The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-13 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Thomas Smart, a young man answering the description
given in the Hue and Cry of one of the suspected mur-
derers of William Bennett, the Chelsea pensioner, who was
inhumanly robbed and murdered near Hertford, on the night
of the 28th ult., was charged on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the offence.
Inspector Collier, of the P division, state that at a late
hour on the preceding night the prisoner was brought to
the station-house by a policeman, who said that he had
been given into his custody by three persons, in consequence
of suspicion being excited by his conduct in a public-house
that he was concerned in the above murder.

Prisoner—l know nothing of the murder except what I
have read in the newspapers. When I went into the Shard's
Arms, I did speak about the murder of the old pensioner,
and seeing that some of the parties who committed it were
taken into custody, I merely asked out of curiosity whether
Roach wag yet " grabbcd," when I found that the people
in the room began to look at me with suspicion, so I
thought it the best plan to make myself scarce, and I
walked out and went towards home.

MAGISTRATE—How do you get your living ? Prisoner
—I used to work in the market gardens between Hammer-
smith and Shepherd's Bush, but I'm out of work now.
As there was no person in attendance who could iden-
tify the suspected man, Thomas Taylor, whom the prisoner
so strongly resembles in his general appearance, he was re-
manded for that purpose.

TIIAIIIES OFFICE.
A great number of persons were brought beton! the
Magistrates, Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. GREENWOOD, for
breaches of the revenue laws, in smnggling lace, tobacco,
and spirits.
The first information heard was againit William Cockle,
a tall man, who said he was a porter, but who is supposed
to be a stoker of a foreign steamer. He was charged with
smuggling 3,150 ells of blond lace, valued at 501. 14s.
The treble value of the property, 1521.25„ was the penalty
sued for by the Crown. The prisoner pleaded guilty to
the charge.
John Evans, second mate, and George Willoughby, car-
penter of the brig D'Arcy, from Odessa, were charged under
the Act giving the Magistrates summary jurisdiction, with-
out an information, with smuggling 81bs. of cigars.
Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced the prisoners to pay a fine
of 4/. each or be imprisoned for one month.
Richard Williams, a man of colour, the second steward
of the American ship Qucbcc, was charged with smuggling
41bs. of civil. lie was ordered to pay a fine of 50s. to
tht,

Yirb Onderstakd
,that a full and retpectttbie meeting
of tine IliiiHef4 took place in the Royal
Exchange Coffee-house c;l1 Vridati When the evils com-
plained of by the Scotch distillers woitlit for the English
market were fully discussed. Resolutions were passed,
aPpbEtt in our paper of Saturday next. 11111. s
iiit3vetnent oti the p.tift finitieror cloak certainly to ean
foFth a etirreSponding motemetit tin the pat tit Melt land-
lbicts; as 11Th etits *bleb aftcet tbe tenants *ill soon extdtltl
to them ; and ase tfildt4Oitind tli elainit they advance
are of the most reasonable description, O. tat that te-
dress will soon be extended to that industrious class. We
are glad to see that this meeting is to be followed up by a
similar one in lialkeith; If other counties would
adtipt the sortie iiteflas, lettedsS- ittitild lie certain.—Edin-
burgh Evening Courant.
The spirit of the inhabitants of Wales appears to
be displaying itself in its inborn vigour. The meeting in
Montgomeryshire, reported in our last Chronicle, will
kindle sympathies in other counties ; and we noiv refer to
the Flintshire meeting on Friday. Lord Dinorben declares
himself an advocate for the Ballot. " The weak (he said)
must be protected against the oppressions of the powerful ;
and I am compelled to join the ranks of those who seek for
that protection in the Billot."--,grewsbury Chronicle.
A murder was committed last week in Cincinnati
by -a German named Sheislan, on a woman to whom he
had been engaged to be married in his native country. Not
being disposed to fulfil her contract, she left Germany and
came to the United States. Sheislan followed her to this
city, hence to Pittsburg and Cineinatti and Louisville,
where he arrived the week before last, in search of his tra-
velling " false as fair." He found the lady, and prevailed
on her a day or two afterwards to walk with him to the
outskirts of the city, when he stabbod her deliberately
with a knife, and continued cutting her till life was extinct.
He then delivered laiip3alf up to th 9 ,city authorities.—
New York paper.