The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-20 00:00:00

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POIZZIOZT. de 1.9.
In the French Chamber of Deputies the Marquis tto
roche Jaquelin complained bitterly of the treatinen,ern,
which some Legitimatists had been subjected by the GI A.
ment, and several of the opposition journals of Liberal
tics join in the complaint.' "We believe," says Galeand
" there are few persons, acquainted with the princip.;
practice of the French law in the proceedings against oat
cused person before trial, who would take upon therns.„,i,
to defend either the one or the other. We are not surPileet„,
therefore, that such anomalies in civilisation should
with repuesday, robation." ded bY
On T at three o'clock, the King, atten Aerly
Colonel de Chabannes, the Count de Strada, and an e'fout
officer, went from Neuilly to St. Cloud, but returned 7/90
o'clock. In the evening their Majesties received thefaires
verian and Hessian Msnisters, the Belgian Charged I Bet-
the Prince de Wagram, the Duke de Trevise, Genera
theis, and M. de Rdmusat.
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An orderly officer of Marshal Bugeaud arrivedyeste a
morning at the Hotel of the Minister at War, not being aloe
of Marshal Soult's departure for St. Amend. As orders 10
been given to dispatch directly to the Minister all toe
comes from Africa, the officer immediately set out after
Marshal.
Some labourers a few days ago, in digging the fewlndeds.
tions of the cavalry barracks at Colmar (Haut-Rhin), ter"
t°
up two silver deniers of Charlemagne, hitherto unkno
the antiquaries. They are of rude workmanship, but ingrt
feet preservation. On the obverse they bear the legend rici.
R. F. (Carolus Rex Francorum), and on the reverse,
Arge. (Civitas Argentina). dee
Barcelona journals of the 12th state that the health
Queen continues to improve, and give an account (lila
paid by her to the troops in their barracks, where she
received with great enthusiasm. t
On the 10th inst three citizens of Saragossa were 5.10:ro,
one of the public squares. They were said to have beeDtllar
plicated in the death of General Esteller during a pop
tumult in 1838.

LAW AND POLICE. bee'
At Chelmsford Assizes, Abraham Thurgood, 57, 008
was indicted-for the manslaughter of his wife, Marlioti
Thurgood, by kicking her in a most brutal manner.
acquitted.
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A boy, named John Hardy, aged eleven, was M. dicosf,
the same assizes, for feloniously setting fire to a stack of„0,11r
the property of Frederick Charles Fitch, at Steeple be
stead. He said that his master had beaten him, and ~..110
committed the act to revenge himself. He was found V"
but sentence was deferred.
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The Commission for Cambridge was opened on je•
at three o'clock, by Mr. Sergeant Byles, the judges beithiiel
layed. There is a heavy calendar of offences from
districts.
At Oxford, the action brought by the authorities 0f sop
College against the churchwardens of the parish of for
for seizing a portion of the College plate, in a distZ
poor-rates, was decided yesterday, by the jury rettl'osg of
verdict for the plaintiff, thus establishing the exeraP 1
the collegiate property from parochial burdens. Esleg
John Wright, a Waterman, and master of the sor
steamer, plying between Gravesend and London, le br
moned at the Thames Police-office, under the 2,..3d of
laws, founded on the Watermen's Act, for abusing, ,erclJ
fully detaining, and otherwise misbehaving himself t°",a,
Mr. Robert Blackford, a gentleman residing in Grlrio
Mile-end. It arose from a dispute about the fare. ,
ctio°
was fined 405., and the complainant left to bring 1111111
should he choose to do so.
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Yesterday bail was tendered for John Alves, the r ,of
detained on a charge preferred by Lord Charles -F_,itO'eell.
having defrauded him of two promissory notes of I,ow,e'ia- $l6
Mary Lang, a respectable-looking middle-aged oil
who has been twice before charged at Queen-sclualgaY
creating n disturbance at the residence of J. Irelanußae
burn, Esq., he Member for Warrington, and his sist,,ersue oa
charged with repeating her .visit to the latter's '4" Ater
Thursday eyening, and making use of violent and th..re
ing language. She was sent to prison in default of bea
co ' Tswr—I'ASUIOIVILBX.3II. go ,
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The Duke and Duchess of Leeds arrived from tli.„°.,k
Tuesday last; at the Clarendon Hotel. The Noble.
member'
t.ll'
been enjoying the sport of hawking, with the member'
Hawking Club, in the Netherlands.
The Countess of Wilton will give a grand concert oforret
and instrumental music, at which the performers tog'
Majesty's Theatre- are expected to assist, on weds.evening, in Grosvenor-square. e
Lady •Brongham's party, intended for Friday 11,e%
26th inst., takes place on Thursday, the 25th, insteau• efer
Colonel Cavendish entertained at dinner, on Fr_,,idlit%4
ing, at his mansion in Burlington-gardens, Lord
Somerset, Lord Elphinstone, Viscount Seahain, it
General the Hon. Edward Lygon, Major-General P
-derick Stovin, Sir William de Tuyll, Hon. Horace hers
General Upton, Colonel Reid, Captain Bulkeley, 14-"-
Mr. John Leslie, &c. A for
Mr. and Lady Charlotte Egerton leave town this --wg'gyto
Montreal, the seat of Viscount Holmesdale, on their. ,e
Puddington Hall, Chester, where they expect to rece,„,i'd 018
Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, Viscount Loftus, '''1,111,„81/
Ladies Loftus, who will remain there till Septeinher'd tF
the family adjourn to town for the solemnisatijni., 1751*
nuptials of Viscount Loftus with Miss Jane WY"
daughter of Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere.
IIt;ISCELLANEOI7B.
The accounts brought by the last packet from •,iss
state the greatest excitement prevailed throughout the is-ugg:
caused by the proposed reduction of duty on foreign .
garso-t
and numerous meetings had been held to protest A j
measure which was described as fatal to the colony. BPS
The Gazette of Friday contains a notice to the offiee'etti,
company of her Majesty's xlOO Grecian, William S voe
Esq., commander, and of her Majesty's
ti
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Honourable Byron Charles Ferdinand Plantagenet unlqics
sloop Bitter%.f.
commander, that an account of proceeds of tonnage Veraberi
for the brigantine Sumatra, seized on the 24th of not °L
1842, will be deposited in the registry of the wept
Admiralty, on the 16th inst., agreeably to Act of rar

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—WOOLWICH, _T -
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master- Commander
„no;',
Robarts, has been placed under orders to proceed t
pier, near Edinburgh, to embark the King of Sexv afne
the members of his Majesty's suite on the 2d of Aligtl,t,
convey the royal party on their return to the Condit!, col
Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander S. sod
was taken out of the basin, at Woolwich, yesteried
will proceed to-morrow to Antwerp,. to embark her,. to PI
the Queen Dowager, on the 23d inst., for a passag,,,,ilY ,"t;
country. The Aurora, a fine Russian frigate, is frig'
petted to arrive at Woolwich. The Retribution steam-110'
was towed from Woolwich yesterday to the East India s'soo
to be fitted with her machinery by Messrs. MaudslaYLooll and Field. The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieutena!" ge;
mender George Butler, having had her defects Ma,' •eoaf e
was tried down the river yesterday, and will proceed in
days to the coast of Ireland. Mr. Samuel Braddon mcierke)
appointed second master, and Mr. John Macdonallwoolti
charge to the Comet steam-vessel, commissioned at "0,"
on Monday last, by Lieutenant Prettyman. The"'
sailed from Portsmouth on Wednesday for Woolwico• tior
Lady Fairfax die 4 at St. Boswell's Ball!'ariscl,;;
burghshire, a few days ago, in the prime of life. Ita"" olto
ship was third daughter of Thomas Williamson, '
married, in 1830, the present Sir Henry Fairfax,
whom she has left an infant family.
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THE MISSING JURY LISTS.—A person el-
a subordinate situation in the office of the Clerk 0,101 w,s
$ll
when the jury lists were misk,id has been apoowbe Silos
situation In the Castle wor',:n am a year ! Can i
possible that this gentieman could afford any WT.,/
with reference to the missing lists?—Freeman's
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TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN,—The pall) cO
of St, Paul, Shadwell, dined together on Thursday
,booa,
memorate the 145th anniversary of their charitfPle
re ;
when occasion was taken to present their
rector,'
resign the living which he had held upwards of
with a very handsome silver inkstand. CP"
STATE OF LARGE TOWNS AND POPULOUS
—From a report 'prepared by the Commission for 6 Jaof
into the state of large towns and populous distrt,.olo3o
presented to Parliament, it appears that, in the
oguto,
their investigations, evidence was afforded of the fro
of wells and the increased offensiveness of emanations 0114
sewers, caused by the infiltration of water passing Wei
contiguous grave-yards. Among other important obJ
also inquired into by the Commissioners, was the
5,
of sanatory regulations for common lodging-hV.SI ott,op
the prevention of the filth and overcrowding wi"'„aest'lt,
render them the seats of contagious diseases, 4„3,eire;e!
which also involves local regulations of police. 'cilivo
tention has also been invited.to the means of givingvee;„eat
for providing " public walks, baths, or other emu', Pd
bathing-places in the vicinity of populous tovali'eso,o
their attention has been especially turned to the
improving the worst and the most crowded districts. 4
towns ; a subject of great importance and of great
That matter is still engaging their anxious attention' to ,tO.
anticipate that it will be necessary to have reocollethe ;,,jt
aid of the Legislature for further enactments beforled; i)1,0
provements so much desired can be fully acconWl.i tion t*
igl still, in rgy Instances, they state their convicinitigooiJ
much might be effected under the existing laws to 001
if not to remove, many ofthe evils which
now Prev");et 5 has already been done on these important subject*
more remains for the Commission to
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BURY CHEAPSIDE. Agencies will be given W Parttea-,

BIRTHS.
On the 11th inst., at Ilavre de Grace, the lady ef Ch
Pearson, Esq., of a daughter. bter'.l,
On the 13th inst., Mrs. W. H. Trinder, of a dale oPy
On the 13th inst., at Kinlet Vicarage, Saloll, •
Ib4
the Rev. G. W. Murray, of a son. 00
On the 16th inst., at Moon Hall, Haverhill,
Robinson, of a daughter. 920".
On the 16th inst., at Dublin, the lady of Lieutell
loft
of the 11th Hussars, of a daughter. the
On the 17th inst., at Thornham Rectory, Suffolk, „
of the Rev. Thomas Preston M..,A of
SO • 11104
On the 18th inst., in the Harleyford• road, vau
Thomas Austin, of a son.
MARRIED. Stcalesil°ll#l°
On the IGth inst., at St. George's Chapel. g, *go
Devon, P. Benson Stewart, Esq., Commandloote,
Charlotte Augusta, eldest daughter of John
mad"
Captain R.N., commanding her Majesty's ship Cnier
On the 18th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennalg'o, daag
Taylor, Esq., surgeon, Clapham-road, to MarYA: t,
of the late Thomas Reeve, Esq., of the same klac stallion
At Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, Mr. hdlyu of the
the Strand, to Helen Louisa, youngest daughter
William Wood, Esq., of Oakley Lodge, Fulham.

On the llth Inst., at KDeirighpliall, Aberdeenehi the
A Pr'
of Kin tors,
Ou the 18th ult., at New York, Joseph Pitcairn, „,.1.5111re",,
11Iontgoineri%
On the 13th ino.., at St. Boswell's 'Bank, RexiA!re'lleivi
- On the l sth inst., at Brook-green,
Fairtic- Bait. ,•
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the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir ,
Bird, aged 88. gel,
On the 18th lnstat B d t t, Greenwich, ,
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aged fla, of South Lincolnshire. gt.lll-
°- On the 17th inst., Miss Mary Ann White, of
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square, Hackney. Harrinie.rs,ini
John
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Middlesex, Saturday, July 20, 1844.