The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-24 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings in Banco, 'befora Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
Mr. CLARKSON applied for a writ of certiorari to re
move a certain indictment from the Court of Middlesex
Quarter Sessions. The Learned Counsel said, that the
indictment on which this applicatii,n was founded was of
rather a novel character. The party was charged with
exposing his person, and the first count charged him
with " exposing his person in a certain public place in
the view of a child of tender age-to wit twelve years."
Tho second count charged him with exposing, &c., in a
certain public place in the view of several of her Ma-
jesty's subjects ; and the third, charged a common
assa ult.
Mr. Justice WILLI tms—A common assault ?

Mr. CLARKSON—Yes, my Lord, a common assault.
It would not be necessary to detail all the circumstances,
as they were of a very indecent character, and his Lord-
ship would see them in the depositions. It would appeal
that a party in Paddington churchyard had beckoned ton
girl on the footpath outside, and when she came he had
exposed his person to her. A gravedigger had followed,
and had seen the party expose his person to the girl,
who did not appear to be at all unwilling to submit to
the treatment to which she was subjected. He (Mr.
Clarkson) was aware that the first count had often been
held valid in the " junior courts," a 3 he would term
them, but he had frequently had great doubts as to it-
legality. A girl of the age of twelve years was not by
the English law one bit more protected than any
woman of full age, except in the case of mar-
riage or abduction, where the party had money,
and was in fact under some sort of legal guardianship.
The second count was wholly unsupported by the evi
dente ; and the third was an absurd one. The question
he wished to raise before the Court of Queen's Bench
new lawt that
to t
was one of considerable importance, as under the cir-
cumstances it we uld be necessary to ma
meet these cases. His Lordship was gkueite a
a n
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juries in the courts of quarter sessions (and he said so
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like a legitimate legal determination.
The application was granted.

XCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
EX PARTE THE DERBY, UTTOXETER, AND STAFFORD

SHIRE RAILWAY.
Mr. JAMES said he had to move their Lordships for
a rule nisi to show cause why the plaintiff in this case
should not deliver to the defendant.; a further and beite:
puticular of the nature of his demand. The plaintiff
was art engineer, and the defendants provisional com-
mitteemen of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire
Railway, and the claim, which amounted to 3,7741. 45.,
was alleged to be for preparing the necessary
levels and surveys of that line. The cause of action set
forth in the declaration was simply for work stud labour
done, and upon no special contract, but the particulars
of the demand,.whieh consisted of six items, were of so
general a character that the defendants had some diffi-
culty in shaping their defence. One item, for instance,
was for surveying 36 miles of the proposed line, 1,4601.,
and another was for preparing and delivering books
of reference, &c., 6301., but the terms of these items
were so general and indefinite, that the defendants had
no means of ascertaining either the amount of the work
done, or whether the charges for it were fair and reason-
able.
The LORD CHIEF BAnoN—The particular is similar
to that of an electioneering agent for contivfAinf,
ugrecti thi,t lint of
being simply for work and labour done, and not upon a
special contract, the particulars ought to be more defi-
nite and explicit of the extent and nature of the work and
• labour done.

Mr. Baron PARKE—You gave the plaintiff his inostr
Lions, and ought to know whether he has follewed
out or not.
Mr. JAMES said the defendant could not
t gather freZ
the 'rtieulars whether he had or not, and Oro
the defendants nor their solicitor had seen all (31
work alleged to have been done, because from theo
&finite nature of the particulars they were et
where to look fur it. In the first item there was 1-10
tba
per mile specified. old
The CHIEF` BARON—If you divide the amount 60%04
by thirty-six you will easily ascertain that. if 6 aunt
by
charges a hundred guineas for a certain cure, can IS; ine,
upon him to divide his demand into charges for reewe
attendance, &c. ? Certainly not.
Mr. JAMES differed from the opinion of his to
hot the case his Lordship had put was not analogoio
the one they were discussing. .I he doctor's,etteemV4
be on the general contract, but hev it was ree %od
labour done. Not knowing, however, the Det,_:isstl
extent of the work and !about done, the deit`i,,hr
could not ascertain, by appealing to other engineert,
thee* the charges were usual and fair At tel°
The i.ARD CHIEF BARON—Does Your awes-- fislit
that the defendants are ignorant of the nature e"
work and labour done ? ihe tin
Mr. JAMES said he had no affidavit made by 6~ isr
fendants themselves, but they were certsieltoliged
quainted with the amount or extent of the work
to have been done. thee, r
The LORD CHIEF Ballow—You had better, „rife
vide yourself with such an affidavit, and make i""
plieation to a Judge at Chambers.
Mr. JAMES thanked his Lordship for the 511 P

and promised to act upon it.
‘pt
INCEST and-SUSPECTEL7•MC-9
fc D
GRgEUVVICH POLICE COURT.--(1111' "110"
A young woman; of respectable appearance, ?rad
Ann Maria Richardson, was placed at the WI oers
by police-sergeant Wilson with concealing the bTverecb
male child; of which she had been recently e'l' he(
the body of which was found in a 'garden attached the, 00
father's former residence, on Royal Greculvic
Thursday afternoon. t ore
The case excited an unsual degree of inters pith.
fact of the father of the prisoner having, IT Muth
short period, held the lucrative situation of Pu—
toel‘
tent at the Royal Observatory. )1
Police-sergeant Wilson, 39 R, deposed tbit I,:e
the prisoner into custody last night, in conseglie lee
inform
ation he received, and in reply to questieng Cl3lll
voluntarily stated that she had been delivered of
in September last, at a house in Weston
Thomas's-street, Borough. She was attend `I tiot
Wood, a medical gentleman. of Union-street, ee or
the child died ten days after its birth. She had ied•
tificate of the birth, but she believed her fstbe'tatbet
ef
Her father was not in town. She said her owl',;,"a
was the father of her child. When the 0130 died
father took it away in a coffin, and buried it iv theiSsafef
attached to his house, the hole being dug by ti '-
who worked on the premises. Aft, Sill
Charles Pearce, a labourer in the employ of e- t Fee
cock, who was doing some repairs for the Prestbea
prietor of the property, deposed to haying see—Dr, sr
cess-pool in the garden, by order of his ineshtild,
finding a coffin containing the body of a wale el'„ 1101""
Mr. John iliscoek stated that the proper
Hill had recently been purchased by Mr• yl'iortilei
butcher, of the prisoner's father. He directed theh.o
witness to search the cess- pool, and was told hY,)cofer
the discovery he had made. He desired the WO :
""pst.9/
up the body again, and gave information to thete' se)"
officers, who had it removed in order that an
-
might be held upon it. tbiltAll.
Mr. Oak Mitchell, a medical gentleman', stat---
..goie-
had, .in compliance with instructions he bsd b o°4
made a peel mortem examination of the body, w"res'er
much decomposed, but was not so far gone as t° Ito co
to
li'
an examination being made. He saw sufficient
r
vince him that the child had not only ban he„-ogor
but that it had lived some days. He was nnei
tift
wo°
in making an analysis of the stomach. h gres
The prisoner, who appeared to bear op wit i5.5°
titude, was remanded for a week, and a nt
for *the apprehension of the father.

LITERATURE. Horn?' a
BALLAD ROMANCES. By B. 11. "!fortlollwf
Apart from the eccentricity of its being It aga',`',o
epic," Orion was sufficiently remarkable to 41r:,reti
sympathies with Mr. Horne as a poetical 041701 fi,rt:
mediocre capacity. There was a freshness anhich clo
couch strength about many of its passages to.it°
culated swiftly through our perceptive facilß'e" PrA
heart ; there was a clear manifestatilfoitiv",
its writer, walking forth amidst the,. , dici°46,
of nature, was not wholly impervious to "1-goc,
influences; that he could estimate—and thst°-oitti
nary extent—the more celestial attributes 01
The subtlest variations of character, the 113°,trid7bi
phases of passion, were to him no inexpliesraitL4
He could analyse with considerable persPiciii—j fr,b)
b•isom impulses of his fellow-creatures, and co b
with more than usual accuracy the devious hielri
of opinion. In this combination a phir- fee
intellect had something in it whic_A- /1:11
liary demanded our regard; and assuricsli
sufficient to have warded off the terrible 01)slegretro
malignant ridicule of Blackwood Mr. B. 11. su°, fel",
no marvel in the world of letters ; it is true tPe ogle
nothing dazzling in his literary.
ling in his originality, nothing prodigious in tbe §elle
of his intellect. But there was enough delicaci
timent, force of imagination, and propriety of "'ail'',
aspect, nothing.ot
entitle him to our regard, and to dinar Or
cism of its barbed javelins. Hence it 1°,0",
we derive much pleasure from his ore ,ii
Would 500;
in the character of one who
us seven good English ballads. The effort is Otsibil,°o
lent as in his former volume of poetry ; and, P,, ster,h/ 9
this very account, more is achieved. Some of 0521;,J
are familar tnough in themselves, such for instanc,:otinue
h' end of " Bedd Gelert," but even those are 012.'0 rsuiJ
with such a newness of imaginary as to render tP: e, 03,4
than acceptable. One ballad in particular,. a
narration in the manner of Walter Scott, andjltter 1;e,
to some of his most; successful poems. /11 e:d ae ;of
belief advisedly, after an attentive perusal, tI"
peat the opinion in all truth of mind and crte
judgment. The tale in question is entitled
Heart," and excellently appropriate is the title',ol fe4l
thy for the hero, " Ludolt," is aroused at the bflor
mencernent ; from the moment King Ottocar
his intentions of marriage, and the Knigt4
troubled at the casualty, and
" Bowing vaguely in the air, . foif
"
Went pausing down the marble stair., tl
Nor is this sentim nt diminished, when BAllat, 00"
pal tner of his sorrows, participates in every

Inticipatton :-
While something like a boding crept
Into her heart—alone, she wept." be c'e(eilif
The thought! ulness and ingenuity with which t is fejt)
personages in the story combat each others YieW
tb tee
cik
iotnething admirable ; and the many details vvbi6lo I
leighten the vividness of the picture are cleverlP-olei
Crem the painting of the scenery to the rl3ei
Elidda's variable countenance, and " the pain t 7,015050;
across her face." For picturesqueness of descn% co oi
tecount of the tournament is, perhaps, the P 3— pee
~;uous point in the composition, opening with 11'

tone n-:o,t characteristic.

" The crimson banners stream and flare,
The trumpets smite the brassy air;
The war-steeds neigh, and romp, and 010
And snuff the exalting battle-day.

A charger's hoofs with gusty bounds
A moment beat redoubling sounds,

His teal-llack armour, thick inlaid
With diamonds, cast a fretful shade," ---'"'011111.er*
And, again, what can be more sinip'e, wore
or-more superbly poetic than the following, joy
code—wiq\ its great crushing climax. Ludollriecl)
ing in a moody reverie ; his bride has been gar
Mtn by a band of soldiers :
" And while 'twas done,
Three knights rode by at set of sun, ones
They check'd their steeds, and thus saki"

Ih;lv changed is Ludolf-Lseeiethere!

Mute, passie, with a lingering stare,

He suffers men to seize his bride,
While standing fondly at his side;
Then silent droops all pale and lone,
And sits upon a boundary stone!'
The second said, ' His spirit lost,
orst :
Now, ghost-like, strays round Lindell
It is not Ludolf that we see.'

The third advanced right bitterly—
Thou art a recreant knight,' he said i„
,001;
And budolf rose, and struck him deadoolPoo
There are a hundred other beauties which we be 5,
ingly particularise in that single " Legend of:03, 01100
but it will suffice to say, that these " Ballad -Lb" for? ieq
by B. H. Horne, (with the exception of thc
oddity at the end) are Scattered among with OCe
they are coloured with the tints of naturalo
receive vitality from the heart.

-
AllO °II
THE PRYINGS OF A POST- ~050
A humorous scrambling together ofThe 1
drollery are these 6` Pryings of a Postman: ther.S,
ception is rather errant and unsystematic, bet "d o„.
tion betokens no contemptible share of fu ve it)" fa
!ion in the writer. Whoever it be, he has fel %pee,: Or,
ludicrous, a tolerable amount of hatred for We
ea Iron
A decided affection for the natural, as evideeciliitai,
actions and sentiments of others. The 111°st, eh
story in the English language, told in tuiyAr,„"ol.A'
einstla, is, without any question, M5.:1.903%4 Jr
first novel " Evelina." Yet, notwithstao":9 orotte'
greater amount of truthfulness and veracity. zole
to a fiction by narrating it in a very cancel* f thee°
spondence between the various characters 19 0,141, cbs
that style of composition always bears the errhiii,i,tstoi
over carelessness and want of :ymmetrY% is fri'cli
chief fault ire the volume bofore us ; its satire
_5 00,i014,
away in an idle and chit-chatty strain ; it I°sc. face:tile
its point from a want of condensation. I`i be 141 e; 06
portraitures of society may still, however, ipso $
from its pages. It is a book to be dipped
breakfast- table.

THE BARON'S YULE FEAST. I:15
A Chr"l (
Lityine. By Thomas Cooper. n cessisoo
anßimice.ntly we found curtelves under the --erapos- ge
..., ativt:rting very foreibl pc, a pro6e e°;-10 ItliV
by j Thomas Cooper, which.Ywua; ntarnished `',. con'elti,
iga,•ll,ili.vtflintte:eltr,sitdip,ai,npn,p,gdio,t,ci.d.lr,t.ui:fe with sol iei sin s. -I
n uttering olll:rbitPae
nation we divested it of all ap , ranee of o'rpeot 'DO
t.:11, pii,sri_ai
conviction,
Ptro isiotns a iti till ;Po, erae a sti ita
dv eiriy);
per? sse till
ye,o-,,ve,
, .). ule F.•*y,,,t,' (m?y, ~11ve.i ~,,,:jy. 4,
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“a.t.nuor. to cusiiiibute tow,lrdi Clio 1 ali''' ° peree tlif
entertainment," in vt hieh agreeaWe labour broil onr 0
many popular names engaged, was an 0133biitniglr &II?
of commendation and triumph ; and ellorP3i3Wii w"
embodied theyeveriee of his imagiusti9l2. ''

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