The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-22 00:00:00

ce•unt—rAsulONAßLE.

Viscount Beresford bad a dinner party on Thursday in
Cavendish-square, which was attended by the Earl of Aber-
deen, Earl of Jersey,- Viscount Strangford, Lord Brougham,
Mr. and Lady Georgians Balfour, Mr. and Lady Mildred
Hope, Lady Charles SomerSet, Sir George Hamilton, Mr.
Milnes, and. Mr. Culling Smith.
Lord and Lady ,Combeimere returned to Combermere
Abbey on Tuesday last.
Lord and Lady Farnham have arrived at Mivart'i Hotel,
from their seat in Ireland.

Viscountess Palmerston's assembly to-morrow evening is
her Ladyship's last soirée before Easter. Invitations for
about 500 have been issued.

The Dowager Lady Holland entertained Viscount Mel-
bourne and a small party at dinner on Thursday evening, in
Great Stanhope-street.
The Marquis of- Normanby returned to the Clarendon
Hotel onWednesdav, from Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire.
The venerable DOwager Countess of Roden is passing the
winter at Bath, in improved health.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercem were to leave
Baron's Court on Wednesday last for Shelton Abbey, to pass
a few days with the Earl and Countess' of Wicklow, from
whence they depart for the Priory, Stanmore, for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen, Earl and Countess
of -Clancartv, Earl of Leitrim, and Lady Elizabeth Clements,
Lord and Lady Dunsany, Lord James Butler, Hon. W. R.
Maxwell, Hon. R. Meade, Colonel Clements, Col. Walcot,
&c., have been among the recent visitors of Cola Conolly, at
Castletown, Donegal. -
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury have arrived in
Whitehall.gardens, from Heron Court, near Christchureh,
Hants, fer the season.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The Cork Examiner states that the dinner to Mr. O'Con-
nell on Easter Monday will be preceded by a public entry.
All the traversers in the late trials will be invited to dinner.
The arrangements are proceeding with great energy.
The late Dowager Countess of Clarendon, it is said, left
great property, which was entirely at her own disposal. She
has bequeathed to the Earl of Clarendon an estate in Wales ;
but all the rest (including her noble mansion in North Audley-
street, plate, jewels, &c.) is left to her twin-sister the Countess
of Mornington ; after whose demise and that of Lord Morn-
ington, it will go to their daughters—viz., the Countess of
-Westmoreland, the Lady Fitzroy Somerset, and the Lady
Mary Bagot.
The Poor-law Commissioners have issued a circular to the
authorities of the various parishes, calling upon them to give
increased publicity to the inhabitants to comply with the
Vaccination Act of 4th and sth Victoria, c. 29, for the pre-
vention of the spreading of small-pox. Medical practitioners
are appointed by that Act in districts throughout each parish,
for the purpose of performing vaccination gratis.
On Thursday a quarterly general court of the members of
the Caledonian Asylum was held at the Freemasons' Tavern.
Lord James Stewart presided. The usual business having
been gone through, it was stated that the fund was accumu-
lating for the erection of an additional wing to the above
building, intended for the accommodation of 100 girls, to
whom the benefits' of the Institution have not as yet been
extended. There are at present 95 boys educated and main-
tained by the charity.
The Rev. Professor Buckland, at a public meeting held in
Oxfordlast week, said that in the parish of St. Margaret,Lei-
cester, containing 22,000 inhabitants, it appeared that one
portion of it was effectually drained, some parts but partially
so, and others not at all. In the latter the average duration
of life is thirteen years and a half, while in the same parish,
where the drainage is only partial, the average was twenty-
two years and a half, thereby showing the frightful effects of
&bad atmosphere.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

BOW-STREET.7--(THIS DAY.)
Five able-bodied paupers were brought up from St. Giles's
Workhouse, charged by the governor, Mr. Buxey, with re-
fusing to do the work allotted to them.
The case was fully proved against them.
. The prisoners said they were not well fed, and they were
compelled to do more work than their strength would
admit of.
Mr. Buxey denied this, and said the work had always been
the same. With respect to the diet, he would be glad if the
Magistrate would take the trouble to examine the diet table
of the workhouse.

Mr. HALL said he had done so, and he was quite sure that
no ground of complaint could be found with respect to it.
The prisoners were then discharged with a caution.
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UNION HALL.--(THIS DAY.)
Emma Shaw, a respectable-looking young female, was
brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with makin'g a very
determined attempt upon her life. . •
It appeared that on the preceding night the defendant was
found leaning against some railings in the Kent-road, when
Mr. Appleton, a medical student, seeing she was very ill, had
her conveyed to the shop of a chemist,:where it was discovered
she had taken a large dose of laudanum. Medicine having been
administered, she recovered, and then described that she was
a servant out of place, having quarrelled with her mis.
tress, and that being reduced, bad formed the resolution
of destroying herself. When before the Magistrate she said
that the reason she lost her situation was in consequence of
scalding her leg. She also said that she went to the theatre
one night, that her mistress found fault with her, and that
this led to her discharge.. After coasiderable difficulty the
unfortunate girl at length admitted to the Magistrate that
she had been seduced by a young man, and had contracted a
disease which rendered her truly miserable.
Mr. CbtriNGßAm said that he should send the defendant
to the hospital, and in the meantime inquiries should be in-
stituted into her case.