The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-13 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

Vittatt Opinion.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
On Monday evening the Bing and Queen of the French re-
ceived Marshal Soult, the Minister of Public Works, the
President of the Chamber of Deputies, Rear-Admiral Leray,
Generals Friant andChangarnier, and the Count de Casteßua.
The Duke de Nemours will not set out for the camp of
operations of the Moselle before the Bth or 10th of next
month. He will be accompanied by the Duke de Montpen-
sier, and a numerous staff.
On the evening of the sth, as Marshal Gerard was pro-
ceeding from Paris to his seat at Villers-St.-Paul, his horses,
in passing by Nogent-les-Vierges, came on a piece of the
road under repair, and the wheel catching on a large stone,
the carriage was overturned. The Marshal was thrown out,
and fell on a large heap of stones, which slightly wounded
him in the face. Dr. Cazauvieilh was soon called in, and
gave the necessary attention to the Marshal, who is now
nearly recovered.

The members of f the Council of Discipline of the order of
Advocates met on Tuesday to deliberate on the subject of the
decision of the Cour Royale. At the close of the discussion
the whole of the members, including the batonnier, gave in
their resignation. The advocates are to meet on the 13th to
proceed to a new election. It is said that an appeal is to be
made to the Court of Cassation against the decision of the
Cour Royale. The Gazette des Tribuneaux announces that
the advocates of the Cour Royale still refuse to plead before
Baron Seguier, the First President. On Monday, M. Se--
guter, in refusing to postpone a cause on account of the
absence of the counsel, said, " The avoues have given proof
of good intentions, and, I must add, of talent. We will
profit by it." The advocates, may find to their cost that the
Court can do without them.
The Spanish Government is at length seriously preparing
to ,make war against Morocco. An army of 6,000 men is
under immediate orders for Ceuta.
According to accounts from St. Petersburgh of the 24th
ult., the health of the Grand Duchess Alexandra continued
to improve. Nothing is said respecting the rumoured severe
illness of the Empress.
A violent storm occurred in the night of the 16th, in the
province of Padua. It uprooted large trees, threw down two
substantially-built houses, four barns, and a mill, destroyed
the sluices, and carried away two vessels on one of the rivers.
Two young girls were killed, and 22 persons more or less in-
jured, by the falling of the houses.
The number of passengers .conveyed by the railroad from
Naples to Capua, in the month of May, was 67,062. The
number by the railroad of Castellamare and Nocera was
102,013.

A letter from Alexandria, of the 18th ult., says :—" Mehe-
met Ali is endeavouring to dispose of his stock of cotton. At
the request of the Marquis de Lavalette, he has consented to
adopt a new mode of sale. Hitherto he has allowed the pur-
chasers only eight days for payment; they are in future to
pay only one-fifth in eight days, and the remaining four-fifths
thrrty-two days afterwards."

LAW AND POLICE.
Mr. Justice Williams opened the commission for the Nor-
folk circuit at Buckingham on Wednesday. The criminal
calendar is very short, and the crimes charged are by no
means of a serious kind, with the exception of a charge of
murder, in which the deceased was a gamekeeper. The
number of prisoners is only 14.
At Abingdon on. Thursday, Chief Justice Tindal heard
some cases in the nisi prius court, but they were without in-
terest. In the Crown court Joshua Ware, 19 years of age,
was convicted of a burglary, on the Ist of. May, ifi the house
of the. Rev. G. H. Hodson, at Cookham, and sentenced to be
transported for ten years.
In the o.3urt of Bankruptcy William Bromley underwent
another examination, which disclosed facts of a most painful
nature, and frauds to an enormous extent. The debts and
liabilities amount in round numbers to about 140,0001., prin-
cipally through breaches of trust, and some of them appeared
to have extended as far back as 1824. The case is given at
length under the proper head.
John Warringham, a waterman, who resides near Horsely-
down, was fined 40s. at the Mansion-house for serious ob-
struction to the navigation of the river Thames, which is at
the present time crowded within the port of London with ves-
sels of all descriptions. •
At Marylebone; Frederick James Reynolds- and Jane
Thompson, both of whom were respectably attired, were
charged with having, by means of begging petitions of a fic-
titious nature, obtained various sums of money. In conse,
quence of a begging petition .and a fictitious certificate, the
list of subscriptions was of considerable length, and among
the names, many of which are supposed to be fictitious, was
that of the Rev. Dr. Spry for 5/. ; and there was also an item
" voluntary subscriptions in the neighbourhood, 151. 10s. 6d."
They were both remanded.

James Mitchell, a determined-looking fellow, was brought
up for final examination before Mr. G.. Clive, the sitting ma-
gistrate, at Hammersmith, on a charge of having committed
a murderous Assault upon a female, named Fanny Bea tee,
who was in attendance. She appeared very weak from the
effects of the injuries she had ieeeived, but upon being called
upon to take the oath she refused, saying she had no charge to
make against the prisoner. Mr. Clive, nevertheless, said—l
think it my duty to send the case to the sessions, and li shall
also report the case to the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, as it 15 naw CIATIEI in casca of most serious assalts,
in which it Is essential to the public interests that a con+ic-
tion should be had. The prisoner was then ordered. to enter
into recognizances, himself in 404 and two sureties in 201.
each, to appear at the sessions,
At iluiou 1:141, a woman named Brown, In the service of
Charles Conolly, a newsvender, of Duke-street, London •
bridge, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with
_robbing her master of ,1851. in Bank of England notes and
sovereigns, and four other persons, a man named Buckley
and his wife, and two women, named Quin and Wipe'', were
charged with being concerned in the offence. All the pri-
soners were remanded,

coun*:—rsunizolcazazz.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert paid a visit to the Duchess
of Kent at Frogmore Lodge, on Thursday forenoon. Her
Majesty appeared to be in good hcaltii and spirits.-
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Grand Duke
and Duchess of Necklenburgh Strelitz honoured the Duke
and Duchess of Beaufort with their company to dinner last
evening at Beaufort House, where a distinguished circle niQt
the illustrious guests.
The Earl of Haddington held a levee on Thursday, at the
Admiralty, which was attended by a large number of naval
officers,
The Earl of Yarborough has left Arlingtontstreet for his
seat in the Isle of Wight, where he bas been entertaining
ViSeount aud_Viscouuteas Milton, Lord and Lady Worsley,
Mr. and Lady prances Bridgeman Simpson, Mr. W. Caven-
dish, Mr, A. Wodehouse, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Dudley
Pelbalil, Sir John and Lady Sinclair, &c.
The Earl df Eldon had a dinner party or} Thursday even-
ing. The company consisted of Qrace the Archbishop of
Armagh and Beresii3rd, the Earl and Countess Beau-
champ, Mr. Neville, Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville, and
Miss Grenville, Sir Charles Wetherell, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Maclean, ikc. -
Viscount Camden. Lord Stuart de Decies and family, Lady
Belaney, Lord Thomas Cecil, Lady Sophia Cecil, Count de
Bevier, and the Rev. Mr. Hope and family, left London on
on Thursday, by the General Steam Navigation Company's
steam-ship Soho, for Antwerp.

We understand that the marriags of Lady Elizabeth
Georgiana LIYO9II GQWer, the eldest daughter of the Duke
of Sutherland, and the Marquis of Lorn, son of the Duke of
Argyll, will be solemnised on the first of the ensuing month.
The ceremony will take place at Trenthttn.i, Noble
Duke's seat in Staffordshire, whM fl distinguished circle of
friends of both fqmilles will' be invited to attend. •
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