The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-31 00:00:00

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murder. lie was not, however, in possession of the, 1
facts, but it would seem from the calendar flat
woman eras charged with the murder of two chilcben,
It would be fur them to decide whether the unfot•Va-
nate criminal, in committing this dreadful crime r.rams
actuated by malicious motives, and had previously L'.o
its committal premeditated and deliberated upon th.t
crime. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to
comment on some of the other cases in the calendar,
and at the conclusion of his address, the grand jury
retired to their room.

•
MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY)
Ann Cooke, a middle-aged woman, with a remark-
able sinister expression of countenance, was placed
before Mr. Bingham, charged with being found in
the house of Messrs. Payne and Sons, 328, Regent-
street, under the following circumstances:—
Mr. PAYNE stated that on Saturday evening he
heard a violent altercation between his cook and
some other woman in the hall. He listened, and from
what he heard, he felt convinced that the person who
was speaking to his cook had come to the house on
purpose to seduce his nursemaid from her place by
pretending to reveal such things as would place her
(the nut se) in affluence and splendour. Having the
welfare of his servants at heart, he went into the hail,
where he saw the prisoner, and as she could not give
a satisfactory account of herself, he gave her in charge.
His cook and nursemaid were present and would
explain the matter further.
Catherine Kestell, a young woman of very prepo-
ses•ing appearance, nurse in the service of Mr. Payne,
said the prisoner came to her a few nights ago and
said she came from Fanny Bright. Witness said she
did not know such a person as Fanny Bright, and
was quite surprised at the prisoner's impudence in
coming to her. The prisoner replied that Fanny
Bright had got a connexion among young females to
whom she told fortunes, and that she (prisoner) was
employed to extend that connexion, and wished wit-
ness to allow her to tell hers. Witness refused, and
desired her to leave the house. The prisoner said
she would not leave, and wanted witness to let her
come up stairs to tell her fortune, and said if her
(witness) mistres% came into the room she could say
that she (prisoner) was her mother or her aunt. She
refused to listen to the prisoner, who then left the
house. Witness subsequently informed her mistress
of what had occurred.
Eliza James, cook,`in the service of Mr. Pa), ne,
said the prisoner came to her master's house on Satur-
day night, and inquired for her, saying that she came
from Fanny Bright ; not knowing such a person, she
went to the hall and saw the prisoner, who wished
to let her see the nurse as she had something
of importance to communicate. Having heard of the
prisoner's previous calling, witness spoke out so loud
as to bring her master into the hall, who gave the
prisoner into custody.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said she was
sent to Mr. Payne's by a woman named Fanny
Bright, who came from Ludlow, and who wished her
to call at Mr. Payne's to see her sister. She denied
ever offering to tell fortunes.
Mr. BINGHAM said, supposing the prisoner went to
the prosecutor's house for the purpose of getting six-
pence for telling fortunes, it was a very wicked and
fraudulent practice, for she knew very well that she
had no more power to tell fortunes than he had. In
looking at the appearance of .the nurse, he believed
her (prisoner's) object to be widely different to that
she went for, and as she had broken the law in pro-
posing to tell fortunes, he should commit her to the
House of Correction for one month.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
David Phillips was charged with attempting to
pick the pockets of persons at the door of the Wes-
leyan chapel, City-road.
James Collins, a member of the Wesley= body,
said—Last evening, as the congregation was leaving
the chapel, he observed the prisoner, who was assisted
by another lad, about his own age, popping in and
out at the doors and sounding the pockets of persons.
No property was found upon him on his being
searched at the station-house. He had given a wrong
address.
Mr. HAMMILL ordered the prisoner to be locked
up until inquit ies should be made respecting him.

THE LATE KING OF DENMARK.
The late King Christian of Denmark was born on
September 18, 1786, and consequently had entered
on his 62,1 year. He ascended the throne Dec. 3
1839, succeeding his cousin Frederick VI. He had
first married the Princess Charlotte Fredrica of
Mecklenberg Schwerin, and afterwards the Princess
Caroline Amelia, daughter of the Duke of Schles
wick Holstein. By his first marriage only he had
one son, Prince Frederick Charles Christian, born
Oct. 6, 1808, and who now succeeds him by the title
of Frederick VII. Two hours before his death,
which took place on the night of the 20th, and not
on the 19th as first stated, King Christian was in full
enjoyment of his faculties; he had had during the
day two conversations with his son, anti ha. loft hit.,
in his own handwriting, instructions full of
wisdom: Prince Frederick proceeded at seven in
the evening to his chateau of Christianburg, the eti-
quette not permitting the successor to the throne to
pass through the city before his being proclaimed.
At midnight, the new King signed, in the Council of
Ministers, the proclamation destined to announce his
accession to the throne. In it, he declared that he
would continue the work of his father, and that he
would inaugurate his reign by giving to the country
new institutions which had been for a year before
prepared by the solicitude of the late King. On the
21st, at nine in the morning, the doors of
the grand balcony of the palace of Christianburg
were thrown open, and immediately the Princes
of the Royal Family, the Ministers of State,
and the high dignitaries of the kingdom appeared on
the balcony. The Minister of
,Justice, M. de Ste-
mann, then approached the balustrade, and cried out
with a loud voice, "King Christian VIII. is dead—
Long live King Frederick VII!" This cry was re-
peated each time by the heralds, and on each occasion
the hand of the body-guard replied by a flourish.
From nine o'clock till twelve all the gates of Copen-
hagen, according to ancient usage, were closed. The
keys of the city, and also those of the citadel,
were carried to the palace. The troops of
the garrison and the national guard assem-
bled at one o'clock at their various places of
meeting, and took the oaths of fidelity to the new
King before Prince Ferdinand, General-in-Chief of
the army, and of Prince William, Governor-General
of Copenhagen. The students were anxious to make
a demonstration before the arrival of the new King.
Several of them sang the national air of Norway,
and, atter the oaths were taken, cries were heard
of " The Constitution for ever!" "Long live
Frederick VII. 1" After the departure of the King,
some individuals sang the first couplet of the
" Marseillaise." A rumour was in circulation that
an effort was to be made on the evening of the 21st
to obtain a representative regime. There was some
talk of a deputation, composed of the deputies of Co-
penhagen at the States, of members of the burgess
class, and of students, which was to present itself
to the King, and express a wish in favour of a
constitution. The intervention of the police suc-
ceeded in dissipating the crowd, and public tranquil
lity was not a moment troubled. All the Ministers
hare been confirmed in their places. Only Count
de Molthe, of the family of the Minister of Den-
mark at Paris, was named member of the Council of
State, and was present on the 21st at the first coun-
cil held by the King. The King sent one of his
chamberlains to announce to the sister of the late
King, the Landgrare of Hesse, who is returning to
Italy with her daughter, the Princess Augusta, the
sad news of the death of her august brother. Another
officer of the Court caried a similar message to the
Dukes d'Augustemburg, brothers of the Queen. Her
Majesty, whose affliction is profound, and who is the
object of universal sympathy, left Copenhagen on the
21st, and retired to Fortghenferee, a royal residence
three leagues from the capital. Prince Ferdinand,
brother to the late King, is fifty-eight years of age ;
he is married to the eldest daughter of King
Frederick VI., and has no children ; he will be
the presumptive heir to the throne. After him,
should the present King not marry again, or have no
children, the Crown would pass to Prince Frederick,
eldest son of the Landgrave of Hesse, eldest sister to
the late King. It is this Prince who married the
Grand Duchess, daughter of the Emperor Nicholas,
who died three years back. His accession will lead
to a forced solution of the question of the separation
of Holstein from the Crown of Denmark, a question
raised at the end of 1846 by a rescript of King
Christian VIII., and which has se, much agitated
men's minds in the Duchies and in Germany. The
following is the letter-patent announcing the acces-
sion of Frederick VII. to the throne :
" We, Frederick VII., by the grace of God, &c.,
greeting--Since the Almighty has thought fit to call
to himself the King, so dear to the country, our
beloved father, Christian VIII., we have ascended
the throne of our forefathers. Profoundly touched
and afflicted by the heavy blocs which has fallen on
, us as a son, we share with our faithful people in
the grief inspired by the great loss which our dear
country has experienced, and we seek for strength
in the firm confidence which we feel in the
succour of the Divine goodness, and in the conscious-
ness of our sincere and serious determination to as-
sure the prosperity of our dear people. Our first and
most important object shall be to follow the example
of our beloved father, to unite, like him, clemency to
justice in our government, to encircle the inhabitants
of all parts of the country with the same paternal
affection, and not only to continue the amelio-
rations commenced by him in the administration,
but also to terminate the arrangement intended
by him for the different relations of the state,
the completion of which has been deferred only
by the illness and decease of our beloved father,
% and which tends to guarvitee the reciprocal