The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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The annual meeting of the Royal Central Agricultural
Society was held at Paris on Sunday, in the new hall of St.
Jean, at the Hotel-de-Ville; M. Cunin Gridaine, the Minis-
ter of Agriculture and Commerce, in the chair. A consider-
able number of Peers, Deputies, Members of the Institute, and
of the principal agriculturists round Paris, were present. The
chairman delivered the usual address, in which, after alluding
to the exertions of the Society to stimulate the zeal and call
forth the energies of the other agricultural associations
throughout the kingdom, he referred to the late cattle-show
at Poissy, and expressed a hope that it would prove the com-
mencement of a marked improvement in the breed of cattle
in France. ..The Hon. Mini4ter concluded by congratulating
the meeting on the gradual amelioration perceptible in the
general state of agriculture throughout the kingdom. Se-
veral medals were awarded. _ _ _

On Tuesday last,says the Journal des Chemins de f'er, there
was another meeting of the delegates from the towns inte-
rested in the northern line of railroad between Arras, Calais,
and Dunkirk. On Wednesday they were heard by the Com-
mittee. The works at the grand station for the railroad be-
tween Paris and the Belgian frontier are going on with great
rapidity. As to the road itself, as far as the boundary of the
department of the Seine, nothing remains but to lay down
the rails, all the other works being completed. The Rouen
and Havre railroad is advancing with great activity. Three
long tunnels are very nearly cut through."
Duprez has arrived at Paris, and makes his entrée at the
Academie Royal, on Friday next, in Don Sebastian.
The Asmode steamer has arrived at Toulon from Algiers,
with 250 passengers, amongst whom were 69 officers and non-
commissioned officers, who had fled from Carthagena to
Algiers. They are to be sent into the interior of France, by
order of the Government.

A letter from Rome, 2d inst., states that, in the night of
the 29th ult., two diligences were attacked by banditti on the
road from Naples to Rome, near 'Terracing. The passen-
gers were robbed only, but not otherwise ill-treated.
The Augsburgh Gazette contains a letter. from Alexandria,
March 19, which says, "Mehemet Ali's fool has stolen his
master's diamonds, and absconded. The Viceroy is about to
leave Cairo for Lower Egypt, and will afterwards visit this
city. The health of Ibrahim Pacha is completely re-esta-
blished. The greater number of the Consuls-General have
returned from Cairo. Now that the direct steam communi-
cation is opened with Marseilles, we receive our letters in
sight days."
the Universal German Gazette states from Rome, March
29, that in consequence of the recent attempt at outbreak in
Calabria, and the intrigues of the Italian malcontents, the
Italian Governments, generally, are about to enter into a sort
of federation for their mutual support and assistance.
Arecent letter from Havannah mentions, on the best autho-
rity, that from the Ist to the 15th February upwards of 1,000
negroes had been received from thetoast of Africa, and several
other vessels were daily looked for, notwithstanding that all
the enlightened part of the population were opposed to that
infamous trade. It was currently stated in Havannah that the
authorities were receiving 17 dollars (85 fr.) for each imported
slave.
The Prefect of Police has just issued an ordonnance re-
specting the theatres of Paris. The managers are prohibited
from raising the .prices of admission on any occasion, even
for a benefit, without first receiving permission from the Pre-
fect. It is also declared that they are never to change the
performances except due notice be given of the change in the
morning, and it is strictly forbidden to put the word loud
upon boxes or stalls which have not really been disposed of
during the day.
A letter from Stockholm, of the 26th ult., says :—r" The
late King died without having made a will. He leaves an
immense fortune. The estates,:including iron and copper
mines, are estimated at 60 millions of francs.

LAW AND POLICE.
In the New Central Criminal Court, Thomas Collins,
described as a labourer, but attired as a young gentleman,
was convicted of stealing, on the 6th inst., a pocket-book and
two Bank notes of the value of 501. each, from the person of
Joseph Thomas Martin, the property of Messrs. Thomas
Baring (Brothers) and 0., and was sentenced to be trans-
ported for ten years.
Mary Furley, a married woman, aged 36 years, was con-
victed of the murder of her infant son by drowning him in
the Regent's-canal, and sentenced to death.
At the Surrey Sessions, James Gearing, a man of a most
ferocious aspect, and the leader of a gang of thieves who in-
fest the Borough-road and Elephant and Castle, was indicted
for feloniously stealing from the person of Martha Davis, on
the 29th of March last, in the parish of St. George the Mar-
tyr, the sum of 2/. 17s. 6d., the property of her husband. She
was surrounded in the street by the prisoner and his compa-
nions. The jury found a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner
was sentenced to ten years' transportation.
At Bow-street, John Skinner Francis, a young man holding
a commission in the Cape of Good Hope Mounted Rifles, and
Mary Ann Browne, described as a governess, were brought
before Mr. Jardine, for re-examination, charged with forging
and uttering a cheque for 190/., another for 30/., and a third
for 250/., each purporting to be drawn by Dowager Lady
Nellthorpe, of Seven Oaks, Kent, with intent to defraud
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, bankers. Mr. Bush, on
behalf of the Society of Bankers, said a large portion of the
property was outstanding, some of which could be traced to
both the prisoners, and at a future day he would be in a con-
dition to prove that on one occasion they both went to the
banking-house to get a cheque cashed. The prisoners were
remanded till Friday.
At Lambeth-street, Miss Julia Elizabeth Seales was brought
up in custody, from the residence of her parents, at 44,
Farmer-street, Shadwell, and placed within the bar, before
Mr. Henry, on a charge of having caused the death of her
illegitimate female infant, by throwing it into the privy. The
prisoner, who is a fine young woman of 19 years of age,
seemed in a very weak and dejected state. Mr. Henry did
not think there was any necessity for pressing the inquiry at
present, as the prisoner could not be tried at the present ses-
sions at the Central Criminal Court, and the next session
would not be before the second week in May. The prisoner
was remanded for a fortnight.
At the Thames Police-court a tall and powerful man,
named Thomas Frewin, aged 52, a superannuated Custom-
house officer, who has for some years past plied as a waterman
at Ratcliff, was brought before Mr. Broderip on a charge of
killing two cats in the house of Mr. Henry Wilson, the White
Hart, Queen- street, Ratcliff. The prisoner on being called
on for his defence, said, in a very collected manner, that he
was actuated to do as he had done by an evil spirit. The evil
spirits seemed to be the cats, and so he took up the poker and
killed them. Mr. Broderip said it was quite clear the pri-
soner was a very dangerous lunatic. He was ordered to be
,aken care of.

COURT-ZABICZONABLE.
The Duchess of Kent, who will leave England on Tuesday
next for the Continent, accompanied by their Majesties the
King and Queen of the Belgians, and his Serene Highness
the Prince of Leiningen, is expected to be absent from this
country for a period of about two months. The Princess
Alice steamer is under orders for the occasion, and it is under-
stood that her destination is Boulogne.
The Dowager Countess of Leicester, and the Right Hon.
Edward Ellice, M.P., arrived in Arlington-street on Friday
last, from a continental tour.
The Earl and Countess of Zetland are expected to arrive
at Dundas House, in Arlington-street, at the close of the
week, from Upleatham Hall, Yorkshire, for the season. Lady
Charlotte Dundas is not expected in town until her turn in
waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent comes

round.
The Earl of Yarborough, who arrived in Arlington-stree
last week from Brocklesby Hall, near Brigg, Lincolnshire,
has left town for Appulderscombe Park, in the Isle of Wight.
The Noble Earl has nearly recovered from a severe attack
of influenza.
Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., Deputy Acting Great Cham-
berlain, who has been confined at his mansion in Eaton-
square during the last week, from the effects of an accident
while riding out with Miss Clifford in Hyde Park, has quite
recovered, and is able to attend to his official duties.
The Duke of Devonshire has quite recovered from the
effects of his slight indisposition, and has arrived at Devon-
shire House for the season. His Grace, with the Marquis of
Normanby, were present the evening before last at Drury-
lane Theatre, to witness the debut of the new Danish danseuse,
Lucille Grahn, in the new ballet of the Statute Fair.
The Marchioness Camden and her infant daughter are
going on favourably in Belgrave- square.
2VIISCELL.A.N3EIOIIB.
A meeting of the Horticultural Society was held on Tues-
day evening, R. W. Burchard, Esq., in the chair. The prin-
cipal novelties of the exhibition consisted in the fruit, of
which there was a dish of peaches, from the gardens of Mr.
Shirley, M.P., at Shipstere in Stour, is Warwickshire, grown
in pots, and picked on last Good Friday, a period much ear-
lier than this fruit had ever been previously obtained. The
prizes awarded were silver Knightian medals to Mr. Hender-
son, for his hyacinths and other plants ' • Mrs. Lawrence, for
her collection; and Mr. Hutchinson, gardener to Mr. Shir-
ley, for peaches ; a Banksian medal to F. Meyrick, Esq., for
cherries ; and Banksian certificates of merit to the Dean of
Manchester and others. The meeting adjourned to May 1,
when the anniversary meeting will be held.
Measures are to be taken for the immediate establishment
of the Agricultural College in Wiltshire, for which purpose
a public meeting of the friends and supporters of the pro-
nosed plan has been called for Monday next, the 22d inst.
the Earl Bathurst has consented to preside on the occasion.
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Society for pro •
motine Christian Knowledge was held on Tuesday at the
offices, Lincoln s Inn-fields, the Rev. Dr. Russell, Rector of
St. Bololph's, Bishopsgate, in the clrair. Letters were read
from several Colonial Bishops requesting grants towards the
erection of churches, and other means of promoting religious
instruction, which were accordingly made, as were others to
numerous parishes in England.
Previous to the discharge of the Grand Jury at the Surrey
Sessions, the foreman, on behalf of his fellow-jurors, made a
presentment to the Court relative to the exceedingly effective
state of the new police, and their high state of discipline, and
great utility, at the same time passing a high encomium on
them as to the manner they had given their evidence before
the Grand Jury.
At the grand concert to be given at Covent-garden Theatre
OR the 26th inst., in aid of the funds of the " Society for
Protection and Employment of the Distressed Needlewomen
in London" some of the most eminent artistes in this country
come forward in the handsomest manner. Amongst them
are Herr Ernst, the celebrated violinist, Madame Dulcken,
M. Moscheles, Benedict, and Parish Alvers, together with
some of our most eminent singers.
The anniversary dinner of the Goldsmiths' Benevolent In-
stitution took place yesterday at [the Freemasons' Tavern ;
upwards of 130 gentlemen sat down to dinner, which was
served in a very handsome style. The Prime arden of the
Goldsmiths' Company was in the chair, supported by Mr.
Thomas, Mr. Watherston, Mr. Evans, Mr. Reed (the trea-
surer), Mr. Gass, and many of the leading gentlemen of the
trade, The subscription was liberal.