The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-18 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

POSZION.

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The 2-7_'
niteur publishes a royal ordonnance, dated St'
1.4
nrescribing the publication of It
Cloud, 7th insta
the Emperor of Mo recc"
convention entered into w..._
^n the 26th licltr
on the 10th September, and ratifieu
•_.,,vat e%
her. The ordonnance is followed by the es.- •-1
which differs in no point from the copy which Wall.'
already published.
The Minister of the Interior has just signed in nali2:
risation in favour of an important decision which. "if
come to a few days ago, by the Council of the Mont
P. 6.6, at which the Prefect of the Seine presided. 11
this decision, with a view to the relief of the indige„,°
during the winter season, a sum of 800,0001'. is to a'.
employed during the first three months of 1845, in loans
without interest. The maximum of the loans is to o
twenty francs, and the minimum three, and no perilt,-
will be permitted to make pledges for loans free fit
interest, except the indigent, who have certificates from
the Bureaux de Bienfaisance.
M. Alexandre Gouin, member of the Chamber of Or
puties, banker at Tours, and formerly Minister of Finga
has consented to become Managing. Director of 1'661.
'
,hs
and Co.'s Bank, which will henceforth be entitled '-
bank of " A. Gouin and Cc"
cold 16
According to the journals of the south the
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Languedoc, last week, was quite as severe as in
Indeed, at Montpellier, on the night of the Bth, the the!:
mometer fell nearly half a degree centigrade lower ths;
the lowest point in Paris. A young soldier was froo
to death on the road from Lodeve to Caylar; sad 00,••
Monday morning last a boy was frozen to death ill'
boat in the port of Marseilles. i
It is stated by a Brussels paper that the cold a • ,
gium, last week, was so intense, that several child°.
were found frozen to death in the snow. Nee
" A new amnesty for political offenders has been ta.
of," says the Constitutionnel, " but we learn tbst
Toussant Michel, condemned to six months' iniforii°l
ment for a pamphlet entitled Caducite des liehgli
and whose term expired on Saturday, is still detaiato
and will have to remain in confinement twelve Intnial
longer for non-payment of 2,4131'., the amount a! -"-
fine, and the costs of the prosecution." t at
Our accounts from Berlin of the 12th state th 01,,,
Lucerne on the 11th there was no change in the sitaki
of the repective parties. The Government was adoPb
vigorous measures against the rebel chiefs who As
fallen into his hands, and the journals favourable foLs',4
insurrection had suspended publication under the Om',
of prosecution. the
of
The Messager publishes the folldwing return
vessels entering the port of Papeiti (Otabeite) da,r.o,
the first three months of 1844 :—Whalers (Freac_li
measuring together 715 tons, with cargoes val,,,,orsit,/
222,000 fr. ; English, 1, of 350 tons, cargo 95,u o,
American, 15, 4,853 tons, cargoes 877,000 fr.; Brzlo
1, of 340 tons, cargo 95,000fr.—Trading vessels (Fre° be
8, measuring together 243 tons, cargoes 16,250f'" se
sides 5 t essels freighted by the State ; English, gt of
gether 1,094 tons, cargoes 221,500 fr. ; Chilian,
115 tons, cargo 15,000 fr. ; Danish, 2, 635 tons, Cl
65,000 fr. the
The Chamber of Nobles of Sweden decided, .011 i
23d ult., by a large majority, that, on the intenacl:llfis
troduotion of a new monetary system, the decirna, "i;
sion shall be adopted, notwithstanding the opposit4°
the bank committee to this mode of division. etnei
Another gang of malefactors, ten in nuMbeff, thd
La Bande du Marais, was tried last week by the
Court of Assize. An immense number of row-fi
were proved against them, chiefly on the evidence litir
portion of the gang, and on Saturday a verdict of g!,,,it
was recorded against the whole of them. The ,wei,
criminal were sentenced to various terms of iinP!,dis
ment, of from five to ten years, at the Begne, 0%0
least criminal were condemned to solitary confiliellio.
or simple imprisonment for periods of three to Biz le the
We learn from Strasburg that the steeple ofbeell
cathedral, which, from some unknown cause, has
for some time gradually diverting from the Wriefs
dicular, now leans so much that the summit 0 ore
metres out of a line with the base. Great fear'
entertained of its falling.

&ASV AND POSICIL
At the Liverpool assize, Thomas Stew was con" bf
of the wilful murder of Alice Nolan, at Manchester'
cutting her throat, and sentenced to death.
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Paul Downing, 19, and Charles Powys, 17, l'IC:-1.01
dieted, at Stafford, for the wilful murder of Nvile,a
Cooper, at Audley, on the 4th August last, the sod
gamekeeper to Sir Thomas Boughey. The trial lea
all Monday, and was adjourned.
At the Guildhall Walter Bennet, a lad about ten Yell
of age, who was brought up at this court on the 21seof
November last for stabbing an apprentice in the eliwpbo
of Mr. Graham, of Bride-lane, with a gouge, an' 01
has been remanded from time to time in consecpl_en"- al
the dangerous nature of the wound, was again p 1 0y
the bar with a view to the obtainment of his linerersbe
A surgeon's certificate was handed in, stating thatt", 0
boy Ingram was now out tsf danger, but still too let"';01
attend and give his evidence. Alderman Johnsen 00
he should not allow the affair to end in that manner. he
must see the boy in court, and for that purpose.
should remand the prisoner for another week.
Yesterday, Sarah Smith, a middle.aged wonvoll " •
had been for the last four or five years ungrage`'—as
charwoman at the houses of several respectable Peothe
at Chelsea and Brornpton, and availed herself
opportunity so afforded to plunder her employers. 4,6
considerable extent, was committed, on three die'
charges, from Queeu-square.
Four men, named Pear, Elliott, Carr, and Deeq,°l4
were yesterday placed at the bar at Union-hall,
Mr. Traill, charged with being concerned in his°,4l.ctell
turing glass in an unlicensed house. Mr. Trail' ihfloit
the penalty of 30L on each of the prisoners. In "%leo
of payment they were committed to prison for r
months. ---
The following notice was posted outside Union' .00.
—" By an Order in Council the Police-court, UtTigh•
hall, will close after the 28th inst., when the esteor
ment will be removed to the Police-court Blow'
street. By order of the magistrates, , 0
" N. EDWIN, Chief C/er";,ell
James Webb, aged 18, was committed at Clerkelloor
for stealing a gown, the property of his mother, •
widow living in John-street, Tottenham-court-rose'

COVET—rAsizzowaanaa.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn left A'org,
ley House, Park-lane, on Monday, for Barons Co
county Tyrone, where his Lordship will enteral
family circle, including Lord and Lady Claude
ton, during the approaching Christmas recess. ted
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas have arr!,*
Ot
on a visit to Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta of
rence, at Etal House, near Coldstream, from the D"
Dunmore's, Dunmore Castle, Falkirk, N.B. the
The Earl iof Ellenborough, who has been visitiooso
Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield House, has returnbs
Southern, where tie intends to remain until after
Christmas recess.
Ole
Viscount Mandeville, eldest son of the Duke of 1 sir
chester, who is on the staff of Lieutenant-Gener:7o
Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape of Goody' •
has recently attained his majority. tsl
The Count and Countess de Jarnac, late the Hon. po
Foley, are expected to return to town on Fridaeror,
turday next, from the Earl and Countess of $ optl
ville's villa, at Walton-upon-Thames. The CountdO
his Noble bride are expected on a sojourn at DO"'
Hotel, previous to their departure for Paris. pp
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Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, who are starn_oo6
a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, •at Hatfield toy
will leave on Saturday next for the Marquis of
rninster's seat, Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
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His Excellency Caza Irujo, Spanish Minister r-ePi
tentiary, will arrive shortly in London. The late e
it
dente of Mr. More O'Ferrall, M.P., in Hitrley-stree
being prepared for his Excellency's reception.

INIBMIZZA.NIIOI7II. 10
One of the largest meetings which ever took pleat
Brighton was held on Monday evening, by adjourn°or
from that day week, the adjournment being. for ttelfst 0
pose of giving the inhabitants time to read and ow:,00..
report presented by a Committee appointed at a pre
meeting, and which recommended the inhabitants tctire
tition the Queen in Council for a charter of incur'
lion. The meeting did not break up till one o'clo4 the
Tuesday morning, when the proposal to incorpnoite
town was negatived by a large majority. •9/.
The repeal rent for the last week amounted to 1' er,
An action was tried in the Irish Court of Exelleglot
on Friday and Saturday last, in which the defer
was a Mr. Benedict Arthur Yates, a gentleman nfAFtba
perty, and a magistrate of the county Kildare, an", a 0
plaintiff a very poor woman, named Smith. It "-girl
action for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, 41.10
of about eighteen. The jury found for the plaintiff'
3001. damages.
The Gazette of Tuesday contains an Order in C°ll the
defining the boundaries of the divisions assigned %ad
different metropolitan police- offices, which will be a"
in another part of the paper. e
The Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy and his clergy met Log
week at Meath, and have fulminated the folln°oo
anathema against any bishop, priest, or layinall:. Act
will take a. part in carrying the Charitable BegileB,;,l4
into effect :—" Resolved—That any Roman Catlintarl
or clerical„ taking a place on the commission to
into effect, this odious Act, deserves the heel ce..°o of
of the Church, and the indignant scorn of the peep
Ireland,"