The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-01 00:00:00

SiPMARY OF NEWS

AND
bltr Opinion.

"6 Who runs muy reait" •

PORZZGN. •
M. Sauzet, the former President of the rreneb Cham-
ber of Deputies, has been reelected, by a large majority.
The Budget was to be presented in a few days. The
Ministry, notwithstanding the silence of the Royal
speech on the subject, have decided upon presenting te,
the Chamber a proposition to fix the amount of pensiom
to the Duke of Nemours, in case he should be raised to.
the Regency.
The Chamber of Peers, it is said, has decided to adopt
the addition of a paragraph in answer to the speech, con-
demnatory of the Beigrave-square demonstrations. The
Duke Of Broglie will be the Peer appointed to draw up
the address. A discussion is expected, which will oblige
the Duke de Richelieu, one of those who made a pil-
grie:age to London, to defend himself.
The Archbishop of Laodicea, Procurator-General of
the Maronites, and lately consecrated at Rome has ar-
rived in France from Italy, on his way to London.
The Court of Cessation held on Tuesday an extra- .
ordinary sitting for the installation of M. Teste, late
Minister of Public Works. M. Dupin, the Procureur- •
Gunoral, called for the reading of the Royal Ordonnance
appointing M. Teste President of the Civil Chamber, in •
ttie place of M. Buyer, named Honorary Prosideut. M.
Teste was then introduced in the official robes, took the
oath, and then seated himself on the bench next to Count.
Portalis, first President. According to the usages of the
Court, no speeches were delivered.
The
.population of Paris, when the census was taken
in 1841, was 912,530. By including the troops in gar-
rison, and the average of strangers making only a passing
stay in the town, the amount of the inhabitants of Paris
may now be reckoned at about 1,200,000. •
A letter from Rome announces the death of Cardinal
Spada in his 56th year.
The Royal Court of Paris has just decided that, as in
England, all slaves become free on touching the soil of
France. What a contrast to the liffrible system of
slavery in Jonathan's land I • •
A fire broke out in Paris, on Thursday morning, in
the workshops of the foundry, in the Rues Menilinontant
and Saint Sebastian, on the banks of the Canal Saint
Martin. , Notwithstanding the promptitude with which
assistance was rendered by the firemen and the civil and
military authorities, the flames spread with such rapidity
that the whole building was speedily destroyed.
A letter from Hamburgh, of the 22d, says, the year is
dravking to its close as it commenced—with fog and rain,
and without frost. There has not been as yet the
slightest interruption to the navigation of the Elbe, nor
is there any indicatioh of an approaching change in that
respect.

PIISLIC OPINION.
The. Times of 'Saturday observes, in reference to the
allusion, toTexas in the'American President's speech:—
" TherAecierican statesman, it seems, is so greedy of dis- '
honesty that he cannot bear to give any one else a
chance of committing it—nay, the very possibility of its
slipping through his fingers imposes on him the high
obligation,' of gulping it in a hurry, and calling upon the
patriotism of his countrymen to stand by him in the
course of action.' rhat such views as these should be
current among the people is, perhaps, what the holders
of Pennsylvanian bonds might expect—discreditable, but
natural ; but that they should be deliberately promul-
gated by the highest authority in the United States, in
his most solemn official manifesto, is an additional and
unnecessary dishonour, arising, as we have said, front
the practice of requiring from that personage an anhual
palaver in extenso, for the satisfaction of an unprin-
cipled, though ' free and enlightened' public. A states- .
man in his place in the Senate of the Congress may per-
haps venture on a course of independent honesty—he
has opportunity of defending, explaining, recommend-
ing, or enforcing the obnoxious sentiment ; an European
Sovereign does not commit himself to anything which it
is necessary to defend ; but an American President pos-
sesses neither advantage—he is obliged to fill up his
message by saying something, while he has neither
space nor opportunity to defend, and therefore does not
dare to breathe, a sentiment which may affront the pre-
judices or passions of the populace to whom he is ree
sponsible."
We take the following from the Chronicle :—" The
efforts to increase the means of popular education, which
have been commenced on so large a scale by the Con-
gregational Dissenters, and of which we gave some ac-
count on Tuesday the 19th instant, have assumed
form very indicative of the divided state of opinion
in this country. The feelings manifested during the
progress of the agitation against the Factories Bill, led
us, most reluctantly, to the couclusion, that a system of
education which should combine all classes, was, in the
circumstances of England, wholly impracticable. Every
movement that has since taken place, has confirmed
this impression ; and it is now tolerably clear, that of
all those who take any active interest in the education of
the poor, the overwhelming majority are in favour of
carrying it on, not upon any united or comprehensive
scheme, but by as many different systems as there are
different sects in the community. Immediately upon the
failure of the Factories Bill, the advocates of exclusive
Church Education, who appear to regard the. Govern-
ment Bill with almost as little favour as the Dissenter*,
commenced that noble subscription for educational pur-
poses with which the public is familiar. By that sub-
scription the exclusive party evinced a thorough com-
prehension of the new position of the question ; and if
its future measures be conceived and executed with the
same spirit and vigour, there is very little doubt that it
will be able to get into its schools a large majority of
the juvenile population, and that it will attain its object
of moulding their minds, as far as such a thing can be
done by mere schooling,
The Herald, speakinglf the objects and influence of
the public press, justly remarks :—" The English press,
as now conducted, gives daily to the public a complete
and a' bird's eye' view of their own affairs 4 it make%
the country thoroughly and easily acquainted with its
actual condition ; and, through its ~olumns, may now be
watched and noted the growth of events and of society.
Were the press simply to throw undigested intelligence
before the public, it might entertain, but it would net
instruct. Its duty, arising out of its primary object, the
circulation of news, is to apply principles to events, to
guide circumstances into wholesome courses, to correct
misconceptions, to refute error, to promote truth, and to
censure and denounce, in the name of the moral law, the
abuse of power. It does in the latter :particular for
modern times, what the Church did in the middle ages.
But.when it censures and denounces the abuse of power
it does not 'seek to injure the proper use of authority ;
on the contrary, its censures of the former strengthen
and protect the latter. Its language may occasionally
be strong, and its condemnation sweeping ; but the tone
of the age in which we live is one of exaggeration ; and
were the press at all times to weigh out its sentences by
the scales of courtesy in use in private life, it would
sacrifice success to politesse."
The Post says :—" In Mr. Tyler's speech much stress
is laid on the successful enforcement of certain claims
urged by the United States against foreign nations. Mr-
Tyler tells his countrymen that England has consented
to give " full satisfaction' 'to the United States ' in the
case of the William and Francis,' as well as in the
case of the Tigris and Sea-mew.' Mr. Tyler expresses,
moreover, his confident hope that England will grant
restitution of certain export duties unfairly levied on
American goods. Mr. Tyler does not, however, inti-
mate, on the other hand, that his countrymen are pre-
pared to'pay the heavy debts which are due by them to
our merchants and capi.alists. International law does
not pr'ovide for the security of debts due by. one country
to another ; and as the national law of the debtor
country cannot be appealed to by foreign creditors, the
grand result seems to be, that, for trade debts between
different countries there exists no legal security what-
ever. This tact constitutes an instructive commentary on
the value of our vaunted foreign trade I It is well, per'
haps, that there does exist no security for debts such 9.0
those which the United States owe to England. The
nun-existence of security May lead, ultimately, to the
regulation of our foreign trade by sound principles-0
well as the overthrow of the pernicious system of lending
money to foreign States."
LAW AND POLICE.
At the Winchester Assizes James Feltham was indicted
for having set fire to a stable and other buildings, :the
property of J. Bennett, and situate in the parish of Al-
dermoer. The jury, after a long investigation, acquitted
the prisoner.
Charles Hughes was charged, at Union-hall, with
throwing a youth, named Parrett, down the gallery seats
of the Surrey Theatre, by which he received a compound
fracture of the right arm. The boy was nearly tumbled
into the pit, being stopped only by the iron rail along
the front. The full fine of 51. was inflicted, and the pri"
soner was sent to prison for six weeks in default °I
payment.
Edward Armstrong, the man charged with using
threatening language, in reference to the Queen, and who ,
gave himself up to the police for fear he should be in:
duced to "'do something desperate," was re-examined
at Clerkenwell. Minute inquiries have been made into
his case, and it appears that his wildness of manner was
all assumed. He was sent to the House of Correction
as an impostor.
Henry Paine, a person of good address, and a military
air, and wearing moustaches and a military coat, wjl°
stated himself a retired captain from the 7th Native
Bengal Cavalry, was re-examined at Woolwich, on o
charge of obtaining money under false pretences from
Sir John Webb, Director-General of the Oro'
'lance Medical Department. His documents were proved
to be all forgeries, and he was committed to three months '
hard labour, as a rogue and vagabond.
At the assizes at Stafford, Sarah Westwood, aged
was arraigned upon a charge of having murdered her
husband, John Westwood, by the administration O; •
arsenic. The evidence was conclusive, and she ,_vvfd
found guilty, and sentenced to death. Upon being as,
whether she had anything to urge in stay of execution.
.
she affirmed that she was pregnant. A jury of matron a
therefore enipannelled to ascertain the truth of
this
assertion, and a medical man was sworn to assist them
in their investigation. On returning into Courg-
about twenty minutes, they negatived the allegation.
COURT—PASIIIONABLE. of
The Duke of Bordeaux passed the greater Pali
Thursday, at Bristol, visiting the Great Western eott,n,
works, the Gothic Church, and the Great Western
~at
steamer. On Friday he left for Exeter, and slept 1"
night at Ugbrook, the seat of Lord Clifford.
The Bavarian Minister, and the Baroness de CeStf,
left Hill-street on Thursday last, on a visit to 41,'
HopLe, at Deepdene.
Lord Loraine returned to Portman-square on
Thursoday last, from a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, "
Hatfield House.
'
The Christmas, ball, which took place at the Town,
hall, Windsor, on Thursday night, under the PO