The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DA.

OLD COURT.

(Before the RECORDER.) sect Piper, aged 40, described as a chemist, plea
guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing
pots of cold cream and other goods, valued 51. 165" d
property of William Phillips Hughes, and others.
was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

NE 6V COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT,)
trii°6
The Court was engaged the whole morning,
Mint casts, which presented no feature of interest.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS•

(THIS DAY.)
G' 1 S ' f.

the Counti of

The Feb

)ruary Jeneral sessions for
Middlesex commenced this morning before Mr. Serge.,4,lsnt
Adams, Assistant Judge, and a full bench of Magistredo;i
at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green. The eslen
contains the names of 83 prisoners.
Charles Cook and John Jackson, two young boys, ois
were found guilty of two distinct cases of larcenl
sessions, were brought up for judgnt.
The officer of the House of Cmeorrection state—J
tbse
they had both been summarily convicted for the "
„d
offence.
tbela
Mr. Sergeant ADAMS said it was no use passinUigot
over slightly; they had better be sent to Parn-bs;
Prison. The sentence of the Court, therefore, vols'i,n- th
they bo transported for Seven years for each offence, w"
to commence at the same time.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN• o,Asr,
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAW
Traffic for the week ending Feb. 1:
Passengers
Goods

... £6,127 2 1
... 1,842 15 10

Total ... •.• £7,969 17 I 1
Corresponding week last year... 647 17 w

FINE ARTS.

THE ART JOURNAL.
Advancing upon the bold course which he hre
sketched out for himself, the editor of this e°,b3o
pictorial work finds occasion in the present nurebe`el,
indicate still more clearly than heretofore the ectfio
lence of his very brilliant enterprise. Adding 'be
more to the engraved representations of picture! rdo
longing to the Vernon Gallery, in Briggs's " SPO4;
and Peruvians," and in Ward's landscape 01 kits
Tabley Park"—the Art Journal contains an exclii;" to
representation of Hollins's"' Funeral Monure°'„Del
Mrs. Thompson," at Great Malvern. Four large,
to— a
spirited "Examples of the Artists of Germ:lllY, .raio
an ideal picture of " Constancy," as one of the C"; 5....
nal virtues, are the principal among the woodell'
the magazine being, in addition to the ones sires d
mentioned, furnished with a multiplicity of otherhso
great merit and a very diversified character. Tie
illustrating the works of Kalf and Rembrandt 6"-
us as being especially commendable.

THE LIFE AND EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL'

Parts up to XI. Longmans and Ca. goo,.
Thanks to the co-editors, the Rev. Messrs. a- ;vg
son and Conybeare, this daring serial is progre66.o
admirably towards its completion, embellished 73,1 r.
the oriental sketches pencilled by the hand 0'
W. H. Bartlett. . •
Samuel
SHAKSPERE. An Edition Supervised by Sant-
Phelps, Esq. Parts 1., It, and 111 dtist
Numerous as the editions of the great drool' „,.
have been, especially of late years, we bail the
osf'i,
pearance cf the one here lying before us fbreh;le
sideration as one of the very cheapest, and, allee'hed•
taken into account, one of the very best yet Puy—gverf
The notes and introductory observations are in
respect entitled to admiration.

b0°I;
MOTIONS IN THE NEw SESSION.--The order .b of
of the House of Commons contains exactly 50 114:41,,c.feera"
motion, on an equal variety of subjects, by different or
tiers, to be brought forward during the session, which
meuces this day.
Curti'
The motion of Mr. Mitchell, in the House °-
.4,01
mons, will include an inquiry into the proceedings
took place in relation to the appointment of the present
citor of the Customs.