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

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
Vitbitt Optnton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The King of the French, with the rest of the Royal Family,
quitted the Tuileries on Wednesday (and not on the preced-
ing day, as was announced by Galignani's Messenger), at
half-past four o'clock, to take up their summer residence at
Neuilly. At the Barriere de l'Etoile the cortege found a de-
tachment of the mounted National Guards of the Banlicue,
which acted as escort to the palace. In the All& St. Foy,
bef.re the gate of the park, were drawn up six companies of
the National Guard of Neuilly, having at their head the Sub-
Prefect of St. Denis, Viscount Chasseloup •Laubat, the Gene-
rals commanding the divisions attached to Paris, the Colonel
and field-officers of the 69th regiment of the line, at present
in garrison at Courbevoie, the officers of gendarmerie, the
mayor, his deputies, and the municipal councillors of Neuilly.
The Kiag alighted, and several addresses were presented to
him. He afterwards passed the National Guard in review.
The cortege then entered the park, and proceeded to the
château. At seven o'clock there was a grand dinner at the
palace, and at nine o'clock the authorities were received.
M. Pons de Verdun died at Paris, on Tuesday, in the 85th
year of his age. He had been a member of the National
Convention, and of the Council of Five Hundred, and Attor-
ney-General in the Court of Cassation under the Empire.
The Paris banking-house of Messrs. Caccia and Ce. has
declared its insolvency. The debts are said to amount to
several millions of francs. Several Members of both Cham-
bers, who had deposits in it, will sustain considerable loss.
M. Caccia was banker to the Pope.
The Echo de la Loire says from Roanne :—" In consequence
of the unfortunate failures of some of our receivers-general,
the Government has just interdicted all receivers-general of
the State from engaging in any banking operations. M.
Dreuille, who has been thus compelled either to give up the
bank or his post as receiver, has chosen the latter course, and
has given in his resignation."
The Nuremberg Correspondent states from Frankfort, that
the Germanic Diet is to be occupied during the present session
with the abolition of all the gaming-houses in the states of
the confederation.
The Cologne Gazette states from Switzerland that the French
Cabinet has addressed another note to the Vorort, desiring
that the Duke de Bordeaux and the Duchess de Berry may
be prevented from carrying into execution their intention of
passing a part of the summer in Switzerland, and that the
Swiss authorities have given an answer conformably to the
wishes of the French Cabinet.
The King of Bavaria, according to accounts from Munich,
had been everywhere received or his journey to Holten-
schwangau with the utmost testimonies of joy and loyalty. He
arrived at that Palace on the Bth instant, and visited
several of the most beautiful points of view in the environs.
In the morning of the 9th he continued on his journey to

LindtiU.
The Universal German Gazette has a Vienna letter of the
6th instant, in which it is said The late machinations in
Lower Italy have determined our Court to send a reinforce-
meat of 6,000 men to the army of Field-Marshal Count
RadetskY."
Letters from Alexandria of the 25th of April state that the
Pacha had caused the Shah -Soliman Bedreddin to be
hanged at Cairo for concealing several fellahs, who had been
ordered to return to their native villages. Mehemet Ali was
then at Minetilgamh, in Lower Egypt, engaged in devising
measures for the destruction of the wild boars which infested
the country. Three regiments had been directed to repair
thither from Cairo for that purpose.
COURT—TASIIIONA237.E.
The Queen Dowager is expected to take her departure
from Marlborough House, in the course of a fortnight or throe
weeks, for Germany, where her Majesty is expected to pass
the summer.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Solms was visited by
a numerous body of the loading nobility, at Mivart's Hotel,
on Saturday last, in congratulation of the arrival in this
country of his Serene Highness.
Prince d'Oettingen Wallerstein has taken his departure
within the last week on his return to Munich, the desirable
object for which he visited this country being satisfactorily
completed.
The Marquis of Anglesey has quite recovered from the
effects of his recent fall from his horse.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster are expected
at Grosvenor House to-day, from Eaton Hall, for the season.
The Venerable Marquis is in improved health.
Lord and Lady Monteagle received, on Sunday, at dinner,
in Brook-street, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl Fitz-
william and Ladies Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Auckland and
the Hon. Misses Eden, Lord and Lady Colborne, the Master
of Trinity, Mr. Monckton Manes, and Professor Sedgwick.
Lady Mary Fox and Lady Adelaide Fitzclarence are pass-
ing the season in the French capital, where Lady Mary had
a private audience of her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent previous to the departure of the Duchess for Switzerland.
Count Jarnac (Bohan de Chabot), the French Charge
d'Affaires, arrived at the French embassy on Friday last from
Paris, after an absence of some weeks.
The preliminaries have been arranged for a marriage be-
tween Count Augustus de Grammont, second son of the Duke
de Grammont, and nephew to the Countess of Tankerville
and Count d'Orsay, and the beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Count de Segur. The ceremony is expected to
take place early next month, in Paris.
ATISCEZZANZOITS.
Sir R. Inglis, Bart., entertained Lord Ashley and a party
of his parliamentary friends at dinner on Saturday.
In the case of a man in the employ of Reid and Co.,
brewers, Windsor, who was charged before the Eton bench of
magistrates with riding on a dray without reins, the defend-
ant was fined 6d. The costs (which he was ordered to pay),
amounted to just 31 times more than the fine, 15s. 6d. Or(
the same day a man named Fowler, charged with riding on
the shafts of a waggon, was likewise fined Gd. for the offence,
and also mulcted in 15s. 6d. costs.
In the list of present members of the Royal College of
Surgeons is that of John Bolger, who passed his examina-
tion September 16, 1756. At that time, he must have been,
by the rules of the College, twenty-two years of age, so that
he now numbers at the least one hundred and ten years.
Next on the list Thomas Bolger, his son, who passed in
1784, and who is now, therefore, at least eighty-two years of
age, Neither of these gentlemen have been elected a Fellow
under the recent charter.
Upwards of sixteen scaling vessels engaged in the New-
foundland fishery have been lost in the course of the late
season in the ice, which is unusually heavy and dangerous.
The extent of loss of human life is not yet made known.
The recently appointed Bishop of Newfoundland preached
an eloquent sermon on Sunday morning at the Church of St.
John's, Windsor, in aid of the funds of the Windsor and Eton
Church Union ociety, from the 16th verse of the 10th chap-
ter of St. John. The collection, which was made at offertory,
amounted to 321. 2s. At the evening service a sermon was
also preached by the Rev. Dr. Grant, late Bampton lecturer in
the University of Oxford.
Viscount Morpeth, as senior vice-president, has consented
to take the Chair at the anniversary of the York Church Mis-
sionary Society on Tuesday next.

AN INNOCENT MAN TRANSPORTED TOR TEN
TEARS.—On Saturday an investigation took place before Mr.
Wakley, M.P., and a respectable jury, at the New Model
Prison, Pentonville, on the body of George Gibbons, late a
prisoner in that gaol. Mr. W. Bradley said he was the resi-
dent mecical officer of the prison. The deceased was ad-
mitted in the month of February, 1843, under sentence of ten
years' transportation. He was at that period in apparent
good health. He began to complain of illness in the month
of January last, and consumption soon developed itself, which
continued until Thursday last, when he expired, having
gradually sunk under the effects of that dreadful disease.
In answer to the Coroner, the witness stated, that it was pro-
posed, as soon as fatal symptoms betrayed themselves in
this case, to apply to the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment on behalf of the deceased, but he believed it had not
been done. John Taylor, a prisoner, was next examined
as to the mode of treatment to sick prisoners. He said,
he had been in the New Model Prison sixteen months,
and had been for • the last nine months under the
doctor's hands. lie had nothing to complain of. He
was well fed and clothed, and properly taken care of.
He had been confined in Preston gaol for nine weeks
prior to being sent to that prison, and would not go back
to the former if he could hell) it. He had no objection to the
separation system ; and preferred silence to speaking. He
had been a cottonaspinner, and had a wife and five children
living at Blackburn. He had been sentenced to ten years'
transportation, although he declared he was innocent of the
offence for which he was sentenced. He was convicted
through the evidence of a man who swore against him solely
through malice, and who had himself since been transported
for life for robbery. That man asked witness to buy a
coat of him for 25., which was worth 10s. 6d., and which
he refused to do. The man was afterwards taken into cus-
tody for stealing the coat in question, and sent for witnesses
to swear that he saw him buy it ; but which he also
refused to do, as he did no such thing. The man escaped
conviction, and subsequently out of revenge gave false evi-
dence that witness had stolen five cheeses. He (witness)
was foreman of the factory where he worked, and having
paid the men returned home and went to bed at eleven
o'clock on the night previous to which the robbery was
committed at three in the morning, and remained there until
the time to go to work next day. He had then been fifteen
years in the employ of his master, at a salary of 3('s. a
week, who attended at the trial and spoke to his character.
Evidence was also adduced to prove he was in bed at the
time of the robbery. After some further investigation as to
the prisoner's case, Mr. Bradley, on being appealed to, said
he was labouring under hypochondria. The Coroner re-
marked, that he really belieVed the simplicity with which
the poor man had told his tale indicated his innocence. It
was to be lamented that the proper authorities did not more
strictly investigate cases before they were sent for trial. So
many were tried at once and so few defended by counsel, that
it often happened that the innocent suffered with the guilty.
It was really horrible for them to reflect when they left that
place they might leave immured within its walls an innocent
man. It certainly would be a delightful duty for some
humane individual to employ their leisure hours in examining
into the cases of prisoners with a view to ascertain if they
bad been wrongfully convicted. In answer to inquiries, the
Governor replied that the prisoner Taylor was an exceedingly
well-conducted man. The jury, having with the Coroner
expressed a strong hope that some means would be adopted
to restore Taylor to his wife and family, returned, in the case
of the deceased, a verdict of " Natural death."
TEE CONVICT BARBER.—Great exertions it ap-
pears are being made with the Government to procure some
amelioration of the sentence of transportation for life upon
this convict. A petition, prepared by the solicitor of Barber,
has been presented to her Majesty on behalf of Barber; the
following is an extract:—" That your petitioners, from the
causes mentioned, and from the absence of all appeal from
criminal verdicts, humbly beseech that your most Gracious
Majesty will extend your merciful prerogative towards tlte
unfortunate but innocent prisoner, by granting to him a free
pardon, and thereby restoring him to that liberty which even
his opponents admit, with the exception of this alleged
crime, he has used so well for the general benefit and ex-
tended education of his fellow men. Should your most
Gracious Majesty, however, feel that a free pardon would be
impolitic, your petitioners humbly and earnestly implore that
his dreadful sentence will be greatly mitigated by the exer-
cise of your most merciful prerogative, thereby affording ad-
ditional opportunities for the proper and beneficial exercise of
his education on behalf of his less enlightened but convicted
companions, blending justice with that mercy which your
petitioners so confidently anticipate. And your petitioners
will ever pray." It is reported Mr. Wilkins has had an in-
terview with Sir J. Graham relative to Barber, and that the
transportation has been postponed for a month.—Observer.