The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-21 00:00:00

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On Tuesday the King of the French received at Eu, between
eleven and twelve o'clock, the civil and military authorities and
the clergy. At two, during an interval between the showers of
rails, his Majesty went out on foot, attended by Generals Friant and
de Rumigny, and his architects, Messrs. Fontaine and Legrand,
and inspected the works going on in (rent of the Chateau. A con-
siderable number of persons assembled, and greeted the King with

every mark of respect.
The Countess de Survilliere, widow of Joseph Bonaparte, at
one time King of Spain, died suddenly at Florence on the 7th inst.
The Grand Duchess Mary of Russia, Consort of the Duke de
Leuchtenberg, was delivered on the Ist inst. of a daughter, who has
been christened by the name Eugenia, in memory of her grand-

father, Prince Eugene BeauhArnais.
The French Minister of rublic Works on Wednesday attended
the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Northern Rail.
road Bill. It is not expected that the report of the Committee will
be presented before next month.
The Moniteur 44ericn, of the 10th, states that Marshal I3u-
geaud, after visiting Djemaa, Ghazaout, and Oran, had returned

to Algiers on the 6th.
Some of the journals mention a report that Rear. Admiral Du-
petit Thouars will be promoted to the grade of Vice. Admiral on
the occasion of the Riug'sfete.
An old bachelor of Forinieres, near Nantes, who was supposed
from his mode of living to be very poor, died a few days ago, leay.
ing a fortune of 700,000 f., of which 250,000 f. was In specie, piled
up in a cupboard.
An oyster bed in the bay of Cancale, on the coast of Brittany,
which has, by order of the authorities, been prohibited ground to
the fishery, was opened a few days ago. Nearly five hundred boat,
arrived from the different ports of the coast to commence the.
fishery, and so abundant was the catch that the number of oysters
taken during the day was estimated at two hundred millions. The
fishing was suspended for a few days, in order that the supply
might be disposed of, and resumed on the 14th, when almost as
many oysters were taken as on the first day.
The Swabian Mercury contains a correspondence (dated Bth
inst.), from Leipsic, in which it is asserted that numerous parties
have expressed the wish that the spring fair there should be
opened on a later day for the future, in order to have a better
chance of fairer and more setiled weather. This year very little
business has been done, in consequeace of the delay in the arrival
of goods, occasioned by the prolonged severity of the weather, and
the inundations which followed the thaw. Very few English
goods arrived in tivne for the opening. Letters from Leipsic of the
10th state that business had become brisker.
COURT-rz-sitioNABLE.

The Russian Minister gave a superb banquet on Friday al
Ashburnharn House, _which. was honoured with the presesee,

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the Duke and Ductless of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Duchees of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, Prince Ernest of Hesse
Philippsthal, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and a distinguished

circle of the nobility.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and family have ar-
rived at Dudley House, Park-lane, from Baron's Court, his Lord.
ship's seat in the county of Tyrone.
The Earl of Mernington, on Thursday night, took the oaths
and his seat in the House of Lords as Lord Maryborough, being
the first time he has sat in Parliament since the death of his father.
The Earl and Countess of Eglinton intend leaving town in the
course of the ensuing month for Ardrossan. _ _

The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived in town for the
season, from their seat at Wimbledon, where their Graces have
been entertaining a succession of distinguished guests. The Earl
and Countess of Shrewsbury, Lord and Lady Cotteriham, and S:r
Brownlow Bertie, Bait., were among their most recent visitors.
The Earl of Burlington has arrived at his residence in Belgrave.
square from Holker Hall.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Emma Campbell are
still at Inverary Castle. The Duchess has been recently suffering
from a severe attack of influenza. Their Graces are expecting a
visit froin the Marquis and Marchioness de Jesmasuns, a French
family of distinction, with whom they will probably remain at the
Castle until about the middle of the ensuing month.
1111ISCELLANZU US.

On Thursday morning last, a man named Bracey, footman to
Captain Connor, 46, Devonshire-street, Portland.place, absconded
at an early hour with a quantity of plate and some banknotes,
value in the whole npwards of 2001., the property of his master.
Another man, named Fisher, is supposed to have assisted Bracey
in the work of plunder, and it has been ascertained that in Great
Marylebone-street they got into a cab, the driver of which was
ordered to proceed to Chelsea. The house of Mr. Littleton, North-
umberland.street, New.road, was also entered on the morning of
Thursday, and numerous articles of plate, wearing apparel, &c.,
were carried off. Information of the robberies was promptly com-
municated to Superintendent Hughes, at the station-house, Mary-
lebone ; and Inspector Tedman, and others of the D division, are
using their best exertions to discover the thieves..
The report that Thorwaldsen's statue of 13)ron was about to be
erected in Kensal.green Cemetery is incorrect. It has lately been
removed from the London Docks to Sir R. Westmacott's, from
whence it will shortly be conveyed to the library of Trinity Col.
lege, Cambridge, its last resting place.
Alderman Hurephery hassent to the Mansion.house receipts for
the interest upon 1001. which be had in his mayoralty funded for
the poor in the..rtaine of himself, the Town Clerk, and the City
Chamberlain. •
The Secretary of State has sent an order to the Governor of
Gloucester County Gaol, and to all the prisons in the kingdom,
that in future the provisions of the old Act of Parliament are to
be complied with, which enacts that all money or property found
on convicted prisoners to be sent to the Home-office instead of
being returned to the prisoners at the expiration of their sentence,
as was done in the case of Tawell, whose silver spoons were given
to his family, and which for some time has been the get.eral

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The Committee for conducting the Asylum for the Houseless
Poor have determined to close those at Playhouse-yard and Ogle..
street, and that at the eastern part on Monday next. They would
bave closed these most useful places of reception for the starving
and helpless thousands who crowd into the city on the 10th, if the
weather had not continued so severe. The Committee have :ound
great satisfaction in declaring that the opportunities which these
arrangements have afforded to the nightly visitors of using baths,
have been productive of much benefit. In the Eastern Asylum,
Glasshotise-staeet, East Smithfield, the inmates eagerly contended
for early baths, and fur the opportunity of using the washing and
drying ,pparatus lately fitted up in that building. The demands
tipon the Committee have been enormous during the late inclement
winter.

SIXTH REPORT FROM THE
CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE ON RAIL-
WAY BILLS.
The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of
Railway Bills according to the resolutions adopted by the
House, and who are empowered to report from time to
time—report as follows :
Your Committee having further considered the several
matters referred to them, recommend that the following Bill
or project be referred to the same Committee to which the
recommendations under letters 11. in their former report ap-
plied, viz.:—
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ways deposited at the Private Bill-office, and such plans only ;
and, having found in the said list two distinct plans entered
and noticed, and no Bill referring to either having been laid
on the table of the House, your Committee felt at liberty to
consider the said two plans as separate and distinct projects,
and accordingly referred them to separate and distinct Com-
mittees; but having now had before them the Bill which in-
corporates the two, find it unnecessary to subdivide them,
and therefore recommend that they be both referred to ot.e
and the same Committee, under group 8., to which one,
namely, B. 4, Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch), has
already been referred, excluding, accordingly, from group
QQ. the Railway Bill marked QQ. 1, and entitled in the
Private Bill-office List, " Manchester and Leeds (Oldham
Branch)."
Your Committee having further had before them au appli-
cation from the agents of two plans, viz. :
Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton Branch);
Manchester and Birmingham (Macclesfield Branch Ex-
tension);
which appeared separately in the list of the Private Bill-
office, and which were distributed by your Committee into
two distinct groups, viz. QQ. 2 and -0. 5, but which are now
incorporated in one and the same Bill before the House, find
it, under the actual circumstances, unnecessary to subdivide
the said plans, and accordingly recommend that they be re-
ferred to one and the same Committee under group QQ., to
which one, namely, Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton
Branch) had already been referred, excluding, accordingly,
from group 0. the 'Railway Bill marked Manchester and
Birmingham (Macclesfield Branch Extension) 0. 5, and en-
titled in the Private Bill-office List, " Manchester and Bir-
mingham (Manchester Branch Extension)."

FIRE AT THE PRINCESS S THEATRE.--On Friday
morning, about one o'clock, some little alarm was created in the
neighbourhood of Oxford.street, by a report being circulated that
the Princess's Theatre was on fire. One of the brigade engines
was quickly dispatched to the theatre, when it was ascertained
that the heat from the adjoining iron.foundry had set fire to a
piece of timber in the cloak-room, on the first floor, over the pit
entrance. The firemen and workmen at once pulled down the
skirting and tore up the flooring in the above apartment, and the
ire was very speedily extinguished, the damage being, compara-
tively speaking, inconsiderable. The theatre is insured in the
Licensed Victuallers', Atlas, Scottish Union, West of England,
and the Liverpool Fire-office.
SUDDEN DEATH.—About tc o o'clock on Thursday
morning, Mr. William Lambert White, aged 78, a gentleman of
property from Yeovil, in Somersetsbire, died suddenly, at the New
Hummums Hotel, Covent-garden, having come up to town on
Monday evening, in search of medical advice. An inquest was
held on the body last evening,• and the jury returned a verdict of
Natural Death. _ _