The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-09 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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The following is the account given in the PariS Periner
of the last affair at Otuheite " The natives assembLe,
about twelve miles from the town occupied by our trOPID3,
constructed redoubts mounted them with seven calron:
and manned them with the bravest of the P41'130
i.ke,
Five hundred French landed, and attacked the 110.
which for three long hours resiAed the most deteral
assaults. At last four sailors, exasperated by the faller,
about 50 of their niessmates, two officers, and two elei,;;
rushed on sword in hand with irresistible fury. liglo,
gained possession of the redoubts, they found the dead
od
dies of 270 natives, and two English deserters
joined then,. The natives, disheartened by a de"' 52
complete, dispersed in all directions. Our loss has been
men put hors de combat and 25 kilted. The two office'.
died en the ground." /6 AD
A letter from Algiers of the 30th ult. says of
ex:ensive fire, which is attributed to the malevoleaclo
the tribe of the Mont Sayah, took place on the 191°o
Bugia. In a short time it destroyed the Clausei !toje
Doris. bloekli‘ uses with all their contents. F°Vittiiiiii
it was feared that the town would be destroyed, butt„
was prevented by the active exertions of the garriscnld,
Lieutenant. Besson. who commanded the Grotto
' which was last on the coast of Africa, has Brit
Toulon, to take his trial before a naval court-morn/0
Sunday was the birthday of King Louis FhiliPPe' r
Majesty was born on the 6th October, 1773, and cc°
quently has accomplished his 71st year.
M. de Larnartine is at present at Naples. It 'so,jefa
that before returning home he will re-visit .Aleas
and Cairo. Pod
During the last month there were consumed in op,
5,759 oxen, 1,577 cows, 5,861 calves. and 34,707 staleh
being a diminution of 222 oxen, 149 cows, 1,143 cpd•
and 3,356 sheep, on the consumption of the coeresr
ing month of last year. that
A letter from Algiers, of the 30th ult., announces the
Marshall Bugeaud has just nominated an Aghs, to.
frontier, near Morocco, and opposite Ouchda, I°'
mand the natives who are friendly to France. veer'
In 1840 the naval division, under the orders of for
Admiral Leblanc, captured nine vessels on the Plat''dell
violating the blockade. They were all condo° the
lawful prizes by the Commission appointed to try nce,
cases, but an appeal was lodged against the sent
of
The Council of State has just confirmed the deoz"na
',he Commission. ,„ade
On the 28th ult. was opened at Rolle, a can's— 00
to

Vaud, the monument erecitd by the inhabitant-, tot
memory of Laharpe, the savant, who was born 111400
town in 1754. The Governments of the different 040
of Switzerland sent deputations to represent theta tll.
honour to this interesting ceremony.
Recent accounts from Rio announce an attell3o,trgi
tide by Al. de Scantz, Consul•Lieneral and erg
d'Affaires of Sweden at the Brazilian Court, h?"„or
dose of arsenic by which he had hoped to effect biZirr
pose was, it appears, too strong, and did not effectyfe
tended object. Hopes were entertained that 11'00
might be saved. The cause of his desperate act wosed of
to be his dismissal from his post, which he recei/ god
a moment when he had hoped to be confirmed in i,4;04
for keeping up the dignity of which he bad much 'l'd
his fortune.

LAW AND POLICE. 815 °E
At the Middlesex Sessions, a number of aPPe tote
tensed victuallers against convictions of maglswiths
of different police-courts, under the provisions 0„ 47,
Metropolitan Polioe Act, 2d and 3d Victoria, °coil'
sec. 44, were decided. Alter hearing counsel, the coed
man said the bench were of opinion that liceytt
victuallers did nut come within the operation of we
and all the convictions were quashed.
William Barrett, one of the City toll-taker,-„'d, a'
brought in custody before Mr. Alderman CopetlL'
Guildhall, charged with assaulting Thomas E'ciii°
porter, by striking him with the leg of a bedstead.
_toe
assault had been committed in consequence of
ive
dispute about paying toll, tile defendant refusing t7Abibia
change for a shilling. Mr. Alderman Copeland issih";oo
insolent conduct of the toll takers in refusing to givecgacs
was not new. Ile should endeavour to cure the win°, ea,
by sending this case to trial, and orderin th Gil fa
licitur to prosecute. The defendant was ordered ta id
bail.
At Queen-square Sarah Baker, a miserable.lo°;snegf
woman, who appeared to be upwards of seventY 9e7fraia
age, was charged with stealing a halt'-quartern los' reeh
the shop of Mrs. Wallace, a baker,
Chelsea, and committed fur trial. 104'
At the same Court Ann Wallis, a very
No. 5, Can3envst
ge1:48e1" who
ing female, between thirty and fort ears offarge'hor
refused to give her address, was committed
lifting.

coMoVr--rAtisfeatoisisassdri- ,_ lie WO!
Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary SacilYuficitbial:
are expt eted in Upper Grosvenor. street, from -',,-,,, A via"
Park, Sussex, on their way to Windsor Castle'; galitig
to her Majesty, where Earl Delawarr has bee -
since Monday. d famili sr"
Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby gni
tend yisitiog
stay ing at Grimsthorpe Castle. and do not -11
their
Lord Pelt seat in Carnarvonshire this year. the Ist init"l
er ston arrived at Berlin on
from Dresden. ootdt
A I
081) ei
nrm 1-lare I ne
rhealth.
arrived at Grove's ..---
aiasbt
Saturday•Ystrl: street, in
tsiitnnCgonheasl excellent
Cavendish,
and Mr. C. W. Cavendish, left Burlington-wader:lSL!
Dover. Colonel Cavendish returned to town the nest"- '

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Commissionersee
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held on I uesday, at the county town, Greenlavv. ~a
Earl of r reetsheocfoutnhte Peace, and
Any
Lauderdale occupied the chair,andafter o°-
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ordinary bu,i • , ness was transact; d, the question use°
currency was brought forward by Sir Hugh F• "*.nali
Campbell, M.P., and resolutions d strt)—itt
wereasse .
deprecating any alteration in the systemf banka
o
Scotland. heg
The barometer within the last twenty-four hours
uo'
fallent 7-10th: of an inch, and the sky has a yell do
settled appearance, the wind blowing fresh trots
aouth-east. OP
It appears that the number of matrimonial suits n 45
el°
tuted in the metropolitan diocesan courts from 1840 t A 1.6.
was—in England, 160 ;in Wales, 2 ; and in Irelto,-,1104
In Scotland, during the same period, the number 01:0,4
brought before the Court of Session, which aloe r.
jurisdiction in marital matters, was 169. This 1/fily's.
tion is remarkable, and may arise from the I.llL'oef•
which the public in Scotland have for obtaining &v., Ce
An English medical gentleman, long resident tr'iliog
lais, was assassinated at two o'clock on Sunday %wee°
by a French ceminissaire. They were at Mr. v,_e ins
hotel until twelve o'clock on Saturday night, left to_ oy
together, and it is supposed they quarrelled on thel,f,„tai
home. The horrible db,ed took place on the il'-
Place. The commissaire is a: rested. sore
.13 The property of the late Mr, sckford has been w the
to as under 80,0001. The will has been proved 11 bitet
Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon and R. S. thAa
Esq., solicitor to deceased. He gives his daug";-,r, atil'
Duchess of Hamilton, the bulk of his pliVerve
leaves his executor, Mr. White, 500/.
The repeal rent last week amounted to 616/. ,

'el ePee
Lady Colville has been confined at the rest ,
the Noble Lord, near Portobello, of a son and 0011
the great. grief of her Lad) ship, the infant elin"hoetif
survived a few minutes. 'I he Noble Lord wills -4 re'
visit his estates of Cleish and Ochiltree, where gre:oe
joicings would have taken place but for the sad ell' t„..
BE MARRIED OR BE FINED.—On Saturday 190009
girl applied to the magistrates at the grand Poi-
Courts, Carlisle, for an order of maintenance for tnoisa
gitimate child. Magistrate—Did its father ever rostfi
to marry you ? Applicant—Yes, Sir; many str,u,
a time, du assure you. Magistrate (to the iLu'lleabe.)
Weil, Sir, what have you to say to this, eb? The
—lVh), Sir, I ?Jobbat made her a half profuse' ",eilf
Magistrate—Oh! ebb' a promise only, eh? Tli,entser:
you marry her ni.w? The father—Yes, I will enrol')
now. Msgiwrate (to the mother of the girl) ---'„? ;bee.
woman, will you cowent to the wedding ? bar
Why, yes, Sir, if he'll promise to make her a good
not
band --But we can't promise that, you know---sbie of
take her chance, " f i
or better fur worse," like to (10
Mother—Very well, Sir, I'se agreeable. Magisirats,
the lather)—Now, Sir, you must pay 18s. fid• eesy,ot
marry the girl. Father—But, ycur worship, I 11.1 097
stiver to pay it. Magistrate—Then marry tt gl bat +,
you will be quits. Father—lt's varra hard,;Sn.',, is
reckon I mun choose t' lesser evil—as t' mantbs:
play, " my poverty, but not my will, consente,",l our"
he consented to buckle up, and the parties left the
Whitehaven Herald. OPe
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VERBS.—A teacile'2,torf.
day endeavouring to make a pupil understand the verb
and application of a passive verb, said—" A passllo se,
8s expressive of the nature of receiving an aelh°o'holt
pet, is beaten. Now what did Peter do ?''
mush,: a moment, with the gravest countenance 1,00,
able,
LOCALTHFi PRNSlONERS.—Uonsiderable st gasp
T,p,:ed—•" `Nell, I don't know, without he sercurpriSe
terly day,
has been exeik'd among the pensioners on the b'oci of:
be. log paid only a month's ins,teho thel
quarter's pension'. For the present it appears 0
-will be paid monthly:
plicing them on active sc.
DUNGENESS, OCT. 6.
rvice.— Carlow Sentinel' yovet
. with the view, if nece!si
floods, of Goole, from Londocl for Jersey. M "110101)6`.
seven o'clock this morning, the
Tn the roads, the,viflow
ham, of Rye, came on board the JaCes, e be
-oat of the Tenser' see°
Still all the beef. The boat was chased near
ly
French coast, but could not be come up tvith• to sit'
SEateus CHARGE.—There is every reafinn ort,l).,ePi
pose that suine of the barristers who go t1113.,11.000';‘,
circuit at, the next assizes, have a very I":Jst-P"a
tie
affair in hand, in the shape of an action •-..be ti,
members of the medical professiou, who WILT fled °ere,
and stol 0 t
within fifty miles of Doncaster, for having big -0(10j
ficate of lunacy against a person, sVi2O, in e°ll sev.e."-sl
thereof has been confined in the York
b
weeks, but after very strict examinatiou Y tP-„01
officers of that Institution,. has been cltson,aerae was
gentlemen giving it as their opinion, that t'" Legal Pcj,
the slightest ground for his confinement. . „,,raelfe
ceedings, we understand, have already been o'
—Halifax Guardian. g P•rtce
A BARBAROUS AGE.—In the year lu. " et -
t 130 er
clamation was issued, that women should finOuld ve
gether to babble and talk, and that all men the
their wives in their houses.—Hunte's Englali",i. "t 9
JEWISH MAGISTRATES.—Mr. B. Lousfw:-'000,„A,
Peak, Devonshire, and one of the Deputy;
10agititrin
for the county, has qualified as a county
Mr. Benjamin Cohen, of Richmond, has Ills° "-e
aCQ
upon the commission of the peace.— Voice of