The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-15 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF N S

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" Who runs may read."

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The King of the French, on Tuesday, left Neuill_agar
o'clock, accompanied by Colonel Dumas and thebere be''
' Strada, and two orderly officers, for St. Cloud, w _ IV
mained some time, and then went to the stud-honuTle
,neuve, returning to Neuilly at seven o'clock.
their Majesties received the Chancellor of Franc"o,l
Grouchy, the Duke de Crillon, Count Mortier, Mess
De Saint Priest, and De Lasalle. IQ,,a oad" •
The report of M. Lanyer on the Northern
tributed on Wednesday. The only amendmelts,oo,
Committee have made are in Articles 2 and 4. Im7tees 1".
portant change is in Article 4. The Committee reu
term of the lease to be granted to twelve years...isty
The Gazette de France announces that 318„ tan 7,7 appo'y
minated Consul-General of France in. Spain, wi
ments to the amount of 40,000 f. per annum. Bra"
The Duke d'Aumale on the 9th, says tu', vut'
Nantes, became the purchaser of Chateau of Chai'ead,,
and the promenade dependent on it. This journal nats
the Prince intends making important improve°
pro
T pertr.
he Conservative party of Rouen, says the chnstitu,..e
have fixed on M. Barbet, formerly a member of to If.
eiecticfc,,
ber, as their candidate for the approaching
place M. Jacques Laffitte. The opposition lOU ov"
support to M. Bouvel. The election will take P"'7-
25th inst.
At tire dt'
The heat was still increasing in Paris.
on Thursday the thermometer (Fahrenheit) nm'',
degrees.
The Courtier du Havre states that a petition, sitfer,i,,".,
number of respectable persons, and amongst then';,isto;
of Montpellier, has been sent to the Council of Auriosetli
favour of Mme. Laffarge. It appears that the 1024,
present exhibits the utmost piety and resignatioi,,,,i.
been touched by the religious consolation of the sisLe'
Joseph, who attend the prison at Montpellier.
The Courtier de Lyon states that the mid-day i.eeti
St. Etienne went off the rails on the 12th, be;00.0,.,,,y,
Romain and Givors. The engineer was thrown " otw'f
had his leg broken. He was removed to Givors lounifierel;(
where the leg was amputated. No other person 004
injury. The Courrier states that the accident was
fear out`
the expansion of the rails from extreme hest. ?; out'
watered only a few hours before, they had gone °true. „ t
their position as to prevent the train from runningl" 'cliS!'dso
Prince Michael Obrenowitch, who has been
,for,'-e
Dresden for some time, repaired to Toplitz last mos. rro,d
purpose of having an interview with his father,ocbeo
Milosch, who came from Vienna to meet him. Prinfeg
has again returned to Dresden, and intends reulsgLitivael:
during the summer. Amongst other foreigners of f4.'ero,
who will sojourn there shortly are General Esness'
Princess Ghika, and the celebrated savante, the Coon
Hahn-Hahn.
M. Warnier, member of the Scientific Commission 0
ria, who, after the treaty of Tafna, was for two siodeb ,
representative of France at the Court of Abd-el: tbe
attached to the service of the Prince de Joinville, rn
pedition to the coasts of Morocco. tis
COUILT—PASNIONABLS, b!
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attend e Frei
Baroness Ahlefeldt and Major Stephens, honoured
tr
Plays with their presence last evening.
The Countess of Powis held an assembly °n
night at the family mansion in Berkeley-square' sioP./
of four saloons were appropriated for the asserablY,h reft7fif
apartments on the ground floor, one supplied svit, theroja
merit tables. There were about 300 fashionable.rs a"tros44,,il,
among whom were the Duke and Duchess of n',°llnoccif,,el'jf
American Minister and Mrs. Everett, Duchess (34
Marquis of Worcester, Marchioness of Clanriow"
Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Bridgewater, Sze•,_,4 at P:ijd
On the same evening a brilliant circle assembled glestd
Foley's residence in Grosvenor-square. All t'et'olb
suites of saloons was thrown open for the reeer:' rs
sit 9',
effulgently illuminated. Among the leading 17" Ltuk°
the Count de Ste. Aulaire, Duchess of Buccleuch,nfiebeOto
Duchess of Leinster and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, 'Ol4
Bedford, Duchess de Coigny and Mdlle. de Coigl4dfora
of Worcester, Marquis of Headford, T
Duchess of ' )1),
Lady Rachel Russell, Countess of Delawarr, -gina
West, Earl and Countess Fortescue, Lord and 10.1„,„Y olesf.,
-Lord Cranstoun, Lady Lyndhurst and Hon. Miss
Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick and suite art` Psr
Wednesday last at their house in Berkeley-square, fro oo s
.„
having been at Naples and Vienna for three seat filly
count of her Ladyship's delicate state of health,
quite re-established. snuff 1
The Emperor of Russia has sent a superb :Co;,;. 941 y
preciously mounted, to be presented to George of
an " expression of his Majesty's high aPP
spirited style and execution" of his forthcomlnki„rth •,4
of the Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the .0: itepie,o
rican Indians," an incomplete copy of which 0, of
Majesty had with him for his amusement during AO
hope. This beautiful present was transmitted thro
tst
hands of the Hon. C. A. Murray. h 11, 1 si
We are sorry to hear that Mr. Thomas CanlP-„,.e
of " The Pleasures of Hope," &c., is danger°'`
Boulogne. robst,i, Forto
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MISCELLANEOUS. , gi
Yesterday, the adjourned meeting of the .0e 0)10,7:o
Company was held at the office, Broad-street- pp,
Mr Aglionby in the chair. There were but elevell?lieelf,
present. The Chairman said, the proprietors Wad, at, it 1';
ber that at the meeting held on the 31st of May '111000(
recommended by the Directors, under the clrowni tbis
the Company at the time, that an adjournment to
coupe
should take place. The Directors had agreed to recaeocere,
that the Proprietors should again adjourn, in consegbeen
important dispatches from New Zealand having tiaie
ceived only two days since. There had not been ovej
consider or digest these dispatches. It Was thellAiotO
mously resolved that the meeting should stand aw till the 28th instant.
may,'°
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The subscribers to the new German Lutheran "' ova,
Blenheim-street, held their first anniversary dinner ent:,e
day, at the White Conduit House, where they wend Ot
tamed with some excellent singing by Staudigl, aCoot 10admirable pianofortulaying by Miss Roeckel. ,
ed
ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner, which Pay
much to the satisfaction of all present. clesl4:o
A magnificent building at Brewood, Staffordshire, the litty
for the performance of divine service according ,tn, all ,
of the Roman Catholic Church, was opened, w'„,,'„'llev• dot
ceremonies of consecration, on Thursday last. lu-0/ono
Wiseman officiated, and was assisted by a large "
the Roman Catholic clergy, within a circuit of several
The proceedings attracted many visitors. W
The Archbishop of Canterbury consecrated St f tbo
at Hougham, Dover, on Thursday last, in presences 0, 0
nerable Archdeacon Croft, the Rev. Charles Fln,°lll4ll
Rev. G. Lumsdaine, Rev. Thomas Morris,
Maule, Rev. W. S. Cole, Rev. George Roche, Atrclot
Greene, Rev. George Masters, upwards of fifty .
„etr
men, and a very numerous congregation. of °Pit,'
Last evening a public meeting of the inhabitants e oaf
with (convened by the churchwardens) took Plapc of no
vestry-room adjoining the church, for the puTP°._' 01:0°
into consideration the encroachments about beuif,
ses f0'.03
building, upon a portion of Greenwich-park,
Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. The slibl sdafre'
considerable interest. Several gentlemen having ad
DI,
the meeting, resolutions were carried expressive °,,ho litdeG,
e
of the inhabitants that such an encroachmen'iii
made upon the park, and a petition having o'3'
upon them, a vote of thanks was given to the chap
the meeting separated. boueeset

RAILWAY RE T URNS' the s{of
We extract from the Railway Magazineoriojo
received on the principal Railwas of Great rPet'for
the week ending on the day of the month Peie
fed
each. The return includes the money .recaria
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, malls'
chandise:— Total:

Week
ended S. 15 6
Name of Railway.
1 0
June 8 Arbroath and Forfar 08156 411
8 Birmingham and Derby Junction- 2, 9 404 17 ;
7 Birmingham and Gloucester
8 Brandling Junction 553 ' ..
7 Chester and Birkenhead
Dublin and Drogheda. OB 14 6
9, 11 6 /
11 Dublin and Kingstown 24* i
9 Dundee and Arbroath sB°4 13
8 Durham and Sunderland 2,19' 3 i
8 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. ...
9 Eastern Counties and North Eastern ,:405 1
8 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ' 925 0 1
8 Glasgow and Greenock B,O 19 0
8 Grand Junction 1,361
8 Great North of England
21, 3 0
9 Great Western
7 Liverpool and Manchester
8 London and Birmingham
9 London and Blackwall 3,4144 19
51
8 London and Brighton
11 London and Croydon - 3
8 1 6
London and Greenwich
9 London and South Western 7,,A39 10
6 Manchester, Bolton and Bury ....... :.. „ic-86 1'; 1„0
8 Manchester and Birmingham ........ `;:-816 6 ,
8 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull ,Assoc• ',..,' 06 4 lv,
8 Midland Counties
1,,,,,3 3 5
8 Newcastle and Carlisle
9 Newcastle and North Shields
8 North Midland . , . . ....... . ,_
7 North Union andßOlion and: ireston 3,789 0 ,
4 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans
10 Paris and Rouen
8 Preston and W3rre .. .
8 Sheffield and Manchester..
13 South Eastern
8 Taff Vale
9 Ulster ... . .... .. - ...... .
9 Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. ..........
8 York and North Midland .......... -
0-
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CASE AND BLAGROVE'S CONCERT.---geS5OO
and_e
_R. Blagrove gave their first concertina lloc oefir:
square, and
night at the Queen's Concert-roorn, gerti°
The programme
and were rewarded with a room full 0,0
0001 j
sf_pohpersogNraometmuernioncluindedc the
130eveetrhtouvr:ttfos Dso:o(l,lo,,vflje.
Weber's " Invitation pour leValse,"tulapted to tw°,,rP
tenor, and bass concertinas. This is a great 1-ciolif,
ment on the vested rights of violin, viols, ails.% ratli;
cello, and though they will not be superseded, t."' owl
which has long been their exclusive property' aveciessiWi
to
be drawn out by first-rate masters, is no access of
oany one of moderate industry; for the cozier 1 la j
few trifling difficulty. compared to the string fitrno'iri;rt,
years, it is probable that Haydn, -0(1,„ clrOhe
Beethoven's quartets will be concertinoed in the to ",0
mg-room as commonly as the last new °peril,: 100,i
heard from pianoforte or harp. Mr. Case is Wel lid::
as a rising artiste, both on the concertina an The
and he also possesses an enterprising spirit. .000;
tended use of the concertina is entirely his Pd, ye
The idea was much ridiculed when first mooted?
vo (00
has now shown that it is an excellent substi!relf,le
either wind or string, and possessing facilities eni'boor",,
own. Messrs. T. Baker and Case perforine 000
and De B& riot's duett from William Tell for heed ti!
forte and violin, with great spirit, and well Mer'Lockeaeito;
applause they received. Misses Dolby,Williano,. ot
John Parry, Regondi, Gear, and Ferrari, contrlb
this novel and agreeable entertainment
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LIGUTNING.—A letter from Auxerre stay-, oo
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Sunday, about half-past four, the electric fluid fe,.„'pfiltil'liAj
tower of the church of St. Pierre, breaking off tbe
cock, and throwing down some of the rnasoir u"wl--Slf,
penetrating into the interior, it damaged the w° w,
DIP ,
several chapels. A few minutes before the ChttreA
persons hearing vespers.

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