The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-26 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

After the election of Sheriff'., &c. oa Midsummer Day,
a Court of Aldermen was held .f.a the transaciim of ordi-
nary busineE3.

COMPLAINT MADE DT THE JUDGES.

• Alderman SCITOLEY having expressed a hope that some
of the junior Aldermen would contrive to annex the per-
formance of the duties of Alderman Birch, who was con.
fined by indi.position, to that of the duties of their own.
Sheriff Wool) informed the Court that arrabgementi
had been mate to sapply the deficiency at the Central
C-iminal Court. The Sheriff took the opportunity of
mentioning that the duties of the Aldermen had been con•
siderably increased by the sessional business of that Court.
Ile thought it necessary too to state that the Judges had
very frequently complitne4 'that cases of comparatively
frivolous import, which ought to have been tried at the
Qdarter Sessions, were brought before them, and oceu-
ied the time which ought to have been devoted to more
l• -
serious investigation. The Sessions were protracted by
the course complained of to the great, inconvenience of
public, and the enormous expense of the county. He be-
lieved that the-cause of complaint arose from a diff.retice
of opinion between some of the polic., magistrates and
Sergeant Ad ims, which had the eff'ct of diAncl;ning the
latter to send those small cases before the Chairman of
the Quarter Sessions. The consequence was, that the
Sessions, at the Central Criminal Court, were extended
to an extraordinary length, and the obligation of the Al-
dermen to attend to that and other duties, pressed very
severely upon them. The Court would form some opinion
of the business thus imposed upon the Judges, when he
mentioned that one of them had been just engaged in
trying a parson fi- stealing a duck value one shilling.
Some members of the Court trusted that the Police
Magistrates would render any further notice of the practice
of swelling by such means the calendar of the Centrist
Criminal Court unnecessary. la all pr,bability that
practice originated in the desire of the Police Magistrates
to make a show of their official exertions.

CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE

(YESTERDAY). --
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The whole day was occupied with the further conside-
ration of the vote of John Carpenter, which had already
occupied three days. The evidence had not concluded
when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers.

CRIMINAL COURT-YESTERDAY.

At half-past one o'clock the Court adjourned for re-
freshment, and, on the re-assembling of the Jury, the trial
was proceeded with.
Roe, the often- of Guildhall, was next examined, and
detailed the circumstances under which he arrested the
Caepars.

Mr. Hartley, one of the prosecutors, stated that the
prisoner, Lewin Cospv, was a clerk in the house, and had
the entire management during his absence. Witness was
in Dublin during the time that the transactions connected
with the robbery had been carried, on. The, full value of
the gold dust had been paid by him and the other partners
to the Brazilian Company.
On cross-examination he stated that, by the advice of
his legal advisers, it was considered necessary to make
certain proposals to Solomons, and to admit him as Queen's
evidence ; the terms were, that he was to give up what
portion of the gold dust he had in his possession, and
papers. He was.not aware whether the gold wis given
up to the officers, or whether, on the second search of
Solomons' house, it was put in a place where they could
find it. The officers, Roe and Lee, had the gold in their
possession, which was valued at about 2,400/.
In answer to questions from Mr. PHILLIPS, witness said
L 1.% in Caspar had, during the- two years he had been
in their service, thousands and thousands of pounds worth
of property passed through his hands, and hos had fre-
quent opportunities of absconding with property to con
siderablv higher extent than the value of the gold dust. On
the 15th of December last, he (Lewin Caspar) received
into his band.; specie to the extent of lo,twoon-,1311,-000l
and 150 0001., and went home with it.
The coutisel far the prosecution were about calling other
Witnesses, but, it being close upon six o'clock, the Court
adjourned the trial till ten o'clock to. morrow (tl:is d ty).
The Jury were then Conveyed to the London Coffee
House, where they were locked up for the night.
The prisonera stood throughout the trial, with the ex-
ception of Mrs. Abrahams, who was accommodated with
a 'seat '; thee appeared not the least concerned, but con.
versed together with the greatest indifference.

POPULAR NOVELS OF THE SEASON.—This
trouuertivEe
ucrlta,psseaonf wroemrkps,,.:iintowrsl:ienhevwcer
soperformed
ig hlydecidedly
their amusing
excel
doubleneld an sl
office more c fliciently than they
do at the present moment ;—witness the following remark-
able variety which have just appeared i—lmprimis—" The
Lion," a novel, whose second title, " A tale of the Lite-
rary Coteries," so distinctly intimates i's character, that
all we need refer to is the singularfelicity and spirit with '
which the satirist has fulfilled his task. 2. " Fair 11,sa-
mend,"—a lofty and pure romance of the historic charac-
ter, the very antipodes of the preceding. yet equally full
of talent and entertainment. 3. " The Phantom Ship,"
_Captain Marryatt's stirring and attractive Tale of the
Sea. 4. " Cranmer,"—a work of the most original de-
scription—sui generis—full of the crotchets of genius, and
opening a new vein in the rich mine of novel writing. 5.
" The Youth of Shakspeare,"—a work equally singular
in its way, "of imagination all compact," and yet as
true to life and nature, is it is full of poetry and fancy.
6. " The Banished," edited by James Morter, Esq.,— a
purely " historical " romance, of the admirable " We-
verley" school, and not disgracing the form and tone which
it so boldly adopts. 7. " The R•imanoe of the Harem,"
in which the profuse fancy and oriental imagination of its
writer.( Miss Perdoe) expatiate with a warmth and bril-
liance reseinbliog those of the sun of that favoured clime
where its scenes ate laid.

DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—At
length those dreadful maladies are completely obviated,
without torture and serious risk by medical treatment.
The Messrs. S. and Ii Solomons, Opticians and A urists
to their Majesties the l(Mg and Queen of • Hanover, and
their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and
Sophia, &C. &c., 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, have
constructed a Voice-Conductor, and newly-invented Spec-
tacle Lenses, which willbiefonutiondn toof
strikingeff meritctin is laid
instant relief.
It is seldom or ever that as invention
before the public that ignorant pretenders do not start forth :
in no case is this more observable than in Ireland as well as
England, by persons vvho not only assume the name of So-
lumens, but actually as liavir%-r, a c3nnection with their
house, 39, Albemarle-street. Numerous ladies and gentle-
men arc daily calling who have been misled by these preten-
ders, and who have made purchases of their spurious imi-
tations, which they term -Voice Conductors and Spectacles,
supposing them to he the Messrs. Solemons' invention,
which not only proved to be useless but productive of very
ill effects. Tho Messrs. Sulomoas do not employ any agents
• or travellers—their improvements in the materials are secrets
.to"themselves, and are solely confined to their establish-
ment, Albemarle-street. _

TIIE Hors IN KENT.—About 'Maidstone the
Vnes have made great prolress during the last week, but.
the vermin have rather increased. The number of fly has
decreased, but tho aphides arc much more numerous, and
are to 'be .fund in' most of the grounds. In Leeds,
Langley, Otham, &c., the lands are not quite so
foul
_as they were, bait fire.blaq has made its appearance
in many of the weak grounds under the hills. It is ex-
pected by rxperiencrd growers that the most favourable
growth
tomb will come this %ear from Mid. Kent. At Gould-
burst,erhurst, liorsmonden, Ticehurst, and adjoin-
ing parishes, the hops have made vigorous shoots, and not-
withstanding that there has been ac increase of fly in the
same grounds, to 'the extent of 100 on a leaf, it does not
appear to stop their progress.
ti the
limt it nexty \
and
t,
ir t(rilltuei gaalhril\attbytlioltciiiirg)noahtfip.t.lsti
etert heeadt
According to a German Paper Mehemet Ali has
declared that if Russia would guarantee his independence,
would vsithchaw his troops from Syria, and
and the herelit-ary succession of the Sovereignty to his
htehat'province altogether to the Porte.
extreme fickleness of the weather during the
has checked the hay harvest; which, ' however,
had boi. partially commenced in this neighbourhood ; the
the
"sec:
tg•rreolflealepteyki.s.
tied
ii psTTr)con,o,vr.
I,e:igep.urrleo,
gi prall
gatheringy
swathe is,
abandoni family,aT i 1 The extreme
week
we understand, generally heavy; and should the
wilt he most
excellent. The rains hive improved the wheats and
grains surprisingly ;- all look at present
ttoihntei o ttihsl,een t
hop
must promising.
bines, otherwise the plant i, healthy
weather of
and flourishing,
the former, present
conse-
cutive years' failure of apples is a most serious thing for the
Thea
a roost)
e
farmers of this county— Hereford Tinies.
CoRN-LAWS.—The
tions in Scotland have freely given the use of their
Churches to Messrs. Paulton and Shearman, and in one
instance, the day appointed for the lecture was announced
from the pulpit on the previous Sunday, We confidently
trust that ere long those religious bodies who granted the
use of their chapels in this country, on former occasions, to
Mr. George Taompson and ethers who advocated the
cause of the Negro slave, will afford our lecturers a similar
opportunity of appealing to their Christian sympathies in
behalf' of the industrious labourers of their own country,
who arc oppressed by a Corn law, which was justly de-
scribed by the Times newspaper a few months since, to
equal in atrocity any monopoly inflicted by Mehemet
Ali upon his wretched Egyptian. bond= a_corn_bno
Circular.