The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-05 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

Pubitt ptnton.

" Who runs may read"

POSIZIGN.

The King of the French was to leave St. Cloud on
Thursday, for Eu, and sail from Treport on the even'
ing of the 6th or 7th, for Portsmouth.
The King has just presented to Colonel Eynard, wb°
brought to Paris the colours taken at Isly, a very ele•
gant gold snuff-box, mounted with brilliants.
The Augsburgh Gazette, of the 28th instant, state°,
that the report of a matrimonial union between the Grand
Duchess Olga and Prince George of Cambridge is tow
sidered as authentic, and it is regarded both as the re'
suit of the Emperor of Russia's visit to London, and 0
the commencement of a more intimate alliance between
Russia and England.
A letter from Bastia, of the 26th ult., gives an 9.ei
count of the cordial reception given to Genero SebastieA
on his revisiting Corsica, his native island. He lanne''
at Bastia on the 25th, between seven and eight in the
evening. The town was illuminated, triumphal arches
were raised, and he was attended to the Hotel de l'gr
rope with the acclamations of the whole congregated po'
pulace, headed by all the civil and municipal officers.
The Gazette du Midi, of the 28th ult., announces the
arrival at Marseilles of Monsignor Borghi, of the order
of Capucius, Bishop of Bethsaide, Vicar Apostolic 0(
Thebet and of Hindostan, with a suite of 27 persontl'
amongst whom are five priests, seven brothers of the
community of the Holy Traveller, and 15 nuns of the
congregation of Jesus Maria of Lyons. This numerl
colony is to embark on the 4th inst. for Alexandria, and
thence to proceed to Agra, through Cairo, Suez, en
Bombay. The intention of the prelate is to open two
new missions, one in Lahore and the other in the mot,
tains of Cachemire.

The Hague Journal states, that by a letter from Bard
via, it appeared that the French vessel, the Graff
,„
Duquesne, had arrived at that port with a cargo of St'
pipes of claret. On examining the wine it was found t:
be not only adulterated, but even to contain substance
injurious to the public health. The Governor-General',"
in consequence, declared it confiscated, and ordered the
whole to be emptied into the sea.
The following curious occurrence took place on thei
20th ult., at Massat, a small town in the Arriege
mother and her daughter were both delivered within ttli;
minutes of each other of a male child eaeh. The
babies were put into one cradle while the midwife n,
performing the necessary offices for the mothers, 8114
when her attention was turned to the new-born b 015,,;,
was imno-sible for her to recognise which was the noel
and which the nephew. The good people of the countll,
cannot, nor perhaps can any one else, find any other
means of deciding upon their maternity than by lot.

LAW AND POLICE.
Two girls, named Ellen Hart and Emma West, rib:
had very much the appearance of country-bred gir'„
were charged at the Mansion-house with having Pile',
dered a shop in Greenwich of about 30 yards of doeskinr,
cloth, value 4L They had taken the cloth from the do°;
and had then set off for London per railroad. A servssetj
of the plundered shopkeeper followed them, proceed
to London by the same train, saw them both get into
cab at the terminus, and gave them into custody,
stolen property being found in the cab. They were co",
mitted, and on their arrival at Newgate, were
cognised as old offenders.
Richard Marshall, a cab-driver, was brought up f.°st,
final examination, at the Guildhall, charged with rale
behaviour in driving in Cheapsido, on the night of
Ist of September, whereby John East, an onanil/5
driver, was shaken from his seat, and, falling on his VAL
was severely injured. East produced his doctors tuitt,'
which amounted to 111. 125., whereupon Mr. Alderlso
Farebrother very properly animadverted upon to
enormity of the charge, observing, on looking over to
items, :that there was physic enough charged for. 00
poison half-a-dozen people. Eat had, on the pre
day, offered to take 31., and, on payment of the ssle
the prisoner was discharged.
At Queen-square, John Henry Doughty, the Pio,
prietor of a coffee-shop, at 5, Chapel-street, West°3o
ster, was convicted of harbouring persons of notoriq
bed character, and fined 20s. e 0
A middle-aged woman, named Mary Maltby, .00
brought before Mr. Long, at Marylebone, upon vary
charges charges of embezzlement. It appeared that she wod
charwoman, and in various instances in which she ..to
been entrusted with money to change, or to pr hot
goods, she had walked away, and appropriated it t°
own use. She was remanded.
tSt
There were 120 men, women, and children brough
~-,,di
to the Lambeth-street Police-court, by the parish On
of St. George's in the East, for the purpose of ge;3j,
passes signed, preparatory to their being sent to Reis,`
A cooper, named John Shepherd, was fined ss'
Union-hall for cruelty to a dog. rye
At Woolwich, on Thursday, John Giles, a driver in_ et
employ of Mr. John Munyard, omnibus proprietto
Greenwich, was charged with committing an 17,510;
upon John May Walters, omnibus conductor, in t ters of
ploy of Mr. Pershouse, van proprietor. The 01she„, pre
the prisoner and the prosecutor were rival ottgliu"
prietors, and the assault, which was most brutal aII 005
provoked, was committed while the coniplairon-ittea
setting down his passengers. Mr. Jeremy commit of
him to Maidstone gaol fur three months, in de-eAI
paying a fine of Si.
On Thursday Mary Weller, i
6.5 years of age, vih-fcleb fre°°
lived for the last thirty years n Battersea, surre
herself at Wandsworth to answer two charges of teho
which had been' preferred against her by Mr. 1)°,70(14
Smith, who has purchased the extensive nursery-gre'oe
at Battersea, late in the occupation of Allan and Eloi
The poor old woman had taken a verbena plant
value of about one penny, for the purpose of pureh'-de,
it of the fireman for her daughter, as urged in her, hi
fence—for the purpose of stealing it, as was allege„.uero
the prosecution. The poor creature, who has hither
borne an irreproachable character, was fined 205-
cOtritIe—PASSIONALBILII. #t
Thursday the Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delawsl;fr
the request of her Majesty, issued from his officel
tations to the French Ambassador and Countess de the
Aulaire, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel' et'
Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of P,,1t10
pool, &c., to participate in the regal gaieties at the
during the visit of Louis Philippe. According t 0 }pd
cards, the party is to assemble on Wednesday neiterty
remain till Monday. There is to be a grand bang°
St. George's Hall on the 11th.
Ali°
The Earl of Aberdeen, immediately on his arrl ter
town from Woolwich on Thursday, had an °pa
view with Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley. 01,
Noble Earl goes to Windsor Castle on Wednesdayl3, er
His Excellency Baron Brunnow gave a splendi' 9,11
tertainment on Thursday, at Ashburnham House, Wits #
the Ministers in town. The banquet was given 5,50
farewell to Count Nesselrode, who departed for Plop,
yesterday. There were present the Duke of Weiliteff
Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Sts
his Excellency Baron Nieumann, his Excellency iii'
Dedel, his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, Prince ,iOlll
koff, Prince Radzivill, Viscount Canning, the lirof
Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, Mr. Addington, Count Dier.,, de
Nesselrode, M. de Berg, M. de Koudriaffsky, M.,uiers
lioudriaffsky, M. Longanoff, M. Libenski, &c. tie
were laid for upwards of twenty personages.
Their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest of Hesse
111
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived on Thursosto9l
the steamer Antwerpen, and landed at the St. Kat/isle:l
Wharf, Tower. From the gale of wind of the pee ijor)
night i I was greatly feared the Antwerpen woul° $O4
O
been detained at Flushing, but this powerful S', it'
out in spite of the weather, and effected her pass:*"
good time.
1,061jf
Count Nesselrode left town yesterday for Hate)rocis
en route for St. Petersburgh. Count Dmitry Nesse , ibe
will prolong his stay in this country until shoe"
middle of the present month. tOd
The Count de St. Aulaire had not reached the ernbtllo
in Manchester-square at ten on Thursday night, bti" r°
arrival was hourly expected. There appears to 1/4i:
longer any doubt as to the precise period of Louis fee
lippe's departure for this country. His Majesq,l•o
embark at Treport on Monday, the 7th instant, en"
at Portsmouth on the afternoon of the same day. IP
His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Belgic
nister, has arrived in town. 10(4 '
The Marquis of Granby has left England ibr e,
std
period, purposing to make a tour through Holley", htil
Germany during the ensuing six weeks. His Lord
will return to town about the middle of November.
DZlSoatasarsous. 1.
Accounts from Dublin of the 2d say, Lady neytesbJP"4
is still in a very precarious state ; but her Ladysbirdeii
certainly rallied since Thursday. The answer to is"
ries at one o'clock to-day was—" Her Excellenef
somewhat better." ti!'
Upwards of 370 passengers embarked from 'fdir
ampton yesterday, Oct. 3, for the East and West
and the Mediterranean ; these, and their friends /1„-ZO'f,
companied them to take leave, may be computed l'"
~,,o";
persons who have visited that town within the last tory
three days. On Tuesday night every hotel was stud
and in many beds were obliged to be made uP "-
floors.

Amongst the notices of insolvency in the -Dubj,irptie°;
zette of last evening is that of " Mr. Thomas
formerly of Fairfield, County Galway, and late a s,9ls
diary magistrate." This was one of Earl de Grey
pointments. sti‘erif
The engine driver of the branch railway from rre
bury to Ashchurch, met with a very serious aceide 141",
Thursday afternoon. It appears that the engine at
proceediog from Ashchurch towards Tewkesbargaiiti
very steady pace, when the driver, fancying 5e11',!,9 fee,j
was wrong with the wheels, incautiously placed wi.,1910
on the steps of the engine, and in leaning backlf;bvi
make an examination, his body came in contact 03,00151:47,1
railing of a bridge recently erected. The poor
was immediately thrown off the engine, whichiPotbe
over him, and severely injured his head, feet, an
parts of his person.
„vial
The Royal Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of J-r"—,ity
600 strong, assembled on Wednesday in the t'
York, for their annual week of duty, under the Ire*
of their Noble Colonel, the Right llon. Earl Pe ,if Pg 4
The annual exhibition and dinner of the Valevielac.":,
sham Agricultural Association took place en, —a. sot 1;
day. The show of stock was, generally speakftic'ilet,dt
factory. In some departments there was a is
but in others an increase, and the average le ""
was fully sastained.ed i 6
A Polytechnic Institution is proposed to be tre Or •/
Dublin, on the plan of that in Rret-street. tly
Porter, whose pamphlet on Federalism has rsee, yet
tracted so much notice, is announced as Secretory
t
founders. rated
The Duke of Devonshire has recently press e
the cathedral librarz at Lismore a splendid voles le
tamping the Psalter in Greek, printed in fac silt°