The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-24 00:00:00

UMMARY OF NEWS

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Val)lte Optitton.

" fl"iw runs stay read."

rOR.EIGN.

On Thursday the King of the French, attended by
General Aymard, the Cuunt de Strada, and two orderly
officers, left the Palace of the Tuileries for Versailles,
stopping in his way at the Chapelle St. Ferdinand and
St. Cloud. At six o'clock his Majesty returned to the
Tuileries.

M. Gautier, Peer of France, has been appointed Pre-
sident of the Head Commission of the Invalides, in
place of Baron Portal. Another vacancy as member of
the Commission has been filled up by the appointment of
Count Beugnot, Peer of France.
The Innium of Muscat has presented to the King of the
French four magnificent Arab stallions of the purest
blood and of great value. The King, in order to keep
up the breed in France, immediately ordered tour mares
of the same breed and value to be purchased for him on
the spot; and brought to France at the same time. In-
structions to this effect were transmitted to the French
Consul at Zanzibar.
A camp of 30,000 men is to assemble next summer in
the neighbourhood of Bordeaux. The Duke d'Aumale
will take the command. The Duke de Nemours will re-
view the troops, and some other members of the Royal
Family will be present to see the evolutions.
The spectators at the promenade of Longchamps on
Friday, says one of the Paris journals, were most numer-
ous, as the weather was mild and the sun at length made
his appearance ; but the equipages worth looking at
were very few, the new fashions by no means remark-
able, and the crowd would have had nothing to see had
not General Tom Thumb condescended to honour with
his tiny presence and proportionate vehicle the avenue
of the Champs-Elysees ; the hero of the day was es-
corted by a detachment of Horse Municipal Guards.
Mr. Walker and his confederates have appealed to
the Court of Cessation against the judgment pronounced
against them by the Cour Royale upon the charge of
cheating at cards.
The Swiss Diet assembled on the 18th inst. to discuss
the reports of the Committee on the three projects
submitted to it on the sth. Contrary to the general
expectation, the Diet could not come to any final resolu-
tion, for there was not a sufficient majority present for
either of the three propositions.
The Russian Government, says the Constilutionnel, has
banished from Georgia all the Italian Capucine monks,
because they refused to admit the supremacy of the Pa-
triarch.
The Akbar of Algiers, of the 13th inst., states that
the clearing of the ruins of the late disastrous explosion
was still going on. On the 1 1 th, the labourers in this
sad duty discovered a party of nine soldiers, who were
crushed while playing at carols. Some of them still held
the cards in their hands.

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Lord Seymour sailed from Malta early in the present
month, for Syracuse. Lady Seymour is making a tour
in the south of France.
Y! company, formed under very high patronage, has
obtained from the Spanish Government the concession
of a railroad between Cordova and Cadiz, by Seville, with
a branch to Merida, towards the frontier of Portugal.

LAW AND POLICE.
At Exeter, Mary Hayes was indicted for setting fire
to a dwelling-house, the property of John Pyke. The
prisoner, it appeared, was the servant of a person named
Lushbrooke, who rented the house in question. Pyke
refused to do some repairs, and Mrs. Lushbrooke told
the prisoner to set fire to the house, who immediately
obeyed her mistress's orders. She was found guilty.
Mr. Justice Erle, however, took time to consider what
sentence he should pass.
Samuel Haydon, indicted at the same assizes for the
wilful murder of his infant daughter, by administering to
her hartshorn, was acquitted, as it appeared that he had
given it medicinally, and not for the purpose of poi-
soning.
Mr. Justice Patteson, at Norwich, sentenced James
Williams and Samuel Wilson to fifteen years' transpor-
tation for highway robbery. In passing sentence, the
Learned Judge observed that he understood that Wilson
had been committed to gaol on various charges no less
than 34 times.
COVET-P.A.SHIONAELE.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will en-
‘ertain the Directors of Concerts of Ancient Music at
Cambridge House, on Wednesday, April 2.
The Duke of Rutland has, during the last fortnight,
entertained a succession of distinguished guests at Bel-
voir Castle. The Noble Duke will receive a numerous
party at the Castle the week after next, during the Crox-
ton Park races.
The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons and family have left Eaton-square for Heckfield-
place, near Hartford-bridge, for the Parliamentary
recess.
Viscount Melbourne is entertaining a select circle at
Brockett Hall, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Pal-
merston, and Lord and Lady Beauvale, are among his
Lordship's guests.
Sir Thomas Fremantle, chief Secretary for Ireland, is
expected to return to Eaton-place at the close of the en-
suing week from Dublin Castle.
The Earl of Devon has quitted town for Powderham
Castle, Devonshire, for the recess. Lord Courtenay,
M.P., has also arrived at the family seat for the holidays.
The Earl and Countess of Seafield are expected at
Castle Grant, Inverness-shire, from Ireland, in the
course of the ensuing month, where the Noble Earl and
Countess purpose remaining for some time, and then pro-
ceed to their seat, Cullen House, Banffshire.
The Countess of Chesterfield left Chesterfield House
on Friday for
.Bretby Park, near Ashby-de•la-Zouche,
for the holidays. The Noble Earl remains in town.