The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-24 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

On Monday evening, their Majesties the King and
Queen of the French received the Pope's Nuncio, the
Hanoverian and Texian Chargé d'Affaires, the Duke de
Trtevise, the Prefect of the Seine, and M. Comte,
Director of the Post-office.
The Journal des Debats contains a letter from St.
Petersburg, which states that, on the 10th, the Grand
Duchess Alexandria was delivered of a still-born child.
The pregnancy of the Grand Duchess had only gone six
months and a half. This circumstance, the letter states,
has aggravated the previous delicate condition of her
Royal Highness.
A letter of the 14th inst , from Treves, given by the
Manheim Gazette, states that the Duke de Bordeaux is
expected at Treves, accompanied by the Viscount de
Chateaubriand and other Legitimists.
The King of the Belgians is shortly expected to visit
England, and Woolwich, his Majesty's favourite land-
ing-place, has been named as the port where the King
will disembark. The King and Queen of the Belgians
have generally visited this country and been present at
the christening of her Majesty's children.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and Lady
Louisa Fitzmaurice have arrived at Wiesbaden, and the
last letters afford the pleasing information that the No-
ble Marquis was enjoying excellent health. His Lord-
ship was recommended to take the famed mineral wa-
ters of that spa, as a restorative from the debilitating
effects of his repeated attacks of gout. The Noble fa-
mily purpose to return to this country in November next.
At Paris, on Tuesday, the Sixth Chamber of Correc-
tional Police sentenced eighteen individuals to terms of
imprisonment varying from eight days to eight months,
for an attempt to organise a combination among the
workmen employed in the stained paper manufactories.
The Agricultural Society of Var has addressed a
memorial to the Prefect of that department, entreating
him to prevent rigorously the shooting of sparrows and
other small birds, their value in destroying insects far
exceeding that of the grain which they consume in Poland.
The accounts of damage caused by the floods are most
lamentable. It had rained forty-two consecutive days.
The floods that had occurred in consequence were uni-
versal, and deplorably destructive. The crops were
everywhere destroyed. During eighteen days the waters
had remained at the point to which they had been raised
by this deluge."
Violent inundations have recently taken place in
several parts of Belgium. At Verviers, the suspension-
bridge near the Casino has been swept away. At Her-
bestal some of the works on the railroad have been
carried off, and the service is interrupted between that
town and Aix-la-Chapelle. A letter from Namur states
that one of the arches of the bridge over the Sambre,
has fallen in.

LAW AND POLICE.
In the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. Commissioner Fon-
blanque delivered a very important judgment as to the
construction to be placed on the attestation clauses of
the Insolvent Act. He said that he had had a confer-
ence with three other Commissioners on the subject, and
that, in their opinion, the "attorney or agent in the
matter of such petition," who was directed by the Act
to make the attestation, meant " an attorney at law, and
not such a general attorney as a party can make to do
such acts as himself might have done." This judgment
is directly opposed to the opinion of Lord Brougham, as
to the proper construction of the attestation section.
There were twenty-three insolvent- cases disposed of
by Commissioners Fonblanque and Fane, but they pos-
sessed no features of public interest.
Philip Turner was indicted on Wednesday, at Glouces-
ter, before Mr. Sergeant. Atcherley, for sending on the
15th of July last a letter to his daughter, threatening
to kill his son-in law, William Salmon. After the trial
had commenced it was agreed, at the suggestion of the
Judge, that the prisoner should withdraw his plea of
not guilty, pleading guilty instead, and entering into his
own recognisances to the amount of 1,0001., and come
up and receive judgment if requisite.
At Liverpool, Michael Riley, convicted of a robbery
from the person of John Ashton, at Manchester, was
sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months ;
and Thomas Hurst, indicted for shooting at George
Taylor, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm,
was found guilty of an assault.
In the civil side the case of Gregory v. Williams,
which was an action for libel was tried, before Mr. Jus-
tice Cresswell. The libel which imputed to the plaintiff,
the agent to a Mr. Wynne, improper conduct in the exe-
cution of the duties of his agency, was contained in a
letter addressed to that gentleman. The jury found for
the plaintiff, damages 150/., which, however, was re-
duced to 100/., the sum claimed in the declaration.
In the case of Dresser v. Clarke and others, the jury
found for the plaintiff for 1301. This was an action by
the Yorkshire District Bank against certain parties whO
had become sureties for advances made by the bank to
the contractors for the erection of a church at Wetherby.
The church was to have been erected by subscription.
The poisoning case at Stepney has terminated in the
acquittal of the accused James Cockburn Belaney. The
trial occupied the attention of the Central Criminal
Court for two days.
In the New Court, the Common Sergeant sentenced
Justinian Burrell to seven years' transportation, for em-
bezzling 54/. 165., the property of his employer.
Octavius Clark, the gentleman thief who pleaded
guilty to a variety of indictments, was sentenced to be
transported for ten years.
A builder, named William White, was indicted for
confederating and conspiring with William Atkins, and
by means of false pretexts, to obtain from a person of
the name of Dunn a quantity of grocery of considerable
amount, with intent to cheat and defraud him thereof.
Atkins opened a grocer's shop at Fulham, and in order
to obtain goods from Dunn on credit referred him to
White, who was represented by Atkins to be a man of
large property. The goods were sent, but before the
time of payment arrived the shop was shut up, and both
Atkins and White were off. lie was convicted and sen-
tenced to twelve months' hard labour.

The Lord Mayor committed a man named William
Harden for trial, from the Mansion. house, for stealing
several bags of sugar, the property of Messrs. Fenn and
Co. The prisoner had represented himself to the pro-
secutors as Mr. Joseph Morris, of Kingston, a gentleman
of known respectability, whose card he produced, and
which he had obtained by representing to Mr. Morris
that he was the traveller of Messrs. Hands and Co., of
Mincing-lane, and that he had called for orders.

Richard Robinson, a boy eleven years of age, was fined
101. at Wandsworth, and in default of payment sentenced
to six weeks' imprisonment for having placed a piece of
wood across the rails of the South• Western Railway at
Wimbledon.

Mr. Cottingbam, at Union-hall, ordered Edward Horn-
blow, who had attempted suicide, to be detained until he
should provide sureties not to renew the attempt.
Thomas C. Cowley was again remanded from Lam-
beth-street on a charge of fraud and swindling. This
is the man who obtained credit at several public-houses
by representing himself as the executor of the late Dr.
Harvey, of South Australia.

C01731T-PASIIIONILBLII.
The Duke of Sutherland arrived at Dunrobin Castle,
Sutherlandshire, last week, from Lord and Lady Blan-
tyre's seat in Renfrewshire. The Noble Duke's sojourn
at the venerable seat of the Sutherland family will not be
of any lengthened duration, having, early in the ensuing
month, engaged to meet the Duchess of Sutherland, Lord
and Lady Blantyre, Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn,
and a numerous circle at Inverary Castle, the Duke of
Argyll's seat in Argyllshire. The most extensive altera-
tions and improvements are in progress at Dunrobin
Castle, and the pleasure grounds and plantations attached
to the ducal residence.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and Lady Anna
and Catherine Loftus are expected from Ireland about
the middle of next month, for the purpose of being pre-
sent at the marriage of Viscount Loftus and Miss Hope
Vere, daughter of Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere.
The Marchioness di Salsa (Lady Strachan), after a
protracted residence in Italy, returned to this country last
week.

Earl and Countess Cadogan, and the Ladies Augusta
and Honoria Cadogan, have left town for the Isle of
Wight, having engaged a residence at Cowes for several
weeks.

The Earl and Countess of Dysart, Viscount and Vis-
countess Emlyn, the Hon. 0. and Lady Caroline Dun-
combe, have joined the circle assembled at Cawdor
Castle, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor's seat, near
Nairn, North Britain.

Viscount and Viscountess Milton, Mr. and Lady Mary
Tompson, and the Hon. Mr. Dundas, are at present
visiting Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie at Loch-
Luichart Lodge, Ross-shire.
Lord and Lady Claude Hamilton arrived at the Earl
of Aberdeen's residence in Argyll-street on Thursday
from the Priory. The noble pair, in the course of a few
days, will 'proceed to Awerykie Lodge, Laggan, Inver-
ness, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of
Abercorn.

The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, brother of the Duke
of Wellington, is making a tour of visits in Scotland.
The Hon. E. Lloyd and Lady Harriet Mostyn and
family have arrived at Cors-y-gedol for the autumn.
Viscount and Viscountess Arbuthnot and the Hon.
Captain Arbuthnot, RN., have arrived at Arbuthnot
House, Kincardineshire, for the season, from London.
Baroness Le Despencer has been staying on a visit to
Lord and Lady Farnham, at Farnham Cestle, county
Cavan.

lISCEIZMANZOT7B.
Lord Stanley is named as one of the stewards of Good-
wood races next year. The Goodwood Stakes already
have 120 subscribers, the Cup upwards of 30, and the
March Stakes nearly 50.
The Borough Compter is at present wholly untenanted,
except by the keeper, turnkey, and matron, the whole
of the prisoners who were in custody, upon executions
for debts under 20L, having obtained their discharge
under the provisions of the new Insolvency Act.
On Thursday it was ascertained that there were about
130 prisoners confined for debt in Whitecross-street
Prison, in which place some time ago there were as many
as 300. It is understood that some hundreds of persons
have been discharged under the new Act, either by the
Court of Bankruptcy or under the 201. clause, under
which latter provision several insolvents, remanded by
the Insolvent Debtors' Court were included, and on
whose cases subsequent proceedings were expected to
rise. Several schedules of prisoners in Whitecross-street
Prison have been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and
discharges obtained.
A bazaar, or fancy fair, in aid of the St. Ann's So-
ciety Schools, was held on Thursday, to be continued
for three days, in the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, one of the large rooms of that establishment
having been almost gratuitously devoted to the occasion