The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-07 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

Among the prisoners arraigned at the sitting of the Court
esterday, was a man of rather 'gentlemanly appearance,
named James Hance alias Savage, charged in two indictments
with having conspired, with others, to procure, by means of
iraudulent representations, from Edward Honoywood three
bill stamps, with his name and acceptance written thereon ;
which said stamps were afterwards filled up, one for the sum of
1,0001, the others fur 500/. each, with intent to defraud the
aid Edward Honcywocd.
The prisoner claimed his right to traverse in prox, and he
..rag ordered to give bail, himself in 1,0001. on each indiet-
ment, and two sureties for 801. each, to stand his trial at the
next Scssioas.

Henry Levingston and John Junes were indicted for having,
on the night of the Bth, or morning of the 9th of December
last, burglariously and feloniously broken into the dwelling_
house of Mary Anne Booth, in Hereford-street, 'Mayfair, and
stooling therefrom several valuable articles, her property ; and
Sarah Liyo was indicted for receiving the same, well knowing
them to be stolen.

The circumstances of this case have been very recently be-
fore the public in our police reports. The amount of property
stolen was very considerable ; it consisted of plate, jewellery,
&c., of the value of 6001.
The RECORDER summed up the evidence, and the Jury
found Livingstone Guilty, and the others Not Guiity.

NEW-COURT.
(Before the Commox SERGEANT.)
Thomas Ea.styate was indicted for presenting, on the 6th of
December last, a forged order in the name of Mr. William
Dutton, on Mr. Joseph Poole, a wholesale hoot and shoema-
ker, 09, Broad-street, St. Giles's, for six pair of cloth hoots,
and four pair of Bluchers, value four pounds and upwards.
Another count charged the prisoner with uttering the order
knowing it to have been forged.
John Cross, foreman of Mr. Poole, gave the goods men-
tioned in the indictment to the prisoner.
William Dutton proved that the order produced was in his
name, but not in his hand-writing, nor written by his au-
thority._

Mr: PHILLIPS cross-examined this witness with great inge-
nuity, on the ground that he had paid the amount of the order.
Colonel Wood, M. P., Rev. Robert Corvett, and several
gentlemen of property, who came from remote distances, and
at considerable personal inconvenience, gave the prisoner the
highest character for long and tried integrity.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty on the first count, ac-
quitted him on the second, and strongly recommended him to
the mercy of the Court.
The COMMON SERJEANT, in obedience to that suggestion,
and from the high testimony to his former life, mitigated the
severity of the punishment which the law attached to felony,
and sentenced the prisoner to three months' confinement, with
hard labour, in the House of Correction. •

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and
the Princess Victoria and suite are expected to return to
Kensington Palace on Thursday next, from Claremont, for
the season.
The Earl and Countess of Beauchamp have been en-
tertaining large parties at Madresfield Court during the shoot-
ing season.
Lord Holland entertained Count Pozzo di Borgo, the
Duke of Devonshire, and a large circle of distinguished friends,
on Saturday, at his mansion in South-street.
The Russian Ambassador paid visits on Friday and
Saturday to the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, Earl of
Aberdeen, and other distinguished persons. His Excellency's
dinner parties have been hitherto on a limited scale. His
grand diplomatic banquets will commence after Easter.
Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, was visited on
Friday and Saturday, at Mivart's Hotel, by Prince Esterhazy,
Count Pozzo di Borgo, Baron Cetto, &c. The Lady of the
Baron and family are expected to return to this country from
Berlin early in the spring. The Baron and Baroness have a
family of 14 daughters, their infant son and heir having expired
shortly before their departure from England last year.
The Master of the Mint arrived in Hamilton-place,
from the seat of his father, Mr. Labouchere, Hylands, Essex.
His Highness the reigning Landgrave of Hesse
Homburg is expected to arrive in England towards the end of
next month. Apartments have been retained for him at the
London Hotel, Albemarle-street. His Highness was much
pleased with his reception in England last season, and con-
templates, previous to his return to Germany, making a tour
through Scotland. It is uncertain whether the Landgravine
will visit her illustrious relatives this year.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey and family are ex-
pected to arrive in Berkeley-square on the 23d inst., from
Middleton Park, for the season.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans are expected
in Stratton-street, for the season, about the 16th inst. ; and on
the 14th, St. Valentine's-day, their Graces will give a grand en-
tertainment at Brighton.
The Marquis of Douro is expected at Apsley House,
from Hurstbourne Manor, the seat of the Earl of Portsmouth,
in Hants, where his Lordship has been pursuing the sport of
partridge shooting.
The following Members are appointed as the Select
Committee on Public Petitions :—Mr. Oswald, Sir Robert
Peel, Mr. O'Connell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Richard
Vyvyan. Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Hume, Sir Edward Knateh-
bull, Mr. Clay, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Greene, Dr. Bowring.
Power to report observations; five to be the quorum.
Shortly before the House of Commons adjourned
on Friday night the Speaker was directed to issue an order,
commanding the warden of the Fleet Prison, in whose custody
Mr. Lechmere Charlton now is, to bring that gentleman be-
fore the Committee of Privileges on Monday, at one o'clock.
Mr. Otway Cave, who came to town on the day of
the opening of Parliament, has paired off till the 14th inst.,
with Sir Charles Burrell.

Lord Charles Wellesley will embark for Malta on
the Ist of March, to join his regiment, the sth, or Northum-
berland Fusileers. His Lordship has arrived at Apsley-house
from Gosport.
Viscount Ebrington and family will occupy the man-
sion of his noble and venerable relative, Earl Fortesque, in
Grosvenor-square, during the session.
Lord Canterbury will sojourn at the Clarendon du-
ring his stay in town ; his lady and family continue to occupy
a hotel on the Champs Elysees at Paa is.
Lord and Lady Dillon are at present at Lisbon for
the improvement of her ladyship's health.
The Marquis of Westminster, according to letters
received at Grosvenor-house, from Eaton Hall, is recovering
from an attack of gout.
The Countess of Kerry, accompanied by her father,
Lord Duncannon, have arrived at Wandsworth, where the
Countess will remain until after her accouchement.
The Earl of Clanwilliarn and the Hon. Sydney
Herbert arrived at the Countess of Pembroke's, on Hay-hill,
from Wilton Castle, Salisbury.
We hear from Brussels that Mr. H. L. Bulwer has
been confined to his house for more than a month, with a se-
vere, inflammatory complaint, which will render it impossible
for him for the present to attend to his Parliamentary duties.
At a Meeting of the London and Birmingham Rail-
road Company on Thursday, it was announced that an addi-
tional million would be required, so that the power possessed
to raise money is to be increased from three millions and a half
to four millions and a half.

The influenza has affected the brute creation as well
as human beings to a great extent in the county of Suffolk.
Many farmers in the neighbourhood of this town are without
horses for agricultural uses, from the prevalence of that disease
amongst them.—Bury Post.
There are 15,000 persons laid up with the influenza
in the city of Exeter alone.—Exeter Gazette.
Lord and Lady Willoughby, and seventeen of their
domestics, are confined by influenza at Grimsthorpe Castle.—
Lincolnshire Chronicle.

Owing to tilt, late arrivals yesterday of several of
the mail coaches, and the receipt of nearly 10,000 ship-letters,
the letter-carriers could not be dispatched until nearly 10 o'clock.
A destructive fire took place on Saturday morning
in the cloth-mill of Messrs. Heycock, at Royds, in Beeston,
near Leeds.—lialifax Express.
On Saturday morning, between the hours of nine
and ten o'clock, a journeyman tailor, of the name of Lucas,
in the employ of Mr. Benwell, tailor, in Cheapside, in the act
of taking a pinch of snuff from his box, fell back on his head
(while on the shopboard), and instantly expired. He has left
a young widow and two children.

Bryan Blundel Hollinghead, Esq., whose sudden
death from an affection of the heart, at the University Club,
on Thursday afternoon last, has occasioned so much conver-
sation in the literary and professional world, was the oldest
living representative of one of the most ancient families in
the county of Lancashire. , He was, we believe, in his forty-
seventh year, a member of Lincoln's Inn, and a barrister-at-
law ; and he formerly went the Northern Circuit, where, if
he had not been blessdd with a competence sufficient to render
professional exertions unnecessary, it is said that he would
have made a distinguished figure. He was also one of the
late Commissioners of Bankrupt. The Learned Gentleman
had just returned from his ride, and had dismounted from his
horse at the Club-door, in Suffolk-street, when he went up
stairs, and, on entering the ante-room, seated himself on a
sofa there. He then put some trifling questions to a gentle-
man in the room, and, before he could answer it, fell back
with a slight convulsion of the face. Dr. Donahoo, of Suf-
folk-place : Mr. White, of the Haymarket ; and Mr. Fin.
chain, of Spring-gardens, were in immediate attendance ; but
it is supposed that lie was instantly a corpse. He was shortly
afterwards removed to his own apartments in Trafalgar-
square. Mr. H. was also a member of the Parthenon Club,
in St. James's-square. On the death of his father and his
elder brother he succeeded to the family estates and property.
A tragical event occurred a day or two ago E t the
house of a lady in the rue Taitbout, Paris, who had in her ser-
vice a young girl, aged 15 years, named Desiree Thurlier.
Her mistress, being dissatisfied with the girl's services, gave
her eight days' notice to look out for another situation; but
when the eighth day arrived, the poor girl had unfortunately
not succeeded in procuring a new place. On seeing her suc-
cessor arrive, she ran tip stairs, and, in a fit of despair, threw
herself from the window of the fourth story, and fell on a ter-
race connected with the apartment on the first floor. When
taken up she was insensible, and, after receiving some assis-
tance from a medical mon, she was conveyed to th© hospital
Beaujon in a hopeless state.