The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Eoure.)
The Court was occupied all day with a charge of mis-
demeanour, preferred against John kinchin, Edward Mackay,
John Dodd, John Sax air, and John Ireland, fire persons
connected with the Wat erman's Steam-packet Company. The
indict went Was founded on some squabble between the above
oMM:illy and the Corporation of London ; the former claim-
iii the right to land their passengers at the new Blackfriars-
pier, or, tailing that, the power of mooring a floating pier off
Paul's-stairs. The Corporation misted both claims, and
hence, the riot that led to the present trial.
Mr. Seijeant Wilkins, Mr. Ryland, Mr. Prendergast, and
Mr. Laurie, appeared for the Corporation, and Mr. Montagu
Chambers, with Mr. Wylde, attended for the defence.
Mr. Baron ROLFE. told the jury, in summing up. that they
bad nothi ;g whatever to do with the legility or illegatity of
the proceeding adopted by the Lord Mayor; and even assum-
ing it to have been illegal, he was bound to tell them that a
person would be guilty of a riot in the eve of the law, if is
company with other persons, he acted in such a manner as
to cause terror and alarm to her Majesty's subjects, even
supposing it was to resist an illegal act. If the proceedings
adopted against the defendants were illegal, the law gave
them a remedy, and the Lord Mayor was as amenable to the
law as the most humble individual, and they had no right to
take the law into their own hands, and create a breach of the
peace.

The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
against Kinchc,n, Mickey, Dadd, and Ireland, tirding theta
guilty of a common assault, and acquitted Sinclair.
Mr. Barn Rou,-K. sentenced Kinchen to be imprisoned for
six weeks, and the others for three week• 3 each.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
James Odell was charged with being concerned, with others
lilt in custody, in sealing a purse from William Taylor, a
painter and glazier.
The prosecutor stated that shortly before two o'clock, on
Sunday morning, he was standing in Great Wild-street,
Drury-lane, with a frend, when the prisoner, and ten or a
dozen other persons, who were passing along the street, sur-
rounded hint. One of them caught hold of his arms, to
prevent him from resisting, while the others occupied them-
selves in searching his pockets. The prisoner took the purse
from his pocket and handed it to one of his companions, who
' immediately made off with it. The prisoner disappeared in
some of the alleys leading out of Wild. street. Witness went
direct to the station-house, and there he found the prisoner
in the hands of the police.
A policeman in private clothes said that he, together with
another constable was its Wild-street at the time, and saw
the attack on the prosecutor, but, on account of the great
disparity of numbers, they deemed it most prudent to look en
at a distance. They saw the prisoner and his companions
going into some of the narrow lanes in that neighbourhood,
but the prisoner returned in a few minutes, and they, after a
long chase, took him into custody and brought him to the
station-house where they met the prosecntor' who immedi-
ately ideatified. him. He was well known to the police.
The prisoner denied his identity.
Mr. JARDINE, at the request of an attorney who attendei
for the prosecution, remanded the prisoner till Thursday.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Sarah Ana Shear-man, a fashionably-dressed, good-look-
ing female, about 18 or 20 years of age, described on the po-
lice charge-sheet as residing at No. 46, North-street, Sloane-
street, Chelsea, was charged with the following daring
robbery :
James Brown, police-constable, No. 142 of the F division,
stated that between tour and five o'clock on Saturday after-
noon last, he was with police-constable Jesse Jeupes,'No. 146
of the C division, on duty in plain clothes in Regent-street,
and saw the prisoner looking at some shawls in the doorway
of the shop of Mr. Chillies Nicholls, No. 72, shawl-dealer anti
fur icr. A cluster of boas were beside the shawls. The
prisoner took hold of one of them, as if to look at it, and then
giving it a pull, drew it from the other, and one end fell on
the ground, she keeping hold of the other, and drawing the
boa after her as she was going away from the shop. Wit-
mess was running; across the way to her when she caught
sight of him, and, leaving the boa on the pavement, about
two feet from the shop-door, set off running along Air-street.
She was instantly pursued, but, owing to the extreme fleet-
ress with which she ran, she was not not stopped until she
had reached a considerable distance.
The prisoner said that she certainly bad been looking at
the shawl and some boas hanging at Mr. Nicholl's shop-door,
but that she was not aware of one of the latter having fallen
at her feet.
The prisoner was committed to take her trial.
The constables have micertained that the address she gave
is correct. She has resided there for nine months, but how
she obtained her living is not known.

COUNTY OF HADDINGTON
PROTECTIONISIS DEFEATED.
FRIDAY, FEB. 6.—A meeting was held here to-day, in th
Assembly Rooms. The room was crowded.
Mr. AITCHIS,IN, of Alderston, said—This rneedng has been
called by a requisition, signed by thirty-one Lai ;ideals, in
which no one is invited who is not favourable to protection to
native industry. As there are a number of gentlemen in
this room who are not in the practice of being here, we think
it proper to state that it will be understood that they are
either favourable to our views, or it will be understood that if
that be not the case t !icy shall leave this room.—(llisses.)
Lord JOUN HAY said, I beg leave, fa one, to protest against
the proceedings of such a meeting.—(Applause.) I think
that the only way to settle this important question is to take
a fair, manly, and liberal view of it.—(Applause.)
After a stormy discussion, the party
,favourable to the
present system of protection to agrimture withdrew to
another room, making no visible diminution in the numbers
of the meeting.
The chair was then taken by Mr. Dodds, the Provost of
Hadd ing ton.
Lord Juror HAT made a long and able speech in fayonr of
free trade, and resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic ap-
plause. _ _

After several other speeches and resolutions had been
listened to, and the latter unanimously carried, three cheers
were proposed for Lord John Hay, and were enthusiastically
given.
Three hearty cheers were also given for the League.
The meeting thou broke up, after the usual compliment to
the Chairman.
ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE REQUIZITIOVISTS.—The
party opposed to Sir Robert Peel's measure (a small minority
of the meeting) having left the large room, re-assembled in
a smaller apartment adjoining, and there agreed to present
petitions to both Houses of Parliament against any relaxation
of the present protection to native industry.

It is the opinion of Dr. Lushington and the late Sir
William Follett, that there is no law to compel parishes to
pay a salary to parish clerks,
It is rumoured in the political circles that the Duke
of Northumberland intends to give his support to Sir R.
Peel's measure regarding the corn-laws and commercial
policy.
It is said to be the intention of the associated mill-
owners of Manchester, immediately after Sir Robert Peel's
measure shall have become law, to reduce the hours of fac-
tory labour from twelve to eleven hours.
We understand that the Marquis of Abereorn has
accepted the office of Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert,
vacant by the resignation of the Marquis of Exeter.—Tintes.
131:MEDIATE ABOLITION OF THE CORN-LAWS.—DSc,
Ashurst, Mr. Johnson, of Bishopsgate Ward, and Mr.llarding
of Farringdon Without Ward, waited yesterday, upcn the
Lord Mayor, to request that his Lordship would convene a
Court of Common Council on the earliest possible day, for the
purpose of discussing the propriety of petitioning Parliament
for the immediate abolition of the corn-laws. The Lord
Mayor informed the deputation that he should return an
answer to them in a very short time, and in all probability
call a Court on an early day.
INCREDIBLE STO/ti.—" A letter from Harnburg:h' of
the 30th ult.," says the Paris Constittdioneei, Cdetails_ur tth
of
Court following adventure which lately took place at the
Berlin Thbeelitwitet
be organised thed orderedfortress
aof grands_Spandau,
dau, bunt
allto
between Berlin Prussian and b
d •
the sportsmen of the Court accordingly assembled at the
place of rendezvous at three on the a 3 lixed. At the head
of these was the Prince Royal, brother - • the Prince showed signs of impatience;
Illajesty not arriving,
of the His
and, offer waiting for au hour, ordered the grand huntsman
to commence the hunt. The latter, however, ventured re-
spectfully- to point out to his Royal Highness the risk he
would run of incurring the royal displeasure by so doing.
The Prince replied that he would take the responsibility on
himself, and the hunt accordingly commenced. The king
shortly afterwards arrived, and, highly indignant, sent for the
grand huntsman (".aster of the hounds). Arrived in the
royal presence, he was about to explain that it was in ac-
cordance with the orders of the Prince Royal that he had
acted; but before he had time to open his mouth he experi-
enced from the King the most flagrant outrage—his Ma-
jesty spat in his face. The first movement of the grand-
huntsman was to place his hand on his sword, upon which
the King drew back. The huntsman then took a small
pistol fr,.m his belt, and placing it to Us heal, blew out his
own brains.'"

WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The Duchess of Kent
was present at Divine worship this morning, at the parish
church of St. John. Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Sir
George Cowper were in attendance upon ber Royal Highness.
Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Gould, and the sermon
was delivered by the Rev. Isaac Gossett, the vicar. Her
Royal Highness will take her departure for town on Tuesday,
to be present at the grand evening party to be given by her
Majesty at Buckingham Palace.
Dzs.Trt 4,1, REAR• A DMIRAL EDWARD S. CLAY.—
We have to record the decease of the above flag-officer, who
expired on Tuesday last, at Southwell, Notts, at the advanced
age of seventy-eight years. He had been nearly sixty-three
years in the service, having entered the navy in 1783. The
deceased Admiral was Lieutenant of the Venerable, at the
glorious victory obtained by Lerd Duncan, over the Dutch
fleet, off Carnperdown, in 1797, when he was severely
wounded in the engagement, and for which he received the
annual pension of 3001. At the expedition to the Helder
he was also actively employed; and in 1801 he commanded
the Zebra bomb vessel, at the defeat of the Danish fleet at
Copenhagen. His commission was dated as annexed :
Lieutenant, March 19, 1794 ; Commander Dec. 3, 1799 ;
Captain, April 29, 160 E ; and Rear-Admiral (on retirement),
Jan. 10, 1837.
TWE PUNJAUD.—Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross, has
just published a map of the theatre of war in India,
,ery town, and
at
avery
moderate price. It exhibits the positiononfnks e
of each of the
almost every hamlet and village on the b
I,
battles on the
ii
five rivers; and will be found extrer,ely
, the
for reference
when the official dispatches, de.seri
Sutlej, reach this country.
—AtW'esat,naunmder Eastous Lmoteheiatinn,gheolelf.
Exchange, it was unanimously
in the Royal
on Wednesday
committee to draw up a memorial to
the MteEnEalnltN-fGarmOPers-FolfatheEad,
resolved to appointnag
for compensation, and the conversion
by Sir R. Peel regarding
in the event of
proposedortjramY,i)ney rents into grain rents,
the corn.,
carried into effect.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
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to .' do a great right " b' "doing a little wrong." We are
i ready and willing to accept the compromise, especially when
1 efWeted by means so agreeable as a lively and amusing novel
of the day.