The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-20 00:00:00

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FOREIGN".

Their Majesties the King and Queen of the French
received, on Sunday evening, the Minister of Justice,
the Minister of Finance, the Chancellor of France (the
Duke Decases), General Boileau, President Seguier,
President Debelleyme, the Charge d'Affaires of Naples,
M. Dupin, sen., M. Laplagne-Barris, and MM. Clement
and Laidot, Questora of the Chamber of Deuties.
On Monday, the English company of tragedians
opened their campaign at the Italian Opera, in Paris, and
the success of the first night's representation (Othello)
was everything that could be wished.
The Sentinelle de la Marine announces that, by a deci-
sion of the Minister of Marine, the expedition against
Morocco is to count as two campaigns for those engaged
in it.

The Commerce says :—" The Mexican Government
has performed an act of justice. The outrage upon one
of our fellow-countrymen, M. Fazieres, has been followed
by the severe punishment of the offender. Capt. Uruena
has been condemned to degradation, and eight years'
imprisonment with hard labour."
Several :of the Paris journals state that a person
dressed in the most theatrical style, of a dignified
manner, and about 30 years of age, who had for several
days made himself conspicuous in the streets of Paris by
his extravagant gestures, as well as his costume, was
lately arrested in front of the Prefecture of Police, where
a large crowd had assembled round him. It is added
that he is an Englishman of excellent family, who had
become deranged in his attempts to effect social reform,
and had disappeared without his friends having been
able to discover any trace of him.
On Sunday week a poor little Savoyard was found
frozen to death on the ramparts at Douai. He had with
him his only friend and companion, the earner of his
bread, a little white mouse !
" The Constitutional Committee," says a letter from
Stockholm, " has been lately occupied with four Bills
for effecting reforms in the representation. A fifth Bill
is to be brought in by President Gartmansdorff."
Upwards of 3,000 persons were assembled at Paris on
Sunday, in the Halle aux Drape, to witness the cere-
mony of the distribution of prizes, by the Prefect of the
Seine, to the journeymen who have attended with the
beat success the lectures of the Professors at the Associa-
tion Polytechnique. The scene was striking. The
Prefect delivered an impressive address, and several
musical compositions were sung by the pupils of the
Association.
A letter from Berlin states that Tschech, who fired at
the King of Prussia, is shortly to be removed to the for-
tress of Grandenz.
On the 20th ult., about mid-day, a fire broko out at
Constantinople, in the quarter called Aladjia Haman, a
short distance from the port, and consumed about fifty
houses and a great number of shops.
A letter from Smyrna of the 23d ult., states that on
the 17th a great part of the town of Balukesser was de-
stroyed by fire. More than a thousand houses and
shops aro said to have been devoured by the flames.
SAW AND POLIO*.

In the Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday, Mr.
Commissioner Goulburn said he felt it his duty to call
the attention of the public press to an error of some
consequence to third parties, which he had no doubt had
been inadvertently committed in the insertion of a bank-
ruptcy in the Gazette, and by which the petitioning
creditors, Messrs. Ma} or and Skinner, of Anchor-wharf,
were made to appear as being bankrupts also. His
Honour, whilst expressing his regret that such a mis-
take should have occurred, felt gratified that the firm
mentioned was of such respectability, that little or no
harm had occurred to them in consequence of it. He
severely reprimanded the officer of the Court through
whose negligence the mistake had arisen, and ordered
that he should defray all the expenses attending its cor-
rection.
The trial of Downing and Powys, for the murder of
Sir T. Boughey's gamekeeper was resumed at Stafford on
Tuesday. The Jury, after considerable hesitation, re-
turned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommenda-
tion to mercy. Downing exclaimed—" May my soul
never enter the kingdom of Heaven if I am guilty, so
help me, God I"

'i he Court at Liverpool was engaged the greater part
of Tuesday with the trial of several cases of rape, the
particulars of which are unfit for publication.
At the New Court, Old Bailey, George Welsh, Henry
Thomas, and Jerry Miney, under thirteen )ears of age,
were convicted of stealing a purse, containing a crown
piece and other silver coin, the property of W. J.
Smith, from the person of Emma Ann, his wife. Welsh
had been before convicted of robbery from the person,
and Miney, by the name of Butler, once. The Court
appeared at a loss how to dispose of the prisoners, on
account of their tender age. At length Thomas was
sentenced to two months' imprisonment, and Welsh and
Miney to ten years' transportation.
Sarah Weatherley, a respectably-dressed married
woman, twenty-eight years of age, was convicted of
stealing thirty-seven yards of ribbon, value Gs., the pro-
perty of Thomas W. Kershaw, and sentenced to be im-
prisoned for three weeks.

At Union-hall John-Pentland, a respectable-looking
young man, was brought from Guy's Hospital, charged
on suspicion with stealing a book entitled 44 Gregory's
Practice of Physic," from that institution. The prisoner,
who said he was innocent of the alleged offence, was held
to bail, himself in SOL, and two sureties of 40i. each, to
appear on a future day.