The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

King 111111

On Monday evening, their Majesties the - tbs
Queen of the French received the Pope's Nuncio, de
Hanoverian and Texian Charge d'Affaires, the Puke e
Trevise, the Prefect of the Seine, and hi. Copst'
Director of the Post-office. St.
The Journal des Debats contains a letter fropl..nd
Petersburg, which states that, on the 10th, the 0,_.17,1
Duchess Alexandria was delivered of a still-born nis
The pregnancy of the Grand Duchess had only Prieto,
months and .a half. This circumstance, the letter stater
ter
has aggravated the previous delicate condition 01
Royal Highness.
A letter.of the 14th inst., from Treves, given by
Manheim Gazette, states that the Duke de -Bordeau3d,
expected at Treves, accompanied by the Viscount
Chateauhriand and other Legitimists.
The King of the Belgians is shortly expected to
lan ,isid!
England, and Woolwich, his Majesty's favourite
ing-place, has been named as the port where the to,
will disembark. The King and Queen of the Belgiat
have generally visited this country and been presen" .
the christening of her Majesty's children.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and
Lie
Louisa Fitzinaurice have arrived at Wiesbaden, an'te
last letters afford the pleasing information that thyffd,
ble Marquis .was enjoying excellent health. His 11;:e
ship was recommended to take the famed mineraL,
ters of that ape, as a restorative from the debilits7
effects of his repeated attacks of gout. The Noblest
mily purpose to return to this country in November ,
At Paris, on Tuesday, the Sixth Chamber of Cor
tional Police sentenced eighteen individuals to tertaso
imprisonment varying from eight days to eight Wetto
for an attempt to organise a combination among. s,
workmen employed in the stained paper manufactorle,
The Agricultural Society of Var has addresa7l.l
memorial to the Prefect of that department, entree
him to prevent rigorously the shooting of sparrow!. flit
other small birds, their -value in destroying insee".
exceeding that of the grain which they consume. olosl
The accounts of damage caused by the floods credos.
lamentable. It had rained forty-two consecutiVeoo-
The floods that had occurred in consequence ire.-1011
versal, and deplorably destructive. The crOPS tees
everywhere destroyed. During eighteen days the
had remained at the point to which they had been
by this deluge."
Violent inundations have recently taken ra''''or
several parts of Belgium. At Verviers, the senior
bridge near the Casino has been swept away. AS 00
bestal some of the works on the railroad bale spl
carried off, and the service is interrupted betweentol
town and Aix-la-Chapelle. A letter from Namur sb,,,
that one of the arches of the bridge over the S
has fallen in.

LAW AND POLICE. V°.
In the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. Commissioner ty,
blanque delivered a very important judgment as tepy
construction to be placed on dm attestation clan
s:dge
the Insolvent Act. He said that Le had had a 'ol'
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ence with three other Commissioners on the subJ,- tY
that, in their opinion, the " attorney or agent "'
matter of such petition," who was directed by tit 01
to make the attestation, meant " an attorney at
not such a general attorney as a peaty can make, oeol
such acts as himself might have done.' This jeasi
is directly opposed to the opinion of Lord Broug.k7
to the proper construction of the attestation sectle;4o
There were twenty-three insolvent cases die, rir
by Commissioners Fonblanque and Pane, but Wei
sessed no features of public interest. G lotai
Philip Turner was indicted on Wednesday, at
ter, before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, for sending t-
e 0
15th of July last a letter to his daughter, thres
to kill his son-in-laws William Salmon. After tber tY
had commenced it was agreed, at the suggestieap; • t
Judge, that the prisoner should withdraw his 010
not guilty, pleading guilty instead, and entering 11
own recognisances to the amount of 1,0001.,
up and receive judgment if requisite. _hbe;
At Liverpool, Michael Riley, convicted of a 11'01
from the person of John Ashton, at Manchester'to.:
sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve calendar Iteor;
and Thomas Hurst, indicted for shooting at hi,
Taylor, with intent to do him some grievous bodilY
was found guilty of an assault.
In the civil side the case of Gregory e• "i ,I:,c
which was an action for libel was tried, before 3aLoty
tice Cresswell. The libel which imputed to the P1:01'
the agent to a Mr. Wynne, improper conduct in °Up°
cution of the duties of his agency, was contain dl`
letter addressed to that gentleman. The jury folio fie
the plaintiff, damages 150 L, which, however, w
duced to 1001., the sum claimed in the declaration: _ ;e
In the case of Dresser v. Clarke and others, to; C.
found for the plaintiff for 1301. This was sn aec°,
the Yorkshire District Bank against certain parti /,
by the, b IItt!
had become sureties for advances made
the contractors for the erection of bscriptionu
The church was to have been erected by ", t d
The poisoning case at Stepney has ternuna e
i fl
acquittal of the accused James Cockburn BelaneY',..ivt,
trial occupied the attention of the Central
Cow"
church at IN eche
Court for two days. v0.,1
In the New Court, the Common Sergeant vete evi"
Justinian Burrell to seven years' transportation, fer
bezzling 54/. 165., the property of his employer. wile;
Octarius Clark, the gentleman thief who P,
'to
guilty to a variety of indictments, was sentencea
transported fur ten years. ea
A builder, named William White, was indict $e
confederating and conspiring with William Atki:cof‘,
by means of false pretexts, to obtain from a 1/%01;
the name of Dunn a quantity of grocery of con there'.,
amount, with intent to cheat and defraud /lilt', crti';
Atkins opened a grocer's shop at Fulham,_ 50°, 110
to obtain goods from Dunn on credit referred n,all e
White, who was represented by Atkins to be eweft OA
large property. The goods were sent, but bela
time of payment arrived the shop was shut UP, al/j 011
Atkins and White were'off. He was convicted a°
tented to twelve months' hard labour. A
The Lord Mayor committed a man name- ctesli:o3
Harden for trial, from the Mansion-house, fe.croo
several bags of sugar, the property of Messrs. 1,,`, yr'
Co. The prisoner had represented himself to t"110101
e te
secutors as Mr. Joseph Morris, of Kingston, a gfial,
of known respectability, whose card be pre.fatle-yorr'ef
which he had obtained by representing to a'-rci Co.,
that ho was the traveller of Messrs. Hands an ej
Mincing-lane, and that he had called for orders' fisj
Richard Robinson, a boy eleven years of age, vooteactoi
10/. at Wandsworth, and in default of payment s'ciee°,;
to six weeks imprisonment for having placed
wood across the rails of the South-Western 1181
Wimbledon.
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Mr. Cottingham, at Union-hall, ordered Baal!, 00-•
blow, who had attempted suicide, to be detained
should provide sureties not to renew the attempt' ,
Thomas C. Cowley was again remanded fr°-
Ibis
beth-street on a charge of fraud and swindlia,F;boo',
is the man who obtained credit at several pubil lote ,
by representing himself as the executor of the
Harvey, of South Australia.
coram—FASEXONILDIa. bin CP ••I•
The Duke of Sutherland arrived at Dunrov PO'ci
Sutherlandshire, last week, from Lord and La 100j"1/1,1
tyre's seat in Renfrewshire. The Noble Duke's.llo,.4.o(.
at the venerable seat of the Sutherland family :;,,jeasii'll/3
of any lengthened duration, having, early in
month, engaged to meet the Duchess of SutherladiP 4
and Lady Blantyre, Marquis and Marchioness Del‘e',
e
rf
and a numerous circle at Inverary Castle, t",
Argyll's seat in Argyllshire. The most extees°
.t croll' j
tions and improvements are in progress -- eta
' Castle and the pleasure grounds and plantations"
to the ducal residence. • 4.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and J-17 I'd sVre,
and Catherine Loftus are expected from Irelteiegite
the middle of next month, for the purpose °filo Jr
sent at the marriage of Viscount Loftus add
Vere, daughter of Lady. Elizabeth Hope Veee'l sn•
ot
The Marchioness di Salsa (Lady Straebanitiaid
protracted, residence in Italy, returned to this e° to
week. Ayr ,1
Earl and Countess Cadogan, and the Ladle P.,e,r0l
and Honoria, Cadogan, have left town for for be-
Wight, having engaged a residence at Cowes ' '
.„,0
weeks. t
The Earl and Countess of Dysart, Viscoaaahae Yor
countess Emlyn, ;the Hon. 0. and Lady (-1,1$1;t Cano'esr
combe, have joined the circle assembieJ,, seat,
Castle, the Earl and Countess of Cawd°l**"
Ar 30 at
H
Nairn, North Britain. 60
Viscount and Viscountess Milton, Mr• and at Pratt'
Thompson, and the on. Mr. Dundas, ar'ic at
visiting Sir James and Lady Anne Macke°. fiel
Luichart Lodge, Ross-shiro. t the .day
Lord and Lay Claude Hamilton arrived The'fof
of Aberdeen's residence in Argyll-street O 1 o,:of,aor
from the Priory. The noble pair in the VII!,..010, -113,
days, will 'proceed Awerykie 'Ledge, l'ftlf:hiones
ness, on a visit to the Marquis and NIL' val:e
Abercorn..
The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley., brotke-r:cfataabcd•
of Wellington, is making a tour of visits it ~aostlll
The Hon. E. Lloyd and Lady Harriet "autioel'o▪ .
family have arrived at Cors-y-gedol for the d the
Viscount and Viscountess Arbuthnot an,
Captain Arbuthnot, R.N., have arrived au; iicad'i't•
to
House, Kincardineshire, for the season, fr° n A 11° dti
on
Lo Despencer has been stayl Ce'ae,
Lord and Lady Farnham, at Farnham
Cavan.

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oOn Thursday it was ascertained that there 1/,,,s_stret,
I prisoners confined for debt in Whiteerua's oil
Prison, in which place some time ago there eve
eluf 00/6
as 300. It is understood that some hundreds ° Pby th
have been discharged under the new Act, either asticl
clause'dea b/
Court of Bankruptcy or under the 201.
which latter provision several insolvents, rems°oo ot:),
tirhlis.eies.olnnsolvent Debtors' Court were includeed,ted 1..$
whose cases subsequent proceedings were Nc;,,stse'l
Sheavveerableseenhefidleudle schedules fthperiscoonuerrts.
discharges obtained.
A bazaar, or fancy fair, in aid of theto Sut1:0901311:t51:11-E'ells
ciety Schools, was held on Thursda,y,
for three days, in the London Tavern, 13isbes,
street, one of the large rooms of tha testa 0001°
having been almost gratuitously devoted to S
Olf Iligliecrurpstel, Bpd