The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-19 00:00:00

SUMMAra OF NEWS

AND
Pubitt eptnton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

On Tuesday the King of the French received at Eu, between
eleven and twelve o'clock, the civil and military authorities and
the clergy. At two, during an interval between the showers of
rain, Majesty went out on foot, attended by Generals Friant and
de Rumigny, and his architects, Messrs. Fontaine and Legrand,
and inspected the works going on in front of the Chateau. A con.
siderable number of persons assembled, and greeted the King with
every mark of respect.
The Countess de Survilliers, widow of Joseph Bonaparte, at
one time King of Spain, died suddenly at Florence on the 7th inst.
The Grand Duchess Mary of Russia, Consort of the Duke de
Leuehtenberg, was delivered on the Ist inst. cf a daughter, who has
been christened by the name Eugcnia, in memory of her grand.
father, Prince Eugene Beauharnais.
he French Minister of Public Works on Wednesday attended
the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Northern Rail-
road Bill. It is not expected that the report of the Committee will
be presented before next month.
The Moniteur Algerien, of the 10th, states that Marshal Bu.
geaud, after visiting Djemaa, Ghazaout, and Oran, had returned
to Algiers on the 6th.

some of the journals mention a report that Rear. Admiral Du-
petit Thouars will be promoted to the grade of Vice• Admiral on
the occasion of the Kmeefeie.
An old bachelor of Forinieres, near Nantes, who was supposed
from his mode of living to be very poor, died a few days ago, leay.
ing a fortune of 700,000 f., of which 250,0001. was In specie, piled
up in a cupboard.
An oyster bed in the bay of Cancale, on the coast of Brittany,
which has, by order of the authorities, been prohibited ground to
the fishery, was opened a few days ago. Nearly five hundred boats
arrived from the different ports of the coast to commence the
fishery, and so abundant was the catch that the number of oysters
taken during the day was estimated at two hundred millions. The
fishing was suspended for a few days, in order that the supply
might be disposed of, and resumed on the 14th, when almost as
many oysters were taken as on the first day.
The Swabian Mercury contains a correspondence (dated Sth
inst.), from Leipsic, in which it is asserted that numerous parties
have expressed the wish that the spring fair there should be
opened on a later day for the future, in order to have a better
chance of fairer and more settled weather. This year very little
business has been done, in consequence of the delay in the arrival
of goods, occasioned by the prolonged severity of the weather, and
the inundations which followed the thaw. Very few English
goods arrived in time for the opening. Letters frem Leipsic of the
10th state that business had become brisker.
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he Russian Minister gave a superb banquet last evening at
Ashburnham House, which was henoured with the presence of
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, Prince Ernest of Hesse
Philippsthal, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and a distinguished
circle of the nobility.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and famiiy have ar-
rived at Dudley House, Park.lane, from Baron's Court, his Lord-
ship's seat in the county of Tyrone.
The Earl of Mernington, on Thursday night, took the oaths
and his seat in the House of Lords as Lord Maryborough, behig
the first time he has sat in Par:lament since the death of his father.
The Earl and Countess of Eglinton intend leaving town in the
course of the ensuing month for Ardrossan.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived in town for the
season, from their seat at Wimbledon, where their Graces have
been entertaining a succession of distinguished guests. The Earl
and Countess of Shrewsbury, Lord and Lady Cottenham, and Sir
Brownlow Bertie, Bart., were among their most recent visitors.
The Earl of Burlington has arrived at his residence in Belgrave.
square from Holker Hall.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Emma Campbell are
still at Inverary Castle. The Duchess has been recently suffering
from a severe attack of influenza. Their Graces are expecting a
visit from the Marquis and Marchioness de Jesmasons, a French
family of distinction, with whom they will probably remain at the
Castle until about the middle of the ensuing month.