The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-04 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

Vitbitc Optnion.

" Who runs may read."

POTLEIGN.
The Overland Mail has arrived, with intelligence from India
to the Ist, and China to the end of October. It is, in general,
very favourable,
The Queen of Spain by, and with the advice of the Cama-
rilla and Queen:Christina' has, without ceremony, put a speedy
end to the labours of the Cortes. By the same advice she will
probably follow the course of Charles 1., and try to do without
Parliament. At Madrid, on the 26th, the Three per Cents.
were done at 25 5-16 at 60 days, and 25+4 for cash ; and the
Five per Cents. at 208 cash, and 19 at 60 days.
On the occasion of the New Year, the following were the
presentations at the Tuileries :—At eleven in the morning, the
aides-de-camp and orderly officers of the King and Princes ;
at half-past eleven, the Ministers and Marshals of France ;at
twelve, the grand deputations from the Chambers of Peers and
Deputies ; deputations from the Courts of Law and Accounts;
the Royal Council of Public Instruction; the Institute; the
Prefect of the Seine ; the Prefect of Police ; the Magistrates
and Municipal Council of Paris ; the Consistories of the Re-
formed Church of the Confession of Augsburg, and the Israe-
lites ; the Prefect of the Seine-et-Oise ; the Mayors of de-
partments; Generals, and other superior officers not forming
part of the garrison; at half-past two o'clock, the Officers of
the National Guards of Paris and the banlieue, Versailles, and
other communes of the Seine-et-Oise ; the Staff of the In-
valides ; the Staffs of the first division, and of Paris and of
Versailles; at four o'clock, the Ambassadors and foreign resi-
dent Ministers.
The Journal de Toulouse states that it is proposed to esta-
blish a railroad between that city and Bordeaux. It is said
that an Anglo-French company has been formed, the Director
of which had arrived in Toulouse, and had been most favour-
ably received by the moneyed men of the place.
The Toulouse journals of Saturday remark that that town
had been for eighteen days in a continued fog, while Marseilles
and its environs had enjoyed an equal duration of fine clear
weather.
The Champagne wine merchants met at the Hotel de Ville
of Rheims, on the 27th, to adopt measures for preventing the
imitation of Champagne, which every year is increasing. It
was decided-1. That a committee should be formed, to watch
over the interests of the wine merchants. 2. That this com-
mittee should enter into communication with other commit-
tees ; and, 3, that a subscription should be raised to defray
the expenses.
At ten o'clock in the evening of the 21st ult. a somewhat
violent shock of earthquake was felt at Giromagny and the en-
virons, in the Haut Rhin. Its duration was about two seconds,
and it was preceded by an electric light, which overcame all the
lamps and candles.
A few days ago a patient in the insane ward of the hospital
at Niort broke off the branch of a tree, and killed with it three
other insane patients. He was about to destroy a fourth, when
he was overpowered by the keepers.
The following melancholy intelligence from the Russian
frontier appears in the Frankfort Gazette:—.6 The ukase, or-
dering the removal of the Jews from the frontier districts into
the interior, is at this moment being carried into effect.
Nearly one hundred thousand persons are affected by this mea-
sure. They receive passports which indicate their place of re-
sidence, and they are expected to have all their property sold
off within a few days after."
The Berlin Gazette states that an order has been issued by
the Court of Russia, forbidding the public functionaries of
the Russian provinces of the Baltic to wear either beard or
mustachoes.

LAW AND POLICE.
Several omnibus drivers were fined at the Mansion-House,
for loitering with their vehicles in the city.
The young man who on the previous day was charged with
attempting to drown himself at Blackfriars-bridge, was again
brought up at the Guildhall, but still refused to give his name.
The sitting Alderman stated that he was informed it was
Joseph Bowes, and that he was one of the six prisoners who
have escaped from Nottingham Gaol.
A young man, respectably dressed, who gave his name as
George Smith, was charged at Bow-street, with stealing a
cigar-case containing eight compartments, with lids, and a
great quantity of cigars, from the counter of Mrs. Anna Maria
Lyons, No.:.', Wellington-street, Strand. He was committed
for trial.
Joseph Bamford, a young man, was charged at Queen-
square, with having employed two children of very tender years
to utter a counterfeit half-crown. The evidence was conclusive
and he was committed.
Wm. Cowley, driver of a Brompton omnibus, was charged
at Marlborough-street with racing with another omnibus,
whereby a passenger, named Richardson, was thrown down
and sevely injured. The defendent pleaded that he acted under
the orders of his master, who was conductor at the time, and
had he not obeyed he would have been discharged, This was
not allowed as an excuse for breaking the law, and he was fined
31., ordered to pay Mr. Richardson's doctor's bill (1/. I Is. 6d.),
all the expenses of the summons, and to have his licence sus-
pended for 21 dayss
George Orso, driver of Fox's Kentish-town omnibus, was
charged at Marylebone with having caused the death of Lucy
Elizabeth Baker, a child about ten years of age. He produced
evidence to prove that he was driving at a moderate rate at the
time, and was admitted to bail.
COURT—FASHIONABLE.

The Duke of Bordeaux is expected to arrive at the Redford
Hotel, Brighton, on the 6th from Portsmouth, where apart-
ments have been engaged for some days for his Royal Highness
and a numerous suite.
The Duke of Richmond, Earl of March, and a select party,
will be entertained by Colonel Wyndham to-day, at Petworth
House. . . . .

The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol shortly leave town
for Brighton, and purpose residing there for at least three

month;,

The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have for the last
fortnight received a constant succession of visitors at Barons
Court, Tyrone, Ireland. We understand the Marquis and
Marchioness may be expected at the Priory, Stanmore, at the
close of the ensuing week.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. H. T.
Liddell, M.P., and family, Sir Hedworth Williamson and
family, and a numerous circle, are assembled at Ravensworth
Castle, on visits to Lord and Lady Ravensworth. The Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Normanby were to leave there for
Mulgrave Hall, Yorkshire, this week.
Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick are on a visit to Lord
Brougham, at his villa, near Nice, at which place the Gallant
Colonel and his family will spend the winter.
The Earl of Chichester has been labouring under indisposi-
tion arising from a severe cold, and was, in consequence, unable
to preside at the sessions at Lewes on Monday last.
'fhe Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Earl and Countess of
Craven, Lord Folkestone, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Lushington,
Colonel arid Mrs. B. Drummond, Sce., are now on a visit to the
Earl and Countess of Verulam, at Gorhambury, Herts.
The Earl of Devon is shortly expected to return to Powder-
ham Castle, Devon. The Noble and Learned Earl will not be
of next month.
in town before the 2d
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, who are still sojourn-
ieg in town, had a dinner party on Monday last, which was at-
tended by the Earl and Countess of, Tankerville, Mr. and Mrs..
d'Horsav, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Charles Gore, &c.
Viscount DUIICaDIIOII and the Hon. Misses Ponsonby, were
expected to arrive on Tuesday last, at Bowood, the seat of the
Marquis of Lansdowne, from his Lordship's brother's (Lord de
Maulay) seat, Canford House. in Dorsetshire.
ant:teetrenroionntha VIISCELMAIVEOI7.s.
The weather has again suddenly changed. On Wednesday
ethcao%uvrsceamofetle orn .which still continues, the thermi;.•
night being about 16 degrees higher
than it was on the previous night. During the last twenty-
four hours the temperature has been most remarkable, as will
be seen from the weather table. The greatest cold during the
night, 35 degrees, was one degree above the highest tempera-
ture of the previous day, and the temperature at noon was
13 degrees higher than at the same lisur on Wednesday. Such
sudden changes must have injurious effects on the public health.
Brighton is expected to be very gay during the sojourn of
the Duke of Bordeaux at that place. A series of three sub-
scription balls, patronised by the Duke and Duchess of Somer-
set, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, and all the leading nobility
and gentry in Brighton, will take place here this month. Mi..
and Mrs. Kean appear in Hamlet, at the theatre, on Friday
evening.
It is generally believed, in quarters likely to be well in-
formed, although the appointment has not yet actually takenplace,
place, that Sir Jahleel will succeed the late Sir Eel-
ward Brace as Commander-in-Chief at the Nore.
The Queen Dowager has contributed a donation of 251. to tire
fund for defraying the necessary expenses of the erection of the
new district church at Bewdley.
During the last fortnight quarter-hour trains have been run-
ning daily, Sundays excepted, on the. Atmospheric, Kingstown
and Dublin Railway, from eleven in the morning to four in the
afternoon, and not the slightest delay or accident has occurred..
Passengers are carried free of expense, as the line is not open to
general traffic, the negotiations between the Company and the
Lords of the Treasury being still pending.
A meeting of the Liberal electors of Tipperary county is call erl
for Thursday, the 4th inst., at Clonme!, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the course most proper to be adopted to supply
the recent vacancy in their representation.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Tuesday forenoon Mr.
W. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Wal-
nut-tree, Lambeth-walk, on view of the body of Mrs.
Mary Anderson, a widow lady, lately residing at No. 2t),
Iticlimotid-street, Walnut-tree-walk, who died suddenly in
laiewrokb;blyona 'ltol:ivarskdnaoyeklirig
last. Mary Rivers deposed that bt.-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock on Thursday night she wt:s
in the
and found deceased in bedhe deceased's bedroom. Wit-
ness immediately ran up stairs,
groaning heavily. She almost immediately after becazne
summit-de. Witness called in medical assistance, but the de-
ceased was dead before the surgeon arrived. Has no reason
to believe that the deceased had taken poison. Mr. Al. F.
.Wagstaff, surgeon, of Waleot-place, said he was called
in to see the deceased, and found her quite dead. There
were no marks of violence on the body, and witness could
nut perceive that she had taken any narcotic or poison. He
could not say positively what was the cause of death ; it
probably arose from disease of the heart. Mr. Anderson,
having been sworn, said the deceased was his mother. Wit-
ness believed that she had saved a considerable sum of
money, which she kept in two bags. The deceased had told
witness that in case of her death he was well provided for ; and
she had also frequently lent him sums of money, which he had
repaid to her. The deceased dined with witness on Christmas-
day, and was then in very good health. Witness saw her on
Thursday last, and upon calling at her residence on Friday ho
found that she was dead. On entering her apartments be
found the contents of the drawers, &c., turned upside down.
He discovered two empty bags, which he knew to have been
formerly filled with money, and all the cash he could find in the
room amounted to seven farthings. The witness concluded by
stating that he felt certain his mother's property had been pur-
loined, and hoped the Coroner would, grant him a search-war-
rant to examine the other lodgers' rooms. The Coroner ob-
served that they had met to determine the cause of death. If
Mr. Anderson had any just ground of suspicion. his course
would be to apply to a magistrate. He (the Coroner) would
advise him, however, to rake another search before he did so.
Other witnesses having been examined, the jury without hesi-
tation returned a verdict in accordance with the medical
testimony.
THE LF,AGUtt FUND, BIRMINGHAM.—On Tuesday
evening a preliminary meeting took place at Birmingham, for
the purpose of making arrangements for a great meeting to be
held there in aid of the League Fund. Mr. Scholefield, M.P.,
took the chair. Resolutions pledging the meeting to co-
operate in the great work of aiding the League were passed,
and a Committee of gentleman was appointed to superintend
the necessary arrangements for the ensuing meeting.
SUPPOSED SIIIPWRECK.—There is too much reason
to fear that soma large vessel has foundered at sea within the
last ten days, the fate of which may be for ever wraped up in
mystery. We learn that all along the Covend and kirkbean
shores, part of the wreck and cargo of a vessel have been cast
up by the waves, including a piece of deck, which had evidently
belonged to a vessel of considerable burden. The cargo seems
to have been a general one, a considerable quantity of oranges
and dried Itruit having been thrown ashore; and a cask, con-
taining linen, and marked " Hood and Co., Glasgow," was
found not far from Soutberness.—Dumfries Courier.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(TIIIS IJAY.)
NEW COUR7.
( Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Several cases of petty larceny, of a very ordinary description,
were disposed of during the morning.
Thomas Smith was charged with stealing 701bs of lead, on
the 16th of December, the property of Mr. Gunstore, his
master.--Guilty. To be imprisoned in the House of Correc-
tion for three months.
Thomas Knight, aged 14, and Thomas Smith, aged 12,
were charged with stealing, on the 27th of December, four
handkerchiefs, value 10s., the property of Mr. Henry Mills,
and another.
The case was clearly proved, and the prisoners found Guilt=
The first prisoner had been convicted of a previous offence.
Both of them belonged to a well-known gang of thieves.
The Learned JUDGE said he thought the best thing he could
do for such young incorrigible thieves was to transport them
for seven years, with an understanding that they should be
sent to the Penitentiary.
Mary Davis was charged with stealing a cloak, and found
guilty of the offence, and was sentenced to be imprisoned in
the House of Correction for six calendar months.
James Ashton, a little boy, was charged with stealing a loaf
from a baker's cart, on the let instant.—Not Guilty.