The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-19 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT=(TIIIS DAA ).

OLD com? 1.
(Before Mr. Cointnis-ioaer ELIA/ca.)
AnsON._..l rnife.:ably•clad wretched looking man,
named 117i.iicvn Smith, pleaded guilty to a charge of
having; set iire to a wneat
Mr. BuLnoca remarked that a few years ago thc
off•nee iu foreite:f his life.
The pris•;a, rr: plied that he was aware of that, but
distre,s had driven bin] to do it.
Mt. iluunoon. o'oscrved that that might have bate. an
excu,e for stealing a loaf cf hz cad, but it was none fur
destroying rood.
The prisoner said he had had no opportunity of com-
tnitting such a rAhery.
• The Court sentenced him to 15 years' transpertation.
(Bc''ore Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice \\ ILLIASIS.)
83iS111:7G. —George Greatrix, a respect.hly -attired
Lidelle-aged man, was indicted for uttering a count, r.
feit half-crown, with intent to defraud the proprietor of
a Public.bouse near B: (Vont.
It apt eared from the evidence that on the 22nd of
41111!-10:st last the prioncr we .t into the prosecutor's
1 °l9,e, and called for two pennyworth of gin. The
liquor was su; plied to him, and he ten-
dered a half-crown in payment, which Elizabet:l Turner,
to bar-maid, accep:cd, d having received the change
,e drank the gin and departed. No sooner, however, had
rgone than it was discovered that the half-crown was
-ad and a police-officer sent in pursuit of him. Ue was
overtaken in company with a man named Scale,,, and
near to the spot where to was stopped a black bag, con-
taining a large quantity &' bad coinage, was found, which
it was supposed the prisoner had thrown from him on
observing the oilier approaching. Both Scales and him-
self were taken into custody, but there being no evi-
dence to implicate the former the magi:At at es at Staines
dismissed him, and connnitted the pi isoner. It should
be mentioned that the officer saw the prisoner throw
Eoaaethizig black away be!ore he was overtaken.
The prisoner in his defence admitt(d having purchased
the gin on the d •y in question, hut declared that instead
of a half-crown he t, ride red in a shilling in payment
and received a sixpence ai.el a Lurpenny -,-;ieee in change.
Ile knew nothing of Scales, but met him on the road
going to Egham race?, and he insinuated that he it was
Who threw the bug of base money into the road.
A previous conviction was exhibited against the pii-
Boner, and he had suffered a long imprisonment which
Only ezpired in April last.
The jury found him Guilty, and he was untellced to
seven years' transportation.

E Vii COURT.
(Before the COMMON-SERGEANT
BIGAMY.—A fierce lot king fellow, nbott 45, named
James Scctchmore, who had followed among other occu-
pations thst o a bitter, and whose face was ornemented
with a large and bushy pair of whiskers, was indicted
for bigamy.
It appeared that the prisoner married Elizabeth Wil-
liams on the sth of May, 1828. with whom he 1 ved
about seven yours, arid on the 22d of September, 1840,
he married Ann Cordel, his first wife being still alive.
Ann Cordel was a widow with two children, and had at
the time of the marriage a public-house, with a business
Worth 4001. After living with her for two or three
sears, and bringing the business to ruin, he left her in
an empty room with the two children, without any
means of subsistence. Agar, on the 26th of February,
1846, he married Mary Field, who was possessed of
3201, which be soon squandered away. She left him in
June last, owing to his having attempted to stranggle
her. lie had one child by her. Ilis first wife, it ap-
Purred, was compelled to leave him from ill-treatment.
The jury found hire Guilty upon both indictments.
The CONISION•SERGEANT sentenced him to seven
Years' transportation upon each indictment, being alto-
tege:her fourteen years, observing that the case was
'Very much aggravated by the fact of the prisoner having
Committed both eff,-nces for the purpo'e of gain.

COliONEliS' INQUESTS.
• MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Before Mr. W. Payne,
at St. Barth,lomw's 11.( spital, on the body of Jona
than Loy, ag,d 69, a currier in a respectable way of
Insines.,, re dding in Bartholomew-close. Since the
death o! the deceased's wile, which took place nearly
Ye years ago, his wlio!e thoughts had been centred in
P 4 only san, a youth of 20 years of age, for whom he
entertained the stroulk st affection. Arrived, however,
close up n the age of legal responsibility, the son
united himself to a woman of loose character. This
Preyed deeply upon the father's mind fur some time.
lie neglected his usual avocations, went about like
one deranged, calling for his " dear lost boy ;" and on
Friday last put a period to his worldly cares by
swallowing a large quantity of the oil of vitriol, which
caused his death in a few hours. Evictmce to the
above effect having been produced, the jury returned
a verdict of "Temporary derangement.'
FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE IN THE PUBLIC STREETS..---
Before Mr. W. Payne, at the Founders's-hall
Tavern, Lothbury, on the body of David Davies, aged •
52, of Igo. S, Henry-place, Redcross street, Borough.
John Young, of 4, Cavington.terrace, Bermondsey,
said that on Sunday forenoon last, about five
minutes before ten o'clock he was in the company
of deceased, and was walking from the Bank
_towards the direction of Finsbury-square. As they
were crossing the road at the end of Moorg.:;te-street,
an omnibus came along, and deceased being on the
.other side, he suddenly darted from witness, and
threw himself under the omnibus. City Police-
_constable No. 154 said that he saw the deceased
run or walk rather sharp towards the omnibus, when
he threw himself between the fore and hind wheels.
The latter passed over his head, and killed him almost
instantaneously. David Davies, a son of the deceased,
said that seven or eight weeks since his father
attempted to cut his throat, and had lately complained
of being weak and unable to work. The jury halvingconsulted, they returned a verdict of "Temporary
insanity."

_ TRH OLD WORLD AND THE NEW.--A new woe
from the pen of Mrs. Trollope, with the promising title
of " The Old World and the New," has just been pub-
lished, and seems likely to create as great a sensation as
those early works of this very entertaining writer, in
Which she displayed so cleverly her appreciation of Ame-
rican • Character. ller comparisons of certain recent
exhibitions in Europe, with the most prominent features
in tine :Axial intercourse of the United States, are emi-
nently amusing, and the story in which these features
are introduced being one of the most spirited she has
ever written, the success of " The Old World and the
Neiv" is placed beyond a doubt.—Evening paper.
SEVEN FIRES DURING THE LAST TWELVE HOURS
IN THE _METROPOLIS.--This morning, about one o'clock,
a fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Cowley, hat
manufacturer, High-street, Stepney; from this house to
the adjoining, that of Mr. Widiame, pawebreletr, and
Mr. Belcher, cheesemong r, the flames spread most
furiously. Several of the Brigade and West, of England
engines 'arrived in rapid succession; but notwithstaud.
ing al the eiferts oF the fi emen, 3r. Cowley's house
and stock were destroyed, and the greater portion of
the pawnbroker's property fell a like sacrifice. Through
the injudicious com-luct of those present in 'throwing
'Valuable furniture from the upper windows into the
street, Mr. Belcher elio is a sufferer from datmige
by removal, &c. The next fire occurred on the pre-
mises of Mess:s. Allen and Co., linen-drapers, Friday-
streencheapilde ; it oeiginated emone, the stock in the upper
rooms, but from the ready eseictance afihided it was
soon sub hied, with considerable damage. The next fire
took place ou the premises of Mr. Skinner, a timber-
merchent, Butcher-row, Ratcliffe-cross, where, notwith-
standing the Brigade and West of England engines were
in quick attendance, a large stock of timber was consumed,
Insured in the London Assurance Office. The next fire
happened in the house of Mrs. Shinn, laundress, where
property, consisting of wearing apparel, &c., was de-
stroyed. Three other fires also were returned to the
effiees, but loss of property was slight. Messrs. Cowley,
'Williams, and Belcher, ore insured in the Defenders',
Globe, and General Insurance Companies. The loss at
these) fires may be estimated at least at 4,0001.
SUICIDE YETFRDAY MORNING.--Considerable ex-
eitemeut prevailed in the neighbourhood of Tottenham-
yeetereley, inqrning, in consequence of its
having teeteneeliecoin red that Mr. Potter, tne proprietor
of lhe Bedford Dining-rooms, had committed suicide.
NOt making his appearance at the usual hour, one of hie
servants proceeded to his bedroom, when he found the
utifortunane gentleman suspended from the bedpost.
Medical assistance was immediately obtained, but with-
out avail, the vital spark having fled. The deceased,
who was highly respected in the neighbourhood, has been
in a very desponding state ever since the death of his
wile, to whom he was much attached.
SANITARY STATE OF THE HOUSEHOLD Tr.oors.-
- When the present epidemic first broke out in the metro-
'polis his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Commander-
in-Chief, issued en oiler to the commanding otlicere of
the three regiments of Foot Guards, stationed at the
Tower, St. George's Barracks, Wellington Barracks,
Portman-street, slid St. John's Wood, and the Life
Guards, as Knightsbridge, and the Albany Barracks,
Regent's-park, that the strictest sanitary precautions
should be taken, by obscrvin. the greatest cleanliness
and ventilation in the barracks, the outhouses>, &c., and
especially the stables of the cavalry. This has been
fully carried out, and altheugh a few cases of cholera
and diarrheas have oecurnd, the troops, generally
speaking, were never in a better state of health. A
ward has been specially set aside in all the barracks
for the reception of those who may be suddenly at-
tacked, and one of the medical el-ricers of the regi-
ment is constantly in attendance, night and day,
should his services ho required. Fatigue parties
are daily appointed for cleaneing the quarters and
out-places, stables, &c., twice, and even thrice, if re-
quired, under the inspection of a non commissioned
officer. A similar order was issued to the Commandant
at Woolwich, and all the garrisons throughout the United
Kingdom, which has had a most beneficial off, Le, as from
the official returns, notwithstanding the prevalence of
this dreadful malady, the troops have sufferid tut very
few losers from its e ifect. According to the returns of
the sanitary norneaission in Paris, it appears that out of ,
the 19,750 deaths which have occurred he that capital
from cholera and diarrrma, the mortality smong the
troops has been very great, being upwards of 5.000, not-
withstanding ell the slithery. precautione. This appears
to have been greedy in CUSS quenee of the bard duty
the garrison its to undergo, the want of proper
sewerage and ventilation in the barracks, but Imo e
particularly the water. The garrieon f Paris end en-
virnns is from 65 000 to 70,000 men, not including the
Na Tonal Guard.
The price of bread for the second fortnight of eye
prei,--nt, month is fixed at 300. the kiloen arum° fliet
qu ,Lte, being ii diminution of ice—G-aligneni.
The heart, too often, like the cement of the ancient
Romans, acquires hardness by time.—. Eliza Cook's
Journal.