The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-25 00:00:00

CROWN COURT.

James Linnington, John Wymark, and William Allen were
indicted for counterfeiting seven pieces of coin resembling the
King's current coin called shillings. The case was clearly
made out, and the prisoners were found Guilty.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—L4A-CASTER, Mama 23.
GRIM. CON.

This was action brought by the plaintiff, who, in 1833, kept
the Throstle Nest Inn in Liverpool, to recover compensation
for injury sustained by the defendant's alleged criminal con-
versation with the plaintiff's wife.
Plaintiff was born of Catholic parents, and was educated at
the College of Maynooth, being intended for the priesthood ;
but,.in September, 1829, he married at Cork Mary Ann The-
resa Catherine Ffrench, a young woman of considerable per-
sonal attractions, the daughter of a lodging-house-keeper.
They came to England, and plaintiff having considerable ta-
lents and acquirements, lectured on various scientific subjects
in different places. In 1833 he took the Throstle Nest Inn,
Scotland-road, in which speculation, however, he was unfor-
tunas , and was arrested. While in gaol, defendant frequently
visited th.." house, and succeeded in ingratiating himself in the
affections slaintiff's wife ; but the act of adulWry took place
at a
period, she being at the time stztying at the
o f
subsequent
house of her father, who had some time before come to reside
in Liverpool.
Witnesses spoke to the a2eged adultery of the plaintiff, as
well as of his wife and the defecd!.nt.

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The Jury found for the plaintiff' on both issues—Dantageo
405., costs 40s.

SURREY SESSIONS.

HORM-STEALING.--JOhn Martin, a simple-looking young*
countryman, was indicted for stealing a horse, value 41., the
property of a man named Pratt, residing at Horsham.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN said that the law as it now stood left the
Court no discretion in cases of this kind, and, therefore, the
sentence was that the prisoner be transported for the term oe
his natural life. _

Prisoner--The horse was only worth 41., and am I to be
banished for ever for my country for the crime?
The CHAIRMAN again told him that the Jury having found'
him guilty, the Court was compelled to pass that sentence.
The prisoner immediately flung his hat into the body of the
Court, amongst the auditory, ejaculating, " Good bye to you
all for ever !"

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Mr. King, of St. Mary Axe, the London Agent of the
Portuguese Government, appeared at the Justice Room im
consequence of a complaint made by the mother of a British
soldier, who had fallen in battle in favour of the young Queen.
The complainant stated that her son unfortunately fell in a
recent engagement in Portugal, and Mr. Baker, the coroner's
son, who was a Captain of the Portuguese Lancers, and knew
that the deceased had died in the field, gave her a certificate of
the death. The Portuguese Agent, however, although sup..
plied by that Government with the means of liquidating all
claims of the kind, had declined to pay due notice to the cer-
tificate, which the complainant looked upon as entitling her to
the usual allowance made to the representatives of the slain. -
The LORD MAYOR—I understand that the Portuguese Go-
vernment have acted in a very creditable manner to the mili-
tary of Great Britain who entered the service.
Mr. King said that such was certainly the case. The
wounded, and the widows, mothers or children of those who
were killed, were to be treated exactly as if the service had been
renagred to the British iGovernment. No doubt Mr. Baker
would nut have given the certificate if the fact contained in it
were not as stated, and the moment the official return was
made, and prom" riven that the applicant was entitled, the
payment should be isiued.
THE FEMALE SAILOR„—The Lord Mayor, it will be re-
collected, wrote to Donegal, to the father of Ann Jane Thorn.
ton, whose remarkable adventures were detailed a short time
ago in the newspapers. No answer having been returned his
Lordship requested that Sir Francis Freeling would cause
exertions to be made in the district to which the girl
pointed as the address of her family, to ascertain whether she
had been correct in her description. Immediate attention was
paid by this raost vigilant public officer to the application of
the Lord Mayor, and a satisfactory answer was soon received
by his Lordship.
Some suspicion was entertained that the delay iii noticing
the first communication made to Donegal by the Lord Mayor
was only to be accounted for by the fact that the girl had dressed
up a story to correspond with the mysterious and romantic
choice which she had made of a profession, and she was Ties-
tinned by the Lord Mayor again on the particular transactmee
of her life. In the account she gave there wets no important
variation from the first statement she had made, and she ap-
peared much alarmed at hearing that her father had not no-
ticed the extraordinary history which every other person in
the empire had no doubt heard of.
The account which the Lord Mayor received from Ireland
was, that soon after the girl had left her Imme her father emi-
grated with many others to Canada, for the puTpose of seeking
his fortune among the numberless adventurers who ran away.
from Irish turbulence and starvation at that period, and that
lie had sent back no intelligence to Ireland since his de-
parture. In Donegal, however, a sister of the young woman
was found to reside, and that sister expressed great joy at
hearing of the strange transaction, which convinced her that
she had one relation at all events alive.
The LORD MAYOR yesterday desired that the girl should
let him know whether she wished to go to her sister in Ire-
land, or to remain in London, where his Lordship believed he,
could procure a situation for her.
The girl immediately waited upon his Lordship, and de-
clared that she was most anxious to go to Donegal, to join her
sister, in whose family she was sure she should be very scr.
viceable. She then besought his Lordship to add to his great
past kindness the obligation of sending her to Liverpool that
evening, in order that she might reach home as soon as 1506..

sible. -
The Loan MA voit at once sent to engage a seat for her int
the Liverpool coach, and gave her adequate means of defray-
ing her expenses to Donegal.
M‘Lean, the city police superintendent, who has had direc-
tions from the Lord Mayor from the moment the first com-
munication was made relative to her to provide for her main-
tenance and comfort, mentioned to his Lordship that he never
saw a more industrious or grateful creature.