The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-30 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.
On Saturday, Luis Philippe went to Saint Cloud, accom-
panied by General ,Chabannes and M. Fontaine, an architect,
and, after inspecting some repairs• which are being made in
the palace, returned_to the.Tuileries to dinner.
On Sunday, the'Duchess of Kent, accompanied.by most of
the Roy'al Family, visited the gallery of the Louvre. •Some
of the journals mention. the rumour of a grand review of the
National Guard and garrison of Paris being contemplated in
honour of her Royal Highness.
The King and Queen of the Belgians were expected in
Paris on Monday. .
The Duke of Montpensier still remains at Marseilles, and
appears to be much occupied in visiting the different establish-
ments of 'the town, and receiving deputations from the civic
authorities, the hamber of Commerce, and other public
bodies. _ _

:The Refornre states, that "the present month will be ren-
dered remarkable by the extent of mercantile failures in
Paris. The bankruptcies already registered at the Tribunal
of Commerce in the department of the Seine amount, as to
the debts,•to 5,000,000 f. At this moment, when commerce
ought .to be so prosperous, in consequence of the number of
strangers att:Paris, this return of bankruptcies demonstratel
that trade iidt in a most dangerous condition, and, in fact,
there passes not a day that we do not remark a sale by exe-
cution in shine shop or warehouse."
• . The Three per Cents. were done at Tortoni's on Sunday at
84 f. 20c.
Accounts from Cdiistaistinople of the 10th, state that a
serious altercation, followed by a challenge, had taken
place between the French and Belgian Ministers at the Otto-
man Court.
The Emperor of Russia has established au absentee tax by
ukase, of 200 roubles a year. No Russian is to have a pass-
port to travel till he be twenty-five years of age.
Accounts from New Orleans of the 31st of March, state
that -Mr. Hornsby, the editor of a Louisville journal, had
beentried and convicted before the Criminal Court, of killing
a Colonel Twogood in a duel, and sentenced to be imprisoned
for twenty-one years.
. LAW AND POLICE.
A woman named Elizabeth Cole, who has long• been
known at thejustice-room as a woman of most idle, drunken,
and disorderly habits, was charged at the Mansion• house
with having smashed a pane of glass. She said she did it to
procure three months lodging in Bridewell, as she had more
than once done before. The Lord Mayor committed her for
fourteen days. A
gentleman came to the-justice-room to make a com-
laint against a publisher of an illustrated, journal in the
French, language, containing _woodcut representations cal-
culated to excite ridicule against the Christian religion. He
considered it necessary, he said, 'to keep the name of the
publisher private, lest the offensive work might gain a
large circulation amongst those who derived amusement
from such exhibitions, but did not think himself justified,
having seen it publicly exhibited for sale, in not informing
the highest authority in the. City of so serious an offence
against morality and against the law. He had entered the
shop for the purpose of expostulating with the publisher,
who, the moment the matter was complained of, offered one
of the numbers for sale. The Lord Mayor advised him to
give information to the society established for the purpose of
putting a stop to such publications.
John White was charged with stealing a chest of tea, the
property of Mr. Williams, of Beer-lane, Thames-street. The
prisoner, who was stated to be an old offender, was com-
mitted to Bridewell as a thief and a vagabond for three

months.
Elizabeth Monck, a woman about 35 years of age, attired
in mourning, and who has frequently been convicted of rob-
beries perpetrated by her in a most adroit and ingenious
manner, was charged at Marylebone with having stolen
articles of jewellery, the property of P. S. Coxe, Esq.,
solicitor, 12, Park-road, Regent's Park, to whose house she
went under pretence of hiring as a servant. The prisoner
was remanded.
Henry Johnson, a young man of Jewish appearance, was
charged at Marlborough-street with stealing seventeen hair-
brushes from the shop of Mr. Grafftey, brushmaker, No. 20,
Warwick-street. He was fully committed.
John Shields, a wire-worker, in the Westminster-
road, was brought up for final examination at Union-hall,
charged with forging and uttering several bills of exchange,
with intent to defraud Aaron Smith, of N 0.3, Clayland-road,
Clapham. He was fully committed.
Francesco Lanchar, a Spanish youth, 18 years of age,
dressed in the uniform of a serjeant in the Spanish army, was
charged, at Lambeth-street, with stabbing and seriously
wounding a young man named Benjamin Rogers, who no w
lies in the London Hospital It a dangerous state. Prisoner
was remanded.
In the Court of Common Pleas cause was shown on the
part of Mr. Valiance, the solicitor of the Duke of Brunswick,
in the prosecution of Barnard Gregory, against a rule that had
been obtained by the Duke to set aside the taxation of
80/.- 10s. in Mr. Vallance's bill of costs ; the Duke swears
that he never authorised the payment for which this item is
the charge. This Mr. Valiance on affidavit denies. The
matter was finally referred to the decision of the Master.
COURT—PAS'SIONABLE.
The Countess of Jersey intends to give a grand ball on
Monday. next. It is to be a very splendid fete.
Lord Cottenham has taken Sir John Shelley's mansion in
Belgrave-square' lately tenanted by the Duke de Bordeaux.
The Dowager Countess of Listowel has left Eaton-square
for Peterborough House, Fulham.
His Excellency, M. Dedel, returned last Wednesday, by
the Batavier, from Rotterdam.
Sir James and Lady M‘Gregor have arrived in Harley-
street from Bath.
Joseph Bailey, Esq., Ms., for Worcester, Mrs. Bailey, and
family, have arrived in town from their seat, Glanuk Park,
Brecl; nockshire.
The Rev Edward Field, D.D , was consecrated Bishop of
Newfoundland, in the chapel of Lambeth Palace, on Sunday
last, April 28. He was presented to the Archbishop of Can-
terbury by the Bishops of Bangor and Worcester, the Bishop
of London being the other consecrating Bishop. Several
clergymen were present, and among them the Rev. D. Jarvis,
of the diocese of Connecticut, United States.
Among the recent arrivals at Cheltenham are the follow-
ing :—Sir Eras Mus Borrowes, Bart., Captain Senhouse, Lord
Gifford, Sir John and Lady Paul, Sir Charles Cockerell, Sir
E. Sendai-not e Stanhope, Captain and Mrs. Morrish, Right
Rev. Lord Bishop of Lincoln and family, Szc.
axIsCELLANISOttB.
On Monday the Bishop of London preached the forty-fourth
anniversary sermon at St. Bride's Church, Fleet-street, on
behalf of the Church Missionary Society. The finances of
the Society during the past year have amounted in receipts,
to .115,1001. 10s. 7d., the expenditure to 98,942/. Bd. In the
receipts of the year are a legacy of 5,8051. from the late Rev.
John Natt, and a benefaction of 6,000/. Consols from one who
wished to be known by no other name than "Less than the
least," which was to be exclusively devoted to the missionary
cause in China. The Corporation of the City of London has
also granted 500/.
A crowded meetin was held on Monday evening in the
National Hall, Holborn, for the
purp op-
pose the Masters and Servants' Bill :now in the House of
Commons, when resolutions strongly condemnatory of the
measure were passed, and a petition to the House was adopted.
At the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society,
held at Exeter Hall, the Secretary stated that the receipts
for the past year had been 90,280/. lls. 7d., to which was
added the surplus of 'income for the previous year, making
99,804/. odd; and the expenditure 112,9081. ss. 2d; being an
increase over that of the previous year of 12,244/. lls. sd. ;
and showing an excess of expenditure over income of
13,1041. Qs. ld. •••:.
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LEU RN MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for _ay, comes
before us strong in celebrated names and attractive sub-
jects. Mrs. Gore and Mrs. Trollope, two of the cleverest'
female writers of the age, contribute each an admirable
picture of life and character, severally entitled "Ilili-
cent, or Summer and Winter," and " The Robertses on
their Travels." From the popular humourists, " Tit-
marsh" and Leman Blanchard, we have a most amusing
little story, called " The Yartie Fine," from the first,
and a pleasant sketch, entitled " Deceased People whom
we meet with Daily," from the other ; to which may be
added, a laughable anecdote by the author of " Peter
Priggins," with the title of " The Bit of Preferment -"
an anonymous paper bearing the title, " The 11l-
Flumourist, or Our Recantation ;" and a humorous
essay "On the DUplicity of Men." Horace Smith takes
"Lachrymose Writers" for his subject ; James Kenney
finds a more pleasant one in " Mrs. Hope, the Fortune
Teller ;" and John Poole affords equal entertainment to
the reader with " The Beauty of Brighton." Among
several sterling papers still left to enumerate, we must
point to the "Recreations in Natural History," "More
Reminiscences of the late Prir.ce Talley rand," and " The
Medical Student's" conclusion of his striking story called
Marianne Esterling.
Contents of Bell's Life in London, of Saturday and
Sunday last, April 28 :--Five long and wide folio columns of
Newmarket and Chester, the Curragh Meeting, China Racing
at Chusan, Ostend Rowing Match, continuation of Winning
Greyhounds, Cricketing at Allahabad (65th Regiment and
Station), Calcutta Cricketing, List of Royal Yacht Squadron,
100 advertisements connect d
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The result of the engagement of Mr. Webster and
give the most cor-
Madame Celeste at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, has been a
professional triumph, attracting the most numerous and fa-
skionable audiences since the Italians. Among other novel-
ties, they iutroduceil, in a piece
,called The Trumpeter's
Daughter, the ,celebrated " Polka," 'which was, nightly
last Thursday , evening, at Liverpool,
en-
cored, and literally created quite a furor from the Vice-regal
throne downwards. On their way to London, they intro-
: giving
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at
Ponoclkea'a"decided popularity, and filling the house
to an overflow in every part, so much so that to please the
many hundreds disappointed, they have promised to dance it
again on Thursday and Friday next.
CARLOTTA Risi.—(From a Correspondent.)—
The obstinacy of M. Pilet, the Director of the Academie
Royal, .had nearly
.prevented this charming danseuse from
appearing on the night of her benefit. By her Parisian.eri-
gagement,she is bound, under a considerable penalty, to pre-
sent herself in person, on Friday; in Paris, .and it is by the
enterprising spirit and decision of Mr. Lumley that this has
been rendered • possible. The instant the curtain of her
Majesty's Theatre drops on the graceful poses of this gifted
dancer, she will hasten to the Dover Railway, where a spe-
cial train will convey her to Folkestone, there a steamer of
the .first class (with steam up) will bear her to Boulogne,
whence a carriage and four horses, preceded by a courier, will
land,her, we trust, in safety in Paris.
QUEEN'S COUNSEL.--It is rumoured in West-
minster Hall that Mr. Ringlalre_ and Mr. Butt, of the
Western Circuit,. are likely to be promoted to the dignity
of Qiteen's Counsel, •