The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-10 00:00:00

TIkLX.OW.

Our market is by no tneans so active as last week, and
the late advance in the quotations is with difficulty sup-
ported. P.Y.C,, on the spot, is quoted to day at 523.
par cwt. Town Tallow is scarce at 533. net cash. Rough
fat 23. Hid. per Blbs.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.

(Before the RECORDER and il;. Commissioner BIILLOCK..)

James Mayhew, 41, a most respectable man, and
described in the calendar as an auctioneer, was indicted
with feloniously forging, altering, and uttering a
bill of exchange for 271. 143. 6d., with intent
to defraud Cuthbert Coiling wood Hall, well
knowing the same to have been forged. The facts of
the case have been so recently before the public that it
will be quite unnecessary to recapitulate them. The
prisoner had acted as agent to the prosecutor in getting
his bills discounted, and the charge against him was that
of obtaining the amount of the bills, and putting his
signature to them, without the authority of the prose.
cut or.

Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine appeared for the pro-
secution; Mr. Perry defended the prisoner.
The case appeared likely to occupy the Court to a
late hour, and the greater part of the morning has been
occupied with reading a most voluminous correspon-
dence between the prisoner and the prosecutor for the
purpose of showing that the prosecutor had authorised
the prisoner to do what he had done.

NEW COURT.
Before the COMMON SERGEANT, Alderman Sir CHAP..
MAN MARSHALL, Mr. Sheriff HILL, &e.)
THE RIOTS IN KENNINGTON IN MARCH
LAST.

Thomas Horssey, (who was acquitted on Saturday
last, of the robbery at Mr. Grey's,) William Barrett,
David Anthony Duffy, (convicted on Saturday.
and sentenced to seven years transportation,)
Win. Bailey (convicted on Saturday and sentenced to
seven years' transportation), John Williams and George
Smith, were indicted with feloniously breaking and
entering the dwelling-house of Robert Creasy, in South-
ampton- street, Camberwell, on the 13th of March last,
and stealing therefrom a large quantity of boots and other
articles, his property.
The evidence given in this case was similar to that
given in the case of the robbery of Mr. Grey, on Satur-
day.

The prisoners all of them denied any knowledge of
the robbery.
The jury found them all Guilty.
Henry Bates, 19; William Barrett, 16; John Den.
more, 23; Thomas Howlett, convicted on Saturday and
transported for seven years; Samuel Morgan, George
Payne, convicted on Saturday and sentenced to seven
years' transportation; James Taylor, also convicted on
Saturday and transported for seven years; and Richard
Webster, were indicted with feloniously breaking and
entering the dwelling-house of David Jameson, in
Southampton-street, Camberwell, and stealing therefrom
100 pair of shoes and other articles, his property.
Mr. Bonime, on the part of the prosecution, declined
offering any evidence against the prisoner Webster, who
was acquitted on Saturday of being a party to the rob-
bery at Mr. Grey's, and he was ordered to be discharged.
The evidence against the other prisoners was precisely
similar to that brought forward in the last case.
The jury found all the prisoners Guilty, with the ex-
ception of John Denmore and Thomas Howlett, both of
whom they acquitted.
Benjamin Prophett, Thomas Howlett, Robert Archer,
acquitted on Saturday, William Barrett, George Lovers,
convicted on Saturday and sentenced to 7 years' tran-
sportation, henry Davis, and William Bugden were
indicted with feloniously breaking an! entering the
dwelling-house of Alfred Thomas on the 13th of March
last, and stealing one pound weight of cigars and other
articles, his property.
The evidence in this case was very similar to the last,
and the robbery, like the previous one, arose out of the
meeting and riot that took place at Kennington Common
on the 13th of last month.

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, April 6.
CROWN COURT.

Esau Troughton, 30, was indicted for breaking
and entering the dwelling-house of Charles Cull, at
Ashchurcb, on the 24th of November, and stealing
therefrom a silver watch, some silver spoons, and
other articles.

The prisoner was in the prosecutor's employ, as a
farm servant, living in the house. In the morning of
the day in question, Mr. and Mrs. Cull went to
Tewkesbury, giving the prisoner orders to attend to the
field work on the farm, and on their return in the
evening, about six o'clock, they found that some per-
son had entered the house by forcing the bolt of a
window,`and then putting their hands through, had
opened the door. On going up-stairs they discovered
that some boxes had been completely ransacked ;
everything was in confusion, and the articles enume-
rated in the indictment stolen. Several circum
stances tended to attach suspicion to the prisoner,
who gave a man some cider, and was seen in the
cider-house about the time that the robbery was sup-
posed to have been committed, when his master's
orders, and his own duties, should have found him at
work in the fields. The next day some of the stolen
spoons, wrapped up in a handkerchief, were found
hidden in the thatch of the stable. This handker-
chief belonged to the prisoner's brother Isaac, but
was seen in Esau's possession on the day of the
robbery.
A melancholy feature in this case was that of the
prosecution calling the prisoner's aged mother as a
witness to prove the ownership of the handkerchief.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and two pre-
vious convictions, on one of which he was adjudged to
be transported, were proved against him.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said that all reformation
in him appeared to be totally hopeless, and passed
sentence of fourteen years' transportation.
William Bean, 26, broughtlup by a writ of habeas
corpus from Bristol gaol, was indicted for feloniously
intermarrying with Elizabeth Heddow, at Clifton, on
the
.13th of June, his former wife, Fanny Spriggs,
being then alive.

The JUDGE told him his case was not a very aggra-
vated one ; still a man deceiving a woman under such
circumstances, entailed great injury on the individual
and occasioned more evil to society than when a
woman committed the offence of bigamy. It was true
he had not done the woman the injury he might have
done, as it appeared he had never lived with her under
the same roof after the completion of the ceremony,
and not, therefore, consummated the marriage; still
women's feelings were not to be trifled with, and
their hopes of domestic happiness destroyed by men
acting towards them in such a way.
Sentence, three months bard labour.

all Tt
membershe T a mrLEort
hOen
MiddleSatu dsy,
Templen o notice ebe in
ance at the Hall at noon, in order that arrangements
of numerous gentlemen
asettentndto-
of any emergency. The names
d and be sworn as
might be made for the barristers being forthcoming Tease
who were ready to come. forlwsatr,
which, in the course
" specials" were set down in. a
who were disposed
Directions were further given, that
Hallat half •
Temple past nine
shoeld be at the Middlewhen
plans would be announced
of the afternoon was transmittledallto the Home-office.
this (:Monday)
peace in that neighbourhood.
any disturbance o
the drift d •
regarding the cnolu:ritsnhelenbasirable to be pursued in case of
ST. IvEs.---Boats on during the past week
have been taking from 100 to 5,000 mackerel per night,
which have been
wasold
Gat f
rom ss. to 13s. per hundred of
DESPERATE SUICIDE AT BoxLET.--On Thursday
afternoon, the sth instant, an inquest was held at a
six score. —Corn ll az.
beer-shop in the village of Boxley, a short distance
from Maidstone, by Mr. Dudlow, one of the Coroners
for West Kent, on the body of a man unknown, who was
found on Tuesday afternoon, the 4th instant, by John
Smith, a hawker, residing at Maidstone, w
time, was in company with ho at the
a young man walking near
the place called Boxley Summer, when their attention
was directed to a hat lying on the ground, about two
rods inside of the wood, which is a short distance from
the church. On going to the hat they found a black
silk stock in it, and on their looking up they saw the
body of a well-dressed man hanging to the branch of a
tree close by. This circumstance was made known to
the village constable, and the body was cut down. The
deceased, there was no doubt, had committed self-
destruction by hanging himself with packing line,
which was four times doubled ; his feet were about a
foot and a half from the ground. He had on a brown
frock cloth coat, black trousers, and a very good pair of
Blucher boots, and altogether his dress was respectable.
In his pockets were found one farthing and two small
bottles which had contained laudanum, and a bottle that
had gin in it. There was also a note written, beginning
with " Dear Uncle—l have put Mary to bed: You may
think it strange that I have not done my work as usual,"
Scc. There was no signature, but outside there is the
name of William Bishop. The deceased appeared to be
about forty years of age. In the absence of evidence as
to who he was, a verdict was returned " That the de-
ceased was found dead, hanging. to a tree."
RAMSGATE —Upwards of sixty tubs of spirits have
been brought to the Custom-house here, which were
found buried in the land near to this place. It is sup-
posed that they have lr.)tn lauded from a boat lelongiug
‘to Dover.

MAGAZINES, ~—(CONTINUED)
ERASER.
" The French Revolution of 1848, its Causes and
Consequences," is just such an article as one might
have expected to have found in Fraser, in its early
days, when rabid Toryism and more rabid personality
'constituted the staple of the articles. The next article,
entitled " Reveries of a Gastronome," is a pleasant
prolusion anent the affairs of the cuisine. " The
Plague of Beggars" is an admirable paper, and the
writer's suggestions for abating the nuisance are
worthy of serious attention. The remedies which he
proposes are as follow :
" 1. Let every man and woman who has hitherto pa-
tronised beggars, withhold all assistance from the whole
rue, whenever and wherever they encounter them under
whatsoever form or pretence, whether selling trifling
articles of manufacture in the streets, or from door to
door, or standing with broom in hand at the crossings
of our thoroughfares. Let them turn a deaf ear to every
tale, refuse to read every petition, and adhere rigidly to
the rule of requiring personal knowledge in all cases of
individual charity.

" 2. Let a liberal estimate he made of the money here-
tofore squandered, and let it be devoted to some work of
true charity, preventive or palliative, giving the prefer-
ence to the former in tho shape of wholesome houses for
the poor, and schools for the training of their children;
or, if the latter be preferred, selecting charities which
admit of least abase, such es hospitals.
" 3. Let the parochial authorities be urged to sub-
stitute for the street sweeper, nine-tenths beggar and
one-tenth labourer as he is, honest workmen, fairly paid
for keeping entire streets clean instead of crossings
merely, and selecting for that duty such of the existing
sweepers as may be willing to change their ambiguous
employments for the new and more honourable occu-
pations.
" 4. Let every traveller make it a point of conscience
to observe the regulations of the railroads with regard to
douceure, and do all in his power to encourage the hotel-
keepers to substitute fixed charges for attendance, for
the present degrading system of discretionary payments.
" 5. Let the Government be urged to protect honest
industry against dishonest idleness by flogging every
man or boy convicted of begging, and every male
parent whose child of tender years is found in the
streets so employed; and let the police be instructed to
bring befere the magistrates every person of either sex
found giving money in the street, that the same fine
which is now levied ou the drunkard may be imposed
upon the silly people who indulge in this unwholesome
luxury."
We have already given in extenso the admirable paper
on the " Social Position of Governesses," which ap-
pears in this month's Fraser, and to which we would
again fain direct the public attention. " Signs of the
Times" is "a word in season" from Mr. F. 0. Ward,
in favour of the preservation of peace, more especially
between France and England; and cordially do me
trust that the efforts now making by the great and
the good, on both sides of the Channel, fur the preser-
vation of peace, may prove eminently successful. In
addition to these, we have an excellent paper on
" Indian Railways ;" reviews of " Letters from the
Danube, " and of Lord Campbell's " Lives of the
Chancellors ;" the commencement of a tale, the
scene of which is laid in Germany during the time of
the Anabaptist outbreak, entitled The Armourer of
Munster—a page from the History of Fanaticism ;"
and the usual current history of the month.
THE METROPOLITAN.

We are rejoiced to see, from an announcement pre-
fixed to the Metrvolitan for April, that a reduction
in price, accompanied by a commensurate improve-
ment in the arrangements of this publication, are pro-
jected. By this im ans it will henceforth be placed
on a r'ght footing with its contemporaries. "Claren-
don" and " Wartiele," the two serial fictions of the
rnagAzine, are continued with their accustomed ability.
3lrs. Edward Thomas contributes a story called "The
Adopted Son," and those who, like ourselves, have
loved the simple but exquisite ballad of " Kathleen
Mavourneen," will peruse with profound interest
the song descriptive of the "Death of Kathleen,"
by Mrs. Crawford. Another paper calculated to ar-
rest the attention is entitled "Prospect and Retro-
spect." The title is modest, but the history of which
the prospective and retrospective chapters constitute
the epitome is the most wonderful this world ever
.
witnessed. Although the name of the hero not
once mentioned throughout (and this very
.circum-
stance imparts much dignity to the theme),
impos-
sible im-
possible not to recognise who is the hero—it is
not to perceive that, in the language of Dumas,
" Cet homme, c'est plus que Cesar ; c'est autant que
Charlemagne; c'e,t Napoleon le Grand, le Jupiter
Tonnant de la France !" A clever comment upon the
glorious revolution of the three days of February, from
the pen of Ewing Ritchie, brings the Metropolitan to a
conclusion. The writer well observes that the " So-
phist Guizot and sham King Louis" have received a
righteous retribution ; and exclaims, with ineffable
scorn—" Again has the sanctity that doth hedge in a
king been found to be a pitiable delusion, and a lie !"
We eonceive, however, that the magnificent though
erring lines, addressed to Napoleon by Byron, are
scarcely suited to the ignoble and recreant monarch
of the bourgeoisie—
The desolator desolate,
The victor overthrown,
The arbiter of other's fate
A suppliant for his own."

In the original text it will be observed that the
passage is inaccurately quoted—though n'importe, for
in a subsequent page the writer shows that he can
transcribe with extraordinary effect from the stirring
lyrics of Charles Mackay. One chapter in this ex-
cellent contribution we give as follows : it is a signifi.•
cant comparison between the national expenditure
of France under the Emperor and under Louis
Philippe—.
" The expenses of Government had gradually swelled
to the most enormous amount. During the Empire the
war expenses, on the average, amounted to about
330,000,000 francs. In 1813, after the disasters of the
Russian campaign, when the whole army was re• organ-
ized, the total expenditure was 420,000,000 francs; but
during the last sixteen years the average expenses of the
Minister of War were 500,000,000 francs. Under the
Empire the budget of the Ministry of the Interior, in
which were included the public works, and agriculture,
and commerce, was 15,000,000 francs. In 1847 it had
been raised 70,000,000 francs. Under Napoleon, the
total expenses for all the services of Government, be-
sides the army and navy, were 200,000,000 francs a
year. During the last seventeen years the expenditure
for the same services has exceeded 900,000,000 francs a
year. Of this sum 500,000,000 were paid for salaries
and sinecures, the rest was squandered away in jobs and
corruption."
Altogether the Metropolitan for April is of superior

THE IMAGE OF HIS FATHER. No. 1. A
Tale of a Young Monkey. By the Brothers Ma .hew.
Another comic serial from the indefatigable May-
bews—a serial 'Which promises rare fun, has just
commented. Phi; the inimitable Phiz, the illus-
trator of Dickens, is the artist. Some of the little
descriptive touches in the first chapter are capital,
especially the account of the gentleman in the omni-
bus, clad in " a plum-coloured mackintosh, that rustled
like brown paper every time he moved, and made the
whole omnibus smell of india rubber." We cannot
but regard the character of Doctor Vyse, the school-
master, as a flagrant plagiarism from I3oz, in the
person of Doctor Blimber. There will surely be the
very devil to pay with little Impey, the solicitor.

THE MAN IN THE MOON. Edited by Angus
B. Reach.

The Man in the Moon for April is excellent. The
only " original" account of the French Revolution
is to be found in its pages, it is from the pen of our
old friend Twitters. The Man in the Moon, like
Moses, keeps a sharp look out for the main chanCe,
and knows the power of advertising; accordingly we
find the following :
REFORM YOUR LEGISLATORS' BILLS.

The Man in the Moon begs to intimate to the Re-
publicans and Revolutionists of the Continent, that he
has just got up an extensive assortment of Constitutions,
which he intends to dispose of at the following unprece-
dentedly low figures:--:

£ 3. d.
... •.•
Good Plain Constitution 5 0 0
Ditto, Warranted ... ••• ••• 510 0
Ditto, with two Chambers, Very
Di Superior 6 10 0
Ditto, with an improved system of . .
Suffrage „ 0
I)ipit-ttou:,vveitahs_C9alourswarranted net to run 8 8 0
appneus::
the National Wealth and
10 10 0
best made ••• •••
The sarae articles ('
10 per cent.
shove prices.
ouo made to measure, at an advance of
Nations eci,raditeerds
io)eftliAtheir own territorie3.
Foreign
lially attended to.
N.B.—Terms t
Ready,...._
THE 11AxcuEsTEa Rio
Sessions on Friday, the court
At the Manchester
trial of indictments arising out ofw "
occupied with the
thedriots on Thursday,
the 9th ult. Henry Burgess, le,
Edward Donahue,
17, indicted for riot and an assault Georged Hurst, a
police-constable, in the execution °loll
andirii dhiecitaesdp
quitted, there not being sufficient evidia "'el' wideernetiatcy:
Inspector
The same Edward Donahoe, 17, was theenc" of
riot, and for an assault on Mr. Beswickn
M`Mullen in the execution of their duty.
was seieed by Mr. Besvvick while descending prisoner
post which he had climbed, just after he ada lan'ij-
guished the lamp. He was found guilty, and sentenced one month's imprisonment, with hard labour.—
Samuel
Samuel Miller, 26, was indicted for riot and fo;.—an
assault on Mr. Charles Johnson, oilcloth manufacturer,
Oak-street—guilty ; four months' imprisonment, with
hard labour.—Martin Quinn, 20, Joseph Holmes, 17,
John Jackson, 27, and Joseph Radcliffe, 29, were in-
dicted for rioting and for the assault on Mr. Superin-
tendent Taylor. The jury found a verdict of guilty,
and the prisoners were severally sentenced to be impri-
soned. Quinn for two months with hard labour,
Holmes for fourteen days, Jackson for two months, and
Radcliffe for four months.—Manchester Guardian.
In order to avoid as far as possible any disagree-
able consequences which may arise from the meeting to
be held on Kennington Common, the lessees of the Hay-
market and Princess's Theatres have thought it advisa-
ble to close their establishments this evening. The
former'place of entertainment will also be shut to-morrow
Tuesday) evening,