The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-16 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 15.

GIBBONS It. THE EARL OF HILLSBOROUGH.

Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS stated that this was an action on
a bill of exchange, tried before Mr. Justice Gaselee at the
last London Sittings, when a verdict was found for the de-
fendant. The defence set up was infancy ; and to prove
the infancy Lord and Lady Amherst, the latter of whom
was grandmother of the defendant, were called. They
stated that the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, the
parents of Lord Hillsborough, were married on the 15th
November, 1811, and that the defendant was born within a
year after, which would make him under age at the time
he accepted the bill in question. The plaintiff, not suppos-
ing there could be any mistake in this statement, took no
steps to investigate the fact ; but he had within these few
days received information, which he believed to be correct,
that Lord and Lady Amherst were erroneous in the date
they fixed upon for the marriage of the defendant's parents.
As the marriage took place in Ireland he believed some
time must elapse before they could obtain a certificate of it,
and what he now applied to the Court for was a rule for a
new trial, conditional on his being able to procure such a
certificate of Lord and Lady Downslire's marriage as would
entitle him to it.

The Court would consult Mr. Justice Gaselee upon the
fact of there having been evidence of the date of the birth
of Lord Hillsborough, independent of his parents' marriage►
and in the meantime the plaintiff must search at Lambeth
for the license of the marriage of Lord and Lady Down°
shire, which would be returned to the Archbishop of Can%
terbury if the marriage took place in England.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday the application of the parish officers of St.
Clement's Danes, for an order of affiliation against -Captain
Hamilton, was dismissed.
The mother of the child swore that the circumstances
which gave rise to this proceeding occurred at the Ben
Johnson public-house, near Stepney Church, in the month
of March, 1833. It was conclusively proved, however, that
the vessel, the Madeline, of which Captain Hamilton is the
commander, was at that time, with the Captain on board,
off the Western Islands.

This contradiction of the woman's story was established
by the coincident evidence of the ship's log, of the cabin
boy, and of the Custom-house entries.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a lengthened investigation took place before
Mr. TRAILL, respecting a burglary and robbery committed
at the residence of Mr. Evans, at Clapham-rise, and Ste
phen Joy, an acquaintance of a female cook in the com
plainant's service, was charged on suspicion with having
been concerned in the offence.
The short facts of the case were as follow :—On Mon-
day night, or early on the following morning, Mr. Evans's
house was broken into, the thieves having bffected an en-
trance by boring a hole in the door leading to the kitchen
sufficiently capacious to admit the whole of a man's arm.
The piece of panel cut out was immediately underneath the
iron bar which went across the door, so that it was sus-
pected the parties who broke into the house had a previous
knowledge of the different fastenings to it ; and after having
once accomplished the boring, they experienced little diffi-
culty in getting into the house. They then proceeded up
stairs to the parlours, and took possession of all the plate
they found there, taking care, at the same time, to break
off the silver laps of the cruets and stands, leaving the glass
behind. They also visited the drawing-rooms, from which
they took several articles, and amongst them a number of
foreign coins. They also regaled themselves with wine, and
left all the decanters empty ; and although they must have
been in the house for some considerable time, yet they
managed to go to work so quietly, that none of the inmates
heard them. Upon the discovery that thieves had been in
the house, it was subsequently ascertained that the female
cook, who had been in the complainant's service about three
months, had some male visitors at the house without the
sanction, or indeed the knowledge, of her master and mis-
tress, and that on Christmas-day the man Joy was there
with her, and, it seemed, had an opportunity of seeing the
various fastenings to the door which was subsequently bra-
ken open. He was taken into custody near the Yorkshire
Stingo, in the New-road, where he was at work, and tried
to escape at the time. When the prisoner was secured, be
had a couple of clean shirts in his hand, and immediately
exclaimed to the policeman that he had not stolen the linen.
The policeman told him that he was not suspected of steal-
ing linen, and asked him if he knew Clapham Rise. His
answer to this question was, " I do know Clapham Rise,
but I'm no housebreaker." This expression he used before
the policeman said one word to him about Mr. Evans's
house having been broken into and robbed.
The cook was here ordered out of the office, and when
the prisoner was examined in her absence, he said that he
first became acquainted with her when she was living in
Thames-street, and that he was in the habit of calling et
the house where she lived as servant. He gave a very
vague account of the manner in which he ascertained that
she was living at Clapham Rise, and how he found out the
complainant's house on Christmas Day. He declared his
innocence of the offence imputed to him, and said that his
wife could prove that he was at home and in bed the whole
of the night when complainant's house was robbed.
The cook was also examined, in the course of which she
admitted her former intimacy with Joy, and did not deny
that he was with her the whole of one night when she lived
in Thames-street, when the family were out. She had not
seen him for some months until he called at Mr. Evans's on
Christmas Day, and she invited him into the kitchen, and
he remained with her from about twelve o'clock until two
o'clock. She did not send for him, and was not aware how
he found out her new situation.

The prisoner was remanded for further examination.

THAMES POLICE.

GUNPOWDER ON BOARD Siiirs.iesterday Captain
Tomsett, the master of the Mount Stewart Elphinstone,
East Indiaman, from Calcutta, now lying in the eastern
bason of the London Dock, was charged with having some
gunpowder on board, contrary to the Dock regulations.
William Judge, a surveyor of Thames police, said he
went on board on the arrival of the ship, and found a pound
and a half of gunpowder in the cabin.
The Captain said a pound belOnged to a Passenger, and
the remainder was a small quantity he had inadvertently
left in a horn.

Mr. BRODEMP said it was right that the law should be
enforced, for the ignition of that quantity of gunpowder ill
a closely-packed dock might have sacrificed property to an
immense amount. As there were no aggravating eircunr
stances in the case, he would reduce the fine from .51. to 20s•
Another master of a ship was also fined 20s. for a similar
offence in the St. Katherine Dock.

The General Steam Navigation Company's mail'
packet, the Ramona, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom'
House, yesterday, at one o'clock, P. M. Also the Belfast,
from Calais.

CAUTION TO SPORTSAIEN.—Saturday last Po"
trick Hogan, a young lad, was killed upon the spot at GreeGreen'hills, in the south liberties of Limerick, by the accidental die'
charge of a fowling-piece. He was in the act of assisting a
gentleman from town over a hedge in pursuit of game, vibe°
the latter in ascending handed up the gun to his guide, but at
that instant, by some unforseen accident, the charge exploded"
and the effect was mortal. Same day, Samuel Robbins, 01
of Captain Robbins, of Suir Castle, was on a fowling exet11;"„
sion, when in the act of loading a double-barrel detonating g°l"
one of them exploded, and the contents lodged in his breast'
He died on the spot.—Belfast News Letter.

BIRTHS.
On the 15th inst., in Eaton-square, the Lady Agnes Bylig, of
a son.

On the 14th inst., at Leyton, Essex, the lady of the Rev. C.
Laprimaudaye, of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., in Upper Grosvenor-street, the Countess V°
Lawarr, of a daughter.
On the 13th inst., in Great Ceram-street, Mrs. George Saints"
bury, of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., in Grosvenor-street, Mrs. Brogden, n•
daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 9th inst., at Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, Denis Le Mar"
chant, Esq., eldest son of the late Major-General Le Marchant,
Sarah Eliza, fourth daughter of the late Charles Smith, Esc!" -
Suttons, Essex.
On the 12th inst.. at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, Mr. Job
Cockle, surgeon, Lambeth-street, London, to Susanna Harper
eldest daughter of William Harper, Esq., of Falkenham, late °
Stratton-hall, Suffolk.
On the 13th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Mr. John West, t
Hatcham, near New-cross, Surrey, solicitor, to Marianna, eldest
daughter of W. F. Baker, Esq., R.N.
cil On the 23d ult., at Farley, Wiltshire' the Rev. John Ce
Grainger, to Margaret Bewicke, youngest daughter of the late .I°'"
Smart, Esq., of Trewhitt-house, Northumberland.
On the 14th inst. at St. Giles's, Camhzsrwell, Mr. Josiali
Westley, of Brixton-hill, to Miss Caroline r,ohmein, of the forinef
place.

DIED. 'to
On the sth inst., at lA'asanne Henry A. Cerjat, Esq"
Lieutenant-Colonel of tile Inniskilling Dragoons.
On the 13th at Hastings, Elizabeth, the relict of the la.
t:
James De Burgh, of West Drayton, Middlesex, and Gaulstown,
the county of Westmeath.
On the Bth inst., in Staples Inn, Love Stuart Tulk, aged 87. ip
On the 9th inst., at Walthamstow, John Tole Corbett, Esq"
his 40th year.
f the
On the 10th inst., at Crake-hall, Yorkshire, Frances, wifeife °
Rev. R. 11,)osanquet, Rectory of Bolingbroke-with-Hereby'
third
the
'tocess of Lincoln.
On the :?.oth ult. at Leghorn, Joseph Burgess Spencer%
son of the late Air. Edward Spencer, of Billiter-street, Lone
aged 19.
On the 7th inst., at Kendal, Agnes, relict of the late Rev. Ittreclt
Wilson, A M., formerly of Emanuel College, Cambridge,
Vicar of Brodsworth, near Doncaster.

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