The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-23 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Vubitt Optitton.

" Who runs may read."

PORMIGN.
On Monday evening the King of the French received at
dinner the Apostolic Nuncio, the. Austrian Ambassador, the
Minister •of I °reign Affairs, the Marquises de Dalmatie, de
Gabriac, and de Roure, Count Rodolphe d'Appony, Generals
Roussel, d'Hurbal,Courtot, and M. Persil.'
The Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and the Bishops of
Autun, Langres, St. Claude, Grenoble, and Dijon, have ad-
dressed a letter to the Minister of Justice and Public Wor-
ship, protesting against the Education Bill presented to the
Chamber of Peers, and complaining of the power given to
the University in public education.
The Academie Royale des Sciences have elected the Prince
of Canino (Charles Buonaparte) a corresponding member in
the section of zoology, and Sir B. Brodie, of London, in the

section of surgery.
Seven more condemned malefactors were exposed on the
pillory on Tuesday, in the Place du Palais de Justice.
Among them was Courvoissie,r, condemned iu October last
to hard labour for thirty years. The effigies of twenty others,
condemned by default, were also posted on the same pillory.
" We can state most positively," says the France, " that
the negotiations for the marriage of the Count de Trapani
with Isabella of Spain have been completely broken off."
The. Municipal Council of Poitiers have just voted a
guarantee of 3 per cent. interest on a capital of a million of
francs, for. the railroad from Orleans to Bordeuux. Should
the line be only partly conceded, or in portions, the vote is to
be applied to the line between Tours and Poitiers.
The Memorial of Rouen complains that a .considerable
quantity of false money has been lately issued by the English
workmen employed on the railroad to Havre. Two days
back a couple of English labourers went into a wine-shop,
and tendered a bad five-franc piece for what they had drunk.
On being challenged with passing bad money, they took to
flight and got clear off.
The Universal German Gazette repeats, in a positive man-
ner, the report that the negotiations for a marriage between
an Austrian Archduke and a daughter of the Emperor of
Russia have been broken off, in consequence of a difference as
to the religion in which the children of the marriage should
be educated.
We learn from Stuttgart that the King of Wurtemberg has
authorised the construction of railroads from Ludwigsburg to
Stuttgart, from Stuttgart to Cronstadt, and from thence by
the right bank of the Necker to Esslingen.
A letter from Stockholm, in the Journal de Frankfort,
states that a treaty has been agreed to between Sweden and
Belgium for the reciprocal extradition of criminals. The
measure was published on the 21st ult.
LAW AND POLICE.
In the Court of Bankruptcy assignees *ere appointed in
the matter of Joseph -Barwick, who bad been an extensive
omnibus proprietor, plying between Dulwich and the City of
London. On his examination the bankrupt stated that he
had commenced ,business a few years back without any
capital, and that his debts, contracted very shortly before his
bankruptcy, were now about 3,000/. He had kept no cash-
book. Between the months of December and February last
he had about three-and-twenty horses, half-a-dozen omni-
buses, and. other carriages, which were all sold under an exe-
cution, sput in by a person named Brown, of Crown-
street, Finsbury, for advances made by him at dif-
ferent times, to the amount of 474/. 13s. 6d. The
bankrupt had bought thirteen or fourteen horses. of different
persons, which he never paid for, and also 271 quarters of oats,
between December and February last, for which he had not
paid, but out of the part produce of which he paid a Mr.
turner 301. He sold the oats at a small profit, and applied
the produce to his business. Sir C. F. Williams expressed
disapprobation of such conduct, and adjourned the hearing for
further inv'estigation into the state of is affairs.
William Brown, a welt-dressed man, who formerly kept a
beer- shop in Nelson-street, Hackney-road, was brought be-
fore Mr. Bingham, at Worship-street, for final examination,
charged with having been concerned in the commission of
several daring burglaries that have been committed in the
countienof, Essex and Cambridgeshire. He was fully com-
mitted. on four distinct charges.
At the Surrey Sessions, William Bennett, a man of respect-
able appearance, against whom there were four indictments,
was'charsed with stealing, on the the l3th of February last,
a quantity of groceries,. the property of William Smith,
grocer, of
•the Old Kent-road.. The prisoner was convicted
on two indictments and sentenced to twelve months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.
At Bow-street, a young man named John Horne, who is
employed as a money-taker at Drury-lane Theatre, was
brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with having embezzled
various Sums of money belonging to ,Mr. A. Bonn, lessee of
that building, and his employer.. The Charge was fully
proved, and the prisoner was committed for trial.
At the Lewis Assizes' an action was brought by M.
Lereux, a banker at Caine, to, recover alum of sixty-five
thousand francs and, interest from the defendant; F. IL
Berkeley, Esq., M.P. for Bristol. Witnesses were called to
prove the facts, and one, M. Coup, in answer to a question
from Mr. Baron Alderson, said, that if.parties chose to make
an agreement to pay nine per cent. that the law of France
did not consider such a transaction illegal. The jay, after a
short deliberation, returned a verdict_ for the plaintiff for
6,6407., that being the amount of the principal suns, and the
interest for IS years, at nine per cent.
COUNT—FASHIONABLE.
Viscount Beresford had a dinner party, on Thursday in
Cavendish-square, which was attended. by the Earl of Aber-
deen, Earl of Jersey, Viscount Strangford, Lord Brougham,
Mr. and Lady Georgiana Balfour, Mr. and Lady Mildred
Hope, Lady Charles Somerset, Sir George Hamilton, Mr.
Manes, and Mr. Culling Smith.
Lord and Lady Combermere returned to Combermere
Abbey oil Tuesday last.
Lord and Lady Farnham have arrived at llivart's Hotel,
from their seat in Ireland.
Viscountess Palmerston's assembly this evening is her
Ladyship's last soiree before Easter. Invitations for about
500 have been issued.
The Dowager Lady Holland entertained Viscount Mel-
bourne and a small party at dinner on Thursday evening, in
Great Stanhope-street. •
The Marquis of Normanby returned to. the Clarendon
Hotel on Wednesdav, from Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire.
The venerable Dowager Countess of Roden is passing the
winter at Bath, in improved health.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercern were to leave
Baron's Court on Wednesday last for Shelten Abbey, to pass
a few days with the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, from
whence they' depart for the Priory, Staninore, for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen, Earl and Countess
of Clancartv, Earl of Leitrim, and Lady Elizabeth Clements,
Lord and Lady Dunsany, Lord James Butler, Hon. W. R.
Maxwell, Hon. R. Meade, Colonel Clements, Col. Walcot,
&c., have been among the recent visitors of Col. Conolly, at
Cast letown, Donegal.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury have arrived in
Whitehall-gardens; • from Heron Court, near Christchurch,
Hants, for the season. •--•-- • • • • •• • • -
MISCELLANEOUS.
The. Cork Examiner states that the dipner to Mr. O'Con-
nell on Easter Monday will be preceded by a public entry.
All the traversers in the late trials will beinvited to dinner.
The arrangements are proceeding-with greet energy. •
The late 'Dowager • Countess of' Clarendon, it is said, left
great property, which was entirely at her own disposal. She
has bequeathed to the Earl of Clarendon an estate in Wales ;
but all the rest (including her noble mansion in North Audley-
street, plate, jewels, &c.) is left to her twin-sister the Countess
of Mornington ; after whose demise and that of Lord Morn-
ington, it will go to theirdaughters--viz., the Countess of
Westmoreland, the Lady Fitzroy Somerset, and the Lady
Mary Bagot.
The Poor-law Commissioners have issued a circular to the
authorities of the various parishes, calling upon them to give
increased publicity to the inhabitants to comply with the
Vaccination Act of 4th and sth Victoria, c. 29, for-the pre-
vention of the spreading of small-pox. Medical praCtitioners
are appointed by that Act in districts throughout each parish;
for the purpose of performing vaccination gratis.
On Thursday a quarterly. general court of the members of
the Caledonian' Asylum was held at the Freemasons' Tavern.
Lord James Stewart presided. The usual business having
beeu gone through, it was stated that the fund was accumu-
lating for the erection of an additional wing to the above
building, intended for the accommodation of 100 girls, to
whom the benefits of the Institution have not 'as yet been
extended. There are at present 95 boys educated and main-
tained by the- charity.
The Rev. Professor Buckland, at a public meeting held in
Oxfordlast week, said that in the parish of St. Margaret,Lei-
cuter, containing 22,000 inhabitants, it appeared that one
portion of it was effectually drained; some parts but partially
so, and others not at all. In the 'latter the average duration
of life is thirteen years and a half, while in the same parish,
where the drainage is only partial, the average was twenty-
two years and a half; thereby showing the frightful effects of
a bad atmosphere.