The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-11 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT -(THIS DAY

OLD COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Henry Martin, aged .50, described as a labourer,
pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing 12 Erne bags,
value 103 , and 20 lime begs, value 161., and of feloni-
ously uttering a request for delivery of goods, with in-
tent to defraud, and was sentenced to eight months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Joseph Charles Jacobs,
aged 16, described as a grocer, was indicted for embez-
zling and stealing 101., the property of Thomas Frost,
his master. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr..Ryland appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Payne for the defence.
The prosecutor was a grocer in Fetter-lane, and the
prisoner had been his errand-boy, which situation be had
filled for about ten days previous to the committal of
this offence. Oa Easter Monday the prosecutor sent the
prisoner with 101 worth of silver to exchange for a note,
and as he did not return :hat day, the prosecutor's sus-
picions were aroused, and he sent to the prisoner's friends
to inquire what had become of him. Like himself, how-
ever, they had heard nothing of him, and information
was immediately given to the police of his disappear-
ance. An officer accordingly went in search of the pri-
soner, and ultimately he traced him to Greenwich, where
ho was found half drunk and dancing with a young
girl in Algar's booth. The officer said to him,
" Halloo, young man, I want you—your name is
Martin, and you've robbed your master of 101." The
prisoner at first said he had not, and denied that ho was
himself, but upon being told that his master was in at-
tendance, he implored the officer not to expose him be-
fore his mistress, and admitted that he had stolen the
money and spent nearly half of it. The officer then re-
quested him to hand over the balance, and he produced
6/. 2s. 3d., stating that the girl bad part of the money.
Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for the defence, and
urged them to have mercy upon the prisoner on account
of his youth. The prisoner was defective in moral pur-
pose, and unfortunately for him he had been led away
by the blandishments of the young person referred to
in the course of the trial.

The COMMON•SERGEANT summcd up the whole case,
and the jury, after a lengthened consultation, returned
a verdict of Acquittal.

CASE OF THE REV. J. B. GLADSTONE.—This cue
comes on for hearing in the Court of Arches to-morrow, when
the Rev. Gentleman, we understand, will cease to plead his
own cause, which will be taken up, we believe, by a practised
and highly talented advocate in the Arches Court, whose ap-
pearance on behalf of the reverend defendant, will doubtless
cause no little surprise and uneasiness in the ranks of the
promoters. The Learned Advocate will examine the speech
of the Judge on the last hearing of the case, and go very
fully into the law of the question. It Is said that he will be
enabled to throw much new light on the subject, and place
the entire question at issue in a totally different aspect. The
fact of Mr. Gladstone having taken this step has given consi-
derable satisfaction to his friends.—Advertiser.

GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, REGENT-STREET.
....DIORAMA ILLUSTRATING THE WELLINGTON CAMPAIGNS.
—Field-Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington' accom-
panied by the Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady Victoria
Talbot, honoured the above establishment with a private visit
yesterday morning at half-past ten. The following distin-
guished personages have also visited the Gallery during the
past week, viz. :--His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the
Belgian Minister, and family; the Marchionessof Westmeath
and party, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and family,
the Earl of Cottenham and party, the Earl of Cardigan, the
Earl of Ellesmere, Earl Clare and party, Earl Cadogan, Lady,
Charles Wellesley and party, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord de
Manley, Lord Henry Lennox, Lady. Keith, Lady Hastings,
General Sir David Leighton, General Sir Charles Napier, Sir
Andrew Barnard, Sir G. B. Robinson, Sir William and Lady
Maxwell, Sir Denis Le Marchant and party, Sir Minto
Farqnhar, Sir James Dennis, Lady Butler {and party, the
Hon. Captain Charteris, Generals Lovell and Brooks;
Coloeela Dunn and party, Ellwood, Rawdon, and party,
Luard, and Golsmid ; Majors Chambre, Dein!l and party,
Baird, and Revell; Captain Balstrode, Mrs. Villiers, Mrs.
Mildmay and party, Mr. Staunton, Mr. Oliphant and party,
Mr. Wyndham, &c. &c.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
Princess Mary, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
and suite, honoured the New Society of Painters in Water
Colours, Pall-mall, with a lengthened visit yesterday; as
also his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
DEATH OF GENERAL SIR WILLIAM KIER, GRANT.
—This gallant officer died at his residence in Chapel-street,
Belgrave-square, on Friday, in his eighty-first year. He
was the son of Archibald Kier, Esq., of the East India Com-
pany's service, by his marriage with Miss Bruce, of Kin-
loch. Sir William served fifteen years in India, was Major-
General on the Staff, and Commander of the Forces in
Java. He commanded four different armies employed in
India. Sir William was advanced to the rank of a general
in November, 1841; and received the order of Maria The-
resa, for having been one of the eight officers who saved tha
Emperor of Austria from being taken prisoner on the plains
of
Cambresis- Ee was colonel of tha 2d Dragoons (Scots
Greys),