The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-09 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN. •
On Tuesday the King and Queen of the French, and the
rest of the Royal family, with the Duchess of Kent, left the
Tuileries for Fontainbleau, where they were to remain until
Thursday evening.
The two Chambers were respectively occupied during Mon;
day with the adjourned discussions on the Education Bill and
the Prison Reform Bill. On the latter, the Marquis de La'
rochejacquelin, in speaking of the new prison of La Force
now in construction in Paris, drew a very melancholy Pin-
ture of the cells destined on the new system for the prisoners-
The Marchioness of Hertford continues seriously indis-
posed at her chateau of Bagatelle, near Paris. Her Ladyship
has been for many years an absentee.
M. Marchand, who was valet-de.•chambrs to Napoleon, hale
by a letter to the Constitutionnel, respecting the sloe
by the executors of Sir Hudson Lowe of various articles de-
scribed as having belonged to the late Emperor. M. Igo'
chaud declares that some of the articles so described were
never in the possession of the Emperor. He mentions Pan'.
cularly the Brequet watch. the portrait, and the garden-
chair, and adds that, although the hair in the medallion ling
be genuine, the ribands connected with it had never been
worn by Napoleon. ,5
One of the journals states that on the day of the Kings
fete the receipts at the toll-house of the Pont des Invalides,
at one sou for each passenger, amounted to 30,000 E If this be
true 600,000 persons must have passed over the bridge-
The marriage of the Archduke Albert of Austria with the
Princess Hildegarde of Bavaria, was celebrated at Munich
on the Ist inst., in the presence of the Royal Family, the
ladies and gentlemen of the Court, the members of the dill;
matic corps, the Hereditary Prince of Modena, and
Princess, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse, Fril,
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and Princess Luitpold, the Duchess of Leuchtenberg, 14"";
Duchess Louisa of Bavaria, and Prince Edward of Sax?
Altenburg and his Princess. The Dowager Empress of Brad'
Duchess of Braganza, was present in the King's pew.
The fact of the Prince de Canino, Charles Napoleon 80n5.;,,
parte (says a letter from Rome), having obtained leave "'"
visit Naples for five days, gave birth to a crowd of conjec"
tures. His only object, however, was to arrange about the
scientific congress, which is to meet next summer at NePlel4
The King received the Prince at a private audience, was de-
lighted with the plan, and promised to have the savant isk,sl3
in the court carriages to the foot of Vesuvius. The Minister
San Angelo, will be President of the meeting.
A Frankfort journal states that the King of Prussia lift
ordered his Ministers again to present a Bill to the States 1O
the modification of the Penal Code, and that it is intends. to
abolish corporeal punishment.

LAW AND POLICE.
At the Mansion-house the wife of an industrious man, fore:
man to an extensive engineer, was committed to the Ho s"
of Correction for one month, for attempting to destroy her'
self. It appeared that her unfortunate husband had be°
nearly ruined by her profligate habits.
At Guildhall a woman of the name of Lee was char
with a similar offence. Having spent in a couple of days
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money her husband had left her to keep her for a week, silo
took 50 drops of laudanum. This was her third attempt
self-destruction. Mr. Alderman Hughes attempted to con
vince her of the heinous nature of self-murder, but aPV
rently with no effect, and she was remanded for a week. ,
At Worship-stsset, a woman of the name of Brown,
six years of age, was brought from the Bethnal-greenww
house before Mr. Broughton, upon a charge of attempting' so
drown herself. The case was a curious one. Something
seen floating on the canal, near the workhouse, and 011
amination it turned out to be the prisoner's cloak, which/
partially inflated, and kept her body from sinking, thoug
wholly under water. When brought ashore she was all;
rently dead, but great pains were taken and animation f
restored. She was ordered to be passed to her place of settle'
ment, which is St. Clement Danes, in the Strand.

COURT-FASECIONABLE.
The Court is expected to leave town for Windsor on to
27th inst., and on the following day (Whit Tuesday) or
Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will hcel"
the Montem, at Eton, with their presence. r
It is now stated that the King of Hanover has given
the intention of visiting England this year.
vit4 The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, on I'oe
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Eglintoun Castle, where they are staying with the Ear
Countess of Eglintoun, will come to town, and during thud
stay in the metropolis will reside at Mivart'a hotel, IP"-
ments having been taken for their reception.
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Earl de Grey does not intend to leave the seat o
vcrnment until the autumn for this country. He purls*
pass a short time at Newby Hall, Yorkshire, and t
Yorkshire Hussars, of which fine provincial corps the -07,j
Earl is Colonel-Commandant, will assemble for their lan.
training.
The Countess of Blessington entertained at &nuer bn
of
Tuesday the Marquis of Normanby, Earl and Countess
Tankerville, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, the Right 11.14.
Stanley, Mr. Luttrell, and Mr. Charles Sheridan. 107;
evening some distinguished visitors arrived, and."l4. Junth
and Herr Kcenig enlivened the party by peworming
brilliant success, their new compositions
Polka," lately composed by M. Jullien., and dedicated
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Lady Blessington.
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General Espartero and his lady and niece are passuitbef
season in comparative retirement at their villa, called Aw
Lodge, Park-road, Regent's-park,
and the "RoyceW
NIXSCELLANZOITEL . the
The operation of poleing has commenced generally ~,10
hop districts. In those of Maidstone, some hundreaJ,
acres have been already tied, and the bine is strong and
rous. We have nearly similar accounts from Mereworth
Hadlow. The flea had made its apipearance in some Place.''
Tne agents for the traversers, Messrs. O'Connell, Stet._
and others, have served a notice upon the Crown solicite,',
apprising them that their counsel would, on Wedneffet
move the Court to have several alterations and amendo—
made in the postea, and in other portions of the record.,
On Monday morning, the new course for the River I•tii
between King's-bridge and Barrick-bridge, was ofat=net
presence of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant 'rue 7t:he
and lower dams were cut through at eleven o'clock, an
tide tide flowed in rapidly and smoothly, so that the entire 03
was filled in less than a quarter of an hour. His ExcellS2l
congratulated the contractors on the rapid manner in V"'
they had repaired the recent damage.
A dinner was given yesterday at the Albion Hotel,
,i.o±l;
dersgate-street, on a scale of great splendour, by the 1104.6 r
and supporters of the Charter. house-square infirinarY•to
wards of one hundred and sixty gentlemen sat dowo_,The
dinner. The following subscriptions were announced: „elf--
Goldsmiths' and Mercers' Companies contributed respect;
50 guineas; " One who knew the value of the Charity : SL;
guineas ; Lord John Russell, 101.; Mr. Emerson Tennealoo,
the Lord Mayor, 10/. ; Mr. Sheriff Moon, 10/. ; the lical.;vl,,,t,
Fairlelgh, 20/. ; the Auxiliary Society, 36/. ; Messrs.
bread, 10/. ; Alderman Copeland, 10/. ; Mr. John Foster Iv"
Mr. James Foster, 10/. ; Major Moore, Si., &c.