The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-25 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
At the division in the French Chamber which took place
oa Friday evening, 434 Deputies voted, 14 were absent front
Paris, five were ill, two did not vote, and Marshal Sebastiani
and M. Dupin paired off.
The Committee on M. Duvergier d'Hauranne's motion for
the suppression of the vote by ballot has agreed to its report..
It proposes that the opinion of the Chamber should be taken
by dividing, and that the numbers be counted every time
that a certain number of Members shall demand it. Should
the recommendation of the Committee be adopted, there will
be three modes of taking the opinion of the Chamber—let,
the present mode, par aisle et !eve; 2d, by dividing ; and 3d,
by the ballot.
The Constitutionnel publishes a letter from Berne of the
19th, from which it appears that the affairs of Switzerland.
are becoming daily more complicated and more threatening.
The Univers contains a proclamation of the Government of
Lucerne, calling to arms the entire military population of the
canton.
The Gazette d'Augsbourg notices some rumours of contem-
plated disturbances in Italy, of which Gibraltar will be the
focus. The same journal states that M. Guizot had given.
instructions to the French Ambassador in Switzerland to
pursue a conciliatory course, and that similar instructions
had issued from Vienna and Berlin.
It was reported that 400 Swiss, residing in Paris, had pro-
posed to volunteer against the Jesuits; but a letter, signed
by 40 Swiss, addressed to the Sieele, denies, on the part of
the writers, any such intention.
At the meeting of the Spanish Cortes on the 17th. General
Narvaez, in reference to the preaching of certain priests,
said the Government had ordered an inquiry to be made, the
results of which were as yet unknown ; but that, if such ex-
cesses had been committed, they should be chastised. " The
Government," he added, "is aware that the enemies of the
Government, of all parties, are conspiring against it, but it
watches their machinations, and the sword of the law shall
strike whoever shall dare to promote sedition, whatever
mask he may assume."
COURT—FASHIONABLE.
The Queen and Prince Albert attended the French plays
last evening.
The Marquis of lleadfort and the Ladies Taylour have
arrived in Chesham-place, from the family seat in Ireland,
for the season.
The Marquis of Salisbury has left town for Hatfield House,
Herts.
The Marquis of Bate shortly leaves town on a visit to
Colouel-and,Baroness North, at Wroxton Abbey, near Ban-
bury. From thence the Noble Marquis goes to Car'
Castle, his seat in Wales.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield entertained Viscount
Castlereagh, Count Alfred D'Orsay, the Hon. Colonel and
Mrs. Anson, and a small party at dinner, on Sunday evening,
at Chesteifield House, May-lair.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received the Marquis
and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord
and Lady Beauvale, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, Colonel and
Lady Mary Fox, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Panizzi, and a
select party, at dinner on Sunday evening, at their mansion
on Carlton-hen e-terrace.
The Hon. Mrs. Norton has engaged a new residence in
Chesterfield-street, May-fair, this season. It is the same
mansion that was occupied by Mdlle. D'Este, last year.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The eighth annual meeting of the Tailors' Benevolent In-
stitution took place yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern,
Great Queen-street, Mr. Cutler in the chair. From the re-
port read by the Secretary, it appeared that during the past
year the health of the pensioners in the Asylum, at Haver-
stock-hill, had been good, and that the inmates now amounted
to 73. The funded stock belonging to the Society. was
11,3044 being an increase over the previous year of 178/.
On account of the state of the funds, and the circumstance
that at present the Asylum contained but one vacant room,
the Directors had resolved to defer the usual election of in-
mates until August next. The receipts for current pur-
poses amounted during the year to 1,8831., and the expendi-
' tare to 1,5001.
We understand that among the numerous and distin-
guished individuals who intend to honour the ball in favour
of the distressed needlewomen at the London Tavern to-
morrow (Wednesday) is the brave and kindhearted Mohan
Lal, of Indian celebrity, who aided so materially in liberating
our fellow-countrymen at Caubul.
The statement that the Wedgwood copy of the Portland
Vase was not an original, is contradicted on the authority of
Mr. F. Wedgwood, of Etruria, who says that Josiah Wedg-
wood stated in his account of the vase and his copy of it,
published in 1790, that he had the original lent him for more
than twelve months by the Duke of Portland, and the casts
he took can now be produced.
The remission of the coal duties, according to a letter from
the Board of Trade to the coalowners of Sunderland, will
take place from the day on which the resolution shall receive
the sanction of Parliament.
Ferdinand Ilirschfield, Henrie Binck, and Isaac Ezekiel,
Berlin wool-dealers, of St. Pancras-lane, City, and John
Jones, an attorney's clerk, charged at Guildhall a few
day's ago with defrauding Captain F. W. E. Burrell, of
Grosvenor-terrace, Camberwell, of the sum of 2501., under
pretence of entering into partnership, were on Monday re-
examined and again remanded. They,were liberated on bail.
The civil business at the Hertfordshire assizes will com-
mence on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, instead of Monday
morning, as originally proposed.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
HAT ATAIMMTS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3110 s to 4115 s ; use-
ful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to 5/ lOs ;
Clover Hay, 418 s to 5/ 178 Vat Straw, 11 16s to l l 18s ;
Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 21 per load. For Straw the demand
was steady, at full prices ; but with Hay the trade was in a
sluggish state.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 103 to 4/ 15s ;
useful ditto, 4116 s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, 5155 to 5/ 103 ;
Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 5/ 16s; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 18s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. Supply limited, and
trade somewhat brisk.

WHITECILAPEL.-COarSe Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 41 153;
useful ditto, 41 16s to 51 4s; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to
Si lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 61; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 185;
Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ per load. A fair average supply,
and a steady demand.
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