The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-09 00:00:00

THAMES.-(THIS DAY.)

James Walker was charged with assaulting- William
Larpent, and breaking his collar-bone in two places,
and also with desperately assaulting several police-
constables. _ _ _ _

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The prosecutor stated that last night, near Lower
Shadwell, his attention was attracted by a screaming
in the streets. On going to the spot he saw the pri-
soner dreadfully ill-treating an old man, who he was
informed was his own father. On witness remon-
strating with the prisoner he turned round on him
and knocked him on the pavement, fracturing his
collar-bone in two places; he then jumped on him,
and kicked him about the head.
Police constables K 173, K 247, and K 365, de-
scribed the prisoner's conduct as desperate in the ex-
treme. They could scarcely convey him to the
station-house, and he kicked one policeman, not pre-
sent, so dreadfully that he was laid up, and incapable
of appearing. At the station-house he made a blow
at the sergeant who took the charge, which, if he had
not fortunately evaded, would have split his head
open.
The prisoner, in his defence, in a sullen manner,
said, " what right had any bady to interfere between
me and my father, I'd serve anybody else that inter-
fered in the same way."
Mr. YARDLEY said that he had not power suffi-
ciently to punish such a desperado as the prisoner,
who had been guilty of the most unmanly, brutal,
.and outrageous violence, and he should therefore fully
commit him to Newgate for trial.

COUNTY COURTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—l have been much struck with the ability of
your article in your Evening Paper of the 4th instant,
relative to Mr. A. Clarke's case in the Court at West-
minster. Give me a eorner in your excellent jour-
nal for the following case of hardship :
On Monday last I went over to Northwich, to
answer in the recently established County Court
there a claim of 11. Bs. made upon me, and alleged to
have been incurred in 1842.

Since that period I have been bankrupt, of which
notice, agreeably to the summons, was immediately
given to the clerk of the Court, and also to the plain-
tiff, and begging of the latter that he would not put
me to the expense of a twenty miles' journey. I got
no reply.
I felt compelled to incur the expense and loss of
time to defend myself by my certificate against this
attempt to mulct me of a slim he knew I did not owe,
because, had he been suffered to succeed, all the cre•
ditors under our bankruptcy might have copied his

example.
The case was heard, and after a search into books
and precedents decided in my favour.
I now applied to the judge (Mr. Harding) for my
expenses, and satisfaction for my trouble and loss of
time, under section 79 of the recent Act.
" If the plaintiff shall not make proof of his demand
to the satisfaction of the court, it shall be lawful for
the judge to award to the defendant by way of costs
and satisfaction for his trouble and attendance such
sum," &c. &c.
Instead of acting on this power, he turned to me
and said, " You have no locus standi there, and it is
indulgence enough that I have allowed you to conduct
your own defence ; I shall not allow you anything."
Such treatment, Sir, hardly needs comment. lam
poor, and could not afford the cost of the journey
and the loss of time which it entailed upon me. What
is the use, Sir, of such a clause as the above if poor
persons like myself are to be treated in this way ? Is
misfortune to be treated as a crime ? In what ima-
ginable instance can we hope for a favourable appli-
cation of the clause if in mine it be denied?

I enclose my name and address.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

Oct. 8.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

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Majesty's Theatre, and the Royal Italian Opera.
Miss Dolby is engaged for a limited number of nights,
and sang a new Swiss ballad very effectively.
Sainton, whose violin performances have of late been
the " gems " of the Philharmonic concerts, played in
a most masterly style a solo on airs from Donizetti's
opera of Lucrezia Borgia, and was received with
rapturous applause; his bowing is very superior. In
addition, we had Jullien's usual admirable selection
of overtures, quadrilles, and waltzes, which, of course,
were rapturously applauded. Between the first and
second part of the concert the National Anthem was
performed. The coup dosil presented by the house
at this moment, when all the audience rose, was
magnificent; each box was a framed picture.
The new decorations are simple, althongh exceedingly
effective. The ground of the whole is a faint blossom
colour, approaching a white, and the ornaments,
which are all applique, are gilt. The fronts of all
the boxes are laced with a trellis of large mesh, formed
of an enriched moulding, gilt, and upon this festoons
of detached flowers, very nicely modelled, and also
gilt, are suspended. On the dress boxes the festoons
are looped through wreaths, on the next tier tied
with a gilt riband, and on the front of the third tier
the festoon consists of riband only. The fluted Co-
rinthian columns which form the proscenium, two
on each side, have their capitals and bases gilt, and
the flutes entwined by a continuous wreath of
flowers, gilt, as have also the small columns
which support the boxes throughout the house.
The whole of the ornaments, fruit, and flower
work, are of papier mache, the ornamented
moulding which forms the trellis being of a new
patent machine-made kind. The ceiling is painted
to represent the sky seen from a roofless building,
and much ingenuity is exhibited in the endeavour. A
continuation of the gilt trellis work, rising from the
walls, forms an inclosure around the lower part of
circle ; and the central glass chandelier, a new one, is
made to present, by masses of' drops, six flags, with the
lines of the union-jack marked on each of them by
light. It is kept close up to the ceiling, and is
upheld by six flying cupids, The draperies are of
bright scarlet cloth with yellow edging, which pro-
duces a brilliant effect. The boxes are lined with
yellow-patterned paper on a crimson ground. The
"family boxes" have been cleared away, so as to
form an enclosed area for standing spectators. The
arrangement of the whole has been under the su-
perintendence of Mr. Frederick Gye, and reflects the
highest credit on his taste. Each of the favourite
artistes was received with applause.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are sur-
rounded by a distinguished circle at Ilroadlands, their
seat in Hants. The party include his Excellency the
Duke de Broglie, his Excellency the Austriam Ambas-
sador and the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency
Baron Brunnow, Count and Countess d'Haussonville,
Count Henri de Hearn, Lord and Lady Holland, Hon.
Captain Robert Gore 'and Miss Sullivan. The visitors
in the early part of the week have comprised Sir
Augustus and Lady Albina Forster and Mr. V. Forster,
Sir Augustus Clifford and Miss Clifford, Hon. Mrs.
Lamb, Mr. Norman Macdonald, &c.

With a trifling exception or two, hop-picking in
this neighbourhood has been brought to a close. The
weather of the past week having been fine has permitted
the operation to be carried on uninterruptedly ; and,
though the result falls short of last year, the estimate of
duty is rising, it being now set at from 175,000/. to
180,0001. General accounts state the picking to be
nearly concluded, the deficiency in the crop compared
with last year being from one to two cwt. an acre, and
in some instances even more. Though there was a
large supply of new hops in Canterbury market on Sa-
turday, few were sold.—Kentish Observer.
AMERICAN ADMIRERS OF SIIAKSPERE.—The num-
ber of American names, with the addresses at full length,
scrawled over the walls is Legion. This mode of personal
glorification is carried by the Americans to the height of
a national passion. Not content with writing up their
names and the places of their abode, and sometimes even
their ages, with notes of admiration, and a labyrinth of
flourishes, they employ such huge letters as fairly to
blot out the more modest inscriptions of their pre-
decessors. The name and address of one Samuel Mason,
from New York, may thus be seen sprawling along the
beam which traverses the ceiling, in great thick cha-
racters, enclosed in black lines, as if the whole space
belonged to him, after the manner of a family vault, dug
out of half a century of obliterated graves. Thus the
American Colossus doth bestride this show-world of
ours.—daas.