The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-17 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

tiutatc is-ptition.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The Constitutionnel, after stating that the Prince de Join-
!ille and the Duke d'Aumale contemplate a journey into
id!itanny, adds—" Their Royal Highnesses will travel incog-
!"10, their object being to visit the estates which they possess
in that country. The Prince de Joinville became, two years
ago,
the owner of the estate called Carheil, valued at
Prince the Duke d'Ainnale succeeded, as heir to the
de Condi, to a very extensive property in the environs
of Chateaubriand, and has re-purchased of the town the
ancient chateau which originally belonged to it. It is said
to be his intention to lay out several hundred thousand francs
M restoring it to its former splendour, and to pass some time
'Leto every year, dining the hunting season, as the property
consists chiefly of forests, which afford very fine sport."
tbOlt
ilieWednesdayuers, M. F. David's Dltsert was performed at
in the Salle des Markhaux. Upwards of 1,200
persons Ivere present, besides the Royal Family. The King
remained standing the whole time, having his four sons
arund him, and all the Ambassadors near. M. Ilabeneck
acoted as director on the occasion. Their Royal Highnesses
me by turns and complimented M. F. David. The King,
for Queen, Madame Adelaide, and the Princes, all conversed
seine time with the young composer.
kI Lakan.al, formerly member of the National Convention,
died at Paris on Friday, in the 83d year of his age.
ftioll Thursday morning Fahrenheit's thermometer marked
4/: at Paris. In the course of the day much snow fell, and
on the following night a thaw commenced.
larA Brussels letter of the 10th states, that immense flocks of
easkst,
wherehadust passed over that. city. They came from the
from probably the snow is deep, and were evidently,
_yin the fact of their flying close to the roofs of the houses,
almost exhausted.
I„We learn from Bourg that the hills in the neighbourhood
1_ that town are covered with snow nearly eight feet deep,
)I°,? that in sonic parts of the road to Geneva the snow on the
is more than fifteen feet in depth.
At Rome, on the Ist instant., there was a violent hurri-
cane,to with thunder, lightning, hail, and rain • and, in the
d,,Tiling of the 2d. the Tiber overflowed its banks,l and inun-
;,,,,`eu some of the lower pats of the city. It was the anni-
''arY of the flood of 1805,r when the water rose about eleven
fit. but an this occasion it did not increase by more than about
BLve.ufeet and a half. On the 3d, in the morning, Mount
Vale and the field round Mount Hannibal were covered
With snow.
soThe New Zurich Gazette announces the arrival of General
mulenberg at Lucerne, to take the command of the troops
of that Canton.
The Journal. du Hacre of Wednesday says :—" Four per-
sons, who can have been no ether than Parisiens (in other
9rFrench Cockneys), went yesterday into the sea, near
baths of Perrey, in spite of the 12 degrees of cold (about
degrees of Fahrenheit). But the police interfered, and
Ordered them out, under the pretext that no one was allowed
to bathe unclothed at any time of the year, and conducted
were to the lock-up-house."
During the last year the principal theatres of Paris had
contributede towards the poor fund in the following proportion :
Royal Opera, 118,145 f. ; the Theatre Francais,
duced 8,24 f., and'tle
12%,6t.:77f.• Opera
ietes Comique, 76,875 f. ; Vaudeville, 45,972 f. ;
44,111 f. • &c.The balls, which in 1810 only pro-
and 21,169 f. concerts ,244 f., gave in 1841, 34,838 f.
The Aroniteur publishes a series of official returns, from
tW hick it appears that the number of foundlings in France,
rout 181
age, to 1841 inclusive, amounted to 849,612, or, on an
aver 'olage, to 31,467 per annum.
COTTR.T—FASHIONABI.E..
dine Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst give a grand
ve .
iler to-morrow, at their mansion in George-street, Hano-
r
L linn• Mrs. Norton, who has been staying at St.
ecLh-ro's-on-Sea is considerably improved in health.
V.Ter-? 9°lvager'Lady Holland entertained Viscount and
tairse;illiesa Palmerston and a select party at dinner, on Sa-
at-3r Just, at her mansion in South-street.
Sir Cardwell, ALP., has taken the mansion belonging to
'eurY Hardinge adjoining Sir Robert Peel's, in White-
- 'gardens.
ne n Lionel Rothschild has purchased one of the spacious
VetitTansions erected in Grosvenor-place, and a number of
tauten are engacred in its internal embellishment..
%.0 :1 Somers has'taken possession of his new residence in
81 vixeneor-place, which he has purchased of Lord Hatherton.
satoount and Viscountess Leveson returned to town on
• r(iu3'', from visiting the Earl and Countess Granville, at
4glita
*.
ace,' understand that Captain the Hon. Augustus G. F.
to b Carabineers, son of the late Earl of Roden, is shortly
X,iler,llnited to the second daughter of Major-General SI
for '',"glas, K.C.B K.C.11., commanding her Majesty's
pin Scotland. "
llovr Y
EXcellene the Russian Minister and Baroness Brun-
:: a;oi
eissuedcards for dinner parties on Wednesday next
on the 26th instant, at Asliburnham House.
The • MISCELI.ANEOUS.
of Maor-General Sir William Nott has ust been
Doctorsj'-commons by Dame Rosa W. Nott, widow
be
September and one of the executors. It bears date
ti_lleaato'l,Ptember% 184-3, and the following is a copy :" In
'of God, amen.—l, William Nott, a Major-General
Mdian army, on the Bengal establishment, do make this
nly (~St will and testament.' First, I give and bequeath to
Dee, Vgliters, Letitia and Charlotte, the sum of 80,009 ru-
°the'r-,-,° be equally divided between them. Secondly, all
property, of whatever kind or description I may die
.14 thy ,„e" of, in excess to the aforesaid 80,000 rupees, I leave
'"ueb-loved wife, Rosa Wilson ; and this, of course, in
tokt°ll to, and exclusive of, her marriage settlement. I 1T-
t,17 Inuch-loved wife Rosa Wilson, and Richard Swirl--
"e 'IV executrix and executor. Wm. Nott (seal)."
Irrbsonal property has been sworn under 3,0001.
Att°..1,1413'a,1 Highness the Grand Duchess of Baden is about
uJesty,B his country, and time Lords Commissioners of her
.
etia, treasury have issued orders for the necessary di-
Packets to be given to the revenue officers at the different
hePn°,,,rts, In order that every proper facility and. respect
„"‘inia,.,,,,"orded in the examination of her Royal Highness's
"tler"t; and effects. The Grand Duchess intends to travel
flieleittnain.e of the Countess of. Mahlberg. 1
a, R,a,rquia of Westminster is seriousl) indisposed a_ t
his His Lordship was taken ill on Saturday week,
ta4e as -t-oulsPesition has since taken a form of such a n.a-
frien excite the greatest alarm among his family
Ladrids.
Sparrow has purchased the Huntingdon
ttr rtent orefiiat e' is to be converted into a chapel of ease. An.
, euitect is to be engaged to effect the necessary al
itu4e sanctity the appearance and interior of
.the building, and
eonseju,of the Bishop of the diocese will be obtaineu ia
I:oo.)aerv. rat!caL.
Funds will also be provided for the. en-
Lad,,`„;)t. it, a considerable portion of which will be given
uliy•

MAIL.
FLANDERS
1 trtt
mmencemen r
eport in
,1 theY,,e,l-9, FEB. 13. —At the Fo
z brought up a
tition
Lae - Chamber to-day M. Pirme
D THIS
for
DAY.)
t of the sittin.g
:ifto4ll,„llearocfel tete, Croefilatinivi fhe
entrepot at Antwerp. The
tlik:7l',. in the construction of the
I substitutionanu fa c t u res
ofo n
cast-iron t h e pe
__l e
relative
ot
Laeliori on this petition has been
works. It may
Chamber
diet °f the department of public
day tha.t the. d
The
lesir rcirn some observations ma e
united with thati())enstolrie.
114 es to have this question
the Zls,e,r then resumed the discussion
e agreed to.
, 11 10, 11th, and 12th chapters were
at
thorouiltihl
on the 12th,
point.
below freezing
ye
bduldscguests,eof.which
.11 tli:,,,eql continues to be very sever
'''t ,lonerning, it was at ten Re"
severe.
to-day
of the Chamber
018gband Bruges it was equallymerl jege';
-"e AT• 4-8, PEn. 14.—1 n the sitting d
for 300,000 f. f .
the se„,t4 an extraordinary vote
lativ inister of Public Works presentea project of law roe;
for tot' creditdouble tunnel of Cumpetei(aetittition of a cutting the by means of the. po _
tio„" 'the ex
ven-
the"doofathlle gaainnoste
yet d' ispeocsoevderoefdfor- the construction of
A Feat le tonel.
capital are
to the -
'Olp: ,that most of the roads leading
workmen are em
It% so, quantity of snow has fallen. since yesterday e
Ploy -ec,i,,ul_eieby. carriages. Many hundred
pte %,1 anng them.
Itesth • L.--The cold is decreasing,
er ratty be expeeted.—Brussels Papers.
-......_.„......... and a change in the
Th ri
Bade
to e rand Duchess Stephanie de
on a visit to
Ns throu , ' to England,
et de, , i,h Paris, on her Way_
Douglas.-
1 chioness of
001,71 ,gnter, the Princess Marie, 11 ar is expected.
..„„nat.
zift, It. 4,,,, mits CHARLES KEAN.—These
st hwiegehkl:37a-t
f,i d Qrtistes have been Peforming, during the,ley with the
111411It°P; in Sir E. L. Bulwer's
every . nl,
oftPh success. The house was .
544 Nat th '
Play of Me°row'ded during
ni with. . their performance,
the. .
greeted, says
for the
I)aper ; Which they were
ine feeling
tiliti;,,', Nficient evidence that a nul
i extinct among
and the burstsio,fivemnotluiuth-
Ilk ..,::_g in of the stage is note ho 3'
well-merited
111144" Millie journal pays the, following
have been too
IN h t° the merits of Charles Kean, as. n actor—ments
tet:r.nwe agree with the writer in thinking
disposition to speak
`witicall7 1.
"oder-rated •—" We have no
etensions to
or of his pr .
%rest% arY powers as a tragedian, .
feel
oft many undue degree of praise of Alr..Charles Kean's
Mite hem Its a
that
and a gentleman , but oufhtihieisliwfee, theatt"%liretl, that whenever he retires from, p
gith IN world will not often look upon 3
hi
the most
raki,, a choice selection of character, to which the
ihteirous cannot object, aided by a degree of judgment„tho„ who
ha, veee,.tual Power, of which the most eminent of ikeagaainna.'
1
tadiv?(ieeeded him might be proud, lie cannot itrankwiftohr
Le „e,ttals on whym great powers have been bestowed
ellgeral advancement of civilised life."
izieNrrLIIST CHURCH, OXFORD.—A
,circumstancelehawsibleioehn
the ~,T. a few days ago in Christ Church Col eg
A large
0,41,,rty -Zet of much conversation in Oxford.
ere
.4i4eol,e,o.,,yioling gentlemen, members of the College, w
bling, and for
~,,i, I°Y the censors in the act of
*here se.,l_ock in the morn in g,when the censors entered
three OAI StE!kes. The discovery took placgeabmetweenttaTroaoill
not per •
Nvetl. re Party were, and as their presence
four
tootor
Jastik :i3: tile young men they saw and washeardsuffi.cien
t'jtl i \„•,0111 in their proceeding. The next momin
"ndith'i-gng Men (one of them a nobleman) were rusticated,
13teii tee or them expelled. Two of the latter had previouslyl
MICR
tOr tjUsticated. The sequel of the affair does not say e e _
kwue discipline of the college_. On the night after
large Dwo,?h
8 torVtidents sallied from their several rooms each 1
course
7ti fC,„„ 49. a bundle of faggots, and
he av",,,,nunutes a large bonfire (formed of tllihe ftiltireniture of
Rater (17, 3::)_ung rnen) was blazing in the centre of the Pecolti-i
'ue f, if`"ajlrangle. The censors looked on powerless.
s_4l' the)
n„lg night the doors of the rooms of all the heads
~wke , h°"ege were pairl. ted red. On the Dean's door there..,,
'utikr "Pre of a bear, •with the inscription " ,arse major."
e
whole
„"°„l's were painted with similar devices..
se-
'bete, '°."ege is disordered and disorganized 1"
'efloat inot, these proceedings. There are many
41(Iteii."e Lniversity with respect to the severe opinionsniea suere-
ally ' °Y the D,,,,
gen
The public are not, perhaps,
:s•otln,aware, that e, The
from the University closes, to the
rof t',-11'an Who has suffered the disgrace, the honourable
kali". In fact the consequences of an early fault of
INev" 1°43? follow a man through life.—Times.
'''iblattism
A most
qtri , IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE.7
tl‘ol, , e fire, to all appearance the work of an incendiary_
Me. (taoe on W"lnesday evening last, in the farm-yard of
4igvoyeres Giblin, of Swaffhara Bulbeck. It was
.first
Very mp.,ed min,
through the roof of a barn, and !no aa
tlh,e. ql. tnue the whole of the farm buildings were in _
4lter the n: Swaffham engine, which arrived very short
arrival
o,.ure was discovered, had little effect ; but on the
peome
oft the Cambridge on P both engines, aided by the
trestinr, the neighbourhood, ';ucceeded about midnight in
anti bot, ".le further progress of the flames. All the stock
trop,rhae, I, and a good deal of the corn were saved. The
emorable
folly ilf,„,..(l"FoYed amounted to upwards of 2,0001. It was
oily i-,,", e". Mr mounted
had ihirteen stacks of wheat
tt xa - 432, and nearly the whole of his crop destroyed by
hall StOrro. Of 1843.