The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

PORZYGIe.

His Majesty the King of the French, accompanied 11
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 Constitutionnel says that thirty-two new Peers sr°,
to be shortly created, and it expresses also the belle
that Marshal Soult will return to Paris between the 2011,
and 25th.
The Moniteur Parisien contradicts the report Old
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Louis Philippe intends reviewing the National Guard 0
Paris on the 29th.
The Academic des Beaux Arts has awarded the firs;
great prize for sculpture to M. Lequesne, and the secoao
to M. Thomas.
The Marseilles Sud, of the 12th, says :—" The Roy:411
George packet, which left Cadiz on the Ist inst., arril
yesterday with dispatches, which were to be sent ofl
forthwith to Paris. It left in the Cadiz Roads for,.
French war-steapers. When it was leaving two Folio'
sailing ships were anchoring."
The Marseilles Semaphore, of the same-date, has the
following' :—" The Levant packet Rhamses, which left
a
Malta on the 7th inst., entered our port yesterday. Ala
is have received by it letters from Constantinople of
27th, and from Athens of the 31st Angust. .ale
andria letters are of an older date than those brought
the English packet, and consequently destitute of ill"
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 TwoS;cilies, at 1101e'
died in that city on the Ist inst.
31. Forster has been elected a member of the ATl-
demie des Beaux Arts, in the room of M. Tardient 'le'
ct used.
Letters from Constantinople of the 27th ult. havers
received, but their contents are.unimportant.
LAW AND POLICIL

The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittings Yet
terday. There are very few prisoners for trial, and oel
one or two cases possess any features of interest to 0,7
public. The Commissioners present at the sitting a te:
Court, were the Recorder, Aldermen Sir Chapman Mat.
shall, Hughes, and Hooper, the Sheriffs, &c.
William Burt, the poor-rate collector of the parish
of St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster, was foie
guilty of embezzlement, but sentence was deferred.
At Guildhall two coal-porters, natned,James Farrier
ton and James Johnson, were brought before Mr. Alder;
man Hughes, charged with assaulting John Coratn, „
City policeman. The policeman had endeavoured Z
eject them from a public-house, by desire of the lesi4
lord, and they, to make use of their own expreseis%
had " polished off" the policeman. They were eac
committed to hard labour for a month.
Sarah Higgins, a servant, applied for a sunisl°l3s
against a person whose name she believed to be Grefo"
and who had gone to Nottingham, as she had been iti•c,
formed. He slept for a few nights in an adjoining et
and it being her custom not to lock her room, in ea de.
fire, he found his way into her bed. She had been
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livered of a child, which was in the care of her piano.
Upon examination it appeared that she had no Cerro
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native evidence, and Mr. Alderman Hughes, for the pr -
sent; declined to summon the suppoi.ed father. 0
Edward Reynolds, a greengrocer, was sentencevf,a
Clerkenwell, to pay a fine of 121., or be imforisonearse'
three months, for furious driving, by which h°
value thirty guineas, had been killed.
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At Queen-square yesterday, Catherine Stuart, to
forty-five years of age, was charged with crueltica,
three young children named Tyler. The prisoner
habit,ed with the father of the children, and altt°6
she was supplied with money to purchase them fou'
was in. the habit of feeding them on paunches') tile
appeared that she would frequently take them bj
hair of the head and dash them from one end (0,,40
room to the other ; that she had knocked them °viva
and jumped on them ; and on one occasion had thr°
boiling-water over one of them. She was remanded' 1•
A rather curious charge of felony was made 5,,t
borough-street by Mr. Van Bever, shoemaker, 11%
Burlington-arcade, who accused Miss Rebecca Coshar
young woman, elegantly dressed, who keeps a 5 re
shop at No. 54, in the same arcade, and who was so,
eently in the service of Mr. Van Bever, as shopicr;ob.
and Adele Dupierre, his present shopwoman, with tot
bing him of a large quantity of shoes. The prosec
had missed some shoes, and had accused Dupierre 0t
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by
theft, when she stated that she had been instigstedoi
Cook to steal the property, upon which both Ceok,,flot
Dupierre were given, into custody. It appears that
Loftus, late of the Guards, considers Miss Cook to %Dee
pet of pets," and on hearing that she was dttoe.
vile, proceeded to the station to procure her Jibe"' the
Not being able to succeed in this, he attended beforev
magistrate with his solicitor to watch proceedings' 0 for
case having been gone into, and Dupierre called der
her defence, she said she had pawned the shoes IPise•
the direction of Mr. Van Bever, who had told her
cuss Miss Cook of having incited her to peeinl'll cook,
in order that she might have the monby..
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however, knew nothing about the shoes bel..„ver
and never had any part of the money. 181 - Miso
was in amazement. Dupierre was remandeu. big
Cook was discharged, and Colonel Loftus taking xPg
gold-headed cane, hurried after the " pet of pets," 8111.1 St
her warmly by the hand in congratulation at her eel-
set at liberty. f iffs.
Henry Thomas Abbott, porter in the service co ,
Dash, 118, Tottenham-court-road, charged with Mfr.
stolen three hats and a gold ring, the former artielee_n.
property of his mistress, and the latter that of her s°
was fully committed for trial from Marylebone.
At Greenwich George Falkner, a linendraper, end
ing on business at 3, Royal-hill, Greenwich, was brelth
before Mr. Cottiugham upon a warrant, charged
ears,
feloniously assaulting Louisa Brown, aged 16 /at,
The prosecutrix lived in the prisoner's family as set..o
bis
and such had been the effect produced on her !Iver,
conduct, that she had attempted suicide. The priS the
who denied the charge, was bound over to appear 8t
Central Criminal Court. Ce"
An unnatural brute, named George Smith, ivas bor
mitted in default of sureties from Wandsworth, fffstber
ing committed a ferocious assault upon his aged
and mother. of 11°
John Howes, a Customs locker, in the employ
Crown, who has been lately promoted, and bi,..s.„sogbt
advanced from 571. to 110/. per annum, was w"aol,
before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames-office, on ri'n of
ertf
charged with stealing a quantity of rum, the prop Is&
the East and West India Doek:Company, on their pr;°ll2ri•
He was convicted and sentenced to seven weeks imp
sonA ment with hard labour. ht bf:t
seaman, named George Alexander, was brag lit
fore Mr. Broderip, in custody of Porte!), 91 ,chtlehist
with feloniously stabbing Mr. John Tomlinson, ri;sado
mate of the ship Sultana, from Van Diemen oral'
with intent to .Murder or do him grievous bodily the
While off Gravesend, on Saturday, the mate 11%a tOO
prisoner had a quarrel, in the course of which they
laid hold of him by the collar and the throat, evoi twit
prisoner stabbed him under the ear. It was stateile
ales
the prisoner's friends reside in Bath or Bristol.
remanded.

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The Duke of Wellington intends to receive
party at Walmer Castle, early in the ensuing 03°13,71
The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, accomPe°""
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Lord Otho and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, have arrive4o(l.
visit to Sir Edward Baker, at Ranston Hall, near -ve•ro-
ford, from passing some days with Mr. and Lacli
lice Sandford, at their seat in Somersetslike. , esfo•
The Duke and Duchess of Montrose leave Bei,g for
square to-day, for Sulby Hall, Northamptenshirl;t, at
the hunting season, having left Cowes, Isle of Wig, their
the close of last week. The youthful members °;
lelet;family, and a portion of the domestic establishment'
town for the above seat yesterday.
Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of NorthObseari
land and suite, who have been spending a few:l%lo
Leamington, on their route from London, 0".
Saturday at Alnwick Castle for the season.
IMISCIZMIALNEOTTS.
Last evening a numerous meeting of the ilerliol;
and others was held at the National Associatio,,,
born, for the purpose of congratulating Mr, 01,°- .
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on the issue of the late State trials, and of dop:; -
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ceedings in accordance thereto, in addition to the P
sentation of an address.
Aesa
Yesterday the East and West Indian and •11-erosi'
mails arrived together, via the Southampton 01" i
uot•
causing an unprecedented inundation-of letters, einoo
ing to upwards of 285,000, a greater number thani of
ever known at one delivery, since the establishree°
the Post-office. Passe
It is gratifying to state, that offences in the P..,sse.
parks have latterly been considerably on the dec,,ki" the
That is owing to the very efficient manner in lib"-
park-keepers discharge their.duties. .5h of
A very commodious district church, for the par;reetf
St. Mary, Lambeth, is being erected in Yortt-eood
York-road, near the New-cut •it is built of stoneo,o
brick, with iron columns and rafters to the gallery
iron rafters and roof, to render the edifice fire-pro" soy
A Government agent has visited Sunderland, en c,lOO
veyed and approved the site selected by the Public
Committee as a recreation round for the inhabitallts'er
The Chancellor of the Exchequer desires to ackpin •
ledge the receipt of a Bank note for 30/., transmitted ing'
letter signed " Better Late than Never."--1"wil
street, Sept. 16.
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The person (Edw. Liddell) who was chargv- 108
firing at Lord Howiek at Monk-Wearmouth, at the f,stio
of the election of 1841, has been removed to the .111-40%
asylum of Mr. Kent, at Sheriff-hill, Gateshead, ha Y" be
latterly been in such a state of mind as to be unfit to
at large.

Mr. NASMYTII, VERSUS CAPTAIN WARNER*--11ii.
understand,
nginemr, of Manctehes fro undoubted
ter autoritymitted, that
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to
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consideration of the Lords 'has
Commissionerssubmit
of the Adffii-
ralty, the plan of an iron-steamer, bomb-proof,thici;
will effectually destroy any ship or squadron. Sueivg
propelled by the Archimedian screw, and, when g° to
a ship, and leave a hole in her,
at the rate of six knots an hour, she will run stern.
_,012 0,
anyfeet nil°
the surface. It is, in fact, the power of two ships ee 0
in collision with each other at the rate of ten lineTnot
hour, placed, by mechanical means, in the bands.o „0..
more than three men. We understand that this e11..,` a
tion is now under their Lordships' consideration, 're 6
there can be no doubt but it will pat Captain We"
invention at a discount.—Devonport independent. - eo,
The Countess of Haddington changed hors,,
m wide, oe''.c);
terday at the lied Lion on her way to TyniPt-'-
Berwick Warder of Friday.

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