The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-11 00:00:00

'SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

On Sunday last the mother of a young mantuamaker,
living in the Rue de Valois, Palais Royal, came to Paris to
visit her daughter, but could not gain admittance, though
there was every reason to believe the young woman was in
her room. The Commissary of Police having been sent for,
ordered the door to be forced open, and the poor girl was
found dead, and by her side the lifeless body of a non-com-
missioned officer of a regiment quartered at Meaux. They
had stifled themselves by means of charcoal.
A farm-labourer, named Robichon, has been condemned to
death by the Court of Assizes of the Seine-et-Marne, at Me-
lun, for murder and robbery. , During the absence of his mas-
ter and mistress, named Maltaverne, who resided at the farm
of La Mare-Rouge, he broke open a cupboard, and stole a
sum of 130 f, and in order to prevent evidence of his crime
murdered three of Maltaverne's daughters, aged 19, 14, and
11 years, by beating in their skulls. A fourth child, an in-
fant of two years. was sitting at the door in tears, when
another sister, who had been absent in the fields, returned to
the house. Suspicion having fallen upon him, he was ar-
rested, and confessed his crime.

The Augsburgh Gazette contains a letter from Constanti-
nople, Feb. 14, which states that a letter from Adrianople had
been received there, announcing that a sudden thaw had
caused a great inundation, which had destroyed 3,000 houses,
and carried away a considerable quantity of goods. The loss
is estimated at 3,000,000 piastres.
A letter in the same journal, from the frontiers of Turkey,
of February 21, gives the following :—" All the coasts of the
Black Sea, and particularly the ports of Sebastopol and
Odessa, are in the greatest movement. It is supposed that
the Emperor will himself direct the operations in person.
Amongst others, General Yermoloff is named. The opera-
tions are not to be commenced until the arrival of the Em-
peror on the Kuban. A letter from Constantinople states
that Circassian agents are purchasing up ammunition at any
price."
The General Diet of Hungary had adopted, by a majority
of 41 votes against 8, a motion for the emancipation of the
Jews.

LAW AND POLICE.
At the Central Criminal Court, Sarah Dickenson, charged
with the murder of her two children at Deptford, was tried
and acquitted, as being of unsound mind. She is to be de-
tained in safe custody during her Majesty's pleasure.
Yesterday Mr. Wm. Read, an extensive ship-builder of
Ipswich, and a member of the Town Council for that place,
was brought before Sir Peter Laurie. at the Mansion-house,
in custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, charged with
having combined with Charles William Simpson, the master
of the Colina brig, to cast away that vessel, with the view of
defrauding the Marine Alliance Assurance Company of the
amount of property for which she was insured. The case
was remanded fur a week.

Mr. Crawley, proprietor of the York Hotel, Albemarle-
street, was summoned before Mr. Hardwiek, for refusing to
supply "proper accommodation" to Sergeant-Major Jones, of
the London Recruiting Staff, who had been billeted upon him.
He was fined 3/.

A person named Edward Harpond, living in Park-road,
Greenwich, and described as a gentleman, was charged at
Worship-street with setting a ferocious dog at several chil-
dren, by which two of them were severely injured. Through
his solicitor he expressed his regret at what had happened,
and offered to pay the medical expenses. Mr. Bingham,
however, would allow no compromise, and sent him for one
month to the House of Correction, in addition to a fine of
405., at the expiration of the month to be brought up on a
second charge. The prisoner appeared astounded at the de-
cision.

COURT-FASHIONABLE.
All the embellishments in the State rooms in St. James'
Palace, the Queen's Robing Room, the Guard Chamber, Stc.,
are to be completed by Wednesday next, when her Majesty
will hold her first levee for the season.
The Duke of Cambridge, who has been suffering from an
attack of the gout, which prevented him from attending the
Countess St. Aulaire's first assembly at Manchester House, is
rather better.

The Speaker of the House of Commons hied his second
sessional levee on Saturday, in Eaton-square. Previous to the
reception, the Right Hon. Gentleman entertained at dinner
a circle of twenty-eight Ministerial Members of the House
of Commons.

The Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and Lady Rachel Eve-
lyn Russell, are expected to remain at Nice till the advance
of the spring, and then return to Campden Hill for the season.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, accompanied
by Lord Edwin Hill, arrived at Dublin on Monday last from
visiting the family estates at Blessington and Edenderry.
The Noble Marquis expressed to his agents and principal
tenants the satisfaction he experienced in personally witness-
ing the settled state and improving condition of all classes
on his property.
The Earl and Countess of Wicklow and Ladies Howard
are expected in Cavendish-square, at the close of next week,
from Ireland.
, and Mrs. Davys, have
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bosuugh. palace, Peter-
Earl Fitzhardinge arrived at the German Cottage, his
BinishDoopver of
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episcopal
villa at Cheltenham, on Thursday last, from Berkeley Castle.
The Noble Earl's hounds are at the Cheltenham kennel, and
will close the hunting season in that neighbourhood.
Earl and Countess Ashburnham have arrived in town from
Ashburnham House. _

Viscount and Viscountess Milton and family have left town
for Brighton.

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mortal Abercromby, on the Bth of March, 1801, took place
on Friday, at the United Service Club, when a number of
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under
distinguished officers of both services sat down to a most
splendid banquet.
The Society recently formed, entitled " The Medical Pro-
tection Assembly," has;,issued circulars to every medical
practitioner in the kingdom, appealing for assistance in re-
sisting the charter recently granted to the Royal College of
Surgeoni. An aggregata- meeting of the profession is called
for the 25th inst. `,

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of the same school, and mare recently by the Socialists, has
at last been deserted, and is-now shut up.
• Grisi and Mario are expected in town, from Paris, shortly
after the closing of the Theatre Italien in Paris, for the sea-
son, on the 31st.

Esq.,. says a Stockport paper, owner of
the
Warrington, issued an order, on the 7th
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estate,Houghton,
neanear
of January last, that the hares and rabbits on his estate
should be destroyed, except those within the park. Since
that period upwards of eight hundred hares have been de-
stroyed ; one half going to the hall, and the remainder among
the tenantry on whose land they have been fed.
Sir Edward Sugden hae been suffering from illness during
the recent sittings in his Court, and since its rising has been
much indisposed. His Lordship is now staying at Sutton, a
marine village, near Vb 4.
In some parts of Conn Aught, especially in Galway, the
bumbler classes are suffering great distress. The Galway
Vindicator contains a very afflicting statement on this sub-
ject. " Whole families, (says that journal) are without any
support except a few stones of potatoes amongst them, and
hundreds of others have none at all.

The expenditure of the City police in 1843 is stated by Mr.
D. W. Harvey to be 41,351/., which divided by the popula-
tion (140,967) of the city, presents'a cost of ss. 10(1Z per
head. The expenditure for the metropolitan police in the
year 1843 is stated by the Commissioners of Police to be
289,3221. This amount, divided by the population (2,032,458)
of the metropolitan police districts, shows a cost of 2s. 10d.
per head.
PArEn. Colquhoun has moved for a return stat-
ing the name, description, and locality of every paper mill in
England ; and also, the number of engines, machines, and vats
in each of such mills; and the quantity of paper made at each
mill, and charged by the Excise ; also a similar return for
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

On Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock, the King of the
French left the Tuileries for St. Cloud, attended by General
Friant and two orderly officers, and returned to dinner. In
the evening their Majesties had a select party to dinner.
The subscription for bl. Dupetit Thouars amounted on
Thursday to I,ooof. or 40/. The National publishes a list ex-
tending to two columns, at the head of which are 250 students
of the Polytechnic School, who subscribe 125 f., or 10 sous
(5d.) each.
The .Archimede, which sailed from Brest on the 20th ult.
with part of the mission for China, was obliged to put into
Lorient by contrary winds ; she, however, soon after took her
departure, and was seen on the 24th off Cape Finisterre.
Count de Lurde, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French at
Buenos Ayres, has just been recalled, and M. de Marennes,
appointed to replace him. Foi a length of time M. de Lurde
acknowledged that he was unable to obtain satisfaction from
Rosas, since the Guizot Ministry refused him the means of
acting with vigour.
It is reported at Munich, according to a letter of the 2d
inst., from thit city, that in case King Otho should happen
to ie withoilt an heir, the young Duke of Wurtemberg,
grandson of Louis Philippe, will be made successor to the
Greek throne 4
The Ga.;ettenles Tribunaux contains the following relative
to thy, murder in the Rue des Londres :—" The unceasing
resear&es instituted by the authorities to pierce into the
mystelly attending the murder of the late Mr. Ward, have
brought to light some circumstances that may lead to a dis-
covery of the truth. It appears that two days before the
crime, the deceased passed the night in a lodging-house of
bad character, and inhabited by men suspected of immoral
practices. All those men, to the number of fourteen, have
been arrested. They have undergone one examination, but
all that we can say at present is that they protest their inno-
cence."