The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-19 00:00:00

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SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Vutiltr Cptitton.

" Who runs may read."

FONLEIGN.

The Duke de Montpensier arrived at. Lyons at four o'clock
on Thursday morning, on his way to Algeria. The Prince
remained only two hours at Lyons.
So exceedingly thick a fog enveloped Paris on Friday even-
ing that it was impossible to see more than two or three yards
in front. It came on suddenly a little before eight o'clock,
and lasted for several hours.

The price of bread for the remainder of the present month
is fixed at 34 centimes the kilogramme.
M. Gay Lussac was two days ago seriously injured in the
La'boratory at the Garden of Plants, by the following acci-
dent :—As the Professor was opening a bottle in order to
make an experiment, the sudden admission of the air in-
flamed the contents, and burst the bottle with such violence
that persons outside conceived it to be the report of a musket.
M. Gay Lussac was thrown down, with his face and hands
dreadfully cut by the fragments of the bottle, but it is hoped
that none of the sinews or articulations of the hands are ma-
terially affected.

The Patrie, states that it is now very difficult to get
authentic accounts from Madrid, as the officers of the staff of
General Narvaez go every evening to the post-office to read
the letters addressed to the exterior.
A letter from Vienna, from a source generally well in-
formed, announces that the Emperor of Russia and the King
of Prussia intend to visit Vienna in the spring. This report
has given rise to many conjectures at Vienna, and it is said,
among other things, that during the visit of the sovereigns,
the marriage of the Archduke Stephen with the Grand
Duchess Olga, second daughter of the Emperor of Russia,
will be negotiated.
The French Admiral, according to news brought to Havre,
had dethroned Queen Pomare, and taken possession of Tahiti
in the name of Louis Philippe.
A letter from Bordeaux states, that the Blanquefort Dyke
had given way, and that all the surrounding country has
been submerged. The loss is said to be very considerable.
The second part of the works of the railroad from Rouen
to Havre, between Barentin and Flamenville (about nine
English miles)has been contracted for (says the Journal des
Chemins de Fear) by Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey, at the
sum of 2,008,635 E
A correspondent at Nice writes, Feb. 10 :—" Here we have
had an unusually fine winter, scarcely exceeded in the me-
mory of the oldest inhabitant—no cold—no winds—and, with
the exception of half a day of rain now and then, uninter-
rupted sunshine since the beginning of October. The fol-
lowing are a few of the English families who have been pass-
ing the winter here :—The Dowager Duchess of Bedford and
suite, the Countess of Sandwich and Lady H. Baring, Lord
Frederick and Lady A. Fitzclarence, Dowager Countess of
Suffield and family, Hon. Mr. Craven and family, Lady
Saltoun, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Grant Macdowall,
Baillie Hamilton, M.P., Lady Caroline Hamilton and family,
Lord Southwell and party, Lady Elizabeth Alexander and
party, Earl and Countess of Gainsborough and suite, &c."

COURT—FASHIONABLE.
It is rumoured that the Court at the close of the month
will proceed to Claremont, and remain there for a fortnight or
three weeks.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are staying
with the youthful Princess Mary at Kew, will give a series of
grand dinners at Cambridge-house soon after Easter to the
Ministers of the Cabinet and Foreign Ministers. Saturday
next is the birth-day of the Royal Duke, when it will be
celebrated with the customary festivities at Kew.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Mary Howard
have left for Arundel Castle, Sussex, and the family remain
there until after Easter.:
The Marchioness of Douglas, at the date of the last letters
from Holyrood House, where the Duke and Duchess of
Hamilton and the Countess of Lincoln are still staying, was
going on favourably.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa are expected at
their mansion in Whitehall-gardens at the close of the week,
from St. Margaret's, near Richmond, where they have been
passing the winter. •
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Lora and Lady Brougham entertained a :select party at
dinner, on Saturday, in Grafton-street.
Earl and Countess Craven have invited a party to partake
of the festivities of Coombe Abbey during the Coventryrace
week.

The Earl and Countess of Eglintoun leave town the second
week in the ensuing month for Eglintoun Castle, for the
springraces, when a very large circle will meet at the hospi-
table seat of the Noble Earl.

The Earl of Winchilsea has restored the parish church of
East Weld, Kent. The church is a very ancient one, and
possesses some interesting historical associations. Amongst
others it may be mentioned that the son of Richard, the Plan-
tagenet, who was killed at the battle of Besworth-field, was
buried there.

On Saturday evening an elegant entertainment was given
by Lord and Lady Stanley, at their residence in St. James's-
square, to a distinguished circle, including the Earl and
Countess of Dunmore, Earl of Lincoln, Lord Wharneliffe,
Lord and Lady Jemima Eliot, Viscount Mahon, Lord Redes-
dale, Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Viscount Sandon,
Hon. Henry Corry, :Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Hope, &c. In the
latter part of the evening her Ladyship had a soirée, at which
the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire,
Baroness Langsdorff, Earl of Aberdeen, the Speaker, the Ba-
varian Minister, Viscount Grimston, and a large number of
persons of rank and fashion were present.
ZOIXSCEIMAN ZO US.

A public meeting of the supporters of the corn-laws was
held at the Subscription Rooms, Exeter, on Friday. Anti-
League resolutions were passed, and a subscription raised
amounting to 3001. Lord Clinton, Mr. Buck, and Sir Thomas
Acland gave 50/ each. Similar meetings have been held at
Bridport, Sturminster, Rugby, Bridgwater, and Edinburgh.
A new Dublin journal announces, in its prospectus, that
" Foreign Parliamentary reports will be given until the Irish
Parliament is restored."

A new arrangement has just been carried into effect at
Windsor Castle. The unused cut, pieces of bread collected
throughout the various departments of the Royal residence,
are in future to be given to the inmates of the several alms-
houses within the borough, amounting to about 30. The
distribution, which commenced on Thursday last, will take
place on three days in each week.
The receipts for the week ending Feb. 10, at the Thames
Tunnel, amounted to 841. is. sd.

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The unexampled attractions of the arrangements for the
ballet during the forthcoming season at the Italian Opera,
have n of been thrown: away, for the subscription list to this
noble theatre is filling with unprecedented rapidity, and pro-
mises to be larger than any which has been known during
the recorded seasons of operatic management.
On Saturday !light last Astley's theatre closed for the
season, after having been open for ten months.
The dockyard at • Deptford is to re-established forthwith
for the building and repairing steamers. The number-of
workmen to be employed is 350.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.:
(Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and a
Common Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. GOODENOUGH.

This was an indictment against the defendant under an
Act of Parliament sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 122, sect. 35,
and the first that has been brought under it. The Act pro-
vides, that if any bankrupt, within three months before his
bankruptcy, obtains goods under false representation of
his solvency; he shall for such conduct be held guilty
of a misdemeanour, and be liable to an imprison-
ment, for any term which the Court may think
proper to award, not exceeding two years. The facts of the
case are brief and simple :—The defendant was a woollen-
draper, carrying on business at Newton Abbott, Devonshire,
and on the 10th of December, 1842, he came up to London,
and obtained goods to the amount oC 1581. from .a salesman
of the name of Porson, in St. Paul's Churchyard. These
goods were sent to the defendant's lodgings, in Wardrobe-
place, Doctors' Commons, and. thence sent, . in. the name of
Graham, to St. Katharine Docks, and shipped on board a
vessel bound for Sydney:- On-the 3d of January in the next
year—within, a month of the time when defendant had ob-
tained theseroods-a,fiat:in Pittikrotcv was issued against
him. Suspicion was aroused anitotigst aefendaut's creditors
that there had been underhand dealing) and a Mr. Quilter,
an accountant'in London, accompanied by the messenger of
the Exeter District Contt'of Bankruptcy, proceeded to Ply-
mouth, and boarded,' hi the Sound, the Vessel, then starting on
her outward-bound voyage. They asked for defendant in
his proper name first, but no person by that name was
known ; and, after twice asking for a person named Graham,
defendant stepped forward. Ile was, of course, seized as a
runaway bankrupt, and the entire goods obtained from Mr.
Porson were found on board with the name of Graham
attached to them. They also were seized, and were brought
into Court this day, and identified as the very goods bought by
the defendant under false representation of his circumstances,
and within a month of the time when he was made a bank-
rupt. The facts were distinctly proved, and, in mitigation,
evidence was adduced to show that the defendant, deeply
penitent for his misconduct, had, subsequently, given to his
assignees every assistance possible to realise his estate in a
way the most advantageous to his creditors. The jury found
the defendant "guilty,' -but recommended him to the mercy
of the Court. • Thfendant did not appear in Court, but his
counsel, Mr. Cockbin, desired that sentence might be passed in
his absence. In doing so, Lord Denman remarked that it was a
prosecution most properly instituted,. and that if he had the
-power—which at that moment he was not satisfied of—he
should assuredly order all expenses to be paid to the prose-
cutors. The 'Act *at; a new one, and a most useful one, for
the protection of traders, and its existence on the statute-
book ought to be universally known. There were redeeming
circumstances in the conduct of the defendant, and coupling
those with the merciful recommendation of the jury, he
should sentence the defendant to be imprisoned for six months
in the prison of the Queen's Bench.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DA Iri)
Three young men named 'Fright, Anderson, and Levy, the
last of whom was deaf audi dumb, were charged with being
found in Clare-market on Saturday night last attempting to
pick pockets.
The case was clearly proved by a young man named
Morgan ; several officers deposed to having seen the prisoners
attempting to pick pockets at the English Opera-house,
Exeter Hall, and in Parliament-street, on the day Mr.
O'Connell went down to the House for the first time this
session. They had all been convicted in various names.
They were all committed for trial
CL

ERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.)
A respectable-looking man, named Pritchard, who described
himself as a tobacconist, was charged with the following sin-
gular offence :

The prisoner on Saturday evening went to the door of a
station-house of the E division and commenced knocking at
it. Police-constable Wilde, seeing he was under the influence
of liquor, told him to go away. The prisoner refused doing
so, and as 80011 as the officer turned his back commenced
hammering away at the door as fast as before. The com-
plainant asked him what he wanted, but he would give no
other answer than a whack on the door with his stick. At
length, finding remonstrance useless, he took him into cus-
tody, and locked him up.
The prisoner, who seemed thoroughly ashamed of himself,
was fined ss. The fine was paid at once.

INCENDIARY FIRES.--011 Tuesday morning last
another of those detestable outrages which have, to the
county's disgrace, been lately too common, was committed at
Foston, near Grantham, Lincolnshire. A wheat stack (con-
taining the produce of 11 acres) which was standing in a field
about a mile from the village, was discovered to be on fire at
about six o'clock. Assistance was immediately obtained, but
no efforts on the part of the villagers could prevent the de-
struction of the whole. The stack, which was the property
of z' trOiiii %Wavy) W PirtanateV lowa