The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-20 00:00:00

SUPiIIfgARY OF NEWS

AND

Vubitt Optitton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The number of persons killed by the explosion of the pow-
der magazine at Algiers is 88, besides 48 persons wounded.
They are principally soldiers of artillery.
Marshal Bugeaud left Paris for Algiers on Tuesday. He
will be followed in a few days by his Royal Highness the
Duke de Montpensier.
The appeals to the Cour Royale, by the Procureur du
Roi, against the judgment of the Tribunal of Correctional
Police in the case of Walker, Ogilvie, Frazer, Lambert,
Peyronnet, and the woman Emma Caye, for cheating with
marked cards, came on on Monday. An imense crowd com-
pletely filled the Court. M. Gashon read the report. The
President having interrogated the parties accused, they made
the same protestations as before the Correctional Tribunal,
and adduced the like defence. The Advocate-General, M.
Nougnier, delivered his arguments in support of the appeal,
and called upon the Court to pronounce conviction. The
Court adjourned to the following day.
According to a Vienna letter of the 10th, in the Augsburg
Gazette, the convulsed state of Switzerland has induced the
Austrian Government to send a force of between 3,500 and
4,000 men, under the command of Count Lechnowsky, to re-
infitn-ce the Austrian garrisons on the Swiss frontiers.
The journals of Italy state that the winter still continued
in that part of the world. The Diario of Rome mentions that
the cold was as great as six degrees below zero of Reaumur
(11 below freezing). At Naples it was at two degrees be-
low zero (33- below freezing), which for that place is extra-
ordinary.
The captain of the Phenicien, which arrived at Marseilles,
states that the tower of the lighthouse has been erroneously
comprised amongst the edifices destroyed at Algiers. The
light was merely put out, either by the shock or by the
stones that were thrown. The glass of the lantern was
broken, but the next day everything was temporarily re-
paired, and the light was exhibited as usual in the evening.
In its last session the Council-General of the Seine-Infe-
rieure had expressed a wish to have an inquiry instituted to
learn the causes of the depopulation on the coaste of the
Channel. The Prefect of the Seine-Inferieure has, in conse-
quence, just ordered the inquiry to be made.
We learn from Rochefort that orders have been received at
that port to prepare for sea the steam-frigates Descartes, of
450, and Infernal, of 320-horse power.
According to a letter from Constantinople of the 26th ult. '
in the Augsburg Gazette, the Divan has addressed another
note to the Ambassadors of the great Powers, promising
early payment of the indemnity due to the Maronites,
and that their privileges and those of the Druses shall be I
fully respected.
Dr. Wolff arrived at Constantinople on the 22d, and
was to leave for London by the Oriental Steam Company's
packet. _

A Berlin letter of the 10th instant says :—" The great
composer, Weber, at the time of his death, was engaged in
writing the music of a comic opera, and among his papers
were found the scores of eleven pieces of the work entirely
finished. According to the desire of the King of Prussia, M.
Meyerbeer has undertaken to finish the opera, which will be
brought out on our first lyric stage, under the auspices of his
Majesty. As the libretto has become a little old-fashioned
the celebrated poetess and actress, Mme. Charlotte Birch
Pfeiffer, will retouch and so arrange it, that the first act will
contain exclusively the eleven pieces written by Weber, and
consequently the whole of the music of the second act will be
by M. Meyerbeer, who will also► compose the overture."

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31.0 W AND P0Z.1071.
At Lewes, George Curd was convicted of uttering a forged
101. note, as far back as 1840. He had managed to elude
the police until December last, when he was taken in London.
His identity was distinctly proved, and it further appeared
that he belonged to a gang of forgers.
Patching, Burgess, and Layhurst, the Sussex house-
breakers, who have during the winter spread such terror in the
neighbourhood of Brighton, pleaded Guilty to several indict-
ments, and were sentenced by Mr. Baron Alderson to ten
years' transportation. Mary Ann Hounsell and Jane Gates,
for receiving the stolen property, were sentenced—the first to
be imprisoned for two years, and the second for eighteen
months.

Two men, named Walton and Proffit, were convicted at
Stafford of poaching on Sir Robert Peel's lands. They had
been out on bail, and surrendered to take their trial. Mr.
Baron Platt sentenced Walton to one year's hard labour, and
Proffit, who had been convicted of a similar offence before, to
seven years' transportation, the severity of which created
much apparent surprise.
At Derby, an astrologer, named Coulson, brought an action
against two magistrates, for having sent him to prison for two
months as a rogue and a vagabond. The action was brought
by a Society, calling itself the Astrological Cerebral Mes-
meric Society of London. The plaintiff was non. suited.
How conies it that these learned pundits did not ascertain
either by astrology, or some other ology or ism, that such
wouldbe the eventof the action before they went into court ?
Robert White, convicted at York of highway robbery, was
sentenced by Mr. Justice Wightman to be transported for 15
years. _ _ _

At the Surrey sessions, the policeman Hall, whose case has
already been before the public, was convicted of robbing the
till of Joseph Dennison, potatoe salesman, and sentenced to
six months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
At Greenwich, James Parsons, of Arbour-square, Com-
mercial-road, East, was brought up for final examination,
charged with being connected with another man not in
custody, of stealing 84 deals from the dock of the Grand
Surrey Canal, llotherhithe, and fully committed for trial.

COURT-PASHIONAZIME.
Lord and Lady Wharncliffc intend to remain in town
during the Easter recess. His Lordship continues slightly
indisposed from an attack of gout. Lady Emmeline Stuart
Wortley is staying on a visit to her Noble Father, the Duke
of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle.
The Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon.
Miss Copley have left town for his Lordship's seat, Turville
Park, near Maidenhead.
The Right Hon. Sydney Herbert continues to occupy his
late official residence at the Admiralty until the Right Hon.
Gentleman shall have taken a mansion for the season.
Lord Suirdale, after an absence of two or three years on
foreign service in China, with the 98th Foot, has arrived at
the residence of his Noble Father, the Earl of Donoughmore,
at his seat, Palmerston, Dublin.

The Earl of Hardwicke, Earl Fitzwilliam, and many others
of the leading nobility of the county, attended the meeting of
persons interested in the Bedford Level at Ely.
Earl and Countess Delawarr have arrived at Bourne Hall,
Cambridgeshire, where the Noble Earl and family purpose
to remain until after the Easter holidays.
The Earl of Essex has arrived in Chapel-street, Park-lane,
from Cashiobury Park, near Watford, Herts. The Countess
and family are staying at that seat. 'Viscount Malden has
arrived in town.

The Earl and Countess of Gainsborough and Lady Louisa
Noel are passing the Easter holidays at Exton, Rutlandshire.
Viscount and Viscountess Campden are staying at Portman-
square until after her Ladyship's accouchement, which is ex-
pected shortly to take place.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane arrived in
town yesterday from Brighton, where they had been passing
the winter.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and the
Lady Alexandrina Vane have arrived at Iloldernesse House,
from Wynyard Castle.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A notification has been issued by the Post-office authorities
that on Good Friday no business will be transacted during the
day at the money order office, St. Martin's-le•Grand.
The Earl of Shrewsbury has sold 85 acres of land in Che-
shire to a building company for 35,0001., and has purchased
the estate of Cotton, in Staffordshire, with the proceeds.
The soiree at the British and Foreign Institute was at-
tended by the Duke and Duchess of Victoria, Donna E•par-
tero, and Colonel Gurrea, whose presence excited no little in-
terest. Thanks to the polite and efficient management of
Mr. Buckingham, the evening passed most agreeably.
Stockwell-green, a beautiful and open: piece of ground at
the corner of the road to South Lambeth, and nearly opposite
the Swan, at Stockwell, after being so many years the most
open and healthy part of that vicinity, has now been nearly
covered with buildings, and to such an extent that nearly
all trace of the former green is lost. The large Tenter-
ground, nearer Kennington-common, is also being built upon,
so that the road, from Kennington to Clapham-common may
now be said to be a continuous street.

TILE RECENT FIRE IN BERMONDSEY-STREET.—The
fire which occurred in Bermondsey-street, as detailed in this
journal of yesterday, was not extinguished until a late hour,
and it was not until some time after that the fate of the re-
sidents was ascertained. For a considerable period it was
believed that all the parties residing in the house had met
the most horrible of all deaths. The utmost exertions to as-
certain the fact were made by the firemen under Mr. Braid-
wood's superintendence. The last time that Mr. Opperner
was seen was shortly after eleven o'clock, at which hour he
wished one of his neighbours good night. The supposition
of an extensive sacrifice of lite was therefore entertained.
Whilst the firemen were, however, exploring the ruins, the
proprietor of the building came to the spot and informed the
reporter that he had been to see a friend, and that all his
family was safe, as his wife and children had gone to a place
of amusement in the Borough. Ile also said there was no
person in the house when the fire broke out. We are, there-
fore, happy to state that no lives were lest, as was at one
time apprehended. The following is au extract from the
official report supplied by Mr. Braidwood :—" No. 217, Ber-
mondsey-street, Mr. L. Opperner's, cabinet-maker and va-
luer—building destroyed, stock in trade and furniture burned :
insured in the Sun for the stock in trade, building insured in
the Guardian. Cause of fire very doubtful. \o. 216, Mr.
Benjamin, clothier and salesman—the second and third floor
stairs and side front severely damaged by fire; the rest of.
the building and contents injured by water and removal.
Engines attending—six of the brigade, two of the parish,
with those of the West of England and County offices."
FIRES IN EAST SMITHFIEI.D.—ScarceIy had the
firemen succeeded yesterday morning in extinguishing the
fire in Bermondsey-street, than intelligence was received of
another alarming fire having broken out at the oil and
colour manufactory, belonging to Messrs. Ilubbeck and
Sons, in East Smithfield. It originated in the ground floor,
in which was deposited a large quantity of oils, turpentine,
and other combustible articles. The engines quickly arrived,
and, by the exertions of the firemen, the flames were pre-
vented from extending further ; they were not, however,
entirely extinguished until considerable damage had been
done to the stock in the warehouse. The cause of the
disaster has been traced to the spontaneous ignition of some
waste sweepings.
THE TEMPERANCE AIOVEMENT.—We are happy
to hear from a newspaper paragraph that " the epots on the
face of the sun are considerably less this year." This looks
as if old Sol had been taking the pledge, and that this im-
provement was owing to his having entirely renounced the
use of " mountain dew" and other alcohol. Let us hope,
now he has turned teetotaller, he will get up somewhat
earlier for the future, and endeavour to show his face in
London a little before 1 or 2 o'clock in the day.--Punch.