The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-05 00:00:00

UNION-HALL

Yesterday Kenning and Gardiner, two of the
" go-cart" men who ply at the Elephant and (',lstle,
were brought before Mr. CHAMBERS and Mr.
ELYARD, charged, on suspicion, with having rGbi,ed
a lady, named Madden, of a valuable gold watch
and appendages.
The prisoners were discharged after an admo-
nition.

A young man named Gillies was charged etidi
stealing a load of hay, under the following eirctott4
stances :

Mr. May, a livery stable-keeper in the Sout:-
wark-road,purchased a load of hay from Mr. Sweet-
ing, a hay-salesman in Whitechapel-trawket, 811(1 on
the way to the purchaser the carter waq stopped by
the prisoner, who desired to look at the paper con-
taining the address of the person to whom the hay
‘vai sold. The carter very innoeen ly gave up tbe
paper, upon which the prisoner said, " It's all right,
come along with me." He then led the way to (lit:
house of a gentleman, to whom he sold the load,
and received the money, desiring the carter to re-
turn home after the delivery. The driver waa un-
able either to read or write, and the trick that had
been played upon him was not di+covered until he
got back again. ,
The salesman said, that the prisoner formerly
lived in his service, and since he had discharged
him, a great number of robberies of the above de-
scription had been committed, and he had no doubt,
if the prisoner was remanded, and publicity given
to the case, several charges of a similar nature would
be brought against him. He was remanded accord-
ingly.
Information was given at this office that the house
of William White, Esq., of Stockwell, was broken
into on Sunday night, and robbed of various articles
of plate, among which was a massive silver castor-
stand, besides jewellery. Mr. White's house is
within a few doors of Mr. Hedger's, the gr.', lemon
whose premises the two young men, under the.
as-
sumed names of Seyniour and Junk, were about to
invade last week, for the purpose of carrying off a
supposed rich heiress, who they were led to believe,
in the course of a long epistolary correspondence,
-had fallen desperately in love with one of them.

Despatches were sent off by the French Am-
bassador yesterday evening to his Government.
The Austrian Ambassador and the PrincesN
ESTIRHAZT are staying on a visit to the Marquis ut-
HARTFORD, at Sudbourn-hall, Sufflk.

FARMING SOCIETY.--HIGHLAND PRo-
DUCZ -A Committee Meeting of the Inverness.shiro
Farming Society, was held yesterday at GEDDES'S Hotel,
Capt. SHAW, Culblair, Chairman, to consider of the com-
munication from the Highland Society printed in our last.
With regard to cattle the meeting were of opinion that thu
rules which regulated the show at Perth, as well as the
premiums awarded will scarcely apply to Inverness. The
only specimens which can be exhibited from this quarter
are the pure Highland breed; hut the Committee sug-
gested that the Highland Society should offer pre-
miums for different descriptions of cuttle to encourage
breeders and others to introduce such into the country.
The breed of horses is here very bad, but the ponies
peculiar to this country, are in great demand for the Southern
markets. Hence the Committee thought that premiums
might be offend for the best specimens of Highland ponies.
The only specimens of sheep which can be exhibited from
this country and neighbourhood are the black-faced,
breed peculiar to the country. There may, however, be
exhibited specimens of Cheviot and South Down, as well
as a cross breed between the Cheviot and the black-faced,
for all of which it would be desirable to offer premiums.
Pigs are in great abundance, and specimens of all descrip-
tions may be .expected at the show. Extra stock, roots,
seeds, &e, will also doubtless be exhibited ; but the Com-
mittee were not so sanguine as to ingenious machines
adapted to agricultural purpose.. It would be us well,
however, that the Highland Society should offer premiums
of this sort to encourage mechanics and others to come
forward.—lnreruese Courier.

Some few weeks ago a respectable village
apothecary, resident in this *minty, was aroused one cold
night from his peaceful slumbers by a young fellow in the
garb of a farmer's servant, and sent to a lone farm-house,
at a distance of some three or four miles, in order to at-
tend their fair mistress, who was described to have been
suddenly seized with the pains of labour. We need
scarcely add that the summons was obeyed with that
alacrity which usually distinguishes members of that
honourable profession ; and although he could not bust re-
joice at finding his patient in the enjoyment of excellent
health, yet he could not but feel much annoyed at the de.
ception thus played off upon him ; and his respectable
neighbours participating in this feeling, it was de-
termined to detect and ptiniela the hoaxer, whom
they afterwards discovered to have been a mas-
querading young Coroner, resident in a neighbour-
ing town ; and retaliatory eneasuree were forth-
w;th resolved upon. The oecasioa of a hunting dinner
party, at which the Learned Gentleman waisted as Vice-
President, soon presented a good opportunity. After the
bottle had plumed some ten or a dosen courses ronnd the
table, the hilarity of the company was broken in upon by
a man rushing into the room, and in apparent trepidation
inquiring for the Churchwarden, at the same time ex-
claiming, " Oh, Sir, pier old Jona( has drowned himself !"
As goon as connected answers could be drawn (ruin him,
the fellow stated that old Joins's hat being above the
water, search had been made in the river, and the body
found. In answer to a question from the Churchwarden,
it was stated that the body was drawn out at a certain
perai of the river, which the young Coroner declared t
he in his district. The Churchwarden directed the body,
which was then in a cart at the door, to be conveyed
to the workhouse. The party soon afterwards broke
up, and the young,/Coroner departed home, having first
directed the constable to summon a Jnry. At the ap-
pointed hour on the next day, the Coroner arrived, the
Jury was sworn, and poor old Jon N, who haul been t:i-
cently laid out, underwent the view ; but the mail a lies
actually drew JOHN out of the river was not forthcoming;
but the Jury being of opinion that sufficient evidence was
before them in finding a verdict of " found drowned,"
they returned the same; lint JOHN, thinking the joke had
been carried quite far enough, cast off his winding-sheet
;list in time to save the Coroner the trouble of n riling out
tls; warrant for his burial. The matier was canoed on
so well as to deceive all the parties who were riot imme-
diately in the secret, including the good old wif'” of Jotrig,
whose joy was most nnbeuselesl at the di-cover.—Hunt-
ingdon Mercury.