The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-20 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE WriCI:LCIY PEERAGE CAse.—At the Westminster
Police court., on Thursday, Mr. Marshall, a private
inquiry agent, lately in the po.ice, was summoned fur
Using ti.nguage to Mr. r, of Linton-street,
T.,tor-iquare. It was in the 1i ,use of Mr. Blur
that Mrs. Howard, the mother of the eaimant to the
Witk:ow Peerage res'deJ, and the defendant who was
private ageht to the present Eml of \Vic; low, was char; d
with keeping up a system of espionage and annoyance.
The magistrate thorglit the evidence was not sufficient
for conviction and dismissed than summons.
OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE FELTENCES.—At Marl-
borough-street Police-court, on Thursday, Hans Vander-
decken was brought before Mr. Knox for final examination.
He was charged with obtaining goods on false I,retenee,,
but had been remanded, in order that the state of his mind
should be inquired into. A certificate was read by Mr. Knox
to the effect that the prisoner was perfectly sane. He was
therefore committed for tr:al.

The Scotsman says that the Prince and Princess of
Wales and fttin ly are to arrive at Abergeldie Castle for tha
Eea ion en the 127L11

ROBBERY OF BLANK FORMS AT ALDERSHOT.—
At the Aldershot petty sessions George Aslett was
charged with receiving a quantity of War Office forms,
value 20s, stolen by some person or persan3 unknown.
It was shewn that the prisoner, who was a
beerhouse keeper at Farnham, went to the shop
of Mr. Wells, grocer of that town, on the 13.11
of March, and inqu'red if he was a buyer of
waste paper. Next day prisoner came with a cart
and a quantity of the forms in question. One hundred.
weight was brought by Mr. Wells, and a man in his
employ, named Francis, went with the prisoner and sold
the remainder at twopence per pound to a Mr. King-
ham. It was shewn that these forms were never sold
as waste paper, and that the prisoner cauld not have come
honestly by them. lie was committed for trial at the
quarter sessions.

THE WEEPrJG WILLOW.—This is the most
beautiful and picturesque tree in the world, and is not less
beautiful in its associations than in its appearance. lhe
poet Pope introduced it into England. An article was sent
as a present to Lady Sylv:uus from abroard, around which
were wrapped some delicate twigs. Pope examined these,
and saying they belonged to some tree as yet unknown to
England, he planted them. From one of them sprang
"Pope's Willow," of world-wide renown. Its beautiful
and magnificent appearance at once attracted general
admiration, and slips from the tree were universally
sought after; they were even transmitted to distant
climes ; and in 1789 the Empress of Russia had sonic of
them planted in her garden at St. Petersburg. Lord
Mendip, into whose possession the tree came, was par-
ticularly anxious to retain every trace of Pope. He
enclosed the lawn upon which it stood, and propped with
uncommon care this far-famed weeping willow; but old
age came over it, and in liol it perished and fell.

Av ADVENrunous VOYAGE.—Mr. Empson
Edward Middleton, late of her Majesty's 51st Regiment
of Foot, who arrived in Edinburgh on the evening of
Tuesday last, has undertaken an adventure which is,
perhaps, without a parallel in the annals of yachting, if the
somewhat doubtful story of the voyage across the Atlantic
be excepted. lie had undertaken to circumnavigate the
coast of England alone and unaided in his yacht Kate—a
boat of three tons burden ; and in a couple of months
from the time he began his voyage he has succeeded
in performing the larger half of his task. Mr. Middleton
left London in the Kate on the 15th of June, and
sailed down the Thames in the face of a heavy gale
of wind from the north-east. On the 16th he had a good
run from Greenhithe to Ramsgate under close-reefed main-
sail. He bad light head winds all the way down the
Channel, and made the Lizard on the 13th and Land's End
on the 14th of July. Thence he sailed along the coast of
Cornwall to Lundy Island and Milford haven, encountering
very stormy weather iu the Eristol Channel. When off
Lundy Island the Kate wai kept out all night by the sea
that was running. At Milford Haven she got becalmed,
and was detained live days. On the 29th of July Mr.
Middleton attempted to make Scoona Island, but was
caught in a gale of wind, and had to put into North Haven.
Or. the 31st he ran over to Courto•.en and Dublin, where he
remained for two or three days, after which he made for
Donaghadee, where he was again becalmed. On the 15th
of August a breeze sprang up, and he succeeded in making
Ayr on that day, having taken exactly two months
to accomplish the voyage from London. The wind again
failing away, he lost a day at Ayr, and on reaching
Irvine, on the 17th of August, he took the steamer to
Bowling. Thence he came over the canal to Grange.
mouth, and took the steamer for Leith, which he reached
on Tuesday evening. Mr. Middleton intends to com-
plete his voyage, which he hopes to be able to accomplish
within a month ; and with this crew be proposes to leave
Leith in the Kate direct. —Scots:nan.