The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-29 00:00:00

SUIifiARY OF NEWS

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POREIGN.

Louis Philippe, attended by General Baron Athalin, Colonels
Dumas and de Chabannes, and several orderly officers, left
the Tuileries on Saturday evening at seven o'clock for his
Palace at Eu.

On Monday M. Frederic Dolls responsible editor of the
Fritn&, was found guilty by the Court of Assizes of publishing
articles, being a personal attack upon the King, showing an
adhesion to. another form of . government than that esta-
blished by law, and attacks upon the oath of . allegiance and
Minty. He was 'sentenced, to be imprisoned far eight
months; and to pay a fine of-B,ooof. (3201.
The Duke de Montpensier arrived at I tilippeville on the
18th inst., and immediately set out again for Constantina.
The expedition against Biskara, which his Royal Highness
is gone to join, was about to move.
According to a letter from Tunis, of the 3d, which appears
in the Algiers journal, the Bey was on the point of sending to
Constantine a deputation composed of the. highest officers
of his household and the state, to express to the Duke d'Au-
male his regret at not having been honoured with a visit
from his Royal Highness, as he, the Bey, had expected. These
personages were to offer to the Prince the congratulations of
their master on the ,appointment of, his Royal Highness to
the supreme command of Constantine.
• A Royal Ordonnance,' issued on the 11th inst, appoints
Captain Pujol, of the Navy, to be Governor of the French
settlements in India, in the room of Captain Norquer du
Camper,: who has held this colonial government above
six years.

A general meeting of the shareholders of the bank of
Jacques Laffitte and Company, was held a few days ago,
when a dividend of 64 per cent. per annum (including the
interest) was declared, on the shares of 5,000 f. each, and of
5 4-sths upon those of I,ooof.
The Central Congress of Agriculture on Monday opened at
the Luxembourg its first session, the duration of which is fixed
by the rules at one week ; the Duke Decazes presided. More
than 250 agriculturists from different parts of France, a great
number of Peers and Deputies, and members of scientific so-
cieties were present at the meeting. After having agreed
upon all the questions to be discussed, the Congress entered
upon those of agriculture, education, and experimental farms.
Several able speeches were delivered. The members then
formed their Committees, and adjourned till the following day.
The rain and snow of the last few days have swollen the
Seine to a height of 3 metres 6 decimetres (about 11 feet) on
the Kale of the Pont-Royal. Between the bridges of the
Cite, the river has overflown all the landing-plaCtis.--__
The Paris police a few days back made a seizure of -one
hundred pipes of adulterated wine in one of the first houses in
the trade.

LAW AND POLICE.

In the Prerogative Court, a paper was propounded as the
will of a gentleman of the name of Hobart, who died in May,
1843, containing a direction that the sum of 4,4251. should be
devoted to an equestrian statue, of himself. The paper was
in the testator's writing, and in the form of a letter to Mr.
Blake, of Norwich, and written shortly before his death.
The probate of this paper was opposed, on the ground that so
absurd a legacy afforded evidence of the incapacity of the
deceased. Sir H. J. Fust said, that though the bequest
might be an evidence of the egregious vanity. of the deceased,
it was not sufficient to justify the Court in holding that he
was insane, and admitted the paper to probate.
At Bow-street, James Glanville was charged with steal-
ing a number otboeks, the property of Mr. -Bolin, York-
street, Covent-garden, his master. The prisoner admitted
having taken the b'ooks, but was remanded fOr further exa-
mination.
Jane Smith was charged with attempting, by 'means of
false pretences, to obtain alnis from the authorities of the
parish of St. Clement Danes. After hearing the evidence of
the Rev.lir. Ellis, the'rector of the parish, and of the Hon.
and Rev. Mr. Saville, Mr. Jardine committed the prisoner to
the House of Correction for two months.
Henry Hall and John Muggeridge were brought up at
Marylebone, for further examination, on the charge ofhaving
broken and entered the premises of Messrs. Woollens, paper-
stainers, High-street, and stolen cash and other property.
The case was fully "proved, and the prisoners (both of whom
have been in the employ of the prosecutors) were committed
for trial. • '
At Union-hall, John Elmer, a policeman in the service of
the Brighton'Railway Company, was finally examined before
Mr..Cottingham, on a charge of stealing a gold seal and ring,
the property of Mr. Fisher, a gentleman residing at Camden-
town. The case was fully established, and the prisoner was
committed for trial.
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At the Thames Police Court, Elizabeth Reynolds, a young
woman, nineteen years of age, was brought up by John
Charles Kay, an officer of Excise, charged with working an
illicit still, at No. '4, Alfred-place, Stepney. He found the
prisoner in the back kitchen, standing beside a copper still,
and surrounded by all 'the implements _and apparatus used in
distillation. The prisoner, when questioned, said she had
been employed for a fortnight, at 3s. per day, by a Mr. and
Mrs. Jackson, whose persons she described, but denied any
knowledge of their abode. Mr. Broderip said that he must
convict her in the penalty
.of3o/., or sentence herin default to
three months' hard labour in the House of Correction,