The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-31 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

An elderly woman, named Eliza Bowles, was charged by
Alfred Lacy, an intelligent youth, with cutting and wounding
him without any provocation.
It appeared that the defendant and her sister, who was sup-
ported by a crutch, were rolling about a street near to Clare-
market last evening, surrounded by a crowd of boys, who were
jeering them, and as the complainant, who had nothing to do
with the others, passed by, the defendant took off her patten,
and struck him a violent blow with it on the head. The com-
plainant instantly ran home, and being conveyed by his parents
to a medical man, the wound was found not to be of a dan-
-gerous nature.
The defendant declared she did not intend to hurt the
complainant, as he did not offend her, but the other boys ; and
she was ordered to pay a fine of forty shillings, or go to prison
for a month.

John Straker, a butcher, out of place, 11, Silver-street,
Bloomsbury-market, was charged by Mr. John Horsfall, a
custom-officer, with unlawfully offering him smuggled cigars
for sale.

The complainant stated, that about seven o'clock last night
he was accosted by the defendant at Somerset House, offer-
ing to sell him a quantity of choice cigars at the moderate price
of ss. per lb., but the complainant declined having anything to do
with smuggled goods, and passed on. The defendant, after a
few minutes, again came up to him, repeating his offer, and
be considered it would be a dereliction of his duty if he did
not give him in charge. He was then taken into custody by
64 F, but there was nothing found upon him.
Mr. MINSHULL, upon questioning the defendant, found that
he could get no satisfacfory account from him, and he was or.
tiered to find bail.

A miserable object, lame of the right arm, named William
Walker, was found in the Strand last night by constable
Brooks, pretending to be in fits to excite charity.
The complainant said that he was kicking and foaming from
the mouth, while a woman by her cries was endeavouring to
collect money, but on his perceiving that he was about to be
conveyed away, he jumped up and tried to appear as if nothing
was the matter with him.

Mr. MINSHULL, after severely reprimnding the defendant,
ordered him to be sent as a rogue and a vagabond to hard
labour for one month.

REFUSAL OF A POOR RATE.--Friday a nu-
merous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the
parish of Kensington was held in the vestry room of the Old
Church, pursuant to adjournment from Monday the 14th inst.,
"to proceed further in making a rate for the relief and em-
ployment of the poor of the parish, and other the purposes of
the late Acts of Parliament in respect thereof, being the first
poors' rate for the year 1839." After much uproarious dis-
cussion, in the course of which Mr. S. C. Hall said that the
poor were in a starving condition, and that he had a few days
since ordered his servant to place on his table, for luncheon,
the quantity of fond allotted to a pauper for one day; and he
could assure them it was not sufficient fur his lunch, an ad-
journment for a week was put and carried by a majority of
three, and the vestry broke up amidst much confusion.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEA T11.—.111 last week's
Merlin, we announced the arrival of the barque Bellona,
Captain Hillman, of this port, from Miramichi. The Cap-
tain, on his arrival, wrote into Devonshire, to his wife, an-
nouncing the fact, when she repaired without delay to this
tovvn to welcome her husband on his return. She arrived
here in the early part of the week, and enjoyed her usual state
of good health until the morning of the day she died. On
that day, however she felt rather ill, and lay on the sofa,
hoping, as she said, to recover. She in a short time fell
asleep, and those around her, not wishing to disturb her,
allowed hrr to remain for some hours, at the end of which
time they found, on approaching, that she had breathed her
last. The feelings of her bereaved husband can be more
readily imagined than described.—. Merlin.