The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-13 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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The King and Queen of the French and the other
members of the Royal Family, who were at St. Cloud,
arrived at the Tuileries on Monday afternoon, to take up
their residence there for the winter.
A destructive fire broke out on Sunday morning in the
Rue Cadet, Paris, which destroyed property to the
amount of 12,0001., and by the fall of a wall one man was
killed, and eleven more or less injured. About 300 casks
of wine were destroyed.
During part of Sunday night there was a fall of snow
in Paris, and on Monday morning, at six o'clock, M.
Chevalier's thermometer marked a diminution of cold of
' more than two degrees centigrade, as compared with the
same hour on Sunday. There was a slight fall of snow
also on Monday. On Tuesday morning, at six o'clock,
the thermometer (Fahrenheit) marked 19 deg.
The Presse states that the number of dogs destroyed
in Paris by the police, since the beginning of the year,
amounts to not less thin 10,000. It expresses a wish
that something similar could be done with the rats, which
are in such numbers it the, Bildiothique du Roi, that
they commit great damage.
The St. Petersburgh Journal announces that the Em-
peror, in consideration of the expenditure which will
be caused in 1845 by the making of the railroad from
Moscow to St. Petersburgh, has by an ukase ordered that
a loan of twelve millions of silver roubles shall be raised
abroad, on the same basis as those adopted for the third
4 per cent. loan.
The Diet of,the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt
was opened at Darmstadt ,on the sth by the Grand
Duke. His Royal Highness made. a long speech on the
occasion, in which he congratulated the Diet on the en-
terprise displayed in railroads, and other works of im-
provement, and declared his determination to co-operate
in all means of improving the welfare of his subjects.
A Vienna letter of the 26th ult., in the Universal Ger-
man Gazette, mentions a rumour that, at the date of the
last accounts from Constantinople, the Sultan was dan-
gerously ill. •
The Augsburg Gazette states from Albania, but with-
out date, that the Turkish Pacha had given battle to,
and defeated the rebels, and that in consequence of this
result all the insurgent villages had tendered their sub-
mission..
A letter from Saragossa of the 28th ult. states that the
late arrests there were for the purpose of ascertaining
whether there might be amongst the persons arrested
some who were strangers to the town, and might be sup-
posed to have hostile intentions towards the Government.
All who could not give is satisfactory account of them-
selves were Cent to prison.
• LAW AND POLZCZI.
At the York Assizes William Kendrew, farm labourer,
aged 22; was convicted of the murder of Mr. Inchbald, at
Dunsforth, in September last, and ordered for execution.
• Joseph Smith, a boy only ten years of age, was com-
mitted at Guildhall for stealing 113 farthings from the
Rainbow Tavern, in Newgate-street.
At the greenwieh Police-court Charles Havers, re-
siding at 2, Park .place, East Greenwich, was charged
with indecently assaulting Catherine Francis, a female
about 14 years of age, in one of the carriages on the
London and Greenwich Railway. After the child and
two other witnesses had given evidence, the prisoner
said he was mistaken in the person. 31r. Jeremy sen-
tenced him to pay a fine of 5L
The Taunton 'assizes were opened on Monday even-
ing by Mr. Baron Alderson. The calendar certainly is
one of rather a novel charaCter, and presents the fol
lowing summary of the offences :—Murder. 1 ; man-
slate.:hter, 2 ;. maliciously wounding, 1 ; robbery and
maliciously. wounding, 2 ; robbery, maliciously wound-
ing, and rape, 2 ; rubbery, 16 ; burglary, 5 ; rape, 4 ;
cattle stealing, 1 ;• sheep • stealing, 2 ; bestiality, 1 ;
larcenies, 9 ; uttering. counterfeit coin, 1 ; assault, 1 ;
making a total of 48 prisoners; but there is not one woman
anion..° them.
At Wandsworth Police-court, James James, who was
nine years in the M diiision of Metropolitan police, and
afterwards chief officer of the Banbury constabulary,
was placed in the dock before Mr. Paynter, for a final
examination, upon two distinct charges of felony ; and
Richard Tyas, described as a watch case-maker, but
who was for some time in the City police, was also finally
examined upon a charge of endeavouring corruptly to
obtain reward for the restoration of the property stolen
by the first-mentioned prisoner. They were both cora-
mitted for trial.
. The Liverpool Assizes commenced on the 10th. The
calendar contains the names of fifty-seven prisoners.
There are three cases of murder, four of manslaughter,
three of burglary, five of cutting and wounding, one of ",
attempt to poison, one of attempt to murder by shooting,
one of rape, two of arson, and five of fi)rgery.