The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-09 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

.lerenilah Moore and James Walsh were indicted for
assaulting James Seddon, a very elderly nun, and steal-
in; from his person a watch and appendages, value 31.,
his property. . _

. .
Tne ease was sent over specially from the Surrey
Se.ssions, which is being holden at Horsemonger-lane.
The prosecutor, an infirm gentleman, between 70
and SO, stated, that on the 30th of May he was pas-
sing through Kent-street in the Borough, when he was
" tripped up and thrown down" into the kennel, and
while prostrated, his watch was taken from him.
Mr. Jos. Camp stated, that he was in Kent-street
at the time, when he saw the two prisoners knock
the old gentleman down, when Walsh pulled his watch
from his pocket and ran away with it. Moore immc-
diately attempted to pick .Mr. Sedden up, but he
thought his effort a mere pretence, for when he had
lifted him half up, he let him fall, and then he (Moore)
ran off in a contrary direction to Walsh, and cried out,
" There he goes—there goes the thief."—Witness was
quite sure as to the identity of both the prisoners.
The Jury w:thout hesitation returned a verdict of
Guilty against both prisoners.
It was then further proved against Moore that he
had been previously convicted and imprisoned for pick.
ing pockets.

The Common Serjeant sentenced Moore to trans•
portation for 13 years, and Walsh for 10 years.

F. B. Beamish, Esq., M.P., and Colonel Tho•
mas, M.P., have paired for the remainder of the Session.
THE CORPORATION QUESTION.--NUTTER
Mr. Trotter, of Horton-place, Epsom, has be- v. CIIAPMAN.—We were in hopes, in fact we had no doubt
come a candidate for the vacancy for West Surrey, occasioned whatever, of being able to communicate to our readers, this
by the death of Lord Arden. and the removal of his son, the day, the judgment of the Court of Error, in the case, which has
late Member, to the House of Peers. been se long before them, of Rutter v. Chapman, and which,
THE WEATHER.—During the last week rain our readers areof
tabtivsabroer,uiunviailvesltthweasvaulityrsotufutdheaulairter of
has fallen more or less every day, and on Friday in particular, ic.necorpo believe,r a incorporation nu.
0.
doubt was gentertained by any party_concnedrnceedd,
it came down in torrents for hours toeether, and the Cl -de
has since rolled a winter volume of flood to' the sea. The that the decision of the Court would be given on Monday last.
crops have not been injured by the moisture, and with On that. day Mr. Heron, the town-clerk, and other parties in-
grainsolir heat during the present moeth the promise of abundance teresteo, were waiting in Court. Twe cases were dispos.ed of,
which the fields so cheeringly display would be realized, but and the judgeswere about quitting the bench, when Mr II r
without it, we are afraid that another scanty harvest will requested the maser of ate Court in attendance to ;ire remind
be our lot. By this time haymaking would have been their Lordships of the Manchester Corporation case.
general in the Vs est. of Scotland, but for the rains which have cordingly did so ; and the Chief Justice
.of the Joaucr;
marred all out of door operations, and as yet comparatively of Common Pleas, Sir Nd • .
.Tindal replied that the
little has been done in this way ; the return is not so heavy a's Court had not come to any decision upon n the subject. The
believe, until Mich 1
unuesx next.
nadeNmboaa swd
;light have been anticipated from the appearance of the rye- matter, therefore, still stands over,dwe
grass fields in the month of April. The clovers are generally
light.—Glasgow Herald. such delay in a mere p?.
Term, which commenceisvoantethcaese2w
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A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.—Goo. Tomline, enough;ad hut, in a
'accumulating, it is still worse.
publticuctalse considering the interests at stake,
EA., of Riby Hall, the new Member for Sudbury (the right 1., the expenses constantly
to retain the seat he wisely declines to defend), is the grand- ch:syeirs the Mu
l nsettled, and its inhabitants, of
son of the late Bishop, and nephew of the Chancellor and Pre- nicipa oveyr'nment of the borough of Man-
whate, to remain so ong u
needlessly
"kept in hot water ?" If the
centor of Lincoln. To his father the millionaire left the vast judle,e,raparty, to be
utheir minds upon the question, the
bulk of his wealth, being promised a peerage for his darling m,r6i, discreditablenvenot• made
is it topthem that such should be the case.
child. The two sons pensimed upon the Church received They are paid (the Judges of the two Courts engaged in this
only 5,000 L each of the father's vast wealth. It is thus great matter) upwards of 50,0001. per annum, for hearing eases,
dignitaries rifle the altar to found families, and then talk,, of and deciding doubtful points ; and, if still they. cannot or will
public the poverty of the Church, and seek for grants to ex- not decide them, it wete to be wished that their places might
tend' it.—Stamford Mercury. he supplied by others who would.—Manchester Guardian.
PUBLIC PARKS.—We have heard it stated that NARROW ESCAPE.—Some of our r(aders may
tonere is a wealthy and truly patriotic gentleman of Liverpool, have observed, at the bettom of the Castle Rock, on the south
who is so peculiarly favourable to the formation of at least one side, and a little west of the Grassmarket, a straggling collec-
park, for the health and recreation of our ‘ good old town," tiosi of huts, which are dignified by the name of the Castle
that he has expressed a desire, should he find a suitable site, to Bank—the whole of them are in a ruinous state, and inhabited
lay out a sum of 50,000/. in the purchase and laying out of the by the very lowest of our population. In one of those hovels,
ground, and to dedicate the same gratuitously to the use of the on Thursday night, a woman was sleeping with two young
,children en the floor, in a corner of the room, when a large
public for ever. The statement of our informant was derived
from a gentleman of the first respectability, who, we believe, portion of the side wall, in the centre, bulged out, and fell in.
Hart, but not seriously,
heard it either from the individual himself or some intimate The woman and her children were
friend. We sincerely hope that the statement may be verified. as they wore lying close by a part of the wall which did not
Meantime, as so munificent a donation by one individual is so give way. The poor creature was so destitute, that there
rare in this too mercenary age, as naturally to suggest the pnssi- was scarcely an article of furniture, even of the most
bility of a mistake having arisen, all we can say is, that if it be common description, in the house ; otherwise it must have
the fact, the gentleman alluded to, should he nobly come for- I been destroyed, as the stones which were of considerable size,
ward, will earn for himself while living an enviable reputation spread all over the floor. The house is altogether in a tottering
amongst his contemporary fellow. subjects ; and when he has condition ; though we believe every room is o,cupied, with the
gone to " that bourne from whence no traveller returns," his exception of the one where the tenant was ejected in this sum.
name, linked with his benevolence, will be cherished with feel- mary manner. Yet for rooms of this description these poor
I ngs of gratitude and respect for ages yet to come.—Liverpool creatures are glad to be allowed to pay from 10d. to Is. per
Standard. week. We may add, that the attention of the authorities has
• COURVOISIER.—It was exactly two months been directed to the state of the house ; and we have no doubt
between the committal of the murder by Courvoisier and the they' will take the necessary steps to prevent other families in.
day of his execution—the horrid crime having been committed curring a similar risk. —[This paragraph indicates the condi
on the 6th of May, end jos**, vindioated on the 6th of July, tion of the poor in Edinburgh.)
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