The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-22 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Oa Thursday afternoon the King of the French, accom-
rnled by Colonel de Cliabanne., the Count de Strada, and
Sc
or officers, visited Versailles, but returned to
i•`.(e:lillv to dinner. In the evening their Majesties received
British Ambassador, the Ministers of Prussia, Saxony,
Tuscany, and Texas ,• the President, Vice-Presidents, and
Secretaries of the Chamber of Deputies; Marshal Valk,
R enar-Ahniral Quernel, Generals Aymard, Hecquet, and Ber-
„
eue, the Prefects of the Seine and Seine-et-Oise, Counts
r ortalis and Latournelle, and M. Boissy d'Anglas.
t The Revue de Paris says that the visit of Louis Philippe
England is definitively fixed for the end of September. It
tlsle ick's that Queen Victoria will not receive his Majesty in the
Castle.
f Wight, as it was originally intended, but at Windsor
for the 2
The departure of the Duke de Nemours for Metz is fixed
st.
„ik Vienna letter of the 12th informs us that her Royal
glaness the Princess Clementine of France and her husband
7ere to arrive there on the following day. The French
rlbassador had proceeded to Slerkereau to meet their Royal
ghneeses, and accompany them to the capital.
Marshal Soult'has addressed a circular to all the soldiers
Whose service commenced in 1843, but who had not yet been
callm
upon to serve, to join the regiments to which they are
ePpointed without delay.
I,he Mongibello steamer, which arrived at Marseilles on the
),°.th, brings accounts from Naples of the 10th. The Cala-
fu' insurgents are to be brought before a military tribunal
4Cocenza. Besides the insurgents who embarked at Corfu,
great number of the natives of Calabria are among the
Zi'cners. There is no doubt that the brothers Bandeira and
• Mori are among the number.
Frankfort journal publishes an account of the population
ulit'russia, from which it appears that, in Prussia Proper, and
a
b.', the states under the Prussian Crown, the number of inha-
_tianta was, in 1840, 14,934,340. This number, however,
nst have increased considerably since 1840, for, after Eng-
and and Ireland, Prussia is, we believe, the state of Europe
':hich the population increases most rapidly.
From returns late ly received by the Minister of the Marine
Colonies, relative to the slaves enfranchised in the French
Yalands and settlements, it appears that the number, from Ist
t;t111, arY to 31st December inclusively, amounted in the gross
yrene'44l, ,:--in Martinique, 787 ; Guadaloupe, 352 ;
Guiana, 63 ; Bourbon, 247. The total number of en-
in the four colonies, from 1830 to 1843 in-
asivelY. is 42,059.
their The Universal German Gazette states that 24 persons lost
lives in the riots at Prague on the 19th.
p • he comet discovered a few days ago by M. Victor Mau-
the Pris Observatry, was seen also at Berlin, fu
fir the
time,a on the night o
of the 9th. The Berlin astronor
mers state that its circular nebulosity is of a remarkable
ammeter.

The OMIT —WASECIONALB LB.
Duchess of Gloucester does not pass the autumn at
her residence at Bagshut this year, having given up that
mansion to her Royal Highness the Princess Sop.hia. The
R ng of Hanover's Palace at Kew will be occupied by the
qal Duchess and her household, and it is thought her lloyal
hness will pass the winter at Gloucester House.
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge intend to prolong
eir residence in town until the second week in the ensuing
?aenth, when their Royal Highnesses go to Cambridge Cot-
it!ge, at Kew- We have reason to believe that the visit of
Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
tillraelitz is to be of considerable duration ; it is said, indeed,
tht those illustrious personages do not contemplate quitting
:,.ountry for Germany before January next.
d 'tr. George Bvng, M.P., entertained at dinner on Satur-
isaY, at his mansion in St. James's-square, the Duke and
autichess of Norfolk and Lady Mary Howard, the Marqnis
tnti Marchioness of Westminster Viscount Melbourne, the
1.,t1 and Countess of Gainsborough, Lord and Lady Marcus
tuli, the Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden, Mr.
'apt, &c.
k'dY Ernilv Hardinge and family have left Whitehall-
gardens for West Park, near Tunbridge Wells. It is not as
Yet determined what period of the autumn her Ladyship
Vet family will depart for India, although September has
named.
foii,her Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and family left Nor-
ton louse this morning, for Cadlands, near Southamp-
'°u a visit to Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond. After
a nci
tnaining a few days at that beautiful seat, the Noble Duke
„,s Duchess will proceed to Arundel Castle, where they pro-
pose to entertain a large party during the approaching Good-
Itued race week.
,The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and family have
;ea Grosvenor-square for the season, and are at present so-
Parning at Collingwood House, Brighton.
G The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Elizabeth Leveson
°wer have returned to Stafford House, from a visit to the
lenerable Archbishop of York, at Nuneham Park, Oxford-
lst _ire- The Duke of Sutherland and the youthful Marquis of
the
have been passing some days at Leamington Spa, for
‘4,,e improvement of his Grace's health.
the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey and Lady. Ade-
:ide Paget, intend to leave Uxbridge House early in the
week for Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight. His Lord-
t'l3'S yacht, the Pearl, will go round from the river to meet
.18 Lordship.
The Marquis of Salisbury has left town for the season, and
;
i! at present at Hatfield House, Herts, where Viscount Cran-
"(R4lle, Mr. J. M. Balfour, M.P., and Lady Blanche Balfour
are staying. The Noble Marquis goes to Scotland shortly, to
fish and shoot in the Highlands.
Lord and Lady Beauvale took their departure on Friday
evening for Dover, on their way to the Continent; the Noble
Lord being advised to repair to the German spas for the be-
nefit of his health, having of late suffered severely from gout.
,
/ The Countess of Wilton, accompanied by her daughter, the
—auY Elizabeth Egerton, returned to town from Heaton
'louse, Lancashire, on Saturday. Her Ladyship will give a
rand concert on Wednesday next, at the family mansion in
svenor-square, subsequent to the Noble Earl's dinner party
on the same day.
ataxsseinZAULTirilOtrS.
On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone vestry, a
discussion took place upon the subject of the recent proceed-
ings of the Poor-law Commissioners, who have, it appears,
by their last report, determined to take
tetchteiopna.risAhnofimMpaorit:
Mary-
ant clause had been added to the new Bill now in Parlia-
ment, which was, that no parish could be controlled by the
Poor-law Commissioners, without the consent of two-thirds
of the guardians. M Harbert said the
election of the guardians was vested, muysetsnta,
as a test to fianilwthoomappthiye
every Candidate whether they would pledge
themselves too ppose the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr.
Potter. in strong language denounced the course pursued by
the._ e
Commissioners, and called it jesuitical and tyrannical.
r some further discussion the vestry separated, resolved
to oppose with all their might the entry of the Commis-
sioners.
The sum of 19,000/. is required, supplementary to Vote 5
Of t_.lle Ordnance estimates, for 1844-45, to be thus expended :
ur repairing the damages at the Royal gunpowder mann-
-Ictury. at Waltham Abbey, caused by the explosion, 10,0001.
For the conversion of buildings to be reserved solely for the
reception of soldiers convicted of military offences, 9,0001.
The subscription for the great clock bell for York Minster
now amounts to 1,850/., being only 150/. below the estimated
oust—emu
We understand that the Committee of the Horticultural
Society have it in contemplation to hold a fourth fete in the
Vourse of the ensuing week. The Duke of Devonshire has
Veen applied to on the subject of allowing the grounds of his
beautiful villa at Chiswick to be thrown open to the public as
on the last file day, and from his Grace's well-known liberality
and interest in the Society over which he presides, there is no
doubt that the permission sought will be granted.
The accounts in the provincial papers received this day of
the weather and crops are highly satisfactory.

4R MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Amongst the distin
...s.4lshed personages present at her Majesty's Theatre on Sa-
Lurda'y night were the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
their Serene Highnesses the Grand Duke and Duchess of
eklenburgh Strelitz, accompanied by the Princess of
Baden,,. and Marquis of Douglas, and attended by Baron
"Jiesebeck. The Countess Brownlow and party occupied
the Queen Dowager's box. The Dukes of Wellington, Beau-
fort, and Leinster ; the Duchesses of Somerset and Leinster ;
,
Marquises of Ailesbury, Douro, Normanby, Clanricarde,
rallbY. and Huntly ; the 'Marchionesses of Ailesbury and
Douro ; the Earls of Pembroke, Liverpool, Lonadale, Wilton,
IConinare, Cardigan, Glengall, Belfast; the Countesses of
Xenmare, Glengall, Cardigan, Essex ; Baron Nieuman, Baron
44d Baroness Rothschild, Baron and Baroness de Lagos;
LLords Adolphus Fitzclarence, E. Bruce, Sandys, Elphinstone,
ailelagh ; Ladies Augusta Somerset, De Dunstanville,
Lang Alford, Aylmer, Baker, Flowers, Pynn, Foulis,
e oddrell, Durham ; Sirs H. Webb, Charles Kent, Philip
Durham, Frederick Trench, Thomas Hare ; the Hon. Mrs.
rp
ollernache Mrs. Wyndham, George Fitzroy ; Messrs. H.
cartcaig, James Grattan, Capt. Daniels, Mrs. Montefiore, Mrs.
Fitch, Mrs. H. Bainbridge, &c.
to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave town
1,0,..11:%T0w for Broadlands, their seat near Romsey, Hants,
the
they intend to receive a succession of visitors during
Royal Agricultural Society's show at Southampton. At
vO close of that national exhibition the Noble Viscount and
leountess return to town for a few weeks, till the termina-
in of the Parliamentary session, when they depart on a tour
and Germany. We hear the absence of the Noble Viscount
"" Viscountess abroad will not exceed four months.
Viscount Morpeth and Lady Mary Howard have
elt town for Castle Howard, the seat of the Earl and Countess
%Carlisle. At the close of the month the Noble Viscount
goes to Trentham, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Su-
th at the marriage of the Marquis of Lorne and Lady
Tniheth Leveson Gower, when a numerous family circle,
-,k ctding the Duke of Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of
and Lady Emma Campbell, Lady Dover, Viscount
Ca den, Lord and Lady Blantyre, &c., will assemble for the
wedding festivities.
THE a
fk,OVERNMENT RAILWAYS BILL.—The main
_.?aetures of the arrangement between the Government and
ttl. railway deputation in reference to the Railways Bill are
briefly as follow ;--The revision of the tolls of such railways
7.e after to be constructed as may return a larger interest
irrt ten per cent. one annum is not to take place until the
pse of twenty-one years from the passing of the Bills
under incorporated,
and which the respective companies may be
not at the end of fifteen years, as originally fixed. A
thrther period of twenty-one years must elapse before a
second revision can be effected. The Act is not to apply in
°Ty way to existing companies, except in reference to third-
ass Passengers, passengers, for whose accommodation the companies
agree to run one train daily, at fares not exceeding a penny
a mile, the Government binding itself wholly to exempt from
tation the receipts accruing from such cheap trains.
THE CASE OF RICHARD DADD.—It will be in the
recottection-of our readers that this unfortunate young man,
athlfvho, some months since, in a fit of insanity, murdered his
er near Gravesend, and escaped to France, was appre-
hended in that country on a charge of injuring a person with
Zhorn he travelled in a diligence. For that offence he was,
the French authorities, committed to custody for a cer-
taro period ; and that period hexing now expired, Mr. May,
of the K division, has been, by Sir J. Graham, dispatched to
o.laina his person, and to bring him over to this country. We
understand that he will, on his arrival, be brought to trial,
I'l'o forma for the murder, with a view to-his being confined
14 a lunatic asylum.—Britannia.
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4,, „, f:;%iarnilytilT SEASON.—The London markets have
seasons past been so extensively supplied as at
"------....24t_e_P,l;esent with every description of soft fruit. Notwith-
„, ""utung the profuse crops of currants, particularly in Kent
" Essex, there was last week imported by one dealer in ;Bptalfields-market 1,024 baskets of this fruit, and 170 by
ione in
Covent-garden, all from Rotterdam. There was also
:itnatliTiportation of 58 baskets of plums from Havre, which
tpate by about a week the English supply, which is
017 to pr,•ve very abundant. The supply of gooseberries
471.,1)een so large that they have been scarcely worth the
the le of gathering ; and in some parts of Kent. cherries on
. trees have been offered under one halfpenny per lb. Ap.-
. 1' md pears have come in of good quality, and there is
every Prospeet of a plentiful season.