The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-08 00:00:00

I%IIDDLEsEX SussiONS.

These Sessions commenced yesterday before Mr. Ser-
geant A(Thms, chairman, and a bench of Magistrates
The calendar contains the names of 67 prisoners for
trial, all of whom are charged with minor offences.

Win. Carter, a young urchin, 14 years of age, pleaded
guil'y to an indictment charging him with stealing a
shawl and a pNir of boots, of the value of 65., the pro-
perty of David Carter.

The CHAIRMAN ordered him to be transported for
seven years, at the same time intimating that he would
be sent to Parker's Prison, Isle of Wight.
Ft'illiant Taylor, alias William Ilinablow, was con-
victed of stealing a pewter pint pot, the property of
Thomas Gall, and sentenced to two months' imprison.
went and hard labour i❑ the House of Correction, six
weeks of that time to be spent in solitary confinement.
George Abbey, a poor inoffensive looking creature,
11 year s of age, pleaded gaily to an indictment charging
hint with stealing 103. and a quantity of halfpence,
the property of Rebecca Alen, and sentenced to 14
days' imprisonment, and to a good whipping.
John Harris, a respectable looking young man was
convicted of stealing a letter•weight, value 1.55., the
property of Jacob Flacke, a curiosity dealer in Berwick-
street.

Mr. Payne, who nppeared for the prisoner, called se-
veral very respectable persons, who gave him an excel-
lent character, and attributed the guilt of the prisoner
to the intemperate habits of his father.
The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to one month's im-
prisonment and hard labour, the first and last week to
be spent in solitary confiaemen•.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ALINSIoiv-Ho USE.

A man, named Higgs, applied yesterday, soon after
the Lord Mayor retired from the justicc•room, in a
very pressing manner, to Mr. nobler, the chief clerk,
for relief. He declared that his case was one of very
great hardship, and, after having made many ineffectual
applications in a quarter from which he thought he had
a right to expect assistance, he saw that there was no
chance for him except through the intervention of the
Cuief Magistrate.
Mr. Udder said that be shoull, in the absence of
his Lordship, give the best advice he could in any
emergency.
Higgs said that he bad came to this country from
Bombay, having under his care two Arabian mares
and two foals, one of which was a male, as a present
from the Itnaum of Muscat to her Majesty Queen Vic-

toria. A groom accompanied him with his charge,
which, as the animals were of the very highest breed,
cost a large sum of money ; and in October last the yes.
se! reached Liverpool. The Master of her Majesty's
Horse, on being communicated with,-sent for the Ara-
bians; but he (Higgs), after having drawn 20/. for his
support from the agents of the Imautn of Muscat
in Liverpool, applied in vain for a passage back to
India, where his wife and children were. He then
came to London, where he had been using his utmost
exertions to prevail upon-.the authorit'es to provide for
him a passage back to Ir.dia .for a considerable length of

time, but he was not more successful in Londsn-than
he had been at Liverpool, and he was at the moment of
making the application at the Justice-room actually
ivithout the means of purchasing a morsel of bread, and
threatened with exclusion from his lodging.
Mr. nobler—Have you nac,rtained whether the
Itnaum of Muscat has any agent in London ? Higgs re-
plied that he was given to understand that Sir Charles
Forbes was the Imaum's agent in London, and he had
applied to that gentleman, whose character ranked very
high, but Sir Charles had done no more than transmit a
sovereign to him.
Mr. Nobler said that in the applicant's statement

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there must have been some important omission, as it
was extremely improbable that a person entrusted with
a valuable present to her Majesty, such as had been de-
scribed, would be left without the means of returning
home. Tue thing was, in tart, quite unintelligible.
Higgs burst into tears, and declared most solemnly

hat the account he had given was c:orrect. lie was,

he said, well known to several gentlemen connected
with the East India Company, and bad been the owner
of the ship called the Francis Warren, which traded
from India to this country. He was worth, at one
time, upwards of 40,0001., but bad been unfortunate
in dealing largely in Arabian horses, most of which he
lost by shipwreck.
Mr. Hobler asked the man whether Le had practised
ds a veterinary-surgeon at Bombay ?
Higgs replied that he had. His qualifications recom-
mended him to the agents of the linaurn of Muscat, for
he was master of the art of curing all the diseases inci-
dent to the animal.
Mr. Hobler—lf you can cure the glanders you
wou:4l Very soon obtain the price of your passage, with-
out being under an obligation to any one
deciii:gd that he did not care how desperately
glandered a horse niubt be, he could cure it. His in-
veterinary-surgeon :o the
structor was Luximan,
l't tired tor Co oriel
Raj th of Mvsitre, and ha hat,
Morrison, of Scotland, a horse which t 744 dying with
the glanders, and actually going out to be shot.
Mr. Golitham, the clerk to Bilhogsgate market, :vho
has been for many years a well known horseman, aid
was fuz,leman t,, the Duke of Cumberland's rifle corps,
wa4 present during the ate' ement made by Higgs, and
expressed very strong doubts of the validity of the re-
ceipt for the cure of the glanders. The ready and in-
telligent communication made by Higgs, however, left
no doubt that the pour m in had carried on the trade in
India, aid extensively. Li India, Higgs said a diplo.na
was not necessary, and he was not supplied with one.
Mr. Hobler—And how have you been supporting
y-urself here ? Hrggs—l received a check front the
Hon. W. E!phinstone for 10/., and I received small
sums from several gentlemen connected with India, by
which I have contrived to live : het my great anxiety
is to get a passage beck to India, and I am convinced
it her Mijesty knew the circumstances in which I
am placed, and on that acc,,unt, she would 11,4
allow me to peri,h, but would send me aatay
without delay. Despairing of obtaining a passage
through the agents of the Irmium of Muscat,
I endeavoured to prevail upon the Captain of
sel which sailed a short time ago, and he was willing
to take my word for the pay,nent of the passage
money in India, but I unfortunately asked him to
advance me the means of procuring a change of
clothes for the four months' voyage, and then his mind
suddenly clatngcd, and he refused to have any thing
to do with me.
Mr. Hobler relieved the man's immediate neeesri-
ties, and said that the Lord Mayor should be in-
formed of the circumstances, which would no doubt
be met by some explanation.