The Sun. — 1844-02-07 (London, England)

FORZXGN. • • The-French mail brings no news from Paris or Madrid r -the Slightest interest, , An outline of the ,intelligenee.,,brought ,by the Overland Mail will befound under, the proper head. Boghos Youssouti Bey, Minister of Foreign.AffAirs 'and of Commerce to Mohammed Ali, 'Viceroy a Egypt, died at. -41exAndria, in the afternoon ,of the 10th instant,.at the age 01. about 71. He was,e,onsidered the highest person in Egypt `der MehemetAli , By the Philadelphia packet, which reached Liverpool' on uesday evening, accounts have been received froin St. Louis of a most terrible and,distressing steam-boat accident, by -17 filch 90. or 100. persons had. lost. their. lives. The vessel , plied.between Cincinnati and St. Louis struck on a _sunken tree in the water, three miles from St. Louis,.and alMostlmme,diately, went to pieces. . , .  LAW AND pozacs. At Guildhall, a man of the, name of Davis, a journeyman baker, was charged with the . murder of his wife, by cutting her ; throat with a razor, on the 11th of December. An `ikine-st had been heldon the. body, when the jury, having no suspicion to the contrary, gave a verdict that she committed suicide, being, in -11 state of insanity, The. evidence was confined to the testitnony,given by the relatives of the deceisod, • who considered her, insane. The, sitting Alderman 'directed 44.Pfficer to summon, other witnesses, and remanded the . prisoner till Friday. • Damages were assessed in the Secondaries' Court in the case of Litton a, Rowe. ,The. defendant, under a misconception arising out of a transaction about ,a bill for ,187. lls., tensed the plaintiff to bc,apprehended on a charge of felony, through which he, -was -ke felon's, cell, at the police station, a whole night. wrong,enant admitted, by his TAnsel, that he had done . and, the jury gave 50/. •uania,gcf‘, Unien-H,all Thomas Sparks,, formerly; shop-lieeper to Bytield, paWnbroker, Kennington, was.fully coMmitted °,ll a charge of robbing his late employer of 414 • • buscEzzarazious. The weather here has again suddenly changed from a 4etlyfrost to-a thaw, accompanied with rain, and the baroxneter stands very low: The opening of the South-Eastern line between Folkstone ri,.(l. Dover was celebrated yesterdab a dinner, given by the .._taYor and. Corporation of Dove the. Chairman and DirecL°N of the Company., The whole. proceedings were of the nor enthusiastic and gratifying character.. An Anti-League; meing was held at Lichfield on the same tY, MT: Manley, the High. Sheriff of Staffordshire, presided, And the usual resolutions were adopted. t, 'l;4 nomination of candidates for. Devizes took place yeswhen the. show of hands was declared to be in favour yesof Mr. Bruges. Mr. Temple demanded a poll, and the election Ities place this day,: , . • "‘.)n 'Friday; the first of a regular line of Post-office packetcu'lls for New South Wales, sailed from Gravesend for Sydte3r, carrying out all letterswhich.were posted at the General °st-offiCe up to Thursday evening. , At Guildhall, lm Tuesday, Mr. Alderman Gibbs was unate ensuiftely. elected. Chairman. Of 'the- Commission of Sewers for ng year A. select dinner partv, consisting of Noblemen and GentleTen connected with- the Fox Club, took place on' Saturday, ..tt Brooke's. Among those present were Lord. Dinorben the Lltrl of Errol,' Earl Fortescue, Lord Rowley, Earl Fitzwilliatn; t(1, Duncanuon, . Lard . John. Russell, M.P., Lord Strafford, .g.on. C. Ponsonby, M.P., Lord James Stuart, M.P., and Hon Fox Maule, M.P. Anti-League• meeting-of landowners and farmers of the "ern Division of. Gloucestershire was held at Cirencester Tuesday, and was well attended.- • • IVt  .