The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-19 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Richard Sill SENTE.N.ITue , at torn ey, who was found guilty, on
3-ay la2t, on an indictment charging him with having
cbta'ned
money under false pretences, was brought tip
uetora the Recorder, iu this court, to receive sentence.
The prisoner declared, in a very emphatic manner,
that he was innocent of the crime alleged against him.
Ile
4-30 asserted that the whole case was a we:l
organised conspiracy by swindlers and thieves,
and that th;) indictment was supported by
Perjury of the most deliberate and blackest kind.
character had never before had the slightest
that
it, and in proof of his respectability, ho stated
Queen's
when the indictments preferred against him in the
ilc"fl's Bench were abandoned, there were present the
_resident of the Council, Mr. Justile Talfourd, and Mr.
Icleridan Knowles, who had known him for many years,
rand had offered to speak to his honesty and integritys.
then went on to advert to the nature of the evidence,
Ut Was interruoted by
de RECORDER, who observed that he could not now
,
with tne facts of the case, and it would, there-
fore, he,
to matter better for the prisoner to confine his remarks
having reference to the mitigation of the
seuteuce.
Sill said it was his intention to apply for the. post-
luetnent of the sentence until next session, in order
that
he might have an opportunity of disproving the
Cvldence by affidavit.
0 , tue RECORDER then consulted the other Judges, end
his return said, under the circumstances he did not
think the
application was an unreasonable one; and he
would therefore allow the sentence to stand over until
eAt session. The prisoner would, of course, remain in
custody.

'Ylv-itALBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
the n.4llll°N TO PUBLICANS.—Jane Wells, landlady of
E, s'eraPes public-house, in Compton-street, appeared in
Tr to a summons, charging her with permitting
ekenness and disorderly conduct in her home.
abolif, 187 C, stated that on Wednesday, the 11th inst.,
a quarter to one in the morning, ho was on duty
"ran street, when his attention was attracted by
hearing a great noise proceeding from Compton-street.
tah" eas went to the spot as quick as he could, and saw
doorer of persons in front of defendant's tise, the
of which was open. There was music going on in
concert-room, and the noise from the banjo and bones
ra_a terrific.
In front of the bar he saw 20 or 30 persons,
gitiitute.s and thieves, many
.of whom were drunk.
aha 0 witness was standing outside a cabman came out,
Lo-u"seeonaplained that he had been ill-used inside of the
George
Giles said he was a cabman and hired at 13,
'uniberlanthstreet, Cumberland-market. tho morn-
Ai°shla question he conveyed four persons to the Grapes
61: cab, and when they got out they told him to wait.
bee,e waiting a quarter of an hour, ho went into the
aIId to inquire whether he was to wait any longer,
tied on ging u p-stairs
were, a man, whom ho
the concert-room, where he
erstoood the parties o was told
anaa the conductor, came out and said they did not want
Y ellhEeen there, and forcibly push.ed him down stairc,
gtruck him several times in the face. Witness added
that he saw several persons drunk.
lrilow.FePlY to the charge, the defendant said she did not
v41011413' Permit drunkenness in her house. The person
it uendneted her concert-room had a benefit on the
ue
night, and the charge for entrance to the room
; occasion was sixpence. The cabman forced his
witil°into the room, and as he persisted in remaining
Seret crying the 6d., he was ejected from the place.
geant Thompson, 2 0, said defendant.. had, been
obliged
by him, but this was the first time he had
bilredbLbi to summon her.
earec..O,MAGISTRATE cautioned the defendant to be more
ef eo a
.87
.111 future, and dismissed the charge on payment
A.
years of NILE IMP3STOR.—James Hall, a lad about 14
.Peijec'e tlge, was charged with begging in Hyde-park.
n u 'constable: 549 A stated that yesterday after-
go ew" in Hyde-park, when he saw the defenfi ant
fremrostc Several gentlemen and ladies and receive money
Paopa".4!eal• Re went up to him and took a piece of
pe.4.1ii;,...r...0ra him on which the following was written in
Ple..
Z11:11, --1 to pity a
poor boy that has neither father,
.twouveerhst or home, but had an uncle till within this last
nehic,renth, when he went to Australia, leaving me
Poor orphan.—The littlest donation thank-
the. bearer."
hereseseci:tihveend tboyok him to the station, whero
thank-
sea ho was
In and 2id. found upon him.
he 401 to the magistrate defendant admitted that
Write tl'P)th father and mother. No one put him up to
The el):lper—he done it himself.
vtorltic.Y a Parents, who appeared to be respectable
ca 'use 'PeoPle, wore in court and said that he had no
but .s. to beg aa
,_.aieg a. • Au.e had a good home and plenty to cat,
Btri-c'4:„e sorry to say his was a very bad boy.
'ered h•in 7424 severely admonished the boy, and de-
oer,
lto the hands of his parents, with an un-
With b. g that his father was to give him a whipping
in the Itch rod. The money found upon him was put
Peor-bez of the court.

ill n 2 OF 111 R. lIARTLAND, TILE
COMEDIAN.
Yes relay evening
W. J. Payne, the deputy
bedr°:,,erc,Aeld an inquest at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the
pan-, Mr. Hartland, the once celebrated comedian and
De—,„;:ateimist, whose death was caused by the falling of a
"`ta of scaffold in Mount-street, Westminster-
bridge a
-road, on Monday afternoon. Mr. Walter Tyler,
I:s.3„aledian and Mr. George Knowles, butcher, detailed
'"a Particulars of the accident.
It appeared from their evidence that a large number
o,Persons had collected just under the scaffolding in
staestion, their attention being attracted by a splendid
t,krriage and four-in-hand which had just drawn up op-
tvkosite. Soddenly an alarm was raised that a portion of
h,"``a scaffolding was falling, and the people dispersed.
"."'t Hartland appeared not to hoar the cry of alarm, or
qt all eventsbe took no notice of it, and in another moment
• Was struck down by a falling pole, with a plank and
•,,ji.
al.
gßer attached to it. He died before reaching the hos-
rt The last-named witness (Mr. Knowles) stated that
fZireenrnained behind to examine the scaffolding that had
to r • and finding that the labourers were very anxious
his
hi `,.,4l°Ye the pole and plank, he insisted upon putting
She me on them in order to enable him to identify
as ea examination ho found the pole was corn-
,?3' rotten and unfit for use.
sol 42:: John Down, foreman to Mr. Kelk, the builder,
bed a unerintendent of the works in Mount-street, said
it ailcatained the scaffold after it was put up, and f our,d
did aafe, but he could not answer as to the pole. He
It 2. at think there was anything amiss withhtbetapeolteo.
peillight be a little rotten, but he should not. hesitate
.t
drive 4lf a dozen men on it tomorrow. A nail had been
it h0:1:1 ,iato it some time ago just at the spot where
4888 e%nee broken, and that might have
ga,_a_n consequent rottenness. caused damp-
the pole
"otlkt:rea persons in court said it was a pity.
the
Jury, "fat be brought forward for the inspection of
Some ar it Was thoroughly rotten.
1,11. other evidence having been offered,
:"dad ul.? found a verdict of " Accidental death," and
itc heel expression of their opinion that blame at-
" the - e superintendent of works for not seeing
The afeaffolding was more secure.
'moused was in his 70th year.

The /V
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s
".:‘4 43310nPeW ,x,ork Ilerald (of the 7th Auust
_saayve
siready b ,„euler things, we observe that two vessel h
Purpose eh, ALted
ill". It wen"„eiez?_g()th encroachments of the French s
liat New Brunswick, for the express
t to be
e only 0,,,Z-Z.lntisappear that the Americans are !to
‘rke totie OFThuriven etahe ground. Indeed, judging fromller-
clocu-
blerl el;,,,Ve Provieral press, as well as the official
with
oar _ . scuere given, the sole cause of the trouble
lvits ue.ig. hours ou
Lawrence,
en their the other side of the St.
--416, , anxious desire for reciprocal trade with us,
me ""e't With • • • the French fisher-
Mi. h . their opposition to .
the pro-
,,,Vinee, will be seen that the inhabitants of
to the
„„Ntiee-r, are partieularl
that i us in their petion
continue to
ksh Cu therlile subject, thALericans should
they
Ivoiq to
tile' e h e;
but, at the same time,ot ad-
the itiluding to therpa thereabouts;
from hom they deriven
it
is
th,p.Te in the way of rench. on
the
other hand,
• ' from
tile% 'established f::. trade , awhile,many perquisites
Ali, Anlericaos l• et that they reap
the right of curing
the pore, e 'y the sale of produce,
large number
-mein • ' -c., in addition to which a very
board of
's4r pp gtair'• a livelihood by being employed on
well
1114 tisi'el% They e m to understand perfectly
their
'klast,..i 11 'Withdrawal ofa seem
American fishermen from
~ will really be an almost insurmountable loss tothem.
444,111,
THAMES.
thanll '1,„13., ARRIVAL OF SHIPPING IN THE. T
iver
ha,..-B"aY a larger number of sse arrived in the r s
ere h ueso. kne - noneday for some year ,
tile %v-Ikving he tvn
to
come
up 244 vessels of all classes,
taree.gregetetaea no fewer than le , wards a nnage of which exceeded 36 600 tons, en-
afrue,attrio t the Custom-house. This unusual influx is
hich the
%II uted to the late heavy gales, during w ,
`Arbo R Were
••47i ttr.a
a, compelled to seek refuge i 'xi roadsteads and
Ad-
b Nr-th 'eng the coast until the weather moderated
-P eh -ra the out orts state that several vessels are bound
r, anuoi. P
‘"°l,,
mintß,,,_lohi,:AL OF A SERGEANT OF POLICE.. At
io -the? Sessions on Tuesday, Thomas Morris, a ser-
- Ivif and ' div* • of police, was committed for trial, with
114._ 8 arid . division Atitv,„„uatighter, on a
charge of stea • ling a considerable
+tta" 404sehold furniture.
ight) bpv,"erstorm broke over Manchester and 11,8
.71ell e°0;,...:00d ou Tuesday night, soon after ten o'clock,
47,„,41 ellinm`i.alred with t violence till near midnight, The
•-, torrent grea .
htning was exceedingly vivid,
/el I Was a
.ta. The lightning 3, 1 kaost inc t and the pg.'s of .
thunder exceed-
lispit eud end a essan ,
The lightning struck a
14°4 epee at hisloldlif continuance.
drendered him insensible for a
, Inie, but he reco°vrieraed subsequently.
Ptll''LActil
MAYOR.--On
, tirsd 1011N.--,A.SSAULT BY THE
KWh 43' last Oa . jury Liverpool found a true bill
tle4ll-_-st kr. Th.
~.e._ grand at
ll ckburn, for a oils-
bl Nlour
„7.. t.l,.liornby, Mayor of I a
Thos.
N 41% elli!king, on the previous Saturday, Mr.
li. e s '.4 violeor4
, ,n of the East Lancas irA
bench warrant
li„_ maize," pow on the left cheek. .
tCrilby te •,`4,elY afterwards granted, calling.
upon Mr.
answer the
an_arße th ind sureties to keep the peace, and to ans
'zee. a‘ tuay he preferred by the prosecutor at the next
DR
1/I4e PkbPUL A
took
eet /13_ CCITyRNT.—A depinrave event
~e ,
-,7 4 L....e E on the 12th on br the frigate Uraule, o- u
44,4 viLebool. Dee fi •
for prat-
asti Of them h mg t boardn of the guns _
Onsl urst, and wounded 11 two of them 5v
Y that their rec inent
recovery is doubtful.