The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-25 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
Vtibitt Optuton.

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FOREIGN.
The Kin.' of the French came to Paris on Tuesday, and
visited thebMuseum. After remaining there for two hours
his Majesty returned to Neuilly. In the evening their Ma-
jesties received General and Madame de Cubieres, General
Baron Deponthon, the Marquis de Pange, the Count
d'Elehegoy-n, Baron Lel nue d'ldeville, and the Duchess de
Talleyrand.
The Prince de Joinville left Paris on Wednesday for
Compiegne.
Baron de Krudener, the Russian Ambassador in Switzer-
land, has arrived in Paris from Berlin.
The funeral obsequies of Vice-Admiral Lalande were cele-
brated on Wednesday at the church of St. Louis d'Antin.
After thereligious ceremony in the church the body was taken
for interment to the cemetery of Pere La Chaise. General
Lalande, the brother of the deceased, acted as chief mourner,
and was immediately followed by the grand deputation of the.
Chamber of Deputies, numerous friends of the deceased,
amongst whom were M Thiers, M. de Cuhieres, &c., and se-
veral naval officers of different ranks.
The G)urrier Francais states, that eight railroad bills are
at present submitted to the consideration of the Chamber of
Deputies. Several companies are formed for the supply of
Abe rails and materiel. Shares have been subscribed for, and
are even now selling at a premium. Presidents, directors,
agclealrainistrators, are appointed, and are well remunerated.
ready but the 700,000,000 or 800,000,000 to he
furnished by the Treasury. M. Humann, with his Alsacian
v Looks of the railroad bill as a great electoral juggle.
nTlie
ext e aplagne is more discreet.
of Quevi of Saxony is expected at Munich in the course
wee., on a visit to the Queen of Bavaria, after which
110 Majesty intends repairing to Berlin, to pay a visit to the
wYmel,aillily of Prussia.
are e "ear that his Majesty the Ring of Saxony and suite
roue petted
en rto pass through Brussels on Monday next,
an ito t the evening
of the 17th, a fishing-smack, belonging to
sh Tr, in the commune of Adinkerke (Belgium), was upset
that squall, about 150 metres from the sea dike, near
linfOrta age' 411 Six out of eight men, composing the crew,
hold ofasatslY to The master contrived, by laying
tbe ~xe'rtrl oar, to keep himself above water until rescued by
;Whose tivem,„3 " some people from the shore. .An old man,
ttrh°
A letter s Synod of rthiroul
".'llB Were on board the boat, on hearing. of the.ca-
,pbre, fell down de-ad ; one of his sons escaped immediate
taken up in a very alarming state.
Athens states, that the members of the Holy
the oa, at city had, in the first instance, refused to take
presdLo to the Constitution; but that M. Mavrocordato_ , the
they l'ent of the Council of. Ministers, having declared that did not take the oath within the space of twenty-four
eLtirs,he would dissolve time Synod andproceed to a new
411 the bishops obeyed the injunction.
elec-
x..a.vr AND POLICE.
Parish Court Court of Common Pleas Messrs. Ellis and Hicks,
„
of officers of Clerkenwell, obtained a rule for a new trial
lule case in which a verdict was given against them with
1;47 damages, for confining for a short time the person of a
r• Elliott, an attorney and a lunatic. The grounds of the
that were, that the verdict was against evidence, and
1114. t the damages were excessive.
s„st he Lord Mayor held a conference at the Mansion House
th Mr. Goldham, the clerk of Billingsgate market, on the
Omillans of preventing the fearful overcrowding of passengers
41 board the Greenwich steamers that may be expected
;L. ring the coming fair. There is every reason to fear some
oerrihkleucatastrophe, accompanied with great loss of life, in
ence of the enormous traffic on the River, and the
"ererowded state of the boats, into which the public rush
With
a heedless disregard of their own safety, amounting
ealmost to insanity. Cautionary lacard to the masters f
boats are to bed tributed, buttes power of the civioc
"'ll:Sorities to repress the evil is very imperfect.
Asir Reeve, a pawnbroker, in Redcross-street, Cripplegate,
e harged at Guildhall with having taken threepence
efrrt for the loan of three shillings for four months, instead
he „swaPeneeshalfpenny, the proper interest, if the calculation
da,ade not month by month, but for the whole number of
; and not to the nearest farthing, or fourths of a penny,
by to
,017.. The
the tenth of a penny, a nicety required to be observed
ia_PaWnbrokers, according to a legal decision of Lord Den-
complaint was lodged by a common informer,
inure evidence was found so unworthy of belief, that the
Court, us WAS dismissed, and he himself turned out of the
weii, in Need, gold-lapper, of St. John's-square, Clerkens
/a 0.,, wtas charged at Clerkenwell police-office, by Martin
and 13 his
son, a fine-looking, intelligent boy, between 12
Parith-Yseears; of age, with having cruelly assaulted him. The
tits ~.,(4.lcors of Clerkenwell were in attendance to prosecute
dietr„ • • The evidence disclosed a shocking course of yin-
Ob,Le and causeless brutality on the part of the father. Mr.
ktidrood committed the prisoner to take his trial at the
for 11,.tae Sessions, intimating that he would aceept bail
appearance, himself in 100/., and two sureties in
. each.
v
-his nre'iing man of very respectable appearance, who gave
tided-ale Daniel Wright, but refused to state where he re-
°"a
together with a showily llressed female, nam
"4 for Cox, charged at Marylebene with having, by meanste
bed cheque, uttered by him, obtained 590/. from the
arki7,l_g"houseof Sir Claude Scott and Co.,CaYenclis -squ _
fa,Cle latter on suspicion of being an accessory after the
Carl Wright was remanded, but the female was 'discharged.
mat
Christoph Kipp second cabin steward of the Batavier
taatioeri appeared at Lilmbeth-street, to answer to an infor-
buf4 enarging him with smuggling 221bs. of foreign ma-
loot. ilred tobacco, for which he was liable to a penalty of
bt Ile was convicted in the full penalty, and ordered to
"rwl/rirsoned till it should be paid.
fartai ashionahly-dressed men, named Daniel Rodrigustez,
Warr I?sers, said to be a Portuguese Jew, and Charles e-
sltisi'ea eotchinan, were charged at Worship-street with bur-
JeasoliaslY breaking into the premises of Mr. Peter Hay, a
er
sierYin eu watchmaker, in Leith-street, Edinburgh, and
14 Ore Mg Off plate, jewellery, and watches, of the value of
llensie-,411 1,5001 A reward had been offered for the appre-
eastsai" lithe
the parties committing the robbery, and the Ma-
foraee
weeksatisfied as to their being the men, remanded
At •us. 0017RT—TASIIZONAZZ.D.
the t Incisor the hells of the Royal Chapel of St. George and
1411141%4 church rung merry peals in honour of the Que!n's
aitil„.-Y St intervals, from an early hour in the morning
;ue close of the day. At one o'clock a royal salute was
itt
the
the borough ordnance. There was a public dinner
"tit; n'al Adelaide Hotel, and in the evening the houses
TliYal tradesmen were illuminated.
141: L'ilke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Eintia Camp-
expected to arrive in Connaught-place W est, early
The i:3Buing month, from Naples.
kern. uke of Devonshire left Devonshire House on Friday
fkre "V, for Bolton Abbe - the Noble Duke's seat in York-
la; Rig Grace r t s3tO town after the holidays.
6,l4arquis Coneynugruham, the Earl of Tyrconnel, Capt. C.
W.ll'
arcler lams, Mr. Smith Pigot, Mr. Meiklarn, &c., have
weed their respective yachts to be got ready for sea at
tiveda'a;whera many of the yacht squadron have already ar-
L the station.
krobLeountess de St. Aulaire, we hear, quits the French
thiPrZY aarlv in June for Paris, in order to pass some months
to-ence,* His Excellency does not contemplate leaving
Cohn—ZY on temporary absence before August.
err. gam and Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cado-
ss aisiZ`eu at the family residence, in Piccadilly, late on
._"*e e,,O„„Y, night from Italy. The Noble Earl, shortly before
"in,dp„-Zess sold daughters left Rome, departed for Naples,
;sotitet 4-irtaareidofmakinga hasty tour through Sicily. He is ex-
Th orne in the course of next week.
Lichfield, who has been again suffering from
at Graefenherg, is convalescent.
. Os 1., UMW ZI.LANEOUS.
soaic`day forenoon a numerous meeting of the copyholders
„11 the Fenn gentry of the manor of Hampstead took place
benasisare.ehial Committee• rooms, New End, for the purpose
N-"ellng the provisions of a Bill recently introducted into
aelaent tor
lord}
14„, , of purpose of enabling Sir Thomas Maryon
st'as, t' the e lord of the manor to effect the sale of certain
„'Osurs n 7. „restilt of which would be the destruction and in-
tms the e3;l, arapstead-h th Mr. S. Hoare, the banker, was
s-"aAtisr.l,ll..
_After somee' brief observations. from Mr. Hoare,
tronst th:r.,,,,gurgh, and others, a petition to Parliament
was adopted, and a Committee was appointed
sithilt Lee tneasure in every stage.
%Ole b :Wager-Countess of 'Essex has enlivened the beau
3.4 series of dramatic entertainments, at her Lady-
:4ellilthe'el)Blrdeeli.iiee, in, Belgrave-square. On Thursday last, and
Ocem. 0118 Thursday, there was a representation, on
ilDesto lon about 100 fashionables assembling to witness
la rnlances.
tact atcZlination of candidates for South Lancashire took
;a Part "res„wten on Friday, when a poll was demanded on
°1 air. Brown. The poll will commence on Monday
'the reins' and close on Tuesday afternoon.
Pal3rte eilnl,,before Parliament (brought in by. Mr. Stafford
off ele Mr. Beckett Denison) for prohibiting the hold-
t:t be h riea in parish churches, provides that yestries shall
eia ,
the natned enurches, but in. some other convenient place,
voiarish. 7 a vestry meeting, to be hired or ented by
All Proceedings contrary to this to berm ull and
tholt aPPetto
Les,lllose, from a Parliamentary return just printed that
aing o„ --',,_of duty on patent medicines, in the ten years
-"e4)00, sth January, 1844 was on an average nearly
ume,tae
oi4 Passed. commencement of last winter, scarcely a week.
I raze.% Without the commission of one or more incendiary
°4 of 14 Suffolk.
°Per pr Many have been attended with serious
of ateso , and all, from the derangement of husbandry
setvAitt.y. thaiesnle ukst lessen. the demand for labour. In the. month
teo.Nl "Orrible crimes seem to be on the increase.
tit% of :ssleiations are in the course of formation for the pro-
. vrope •
„
Atu--„,,N AL BENEFIT SOCIETY and
zit • u INSURANCE INSTITUTION FOR
stocks newMcIPDLE CLASSES.
effect Conipajr_ elle7 measure and the Bill for future Joint-
ntot: of ehook‘,ri while they will have the highly desirable.
..tho sound :f Mushroom projects and projectors, will pro-
'•• tho g°od oss,"".rionest undertakings for the public good, or
an.,eo,usse
of classes, the Institution which is now in
I:AGieeeratt ,r,(,)rtriation, under the title of "The Tradesman's
thatTiisfwtosi:oiejef.ll,tual Life Insurance Institution, and National
of__ieet greirtideappears from the prospectus to he calculated
_stderatum for the middle classes. We have
rn aPPliett to '3' the principle of benefit societies has not
of n. Th_pe?:sons and families, a step above mere work-
irso,7f.evils whichsickness,its
all flesh is heir," has been, in spite of
sta
o°..entittues aeks, eminently advantageous, is proved by
syatleig the 0-perpularity and almost universal application
to the unavailablerendereaatrre arte in how many cases is that
eedseinfecn, positively pernicious, owing
uestss'sPresent
11. 110.durtifeirott_rsa chi? According to the plan now sug-
annand others of limited means, there can
'°'" muss, as there will be neither weekly, monthly,
PaYrn
'a of the fun s f rea ; and a ds, th or shamming Abraham" to get
thetta.ats are to e Party can only cheat himself, for all
e made out of his own particular invest-
tal, oiffinct.the Insurance department, as this is to he a
Bt' no person can he profited save the members
11),er, shares, with vsof-
diviii(ie ires—thre a no hungry Shareholders to seize annual
ttlee ufd; "ten mitre
.the very capital, so as to raise the
hich they part, leaving the ultimate
Nino(' and the on assured, swindled and, perhaps,
t}4l Ake.
.42,140inttockl7gether this appears to be a sound and
men," as
• st aea,lu'es. howev(e"Pal.'3" (for it is one) of modern times.
Irlltt.i.ieenadereir!_agsosalpv,ttrhosonluisetll
wasithLsoermde Bsealcioenitedsaeytse,
require ;sonavenisated with this national undertaking. It
'r Will be found
frean be no as decoy ducks, inasmuch as
ave heard, we entertain no doubt that
441121 what eler—bonesty and energy will do all ;
„„.p. ' I
P
1, , wanting.
rton
est4nsaeted business " and Mr. Milner Gibson,
tiro
I,IY at the Home-office.
with Mr. Manners Sutton
144-4141-
ulaeitlatartl:eleialtiour°lhttlieaceitived. leaves town this day for his