The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

The Journal des Debuts warns the public that the spe-
culations entered into in consequence of the late adjudi-
cations of railroads are illegal, the companies not having
the faculty to issue shares, or promises of shares, until
the usual formalities of their contracts were concluded,
which would require a delay of several weeks. Until
then, all negotiation is by law null.
A Marseilles journal says ;--" We learn that the
Prince de Joinville having, on his arrival in Paris, been
made acquainted with the invitation addressed to him at
Cadiz by the authorities of the city of Toulon, has written
to the Maritime Prefect at that port, assuring him that
the invitation did not reach Cadiz before his departure.
The Prince, it is added, promises in his letter to pay a
visit to Toulon in the course of the present month.'
The Patrie publishes a letter from Otaheite, giving an
account of the affair at Mahaena. It agrees in most
points with the letter published by the Constitutionnel,
but gives the number of French killed as 32, and the
wounded at 60. According to this letter, the French
have, since their occupation of Otaheite, killed 360 of
the natives, wounded as many, and burned 600 of the
habitations, and 100 boats.
The same journal says:—" Under a resolution come
to at a Council of Ministers, M. Guizot is authorised to
confer a certain number of crosses of the Legion of
Honour, partly upon politicians, but in greater part upon
men of learning and science in England. The engineer,
Mr. Brunel, is to be promoted another grade in the Le-
gion."
A letter from Valparaiso, dated July 4, announces the
arrival there of the news of the disavowal of the pro-
ceeding of Admiral I)upetit-Thouars, and adds, that this
decision must reach Otaheire very shortly afterwards.
The King and Queen of Naples returned to the capital
on the 25th ult., from their excursion into Calabria and
the Abruzzi. The same day arrived at Naples, the
King's brother, Count of Syracuse, returning from
Venice, Trieste, and Vienna. His mission was, it ap-
pears, relative to the league of the Italian customs.
M. Mendizabel has communicated to the Paris jour-
nals the address of the Duke -de la Victoria, to the
people of Spain, which has already been published in
The Sun.

Count de Benkendorf, who has just died in a steam-
boat, whilst on his return to St. Petersburgh, he'd a
high station in Ru,sia. He was the supreme chief of
the police of the empire, and one of the Emperor
Nicholas's most intimwe confidens. His death has made
wgreat impression over the diploinat'c body. Count de
Benkendorf was the brother of the Princess de Lieven,
and the father of the Countess Rudolph Appony.
The subjoined paragraph is extracted from the Castel-
lano's advices from Seville, of the 30th ult.:—" A mag-
nificent serenade was given on Saturday morning, to the
English Ambassador, who is in our city. From the note
that functionary has addressed to the Diario de &oillia,
and which it inserts in its number of this day, it may be
inferred that the serenade has been given by the Liberal
party. The communication has been the subject of
various comments."

Important works, says a Paris paper, are proceeding
at the Tuileries Palace. The internal apartments, which
have been but slightly repaired since 1830, are being
completely restored. M. Fontaine, the architect, has
submitted to the King the plans approved of by Napo-
leon, and it is those plans that have been adopted with
some trifling changes. It is said that nothing has been
neglected to render the residence worthy of its destina-
tion, and to impart more elcat to the assemblies at which
the Duke de Nemours will this winter preside. The
King will live in a retirement justified by his age, and
his sons will act for him at all the receptions not directly
connected with politics.

COURT-WASZIONABVIL
The Count de Chabannes left town on Saturday for
Witley Court, with several costly and magnificent pre-
sents from the King of the Frecch to her Majesty the
Queen Dowager.
M. de Rabaudy proceeded on Saturday afternoon to
the residence of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia
Matilda, with several sumptuous presents from the King
of the French to her Royal Highness.
The Duke of Somerset was prevented, by the effects
of recent indisposition, from which he is not yet pro-
perly recovered, from attending the chapter of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, held at Windsor for the in-
stallation of his Majesty Louis Philippe.
The Duke Serra di Falco is at present at Munich,
where he has arrived from Palermo, charged, it is as-
serted, by his Government, with some commercial nego-
tiation with the Zullverein. •
The Duke of Devonshire has arrived in town from
Windsor Castle, and repaired to his villa at Chiswick.
The Earl of Cardigan has arrived in town from Dun-
dalk. In the early part of next week the Noble Earl
proceeds :to Deene Park, Northamptonshire.
Earl Somers, at his audit last week, caused the liberal
return of ten per cent. to be made in the rents of his
numerous tenantry.
Earl Craven and Sir F. Bathurst left town on Satur-
day for Paris.
Viscount Curzon arrived in town on Saturday, from
Gopsull flail, Leicestershire.
Viscount Maidstone has arrived in town, from the
tarl and Countess of Chesterfield's seat in Derbyshire.
The Noble Viscount intends shortly to proceed to
Naples, from whence he repairs to Malta and Constan-
tinople.
Lord and Lady Ashley arrived in Bradford on Friday
last, on a visit to W. Walker, &q.

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In the late population reports, the number of clergy-
men of the Church of England is returned for England
at 13,574. Tne tithe income of England and Wales e. ill
this year be about 5,000,000/. sterling.
The whole of the 37th Regiment arrived at Gosport
-on Friday last, and are quartered at Hasler and Fortuu
barracks ; the last division of the 47th left Gosport for
Weedon the same morning.
At a recent inquest, Mr. Wakley took occasion to ob-
serve, that be had held the office of coroner for five
leant and a half, and had the two great termini, and
upwards of 30 miles of the Most extensive railways in
the kingdom in his district, and yet, notwithstanding the
millions of persons that must have travelled up and down
those lines during the period he had mentioned, he had
never held a single inquest on a railway passer.ger.
The " Shit:acme investigation " concluded on Thurs-
day, being the eleventh day of the business. Brophy,
one of the p.►licemen implicated, has been suspended
but no decision has been come to with respect to the
Other parties, Mr. Parkes has been ordered not to
leave Dubliii.
Her Majesty's steamer Flamer, Commander Pestle,
on leaving the Shannon, on Wednesday, on her voyage
to Portsmouth, fell in with the brig Magnolier, of St.
John's, Moore, master, bound from Limerick to Si.
Jillin'sf ?few Brunswick, dismasted and in distress. The
Flamer Inimediately went to the relief of the dis-
abled vessel, and brought her to Kilrush, without fur-
ther damage.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has offered a reward
of 1001, for the apprehension and conviction of those con-
eerned in the murder of David Maxwell, at Clonakenny,
county Tipperary, en the 6th inst. -
We are happy to state that accounts have been received
mentioning a most favourable and gradual improvement
hi the health of the Attorney-General. . On the 30th of
September Sir William Follett was at Baveno on the Lego
Maggiore, whence he intended to proceed to Milan. The
leatned getitieman will remain in Italy for some months.
Mr. Sandrock, the superintendent of the F, or Covent-
-garden division of police, has retired from the service on
a superannuation allowance. His successor has not yet
been named,

Mr& Gibbs (formerly Miss Graddon), the vocalist, has
lately fattitned from America where she has resided for
several years, and has been highly successful in her pro-
fessional career. Mr. Henry Phillips has arrived safe in
New York, but no account of his " opening night " has
yet ben teeeived,

, OXFORD, WORCESTER, .AND WOLVERHAMTON
RAILI•Fitt;-1,-Ant Wednesday a public meeting of the in-
habitants of Chipping CleAnpden and the neighbourhood
was held at the Town-hall, S. Hiron, Esq., in the chair,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro-
priety of supporting the above projected line. The com-
ny represented by the following deputation
i L wlst t srpf Mayor of Worcester; W. Stallard, jun.,
T. N. Fostef, 11. G. Bushby, R. Beman, F. T. Elgie,
and R. Varden, Esq.!. The outline of the company's
project was put for the consideration of the meet-
ing hy Mr. Elgie, who also took up three objections
which had ben. urged against the undertaking, as
was understood by Lord Redesdale, who is a large
landed proprietor in that district—first, that a railway
was not required in that route ; second, that it would
-do an injury to the landonners and occupiers ; and
third 4 that the demoralising effect on the labouring and
pet rtit population, during the formation of such great
works, was scarcely ever eradicated. Tv the first ob-
jection, Mr. Elgie said it would be for the Board of
Trade to say whether the line was wanted or not; on
the second point Mr. Elgie showed to the satisfaction of
the meeting that great and important advantages would
accrue to the agriculturists from opening a communica-
tion with the manufacturing markets; and tc, the third,
that if the argument were to be taken as conclusive
against railways, it must likewise apply to every public
Wink throughout the kingdom. Mr. Elgie's address
lasted upwards of an hour; after which Lord Redesdale
put numerous questions to the deputation, which iYere
so satisfactorily answered as to elicit the applause of the
meeting; and on a resolution being proposed in favour of
the line, and pledging the meeting to its support, the
motion was carried, there being only three dissentients.
A vote of thanks to the cienutation was afterwards passed.
THE Isicomn• TA2c.—iVe le,arn that Mr. Pressley,
the Secretary to the Board of Stamps and Taxes, is now,
or has very recently been, at Liverpool, with sevaral
members of that Board, making inquiries respecting the
operation of the income-tax--with a view, as it is stated,
to sonic modification of the tax. What the contem-
plated. Modification' (if any) may be, it is difficult to
conjecture. It has been stated in some of the newspapers
that Sir Robert reel intends to keep up the tax on in-
come from property, but to repeal it so far as regards in-
come from trade or
.profession. This we can hardly
believe ; but it is not improbable that some difference
may be made in the, rates of charge on different descrip-
tions of income, which is indeed absolutely necessary to
render it just and equal in its pressure.—Manchester
Guardian.
We understand the Lord Advocate has directed a
rigid investigation to be made as to the conduct of the
master of the ill-fated Windwor Castle steamer, on her
passage from Dundee to g4iuburgh, last week,—Seotch