The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-04 00:00:00

THAMES.-(T UIIS DAY.)

-Wm. Kerr, a powerfully-built sailor, was charged
with feloniously wounding Lawrence Henderson, his
shipmate, by stabbing him in the thigh.
It appeared that both parties belonged to the
Prince of Wales, a collier, now lying off Blackw all ;
and yesterday evening the prosecutor was sent in one
of the ship's boats to the Black wall pier, to fetch off
the prisoner, who had been ashore that day on liberty.
As they were rowing to the ship, the prisoner seemed
in a very quarrelsome humour, and they had no
sooner reached the deck than the prisoner, without
any cause assigned, challenged the prosecutor to
fight. This he declined, and pushed Kerr away,
when the latter drew hi 3 clasp-knife from his pocket,
and, with a savage oath, stabbed Anderson with it in
the left thigh. He was sober at the time.
Police-constable K 329, who apprehended the
prisoner, produced the knife, a formidable-looking
weapon. _ .

In his defence the prisoner, in a surly manner, said
that the prosecutor struck him in the face first, and
made his nose bleed, adding " and then I did that?'
This was denied, and the police-constable said,
when he took the prisoner into custody, there were
no marks of blood o:s his face.

Mr. BALLANTINE, after commenting on the brutal,
cowardly, and assasin-like nature of the attack,
committed him to Newgate to take his trial for the
felonious stabbing.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
William Brown, described .as a plumber, and
John Somerville, an engraver, were charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with creating a disturbance in the pit
of Sadlers Wells Theatre.

William Reynolds stated, that he was constable at
the Sadlers Wells Theatre, and about eight o'clock
yesterday evening, was called into the pit to quell a
disturbance, when he saw the two prisoners, who were
both drunk, standing up on one of the seats, and
shouting and making such a noise as to prevent the
audience from hearing the performance. He suc-
ceeded after considerable difficulty in removing them,
when they again forced their way into the theatre,
and at length he was compelled to give them into the
custody of a policeman.
The prisoners expressed their regret for their mis-
conduct ; and Reynolds said he knew them to be
most respectable tradesmen, and the proprietors of
the theatre, in consideration of the apology they
made this morning, were unwilling to press severely
upon them.
Mr. TYRWHITT said it must be evident that, for the
enjoyment and accommodation of all the audience,
order must be kept in such places, and if the pro-
prietors had pressed for a heavy penalty, undoubt-
edly he should have inflicted it. In consideration of
the recommendation of the constable, he should dis-
charge the prisoners with a caution.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
William North, a marine-store dealer, in High-
street, Hoxton Old Town, and who, a few days since,
was fined fifty shillings for receiving in pledge, with-
out a license, various articles belonging to individuals
in his neighbourhood, applied this morning to know
what he had best do with the pledges he still held.
He had, he said, given notice to the owners thereof,
but not one of the articles had as yet been redeemed;
and he asked the magistrate whether or not he could
sell the articles, handing over to the parties belonging
to them the surplus money, if any.
Mr. ARNOLD—If you do, you will do it at your
peril. You have already suffered the penalty of
transgressing the law. You have, strictly speaking,
no lien whatever upon the articles you have received
as pledges.

ilolland, one of the officers of the court, inti-
mated that the applicant had nearly 100 pledges of
various descriptions in his house.
Mr. ARNOLD advised the applicant to make the best
arrangement he could with the individuals with whom
he had been carrying on his illegal traffic.
The applicant thanked the magistrate and withdrew.

AQUATICS.
CLASPER AND MADDISON.

The scullers' match between these two men was
brought to a conclusion on the Tyne on Tuesday fore-
noon. Precisely at six minutes to twelve the men
started themselves from the piles of the intended high-
level bridge, and at twenty-three minutes and a half
past twelve Maddison passed under the suspension bridge
at Scotswood. Clasper was beaten by fifty seconds. The
race from the first was scarcely in doubt. Maddison
gradually drew ahead, and when he got opposite to the
steam-boat engaged by his party, a deafening cheer with
which he was greeted seemed to add increased vigour to
his arms, and a few determined strokes placed him com-
pletely clear of his opponent. Clasper pulled gamely
and gallantly throughout, but was evidently over-
matched. With youth, health, strength, and the ad-
mirable tuition of Newell on the side of Maddison, no
great wonder that " Harry" had to cry " enough."
The betting on the event, afterit became known on Mon-
day that the men had to pull over again, was heavy in the
extreme. Clasper's umpire stopped the race prematurely,
claiming a foul, without appeal to the referee. The
backers of Maddison were full of confidence, and were
prepared to go to any amount in favour of their man.
There was again, on Tuesday, a large attendance of
spectators; the steam-boats were crowded ; and the
railway trains of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Company,
on each side of the river, had a full comple-
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passengers.
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Having been in commission four and a half years, the
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brought a few invalids from the New Zealand
squadron.

- - - .
Mr. Merivale has been appointed Assistant Under
Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the room of Mr.
Stephen. whose retirement was aimoonc(d a few days
since. Mr. Merivale is said to be an able lawyer, and,
as the author of "Lectures on Colonization," is favour-
ably known to the public.