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

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The Committee of the Privy Council was engaged in
hearing the arguments in the case of the Royal Court of
Guernsey, against General Napier, the Lieutenant-
Governor of the Island. The further consideration of
the case was adjourned to Monday.
The Commission at Derby was opened by Mr. Justice
Patteson on Monday afternoon. The calendar contains
the names of 27 prisoners, and one has been committed
since it was printed,
At Chester Edwin James Port, 49, was placed at the
bar on a charge of killing and slaying Mary Harris, at
Birkenhead, by the application of white arsenic to her
right breast, which produced a sore or ulcer, and a mortal
sickness, on the II th of October last, of which she died
on the 24th -of the same month. The defendant was a
quack doctor, who advertised to cure cancer. He was
acquitted, and, in discharging him, Mr. Baron Gurney
gave him the following caution t--" Take care of your-
self for the future----you may not be so fortunate another

Joseph Stett„dinan Morrison, a police superintendent,
was convicted 4fore Mr. Justice Coleridge, at York, of
having embeialed.l7l. The money had been remitted to
him as a subscription to the Police Association,
At Guildhall; Sir Peter Laurie' mentioned that some
persons residing at Paris, had hit- upon' a singular plan
to recruit their finances. They had taken up Dodd's
account of the nobility and gentry, and had begun
rondino eiroulara to tho individuals en tunorated
therein, soliciting a remittance towards translat-
ing into German, and publishing, a series of biogra-
phical sketches.- The application enclosed a sketch of
the article intended to be published, in which the person
addressed was eulogised, and blanks were left for the
insertion of some particulars. Though the names were
varied, the style of description was adapted to all of that
grade. Sir Peter said the price of fame was to be one
guinea per page. He had written to Paris declining the
favour, as he comprehended the object.
Leah Mary Roper, the notorious shoplifter, was fully
committed from Bow-street.

A young woman was charged at Marylebone with
having stolen, from the person of Mr. Arthur Rumsey,
a wine merchant, carrying on business iu Bond-street,
two Bank of England Rotes of 201. each, and one ditto
of 10/., together with a sovereign, 65., and a gold ring.
It appeared that the prisoner met the prosecutor in the
street and accosted him as if 'she knew him. lie as-
sured her she was mistaken. She however followed him,
stating► she was a lady's maid, and eventually sncceeded
in picking his pocket of the articles mentioned. She was
remanded until next Tuesday. The police of the various
divisions have, from time to time, received information
with regard to other robberies perpetrated under circum-
stances of the like artful character, and it is more than
probable that on the next examination, other " gentlemen"
who have been " victimised" by " ladies' maids" may at-
tend to prefer more charges.
John Stump, who pleaded drunkenness as an excuse
for his conduct, was sentenced at Worship-street to six
weeks' hard labour for having entered the house of an
old lady, seventy years of age, and forced himself into
her bed.

coIrieT—PASINIOWABIas.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster are
en-
tertaining a select circle at Litton nail.
Baron Nieumann and his bride (eldest daughter of the
Duke of Beaufort) have left England, for Florence,
where the Baron has been appointed Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the court of his Imperial Majesty the Em-
peror of Austria.
The Right Hon. the Paymaster-General and Lady
and Miss Knatchbull, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on
Monday, from Mershatn, near Ashford.
Sir James Graham has taken Orton House, at Brighton,
where Lady Graham and family arrived on Monday.
Miss Burdett Coutta arrived on Tuesday at the Norfolk
Hotel, Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Grosvenor will arrive at
Eaton Hall in the course of the week, to remain during
the holidays with the Marquis and Marchioness of West-
minster at their splendid mansion.
Earl and Countess tie Grey have arrived in St.
James's-square from Brighton, and on Saturday the
Noble Earl and Countess leave for their seat, Wrest
Park, near fiiisoe, fiedferdshire, where his Lordship in-
tends to pass a short time.
The Marquis of Exeter has arrived in Grosvenor-
square from Blitleigh Houtej to be present at the
Chapter of the Order of the Garter, to be held to-day at
Windsor Castle.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire are not
expected to leave town for East Hampstead- park, Berk-
shire, until the end of the ensuing thumbs The Earl of
Hillsborough is still at his hunting seat, llaxterley
near Leamington Spa, where Mr, and Lady Charlotte
Chetwynd are staying.
*its °MILAN/Aim:M.
'the metropolis was visited yesterday 17 a niodt
unwelcome acquaintance—a dense fog—which caused
almost complete darkness for several hours. Though
somewhat- abated at two P.M., the gas lights were re-
quired in shops, warehouses, &e,, as at night.
tti retereotte to a paragraph that appeared in The Run,
giving the inquest on the stiddeti death of Mr: Shutter,
a stockbroker in the City, we are requested to state
that he was not a Jew. Mr. Soutter it appears, was a
Christian, and attended the Swiss Protestant Church in
Dean-street, Solo, of which the Rev. Mr. Andemars is
minister.

Thethilversity or Edinburgh has eonferred the de,.
gree of Doctor in Divinity ea the Rey. JOhil
M.A., minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown-
court, Covent-garden, to mark their sense of his great
acquireinents and untiring services to the' Church of
ticntland,
The dattle air Of tilt; §mithfield dull; which is floe
ppen tb iio; iabsig Mod t,l4t lOrrst and best that
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greater than it has been, and their quality, speaking
is also very superior. Scarcely a county in
England but has its representative—of one description or
an2th/r,
Fi•btti of the Small Pok ff()that for tho Pest, ''*" •
month of November, it appears that the epidemic con-
tinues to increase, for the admission of patients during
that period has been 77, making a total of 573 patients
received this year into this valuable Institution, which
not. only relevis the mltropolis from so dreadful a con-
tient); hilt di6iftiglibs the Spread or tbs in/tit-14 by theitli
of vaccination.

The amount of the Repeal Rent for the last week was
3331,

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AfEETING TO PETITION AGAINST TDB WINDOW
T.ix.--On Tuesday a meeting of the ratepayers of SL
James's, West, was held at the Crown Hotel,
Broad-street, Golden-square, to consider the propriety
of taking measures to petition Parliament for the repeal
of the window tax. Mr. Austen, of G.oldeu-square,
churchwarden of the parish, was in the chair, Apd ex-
plained the objects of the meeting. Reoolutions in fur-
therance of the object were then parried utiat4imonsly
and a committee appointed.