tea-
Prince of Denmark on his Royal Highness s
Highlands. d °llO
Prince Rospigliosi, accompanied by his son an
Ludolf and suite, arrived yesterday at Nivart's „
Rome. sp Old"
The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's give a ' lelb
cliampetre to-morrow at Holly Lodge, Highgate- isle
The Duke of Devonshire paid' a visit yestere
American dwarf, "General Tom Thumb," at the geal.f.o
Hall, and presented him with a magnificent goe'„,;ted z;,a
engraved with beautiful devices, brilliantly nnep.
turquoise, and bearing the General's initials on tue
Alfred Paget accompanied his Grace. As• tinge or
The Earl and Countess of Verulam received a Goo
—le
party at dinner on Monday, at their residence in eado
square. on
Earl and Countess Cadogan had a dinner partY
v4ci
last, at their house in Piccadilly.
The Earl and Countess of Albemarle left Berk!lllreec
the day before yesterday for Newmarket, where ins
was to inspect his valuable racing stud, and thencjolealr
to Quicldenham Hall, until the annual races in
Park. veste'cal
The Duke of Devonshire left Devonshire House
An
afternoon for Brighton. The Duke will return to
Saturday, to meet the party at Stafford House.
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The statements of facts relating- to the new -"" he triwie,
Savings' banks, submitted to the Government tside.ri 5j
and managers f the Provident Institution, St. horicisb,
and those of the deputations from the Englis",,reet:
Scotch banks for savings, have had a useful
be e" ,ecti‘
t ;
Bill is now considerably altered, and many of
able provisions have been modified. But the moell, jet r- 0
concession towards depositors is that touching u 21,1, F
It will be now 2/. 15s. per cent. (and not 21. 135. .
first proposed). rrOlof
The intelligence received at Lloyd's by the late Li a. 0,1
the Britannia steam-ship details the particulars of
the English ship Saladin, near Halifax, under iter, j;er
circumstances, it being feared that the captain, Mr. have Pre.hile
his wife and tinnily an-1 several of his officers, lender
murdered by the crew in order to enable them to Pio' 0
sde
vessel. c
The half-yearly examination of the gel-100010 .'li. ties
studying at the Royal Military Academy at Wonlwg'ecetleetia
place on Tuesday last, and at the conclusion the
illoo It,
cadets obtained the usual period of vacation, and i'vt tbe
their studies on the Ist of August. The whole c',.epao,o
tlemen cadets, about 180 in number, assembled oil ifejoo
ground in front of the Academy shortly before 10 'Zia, try(
the day of examination, in full military coostunieto;o,li to
new carbines and accoutrements, under the cmiscbc`
Captain R. B. Burnaby, with the other officers
the Academy.
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LONDON COFFEE AND EATING HOPSV
Associnnox.—The friends and subscribers to this illy' °
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dined together yesterday at the London Tavern. t doe' -ti
burton, M.P., presided. About 120 gentlemen Tool toorr,
table. Upon the removal of the'cloth the usnal,,d; Doe
were proposed • and acknowledged with all euttelvetl:Jtile,
" The President," and " The Vice-Presidents" 'e,.,repo
were heartily responded to. Mr. Blackburn then ec,e},,,c'
toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the London toeftion
Eating House Keepers' Association " deinforge
casion to advert to the benefits conferreduP°ll 3 by °Jeri,:
of-the middle, as well as of the working classes,the e-0
and eating houses of the metropolis, and t° tbe°l„lbre
character of the charity, which had for its ohiec opiorrthea,:
of decayed members of the trade, their widoV ecert keool
He said he hoped all who were present Igor ,tong, ;eV"
selves among their friends for the purpose or iThse T'l, ttl
the nature of the association, and inducing nsfsebsrr 10,1
of the trade as they possibly could to been°, -distsn'
it; if they did this the day could not be Jo; stoedr,e
they would have the pleasure of laying tho.,"7.phatish
building to receive the destitute widows an," (,)„1; iciat"eslll!l
parted members of the trade. The toast was urt4o's
times three. Mr. Hare proposed "The Chairrio- Meer
which was very heartily received. The Chs„lst of
thanks. Mr. Humphreys read a handsome "the 111*.:a
tions. Among them were 20 guineas froni_.:, 10velten,
Westminster, 10 guineas from Mr. Waelor",;°,.'lllo_,:tersel
from Mr. Paulson, M.P., and 5 guineas front IL". d
an the
M.P. Several other toasts were proposed, 04;
separated at an early hour. e
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STAMP DUTIES.—The Government from h, .5
rightly in reducing the duty upon stall:ll;96a t.,",i0015‘:/,
2s. lid. • and would also act wisely by the pre;so ,
upon indentures of apprenticeship, where be ,ffer_.,`g
under 301. As it now is, where the prerniuln,„ evil p'etice,,
the stamp duty is 1/. • and this sum has •
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preventing vast numbers of poor people fr°7,oP.-
their children ; also, by a reduction, it is n°" thosebhetedil
that the revenue would be increased upon who e''';itly:
ments in consequence of numbers being bound the
would not be. This is really a subject dcservneb
tion of the Government. ,r