The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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His Majesty of Hanover has created a new distinction, in
honour of fifty years' military service, and given it the name
of the cross of Ernest Augustus. The first officer who re-
ceives this cross is his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge.
The Frankfort Journal, well informed in all Russian
movements, says that " the stay of the Emperor in England
will not exceed a week ; and that he will return to Berlin
direct by Cassel and Weimar, to go later to Carlsbad and
Kissengen." _ _

The railroad from Carlsruhe to Strasburg was opened on
the 2gth of May.
The Duchess of Berri is about to remove her residence
from Gratz to Venice.

The young Queen of Spain arrived at Barcelona on the Ist
lest., and was received with great rejoicings.
It is rumoured at the Cape that the eminent French and
Swedish naturalists, Messrs. Delgorgie and Wilberg, had been
murdered by the natives in Mazilikatze country.
It appears that Lord Stanley has. complied with an often-
reiterated request of the settlers in the eastern province of the
Cape of Good Hope, in giving additional powers to the Lieu-
tenant-Governor, so that he shall in future have undisputed
pre- eminence over the judiciary, and in cases of emergency
to act upon his own judgment and responsibility, without
waiting for instructions from the Governor of Cape Town.
It is said that the address to O'Connell, which has been
circulated in several towns of the province of the Rhine, has
given occasion to some discussion between the English and
Prussian Governments.

The subscription for the sword to be presented to Admiral
Dupetit Thouars, amounts to 15,331 f.

the Hotel de Cluny, which had been purchased by M.
Belin Leprieur for 90,000 f., has been sold by that gentleman's
son, to the French Government, for 400,000 t

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The sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced
yesterday at the Old Bailey.
Johanna Carroll, a girl, above 17 years old, was charged
at Guildhall with attempting to commit suicide at Black-
friars-bridge. She has no father or mother, and Was given
into the care of an aunt, with an admonition.

Ann Berry, a distressed looking female, who was described
as a shirtmaker, was charged at Clerkenwell with having
embezzelled 65 squirrel locks, value 65., the property of Mr.
Carpenter, furrier, of John-street, Clerkenwell. She was
convicted in the penalty of twenty shillings for illegally
pawning the articles, and ordered to pay six shillings
their value, and in default she was committed to prison for
fourteen days. Mr. Chapman was then charged for not
having given the prisoner a duplicate, or "note," or "me-
morandum," for the pledge, and he was convicted in the pe-
nalty of 31.
James King, a lad, about fourteen years of age, was charged,
at Queen. square, with embezzling various sums of money, the
property of his employers, Messrs. Obbard and Brown, of
Little George-street, Westminster, news-agents. He was
remanded.

Mr. John Bailey, a gentleman residing in Brunswick-ter-
race, Hackney-road, and who holds a situation under Go-
vernment, was charged at Worship-street with having as-
saulted with criminal intent a very pretty and modest-look-
ing girl, named Sarah Arrielia Barber, aged 13 years. He
was held to bail.

Frederick Macgy, a Russian sailor on board the St. James,
American line of packet ship, was charged at Lambeth-
street, with having on board that ship, with intent, to
smuggle, 521bs. weight of foreign manufactured tobacco, for
which offence he was liable to a penalty of 1001. He was
convicted in the full penalty.

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The Earl of Aberdeen gives a grand banquet, on Thursday
next, at Argyll House, to the King of Saxony. The French
Ambassador, Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord
Stanley, Duke of Buccleuch, and the principal members of the
foreign corps diplomatigue, are invited to meet his Majesty.
Viscount. and Viscountess Ponsonby received a distin-
guished party at dinner last evening, at their residence in
Stanhope -street.
Lord and Lady William Powlett had a dinner party yes-
terday, at their house, in Curzon-street.
His Serene Highness the Prince Alexander de Gonzaga,
Duke of Mantua, and her Serene Highness the Princess
Maria Eliza de Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua, have arrived in
Grosvenor-square.
The Dowager Viscountess Torrington, the Hon. Miss
Hilare Byng, and the Hon. James Byng, have arrived in
Norfolk-street, Park-lane.

WISCELLANEOTTS.
Yesterday, the annual ceremony of the distribution of
the rewards adjudged by the Society of Arts during the
present session, was held at the rooms of the Society, in John-
street, Adelphi. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presiding
on this occasion, a very numerous company was assembled,
among whom we observed the Duke of Sutherland, the Mar-
quis of Northampton, and many other members of the nobi •
lity. The three Asiatic Princes, at present on a visit to this
country, named Meergafas Aleekham Bahadoor, Meer Mo-
hamed Alec Risoldar, and Loatfullah Khan, were also present.
Mr. Edward Taylor paired off against the second reading
of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill with Captain Vivian.
. Captain Mervyn Archdall, M.P., for county Fermanagh,
paired off on Thursday night with Sir W. W. Wynn, against
the second reading of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill.
The following announcement lately appeared in a Jersey
journal :—" To be sold, 1311 aw suits, the property of an advo-
cate retiring from business. N.B. The clients are rich and
obstinate."

A new piece was produced at the Lyceum last night,
called the Three Fra Diavolos ; it was entirely successful.
Last night the Standing Committee of the Friends of Jus-
tice met at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, to arrange for a
great public meeting, to be held early next week at the great
room in the Saville Palace, Leicester-square. At the first
meeting R. Taylor, Esq., common councilman of the City of
London, presided. Last night R. Barrett, Esq., was in the
chair, Mr. M. P. Haynes acting as secretary. The meeting
will have its attention called to the unconstitutional character
of the late legal proceedings in Ireland.
Count Ostrowski was one of the company at the Polish
Ball. He was presented to the Lady Patronesses, and was
indeed one of the lions of the evening, the charge against
him being considered a very ridiculous one. It was stated in
the ball-room that the Emperor of Russia did not purchase
a ticket for the occasion.

The news from the United States, respecting the annexa-
tion of Texas, and the tenor of the news from Paris, with
respect to Morocco, hae produced an uneasy feeling on the
Stock Exchange, and caused some speculative sales in the
English funds.

THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The concert of last night was announced as being " by
command" of her Majesty; and it was understood that the
same illustrious party (with the exception of the Emperor of
Russia) who visited the Opera on Saturday were to honour
the concert with their presence. The crowd, consequently,
was immense, and the room had a most brilliant appearance.
At: half-past eight the royal party entered the room, and
took their places in the space set apart for them immediately
in front of the orchestra. There were present her Majesty
and Prince Albert, the King of Saxony and his suite, the
Dukes of Cambridge and Wellington, the Duchess of Buc-
cleuch, Earls Delawarr, Jersey, and Falmouth, Sir Edward
Bowater, the Hon. C. Murray, Lady Catherine and Miss
Cavendish, the Hon. Miss Liddell, and Lady Macdonald.
When the Queen appeared, the audience rose and greeted her
Majesty with a burst of applause, and " God save the Queen"
was played by the orchestra.

The concert, though excellent, presented little novelty. It
opened with Beethoven's colossal symphony in C minor,
which was most magnificently performed. The effects of
Mendelssohn's superintendence were apparent, not only in
the increased precision and aplomb of the whole performance,
but in several new effects produced by accelerating and re-
tarding the movement, and the subdued and delicate execu-
tion of the piano passages. Mozart's beautiful air, " Oh,
cars immagine," from the Flauto Magico, was then admirably
sung by Signor Salvi. There was next a concertante for
four violins, played by Sivori, Blagrove, Willy, and Sainton,
with full orchestral accompaniments. Sterndale Bennett's
very clever overture, The Naiades, concluded the first part.
The second part consisted almost entirely of Mendelssohn's
overture and music for the Midsummer .Night's Dream, which
had been performed at the previous concert. In its repe-
tition it was even more effective than before. It was listened
to with the deepest attention, and applauded with enthu-
siasm. The concert terminated with an overture by
Schubert—by no means such a composition as we should
have expected from the author of so many beautiful and
imaginative songs. The royal party remained till the con-
clusion of the concert.

A plan is in agitation for sending to the Australian
colonies one entire regiment, annually. We shall hail the
adoption of such a measure with feelings of lively satisfaction,
for it will put an end to the demoralising effects produced by
a corps being divided into fragments for a continuous period
of three years, one part being at Chatham, another at the
antipodes, and others at sea on their outward voyage. The
proposed arrangement would also lead to another beneficial
result; it would enable the Commander-in-Chief to relieve
one regiment per year in India, independently of extra re-
liefs, and thus shorten the long and arduous tour of duty of
the corps serving in that country.— United Service Gazette.
A ROYAL PRESENT.—Amongst the many fine
cattle shipped per the steamer for London, on Wednesday
last, an ox of the Angusshire breed attractel general admi-
ration, on a' count of its beautiful symmetry and great size
and weight. Its weight was computed, by competent judges,
to be little short of 150 stones Dutch. IN e understand that
this splendid animal goes as a present to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert —Dun'Jee Advertiser.
DETERMINED SUICIDE FROM FEAR OF WANT.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Wakley, M,P., held an inquest at
the Royal Standard, Sale-street, Paddington, on the body of
Joseph Paice, a butler, out of place. From the evidence it
appeared that the deceased had been in a very melancholy
mood in consequence of being out of a situation for the last nine
months. He lately threatened, on several occasions, to de-
stroy himself, to avoid distress. On Friday 'evening, he re-
turned to his lodgings, 25, Sale-street, in a very excited
state, flung a chair at his landlady, and exhibited other
symptoms of insanity. He retired to his room about ten
o'clock, and was shortly afterwards found in bed, suffering
frightfully from the effects of a cup of vitriol which lie had
drank. Mr. Field, M.D., 4, Stanhope-place, was called in,
and administered, but in vain, every andidote, as the de-
ceased expired at three o'cloCk the following morning, im-
ploring forgiveness of his Maker. The jury returned a ver •
diet, "That the deceased destroyed himself, but whether he
was insane or not there was no evidence to prove."
The King of the French has presented our native
composer, Mr. Balfe, with a splendid gold medal, value 4,000
francs, in acknowledgment of his consideration of the com-
poser's talents, but particularly for the merits of the Plats
dlmour produced last season at the Opera Comique.