The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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On Friday the King of theREIG
Fre N
nch left Neuilly for the
Tuilleries,, and presided at a Council of Ministers.
The Chamber of Deputies had passed without discussion
a Bill for the purpose of raising the annual army
of 80,000 men.
The Journal des Del states that M. Caccia left. PI
some days before his failure, but his absence was attnbut,o
to an animal journey which he was in the habit of making in,
Italy, having been the Pope's banker, although on Sunufka
last rumours of an alarming nature were bruited forth, lolt
on Tuesday, when persons to
drafts to be cashed, Iwo
a soul, not even a boy, was to be found at the bankirig-h°l.l„
contingenfr
to explain matters. The affair has created a great sooty)"

on the Bourse. tioll
The Prefect of Police has just announced that an insPee,t,
of the Paris omnibuses will be proceeded to in July u`s—d
The points to be ascertained are principally their solidi*? fr
their cleanliness, the soundness of the harness, and the
Pled
factory condition of the horses. This inspection takes Pi
yearly,and is of great benefit to the public. of
M. ieotfroy Saint Hilaire, member of the Acadenii.„,
Sciences, and who has such a high reputation in the sciiis
title world, is so ill that little hopes are entertained of
recovery.
It appears certain," says the Prcsse, " that M. Goifyi
Secretary of T ~melon at Mexico, who has been very recc,,elii,
go2tio? arte by Alley de Ciprey, our Minister at iii`faeot
Was the bearer of a formal refusal on the part of Preshi ere.
Santa Anna to accede to the claims of France. It is, tueued
fore, to be expected that France will be once more cuing,
to obtain justice by other means than those of persuasion' '0
The Grand Duke of Hesse has remitted the sentence, oi
months' imprisonment passed upon the Baron
Haber, as the principal in the late fatal duel in German
t e for
he is now at liberty, after six weeks' imprisonment in
tress of Ba benh a usen.
psse t°
The French Ministry have again sent off exPr--,,. thef
such of the Deputies as are absent, and of whose vot"; IDs
are sure, to hasten their arrival in Paris. They dread'" of
new attempt of the Opposition en the subject of the sir'
Otaheite.
We learn from Rome that the sale of Cardinal Fesca„of
lery of paintings has been suspended, after the disP-4,i0
about 700 lots. There still remain about 2,000, wide'.
be brought to the hammer in the course of next winter'.
The Grand Musical Festival of the Lower Rbine.l4,a of
this year held at Cologne, on the first and second olio
Pentecost. The orchestra will be composed of Mere 0
2,000 performers, under the direction of M. Henri Dol.l3''
Mortz
ara

chapel-master of the Cathedral.
LAW AND POLICE. Aden'
No hope is held out to the man Crouch, now uni h,
tence of death in Newgate, that his life will be spar'
will be executed on Monday next.
Pc*PC
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dig
„di
the last case in their paper for hearing—that of DeY tb.
patent, which was renewed, on the application nisitS
patentee, for six years. The Committee will not resew
sittings till after 'Trinity term.
Captain Mildrum, of the Eliza collier, of -lot-
appeared upon a summons at the Mansion-house, to
_„,01
the complaint of George Thorborn and several other 0-1.,
who charged him with having unreasonably detained, 00
for several weeks in the port of London. As the men °lt tb.
so much for the voyage, and are bound to perform 1 ip
detention is a great loss to themselves and fainilieLfai
vessels are delayed at Gravesend by the owners, waitron ireA
rise in the price of coals in London. The applicantA 004
told that there was no law under which the Bench

interfere for their protection. boor
n art`
James Hanstead, a dock foreman, Alexander Nichol
milkman, and two sisters, named Mary Ann Ash onaLls °'
Bragger, were brought before Mr. Ballantine, on A Cu 7 th.
assaulting and robbing Mr. Williams, the landlordoolls
Chequers ,public-house, in Wapping•wall, Lower 511.11",,d
who has since died in consequence of the injuries recslio,
the hands of the prisoners. The deceased, Luke Wbe ler
was 58 years of age, and was formerly a courier ,1040
vice of her Majesty's Government. He was superannll 000
few years ago on a pension of 801. per annum. A fer.:,,-moto
since he formed an acquaintance with the prisoner PLoot
Bragger, who is a woman of the town, and she posaease°lo
influence over him. A. few weeks since the same won biss;
brought to the Thames police-court in custody to for
.J 00
him of 25/. They were detained for several hours, ,7101,
the prosecutor refusing to appear against them ths.r.asre
discharged. It is believed the same parties egoill;001:i
him a short time after their release. They were all rein
to
W. Hend was committed from Clerkehwell on A curia„ 07
killing a woman named Catherine Sheehan, by 1"
beating her while in a fit of passion.
c OUlLT—TAszzoirAieLlk #I3OOIP
Her Majesty will have adinner party this evening a '„,pfd
ingham Palace. Lord Melbourne is amongst the o'.
invited to the banquet. vaeo00:
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland entertains,' 6
Melbourne and a select party at dinner last everao'
Stafford House.
The Duke of Wellington has issued 1,500 card!" of
tion for his Grace's grand ball and supper on Friday t:
next, at .Apsley House. The fete will he on the sion,ool,
of splendour as those annually given by the Noble and'
Duke.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's are expsetedie,
Grove, Highgate, to-morrow, from RedbourA Hall,
shire, for the season. His Grace has -nearly ressierinoool„
the severe accident he met with while hunting in ":".4,0"
shire, last season, when his Grace injured the sight 01
his eyes. t 01,1‘
The Dowager Lady Holland entertained Visekllll,„. g,
bourne and a select party at dinner, on Sunday 04°—
Great Stanhope-street. of tr
A grand entertainment is to be given on the 11th 100
ensuing month by the Merchant Tailors' Company, ,to
a number of Conservative Noblemen are invited.
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Yesterday the Committee appointed to carry out 1101
rangements connected with the dinner which will be itto
on Friday next, her Majesty's birth-day, in Trafalgar-101i
to the Greenwich pensioners, assembled at the Union whose
Cockspur-street, to effect the completion of them.
was a very numerous attendance of noblemen and ger,"cor,
forming the Committee, among whom were the Earlt,„yra
rington ; Admirals the Iron. Sir R. Stopford, Sir "'corO
Codrington, Sir P. Durham, and several other nava 'LA Of
The square will be elegantly decorated, and the titan
jacks nn)o,
England, and some union which have "bra'klo,
battle and the breeze," will also be displayed. The PM 0
Cambridge, it is said, will preside at the festival, P.T.110
number of distinguished and gallant naval officers :11l the
present. The dinner is appointed for two o'clock, I°-
number of pensioners present will be about 250. „mow
On Monday Admiral Bowles was returned for the
of Launceston, of course without any opposition. vOifilf
A special general meeting of the Great Western ' coarr
was held on Monday, at the Paddington terminus, t° "
der the South Devon Railway Bill now before Parlialli,
terms of the standing orders of the House of Ilds'oed
Russell, M.P., Chairman of the Directors, preside'. ...11/74
ferent clauses affecting the Great Western CoMPI°I; oro',
been read over, the meeting unanimously express toe"
of the Bill. By this Bill the Great Western c,°ll
150,000/. to a line from Exeter to Plymouth.

INCENDIARY FIRE.—OR Thursday o
tween seven and eight o'clock, a fire broke outl.lll
stack, on the estate of H. C. Partridge, Esq., Snarelu-'_4, coo
was entirely destroyed. The plantations and !Ow:at PP
were cut down some yards round the stack, to pr k
oft.
flames from reaching them. It was no doubt the.Tlt,o
incendiary. The stack is situated more than a inue
road.—lpswich Express. ~astol2l2'
FIRE AT TOLLRBDURY.—On Thursday Jeff
a quarter to seven o'clock the children of fir.n. o_4
Gardiner, of Tollesbury, whilst at play near be Vie,
upon their father's premises, discovered that it was olleheitt
gave an immediate alarm. Mr. Gardiner hastened to.'fr
and vast numbers of persons were quickly in attexidanc"reseo
every exertion was made by the labourers and othell etolo'
to prevent the ignition of the adjacent buildings an I'olo°
Much credit is due to the coast-guard
bury, stationedoperlosi§,
two of whom (lately transferred from the 10/1""
erted themselves most meritoriously, and at 50u1.2,,v tow
risk mounted a wheat-stack in dangerous prox""„,7lls§
flames, and hauled a wetted tarpaulin over it. im-)f
of w.?ter was very limited, and consequently thF.,,. se"
engine, Tvhich was in attendance, was of litir 007
vice. The bean stack, consisting of bet
and fifty quarters,_ was totally consumed, ','ooolo7i
insured in the Essex Economic.—On the tofor-
evening, a numerous meeting of the cierpioa j
and occupiers of land, took place at the Re „. opt:
Tolleshunt D'Arcey, the Rev. Mr. Henshaw fot,
when resolutions were entered into for an apuliesti
increased force, and offering a reward of 50i on themad
for each fire. A very prevalent opinion existed stn. O'_7.•
ing that the fires were occasioned by persons Plufferr,
the country employed for that purpose, and the_,,Dicp.
distinctly state that they have not the slightest
of any of their own men.—Essex Herald. 140.11'001
ROYAL MARlNES.—Private Sutton, aliasl
oar to
the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, receiy-: ore I
punishment yesterday morning, in presence of
the extent of 150 lashes, having been found Wies
court-martial of absenting himself and inakillicto 00
his regimental necessaries, and in consideration 01 _law',
convictions and general bad conduct. Since his
in the Royal Marines he has deserted three times%Sie,
perjured himself by enlisting into regiments of the
has been branded with the letter D.

BIRTHS. k.cir
i
On the Ist inst., at Gibraltar, Mrs. J. M. JV..-- •
oil,
..,flp i
daughter. IC ellijitt
On the 17th inst., at Newington-crescent, e
road, Mrs. Thomas Horns, of a daughter. f_ 106' i°l)°
On the 17th inst., at Lesson House, Dorn,
Bingley Garland, of a son. 111029
tas4.
..1 j
On the 17th inst., at Manor House, Frog .....—, U.
Mrs. T. Husband, of a daughter. PI gO/14"I'
On the 17th inst., prematurely, Mrs. G. -- ~4,
"
Denmark-hill, of a son, still-born. r-, ve digl44-
On the 18th inst., at Henrietta-street, .de• -I/
Mrs. ayleur, of a son. -v. St: r
On the 18th inst., Mrs. William Edmund ..-•est'
stan's• hill, of a son. _.A Sr*
f oi--'
On the 15th inst., at Glengall-grove,
Old See'''.r
H. D. Stead, of twin sous (one still-born.)
MARRIED. v. rep
On the 16th inst., at Knowle Church, Virativiclizahlj
West, Esq., of Alscot-park, Gloucestershire, to s rid
third daughter of Joseph Moore Boultbee, ESCF, et Sp
rid
Warwick. e 944
On the 16th inst., at Baldock, George De Vins Wsd Off
of Baldock, Herta, to Ann, eldest daughter ofeolle
Hicks, Esq., M.D.
DIED. ..:. t-Stirg°ll
On the 6th of February, at Moulmein, A...' te°
Robert Wood Spry, aged 27. o°l4
At sea, on board the Thomas Coutts, on the 'cit "
H. F. Bolden, Esq. . from Jotel!,l tia
On the 15th of March, on the passage her gig—
Bermuda, Mr. William Wilbraham, mate a.. ,
of
.0
ship Illustrious, aged 20. n, 10° .
On the 13th inst., Captain Marley Hutchins° 00
Regiment, aged 31. icent, .
14th 0 .
..
On the 13th inst., at Bilting, GodinershaM, Ago
Henry Baldock, Esq.,. aged 58. err"
t Reg°
On the 16th inst., in -Upper .klbany-stree , voq.,
Henriette Julie, the wife of F. Langley, Egl• ma.,lor,
On the 17th inst., Jane, the wife of Charks A J
3.010
Holland-place, Clapham-road. i Sueee°4.lllo
On the 17th inst., at the Rectory, Ewhurs ,
Watts, Esq •
Gentle. n t ,-_;l3 et
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hEeslq7.th inst., at Park-place, Maids-hill 1004 vr-
- - Dinw 20.
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Middlesex, Tuesday, May 21, 1344