The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-18 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 18, 1835.

FRENCH REVENUE.

The following is an official statement of the product of the indi,
rect taxes for the first quarter of 1835, compared with that of the
corresponding quarter of 1834 :

Product of Taxes, Difference in
-
TAXES AND REVENUES. &c. 1835..
Of 1834. Of 1835. Increase. Decrease
Register, Stamp, and Mort- Francs. - Francs. Francs. Franc:.
gage Duties 48,737,000 5 001.000 1,654,000 --
Custom, Navigation,&c., Du
ties 22,7:0,000 '21,578,000 1.799,000
Consumption Duties on Sah
collected on the Coast 10,994,000 11,892,000 888,000
Liqueur, Wine, A c., Duties 16,265,000 17,405,000 1,140,000
Consumption Duty on Salt
collected in the Interior 4,842,000 1,581,000
Divers Indirect Taxes (Public
Vehicles, Navigation, &c.) 5,437,000 6,127,000 690,000
Product of the Sale of To-
bacco and Snuff 17,648,040 17,852,000 , 204,000
Product of the Sale of Gun-
powder
Postage and Duty of five per
cent, on remittances 8,058,000 8,372,000 214,000
Postage (Rural Service)
Product of Mails and Packets 401,000 391,000 10,000
Lottery 1,155,000 987,000 f 68,000
134,276,000 143,7 4,000 ;1,714,000 23,1,000
Increase in 1835 6.500.000

Compared with th

te corresponi

Lding quart,

6,500,000
r of 1834

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 7, 1835.
The King has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint
Michael Linning Melville, Esq., in the room of WaltecNilliam
Lewis, Esq., promoted, to be Registrar to the Mixed Brztis'h and
Foreign Courts of Commission established at Sierra Leone,
under the Treaties and Conventions between his Majesty and
Foreign Powers, for the suppression of illegal Slave Trade, and in
pursuance of the several Acts of the Legislature for carrying the
said Treaties and Conventions into effect.

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 17.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieut. George Viscount Deer-
hurst to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir T. Hare, who retires ;
Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant H. Vyse to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Deerhurst ; the Hon. S. Strangways to be Cornet and
Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vyse, April 17, 1835.
6th Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet J. K. James to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Cole, promoted; G. Ferguson, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice James, April 17.
14th Regiment of Light Dragoons--Cornet W. E. Leeson, from
the half-pay of the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Jones,
deceased, April 17.
9th Regiment of Foot--Major A. B. Taylor, from the half-pay
Unattached, to be Major, vice A. Champion, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference; Captain J. Hammill, from the half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice W. S. Dalton, who exchanges; En-
sign A. W. King, from the 94th Regiment, to be Ensign, vice
Vaughan, who exchanges, April 17.
29th oot--Captain F. Keogh, from the half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice W. H. Sheppard, who exchanges, April 17.
35th Foot—Lieut. C. Loftus, from the half-pay of the Coldstream
Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Moore, promoted, April 17.
44th Foot--E. S. Cumberland, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Atherton, who retires, April 17.
56th Foot—Quartermaster Serjeant T. Debenham to be Quarter-
master, vice Copsey, deceased, Feb. 17.

60th Foot—Second Lieutenant 11. W. Ellis to be First Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Eaton, who retires ; C. E. Phipps, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ellis, April 17.
69th Foot—Lieutenant E. Gardiner, from the half-pay of the
38th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Hill, promoted, April 17.
82d Foot—Captain B. Bender, from the half-pay Unattached, to
be Captain Thomas Stopford, who exchanges, April 17.
87th Foot, Captain J. R. Hay, from the half-pay Unattached, to
be Captain, vice J. S. Doyle, who exchanges ; Captain J. Camp-
bell, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice E. Cox,
who exchanges, receiving the difference, April 17.
89th Foot, Captain T. 0. Jones, from the half-pay of the 3d
Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice H. R. Gore, who exchanges,
receiving the difference, April 17.
93d Foot, Ensign G. Balck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Campbell, promoted ; A. Agnew, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Balck, April 17.
94th Foot—Lieut. W. Murray, from the half-pay of the 93d
Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hartley, promoted ; En.
sign E. Vaughan, from the 9th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign,
vice King, who exchanges, April 17.
95th Foot—Ensign C. A. Brooke, from the 99th Regiment of
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Metcalfe, April 17.
99th Foot—D. M. Bethune, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase,vice Brooke, promoted in the 95th Regiment of Foot, Aprill7.

REFORM IN WESTMINSTER.

In consequence of the present aspect of political affairs,
several societies have lately been formed in Westminster
and its neighbourhood, for the purpose of protecting the
rate-payers not only from political but from parochial abuses.
An addition is made every week to the number of mem-
bers, most of whom are respectable tradesmen, and all hav-
ing a vote for the election of a Member.
On Thursday evening a very numerous meeting of, the
members of the Reform Society of St. Margaret and St.
John took place at the Carpenters' Arms, Stafford-place,
Pimlico, Mr. WOODWARD in the Caair.

Several resolutions were passed expressive of the inten-
tion of the Society to support no Member but one of stanch
and tried principles in the cause of Reform, and to uphold
the city of Westminster in its original character, as one of
the foremost to come forward on the part of the people.
Mr. WRIGHT then proposed the following resolution ;
" That an humble and loyal address be presented to his
Majesty, expressive of the gratitude of this meeting for his
accepting the resignation of the late Administration, and of
their hope that a liberal Administration may be formed
whose sole object will be, to increase the stability of the
Crown and the prosperity of the nation at large."
Mr. STRICKLAND seconded the motion, which was re-
ceived with loud cheering, and carried unanimously.—
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HATTON-GARDEN.

Thursday George Webster, aged 13, and William Ed-
wards, aged 14, were brought before Mr. ROGERS, charged
by Mr. George Weaver, cheesemonger, of 59, Exmouth-
street, Clerkenwell, with having robbed him of 12/. and
other property.
The prosecutor being sworn, stated that on the 17th of
March the prisoner Webster was in his service as errand-
boy. On that day he deposited 12 sovereigns and ether
property in his cash-box, which he placed in a cupboard in
the parlour. Shortly afterwards he missed it, and the pri-
soner absconded from the house. He suspected him of the
robbery, and made every inquiry after him, but he received
no tidings of him until the Bth of April, when he heard that
he was taken into custody, and was at this office.
Mr. Warden being sworn, stated that he is Superinten-
dent of the Woolwich Police Establishment. On the 7th
of April he was coming to London on board a steam-vessel,
when he saw the prisoners, who were passengers on board,
exhibiting sovereigns and'other valuable property, and their
conduct excited suspicion that they had committed some
depredation. On being questioned, Webster told many
falsehoods, and said he received the property he had in his
possession from Mr. Jackson, of Brownlow-street, Drur3-
lane, which he ascertained to be untrue ; and, threatening
to take him before a Magistrate, he confessed having robbed
Mr. Weaver. The prisoner Webster admitted that Edwards
had nothing to do with the robbery ; he only accompanied
him to various parts of the country, where the best part of
the money was spent. The prisoner Edwards cried, but
Webster behaved in a very hardened manner, and with
levity.

Waddington, the gaoler, said that the Governor and
clergyman of the prison where they had been remanded to,
described Webster's conduct as being hardened. On ask-
ing him his name, he replied, " I shan't tell—l know lam
a dead Jagger."
Mr. ROGERS—What did he mean by that ? Wadding-
ton—That he should be transported for life.
He was fully committed for trial ; but he will be examined
on a future day, on another charge of robbery.
Bob Bonner, the noted resurrection-man, and Maly, his
wife, were brought up, charged under the following cir-
cumstances :

It appeared in evidence that, on Wednesday night last,
the prisoners entered the house of Mr. Maher, of the
Maidenhead, Battle-bridge, and made a disturbance ; and,
on being ordered out of the place, they became vory vio-
lent, and it required several policemen to take them to the
station-house at King's-cross, where they were confined in
separate cells under ground. Mary Bonner kicked and
assaulted the policemen. During the night Bob Bonner.
who was by himself in the cell, which was separated from
that in which his wife was confined, made a most desperate
attempt to escape, which nearly cost him his life. He
contrived by some means or other to make an aperture
through a strong partition, through which he forced his
head and body ; but the aperture not being sufficiently
large, he became locked in, and could not extricate him-
self by moving backwards or forwards, and in that situation
he was discovered in a state of insensibility, and a doctor
was procured, but it was a considerable time before he was
restored to his senses. -

The female prisoner was ordered to find bail, but Bonner
was discharged.

LAMBETH-STREET.

On Thursday, a Jew, named Barnet Solomon, was
brought before the Magistrates for final examination, on a
charge of having, with others, broken into the Cross Keys
public-house, Wentworth-street, and stealing therefrom
property amounting to upwards of 101.
Mr. Finny, the landlord, stated, that, on retiring to bed
on the night of Tuesday week, he made all the doors se-
cure, and on coming down stairs on the following morning,
he found that some thieves had forced the back door, and
carried away a weather glass, a timepiece, a watch, and se-
veral packages of coppers from the bar and bar-parlour.
The prisoner was in the habit of frequenting his house,
and had been there late on the night of the robbery ; and
the reason of h;s being apprehended, was on account of his
being seen by a policeman lurking about his (Mr. Finny's)
premises, with three or four others, at two, three, four, and
five o'clock on the morning of the robbery. In reply to
the questions of a solicitor, who appeared on the part
of the prisoner, the witness admitted that, on the morn-
ing of the robbery, the prisoner came to his house, and
expressed much sorrow for his loss. At that time he had
not the slightest suspicion that he had any thing to do with
the robbery, nor should he now if it had not been for
what the policeman said. The other persons accused with
the robbery, and who were then out of the way, also called
at his house on the morning of the robbery, and on looking
at the place where the thieves had effected an entrance,
they said the robbery was not done by practised " cracks-
men," as they had done their work in a bungling manner.
Police constable Denis Regan, H 22, deposed that on
the night, or rather morning of the robbery, he saw the
prisoner and three or four other suspicious characters lurk-
ing about the house of the prosecutor, and he frequently
desired them to go away.
In the cross-examination of this witness (who, it appears,
has been nearly two years a policeman) by the prisoner's
solicitor, it turned out that he had been tried at Guilford,
in Surrey, in 1831, and found guilty of being a common
utterer of base coin, and was sentenced to six months' im-
prisonment in the county gaol.
This disclosure astounded a number of the police force
who were present, and the prisoner, after some further in-
vestigation, was discharzed.

QUEEN- of Q UA RE.
On Thursday evening, Mr. I`►''':i. Heywood, a respec-
table corn-chandler residing in King-street, Hammersmith,
appeared to answer the complaint of Mr. John Payne, a
neighbour, for maliciously shooting at his pigeons and kil-
ling two of them.

Mr. King, another neighbour, had long viewed with envy
the pigeons of Mr. Payne, in consequence of their being in
a more thriving state than his own ; and to such an extent
had this hostile feeling been carried, that he had actually
proposed a certain reward for exterminating the race of
pigeons belonging to his next door neighbour.
Mrs. Lucy Robinson, a neighbour, on the Bth inst. saw
Mr. Heywood pass her window accoutred as though it were
the Ist of September ; his gun on his shoulder, and evi-
dently bent upon a war against the feathered tribe. He
went into Mr. King's house, and in less than five minutes
she heard two reports of a gun, and saw one of the pigeons
falling from the chimney-top into the garden. More ha-
voc had been committed, but she could not depose further.
Mrs. Henrietta Kirby, another neighbour, corroborated
the evidence of the last -wittiess.
The Magistrates ordered Mr. Heywood to pay a fine of
40s. and costs, in addition to the value of the pigeons, which
was immediately paid.
A man ,named William Haydon, a cadger of the first
water, who, from his appearance, would be supposed to be
in the greatest state of decrepitude, was brought up in
custody, before Messrs. GREGORIE and BURRELL, by a
gentleman named Olden, who bad given him in charge for
begging.
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Mr• en said that the prisoner was a complete nuisance
- -ne inhabitants of Grosvenor-place, Knightsbridge, and
Brompton. His practice was to take his station before
some respectable house, and endeavour to excite the charity
of the public by pinching a child, which he always carried
with him, until it screamed frightfully..
Cain the gaoler had frequently had the _prisoner in
custody before for a similar offence. He was well known
la the purlieus of St. Gilei's
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