The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-09 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

,
The late Brevet will occasion an increased cost to the
country of nearly 40,0001. per annum, reducible as the
lives fall in.

LAW AND POLICE.

At Worship-street Mrs. Emma Clarke, a young wi-
dow, of very lady-like appearance and deportment, was
charged by the parish officers of St. Luke's, Middlesex,
with having deserted her five children, whose ages varied
from four to thirteen years. It appeared that her husband
died two years ago, and that since that period she had
been leading a very' irregular life, often leaving the
children for days together, and had latterly fled to St.
Alban's, to escape the parish officers. She was held to
bail to appear on a future day.
Ann Bowling and Henry Marriott, who pleaded
guilty, at the Central Criminal Court, of attempting to
commit suicide, at Blackfriars-bridge, have been sen-
tenced to fourteen days' imprisonment in Newgate.
Louisa Stanfield, a laundress, and her husband, charged
on Saturday with robbing Mr. M‘Donald, a barrister, re-
siding in Gardeners'-court, Temple, of plate, valued at
601., were committed yesterday to take their trial.
The case of Miss Sophia Darbon, aged 25, against
Mr. Rich. Rosser, aged 83;for breach of promise of mar-
riage, which has occupied the Court of Queen's Bench for
the last three days, was last night decided by the verdict
of the Jury, which found for the plaintiff damages 1,6001.
The stock of 6661. in the Globe Insurance, standing in
Miss Darbon's name, will also be enjoyed by her.
At the Brentford Petty Sessions, Mr. John Grainger,
a highly-respectable and extensive maltzter, at New
Brentford, appeared to answer an information preferred
against him for an infringement of the Excise laws,
whereby he had incurred a penalty of 100/. The pro-
secution was conducted by the solicitor of the Excise,
and the information alleged that the defendant had, in
the process of making malt, so compressed it together
in the couch, as to defraud the Crown of the duty on
seven bushels, amounting to seven half-crowns. The
defendant brought witnesses to' prove that the process
had been carried on in a fair and legitimate manner, and
the Magistrates at once dismissed the information.
John Job Ward, convicted of the inhuman murder of
his child a few days since, is to be executed on Monday
week, the 20th instant.
THEATRICAL.

The renters of Drury Lane Theatre held a meeting
yesterday, when it was stated that the sum of 1,4071.105. 9d.
had been secured by the trustees for the renters, whereby
they were enabled to declare a dividend of 51., exclusive
of the 11. subscribed by them for the expenses.
Martin's comedy of A Cure for the Heartache was per-
formed last night at the Haymarket, for the benefit of
Mr. Archer, box book-keeper.
The preparations for opening Drury-lane Theatre are
proceeding rapidly, and the pit will hold two hundred
people more than hitherto. The opening play will be
the Merchant of Venice, Mr. Macready taking the part
of Shylock.

Last night the principal attraction of the Enmlish
Opera House performances was a Grand Fantasia of
Thalberg's, which was played in a-brilliant style by Miss
Bishop.

SPORTING.
Sir John Cope's hounds met on the Ist instant, at
Risley Mill, on .the Duke of Wellington's estate, and
were honoured by the presence of his Grace. In the
first cover they found a gallant fox, who went off nearly
in a straight line to Silchester-walls, thence towards the
forest, and back again, leaving Silchester to the left, and
thence on to Mortimer-common, where Reynard escaped
through several other foxes being started. We are
happy to state that the Duke of Wellington continued
with the hounds to Mortimer-common, and although it
rained hard the whole time, appeared highly delighted
with the sport.