The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-16 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

10NIZION.

In the French Chamber of Peers, the general discus-
sion on the address closed on Monday, and on Tuesday
the first paragraph was under consideration. It will be
agreed to without amendment.
The Bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies were en-
gaged in the examination of the Budget. No Minister
was present, and the Budgets of Public Works and of
War were the chief subjects deliberated on. The latter
department excited most interest. Its expenses amount
to 329,733,283 f. (13,500,0001.) Some Members, and
particularly M. Magne, expressed a wish to see the ex-
penses of the army in Africa placed on tit ordinary
Budget of the .State. In the department of Public
Works an increase of 975,5001. is demanded.
The Messager gives the following account of a juvenile
rebellion, without assigning the cause :—" On the 10th
inst., at the time of the evening recreation, the students
of the Ecole Speiziale Militaire, at Saint-Cyr, without
any apparent cause or motive for discontent, uttered
the most vociferous cries, and continued them till the
hour of bed-time. The General in command of the
school inflicted punishment on the most violent, and the
next morning issued an order of the day, warning the
pupils against listening to the suggestions of their
comrades exciting them to rebel, which, he said, would
compromise their future success in life. This induced
a calm for the rest of that day until the evening, when
the riot was renewed, and was repeated again on Sun-
day morning. Two of the adjutants were knocked
down. The General sent an account of what was pass-
ing to the Minister of War, who returned directions for
the whole School to be confined to their rooms, and the
chief culprits to be put under close arrest, until they
could be brought before the Council Discipline. The
General was authorised to call in an armed force, if ab-
solutely indispensable, informing the pupils that the
Minister would break up the School entirely if they did
not immediately return to their duty. On the recom-
mendation of the Council of Discipline, the Minister has
ordered five of the pupils to be expelled, and sent to join
such of the regiments as they voluntarily agreed to enter.
The Montpellier and Nismes Railroad was opened on
the 9th inst.
A royal ordonnance has been published, establishing
an octrui duty in the sea-ports of Algeria.
A letter from Oran gives the following as an episode
of the battle of Isly ;—" At a critical moment during
the battle a battalion, being hard pressed by the enemy's
cavalry, found it necessary to form itself in square. On
seeing the front rank kneel, the Moroccomen, not ac-
quainted with our tactics, fancied that our soldiers were
praying for quarter, and wished to surrender. Ceasing
all acts of aggression, the body of cavalry came leisurely
up, expecting only to receive the arms of future pri-
soners. The commanding officer of the corps of infantry
saw the enemy's misconception, and kept his men in
their poiition till the Morocco troops came within two
paces of the front of the battalion, when a general dis-
charge at point blank taught them that the French were
not accustomed to surrender so readily."
In a long statistical account, in one of the Paris papers,
of the number of persons in France accused of the crime
of poisoning, from 1830 to 1842 inclusively, we find the
following results :—The number accused was 541. Of
these 251 were acquitted ' • 65 condemned to death, of
whom 37 were executed, and 28 had their judg-
ments commuted ; 138 sentenced to hard labour at the
hulks for life, and 58 for various limited terms ; 29 to
minor punishment. Of the total 541, 295 were men, and
246 women ; but the poisoning of husbands by their
wives were more numerous than of wives by their
husbands. To the total number of 541 there is to be added
6 who have been tried and condemned in default of
appearance. It is necessary to add two more items to
this sad account, viz.:—ln the ten years from 1830 to
1839 inclusively there were 200, and in the three years
from 1840 to 1842 there were 113 ascertained acts of
poisoning, the perpetrators of which have not been dis-
covered. From the whole statement, it is proved that
this crime in France has been lattarly greatly on the in-

crease.
Tho Austrian Government has decided that a public
exhibition of article; of industry shall be opened at
Vienna, on May 15, and continue ;o July 15 of the pre-
sent year.
A deliberation was held on Monday at the depart.
meat of Agriculture and Commerce, for the purpose of
forming the Commission that is to distribute premiums
on the 23d instant, at the market of Poissy, to breeders
of cattle, in conformity with the Ministerial order of
March, 1843. The oxen are to be divided into three
classes, the first having four prizes of 1,200 f., 1,000 f.,
800 f., and 600 f. ; the second, three of 1,000 f., 900 f., and
700 f. ; and the third, three of 800 f., 700 f., and 500 f.
Sheep are to be divided into two classes, each of
which is to have four prizes of from 601 f. to 300 t. It
is at this great market that the two bceuf pas are to be
purchased.

LAW AND POLICD.
In the Court of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Justice
announced that their Lordships would on Monday next
take the appeals.
The action of " Westaway v. Firkins," was tried before
Mr. Baron Rolfe, in the Court of Exchequer. The de-
fendant was a hoer-shop keeper, and the action was for
assault and battery. The defendant pleaded that thi
plaintiff was making a disturbance, and that he had not
used more violence than was necessary to expel him the
shop. It appeared, from the evidence, that the plaintiff
had behaved in the most disgusting manner, ar.d bad
insulted defendant's family, for which he had a sound
thrashing. The jury found fur the defendant.
Burford, the keeper of the Old Drury Tavern, who
married the widow of " Dutch Sam," the pugilist, was
yesterday examined before Mr. Commissioner Holro.yd
in the Court of Bankruptcy. The case wa curious, in-
asmuch as it was at the alleged instigation of his wif e
that he was arrested. The wife was examined, and it
appeared that she conducted the business, and that the
bankrupt had been in the habit of taking money from
the till and spending it. Mr. Nicholson, the distiller '
was chosen assignee.
The final examination of Thomas Griffiths and Mary
Waldrop for forging a cheque in the name of Mr. Myers
the fishmonger, took place at the Mansion-house. They
were fully committed for trial.
Edward Hamer, was brought up in custody at Bow-
street, charged with stealing nine balls of a bagatelle-
board from the parlour of the Gordon Arms public-
house, in Holborn. There were several charges of a
similar nature againit him. She was remanded fora week.

At Southwark Wm. Camplin, the marine store
dealer, of Scar-corner, Bermondsey, remanded since last
Wednesday, for violating the person of Jane Matthews,
a girl under 13 years of age, was brought up for re-exa-
mination, and committed for trial on the capital charge.
COITALIC—FALSRION tos Jtaa
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas (Princess
Mary of Baden) arrived at their new residence, in Con-
naught-place, on Tuesday, for the season.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and the Ladies
Loftus have left town on a visit to the Duke of Marlbo-
rough, at Blenheim Castle.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford have been
making a tour of visits in Ireland.
The Dowager Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Moly-
neux are expected to leave Arlington-street at the end
of the month for Stoke Farm, near Windsor.
Viscount Ossulston has arrived in South-street from a
tour of visits. The Countess of Tankerville has arrived
in Lower Grosvenor-street.
Viscount and Viscountess Grimston, who have been
on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Verulam, at Gor-
hambury, have arrived at Bath.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and the
Countess de St. Aulaire entertained at dinner, on Fri-
day evening, Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley,
Lord Dufferin, Count and Countess de Jarnac, Made-
moiselle de Chabot, Count and Countess d'Harcourt,
Count de la Grange, Monsieur de la Belinaye, Monsieur
de Rebaudy,
Count Louis de Noailles has left the French Embassy
on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Essex, at Cashio-
bury Park, Herts.
The Non. F. Charteris has repaired on a visit to Lady
Stanley, at Haggerstone Castle.
The Hon. Mr. William Cavendish has arrived in Bel-
grave-square from Brighton.
Sir William and Lady Georgians Codrington have
arrived at Bath.

lIIISOSIMAN7IIOI7IS.
The inquest en the body of Mr. May, late of Bethnal-
green, has been brought to a conclusion. The following
is the verdict returned:—" Found dead in the water of
the Regent's Canal, with marks of violence on the body;
but how or by what means death was caused, there is no
conclusive evidence."
It is acid that President Tyler, of the United States,
and his lady, will visit this country in May next.
From the report for the week ending January 11, it
appears that the total number of deaths was 1,109; that
1,098 of these occurred without violence; that those
friem diseases of the respiratory organs amounted to
406; and those from small-pox to 50. It is not un-
worthy of observation that the number of births in the
metropolis during the same period exceeded the deaths
by 202.
A Paris paper states that their press has produced
within the last year as many as 6,377 works in the dead
and living languages, 1,388 prints and engravings, 100
musical works, 54 maps and charts; whilst the copies of
newspapers struck off amounted in number to 34,750,000

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ELEVATION or SIR CHARLES METCALFE TO THE
PEERAGE.—We have authority to state that the
Queen has been graciously pleased to confer a
peerage on Sir Charles Metcalfe, by . the title cf
Baron Metcalfe, of Fern Hill.—Herald.
THE FOUNTAINS IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.—Some
sensation was caused, a day or two back, in the immediate
neighbourhood of Charing-cross by a rumour that the foun-
tains in Trafalgar-square had commenced playing. We in.
stantly dispatched a reporter to the spot, who experienced the
greatest civility from the policeman on duty; and under the
guidance of that local authority, he proceeded to inspect the
two basins. On arriving at the spot, it was clear that some
water had got into the reservoirs, but no one seemed to be
aware how it had got there. The liquid was exceedingly
muddy, flat, and unsatisfactory. There was no appearance of
the fountains having played ; and on inquiry of the oldest
loiterer—the person who had been idling longest near the
spot—no information could be obtained. Our reporter,
having thanked the policeman, retired shortly afterwards.—
Punch.
FUNERAL OF DEAF BURKE.—Yesterday afternoon
an immense concourse of people assembled in front of St.
John's Church, Waterloo-road, to witness the funeral
of the above pugilist, which was appointed to take place
at four o'clock. The corpse was carried from his late
resideppe, nearly opposio the ahttrch, and was followed
andConlilanchard, Tom Roundhead, Robottom,
our.raore of his intimate friends,