The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-04 00:00:00

PINE ARTS.

The drawings and plans of the late distinguished ar-
chitect Schinkel, have been purchased by the King of
Prussia for 30,000 dollars.
At a general assembly of the Royal Academicians,
held on the Ist inst., in 'Trafalgar-square, Mr. J. R.
Herbert, Mr. J. W. Gordon, and Mr. P. M'Dowell
were elected Associates of that Institution.
LITEILILIZY AND SCIENTIFIC.
The naturalists of Italy are to hold their next meeting
in 1843 at Lucca.
A grand musical performance took place at the Royal
Opera-house, Berlin, on Monday last, in celebration of
the hundredth anniversary of its erection.
TingIATR.ZCAL.

The sudden death of the well-known theatrical direc-
tor, Barbaja, at the age of GI, is repnrted from Naples.
Though rude of manner, his kindness of heart made
'him familiarly known as the Bourru Bienfaisanl. He
has left a fortune of 60,000/. to his son and daughter.
COURT--PASIIXONAELE.
The Queen Dowager is, we are happy to learn, some-
what improved in health, though she is still suffering
from exhaustion. •
The Earl and Countess of Wilton have returned to
Rycle, from Windsor Castle.
The Duke of Beaufort leaves Beaufort House at the
close of the week, for Badminton.
Lord and Lady Cowley take their departure to-day,
for Paris.
The Duke and Duchess of Buecleuch are visiting Vis-
count and Viscountess Sydney, at Frognal Lodge, Kent.
Count and Countess Baptiste Metaxa have arrived in
town, from the Albion Hotel, Brighton.
The East India Directors gave a grand entertain-
ment last evening at the London Tavern to Lord Ellen-
borough, the newly-elected Governor-General, to which
her Majesty's Ministers are invited.
MISCELLANEOUS. _ _

Mr. O'Connell has announced that no man shall know
what his political opinions are while acting in his official
capacity as Lord Mayor, and that his conduct will be
characterised by the strictest impartiality.
We learn from a Galway Paper that the Rev. 1)r.
Coher, a Roman Catholic Bishop, has given in his adhe-
sion to the present Ministry.
From the barometrical accounts kept at the Horticul-
tural Society at Chiswick, it appears that the warmest
day in October was on the 14th, whilst on the 21st it
was six degrees below the freezing point.
The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, have just re-
ceived a present of a splendid collection of cacti, broil-a:-
liacice, and other rare plants, from Aylmer Lambert,
Esq., of Lower Grosvenor-street.
The first Mayor ,of Dublin, says the Pilot, who was
dignified by the title of Lord Mayor was a " Daniel,"
he was also a " Sir," being Sir Daniel Bellingham. He
flourished in 1665, and ]gad a grant from the Crown of
sod a-year to support the dignity of the Mayoralty.
RUMOURS OX' THE DAY.

A report prevailed in Westminaer Hall on Tuesday
that Mr. Justice Bosanquet was about to retire from the
Bench, to give place to Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, brother
of the Chancellcr of the Exchequer. The rumour seemed
to please neither Whig nor Tory.

THE POLICE COURTS' ACT.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

For some time past representations have been made to
the Secretary of State, and also to the Commissioners
of Police, complaining of the inconvenience that existed
in the district of the Croydon Police, a consequence of
the present defective arrangements in reference to the
attendance of Magistrates to dispose of the cases brought
by the police. Our readers are aware, that, by the
provisions of the New Police Act, the Metropolitan Po-
lice were empowered to act, under an Order of Council,
within fifteen miles :of London ; and the P division of
Police, in accordance with that Act, have, for a consider-
able time, been extended to Croydon, and four or five
miles below that town ; but, although the police are
extended, the new Act of Parliament is itself almost a
dead letter, inasmuch as it requires two county Justices
at least, in number, to be enabled to act upon it ; and
as it is with very great difficulty, occasionally, that
one Magistrate can be obtained, it occurs that
the provisions of the Act are seldom or ever
put in force. There are ten resident Magistrates in the
neighbourhood, but as most of them are gentlemen con-
nected with business in London, and who go to town
every day, and others live at a distance front Croydon,
and very seldom go there, the whole burden of the busi-
ness rests upon two or three gentlemen, who deserve
great credit for the services they render; but it often
necessarily happens that they are unable to come to
Croy&n, and the police have them to send about in all
directions to find a Magistrate, and in the meantime the
prisoners are detained in custody, frequently for an ex-
tended period, the witnesses are kept waiting, and at
times it is found necessary to send the prisoners back
to the police-station for another day, or till such time,
if it is a serious case, as a Magistrate can
be obtained. Another inconvenience arises from
this state of things. The police have no place of their
own to which they can send a prisoner for safe custody,
and they are obliged to send him to what is called the
cage, or town gaol; and for every prisoner the parish of
Croydon makes a charge upon the constable who brings
him, of so much per day; and as there are no funds
from whence repayment can be obtained, the constables
very often have to pay this sum out of their own pockets.
It is very necessary either that a police court should be
erected in that district, or ,else that some other means
should be adopted to pnt,an, end to this inconvenient state
of things. .

PRESENT STATE OF THE ARREARS IN THE
CommoX Law CouaTs.—On Tuesday Michaelmas Term
commenced, and the following is a correct statement. of
the arrears in the several Common Law Courts. In the
Queen's Bench there are 85 motions for new trials on
cases already tried, and a list of 54 in what is termed
" The special paper," consisting of demurrers to plead-
ings, special cases and verdicts for the opinion of the
Court on points of law. The first new trial was moved
for so long ago as Easter Term, 1840, which commenced
in April of that year. The list will be considerably in-
creased by the number of motions to be made in the pre-
sent Term, arising from trials during the late Circuit,
many of which are of a heavy nature, especially from the
Northern Circuit, on which a great deal of business is
always transacted. In the Court of Common Pleas
there are but 39 new trials, but the first of which was
obtained in Easter Term, 1840. There are only 14
causes in the demurrer list of the same Court. In the
Exchequer list of rules for new trials standiug.for argu-
ment, there are only. six, and right in the special paper.
Besides the arrears in the Court of Queen's Bench, above
mentioned, that Court has a list called the peremptory
paper, being rules standing over for argument, and iu
which all causes for debts under 201., tried before the
Sheriff, and in which applications are made fur new trials
are entered. The Courts, under a statute called Lord
Denman's Act, are empowered to determine motions for
new trials, &c., during the vacation, and under that Act
the arrears have been considerably reduced.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.-7-011
Tuesday night an inquest was held at the Black Lion
public-house, Silver-street, before C. 11. Cooper, Coroner
for this borough, and a highly-respectable jury (of
which Mr. Nathaniel Lyon was foreman) on view of
the body of Abner Richard Harrison, Esq., an under-
graduate of Queens College, in this University, who was
unfortunately drowned on Monday morning in the river.
near Jesus n Sluice.deceased was rowing in
fenny," and Gree
owing to the strong current caused by
the flood, his boat became unmanageable, he jumped out
and was carried over the waterfall. A man jumped in
after him and endeavoyted to save him, but was obliged
himself to call out foi help, and was saved with diffi-
culty. The Jury returned a.verdict of Accidental Death,
deodand on the boat 40s.

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By the ship Margaret and brig Claremont, the
brigantine Royal Albert, and an Austrian polacca, there
have arrived in this colony within two days past, about
700 emigrants from Madeira.—George Town Gazette,
August 31,