The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-16 00:00:00

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PCMEXCiIIif
A rumour prevailed at Paris that the King had caught
%Severe cold at Fontainbleau, but it appears to be un-
founded.

On 'Tuesday evening their Majesties received the Mi-
rasters of Marine and Commerce, the Duke de la Roche-
foucault, and the Count tie Biral.
A Madrid letter of the 7th states that the Count de
Trapani, brother of the King of Naples, is in that capi-
, tal, and that the report of an intended marriage between
awn and Queen Isabella has been revived,
On Saturday morning, during a severe storm, a seri-
ous accident occurred to the Spanish steamer El Se-
eundo-Gaditann, in entering the port of Marseilles. The
Man in charge of the boilers having neglected to turn off
the steam, one of them burst, and four men were so
dreadfully scalded, that two died almost immediately, and
the other two were, on landing, taken to the hospital in a
dreadful state. All the passengers escaped injury.
An interesting ceremony took place at Boulogne, in
the church of the lower town, on the 7th inst. Mme.
Sauvag,e, a widow lady, celebrated the anniversary of
her hundredth birthday. A great number of her friends,
children, grand-children, and great-grand-children were
Present. The officiating priest, M. Dufour, was 92 years
of, age- The old lady's children are 72 and 75 years
old, She has seen four generations, enjoys all her facul-
ties, and is remarkable for her unalterable good humour.
Lieutenant-General the Count de Grouchy, Inspector-
General of Cavalry, and recently appointed to the com-
mand of the 13th military division, has just had the mis-
fortune of mut lacing one of his hands in the machinery
°f a mill upon his estate. In 1815, when colonel of a
ringers
of hussars, M. de Grouchy had three of the
ringers of the same hand mutilated by a sabre-cut in a
charge against the Prussians at Fleurus.
So active has the war department been, says a letter
froul Vienna, in substituting percussion-muskets for
those hitherto in use in the Austrian army, that 200,000
percussion-muskets are now ready. All the troops in
Italy are to be furnished with them.
In the Seventh Chamber of the Paris Correctional
pole on Wednesday, a complaint was heard of the cele-
brated Vidocq, against M. Legris, a watchmaker, for
libel. It appeared that in September last, M. Legris
had been robbed of some watches and other property,
and by te avice ois friends had applied to Vidocq to
discover h
thed f h
thief. A woman named Debonnaire was
taken up and convicted for the offence, and, on the trial,
• Legris expressed himself in terms relative to Vidocq
Ivhich the latter thought unjust, and calculated to do him
aa injury. He brought an action against Legris in con-
sequence, but the Court considering that the defendant
bad spoken on his oath, and that the plaintiff did not
come forward in person to urge his charge, dismissed the
eat, and condemned Vidocq to costs.
wisp has
a royal order, dated Munich, the Bth inst., the
has ordered that until he shall have decided other-
, all soldiers who are not Catholics, and who serve
,o virtue of the conscription, shall not be employed in
,g the lines of Catholic processions when the host
being carried.

ZAIX, 41.7(1) POLIC33.
In the Court of Exchequer, the Lord Chief Baron
an, nom:iced that the Court was of opinion that rules
mould be granted in the cases of Harrison v. Wright,
Crellin v. Calvert, and Crellin v. Brook. His Lordship
also announced, in the early part of the day, that Friday
text should be additional special paper day.
At the Mansion-house, five young women, who had
Jut been discharged from Peckham workhouse, con-
nected with the City of London House, were charged
with having broken eighteen panes of glass in the Man-
sion-house windows. It was stated that, while in the
act of mashing the windows, they indulged themselves
i
roars of laughter. The Lord Mayor, in passing sen-
anniee'cgaid—You shall all go to Bridewell, to hard labour
economical diet, for two months; and so shall every
Widw-breaker who is brought before me.
Mr. Bingham, an auctioneer, in Ryder's-court, Lei-
eeSter-square, was summoned, before Sir Peter Laurie
and eir John Pixie, at Guildhall, for making an exces-
sive avid unlawful distress on the goods of Robert I i ew,
in King's Head-court, Shoe-lane. Bingham contended
that the magistrates had no jurisdiction. He would try
the question with them. Sir Peter Laurie said he would
if necessary, assist the complainant to try the question,
from his own purse. The defendant was adjudged to
pay 505. as a compensation, which order be refused to
comply with.
The boy Watts, who draws crowds together_
in the
streets, by standing on his head on the spike of any iron
raising, was brought up at Marlborough-street, charged
with standing on his head on the railings of St. James's
Church. He expressed a great dread of the work-
louse, and said he preferred a prison ; and on being
ached by the magistrate how many times he had been in
loison, lie thus replied Tell yer worship the whole
t. First of all I got seven days in Coldbath-fields for
begging. Yen I come out I gave up that dodge, and
stole a penny loaf, and got a fortnight at the mill.
Next me and my partner stole some horranges, and
.the beak guy us a month apiece at Tothill-fields.
Arter that got seven days for jumping Jim Crow. Arter
that two months, cos a pieseman cotched me by the scruff
Of my neck, and I hev a stone at him, whot missed him and
hit a ,boy behind a slap on the nose. Next got three veeks
at norsomonger, for notink as I know on. Arter that
305., or the e° veeks at the New Prison, for breaking yin-
del's, cos they chucked water over me ; and that's all
except this here, which is either Brixton or the verkhus,
rot yer vership ploses. This history of convictions was
given without the slightest hesitation, and as a matter of
course. Mr. Hardwick gave the boy the option of
making his election between a prison again or Maryle-
bone workhouse, as he appeared to have a settlement in
that parish. The boy, after a short pause, decided on
;giving the workhouse another trial.
The attention of the Magistrate at Queen-square was
drawn, to the case of a young lady, who gave her name
usorgiana Leigh Hayes, and stated that she was twenty-
"'en years of age. She represented herself to be the
'daughter of a wine-merchant, who had formerly carried
on business on Tower-hill, but who died when she was
onlyre seven years old. Her mother shortly afterwards
theurd to were she was married to Mr. Picards,
tens. ePtYecorder there, and proprietor of some ex-
tve lead works in the neighbourhood. He was for
Zpitlii years in the most affluent circumstances, and kept
uvexb)' large establishment; but owing to severe losses
asuittl3,...llle.ss, and an expensive and long protracted law
ex., watch ultimately was decided against him, he
...
be-
net 111 u reduced, and died about fourteen months ago.
nionth:"e,,en
(applicant's mother) survived him but a
hers., . Applicant, who had endeavoured to maintain
nY keeping a day-school, and by doing plain
iltrjee,(lle-work, found her efforts unsuccessful, and came
.I:_l_4ondou in hopes of having better fortune. She was
..'4l)pointed in this respect, and having expended the
~..Kaendr means left by her mother, parted with her cloth-
g.until she was left with nothing but what she stood
ight U. She was wandering the streets in the most
destitute Lot
condition, without food or shelter, when sheL
int
ewith Mrs. Carr, who, recognising her, took her
o, and
en afforded
the her all theto relief into her power. M
whrs.
rr mtioned case Inspector Taylor, o,
be making inquiries, found her statement to
quite correct, and various sums of money were
centritcnted for her relief. Shortly before the closing of
the
Court, a gentleman entered and stated he was in
list of of a Miss Georgiana Hayes, the daughter of a
meld C. Hayes, and should this lady prove to be the iden-
titledParty of
N°l°lll
he was in search, she would be en-
to very coreeiderable property. He subsequently
politely communicated the result of his visit. Miss
_Lay, was the daughter of a Mr. Charles Hayes, but
ad stated that her father had no brothers. If this
savtrisefied
.he could not be the Party, but he did not rest
years
of to that respect. Miss Hayes was only seven
moved
frotglat her father's death, had been re-
the She bore a striking resemblance to
intAntieWirtsiliinpsesrrtvrieceet Anne M‘Cormack, recently a de-
India raerch
iolr re-
nt' Mr. M. Gomez Silva, a West
wee brought lip riding in King-street,Finsbury-square,
inveigled away examination, charged with having
child, i'qn years ofera• master's daughter, an interesting
with havog stole a.e, for immoral purposes, and also
Aarons, her fellon a sovereign, the property of Leah
charge of theft servant She was committed on the
and r
the , emanded on that of inveigling away

The Gova.2c—rasurorrassas.
pected Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby are ex-
arrive in town on Monday next, from Mul-
grave Castle.
The Marquis of Londonderry entertained his tenantry
at dinner in the assemblyrooms, Newtownard, on Mon-
day last.
The Countess of Glengall and the Ladies Butler have
arrived at Lower Grosvenor-street, from Brighton.
The Earl of Gainsborough will preside at the anni-
versary of the Rutland Agricultural Society, on the 4th
of the ensuing month.
Lady Howard de Walden and family left Harcourt
House, the residence of the Duke of Portland, on Thurs-
day lad, for Southampton, where her Ladyship was to
embark yesterday for Lisbon, to join Lord Howard de
Walden at the British Effibassy in the Portuguese capital.
Lord and Lady Beresforil intend passing the winter at
necigebury Park, Kent.
The Dowager Lady Ridley still continues at the Cla-
rendon Hotel, Leamington Spa, at which place she has
been sojourning for some months. Her Ladyship is still
in a very precarious state of health.
According to the latest accounts from Harcourt _House
the Duke of Portland was getting gradually better. The
Marquis of Titchfield has, for the present, relinquished
his projected continental tour. The Noble Marquis,
wiLli the Ladies Mary and Harriet Bentinck, and Lord
Henry Bentinck, remain at the Abbey with their noble
parent.

ITZSOMZZAN3!OT/11.
On Friday eyeing a banquet was given at the Albion,
Aldersgate-street; by the Western Circuit to Mr. Justice
Erie, on his elevation td the bench. Mr. Rogers, the
leader of the circuit, was in 6e chair ; and, in addition
to the members of the circuit, there were present Sir
Frederick Thesiger, Sir Thomas 'Wilde, Mr. sergeant
Iterewether, Sir John Awdry, W. Hayter, Esq., M. 13,3
and others, who, having some time left the circuit, were'
anxious to participate in this mark of respect to the dis-
tinguished guest.
A numerous and highly-respectable meeting took place in the Town-hall at Bridport, on Wednesday
'elung, the 13th inst., for the purpose of welcoming the
arrival. of Mr. Cochrane among his constituents. About
three hundred of the electors sat down to supper, and
every corner of the hall was densely crowded. After
the customary loyal toasts had been given, the health of
the non. Member was drunk with great enthusiasm,
and the Honourable Member replied in a long speech, to
'which We Give referred in a leader.

On Thursday an important meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce, including most of the large and influential
manufacturers of the district, was held in the rooms in
Town-hall-buildings, King-street, Manchester, for the
purpose of considering the propriety of•memorialising
Government for the repeal of the duty on cotton wool.
The attendance of members was large. Several gentle-
man addressed the meeting, vho all agreed in condemn-
ing the tax in the strongest terms. In the end a memo-
rial to the Lords of the Treasury was unanimously
adopted in favour of the immediate repeal of the tax.
Upwards of 500 tons of hay have been completely de-
stroyed between Banagher and Meelick, by the rising of
the waters of the Shannon.

The relatives of the late Mr. Arthur Gloster, of Moy-
lish, have offered a reward of 8001. for the discovery of
the murderers of that gentleman, on the 4th November
inst., near Rathlooba, county of Clare.
In consequence of the high winds and extremely
boisterous weather which has prevailed for the last
week, and particularly during the early part of it, nearly
the whole of the steamers trading to and from the Con-
tinent have been considerably behind their usual time,
and several of them have been prevented from making
the voyage at all.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—Tho following are the Total Receipts of
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year :