The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-18 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF ;';EWS

AND

Vul.)Ur Optuton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
On Monday evening the King and Queen of the French
entertained at dinner the Pope's Nuncio, the Turkish Am-
bassador, the Baden, Poituguese, and Swedish Ministers,
Marshal Soult, Marquises d'Escayrac, de Lauture, and d'Ara-
mon, Generals Baron de Lascours and Janin.

The Committee, charged with the examination of the Bill
relating to the Paris and Lyons Railroad has determined, by
six votes to three. to recommend to the Chamber to adopt

the line running by the Yonne, the Armancon, the Brenne,
and the Loze, on the ground that it shortens the distance,
between Paris and Dijon, by 32 kilometres. The Council-
General of the Ponts-et-Chaussees had previously adopted
_ _

he same line, by a majority of 12 to 4.
The National states :—" The Government is about to con

ciliate the priesthood by a new concession, it being intended
that the Pantheon is again to be converted to religious pur-
poses, by . celebrating in it, on the next anniversary of the
days of July, a funeral service in honour of the victims of
that glorious week." .
M. Thiers has concluded his " History of the \Empire," and
was to deliver the manuscript on Tuesday to the publisher,
who is to pay him 500,000 f. (20,0001.) for the work.
The first year since the opening of the Paris and Rouen
railway having elapsed without any accident occurring
through the fault or neglect of the locomotive branch of the
service, the Company, to testify their general satisfaction, re.
solved to give, at the Batignolles station, a grand feast to all
the engineers and their men. From the necessity of not in-
terrupting the service of the road, this was divided into two
parties, on different clays.
The Hera/do, of Madrid, states that the Spanish capital
will soon be lighted with gas by the Company which has
erected gas works at Barcelona and Valencia.
A letter from Leipsic, in the Courrier de la Moselle, relates
that at a grand concert and supper, in the evening of Sunday,
the 21st ult., at the Hotel de Boulogne (the casino of Leipsic),
at which about 400 persons were assembled, the inhabitants
of the Rhenish provinces, who are still attached tothe French,
called fori the " Marseillaise" in honour of their Gallic guests.
Upon this, a number of persons from Berlin who were present
opposed the call by a violent hissing. A row ensued, and
soon became general, and as bottles, plates, chairs, and other
missiles flew in every direction, many serious wounds and
contusions were given and received before the tumult could.
be allayed.
The 'French Ambassador in Switzerland has addressed to
the Vorort a series of questions, relating to the statistics of
the periodical press in that country. He has requested an
account of the charges laid upon the Swiss journals in the
shape of 'stamps, postage, duties upon advertisements, &c.,
with the amounts of these imposts, and the number of the
journals and other periodicals published in Switzerland, and
their respective circulation. This inquiry is made, no doubt,
with a view to a due consideration of the proposition made
by M. Chapuys Montlaville, for the abolition of the stamp-
duty on journals in France. The Vorort has transmitted
these inquiries to all Cantonal Governments, desiring them
to return answers.

Law AND POLICE.

Mr. Andrew Van Sandau, solicitor, appeared before Mr.
Twyford,•at Bow-street, to answer the complaint of Thomas
Clarke, a clerk in the service of Messrs. Turner and Hainsman,
solicitors in the Court of Review, for assaulting him. The
complainant stated that on the 13th instant he had occasion
to meet the defendant at the dice of the Registrar of the Court
of Review, in Chancery-lane, respecting the minutes of a case
in which he was concerned. A discussion arose out of an
order of the Court ; the defendant at first applied the terms
"knave and fool" to the complainant, and afterwards struck
and kicked him with much violence. The magistrate in- .
fiicted a penalty of 51., and ordered the defendant to find bail
to keep the peace for six months.
At Marylebone, Henry Wellby. proprietor and driver of
an omnibus running from Paddington to the Bank, was
summoned before Mr. Long, by Charles Hoppey, Esq., soli-
citor, for unlawfully driving to the danger of passengers.
The evidence Went to show that on the 18th ult. com-
plainant and another gentleman named Needham, a special
pleader in the Temple, were on the outside of an omnibus
' belonging to the London Conveyance Company, and that in
Oxford-street the defendant crossed the vehicle upon which
they were riding, thereby causing a collision which threw
both the gentlemen into the road. Mr Hoppey was Ter,
severely injured. Defendant was ordered to pay five gui-
neas, the expense* attendant upon surgical assistance for Mr.
Hoppey, in addition to 255, for damage to wearing apparel,
and ss.—a nominal fine for the offence for which he was
summoned.
At Clerkenwell, Caroline King, who was remanded from
Monday last, on a charge of having assaulted and wounded
George King, her husband, of No. 5, Little Warner-street,
Clerkenwell, was again placed at-the bar for final examina-
tion, when her husband attended in a weakly condition. The
husband said he did not wish to press the charge. The pri-
soner on being discharged clung to her husband, begged his
forgiveness, and they went away arm in arm in tears, and ap-
parently on affectionate terms.
Edward George Barrington, a native of Bristol, was brought
before Mr. Ballantine, at the Thames police-court, on a charge
of stealing two 101. Bank of England notes, a 5/. note, and
351. in gold and silver, from the Volunteer public-house, in
Mill-place, Limehouse, the property of Mrs. Ann Blakey, a
widow, and committed for trial.
COURT—WASEIOZTABLM.
Lady Sohn Russell's assembly, on Wednesday evening, in
Chesham-place, was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland
and the Ladies Leveson Gower, the Duke and Duchess of
Bedford, the Earl and Countess of Morley, Mr. Aysford and
• Lady Caroline Sanford, Lady Theresa Lister and the Hon.
Mrs. George Lister, the Earl of Miuto, LoalGlenelg, the Earl
of Auckland and the Hon. Misses Emily and Fanny Eden,
the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Mr. Charles and Lady
Georgians homily, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Labouchere.
The Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst received the
Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Duchess of Beaufort and
Lady
Auaustabis ENcellencv. the aid sector ann. countess debt. Anlaire, V iscount and Viscountess
Villiers, Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Forester, Lord Lovaine, Sir
Wm. M. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stanley, Mr. Tomline,
Rev. Sydney Smith, and a select party at dinner on Thurs-
day, at the Noble and Learned Lord's house, in George-street,
Hanover-square. Lady Lyndhurst had a soiree afterwards.
The Hon. Colonel Douglas Gordon.,Per.nant, M.P., gave a
dinner at Ingestre House, Belgrave-square, on Wednesday
evening, to Lord Saltoun and a select party.
Sir George Palmer, Bart., and family, the Countess of Mel-
ton, Captain Mainwaring, the Count -uva, &c. left London
on Sunday.last, by the steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson
Miss Burdett Coutts, Captain Bristowe, Captain Cotton,
Colonel Hall and family, and the Rev. Mr. Porcher, were
among the passengers that embarked on Thursday at the
Brunswick Pier, Blackwell, on board the General Steam
Navigation Company's Aeam-ship, Wilberforce, for Antwerp.
Lord and Lady Northesk have arrived at Brown's Hotel in
Dover-street.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Gloucester,
visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon at Buckingham

Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked out yesterday
morning in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palimo.
HiS Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and
encouraging the Fine Arts in the re.buildiug tpe Palace
of Westminster.
The Commissioners assembled shortly before three
o'clock in the afternoon at Gwydyr House. The Prince
arrived, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting.
The Commissioners present were the Duke of Suther-
land, the Marquis. of Lansdowne, the Earl of Linc.:An,
Lord John Russell, Lord Colborne, Sir 'Robert-Haul
Inglis, Mr. H. Golly Knight, M.P., Mr. Benjamin
Hawes, M.P., Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. George Vivian,
Mr. Thomas Wyse, M.P., Lord Mahon,
,and the Right
Honourable T. B. Macaulay, M.P.
The meeting broke up shortly before five o'clock,
when Prince Albert, attended by Col.inel Wylde, re-

turned to Buckingh.am Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the _Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Ptincess Alice were taken air-
ings yesterday in the Royal Gardens.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes-
terday evening, included the Earl of Liverpool, Mr.
Charles and the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, and Mr. George Ed-

ward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Glow
eester House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge'
visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. In 'the
evening the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Duke
of Devonshire with her company at the ball given by his
Grace, at Devonshire House. •
A deputation from the Committee of Joint-stock
Banks consisting of Mr. Patrick, Mr. Stewart~ MX.*
Mr. Joshua Walker, Mr. Samuel Perceval, Mr. Edward
Smith, Mr. James W. Gilbart, Mr. Daniel Robertson„
Mr. John Amery, Mr. George Webb, and Mr. Charles
Geach, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterdaY
at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Health of Towns Commission had a meeting on
Thursday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, The Com-
missioners present were, the Duke of Buccleuch, the
Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Robert A. Slaney, Sir Henri
Thomas de la Beche, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Dr. D. Boswell
Reid, Mr. William T. Denison, Mr. J. Ranald Martin,
and Mr. James Smith, of Deanston.
A deputation on the subject of vinegar, consisting of
Sir Thomas Wilde, M.P., Mr. C. Pott (Louden), /A
W. Pott (London), Mr. Edward Evens (Worcester), tie,.
Mr. Joseph Underwood (Norwich), had an intervief
with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at tits
office of the Board of Trade.
The Commission of Metropolitan Improvements had 6
meeting on Wednesday at the office in Whitehall-place.
The Commissioners present were the Earl of Lincoln,
Lord Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C
Harries, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. H. J.
Hope, Mr. IL Gaily Knight, Alderman Humphery, Mr.
A. Milne, Hon. Charles Gore, Sir Robert Srairke„ and
Mr. Charles Barry.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England bad
meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office, in Whiteht#:
place. There were present the Bishop of Rochester, We
Bishop of Salisbury, the Earl of Besborough, and the
Right Hon. H. Hobhouse.
The Governor of the Bank of England, and -tbs
Deputy-Governor, had an interview with Sir Roberi
Peel yesterday.
Lord Stanley arrived in town yesterday afternoolit
from Lancashire.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
and Mr. Highani, Secretary and Comptroller-General to,
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Nat•one,
Debt, had interviews with the Chancellor of the ..EN-
chequer, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing'
street.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 01
yesterday.
Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard on Stephens °
petition (New South Wales).
Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Queen's Counsel, was heard Ott.
" Panton v. Williams," from the Prerogative Court oE
Canterbury. The motion was granted.
Dr. Addams was heard for a protest (on the part of
the respondent) against an appeal, " Handley and Jones
v. Edwards," from the Prerogative Court of Canterburi'
The Queen's Advocate, and Mr. Erie, Queen's Counsel,
were heard for the appellant. Dr. Addams replied.
Lord Brougham gave judgment on the part of thei.!,
Lordships, for the first protest and against the apPeT
(relating to the rejection of evidence in the Court below'
dismissing this appeal with costs.
As to the second protest. • It was necessary for 01
applicant to amend his appeal, and this being a matter
of favour, must be upon terms ; their Lordships, there;
'
fore, directed that payment should be made- by th
appellant of the costs of the appeal up to the present tires.
The Court then rose.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
Loxport, MAY 17.—Wind, strong northerly breeze, withtai*
DEAL. MAY 16.—Wind E., light.—Sld. Mona, LSUIICeStOR i
Annandale, west coast of Africa; Blessing, Quebec. • ,„rt
DARTMOUTH, MAY 16.—Arrd. Sir Hans, Odessa, for p7:l
men, cargo heated. Sid. George, Sutton, Plymouth and
Labrador.
OFT PLYMOUTH, MAY 16.—Camilla, Havannah, for Stettin;
William Harris, Hamburgh, for St. John's, New Brunawiek;
Manchester, Antwerp, for New York.
OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 15.—Adelia, New York, for Bremen;
' -nut. Sierra Leone, and sailed for Portsmouth ; Mary SO"-
' dart, AP.Neal, Calcutta.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 16.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd"
Oscar, Steed, Benin (May 17); Alice, Barbadoes ; Bolt
o 0
Abbey, Savannah. Off, Nimrod, Ambassador, Jerelnisti
Garrett, and Aberdeen. Sid. George Araastrong, Cakutts
Lady Flora Hastings and Phalanx, Mauritius ; Lord Paltneer
ston, Columbia River; Bella Portena, Buenos Ayres; Flpat
Fish, Rio Village Girl, Santa Martha ; Themia, New Torl6.
John Nunn, Quebec; Safeguard, Montreal; Othello, 1011.
duras.
OFF CORK, MAY 14.—Blake, Fraser, lohoboe.
DEAL, MAY 16.—Arrd. Medora, Havannah, for Hamby,
FRESERBURGH, MAY 13 —The Eliza, of Kirkcudbright,
coming through the Pentland Frith, got in the rocks an
became leaky, crew (except one man) drowned.
NEWPORT, MAY 15.—Sld. Alice Haviland, PhiladelphiAL
BRISTOL, MAY 16.—Arrd. Feliza, Pike, Trinidad.
Zoe, Cape of Good Hope ; Indian, Montreal. 1
WEXFORD, MAY 15.—The Roscius, Collins, from Livirlf
•
to New York, got on Arklow Bank, but was ass's'.. 0

yesterday, and Proceeded.
GREENLAND FISHERY.
PETERHEAD, MAY 15.—The Gleaner, Max
here from the Greenland fishery, left the ice
ult., and reports the following vessels :
Hannibal, Laurie April 29, with 9,000-1"'
Jean, Robertson
Mary, Mackie " 28, with 800 olio'
Resolution, Hogg " 27, " 1,700
Union, Ageston
Jane, Brown
Jan Auguston
Weiser
Elspel
The sealing commenced on t:he 222250098th::
on the 23d ult., and was made in lat. 73 30 to 74 30. -1.00
with
ult. and77s ;213006000t
term' n318:11:41P11
weather was favourable throughout. The peso
sailed on the 27th ult. for Davis' Straits.
THE CHATHAM—PROCEEDS OF SAL.
The following has been forwarded to Lloyd's
"Foreign-office, May 16, 18: s
" Gentlemen,—With reference to my letter or 7 1
15th ult., stating the instructions which her
Government were about to send to her MajestYs
,nister at Lisbon respecting the cargo of the Chatlasinr:o
am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to actiorsilArilorti
that his Lordship has received a dispatch from .gin,
Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister at 11'5 is•
stating that the Portuguese Minister of Finance batiss
sued a ' portarim,' ordering the proceeds of the new-0
saved from the wreck of the Chatham, amountilo
1,965/. 12s. 6d. (equal to 850,000 rupees) to be re,.
_lll,doo,
in a bill to the Portuguese Financial Agency in IN, ss
in order to be deposited in the hands of such persouncy,
Messrs. Simpson and Cobb, the solicitors of the agot
o
may point out as a proper and legal trustee, to o, their
sum until the parties interested shall have prvea
right to receive it. " I am, Gentlemen,
" Your most obedient humble servant' 1.
(Signed) "H. M. ADDINGTv'
" To Messrs. Melhuish; Gray and Co."

01
VEBt4SL9 SPOKEN WlTH.—Margaretta, from Cad-ea
in
inst., lat. 44, lon. 11, by the Pearl, Pittuck, arr," 10,
the river, Delhi Liverpool to Bombay lat. 48, d,
by the Rhoda, Hills, arrived in the Dow' ns. the
Liverpool to Algoa 3ay, March 30, lat. 6, lon. 20, bl
Oscar, Stead, arrived at Liverpool. Clyde, to
Liverpool, 15th ult., lat. 26, lon. 80. Ann, .A.l0b
0"-tbe
St. John's, New Bunswick, lat. 39, ion. 47, ,unto
Daphne, M`Millan, arrived off Salcombe. Incleponu.vsek.
of Newcastle, bound to St. John's, New 1011111,,„h. lel th
15th ult., lat. 42, lon. 50, by the Emerald, 16'6- -.to
arrived off Falmouth. Perseverance, Borclealei,
Buctush, lat. 46, lon. 15, by the Windswortb,
5
arrived at Dublin. Woodbridge, brig, m TO'
gow, March 17, lat. '5 N., lon. 20 W. ; a barcliftl,-'
1642, first distinguishing pendant, 22d ult.
30 ; Rariton, of New York, 30th, lat. 46, lon ; WO'
Newport, to Bermuda, 2d inst., lat. 46, Jon. lu
kinson, Troon to Algiers, 1 lib, lat. 49, lon. 10; 4-1, oci
..of Greenock, 12th, lat. 47, lon. 9 ; Hever, (opt,
from Hambrugh, 15th, lat. 49, lon. 6, by the
Vandervoost, arrived off Falmouth. "", "-„. 311
Singapore, to Liverpool, 24th ult., lat. 42, 14)-0,491
by the Sanspareil, arrived at Leith. .111i.d.;
Liverpool to New Orleans, 19th ult., off Cape ~t.
Ark, Johnston; Matanzas to Cowes, 23d ult.,
lon. 66; Portland, London to St. John's, New 131113°7;W St•
with loss of fore top mast, 12th ult., lat. 49, ion, it , lot'
24th 02' 15G
Mark, Williams, New York to Liverpool,
40, lon. 70 ; Minerva, Liverpool to Luna, Jan'
33 S., lon. 48 W.

at HGeerneßvoayaolnlgilniday, and oukch:pss of lieet 06'14
lEcu de Geneve, t the
Hotel de ' , where apartments
thism. dockyard,Pwri
prepared for her. of
1 main-deck, and
MIRACULOUS
the shi • her abeuelsea' ~,,e0
ESCAPE.—A few days since, 0116e0, i 0
shipwrights engaged in repairing the Soper!), the
bt :rotII:
dweasclkeinndgedforf,aroamrdthfeell qthusroruteghtbelt
,tardy
which he did not perceive, having been 012 „a
arily blinded by the sun, in the glare of which Le a of
just before been working. In his fall into the ~,010
the vessel, a depth of between 40 and SO feet, he et''` 5
, h via
contact with a piece of half-inch deal, wilic- ling
shivered into 20 pieces, and after turning an- ains
d tutu° t
over several times, he fell with considerable force ail
the bottom of the vessel. His fellow-workmea Pidter
him up to all appearance dead—but in a moment fici.
they were astonished, as well as relieved, by their!, the
fication of the lucky fellow, Clapping hiss ban° C- ibie
et athot
part, lie exclaimed," Well, •I have hit myelf a'
from this tremendous
out ma
crack on the head" On examination it turr.d
beyond a contusion of the thigh, no injury wht'te!f'erftir
been sustained as a •
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