The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-04 00:00:00

IN TERM.

MIDDLESEX.-Ist Sittings, Tuesday, Jan. 15 ; by adjourn-
ment (if necessary), Wednesday, Jan. 16; 2d Sittings, Wed-
nesday, Jan. 23; by adjournment (if necessary), Thursday,
Jan. 24.
LONDON.-Ist Sittings, Monday, Jan. 21 ; 2d Sittings,
Monday, Jan. 23; by adjournment (if necessary), Tuesday,
Jan. 29.

AFTER TERM.

MlDDLEsix.—Friday, Feb. 1.

LONDON.—Saturday, Feb. 2,
to adjourn only.
•rn at ten o'clock.

The Court will sit during Tei

THE NEW POOR LAW.

The case of Mary Dodd, the destitute girl whom the over-
seer of All Hallows-on-the-Wall was fined 51. for having re-
fused to relieve, was finally settled on Wednesday, and in the
very teeth of the bragadocio's rejection of her claim upon the
parish of St. Luke's, by the relieving overseer of that parish.
The LORD MAYOR having given instructions to Brand, the
Marshalman, to collect the necessary evidence to prove that
the girl was born in the parish of St. Luke's, that officer went
very actively to work, and on Tuesday brought the mother of
the claimant before his Lordship.
The' Lord Mayor received the following note from Me. Wilks :
" St. Luke's, Middlesex.

r, Rowland Wilks presents his respectful compliments to the
Lord Mayor, and on behalf of the other parochial authorities,
has felt much pleasure on an application to him this morning
in relieving his Lordship from any further trouble in the case of
Mary Dodd,' by receiving her into the workhouse, where she
will be properly clothed and a suitable place of servitude pro-
vided for her.

" R. W. begs to assure the Lord Mayor that he shall be
most happy on any day by investigating into the facts as to
any poor person found within the City claiming to belong to
St. Luke's, to relieve his Lordship as much as possible in his
most philanthropic and Christian labours.
" Finsbury-place, Jan. 2, 1839."
The LORD MAYOR, upon reading the note, observed that it
was most grateful to. his feelings to see the case of a destitute
fellow-craature terminate in a manner which he was sure would
meet with the approbation of all good men,

CHATHAM.—An order has been received at this
yard to get in readiness, without delay, those fine frigates
the Thalia, of 46 long guns, and the Winchester, of 60
long 32-pounders, which we understand will be commis-
sioned immediately.

RUSSIA".—The Commerce publishes a letter of the
15th ultimo, from St. Petersburg, stating that Admiral the
Count de Kupresnau, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian
naval forces in the North American possessions of the
empire, and who lately displayed so much zeal in favour of
the Canadian insurgents, had been named by the Emperor
Governor-General of those possessions, Commander-in-
Chief of the troops stationed there, and Knight of the
Order of St. Wlademir. The troops were to receive a
reinforcement of five thousand infantry, a regiment of hus-
sars, another of dragoons, and a brigade of artillery, alt -
gether about 7,200 men. Thirty young officera, eleven of
them natives of Poland, belonging to the imperial En,
gineers, had been authorised by the Czar to entet" tilts ser-
vice of an American Power, for two years, ostensibly with
a view to perfect themselves in the science of fortification,.
though W4411(.01110 persons stated that they bad keen
privately instructed to serve tile Canadian insurgents
gratis, and that dying their ahsence from the Alussian
army they were still to receive their Pay, and retain their
right of promotion. It was generally helieled in at. V'etcit7
burg that these measures,, which Were looked ti?,cm as the
commencement of hostilities with England, were adopted
by Russia by way of reprisal against England for having
furnished supplies to the Circassians, and that .t 7, lops
they cßutintlei Ooze 4upyliCs 01".? Russian Government
uanada. The Czar had'
would favoilr t 10' itpurrect4QA
ordered the new Governor-General of Russian Cer,-01;4a to
make every effort to gain the friendship of Plaek Hawk's
three sons, the eldest of whom, aged forty-eight, had suc-,
ceeded him in the Chieftainship Of hii