The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-15 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

William Beresford .i.TPLudley, a person respectably
connected, was brought up for final adjudication—so far
as the committing Magistrate was concerned.
The prisoner lad been befcre the Court twice be-
fore ; but remanded, once at his own request, and once
by order of the Magistrate, in order that other charges
might be brought against him, if they could be sub-
stantiated. When the prisoner was apprehended, there
was found upon his person a cheque for 951., and cash
amounting to a guinea and a farthing. At the previous
examination, on Thursday, the prisoner implored that
fe might not be committed to Newgate until a few
days had elapsed ; alleging, as a reason, that he should
he able to prove that he was in another place when the
alleged felony was -committed. But this suggestion
being inconsistent %sith the oaths of irreproachable wit-
nesses, Sir James Duke (the sitting Alderman), said
that he could not entertain it ; but he would postpone
the &ail hearing until the following Saturday.
The prisoner, having Lewd the dePo,itirns read over,
was asked if he had anything to say before he (Sir
James) signed the warrant of conimit!al ? Prisoner—
No, I am quiti satisfied.
Sir JAMES DUKE told him that he was sorry to
commit a person of his respectable appearance and,
long standing to prison to undergo an unpleasant or-
deal, 3et his duty to the public left him no alternative.
—The prisoner then bowed end left the bar.

The prosecutor (Mr. Smith) appear.d to be a reluc-
tant prosecutor against a young man who was well
known end respettel in the trade, he hiving been
" buyer" for the respectable firm of Capper and Co.

. .
C/rarlulte Brown was placed at the bar for, perhaps,
ninety-ninth time, charged with breaking the win-
dow of Mr. Butterfield. of Farringdon•strce•.
Sir JAMES DUKE—What's the charge against this
young woman? Charlotte—Why, your Wo7shlp, it's
only for "suia*bing" Mr. Butterfield's page of glass—
that's all.

Sir J. DUKE—I see you have been here before.
iarktte—God bless your soul, scores of times.

The Magistrate was informed that the prisoner was
incarcerated 10 months and 14 days in last year, which
she said was all right, hut she had never been there for
" nethin else."

Sir J. DUKE—Suppose I was to let you go, what
would you do then ? Charlotte—Why I'd bless your
worship's honour.—(A laugh.)
S;r J. DUKE—Gto you pay 4e. for the wilful dam ige
you have done ? Charlotte—The Lord bless you !
ing her eyes upwarls.)
Sir J. DUKE—By way of experiment then, supposing,
for this once, I pay the money for you ? Chad. ,t,e—
Long life to your honour, if you do—that's what I say.
—( Loud laughter.)
Sr J. DUKE—WeII, I shall discharge you, but I beg
you to try and reform your conduct.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Charles Kendall, a well-dres2ed person, was brought
up by the police on a charge of being drunk, and an-
noying the inhabitants of Leicester-square, by using
foul language at the early hour of three o'clock on Sa-
turday morning.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that he Lai been
dining out and taking rather too much wine ; he had,
however, no recolsection of using the language imputed
to him.

Mr. RAWLINsoo hat N—w are you ?
Mr. AWLINSOyNiI rnH:Ona;
R do you describe yourself
Prisoner—l am a gentleman.
I cannot
don't know what
?
desPerriibsconnerry—self
in any other way.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Then y
gentleman's fine ; you surely- cannotonmust pay 40s. as the
Prisoner (evidently surpr:acd object to that ?
)—I. you will mitigate
the
the penalty.
Mr. RAWLlNSON—Certainly not ; as you choose to
represent yourself as a '
gentleman you shall reap all the
advantages of your own description.
Shortly after the prisoner was locked up, a fashion-
abh-dressed moustachioed personage male an applica-
tion to Mr. RaNlinscn for a mitigation of the
Mr. RAWLINSON—W A
ho are you, air ? penalty.
pplicant_
I am a relation of the prisoner, who has been well off,
but is now in redued circumstances.
Mr. ItAwLissoN—NlThy he says he is a gentleman,
and you, by your dress, 1)0k like one ; surely you zr,l
raise 403. among you. I shall not mitigate it in the
least. The fine was eventually paid.

It was stated that during the investigation that the
prisoner had a short time previously been a turnkey in

UNION-HA LL,

Captain C. Smith, R.N , was summoned for cods-
m't!ing an assault on Godf,ey Harris, the box-keeper
of the Victoria Theatre. The compl linant stated that
on the preceding night the defendant, who is in the
habit of frequenting the Victoria Theatre, by orders,
came there, and wanted admission into one of the pri-
vate boxes. He (complainant) informed him that it would
be 14,1'-a-crown, and after some words on the subject
the Captain cpl!ed him an impertinent fellow, said that
he was entitled to go into the box without any such de-
mand being made. upon him, and threatened to kick
him down stairs. He (complainant) told him that he
dare not carry his threat into effect, upon which the
defendant immediately struck him a blow with his fist
on the forehead, for which he was compelled to apply
leeches to reduce the swelling. The complainant
added that he afterwards defended himself as well as be
could, and although the defendant was the aggressor in
the first instance, yet he gave him (complainant) into
custody, and when taken to the station-house the in-
spector, on being made acquainted with the real state
of the else, refused to ente.t..in the charge, and ho
(complsinant) was therefore yet at liberty. The com-
plainant further said that the private box into which
the Captain insisted on being admitted was his own pro-
perty, and he informed the defendant of the fact at the
time he mentioned that half-a-crown would be required
for his admission there.

Two witne ise3 were then examined, who corrobo-
rated the complainant's account of the assault, and
stated that they distinctly saw Captain Smith strike
him a blow with his fist on the forehead without any
attempt on the part of the complainant to retaliate.
The defendant said that in the course of the alter-
cation with the box-keeper relative to the demand of
2s. 6.1. for his entrance to a private box, the latter
called him a liar, an epithet be considered of a most
offe.ssive description. He (defendant) said that if the
compllinant repeated the word again he should be under
the necessity of kicking him down stairs, and that, after
this warning, the complainant hit and struck him on
the chin, in return he gave him the blow on the fore-
hcai. The de:endant added that he did not strike the
box-keeper until after he struck him, and that since
:.flair, the latter wanted to renew the business
again by offering to fight a duel, and that he (the Cap-
t .in) plainly told him that he should decline going out
with a person in his station of life.
'lle box-keeper said that he had no intention of the
kind, and that his only object was to punish the Cap-
tain by legal means for having committed a very gross
asault on him without provocation.

Two witnesses were call !d on the part of the defen-
(hut, and they stated that, they were in the box-lobby
of the theatre at the teite of the frackv, and that
they heard the complainant apply the epithet " liar,"
to the defendant before be struck him.

The Magistrate ultimately adjudged the defendant
to enter into his own recogniz ince in the sum of 501.
to keep e peace fur Six months.

Our readers here will have perceived what measures
ti e'r neighbours of Hastings have taken to stre:.gthen
Mr. Rice in his intended course relative to harbours on
the South-Eastern coast. The persevering efforts of
:he latter can scarcely fa 1 of obtaining the due atten-
tion of the Government towards Hastings ; and the
Rye men wi 1 not surely be slow in putting forward their
own just pretensions. We call their attention to the sub-
ject (and not for the first time). on the broad principle
of public utiiity, and the mutual good of all the towns
on this coast. We would boldly ask, could any of the
places already possessing efficient harbours, or antici-
pating to have such, be prejudiced if this coast were
' tudded ever so thick with harbours ? We hold not :
for it was the whole body of our Cinque Ports that
in the olden time furnished the then efficient Navy of
England ; and they prospered without eating each other
up, or feeling it necessary to do so. We feel
satisfied that then our towns would, one and all, con-
sider their harbours each a benefit to the other ; while
the benefit to the nation at large would be too apph-
rent to need discussion. To say nothing now on The
continual disasters, the melancholy loss of lives and va-
luable property in the Channel,—where, in time of war,
let us ask, can vessels of war lie in the Channel with
any safety? and, without their presence, what should
prevent an enemy's steamer in one dark night from de-
stroying utterly such pl ices as Hastings, with perfect
impunity ? We consider the Report of the Commis-
sioners in favour of three large harbours, to cost two
millions each, as sheer humbug and trick to get by the
subject they were commissioned to report on ; namely,
the Improvement of existing Harbours, and the forma-
tion of new, and the. probab!e outlay required, within
the reasonable means of the country and the necessities
of the case ; instead of a speculation for the expendi-
ture of miilions—as though William :Pitt were still
Prime Minister, and Msrtclio Tower frolics were rife.
Alive as the people of Rye are to all that affects the
prosperity of their town and neighbourhood, they will
not fail to fix the attention of their representatives,
both county rod town, on the important subject.—
Dover Chronicle.

SHIPPING INTEL,LIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

LIVERPOOL, MARC!! i2.—Wind variable, light.—Arrived
the Fanny, Sloan, from Charleston ; Ace of 'l'rumps, from
St. Alichael's. Sailed th..l Hayathan, for Calcutta ; Teazer,
--, for Hay Clialeur ; Pomona, Stupple, for St. Michael's ;
Arrived off, the Pachavr, Peggott, from Leghorn.
CROOKII A VEN. —Arrived the Highfield, Ward„frorn Bonny;
out ninety-two days.
OFF DOVER.—Arrived the Express, from Algiers.
BRISTOL, 3IARCH 12.—Arrived the Tunis, from Rouen.

CARDIFF, MARCH L—Sailed the Syron, Newson, for
Smyrna ; Julia, Nidder, for Messina; Fairy Queen, Booty-
man, for Vienoa.

CoRI, MAacht 10.—Arrived the John Romilly, Kendall,
from Pernambuco.

CLYDE, AIA Kell W.—Sailed the Hanover, M'Pherson,
for Trinidad ; and Hostilina, Tooke, for Newfoundland.
DEAL, AI A Rell I2.—Wind S. W. , moderate.—Arrived fiom
Stra hfiAdsaye, Spen-e, Cape of Good Hope; De:me, Ashta n,
Oporto; Julia Farrant, Lisbon. Arrived from the River the
Premier, Abbot, Bahia; Duke of C arence, Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH, MA 12.—Wind calat.—Arrived the
Great Liverpool, Engledue.
ALEXA NnaiA.—Arrivedoff the Charles Heddle, from Sierra
Leone, sai'ed Jan. 21.

" No ROYAL ROAD TO LEARNING."--11iS
expression (ri.lieulcus in the app icA.lons made of it, and
net very in ell gible in its original ferry, seeing tt at we
have no definition of what is meant by a Royal road), has
done no letle mischief in the world. It has furnish d a
ready shield for the ire and the ignorant ag the ae-
proacl es of any excitements whatever to thought and in-
vereieation as to suggested improvements, especially in
reference to mental thi rgv. There are people who hate
the trouble of thinkieg (and that is he,ause t':ey have
'Rea badly educated), else they might easily perceive
that, elthoueh it is true that no great or good thing cars
be ;:claired without labour, yet that means are continually
arising of lessening the labour, in proportion to the at-
tainment. Look at the effects of our manufacturing and
ag-icultural machinery; our steam navigation, our rail-
ways, our g rs.lights, and our printing presses ; and whilst
the effe-ts of the in iustrious are thus aided, and the ac-
ceei trom Liverpool to London thus facilitated, can it for
a moment be supposed, except by the yawning part of the
community, that the efforts of the pupil cannot be aided,
and the access from mind to mind be facilitated ? Arc
mental thing 3 (which are the source of these improve-
ments) the only things unimprovable ? Why then talk
about "no Royal road?" Nothing is more certain than
that there a-e now pleasant ways to effective learning;
and some people may recollect that there used to be un-
pleasant ways to nominal learning. Which, then, ought
to he adopted by those who love the young ? The ex-
preenon was originally Euclid's' in reference to Geo-
metry ; but we now find oral instruction and familiar illus-
tration on the black board, brought to bear even upon
.The commission for
that science.—From the Smith-and-Dolier Copy-books.
TRIAL OF MISTERS—
the Shropshire assizes will be opened in Shrewsbury on
Friday next, by Mr. Baron Gurney, and Mr. Justice
Coleridge. The number of priioners committed for trial
amounts to 37, exclusive of J ,sigh Mister, charged with the
attempted murder of Mr. Mackreth, at Ludlow. The e in-
tere t attached to this trial has excited. the curiosity of
the en•ire county; and we understand that is order to pre_
ve :t any didurbaece or over-crowding on the day of trial,
it Lat been resolved to admit the public by tickets from
the Sheriff's office. The defence of Miders has been en-
trusted to Mr. Jones, Coroner f.>- this town; who has TIIE PERSONAL HISTORY OF ISIS LATE
retained Mr. C. Phillips aid M.--
V. Lee. The trial is MAJESTY GEORGE THE FOURTH. BY THE BEY. DR.
expected to take pla-e on Tuesday week, or. Wednesday, Ceoev.—la these clever volumes we are brought back to
be fire Mr. Baron Gurney :in all probability tt vitl occupy the brilliant epoch of which " the Fir:t Gentleman in Ell-
at least one day. The care for the prosecutions will
b rboheirrse'e'fwt:ahiltthueereihviaelfleadtteria,ceone,ftwhoitugahndsurfraosuhniodnedwbhyo
wsuecreh
conducted by M. Anderson, of Ludlow. —Shrewsbury c,.rlcters as Fox, Curran, Sheridan, end the other mem-
Chronicle of Friday.
DUEL PREVENTED.--011
Fiiday morning, at
sr n o'clock, a hostile meeting was to have taken place the intimate associates of the Prince of Wales, whilst every
feature of interest that marked hi career from the cradle
in a field adjoining the infantry bar. acks, Sr. John's wood, to the grave receives from hi tented biographer the same
between Captain Browning, R.N., and James Wirlis, ample jwlice that mark s i luatrations of this highly in-
Esq.' At the appointed hour both parties, with their see te,esting, period. e work is replete with anecdotes cf
coeds, we.e on the ground. Previously to the distance the most d:steig, 's ed persons of the last fifty years.
Lei, g measured, the seconds interfered, end succeeded in The Courtmaitial held on Lord Henry Gordon,
procuring an amicable arrangement by Cawphtlin both
parti
; the Deputy Paymaster cf tl-e Meerut division, on a charge
n
ect"aerk friends.on T parti of having embezz'ed 79 921 rupees, has honourehly
The acquirtei Leetenaze-Colonel Hillyer, of her Ma-
meeting arose from a dispute in HydePursday iesly'a 62d Foot, died yesterday of apoplexy. The Lord
afternoon, relative to a dog belonging to Cep'.,wnir
te)aokkintgheir the
departurereguisite with aP,ktgitcYi4r resp after wh
g, Hungerford has brought to Celcurel the newly-appeirved
which ran between the legs of Mr. Willis, titiho struck the Advocate-General, Mr. Lawrence Pee'.-Calcutta Pa-
animal with a cane. per, Jan, 16.

FA IMOUTII, AlAn.cil I I.—Arrived the Hope packet, from
the West Indies, sail-d from St. Thomas's, Jan. 21.
SWANSEA, Haden 11.—Arrived An,,mone, VAiaraiso.
STILON NESS. MA Rea 6.—The Vibelia, Terry, from New-
cas,le, has had her leak stopped. The Susannah, Chap-
man, from Sunderland to New York, which put in here on
the Ist inst. leaky, is ready to proceed. The George Palmer,
from Newea,tle to Liverpool, put in here yesterday leaky, and
has been beached.

SUNDERLAND, MARCH 11. —Arrived the Three Sisters,
Gravelines ; Ellen Cook, Melville, Boulogne
SHIELDS, M RCH I I.—Arrived the Jack, Simpson, for
Boulogne. Sailed the Lavinia, Taylor, for Genoa. The
Wil lam Pitt, lately stranded at Whitburn, is now on the
Patent Slip repairing. The Prince Albert, bound to New
York, having brought home her anchor, sheered on the ground
below the Custom !louse Quay, floated with the tide without
damage, and will p.oceed.
HULL, MA. ItC 12. —Wind W. by S.—Arrived the Rhy-
diol, Riddell, from Dublin.

HUMBER, 12.—Arrived the Gipsey, from Rotter-
dam ; Clara, ditto.

YARMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Arrived the Audacious, Cruck-
nell, from Alknaar.

RAMSSATE, MARCH 12.- —The Ospreyf—bound to Bremen,
in proceeding to sea, got on shore E. of the harbour, but is
expected off next tide.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—The .Victoria, from Cape de
Verds to Monte Video, 28th December. lat. 29 S , lon.
44 W. ; Martha, Whitehaven to West Indies, 13th
ult., lat. 21, lon. 34; Newburn, Mauritius to London,
21st, lat 26, lon. 31; Nine, Denny, Calcutta to
London, 11 th ult., lat. 22. lon. 40; Isabella, Pernambuco to
Liverpool, 12th, lat. 23, lon. 40, by the John Hominy, ar-
rived at Cork ; Louisa, Dolbys; Halifax to Pernambuco, 9th,
lat. 23, lon. 34, by the Highfield, arr.ved at Crookhaven ;
Australia, Mauritius to Liverpool, lat. 4S, lon. 30, by the
Susan, arrived off Si.vanage ; Copernicus, of and from Bre-
men, 4th inst., lat. 47, lon. 31, by the Simeon, arrived at
Cock; Glenmalier, of Liverpool, 18th Jan., lat. 24, lon. 3/,
by the Andes, arrived at Cork ; Harmone, Doucet, South Seas
to Havre, with 2,200 barrels, 19th ult., by the Amclie, ar-
rived in the Gironde; Snowden, Gaboon to Liverpool, 27th
ult., by the Martha, Trevavas, arrived at Penzance.

10,000 lOs. Law Life lOOl. rh. 101. lid :10%
5,10 u Ins. London, Fir, 25/. sh. 121. 150. pd L,14,
3h1.0 10s. London, Ship "51. 812. 12/. Ins. pd 191,4
I_ooo,noa .... ..... Minerva Life Inn!. sh.
5 J 0,14,01. National Loan Fund ..... 2/. ss. pd 2
30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium 120:
50,160 41. per cent. Protector Fr., 90/. sh. 21. pd 18s Od
111,0n0 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... 140/. sh. 51. NI 4,,,
2,5410 I/. Provident Idle
4.10, ',09 7s. Rock Life 5/. pd 4
89, 201 51. per cont. Royal Exch.ingv Stock 189
6, ,11',,' 5 per Celli thlt,l'Sity Lite 110/. sh. 5!. pd 514
61, 10:1 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 'OOl. sh. si. pd 7W
JOINT STUCK BANKS.
25,000 Agric. and Com. of Ireland2s/. sh. 10/. pd
5,000 8 per cent. Australasia 101. sh. 401. pd 54
0:000 In per cent. Bank of Bit suingham 511. sh. JO!. pd l: %
10,001) i 1? per cent. Birmingham Bank .. 50/. sh. 101. pd al
31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100/ sh. 25/. pd 24
60,000 51. London Joint Stock 001. sh. IR pd 12U
J,009 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. ch. SI. pd 30
.25,00 Liverpool lOOl sh. 10/. pd :20
50,000 74 per cent Blanchester and Liver-1 501.5 h. 151 pd 10
pool District
20,000 7 per te*t. Manchester lOO, sh. 25/.0 4'ill
46,000 Provincial Bank of Irelandlooi. sh. 25/. pd 43%
0,,500 5, er cc:lt. National Bank of Ireland Pi. sh. 17.41. pd i5l/,
10,000 5 per cent. National Prov ,clal Eng.lool, sh. 351. pd 3-;
Io,rooa - Ditto New ins. sh. 101. pd 14‘
I0,0t:d Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32
6,1k,0 lOper cent. idampshire ,0/. sh. 51. pd 9

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GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 ills ed Bath 214 sh. lii!. pd 22
5100 British
".. c5/.pei cent} Ditto Provincial 2O!. sh. 19!. pd 25
'" ''' and Bs. (Is.
928 51 lOs Birmingham 50!. sh. 96
1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2o' sh. 06
2,250 3! 10s Brighton 201.5h. -14
750 3/ Ills Ditto, New .......- ...... '2Ol. sh 19/. pd 9
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 2Ol. sh. allpd 9
4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. 621/. pd 110
1,000 10!. City of London.. ....... .„.100/. sh. all pd 195
1,000 CI. Ditto, New IOU/. sh. 75/. pd 150
4,4-00 3/.os. Equitable 5O!. pd to
,0,1i15d •0i percent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 57
EOll 5/. per cent. Isle 01 Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd It,
2,050 61. per cent. Independent 301. sh. all r.,... 49
9,(200 V. per mit. Phrpnix 55,7. eh. COL pd 04
1,00(1 4.1. per cent. Bateliff lOO/. sh. FM pd 03
1,4400 Srguth 111,tropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 17
9,000 41. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 47!. pd 30
210 U. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50
400 51. per cent Wakefield 'l5l. sh. 22
20,00 3'. Westminster Chartered
6,000 12s Ditto New ' 5( /. sh, IW. pd 11i,
rd 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 18/. pd
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I,SOO 3's. B:rrningh lin 25/. sh. 251. pd `.:2
1,4;' 1 71. Fast London 100/. sh. 161 V,
5,500 21 15s. Crawl Junction Average 41/ Las. 4d. sh. 62'
2,060 2/. Kent 1001. sh. 45
372 101. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 326
1,500 2 ilOs New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
6,456 21 lOs Manchester and Salford ICO/. sh. 55
1,000 4 per cant. South London lOO/. sh. 104%
4,294 4j/. West Middlesex Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 101
1.300 11141 York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35