The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-13 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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The Paris Patrie contains the following:—" It is said
that the Ministry, warned by the unanimous observa-
tions of the press, is disposed to relax its rigour respect-
ing the seventeen pupils of the Polytechnic School, whom
the Commission has proposed to expel, and that a special
amnesty, on the occasion of the Duke d'Aumale's mar-
riage, is to open the doors of the school to them, some
days after the return of their comrades, which will take
place towards the 15th or 18th of the month."
The Toulonnais mentions a report that General La-
moriciere is to act as Governor of Algeria during the
absence of Marshal Bugeaud, who is expected to arrive
soon in France.

A letter from Tangiers of the 30th ult. mentions a re-
port that A bd-el• liader, after having taken refuge at
Melilla, one of the Spanish presidios on the coast of
Morocco, had withdrawn to the south, to avoid the exe-
cution of the orders communicated to him by the Em-
peror.
The Commerce says, the Government, after having
laid its hands upon 120,000,000 of deposits in the
Savings' Banks, is about to take 100,000,000 more,
and to provide by legislative means against restitntion
by the Treasury in a moment of crisis, when the depo-
sitors might call for reimbursement.
During the last month, the consumption of meat in
Paris v,ai 6,070 oxen, 1,495 cows, 6,044 calxes, and
37,445 sheep ; being 11G oxen, 254 cows, and 1,653
sheep less, mid 537 waives more, than in October, 1843.
Four youths, of from seventeen to twenty-two years
of age, were tried on Saturday, by the Tribunal of Cor-
rectional Police, for having been guilty of gross miscon-
duct in mocking and insulting a funeral procession, sing-
ing a bacchanalian song to the notes of the De Pro-
fundis, and throwing stones at the mourners. On the
trial they expressed great contrition, and one of the
priests who accompanied the procession recommended
them to the indulgence of their judges. They were only
fined 16£ each, without imprisonment.
A report has been received from M. Petit, who was
charged by the French Government with the horticultu-
ral experiments at the Marquesas. He states that all
the plantations of cabbage, carrots, turnips, French
beans, pease, salads, tobacco, sugar-cane, tea, pine-
apples, coffee, &c., have succeeded admirably, and that
as many as three crops of tobacco are obtained annually.
The clerk of a commercial house at Marseilles, who
was arrested a short time ago for the forgery of an in-
dorsement on a bill of exchange for 2901. sterling, has
committed suicide in prison. A sum of 4,5001., part of
the proceeds of the fraud, were found upon him when he
was arrested.
The Duke de Leuchtenberg arrived at Munich on the
4th inst. Until his return to St. Petersburgh he will re-
side alternately at Munich and Eichstadt.
We learn from the German Universal Gazette that
Mr. Holman, the celebrated blind traveller, is now in the
country of the Lower Danube, after having visited Dal-
matia, Bosnia, and Wallachia. He is to visit Moldavia
and Transylvania before he returns to England.

LAW AND POLICM.
At Guildhall, Catherine Bennet, a woman about
thirty-six years of age, was charged with intending to
commit suicide at Blackfriart-bridge about one o'cbsek
in the morning. After some inquiries Sir Peter Laurie
said he would consider whether he would send the pri-
soner to trial upon the present evidence, and remanded
her till Thursday.
Baron Moritz Dam Vander Pforte, an individual who
held an appointment in the late King of Saxony's house-
hold. was charged at Marlborough-street, with having
obtained, by means of a fraudulent cheque, the sum of
21. from Mons. Deneulain, the prtprietor of the Hotel de
Provence, Leicester-square. The charge led to a long
investigation, when Mr. Hardwick asked the Baron if he
had evidence, letters, or documents to show that he had
any real foundation for asserting that money would
shortly reach him from the continent. The Baron said
he had letters to show that he was justified in asserting
that he would shortly receive remittances. The investi-
gation was adjourned.
At Lambeth-street, Francis Palmer, a man of gentle-
manly manners and address, was charged with stealing
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soner, who seemed a good deal affected; admitted his
guilt, but said that dire poverty and the want of bread
alone had driven him to the act. His father, he said,
had been for many years an extensive builder and a
Common Councilman for the City of London, and had
left him, at his death, both a good property and a good
business. Mr. Henry observed that the case was a
melancholy one, and remanded the prisoner, to give time
to inquire into the truth of his statement.
At Worship-street, Ann M'Cormack, a servant at the
house of Mr. J. G. de Silva, King-street, Finsbury-
square, was charged with stealing a sovereign from
Leah Abrahams, her fellow servant. The charge was
completely proved, but in the course of the investiga-
tion, it appeared, that the theft was as nothing in a
moral point of view, in comparison with the other
crimes of which the prisoner had been guilty. She had
actually decoyed away a child ten years of age, the
daughter of her master from her home, and agreed
to sell her to an old procuress for ten guineas, to devote
her to a life of infamy, and in order to procure money to
carry this diabolical scheme into effect she had stolen
the sovereign from her fellow-servant. Fortunately the
absence of the child was discovered immediately. Search
was made, and Fhe was rescued from the horrible fate to
which the prisoner would have consigned her. It also
appeared that the prisoner had endeavoured, but in vain,
to induce the nursemaid in her master's service to em-
brace a life of prostitution. She was remanded.
GOVIILT-3PASEILIONAB3hIs.
The Duke of Buckingham, who arrived last week at
Buckingham House, Pall-mall, fora few days, from Stowe,
has returned to that splendid seat. His Grace, it is said,
in the event of the new Austrian Minister Plenipoten-
tiary, Count Dietrichstein, not occupying Chandos
House, intends to let it, and not remove, as has been
stated, with his establishment from Buckingham House,
which has been recently re-embellished.
The Earl and Countess of Lovelace, and their family,
who are at present at Ashby Court, Somerset, are ex-
pected to return to Ockham Park, near Chertsey, at the
end of the present month.
The Earl and Countess of Lincoln had a dinner party
on Monday evening at their residence in Whitehall-
place. Among the company were Viscount and Via.
countess Canning, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord and
Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, and
Mr. Bonham.
The Countess Poulett, accompanied by Viscount
Hinton, arrived in town on Saturday from Wahner
Castle, and has since left for Downham, the seat of Lord
and Lady W. Poulett.
The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, from Hornby Castle, near Catterick, Yorkshire.
The Lord President, Lord Wharncliffe, is expected to
arrive in Curzon-street, on Monday next, from Wortley
Hall.

lITZSCESLANIZOIIIS.
The candidates of the Rectorship of Glasgow College
for the ensuing year, are the Earl of Eglinton and An-
drew Rutherford, Esq., M.P. for Leith.
On Tuesday morning, Mr. Gilpin, a Master of the
Merchant Tailors' Company, introduced by Major-
General Dyson, waited on 6ir Henry Pottinger to tender
him the freedom of that company, which has been the
first mark of mercantile approbation bestowed on Sir
Henry.
On comparing the taxes paid in Belgium, it has been
found that the average of the sums paid by every indi-
vidual is less than in France, in the Netherlands, and in
England. For Belgium, it is 19f. 86c. per head ; for
France, 30f. 63c. ; for the Netherlands; 39f. 63c. ; for
England, 56f. For the duties of Customs, Excise, and
for general consumption, the average is as follows :
For Belgium, less than Bf. ; for France, more than 12f. ;
for the Netherlands, more than 16f. 69c. ; for England,
more than 38f.
Mr. O'Connell has given notice that, at the meeting of
the Repeal Association on the 25th, he will bring for-
ward a motion for an application to Parliament, for an
impeachment of the persons principally concerned in the
late monster persecutions, and in particular to consider
deliberately the propriety of addressing the people of
Great Britain, in order to procure their aid in enforcing
on Parliament the necessity of such an impeachment. The
repeal rent for the week amounted to 8381. 16s. 3d.
The Directors of the Dublin and Drogheda Company
have presented the Rev. Mr. Mathew with a free pass on
their railway.
The County Life Insurance-office has offered a reward
of 1001. for the apprehension of parties suspected of hav-
ing set fire to the premises at Coxside, Plymouth.
The tanning premises of Messrs. Tanner, destroyed by
fire on Friday morning, were heavily insured in the West
of England Insurance offices.
The senior Queen's Counsel in years' standing at the
bar is Sir C. Wetherell ; the junior Queen's Counsel, in
point of time at the bar, is Mr. Roebuck.
Some of the Radical Paris papers have become hostile
to Mr. O'Connell, and would turn him into ridicule. The
Reforme states, that a distinguished statuary and carica-
turist is about to make a cast, representing O'Connell
holding a torch in his right hand, and in his left a pail
of cold water.
An extraordinary quantity of rain has fallen in the
metropolis and neighbourhood within the last twenty-
four hours. Up to the hour of going to press the rain
continues without intermission, with a strong gale from
he west.

FROM CHOKING BY A PIECE OF MEAT.—
Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Prince Re-
gent, Globe-road, Mile-end New-town, on the body of
Samuel Knox, aged sixty-eight years. Elizabeth Knox,
of No. 13, York-street, Mile-end New-town, a daughter
of deceased, deposed that on Saturday last he was eating
his dinner, which consisted of beef and mutton stew. In
the midst of his repast he was suddenly seized with a fit
of coughing. Witness, with the assistance of her sister,
took him immediately into a back yard, when, finding he
was apparently choking and turning black in the face,
she went for Mr. Todd, a neighbouring surgeon, who
promptly attended. Mr. Todd stated that he found de-
ceased quite insensible as if from suffocation. He put
his fingers down his throat, but could find nothing. He
then passed a candle down his oesophagus without suc-
cess, but upon a second trial with his fingers he found
the top of the trachea open, and upon introducing his
fingers he succeeded in drawing out a piece of grissell,
about two inches in length, which had lodged in the
windpipe. Death almost immediately ensued. It ap-
peared that deceased was in the habit of " bolting" his
foodinstead of properly masticating it. Twice before
he had nearly met with a similar death. The jury re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental death by choking with a
piece of meat."