The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-11 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Vublit eptnton.

" Who runs may read."

POSSUM.
The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prince de
Joinville reached Marseilles on the sth instant. A tri-
umphal arch had been erected near that part of the port
which touches the Canebiere. Its summit was on either
side blazoned with the arms and initials of the Duke and
Duchess d'Aumale, and the sides and front were deco-
rated with trophies representing the battles of Tangiers,
Mogadore, the Salida, and Biscora. They landed at the
triumphal arch, traversed the Canebiere, the rue de St.
Feriol, to the Hotel d'Orient, in the rue Grignon, the
air resounding with the firing of guns, the ringing of
bells, and the voices of thousands of persons shouting,
"Vive le Duke d'Aumale," " Vive la Duchess," " Vive
le Prince de Joinville," " Vive le Roi," &c. At ten
o'clock the royal party went to the theatre; their recep-
tion was most enthusiastic.
The cold is still increasing at Paris. On Monday
morning, at six o'clock, the centigrade thermometer
marked 9.4 degrees below zero (15 Fahrenheit). The
last severe winter felt at Paris welt in 1838, the thermo•
meter at the Observatory being down to 19 degrees cen-
tigrade (2 below zero of Fahrenheit). At 9 degrees
centigrade (16 Fahrenheit), ifcontinued for two or three
days, the Seine freezes over.
The Courrier Francais says:—" Since 1830 the Halle
au BA has never been so bare of flour as at present.
The official returns of Friday show only 6,976 quintals
in store. The consumption per day is 1,588 quintals, so
that there remained at that time not more than two days'
provision. This circumstance has caused an advance in
price. The late severe weather has, by the freezing of
th• canals, been a main cause of the present small
supply.
The number of pupils at the Royal and Communal
Colleges of France is at present not less than 57,278.
Last y ear, at the same period, they were only 53,864,
which shows an increase of 3,414 pupils.
The Memorial des Pyrenees states that a French sloop,
having fifteen men on board, went down on Thursday
last in the Bay of Saint Jean de Luz, and every soul
perished. The name of the vessel is not given.
The Acad6mie de M6d6cine having received several
very interesting works on the plague, and being charged
by an express ordonnance to make a report to the Go-
vernment on the subject, has appointed a committee of
eleven of its members to take into consideration the
above, and all other documents that are likely to throw
ight on all the questions which have arisen on this
tnportant matter.
fhe Constitutionnel states that at Saragossa, on the

26th ult., all the persons found in the streets wearing
cloaks, 400 in number, were arrested by the authorities,
but only 80 of them were retained in custody. The
wives of several of the prisoners having assembled, and
demanded the release of their husbands, the Captain-Ge-
neral threatened to employ force if they did not retire.
The motive of these arrests is not stated. Similar pro-
ceedings have taken place at Almeria and Alicant, and
the whole of the province of Teruel has been declared in
a state of siege.
The Verdad of Barcelona, of the Ist, says :—" We
have just learned, by a letter from General Prim him-
self, that he is on his way to Cadiz, where he is to em-
bark immediately fur the Philippine Islands to undergo
his sentence. He says in his letter that what gives him
most pain is being compelled to abandon his aged
mother, without being able to leave her any resources
for her support."
Some time ago, at Munich, a girl six years of age
was placed as dead in an open coffin, in what is called in
that country the hall of death, preparatory to interment.
On the following day she was found playing with the
white roses which had been strewed over her. The
keeper of the hall took her in his arms, and carried her
to her mother. In France (says the Presse, which men-
tions this fact), where there is no precautionary measure
of this kind, the child would have been buried alive.
SAW AND POLICD.
The Committee of the Privy Council was engaged in
hearing the arguments in the case of the Royal Court of
Guernsey, against General Napier, the Lieutenant-
Governor of the Island. The further consideration of
the case was adjourned to Monday.
The Commission at Derby was opened by Mr. Justice
Patteson on Monday afternoon. The calendar contains
the names of 27 prisoners, and one has been committed
since it was printed.
At Chester Edwin James Port, 49, was placed at the
bar on a charge of killing and slaying Mary Harris, at
Birkenhead, by the application of white arsenic to her
right breast, which produced a sore or ulcer, and a mortal
sickness, on the 11th of October last, of which she died
on the 24th of the same month. The defendant was a
quack doctor, who advertised to cure cancer. He was
acquitted, and, in discharging him, Mr. Baron Gurney
gave him the following caution :—" Take care of your.
self for the future—you may not be so fortunate another
time."
Joseph Steadman Morrison, a police superintendent,
was convicted before Mr. Justice Coleridge, at York, of
having embezzled 171. The money had been remitted to
him as a subscription to the Police Association.
At Guildhall, Sir Peter Laurie mentioned that some
persons residing at Paris, had hit upon a singular plan
to recruit their finances. They had taken up Dodd's
account of the nobility and: gentry, and had begun
sending circulars to the individuals enumerated
therein, soliciting a remittance towards translat-
ing into German, and publishing, a series of biogra-
phical sketches. The application enclosed a sketch of
the article intended to be published, in which the person
addressed was eulogised, and blanks were left for the
insertion of some particulars. Though the names were
varied, the style of description was adapted to all of that
grade. Sir Peter said the price of fame was tobe one
guinea per page. He had written to Paris declining the
fa% our, as he comprehended the object.
Leah Mary Roper, the notorious shoplifter, was fully
committed from Bow-street.
A young woman was charged at Marylebone with
having stolen from the person of Mr. Arthur Rumsey,
a wine merchant, carrying on business in Bond-street,
two Bank of England notes of 201. each, and one ditto
of 10/., together with a sovereign, 65., and a gold ring.
It appeared that the prisoner met the prosecutor in the
street and accosted him as if 'she knew him. He as-
sured her she was mistaken. She however followed him,
stating she was a lady's maid, and eventually succeeded
in picking his pocket of the articles mentioned. She was
remanded until next Tuesday. The police of the various
divisions have, from time to time, received information
with regard to other robberies perpetrated under circum-
stances of the like artful character, and it is more than
probable that on the next examination, other " gentlemen"
who have been " victimised" by "ladies' maids" may at-
tend to prefer more charges.
John Stump, who pleaded drunkenness as an excuse
for his conduct, was sentenced at Worship-street to six
weeks' hard labour for having entered the house of an
old lady, seventy years of age, and forced himself into
her bed.

colnyr—radiliZONAßZEl.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster are en-
tertaining a select circle at Eaton Hall.
Baron Nieumann and his bride (eldest daughter of the
Duke of Beaufort) have left England, for Florence,
where the Baron has been appointed Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the court of his Imperial Majesty the Em-
peror of Austria.
The Right Hon. the Paymaster-General and Lady
and Miss Knatchbull, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on
Monday, from Mersham, near Ashford.
Sir James Graham has taken Orton House, at Brighton,
where Lady Graham and family arrived on Monday.
Miss Burdett Coutts arrived on Tuesday at the Norfolk
Hotel, Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Grosvenor will arrive at
Eaton Hall in the course of the week, to remain during
the holidays with the Marquis and Marchioiess of West-
minster at their splendid mansion.
Earl and Countess De Grey have arrived in St.
James's-square from Brighton, and on Saturday the
Noble Earl and Countess leave for their seat, Wrest
Park, near Silsoe, Bedfordshire, where his Lordship in-
tends to pass a short time.
The Mstrquis of Exeter has arrived in Grosvenor-
square from Burleigh House, to be present at the
Chapter of the Order of the Garter, to be held to-morrow,
at Windsor Castle. _

The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire are no\
expected to leave town for East Hampstead park, Berk-
shire, until the end of the ensuing month. The Earl of
Hillsborough is still at his hunting seat, Baxterley Hall,
near Leamington Spa, where Mr. and Lady Charlotte
Chetwynd are staying.
=Lb 0 /1111.X.AN MOUS.
The metropolis was visited this morning by a most
unwelcome acquaintance--4 dense fog—which cam
almost complete darkness for several hours. Though
somewhat abated at two P.M., the gas lights are still re-
quired in shops, warehouses, &c., as at night.
In reference to a paragraph that appeared in The Sun,
giving the inquest on the sudden death of Mr. Sputter,
a stockbroker in the City, we are requested to state
that he was not a Jew. Mr. Sontter, it appears, wag a
Christian, and attended the Swiss Protestant Church in
Dean-street, Soho, of which the Rev. Mr. Andemars is
minister.

The University of Edinburgh has conferred the de-
gree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev. John Cumming,
M.A., minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown-
court, Csvent-garden, to mark their sense of his great
acquirements and untiring services to the Church of
Scotland.

The cattle show of the Stnithd Club, which is now
open to the public, is reckor,ed the largest and best that
has been seen for a low* time. The number of cattle is
greater than it has ...re;been, and their quality, speaking
generally, i
England bs air..o very superior. Scarcely a county in
::,, has its representative—of one description or
anothe-
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from returns of the Small Pox Hospital for the past
month of November, it appears that the epidemic con-
tinues to increase, for the admission of patients during
that period has been 77, making a total of 573 patients
received this year into this valuable Institution, which
not only relieves the metropolis from so dreadful a con-
tagion, but diminishes the spread of the malady by means
of vaccination.

33T311. amount of the Repeal Rent for.
'last week was

Mr-

the taktin
- --..1N0 TO PETITION AGAINST THE WINDOW
TAx.---Last evening a meeting of the ratepayers of St.
James's, West, was held at the Crown Hotel,
Broad-street, Golden-square, to consider the propriety
of taking measures to petition Parliament for the repeal
of the window tax. 11,fr. Austen, of Gold.-
churchwarden of the pai,sh, was in '
plained the objects of '
therance of the obje,ct were g
then.co• .
_...4-square,
-- Laechair, and ex-
and a committee Appointed
..cried unatzimolydr,