The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

NEWS

littblit eptaton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
On Saturday Louis Philippe, attended by Colonel
Dumas, Count de Strada, and two artillery officers, left
the Tuileries for Versailles, and after remaining there

for some hours, returned in the evening.
The King and Queen of Naples arrived at Rome on the
17th, and the next day, accompanied by the count de
Trapani, paid a visit to his Holiness.
The Queen of Spain is expected to leave Madrid for
Barcelona about the beginning of May.
According to some of the Swiss journals the invasions
of Lucerne by the refugees and free corps was generally

anticipated.
The Brussels Moniteur of the 30th ult. contains the
royal sanction of the agreement between Messrs.
Richards, Ilayter, Hankey, and Fearon on the one side,
an 1 the Belgian Government on the ether, for the con-
struction of the Entre Sambre and Meuse Railway, with
certain branches. The principal line will run from the
Brussels and Namur Railway, near the Marchienne-att-
Pont station. The maximum of the tariff for passengers
is fixed as follows :-Ist class, 50c. per league ; 2d class,
35c. ditto ; 3d class, 25 ditto.
The Turin correspondent of the Augsburg Gazttte
states, that the efforts of the Austrian and French Courts
to induce the Pope and the General of the Jesuits to
refuse their sanction to the introduction of that order
into Lucerne. have not hid the desired effec'. The Ga-
zptte du Simplon has made a similar statement, and it
adds that the Jesuits will soon proceed to Lucerne, by
order of their General.
The general meeting of the shareholders of the Paris
and Orleans Railroad was held at Paris on Saturday,
under the presidency of M. Bartoliny. Accot ding to
the report for 1844 the total receipts were 6,901,786 E;
and the expenses 3,286,6621., leaving a surplus 01
3,615,124 f. More than 1,500,000 passengers and 127,000
tons of goods were conveyed in that year by the railroad.
The dividend was fixed at 39f. 25c. per share (exclusive
of the reserve for the sinking fund), being at the rate of
7.85 per cent. on the original capital of 500 f.

MAW AND POLICE.
Mr. Commissioner Pane, in the Bankruptcy Court,
adjourned the examination of William Nawood, s
bankrupt linen draper, of Kettering, sine die.
In the case of Dobson v. Blackmore, an action,
brought by the proprietors of the Greenwich stone pier
against the owners of the watermen's pier,'and which was
tried at Kingston, before Lord Denman, the jury found
for th© plaintiffs, with a shilling damages, thus deciding
against the legality of the watermen's floating pier at
Greenwich.
At Oxford, John Trilloe and Thomas Tudor were
convicted of arson, and sentenced to fifteen years' trans-
portation. In several cases, in which men had been.
robbed in houses of ill-fame, the Lcarned Judge refused
to allow them their expenses.
Thomas Vivian, Robert Dunnetts, and Mary Ann;
Davis, were placed at the bar at Queen-square, chargiase
with coining, at No. 1, Pump-court, Perkins's-rents)
Westminster, having been pounced upon by the police
while engaged in making counterfeit sixpences out of
Britannia-metal spoons. The prisoners were committed
for trial for unlawfully possessing counterfeit coin.
At Southwark, John Williams, an elderly serious'
looking-man, with his hair carefully combed down in
front, was brought before Mr. Trail, charged with steal-
ing several spoons aud saucers, and also newspapers and
pamphlets, from different coffee-houses on the south side
of the water. He had that morning been detected it
the act of stealing a teaspoon, two cups and saucers, and
a knife, from a coffee-house in the Blackfriars-rond-
He was remanded.
Edward Sullivan and John Murphy were chit:gee"
at Lambeth with burglariously breaking into the Gus
Tavern, in St. George's-fields. It appeared by the evi-
dence that the prisoners had broken into the tavern'
after the house aas shut up on Saturday night, and the
family had gone to bed. They had lighted the gas is
the bar, &e., and were making their harvest when they.
were disturbed by the police, and eventually apprehended•
Most of the things taken were recovered. The prisoners
were remanded.
William Hare, a middle-aged man, of respectable RP"
pearance, charged with having embezzled various surd%
of money. the property of his employer, Mr. M‘Learia
stone-mason, of Sun-street, Bishopsgate, and also wath
having uttered a forged acceptance for 101. 145., wit),.
tent to defraud Mr. Bonsor, a tradesman in Crosa-'street'
City-road, was fully committed from WorshiP"'street oa
both charges.
At the Thames Police-court, Sarah Hall was brought
before Mr. Broderip, yesterday, on a chrage of stealing
a silver tea-pot, a silver sugar-bason, a silver milk-petv
twelve silver forks, and other articles of plate, together
with a quantity of linen, wearing apparel, and other pro-
perty, valued at 80/., from the dwelling-house of ?Jr'
William Penny, a lighterman, of No. 72, Lucas--street,
Commercial-road East. The prisoner, who had lived In
the :service of the prosecutor as maid of all work, W 0
remanded. She had on her legs a pair of her master
stockings at the time of her apprehension.
COUILT-PASNIONABL,26

The Duke of Wellington has arrived at Apsley House,
from Strathfieldsaye. The Marquis rand Marchioness 01
Douro have arrived at their resideote in Upper Belgrave"
s tree t.
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and family do
not leave Fleurs Castle, N. 8., until the close of die
month, when the Noble Dukt and Duchess are expected
at Tkomai's llotel.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies
Caroline and Constance Levcson Gower, are expected to
arrive at Stafford House to-morrow, from Trenthavi
Hall, Staffordshire. The Marquis of Stafford and Lora
Frederick Leveson 'Gower will remain at Trentham. ,
The Duke of Hamilton has issued cards for a grand
dinner-party on Sunday next, at his mansion in Port-
man-square, to meet her Royal Highness the Grayed
Duchess Stephanie of Baden.
The Countess Caeogan continues in delicate healt.li at
Quetnsbury House.
The Earl and Countess of Eldon and family are, pass'
ing the holidays at Shirley House, near Croydon.
The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have gone on a
visit to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, at Wirnble
don-park, with the intention of returning to Mivart'S
Hotel at the end of the week.
The Earl and Countess of Harewood have loft Hare"
wood House, near Leeds, for Boughton House, near
Kettering.
Lady M‘Naghten, accompanied by the Hon. Mil'
Erskine and children, have arrived at Mivart's Hotel,
from India. Her Ladyship, we are happy to state, eon-
sidering the sad bereavemee.i she has sustained, is in tole-
rable good health.
The Countess of Warwick was presented last weep
with an elegant vase, by the Members of the Surrq.
Hunt, as a mark of their respect and regard for he'
Ladyship's liberality in permitting them to hunt, over
her estates in Surrey.
The Bishop of Durham and Mrs. Maltby are e%-
pected in a few days in Upper Portland-Once, from
Auckland Castle.

MISCELLANEOUS.
A curious addition has just been made to periodical
literature, remarkable as the first of the.family
the lunacy of the contributors is frankly avowed. .-11.
Governor of the Royal Lunatic Asylum of the tow%
Crighton, has conceived, as a means of appealing to the
early sympathies and intellectual memories of the more
highly educated among his patients, t'ne design of
publication for their own amusement; to be edited and
printed entirely by themselves. The significant title o
this extraordinary publication is, The New Moon, a deli-
cate allusion to a suppos( influence of that luminary,
over th, unfortunate beirlgs who are the preparers of
this peculiar magazine,
The Great Western sailed on Saturday last from Li-
verpool with a large number of passengers and a heavy
mail for New York.

The Scotch and irish papers mention the destructive
effects of the storm of Thursday and Friday last, vvhich
appears to have extended to ali parts of the kingdom. IP
Scotland, particularly, the gale appears to have Wert
terrific.

The body of a female, about twenty-three years.
age, and five feet four in height, was discovered 11( Ating
in the River Thames, near the Red House, Batliersest
about one o'clock on Monday. she was respectably
dressed, having the appearance of an upper servant, or
respectable mechanic's wife. The only thing Temarlcable
to lead to her identity was, that she wore two apronasen°
blue and the other black, and her right leg had a Woun,
round which was bound a red silk handkerchief. The
body awaits a Coroner's inquest at the Red House,
Battersea.
In expectation of a vacancy in the representation or
the Elgin burghs, two candidates have appeared in the
field—Mr. Duff, of Haddo, who was a candidate in. 1841,
on the Tory interest ; and on the Liberal interest; Copt-
Granville Gower Loch, R.N., son of Mr. Loch, ,ember
for the Wick burghs.
A meeting of the Austrian and Sardinian RiailwaY
Company was advertised to be held at the George and
Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, on Monday, at twelve o'clock..
At half-past twelve Hermann Henry, Esq., wias -called
to the chair, who stated that there appeared to be no-
body present who promoted the meeting, so that he
thought they had better adjourn. Mr. Cunliffe pro"
posed that they adjourn to that day week, whicb,
being seconded by Alderman Vickers, was c.srried ntl"
animously.
Mr. Page, in company with Mr. Cubitt, on Friday,
inspected the river to make an estimate of the expense
of the embankment from Vauxhall-bridge to Battersea-
bridge. The Earl of Lincoln intends to bring a Bill into
Parliament for that purpose in a few weeks.
On Saturday night, about eight 0 clock, v circumstance
that placed the lives of five inuivictuals (four men and a
woman) in the greatest jeopardy, took place at Mr.
Heath's calico-printing factory, in Garrat-lane, Tooting.
In the course of the afternoon, the party had purchased
some fish, with the intention of cooking them on the
premises, and having them for supper. A man named
Reynolds left off work before the others and prepared
to cook the fish, but in doing EO used a, preparation of
arsenic and starch, which he found about the premisea,
and which he mistook for flour. All the party were taken
extremely ill, and Dr. B.:,nbridge attended, wbo, by One use
of the stomach pump and emetics, save:,-1 them.
woman, leovhser, who is enciente, is still dangerously ill.

TArP VALE RAILWAY.—The Directors of this
Railway have determined, in consequence cf the increased
and increasins traffic upon the line, to make the line a double
instead of a single one. It is intended that this shall be
effected as soon as circumstances will admit, but at present
the double lice will only extend from the Cardiff terminus
to the Taff Well station, a distance of about seven wiles'
Operations have already commenced.—Cambrian.