The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-19 00:00:00

TO TOURISTS.

Just published, in a neat pocket volume, price 6s. 6d.,
THE GERMAN SELF-
TEACHER ;
or, a New Mode of Radically Studying the German
Language : developing, by lists of all the words of similar
meaning in the German and English, the great affinity of the
two Languages, and their Similarity of Expression in the more
essential parts of Speech.
By HENRY MEIDINGER,
Author of the " Comparative Dictionary of the Gothic—Teu-
.

-tonic Languages."
London : Whittaker and Co., and Dulau and Co.

COURT OF REQUESTS.
KING SGATE.STREET.

MRS. SERAPIIINA BRADLEY V. JOHN BROWNE AND

MARY HIS NVIFE.

This was a case for a philosopher. Mary and
Seraphina were sisters, but as unlike each other as
" summer's morn and winter's night." Mary, who was
apparently about two•and•twenty years of age, was
pretty and well formed, " with bonnie blue een and
flaxen hair," modest in her demeanour, and "all sun-
shine and smiles." She came into Court leaning on the
arm of her husband, with all the loving confidence of a
young wife. Mrs. Seraphina Bradley , came " alone in
her glory," because, as she said in the course of the
proceedings, her husband could be better employed else-
where. Seraphina looked at least 56 (she owned to 36),
and was a little, dry, shrivelled, remnant of humanity,
with her features contracted tovvards Tier nose (the tip
of which was as luminous as a fire-fly) in such a cen-
tralising manner as to appear to look up to that alone
for countenance and support. Her eyes had the ad-
vantage of a duplex movement from which there was
no escapement—in plainer language the eccentricities
of the one were totally independent of and unknown to
the obliquities of the other ; in short, the lady squinted.
Mary (along with her husband) took her place at the
table with becoming meekness, while Seraphina, flut-
tered to the plaintiff's side with the impatience of a
fancy eight-ounce bantam, that had twice as many little
ones to take care of as it was ounces in weight.
COMMISSIONER (to Seraphina)—Are you a married
•
woman ?

Seraphina (snappishly)—Yes, I am.
COMMI6SIONER—Why does not your husband come
here ?

Seraphina—Because I think be can be better
employed elsewhere.

COMMISSIONER (smiling)—But he ought to be here.
Seraphina (pompously)—But I don't choose to let
him.

COMMISSIONER (with great good temper and smiling)
—The reason is unanswerable, and the Court holds it
to be a sufficing one.
" So I should think," said Seraphina.
COMMISSIONER—What is your claim for?
Seraphina—l claim for 2/. money lent two years ago.
COMMISSIONER (to the defendant)—What have you
to say to this claim ?
Mary's Husband—The case is simply this. My wife
is Mrs. Bradley's sister (here Seraphina cast a wither-
ing look of scorn at her sister's husband), and about
two years since, before she (Seraphina) was married,
she left her place, where she was at service—
Seraphina (interrupting, and looking as if she would
have Lynched the speaker)—You needn't mention that,
Mister Snaffiechops.
. COMMISSIONER—SiIence, woman, silence.
Seraphina here indulged in a peculiarly ugly contor-
tion of ,countenance at her brother-in-law ; placed her
face in a disagreeable proximity to his, and shook her
head with a velocity that would have been considered
wonderful even in a plaster-of-Paris mandarin.
Mary's husband, regardless of Seraphina's " top
hamper," proceeded with his plain unvarnished tale—
" When she (Seraphina) left her place she came to live
at my house ; that was a few days after my wife and I
got married."
Seraphina (with extraordinary volubility)—" She was
a fool ever to marry such a tyrannical nincompoop (get-
tiny unusually warm). You know you are a nincom-
poop, you know you are, you know you are ;" and she
again put her face close to his, grinned at him, shook
her head, and shrieked, " Take it out of that, cocka-
biddy ; take it out of that!"
The COMMISSIONER again interposed, and

Mary's husband proceeded, but not before Seraphina
had had another grin or two at him. " She" (Sera-
phina), he observed, " stopped at my house for some

time, and then went to service again. Shortly after
she was again out of place, and came a second time to
reside with us. On this second occasion she stopped
eight weeks. It was agreed that she should pay us ss.
a week for her board and lodging. The W. which she
speaks of were lent to us when she came to us the first
time, and we have always understood from her that the
money was to pay for the eight weeks' board and
lodging."

Seraphina (choking with rage)—Well, I never --.
CommissroNEß—With whom did Seraphina make
the agreement for ss. per week ?
Mary's husband—With my wife.
CONIMISSIONLIt (to Mary)—ls it so ?
Mary (modestly)—lt is, Sir.
This affirmation threw Seraphina into a right down
fit of diabolicals. Her clothes appeared to puff out, and
her bonnet to grow several inches higher, and her fea-
tures twisted about in such a variety of convulsions that
they absolutely looked as if they would have tied them-
selves into a knot; and giving an awful squint, she splut-
tered out," It's a lie, Mary ; it's a lie ; you know it's a
lie ; everybody knows it's a lie, and --"
All this was uttered before the Commissioner had time
to desire Seraphina to be quiet, which he did in a pe-
remptory tone, "Bo quiet woman," said he, " be quiet,
or I shall dismiss the case."

Seraphina (somewhat subdued, and addressing her
sister)—Don't tell lies, Mary.
Mary (affectionately, the tear starting in her eye)—
Oh, Serry, Serry (a fond abbreviation of Seraphina), if
poor dear mother was alive what would she say to see
this ?

Seraphina (looking tvollunts)—Don't Serry me—
don't talk to me about mother, you hypocritical hussey—
The CONIMISSIONER again interrupted, with much
kindness of manner, and observed that her conduct was
most unsisterly.
Seraphina—She ain't no sister to me now. That there
fellow (pointing to her sister's husband) has taken all
natteral feeling for me from her, he has. Ah ! (grinning
at him and poking her face into his) you beast !
The CommissioNna said it was very natural that a
woman should have a stronger affection for her husband
than for her sister ; though it did not appear that Mary
had been at all wanting in affection for Seraphina.
Seraphina again grinned at Mary's husband and whim-
pered out (it was a very spiteful whimper), " I could do
anything with Mary before she married you, I could,
you beast."
The COMNIIIISIONLR (to Seraphina)—What have you
to say to the statement made by your sister's husband ?
Seraphina persisted in her denial that any agreement
had been made to pay ss. a week.
COMMISSIONER—Then you were to board and lodge
at your sister's for nothing ?
Seraphina (with great assurance)—To be sure I was.
COMMISSIONER—And you think you ought not to pay
her husband anything for your board and lodging ?
Seraphina—Certainly not ; its quite unnatteral.
COMMISSIONER—And don't you think its quite as
unnatural that she should repay you the 21. which you
say you lent her ?
Seraphina (tartly)—Oh dear, no ! lending money and
board and lodging is quite different.
The Commissioner and Jury were of another opinion,
and dismissed the case.
Seraphina shrieked out the word " Wretches," half a
dozen times distinctly, and declared she'd go home and
go into a fit.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

lIORSR STEALINO.—SamueI Chapman, aged 35, de-
scribed in the calendar as a plasterer, was indicted for
stealing, on the 12th of July, a gelding, of the value of
301., the property of J. Corby, of Port-lane, Sussex.
Mr. CLARKSON appeared for the prosecution and Mr.
PHILLIPS was Counsel for the prisoner.
Mr. CLARKSON stated the caso to the Jury.
Mr. J. Corby gave evidence of the loss of his horse on
the day in question, when he was in excellent condition,
and finding him again sometime afterwards, from informa-

Lion he bad received, in the most wretched state, in the
possession of a gentleman named Haddon, of Suffolk.
. The groom of Mr. Corby stated that his master's
stables had been broken into and the horse stolen. When
his master brought back the horse he instantly knew it
again, although it was in a dreadful state, and his tail,
which had been a switch one before, had been cut square.
W. Cousins, the ostler of the Windsor Castle, Purley-
green, near Croydon, deposed that the prisoner, in July
last, came to his master's stables on a bay gelding, which
he had ridden very hard ; ho asked the nearest way to
Woolwich, put the horse up in the stable, and when ho
could not get him to eat he gave him a pint of ale in some
water.
it: Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—Was sure the pri;
sorer was the man who brought the horse to his master's
stables.
James Peters—Knew Mr. Corby's premises, and on the
night of the 11th he saw the prisoner in the neighbourhood
of them., Pointed him out to the servant of Mr. Corby on
another occasion as the man whom he felt confident had
statement.
The stolen the horse. When the prisoner was brought to Union
-s n
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Hall witness swore that he was the man whom he had seen
about Mr. Corby's premises.
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servant of b
of Mr. Batty, a market-gardener, in Blue
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up,
Batty, by
order of his father, who was now in
was
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custody in Suffolk, for
receiving the gelding knowing it to be stolen. A man
of the name of Smith and the • prisoner brought the gelding
to his father's house on thel h A
fetched the gelding _O. August. Witness
away from Batty's eight days after-
wards, and took it over th
following Tuesda e water to his father. On the.
with the prisoner at a public-
house near the Courtydrank
of Requests. A conversation took
place between them, when Chapman said the borso his

father had got belonged to him. During this time his fat
was walking outside feeding his own horse.
Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—Had. been sent to
prisoner
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!'Had not been in the company of the prisoner twenty
times during the six weeks he had known him.
Mr. Corby recalled.—The prisoner was not in the samo
state with respect to his whiskers as when taken up, they
were then much more full than at present.
Cousins, upon being recalled, gave similar evidence.
William Loathing, a police constable, in August last
took Chapman into custody. He asked hint if he knew
old Manning of the Spa Road. He said he did. He
told him that young Manning had told hint that the horse
his father.had gone into the country with was his (Chap_
man's), to which the prisoner replied that could not be, as
he had never had any thing to do with a horse. Young
Manning was taken. into custody before the prisoner.
The prisoner's whiskers were not in the same state as they
were at present.
Charles Palmer stated that at the Station-house Man-
ning said in the presence of the prisoner, that the
horse his father had goneinto the country with
was his (the prisoner's), which he denied.

Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on behalf of the 'pt.%
soner. The whole question in the case was one of identity,
and in the present instance the evidence as to the prisoner
being the man who stole the horse was founded on the
slightest foundation. The Learned Counsel then called
the following witnesses.
Richard Staines, who deposed that he was horse-keeper
at the Windsor Castle. He remembered a man and horse
coming there on the day referred to; the horse was very
much distressed. Witness would swear that the prisoner
was not the man, as he had much larger whiskers, arid a
darker complexion. He was not so tall as the prisoner, of
whom he knew nothing.
Cross.examined by Mr. CLtßKsoN—Would swear that
the prisoner was not the man who brought the horse. Did
not recollect any squibble taking place between two attor-
nies as to who should conduct the prisoner's defence. Never
said to L:everett, the officer, that the man in,the dock was
the man:viho had the horse, and he would 'swear to him
from a hundred.
Edward Parker Woolfe, the clerk of Flower, 040
solicitor, attended oUniori-hall on behalf- of the priser.er.
Recollected Mr. Traill ordering out all the witnesses as to
identity. Recollected Mr. Traill saying to Peters that, it was
very strange when witnesses were ordered out thi.rse who
had to speak to identity generally remained. Never saw
Staines a: the Windsor Castle.

Cross-examined--There was no squabble. as to who
should defend the prisoner. Witness complained that an-
other person had represented himself to be clerk to an
attorney, and had obtained the prisoner's signature. When
the prisoner was sent for he selected Mr. Flower as his
solicitor to defend him.
Witnesses were then called who gave the prisoner a good
character.

Leverett, the police-officer, was re-called, and stated that
Staines told him at the Catherine Wheel, in the Borough,
that the man in the dock was the man who brought the
horse, and that he could swear to him from a hundred.
Mr. CI.ARKSON having replied upon the whole case,
Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up at considerable length.
The Jury, after a short consultation, pronounced the pri-
soner Guilty, and

Mr. Justice COLTMAN sentenced him to fifteen years'
.ransportation.

NEW COURT.

William Sprigmore, aged 25, a bricklayer, was indicted
for stealing a pair of boots and a knife, from the person. of
Thomas Oakley.
The prosecutor, a farmer's labourer, on being placed in
the witness box, stated that he went to sleep on a rick,
and that when he awoke he found his boots were gone.
The COMMON SERGEANT—Were you alone OR the rick?
Prosecutor—No, there was a woman on the rick.
COMMOF SERGEANT—Was the woman asleep too ?
Prosecutor—Yes, for anything I know.
COAION SERGEANT—Were your boots laced tight round
your legs ?
Prosecutor—Yes.
COMMON SERGEANT—How did he get them off?
Prosecutor—Why, he unlaced them, I suppose--
(Laughter)--and he took the knife out of my pocket.
COMMON SERGEANT—You must have been pretty sound
asleep then.
It appeared from the evidence of a pawnbroker's shop..
man, at Barnet, that the prisoner pawned the boots for 45.,
and the duplicate was found on him.
The prisoner, in his defence, stated that he and Oakley
had been drinking together all day; that be was. dmk,
and that Oakley knew as much about the pawning of the
boots as be did himself.
COMMON SERGEANT—Was the prisoner drunk ?
Prosecutor—He was not beastly drunk—he had a little
beer. —( A laugh.)
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen-
te3ced to hard labour for three months in the House of
Correction.

POLICE IN TELLIGEN CE.•

GUILDHALL.

Mass°Nics.—The attention of Mr. Alderman Kelly
was occupied for a considerable time in hearing a com-
plaint brought by a person named Johnson, relative to the
execution of a warrant for the seizure of a number of
music-books belonging to the " Milton Cecilian Society,"
meeting in Milton-street, Cripplegate. The seizure had
been made for a quarter's rent due by the Society, and
Mr. Johnson insisted that he had a lien -on the books for
work done. The case was ultimately dismissed.

BOW-STREET. '
Yesterday a horse-dealer named Thomas Sharp
,was
placed at the bar charged on suspicion with obtaining
the sum of 4/. 10s., together with a draft upon Messrs.
Paul the bankers, for 25/. from Captain nothatn, of Sutton,
near Dartford, in Kent, under false pretences.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Hotham that on
Wednesday, the 11th inst., being anxious to purchase a
gcod horse, he went to the Scots Arms-yard, Bedfordbury,
where he met with the prisoner, and, not seeing anything
there to his liking, he called again on the Monday, when
he was shown a horse which he thought would suit him,
hut while in conversation respecting the price and the
powei of the animal, a man, who appeared to be in liquor,
came up the yard and said to the stable-keeper, "now you
can do the best in selling the horse." The complainant
said he had no objection to make a purchase in case the
horse was sent to be inspected by Mr. Field, the veteri-
nary surgeon, but the prisoner objected to let him be re-
moved from the yard, unless the bargain was first con-
cluded. After a long conversation upon the subject, he
agreed to purchase the horse ; and not being preparr4
with sufficient ready cash, he gave a draft for 25/., at two
day's sight, upon Paul's bank, and 41. 10s., the entire of
the money be bad in his possession. Considering the
horse was legally his property, he hired a lad to take it
away, but on his turning the corner of the street, the first
man, who desired the prisoner to make the best bargain he
could, stopped the boy, saying that the animal was his
property, and ordered it back into the yard. Suspecting
that there must have been a private understanding between
the party to deprive him of the horse, and to do him out
of his money, he instantly stopped the amount of the draft,
but the prisoner kept the 4/. 103, and as he could get no
satisfaction, he considered he was justified in giving him
into custody.
.. . .

Mr. HALL considered it a question whether the prisoner
was authorised in disposing of the horse, for, as the owner
seemed intoxicated at the time the bargain was making, it
would be necessary to take his account of the transaction,
seeing bow he acted on his learning that the horse was said
for less than he expected.
The complainant said it was very hard that he should be
at the loss of his money, without some return for it.
The prisoner said that when the money was demanded
of him, he gave the Captain the name and address of
Mr. Selway, the owner of the horse, from whom he could
get the money and the draft restored to him.
Mr. Selway having entered the Court, was sworn to
give evidence.
Mr. HALL—Did you authorize the prisoner to sell a
horse for you ? Mr. Selway—The horse in question I have
had about nine months, having purchased him from the
Marquis of Douro, and I desired the prisoner to get me
guineas for bim.
M- HALL—Have you received an - from him ?

..r. y_ iy money Alm
Mr. Selway—He was to have a per centage, and I got
thirty shillings from him, happening to be standing at the
door of a public house, where I was taking refreshment. I
saw a boy leading my horse away, and I stopped him, in
order to ascertain on what conditions he had been sold, but
on getting into the yard, this draft in my hand, which was
written on a bit of soiled paper, was handed to me, and I
instantly objected to give credit to a perion whom I had
had never before seen.

Mr. HALL--Then the 'prisoner had your authority for
selling the horse, which put an end to the false pretence,
and he must be discharged. I suppose you will settle with
r a%hol
oli
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u allowp
him to take away his property
without having something more substantial the complainant as you have got back your property.
Complainant—But as to the 4/. 10s., am Ito lose that
as well as my horse?
Mr. HALL—You must have this question decided in an..
other Court, but I would advise you to retire and come to
otrSeamitwilaght holding
odnot keew p an accoua at Me
nthoethdinragft'osfaitdheit Captain, who
was very ure-
ssrs. Paul'sbmlai anki ngeakih ymingc .a lbi ol e ngcmen
u saer , should
to receive than
a few lines scrolled upon a soiled piece of paper.
The parties then left the Court.

EItS.--MOWING
me-
thodS Eh\a‘s' been THE AVE—EDS.—A
recently :esoirted to for the purpose of cut-
ting the weeds in the upper Witham district of Sewers,
utohierh has proved of great utility, and is deserving of
being extensively adopted. It is this :—several scythe
bladeseh across
acare riveted
the troigteetrl:erandin
also
00
to curve
so as
towards the bed of it. The elasticity of the scythes and
their united length, naturally caused the curvature
to take the proper adaptation, and to fit the bed ;
but there are also some weights added, to assist in keeping
the implement at a proper depth ; besides which it is re-
quisite to let the edge bo always horizontal. A broad
Piece of iron is therefore riveted at each extremity, at
right angles, and to these ends ropes are attached. Three
men on each side of the river draw the apparatus upwards
fsatthiseircidver,.. to haul -,
against the shearer, thus meeting then weeds as they are
bending down by the current : by poceeding thus the
weeds are cut close to the rootsewipthacpoemrsplscatey,certainty.
Four miles a day can be cut and cleared, but is necessary--
each side of
relieve each other, and eight men to follow with and
rakes.--
to have four men on
Lincoln Gazette.
Governor,G ood il o that Ge-
neralwith the condi-
tions end rules by which he was fettered in
his Government, and unwilling to remain the exercise of
TiNeapCi earl, e
theof
rnent of mischief, was meditating
to resign his office and
return home.

EVENING EDITION.

COMPLETION OF THE " MEMOIRS OF CHARLES
MATHEWS."
Just ready, with numerous characteristic Illustrations and Por-
traits,
"VOLUMES 111. and IV.,
Being the CONCiXDING VOLUMES of the
ME MOIRS of CHARLES MATHEWS,
COMEDIAN,
By Mrs. IiATHEws.
A SECOND EDITION cf Vols. I. and 11. of this
4 Work has recently been published.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

11718 Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA,
1- and His Majesty the KING of PRUS,,IA, having
AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRI-
BUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they
are NO LOTTERIESI, offer many no*sibilities of obtaining
•

LARGE FORTUNES,
HEINE BRO TIERS at HAMBURGH,

are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DIgTRIBU.
TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVI-
; OUS to v,iving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR•
TICULARS, upon adttressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a
line to

HEINE BitOTHERS at HANIBURGH.

P.S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION con-
.
tains Portions from TWENTY POUNDS and upwards, to
I THREE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND, and TWEI:VE
THOUSAND POUNDS. The DISTRIBUTING DAY

' being the 2d of March, there is plenty of time for becoming a
Shareholder therein.
I BUT THE NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION con-
tains Portions from NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS
and UPWARDS, to TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUN-
DRED POUNDS.
TAKING PLACE IN NEXT MONTH, there is NO
TIME TO BE LOST for those desirous to avail themselves
of that DISTRIBUTION. Shares clearing off rapidly, a
considerable RISE in PRICE will occur at the end of this
Month.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. 1 .
Will be presented an entirely new and original Nautical Drama,
in. Three Acts, entitled
ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT.
Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Abel Armstrong,
Mr. E. F. Saville; Annis Mildred. Mrs. H. Vining.
After which (2Stu time) the successful Nautical Drama of
BEN BOATSWAIN ; Or, SAILOR'S SWEETHEARTS.
Ben Bowling. Mr. T. P. Cooke.
To conclude with,
THE BROKEN CHAIN.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
, Under her MAJESTY'S LIBIEDIATE PATRONAGE.

THIS Elif.:NIN--"GTSiErT.
GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM-
PETRES,
By the unrivalled Rand of this Establishment,

Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
Exhibition of the Wonderfully-intense and lieautiful new Light
KONIA-131-10STIC,
1 Under the superintendence of Mr. FL Carter.
And the ERUPTION of MOUNT ILECLA.

r Admission One Shilling.
Feeding Hour Five &Clock—Concert at Six.
1 The Eruption of Hecla, with all the other unique Entertain,
1 menu, every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.