The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-31 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.

Mr. Comrnissoner Fane, in the Bankruptcy-court,
suspended the certificate of Wills and Davy, the bank-
rupt linen-drapers of Oxford-street, until the 31st of
July, 1848, being five years from the date of the fiat
against them.

An action was tried at Liverpool before Mr. Justice
Cresswell, which was brought by a publican named
Duckworth, against a Mr. Johnson, to recover 37/ Is.
for brandy and water, furnished to the free and indepen-
dent voters of Blackburn, at the election in 1841. The
candidates could not treat, but the members of the res-
pective Committees did, and the defendant as a Com-
mittee-man, had opened plaintiff's house, and in obedi-
ence to his orders, 400 glasses of brandy and water, (in
addition to certain quantities of rum and water, given to
the canaille, in the tap-room), were furnished to the
" free and independent" in the upstairs-room of the
plaintiff's house. The jury found for the 'plaintiff for
37/ is.

Michael Read, the tailor, who had been previously
examined on a charge of cutting and maiming James
O'Flaherty, with two pairs of scissors, was brought
before Mr. Twyford, at Bow-street, and committed for
trial.

At Clerkenwell, Mr. Wm. Woodward, a haberdasher,
residing at 34, Clarke's-place, Islington, was charged
with having assaulted Miss Eliza Goulding, residing at
47, Lower-road, Islington. The prosecutrix had seen
some Cobourg cloth in defendant's window, marked at
Is. 2id. a yard, and had gone into his shop to purchase
some. After vainly endeavouring to induce her to pur-
chase some inferior stuff, he cut her a quantity from the
piece in the window, but charged 2s. 2id. a yard for it,
and on her remonstrating, the defendant abused her and
put her out of the shop. Mr. Combe, after commenting
upon the defendant's conduct, fined him 3/. and costs.
A gentleman attended at Queen-square to disabuse the
mind of the Magistrate on the subject of a statement
made at the office on Wednesday, by a man. named
Henry Smith, who represented himself to be a broken-
down gentleman. It turns out that he is an impostor.
A respectably dressed woman, named Frances Gray,
was committed by Mr. Rawlinson from Marylebone, for
shoplifting ; and Sarah Jones, cook to Mr. Satchell, 6,
Winsley-street, Oxford-street, charged with having con-
cealed the birth of her male infant, was fully committed
for trial.

At Union-hall Edward Sweetly was brought before
Mr. Trail, charged with uttering a counterfeit sovereign,
and also with stealing the sum of 19s. from Mr. Popham,
a surgeon, in the London-road. The prisoner ordered
some medicine to be sent to a person in West-square,
desiring that the boy who took it might bring change
for a sovereign. He met the boy, took the medicine
from him, gave him a counterfeit sovereign, and walked
away with the 19s. He was remanded until Monday,
when several other cases will probably be brought against
him.

Nathaniel Poplin, charged with committing a most
brutal assault upon Mr. Thomas Elsworth, landlord of
the Bell public•house, Bell Watergate, Woolwich, was
sentenced at the Woolwich Police Court to fourteen
days' hard labour in Maidstone goal.
A fellow named Pratt, who had been formerly in the
police force, was committed from the Thames Police
Court to the House of Correction for one month, in de-
fault of paying a fine of 41., for assaulting Thomas Kettle,
a boy 15 years of age. The prisoner had stolen some
meat, the property of the boy's master, and threatened
to cut the boy's throat if he told. The boy did tell, and
Pratt throttled him, knocked him down, and trampled
on him.

COITAT—PASZEIONILBraI.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Leeds,
Lord Castlereagh, Lord and Lady Duncan, Sir B. Hall,
Sir A. and Miss Duff, the Duke de Coigny, Sir George,
Mrs. and the Misses Sitwell, were among the company
present at the Braemar gathering on Thursday last.
Mr. Farquharson, of Invercauld, presided at the dinner
at the old Castle, supported by the Duke of Leeds and
Mr. Duff, M.P., while the Hon. General Sir A. Duff, as-
sisted by Lord Duncan, did the duties of croupier. The
ball in the evening was graced by the presence of nearly
all the ladies in the neighbourhood.
The Duke of Richmond, the Earl of March, Lord
Templemore, and the party at Gordon Castle have had
abundance of sport OR the excellent shootings of Glen
Fiddick and Blackwater. Some thousand head of game
Ime•been slaughtered, notwithstanding the weather was
against sport.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Earl and
Countess of Arundel and Surrey, and the other members
of his Grace's family, have been summoned to town from
Arundel Castle, in consequence of the serious indisposi-
tion of the Noble Duke's cousin, the Hon. Lady Pechell,
who has been considered by her medical attendants in
imminent danger fbr some days past.
The Duke of Montrose arrived in town on Monday
last from Buchanan Castle, North Britain, and has since
left for Cowes, to meet the Duchess and family, who
have been residing there during his Grace's absence in
Scotland.
The Marquis of Clanricarde will return from Por-
tumna Castle, county Galway, in the ensuing week. The
Noble Marquis and Marchioness and Ladies de Burgh
intend taking their departure for the Continent, having
made arrangements to pass the winter in Italy.
Earl and Countess Granville have arrived at the Earl
of Carlisle's, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, and after a brief
visit to their noble relatives at that seat, proceed on a
visit to the Archbishop of York, at Bishopsthorpe Palace,
and afterwards to the Duke of Devonshire's marine villa
at Kemp Town, for the autumn.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby have
arrived at Ravensworth Castle, on a visit to Lord and
Lady Ravensworth, from Newtown House, the Dowager
Duchess of Cleveland's seat, near Bedale.
The venerable Mr. Byng, who is passing the season at
Wrotham Park, near Barnet, will come to St. James's-
square at the close of next month, to be present at the
marriage of his niece, the Hon. Miss Byng, daughter of
Lord Strafford, with Mr. Tufnell, M.P.
Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and the Hon. Misses
Somerset, have been among the guests at Apethorpe, the
seat of the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, during
the visit of his Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia.
The Hon. Captain Grey, and the Hon. and Rev. J.
Grey, have arrived at Howick Hall, to visit the venerable
Earl Grey, whose health continues satisfactory.
The Marquis of Granby, who received the Prince of
Prussia at Belvoir Castle on Tuesday, has since joined
his noble father's shooting party at Longshawe, Derby-
shire.

Lord and Lady Stuart de Rothesay have returned to
their seat near Christchurch, from town.
MZEICEILZALIVZOUB.
The Victoria and Albert Royal steam yacht, Captain
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, has had her upper deck
painted sinceher return from her cruise to the westward.
She will be quite ready to receive her Majesty the be-
ginning of next week.
In consequence of the age and infirmities of the Rev.
Dr. Carey, Bishop of St. Asaph, the Bishop of Sodor
and Man has undertaken the temporary duties of that
diocese.

The Lord Bishop of Lincoln will consecrate the newly-
erected church at Beeston on Thursday next. This
church is provided with open seats, uniform throughout,
and there is not a pew door in the edifice. It is intended
to keep the church open daily.
The farm premises of Mr. Waters, an extensive
farmer at Stratford, near Salisbury, were burnt to the
ground last evening, as well as seven wheat and other
ricks, a large quantity of straw, poultry, &c. There is
no doubt it was the act of an incendiary.
The 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards marched
from Windsor to Slough, en route to St. John's Wood
Barracks, yesterday morning at nine o'cluck, under the
command of Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and were re-
lieved by the Ist battalion, who arrived from the Tower
at noon, commanded by Colonel Moncrieff. The band
of the regiment will remain at Windsor until the depar-
ture of the Court in about ten days.
Meyerbeer is at present at Dresden, where he intends
to remain this summer. That celebrated composer has
just finished a new opera, and is now assiduously em-
ployed in superintending the vocal studies of a young
prima donna recently arrived at Dresden, from Stockholm,
whom he purposes to engage for the opening of the grand
opera itt

The King of the French, accompanied by Generals
Aymard and Friant, and two orderly officers, visited St.
Cloud on Tuesday afternoon, but returned to Neuilly to
dinner. In the evening their Majesties received the Mi-
nisters of the Interior, Public Instruction, and Com-
merce, Marshal Marquis de Grouchy, and M. Jubelin,
Under-Secretary of State of the Marine and Colonies.
The Patrie of Wednesday states, that " the ultimatum

of England with respect to Otaheite, which has been
talked of for some days, was definitively placed in the
hands of M. Guizot this morning. by Lord Cowley."
The Globe, which is a Ministerial journal, has denied
the existence of any ultimatum of the kind alluded to,
and states that the Council met on Tuesday, and agreed
to an offer of reparation, which it has reason to hope will
be considered satisfactory.
The Constitutionnel says the Council of Ministers met
on Tuesday under the Presidency of the King at half-
past twelve, and did not separate for two hours. Before
the Council, M. Guizot had a long conference with the
English Ambassador, at whose residence the Ambassa-
dors and Char* d'Affaires of the great Powers met
yesterday in conference. We are assured that after the
Council M. Guizot paid a second visit to Lord Cowley.
Letters from Toulon mention the rumour that the
Emperor of Morocco has sent a corps of cavalry in pur-
suit of Abd-el-Kader, or actually compelled him to with-
draw from the frontier of Algeria. Another letter from
Oran says he has been taken.
The Revue de Paris states that orders have just been
given by the Minister of Marine for a large supply of
balls, bombs, and cartouches for the naval arsenals, and
that an extensive promotion in the navy is immediately
to take place.
Twenty-five of the young Egyptians who accompanied
the son and granison of Mehemet Ali to Marseilles
arrived in Paris on Wednesday. The young Princes are
daily expected.
A grocer, in the Rue St. Antoine, was condemned
yesterday, by the Tribunal Correctional Police, to three
months' imprisonment, and 50f. fine, for using false
scales. Hitherto this offence has been visited much too
leniently.
A letter from Elsineur states that the Russian fleet
will pass the winter in that roadstead. Jt was reported
at Copenhagen, that the object was to keep the fleet in
a state of readiness for sea, whereas, if it passed the
winter as usual in Cronstadt, it would be unable to move
out until the frost should break up. The fleet is said to
consist of nine ships of the line, and five frigates.
LAW AND POLICE,