The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
The March Sessions of the Central Criminal Court com-
menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Recorder,
Sheriffs, and Under Sherifis.
The calendar contains the names of 93 persons for trial,
amongst which are four for murder, one accessory before
the fact to murder, forgery five, perjury one, embezzlement
three, letter stealing one, felonious wounding seven, bi-
gamy one, burglary three, coining nine.
The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said the
number of prisoners was not above the ordinary average,
but there were some of the offences of a most serious de-
scription, although they did not present any unusual diffi-
culty. There were two men, Joseph Brooks and
Isaac Brooks, charged with the wilful murder of William
Davoy, a police-constable, at Acton. Thelearned gentleman
then referred to the principal circumstances connected with
the murder, which are already well known, and said the
question was simply one of fact, and upon that' the
grand jury would have to decide. There was also a
charge against a female named Jane Lake, who was
indicted as being an accessory before the murder
and the principal evidence against her was the contradic-
tory statements she had made, together with the admission
that she had destroyed certain articles of clothing, which
might have helped to elucidate the murder. Of course, the
jury would have to decide in this case whether there
was sufficient evidence to substantiate the charge, and
if they should be of that opinion then they would return a
true bill against her. The offence of uttering counterfeit
coin still occupied a prominent position in the calendar, and
it was to be regretted that forgery also was not on the
diminution. He did not think there were any cases that
called for special remark, and therefore he need not detain
them from the commencement of their duties.
The grand jury retired, and in a short time returned with
true bills against Peter Quin and several other prisoners.

Mr. E. M. Ward will probably send to the Royal
Academy two pictures ; one having for subjecsthethies
Toilet of Charlotte Corday before her execution.o_
her
by
shown seated, contemplating the portrait paintedute f
M. Huer ; behind stands the gaoler who cuts cdioff her hair.
ge's visit to
The other picture represents
Hogarth's studio. The childreentahreelonokiown
looking
htheehpoosrptirtaailt,
of their benefactor, Captain
which the painter is presumed t;rhav'erecently completed.
Hogarth, his wife,and the Captain are introduced watching
the effect upon the little ones, who crowd round with various
expressions
Life
sof interest in the work.
The
of Blake, the visionary painter, left
nearly complete by the late Mr. A. Gilchrist, and carried
on by his widow, will soon bo published.—Atheticeunz.
The opening cf the New Charing Cross Rail-
way Station will bring an enormous accumulation
of traffic to that end of the Strand : a large portion of this
must come from the west and north-west, the ordinary ac-
cess being by way of the Haymarket or by Waterloo-
place. Both of these roads are objectionable, as having
steep gradients and being at right angles to the lines of the
Strand and Piccadilly, so that the traffic must proceed
along two sides of a square. For a long time past the for-
mation of a new street, by widening Hemming's-row and
extending it into Leicester-square, has been talked of. This
would afford a shorter route and gentler incline, Now is
the time to do it.

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—The Professorship
of Pastoral Theology in King's College, London,
has been conferred upon the Rev. Samuel Cheetham, M.A.,
of Christ's College, Cambridge, vice-principal of the Theo-
logical College at Chichester: Mr. Cheatham graduated
in 1850, when he was first class in classics and senior op-
tiNte ill the mathematical tripes.