The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-03 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Hawdon, a solicitor, of New Inn, was brought
up in custody of Burchall, the officer, charged with a
violent assault upon the porter of the inn.
J. S. Wright deposed that he was head porter to
the Society of New Inn. He was on duty at the gate
on the night of Thursday last. About half-past nine
o'clock a promissory note was presented at the gate,
which was payable by the defendant. Witness told
the person to go up to Mr. Hawdon's chambers, which
he did, but returned in a few minutes and said if any
one was in he could not make them hear, and desired
witness to bear in mind that such a bill was presented
in case he should be called upon as a witness. Seeing
a servant who was going up to the same chambers, he
desired him to tell Mr. Hawdon of the circumstance,
as he might even then save it from being noted ; he
returned in a few minutes, and said Mr. H. wished to
see him. He went up when he was relieved at ten
o'clock, when defendant swore at him in a most
dreadful manner, and called him a liar and a scoundrel
for sending him up such a message. Witness said he
was no more a liar than defendant was, when the
defendant struck him three or four times with a
candlestick, and upon his making resistance, he
closed with him and struck him severely several times,
at the same time threatening to throw him down stairs
and over the window. Witness called for the watch-
man, who came up, as he thought he would have been
murdered. _ _

John Bishop, another porter, said he heard the cry
of " Watchman," and went up, when he found the
defendant striking the former witness, and trying to
throw or shove him down stairs. He interfered, when
he also was struck.

The defendant said he had been called a liar by
Wright, because he said, that being his servant he
ought to have brought up the message himself, and
not have sent such an impudent one by any other
person. He did then strike him, but considered he was
justified in so doing. He paid the complainant 41. 4s.
a year, and he was therefore in his service.
Mr. MiNsmiLL said he was not justified in assaulting
any person in such a manner, and must pay a fine
of 51.

The money was paid, and the prisoner discharged.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY.

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, APRIL 2.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived
and sailed for the River, Thames, Pidding, and Inglis,
Dudman, from China. Arrived from the River and
remains, the Claude, Shepherd, for Demerara.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2.—Wind W. S.W.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL I.—Wind N.
FALMOUTH, APRIL I.—Wind W. N. W., fresh
breezes.—Arrived off port the Valiant, Bragg, from
Pernambuco.

DOVER, APRIL 2.—Arrived off port the Brazilian,
Galloway, from Mauritius.
COWES, APRIL 2.—Arrived the Richard, Honjus,
from Rio Janeiro.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL I.—Arrived the Melby, Williams,
from Pernambuco ; Talumach, Madigan, from New Or-
leans; and Helen Man, Harrison, from Mobile. Off port
the Heyworth, Willis, from Valparaiso.
. _ _

GNEENOCK, MARCH 31.—Arrived the Janet Dun-
lop, Scott, from New Orleans.
CORK, MARCH 31.—Arrived the Glenora, from
Gibraltar; and Novo Diligente, from St. Übes.
HOLYHEAD, APRIL I.—Arrived off port the Laura,
from Bombay.
BARBADOES, MARCH 17.—The Wilberforce, Harri-
son, from Demerara to London, put in here the 14th
instant, to stop a leak ; she has since been throughly
caulked, and will proceed to-morrow.

The Cossack, Clark, bound to London, has put back
to Galway, with loss of masts and cargo, partially da-
maged, and must discharge.
The Herefordshire, Foord, from China, has arrived
off Eastbourne—sailed the 13th December, and from
St. Helena the 12th February.
The Henrietta, Kramer, from Liverpool to Bremen,
is lost off the Texel—the master drowned.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Montreal papers to the 27th February, have been
received at the North and South American Coffee-
house. bill has been published for the abolition of
imprisonment for debt, an innovation which is consi-
dered as an improvement in the mercantile laws of
Canada.

It appears from 'a statement in the Courant of Saturday
that thirty-three temperances societies were reported at
the Convention of Wednesday last, of which, we have
since been informed, twenty-seven were actually repre-
sented by forty-two delegates. Seventy-three delegates
were expected, but thirty-one were prevented from
attending by the badness of the roads, sickness, and
other causes.

The only arrivalsTHE
thisFUNDS morning are the French
mail, a Flanders mail, and the express from Paris ;
the latter arrival is rather of more interest than
for several days past, as it positively states that
the Spanish Government are determined to send a
force into Portugal at the request of Don Pedro, but
at the same time the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian
Ambassadors have protested against such a measure.
We are of opinion, should this invasion take place,
it will be with the consent of England and France ;
therefore the protest of the Northern Powers will not
avail.

Count Poz zo di Borgo is to give a grand entertain-
ment to the Diplomatic Corps at Paris, by which we
presume that the late interviews between the different
ambassadors has terminated to his satisfaction. The
information from Madrid of the 26th ult. rather throws
a damper on the recognition of the Cortes Bonds.
By accounts from Bordeaux it appears that a second
address has been published by the Director of the
Spanish Sinking Fund, to the Minister of Finance,
which disclosed fresh embarrassments, with the impos-
sibility of meeting the debts at home and abroad with-
out a compromise with the creditors of the State,
which would cause a bankruptcy.
There appears to be a pause in the operations of the
Queen's armies.

Up to the present hour we have no arrivals from
Portugal.
Consols opened at the rice they left off yesterday,
91* for money, and 918 for the account, with little
doing as yet ; at present they are 918 sellers ; Spanish
34 1; Portuguese 65+.
HALF-PAST ONE.

We hear of a vessel having arrived at Plymouth
from Oporto, by which letters have been received,
stating that negotiations were going on between the
two brothers. Don Pedro proposes to his brother to
leave the country, and in compliance he will grant him
all his estates, with a large annual income ; if he re-
fuses, and in the event, is obliged to retire, his estates
will be confiscated, and no income granted to him.
This we hear on 'Change.
Consols have become heavy since the early part of
the morning, owing to a report that the trades' unions
have received an answer from Government that they
will not reprieve the sentence of the men who were
found guilty; and, in consequence of which, the
trades' unions are to assemble this evening, to the
number of forty thousand.
Consols 902„ ; Portuguese 65k ; Spanish, 304. No
arrivals from Portugal.
It is positively stated that AthLe FiaPntAcdoS oTn hTasW. arrived
from Lisbon with an account that Admiral Napier has
taken Figueras.
Portuguese Stock 661.

THREE 0' CLOCK.
Consols for the. Account, 00,-1.

The different Clerks of the Peace thoughout
the kingdom have been applied to by the Home Office
to state whether the Chairmen of their respective Ses-
sions are Barristers or not.

FATAL EFFECT OF DRUNKENNESS. On
Thursday last Mr. William Mason, farmer, of Bourn
Fen, left Spalding in the evening in a state of intoxi-
cation, with the intention of returning home. -He was
riding in a light cart, drawn by a blind horse. He
passed' through the toll-bar at Guthram Cote, about
midway between Spalding and Bourn, and when about
one mile further, in the parish of Bourn, the horse
being blind, and the rider being unable to guide him
from the effect of liquor, he plunged into a ditch at the
side of the road, overturning the cart, and though the
drain had not more than two feet of water, both horse
and man were found drowned next morning. The
watch found in Mr. Mason's pocket had stopped at five
minutes after nine o'clock, that probably being the time
when he fell into the drain. An inquest was held on
the body by Mr. Edwards on Saturday, and a verdict
of " Accidentally drowned" was recorded. The de-
ceased was sixty years of age.—Boston Herald.