The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-17 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

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On Thursday evening their Majesties the King anu
Queen of the French received the British Ambassador'
Lord Cowley, the Ministers of Brazil, Bavaria, and Ire-
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land, the Chargé d'Affaires of Spain, Baron de B 9
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queney, the President of the Chamber of Peers, Marsh
Duke de Reggio, Marshal Count Molitor, Count dereS
thuis, Baron Girod (de l'Ain), M. Casimir rider, P.
Vatry, and M. Lavalette.
The Duke d'Aumale, with his young bride, arrived
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the Tuileries on Friday afternoon, and were received
at the foot of the staircase of the Palace in the most at
fectionate manner by the whole of the Royal Farstil,
assembled, including the King and Queen of theNse,
gians. At seven o'clock there was a grand dinner 9'
150 covers, and all the windows of the Tuileries
in a blaze of light. The Prince do Joinville had 1"j0
arrived. The King and Queen are, therefore, 50P,
rounded by the whole of their family, forming pedal:
the most happy domestic circle in France, and /if
believe a model of good order and morality to the rest °
the nation.
A Council of Ministers was held on Thursday at /13.
Tuileries, at which the King presided.
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Some of the journals state that the Paris and •
sailles Company (right bank) have agreed with r1.90i
fessor Wheatstone for the establishment of his system
electrical telegraph on the whole of their line.
'I he Journal des Debuts announces that the 0,15
months' interest on the Spanish Three per Cents. Will v.ee
paid in Paris, by M. Pullet, Will, and (0., from the 17
of January next. et
A complete change of weather has taken place ,
Paris. On Friday night a thaw commenced and Cu.
tinued daring Saturday.
The Minister of Public Worship has addressed S sit;
cular to the French Bishops, stating that, having betel,
applied to by one of their body to know whether, ss r
fete of the Ascension and that of Louis Philippe till, :j
the year 1845, on the same day, they are to be celehra
at :he same time, he had to reply that he saw no reason
why this should not take place, the ceremonies usual °a
the King's fete in no way interfering with the service
cidental to the Ascension. .
A prosecution against M. Mangin, chief editor of ale
National t Ouest of Nantes, founded upon an arts,
entitled "De la Richeese du Clerge Nantes, th‘jet
tried on the 9th before the Court of Assizes inA'ai-
city. The charges were, outrage in turning int° " •
sion the Catholic religion, legally recognised in YrsePse•l
of exciting animosity between different classes °`
ciety, and endeavouring to disturb the public peseelos
exciting the animosity of the citizens against one e r
of society. The jury, however, returned a general re
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diet of not guilty upon all the counts, and M. iSisnr-
was discharged.
The Sud of Marseilles states that on the Bth the"
was the heaviest fall of snow in that city that has bed
recorded fur a hundred years. The snow was marl).
sentinaitres (about 20 inches English) in depth. e
SLAW ATITD
The Commission for the town and county of Nottil;
ham was opened on Saturday before Mr. Justice robin
son. The Grand Jury, at a late hour, ignored the
against Lightfoot and Raven.
At Liverpool, George Evans was convicted Of tbse
murder of Jane Millon, at Hulme, in the boroughdl 0
Manchester, on the 14th of August last, and sentence
death.
Alfred Hawke and Thomas Woolhouse, who hail
out on bail, were charged at York with having, ,be
Sheffield, thrown some explosive substance into lair
dwelling-house of Joseph Almond, with intent to Intirtoe,
or do him some grievous bodily harm. The prosecurel
on being examined, would not swear to the pris°,inebii
' the case was accordingly at once abandoned, ssu,„,e,
Lordship intimated that he should not allow the
cutor's costs.
At Bury St. Edmund's, Mary Shaming, aged 51' ,10
convicted of the wilful murder of John Sheming, 1/1141.
infant child, the natural son of Caroline Sheming•
Learned Judge, in most feeling and impressive 'ep,
gunge, passed upon the wretched culprit the awful
tense of death.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and C,,aoera.
line Leveson Gower were to have arrived at Trent",
Hall, Staffordshire, on Saturday last, from Holkar ilAre
the Earl of Burlington's seat, near Bilnethorpe, the
they have been staying since their departure frog!:
Dowager Lady Blantyre's seat, near Edinburgh. oP
The Duke of Cleveland has left St. James'e-squarveto,
his return to join the Duchess and Lady Augusta
lett at Raby Castle, Durham. to
The Duke of Rutland has left town on his rettl'''re•
Belvoir Castle, where the Noble Deice will shortly
ceire a succession of visitors.
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The Duke of Dev "
onshire entertained a party at -
on Friday List, at Devonshire House.
The marquis and Marchioness of Normanbi retsirriirie
to the Clarendon Hotel, on Saturday, from a visit to
count Melbourne, at Brocket Hall.
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The Marquis of Anglesey on Friday left Vs,- GO.
House for Beaudesert, Staffordshire, the Noble sn"s the
lent Marquis having come to town solely to Atte"
chapter of the order of the Garter. o 0
prl and Countess De Grey left St. James's-6(1°40f
Saturday last for Wrest Park, Beds. Earl and Cen'aeri
Cowper, Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, and a select P'
go to Wrest Park to pass the approaching Christrfori
The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, Lord td'
Thynne, Viscount Dungarvan, Sir G. and Lady '"°ed
ton, Lady Johnstone, Hon. Mr. Boyle, and Colonel -
Mrs. Daly, are amongst the latest arrivals at Bath'
Earl Cadegen left Piccadilly on Saturday for Les°ooll
ton Spa, from whence the Earl goes to Btaudesertr
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visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of AngleseY.
Countess and Ladies Cadogan remain in town. , of
The Earl of Powis has returned to Powis Castle' boo
Welshpool, to join the Countess and family, vrb°
arrived there from Wynnstay, Sir W. W. Wynn 's 5."
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At the meeting of the Agricultural Protection S°°
held on saturday, at their rcoms, Hanover-equsrn fit°
Hudson read the report, from which it appeared tbdie
large amount of arrears in subscriptions had bee°, vO
charged during the last half year, and steps had jot
taken for thcilitating future collections. Since 010
half yearly meeting, upwards of 300 members had !Ifs
elected, and the society now consisted of 9' 410,
governors, 208 annual governors, 6,037 menlihe"'sets'
life members, and 15 honorary members, making s eevl
of 6,827 members on the list of the society at the Pre
time. 10°1
The Commissioners of Woods and Forests are AI!
to proceed with the erection, in New Palace-}'srthe
temporary Committee-rooms for the Members e'r,batr
House of Commons, and of courts for the uilf
cellors. They will be erected in immediate cont 4
with Westminster Hall.
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There are in France, says one of the journals, 3,-.fleof
tors, 2,9oo:actresses, andl6,ooo individuals attache
way or other to the theatres, making a total of eel!,
persons living uport the budget of Thalia and
merle, which is estirnattd at 30,000,000 f. locli'
On Saturday evening, the 7th inst., about 7 °wee
as Mr. Thomas M'Kim, of Grangemore, barony of "1.110,
ragh, and county of Sligo, was returning home fron 50101
on horseback, two shots were fired at him on 'bed the
coach road, about midway between Ballysodare sn
chapel of Currowna ; the first ball hit him on the,:ipii
side of the head at the back of his ear, knocked orioti
hat, and cut the skin to the bone; the second ball 10
him on the right eyebrow.
On Saturday night W

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...turday night the . est•ent
Nightly Relief of the Houseless Poor, which is filleutifocc
in Market-street, Edgeware-road, was, for the first
opened for the reception of inmates, and which cli,froif4
of affording accommodation for about 200 men, Ir-
and children, who hare their separate wards. ,„re
The Rev. Dr. M'Caul, Rector of St.
Bishopgate, and Professor of Hebrew in King's Cof
London, having been appointed a prebendary the
Paul's, read himself in on Sunday, at the close
afternoon service.

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IMPROPRIETY or LI?IING WIILL3 WITH ----1100.;
—Two or three pieces of common brick were steer ;" sfri
days in a basinful of distilled water ; the wat.t6'oicit:
then decanted off and examined by various cuei's,
tests. It was immiscible with soap, struck
green with syrup of violets, was rendered slight,.'Y the
tesceat by the volatile alkali, and quite milk): 01.'110,
fixed alkali and a solution of saccharine saturni.
experiment affords a striking proof of the improrderia
lining wells with bricks, which cannot fail of ren
the water hard and unwholesome.—The Builder. t.boilf'
There has just been discovered in the neig"
hood of Bonn the skeleton of a monstrous crocodile'ool(
fering in its conformation from all the speciesoiti;
known. These animals differ from each other ace°
to the countries which they inhabit. Those of theo c,j
bear no great resemblance to either the cair 6 roayd
America or the animals seen in the Ganges. ho
seem that in the antideluvian ages the Rhine 01
its peculiar species.
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ARRIVAL OP GIBRALTAR MAILS.--SOUTH—Spve
DEC. 15.—The Oriental Company's steatn•ehiP .;) tbct
arrived this morning, at half-past ten o'clock,,i,
docks, from Gibraltar, and landed the Peninsq'of,
Mediterranean mails, which will be forwarded to Pore!
by the mail train to-morrow morning. Her dote°1001?
Gibraltar, 7th instant ; Cadiz, Bth ; Lisbon,efet,
Oporto and Vigo, 11th. The niche has eight P'ls,:of tb
and a small cargo of fruit. The Braganza, °n-•ne
Oriental steam-ships, arrived at the new quaranoil sfti
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tion early this morning, from Constantinople, wit ot.„
cargo of silk. Si,e left Gibraltar on the 7th infign Pl';
SINGULAR DISCOVERY IN TILE TOWER•
turday forenoon the men employed for souse %user,
removing the remains of those interred in the Tor,
ground on the north side of the parade, in there net
preparatory to the erection of new barracks,wetro coljl
little surprised, whilst pursuing their operations, „ref)
upon a coffin, the contents of which consisted enP 0;010
f
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saw dust, not a particle of human bone being b°
The outside coffin, which was made of wood t f 0,6
brass handles, contained a leaden one, in which Cowo
shell filled with saw dust, and nothing else. Theocer:
had been in the ground 61 years, the date beifhi, es Pe
tamed from the plate on the exterior coffin. 1;„ ie
teriorts discovery has occasioned much gots'''die,
Tower, and numerous arc the surmises as to 111,e vol.,
of the body, which to a certainty
terred, and consequently the funeral, as „
burial service, must have been a solemn mockerPsell`
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ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW-CLEANING. of
ce icier
day afternoon a young woman, in the servin _
Chivcrs, Church-street, hackney, while tie,, ato
oad
cleaning the landing-window, suddenly t
grounal. On being picked up bee' right art;ared.
never Well 0 tp
broke_4 in two places and her body severelY "