The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-16 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Since the Court last sat, the proposed alterations have
been carried into effect. The distance between the witness
box and the jury-box has been judiciously diminished, and
the accommodation for the counsel and solicitors has been
enlarged. The press appears to have been completely over-
looked in the new arrangements, and the reporters were
permitted, merely by courtesy, to sit at the table provided
for the Bar, until a box shall have been erected. On the
whole, the Court is much better lighted and ventilated ;
and in this instance the alterations may be fairly termed
improvements.
The COMMON SERGEANT took his seat at half-past nine.
Cornelius Foley, a boy apparently not more than twelve
years old, was indicted for stealing a pocket-handkerchief
from the person of James Alday.—Guilty.
It being the little culprit's first offence, and his father,
who stated that he had a large family to provide for, having
pledged himself as to his future good conduct, the Learned
Sergeant humanely sentenced him to only one day's im-
prisonment.
William Woodward was indicted for stealing a book,
value 55., the property of Thomas Pringle.—Guilty.
William Howard was indicted for stealing, on the 23d of
September, two shirts and other articles, the property of
Charles William Marshall.

The prisoner was in the employment of the prosecutor,
and the pawnbroker, to whom the property was taken to be
pledged, (Mr. Aldons, of Berwick-street, Soho,) suspecting
that the shirts were improperly obtained, detained them.
The identity of the prisoner not having been clearly,proved,
the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The Learned SERGEANT complimented Mr. Adams upon
the propriety of his conduct in detaining the property, and
observed that if all the pawnbrokers acted in a similar man-
ner, petty robberies of this nature would be speedily put an
end to.

Henry Wilson was indicted for stealing a book, value 95.,
on the Ist of October, from the shop of George Willis.
The case was fully proved.
The prisoner put in a written defence, admitting his
crime, and pleading poverty.—Guilty.
Eliza Jackson was indicted for stealing a 101. bank note
from a gentleman in an improper house.—Guilty.
John Jones and John Morris, two young lads, were in-
dicted for stealing a jacket, the property of Laurence Ken-
nedy.— G uilty.
William Clarke was indicted for stealing a bottle-case and
two bottles from the shop of James Robinson of Great
Queen-street, on the 6th September.—Guilty.
Edward Turner was indicted for stealing a bag contain-
ing 2/. ls. Bd. from the person of William Pepper.
It appeared by the evidence that the. son of William Pep-
per, a very young lad, was passing through Great James'-
street, Bedford-row, on the evening of the 6th September,
with a bag in his hand, containing silver and half-pence to
the amount laid in the indictment. The prisoner came up
and snatched the bag from him, and ran off. The prisoner,
who appeared to be an intelligent young lad, deposed that
he was formerly in the employment of a master builder, and
read a letter from him, regretting that he could not attend,
and giving him a very excellent character for honesty.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recom-
mendation to mercy.

CLERKENWELL SESSIONS-(THIS DAY).

(Before B. ROTCH, Esq. and a Bench of Magistrates.)

CASE UNDER THE NEW POOR LAW ACT-MR:ROTCH AND

THE PRESS.

The case in question came under the provisions of the
69th and 72d clauses of the new Bill, relating to liability
and punishment of putative fathers to the Court of Quarter
Sessions, which is empowered on application of overseers
to make an order on a putative father of a child for its
support.
Charles Adams, beadle of Hampstead parish, sworn—
Served a notice on the defendant, William Sharpe, on the
29th of September. 1834. Defendant admitted before the
Magistrates that he was father of the child of Anna Hut-
chins, born on the 26th of August. 1834. The warrant
was allowed to stand over in consequence of Sharpe's pro-
mise to marry the mother.
Anna Hutchins stated that William Sharpe was the father
of her child, which was born in Hampstead workhouse in
August last. She resided with Mr. Wright, Hampstead,
and defendant was employed by him. She frequently im-
portuned the defendant to have the asking (bans) put in.
He said, "Do as you like." He never disowned that he
was the father of the child in question. She and her child
had been in the workhouse, Hampstead, since the child's
birth.

Anne Briggs being sworn, deposed, that she was a friend
of the girl, Anna Hutchins, who lodged with her. That
she threatened to turn the girl out, unless Sharpe would
marry her. She went for Sharpe ; brought him to her house.
He said he would act agreeably to the girl's wishes. The
banns were put in. The prisoner was, of course, expected
to meet Anna Hutchins and witness at church. They went,
but he was absent.

Mr. BODKIN asked Sharpe if he wished to propose any
questions to any of the witnesses. He declined, merely ob-
serving, that he was not the father of Hutchins's child.
The Master of the Workhouse, at Hampstead, being
sworn, stated, that Anna Hutchins and her child
had been in the workhouse, at Hampstead, since
the child's birth. On being asked what he thought the
expense would be of supporting the child, he said 55., as,
in his opinion, the support given to the mother was equi-
valent to giving it to the child.
_

Mr. ROTCH asked witness if he had been in the House
of Commons when the Poor Law Bill passed ?—( Laughter.)
Witness replied in the negative, but pursued his reasoning
to show that the support of the mother should be consi-
dered the support of the child.
Mr. ROTCH thought otherwise ; 2s. 6d. a week was
agreed to be a fair charge.

- The defendant is to reimburse the parish for the by-gone
expenses of supporting the child, and to be further liable to
support his own offspring according to the provisions of the
New Poor Law Bill.
After this case had been disposed of,

Mr. ROTCH took occasion to observe that he had been
very much misrepresented by the press, not only of London,
but also by the provincial papers, which represented him as
a decided enemy to the New Poor Law • Bill. The papers
were very humourous at his expense, and made him, on a
recent occasion, allude to the new bill in connection with a
case to which it has no relevancy. He knew that the bill
was unpopular with some persons. He himself thought
there were some clauses of doubtful excellence, but, as a
whole, as a decided improvement on the old system, he was
a decided supporter of the New Poor Law Bill. More-
over, he had the greatest confidence in the judgment of
two of the Commissioners, whom he had the pleasure of
knowing personally.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)

HAY MARKETS.—!At per Load of 36 Trusses
CUMBERLAND.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 15 to £4 0
Tew Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto 4 10 4 15

Fine Upland Meadow and Rye.grass Hay
Clover Hay
Oat Straw £1 10 to .£1 15 I Wheat Straw 1 12 1 16

SMITHFIELD
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 13 10 to £3 15
New Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto

Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ... 4 13 5 0
Clover Hay (extra fine 1.5 5 .. . ... Generally .., ...... 4 5 5 0
Oat Straw CI. 8 to £1 10 i Wheat Straw 1 12 1 13
HUN GERFORD,

.____ ___.
Coarse Meadow Hay _ £3 JO to £3 lb
New Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto 4 0 4 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
Clover Hay 3 15 5 5
Oat Straw £1 BtoXI 10 1 Wheat Straw ..... 112 114

Derwentwater, one of the wonders of the world, in
respect to natural and acquired embellishments, is about to
have its castle restored by the opulent owner, Mr. Marshall.
Yesterday morning an Irishman, named Jas. Co-
nolly, employed in erecting the new barracks in the Bird-cage-
walk, at the end of St. James's Park, near the new Palace,
while at work on a lofty scaffolding, by some accident fell off,
and sustained such severe injuries that he died within a few
hours after being conveyed to the Westminster Hospital.
On Monday, the 13th inst., Sarah Mahony, a poor
woman living in Ewer-street, Gravel-lane, left her own house
in perfect health, and in the last month of her pregnancy, to
seek her husband at the Hop-pole public-house, in William-
street, on reaching which she called for some water or beer,
when the latter word had scarcely passed her lips ere she fell
to the ground and breathed her _last. A medical gentleman
was immediately in attendance, who, on seeing that the vital
spark had forsaken the unhappy mother, declined to perform
the only remedy left to save the life of the child, on which Mr.
Brady, surgeon, of Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, was
called in, who, with the greatest promptitude, performed the
rare operation of the Caesarean section, with the benevolent
view of saving the life of the child.

THE SUN, LONDON, TH

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

MRS. GREEN V. MRS. IVESON.

The defendant appeared upon an assault-warrant, which
charged her with violently assaulting Mrs. Green without
cause or provocation. She pleaded not guilty.
The complainant deposed that on Monday last, while she
was stooping down on her knees, the defendant came up to
her and knocked her down. On attempting to get up again,
the dos© was repeated. She had given no cause for it to the
defendant, who lived in the same house.
The defendant, in answer, said that she was the assaulted.
On the day in question she was attacked by the complainant,
merely because she had caught her in a very equivocal si-
tuation with her (defendant's) husband. She caught him
by the collar and took him away ; and then Mrs. Green
promised to be even with her, which she was on the day
named. _ _

A great deal of laughable recrimination took place be-
tween the parties ; but Mr. MiNsHuLL declared he could
not decide between them, and let the warrant stand over.
The defendant was off like a shot, and in a minute after
was not to be found, when another woman applied for (and
obtained) another warrant against her.