The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-25 00:00:00

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The Earl and Countess Craven left Charles-street, Berkeley-
square, on Saturday, on a visit to Lord and Lady Folkestone
at Brighton.
Earl Cadogan has gone to Sutherlandskire, in order to have
a few weeks' salmon-fishing in the Iver.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro will leave Belgrave-
street ' for Widmer Castle, the day after the prorogation.
Lord and Lady Lovat have reached Beaufort Castle, Inver-
ness.shire, from town.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey entertained a distinguished
circle at dinner on Friday in Berkeley-square.
Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to pegs the whole
autumn at the seat of the Earl of Minto, in Roxburghshire.
Preparations have already eemmenced for the reception of
the Queen and Prince Albert at Belvoir Castle.
The Dowager Queen's visit to Btuleigh House is expected
to take place very shortly.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford lease town to-day for
Goodwood, the seat of the Duke of Richmond.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are expected to
remain at Sion House until the second or third week k
September.
The Marchioness of Hastings gave birth to a son on Friday
morning in Casendi4h-square.
Naser.zsamEous.

At Raton and Liverpool, as also in the neighbouring manufac-
turing districts, extensive union has been effected between the
middle and working classes, and large bodies are beginning to
be organised for political objects.
Upwards of 20,0001. had been insert d upon the life of Dr.
Dickenson, the late Bishop of Meath, a few weeks before his
death.
On Friday last two men, employed in the lead mires of the
London Company, at Murton, near Appleby, Westmorland,
were shut up in them, owing to the falling of a large portion of
the works. They were not released till Monday, when one of
the mean was found to have eaten three candles, and the other
in a state, of great exhaustion from want of food.
Bernard Cavanagh, the fasting man, has at length returned to
his father's house, near Swinford, Mayo, and on Sunday lust
made his appearance in the chapel of the town.

PORI UGAL
EXPRESS FROM SOUTHAMPTON.

We have udvices from Lisbon to the 18th instant.
The re-construction of the Cabinet was suspended until
the Duke of Palmella should make known his final de,
cision ; that this would be to accept office there was
no doubt.. The Ministers of Marine and Justice would
certainly be superseded, and the latter was to be elected
to the Presidency, of the Chamber of Deputies. From
want of cordial co-operatiod with reference to the
tariff reductions, to be considered in the supplemental
article of the treaty, a correspondent announces posi-
tively his conviction that the Convention would not be
concluded for months to come, and that the mercantile
community would not derive any practical benefit from
the treaty during the year 1842. We have been fur-
nished with a resume of the Portuguese Commissioners'
labours, from which it would appear that no progress
whatever had been made towards a settlement-; the Re.:
port of the Commissioners had been referred by the Go-
vernment to Baron Tojal for hiS judgment upon
its recommendation. The Baron returned it with
a • favourable answer to the Government ; and
a conference with the Porttignese Pleniponten-
tiary would immediately follow, , fortified by which he
would make a proposition to the British Envoy. But
this would not further matters very much, and the initia-
tion of liberality would probably, have to be eventually
taken by our own Government. The exchange of the ra-
tifications of. the commercial and slave trade treaties
would probably take place in about six weeks' time. Both
Legislative Chambers were as yet occupied with prepara-
tory labcurs. The elections, however, with very rare ex-
ceptions, had been pronounced valid. The Portuguese
army was to be immediately increased by 4,295 men. A
deciee had appeared for the immediate. and eff.,ctual en-
forcement of a tax of 10 per cent. Upon every description
of

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SUICIDE.—On Saturday night, a most determined
act of self-destruction was committed by Wm. Fernley,
butler to Mrs. Lane Fox, at her residence, 36, Ciirzhn-
street, May-fair. It appears that about t:n o'clock the
female domestics, hearing the report of. fire-arms, became
alarmed, and, on going into the butler's room, discovered
the deceased sitting upright in an arm chair, his left
cheek and the roof of his scull completely blov, 71 off; in
his right hand was firmly clenched a double-barrelled
pistol, both barrels of which appeared, to have been
re-
cently discharged. Tho deceased;.-who had been • indis-
posed for two or three dap, previooy; was betiveen sixty
and seventy years of age.

The King of Bavaria, says a letter from Cologne,
will visit that city in .the autumn. for the purpose of meeting
.the King of Prussia,,:_The.letter adds that the Bavariu. go,
..r.g.rnfant ppF treats with that of Austria for tlpgreform of
the poit3l-commtiniCatioustietrimitlie rivolbliurries,