The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-22 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
ilu tatr Optuton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

On Saturday the King and the Queen of the French enter-
tained a select party at the Palace of Neuilly. The Spanish
Ambassador, the Marquis de -Vilma, was among the com-
pany.
The Toulonnais publishes a letter • from Constantina, May
5, containing details of the affair with the Kabyles, of which
we have already given an account. It appears that the com-
bat lasted for more than two hours, and that the Duke
d'Aumale, who behaved with extraordinary courage and
sang froid, had his horse wounded under him.
The weather at Paris had become exceedingly cold, and
much rain had fallen.
On Friday afternoon, about four o'clock, a violent gale of
wind suddenly came on from the north-east, and excited
great alarm at Dieppe for the pleasure and fishing-boats that
were out at the time. One of the fishing-boats made an at-
tempt to enter the harbour, but the tide being at low ebb, it
struck the ground, and was upset. Immediate assistance
' was sent out, and three out of the four men who manned her
were taken out of the water. Of these the master of the
boat only could be restored to life. The body of the fourth
could not be found.
On the Bth inst. twelve persons were killed at Saragossa by
the explosion of a powder-mill near one of the gates of the
town.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, a discussion took
place on the Nismes and Montpelier Railway Bill, and there
was no doubt the Bill would be passed.
On Friday the journeymen bakers of Paris, after a solemn
mass, celebrated at the church of Notre Dame des Victoires,
in honour of St. Honore, their patron saint, went in procession
through a great part of the capital, preceded by a band of
music, and escorting a canopy, carried by four of their body,
on which lay an enormous cake. A carriage bore the Queen
of the Feast.
The public will regret to learn that Tamburini is a sufferer,
to the large amount of 250,000 francs, by the failure of
Caccia, the banker.
The tritunal of Correctional Police, on Friday, gave judg-
ment in an action of libel, brought by M. llortensius St.
Albin, Judge of the Tribunal of the Seine, and Deputy for
the Sarthe, against M. Fleurist, responsible editor of the
Union, a Sarthe journal. The Court decided that the charges
were proved, and condemned the defendant to eight months'
imprisonment, and 1,000 francs fine, snaking him also liable
to the payment of the costs.
The Barcelona journals of the 15th are filled with details
of the preparations making for the reception of the Queen.
" The Consuls of France, England, and the Two Sicilies,"
says the Imparcial, " are keeping lodgings ready for the
Ambassadors of their respective Courts. Mr. Bulwer, it ap •
pears, is to take up his residence at Gracia."
The Correctional Police on Friday condemned M. Cau-
tagrel, the responsible editor of the Democratic Pacifique, to
25f. fine, and 100 f. damages, for a libel against M. Granier
de Cassanac, principal editor of the Globe. In a cross suit,
also for libel, the Court declared M. Cautagrel's complaint to
be ill-founded.

LAW AND POLICE.
A curious account of a Chinese lottery appears in the Man-
sion-House report. In referring to it, Sir Peter Laurie said,
" I am actually tired of cautioning the public against the
various plans by which money is wheedled out of their
pockets. Every day produces new dupes, who venture with
their eyes open into all sorts of snares. In this case the com-
plainant has certainly put a period to the existence of this
Chinese lottery by the exposure he has given it here."
At Guildhall, Michael Doring, a lad apparently under 20
years of age, was charged with having stolen an immense
quantity of papers relating to the Spanish and Portuguese
AetiVe and Passive Stock, the property of Messrs. Ricardo,
in Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. After the evidence had
been heard, Mr. Alderman T. Wood said the case was clear;
but• one of the Messrs. Ricardo must identify the property,
and for this purpose the prisoner was remanded to Saturday.
Benjamin Edwards, a youth of about 18 years of age, m
the service of W. H. Marley, cheesemonger, &c., Great
Tichfield-street, was, together with Mary Ann Harris, placed
at the bar, the first charged with having robbed his muster of
various articles, and the latter with receiving the same,
knowing them to have been stolen. The prisoners were
committed for trial.
At the Hammersmith Police-court, John Whitaker was
charged with having violently assaulted and beat his own
mother. The prisoner, who formerly filled a responsible
situation in one of the public offices, had by his bad habits
lost his situation about three years since, and had subsequently
been supported by his aged mother, who keeps a lodging-
house for respectable ladies, at Notting-hill. This was his
fourth appearance at this oourt, for violent conduct towards
and assaulting his mother. On Monday night he went to the
house, and created such a disturbance that some of the ladies
quitted the house, and his mother trying to prevent him, he
knocked her down. Mr. Paynter ordered him to find bail,
himself in 401., and two sureties in 201. each, to be of good
behaviour for six months.

COITILT-WASHIONABLE.
The Duke of Wellington is expected to leave Apsley House
on Saturday for Strathfieldsayc, where his Grace will enter-
tain a few select friends, during the Whitsun recess.
The Duke of Portland, who has been indisposed at Wel-

beck Abbey, is considerably better.
The Dowager Countess of Essex will open her mansion in
Belgrave-square, on Thursday evening, with a series of
amateur theatrical performances.
The newly-appointed Secretary at War, Sir T. F. Fre-
mantle, is a baron of the Austrian Empire, the late Baronet,
who particularly distinguished himself at Copenhagen and
Trafalgar, having been so created by the Emperor Francis I.
in 1816, which title Sir Thomas received permission to inherit
by sign manual, in 1822.
Lord Cowley will give a grand dinner on Friday at the
Embassy in Paris, on the occasion of the Queen's birth-day.
Lord Garvagh has entered the army as Cornet, in the
Tenth Hussars.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Apothecaries Hall has just issued a report of its pro-
ceedings since 1815, when penal enactments were passed
against any unlicensed person practising. From the report,
it appears, that from August, 1815, to January, 1844, there
were 18,564 applicants for admission, of whom 1,531 were re-
jected, and 10,033 admitted. In the years 1836-7, the appli-
cations were 622, which in 1842-3 were reduced to 396. The
report stated that the Hall had succeeded in almost every
prosecution against unqualified practitioners, and that each
prosecution cost 3201.
The first anniversary meeting of the West London Church
Missionary Society was held on Tuesday at the Hanover-
square Rooms. The Chair was taken by Lord Howard, 31. P.,
and among the company present were the lion. William
Cowper, M.P., and the Hon. Captain Waldegrave, R.N. It
appeared from the report that the Society had 95 stations in
different parts of the globe; of that number seven were in
North and West America ; eight in the West Indies ; 24 in
India; 13 in Western Africa, and 20 in New Zealand.
There are 104 ordained missionaries ; nine native and
country-born missionaries, also ordained ; 55 catechists and
lay agents, and 1,075 teachers, natives who were country
born ; making a total of 1,243 persons entirely supported by

the Society.
A meeting of the planters, merchants, and others inter-
ested in the British West India colonies, was held at Willis's
Rooms, King-street, St. James's, for the purpose of petition-
ing the Legislature against any reduction being made in the
duties upon sugar, coffee, and cocoa, which shall not embrace
similar reductions in the British West India productions.
Several speeches were made on the occasion, and resolutions
in accordance with the object of the meeting adopted.
The Eton Montem is fixed to take place on Tuesday next,
the 28th inst., and not on Wednesday, the 29th, as has been
stated. 4ll=o