The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-27 00:00:00

SgrAPAARY OF NEWS

AND

Vuttir Optnton.

" Who runs TIUly read."

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On Thursday, the King, attended by, M. do Chaba
to
and two orderly officers, went to Saint Cloud, returnineg_
Neuilly at six o'clock. In the evening their Majesti s
ceived the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess d'Aml?
the Prussian Minister and Baroness Kcenneritz, the - luer of
of the Hans Towns and the Netherlands, the Chance
France, and several.other persons of distinction. ~ at
Lord and Lady Cowley gave a grand dinner on Frals.).'do
the hotel of the British Embassy, in honour of the birtuweire
of her Majesty Queen Victoria. Among the coraPanYf the
all the Foreign Ambassadors (with the exceptioxii
.erof
Turkish Minister, absent through illness, and the ill.n!st:hei
Sweden, who is in mourning for his late sovereign)-; 313" the
Soult, M. Guizot, and all their Ministerial colleagneistiani
Chancellor of France, Baron Pasquier ,• General Selx.%. t ;
and his brother the Marshal ,• Count ontai!,Tacm.
the President of the Chamber of Deputies ; Count ran
buteau, the Prefect of the Seine, &c. After the dianclioshal
was of the most varied and sumptuous description, 0 the
Soult, as the Prime Minister of France, rose to P°,l;inil,
health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ef 'ibilosvga
which, having been appropriately honoured, wes„d Cow:
ni7ter
by the toast of the King of the French, given by Lord
ley, and similarly honoured. Militar bands were ,fib, entire
on the grand staircase, and in the garden; an('
arrangements were on a scale of magnificence befitting
occasion. the
A letter from Goritz, of the 15th inst., quoted by :0
Gazette de France, says :—" The Duke d'Angoulennis ie
hopeless state. A catastrophe is shortly expected. ;_
ings are frightful. The Duke de Bordeaux is still here,
indeed at the present conjuncture he cannot be absent-oot
The Paris Commerce mentions a report that a o°ll.'3oo'
composed of magistrates, bankers, and merchants 0006-
deration, appointed by the Minister of Finances,- 'rite, err
tuted himself its president, has for several months When
in
gaged in framing rules for the regulation of time'ba arced $5.
the public funds, and that the measure is so far aavdbefeel
to allow of the proposed ordonnance being shore)" 131
the Council of State. istor
A Toulon letter states that the Lavoisier steanier aed ber
to Carthagena, to be at the disposal of Queen Isabel' Aber('
mother, and convey them to the coast of Catalorlbe be-
their Majesties and the Infanta are going to take
nefit of the waters.
The Gazette Suisse of Berne of the 21st inst., aun°htaabasft-
departure of the Count de Pontois, the new Frelic- Ver°'
sador for Lucerne, to deliver his credentials to the toy 4,
He was accompanied by the Count de Reinhard, Sgere
op,
Legation.
The intelligence from Switzerland comes down to,trilg et'
The Upper Valaisans have had the best of the fir "retleft,'
and the Lower Valaisans have been compelledl%ecl (Iv;
The number of killed on the side of the vailt__.tTh---es 11'
not exceed twenty. eight or thirty, though bothP'-
~:tetl erielibbee
provided with cannon.
The city of Dresden and its environs were.7elierbe
12th by a severe storm, and a heavy fall of ha.- eths
rose, and, overflowing its banks, did much sad
village of Rippehen several persons lost their livrayeat.,te
calamity was followed by a fire, which destroyed
houses. of rb
The Augsburg Gazette states that all the Orr,
railroad of the Upper Rhine, from Carlsruhe to t.,74
frontier, are finished, and that on the 20th the (t",:e 1
be made to Offenburg and Kehl, so that on •;"1,"
whole line from Manheim to Kehl would be open'
COURT—riunuozczms• Csllts'a
,r
Her Majesty's steam-vessel the Princess tO
Smithett, is ordered to be at Ostend, in readinhisu:iil
bark his Majesty the King of Saxony and suit°4ot/ $
Monday, the 27th inst. It is expected his 1in5,500,011
land at Dover, and proceed by the railway to I,o°'. der
visit to her Majesty the Queen.
We understand that her Majesty purposes Sobl I v
the arrival of the King of Saxony from GermanY' At 13°'
state ball in compliment to her illustrious visitor -to
in ham Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite arert,,`
embark for Germany on Monday or Tuesday ne '1,..-tia6
miralty steam-packet. The visit of her Majesty,
tinent, period, is not expected to exceed six weenoie -
which p her Majesty will visit the reigning d
Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen, and other illustrious relTeineklia
The Duke of Wellington, 'the Marquis and ikfarcic• Gor;
Douro, Lord Charles Wellesley, Hon. and Bev'
Wellesley, and the Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot, 11f".5, '0
Strathfieldsaye on Saturday afternoon for the h01in334 o'4s
00
Noble and Gallant Duke will entertain a Pa
-e
rtYpi rreeee
eighteen at droner this evening. The lion. 11. "ehis el`;
and Miss Pierrepont, and a select circle assemble wb-
ing, and the party will not separate until Wednesu'
10°
the Duke returns to Apsley House. ,ree t,
The Duke of Devonshire has only gone for a to Pe_d
Bolton Abbey, the object of the Noble Duke bein,gaer,„,
sonally inspect the alterations and improvemente,,l7,;not_nve,
at that interesting residence. The Noble Duke "°:•sseve
tend having any more balls at Devonshire House 6,1 i
be c°
the parties there for the remainder of the summer '
fined to dinners. A fete at Chiswick is spoken of. orify-
Sir Richard and Lady Puleston and familY ba°e for
in Norfolk-street from Fhntshire. n• pelles9,l
The Ladies Patronesses of the Royal -•-•15.• gre
Diseases of the Ear, will give a grand fete
next month in aid of the funds of this institution.
Lord and Lady Mahon have issued cards for
dinner in Grosvenor-place, on Thursday next• chamPe
gotsi
DICISCIIIMANEOI7I3.
The ceremony of laying the first stone of Woo
station of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Was e
on Friday, by the Lord Lieutenant. The P deer,
O tD.
Macneill, was knighted on the spot. ial9
The cattle show was held at Tiverton last Wee,rte 044,
market place, agreeably to public advertisement. foe''!
like that of our Exeter society, was not very well snooltl
the complaint being that these meetings come too fre„,'4o":o
in the year. The stock shown, though not nunier"-e11"
first-rate quality, and drew down encomiums fr.lll toA
witnessed it.

On Saturday a sale of useful and ornamental '„1.1., o
place at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriall';,ecle
of the objects connected with the Church Missions* iolig eg
the London Society for Promoting ChristianitY
the
Jews, and the Protestant Association, namely, to thj. 001 j
Missions of the first-named society, to the .fieting,,llll9
Bishopric Fund, and to the special fund for rePrit'liors ii"
issuing standard Protestant works by popular an"
Tbeelbheetldwiinll
bae
cheap and attractive form. tar fill I
Gar of
A chap.ter of the noble and ancient order of the heri,."-oil
Knight,
t ißgbutc,kiinn
feelwectdaedyas, room of th Sir'
of Lonsdale. „g the r
On Dartmoor, during the past week, so chilly 17 od sir
that its lofty heights again assumed a wintry Pr ' '9'
sl'
peered capped with snow. gthheaniPalace" Isle P
0 Ilig,i LO
It is said that at the lowest computation 90°,Af reci-
tocracy assembled to participate in the splenw- ht. ~el:'
provided by the Duke of Wellington on Friday nt threw
The Bristol and Gloucester Railway will be open itt
out to Gloucester on the Ist of July next. iiasit:',. i 0
There will be three fairs held during the h° 0; fatolf
Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Stepney and 3 1.311;i3 li'
the Tunnel under the Thames. The fai; at Steppe.'
to be the last, for the ground is to be built upoa•
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CoNrusioN OF POLITICAL PAIITIES.'"‘j-,•5 01°4V
most remarkable features of the present tioe all tbe sla
traordinary confusion which prevails among t s sin
litical parties of the day. There is, in fact, rwci pelh'ce,
well-defined, self-dependent, distinctly-mare jastatiot
party in existence I Look at Toryism, 'or if Oil
It hovers on the confines of democracY,stitatioto,
" something more." Lord Ashley, the e°1309 Ppp
Tory, is supported in Parliament by Mr. Th°. encl ~oj,
combe, the Chartist Parliamentary leadereborello,
Hook, an apostle of the new school of High r. PIS
plays second fiddle, at public meetings, to Dial 1ir01,,,,
Hobson, an ardent disciple of the " New 111°,,reci WOO
doctrines of Robert Owen. The confusion -daring; f
4, trot,
up of political parties were most apparel° The ` of,
late debate on the Ten Hours' Bat. .0600 oof
Ministry were opposed by a comb' biotic', „ra
Whigs and Tories ; and supported by a colo_jj, Yoe
" Radicals" and Free-traders. Lord John 1111,:d del
Howick, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Macaulay,,7l, the ale
lights of the late Whig Cabinet, were fount' i
jordlA
of the " Constitutional Conservatives," led 13701 P
ley, while Messrs. Hume, Roebuck, Gisn-yo'tillrecis
Gibson, Phillips, and Villiers, were found I is' 11;
speaking in defence of the Ministry I Not 004ther,r, co
servatism" at a discount in England ; but an letsopr IP
tical creeds are also greatly shorn of their aares,j,,
late years. Whiggery is extinct • no one iladil':,oo"
now ; indeed it is difficult to say what it is• it, ofPirifeil
is also broken up, and its ranks are in a stn age,
inextricable confusion. The Chartists have 1010 e A , tier
their best men from their councils ; And ler. o.Arefe
transferred their worship to such men as
rage 't We
and Busfield Ferrand. The Complete So." open ' of'
0 j
ment is also arrested, and, at the present °co of 0
cannot exactly say whether it is in exile ,00"
Allparties are broken up ; all parties are two li' t
Sir Robert Peel retains office chiefly becallse geci
body else to take it.—Leeds Times. seo- de
, nseci 1)11. fl
STEAM-BOLTS ON THE THAMES.---411 CO odor fit
the melancholy accident which happened near L.t 01,.eite‹,
last Sunday week, by the upsetting of a Maine the Vilg
children, and the constant practice of the cap during t-of if
boats running to Greenwich and Woolwich Et_le hyesect to
days taking more passengers than is safe for the ia9ool 0.
holiday makers, the following notice has '-' • h i'° 9
whic 0 .0.
order of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, _ciei
_, a,d
strictly enforced. Policemen were placed ylttl,o otlice' c,
don-bridge Wharf, the Old Shades-pier, and ant tli efagA,
in Thames-street, with strict orders to Pre' the e°,otrid;
from being too fully laden, and to prevent h tileese fitse
that is always experienced by the public throng_ ti: ,
ties n' fro'. •e
tition of the different Steam-boat Compan-- ;I, tes_,„. o.tia
days. The steam-boats will run every ten in:, uqual"",,o9oo
City piers, and from Hungerford-market ev,,erioo aa.., e,< r,
hour, to Greenwich ; and that as little serif or, e"-01`.10.4
Lord ga, ~ 0
may takeplace since the order of the Diggne. o.l' e 9,
number of steamers will be in:readiness :-- many ivisietile
—Whereas numerous accidents, attended ill. _ lifer
~0
_,,,i
with loss of life, have recently occurred on till.,hig t?I';" fP'„
from the practice of carrying in the boats In.!_erst to
_osait
asseng of 'OO
river more than a proper number of p ,ains ~c 0,
Mayor deems it necessary to caution all cap `e ;fen i!!,er
boats, watermen, and others, that any fulllitoi ot.lZe !Po
of the by-laws of the Court of Aldermen, e."__„. on 'Poll re,
behaviour on the part of those naviga,libnupliciviegjet
Thames, tending to endanger the fives of la° r
°l ce bilg ° 0
punished with the utmost severity, the
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ceived orders to prevent any infraction of ttle l,_
g Cler- 00
of the Lord Mayor, S. R. GOODMAN, Ghle
IV for
House, May 24." i. Vslls tiof,o9l
Han MAJESTY'S BIRTIIDAY A'. , subsca.,, it
inhabitants of Esher entered into a liher_Te_ oftW...thaki
the purpose of giving a dinner to the chikl_a?,_.tv,o
tilTiiotc;6
school of that village, to celebrate her rte the /111. ,es•
on Friday last. At two o'clock childre , riato,o 143.0r.if
upwards of 160 dined upon the green!" Cato
bY iiiiiii4
ermten .A. a.
whole of the arrangements were sup b., Esq. he of .jole
Mr. Harben, the vicar, and Edwin Scc /' Ain t.,, 0 ,be
day' and Wi'',lfit.4o:o4
band was in attendance during the
r wor on the ea,
there was a splendid display o fire theev. 0
tot),
the children were singing " God Salk-es-
,roil 0
conclusion of the dinner, her Majesty and t!t,Li sore ,
Co'
by the green in a pony carriage and pear, a'
i'l I/ 00
cheered. rn ig ll° Oa
HUMAN GLORY.—The Roman Foru ardellt A
bag° g f%
market, the Tarpeian Rock is a cab
tie, e
Palace of the Caesars a rope walk. th Cas l'
Lord • Morpeth arrived at Nawor
to see of gr
Castle Howard, on Wednesday
afternoon' hold of
which the fire had made on the strong
ancestor.—Carkele Journal.