The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-06 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

®pinion.

"-Yehd *rims may read."

FOREIGIV.

It was expected that Louis. Philippe would on Monday,
have paid a last visit to the Exhibition of National Industry,
preparatory to • the removal of the splendid collection of pro-
ducts that it eontains ; but the intention was abandoned, and'
his Majesty remained at Neuilly, where lie received succes-,
sively Guizot and Marshal Sotilt. Some 'of the journals
attribute the absence of his Majesty to the excitement caused
by the article in the Moniteur of Sunday.
The France states that the Archbishop of Paris was on
Tuesday sent for to Neuilly, to be ready to baptise at the
propermoment the infant of the Duchess of Nemours, whose
accouchementis hourly expected. '
The Committee on the Secondary 'lnstruction Bill on Tues-
day decided on several important resolutions, particularly re—
lative to the ecclesiastical schools. The majority of 'the
Committee were of opinion that the • clause adopted on this
subject by the Peers ought to be.rejected.
The Nationat states that the Prefects have received in-
structions from the Minister of the Interior- to have a pam-
phlOt, containing the relation of the 'Duke' de Bordeaux's
journey to London,- sought' for and seized.
The principal electors of Louviers have written a collective
letter to M. C. Laffitte,• calling on him 'to withdraw the offer
which, he made to the Minister of Public Works relative to
thei branch line from that town to the, Rouen Railroad. M.
C. Laffitte expressed his willingness to yield to the wishes of
his friends what he had denied to his opponents, and has
withdrawn the offer. It is- supposed that he will' be again
eleeted.

A letter from the island of Bourbon, May 5, announces the
arrival there, on- the 30th April, of the Syrene and Vic-
torieuse; on their way to China, with part of the mission from
this country. A grand ball was given to the governor en
this occasion: The Syrene and Victorieuse' were to sail for
Singapore on the 15th of .May.
The Siecle of Wednesday contains the following:--" A
meeting of the merchants,-.whose commerce has been ma-
terially affected by the situation which, through the fault o
the,Government;• has been imposed on France on the banks of
La P-late, was to have taken place yesterday at two o'clock
at theßue de Grenelle St. Honore, N 0.45, but at one o'clock po-,
lice agents were posted at the door of the house to prevent the
meeting.- Four or five hundred merchants were in this way
reftised admittance; A great number of them then repaired
to No, 10, Rue du Sentier, and the meeting was immediately
opened with M. Reynaud in the chair. A petition to the
Chamber of Deputies was adopted.
LAW AND POLICE.
At the Lewes Quarter. Sessions, on Wednesday, James
Simmonds, of Maresfield, shoemaker aged 75, was indicted
for unlawfully attempting to'hang himself by the neck to a
tree. The prisoner pleaded-guilty. The Earl of Chichester
(chairman) asked the prisoner if he was sensible of the enor-
mity-of thooffence? The prisoner replied that he was. His
Lordship then sentenced him to six months' imprisonment.
At Guildhall Mary Bourke, an aged Irishwoman, with a
child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Alderman Hooper
with'having stolen a piece of cloth, value 4/. 45., from the
shop•of Mr. Charles Wilson, 8, Ludgate-hill. The Alderman
said the case was clear, but he would remand the prisoner with
the hope of laying44,old of some of her confederates.
George Kimpton, alias Dozer, a. canal, boatman, was
brought up in custody, and placed at the bar, before Mr.
Long, at Marylebone
,charged with having been concerned
with three others, Who have, been tried and sentenced to
for the crime, with having comniitted a rape,•
under circumstances of great' atrocity, upon a female, on
Wigginton-comnion, Hertfordshire, about six months ago.
The prisoner, who denied that he knew anything about the
matter, was sent it once to Berkhampstead, in the custody of
the constable by whom he was apprehended.
At Worship-street Francis Abbott, a journeyman watch-
maker, was charged' before Mr. 'Bingham with having by
false pretences. obtained . possession of a large number of
watches, the property of various tradesmen in the metro-
polis. Inspector Shackell said that the prisoner was appre-
hended 'on Tuesday last in the city of Bristol, and he wished
him to be remanded, hating reason to believe that several
other charges would be' brought against him. The Magis-
trate acceded to the request, and the prisoner was remanded
fora week. _ . .

Jonathan Rothon, a .master , chimney-sweeper, residing
in Ropemaker's-fields, Liniehouse, appeared at the Thames
Police-court, to answer a charge of knowingly permitting and
suffering a person under-twenty-one years of arc to ascend a
chimney in the West India Dock Tavern, at Poplar, for • the
purpose of sweeping it. by which he' had incurred a penalty
not exceeding-101. , The case was made out, and as the de-
fendant had been fined once before for a similar offence, the
magistrate said he should new inflict. a penalty of 31. and
costs. . •. . '

At the Greenwich Police-court, Susan Dunbar, a pauper
inmate of the Rotherhithe workhouse, was charged before
Mr. Traill (who sat for Mr. Jeremy) with having wantonly
broken 133 squaies of glass, value 5/. and upwards, in revenge
for punishment'on account of irregularity. The prisoner was
fined 51., and.in default of payment sentenced to two months'
imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction.