The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-19 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)

SHELTERING FROM THE RAlN.—Curoline Harris
was charged with felony.
Richard Orslow, of Carey-street, Lincoln's inn-fields,
stated that early on Friday morning he took shelter in
a court in Chancery-lane, whilst standing there he felt
the prisoner's hand in his pocket, and directly after-
wards missed 4s. and some halfpence. He was half
asleep and half awake at the time.—(Laughter.)
The prisoner, in her defence, said there was another
woman in the passage, and that the complainant had
his arm round her waist, and was walking about with
her some time, taking liberties.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHREY—Did you do so ?
i)llComplainant—No, I am too delicate a person for
that.—(Great laughter.)
Mr. Alderman HUMPHREY discharged the prisoner,
cautioning the complainant to be more careful the next
time he took shelter from the rain.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—A lad, named Tuck, was
charged by Mr. Gibbins, of the Animals' Friend Society,
with cruelly beating a donkey yesterday, at Smithfield
Market. He was fined as.

HATTON-GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.)

After the night charges had been disposed of, the
tune of the Magistrate was occupied for nearly two hours
in adjudicating upon cases of various persons who had
been summoned by the parish authorities of Clerken-
well for non-payment of rates. The number of de-
faulters amounted to nearly two hundred.
William Richardson was charged with stealing three
shillings, the property of Mr. Wait.
It appeared that the prisoner was in the service of
the prosecutor, who is a tallow-chandler and oilman,
as shopman and light porter, at a salary of five shillings
a week, with board and lodging. The prosecutor
had for sometime past suspected him of dishonesty,
and yesterday he, in the presence of the other
shopman, caused some money to be marked, and put
into the till. The prisoner was observed to go to
the till, and was afterwards searched, when three of the
marked shillings were found on him, the remainder being
found in the till.

The prisoner, who offered no defence, was fully corn-
mitted for trial.

ROYAL GEORGE.—The result of the explosion
in,blowing up the Royal George last Tuesday has been
attended with success ; the greater part of the wreck
has been successfully displaced. This morning (Thurs-
day) her bows were landed at the dockyard. Should
the weather continue favourable, the divers fully expect
to remove the far greater proportion of the ill-fated ship.
—Letter from Portsmouth.

ABERNETHY'S LAST MOMENTS.—Poor John
Abernethy was facetious to the very last. He exhibited
the ruling passion strong in death. A short period
before his death his legs became 03dematous ; and upon
some one inquiring how he was, he replied, " Why, I
am better on my legs than ever ; you see how much
stouter they are !" His hobby retained full possession
of his mind so the end of his life :—he attributed his
disease to the stomach. He said, It is all stomach ;
we use our stomach ill when we are young, and it uses
us ill when we arc old." It is singular that he left ex-
press commands that his body should not be opened
after his death.—Physic and Physicians.
Mr. Feargus O'Connor's Star has the subjoined
letter to the working men of England and Scotland :
" Fort Robert (Ireland), Monday, Oct. 14.
" My Dear Friends,—Here 1 am ; and if I could
prevail upon Lord Denman, the Chief Justice, to allow
me to remain here for one month, I would defy them
all, as they know. I shall make the most and the best
of my time ; and when I tell you that I have been
received with open arms, and with every demonstration
of affection and joy, it ought to give you satisfaction ;
for I am fighting the battle of the industrious millions.
I have proved the value of sterling principle ; for never
was man so calumniated as I have been in my absence.
Upon my return I shall rouse the men of Scotland, of
Lancashire and Yorkshire, once more. Hurrah for our
side ! The Radicals against the world in arms!
" Ever faithfully your friend,
" FEARGUS O'CONNOR."
" P.S.—lt has rained ever since I came to Ireland,
otherwise I should have have had a meeting or two
every day."
IMPROVEMENTS IN WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.
—lt •has been found expedient to construct an immense
new dry dock for steam and other vessels of war in this
Government yard, the Admiralty having resolved upon
filling up the former intended new dry dock, which,
from strong springs, it was found impossible to make
available, after an expenditure of upwards of 70,000/.
Coffer-dams have been formed on the southern side of
the magnificent basin, and an excavation commenced,
which is proceeding very favourably, under the superin-
tendence of an officer of the Royal Sappers and Miners
(Lieutenant Dennison), who is attached to the Dock-
yard, for the purpose of inspecting the new works. The
site of the new dry dock has already been excavated
twenty feet, and as yet there have not been any springs
met with to arrest the progress of the undertaking,
which, when completed, will render the basin and docks
of Woolwich yard the most commodious in the country.
CAPTURE OF RIBBONMEN.—The papers of
a Lodge have been seized at Cavan, at the house of a
low publican of the name of Brady—the very pests of
the country—the papers, we repeat it, are a heap of
balderdash ; as far as they can be spelt out, they only
mean this, that the confederates are a sort of Friendly
Brothers. As to arms, upon which Meg is very por-
tentous and emphatic, there was an unregistered gun.
It is true that Brady had—to their shame be it spoken
—been elected by the Cavan people a poor-law
guardian. We thought that low public-house keepers
had been excluded—if not, they should be hereafter.—
Dublin Evening Post.