The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-12 00:00:00

IiATTON-GARDEN.

On Wednesday Agnes Lovell alias Danks, a gipsy, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Combe, charged by Jane
Medlar, a simple looking young woman, servant to Mr.
John Hughes, of No. 12, Heathcote-street, Gray's Inn-
road, with having obtained, under false pretences,
IL 4s. 6d.,' and various articles of wearing apparel, under
the following circumstances :
A few days ago the prisoner knocked at the door, and,
being answered by witness; she inquired whether she had
any broken glass or old clothes to sell, and being an-
swered in the negative she asked witness whether she
would wish to have her fortune told. She said she had no
objection, but her master being at home she suggested that
the prisoner should call in an hour, which she did, when
she (the prisoner) said, " Will you trust me with qcl. tied up
in the corner of a handkerchief ?" Witness tied a six-
pence in the corner of a handkerchief, when the
prisoner required to be " palmed" with another shil-
ling, which she (witness) gave her. She then examined
witness's hand, and told her that a short time ago she
had lent a fair young man three sovereigns, and in two
or three days she would see him and he would return
them. The prisoner said, " You must place implicit
Confidence in me, and I will tell you the truth." Witness
thought it very extraordinary, as a few days previously
she had lent a fair young man three sovereigns. She
then predicted that in a very short time she would
meet with a young man of fair complexion, of
very good prospects, to whom she would be
married, but it was necessary that she should use
her usual charm, and she would require of her 1/. 4s. 6d.,
which witness gave her, and she left the house,
saying that she would call again and let her know the
result of her powers. She subsequently called and
informed her that, in order to give effect to the " spell,"
she would require some of her wearing apparel to bury
in the earth for some time before the desired effect would
occur, and the whole of them and her money would be
ultimately restored to her. 'Witness haaded her her
shawl, a mousselain-de-laine dress, a pair of bracelets,
and other articles, when the prisoner said that she could
not accomplish the 1" charm" without burying a shift
with them, which witness gave her, and she saw no more
of her until Tuesday last, when she saw her in the street
and gave her into custody.
The prisoner declared that she was not the person, and
never saw the prosecutrix before in all her life.
The prisoner begged hard for mercy, but she was &un-
initted to the House of Correction, with hard labour,
for three months, with instructions to the officers to
trace, if possible, the prosecutor's property, and restore
it to her.

Robert a:Ay d, a sturdy-looking fellow, was placed at
the bar, charged by William Moore, 224, N. division,
with having assaulted and wounded him, and being con-
cerned, with others, in an attempt to drown him. _

The prosecutor being sworn, stated that on Morday
afternoon last he received.information that a prize-fight
was going forward in Pocock 's-fields, Islington. lib pro-
ceeded to the spot, and found about 300 poof,ons, and
two men stripped to fight. He ente,rod
,the
and apprehended one of the combatant*, when a
cry of "Rescue, kill that ," was immedlatelfy raised;
on which the prisoner rushed upon him, struck him seve-
ral times, and witness was knocked down and beaten by
the crowd who surrounded him, in a violent manner.
ff Witness took out his sta to defend himself, when the
prisoner seized hold of it, and taking a knife from his
pocket he cut the string twisted round his (witness's)
wrist, and wounded his arm severely ; the mob then
dragged him a considerable distance, the prisoner being
the ringleader, with a shout to " drown the --.
pitch him into The river." The witness was so dreadfully
punished, that he gave his evidence with much difficulty.
The prisoner denied the charge.
_ _

Mr•. (2omir; said, as he could not inflict' tin adequate
punishment upon the prisoner. he would commit him to
New ate for trial.

.tV NI DIOT'S HAP PI N Ess.--Barnahv's -en-
joyments were to walk and run, and leap, till he w•aa
tired; then to lie down in the long grass, or by the grow-
ing corn. or in the shade of some tall tree, looking upward
at the light clouds as they floated over the blue sur-
face of the sky, and listening to the lark as she
poured out her brilliant song. , There were wild-
flowers to pluck—the bright red poppy, the gentle
harebell, the cowslip, and the rose. There were
birds to watch ; fish ; ants ; worms ; hares or rabbits,
as they dashed across the distant pathway in the wood,
and so were gone ; millions of living things to have an
interest in, and lie in wait for, and clap hands and shtlut
in memory of, when they had disappeared. In
default of these, or when they wearied, there
was the merry sunlight to hunt out, as it crept
in aslant through leaves and boughs of trees, and hid
far down—deep, deep, in hollow places—like a
Silver pool, where nodding branches seemed to
bathe and sport ; sweet scents of summer air breath-
ing over fields of beans or clover ; the perfume of wet
leaves or moss ; the life of waving trees, and shadows
always changing. When these or any of them tired, or
in excess of pleasing tempted him to shut his eyes, there
was slumber in the midst of all these soft delights,
with the gentle wind murmuring like music in his ears,
uud everything around melting into one delicious dream.
—Bo:.

CORN DEALERS.—The Tory Journals have
republished the case of a man who was convicted of an
e
attempt at Cambridge, in the year 1741, to raise the
price of corn. They call the article punishment of
Corn-jobbers. Do they mean, then, to revive th
punishment for forestalling and regrating ! Or, do they
mean to confine the Corn-trade, as well as the growing
of corn, to the hands of the rent-owners, itna their depen-
dent tenants at will ?

COMMENCEMENT OF THE HARVEST.--NOt,
withstanding the general
prevalence of wet weather and
at. limp-town farm, and
L',Drtghton Guardian.
the backwardness of the crops generally, Mr. llallet
In:
cutbegan
wheat, harvesting
barley,
ASSAM TvA,......A sale of 35,000 chests of
1 Dann acid qo
asst lra tea took place at Calcutta on the With May. It
was conducted in the Chinese fashit4l, The leaves were
infused in hot water,, an, b t.Q t,
o
verage tasted by intend-
ing
ptirch,lsers, The lowest lots sold for a rupee four
anne,a, that is 2s. 6d. the pound. The highest, for three
rupees four annas, 6s. 6d. The tea was
be excellent, pronounced to

EVENING SUN. •

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

(LLOYDS.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL-Soploo, Liverpool to Ba-
tavia, 12th ult., lat. 10, lon. 22 ; John Lilly, Bonny to
Liverpool, 14th ult., lat. 12, lon. 25 ; Marie .
Thompson, Quebec to London, 6th, lat. 48, lon. 17, by
the Palestine, arrived at Liverpool. Cumberlona,
Liverpool to Quebec, Bth, lat. 50, lon. 8, by the Per-
severance, arrived at Falmouth. Tanjore, London to
Bombay, 27th June, lat. 13, lon. 26 ; De Grant, Liver
pool to Bombay, 29th, lat. 16, lon. 27 ; Eumore, Cork
to Sydney, 28th, lat. 14, lon. 26 ; Harriet, Portst'nuth
to Quebec, 18th ult., lat. 41, lon. :33, by the 7.*:;iliziln
Shand, arrived off Cork. Queen of the Ocean, from
Liverpool, lat. 51, ion. 37, by the Cybeb, arrived at 31i1-
ford. Lorina. from Liverpool, 27th nit., lat. 41, lon. 13 ;
Franklin, Cork to Port Philip, 6th, hit. 4i, ion. 8, by
the James and Ellen, arrived at Guernsey. herald
(brig), 20th June, lat. 2 N., ion. 22 W. ; Commerce,
Baird, 29th, let. 11, lon. 24, by the Japain, arrived ill
the Downs. Catharine Boland, for Corfu, 97th ult., lat.
47. 1011. 10, by the Elizabeth, arrived at Guernsey.
Barque _Norman for Demerara, 20th May, lat. 32.19,"
49, by the Eagle, arrived at New York. Corinthian,
Trapani to Newfoundland, 6th June,- lat, 36, lon• :3;
Vasco de Gama, Camos, and Sultana, 23d ult.; hit. 4a,
lon. 10, by the Newport, arrived in the Clyde. Samuel
Braddock, Liverpool to Bombay, 21st ult, lat. 12, lon. 10;
Schooner Theodorick, steering S.W., 2d, lat. 44,
1011.10,
by the Lusitania, arrived in the Downs.