The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-09 00:00:00

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without distineti(m of ra+•k ur sfArion. I feel that
should riot iii-seharga that duty if I did not impose rip u
you the punishment of iioprisoument. I wilt rut flue you,
butt seuteee2e yuu o lat, imprisoned tiveri days in the
'Louse of Correction,

Mr. O'Connor a..ado no observation aloud, but Icoki'd
somewhat angry, and Lift the dock, muttering sometLite,
to himself in a 1.),,v tone.

MARLI3MY-STREE I—(THIS DAY.)
AN IMPOSTOR.—;:nn Smith, a 11%01.4)113 vagrant, was
7brought betoie Mr. Hard Nick, cha; ge d with taing drunk
and begging.
Gummer, 21 0, stat, d that at. half-past seven On SatUr-
day evening, be vas on duty in New Bond-street, when
he saw the prisoner, who was very tipsy, stop two gen-
tleman, who called witness's attention to her. He
walchel her and saw her follow ano,her gentleman, arid
witness then went up to her and tech her into custody.
She then threw herself down and refused to move. Ile
then sent for the stretcher, and as soon as he laad done
so she got up and walked a short distance apparently in
great pain, and he then observed that she appeared to
be in tee last stage of pregnancy. On arriving at the
station she struck him on the bead with a stick which
she had in her hand.
Inspector \Wail said ho was at the station when the
pri.oner was brought in; she. appeared
,to be in great
paic, and from her siza be thought she was in an ad-
vanced stage of pregnancy, and he therefore sent for the
female searcher, but before she arrived the prisoner be.
came so violent that witness was obliged to go to the
assistance of the constables. He then saw appearances
which induced him to cut a string, when to his great
surprise down fell a bundle of rags, which the prisoner
had suspended in front'cf her, in order to lead the public
to believe that she was pregnant. Mr. Whall added that
the prisoner was a well-known impostor.
Commited for three mouths.
CRUELTY TO A HORSE.— William liuyhes, a young
man in the employ of Mr. Saund-rs, carrier, Sanderton,
Bucks, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick by Mr.
Thomas, secretary of the Royal Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals, for cuelly ill-treating a horse.
Strachan, one of the society's constables, stated that
about eleven o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, the
20th of January, he observed the defendant driving a
horse and cart, laden with timber, in Oxford-street. A
piece of rag was striking out from under the corner of
the saddle, and on looking at the horse, witness found a
wound as large as a crown piece, which was bleed-
ing at the time. He called the defendant's attention
to the state of the horses hack, and told him he
should report it to their secretary. The prisoner said
the wound was occasioned by tha ssddlo getting wet and
chafing the horse, the lattv was otherwise in good
condition.
Police-c:uistable E 91 corroborated the above.
The defendant's master was present, and said the
wound was caused in the manner stated by defendant,
bat it was now healed, and the horie was in good work-
ing condition.
The horse having been examined by an officer and
found to le.a as stated,
Mr. HARDWICK said the officer had acted very properly
in taking up the case, and as the horse was now in good
condition he should inflict the minor penalty of 2s. 6d.
and costs.—The money was paid.

THE GREENWICH ELECTION.
At ten o'cl,ck this morning, notwithstanding the un-
propitious state of the weather, an immense body of the
inhabitants of Greenwich, Deptford, and Woolwich,
both electors and non-electors, assembled at the
hustings which were erected at the corner of Lon-
don-street, in High-street, Greenwich, for the pur-
pose of nominating a candidate to fill the seat in
the House of Commons for this borough made
vacant by the retirement of Admiral Dundas, who
has take► the command of the fleet in the Mediter-
ranean, and who sails thence on the 17th of the present
month. The candidates were, Mr. Montagu Chambers,
Q.C., and Admiral Houston Stewart. The Sheriff having
read the writ and Bribery Act, Mr. Lang proceeded,
to propose Mr. Montagu Chambers which was se-
conded by Mr. Nott, and speeches having been made
by those gentlemen in support of the proposi-
tion, Mr. Pontifex proposed Admiral Stewart. Mr.
Montagu Chambers, Q.C., then addressed the assem-
blage in an hour's speech, during which his sentiments
met with the hearty concurrence of the majority of his
hearers; after which Admiral Stewart made a long,
humorous, and seaman-like address. The High Sheriff
then came forward and demanded a show of hands for
the two candidates, which having been gene through, he
declared a large majority in favour of Mr. Chambers.
The polling commences to-morrow (Tuesday) morning.

HAY MA RK.ET THEATRE.
Mr. Barry Sullivan, a provincial tragedian, made his
first London appearance on Saturday night in the
character of Hamlet. Mr. Sullivan's performance was
highly correct and intelligent. To all the most promi-
nent speeches he gave the ordinary point. Passion there
was none, but there was invariably " good emphasis and
discretion." He played the whole of the third act,
wherein the principal burden of the character lies, with
care and smoothness, always refined and reflectant, if
never manifesting any particular power. His close ad-
herence to the text of Shakspere may be mentioned to
his credit, though in one or two cases he ventured
upon readings for which he had no previous autho-
rity, and but little intelligible motive. The quality of
this new, or latest, personation of the Danish Prince may
be judged from these generalities. It was sensible and
scholarlike, disorimicative, methodical, and accurute, so
far as we have any standard of accuracy to refer to in a
case so fraught with doubt and uncertainty. In figure
Mr. Sullivan is short, but symmetrically formed; while
his deportment denotes all the maturities of professional
experience. His voice is sweet and musical, weaker
probably than it should be for a large area. The au-
dience applauded Mr. Sullivan with great zeal at the
close of the performance; and that ho is destined to
become a useful metropolitan actor there is no doubt.
Another representation or two in more tangible walks of
the art will establish his position more definitively than
that which was afforded on Saturday; though we can
but feel that the encouragement accorded by the specta-
tors was fairly and honourably won. Mr. Leigh Mar•
ray announced the repetition of the tragedy amid rounds
of applause.

A Cabinet Council WWI held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Rus-
sell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the
Earl of Carlisle, the Right don. Henry Labouchere, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, and Lord Seymour. the Council
sat two hours and a half.

--- -
A few days ago an accident befel W. Marshall,
Esq., M.P. for East Cumberland, which will prevent him
from attending to his Parliamentary duties. While trying a
new horse, which be had bought, to leap over a hedge, the
animal swerved and fell. Mr. Marshall was thrown on his
side, and his collar bone was fractured in two places, as was
also one of his ribs. He is, of course, totally incapacitated
from attending to business by this untoward accident, and
will for some time be prevented from being in his
place in
the House of Commons.— Carlisle Journal.

THE SALMON SEAsoN.—On Monday the salmon ,
fishing north of the Tweed commenced for the season. The
Ness was so high in flood on that day that not a net could ,
be cast in it, and consequently none were taken. In the
Oich Mr. Tait's men caught four fine fish, which were sent
on to the Glasgow market. In the Beauty the Master of
Lovat captured one with the rod, and one was taken by the
nets, the river very high. None were taken at Fort teorge
in the early part of the day, at least; but at Rosemarkie
the fishermen had better luck. At Spsymouth fourteen
clean fish were taken. Our Banff contemporary reports
that " one hundred fine fish were taken in the Deveron."
Surely this is a mistake; the foul as well as the clean fish,
were we suspect, were counted. It is said that there are large
numbers of spent fish in the Ness--promising fairly for the
sport of this and after seasons. A. P.: Gordon Cumming,
Esq., and Mr. Dunbar killed on Monday,-in the Dunbeath
water, two fine clean salmon with the rod—one 7i lbs., the
other 111, lbs.; lost two more, and saw two snore, besides
landing no less than twelve foul fish, This looks well, not-
withstanding the unfavourable state, of the weather.—
Inverness Courier.
A NEwsrArEn.— A. man eats a pound of sugar
and the plerkure he enjoys is ended; but the information
he gets from a newspaper is treasured up in his mind, to be
enjoyed anew, and to be used whenever occasion or inclina-
tion calls for it. A newspaper is not the wisdom of one man
or two men ; it is also the wisdom of past ages. A family
without a newspaper is always half an age behind the time
in general information ; besides, they never think much, or
fieztnidlssm:etuheceihrreclios talk about. . And then there are little ones
growing up, without any taste for reading. Besides all these
HAPPOINTED the work is done, has to
with her hands in her lap, and nothing to amuse
her, or adivert her mind from the toils and cares of the do-
me c
love,f 01l y andbut disappointment
money,
American Pa Who, then, owuhldenb e without a newspaper? --
Per
A D • •
BRIDEGROOM
attending perS—onsAnotp
young man, who
after a short but attentive mr oaorfryoi.
rf g thefor
resides
occurred within the last few days. A
who gave him to supposeon the southern side of the town.
In a day or two after the ive courtship, won the smiles of one
that she was worth a bit of " tin."
that she would go and fetch her union she told her partner
fortune--viz, 0001. Off she
went, leaving him, of course, inr2h(lgh expectations; at even-
fine hweithconstoernation depicted on the
shiners, but with " the
easilyy be imagined.--
fi tidetle ps she
aet returned,
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Leeds
ontls Reeves, in
husband's countenance may
telligencer. In.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—.mr. 0. •
Era Diavolo, followed by Madame Plunkett, in the"
Dejazet, supported
ballet, drew the greatest house of the Beason on Saturday.new
Balfe's new opera is, we hear, in active rehearsal.
Frederic Lemaitre
FRENCH PLATS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE ....._W .
• a per;
that these fashionable and agreeable' entertainments
wbyi I IL. baefuht,
111 commenced
appearon alstlotnhdeaoypenneinxgt..
and Mae. Clsrrisse will succeed, and we are promised also
the services of Mdlle. Rose Cheri, whose performances a few
seasons ago were so extraordinarily attractive ; Reguier, the
best actor of the Theatre Fratais, is also engaged, 'v% e are
given to understand that many engagements of great in-
terest and novelty are in progress, which, when completed,
will present a combination of excellence and variety seldom
equalled. Mr. Mitchell is now in Paris completing his ar-
rangements. •

SUICIDE DT A PRISONER.---On Saturday en in-
quest was held by the coroner of Liverpool on the body of a
young man named Jones, who had been convicted of felony
on the previous day, and sentenced by the Recorder to 15
years' transportation. The prisoner was removed the
Borough toe
Borough gaol, and clothed in the prison dress;
the turnkey
gave him some oakum to pick, and on going to his cell about.
an hour after he was found hanging by the neck, having tied
his braces to an iron bar placed across an air-hole in his cell,
and lite quite extinct. He had previously many times PI o-
tested his innocence of the crime for which he was sentenced
to transportation, and from subsequent inquiries, there is
reason to believe that one of the witnesses who spoke to this
prisoner's identity may possibly have been mistaken. The
jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity
d3ing, and goes ribout
I-:y is reported to be
the shadow of his former self, supported by two attendants.
General Melden, also, the late military governor of Vienna,
4 lying dangerously ill at Gratz.