The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-03 00:00:00

has been fur months Cr,
iployed in getting up a grand display
pyrotechnist does his part as
well as the artist., the present will be the most magnificent series
offetes ever giv en at these far-famed gardens. offal:
d'art:flee for the ce_casion. If the

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Vtalltr Optuton.

" Who runs may read."

roiszrorr.
The King of the French, on the occasion of his approaching
fete, received on Wednesday, at eleven o'clock, the ArchLishop of
Paris and his clergy, and at half-past eight in the eveuing the
Council of State, In the course of the evening their Majesties re-
ceived the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquises du Boure and de
Porte, Counts Simeon and de Monterquiou. Thursday was b.
served as a close holiday at the Bourse and all the public ffices
and great preparations were made for an illumination and fire.workss
to take place ie the evening.
Royal Ordonnances have been issued for promotions and nail'
nations in the Legion of Honour, in favour of an immense nuniber
of persons connected with 41,he different universities and other, ,
learned and scientific bodies, and also for several promotions awl
nominations in the Legion for officers of the navy.
A letter from Rome of the 19th ult., states that M. 13rulinelli,
Secretary of the Propaganda, has been appointed by the pope:
Apostolic Nuncio Extraordinary at the Court of Madrid, end 03'
he is to proceed without delay to his post.
The Archbishop of Paris has issued his pastoral letter for the
performance in the churches of St. Etienne du Mont. St. Eustsches
St. Germain l'Auxerrois, St. Laurent, &c., on the sth inst., of
low mass for the repose of the soul of the Emperor Napoleon. 21
founded by a meeting of persons at the church of Notre Done de
Paris, and for which they subscribed a sum of 1,200 f.
A Toulon journal states, that en the evening of Friday lad
quairel took place between some soldiers and sailors at that P°e!
In which two sailors were killed, and a third dangerously woundso•
COURT—PASHIONABLE.
The Duchess of Kent has issued cards for two grand balls At
Clarence House, St. James's. The first will take place on Fridag
next, and the second on Friday, the 16th instant.
The Countess de St. Aulaire gave a magnificent ball last eVe°'
ing at Manchester House, in honour of the birth.day of the ging
of the French. Among the company were the Duchess ofd arns:
bridge, Prince George of Cambridge, nearly all the Foreign n'
ters, and a large number of the English nobility and gentry. Manic
of the ladies were dressed in the costumes worn by thorn at
he
Majesty's Drawing-room, and the ball-room throughout tild even:.
ing presented a scene of splendid magnificence. The Duke of
bridge, owing to the debate in the House of Lords,
ably prevented from paying his respects to the Countess de
Aulaire on this occasion.
On Thursday evening his Grace the Archbishop of Canntral
gave the annual entertainment, at Lambeth Palace, to the P. 71,0
and other Church dignitaries. The dinner, which was °two
with every delicacy of the season, was served in the ene
guard-chamber of the Palace. The table, among other decerstinoo";
was ornamented with eight splendid candelabra,and in the centre, on
of solid silver, presented by her Majesty to the Most Rev. Prelaw_.,
the occasion of her Majesty's marriage. Amongst the getcsts,7or
sent were the Bishops of Durham, London, Bath and 11‘.reid.
Bangor, Winchester, Salisbury, Chichester, Rochester, Lisb►.o4,
Hereford, Norwich, Exeter, Gloucester, the newly.eltcted
was unav
of Ely, Cashel, &c., as also several Deans, Archdeacons, and cl
The Earl and Countess of Brownlow gave a magnificent en:of
tainment last evening to their Royal Highnesses the Duch,,,,, •
Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mec'i'th,
burgh Strelitz, and many other distinguished personages, a
family mansion in Belgrave.square.
Chester
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have arrived
at
field House from Newmarket.
IVLISCE LLANEOUS• of th
Last evening the annual general meeting of the member. rote
Town Missionary Society was held at the Freemasons. Oleos
Great Queen.street ; John Dean Paul, Esq., in the (their. I.;,bg
the report read by the secretary, It appeared that the object of •
society was to employ agents to read the Scriptures to th.,!, 11°°4:be
classes in the towns and villages throughout the coontir 10P--
int
,
society had been the means of originating 52 missions, enu•Pincleat
120 missionaries ; but some of them, owing to a want °l'.corpools
support, had been discontinued. Manchester, Leeds, :Dited
Bristol, Norwich, and Chelmstord, were amongst the tow," ',41 as
by the missionaries, and where a great many successful as
s 1
_—
unsuccessful attempts had been made to improve the
dition of the people. The society maintained 15 agents; g dote
income during the year amounted to 8011., while the cape° AJM
was 1,0871.; and in addition to which there were outstandinl.ls9o,
to the amount of 601. The report having been adopted, and
rat resolutions passed, the meeting separated. .held 1
The anniversary meeting of the Sydenham Society W— Aistett
terday, in the rooms of the society, in Frith.street, Dr' wig.
Paris, President of the Royal College of Physicians, in troestri
The report announced that the number of members wablicatists
1,800, and that the proceedings of the society in the rePn .0, the
and distribution of old and valuable medical works lOnl'societi
profession were highly satisfactory. The operations of the..., Rol
had been greatly facilitated by the exertions of the nuialtr°'
secretaries appointed in most parts of the country. Lope
Yesterday there was issued, by order of the House O. 10004
spiritunrou;
reprint of an account (first issued in 1835) of the eccAle:ho6
revenues of all dignities and benefices of the sees of St- "iisteenen_,.
Bangor, on an average of three years, ending 1831'
appears that the total amount of the average gross Yea, )3' .
of the see of Bangor was 6,5801., and of St. Asaph 1,408';, dale
the permanent yearly payment made out of the revel; 4,4641.1
former see were 2,1161., leaving a net yearly incolbe `) of'A
and that the permanent yearly payments out of the reve,n
Asaph were I,lfin, leaving a net yearly income of 6,301",.e Annuli
Yesterday was held, at the Freemasons' Tavern.
earlytm
hlat
meeting of the Camden Society (for the publication a ke, toe 6
rival and literary remains). The President, Lord nesY,llolneoe.
the chair, and was supported by a number of gentleMe7 „pod ie.
in the literary and antiquarian world. From the etoe "neenrous In:A
it appeared that the funds of the society continued pr6sr iner'ssD,
that the investment in the funds had been consider-040 wiettio
during the year. Four volumes of historical or liter113 bold°.
/he 00 ib°
and value had been during that period issued to ...-iotori °_,,r
eluding an early translation of Polydore Virgll4., )1111a%.tp
Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard sc"; rcsenten
other works of great curiosity and importance Were listriblitcv
be preparing for publication, or nearly ready to be ng-51, but b'"
the society. The expenditure had been upwards a vv, „'„, of the
receipts, Exceeding 1,1771., there remained in the 0" ,iptienS
treasurer ea
balance of 211/. odd, besides numerouS SUb'-
that had not yet been paid.
The Commissioners have decided that in future the S,,t`l7,t ,that
cu its shall commence invariably on the let of February, a".roll
on that day six weeks the sittings in London and Mitleilese%fli not
take place. By this arrangement it is believed the terms w""
be disturbed, and the Winter Circuits may be dispensed with'

Arbroath and Forfar ....• ••• • •

Birmingham and Gloucester • • .... "
Chester and Birkenhead. •• •• • • •• •• ••

Dublin and Droglieda• • • • • • ..
Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • •
_ .

Dundee and Arbroath

-
260
634
2,856
4,684
1,661
847
2,19
14.
1,70,5,
16,06°

Durham and Sunderland . • • ........ ••
Edin.%airgh and Glasgow •• • •••• • • ' •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern• •
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • •
Glasgow and Greenock • • •••• • • • • • ••
Grand Junction • .

Gravesend and Roehester•• • • •• • •

Great North of England • • • • • • • • • • •
Great Western . • • • . • • ...... • • • • •~ •

Hull and Selby ..
Liverpool and Manchester •• ...... ••
London and Birmingham . • • • • •• •• ' •
London and Blackwall•• •• • • •• •• • • ••
London and Brighton: •• • • •• •• •• •• "
London and Croydon . • • •• • • •• ..... •

Loudon and Greenwich ...•• •• •• ••••
London and South Western. •• •• •• ••
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ..... •
Manchester and Birminghain.• •• ••••
Manchester, Leeds, and liull Mayo,
Midland C0untie5...................

Newcastle and Dtullngton •• •••• •• ••
Newcastle and Carlisle..
Newcastle and North Shields• •• •• ••
North Union and Bolton and Preston
Paris, Corbel', and 0r1ean5..........
Paris and Rouen ................. ••
Preston and Wyre•• • •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Sheffield and Manche5ter............
South Eastern.. •• •.•........... • • ••
Tafr Vale •• •... ..... ............• ••

6,016

449
71
404
,
926

May I
April 26

227
2,432

Yarmouth and Norwich •• •• •• •• •• ••
York and North Midland.•• •• •• ••

EXTRAORDINARY CELERITY OF THE r1151°; OP;
express edition of The Sun of Friday, reached OUT
report
day.break on Saturday morning, containing a full r'r ifou"',;oe
Robert Peel's speech on Scotch Banks, delivered the oho.
Commons a few hours before. Copies were, throlecuttle 4111°
spirit of Mr. Murdo Young, the proprietor of The ,:;110_,c1,4;
buted to the Exeter banks, the reading s, and ,eve",-,lvrOr"
tile firms of the city, by whom this -"cm
• ce sl4'"
early intelligence
appreciated.— Western Times. on Told
THE ECLIPSE OF TILE SUN, plar`driii
next, the dth inst., an annular eclipse of the sun Will
forty-nine minutes after seven o'clock in the morning, W coeptin":
be visible throughout England, and, should t,heatmo§Pher: ft rt.°D.'
in its present clear and almost cloudless state, Wilt P-ang ,08
interesting. On Thursday, the Sth inst., another :‘,12
nomical phenomenon, that of the transit of MercurY, er"
place at nineteen minutes after four o'clock in the afterP99
w,ll also be visible in this latitude. !rl
Milt
DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday foren°?,ll'wol'rin
twelve o'clock, the vicinity of the Ifilingll.4 od
volved in the greatest excitement in consequence of blouse, :08
of several houses adjacent to the Sportsman Public:-that I-0A
which is likely to prove fatal in its results. It aPPe°' rs of 0,
r iet„,° !le rOop
old and dilapidated houses belonging to the P
" Working Orphan School Charity," City road, had b". 011104,
dcmned and untenantable, and were sold with the l'one
bui ding lease to Mr. Playst, of the City-rood. Pr .„" remn;
past labourers were employed pulling down the houses remained
ing the old timber and rubbish, until four of then' re"-
be pulled down. Yesterday forenoon the labourers re. 001131, fell
their work, and were engaged in pulling down a Part? Iletcltler
!suddenly gave way? and in an instant treewhAg An on
upon the unfortunate wain and buried them in the sn'—'s,olg
cry was immediately raised, and crowds of persons °,tines
the spot. In about a couple of hours they succeed"; initod
ti
the body of Michael Martin in a state of insensibilatreu as",
siderably injured, and within a short distance Martin y cad;
Johd Day, a labouring boy, were also found lying 31),P3rnFiPilLi°1
Iwo others men were also found much injured, but pc"'
they being in pnssession of their seaci, b.us-aerSiif „man-
ioc! evelyote 0".
Several medical men were speedily procured,
assistance afforded the unfortunate sufferers until they
gsrtint
veyed to St. Bartholomew's Hopital, where Nlcloir tecu'e,.7;
uM,eaarktiiny
state, with
severe John bDrauyiBerlmain without 130141 but
but the ostlers were enabled to proceed to their her° ?
• lilig
Aoi• 111'31
Su r pos ED ILD M URDER,--Yei t-
ras a man, named Brands, living in New-square, St• (00,1'
about half-Pal ppepleg
going down Robin Hood-stairs, Shoe-lane, tldr
observed a bundle. He took it into Shoe.lane, Whin), giiioo
it, he found the contents to consist pf DoclY a,„-oisting,„°e
which was covered with paper, the external wraiTor
an old piece of easico. There was no marl: upon e - the ‘‘
deceased was given to a City policeman, who took It ,fbe er;
London Union Workhouse, West-street, Sollhtiel,td. here W.,rr'
part of the body presented a livid appearauce,
bruise upon the skull. The police were yesterday In"'
to discover the unnatural parent.r t
co holle4 e
SPIRES, APRIL 21.—The Gernyin
nseq ueugo
Metlstadt, on the Haardt, athe Commissioners of Neure said to have resolved, •n
otadt, to
of the late ordonnance of 3 13
rted 1...„r over to the Protestant Church. e that licaig' •rig
VIENNA, APRIL —lt is rep es,
in contemplation that all thlB.e secondary Georman Princtic Atentsv.
to the Zollverein, who have hitherto had our, diP°n,rosin
large
foreign courts, shall be in ture represented by the , oce
cultl
gation. It is evident that those princes would neve; do
sums by such a measure, but it is probable that
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may arise in a political point of view.