The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-18 00:00:00

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(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST 8 A.M.
The Moniteur publishes the Law on the Press.
No paper is to be created without Government
authority.
Poli,ical newspapers published in foreign countries
will not be allowed to circulate in France without
Government authority. The caution-money of a
paper appearing more than thrice a week to ba
50,000 F.
Ali publication of a paper without authority, or
without lodging the caution-money, is to be punished
with a fine of from 100 f. to 2,000 f. for each number,
and imprisonment of from one month to two years.
The stamp duties imposed on newspapers are also
applicable to foreign newspapers, unless they are
exempted under a diplomatic convention.— Times.

QUARTER SESSIONS' CHAIRMEN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Snt,—lt is very desirable, fur several reasons, that a
barri.ter should preside as chairman at all quarter-ses-
sions. The Government would render the public a great
service in appointing (by a short Act of Parliament) the
county courts judges chairmen of quarter-sessions.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
Feb. 16. A LAWYER.

In the announcement of the munificient legacies to
charitable institutions bequeathed by the late Thomas
Dickenson, Esq., of Upper Holloway, is to be added 1,0001
to the Cheesemongers' Benevolent institution.

BROMPTOR HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST.
—Yesterday, at a meeting of the board of management, Mr.
Thomas Lowndes is the chair, it was announced that his
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury had, for the second time
consented to advocate the interests of the charity, as his
Grace did in l 48. On Sunday next a sermon will be
preached in the parish church of Clapham, by his Grace,
with a view to the immediate completion of the eastern wing,
and its approaches. The Duke of Cambridge has expressed
his intention of presiding at the forthcoming anniversary
festival for the same benevolent object.

HEAR THIS, LADIES.—The learned Niebuhr, when
in this country stayed some time in the north, and it is stated
by his biographer, that in the vicinity of Edinburgh, he
visited the seat of Sir John Murray, of Kirkland's Hill,
whose wife was " somewhat rough, though pleasant," and
who "smoked her pipe, laughed at it, and protested it was
no sin." We would rather reconcile ourselves to the " pan-
telettes" than the pipe, notwithstanding all that has been
said of the Bloomers. In short, a lady with a day pipe
would be more intolerable than a bagpipe, and heaven defend
us from the latter item in this world's annoyances l—Berwich
Warder.

EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY TWO
FOIiZIONERS.—Some fews days ago the police received in-
formation that a woman of the name of Caroline Karama, a
servant in the family of Dr. da Alguer, 4, Ovington-terrace,
l3rompton, had absconded from her situation, taking with
her a quantity of valuable jewellery and other property to
the amount of 2001., and notwithstanding every effort of the
police she eluded their vigilance until yesterday afternoon,
when, as Superintendent Otway and Inspector Monckton of
the C division were proceeding down Cambridge-street,
Gulden-square, they saw the woman come out of Ur. Yates',
a pawnbroker in the same street. They followed her to the
Hotel de l'Europe, Leicester-place, which she entered. After
waiting a few
minutes the officers went in, and, on
proceeding to a front room on th© third floor they
found a man, who gave the name of Wen-
zeslaus Joseph Stralsener, and the woman whom
they had followed. The latter was counting out some money
to the man, and on being told the nature of the charge
against them, the man took a razor from his waistcoat
pocket, and before the officers were aware of it, drew the
blade across his left wrist, and directly fell on the floor.
Inspector Monckton immediately extricated the razor from
his grasp, anu in the struggle it fell from his hand. The
woman directly caught it up, and cut her left wrist in the
same manner, and fell down in a state of insensibility. They
were at once conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, and on
being examined by the surgeon, he found that the arteries
had been completely severed, and that they were in a dan-
gerous state. Two constables were left in charge of them,
and as soon as they are sufficiently recovered they will be
taken to the police court, Westminster, there to undergo an
examination on the charge of robbery.
DISCONTINUANCE OF INQUESTS AT PUBLIC-HOUSES.
—The parochial trustees of Poplar have recently come to a
determination that all coroners' inquests shall in future be
held at the Town-hall instead of at public-houses. In pur-
suance of this change, an inqaest was held on Friday even-
ing in the Town-hall by Mr. W. Baker, the coroner. This
proceeding was strongly opposed by Mr. Finney, the land-
lord of the King's Head Tavern, and several other parishi-
oners, who demanded to know by what authority the inva-
riable custom of holding inquests at public-houses had been
changed. One of the officers of the parish said the parochial
trustees considered there were great objections to coroners'
inquests being held at public-houses; it detracted from the
respectability and solemnity of a court of juetice. They
thought that the Town-hall was a much more suitable place
for carrying out such public inquiries. The inquest was
then proceeded with.
NEW AND CHEAP OMNIBUSES. -- Yesterday a
number of new and well-appointed omnibuses commenced
running between the Paddington terminus of the Great
Western Railway and the Great Northern station, at King's-
cross. The fare is 2d. for the entire distance.

FIRE AT DARTFORD.—The firemen of the London
brigade, with a strong number of hired auxiliaries, have
been actively employed ever since their arrival on Saturday
night in endeavouring to get the fire at the Phoenix Paper
Mill entirely extinguished, but up to last evening have been
unsuccessful, and a mass of fire still remains beneath the
ruins. 200 women were employed in the mill, all of whom
have been thruwn out of work.
REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.—Mr. Charles
Lushington has announced his intention of retiring from the
representation of Westminster at the close of the present
Parliament. Among many gentlemen spoken of as pro-
bable candidates, one has already announced himself in the
person of Mr. John Villiers Shelley, of Maresfield Park,
Sussex, who describes himself as a landowner and practical
farmer. He is for vote by ballot, coupled with an extension
of the franchise, a corn-law repealer, and an enemy to grants
from the public purse for other than secular purposes. A
great desire exists on the part of a numerous section of the
constituency to invite Lord Palmerston to come forward ;
and a public meeting of electors will be called in the course
of a few days to consider the desirableness of memorialising
the Noble Viscount on the subject.

ESCAPE OF TWO PRISONERS FROM THE BOROUGH
GAOL, COLCHF.STIR.—On Sunday evening last, about six
o'clock, two prisoners—viz., George Jones, who was under
remand upon a charge of having a large amount of counter-
feit coin in his possession, and James Keeble, charged with
obtaining goods under false pretences, effected their escape
from the borough gaol, by cutting
away part of a door, with
some instrument they had secreted, which enabled them to'
enter a passage, at the end of which they effected an aper-
ture through a brick wall into the vegetable market place,
from whence they effected their escape ; and although their
exit was discovered by Mr. Harvey, the gaoler, about half-
past six o'clock, and the police dispatched in all directions
in pursuit of them, no clue has at present been discovered
as to their route, or whereabouts.—lpswich Express.
Some editor says that the destiny of the world
often hangs on the smallest trifles. A little miff between
Charles Bonaparte and his love Letitia might have broken
off a
marriage which gave birth to Napoleon, and the battle
which the Chicago Advertiser•
a' little says—" Yes,
of Waterloo. To w
that is the fact. Suppes2,,tat tam. e VIP had taken place be-
tween Adam and Eve! vi