The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-30 00:00:00

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
On Friday at three o'clock Louis Philippe, attended by
General Gourgaud, Colonel Dumas, the Marquis de Strada,
and two orderly officers, went to inspect the porcelaine ma-
nufactory at Sevres, and afterwards the stud at St. Cloud,
returning to the Tuileries at seven o'clock. In the evening
their Majesties received the Pope's Nuncio, the Chancellor of
France, the President azd members of the Bureau of the
Chamber of Deputies, the Duke d'Estissac, Counts Mole,
d'Augeville, and de Saint-Mauris, and Generals Dode de la
Brunerie, de Ponthon, and de Laplace.
A grand dinner took place at the Tuileries on Saturday on
the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Queen,
who, on that day, entered her 64th year.
M. Guizot was to leave the Hotel of the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs onTuesday for the villa of Beausejour, at Passy.
About 500 postmasters assembled on Saturday, at Lerner-
deley's, in the Rue Richelieu, and sent a deputation, com •
posed of the masters of Paris, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Stras-
burg, Lille, Rennes, and Nimes, to wait upon the Minister of
Finance. They were immediately received, and were in-
formed by the Minister that a Bill on the subject of the posts
would be presented to the Chamber without delay, and upon
which he had consulted various Members of both Chambers,
and also M. Jouhaud and M. Dailly.
MM. Georges and Elie, Councillors of State of the Re-
public of Hayti, and M. Cerisier, Secretary of Legation,
have arrived in Paris on a special mission, to negotiate
respecting the financial questions between France and Hayti.
General Bustamente, ex-President of Mexico, has left
Paris for London.
At the close of the reign of Napoleon, the number of per-
sons who received the Cross of the Legion of Honour was
30,747: at present it amounted to 49,744, or something more
than a third additional.
The collection which was made some time ago by the sth
Legion of the National Guard for the benefit of the poor,
amounted to 13,861 f., being a much larger sum than in any
former year.
The Espectador, a Madrid journal, having announced the
marriage of the Young Queen with the Count de Trapani, the
Heraldo and the Glob.) deny the truth of the statement, and
say that the Madrid Government has not yet taken the ques-
tion into consideration at all.
The fifty-second anniversary of the birth-day of the Em-
peror of Austria was celebrated at Vienna on the 19th inst.
LAW AND POLICE.
A clergyman named Butt received his interim order and
protection from Mr. Commissioner Shepherd, in the Coed
of Bankruptcy.
Treacher, an insolvent fishmonger, was remanded for two
months, and Farrell, an insolvent tailor, for six months, by
the Chief Commissioner.
At the Middlesex Sessions a man named Butler appealed
against a conviction of Mr. Bond, the magistrate, who had
fined him 5/. for hawking hay
.without a license. The Court
having heard the arguments in this case quashed the con-
viction, subject to the opinion of the judges.
A middle-aged decently dressed man, named Joseph Lin-
sell, was brought before Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street, charged
with having a quantity of plate, jewellery, and other property,
supposed to be stolen, in his possession. The prisoner
had been stopped by a pawnbroker, who suspected that the
articles had been stolen, and had been given into custody.
He was remanded to Friday.
Mary Wilson, 14 years of age, was finally examined, at
Clerkenwell, charged by Mrs. Sarah Caroline Edmunds, of
Walcot-place, Lambeth, with stealing 50/., some jewellery,
and several foreign coins, and was fully committed.
At Worship-street, Mr. J. L. Sewell, a surgeon, of Stoke
Newington, and William Rawley, were charged with having
committed the following assault upon Miss Sarah Taylor, the
daughter of a gentleman residing at North Cottage, Hackney.
The prosecutrix and her servant were passing down the
Hackney-road, when they met the two defendants, who,
without any provocation, threw two bundles of fire-wood at
them, which struck them, and hurt them severely, and when
remonstrated with on their conduct, one of them struck the
prosecutrix, and they both insulted her. The defendants,
who pleaded intoxication, were each fined 5/.
John Macdonald was taken before Mr. Broderip, at the
Thames Police-court, charged with assaulting and wounding
George Thompson, who is upwards of 66 years of age. Both
parties were inmates of Mile-end New-town workhouse, and
a dispute arose between them as to who should be first
shaved. They began fighting, and used each other very
roughly, until Macdonald threw his adversely against the
edge of an iron bedstead, and broke his ribs. Mr. Simmons,
the master of the house, said he was afraid the injuries would
be fatal to Thompson. Mr. Broderip remanded the prisoner
for a week, and said, if Thompson continued in the same
condition, and was not out of danger, he must remand him
again.

COURT-P.A.SECIONABLE.
Prince George of Cambridge is expected to visit Brighton
in the course of the ensuing week to see his regiment, the
17th Lancers, at present stationed in that place.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess
de St. Aulaire will give a grand banquet this evening at
Manchester House, in honour of the natal day of the King
of the French.
The Countess of Haddington has an assembly this even •
ing, at the Admiralty. The Noble Earl and her Ladyship
have issued cards for a grand dinner party on Saturday next.
The Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst have issued
invitations for a grand dinner on the 21st of next month, on
which occasion her Ladyship is expected to have an assembly.
The Countess of Listowel has issued cards for a grand ball
at Kingston House on the 26th of the ensuing month. It is
to be given in honour of the debut of her Ladyship's daugh-
ter, Miss Wyndham.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Master of the Rolls has appointed Monday, the sth of
May, at the Rolls Court, Chancery-lane, at half-past three in
the afternoon, for swearing solicitors.
The houses of three farmers, at Lower Ballinacourt, Pallis,
county Limerick, were attacked on Friday night, and shots
fired over the heads of the inmates by the assailants, who
threatened to " finish" them on their next visit, for having
dared to ask more than a certain price for potatoes. In the
same neighbourhood, three boats from Milton, carrying sea-
weed, were maliciously destroyed.
The Right Hon. Lord John Russell will preside at the
anniversary dinner of the Farringdon General Dispensary and
Lying-in Hospital, on the 4th of June.
On Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, the remains of the
late Sir George Hoste, C. 8., who was commandant of the
Royal Engineers, were removed from his residence at Mill-
hill, and were met on the Royal Artillery-parade, Woolwich,
by the troops of the garrison, consisting of the Royal Horse
and Foot Artillery, Royal Engineers, and the Royal Marines,
who formed up the mournful procession, and proceeded
along the road for Charlton churchyard, where the body of
the late lamented deceased was to be interred in the family
vault. Thousands of individuals assembled to witness this
grand, though mournful, military spectacle, and the whole
line of road was most densely thronged ; but through the
excellent arrangements of the police not the slightest acci-
dent occurred, or confusion prevailed. The whole of the troops
assembled were under the command of General Lord Bloom-
field, G.C.8., G.C.H., commandant of the garrison.

PRIZE FIGHT FOR FIFTY. POUNDS.—Yesterday
very gallant fistic encounter took place near the Twyford-station
of the Grand Junction Railway. The belligerents were Angelo,
of
of
Windsor, and Burton, of Leicester, both heavy weights, and
second.rate fistic renown. The former was the favourite, because
he had trained well, whilst the other could scarcely be got to train
at all, indulging in bearty meals, and a sort of duke far niente, at
the Grey Hound, Fulham. In consequence, he entered the arena
fat as a Thames porpoise. Notwithstanding his obesity, he fought
seventy-four severe rounds in as many minutes, and conquered his
opponent in very masterly style. He fought with amazing rapi-
dity, punished his antagonist severely, and came off victor with
scarcely any bodily marks of injury.
SEDUCTION AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon
Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Dudley Arms Tavern,
Harrow-road, Paddington, on the body of flannels Darlington,
aged 21; a domestic servant. Police.sergeant Alfred Hughes. 13
D, said that on Saturday night last, about ten o'clock, he was
crossing the Harrow-road.bridge, over the Grand Junction Canal,
when he heartl a man and woman quarrelling, he thought, beneath
the arch. He went down, and saw deceased run across the towing.
path and jump into the middle of the canal, crying out " Now,
then, here I go, you Being unable to swim, he sent for the
drags, and the body was discovered in about ten minutes. It was
taken to the station.house, but efforts at resuscitation proved un-
successful. He saw nobody with deceased. The mother of de-
ceased said she had been seduced some time back by a young man
who had since deserted her ; that on Thursday last she met the
young man, who told her he was going to be married, and witness
believed that this led her daughter to destroy herself. Verdict—
" Deceased drowned herself, but in what state of mind there was

not evidence enough to show."
THE PRISONER CONNOR AND THE RECENT EXECU-
TION.—ShortIy after the body of the culprit Hocker had been cut
down, the prisoner Connor was visited by his sister Margaret, with
whom he conversed freely upon the subject of the recent execu-
tion. During the night, being awoke by the noise of the prepara.
Lions outside, he remarked, " That in a few hours it would be all
over with poor Hocker.'' Two persons are appointed to watch him
during the night, and one by day. Connor has expressed some
surprise at Hooker's spirits having so broken down, at the Caine
time speaking with considerable confidence as to the result of his
own trial. On Saturday he was visited by a Catholic priest, with
whom he had a long conversation. The mother of the prisoner,
after leaving Newgate, was taken seriously ill. She had been in a
delicate state for some time, and it is feared that her son's situa-
tion has accelerated her disorder (a disease of the heart), and that
she will survive but a few days. Connor in appearance has consi-
derably improved since his incarceration ; he has been attended by
the medical gentleman of the prison, and the change in his health
has been spoken of very thankfully by the prisoner, Mr. Ballan.
tine has been retained by Connor, sen., as leading counsel, and Mr.
Doane by the Sheriffs, as junior for the defence.
REPORTED RETIREMENT OF LORD LONSDALE.-
Our readers will probably recollect that, shortly after his Lord-
ship's accession to his title, we stated the fact of the Earl of Lona-
dale having tendered his resignation as Postmaster.Gencral. The
Noble Lord was, we believe, only induced to continue in office for a
time, upon a representation that by doing so he would cos
ondug
ce to
to
the public service. His secession at this moment, supposin it
take place, could not, therefore, be attributedto any opinions hesnay
hold on the Maynooth question ; it would merely be the fulfilment
of an intention that his Lordship has entertained for some time.--

Post.
QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND--The Dublin Even,.
ins Mail of Monday says:—" We repeat in terms the most em
phatical—and we would not venture upon the assertion in such
for
a
tone of confidence if we had not more than ordinary grounds
making the statement—that there is no intention on the part of her
Majesty to visit Ireland this summer. It is probable that ere many
days elapse an official announcement will be made of a determine
tion, on the part of the Queen and Prince Albert, to go up
the
Rhine, with a view of paying a visit to the family of the illustrious
Prince Consort. The month of July is the period likely to be
named for this excursion into Germany, so as to enable Prince
Albert to return in time for the grouse shooting in Scotland."
DEATH OF THE HON. LADY SINCLAIR.—This
estimable Lady died at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 22. d instant,
at an advanced age, The deceased laity was eldest daughter of
Alexander, first Lord Macdonald, and aunt of the present Lord.
Her Ladyship was born 28th September, 1769, and married sth
March, 1788, the Right Hen. Sir John Sinclair, the celebrated
agriculturist, who died in 1835, and was consequently mother of
Sir George Sinclair, Bart.
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—On Tuesday the annual
meeting of the members of this society was held at Willis's Rooms,
King-street, St, James's, the Earl of Derby, the President, in the
chair. The receipts amounted to 11,9971., and the expenditure to
10,999/. Amongst the donors of preserved specimens to the
museum were Lord Saye and Sele, Colonel Owen, the Norwegian
Consul, and the Countess of Mansfield. Her Majesty had pre-
sented to the menagerie a beautiful Albanian deer, and many
valuable animals had been received from Colonel Warrington (con-
sul-general at Tripoli), Professor Schomberg, Captain Chalmers,
the Hon. Miss Hardy, the Hon. Miss Singleton, Captain Richard-
son, the Hon. William Ashley, &c. The plan recently adopted of
exposing the carnivore to the open air, instead of keeping them in
dens warmed by artificial heat, had been attended with the best
results, there having been a diminution in the number of deaths,
and a great improvement in the health of the animals. The report
was adopted, after which the officers for the ensuing year were
appointed, and the meeting separated.