The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-23 00:00:00

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

HILTON' V. LORD GRANVILLE..
This case was again resumed at the sitting of the
Court this morning, and witnesses on the part of the
defendant were called to show that it was not the cus-
tom
in the duchy to remunerate the owners of houses
which might be injured by the working of mines below
them. and that the expense of repairing them fell in-
variably on the owners themselves.
The case will probably be concluded late this evening.

SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.)
There was only one case set down for hearing, and
hat was not of the slightest interest.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
James Sunter, a fashionably-dressed young man, was
indicted for stealing a diamond pin from the person of
Charles Seivewright, on board one of the River steam-
boats.

The evidence of several watermen showed that the
prosecutor got on board the vessel at Nine Elms,
and was in the act of landing at the new Pimlico pier,
when he was informed that the prisoner had stolen his
pin. He then turned round and found the prisoner in
custody of the person who had observed the robbery.
The prisoner was also seen to attempt to steal the pro-
secutor's watch, but failed.
The jury acquitted the prisoner, and
The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE addressing the pri-
soner, sail, Go along, sir, you have had a narrow escape.
It is the intention of the Court to visit all you gentle-
men who go on the river with the severest sentence ;
crowded steam-boats are too much at your mercy.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE RA CME
OS.
N D y
NIGHT.
The following horses have arrived since our last:—
Eryx, Van Tromp, De Witt, Plaudit, Sheraton, Tim
Whitler, Prince, Alderman's Daughter, Luminous,
)aring, Bcllenden, The Spaniard, Barnton, Meux, La
Comte, Vermicelli, Maid of Motherwell, The Pilgrim.
vine more from Dawson's stable expected.
LATEST BETTING ON THE PLATE.
5 to 1 agst Conjuror (t) 15 to 1 agst Milden
6to 1 agst Conspiracy (t) 16 to 1 agst Eryx (t)
6, to 1 agst Blackbird (t) 20 to 1 agst Tom Tough (t)
7to 1 agst Grimston (t) 20 to 1 agst Geo. Hudson
10 to 1 agst Executor (t) 20 to 1 agst Red Robin
15 to 1 agst Morpeth (t) 100 to 7 agst Inheritress
Nothing done on the Cup.

1
I . NEWCASTLE RACES.—(YESTERDAY.)
The Produce Stakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft. for two yrs olds.
Three-quarters of a mile. (13 Subs. )
Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger
Mr. Allen's Camphina
4 to 1 on the Stinger.—Won easily by four lengths.
The North Derby of 25 sovs. each, p.p, with 100 added ; the
Lsecond to receive 50 sovs. Once round. (18 Subs.)
ord Eglinton's Van Tromp (J. Marson) 1
rd Zetland's Hellas. ko
Tyorldo.
r. J. Taylor's George Hudson
r. W. Scott's Christopher
3
4
I 3 to lon Van Tromp, 6to 1 agst Helias, S to 1 agst
Stakes of
otfhleoN
'George lludson, 10 to 1 agst Christopher. Won cleverly by
length. -
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Mr. Pedley's Lady Mary
Mr. W. 11. Johnstone's
soewvcs.,
teach,lel,uarnnd.ins.o a(d2d3eds,ufobrs.ro yrs
Black Ball --....
......
(Buroby) 1
2
iMr. Dawson nd The Spaniard
The following also ran but were not placed :—Mr. S. L.
Fox's Lecomte—Mr. Meiklam'a Bellenden—Mr. Hobson's
IHatherley— Mr. Merry's Jock-o'-Hazeldean—Mr. Moore's
he Prince, and Mr. J. Scott's Miss Cobden. sto 2 agst
!Jock, 7 to 2 agst Spaniard, 4 to 1 agst Black Bull, 5 to 2 agst
;Prince, and 8 to 1 agst Lady Mary.
Won by a head after a fine race.
i The Ranters' Stakes were won by Mr. Merry's Pilot, beat-
t•
lin
the Falcon and Rough-and Ready.
I The Maiden Plate was won, in four heats, by Lord Glas-
gow's Miss Whip filly, beating George Stephenson and four
(others. -
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EntATilsr.-'—The last sentence but two in our first
leading article of yesterday is incorrectly printed ; it
should have ended thers;—" Or whether, in obedience to
the dictates of a purer purpose, she is to become the
assertor of the national liberties and the object of na-
tional gratitude, is a consummation still hidden in the
womb of futurity."
SUICIDE UNDER SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.—A
man of the name of Stevenson, who resided at Cross
Stabbs, near Barrhead, committed sucide on Thursday
morning, under the following singularly painful circum-
stances :.—The person in question, some time ago, was
following
some business at Leith, and was at that time
sentenced for a certain crime to be executed, but
klividuala on his behalf, the sentence was commuted to
(through the sympathy and pleadings of a number of in-
'that of transportation. By some means or other, how-
:ever, he managed to escape, after a period of about two
years. At this time he resolved, that whenever in
;depressed circumstances, or otherwise unfit to maintain
'himself, he would carry the sentence of the judge into
'effect, which he did on Thursday last, while under the
;effects of strong drink, by " hanging himself on a tree "
!with his own cravat, by the side of Thornly dam, a few
'hundred yards from Glenfield. The wretched individual
tied himself so low that when discovered his knees
,
nearly touched the ground, which showed how deter-
mined he must have been in the perpetration of his
wicked act.—lienfrewshire Advertiser.
SUICIDE OP A LUNATIC IN BETIILEM HOSPITAL.
—Yesterday, Mr. William Payne held an inquest in the
the hall of Bethlem Hospital, relative to the death of
Sarah Fordend, aged forty-five years, late an inmate,
who committed suicide. Alice Crick, head laundry-
maid, preyed that she had known the deceased about
three months, as being an inmate of the above institu-
tion, and an occasional assistant in the washing room.
On Monday last, shortly before twelve o'clock, witness
and the several washerwomen were partaking of lun-
cheon in the laundry, when they suddenly missed the
deceased. Witness instantly ran into the,waah-house,
and saw the deceased standing on the top of a large
copper, which was then filled with boiling water. Wit-
ness called to the deceased, but before she could reach
her, she jumped into the boiling liquid. Witness ob-
tained the assistance of another female, but was unable
to get the deceased out, as she resisted, and crouched
herself down in the water. Several men were imme-
imediately called in, and the deceased was taken out in
'about two minutes, in a most frightful condition, and
removed to the infirmary. The usual remedies were
'applied, but the injuries were of such an extensive nature
that she expired at six o'clock the same afternoon. Tho
jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity."