The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-07 00:00:00

circumstanCs, worthily represented his country ; he has
distributed alms and provisions, and clothing for the naked
women ; and his Kavass have scoured the villages, bearing
with them assistance and encouragement. The Austrian,
Prussian, and Russian Consuls rivalled each other in zeal to
do good. The sanguinary anarchy which reigns in the
Lebanon threatens to extend." _ _

According to the Univers, it was resolved at a Cabinet
Council, held on Wednesday, to proceed against the Jesuits.
The crops in the north of France present the most favour-
able appearance, and an abundant harvest is anticipated.
The journeymen carpenters returned to their work on
Wednesday in the Faubergs St. Germain and du Temple,
Gros Caillou, Grenelle, and Chaillot.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs-
day at 83f. 45c. ; the New Loan, at 83f. 85c. ; the Five per
Cents. at 121 f. 40c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,147 f. 50c. ;
Rouen, 1,017 f. 10c. ; Vierzon, 730 f. ; Havre, 830 f. ; Avignon,
9551. ; and Basle, 250 f.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 170 f. premium ; Boulogne, 105 f. ;
ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 25f. ; Paris and Lyons
( Laffitte), 20f. ; ditto (Calon), par ; ditte (Ganneron), 6f. 50e. ;
Northern Line (Laffitte), 32f. 50c. ; ditto (Rosamel), 6f.
25c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 9f. 50c. ; ditto
(Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques
Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 121. 50c ;
ditto (Talabot), 36f. 25c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
7f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par ; ditto
and Cette (Espeleta), 3f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ;
Paris and Strasburgh (Ganneron), 10f. ; Dijon and Mul-
hausen, par.
LYONS, JUNE 30.-Avignon and Marseilles Railroad, 965 f.,
end of June ; Paris and Orleans, 1,160 f. ditto ; Paris and
Rouen, 1,126 E, ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 7301, ditto
Orleans and Bordeaux, 637 f., ditto.

The subscription towards the relief of the sufferers by
the recent conflagration at Quebec, has received an
impetus from the recent pubic meeting in London, and
the tone of the proceedings thereat adopted, which holds
out the most favourable augury for the interests of the
sufferers by that signal calamity. As we were the first
to commend to the consideration of the British public
the propriety of convening public meetings in London
and the other mercantile capitals of the empire, we have
derived the highest gratification from observing the
noble response which the great mercantile body of
the metropolis have made to the appeal of their
fellow-subjects in a distant portion of the empire.
Among the French Canadians, residents and mer-
chants, there have been exhibited signal instances
of charitable regard fur their suffering compatriots: and
of the great houses here, immediately connected with the
British American trade, the leading firms have come
forward with a munificence worthy of their proud posi-
tion and repute in the first commercial community that
the world can boast. The London bankers, too, have
most liberally aided the funds necessary to be raised, in
order to make provision, as far as may be practicable,
for the more immediate necessities of the ruined and
desolate families upon whom this terrible disaster has en-
tailed the destruction of their homes and houses, the loss of
their property, and the mournful task of commencing a
new career of occupation and existence from that point
which has so violently terminated their former one. Let
us hope that in this, as in most other cases of
extensive social calamity, good will be evolved
from evil. The experience of so much general sympathy,
and of such prompt, as well as diffusive humanity, in re
lation to their sufferings, to their privations, at the hands
of their, English brethren, cannot fail to sink deeply into
the Canadian mind, and must exercise a powerful moral
influence in knitting together the hearts of the cllonists
in the bonds of a permanent alliance of affection for, and
community of interest in, the institutions, the prosperity,
and grandeur, of the British empire in the Old World,
as well as the New.
WANT OF POLICE IN REGENT-STREET.—We hear
complaints from various quarters of daring robberies in
the day time as well as at night in Regent street and the
neighbourhood. A gentleman, who resides near All
Souls Church, Langham-place, on returning home about
one o'clock on Friday morning, was knocked down close
to his own door by a severe blow on the head, and had it
been only half an inch nearer the temple, it must have
killed him. As it was, he was severely injured by the
fall, and escaped being robbed only by callinefor the
police. A policeman was seen but a few minutes before
in conversation with three men, one of whom was the
party who inflicted the blow. We believe no secret is
made of the fact, that well-known desperate characters
are daily seen prowling in that quarter, ready for any
mischief.

Mr. Robertson, treasurer of Covent-garden Theatre,
is reported to have said at the Bow-street Police-court,
on Friday, in explanation of the departure of the Belgian
company from that theatre, that our Most Gracious So-
vereign would not honour by her presence any dramatic
representations at that house, in consequence of its hav-
ing been devoted to the meetings of the Anti-Corn-law
League. Without professing to have any direct autho-
rity on the subject, we do, nevertheless, undertake to
declare that this introduction of her Majesty's name was
wholly without warrant, whilst all must admit it to be
most unbecoming and disrespectful.—Observer.
MONUMENT TO GENERAL NOTT.—Sir Robert Peel
has communicated to the Hon. Colonel Trevor the de-
sire of her Majesty to subscribe the munificent sum of
2101. to the fund for the erection of a monument to the
late gallant and able General—an ornament to the Prin-
cipality—Sir William Nott, G.C.B. With this addition,
the sum already collected approaches I,oool.—Shrews-
bury Chronicle.
SERIOUS FIRE NEAR LINCOLN'S INN-FIELDS.—On
Saturday night the inhabitants of Great Queen-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, were thrown into a state of
feverish excitement in consequence of a fire of an alarm-
ing character suddenly bursting forth from the blind-
m Inufactory belonging to Mr. Snoxell. From inquiries
made of one of Mr. Snoxell's men the reporter learned
thu:.4 whilst one of the blind-makers was employed in
• not of glue,
fir some of the burning coals fell out
heating 2. 4 _
set eto a quantity of shavings, the
of the gra.e an,
extended to the stock in trade
flames from which spet"..4ilY
deposited in the building, atLi in less than ten minutes
subsequently the whole was wrappelli in one. immense
sheet of fire. From the peculiar constrnatlon of,,athe
premises, they being surrounded by the extensive
of Mr. Cox, Mr. inward, type-founder, Mr. Brooks,
coach manufacturer, and a range of stabling, the greatest
fears were at one time entertained that the whole would
have fallen a prey to the violence of the flames. By
eight o'clock all danger was over. It is needless to state
that the damage will amount to a considerable sum, and
it is at present unknown whether any of the property was

insured.
ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, WESTMINSTER
BRIDGE-ROAD, LAMBETH.—Yesterday morning the an-
niversary sermon of this charity was preached before his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at the chapel
of the institution, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Colombo. His Lordship selected his text from the Book
of Job, chap. 29, verses 12 and 13. It was stated that at
the present time there are 160 female orphan children on
the establishment who are wholly maintained, clothed,
and educated. The sum collected was 281. 15s. 6d. The
quarterly court of the guardians of the charity was held
on Thursday last.
DINNER TO MR JOHN BRITTON, F.A.S.—We
are rejoiced to find that the admirers of our architectural an-
tiquities are about to testify their respect to that most inde-
fatigable and learned antiquary and excellent and kind-hearted
man, Mr. John Britton, by inviting him to a dinner, at the
Castle at Richmond, on Monday next. That which Sir
Walter did for the manners, costumes, and customs of the me-
dieval ages, Mr. John Britton has done for the architecture of
the same period. He came forward as an active labourer in
the field at a time when such labours were less appreciated
than they are at present; and it must be most gratifying to
observe the steady progress of that taste for mediaeval archi-
tecture which he has contributed so much to revive. The
gathering will be most interesting.
A SHORT ESSAY ON SELTERS WATER.--A pam-
phlet with this title has been published by M. Bailiere, in
which are given many extracts from the written opinions of
eminent physicians on this favourite beverage. It would
appear from these, however, that it serves more important
purposes, and has been found most useful in the treatment of
several diseases. Public attention was first drawn to its
qualities by Hoffman, physician to the King of
Prussia; and Zimmerman, of llanover, says of it—" I often
had occasion to remark the wonderful power Selters Water
exercises at the early stage of plithisis, before suppuration is
established, as well as in cases where the liver is engaged."
After quoting the opinion of Wetter, the writer adds :
" The perfect agreement which exists between the experi•
merits and opinions of the physicians already mentioned is a
fact worthy of remark. All have arrived at the same conclu-
sion, however ditferent the mode—all recommend Selters
Water in the same affections—all recognise that the action of
this water can be adapted to the nature of the disease, and as
an excitant proportionally diminished or increased."
THE VOTES OF FREEMEN iN THE CITY OF LONDON.
—We beg to remind our readers, that after the close of the present
month, persons wishing to acquire votes for the City of London at
the ensuing general election, hill be precluded from doing so. The
Reform Act requires that they shall have been freemen and livery-
men twelve months before they can be placed on the registry list,
and as this list will be made up to the 31st day of July, 1846, no
person taking up his freedom and livery after the 31st day of July,
1845, can be placed upon it. All persons, therefore, wishing to
obtain votes should make an inquiry at the Chamberlain's-office,
Guildhall, concerning the process, without further delay, as the
formalities of their admission must necessarily occupy some little
time.

On Friday morning, at eight o'clock, a new and
large royal standard was hoisted on the triumphal arch in front of
Buckingham Palace, in lieu of the one that was nearly demolished
by the wind on Wednesday last.
STATUE OF JAMES 11. IN WHITEIIALL-GARDENS.—
The doubt which has long prevailed respecting the artist of this
statue has recently been cleared up by the appearance of a work
entitled " The Autobiography of Sir John Bramston,'' printed by
the Camden Society. The passage is as follows :—" On New Year's
day, 1686, a statue in brass was to be seen (placed the day before)
in the yard at Whitehall, made by Gibbons, at the charge of Toby
Rustick, of the present King James II." It thus turns out that
Walpole had a correct impression of the truth when he wrote—" I
am the rather inclined to attribute the statue at Whitehall to
Gibbons, because I know no other artist of that time capable of it."
—The Builder.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.--It hag been con-
sidered very probable, for some time past, in consequence of the
extensive alterations and renovations which were proceeding
throughout the Castle, that the Court would not pay a visit to
Windsor before September next ; indeed, not till after the return
of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert from the
Continent. This question has just been set at rest by the arrival
of a messenger from Buckingham Palace, with instructions for the
works originally contemplated
(and which had been delayed com-
mencing until the royal determination was finall- known) to be
proceeded with forthwith, and to be completed early in the month
of September next, as the private apartments will not be required
for the use of her Majesty until that period. An increased number
of workmen, consisting of carvers. gliders, painters, fee., have
consequently been engaged.
The +ill of the late James Hopburn, ,:f Tovil-place,
Kent, Eeq., has been proved by his son, James Edward Hepoure,
EN., the sole estecutur, to whom is bequeathed the mansion and
estate at Tovil-place, and all other his real estate, as well as the
personal estate, sworn under 25,000/., subject to the payment of
8,000/. to the trustees of his dauy;liter, Ellen Margaret, wife of
Richard Henry Fitzherbert, EN. The testator died oat the 27th of
May lot, at the age of sixtyseight.