The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-31 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGIAT.

Tl:o King and Queen of the French, accompanied by the
Duke de Nemours and the Prince de Joinviile, paid another
visit, on Monday, to the Exhibition of National Indn§try.
Their Majesties, on this occasion, examined the musical in-
struments and the different articles of furniture, and put
several questions to the exhibitors. They also inspected a
great variety of other articles, and expressed their high ap-
probation of the skill displayed by the makers. The. Royal
party remained at _the exhibition from half-past one till a
quarter past five, and then left for Neuilly, amid the accla-
mations of the crowd, who had assembled ou the outside of
the building.
The funeral of M. Laffitte was fixed for Thursday, not
Wednesday, as stated in some of the papers, and would pro-
bably be attended by nearly all the Members of ths Chamber
of Deputies. He is said to have died very rich, notwith-
standing the great losses he sustained in 1831. He has also,
it is said, left political memoirs, with correspondence, and
secret memoirs extending from 1828 to 1832.
M. Charles Laffitte has been returned for the fourth time to
the Chamber of Deputies, by the electors of Louviers.
The Itioniteur publishes a report to the King from the
Minister of Justice and Public Worship on the necessity of
regulating the mode of establishing Jewish consiStories in
France, the election of their rabbis, &c. It is followed by a
royal ordonnance of great length, fixing the various points
connected with this subject. By this ordonnance a consis-
tory is to be established in each department where the
Jewish population amounts to 2,000, and where this is not
the case the number is to be made up from the adjoining de-
partment or departments. The central consistory is to be in
Paris.

The Staoueli, Captain Dubois, arrived at Havre on Monday
morning, from the Havannali whence she departed on the
14th ult. Captain Dubois confirms the news brought by the
English papers of, the discovery of a conspiracy among the
blacks. A great number of arrests continued to be made at
the Havannah, and several British agents, says the Journal
de Harre, suspected of having encouraged the conspiracy by
their imprudent discourses, if not of having taken an active
part, were involved.
We read in the Journal de Toulouse :—" We learn from
an undoubted source that Father Lopez passed through
Bordeaux, on Monday last, on his way to Madrid,
making known to several personages of consideration at
Bordeaux belonging to 'the Carlist party, that he was com-
Missioned by Don Carlos to declare his readiness to abdicate
his sovereign rights in favour of his eldest son. This fact
foretels a happy conclusion to the project of marriage between
Queen Isabella and the Prince of the Asturias."

"The King of Saxony," says the France,"has just given
orders to the authorities of his kingdom not to give the title
of Highness to the Dukes of Saxe Coburg Gotha and An-
halt. Similar directions have been given by the King of
Prussia to the authorities of his kingdom, who might have
any intercourse with the principalities in question."
On the occasion of the opening of the railway between
Hanover and Brunswick, about a fortnight since, the King of
Hanover gave a grand dinner at his Palace, to which no fewer
than 700 guests were invited.

LAW AND POLICE.
On -Wednesday a special sessions for the Edgware division
of the county of Middlesex took placa at the Chandos Arms
Inn, Edgware, before Major Abbs, Chairman, and Messrs.
Phillimore, B. Rotch, Burchell, R. Shuter, Hooper, and
Carter, Magistrates, acting in and for that division of the
county, for the purpose of hearing and determining two in-
formations laid at the instance of Mr. William Foster Smith,
a resident of Hendon, and a freeholder of the county, against
the Rev: Theodore 'Williams, Vicar of Hendon, and a county
magistrate, under the Police Act (2d and 3d Victoria, cap.
47, sec. 54). The informations were read by Mr. Tootell, the
clerk, which 'ent to show that the rev. defendant had on
certain occasions used threatening, abusive, and insulting
words to the complainant on the Queen's highway, with in-
tent to provoke a breach of the peace._ After evidence had
been heard Major Abbs addressed the rev. defendant, and
said, "the majority of the Magistrates being satisfied that the
case is proved against you, they fine you in the penalty of
435., with costs."

At the Thames police-court, Richd. Bragger, John Horsted,
Alexander Nicholson, Mary Ann Ash, Rosetta Bragger, and
George Bragger, were again brought before Mr. Ballantine,
charged with the wilful murder of Luke Williams, late pro-
prietor of the Chequers public-house, in Wapping-wall, and
robbing him of 301., in the dwelling-house of the prisoner
Nicholson, and after an investigation of four hours, were re-
manded till Wednegday.
At Marlborough-street Mr. William Guillian Slack, a so-
licitor, was charged on the police sheet with having at-
tempted to suffocate three respectable ladies, named Hughes.
It appeared that the ladies were lodgers in the house of a Miss
Dummer, in South Audiey-street, and had received notice to
quit, but having failed to do so the defendant went to the
house and insisted upon their immediate removal. Not suc-
ceeding he went down stairs, and began a great disturbance
in the house. She heard him call for a pair of clogs i►i order
that he might make more clatter in running up and down
stairs. The defendant caused a stove tobe procured, in which
a fire was kindled, and a quantity of sulphur and similar suf.
fiicatingingrelients were placed in a tin pot and put on the
fire on the stove. The stove was then placed at the foot of
the stairs leading to Miss Hughes's apartments, and the re-
sult was, that the house soon became filled with a dense
smoke, and Miss Hughes and her two sisters were nearly
choked by the fumes, which forced their way into the
apartment. Mr. Hardwick ordered the defendant to find
good bail to answer the charge at the sessions, and in addi-
tion to enter into his own recognizanc,es for double the amount
of bail.