The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-01 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

POILEIG:nr.
The ball given by the city of Marseilles to the Duke de
Montpensier the evening before his departure was got °P
with great splendour. His Royal Highness entered at nine
o'clock, and was received with enthusiastic welcome. Ile
opened the ball with Madame Lafon, the wife of one of the
municipal councillors, and afterwards danced with four other
ladies. He retired at gleven, and was escorted home by vest.
bodies of the citizens, uttering- loyal shouts. At ten the ne-",
morning the Royal Duke left the Hotel d'Orient amidst law
versal expressions of regret and good wishes. A grand pro"
cession was formed to do him honour, composed of detach-
ments of gendarmes and municipal foot guards,, about fort,'
carriages, all decorated with the national colours, and Pre'
ceded by a numerous cavalcade formed by the young roe° `"
the city.
Great preparations had been made at Paris for the sing
fête on the Ist of May. It was reckoned that at least 150,01
strangers had arrived to witness the ceremonies of the gran"
exhibition of works of art. The weather was magnificent.
The Courrier Francais states that numerous patrols 0;
Municipal Guards, cavalry and infantry, have perambulated'
the streets of l'aris for some nights past after nine o'clock in
the evening, and adds, " this is the commencement of the lasi
sures of security to be adopted on the approach of the Ist
May (the King's fete)."
Of the four races run in the Champ de Mars, Paris, e.,°
Sunday last, three were won by horses the property of Bart
Anthony de Rothschild. The second horse in the other era
belonged also to him.
The last accounts from Algiers announce the submission t*
the French of several tribes who have hitherto adhered to
AUd-el-Kader, and particularly of the chief of the town
district of Laghouat. The town contains 20,000 inhabitants,
and is situated at a distance of 120 leagues from Algiers.
The veteran politician, Royer Collard, is in a very alai
ing state.
The French Minister of War has completed, and ordered to
be put in force, regulations for preventing duels in the aril;
Modes of reconciliation are prescribed not only for boki
parties, but also for the seconds and the officers before "met,
the affair is to be brought. In case all efforts fail and a meshy
ing takes place, the principals and seconds are to be broil;
before a court martial. April 110
The Sentinelle, of Bayonne, states from Madrid, Apr- Ai
that for the last three days none of the subscribers to irensiii
opposition journals had been allowed to receive their us°
supply from the Madrid post office.
A rather violent shock of an earthquake was felt at Lug:
in Galicia, on the 19th ult., at 45 minutes past 3 o'clock, r''„,
It proceeded from north to south, and the oscillation was
strong, that the houses were shaken throughout the town '
if by a loud discharge of artillery. ed
The King of Prussia has conferred the Order of the --,43
Eagle of the first class upon Count Bresson, late Fres`
Minister at the Court of Berlin.
111. Schleiermacher, who was Privy Councillor and rat
tary to the late Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, died
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Darmstadt, n the 20th ult., in histh ear.
It appears by a letter from Hamburgh, that the aniellsi;
of the losses occasioned by the great fire in that city has cup
just been correctly ascertained. It is 38,442,000 marks r
rent, or nearly 3,000,000/. the
A letter from Stockholm, April 16, says—" YesterdaY ,be
body of the late King was clothed in the costume of
lin
ord.r of the Seraphim, and placed ou a catafalque ereetq,,,
the hall of the palace, bearing the name of that Order•
features of the illustrious deceased are not in any respect
tered. The body is to remain there in state for a week.
LAW AND POLICE. Rio
In the Insolvent Debtors Court James Gomm and --„,te
Gomm (father and son) appeared for judgment. They
cal"
opposed by Messrs. Cooke and Woodruffe for several er.,re
tors; and supported by Mr. Nichols. The insolvents di.
builders, and had obtained materials of the opposing ° rod
tors, with which they built houses, mortgaged them, and ,
disposed of the equity of redemption to a relation for
'
alleged debt of 4501., who had assigned it to a third Perail,
The Court remanded the insolvents for 16 calendar rue°
from the vesting order,, for making away with propertY,'
In the Sheriffs' Court an action was brought by Mr. 131-0.
an .engineer against Mr. Miles, a cabinet:maker, for the 4,
duction of his daughter. There being no defence to the
tion, the jury assessed the damages at 1001.
Samuel Withers, a young man, residing at 15, S,
,tailostrsiir
street, Westminster, was brought before Mi. Alue,:,.gai
Kelly, at Guildhall, charged with knowingly uttering.a
Si. note of the Bank of England to G. Weston, a tobacco
on Holborn-hill. The prisoner was remanded till Fridal'
At Lambeth-street, Daniel Driscol was charged with .°0
witting a murderous assault upon his wife, who is at pr.e.oo,
in the London Hospital in a dangerous state. Police
•
stable James Mahony stated that while on duty in Rosenal
lane, on that morning, he heard loud cries of murder, be
upon entering the room from which they were proceeditte
found the prisoner's wile in bed in a very frightful to
She was nearly exhausted at the time, but was 0101, her
tell him that her husband had inflicted the injuries uP°'"
person with a poker. Mr. Norton told him, that the eltirr
as it stood, was one of a serious nature, but if anYthit the
pened to his wife it would be still more so, and rely'
prisoner to a future day.
C OtTILT —PASIIXONAD I.E. li,
The Marquis of Lorn, only son of the Duke of Arg be
to b
tained his majority yesterday, when the event Mates in
celebrated by great rejoicings on the noble Dukes es .
Argyleshire. afond'
The Countess de Salis gave a grand dinner, 00,., Ladies
to Prince Castelcicala, the Marquis of Heactfort, roe gon•
Olivia and Mary Taylor the Bishop of Carlisle aeginer, Sir
Mrs. Percy, Lord and 'Lady Sondes and Miss viscOunt
Philip and Lady Grey Egerton, Viscount Ossulston, 10
Maidstone, Lord Beaumont, Sir John Harrington, 1""ed 50a
the'evening the whole suite of rooms, brilliantly light ev,
adorned with the choicest exotic flowers, were throvinjoe
and her Ladyship received upwards of 200 of the aire, old
fashionable world, to hear some excellent profeeek"'
amateur music.
The following were among the company present at _
Italian Opera last evening :—The Duke and Duchess of Cdfse
bridge ; Lord and Lady Barrington and party eccuPletrote,
Queen Dowager's box ; the Dukes of Devonshire, 3100. be
and Leeds ; the Duchesses of Beaufort and Montroeive
Marquises of Ailesbury, Lansdowne, Normanby, Douro, and
cester, and Huntly ; the Marchionesses of Lanadown ;or
Wellesley ; Baron Nieuman, Baron Brunnow, the Turki°°_llo
bassador, and suite; Countess de Sella, Count de Ngz,lijoe,
the Earls of Pembroke, Jersey, Liverpool, Chesterfield, ;con
Shelburne, Falmouth, and &West ; the Countesses of
Wilton, Palmerston, Shelburne ; Lords Templetoven, :Aoor,
ton, Ernest Bruce, William Paulet, Trimlestoivai, LiNjoel
Aylmer, Cautilupe, Duncannon, Alfred Paget, „I„ersell
Paget; Ladies Dufferiu, Trimly- town, Augusta o(47ierN
Ernest Bruce, William Paulet, Aylmer, Clementine ‘;--
Holland, Wombwell, Palmer, Jodarell, Duff, &c. 6j teil'
Lieutenant-General le Baron Stierncrona, on a slieel
sion from his Majesty the King of Sweden, left too
Tuesday evening, on his return to Sweden.
.DZIoCEZ.A.AIV 8. river
A meeting of the delegates of all trades was held onvei
day evening, at the Catherine Wheel, Union-street; 1,11t1).!
were about 230 delegates present, representing nearzioriga
trades of which the working classes are composed, e°l„,s,
to about 1,500 men who were determined to oppose of t° •
ing of the Masters and Servants' Bill. The secretartA
"'Parlors' Protection Society," representing about 2;,lt'
ported the progress of that body in opposing the niPasaire'
feeling of the meeting was very strong against the 01'' de'
and, after several resolutions having been adopted, it vtd:;3soo"
termined that in case the Bill should pass, a public
_s osti
stration should take place on Kennington-common,*
as possible. gor
The Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated ~011
day night, on the subject of savings banks and Govrl,;,
annuities, that he will apply for a " Bill to amend 'oin
relating to savings banks, and to the purchase of Gotc
annuities through the medium of savings banks."
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The annual meeting of the Church Missionn Soli; fPoi
held on Tuesday, at Exeter Hall. The Right 011*
of Chichester presided, arid was supported by the vet
Winchester, the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop of
Viscount Sandon, M.P., Sir R. Inglis, 311%. J. T;d
Plnmptre, Esq., M.P., Rev. Professor Scholefield, pe-
Cunningham, Rev. Dr. Marsh, Rev. Hugh Stowell, toe,
of Salisbury, Sir G. ,Rose, the Hon. blr. Waldegrs,a be:
During the year fifty-four branch associations niai
formed, in addition to eighteen juvenile branches. ;
ceipts towards the general fund were 97,791/. 25. 1-65,1,10
special fund and China fund amounted to 1,5561•10 g,
The capital fund was 2,648/. ls. Bd. sum for build r,
1,1811. 17s. The total receipts, including sundry lei%peee'
classed, for the year, were 104,323/. 16s. 10d. The
titre was 93,472/. 7s.
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BIRTHS.
On the 30th ult., at Devonshire-road, Wandso"
do
Mrs. Wannington, of a daughter.
On the 24th a April, Mrs. Frederick Ager, TrinitY764l
Tower, of a son. gone"'
On St. Mark's -day, at Mornington-crescent,•
road, Mrs. F. T. Dollman, of a daughter. ear 18'u-t
On the 27th of April, at Stoulton Parsonage,
cester, the wife of the Rev. H. Lloyd Oswell, of a so°'
cis
MARRIE D. DO 4i
On the 30th tilt, at Garleston Church, by the Bev' sogsteil.,
Salt, A. 8., Edward Chatfield, Esq., merchant, Lewe'ott. Soa
to Elizabeth, daughter of the late ames Lush, Estlf
town, next Great Yarmouth. '$
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On the 23d of April, at Balgove, near St. And
to It or
Young, Esq., of the Madras College, St. Andrew gelt
' Sophia eldest daughter of Mr. John Mivart, vi3O
street, London. 4 _ 14
On thg 27th of April, at St. Pancras, New-road' to oi
Thompson, Esq., late of the Hon. Company's Servise4944
Elizabeth, second daughter of John Hood Sinitn•
Mecklenburgh-street, Mecklenburgh-square.

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DIED. , fa
On the 18th of April, in Guernsey, Nigel Thom Ott.
Heathcote, Esq. 1 rio
On the 25th of April, Jane, widow of the late . ot,
Esq., of Fitzliall,.Midhurst, Sussex. P' ill
lo
On the 26th of April, at Abbot's Leigh, 'Lampneb
Frances Edith, relict of Nice-Admiral Thowas „, .
Wolleyh, of Clifton, aged 72. of
OOP
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- On the 26th of April, -Edward Albert, only s°ll OOP •
Bailey, of Holborn.
On the 26th of April, at Athlone Letitia lid'
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1 sP-
daughter of Captain Gostling, Royal Artillery ~ E.e-
On the 17th of April at Shepperton, Middlee'
relict of the late G. Palmer, Esq., of Boston.
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MONTHLY MILITARY 0131TU-A
General—John Michel. v
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ve' h P S,A
Lieutenant-Gl—A. Sala.
Colonels—W.enera llay, Unatt. ;i O'Reilly, Co'' .•40
Corps. ' a V end f-
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Lieut.-Colonel—R. Simeon, K.H. h p I'i - ' • 0
Major of Hull. ... ell, 95 '''Sret"
Majors—M`lntyre, late 2R. Vet. Bn out"' 4 S- tt,
late tiab
Captains—Chatterton, 3 F. ; Fairtl, ..nre,
Bn. ; Doran, hpl4 F. ; Craik, hp29F.; T. PP ' lb
Duval, do. ; T. Gordon, do. Warrellb Df• ;
• Lieutenants—Grant, 28 F. ; Vigors, 87 F.;13, 112 2 6i'
7R. Vet. Bn. ; Luckett, h.p 10 Dr. ; Jas. %th, hP 3 P`+Perrott, hp 4 F. ; Robertson, hp 27 F. Gi„
_boy, is
Grenier, hp6l F. ; Chambers, hp6BF. ; "4 e• .
F. ; Griffiths, hp R. Mar. 99 F.; 3 i/'
Second Lieuts. and Ensigns—Annstrolgerondste.i)
Hope, R. Eng„; Thompson, 1 W. I. Reg. ; (id': h p g 67 F'
Vet. Bn. ; M‘Lauchlan, 11 p 92 F.l JaS.....lle...avonlerY)Vl
Livingstone (adj.), h p Glengarry Fen. ; ei-°" ' Berl'
Adjutant—Gardner, Stafford Mil. Vet. nu. ;
Quarter-Masters—Sawyers, late 6 R. SO.
hp. 19 Dr. ; Rodgers, hp 66 F. 3 F.; o
Mac Quee'• Sorge('
Medical Department—Surgeon Dr. ,_ io F. ;
eon Hosack, h p Staff; Surgeon Began, J-1 P
Dr. Bourchier, h p. s vir. I. Reg.
Chaplain Department—Bev Gilpin, h p

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