The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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On Saturday the King of the French, accompanied?,,,
Count Montalivet and three Generals, left Neuilly lu''
Versailles, and returned in the evening, when his 111:,
jesty received at dinner the Grand Duke of Hesse, Beryl"
Pasquier, and the Ministers of Sardinia, Sweden, Vr
tugal, and Saxony.
The King, by royal ordonnance, has dissolved thee
Polytechnic School. By another ordonnance, of td,
same date, the Minister of the Navy and Colonies,
miral de Mackau, is entrusted, ad interim, with the u°
partment of War.
The Government, it was said, had received fresh Pell
by telegraph. Marshal Bugeaud has left Sala Magreru
for Fez, which he will slowly approach. The Prince ,re
Joinville has orders to bombard all the towns on P..
coast, but not to remain before any of them longer ill"'
two days.
It was reported at Oran that Abd-el-Kider had le,
the Moorish army, and had gone to the western pert
the Moorish territory.
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The Constitutionnel mentions a report that a
the Moorish troops had entered the town of Tangier PI
soon as the French cannonade commenced, and destreif
the houses of the consuls, besides committing other "a
cesses • but the report was not believed.
The Madrid Gazette, of the 12th, states that the Betilgi
of San Fernando was only to advance 50,000,000 :5
reels for August, because the Minister of Finance hr.
considered that sum sufficient for the wants of Pei
Government, and that the proceeds of the taxes colleoLs
by the Bank in July last, had amounted to 57,5461
reels.

LAW AND POLICII.
There were fifteen cases heard yesterday in the C
of Bankruptcy, before Mr. Commissioner Fonblall
In one of them the bankrupt was opposed on the grc4,
of having vexatiously defended an action. In the Coln
of his (the bankrupt's) cross-examination, it apPesl4
that the Learned Counsel, who was severely pros
him, had actually signed the plea on which the deft'!"
was mainly grounded. The Commissioner smiled, _ba
Counsel blushed, and, ultimately, the bankrupt weapon,
The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittings,
the Recorder having addressed the grand jury, IT,
ceeded to dispose of some cases of misdemeanour. Jo of
Richard Downes, for embezzling money, the property
his master,was sentenced to twelve months' imprisontne,s,
In the New Court, William Warmington, a seldlrb:
was indicted for a felonious assault on Catherine Wi'so
Ile was convicted of a common assault, and sentenced
be imprisoned a month. Charles Daniels, fur steal
three halfpence, having been previously convicted
felony, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonsneotia
Maria Lewis and Harriet Smith were indicted
stealing six yards of printed cotton, value 55., the Cs
perty of W. Webb. The evidence was conclusive se;
both prisoners, and they were pronounced Gurjf
It was then proved that Lewis was convicted of fe'riP
in this Court last April, hence she was now sentence,' to
seven years' transportation ; and the other prisooff
three months' hard labour in the House of Correctios;oo
The Middlesex Sessions commenced yesterday
Mr. Serjeant Adams, the newly appointed asses
judge. 'This was the first Session under the new Ac'ey
the better administration of criminal justice in Middle do
The calendar was exceedingly light ; it eontainedboo
names of twenty-four prisoners for trial, sixteen of* tigs
were indicted for felony, and the remainder for its°
and misdemeanours.
A fisherman, named James White, was contesttti
from Brentford for a gross outrage on two children. ere
At Bow-street, Michael Read and Jane Furphl
brought before Mr. Hall, the former charged Wit
riously and cruelly stabbing James O'Flaherty, *l4,
pair of scissors, and the latter with being in his coroP7o
aiding and abetting him. Read was remanded, in op'
to give the prosecutor, who is severely injured, Sini,jo
portunity of recovering sufficiently to appear against .10
Patrick Larkin, a letter-carrier, was fully comma ,
for stealing 7801. from letters at the Post-office, ,iteS
Mrs. Pelham, accompanied by her legal adviser,
on Mr. Burrell, at Queen. square. for the purpose of to
tradicting the statement made by a Mrs. Bird, on Saw
day, to the effect that Wilson Pelham, who had 51! 01
passed as Mrs. Pelhatn's son, was, in fact, the o°aro.
Mrs. Bird, who had been kidnapped from her. "Zte
Pelham distinctly denied the truth of Mrs. Bird's ..'-
went.
John Merry, charged with stealing two silver 6°l.
was remanded for a fortnight. tree 4
Mr. Maltby, the Magistrate at Marlborough'9,bil9
fined Isaac Sorrell, a coachman, 31., for having,
driving a carriage up Oxford-street, assaulted tir°
tlemen, by striking them with a whip. ottf
Three women, named Buckley, Pierce, and Thorstio,
were charged at Lambeth-street, before Mr. 5, Lilo
with robbing a captain of a vessel of a 51. note seafiZof
sovereigns. The robbery had been committed in s
of ill-fame. After a considerable time having beest,
pended in the investigation of the case, the Magiscor
committed Buckley and Thompson to the House of pg
rection for two months, and Pierce was dischargekge
note was returned to the captain, the Magistrate 0,"
ing he richly deserved to lose it. vele.
A coarse vulgar-looking woman named Eliza
was charged at Worship-street, with robbing
•
Henry. Barnes. The prisoner had stopped the P'",,f,
cutor in Shoreditch under pretence of asking her "5*
and accompanied him a short distance until she Ingoo
tall man to whom she said all right and bolted. be
prosecutor was then attacked by the man vilictilior
e
shook off ; and starting in pursuit of the prisoner, for
turgid her. She was remanded in order to give um

the capture of her accomplice. .e
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A gentleman named 1% alker applied to the iflogientio'
fur assistance, in procuring the enlargement of * geb be
man named White from a lunatic asylum, in wh,_iefter
had been incarcerated by the authorities at the C°e"to•
house. Certificates from various medical men were frbe
duced, testifying to Mr. 'White's perfect sanity.
magistrate told him he must sue out a writ of liabeisositti
William Postlethwayte charged at Union-hall,,
attempting to violate Mrs. Eliza Augusta Townsem"
remanded.
At the Thames-office, Mr. Kennedy, clerk to the 5 0
of Ditchburn and Mare, iron steam-boat builderor
Blackwall, made application to Mr. Broderip for 000
rant to apprehend ten apprentices who had Abe or
themselves from their employ without leave. The
rants were granted.
c OURT—PAANIONALTIMEI. !On'
Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley left town on, 0 oa
day by the two o'clock train, for the Reading ststle,ao,
the Great Western railway, for Strathtieldsay, ,t")'e 01
the distinguished circle invited to meet the .1-)Pe-
Prussia. redb
Viscount Sandon and family with a party 0' razo'
have arrived at Burnt Norton, near Chippen Care
where they intend staying a month or two, yti°
The Prince and Princess RadziN ill and suite Or' ^eV
ti
the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the
tinent.
The Marquis of 'Worcester is expected to art-
tife
town to
-day from Wales.
The Earl and Countess of Orford are resi
'clit'g
st
Wiesbaden for the summer. • ea J
Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn have a Lard
Cawdor Castle, North Britain, on a visit to
Lady Cawdor, from St. Leonard's, near Windsor' 0 ref'
The arrivals at Leamington Spa have lately beck so
numerous, and comprise many families a rtil.'s/eatii
affluence. Among the most recent are Vicountlyrell'
M.P., and Viscountess Newry, Lord and Laqadi C'
Lord Calthorp, Lord Blayne, Lady Montagu, -I).iboal'e#
tharine Tollemache, Lady Wenlock, Lady 311 boa'
Lady Farquhar, lion. Mrs. Sneyd, W. B. Wrisl#3°,l.
Esq., M.P., Colonel Fielding, Colonel Max"'g"
Best, Captain D'Eyncourt, R.N., Sir Richard °ale./
D1X0C111.1.A.21111301715. a it'A
The Great Western steam-ship, which saile l'e
Liverpool on Saturday for New York, carries
passengers. Woo::
On Saturday afternoon the Prince of Virtues' .oge
wich steamer, Captain John Stevens, on her p 0.2 coo'
London, while coming into Greenwich, ran "2 crefr;
siderable force against the pier, when one of t",eioleo,,c,
who was holding out the fender to prevent the to tr,„
of the concussion, was thrown off the vessel Id fts:E,
pier with such force, that he received a comPcM
ture of the thigh. The paddle-box was stove iy°
wheel doubled up, and the shaft and machine Dd
damaged. aro
Camberwell fair commenced yesterday 133°- }ter be
a finer day for the amusement of the holidald L
was never seen. The shows were numerous al! sity.:,-;
first-rate order, embracing every natural currai•
tween the torrid and frigid zones. Originfioe Pere
Thumbs," and " Unquestionable OjibbewaYsi •itorser
servation," are in great abundance. The 'is'," est °
fd
very numerous, and throughout the day the
lA°
prevailed. • tioa 003
The Local Committee of the British Asseelt'sootioci
issued circulars from the " Museum, York," te, bobich
the forthcoming meeting of' the Association,
in that city, commencing on the 26th Septemoc'etst yea'
is six weeks later than the time appointed for bee
meeting. haying Joel),
The Governorship of Dumbarton Castle , „nee ,of
abolished upon the demise of General Lora.
the governor's house and premises fall into tang, 11
Ordnance ; and the intention is there to est ok
litary prison for North Britain. ehershiP of
The Bishop of London has conferred the PtreDllaughbet
of the Charter-house on the Rev. Follieta 50,?0,,
Ilford; and the Rev. S. Waldegrave, curate„„,e, is 115
parish, Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls CO""
to succeed Mr. Baugh at Ilford. leas
Duke trg'
It will be heard with regret that t of he
so es?
seized, on Sunday, with a tit of deafnbeoss,_o
ordinary a character as 'to produce m
among those more immediately about hi,gesPse,rstTsliffjbtg
Grace has always been subject, more or by I#o,oo
attacks of this kind, which he accounted verve
that he supposed the mar of the artilleryrileu'iar nerat:ie
battles had deranged or impaired the au_irost to
off'
but this last attack was so decided aS "'tent to hi' bi#
him completely deaf ; and although hue n_binet, all„t
ginentehrealllhoersaelthGtamprpdesa,raenddaailtotegnedtbed:hun,-:4roirfediergete,
his advanced age the slightest 5ynirm._%5.......-Co
went cannot but be regarded with unestaie.
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