The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-16 00:00:00

A TRIAL IN FRANCE.

An old invalid was on Saturday taken before the court-
martial, to answer the charge of having stabbed a ser-
geant of the Hotel des Invalides with a shoemaker's awl.
The President asked him his name. "I am Louis XVIL,
King of France and Navarre," said ho. " But," said the
President, "you must have some family name, in addi-
tion to that quality." " I bear the name of my father,
the unfortunate Louis XVI., King of France and Na-
varre." The President said, " Speak with good sense, if
it be possible." He replied. " I have said, write Louis
X_VII.', It being impossible to get any other answer
from him, it was stated to the Court that the accused was
named Persat, that he was formerly in a light dragoon
regiment, and that he was a corporal at the Hotel des In-
valides. The offence having been proved, the prisoner
rose, and in his kingly quality protested against the
court-martial trying a person of his rank. He also
announced that he had communicated the following docu-
ment to the President of the Republic:—
" Having an indisputable right to the crown of France,
I order—
" Art. 1, There shall be paid to me by the public
Treasury twelve years' pay in my quality of Prince
Royal.
" Art. 2. I abdicate all my rights in favour of Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte, in the persuasion that it is an act
necessary for the good of my country.
" Art. 3. A passport shall bo delivered to me, to
enable me to go to Austria, to reside with my Royal
Family and my Austrian relatives, and to join my dear
sister Marie Tlerese Charlotte de Bourbon, Duchess
d'Angoulme._ _ _ _

" hone and given at Paris, 12th February, 1851.
" Lotus XVIII.,
" Kin.. of France and Navarre.
_ _

" P.S. The letters which—l
have had the honour to
write to you, as well as to the Minister of Finance, will
give you the proof of my royal person. In friendship.
Prince, I am yours truly, Louis XVII.. King of F. and N."
This important document he confithd with his owa
royal hands to the porter of the Elytie with the direc-
tion that it should be forthwith banded to the President.
Witnesses stated that the prisoner acted with perfect in-
telligence in all matters, except what regarded his fan-
cied rights to the throne as Louis XVII., or except after
drinking. The accused, however, indignantly protested
against the idea of his mind being affected, and repea-
tedly declared that he was Louis XVII. Re also again
demanded that as a Royal Prince he should be sent be-
fore a higher tribunal. The Court acquitted him on
the ground of insanity, but ordered him to be given up
to the General commanding the first military division,
in order to be taken care of.

BANQUET AT THE MANSION•HOUSE.—The Lord
Mayor attended yesterday at St. Thomas's Hospital to re-
ceive " the charge," as President of that institution, to which
office he was unanimously elected upon the death of the late
Sir John I'irie, Bart. his Lordship afterwards received at
dinner, at the Mansion-house, the Treasurer and his lady,
with the almoners, and several of the governors, also the
medical staff of the hospital, as well as a number of his Lord-
ship's private friends, to meet them. Covers were laid in
the Egyptian-hall for 150 ; and among the guests we noticed
—The treasurer of the Royal Hospital; Charles Barclay,
Esq., president of Guy's Hospital ; Alderman Copeland, M.P.,
treasurer of Kin!'s-cross Hospital ; C. B. Stutfield, Esq.,
treasurer of the London Hospital, and Mrs. Stutfield; Bo-
namy Dobree, Esq., treasurer of Guy's Hospital ; the Right
Hon. Stephen Lushington, D.C.L., John Masterman, Esq.,
M.P., Sir James Duke, M.P., Bart.; the Hun. J. Melville,
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P.,Alderman Humphery,
M. P., Mr. Baldock, M.P., Alderman
Sidney, M.P., Alderman
Wilson, Alderman Farncomb, Alderman Moon, Alderman
Finnis, Alderman Salomons, Alderman Carter, Mr. Sheriff
Hodgkinson, Mr. Tite, F.R.S., J. W. Freshfield, Esq., Dr.
Barker, M.D., Dr. Leeson, M.D., Dr. Bennet, Dr.
Waller, M.D., Mr. M'Murdo, Mr. Simon, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Garford, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Garford, Mr. C. S. Butler, the
Master of the Clothworkers' Company, the Rev. J. Teeson,
Mr. and Mrs. 11. R. Briggs, Mr. Henry Kemble, Mr. J. B.
Heath, Mr. Josiah Wilson, Mr. Barker, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Wood, and a number of other gentlemen.
REPRESENTATION OF CORK CITY.—The Cork
Examiner of Monday announces the resignation of Mr. W.
Fagan, one of the teresentatives of that city. The same
journal contains an address to the electors from Mr. Sergeant
Murphy, offering himself as a candidate, in which he says—
" Whatever opinions I (in common with others of your
community) may have entertained as to the question of
'protection,' events have considerably modified them. lam
of opinion that any attempts to re-enact it now might, in
the manufacturing districts of England, lead to serious con-
sequences; but, however, I do not shut my eyes to the fact
that there are many heavy burdens which press on the I
agricultural interest of Ireland, and I will readily join in any
plan that may be devised for affording that interest relief. I
have seen with deep disgust the introduction into Parliament
of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill.' I need not
say that that Bill shall have my most strenuous opposition."
There is a rumour that Mr. Butt, Q.C., will be in the field
on the Conservative interest.

DRIVING OF CATTLE THROUGH THE STREETS.—
DEPUTATION '7.0 TIIR HOME SECRETARY.- Yesterday a de-
putation, consisting of Mr. Masterman, M.P., Sir James
Duke, M.P., Mr. H. L Taylor (chairman of the Markets
Improvement Committee), Messrs. R Ta, lor, F.R.S., Hicks
(Deputy), T. 11. Hall, John Dixon, and Dakin, attended by
Mr. Tyrrell, the City Remembrancer, waited upon Sir G.
Grey, Bart., M.P., at the Home-office. The City Bill, with
reference to Smithfield-market, being lost for the present
session of Parliament, the object of the deputation was to
ascertain whether the Government would aid in effecting one
of the objects embraced in that Bill, by repealing, during the
present session, a statute which keeps the market open until
three o'clock in the afternoon, thus mitigating the inconve-
nience of cattle-driving in the City during the hours when
the streets are crowded.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, April lb.
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of Yorkshire.
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petual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments
of deeds to be executed by married women, under the
Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and
for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance,
in and for the county of Warwick.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Edward Smith, hop and teed merchant, Worcester.
surrender, AprilHarfi Hatfield,
BANKRUPTS.
William Rous Mahson, auctioneer, Southampton, to
aSnodu tMh
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street; Lee and Pemberton, Lincoln's
In
jn-otenldsjowett, aamyp2to7n,.at two, at the Court
shoe merchant, Ball-bridge, Derby,
April 25 and May 23, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official
ham; Campbell, Nottingham. assignee, Notting-

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John Gracie, woollendraper, Bristol, April 29 and
May 27, at eleven, at the Bristol Diotriat.Ceurt. Miller,

official assignee, Bristol; Whittington and Gribbin,
Bristol.

Wm. Farrow, coal merchant, Hull, April 30 and May
21, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Levett and Champney,
Hall.

Thomas Moore, jun., merchant, South Hylton, Dur-
ham, April 25 and June 5, at one, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Wright, Burn, jun., Sunderland;
Maples and Pearce, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
Lorens Theodor Wang, merchant, Sunderland, April
25, at eleven, and Jane 5, at twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Jobling and Fleming, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow churchyard,
Cheapside.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
S. Willis, plumber, East-street, Manchester-square.
Joseph Jolly, grocer, Grove-street, Camden-town.
Henry Bedford, poulterer, Three Tuns-passage, New-
gate-street.
H.W. Crew, journeyman bricklayer,King-street,Chelsea.
Abraham Northen, bootmaker, King-street, Snow-hill.
William Park, journeyman globemaker, Coppice-row,
Clerkenwell.
A. Boyce, milliner, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
T. G. Smith, Tennison-street, York-road, Lambeth.
W. Hutchinson, grocer, Acre-lane, Brixton.
Alexander Russell, gardener, Frant, Sussex.
John Williams, greengrocer, High-street, Marylebone.
Charles Brereton, tailor, Barnet.
J. H. S. Wildamith, lecturer, Gloucester-street, Queen-
square.
W. G. Bentley, wood letter manufacturer, Great Port-
land str.-et, Marylebone.
William hlicklefield, cheesemonger, New Church-street,
Lisson-grove.
Isidore Bernstein, tailor, Strand.
Duncan Bowman, tailor, Fore-street, Cripplegate.
E. Murphy, jobbing porter, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street.
Matthew Appleton, baker, Liverpool.
Matthew Bramwell, dealer in ale, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Sarah Ann Fowler, spinster, Manchester.
Peter Jameson, tailor, Staley bridge.
Thomas Jones, dealer in ale, Manchester.
Thomas Mellody, dealer in hay, Blackburn.
Thomas Nuttall, flour dealer, Bolton-le•Moors.
Joseph Pearson, provision-shop keeper, Liverpool.
John Parry, licensed victualler, Liverpool.
Thomas Silk, railway-tavern keeper, Nether Whitacre,
Warwickshire.
James Wellsted, Tredworth-field, Gloucestershire.
John Widdall, licensed victualler, Bolton-le-Moors.
David Worthington, baker, Salford.
William Whyte, Hindley, near Wigan.
John Sleddon, provision-shop keeper, Preston.
Joseph Bray, innkeeper, Hereford.
David Bryan, Cottiegham, near Hull.
Richard Mawdsley, machine broker, Manchester.
James Lawrence, shoemaker, Ware, Herts.
A. C. Stancomb, clerk in a cloth factory, Trowbridge.
John Scott, grocer, Bristol.
Charles Gray, auctioneer, Dudley, Worcestershire.
Richard Shadrick, currier, Gravesend, Kent.
Francis Meillear, beerseller, Plumstead, Kent.
John Bustard, builder, Manchester.
Isaac Howard, cloth manufacturer, Holme, Yorkshire.
Edward Hinchcliffe, plumber, Wakefield.
John Merifield, master mariner, Gerrans, Cornwall.