The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-18 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

POZEIGN.

His Majesty th• King of the French, accompanied by
Colonels Chabannes and Dumas and by the Count de
Strada, left Neuilly, on Saturday, at three o'clock, for
St. Cloud. His Majesty returned to Neuilly at six.
The Constilutionnel says that thirty-two new Peers are
to be shortly created, and it expresses also the belief
that Marshal Soult will return to Paris between the 20th
and 25th.

The Moniteur Parisien contradicts the report that
Louis Philippe intends reviewing the National Guard of
Paris on the 29th.
The Academie des Beaux Arts has awarded the first
great prize for sculpture to M. Lequesne, and the second
to M. Thomas.

The Marseilles Sud, of the 12th, says :—" The Royal
George packet, which left Cadiz on the Ist inst., arrived
yesterday with dispatches, which were to be sent on
forthwith to Paris. It left in the Cadiz Roads four
French war-steamers. When it was leaving two French
sailing ships were anchoring."
The Marseilles Semaphore, of the same date, has the
: following " The Levant packet Rhamses, which left
Malta on the 7th inst., entered our port yesterday. We
have received by it letters from Constantinople of the
27th, and from Athens of the 31st Angust. The Alex-
andria letters are of an older date than those brought by
the English packet, and consequently destitute of in-
terest."

The steam-boat Elau left Cherbourg on the 12th for
Brest, to take on board the musicians who are to ac-
company the King on his voyage.
The celebrated painter Camuccini, director of the
Academy of the Fine Arts of the Two Sicilies, at Rome,
died in that city on the Ist inst.
M. Forster has been elected a member of the Aca-
demie des Beaux Arts, in the room of M. Tardicu, de-
ceased.

Letters from Constantinople of the 27th ult. have been
received, but their contents are unimportant.

LAW AND POLICIA.,

The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittings on
Monday. There are very few prisoners for trial, and only
or :e or two cases possess any features of interest to the
public. The Commissioners present at the sitting of the
Court, were the Recorder, Aldermen Sir Chapman Mar-
shall, Hughes, and Hooper, the Sheriffs, &c.
William Burt, the poor-rate collector of the parishes
of St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster, was found
guilty of embezzlement, but sentence was deferred.
At Guildhall two coal-porters, named James Farring-
ton and James Johnson, were brought before Mr. Alder-
man Hughes, charged with assaulting John Coram, a
City policeman. The policeman had endeavoured to
eject them from a public-house, by desire of the land-
lord, and they, to make use of their own expressions,
had " polished off" the policeman. They were each
committed to hard labour for a month.

Sarah Higgins, a servant, applied for a summons
against a person whose name she believed to be Green,
and who had gone to Nottingham, as she had been in-
formed. He slept for a few nights in an adjoining attic,
and it being her custom not to lock her room, in case of
fire, he found his way into her bed. She had been de-
livered of a child, which was in the care of her parents.
Upon examination it appeared that she had no corrobo-
rative evidence, and Mr. Alderman Hughes, for the pre-
sent, declined to summon the supposed father.
Edward Reynolds, a greengrocer, was sentenced, at
Clerkenwell, to pay a fine of 121., or be imprisoned for
three months, for furious driving, by which a horse,
value thirty guineas, had been killed.
IlAt Queen-square on Monday, Catherine Stuart, about
forty-five years of age, was charged with cruelty to
three young children named Tyler. The prisoner co•
habited with the father of the children, and although
she was supplied with money to purchase them food, she
was in the habit of feeding them on paunches. It
appeared that she would frequently take them by the
hair of the head and dash them from one end of the
room to the other ; that she had knocked them down
and jumped on them ; and on one occasion had thrown
boiling water over one of them. She was remanded.
A rather curious charge of felony was made at Marl-
borough•street by Mr. Van Bever, shoemaker, No. 42,
Burlington-arcade, who accused Miss Rebecca Cook, a
young woman, elegantly dressed, who keeps a shoe-
shop at No. 54, in the same arcade, and who was re-
cently in the service of Mr. Van Bever, as shopwoman,
and Adele Dupierre, his present shopwoman, with rob-
bing him of a large quantity of shoes. The prosecutor
had missed some shoes, and had accused Dupierre of the
theft, when she stated that she had been instigated by
Cook to steal the property, upon which both Cook and
Dupierre were given into custody. It appears that Col.
Loftus, late of the Guards, considers Miss Cook to be his
" pet of pets," and on hearing that she was in durance
vile, proceeded to the station to procure her liberation.
Not being able to succeed in this, he attended before the
magistrate with his solicitor to watch proceedings. The
case having been gone into, and Dupierre called on for
her defence, she said she had pawned the shoes under
the direction of Mr. Van Bever, who had told her to ac-
cuse Miss Cook of having incited her to pawn the shoes,
in order that she might have the money. Miss Cook,
however, knew nothing about the shoes being pawned,
and never had any part of the money. Mr. Van Bever
was in amazement. Dupierre was remanded. Miss
Cook was discharged, and Colonel Loftus taking up his
gold-headed cane, hurried after the " pet of pets," shaking
her warmly by the hand in congratulation at her being
set at liberty.
Henry Thomas Abbott, porter in the service of Mrs.
Dash, 118, Tottenham-court-road, charged with having
stolen three hats and a gold ring, the former articles the
property of his mistress, and the latter that of her son,
was fully committed for trial from Marylebone.
At Greenwich George Falkner, a linendraper, carry-
ing on business at 3, Royal-hill, Greenwich, was brought
before Mr. Cottingham upon a warrant, charged with
feloniously assaulting Louisa Brown, aged 16 years.
The prosecutrix lived in the prisoner's family as servant,
and such had been the effect produced on her by his
conduct, that she had attempted suicide. The prisoner,
who denied the charge, was bound over to appear at the
Central Criminal Court.

An unnatural brute, named George Smith, was com-
mitted in default of sureties from Wandsworth, for hay-
ing committed a ferocious assault upon his aged father
and mother.

John Howes, a Customs locker, in the employ of the
Crown, who has been lately promoted, and his salary
advanced from 571. to 110/. per annum, was brought
before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames-office, on remand,
charged with stealing .a quantity of rum, the property of
the East and West India Doek:Company, on their premises.
He was convicted and sentenced to seven weeks' impri-
sonment with hard labour.

A seaman, named George Alexander, was brought be-
fore Mr. Broderip, in custody of Portch, 91 K, charged
with feloniously stabbing Mr. John Tomlinson, the chief
mate of the ship Sultana, from Van Diemen's Land,
with intent to murder or do him grievous bodily harm.
While off Gravesend, on Saturday, the mate and the
prisoner bad a quarrel, in the course of which the mate
laid hold of him by the collar and the throat, and the
prisoner stabbed him under the ear. It was stated that
the prisoner's friends reside in Bath or Bristol. lie was
remanded.

coinix—rAZZIONABSII.
The Duke of Wellington intends to receive a select
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party at Walmer Castle, early n the ensuing month.
The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, accompanied by
Lord Otho and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, have arrived on a
visit to Sir Edward Baker, at Mansion Hall, near Bland-
ford, from passing some days with Mr. and Lady Caro-
line Sandford, at their seat in Somersetshire.
The Duke and Duchess of Montrose left Belgrave-
square yesterday, for Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, for
the hunting season, having left Cowes, Isle of Wight, at
the close of last week. The youthful members of their
family, and a portion of the domestic establishment, left
town for the above seat on Monday.
Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Northumber-
land and suite, who have been spending a few days at
Leamington, on their route from London, arrived on
Saturday at Alnwick Castle for the season.