The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-22 00:00:00

ROUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers "resent
Were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Camp-
bell.

THORNEYCROFT V. CROCKITT AND OTHERS.
The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed and
concluded to-day. The case came before their Lordships
Upon an appeal against a decree of the Vice-Chancellor of
f;ngland, in-which the question involved related entirely to
the accounts taken between mortgagees and mortgagees.
The details were wholly uninteresting except to the parties.
Their LORDSHIPS, at the conclusion of the arguments
Postponed their judgment.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENEILAND.)
JOY V. BIRCH.
The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed and
concluded to-day, and
His 110NOIAL reserved his judgment.

kARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
William Saunders and William Ogle, two rough-looking
Young
fellows, were charged with committing a robbery at
the Queen's Head public-house, Little Putteney-street.
olice-constable 31 C, said he was on duty near the
had
Head, on Sunday morning about three o'clock, and
4(1 his attention excited by a creaking noise in the direc-
tion of the public-house door. He saw the two pri-
Znere come out and place themselves under the
ikadow of the nearest lamp. His suspicions being excited,
. Ilue constable said he went up to examine the state of the
,„"se, and found it in darkness, no one up, and the door
ttn; he therefore made for the prisoners, who, on seeing
. Y were observed, immediately ran off. An alarm was
gtven , and the two prisoners were taken into custody by two
other
constables of the C division, and upon them were found
quantity of broken cigars, screws of tobacco, money to the
alnount of 6s. 6d., including 24 farthings and a quantity of
other coppers, and a bottle of whiskey.
The landlord of the Queen's-head. Mr. UAL said he left
the doors securely fastened up when he went to bed, but one
!f. the prisoners had, doubtless, concealed himself within, and
4kt admitted his accomplice at the dead hour of the night,
tittien all seemed to be quiet.
The prisoners, who asserted their entire ignorance as to the
`ll:cumstances of the charge, were committed to take their
trial at the Old Bailey sessions.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
lienry:Seale, a journeyman mechanic, was charged
/itli riding in a second-class carriage of the Eastern
rbounties Railway, having paid for the third class only,
and refusing to pay the difference, whereby he bad ren•
'Lered himself liable to a penalty of 403.
Thomas Ashton, collector of tickets at Shoreditch,
!posed that on the arrival of the train, at about eight
',clock last night, the prisoner was found in a second-
tps train, but produced a ticket for the third class only.
, a had come from Chelmsford, the fare of which was
‘s• 6d„ a demand of an additional 2s. was therefore made
2f him, and on his refusing to comply he was given
"'to the custody of the acting inspector of the company's
Police.
Robert M.Quin, acting inspector, deposed to his bay.
Mtaken the prisoner into custody. The latter said he
4(1 been put into the second-class train, although he
,
7,4 paid 2s. only. He was not aware of the difference.
1e had paid once, and should pay no more. He then
"maze very abusive.
Robert Combre, a guard in the company's service,
tild he accompanied the train last evening from Bury.
a arriving at Chelmsford, every precaution was used
IT prevent passengers from getting into the wrong car-
„Nos. There was plenty of room in the third-class
carriages.
Mr. BROUGHTON, on being handed a copy of the bye-
-11;,!'s on railways, said he was bound to enforce the law.
uo prisoner had rendered himself liable to a penalty of
4„
Re should, however, convict him in the penalty of
c:4l. to the Queen, or be imprisoned in the House of
`l4lrection one week.

THE ARMY,
The 88th Regiment arrived at Barbadoes on the 20th
February, per the Herefordshire. There were a few
saes of measles on board, which caused the ship to be
quarantine. General Berkeley arrived at Bar-
a"es on the 23d of February, and assumed the com-
mand,
There
16th Regiment left Gibraltar on the 9th instant.
was not a man in the slightest degree disguised in
liquor, and the entire corps maintained its credit for
imaditless and soldier-like conduct to the last.
The Euryalus, convict ship, arrived at Gibraltar on
the 9th of March.
A line-of-battle ship passed Gibraltar from the west-
„, without showing colours, on the evening of the
nut of March, and a line-of-battle ship was signalled to
the eastward on the morning of the 10th of March,
lt,lPPeged to be the Vengeance, with 42d Regiment, from
"'WI, but she had not shown colours.

WEST INDIES.
173"3ut. 61° of papers from British Guiana extends to the
GoYebruary. Lord Grey, in his dispatch to the
andruri
tt„ PaYs high compliment to the Court of Policy
they havenit_Y-General for the zeal and ability with which
Legislature to and carried several Bills
assimilate the laws of the colonies to the
laws of the mother country, among which is an Act for
the establishment of trial by jury, tho operation of
which, although a novelty, is carried out better than was
anticipated. Among the parties tried was a male coolie
for the murder of a female coolie. He was convicted
and sentenced to be executed on the 20th inst. An in-
Quential meeting had been held in Georgetown for the
Irish and Scotch distress.

The Lady Macnaughten arrived at Demerara in 73
uSys from Madras, with 200 males, 82 females, 31 boys,
girls, and 7 children under one year, in good health.
Three deaths and two births occurred on the voyage.
The exports of produce were considerably on the
ilerease, there having been, during the first fortnight of
4bruary, as compared with the same period last year,
147 Hogsheads
27i Tierces of Sugar,
125 Barrels
253 Puncheons } of Rum,
26 Hogsheads
753 Puncheons
37 Hogsheads of Molasses,
6 Barrels
and 307 Logs of Timber,
'ported more between the Ist and 16th of February,
'47, than in the same period in 1846 ; and in the same
tried the imperts of luxuries indicate an improving
14Edition of the social feelings in the colony ; viz., there
It 83 augmentation of
21,197 Gallons of Wine,
• 905 Gallons of Brandy,
1,186 Dozens of Malt Liquors, and
437 Hogsheads of ditto,
more imported than in the corresponding period of last
. itr• The demand for colonial produce was brisk, at
ail'
during
rates. Tonnage very scarce. The weather
tting the month had been exceedingly favourable, and
tappearance of the crops encouraging.
The immediate prospect of the railway being com-
menced, has given life to the inhabitants of the west
"list, and is looked forward to by all the colony as a
b,"
illkSt important and valuable thing for the colony.
L.ue Papers have begun to discuss the important question
Colonization for European families in the interior of
this most extensive and valuable colony, which appears
." be well suited for the purpose.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne gave
a grand entertainment to their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, at Lansdowne House, on Satur-
-5Y last. A distinguished circle, comprising his Excellency
mount de St. Aulaire, his Excellency Count Dietrichstein, the
r-iarl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount and Viscountess
alkland, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Lord Foley, Mr.
Harcourt &c., were present to meet their Royal Highnesses,
who were attended by Mr. E. St. John Mildmay and Lady
Augusta Cadogan.
Lord and Lady Brougham entertained a distin-
guished circle at dinner on Saturday evening, at their man-
rn in Grafton-street. The guests included the Marquis and
Marchioness of Douro, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, Viscount
and Viscountess Castlereagh, Viscountess Cantalupe, Lord
-Lyndhurst, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir James Graham,
the Right Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Mr. Montgomery,
Mr. Samuel Rogers, and Lady Millet.
The Right won. the Speaker of the House of
Commons had a Parliamentary dinner on Saturday last, at the
family mansion in Eaten-square.
The Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse re-
ceived a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday last, in
Berkeley-square.
HEALTH OF THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA.—A letter
of the 13th, from Berlin, states that the health of the Queen
of Prussia had become so much improved that her Majesty
had been able to leave her bed for several days.
BINDING or SATAN.—During the past two or
three weeks a number of persons have been going round the
streets on the Surrey side_ of the water—wearing belts like
those worn by the tire brigade, on which passages from the
Scriptures are painted, carrying with them an ink-horn and
long sheets of paper—soliciting signatures to what they pre-
,`,end to be a petition to Heaven, for the binding of Satan,
Lite Prince of Darkness. So eager are those parties to get
the
Papers signed, that men, women, and children are
stopped indiscriminately and requested to sign. Those who
arei too young to sign, or unable to write their names, have
a same done for them by the men, who do not attempt to
disguise the fact of belonging to the followers of Joanna
Southeott. Upon several occasions a deal of confusion has
been
created by the parties, for they generally manage to
RO about with knots of forty or fifty persons, and occa-
"gonally discussions ensue which are calculated to bring the
criPfures into perfect ridicule. One person, more intelli-
gent than the men who are hawking the petitions about,
Inquired who it is that will present the petition, when the
bla replied with the greatest coolness that as soon as a
7ll.tncient number of names are attached to the petition it
h be presented to the throne of mercy by Joanna herself:
urelv it is high time that such exhibitions are put down
°Y the police.
P HAT ti OF SIR ALEXANDER WOOD, K.C., M.G.—
This gentleman, who for so many years was connected with
our colonial Government, died late in the past week at his
residence at Holles-street, Cavendish-square, at an advanced
11:,', Ile proceeded to Ceylon on the civil establishment in
a`, and after filling the offices of Member of the Council
C 8", Solo Commissioner of Revenue returned to England in
in LI. He was subsequently Chief Secretary to the Govern-
_,.ent of Malta and the lonian Islands, and up to the period
`4!, his demise was Resident Agent in England for the latter.
Viste deceased was the son of the late Alexander Wood,
J., and an eminent member of the medical profession in
ILdlii'nhurgh, and mirried, in 1807, the eldest daughter of Sir
nam Forbes, Bart.
I`,
11
E SMITHFIELD NUISANCE.—A very distressing
4 Ciutnstance, arising from the driving of cattle to and from
thtield market, through the crowded streets of the
me-
tropvll,, adds another fatal case to the numbers which have
riec_!lrred from this long existing nuisance. A young mar-
Q Woman, named Lott, residing in Tudor-street. Black-
friars, and who was about seven months advanced in preg-
to,7, on Monday last went out in good health and spirits
bt,'..'eet-street on an errand. She there became so alarmed
ox from a drove, approaching the pavement, that it
With difficulty she retraced her steps home, when she
as prematurely delivered, and, notwithstanding the utmost
but tion of medical skill, she could not rally from the shock,
elPired yesterday. The Want likely to do well.