The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-20 00:00:00

SOSUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

ntfltOptition.

" Who rains may read."

VOILZIGI'7.

General Count Montholon has addressed a letter to one of the
Paris journals, contradicting the story that lvis gone the round of
the English and French press respecting the heart of Napoleon.
He states that the autopsy was performed by M. Antomarchi, and
that the mortal remains of the Emperor were watched by himself
and General Bertrand until the moment when they were interred.
The Swiss journals state that, up to the 2d inst., the passage of
Mount Saint Gothard was free from snow, and on New Year's Day
the weather was open and mild as spring. But, on the 3d, the
scene changed. In the morning, Reaumur's thermometer was
down as low as 15 degrees below zero (1% below zero of Fahren.
heit). At the same hour, at Lugano, the thermometer was at
30 Fahrenheit.
The Monitsur states that letters have been received from Goritz,
dated the 9th, announcing that the illness of his Royal Highness
the Duke d'A.ngouleme was no longer of an alarming nature.
A grand ball for the benefit of the Polish exiles is announced to
take place on the 30th inst., on which the Princess Czartorisky
will throw open her splendid residence, the Hotel Lambert, Rue
St. Louis.
The funeral service of the Prince de Croi, Cardinal Archbishop
of Rouen, was performed at the Cathedral of that city on Sunday.
According to ancient usage, the Cardinal's hat of the deeeased was
suspended by a cord in the vault ever the coffin, to remain in that
position, until, becoming detached through age, it shall fall of its
own accord.
The town of Pontoise has been thrown into consternation by the
murder of M. Donon.Cadot, a rich banker, two days back. Pro.
perty, supposed tis the amount of 800,000 f., in specie, bank.notes,
bills of exchange, and other securities, has been carried off. At
the moment when the local authorities were preparing to insert a
notice in the journals for the purpose of putting upon their guard
persons to whom the bills might be presented, a packet arrived at
Pontoise through the Post-office, and bearing the postmark of
Poissy, containing the whole or the greater part of them.
MAW AND POLICE.

In the Rolls' Court, Lord Langdale gave judgment in the case of
the Countess Berchtoldt v. the Marquis of Hertford, awarding
the plaintiff' a life interest in the sum of 10,6101. Bank Three per
Cent. Annuities, agreeably to a bequest of the late Marquis.
William Gilbert, driver of Mountain's omnibus 4,216, running
from Paddington to the Bank, was charged at Marylebone with
having caused the death of Mr. William Hatton, an old and re-
spectable inhabitant of Hendon ; and after undergoing an exami-
nation was admitted to bail.

At Worship-street William Helford, the authorised parish
broker of South Hackney, was summoned before Mr. Bingham, at
the instance of Mr. Richard Peacock, as old inhabitant and rate.
payer, for making an exorbitant overcharge of expense in levying
eleven distresses for rates in the house of the complainant at one
and the same time. Mr. Bingham said the case fell within the
language of the 7th and Sth George IV., and ordered the defendant
to refund 21. 13s. of the amount he had overcharged, and pay the
costs of the proceeding.
COURT —FASHION AB LE.

According to present arrangements her Majesty (who will open
the ensuing session of Parliament in person on the Ist of February)
will take her departure from Windsor Castle, for Buckingham
Palace, on Tuesday or Wednesday, the 30th or 31st inst. It is
fully expected that the stay of the Sovereign in town will not ex-
tend beyond a week or ten days, when the Court will return to
Windsor, and remain at the Castle till a somewhat advanced
period of the spring, most probably until the middle of April.
The Marquis of Salisbury arrived on Thursday morning from
visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, at Burghley, near
Stamford, and left by the mail train the same evening for Whit-
tingham House, the seat of Mr. and Lady Eleanor Balfour, near
Dunbar. The Noble Marquis will be in town by the 31st inst., in
order to dine with the Duke of Wellington.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire left Hillsborough
Castle, county Down, last week, for the Palace, Armagh, to stay a
few days on a visit to the Lord Primate. _ _ _

A magnificent bat masque was given by Mr. C. G. Eversfield, on
Wednesday, at his seat, Denne Park, near Horsham, at which at
least 300 of the leading nobility and gentry connected with the
county of Sussex were present. A very splendid temporary erec-
tion, in the form a marquee, but having all the splendour of a gal-
lery in its decorations and equipments, was provided so as to fotin
apparently a part of the house, being convected by a corridor taste.
fully embellished with flowers, and brilliantly illuminated. The
Duke of Richmond, accompanied by Lady Caroline Lennox, and
Lords Henry and Alexander Lennox, came from Goodwood Park ;
and the Duchess of Norfolk, with Lady Mary Howard and Lords
Edward and Bernard Howard, came over from Arundel Castle.
The Earl of Falmouth arrived, at the close of last week, at Tre-
gothan, his seat in Cornwall, from Woolhampton Park, near

Newbury.
Sir Clifford and Lady Constable and Miss Chichester have re-
turned to Burton Constable, near Hull, from visiting Lord Beau-
mont, at Carlton Hall, near Selby.
Sir John Guise, Bart., on Monday last, gave a ball at Rend.
combe Park, Gloucestershire, to his tenantry, to which also the
yeomanry of the neighbourhood were invited. On Tuesday, on the
occasion of Earl Fitzhardinge's hounds meeting at the Park, the
worthy Baronet gave a sumptuous breakfast to a numerous party of
the noblemen and gentlemen belonging to that hunt.
RIISCELI►.JkNEOU:s.

An important meeting was held, on Thursday, in Dublin, at the
residence of Lord Charlemont. Upwards of fifty noblemen and
gentlemen of influence were present, when a petition to both
Houses of Parliament was adopted, setting forth the grievances of
Ireland. A substantive motion on the sui•ject will be made at an
early period of the session.
King William's College, in the Isle of Man, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on Sunday, the 14th.
A great free trade meeting took place on Tuesday, at Manches-

ter. Mr. Wilson, who was in the chair, gave a brief account of
the progress of the League. During the late few weeks the de-
putation had visited twenty-five places, and large sums had been
subscribed at each, some of them amounting to 3,0001. Mr.
Brotherton, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. M. Phillips, addressed the
meeting.

The Police Gazette contains the offer of a reward of 300!. for
the discovery, apprehension, and conviction of the person or per.
sons who committed ►he murder of James Garner, who was miss.
ing on the 2sl June last, and whose body was found on the 17th
August, barbarously murdered in a corn-field, in the parish of
Gaddesby, in the county of Leicester.
Notwithstanding the enormous outlay in building the new
Gresham College, the lectures founded by Sir Thomas Gresham find
as few hearers as when they were delivered in the generally dirty
room at the late Royal Exchange,

HONE V AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUAkTEIi To THREE.
A very large business was done in the Liverpool Cotton
Market yesterday. Sales, 160,000 bales, of which speculators
The quotations were firm.—The Share .11arket
. Grand Junction, 234 ; Great Western Halves,
Birmingham Quarters. 29*; South Western, 74; Man-
-Birmingham, 38}; Manchester and Leeds, 101 ;
tc7,
Aoh.oaoes;ks t
gi;oroiro,an
Id. 000 n i
dn
Nlidland Counties, 89 ; Paris and Rouen, 32a ; South Eastern,
35 ; Ditto, New, 351 ; Paris and Lyons, 3.
There have not been any arrivals this morning from the
Colonies of later dates than those previously received.
An important feature in the Returns of the issues of the
Banks of England and Wales is, that the circulation of notes
has been increased, while those of Scotland and Ireland show
a diminution. The bullion in the Bank of England has reached
the enormous sum of 14,638,000/.
With an abundance of money, and but a slight employment
for it in trade—though in this respect things hale improved of
so well maintained: Consols for Money and Ac-
o lesahtiun —ltd opened
irt, surprising that the recent high range of prices
be
at 961, and now 97 is again the quota-
tion. At 96i, over fifty thousand pounds stock was
purchased, and this gave a most decided tone to
the market. Again has Bank Stock been done at 191, and if
concurrent report and opinions be worth any thing, the re-
newal of the charter of the Bank of England is a certainty.
For the Account, Bank Stock has been sold at 1911/2. The
1 a
e T
a;
lialhf per Cent. Reduced Annuities are at 103;
and Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 102. There
w
single quotation for India Bonds this morning.
A was
e not
n inconsiderable amount of business has been transacted
1 ' he
the-a n a d
N
in the Foreign Stocks this morning. Spanish Five per
Cents. have improved to 22a, and the Three per Cents. were
alt
per
on the
Belgian Stock 104 has been paid—a rise of
previous quotation. Brazilian Stock is
heavy ; Dutch much the same as yesterday. Portuguese
Converted i per cent. higher, and the other stocks remain
much the same as yesterday.
30g For
.
Not many changes requiring remark have taken place in the
Stock Market to-day. The most prominent are a rise in the
Liverpool and Manchester Half-shares to 58 prem. ; and in the
London and Birmingham to 143 prem. ; South Western are
higher also. In the other Shares not much business has been
done. ' Union Bank of Australia are now worth 2i i premium
per share.
(Front the Official List.)
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
........ 190 191
Bank Stock ......... ..,
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 971
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities:
3i per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3b per Cent. Annuities loli 102
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860
Bank Stock for Account
Consols fer Account
Exchequer BEM., lid. lid.
10001.
500/.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Converted ••••••••
5 Pe
r 7.....:
..
..
..
...... ...._
.... 105 i
BmeeDlDgxiiirattnoonßf oorntdhse,
45
cpceorunt Cent
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. 761:
32111
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
46
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. ............
2211 Ditto for the Account.. ................. ..
Ditto Passive Bonds ....................... 5i
Ditto Deferred Stock... ..................... 12a
Ditto Three per Cent. .................... ...
Ditto for the Account ....................... 30a1
..
Dutch 2i per Cent •••... ... Mill
Dutch 5 per Cent, .............. 100 i

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
R A ILWAY S. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties
Ditto New ... g 5 ...... 14......' to
• ".
Do. Extension
..........
..
........
1°844:
too
Great Western
Liverpool and Manchester .....I°C/ ••••••
Ditto % Shares
London and Blackwall .. .
to
London and Birmingham Stock ......... ...... to 243
London and Greenwich ......... 123.... bi to
London and South Western ... 41% ... .. 74 73% to 74%
Ditto Eighths 1 •.... .2 i%... to
London and Croydon ( Trunk) 13%...... 15i to
Lancaster and Carlisle
North Midland lOO ......
Ditto i Shares
Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 3313 ..• to
Paris and Rnuen .. ...., 20 ~... 32i to
South Eastern and D0ver.............. 50 ...... 35/i1 to

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of Australia.. -
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 19.—We have
had a fair inquiry for Railways to-day, and although business
has been limited prices are well supported :—Dublin and
,
Drogheda, 56k; Manchester and Birmingham, 38i ; Sheffield
and Manchester, 55i ; Ditto
Manchester and Leeds, 100 to 101 ; Ditto, Halves, 49 to 45i ;
Bolton and Bury, 99 to 100. Quarters, 4 9-16 and 4/. II s. 6d.;

THE HADDOCK Fmk:Ky.—During the last two
or three months immense quantities of haddocks have been caught
off Peel, and our market during that period has been daily sup-
plied with unusual quantities of this excellent fish. Within the
last fortnight they have greatly increased in size; and we yester.
day saw several in our market, which, upon being put into the
scale, weighed eight, nine, and ten pounds each. We under-
stand that some of our friends at Peel are at present endeavouring
to cure these fish in the same manner as the far.famed Findhorn
" haddies ; " in which undertaking, we feel assured, every friend
to the welfare of this island cannot fail to wish them every
CC93.—hf4na's