The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-19 00:00:00

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(THIS DAY.)

OLD COU RT.

The September sessions of the Central Criminal Court,
Bing the eleventh of the present mayoralty were opened
t iis morning before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
the Recorder, Aldermen Farncomb, Sidney, Wire, and
Carden, attended by the sheriffs of London and Middle-
sex and other civic functionaries.
The first edition of the calendar contains the names of
74 prisoners, being 21 from London, 3S from Middlesex,
1 from the Admiralty, 4 from Kent, and 10 from Surrey.
file case from the Admiralty is that of Henry Bianchett,
iescribed as a labolrer, who stands charged with steal'
mg 580 ozs. weight of gold upon the high seas.
The grand jury having been sworn and enipannelled,d
The RECORDREt proceeded to charge them. He sal
at this season of the year, when the husbandary Wee.
tions connected with the harvest afforded a greeter
amount of employment to the industrious population
tian usual, they generally found the calendar comPere.
aveiy light, and he was happy to congratuh,t3 there
upon this fact, that the present calendar was no weep'
tion to that rule. On ti e ,:ontrary, he found, on bolting
over the calendar, that the number and character of the
offences were of a light description as compared with
former years, and the labours of the grand jury Would
therefore not occupy any lengthened period of time.
There was one circumstance connected with this calew
dar which he could refer to with particular satisfaction,
and that was this. It was generally supposed, that While
the increased prosperity of the country had diminished
crimes against property, it had increased those of violence
and cruelty, but the records of this court went to 011egt
that such an impression was founded in error, for while'e,
it was undoubtedly true, that offences against proPe,„rtr
had decreased, it was equally clear, that so far Be
thee
metropolis at least was concerned, crimes against te,
person had diminished in a corresponding degree. 11°`i
of the cases in the present calendar called for rover
but one single exception ; and that was the case of
parson named Mobbs, who was chargz.d upon the rat°
of the coroner's inquisition with the murder of his
wife. There had been no preliminary investigation
fore a police magistrate ; but, nevertheless, if the eV.
dente at all bore out the statement in the deposition°
taken before the coroner, the grand jury would have 11°
difficulty in returning a true bill against the prisoner',
Much attait:on had been lately called to cases where
ssaults had been committed by a husband and:
wife, both by the Legislature and the Puhl.
press, and an impression prevailed that sti
uses were greatly on the increase ; but on looking epee
,he records of this court he did not find the slightest.
evidence of any increase of that description. On t"-
contrary, there was reason to believe—and this Was not
his own opinion only, but the opinion of all the oftee'",
~f the court— that the great improvement which had
contly taken place amongst the classes where thev
outrages upon the wife were generally found, be
tended materially to reduce this character of offence:
de was rather disposed to attribute the increase 'lit'
&lad taken place in the number of cases brought beie'li
the public, not to any actual increase in the crime itse;
but to the readiness which the press afforded le;
giving publicity to them, coupled with the facilitie-
which were now given to the injured parties for bring.
tug the offenders to justice. On that account, there.
fore, he did not think it would be necessary or wise let
call upon the Legislature to magnify the punislinleet
which attached to these cases, Ls that would only
crease the indisposition of the wife or her friends to pro'
secute. It would be much safer and more prudent
-
let the law remain as it was, and he was eat':,
tied that, combined with the power which public opini°-
exercised over the minds of persons who were predir
posed to resort to acts of violence against their Wiyelli't
it would be found sufficient to meet all emergencies'
was unnecessary for him to detain them with any tom'
limas upon the nature of their duties, and therefore,
with these observations, he would at once request thew--
to retire to their room, where there were cases 'veal
be brought before them
The grand jury then withdrew, and in a short tittle
several true bills having been found, the trials were
mediately proceeded with.

111ARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(TIIIS D A

A DISHONEST SERVANT.—Mary Regan was brougb_..!
before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a purse
taming some silver and copper coin, the property of
Wm. John Sanders, landlord of the Three Tubs, Be
wick-street.
Prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been 10,11 i:
service as cook for about a fortnight, during which time
he had been constantly missing money from the OP;
Not being able to detect the thief, he communicated
with the police, and Serjeant Godfrey, a detective officer,
of the C division, advised him to mark some silver and
copper money, and place it in the till, which he did co
Saturday night. On Sunday morning Godfrey called
upon him, and in his presence he examined the contev°
of the till, when he missed ss. 6d. in silver and eleven'
pence halfpenny in copper, all of which he had previously
marked in the presence of the officer.
Godfrey deposed that he went on Sunday morning to
prosecutor's prosecutor's house, where he saw the prisoner, and la.
the presence of the prosecutor asked her what she bas
done with the money she had taken out of her master,,,
till. At first she denied doing so, but afterwards °'
admitted that she had taken eleven once halfpenny'
which she had in her box up stairs. He then went 14.
stairs to her room, and in a work box he found the pa!,, .
produced, containing ss. 6d. in silver and elevenpa'":,
halfpenny in copper, ad of which prosecutor identifier
belonging to him. Witness then took her into custewl.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.

DEATH OF THE EARL BROWNLOW.- This nobletoati
died on Thursday last, at his seat Belton House, near
Grantham, Lincolnshire, in the 75th year of his age,'
The noble lord was the father of the late Lord Alibi"'
whore heir has ju t tstablished his claim to the estate•
left by the last Earl of Bridgewater. His lordship '11:
well known for his munificence in furthering the desied,
and extending the influence of the Church of Engist4
in various parts of the country, and was always am
°l'6"„
the first to assist any scheme which met with the sr;
proval of the bishop of the diocese in which the greateso.
portion of his large estates are situate ; and in Londi
many churches of recent erection owe much to his 11?
P,irticular mention may be made of the distrise,
church of St. Barnabas, Pimlico, the foundation si4/1
of which he laid.
DEATH OF COL. COLQUHOUN, R.A.—Col. James Siic
het Colquhoun, of the Royal Artillery, and Inspector
the Carriage Department at the Royal Arsenal, W 0
wich, since April, 1852, died on Saturday the 17th
at his quarters in the east wing of Woolwich-barracw
of disease of the lungs. The deceased was of very actita
habits, and introduced many Yalu:, ble improvements law
the department under his superintendence. lie tills
spared no exertion in secur ng the means of ren'e—die
the naval, garrison, and field guns as efficient as " r
nature of the duty they were constructed for would Petit
mit them to be made, and spent many an anxious bb
with the workmen in instructing them as to the beto
manner in which they could carry out his nuinel A
plans and suggestions ; the men, knowing they ht
competent judge of their work when it was finla"de'ee
entered cheerfully into his views, and the carriage O 0
partment is now in a high state of order ; and about a r
hands being employed in it, is able, by the aid of rpor
I chinery, to complete or repair an incredible quotitYcli
the stores required by the services which had previtl-iii
been supplid by contract. Colonel Colquhoun servrt,oci
Spain from 1812 to the close of the war. He was eniPi°J., ;
under Lord John Hay during the civil war in QSAITI4I•
and he served also at the Syrian campaign of I°,,et,
The deceased entered the service as second lieuteT
June 1, 1808 ; was promoted to first lieutenant SeP
ber 8, 1810 ; Captain, Nov. 6, 1827 ; brevet rasior'rabor
cember 2, 1836 ; brevet lieutenant-colonel, N°ve ot
10, 1840 ; regimental colonel, Nov. 9, 1846 ; and brc
colonel, Nov. 11, 1851.
DEATH OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 1305?
We regret to announce that her Majesty's steamer
en i
zard, which arrived at Port Royal on Saturday eve
inte11,44,10
last from Hendura,, brought the melancholy
of the death of B. E. Woodhouse, Esq., her MaJeasTrog
superintendent of that place. The Buzzard not ha
her
brought letters or papers, we are unable to give A,
Sr
particulars of the lamented gentleman's demise.
pears, however, to have died after a very short ill""
Jamaica Paper. , castP;
FIRE IN 11.1ARK-LANE.—:Yesterd ty (Sunday) cdry
at a few minutes before seven o'clock, a fire of a e of
alarming character, broke mit in a spacious laug
premises, num?iered 12, in Mark-lane, City. Viers,
perty in question was tenanted by several merch"aolo-
offices, amonied the owners were Mr. Brodock, a
real merchant ; Messrs. Crawley and Masters,
merchants, &c. The fire was discovered by one of
City police, whose attention was attracted to the Pre
raises by a strong smell of burning wood. The :neo
e,
belonging to her Majesty for the protection of th
tom-house, two of the parr-h, that of the West of r:
land Company, and six of the London Brigadeer;:
speedily on the spot, and a plentiful supply of wat
obtained, the fire for a considerable period defied the
ertions of the brigade. The flames were not sub" of
until Mr. Brodock's premises, together with those
ao,
Messrs. Crawley and Masters, vrdre damaged by fire
in
water. The counting-house of Mr. Lane, another. 4
chant, was also severely injured by fire and watetrrn
_,:a
was impossible to learn whether the property des Y
was insured, as no one slept on the premises.
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF WHISKY.—The Cork
tillers have advanced the price of whisky threepence'
F2r gallon. ort Pine
REPRESENTATION OF GALWAY. The repn
i. round tn athevaecvaeroiciyt,iikni,
to a colonial situation of Mr. Anthony O'Flah
t he field.Aar.
Redington,
candidates for the seat :—Sir Thomas webs,/
following persons are said to I.e already in
Henry Grattan, Mr,
A. Kirwan. g'ille)larceePrbe;etnhetaatpiirtoinotfnarrh-tehve:
John Reynolds, and DI