The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-14 00:00:00

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PORDIGN.
The Paris Potrie contains the following;—" It "
that the Ministry, warned by the unanimous re
tions of the press, is disposed to relax its rigour re:rit
in.' the seventeen pupils of the Polytechnic Scheel,
the Commission has proposed to expel, and thtats,%o
amnesty, on the occasion of the Duke d'Aumaleele
riage, is to open the doors of the school to thelpw
days after the return of their comrades, which rm
place towards the 15th or 18th of the month.".lr
The Toulonnais mentions a report that Geller
moriciere is to act as Governor of Algeria dais%
absence of Marshal Bugeaud, who is expected 10
soon in France.
A letter from Tangiers of the 30th ult. mentions ,0
port that Abd-el-Kader, after having taken ret
Melilla, one of the Spanish presidios on the ore%
Morocco, had withdrawn to the south, to avoid the
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cution of the orders communicated to him by the
peror.
The Comm; re says, the Government, after 11s
laid its hands upon 129,000,000 of deposits
.1'
Savings' Banks, is about to take 100,00,000,
and to provide by legislative means against to,
s_de
by the Treasury in a moment of crisis, when We
aitors might call for reimbursement.
During the last month, the consumption of °I
Paris was 6,070 oxen, 1,495 cows, 6,044 caloe,e'l,o
o'l 37,445 sheep ; being 116 oxen, 254 cows, 41
sheep less, and 537 valves more, than in October,
Four youths, of from seventeen to twenty-004J
of age, were tried on Saturday, by the Tribunal 04i;
rectional Police, for having been guilty of gross Poe
duet in mocking and insulting a funeral procession'
ing a bacchanalian song to the notes of the
fundis, and throwing stones at the mourners. 10
trial they expressed great contrition, and one 0!,„),
priests who accompanied the procession recomrs;i,
them to the indulgence of their judges. They e'er
finedeach, without ievrisonment.
woe
A report has been reeeivetl from M. Petit, /
.charged by the French Government with the hottle.ol
ral experiments at the Marquesas. He states t.,,h10t
the plantations of cabbage, carrots, !urnips, s
beans, pease, salads, tobacco, sugar-cane, tee' ace
apples, coffee, &c., have succeeded admirably,
as many as three crops of tobacco are obtained aro-0
The clerk of a commercial house at Marseilleeni,
was arrested a short time ago for the forgery of I Ist
dorsement on a bill of exchange for 290/. sterlio_,,g'
committed suicide in prison. A sum of 4,50011, 17,10
the proceeds of the fraud, were found upon him 1/he
was arrested.
The Duke de Leuchtenberg arrived at Munich ciiietl4r,'
4th inst. Until his return to St. Petersburgh Pew
side alternately at Munich and Eichstadt.
We learn from the German Universal Gazettli3O
Mr. Holman, the celebrated blind traveller, is norirpek
country of the Lower Danube. after having vis.,indyfo
matia, Bosnia, and Wallachia. He is to visit .M°'
and Transylvania before he returns to England.
LAW AND POLICD.
At Guildhall, Catherine Bennet, a wonian..e,,S
thirty-six years of age, was charged with intereaqi)
commit suicide at Blackfriars-bridge about one sc t 0
in the morning. After some inquiries Sir Peter Priv
said he would consider whether he would send 000
soner to trial upon the present evidence, and re°
her till Thursday.
stAll
Baron Moritz Dam Vander Plotter an individu
held an appointment in the late King of Saxony's htlfi4,
hold, was charged at Marlborough-street, with 00
obtained, by means of a fraudulent cheque, the 0010
21. from Muns. Deneulain, the proprietor of the 00 iOO6
Provence, Leicester-square. The charge led to °
Abe
investigation, when Mr. Hardwick asked the flattop,
had evidence, letters, or documents to show that u;0010,
any real foundation for asserting that money o.l°
shortly reach him from the continent. The Bars°o4
he had letters to show that he was justified in sese
that he would shortly receive remittances. The lag
eir
gation was adjourned. de
At Lambeth-street, Francis Palmer, a man 0, eesji4
manly manners and address, was charged with steer„o
a silver watch, the property of Mr. John T. Series 'r'
cornchandler, in Church-lane, Whitechapel. Thadthit
soner, who seemed a good deal affected, admits °d
b
guilt, but said that dire poverty and the want of 50
alone had driven him to the act. His father, be 010
had been for many years an extensive builder 101
Common Councilman for the City of London, 0,In„ go 03
left him, at his death, both a good property and " 0
business. Mr. Henry observed that the case woe
melancholy one, and remanded the prisoner, to give
to inquire into the truth of his statement. t the
At Worship-street, Ann M'Cormack, a servant surf'
house of Mr. J. G. de Silva, King-street, Fins frost
square, was charged with stealing. a sovereign iros
Leah Abrahams, her fellow servant. The charge,iie
completely proved, but in the course of the inve°7o
lion, it appeared, that the theft was as nothiag
moral point of view, in comparison with the °psi
crimes of which the prisoner had been guilty. She tfil
actually decoyed away a child ten years of age,
daughter of her master from her home, sad 0, 00
to sell her to an old procurers for ten guineas, to de t,/
her to a life of infamy, and in order to procure La°11;;;Ie0
carry this diabolical scheme into effect she Wl's tbe
the sovereign from her fellow-servant. Fortunal7oo
absence of the child was discovered immediately.
was made, and she was rescuer' from the horrible le BeJ
which the prisoner would have consigned her. ito its
appeared that the prisoner had endeavoured, but U.
ete
to induce the nursemaid in her master's service W
brace a life of prostitution. She was remanded.
...as et a. 7t• t? btalcoza isaa,:wat. It 1°
The Duke of Buckingham, who arrived last wee oe,
Buckingham House, Pall-mall, fora few days, frornslo
has returned to that splendid seat. His Grace,. Wl' 'err
in the event of the new Austrian Minister PleniP:ooo
tiary, Count Dietrichstein, not occupying Place)
House, intends to let it, and not remove, as ha Meet
stated, a ith his establishment from Buckingham
which has has been recently re-embellished. ja.
The Earl and Countess of Lovelace, and their ill 0.
who are at present at Ashby Court, Somerset, fir,to9
pected to re turn to Ockham Park, near Chertsef,
end of the present month. nirti
The Earl and Countess of Lincoln had a dinner r-
on Monday evening at their residence in 101°1/0;
place. Among the company were Viscount ancid sodcountess Canning, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lor ,vd
Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigbo
Mr. Bonham. • ,y;qcornt
The Countess Poul.at, accompanied by '"Ainef,
Hinton, arrived in town on Saturday from "Ifjercl
Castle, and has since left for Downhana, the seat 0,
and Lady W. Poulett. ndefl
The Duke of leeds has arrived at the Cla.hrere,
Hotel, from Hornby Castle, near Catterick, Yorkeeltpato
The Lord President, Lord Wharncliffe, is exPe4„„7tief
arrive in Curzon street, on Monday next, front II"'

=rite /33.Z.111.15t MOT.* It Coles°
The candidates of the Rectorship of Glasgow
for the ensuing year, are the Earl of Eglinton an
drew Rutherford, Esq., M.P. for Leith. f the
On Tuesday morning, Mr. Gilpin, a Master
‘..Mayor
Merchant Tailors' Company, introduced by 7,;cier
General Dyson, waited on ,ir Henry Pottinger the
him the freedom of that company, which has Pc'-- 50
first mark of mercantile approbation bestowed °P
Henry. been
On comparing the taxes paid in Belgium, it P.:
found that the average of the sums paid by Wu pd in
vidual is less than in France, in the Netherlands, 1-; for
England. For Belgium, it is 19f. 86c. per ileam,, for
France, 30f. 63c. ; for the Netherlands; 39f. 63f; Oa
England, 56f. For the duties of Customs, Exicio;;;;s2 i ;
for general consumption, the average is as fo
For Belgium, less than 81. ; for France, more than loot
for the Netherlands, more than 16f. 69c. ; for Bng_
more than 38f.
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Mr. O'Connell has given notice that, at the meet for
the Repeal Association on the 25th, he will brinf,
ward a motion for an application to Parliament, 11)„' the
impeachment of the persons principally concerned r'ider
late monster persecutions, and in particular to °PI of
deliberately the propriety of addressing the Plr:iog
Great Britain, in order to procure their aid in en'q" The
on Parliament the necessity of such an impeachinel°
repeal rent for the week amounted to 8381. 16s. 3u• or
The Directors of the Dublin and Drogheda CemP ott
have presented the Rev. Mr. Mathew with a free Pass
their railway. void
The County Life Insurance-office has offered a lb' or
of 100/. for the apprehension of parties suspected uth•
ing set fire to the premises at Coxside, riPl by
The tanning premises of Messrs. Tanner, destrofewoi
fire on Friday morning, were heavily insured in tbe
of England Insurance offices. tbe
Then seor Queen's Counsel in years' standing -1 0
bar is Sir C. Wetherell ; the junior Queen's CoUnee"
point of time at the bar, is Mr. Roebuck. boa°
Some of the Radical Paris papers have becolne The
to Mr. O'Connell, and would turn him into ridiculers.„
Reforme states, that a distinguished statuary and cl/ruell
turist is about to make a cas-, representing O'CiSlnsil
holding a torch in his right hand, and in his left r
of cold waterthe
.
An e ,
xtraordinary quantity of rain has
metropolis and neighbourhood within the last t'weroi
four hours. Up to the hour of going to press the 00
continues %ithout intermit sion, with a strong W.I. fr
the west. fallen gloy,

DEATH FROM CHOYING BY A PIECE OF --gritIBIBP:
Tuesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Prince f
Samuel
Globe.road, Mile-end Ncw,-town, oz.•
Samuel Knox, aged sixty e; ht - Elizabeth WI
of No. 13, York street M• 'g
) "'l's. , a daughter
, Mile-end New-town, , e,ting
of deceased, deposed that on Saturday last be was in
his dinner, which consisted of beef and mutton stew. fit
the midst of his repast he was suddenly seized with 6/ r,
of her with
of coughing. Witness, with the assistance
took him immediately into a back yard, when, fincling
was apparently choking and turning black in the face,ho
she went for Mr. Todd, a neighbouring surge"' "ci. e•
on the bogy o
promptly attended. Mr. Todd stated that he found
put
ceased quite insensible as if from suffocation. Ile ile
his fingers down his throat, but could find nothing.
passed a candle down his oesophagus then
cess, but upon a second trial with his fingers he fou.u."..
the top of the trachea introducing Ill'
open, and upon
f 60011,
fingers he succeeded in d • drawing out a piece o g .
A the
about two inches in length, which had lodge,. e av
windpipe. Death almost immediately ensued., ''';', ill;
peared that deceased was in the habit of " Nutiegbefore
food instead of prorerly masticating it. Twice
re-
he had nearly met with a similar death. The jury„.. a
turned a verdict of " Accidental death by choking wilu
without sue;
piece of meat."