The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-02 00:00:00

• .
..,
. •
..
..i•fsk
~ ....,
~...' :•,, ..- ..,'...'.,:-,4, ,',l*,
~., 7-1 ''-''. ‘:----''. :•`;.::;.:4 r_.
..,::' '....'.2 11' ''''''

p, °

rj'

tlublzr Opttitan.

" Who ~as may read."

-c _~-Y%.., ~

Oct Mo; dav . F: eta i, pr. tal at a
Council of Ministers held at the ruiteries.
On Tuesday M. Sauzet; took his seat as President of
the Chamber of Deputies, when the Finance Minister
broug-ht forward the budget.
The receptions at Court on the occasion of the nevi'
year will be as usual. The diplomatic corps will be re-
ceived at four o'clock. The grand receptions for ladies
and gentlemen will be on Friday and Sunday evenings,
at half•past eight o'clock.
Several of the journals announce the arrival of Ado+
ral Dupetit,Thouars in Paris. Two or three of the Or
position journals, however, say he is at Versailles, and
remains there en charte privee (in seclusion) by order of
the Ministry.
The Coastitutionnel says:—" The nomination of Cavil"
nal de Latour d'Auvergne, as head of the Chapter of St.
Denis, is given as positive. It is added that he is named
Grand Almoner, and that the ordonnances will appear
on Jan. 2."
The sale of the splendid collection of paintings belong'
ing to the late Cardinal Fesch is to commence at Rome
on the 17th of March.
There are at present 1,430 medical men practising 10
Paris, being 340 more than in 1833.
A Constantinople letter, of the 13th inst., says—" For
very many years we have not had so long a continuance
of bad weather in the Mediterranean or Black Seas. The
wind has blown with such violence for a whole fortnight
from the north-west, that nearly all the numerous steam'
packets that traverse them have been delayed, some four
some five days.
A letter from Barcelona states that the excessive
cold which reigned for some time in that neighbourhood
was put an end to on the evening of the 21st by a violent
tempest, which caused considerable damage. So much
rain fell that some quarters of the city were comp:eteh
inundated. The gardens between Barcelona and Mont"
juich were covered with water of several mares' depth,
and the inhabitants of San-Beltran were taken off in the
middle of the night in boats. All the parts of the fortl"
Stations, which had been undermined last year, fell
down with great noise. The lost sustained is estimated
at several hundred thousand ftancs.
On Wednesday the tragedy of Werner was to be per
formed by the English Company at Paris, Macready of
course playing the part of Werner.
LAW AND POLICE.
Sir John Dodson sat in the Admiralty Court, and dis-
posed of assignations. This was the default day after
last term.
Dr. Daubeney sat in the Consistory Court, and heard
assignations, this being an extra Court day.
At the Surrey sessions Ann %% inter and Ann Wright
were indicted with having unlawfully uttered and put off
at Croydon, two counterfeit half-crowns, well knowing
the same to be false and counter.e::. The prisonerS,
who belong to a well-known gang of residing 10
the low haunts of Westminster, off; Ted nothing in their
defence, and the jury, without I.l,:situti,»l, returned*
verdict of guilty. Sentence twelve months' imprisonment
each and hard labour at Brixton House of Correction.
Sir James Duke presided at the Guildhall, and re-
manded for further examination Cherie!. Richard AU'
stead, late a collecting clerk at Mr. B'ihbard's, a tobac'
conist in Barbican, charged with embezzling moneys
received on account of his employer ; andi James
Dixey, the overlooker of the porters at Messrs.
Meeking and Co.'s, drapers, Holborn-hill, charged with
embezzling various sums, amounting to 301.
A young man, named Ashford, respectably dresied,
was brought up at Bow-street, charged with breaking
into the house of Mr. John Henry Jewell, solicitor's
clerk, of Alfred-street, Tottenham court-road. The
prisoner alleged in his defence that he found the door
open, and could not resist the temptation to walk in and
help himself. Mr. Twyford committed him for triaL
James Horne, charged by Mr. John Cox, of No. 90
Gibson-square, Islington, with having burglariously
entered his dwelling-house, and stealing various articles
of silver plate, was fully committed from Clerkenwell.
Robert Pratt was placed at the bar at the Lambeth Pe'
lice Court before Mr. Henry, on a charge of grossly
treating his son, Richard Pratt, a child five years and 0
half old. The prisoner had for many months been 10
the habit of ill-treating the child, and at length the
neighbours determined to interfere. On one oc-
casion the child was hanging from the banis;
ters by a rope which was tied round his neck, and
would have been strangled had not a neighbour cut hie'
down. The poor child was in a shocking state from the
barbarous usage he had received. Mr. Henry, address'
ing Dunn, one of the beadles of Lambeth, said the case
was one which should be prosecuted by the parish, and
he should therefore request that the vestry-clerk should
be informed of the particulars, with a view of prosecute
ing the prisoner at the sessions. To afford the necessary
time for this, he should remand the prisoner until Mow
day next. The prisoner was accordingly remanded. -
At Marlborough-street Mr. Hardwick received the fol..
lowing letter. It relates to an individual who was under
examination at this Court about six weeks ago, charged
with having given cheques to various parties in payment
of goods, well knowing there were no funds at 00
bankers to meet them with:—
" 14, Chester-square, Dec. 30, 1844.
" Dear Sir,--In conformity with orders received front
my Government, I take the liberty to request your
obliging assistance in giving publicity to the fact, that
by royal ordinance, dated Dresden, December 12, and
published in the Leipsic Gazette of the 20th December,
the name of M. Moritz Dam Van der Pforte (see police
reports of the 11th and 13th December), has ceased front
that day to be on the list of the Gentilhommes de 10
Chambre of his Majesty the King of Saxony.—l have
the honour to be, dear Sir, your most obedient humble
servant, " DE GERSDORFF.
" Minister Resident of his Majesty the King of
Saxony.
" To J. Hardwick, Esq."
At the Thames Police-court two men, named William
Smith and Edward Smith, brothers, were brought before
Mr. Broderip, charged with keeping a private still, in an
enentered piece, where the apparatus for conducting dis-
tit,ition a large scale we.. discovered. The evidence
haring been gone into, Mr. Broderip Laid it had been his
lot to hear a good many-cases of this description, but be
never knew one clearer than this. and he convicted the
prisoners under the 7th and Bth Geo. IV., cap. 53, apd
sentenced them to pay a fine of 30!. each, sad in de-
fault to be imprisoned and kept to ),,,rd labour for three
calendar moi.tht. Th, prisoners vv. re corn witted.

.per vasiv itor..s zo.
The Earl and Countess of Litnerik ere daily expected
to arrive in this country from New South Wales, intel-
ligence having been sent to his Lordship some time since
of the demise of his brother, the late Lord Wentworth, by
which he became heir apparent to the Earldom.
The Dowager Lady Holland is passing the Christmas
ncess in WWII.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Dunegal have
arrived at the British flotr.l, Brighton, from Bath.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies
Browne have arrived in Manbfi, Id-street.
The Earl and Countess of Warwick have left Patter-
son's Hotel for Warwick Castle.
The Marquis of Lansdowue has been entertaining
large party at Bowood this Christmas, Mr. Moore, the
poet, and Mr. Albany Fonblanque have been among the
Visitor,,.