The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-01 00:00:00

SUMMARY
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On Sunday evening their Majesties the King and Queen of the
French received the Neapolitan Ambassador, the Ccunt de Fla-
hault, the Marquis de Rumigny, Vice-Admiral Baron de La
Susse, the Counts ue Montesquiou and Dumas, and the Baron de
Saint Didier.

The Duke of Devonshire, who went to Paris, it is said, ex-
pressly to view the exhibition of the Horticultural Society at the
Luxembourg, has, on the nomination of the Duke Decazes, been
made an honourary member, and was on Sunday presented with
his diploma. His Grace congratulated the Society on the excel.
lence of its produce, and made considerable purchases for his con-
servatories.

The following is a list of the principal objects required for the
fortifications of Paris, according to M. Allard's report :-2,208
mortars, cannons, or howitzers, of which 50 are Paixhans howit-
zers, 5,750 rampart guns, 200,000 muskets, 1,300 fusee: de
guerre, 2,760 gun-carriages, a million of projectiles of various
sorts, such as bombs, grenades, bays, and shells—in all, 9,129,000
kilos. of cast metal ; 46,350 ball-cases, and 800,000 kilos. of
lead, 2,090,000 kilos. of gunpowder, 10,300,000 cartouches, be.
sides a considerable assortment of miscellaneous articles.

The Pressc sa)s :—" We have to announce a spontaneous act of
the Government. It has nominated to be members of the Legion
of Honour three eminent authors, namely, M. de Balzac, M. Al-
fred de Musset, and M. Frederic Soulie, without any of them hav-
ing solicited this mark of distinction to which they had an incon.
testible claim. Let there but be a few more such acts as we have
now to report, and like that which raised M. Victor Hugo to the
dignity of Pecr of France, and the ➢linistry will discover that it is
promoting its own interests by shaking off that supineness in which

it has indulged itself too long."
The Journal des Debats makes the following remarks on the
state of affairs, as regards England and the United States :
" People are excited against England, as if by maintaining under
her domination Canada and the adjacent provinces, the British
Government is spoliating the United States. These are bad symp.
toms, or ridiculous clamours. As regards Canada, New Bruns-
wick, or even the Oregon, these demonstrations are without
danger. England is powerful enough to command respect from a
haughty and insatiable democracy, better able to talk than to act,
when the question is one of military enterprise against regularly
organised forces, and against one of the greatest nations of the ci-
vilised world."

A correspondent writes from Vienna on the 21st :—" Prince
Metternich, who has been suffering from iii health, is entirely re.
stored, and has again returned to business with all his accustomed
activity. Yesterday he had a long conference with the Archduke
Palatine."

A letter from Hanover of the 23d states that a new loan, at 31
per cent., to be secured on the taxes, is about to be raised, for the
purpoe e of constructing railroads.
7..:11.V AND POLICE. _

The hearing of the adjourned examination of James Gibbs, the
money scrivener, late of Jermyn-street, by Mr. Commissioner
Holroyd, in the Court of Bankruptcy, has been postponed to
Monday.
The Chief Judge of the Court of Review has decided in the case
exparte Clark re Harris, that the bankers of a friendly society
cannot he considered as officers of the society ; and that, there-
fore, the society must, in the event of the bankers becoming bank-
rupts, come in like other creditors, inasmuch as the provisions of
the Act 10 Geo. IV., giving friendly societies, in the event of the
bankruptcy of their officers, a right to be paid in full before other
creditors, does not apply to the bankers.
At Bow-stieet, Mr. J. G. Mayer, a furrier, residing at SS, Ox-
ford-street, was charged with assaulting his brother-in-law, Mr. E.
Maclean, a frame and print shop keeper, near the Strand Theatre,
169, Strand. It appeared that the defendant had knocked at the
door of prosecutor's house late at night, and that on the prosecutor
appearing defendant had struck him several blows over the head
with a thick stick, and inflicted severe punishment on him. The
defendant's solicitor did not deny the assault, but begged that his
client might be admitted to bail, alleging that be had received
great provocatirm, as the prosecutor was the seducer of his only
daughter. The magistrate, however, refused, and the prisoner
was committed for trial.

John Murphy, one of the swell mob, charged with attempting
to pick pockets in the saloon, at White Conduit-house, at a meet.
ing at the Tavern on Tuesday night last against the Endowment of
Maynooth College, was committed to the House of Correction for
three months, with hard labour, from the Clerkonwell Police-court.
At Worship-street, Henry Webb was remanded on several
charges of swindling, and on one of forgery. It ap-
peared that a decently-dressed woman had called at va.
rious shops in Spitalfields, and ordered certain articles which
she was aware were not generally kept in stock. Shortly
afterwards the prisoner made his appearance, representing
himself as the town traveller of some well.known firm which dealt
in those articles. Having received an order, he lost no time in
executing it, and received the money for the goods on delivery. Of
course the articles furnished were worthless; none of the firms
knew anything of the prisoner. On another occasion he forged the
name of a firm to a receipt. He was remanded.