The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-06 00:00:00

,CIAL NEWS

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" " Who rams may-read."

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The Paris papers of the 3d contain no news of interest.
The Rifornie states that orders have been given to com-
plete the works of the fortification of Paris as quickly as pos-
sible. The troops of the garrison are to be employed for that
purpose, and a number of labourers have been sent from the
departments to assist. Several detachments of labourers had
likewise arrived at Paris from Germany and Belgium.
According, to letters from the south of France, Queen
Christina 'arrived on the 24th ult. at Narbonne, where she
was received, by all the civil and military authorities. On
Sundity she attended the church in that town in great state,
and. afterwards held a levee. The Baron de Meer, the Com-•
mander-in-Chief at Barcelona, arrived at Narbonne on Sun-
day evening, to pay his respects to her Majesty, and left the
same evening. - The Queen left Narbonne on the 26th, foV
P„erptgaan.
The Russian Cabinet, according to the Augsburg Gazette;
has manifested an intention of joining in the views of Austria
in its general policy, and especially with regard to the recog-
nition of Queen Isabella 11., not that Russia has changed its
Conairvative policy, but that it begins to fear the nnliMited
influence of England' and France in the Peninsula. The
Emperor of Russia is to accompany the Empress to Toeplita,
and to'proceed thence to Vienna.

LAW AND POLICE. •
At the Central Criminal Court, Thomas Holt, the regitk,
tered proprietor of the Age newspaper, was found guilty on,
an indictment of libel on Lord William Paget. The libel
was published in _reference to the late trial between his Lord-
ship..end the Earl of Cardigan. Mr. Holt being at present
undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for a libel on another
person, was not sentenced, but remanded to Newgate.
He
will probably be brought up for sentence at the expiration of
his present term.
At the Mansion-house, a respectable young man, who had
acted as the chief mate of a ship called the Diana, ap-
peared .to answer •a: charge preferred by Mrs. May, the
widow .of the late captain of the same vessel, who, on
the voyage from St. Helena, was found dead in
the cabin, with a pistol wound through his temples. The
mate put the ship back to St. Helena, and while lying there,
an expkaionywhich _blew up the cabin,-took place, by which
the steward was killed. The charge was, that the mate had
taken possession of and detained the property of Captain
May. It was supposed that the captain had committed
suicide. The .Lord Mayor thought there were some suspicious
circumstances in the case, and held the defendant to bail.
Trnmen, named Dykes and Kenward, were fined at Bow-
street, for a severe and unp'i*eked assault on Mr. Warbur-
ton, late Major-General of the. police force in Ireland, and
his son.
' Alfred 'and James Bevis (brothers) and Joseph Murray,
alias Murphy, were, again ..examined at Clerkenwell, charged
by Mr. Nathaniel Neville, boot'- and shoemaker, of St John-
street, Clerkenwell, with having hurglariously entered his
dwelling-house, and 'attempted* murder him. They were
committed for trial.
'COUlLT—rAsuzowAszE„
Earl Spencer arrived at Althorp Hall, Northamptonshire,
last week, from Wiseton Hall, the Noble Earl's seat in York-
shire. '
The Earl of Sefton is named in 'circles as the suc-
cessor of Mr. ApPletyrbaite, in the is it, . ent of the Ather-
•ii
stone hounds, after the-present season, • .
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are still de-
tained at. Paris, as the recovery of their daughter, Lady
Alexandrine Vane, from the effects of severe scarlet fever, is
very slow and protracted.
The Earl Cathcart has arrived at Nerot's Hotel from Edin-
burgh.
Lord Hastings ha..l7arrived at Seaton Delays], Northuin-
trerland, from his Lordship's seat in ;Norfolk.
The Bishop of Durban:Land Mrs. Maltby arrived in town
en Satin-day, from Auckrand,Castle, Durham.
The Bishop of Chicheater, Adnnral•Wollaston, and Mr. E.
Gibbons hive been visiting the Nike and Duchess of Norfolk
it Arundel Castle within, the leaisveek.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Among the, many instances of the present Government's
attention to the commercial interests of the country, says the
lerald," We are enabled to announce that the British
'debris upon France, arising out of the blockade of the Por-
tendic, are about to be adjusted by a mixed commission of
liquidation, to sit at Berlin, with an umpire to be nominated
by the King of Prussia. The investigation is to take place
immediately, Mr. Ward, the British Commissioner, and M.
Englehardt, who has been appointed Commissioner on behalf
of the French Government, are now on their way to the
Prussian capital.
Workmen have commenced pulling up the stones in the
remaining part of Cheapside, preparatory to the laying down
the wood pavement on the same principle as that in the
Poultry. •
The deliveries of tea last week were rather lower, being
453,8791 be. ; but the general consumption for the present year
has been very good, having amounted to 4,351,0001b5. from
London, alone, or an increase of nearly 300,0001b5., compared
with the corresponding period of last year.
A meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Pancras
was held at the vestry-room of Gordon-street, Gordon-square,
on MondaY-evening, for the purpose of considering the pro-
priety ofpetitioning Parliament against the provisions of the
above Bill, and of adopting measures respecting it. A resolu-
tion condemning the measure was submitted, and, after some
discussion, carried unanimously. Several gentleman• ad-
dressed the meeting, who detailed very minutely the objec-
tionable portions of the Bill.

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COURT ULAR.
The Queen and Prince :4r,.• it walked tkieeP*lll
Gardens of Buckinghanilrs,l4l6 miterday row:Tying—
His Royal Highness Pri'dde rode otittat horse-
back yesterday, attended• by,, r;Wit'. Edward Bowater,
Eqli_erry in Waiting.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken
an airing yesterday in the Royal Gardens.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge arrived
in town yesterday evening from Kew.
The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had
meeting yesterday at the Office in Whitehelli' lace::••
The Commissioners • present were the Archbishop -01
Canterbury, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop et
Bari:er, the Bishop of Exeter the Bishop of Hereford..
the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Llandaff, the
of I)evon, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Hume/bit
the Right Honourable H. Hobliouse, the Right Honor'
'able Si George Grey,. Baronet, and•the Dean of Vi '
minster.
Baron de Moneorvo, Portuguese Minister, Estop.:
litunnosv; the Russian Minister, and le Commandeer.'
Marques,Lisboa, Brazilian Minister, transacted business"
ytsterday at the Foreign-office.
The Right Rev. Dr. Fleming (St. John's, Newfound'
land) had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday 110
the Colonial-office. . •
A meeting of the Commissioners of the Model prisPa.
at Pentonville, was held yesterday at the Colonil-offiee-
-.-The Lord President, Sir Benjamin Brodie, _Major Jobb,
and other Commissioners attended. - -
The Governor of the Bank of England, and the De:,
puty-Govertior, had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Excheqner yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman
of the Excise, had also an interview with the Right EQP• ,
Gentleman yesterday at, his official residence in DowZ
ing-street.
Baron de Neumann, Austrian Minister; and M.
Hummelauer, had an interview with Mr. Gladstone Yee.
terday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. •
arty.
Lady Peel has issued invitations for an evening p
on Sat Saturday next, the 9th inst., at her residence in
Whitehall-gardens.
Dispatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, and also from the Governor of 14014
L were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.