The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-01 00:00:00

SO -,NIARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.
In addition to the election of President of the French
Chamber of Deputies, the election of the other officers
for the session has been in favour of the Guizot Minis-
try. Al! the Vice-Presidents, and a majority of the
Presidents of Committees, are supporters of the Go-
vernment.

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On Thursday evening,. the King received at dinner
Generals Jamin, Lamare, Thiebault, Blancart, and Ba-
ron d'Andre ; the Presidents of the Chambers of Peers
and Deputies ; the Duke and Duchess de Marmier, the
Marquis de Los-Llanos, the Marquis de Terranova ;
Counts d'llauterive, Mousbourg, Portalis, De Sal-
vandy, D'llaussonville, and a number of other distin-
guished personages.
The Gazette de France states that, in the House of
Peers, the Duke de Richelieu will be called upon by the
President to explain his conduct in visiting the Duke de
Bordeaux, in London ; and that, in the Chamber of
Deputies, MM. Jacqueminot and Liadieres will bring
forward the subject of the visit of the Legitimist
Deputies.

The day after the funeral of Casimir T)elavigne, M. •
Villemain, the Minister of Instruction, sent to his widow
an order for an annual pension of 1,200 E, and a bursar-
ship for her son to the College of Henry IV., the de-
ceased having left no fortune.
he Municipal Council of Havre, the native town of
the late Casimir Delavigne, has unanimously voted the
erection of a monument to his memory, each member of
the Council subscribing immediately 50f. It is to be d
placed on the Quai de la Barre, at the house in which 1
the poet was born. The Quai is henceforth to bear his 4
name.

The Siecle having mentioned a report that the King's
Commissioner attached to the Theatre Francais had for-
bidden the performance of Tartufe at that theatre, the
Messager states that the report is utterly destitute of
foundation.

Letters from Rome to the 26th of December state that
the condition-of the Pope's finances is very bad, and the
country in a wretched state ; but that, notwithstanding,
he is obliged to levy further imposts upon the people.
The direct taxes have been doubled throughout the States,
and the Customs duties have been greatly increased.
The Barcelona papers of the 22d contain a remon-
strance addressed to the Queen by the Ayuntamiento
against the extensive smuggling proceeding in the port of
Barcelona, which they impute to the scandalous conni-
vance existing between the smugglers and the public
officers of all classes.

The Constitutionnel expresses its doubts of the article
announcing the death of Mew. Catalani. It is said this
lady expired at her residence near Sinigaglia (Roman •
States ; that her husband, M. Velabrklue, died in 1828,
and that she has left a fortune of eight or ten millions of
francs. These circumstances are not exact. Mme.
Catalani has never had any residence in the Roman
States ; her husband still lives ; and all her remaining
fortune amounts to only 20,000 f. a year.
COURT—FASHIONABLE.
Intelligence was conveyed to her Majesty on Sunday
evening that sickness, said to be the scarlet fever or the
measles, prevails in some of the families of the domes-
tics at the seat of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, ••
and it is, therefore, very improbable that any of the
Royal Family will accompany their illustrious parents
to Claremont. Indeed, it is not unlikely that, from the •
circumstances alluded to, the visit of the Court may be
postponed for a few days.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel have been entertaining at
Drayton Manor, during the Christmas vacation, the
Earls of Aberdeen and Lincoln, Viscount and Viscountess •
Villiers, Sir James Graham, and John Wilson Croker,
Esq., Mr. George and Mrs. Dawson, Sir Alexander •
Grant, Bart., Dr. Bucklaud, &c.

The Earl of lladdington is staying at Cliefden House,
Berkshire, the seat of Sir George Warrender.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey have been
entertaining a large family party at Beaudesert during
the Christmas holidays, consisting of the Earl and
Countess of Uxbridge, Ladies Eleanor and Constance
Paget, Lord and Lady Sydney, Lord Alfred Paget,
Lady Teroplemorei and the Hon. Misses Chichester.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have, durini
the last week, been surrounded by a family circle at
Broadlands. The Earl and Countess Cowper, Viscount
Melbourne, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Viscount and
Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Ashley, Hon. Was.
Cowper, Hon. Spencer Cowper, &c., have been among
the guests. Earl and Countess Cowper left on Friday
for town ; and Viscount Melbourne and Lord and Lady
Beauvale leave in a few days for Brocket Hall.
The Earl and Countess of Delawarr have a party
visiting at Buckhurst Park, Sussex. The Noble Earl
has, during the last week, bountifully supplied the poor
of Hartfield, Withyham, &c., with excellent cheer for
Christmas.