The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-15 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Public Optitton.

" Who runs may read."

N'OREIGN.

The cold was still ♦ery intense at Nil. on Wednesday. ♦t nine
in the morning of that day, Fairenheit's thermometer marked IS
by 17 below fresaing.
The Memorial des Pyrenees contains accounts of the falling of
several avalanches in the Valley of Ossau. A number of barns
and sheds filled with cattle were buried in the snow at Aas, but no
human litres were lost,

The cold in the south appears to have been very great. On
Monday morning, at seven o'clock, the thermometer at Lyons
marked 101 degrees centigrade below zero (14 Fahrenheit).
A few days ago, a great mass of the snow which covered the
plateau upon the slope of the mountain which overhangs the
village of Moliere, in the Ave}ron, fell upon the village, and
buried four houses, with their inhabitants. Several of the
inhabitants were dttg out alive, but eleven persons perished by this
disaster.
We read in the Presse :—" Among the instructions and notes
which the Duke de Broglie carries with him to England, there is
said to be a project drawn up by M. Bouet, Governor of Senegal,
who is still in Paris. The plan proposed by M. Bouet would, we
are assured, advantageously modify the treaties of 1831 and 1833.
We are ignorant, ho.cever, in what it consists."
The Constitutionnel publishes a copv of the commercial treaty
between France and China. It consists of thirty.five articles, and
ifsimilar in every respect to that which has been concluded with
England.
It is reported that the Prussian and Danish Genernments have
agreed to refer their differences about the Sound dues to the media-
tion of France.
During the last month, the eonsumption of meat in Paris was
7,409 oxen, 1,378 cows, 6,939 calves, and 41,631 sheep, being 572
oxen, 74 cows, 1,142 calves, and 2,319 sheep more than in January,
1844. This consumption has never been so great in the same
month of the year since 1825.
We are authorised to state (says Galignani) that the Committee
ofthe Franco.Er.glish Railway Company (Jacques Lefebvre) from
Tours to Nantes is composed as follows :—The Hon. George Daw-
son, M.P., and Member of the Privy Council; Mathew Boulton
Rennie, Esq. Director of the London and Westminster Bank ; John
Anderson, Esq.,merchant ; George Hankey, Esq., Director of the
Dover or South Eastern Railway.
An accident happened during the performance of Robert le Diable,
in the evening of Sunday last, at the Valenciennes Theatre, which
might have had the same fatal effects as that which destroyed the
life of Miss Clara Webster in London. While the actress who was
performing Isabella was, in the second act, reading the letter from
Robert, the long veil hanging behind her, suspended from her co.
ronet , caught fire from a gas-light, and in a moment was in one
entire blaze. Fortunately, it was seen by the foreman of the
firemen, who instantly came on to the stage, tore off the veil, and
extinguished the flames. The actress fainted from the fright, but
in a very short time she recovered, and resumed her part.
fal.V7 AND POLICII
At the Middlesex sessions, Michael Donovan, master of the
Roman Catholic charity school at Somers-town, was indicted for
assaulting Thomas Cavanagh, a pupil in the above school, on the
21st of January. The jury found him Not Guilty on the ground
that he was justified in chastising the boy to a moderate extent,
which was all he had done.
At Guildhall, William Hatch, who was lately employed as
a traveller, by Messrs. Sutton and Shepherd, stationers, Sta.
tioners'-court, Ludgate-hill, was charged with embezzling various
sums received from customers in various parts of the country, to the
extent of 1251. The prisoner, who denied the charge, and defied
the prosecutors to prove it, was remanded, on an understanding
that he should be admitted to bail.
At Clerkenwell, Elizabeth Peach, alias Frazer, was finally exa-
mined, charged by Mr. Henry Shakspeare, of No. 25, Mitchell-
street, St. Luke's, with stealing a 5/. Bank of England note, and
71. in gold and silver, a shawl, and other articles, and fully com-
mitted for trial.
COURT—FASHIONABLE.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal is
shortly expected in town from a visit to the Queen Dowager, at
Witte), Court.
The Marquis of Breadalbane, who came to town on Wednesday,
left Park.lane on the same day, to join the Marchioness at Brighton.
The Earl of Errol, who, we regret to say, continues very unwel
at his mansion in Clarges.street, was considered rather better on
Thursday.
The Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam have gone on a visit to
Earl and Countess Bruce, at Savenahe Lodge, near Marlborough.
The Dowager Countess of Pembroke returned to Wilton House
on Wednesday, from a visit to Earl and Countess Bruce, at Sa-
venahe Lodge.