The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

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The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are eh—pol
in town this week from. Ireland. The Noble
too
and Countess proceed forthwith to their seat, Ve
Park, for th shooting seaso n.
The Earle and Countess Amherst are at Present
staying at the Belle Vue Hotel, Aberystwitli. r• of
Lady and Miss Fielding, the mother and sistt on
the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, are at prese it
a visit to the Noble Earl and "Countess, a -le'
Edgcumbe. ton
Lord Shelton and Lord Nugent are at pretnest,
a visit to Lord Brougham, at Brougham Hall,
moreland.
Lord and Lady Prudhoe have arrived at their sheot
Stanwick, near Richmond, for the season, after a 5
tour on the Continent.
henry
and
Sir, Augustus and Lady Foster, Sir Ifen"„long
4ady Webster, Mr. Justice Maul; &c., are 7,110).
he company at present sojourning at Bouraereed to
Major-General Sir Dudley Hill has retuhre con.'
s seat, High Cliff House, near Lyme, from t"

anent. ..
• indis-
Admiral Sir. Charles Rowley, who has ber ny to
posed for a lengthened period, is, we are u,r,,Ptri'l in
state, sufficiently recovered to return to his "-- es'
the course of this week. I•vg
Sir Thomas and Lady Wilde, on Saturday eye1,..,1l ;
last, left Brougham Hall, where they had beeo n si
ing a few days with Lord and Lady Brougn'
Hamilton, in Scotland.
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Sir John and Lady Oglevie, the Hon.
and Lady Petre, his mother, are g the distra"
guished visitors at Greystoke Castle,amon the seat of genii
Howard, Esq.
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The Hon. Colonel Lowther is at present PaY7 at
visit to H. Clifton, Esq., M.P., his son-in-law'
Lytham Hall, and Lieutenant Lowther, of the '',"r
Guards, the Gallant Colonel's eldest son, is at Levit`"
Castle, the seat of the Earl of Lonsdale.
maltsezza..o.rntmr..s.
A deputation of the electors of the ward of Porto-
ken have waited on, and endeavoured to prevail 13°11
several respectable inhabitants of their ward to 010
forward and offer themselves as candidates at the IV,:
proaching election, assuring them that if they did sA-
they would be certain of success, but not- one coal.
be found.
Great excitement has been caused in Reading and
Neighbourhood, by a prophecy of some
fanatics that the end of he world will be in the course
have pro-
of this year. Their frequent preachings
minded per
duced most mischievous effects on veak-
sons, not wholly confined to the uneducated ranks,te
and several ministers have thought it expedient s
warn their flocks from the pulpit against the delusion
of these presumptuous pseudo-prophets. n
The lovers of antiquity will be gratified to leer
that the King of Naples, with the view of perpetualif
wandering
preserving the Alfresco paintings, disinterred frorn
the ruins of Pompeii, the lustre of whose colours ared
known to fade on exposure to the air, has employed
artists of the greatest celebrity to imitate them on
walls of his own palace at Naples.
On the afternoon of Thursday last, the inhabitants
of the quiet village of Sedgvvick, near Kendal, were
thrown into a state of extreme excitement by the
explosion of the powder-mills of J. Wakefield, f]sql.
which, we regret to say, was attended with the loss or
life. The unfortunate individual who met this un-
timely end was a n-ran of the name of Willisor
Stewartson, who was employed in one of the mills,
and has left a wife and a family of six children to
lament their loss. We are happy to state that tlie
charitable in the neighbourhood have subscribed
handsomely for the maintenance of the afflicted farailY;,
The obstructions hitherto in the way of Colonel.
Tynte's claim to the Wharton peerage, are understood
to be so far removed, that it is expected he will be
to •
called the Upper House by the title of Baron
~..

Wharton, in a few—months. -
Mr. Forsayeth has received his appointment to the
recordership of Cork.
Yesterday a very respectable meeting of the inha'
bitants ofßridge-street, Blackfriars, and of the adja-
cent parishes of St. Anne's St. Andrew by the
Wardrobe and Bridewell precinct, was held at Rad-
ley's Hotel, Bridge-street, for the purpose of adopting.
measures to prevent the establishment of an infirnuiri
for the cure of cutaneous diseases, es is Proposed "

be done in this loottlitx.

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The King of the French and Maclaine Adeweido,
o
accompanied by Generals Rumigny and Amard, et
Neuilly on Saturday, for St. Cloud. Ills palest
and her Royal highness returned to the Palaro
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Neuilly at seven o'clock. The King granted o
audience to M. Ilarel, author of the " Discouri ssje
' Voltaire," which was crowned by the Made°
13, Francaise.
•
The Constitutionnel says that M. Mauboussof all
attaché of the Consulate at Tangiers, has been sri;
pointed temporary Consul-general, and that 3.1.,_; I,` e
Ilion is to be promoted to a higher office. The Du
of Glucksberg is on his return to Paris, as bearer
the treaty of peace.
A person, named Busquet, died on Saturday' of
the Rue St. Honore, in the eighty-second year e,
his age. This man had amassed a small tbr°"e
(luring the Revolution, by selling in the streelsert
celebrated journal, known by the title of v
Duchesne.
The' vintage -had commenced in the Bean) lu
Die
The grapes are full ripe, and in a most perfect 8
to
of preservation. The late rains have caused them
fill considerably, and the wine crop will, it is
more abundant than was expected. The quality isof
be excellent, and, consequently, a fall ;11 the pace
wine mr,y be expected. st
The Toulonnais of the 19th instant bnruunces
st
the Prince de Joinville was daily expected in r.),,e
harbour, where every preparation was m ide to
him a triumphal reception.
The same journal states that Abl-el_Kader
encamped with his dierain the valley of the %%ratio
l.
Azha, between Auchdah anal Teza, 20 leagues ir
the Algerian frontier.
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Some serious riots have taken 'ace at Verviers,
Belgium, in consequence of a depcision come to 1)1,
the Commissioners of Hospitals at Verviers, to ri.oo
the Hospital "de la Providence" under the direct,,l
of the Society of Jesuits ; an immense fermentaoo
t
'
was the consequence. The people assembled in Brest
numbers, and attacked the houses of some of tbe
-
principal citizens. Tranquility was, however,,.
stored on its being announced that the authorin
had revoked the oftensive decision, and by the ios
account all was again quiet. fro
The Augsburgh Gazette publishes a letter
tbe
Athens of the 7th inst., in which it is stated that
ce,
elections commenced that week are going on Pes. o
ably. The result would not be known till the folk) bt
ing day. The Chamber was to meet in a fortlger,
from the date of the latter. It was stated that di, tti,
ences had arisen between MM Metaxa and Cole
which were not likely to be appeased: . of
Letters from Bayonne speak of the probabilqo
a new outbreak in Spain. The Liberals and CaroA
have, it seems coalesced against the Moderados.o
considerable portion of the army has been gained, a
a series of pronunciamentos are expected to folloW•
24.51:97 AND POLXCZ. so°
A Frenchman named Jacques Besset, for
eet,
time carrying on business in Fenchurch'srrier
under the firm of Pricener and general vi
chants, was yesterday brought before Co.,ie Lord of
at the Mansion House, charged with the offeeemw
fraudulent bankruptcy. lie was committed Preps
ratory to being sent to France.
Eliza 'Moore, charged at the Guildhall I`4„, re-
tempting suicide by drinking laudanum, Yfr"
mended by Sir Peter Laurie. 610
At Clerkenwell, William Griffiths, who deg,
himself as a surgeon, residing in Gerrard-street" r I
of
lington, was charged with knocking at the at oat
the house, 71, St. John's-street, Clerkenwell, wl"Tbs
lawful excuse, and making an alarm of ',Fire. wss
prisoner, who pleaded drunkenness as an excuse '
fined is.
`the
Adele Dupierre was fully committed from the
1 borough on a charge of illegally pawning shoes'
property of Mr. Van Bever, her employer.
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At the same police-court, William Nash, r ri.
constable C 100, was fined 31. or one month's Ile
sonment, for a wanton and unprovoked assault s,
Mrs. O'Connor. As the lady was walking in
bcio
dilly, she was, without any provocation having
given, rudely seized and shaken by the pOlicenlaniore
At Union-hall, Michael Sullivan was brought hello
Mr. Cottingham, -charged with wounding policeviitb
Murphy, L division, by striking him on the healkot.
a poker. The Magistrate then inflicted a file °itted
on the prisoner, and in default of payment comin
him for two months.
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There was a thronged attendance at Hammers aa
to hear the examination of five persons, who had' the
the previous day, been taken into custody bY'„ea
police at Kensington, on a charge of being conce,t':,,ht
in causing the death of George Benson in 'a Devii,
which took place on Sunday morning near the bas d
of the Kensington Canal. The case was rernan
de
until Thursday.
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Mr. Sinclair Blue, a surgeon, of High-street 'aPt the
lar, aged 29, was brought before Mr. BroderiP!croales
Thames office, on a charge of assaulting
in a very brutal manner, with being drunk, it op-
creating a disturbance in the public streets' f Gin'
peared from the evidence, that at the corner eouleo,
lane Mr. Blue had run-a-muck at several w:.s
and severely ill-treated three of them. the
fence he said that he had been first attacked by ;ck
women, who pushed against him, and tried OtPtio
his pocket. He was held to. bail to aPPear
sessions. threenfa
with