The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-26 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

[ADVERTISEMENT.I-•••THE ISLAND OF BARBADOES
AND HOLLOWAY'S OINTXINT AND PILLS.—The 6th of De-
cember, 1843, William Graset, of Bridgetown, Barbadoes, so•
lemnly declares that for two years he suffered with fearful ul-
cerations, Which no medicine or treatment of the island could
cure. That he was in the service of Mrs. M'Caskey, whe
caused him to be attended by Dr. John R. Bryant, who, failing
to cure him, gave up the case. He, as a last resource, used
Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which completely cured him,
to the astonishment of all ; the case being so astonishing and
extraordinary that J. Young Edghill, Esq., causedthe particu-
lars to be advertised in the papers of Barbadoes.—Sold at Pro-
fessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand (where advice
may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of
medicine throughout the civilised world.
THE GENERAL CITY OF LONDON PENSION SO-
CIETY.--A festivity yesterday was held at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, emanating from the Direc-
tors, Committee, and supporters of the Society, for the
purpose of presenting to their secretary, Mr. H. F.
Richardson, a testimonial in honour of and to record
his services on behalf of the charity. About 40 gen-
tlemen, including the principal officers of the charity,
partook of a most sumptuous entertainment, provided
by. Messrs. Bathe and Breach. The bill of fare was ad-
mirable, and the wines perfection. The testimonial,
which was presented in due form and appropriate
terms, consisted of a magnificent and richly-chased
centre ornament, the base of which was in burnished
silver. From the base, supported by the trunk of the
acanthus, rested the figure of Charity, with her attri-
butes. Surmounted by these rested a vase bearing the
exotics which art had, at this season, brought to a sem-
blance of perfection. The base of the pedestal was
comprised of three compartments. In the first were
engraved the armorial bearings of the individual ho-
noured, Mr. H. F. Richardson ; in the second was a
highly complimentary inscription ; and in the last com-
partment of the tripod was a memorial of the presen-
tation, and the names of the committee and subscribers.
Mr. H. F. Richardson, on the presentation of the tes-
timonial, acknowledged the compliment in feeling and
appropriate terms. The evening was spent in the utmost
hilarity and good feeling, both of the latter being ma-
terially aided by %he vocal efforts of NOM. 13131t0n and
Marti%

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Pubitt Optitton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
On Monday evening the King of the French received
Prince Paul of Wurtemberg, the Belgian Ambassador,
and the Princess de Ligne, the Prussian, Danish, and
Saxon Ministers, the Prince and Princess de Wagram,
the Duke de Marmier, the Marquis and Marchioness de
Dalmatie, the Prince de Tuffakin, the Marquis de Tur-
got, the Marquis de Langle, the Marquis de St. Didier,
and a number of other distinguished personages.
The ball, in aid of the British Charitable Fund, is
fixed for the 9th of February. At the head of the list
of lady patronesses are Lady Cowley, the Marchioness
of Londonderry, and Lady Jane Peel.
" Yesterday evening, after the Chamber of Deputies'
vote," says La Patrie, of Tuesday, " Lord Cowley im-
mediately dispatched a courier to London, in order to
nform Lord Aberdeen of the result of the discussion on
M. Billault's amendment. The Cabinet was, according
to the result, to:determine what words should be inserted
in the Queen's Speech to Parliament, in reply to the
entente cordiale announced* his Majesty's Speech to the
Chambers." . :4,
" Of nearly 33,000,000 persons in France," says the
Re fbrine," there are 27,000,000 who do not drink wine
—there are 31,000,000 who never taste sugar—there are
20,000,000 who never wear shoes—there are 31,000,000
who never eat meat—there are 18,000,000 who never eat
wheaten bread—and, finally, there are 4,000,000 clothed
in rags." Can it be true that only 2,000,000 of French-
men eat meat ?
The Count de Bastard, one of the Vice-Presidents of
the Chamber of Peers, and a President of the Court of
Cessation, died at Paris on Tuesday.
The Univers states that the Bishop of Versailles is to
succeed to the Archbishopric of Rouen, rendered vacant
by the death of the Prince de Croi.
A letter from Vienna, Jan. 15, in the Wurzburgh
Gazette, says :—" The French envoys and ministers have
been ordered to quit the residence of the Courts where
they are accredited, as soon as they shall be informed of
the arrival of the Duke de Bordeaux, and to give notice
at once of this instruction to the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs."
The Dowager Princess of ilohenlohe died on the 10th
inst., at the Chateau de Kapferzell, in Germany.
The severe measures adopted by the Russian Govern-
' ment relative to Catholic establishments in Poland and
Lithuania will be put into execution in the month of
May. All the property of the chapters, parishes, and
churches are to be confiscated to the treasury. The
Catholic clergy are to be paid by the State, and, in con-
sequence, their independence will completely disappear.
The Italian Savans will hold their sixth congress this
year at Milan, and the day of meeting is fixed. for Sep-
tember 12. Count Boromeo is President, M. Gabrio
Piola, the mathematician, C. Bassi, the naturalist,
Assessors, and Cesar Cantu, the historian, Secretary-
General.
The Commission appointed at Lyons, to deliberate on
the works most urgently required to aid the navigation
of the Rhone, has just decided that an annual sum shall
be laid aside for the works in the following proportion :
—3,000,000 f. for the part between Lyons and Arles, and
500,000 f. for the Upper Rhone. This grant is to be
continued until the navigation shall be pronounced per-
fectly easy and safe.
A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Augsburgh Gazette,
states that the Emperor of Russia has definitively ad-
hered to the resolutions of the Conference of London on
the affairs of Greece.
Mr. Samuel Clegg, the inventor of the Atmospheric
Railroad, has arrived at Berlin, where he has been in-
vited by the Prussian Government, to direct the con-
struction of an atmospheric railroad from the capital to
Charlottenburg.

PUBLIC OPINION.
The Chronicle, alluding to the An Corn-law League
meeting last night, observes :—" eague professes
to be non-political ; free trade, they say, is of no party;
and the abolition of all monopolies by the Tories would
be received with as much enthusiasm as if it were ac-
complished by the 'Whigs. Yet, when Mr. Bouverie,
last night, ran a parallel between Sir Robert Peel and
Mr. Alderman Gibbs, shouts of laughter burst from
every quarter ; which were repeated when Mr. Burnett
caned him a " man of all worlr," and recommended the
free traders to make as much use of him as they could.
How is this? We always understood that Sir R. Peel
was regarded, in the City, as an exceedingly respectable
man, and not to be named in conjunction with
such a functionary as Mr. Alderman Gibbs. Yet how
eagerly was the Peel and Gibbs association caught up
by the free traders last night. There must be a great
change for the worse passing over English society. The
middle classes of this country have been hitherto re-
garded as shrewd, intelligent, practical, and discerning ;
not to be imposed on for any length of time; and though
occasionally liable to be led astray by some sudden im-
pulse, always recovering their senses at last. Yet here
they are, blindly following the nefarious gang of " raga-
muffin" cotton-spinners, who are banded together in
order to destroy British agriculture, ruin the landed inte-
rest, beggar the tenant-farmer, and starve the comfortable
agricultural labourer! For this purpose the commercial and
manufacturing community gave the League 50,000/. a
year ago, and are now engaged in rapidly doubling the
amount.
The:Tintes remarks, in an article on the subject of na-
tional education:—" The rejection of the Ministerial
Education
i Bill of last session appears to be de-
veloping into results more and more unlooked for
and uncounted upon. Few persons, we suppose,
anticipated that in the defeat of that measure
there would have originated, on the part of the
national Church an effort whose vigour and suc-
cess has given proof of the existence in that body of
greater vitality, more real earnestness, and more power-
ful energy, than at any period of her history since the
rebellion of 1640. We have already noticed the pro-
gress of the educational movement, which was thus
commenced within the Church, and have expressed
our satisfaction at 'the testimony which it bears to
the general character of the cause of sound education
throughout the country. It has shown at least that zeal
for the cause of the poor—zeal for the great cause of
Christianity—the zeal of dispelling the darkness of
ignorance, and alleviating, by destroying it, the misery
of vicc—is still to be found within the pale of the Church
of England, not in empty words, but in deeds of self-
denial and of mercy—not in the mere selfishness of
teaching order and civilisation for the sake of preserving
to their possessors those constituted privileges and en-
joyments whose very being depends upon peace and
tranquillity,—but for the poor's sake themselves, for the
sake of charity, and for the sake of truth.. It is much,
we say, to have done this. No political movement could
have borne such witness as this.'
The Herald says :—" We have been compelled occa-
sionally to dissent from the views and 'to object to the
practices of the Rev. Dr. Hook, the Vicar of Leeds ;
but, though our opinion of both is only confirmed by
reflection and experience, we cannot forbear joining
our Contemporaries in expressions of admiration at
his proper conduct in reference to his important
vicarage. The Rev. Doctor proposes to restore to
Leeds what its population and extent have long
substantially deprived it of, the parochial system
of the Church of England, at the sacrifice by him-
self of patronage. Dr. Hook's vicarage now em-
braces an area of thirty-two miles in circumference,
and contains 160,000 inhabitants; from it lie receives the
ordinary ecclesiastical dues. In this enormous parish
there are twenty churches and chapels, to nearly all of
which the Vicar presents. When Dr. Hook was in-
ducted into this living he found Dissent rampant there-
in, and the Church despised, disregarded, and forsaken:
by his own exertions, by the employment of five or six
curates, and by the able assistance of several of the
ministers of district churches, the influence and autho-
rity of the Church have been somewhat restored. This
restoration has taken place contemporaneously with Dr.
Hook's incumbency, and there can be little doubt that
the impetus was given by him. The Tractarian views
adopted by Dr. Hook have, however, of late years,
checked this movement, have prevented the establish-
ment of that unanimity amongst the clergy so desirable
in a large town like Leeds, and have cooled the, at one
time, growing enthusiasm of its churchmen. Still it
would be exceedingly uncandid to detract one jot from
the merits of Dr. Hook.
We quote the following from the Advertiser :—" The
Ministers would no doubt be delighted to grant as a
boon to the Dublin Corporation that escape of the
traversers from amercement, which, if not given by
a verdict of the jury, must. be enforced by the irresis-
tible tide of public opinion. We trust that the tra-
versers will firmly abide by the position they have
taken, and spurn the proffer of, as they have already
done the application for, any such degrading clemency.
What ! Pray for an act of amnesty for Mr. O'Con-
at the present stage of the law
nell, and the other gentlemen now OR their trial for
ersliVilriaact!' before a verdict has been
pre seditionse ct
iaonnds
re-
turned ? Before the Jury, constituted as that jury
is, has pronounced whether Mr. O'Connell and the
rest of the gentlemen before the bar, be guilty or not
guilty ? Before it can be stated that they have com-
promised themselves in acts of sedition and conspiracy ?
Before Government itself dare to condemn them ? Be-
fore public opinion has ceased to regard them in any
other light than, if convicted, as martyrs to the principle
of free discussion, the most wrongfully and unjustly dealt
with of men—if unconvicted, as triumphant witness of
the virtue of our Bill of Rights, and the reality of human
truth
? What ! Pray for an act of amnesty
to and his brother compatriots at such a
M r !md O'Connell liberty
moment, and this by the Dublin Corporation ? Why,
well be mystified and con-
y well be forgiven
for owning that we do not see through the enigma."
LAW' AND
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Viscount Duncannon and the lion. Miss Ponsonby are
expected at the family mansion in Cavendish-square, on
Tuesday, from Woburn Abbey, where a large political
party is now assembled.
Lord Brougham has left town for Roehampton.
Colonel and Lady Alice Peel :will take possession of
their new mansion in Park-place, formerly occupied by
the Duke of Beaufort, on the return of her Ladyship
from Paris, at the close of the ensuing month.
MISCMIMANZIOUS.

It is confidently stated that a new writ for Dudley
will be moved for immediately on the opening of the en-
suing session, and the Anti-Corn-law League are actively
preparing for a canvass.
A correspondent of the Times says—lt is generally
believed that Mr. Sotheron will be solicited to fill the
vacancy in the representation of Wiltshire, caused by
the death of Sir Francis Burdett. Should he consent to
do so, his success is considered certain. Mr. Ludlow
Bruges, of Seend, 'near Devizes, is expected to fill the
vacancy in that borough in the event of Mr. Sotheron
vacating it for the county.
The Cour de la Premierelnstance of Paris pronounced
a judgment on Saturday last, confirming the patents
taken in that country by Messrs. Elkington and De
Ruolz for the electro process of depositing the various
metals. This, with the verdict of the Cour Royale in
July last, confirms the whole of the claims made by
our countrymen for these discoveries."
Most of the influential gentlemen and farmers in the
neighbourhood of Lewes have determined on attending
the meeting at Steyning next Monday. As the day ap-
proaches, the subject of the corn-laws nearly engrosses
all conversation.
A meeting was held at Maidstone yesterday for the
purpose of forming an Association of the West Kent
farmers, to resist the progress of the Anti-Corn-law
League. Lord Strangforil was in the chair. About 6001.
was collected before the meeting separated.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTEnDAr,
CHESTER. CUP.
14 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert
20 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's The Prior
25 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington's Hooton
30 to 1 agst Mr. Tuting's Tacita—taken
30 to 1 agst Sir W. M. Stanley's Vakeel—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Bradford's Reciprocity—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord G. Beutinck's Naworth—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise—taken.
Sir Robert was backed for about 2001., but was rather
powerfully opposed at the quoted odds, which were offered at
the close. The outlay on the others was inconsiderable.
DERBY.
13 to 2 agst Mr. Jno. Day's The Ugly Buck—take 7 to 1
18 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken to 2001.
25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein—taken to 251.,
and afterwards offered
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire
40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Voltri—taken to 101.'
45 to 1 agst Sir G. HeathFote's Campunero—taken to 301,
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles—taken
1000 to 15 agst Lord W. Powlett's Nell Gwynne colt—taken
2000 to 20 agst Mr. Sadler's Johnny Broome—taken,
No others mentioned, and very little done.
YORK RACES.
The programme for the August Meeting has just made its
appearance, headed by the law against defaulters, that has done
so much service at Goodwood, Doncaster, Liverpool, &c., and
by regulations similar to those established by Lord George
Bentinck at Warwick, Liverpool, &c., &c. The course,
which was previously in the form of a horse-shoe, is now circu-
lar, measuring oue mile three-quarters and fifty yards round.
the different courses, the exact length specified the u
dons, being portions of the circle. A sloped inclosure,
taiuing an area of 1,600 yards, has been constructed befog
Grand Stand, and many other improvements made foi
comfort and convenience of visitors. The races common
Wednesday, the 21st of August, under the Stewardship o
Marquis of Normanby, R. M. Jaques, Esq., and F. A.
bank, Esq. ; Mr. J. Orton filling the offices of Keeper ot
Match-book, Judge, and Clerk of the Course. On the
day will be run for the Dundas Stakes, the Great Ebor
cap (already with 60 subs. ), the 30 Sovs. Stakes, the Old T
Years' Old Stakes, and the Queen's Plate. On Thursday
Gold Cup, value 150 sovs., given by the county, on a plan sim
lar to the Goodwood Cup, the Prince of Wales's Stakes
two yrs old, with nearly forty entries, the Nimrod Stakes,
the Queen's Plate for mares. On Friday the Great York
Stakes, 129 subs„ worth 1,3901., the Normanby St
Hopeful Stakes, Constitution Stakes, and the Members' 1-
A better list, or one more creditable to the Race Comm
and the citizens of York, has never been made public, L
caster must look to its laurels.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-011 Monday evening
last William Benmont, aged 42, was found lying on the line of
the Manchester and Sheffield Railway, at Newton, in a dyink
state, and expired before any assistance could be rendered Lim,
from injuries received by one or more trains passing over him.
The deceased was a " banksman " at the Newpitt Newton
about 6 o'clock on Monday evening was sent on an err
a private railway which joins the above line, when,
mistake, he got on the Manchester and Sheffield line,
knocked down by one of the trains. When found his ri
was completely severed from his body, and lay at a distant
yards from it. His head and body were also severely in,
An inquest was held on view of the body before Mr. Hut
coroner, at the Cotton Tree Inn, Newton, on Tuisday 1.
when a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned.
We understand that an investigation is shortly
take place in Dudley into certain charges brought against
clergyman of long standing in the neighbourhood, seriously a
fecting his moral character. Attempts we hear have been mat
by some of his clerical brethren to stifle the investigation, tu.
without success. We may probably have more to say on this
subject at a future time.— Worcestershire Chronicle.
PRICES or GRAIN.—The average prices per impe-
rial Quarter for last year were only 50s. Id. for wheat, 295. 6d.
for barley, and 18s. 4d. for oats, while the average prices for
seven years to Christmas last, amounts to 61s 2d. for wheat,
325. 4d. for barley, and 225. 4d. for oats, and each 100/. of rent
charge in 1844 will amount to 1041.35. 514c1., or 1/. Bs. 9d.
per cent. less than last bear.... Willich's Tithe Commutation
Tables, 1844.
The inquiries yesterday at the Russian Embassy,
in Dover-street, after the health of the Baroness Brunnow, by
the nobility and foreign corps diplomatique, were numerous,
and the answer was, that her r. 4 collency Vfai wi ch the same
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