The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-03 00:00:00

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POILEIGN.
On New Year's Day, a grand levee was held at the Tuileries,
at which the Chambers, public functionaries, and Foreign Am-
bassadors, attended to pay their respects to the Royal family.
The King, on Saturday evening, received at dinner a large
and distinguished party, among whom were Generals Dam.
pierre and Cubieres, the Count de Murat,-the Duchess of
Abrantes, Count Foy, and more than twenty others.
On Saturday evening, says that Commerce, there was a grand
diplomatic meeting at Lord Cdtsley's. M. Gu;zot, and the
ex-Regent of Spain, Queen Maria Christina, were present,
After that extraordinary conference, couriers were dispatched
to several foreign courts.
The. Gazette de France, a Legitimist paper, was seized a
second time, by order of the Governirent, on Sunday morning.
Bread has experienced a, further rise in Paris. The price
of the 211:n loaf, first quality, has been • fixed trcm the lst
inst. at 35c. (30. British) , second quality, 24a. ; being a
rise of lc. on bread of the first quality.
On Friday last several shocks of an earthquake were felt at
Cherbourg, at four o'clock in the afternoon. The houses were
shaken by it, the furniture oscillated in the apartments, chairs
and tables were displaced, and many objects were actually
thrown down. A number of the inhabitants, apprehending a
catastrophe, ran ont of their houses. No accident, however,
took place.
Monday was New Year's-day and a general holiday, the
Bourse shut, and the Post-office closed at an early hour.
The Commerce states that considerable activity was observ-
able in the dockyards of France, and that the squadron " for
exercise," about to leave Toulon under the command of Rear-
Admiral the Prince de Joinville, would comprise six sail of the
line, besides frigates, brigs, cutters, &c.
Prince Leopold, son of the King of Bavaria, aid his suite,
landed at Cadiz on the 15th from the Spanish steamer Teodosio.
The Prince soon after proceeded to Gibraltar, where he was to
embark for Malta.
The Journal des Chemins de Fer publishes the returns of the
receipts of the Paris and Orleans and Rouen Railroads, from
which it appears, that those of the former amounted last week
to 97,097 francs, and the latter to 78,249 francs.
A letter from Augsburg (Bavaria) states that the workmen
employed on the railway in the vicinity of Donawerth, have just
found, at a depth of nine feet below the surface, an immense
cemetery, from which a variety of antique vessels, ornaments,
medals, &c., have been already dug up.
LAW AND POLICE.
At the Central Criminal Court Samuel M. Vendean and
Sarah Thompson delivered themselves up to take their trial for
a conspiracy to defraud the creditors of a bankrupt named
Bacon, and concealing some money and goods. The evidence
altogether failed, and the prisoners were acquitted.
In the New Court several] minor cases of larceny were dis-
posed of.
The Lord Mayor, during his sitting at the Mansion •house,
expressed his determination to take measures to compel a better
attendance to their duties on the part of the scavengers of the
City, and expressed a hope that he should be supported by the
inhabitants of the different districts. -
William Bates, an artist, said to possess considerable talents,
was brought before the Lord Mayor from Giltspur•street
Compter, where he bad been confined for six nionths for making
use of violent threats to Mr. Masterman, M.P. His applica •
tion was to be admitted to moderate bail, the sureties demanded
for his good behaviour being so heavy he could not obtain
them. He was remanded, and directed to apply to the Quarter
Sessions.
A young man, who would give no name, was charged at the
Guildhall, with having attempted to drown himself at the stairs '
at Blackfriars Bridge. At the time he wore a female dress,
with a bonnet, boa, and shawl, over his own clothes. He was
ordered to be detained till he should give an amount of himself.
Mr. James Pascal), churchwarden and treasurer to the parish
of Clerkenwell, was charged.at Clerkenwell office by Mr. John
Scott, of No. 1, River-street, Myddleton-square, with having
committed an assault. The defendant is the person against
whom certain proceedings were taken by the parish some time
ago. The summons was discharged.
Robert Augustus Jones was brought from Bath, in the cus-
tody of police-sergeant Valiance, C division, and charged at
Marlborough-street, with having stolen a horse, chaise, and
harness, value 501., the property of William Winch, livery-
stable-keeper, White Horse-yard, Windmill-street. He was
committed for trial.
John Davis, alias Blythe, and Henry Robinson, two men of
notorious character, were charged, at Worship-street, with
having burglariously entered the warehouse of Messrs. Reilly
and Storer, silversmiths, &c., in Carey-lane, Gutter-lane,
Cheapside, and stolen therefrom a large quantity of plate and
other property, of the value of 250/. The prisoners were fur-
ther charged with having been concerned in the commission of
an extensive burglary at the premises of Messrs. Leaf and Co.,
of Old 'Change, and also with having been implicated in several
other robberies. They were remanded for a fortnight.