The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-28 00:00:00

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far,.gone in preinancY,• which was the cauae.bf their being separate/t.•
Sincc:thatt the first wife had married another man at 'Hull, indlad
.tieen living with him.--(This fact, brought out in cross-examinatioh;
cansed'a good deal of merriment in Court.) _Etfza .•
Mary Miles, the proiecutor aria lire second wife, was, celled
into witness-box. She 'wals'apparently about sixty-years of age,
In the weeds of widowhood;. and said she was married to the prisoner
eight years ago, in Si. Saviours, Southwark. Before thaftime; and "'
after the death of her former husband, she was supported by her
brothers. ' • . •
Mr. 'Wimp (for the defence)—Was your son married very recently,
and had some of the furniture in the hOuse given • him ? Witness—
Yes. •
Mr. WILD—Was not that the eauSe of the present prosecution
against the prisoner, because he would not give up his ju•operty ?
• The witness hesitated, and seemed unwilling to answer.
TholtscoiDsa—lt was that which led to some family broil? Wit-
ness—Yea.
Mr.- Wyt.n —Did you kno e, at the time of your marriage that the
prisoner had another•vrife ? Witness (*Very unwillingly) —Yes.
Mr. Wrtn—Then why do you raise this prosecation ? Witness
(unwillingly)—l did not expect anything unfair.
The RBCOADTIL —That is. you wished to have a husband, but to
have the separate and entire control over your property, and this
prosicution is just'another way of securing that?
The Old lady Wm dismissed from the witnetas-box, and the evidence
for the prosecution having been closed; Mr. Wyld was proceeding to
call witneases'to the prisoner's character, when the Recorder re-
marked that he thought the( quite unnecessary. If the counsel could
touch the facts he might try it, but in the case before them the Re-
corder,thought there was little room for supposing the prisoner had
circumvented and ensnared beauty and youth.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty', and the Court sentenced him
to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, , the Learned Re-
corder observing that the sentence proceeded from a regard net to
the first wife or the Second:wife, but to the, interests of society.

POLICE INTELLIG.ENCE. .
111-ANSION-HOUSE. . •
A very well-diesSed man, who was -on 'the ,police-sheet
called Robert 7Vilhinson, was brought before the Lord, Mayor,
yesterday upon the charge of having stolen a teapot iu a sil.
versmith's shop.
Samuel S. Benson, shopman to Messrs, Sari, of Cheapside,
stated that at. seven o'clock on Wednesday evening the pri-
saner walked into the shop; and, snatching up . a Metal tea-
pot of the value of 24 ran towards Bucklersbury. Witness
pursued him, overtook him, and gave him into the custody
of a policeman. The moment the prisoner was seized he
threw down the teapot.
. The LORD MATotfasked the prisoner whether he wished
to ask the witness or the policeman any question, to which he
replied by only shaking.his head: '
The LORD MAYOR—From whence do you come?
soner—Corne From the north of England.
-.The LORD Msvoa—What are you? • Prisoner—Nothiug
Lie*. I have been a schoolmaster.
:The LORD MAYOR—How long have you been in London?
P4eener-,--For some time.
Loelp•MAyort-7110 you wish ,to say anything about
tAp matter, or about yourself? Plititter--Nigagi.--.Gem-, •
fnif,fid for trial. . . . .
acmes, Wade, the captain of a gang of vagabonds who
ia-
feStAThitechapel,,wai charged • with having assaulted :a. pe-
!leen*. .„ .
Tke prisoner walked into the. station;-house ml 1 0w;.,12.•
and insisted upon taking up his quarters:there ifor.theiAight,-
and not only refused to leave: the :place, but teadgethe 'post,
intoleiable noise: Altbaingh, the man .was;'knoWn:49, ,th*
' force as a nuisance' of the first magnitude, he .:wits}
expostulated with by the_ Officer:on duty, who, Lfu:44l4 that
gentle dealings would not do; -licked him sap.: ill.. /simian: If
soon; however, becainelieCessery totry,other Teens with so
refractory a customer, asp by kicking; at Alio door; as Well as
by roaring, he put thernerves of the: officer to too_ pei-ere: a
test,'. and his boots were qaketi. from him, but 'slot tefer
e
he contrived to -blacken the eyes of-the.- policems,n who Per-s.
formed the office of-lackey. • ' ' . •
Several policemen said, the prisoner was the principal of a
formidable sit of • fellows; who resided 'in what were called
the Whitechapel bloodholes, and -.that he was, at all times
ready to engage in-any undertaking against thepuldic peace.
The'Prisbrier--The police are a set of cowards, able
for halfsi7dgzen of them if I have fair play. . • '
The lonic. MAYOR—,I think this case ought to , p the
sessions ? Priseiner--,-Aye, that's the best thing Year:AM-do,
I'd as soon go -there as anywhere else. , Commit me,
at once.
The-LORD MAYOR—I dire say, you prefer that t
Mary gonvietibn. • I can lend • you to Bridewell, wyire you
'can be kept at work, and upon a cool, .wholesome, and.peni-
tential diet, without the provocatives of , meat and
strong
liquors. ,
The Prisoner—Oh, blaust Bridewell..
The LORD ;MAon—Let him,be taken
T- to Bridewell safely.
He shall betaken care of there. , .
The prisoner was then led away by two poliCemen.
Charles Rae was cbarged.by.Mr. Hudson, of•Whitechapel,.
'with having blackened the complainant and his wife'S eyes.
Mr. Judson • had gone into:a 'shop in San-street; Bishops-
gate, and while he was there hie wife, Ivho was, waiting out-
sidefor him, was insolently addressed, and tapped upon the
.shoulder by. the • prisoner. Perceiving .that the lady did
not wish such familiarity, the prisoner again taPped her On
the shoulder, and accompanied the action with such langupge
as compelled' her to complain to her husband: Mr. Judson'
immediately Pushed the raScilaway, but received allow from,
him between the eyes. Mrs., Judeop, alarmed for her hus-
band, got bet Ween him and •the prisoner, who in, an instant
struck her twice in the face. '
-Some respectable persons,: who witnessed the
came forward, at much inconvenience to themselves, to give
evide.nce.in a case of so gross a nature.
The LOAD MAYOR...-What have you 'to -say, Mr. Rig ?
The prisoner—Upon- my honour,.my Lord, I never struck the
man till-he 'struck. ans. ' I just said a word or two to his wife
when be knocked me down.
The Loate MAYO ft—He would.have served you just right
if be had knocked you'down for insulting hiti, wife. ,
One of thg witnesses--.-I was determined to come here, my
Lord. - I have known •so 'many cases in which: respectable
females have been insulted by each scoundrels as this fallow
• The LORD MAYOR—I shall send the case to sessions,
and the prisoner: must remain.in custody Until, he procure
trio good sureties in the sum .of 401. each: for his appearance.
• "BOW-STREET.
Thonias Jones was charged with lurking about Pall-Mall; in (email
-Cletitee;•sink not being able to giye a good accounc of himself.. lie
was brought into the Court in his disguise, Mid certainly haTtife-ep-
,peariuwo-of ladyc,
p 011... . .aT r the A. division said. that lie observed the prisoner
loitering about in ?all-real for anout "bw.ta-tttrA' -ttrnear
three o'cloc yesterday, anti having some suspicion as to his real
sex he at lakst went up to him and told him " lie thought he was a
man." The prisoner denied it, but he, witness, being convinced that
he WWI right in his suspicions took him to the.station-house, where
he admitted that he was a man, and said. that he. had been at a
masquerade, but would net say where.
The prisoner refused to :give any account of himself, or to explain
the motives for assuming the disguise. He said, however, that
Jones was an assumed name, and that his real name was Beasley.
Mr. Jaismate said that he could not force the; priioner to' give an
account of himself, but be must firm his owh' opinion as to the
reasons for concealment. The prisoner
ontht mus ' !bid bail to keep the
peace and be of good behaviour for six ms.

Pd.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Trna. Bond, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged
Mies stealing a roll of silk serge, of the value of 601., the property of
Messrs. Each, Landon, and Holland, of 34, Sackville-sizeet, Picca-
dilly, woollen-drapers. It appeared that about nine o'clock yes-
terday the priisoner was observed by 'a neighbour to hastily come
out of the prosecutors' shop with the property in question on his
shoulders. His manner excited suspicion, and he was pursued. He
perceived it, and, in Saville-row, set off running, after having thrown
dawn the roll of serge. Ile was overtaken and secured. On being
brought back it was aseertained that he had watched an opportunity
of entering the shop at the in the sheprnan happened to be
absent.
Mr. Haanwicx asked the prisoner what answer he had to make to
the charge against him?—The prisoner said he had nothing to say.
Me was committed to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court.
Inspector Flume, of the C division, said that numerous similar
robberies had been committed at the west-end of the town. The plan
adopted generally was for one of the gang to make a rush Intl the
shop, and seize hold of any property that first came in his way. Is
he came out, one of kis accomplices secured the shop door with a
noose thrown over the spikes of the area railing, and hitched into the
handle of the lock of the door.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, FEB. 27.—Wind 8.W., light airs and hazy.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Wind B.—Arrd. Prince Llewellyn, Gibbs,
Port-au-Prince; Express Packet, Rio Jancire, sailed 9th ult. ; on
freight about 8,000/. in gold and diamonds.
SWANSEA, FEL 35.—Arrd. Sir I. L. Goldsmid, jobson, Cuba.
CLYDE, FEB. 53.--Arid. Leven Lass, South Africa ; Norna, Wal-
ton, ditto.'"24. Cld. Oregon, Lewis, Monte Video.
WATERFORD, FEB. 24.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arra. Saghalier,
Jones, Canton.
DUNMORE, Fla. 22.—Arrd. Lark, Liverpool for Belfast, with cargo
shifted and master washed overboard.
llArtmaroor. , FEB. 26.—Wind 8.R., strong. 25. all Doris,
li'llonald, Buenos Ayres.
NOTICE TO MARINIRS.
Swedish and Norwegian Consalate-General,
2, Crosby-square, Feb. 25, 1846.
Mr,— I have the honour to communicate to you the following
translation of an ordinance issued by the Royal Navy Board at Stock-
holm on the 2nd inst.: The Royal Navy Board hereby makes known
for the information of Mariners, that the following Lighthouses will
be constructed in the course of the present year.
1. The two coal Lighthouses placed on the Rock Nidingon,
situated in the Kattegat, lat. 59 degrees 19 minutes N., and lon.
35 -degrees 6 rainutos E. of Torre, or 11 degrees 56 minutes Z.
of Greenwich, will be rebuilt, the towers considerably raised, and
lentille lights of the third class placed therein. The rebuilding will
be commenced in April, and during the interval, until the now lights
can be exhibited, a sideral lamp will bo suspended from each of the
towers, throwing Its light towards the Kattegat. It is expected that
the alterations will be completed by the lit of October this year, and
the lentilles exhibited ; but in case, from any unexpected impediment,
this cannot be effected, the provisional lamps will remain daring the
winter until the new lights will be ready.
2. The erection of the lighthouse will be eemmenced this spring
on tke south point of Wottand, about 3,000 ells from lLobegy's point,
on a rock called Klafaen, and which will be provided with a revolv-
ing reflector light. The period for lighting, as well as the revolving
time and bearing of the last mentioned lighthouse, will in due time
be communicated.

(iigned) CIIIELIB TOTTIS.
To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Baerstary, Lloyd's.

SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.— On Thursday the
nineteenth half-yearly general meeting of this company took place
at the offices in Bishopsgate-street. The chair was taken by Col.
Barlow, when the secretary read the report, from which it appeared
that the sum of 210,0001 , proposed to be raised for the purpose of
completing the inner dock, not having been responded to beyond the
extent of 82,0001., the directors had suspended the raising of the sum
required, but thought it could only be temporary, from the growing
importance of Southampton. The graving dock was progressing
satisfactorily, but owing to the extraordinary demand for stone at the
Government works, the directors did not contemplate its being ready
to receive ships for repair until May next. The lichen wharf had
been made up to a length of 700 feet to the dock entrance, and
a sufficient depth of water obtained to admit colliers, as coal was
already an important item of business. The directors hadto much
the
satisfaction in calling the attention of the pro Po
proposed extension of the South-Western Railway.
am to London-
the
bridge for which the directors had applied t Parlient in
present session ; a measure of the highest importance to the intereste of
bath companies, and thus enabling the above to purchase or rent ware-
houses in the port of London in
connexion,m by t
railw
the ay, with those
at Southampton. The comparative stateen of half-yearly
receipts for the last two yeap rs, upon that portion of the evenue
derived from goods passing over tho company 's quays, continued to
increase, being for the year 1844, 4,018/. 7s. Bd. ; and for the year
1845 8,3761. 68. 3d. The balance on the capital account was
20,6441. Bs. ld., and on the general revenue account 9861. 2s. 9d. in
favour of the company. The total quantity of tonnage which en-
tered the docks in the year 1845 was 158,680, which was made up as
follows:—From the West Indies, 5,572 toils; Mediterranean, 27,997;
America, 5,014 ; Baltic, 1,366 ; Cape of Good Hope, 1,223 ; Ichaboa,
809 ; France, 39,330 ; Jersey and Guernsey, 33,474 ; 'Western Isles,
1,059; coasters, 42,836. After the report was read some discussion
took place, in which one proprietor thought it would be better to
dispose of the concern to the South-Western Railway, or some other
company, for a fair remuneration, but it was not entertained by the
directors, or the majority of the meeting, who would rather rely on
the growing importance of Southampton. Four directors, namely,
Count Eyre, Captain Ward, R.N., James Rh/maiden, Esq., and J. 11.
Forbes, Esq., were re-elected directors, and the report was adopted.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting
adjourned.
THE MAILS.—SOUTHANPTON,FEB. 26.—The Oriental
Company's steam-ship the Madrid arrived in the docks at eight
o'clock, p.m., yesterday, and landed the mails of the following dates :
—Gibraltar, Feb. 16 ; Cadiz, 17 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Oporto, 21 ; Vigo and
Comma, 22. She had 27 passengers, and a full cargo of fruit. The
malls were forwarded to London by the two a.m. train this
morning. The Queen, Captain Russell, will leave here to-morrow
for Gibraltar,-with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails and full
oraplonnt of paisenice