The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The Paris papers of the 3d contain no news of interest.
The _Reform states that orders have been given to com-
plete the works of the fortification of Paris as quickly as pos-
sible. The troops of the garrison are to be employed for that
purpose, and a number of labourers have been sent from the
departments to assist. Several detachments of labourers had
likewise arrived at Paris from Germany and Belgium.
- According to letters from the south of France, Queen
Christina arrived on the 24th ult. at Narbonne, where she
was received by all the civil and military authorities. On
Sunday she attended the church in that town in great state,
and afterwards held a levee. The Baron de Meer, the Com-
mander-in-Chief at Barcelona, arrived at Narbonne on Sun-
day evening, to pay his respects to her Majesty, and left the
same evening. The Queen left Narbonne on the 26th, for
Perpignan.

The Russian Cabinet, according to the Augsburg Gazette,
has manifested an intention of joining in the views of Austria
in its general policy, and especially with regard to the recog-
nition of Queen Isabella 11., not that Russia has changed its
Conservative policy, but that it begins to fear the unlimited
influence of England and France in the Peninsula. The
Emperor of Russia is to accompany the Empress to Toeplitz,
and to proceed thence to Vienna.
LAW AND POLICE.
At the Central Criminal Court, Thomas Holt, the regis-
tered proprietor of the Age newspaper, was found guilty on
an indictment of libel on Lord William Paget. The libel
was published in reference to the late trial between his Lord-
ship and the Earl of Cardigan. Mr. Holt being at present
undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for a libel on another
person, was not sentenced, but remanded to Newgate. He
will probably be brought up for sentence at the expiration of
his present term.
At the Mansion-house, a respectable young man, who had
acted as the chief mate of a ship called the Diana, ap-
peared to answer a charge preferred by Mrs. May, the
widow of the late captpin of the same vessel, who, on
the voyage from St. Helena, was found dead in
the cabin, with a pistol wound through his temples. The
mate put the ship back to St. Helena, and while lying there,
an explosion, which blew up the cabin, took place, by which
the steward was killed. The charge was, that the mate had
taken possession of and detained the property of Captain
May. It was supposed that the captain had committed
suicide. The Lord Mayor thought there were some suspicious
circumstances in the case, and held the defendant to bail.
Two men, named Dykes and Kenward, were fined at Bow-
street, for a severe and unprovoked assault on Mr. Warbur-
ton, late Major-General of the police force in Ireland, and
his son.

Alfred and James Bevis (brothers) and Joseph Murray,
alias Murphy, were again examined at Clerkenwell, charged
by Mr. Nathaniel Neville, boot and shoemaker, of St John-
street, Clerkenwell, with having burglariously entered' his
dwelling-house, and attempted to murder him. They were
committed for trial.
COITAT--TASMON.A.III.I3I.
Earl Spencer arrived at Althorp Hall, Northamptonshire,
last week, from Wiseton Hall, the Noble Earl's seat in York-
shire.

The Earl of Sefton is named in sporting circles as the suc-
cessor of Mr. Appletwhaite, in the management of the Ather-
stone hounds, after the present season.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are still de-
tained at Paris, as the recovery of their daughter Lady
Alexandrina Vane, from the effects of severe scarlet fever, is
very slow and protracted.
The Earl' Cathcart has arrived at Nerot's Hotel from Edin-
burgh.
Lord Hastings has arrived at Seaton Delaval, Northum-
berland, from his Lordship's seat in Norfolk.
The Bishop of Durham and Mrs. Maltby arrived in town
on Saturday, from Auckland Castle, Durham. •
The Bishop of Chichester, Admiral Wollaston, and Mr. E.
Gibbons have been visiting the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk
at Arundel Castle within the last week.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Among the many instances of the present Government's
attention to the commercial interests of the country, says the
Herald, " We are enabled to announce that the British
claims upon France, arising out of the blockade of the Por-
tendic, are about to be adjusted by a mixed commission of
liquidation, to sit at Berlin, with an umpire to be nominated
by the King of Prussia. 'The investigation is to take place
immediately. Mr. Ward, the British Commissioner, and M.
Englehardt, who has been appointed Commissioner on behalf
of the French Government, are now on their way to the
Prussian capital.
Workmen have connnenced pulling up the stones in the
remaining part of Cheapside, preparatory to the laying down
the wood pavement on the same principle as that in the
Poultry.
The delivpies of tea last week were rather lower, being
453,8791b5. ; but the general consumption for the present year
has been very good, having amounted to 4,351,0001b5. from
London alone, or an increase of nearly 300,0001b5., compared
with the corresponding period of last year.