The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-06 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

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" The Messager of last night," says the Constitutionnel
of Monday, " publishes no official news from Spain. We
cannot conceive the reason for this silence. It is certain
that the Government is in possession of several dispatches
all favourable to the Spanish Ministry. One of these
dispatches, we are informed, announces that the Congress
has adopted the Address proposed by the Committee
with a large majority, saving a few unimportant amend-
ments. Another dispatch gives details of the conspiracies
discovered at Madrid and in other towns."
The Duchess of Orleans went on Friday to Dreux, to
pray by the tomb of her late Consort.
The Moniteur publishes a Royal Ordonnance dated
the 30th ult., opening to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
on the estimates of 1844 a supplementary credit ~;
300,000 f , under the head of extraordinary
The Minister of Public Works ha ;eft Paris for Agen.
On his way he will inspect the 'works of the Orleans and
Vierzon railroad.

All the Puril of the Polytechnic School, which was
broken 11-i, about ten weeks ago, are said to have been
me:lied by a simple note from the Director to pass their
examivations under the new organization decreed by the
late ordonnance.

The Patric of Monday evening says:—" We have just
learned from a positive source that the Ministry has lis-
tened to the counsel of violence as regards the 'Poly-
technic School. Seventeen pupils are to be expelled."
Several of the Paris journals mention a report that
General Rostolan has been appointed Commandant of
the Polytechnic School.
A fatal duel has just taken place in the environs of
Versailles, between two pupils of the Polytechnic
School. One of them was killed, and the other took
flight, declaring his intention to surrender himself when
the time came for him to take his trial. The seconds
and the surgeon who attended them to the ground were
arrested at Versailles, and brought to Paris on Friday.
A gentleman named Morsant, of Tours, who died last
week in Paris, has, by his will, left 100,000 f. to the hos-
pital of that place, to be applied to insane patients.
The Journal des Debats contains a long article on the
state of Greece, in which it says that Messrs. Coletti and
Metaxa, or what is called the French party, are daily
gaining strength in opposition to the intrigues of the
English clique, led on by M. Mavrocordato.
The Bayonne journals announce the arrival in that
town of the Spanish Vice-Admiral Vigodet and Captain
Vallerino, on their way to England to superintend the
building in this country of some vessels of war for the
Spanish. Governmot.

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At the Mansion-hbuse three men, named Sadd, Clow,
and Vairghan',7wereAilly committed to take their trial at
the Old Bailey, for a.murderous assault upon a police-
constable; named Lock, while on duty at Nicholson's
Wharf. • .
George Wm. Moon, Clerk to Messrs. Sutton and Co.,
solicitors, Basinghall-street, was committed at Guildhall,
on a charge of stealing jewellery to the amount of WO/.
from the iron safe of his master's country-house.
At Bow-street, Mr. George William Jones, the secre-
tary to the Hammersmith-bridge Company, was sum-
moned before Mr. Jardine by Mr. George Lewis, the
secretary to the Master of the Horse and clerk of the
royal stables to her Majesty, charged with having de-
manded and taken toll from Mr. William Joseph Good-
win, inspector of the royal stables, and veterinary sur-
geon to her Blajesty's horse, for the passage of a royal
carriage and horses over Hammersmith bridge, contrary
to the provisions of the Act in that case made and pro-
vided. After a lengthened investigation, Wm. Moore,
the toll-gate-keeper on the Middlesex side, was then
summoned for demaedine• from the same gentleman, on
the same carriage and horses, on the 26th of October
last, 6d. toll, and receiving the same for passing over the
bridge. Mr. Jardine convicted is both cases, and inflicted
a penalty of 5/. in each. Notice of appeal was given.
An investigation took place at Queen-square, which
left no doubt that Frazer, the man of colour, whose case
has excited so much sympathy, and for whom a consi-
derable sum of money has been subscribed by the bene-
volent, has been for years obtaining charitable contri-
butions under fraudulent representations. After Mr.
Bond had come to this conclusion, he said Frazer should
have no more from him ; and he would feel obliged_by
the benevolent donors sending their addresses, in grder
that he might return the money so liberally bestowed.
001724V—PAL88IONFABlip31.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and LadY.Ca-
roline Leveson Gower, have arrived on a visit to the
Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn, at Roseneath Ho:fise,
North Britain, from Dunrobin Castle, whence they..pro-
ceed to Lord and Lady Blantyre's seat, Erskine House,
on their way to the south.
The Earl of Limerick, who has been seriously indis-
posed at Fonthill Park, near Reading, is considerably
better.
Lord and Lady Braybrook have arrived at Dover,
where they have taken a house for the season. s •