The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-18 00:00:00

BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS.

Yesterday William Kettle, aged 19, dressed as a but-
cher, whose residence is at Cambridge ; Frederick Pres-
ton, aged 22, a labourer from Cambridge ; George
Green, aged 27, a baker, from Wordsley, Stafford-
shire ; and Thomas Austin, aged 52 years, a baker,
from Buckinghamshire, were brought up from the New
Prison, Clerkenwell, for re-examination before the sit-
ting magistrates, on charges of having uttered counter-
feit coin.

Several witnesses were examined, who having proved
the case against the prisoners, Atkins, a constable of
Harefield, near Uxbridge, accompanied by a constable
from Rickrnansworth, in Hertfordshire, just as the wit-
nesses were being bound over to appear against the pri-
soners at the Central Criminal Court, applied to the
bench for a remand of the prisoners, on suspicion of
having passed several forged 51. notes purporting to be
of the Bank of England, in the neighbourhood of Rick-
mansworth, on Saturday, the Ist inst. The officers
produced a warrant which they held for the capture of
the parties, but said, having only just ascertained the
prisoners 4ere in custody on the present charge, they
were not prepared with the necessary witnesses.
The Bench, under these circumstances, remanded the
prisoners back to the New Prison, whence they will be
brought on Saturday next for further examination at
Brentford, when it is expected several other charges
will be brought forward agaiast them.

THE LO VAT PEERAGE.-Many of our readers
are aware that a new clamant to the title and estates of
Lovat appeared some years ago in the person of an Ame-
rican clergyman, the Rev. A. G. Fraser, of New York.
Mr. Fraser has since been pursuing his investigations, and
he lately applied to be served heir to John Fraser, the
younger brother of the celebrated, or rather the notorious
Simon John Lovat of the Foray-five, the former of whom
ho represents to have been his grandfather. This John
Fraser appears to have been not unworthy of his brother Si-
mon, for the story is that he killed a piper with his dirk, on
hearing the rustic musician strike up a well known
Highland air, Ha Bidaig cig Machomish, the words of
which were intended to ridicule the clan Fraser. Hav-
ing thus effectually silenced the piper, the doughty clans-
man became alarmed for his safety, for the law had then
reached as far north AS Inverness-shire, though it did not
penetrate into Ross-shire for some years afterwards. John
Fraser fled, and his subsequent history is involved in ob-
scurity. The direct line from I.,;:rd Simon being extinct,
the legitimate descendants of John Fraser (if the latter
were ever married) would, it is said, be entitled to the
honours and estates of this ancient family, as their present
amiable and excellent possessor belongs to a remoter
branch. The question has been brought into the Ceurt
of Session; and evidence is now in progress here, under
a Commission of the Court, by the examination of aged
persons, and the recovery of any documents that may
exist.—lnverness Courier.

THE LEEDS AND LONDON MAILS.—The
23d instant is fixed for the commencement of the new ar-
rangements, by which, from that date, the Leeds Mail will
be conveyed to London, and the London Mail to Leeds,
by railway, each departing from the respective stations of
London and Leeds, in the evening. It is proposed that
the London Mail (leaving London at half.past eight on
the previous evening), shall arrive here at eight minutes
past seven in the morning, and that the Leeds Mail shall
start from this place at twenty minutes to seven ;in the
evening. This will bc the case,, should an earnest appeal
prove unavailing, which bas been sent to the Postmaster-
General, desiring that the London Mail may arrive here at
half-after six in the morning, and the Leeds Mail leave
this place for London, at half-after seven in the evening.
Such an acceleration of the Mails, under either arrange_
ment, will prove of great importance to Leeds, and per-
haps more so to Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield, and
other towns of Yorkshire, which will receive their letters
from L<ed Considerable advantage will be also expe-
rienced in Chu North by so desirable an acceleration of
these maile...,Leeds Times.