The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-16 00:00:00

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The King of the French, with the Queen and the rest eof
the Royal Family, were expected to remove on Tuesday
from the Tuileries to Neuilly for the season. It is stated in.
a Rouen paper, that his Majesty was shortly to proceed to the
Chateau d'Eu.

The works for the camp near Metz have been commenced.
During the manoeuvres to be performed by the troops who
are to be encamped, the Duke de Nemours will, it is said, re-
side at the chateau in the environs of Metz.

During the last month, the consumption of
.meat in Paris
was 6,759 oxen, 1,146 cows, 6,344 calves, and 36,498 sheep,
being 1,088 oxen, 986 calves, and 2,619 sheep more, and 197
cows less, than in April, 1843. This increase, which is very
considerable, must be atti ibuted to the great influx of stran-
gers into the capital.
The Duke de Glucksberg, first secretary to the French Em-.
bassy at Madrid, who for some time past has been in Paris
on leave of absence, arrived on the Bth at Bourdeaux, ex
route for Spain. Count Bresson, it is said, only waits the
return of the Duke to Madrid to leave that capital.

Captain Mortier, of the 3d regiment of artillery, nephew
of Marshal Mortier, who fell a victim to the infernal machine
of Fieschi, was killed a short time ago in Africa, by a gunner
of his own regiment, named Chautan, who discharged a mus-
ket at him, when within a very short distance. Chautan has
been arrested at the camp of Oled Barock.

The last accounts from Rive de Gier are more satisfactory,
several pits being again at work.
The Constitutionnel states from Madrid that accounts of an
unpleasant nature continued to arrive from the Maeztrazgo,
in the kingdom of Valencia. The Carlists had already had
several conflicts with the troops, in one of which a Colonel
Muriel had perished, and several villages were completely at
the mercy of the insurgents. Bands of brigands also are said
to infest Andalusia and the province of Burgos.
According to a letter from Ciudad Rodrigo, dated the 3d,
the Count de Bomfim, together with his party, which con-
sisted of three colonels, six commandants, seventy officers,
forty men (the greater part sergeants), and twenty peasants,
arrived in that town on the 30th, and were sent off on the
following day for Soria, which is to be the depot for the re-.
fugees of Almeida. A month's pay of 20,000 reels was given
for the travelling expenses.
LAW AND POLICE.
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At the Middlesex Sessions, Joseph Ambery, a boy 10 years
of age, was indicted for stealing cigars from a tobacconist's
shop in Camden-town. The case having gone to the jury,
they called for the cigars, and upon inspecting them, it was
found that they were cheroots and not cigars. Mr. Prender-
gast remarked that he defended a prisoner who was indicted
some time since at the Old Bailey for stealing cigars, but was
acquitted under a similar informality in the indictment. The
Chairman, on these grounds, ordered the jury to acquit the
prisoner.
At Queen-square, a very smartly-dressed young man, wbe
gave his name Charles Francis Kay, was brought before the
magistrate, charged with begging. The charge having been
proved, Mr. Bond said a person of his dress and appearance
could have no possible excuse for begging, although a per-
son driven by poverty and starvation might ; nor could de-
fendant plead ignorance of the law, as he had been before
committed. He had grossly imposed upon the public, and
he should therefore commit him for one month, as 14 days
appeared to have no effect upon him.
Mr. William Morris, landlord of the Two Spies, King-
street, St. Giles's, was charged with having permitted
drunkenness in his house against the tenor of his license.
Mr. Childs, who appeared for the defence, urged on the Ma-
gistrate the extreme respectability of the house, which had
been kept for seven years by his client without the slightest
complaint. He should be able to prove that the men were
turned out when they became violent, and that every means
was used to keep the house respectable. Mr. Jardine agreed
that there was no proof under the Act in this case, indeed, it
was otherwise, for there was proof that the landlord behaYed
most properly in clearing his house. He dismissed the In-
formation.
A precisely similar information was heard against Mr.
Cooper, the landloyd of the Three Tuns, Houghton-street,
Clare-market, but it being clearly proved that all possible
means were used to clear the house, Mr. Jardine also dis-
missed the information.
COU&T ---rastuotrAszaa.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert are expected to re-
turn to Buckingham Palace this day from Claremont.
According to, present arrangements the Court will again be at
Claremont on Saturday; and remain until Monday, the day
at present fixedl fert,-the Royal visit to Norris Castle and
Osborne Hoirie, Ile of Wight.
Thea,kinnar,ball at Alinack's for the benefit of the Poles,
will tiiiiy-eit-09 on a scale of unusual grandeur. The Lady
Patronesses COmmittee met for the first time on Tuesday.
There were present. her Ladyship, the Duchess of Leinster,
the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Sligo, the
Countess- of Tankerville, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady
Caroline Sanford, Lady Norreys, and the Hon. Mrs. Leicester
Stanhope. It was decided that the ball should be a fancy; or
full dress ball, thus leaving it optional to those attending it
to wear the usual ball attire, or' td indulge their fancy. The
ball is to take place at Willis's Rooms on Monday, June 10.
Lord and Lady Leigh have left Portman-square for Cam-
bridge, in consequence of an accident that has happened to
their son, who has had a very severe fall from his horse.
Lord (lonbrook, Mr- Hope, and the Earl of Tyrconnell
have taken marine villas at Cowes, for the forth Coming
aquatic season.
The Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper entertained Viscount
Alelbourne and a select party, at dinner,. at his new man-
sion, in Upper Brook-street, formerly occupied by the late
Duke of Argyll.
The Madrigal Society, of which Major-General Lord Sal-
toun is President, will give their next dinner to- morrow
evening.

The annual meeting of the Society for promoting the re-
ligious principles of , the Reformation was held on Tuesday at
the Hanover. square Rooms. From the report it appeared
that the operations of the Society were much more extensive
and successful than at any former period. They had stereo-
typed the work entitled Fifty Reasons for. becoming a Re-
formed Catholic;" they had distributed during the year
25,000 tracts, gratis, and sold at their office at reduced prices
about 40,000 more. The total amount of receipts was 1,0841.,
and the total expenditure 1,0761.
The Home Missionary Society held its annual meeting at
Exeter-hall, Mr. C. Hindley, M.P., in the chair. The report
stated that the number of missionaries retained by the
society was 70, assistants 74, with about 50,000 hearers.
There were 216 Sunday schools, with 2,000 teachers, and
14,500 scholars. The receipts of the past year amounted
to 7,3371., the payments to 9,1751., being an excess of 1,838/.
above the regular income, but the deficiency has been made
up out of a legacy of 3,700/., which had fallen into the
Society under the will of the late Mr. Hill.
The Court-martial, which had been sitting at Chatham
barracks, with the exception of one day, ever since the
6th instant, for the trial of Sergeant-Major Milance, of the
12th Lancers, concluded its labours on Monday. On Satur-
•day the prisoner began his defence, which he read. Major
Gibson, the Judge-Advocate, waived his right to reply, and
the inquiry thus terminated. The prisoner produced: testi-
monials of the highest nature from Colonel Stawell and the
officers of the 12th Lancers, in which the prisoner has been
twenty-eight years, and eighteen years Sergeant-Major. The
finding of the Court will not of course be known until it has
been confirmed at head-quarters.