The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

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On Tuesday evening Majesties the King and
,`ltieen of the French received Generals San( ider and
'elet, the Marquis de Radpont, the Counts de St. Priest,
Ch" let, do Montesquiou, and de Grave, the Viscount de
41n)uinais, the Baron de Vaudeul, and MM. Raguet
"Arnie, Fould, and Lebrun.
Mme. Cunin Gridaine, wifs of the Minister of Com-
Merce, received a sprain a few dys go, which wl
°bilge her to remain in an incumbeant posture fur somile
time.

The Minister of the Marine has just decreed a gold
Medal to Captain Chausse. as a reward for his conduct in
April last, a hill in command of Le Cygne, in the port of
Aux Ca} es (Hayti), at the time of the invasion of that
Place by the revolted negroes of the interior, and on
Which occasion he gave refuge on bocrd his vessel to
450 women and children, who took refuge from the ex-
cesses of the infuriated negroes.
We read in the Constitutionnel—" The Prince de
Joinville, it appears, has not renounced the intention of
taking the Princess to 113 Ives, for the benefit of the cli
Lome ; for it is said that apartments have been taken fin-
their Royal Highnesses, that furniture has been sent off,
kid that they will take their departure for the island on
January 15."
A niece of the AbL5 de rEpfk, died on Saturday last in
the rfopital Necker.
Mr. David Salomons has arrived in Paris.
The Chamber of Commerce of Boulogne has addressed
memorial to the Minister of Commerce, recommending
that the Government should reduce the charge now made
f,°r passports to foreign countries to that for passports to
tne interior of France, and also permit the mayors of
towns to grant passports for foreign countries, as they
4,1101 v do those for the interior. Should this recommenda-
"on be complied with, very great delay will be saved to
persons in the provinces, who cannot now obtain a pass-
Port for a foreign country without passing through many
tedious formalities.
The Globe says:—" The negotiations between the
Cabinet of Vienna and the Porte, concerning a revision
°f the existing treaties of commerce and navigation, are
going on very slowly, the Porte having constant recourse
to subterfuges, and every expedient to delay bringing
themto a conclusion. We have credible information,
however that the new treaty of commerce between the
Porte and Russia is concluded, and contains stipulations
Very favourable to the last-named nation. _

" Our correspondent at Turin," says the Presse,
writes that on the 7th inst., about eighty men, gen-
darmes, forest-keepers, and officers of the Customs, in-
vaded the territory of Sardinia with warrants to arrest
Sardinians charged with coining and cutting wood in the
forest of the Chartreuse. Six or seven of these men
were seized, bound, and carried by force to Grenoble, in
2Pite of the protests of the Sardinian authorities. The
Cabinet of Turin has sent remonstrances to the French
Government against this violation of territory. 'The
vovernment has not yet received sufficient information
!0 enable it to give any answer. It is probable, neverthe •
legs, that satisfactory explanations will be shortly given
Justifying the conduct of the French authorities."
Colonel Kuggenbugler, one of the chiefs of the late
gurrection at Lucerne, died a few days ago at Lenz-
ureg, in the canton of Argau, of an illne,a arising from
h fatigue and privations which he sustained in arriving
at the scene of conflict, and his subsequent grief at the
failure of the outbreak.
Letters from the frontiers of Catalonia of the 17th
December state that the cold was at that time more
Ilevere in that province than has ever been remembered.
-the courier from Puycerda had not been able to pro-
d with his dispatches, and the conductor of the mail
'aid been obliged to leave it at lives on account of the
depth of the snow, and convey the letters on foot. A
letter from Vich of the 14th also states that the winter
now mere severe than can be remembered by the oldest
manin that part of the country. The thermometer was
°lva to 13 degrees of lieaumur (2.75 above zero of
Fahrenheit;.
A correspondent at Bologna writes, 14th inst.:—
4 Snow has been falling incessantly for a week, and in
6401 quantity that the streets are blocked up. Several
, '`°of.; of houses have sunk under the weight, and some
livers in the neighbourhood have been swelled above
their banks."
The monument to the memory of Lucien Bonaparte,
frince of Canino, intrusted to the chisel of the cele
Grated sculptor Pampaloni, of Florence, is nearly finished.
It i 3 formed out of a block of the most beautiful and
Perfect white marble from the Monte Altissimo de Ser-
tavezza. It comprises eight figures in alto-relieve,
4.2,oaped with great harmony, amrsupporting an urn, in
nnieh the remains of the deceased are to be deposited.
Count Gonfalonieri, formerly chief of the Carbonari
the Austrian States of Italy, who, after passing the
;st Years of his life as a prisoner in the fortress of
Pielberg, was pardoned by the Emperor, is now living
;Ili Rome, and, having entirely abandoned politics, passes
is time in a critical examination of the ancient monu-
ments of the city.
A letter from Rome states that the Pope gave audience
"' the agents of several Belgian bankers, Rho have offered
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furnish him immediately with a loan of a million and
half of Roman crowns (about seven millions and a half
of francs).
jr,We learn from Christina (Norway) that, on the 3d
-"St*, a sharp shock of earthquake was felt in several
Farts of that province. The windows of most of the
OUses were broken, the furniture was injured, and se
veral slight buildings were thrown down. The shock
lasted more than a minute and a half, and was accom-
panied by a rumbling noise.
A Vienna letter of the 19th states that a Russian ship
shad recently
Turkish captured on the coast of the Tscherkesses a
sh vessel, laden with English arms and ammunition
for the mountaineers of the Caucasus.
, The King of Hanover,.says a German journal, has or-
aered that a monument similar to that of Queen Louisa
°f Prussia, and which will cost 200,000 thalers (760,000
..raacB), shall be erected in honour of his late Queen, in
front of the Palace of Ilerrenhausen, near his capital.
A remarkably fine Pyrenean dog, which has been sent
from Pau to London, as a present to Queen Victoria, has
Alit passed through Paris. The animal is only nine
months old, but stands about three feet four inches Eng-
'h. He is entirely white except the head, which is
brown,

36.4177 AND POLICE.
,_At the Mansion-house a man, named Benjamin Lam-
"num,
was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged by
the Directors of tke Commercial and General Life Insur-
"ea Office with havini forged a bill of exchange for the
PzrtYrnent o 15L, with intent to defraud the Company.
The chargef
wasclearly established and the prisoner was
't'nsnaitted fur triaL
A young man, named Robert Hewens, hahited like a
tttnver's labourer, was brought before Mr. Jardine at
"Av-street, charged with having committed a violent and
unprovoked assault upon Mr. Thomas Cave Wilkinson,
itt:the Grapes, Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The pri-
iPner had entered the prosecutor's house and demanded a
Christmas-box, and on the prosecutor's refusal to comply
with his demand, he bad assaulted him. The prisoner
43 committed fur fourteen days.
Richard Davis, a cab driver, charged at Clerkenwell
With being drunk, and having assaulted Mr. Moses
,!4acs, his ereploy-er,of Bowling-green-lane, Clerkenwell,
"as fined 5/. or two mouths' imprisonment, and his li-
'44n,se was suspended for three months.
Thomas Ycik was brought up in custody at Maryle-
r3le upon the following charge :—On the previous night
Prisoner created a great disturbance at the Queen's
Theatre, by singing, standing upon the seats, and dancing
Inn style which he denominated the " Polka." lie was
at length ejected from the house, and he then violently
assaulted Bedford, one of the officers of the theatre, by
Itiking him several tremendous blows upon the feu. A
constable of the E division was called on to assist, and
after much trouble he (prisoner) was con‘ eyed to the
station-house. The prisoner was fined 40s. ; in default
Payment one month's imprisonment.
the Thames Police-court Alexander Taylor, the
utlef mate of the ship Brooksby, from Manilla, now
ling in the West India Docks, for assaulting Captain
44101 Betts Thomson, the commander of the same
Vessel, under very aggravated circumstances, was sen-
:Peed to pay a fine of 51. The defendant had quarreled
th hest ward of the ship, and was attempting to
I°ll%o him, when the Captain interfered to separate
1,-"era, upon which defendant knocked him down with a

00117311T—FAREIONABMIE.
fo Ills Excellency Baron Brunnow left town on Thursday
r Dra) ton Manor, on a visit to Sir H. Pod.
r Baron Palochay arrived yesterday at Mivart's Hotel,
43r11 Hungary.
t. Lady Doer and the Hon. Misses Agar Ellis have ar-
-1"), 0E a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland,
111. t Ti•entharn Hall, Staffordshire, from the Earl of Bur-
nockar Hall, Lancashire.
b_Lord air Lady Francis Gordon left Farrance's Hotel,
''elgrave-street, yeaerday morning, for Dublin Castle.