The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN

A grand ball will be given at the British Embassy, Paris,
on Friday, in honour of the Queen's birth-day.
The health of M. Guizot is daily improving, but the Mi-
nister of Public Instruction is still confined with asevere fit of
the gout.
A return has been published of the state of the business
before the Chamber of Deputies up to the 15th of the present
month. It appears that the number of Bills passed by the
Chamber during the present session is thirty-two. The
number of Government Bills still to be disposed of amounts
to twenty-seven.
Lieut. Van Geenen, in command of the Spahis at Senegal,
has just been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. Out
of the fifteen French Spahis sent to Senegal six are dead;
three are in France, recovering from illness; but resolved
not to return to so deadly a climate; and two are on their
passage home, almost in a dying state. There are only re-
maining at Senegal Lieut. Van Geenen and three men, two
of whom are almost always at the hospitaL
The eminent German author and critic, Schlegel, died a.
few days ago at Bonn, aged 79.
One of the sons of :,chiller, the German poet 9 filling the
office of Keeper-General of Woods and Forests in Wurtew-
berg, has just been created a Baron, by the title of Baron
Schiller de Lorch.

Between two hundred and three hundred workmen are
assembled at Montmelian, in Savoy, to be immediately em-
ployed in finishing the railroad that is to run between Train
and Chambery, and which will probably be carried on to the
French frontier and Switzerland.
The Emperor of Austria, wishing to offer to Prince Metter—
nich a mark of his consideration, ordered that the Grand Na •
tional Exhibition should be opened on the day on which the
Prince accomplished his seventy-second year. The Arch.
Chancellor was born on the 15th May, 1773, and has bad tkp
direction of the affairs of the Austrian empire for 36 since...-
sive years. _ _

Leiters from Rome of the 6th inst. announce the demise
of Cardinal Louis du Drago in his 69th year. He is to be
replaced, as Secretary for the Petitions, by Cardinal Adrien.
Fiescbi. The same accounts also mention the demise of
Lieutenantliere, Aide-de-Camp to his Royal Highness.
Prince Heinrich of Prussia, who expired at Albano from the
effects of an accident by the upsetting of the carriage between
Albano and Rome, caused by the negligence of his coachman.
His death causes universal regret.

The Journal de Cher smnonnces the death of the Abbe
Ansineer, the father of the French clergy, in the IW2d year
of his age.

LAVI AND POLICE.

In the Court of Bankruptcy, Mr. Commissioner Shepherd
granted the Rey. John Wm. BLtt, Vicar of King's Langley,
his final order.
The trial of Ell and Corderoy for stealing a quantity of
paper, the property of Messrs. Magnay and Co., and of
Dodge for receiving the same, took place at the Central Cri-
minal Court. Ell and Dodge were convicted, and Corderoy
acquitted. There are several other indictments against them.
The solicitor of a man named Gomm, who was some time
since tried on a charge of stealing bank notes from a Bou-
logne packet and acquitted, applied to the Lord Mayor to
order Forrester to deliver up some valuable property which
he had taken from Gomm at the time of his apprehension,
and which the latter had stated he had found on Notting-
hill. The Lord Mayor, however, refused to interfere.
John Branch, Edward Cork, and Ebenezer Wells, three
young men, varying from 18 to 20ye,ars of age, were charged
before Mr. Clive, at Wandsworth. with wilfully setting fire
to and destroying the furze oa Wimbledon Common. The
prisoners, who denied the charge, were remanded until
Thursday.
At the Thames police court, John Harper, who is better
known to the police by the soubriquet of Natty Jack, from
his smart and very neat mode of attire, was brought before
Mr. Broderip, on remand, charged with being in Stepney
fair, on the 13th last., for the purpose of picking pockets, and
sentenced, as a rogue and vagabond, to three menthe inv.
prisonment, and hard labour, in the House of Correction.
COURT-FASHIONABLE.

The Grand Duchess Dowager Stephanie of Baden, attended
by the Baroness Strumfeder, and accompanied_ by the Mar-
quis of Douglas, have returned to the Duke of Hamilton's
mansion, in Portman-square, from a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Shrewsbury, at Alton Towers, where a select
circle was invited to meet the Grand Duchess.
The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton entertained at dinner,
on Sunday evening, in Portman-square, the Duke and
Duchess of Somerset, Lord and Lady Seymour, the Marquig
of Huntley, the Marchioness of Douglas, Miss Greville, Mr.
H. Gordon, &c.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has arrived in Hertford-street,
from his seat, Knebworth Park, for the season.
Sir Benjamin and Miss Hall have arrived in Portinatt-
square, from the family seat in Wales.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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A yacht club, to be called The Royal Victoria Yacht Club,
is i.hortly to be established at Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Eight caulkers, with their apprentices, have been sent from
Sheerness to Woolwich Dock-yard, to caulk the bottom of
the Tremendous, 50 guns, formerly ordered to be broke up,
but found so excellent in her timbers as to be again fitted

for sea.
The prize given by the Emperor of Russia' for the Ascot
Races, has been submitted to her Majesty and Pr: rice Albert.
It is a copy in silver of the statue of Peter the Grcet, at St.
Petersburgh, and has been executed under the in.'mediate
superintendence of Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister,
and the Earl of Rosalyn, Master of the Buckhounds.
We are happy to hear that Lord Melbourne has wom2er-
fully improved during his residence at Brocket-hall.
Lordship has so far regained his health as to be able t.k'
take walking exercise, and contemplated returning to town.
The Lord Bishop of Exeter has collated the Rev. Edwarc.
Charles Harington, M.A., to the prebendal stall in the Ca-
thedral Church of Exeter, void by the consecration of the
Rev. John Medley, D.D., as Bishop of Fredericton.
Mr. Coleman, the inventor of the molian attachment, on
his return from this country to America, a few weeks ago,
was seized with a virulent attack of measles, which carried
him off in the prime of life.
The novelty of a day's performance by the Histrionics oc-
curred on Monday at the St. James's Theatre. in favour of
the funds of the Distressed Needlewomen's Society. Ths

bill consisted of Charles the Second, The Spita?fields'ireave;
and Bonitastes Furioso; in the course of the performances
the French song of " Le Postilion de M'ame Ablon," was
sung by Mr. Birton, in whose features many must have re-
cognized those of a popular author.
The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge,
have appointed the Rev. J. W. Blokesley, M.A., Fellow and
Tutor of that Society, to the vicarage of Ware. The new
incumbent is opposed to the innovating spirit which has kept
this parish in a ferment during the last two years.
Several of the master sawyers of Glasgow and neighbour-
hood have agreed to the increase of wages asked by their
workmen, and a number of the men have again resumed
their wonted employment.
A rehearsal of the fifth concert of ancient music took
place on Monday morning, preparatory to the performance to—
morrow, which will be under the direction of the Duke of
Wellington, who has made a very fine selection of sterling com-
positions. The principal singers were Madame Carador
Mdlle. Vera, and Mdlle. Brambilla, Staudigl, Hawkins
Machin, and Herr Pisckek: the latter made a very great im,
pression at the rehearsal, in two solos, and in a duet from
Fidelio, with Staudigl. The only director present was the
Earl of Cawdor, but there was a very numerous assemblage
of the subscribers.

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NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.—The friends of
temperance, constituting the " National Society," held their anni.
versary meeting at Exeter.hall on Monday. The body of the
room, as well as the platform, was well filled, the members of the
Society of Friends forming a considerable proportion of the audi.
tory. The chair was taken shortly after six o'clock by Mr. S.
Howley, during the unavoidable absence of Mi. J. J. Gurney, who
arrived and occupied that post at a later period of the meeting.
The Secretary, Mr. Compton, read a number of letters from
various well-known advocates of temperance who were unable to
attend, and then submitted the third annual report of the Society, in
which was introduced a letter from Father Mathew, addressed to
the Secretary, and reporting the progress of the cause in Ireland.
In reference to the exertions recently made to extricate him from
his embarrassment, he wrote, " Whilst I feel myself overwhelmed
with the weight of your bounty, I am perfectly convinced that it is
not on me, but in the sacred cause of temperance, that this muni.
Scent donation has been bestowed. Circumstances to which it is
unnecessary to allude, have rendered the subscriptions in Ireland
comparatively small, and for the sum of 5,300/. I am principally
indebted to the high.minded generous people of England."
Father Mathew concluded his letter by the following allusion to
his affairs :—" Having some time since, by the sacrifice of per.
sonal and family property, by insurances and other securities, raised
money to pay the medal manufacturers (my only creditors),
the above sum will enable me to extricate myself from all my em-
barrassments, and place myself in the same position in which I
stood before I entered on the temperance mission." The report
presented a variety of statistics showing the active labours of the
temperance missionaries, but the accounts exhibited a small balance
against the society. The meeting was addressed at length by Mr.
Buckingham, Mr. S. C. Hall, Rev. Jabez Burns, Mr. Collins, Mr.
Heyworth, Dr. Oxley, Mr. H. Vincent (who was received with
more than ordinary enthusiasm), Mr. J. Collings, of Philadelphia,
Mr. Mackerrow, Mr. Livesey, Mr. Teare, Mr. Logan, &c. The
resolutions were of the usual character, expressing confidence in
the proceedings of the national as well as the provincial mods.
tions, thanks to God for the success attending their exertions, and
proposing measures to insure accurate returns from all parts uf the
globe of the real progress of teetotalism through the medium of
agents. After the passing of the first resolution, a collection was
made in the room in a way rendering evasion almost impossible.
On a signal being given from the chair, the collectors sprang up
from their seats in all parts of the hall, and in less than Igen minutes
person present had at least
brougham,*
the exchequer. The amount col
liberal from the
of 501„ by the chairman, and some others equally
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pdridoceednor tges rminate until
were of the most or
nearly eleven o'clock.
chief occupants of
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THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—The Erebus, Captain
orderly cl at
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ed
Sir John Franklin, and the Terror, Captain Crozier, discovery
vessels, left Greenbithe on Monday for their destination. Each ship
has been supplied with 200 tin cylinders, for the purpose of hold.
ing papers, which are to be thrown overboard, with the statement
of the longitude, and other particulars worthy of record, written
in six different languages, and the parties finding them are re-
quested to forward the information to the Admiralty.
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—A writer in
.the Art Union has drawn attention to a number of asserted heraldic
blunders which appear on the exterior of the new Houses of Par.
liament. He states that many of the shields are charged with de-
vices copied from coins of various Sovereigns, which were never
intended to represent arms, and that it would be as reasonable to
take St. George and the Dragon for the arms of George IV. as to
adopt those devices for the arms of the monarch on whose coinage
they appear. He points out, too, amongst other objections, that
supporters have been assigned to every Sovereign, beginning with
the Conqueror, though it is known that supporters were not used
by the Kings of England till the reign of Richard 11., 300 years
after the Conquest.
THE MAILS.-- SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 19. The
Oriental Company's steam-ship the Montrose, Captain Wilson, ar-
rived in the docks this morning from Gibraltar, which place she
left on the 9th instant, Cadiz 10th, Lisbon 13th, Oporto and
Vigo 14th, and Corunna 15th. The mails were sent to London
by the nine o'clock train. The Montrose has 59 passengers, and a
full cargo of fruit. The Great Liverpool will sail to-morrow with
the East India and China mails, via Alexandria, also passengers
and a large cargo of bale goods, &c.
BOULOGNE, MAY 18.—An alarm took place at the
English chapel here, during the celebration of Divine service,
which occasioned some personal injury, and was very near causing
loss of life. While the minister was preaching, the cord of one of
the sashes gave way, and the lead weight made a noise which gave
rise to an impression that the gallery was falling. A great number
of persons rushed for the door, amid screams from the women and
children, and some twenty or thirty were thrown down and tram-
pled upon. Several ladies and children were injured, though not
seriously, in the struggles upon the floor; sonic fainted, and wee
taken to neighbouring houses; and the sermon was abruptl
urinated.. The alarm, indeed, was so general that one of the
•
men present took refuge under the pulpit. .