The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-13 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOUEIGN.

The King and Queen of the French, on Monday, ac-
companied by Generals Athalin and Raunigny, visited
Neuilly, but returned to the Tuilleriee to dirndl-. In the
evening their Majesties received the Belgian Ambas-
sador and the Princess de Line, Rear-Admtral Laplace,
Generals Jamin, Marquis Oudinot, and many other per-
sons of distinction. It is rumoured that there will be
many promotions in the army on the occasion of the
King's filite-day.
General Gourgaud, it is said, will, in a shor: time, pro-
ceed to London on a special mission from the K,ng to
Queen Victoria.

Mdlle. Guizot, daughter of the Minister of' For,ign
Affairs, is (;onvaleseent.

Prince Demetrius Galitzin, a General in the service of
the Emperor of Russia, and Governor-General of Mos-
cow, died on Monday,-in Paris, of a painful disease, re-
specting which he came to consult the first physicians
here. The Prince was in his 68d year.
On the same day, the Polish refugees at Paris assem-
bled at the Hotel Lambert, the residence of Prince Czar-
toriski, to celebrate Easter. The repast was served up
in the Grand Gallery. Upwards of 500 persons were
present on this occasion, amongst whom were the Bel-
gian Ambassador and the Princess de Ligne, Count de
Ranibuteau, Baron and Baroness Desmichels, Prince and
Princess de Beauveau, &c. The Archbishop of Paris,
accompanied by all the Polish clergy in the capital, came
to give his benediction to the paschal repast. The so-
lemnity can be traced back to the ancient Kings of
Poland of the Jagellune race, from whom Prince Czar-
tori:ki is descended.

A Berlin letter, of the 31st ult., quoted by the Inde-
pendence of Brussels, states that the King of Hanover is
seriously indisposed.

LAW AND POLICE.
James Hubbard, a man employed on th© City Steam-
boat Pier, against Fishmongers' Hall, and Thomas
Harris and William Balls, two waterside porters, were
charged at the Guildhall with violently assaulting Wm.
Nelson, a livhterman, and throwing him into his own
barge, whereby his ribs were broken. They were ordered
to find bail.

Lord Huntingtower appeared as complainant, at
Marlborough-street, against a horse -dealer named
Alexander, whom he charged with using menacing lan-
guage towards him, and assaulting him. The evidence
proved the existence of much ill-feeling between the
parties, arising from old debts and disputes. The de-
fendant was bound over to keep the peace.
Charles Clare, alias Swinburne, a young man who was
committed for trial on the 16th ult., upon a charge of
felony preferred against him by an unfortunate girl
named Keeley, whom he had seduced and afterwards
abandoned, was brought before Mr. Bingham, at Wor-
ship-street, by Sergeant Allen, of the 12th Lancers, who
charged him with being a deserter from that regiment.
The prisoner, whO admitted all the facts alleged against
him, was committed to the House of Correction, pre-
paratory to his removal to the head-quarters of the
regiment.
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'Thomas Aberrow, a butcher, living in George.-street,
Blackfriars road, was charged, at Cnion-hall, with in-
flicting a severe wound on the head of Elizabeth his wife,
against whom a charge of attempt at self-destruction
was preferreA, owing to the alleged ill-treatment of her
husband The Magistrate then inflicte .1 the full penalty
of 5/. on the prisw:er, and, in default of payment, two
months' imprisonment. and that he should also enter
int() his own recognizance of 40(. and find two sureties of
20/. each to keep the peace, and be further imprisoned
until the su eties were f .und.

Wm. Clifford, cdtas Wm. iiiddier, known to the police,
nay br.ught from ih
flammersn:ith, for ,urtht r xxm nation, on a charge of
having been concerned, with other,,, in commitiint;, a
daring and extensive robbery of r plate, at the rt-si-
denee o'' a lady named M,,r_in,Juiian-cottage Flamm
on the Hid, Middles,x. was remanded for furtler
evideni.e.

0 Trait --wasutonanzz.
The Duke of Carob idge has quite recoered from his
6t. inclispsition. The Dike and Duches, and suite,
with Mr. Culling Smith, occupied the Duke of Beau-
fnrt's box, at Drury-iane Tlwa;re, on Wednusday even-
ing, on ti e cwcasion of ; nipr. z's benefit.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, and the Lat4ie,
[Toward, are expected to arrive in ttyd., Park-place in
the course of next wt ~k.

The Duke of Devon.hire, who has been paSsing the
recess at the Burling:on Villa at Chiswick. is now ci,n-
valescent, his Grace having been slightly indisposed
with a cold.

The Duke of Clevdand arrived on a visit to Viscount
and Viscuuntess.Hilf, at Hawkstone t,n Thurs-
day, and remained until Saturday, when his Grace pro-
ceeded to pass a few days among his tenantry at Wrox-
eter and High Ercal.

Earl and Countess Granville are expected in Bruton-
street, on Monday next, from the Duke of Devonshire's
marine villa, at Kemp Town, for the season,
The Earl and Countess of Charleville, and Lady
Beaufilois Bury, are expected taleave Charleville Forest.
Tullamore, at the end of the month. for St. George's
place, for the season.

Earl Fitzhardinge and the members of his Lordship's
hunt gave their annual dinner on Saturday last, at the
Plough Hotel, Cheltenham, when there was a numerous
attendance of gentlemen. The final meeting of his
Lordship's pack takes place to-day.
The Duke of Rutland remains at Xewmarket. Lords
Granby and Forester are still hunting the Belvoir
country.
Lord and Lady Ashburton, and the Misses Bariz.g,
are now at Naples, where they intend to remain until the
middle of the next month. and then return to this country.
'BruScExa...aremovo. •
A meeting of the Presbyterians and other Protestant
Dissenters of Dublin, took place on the 9th, In. the round
room of the Rotunda, to petition Parliament for the re-
moval of the disabilities under which Presbyterians and
other Dissenters have been recently declared to labour
in the solemnization of marriages, The room was
crowded to excess in every part, and the greatest en-
thusiasm was manifested by the whole assembly in the
proceedings of the evening.
On Thursday a numerous meeting of the ironmasters
took place at the Town-ball, Birmingham, when an ad.
vance of 20s. a ton took place, making bar iron 61. to 71;
large sheet Si. ; and hoop iron 'IL a ton. Foreign and
domestic demand, occasioned by newly projected rail-
ways and manufacturing projects, were said to have
caused such a demand for iron.as justified this rise of price.
Thursday a vestry meeting, convened by the Rector,
was held for the election of churchwardens for St.
Stephen's, Walbrook. Dr. Crory h ving taken the chair,
animadverted upon the conduct of Alderman Gibbs,
whom he charged with having doggedly opposed the
wishes of the parishioi.ers, and with Flaving aLowed the
church to fall into dilapidation. Mr. Williams moved,
and Mr. Uri %tin seconded the nomination of Mr. W. H.
1-L4k.k and Mr. Thomas Fligh., as churchward,n, for the
en,uir)g year, which Otis carried nent. con. Mr. Rock
moved, and Mr. Williams seconded the nomination of
.r. er,shy, as vestry-clerk, whieh was cam, d. Mr.
llowett said that Mr. Peers,, their ve,try-clerk,
had not as yet been paid his s.lary. The ve.-try then
adjourned.

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, APRII.I2.—Wind light westerly breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, APRIL 11.—Wind, light.-Arrd. Camilla, Canney,
Jamaica, with loss of boats, bulwarks, stanchions, &c., having
experienced very severe weather. Sid. Princess Royal
(transport), Rio •' Lady Sarah Bayley, Jamaica; Magnet,
Halifax ; Africa, Ceylon ; Switzerland, New York ; Six, Ml.
ramichi.

OFF MARGATE, APRIL 11.—Active, Cuba.
Ponrsmouru, APRIL 11.-- Wind, W.N.W.—SId. her Ma-
jesty's ship Vernon, Pl3-mouth and Cork; Burrell, Quebec..
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's
ship Pantaloon, Sierra Leone, sld. Jan. 7, Ascension Feb. 13.
OFF THE START, APRIL 11.—Michael, Christopher, St.
Jago de Cuba for Bremen ; Ellenborough, M'Leod, Calcutta.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind W.—Arrd. Hartley, Brad-
ford, Africa, sld. Jan. 30; La Bonne 31Zre, Dove, Ichoboe
Sid. Ava, Quebec. Off, Union, Moore, Rio (out seventy days) ;
Cynthia, Tyhurst, Batavia; Goshawk, Ritchie, Mauritius.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd.
Beethoven, Taylor, Bombay; Cora, Miller, Bahia. Feb. 21.
Douglastown, Willis, Trinidad ; Ironside, Brown, Tobacco ;
Joseph Wheeler, Reid, Galveston ; Romulus, Callender,-
Chaneston Glamis Castle, Barclay, New York ; St. George,
Ferris, ditto (24th ult.) ; Ann and Mariner, Wilmington ;
Ellerslie, Harvey, New Orleans. Off, Daniel Dyer and
Dorothea,. Sld. yren, Calcutta; Thomas Sparks, Bombay;
Fairfield, Cape of Good Hope ; Rochdale, Jamaica ; Irvine,
New York ; Conabrook. Quebec ; Lotus, Buenos Ayres;
Peri, New York ; Burnhopeside, Halifax. The Emperor,
which arrived at Hong-Kong, Jan. 24, lost topmasts off Puto
Supatree, and put into an island there to refit ; she after-
wards endeavoured to beat up the Palawan Passage, but not
succeeding went East. '
CoRK, APRIL 9.--Sld. Try Again, Quebec,
HULL, APRIL 11.—Arrd. Walker, Ray, China; William
Lee, Shepherd, Calcutta.

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braries. Mr. Colburn has also just published Mr.
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Days of Charles IL' " an historical romance, third edi-
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"
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" The Brothers, "• by the author of " Oliver Cromwell,"
&e.,.3 vols. 7. " Windsor Castle," an historicalrornance,
with 110 illustrations by George Cruikshank, &c., 1
vol., price 145., elegantly bound.
DEPTFORD.—Dickenson, the hushand of the un-
fortunate lunatic who lately murdered her two children at
Deptford, was found dead on Thursday morning, having hung
himself to his bed-post. Before doing the deed, he wrote
letters to several friends, from which it plainly.rppears that
his misfortunes had upset his reason. He appears .to have
swallowed poison previous to hanging himself; and a razor
was found under his pillow.
TEL SALMON FISHERV.—The good effects of the
Fisheries Association are daily becoming more and more
aoparent ; the number of fish already t n far exceeds
the quantity captured within the whole sea ,on nf a great
nomber of years. Nearly two hundred ash were cv-
, tured (with net%) by the fishermen of Worcester and
Stourport. in the fir .t open month and =if this number
all, with sere t, Nit* exceptions, were ;liken to•iftw and
within half a mile ofthe weir at Linenmbe, the great ma-
jority of the fish having actually hoem netted in the short
artificial cutting between the weir and the old bed of
the river below:— Worcester