The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-21 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

In the Court of Exchequer, an action for penalties at the
instance of the Attorney-General, was brought against a
person of the natne of Pool, who held the office of a land-
ing-waiteir at the Custom-house, arising out of transactions
connected. with the ,Custom-house frauds. • The case was
opened on the part of the Crown, arid several witnesses ex-
amined ; but before, the ease on behalf of the. Customs had.
concluded, a conference' toOkplate bet Ween the counsel, and
a verdict was taken by consent for the Crown for 4,400/.
At Guildhall Mr. Thinipliteya applied to-Mr, Alderman
Gibbs (the -sitting Alderman), and Sir Peter Laurie, for a
warrant to recover summary possession of certain prethises)
situated, inktintert-Stteet, lackfriars, under the Ist and 2d
of Victoria, cap, 74, commonly balled the Small Tenementi
Act, Sir, Peter Laurie ;inqUired, in,lintine, whether the pre:
,miSes ,Consisted,:pr entire 4otise, or only of apartments
hired; hyAlOdger ? Mr. Humphreys- replied-that the party
to be proceeded ,against was' only a lodger, Sit Peter said
that such being the case he should decline to haVe 'anything
tad° with the adjudicatien; 'and then left the Court. Shortly
after Alderman ivo9a. entered,' Hunliphreys again
reneWedllis:aPpliCationl Alderman Wood' said, that he was
clearly,of opinion that' the Act applied to lodgers. Mr,
Aldermen •Giblii concurred, and a warrant for the summary
recovery of th.e"Pierniaei was ordered to issue ; it was mad,
peremptory. • • • -.--•
" • corrar —4rAiszrzosrAnzas.
Count Recoentlow; the Danish Minister, returned on Tues-
day' to hiiiresideiice in Wilton-crescent, froinScatjauci, where
his Excellency has been to attend and Accompany the Crown
Prince of Dent:dark on' his.. Royal, klighness's tour in the
Highlands. • •
Prince Respigliosi, ,acconipanied by his son and Count W.
Ludolf and, suite, arrived on Wednesday it litivart'S Hotel,
from Rome. , •-1
The Duke and Duchess of St, Albans giie a,splentlid fete
dumpetre to-day:at Holly Lodge,
.Xligh:gate.
The Duke of Devonshire paid a visit on Wednesday to the
American dwarf, "General,Tom Thumb," at ,the Egyptian
Hall,-and presented him with a Magnificent geld Anuff-box,
engraved with- beautiful devices, brilliantly mounted with
turquoise; and bearing the General's initialsouthe top. Lord
Alfred Paget accompanied his Grace. • „
The Earl and Countess of Verularn received a distinguished
party atdinner on Monday), At their•residence in Grosvenor-
Earl antCountessCadogan had .a dinner party on Tuesday
last,-at their house in Piccadilly, • •
The Earl: and Countess of Albemarle left-Berkeley-square
on Wednesday for Newmarket, where his Lordship was to in-
spect his, valuable racing stud) and thence proceed to Quid-
denham Hall, until the annual races in Goodwood Park.
' The Duke of Devonshire left Devonshire Houie on Wed-
nesday afternoon far Brighten. The Juke:will return to town
on Saturday, to meet the party at Stafford House,

SIII3CI3I.MAItfaOI7B. • •
The statements oflacts. relating to the new ißill regarding
Savings' bank's;- Submitted to the Government hy the trustees
and Managers of the Proirident Institution;St, Martin's •place,
and those of the deputations from the English, Irish, and
Scotch banks Yor. Savitigs, .have had 'it useful .. effect. The
Bill is now considerably-altered,,and marirof, the -objection-
' ablepioviiions have' been modified, Bat thenniestimpartant
conteSsionletwitidii ,depositors- is-that- touebing tile interest.
It will be now 21. 15s. per cent. (and. not 21. • Ms. 2kli as: it
first prOpOsed). • ,• -• , -
The half-yearly examination of the gentlemen. cadets
studying at the Royal Military Academy at WoOlwich,- took
place on Tuesday last, and' at the conclusion the gentlemen
cadets obtained the usual period-of Vacation,' and will resume
• their ittidies on the 'lst of August. The whole of the gen-
getnen cadeti, about 180 in number, assembled on the parade_
ground in frant of the Academy thortly-before.lo o'clock. on
the day of examination, in full military costume; with -their
ne*.carbinea and accoutrements, under the command of
Captain IL B. Burnaby, with 'the other officers attached to
the 'Academy. -

DIJTaI AN'D' FLANDERS` MAIL.

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SECOND CHAMBER OF STATES-GENERAL.
Tim ll'Acrut, 'JUNE 18:,--Thencentral section brought
up its reppkti:first, on the'prOject. of lEtw for making an
addigO'N•the' budget of the xl:lezidittiie for 1844-45,
fdr the improvement f the roads in Priesland ; and, se,:
conrily,4,,that for "the redemption or exchange of a por--
: tion of. the naikeatao.ht. •
Tui..raTE, Juet4-4-+-7The Vgyptian steamer, Jiaschid;
arrived here the. day before yesterday, in nine days,
from Alexandria, with 214 passengers,. among, whom is.
Bey; .the third son of Ibrahim. Paths, .who is ge-
i9g to vienha to consult the' faCulty on &disorder in his,
eyes. This Vessel' 'hag brought: the news that Mehemet
Ali is now mt!re eager dish ever' to- execute the' project.
of cutting thr.9*4 the Isthirtui of Suez, and is resolved
that the work 'shall shortly be commenced.
If, Mehemet Ali should at length- accomplish this great
undertaking, he will•not cinly immortalise hil;rAnie, but
acquire a 'urger revenue .for himself and.-his successor
than all that he derives from. his actuaLresouress.;nbut
it is- mueli -to be' feared that :this. project will fare like
marly other great undertakings which were taken up
with great ardour, but. were never executed- except on
Pap,er.
BERLIN• JUNE Majesty the King is gone to
Stettin. .
His Majesty the Emperor, of Russia has
,set out for
St. Petersburgh by way of Steitin.'
His Royal Highness the. Prince of Russia is gone to
Stettin. " • • • '
'Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of .Mecklen-
burgh Sehwerin arid 'her daughter the Princess Louisit
have set out fdr St'PeterSburgh..
Count Oriole and General Adlerbrirgh have set out for
St. Peters: WI embark kt •
BaesLev, .13.--In the 'night of the 11th the
paper-mill belonging to. the city, situated out of the,
gates, Wita3tota4y destroyed- by Are ; nothingaould be
'saved. Thezeighhouring mills were in great danger,
'but-were not injured.,

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Banssms, Jignls.—The King and Queen will re-
turn to Brinela on• Wednesday next., ,
The Bishop dl` Bruges has ordered prayers in all the
-clinrches of his diocese, to implorethe Divine blessing
pa.t4e ,fruita the earth. The long drought in some
paßiphigt,tnat prolince causes much apprehension for the
teropneEpotatog, whichtis the resource of the poor. The
Jpince .s.hae Tepidly risen. at Bruges from to centimes
per stone. • ,
00iiiStinday last; at 'four in the afternoon, a terrible
1)014fnil or hail laid Waste" the environs of Nettinnes. The
'ffallAldii4it :Were as large as pigetins' eggs, and .covered
the '041516 the depth of four inches..
JUN t 1./..Last Saturday night a dreadful fire de-
stroyed tho fine Hotel of the Rhine, at Mayenee. :The
fiamee-weed with such. rapidity.* 044 it was '
with great
difficulty that the inmates, 160 in number„ escaped half.
dressed. x. All luggage and 11,,gre0 part of the fur-
niture of. the! hotel were destroyed.. An:English tra-
veller; who 'had in his portmanteau:a considerable sum
in bank notes tind"bills' of exchange',. lost it in this fire,
and the ';misfortune has so affected 'him that all his
mental 'faStiliies are deranged, and h is -reduced to a
state of. coinplete idiotcy.
VIENNA, JUNE 13.= Our Eichange is still. in .state
of excitement, and several speenlatOrs. hays stopped
payment. More favourable accounts frOrci,Berlit, caused
prices to rise yesterday evening and to-day. The shares
of the Danish Steam Navigation Company have re-
malted remarkably firm:
BELGIAN FUNDS.l—llzusons. JUNE 17.
• Actual Debt, 914 per egnt, . •?••••••••
r . Rothaelnkro Loan, Five per Cent. lO4
Loan of Thirty Million.; Four per Cent ......»...r 0934
•* Three per =••
Thlrtr..e en ,Milllrns, ditto •-•
• .
Loan ofCity,„lo32, Four per Cent.
' N....•.! . 104
rev or Commerce, ./our an'a•Fialr per cent.,
tik. of teligituns' Five ....... sag
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• EXTIAMeratiM T IE Impowrsp-4Sonle of .the.arti.;
dee iniportbdiniethii.countty are somewhat :cuxionein their
nature, as the following, items -will show. I.:Thus, among the
skid's iiiipkiefl'Und'paymg duly towards are entt-
nierated thbed itreatt. In the half-y eer ending the sth ja..
`nuttily.; 1842, n 6 fewer than 2,096 o.4indretsed; rat-skins!? were
admitted, paying 91. 3s. 3.1. duty; in the half-yeas ding
thelfifUtirmary, 1843; 911101tirrii' paying.W. 'l9s. duty, and
td;hiaftyear--inaihg • the sth.-January, -1844, 601 cat.
sk Thiin,-the ftir if 'the-feline race seems, to
be 'going
dein iff 'the' Market :Pwo- pounds of candleawlck have
been inipirteal in' thivsartie -three-half-years, paying a duty
of one thilliiig'aistrtieitpence :and Upwards ,of 500 'tons of
bullnishek 'sexclutiVe 'a 248' loads in: the,irst of the three
r Again,:there 'have: been imported. during the
Sinte #eitiOdeno falter' than 36,0001b8. of waste # pay-•
thoieartri;oool..dutyl and some 1;6001. worth ofllate pen-,
ciLs, paying nearly 3004 duty rAbout',3so/. was 'derived As,
dtitf *pin 9hibkih4vdtted to be broken up, during thalike half
years and nearly 800 klag:skins•wernabo.imported the ,
hair !" !Such arelrfbWibritheouitistaildeterthe'unpertaists" of
ciuntry, showing that there is nothing
so trifling, or apparently useless, from which commerce does
not manage to derive borne iidvantage.