The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-09 00:00:00

COUST-.--. PILIENZOVALII SM.

The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are entertaining'
large par' yat Woburn Abbey. Lord and Lady Francis
Russell, Lord and Lady Charles Russell, are :14110pp. tne
circle. The Marquis of Tavistock is in town. •
left
Hatfield Marquis ant Marchioness of Douro have lot
Hatfield House, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury,
and are gone to visit the Duke of Wellington'at Strath'
fiePsaye.
The Earl and Countess 4 Eglihton are still at Eg'
li ton Castle, surrounded by a large circle of frieecl,
The Noble- ari frequently enjoys the vigorows P3st,,ir°„l
cur!ing, on the ponds which his' Lordship 1;"
recently recently constructed at Eglinton Castle.
Earl Cadovan has arrived on a visit to Lieutenant'
Quileral Si: Ed.viad ao Itir,i*on, rr6 -0044
Par,, near Eye, from Mr. Charles Drtmnond's, Newi
sells, Herts. The Hon. Cap•ain Cadogan has depart't
for the Conti ent. Th,, Countes, - ai.d tae Ladies Au-
(-gists and Honoria Can:Tait are still at Queensberry

CouWess of Beauehatrip has arrived in Fortin°.
square fr.tn Niutlrectivld Court, Worcestershire.'
Vlseount and Viset,u:r.tess Camden ~bet•r: enter
tninizur a large' party at 13arhatL, C,tirt, during the
Christmas firtnieht.

Lord and Lady Comb,rm-re are expectud to arrive
in Bolgrave,quare to-day from Combermere Abbe)?
Che hir , ;or rhfn sr ason.
Lor i Langible, Master ot thP sa)lls, and Lady Lang'
dale a- d fiu have been pasiing the recess at TeLuPle
ton House, itoehtuni.ton.
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The Liverpriol Times says the younjewhetit looks or t
bes.uthii ths.t tart of the country. now that the fr°44
is 2..,ne. It doe not st•em to have been 4t .ull• injure
by the severe weather.

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On Tuesday afternoon, shortly before two o'clocic; for
tide was unusually high, and o erflowed the banks il/
s.veral places. Many of the cellars and kitchens in tue
vicinity of liarclay's brewery, St. Saviour's Churcbt
Southwark, Tooley-street, Rotherhithe, and Warrirg'
were deluged. At London-bridge the river stood 29 fee'
deep.

Lord and Lady Leigh will shortly receive a large ill:
cession to the number of their present visitors at Sten
leigh Abbey, to celebrate the cowing of age of O°,
eldest son, the Hon. William Henry Leigh,
who atttfo
his majority on the 17th inst., when great festivities -„,
take place in honour of the auspicious event, it bet
intended that all classes of the numerous tenantry
participate in the same on this happy occasion.
A young American, who is travelling in Euro?'"
gravely announces in a letter that Professor Van Graf.
selbach, of Stockholm, has brought to a state of per'e Z;
tion the art of producing a torpor i!i the system by t"
application. of cold, of degrees of intensity proeeedl
from less to greater, so as to cause the human body
become perfectly torpid, in which state it may remain
for a hundred or a thousand years, and then be awakened
to a new existence.

The iron trade of South Staffordshire is in a 112°91
prosperous condition at the present time. Several 111
works, which have been for a long time standing 5t!.:
are gradually getting into operation throughout the at
trict. Indeed, so brisk has every department of tue
i
trade become throughout the Staffordshire district, Or
the masters have advanced their price ten shillings
ton, thus raising the value of iron to the same stand
as before the recent fall. The Welsh trade has 615°
partaken of a similar improvement, and is considerabli
advanced.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP WATCHES AND JEWEL' 1
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LERY.—On Tuesday information was forwarded to
metropolitan and City police that, on the night 4
Friday last, the premises of Mr. Griffith DevieS,_,,"
Dolgelly, Merionethshire, watch and clock maker, ore"
broken into, and the following property stolen there
from, viz.:—One hundred silver watches, which had be to
sent to be repaired; eight new silver watches, a • lad).°
gold watch, about forty gold wedding rings, a ladle
quantity of gold seals and watch keys, and a gold we
case without works, besides other gold and silver &disk'
to a large amount.
TAXES ON SUCCESSION TO PROPERTY ABROADr,
Tuesday a Parliamentary paper extending to 33 pa
was printed, containing the correspondence which bel
recently taken place relating to taxes or duties itopn'
on succession to property, after death, in foreign c 001).
tries. In April the Earl of Aberdeen, as Foreign Seere.
tary, addressed a circular to the British ambassador:
and other diplomatic officers abroad stating, that her
Majesty had been graciously pleased to comply with a;
address of the House of Commons to the effect that be,
Majesty would procure a statement of the rate or scale
of any taxes or duties imposed (either by the Govern
ment or by municipalities) on succession to properri
arter death; stating also, whether in such taxes or dutieg
tiny distinction was made in such foreign countries be'
tween real and ;,ersonal property ; and likewise a state'
m•-nt of the annual amount received from such taxis °'
dutia a. The document was ordered to be printed ou tli
inoti,as of Mr. Elphinstone, the Member for Lewes, an
affords information on the subject to which it relate°
Returns have been received from Austria, Bavaria.
Belgium, Denmark, France, 'Frankfort, Greece, 11,0'
burgh, Hanover, Hesse Cassel, Holland, Prussia, .Slr
dinia, Saxony; Sicily, Sweden, Switzerland, Texas, Tug'
carry, United States, and 'A urtemburg. The last retn,";
was made as late as the 14th of August. It appears tf?'
in Texas there are no taxes or Outies imposed either by
the Government or by municipalities of the kind; and its
the United States that the taxes mentioned do not fall)
a part of the general revenue.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH BY POISON.—on Tuesday Mr
Baker held an inquest at the Jolly Butcher, Stoke _Noe
ington, on the body of John Poole, aged 19, a shoe:
maker, who is supposed to have poisoned himself. •';
appeared that the deceased was in the employment
Mr. Smith, shoemaker, Church-street, Stoke Newingteli'
He had formed an attachment to a young woman, a eels'
thin, and to whom he believed he was under an engage'
ment to be married. About two months ago she mar
vied another person ; after which a great change n?'" •
perceptible in the deceased's manner. He used to coin'
plain that his head would split in two; and he frequent-1i
sat by himself, in a dejected way. Last Sunday evening'
he was in company with a shopman of his employers'
when he was taking some pills, which:he said were cote"
posed of opium.. The shopman left ham for a few
minutes, and soon after the was heard moaning heavilij
The deceased was then found by him in a gate (,),`,
stupor. Mr. Killich, a surgeon, was called in, who said
that deceased was suffering from the effects of wore
narcotic poison, and it was discovered that he had take,li
fifteen opium pills, which the medical gentleman Of
contained twenty-five grains of crude opium, five 0
which were sufficient to destroy life. Verdict—" That
the deceased died from taking a quantity of opium pillS •
but that there was not sufficient evidence to show whether
he took them for the purpose of destroying life."
MYSTERIOUS WINDOW-BREAKING AT HACKNEY.'"...
The efforts of the officer engaged in detecting the all:.
thors of the mischievous attack upon the windows in the
house of Mr. Hulloh, chemist, London-fields, have sy
length proved successful. While engaged in watching
one morning last week, Francis, N 227, observed the
girl thpaw several stones at her mistress, at the sat!'
time loudly expressing her indignation at the act. in
the evening of the same day, Clarke, N 223,• the othe',
offieer engaged in the affair, detected a son of Mt.
flulloh, a lad ten years of age, in-the act of throwing
stones at the windows. These facts were communicst
to Mr. Hulloh, who regarded them as incredible. bleiv
sures for removing the girl and lad during the next dai
were, however, suggested and acceded to, and the
dews were, as might have been expected, unmolesLew
Mr. Hulloh then confronted the tat" mischievous agents'
when the girl admitted that she had been the pria
mover in the attack. Her detail of the schemes reeorte,
to in order to baffle the police, showed that she possess&
extraordinary cunning. She broke several of the win'
doves from the inside, at the same time dropping a stone'
which she directly picked up and conveyed to the Kts
lice. Her only reason tier the malicious destruction °f
her employer's property was a dislike to the situation
the house. The pl,cing of stones in the plum.puddingi,
breaking the pan, &c.. were all the work of her wiechish
The lad admitted his share in the transaction, for whit'',
the girl had given him trifling sums of money. To t'a
regret of the inhabitants, many of whom have laboure
under suspicion„vtr. Hulloh has declined to prosecute,
o
the girl, now dis?harged, owing to the lad's particitialipe
in her conduct. ' •
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INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF LICENSRD
LERS.—A meeting of the Governor and Cntir.
rtettee of Management was held on Tuesday at tiwte
School-house, Kennington-lane, for the purpose of elec,,,
ing the Governor of the Corporation for the year,!ca'
suing. The qualification fur the above honourable.on'ed
is vested in the three trustees who have severally sere.t,
in that capacity for two years, and who may be. jo
business as licensed victuallers when the elect'
takes place. On the present occasion the three Ica
tlernen who had served as trustees for that Pellae
were Messrs. Hughes, Stowell, and Burred. but L,
last-named gentleman now being out of busines7s,
was consequently • ineligible. The contest "'ii,
therefore, between Messrs. Hughes and stooL,,
and the latter gentleman, having the majority of i'n'tect
was declared by the Governor, Mr. Wicker, duly eleetee
to the office of Governor of the Corporation for ,_.4
forthcoming year. Mr. Stowell, the Governor el'ur
briefly returned his acknowledgments for the h01,,0e0
conferred upon him by his colleagues, and assured t'
tee
that he would use his utmost endeavours to maintain
efficiency of the institution, and to economise its • 11113,10,1
Mr. Ilughes, although unsuccessful, said that he
still continue his exertions for the benefit of the seciebis
The Governor elect was warmly congratulated upon ot
success by his colleagues, and the contest was of a 1330.
praiseworthy and friendly character, both of the enr°%-
titors evincing a laudable desire to coalesce in theire,ety
ertions to advance the great object for which the so 0i
was established.
ace,
MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—The late Dr. Cotgr!eo
who recently died at his residence, Gregg-green, 11 10.
Henley-on-Thames, has left 2,0001. to the Chestersout
firmary, 1,0001. to the Westminster Hospital, and on'
to the Berkshire Hospital. The deceased was st!rbtee •
to her Majesty's forces, and served thirty years ins to
35th Regiment, and accompanied that fine corp
Holland, Malta, Calabria, and Egypt.
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Lady Caroline Neeld has joined the film,'), st.,
assembled os a visit to the Earl of Shaftestair,s(7,oo
Giles's House, Dorset. The Countess of Vl'arwi we
has been for some time in rather .delicate health,
are happy to state, improving. The Noble Earl 0
spe
petted to juin her Ladyship at Warwick Castle r so-
week, when his duties as Lord in Waiting on her
jesty expire.

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