The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

(Before the C.DIMON SERGEANT and Mr. Aid. GIBBS.)
OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.
Anig Maria Tolfrey, a respectable awl ladylike look•

ing woman, was indicted for obtaining, under false per
tences, from Wm. Henry Richardson, the sum of 354 a
Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution,
530
Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner.
Our reaiers will, doubtless, recollect well the fan" ()of
this case. The prosecutor is a shoemaker, carrying °Ol
business at 19, Sun-street, Bishopsgate, and eb°i.
eighteen months since became acquainted with the Pre
Boner (who resided at that time in the house of S*1o 0
merchant in Coventry-street), through the introdnetibe
of his sister. It appeared from the evidence of der
prosecutor that Es had lent his sister 50/, in or,
to carry on an action for a breach of pro ,1531
of marriage, in which she obtained 2501. damages ; tuer
upon the repayment of that 50/. to him the Pris°ilnia
told him if he would give her that amount she Wv,i-
obtain him a Goverament situation, as she Was
known to Lord Alfred Paget and several other Own,
men and gentlemen who had interest with the Govbeerbo
ment. The pr,secutor, who does not appear to thei
brightest individual in the world, was caught i n t.
snare, and after one or two interviews with the priseseio;
sent her, by his sister, 15/. After the receipt of Ang
money the prisoner wrote to the prosecutor, reque',,,i
to see him and stating that she had good Debe
for him. On the prosecutor calling upon her 5.0,
stated that she bad obtained a situation for blof
as a porter at the Home-office, through the interee„
Lord Alfred Paget, who was a personal friend of n'o.
late huiband, and to whom she was personally he°„cite,
In order to carry on the deceit, she produced 8 to
purporting to be written by Lord Alfred Paget, in w"h-er,
he stated that he bad procured the situation tor
From the prisoner's representation and the note
duced by her, the prosecutor was induced to give her,,-is
other 101., shortly after which she told him that he, „ej
to go to his siwation on Monday week. This
him to give her another 101., but finding that the Pio
Boner was continually putting off the day on which„sor
was to enter upen the duties of his office, the proseen",ier
refused to let her have any more money, and the pros
decamped.
rye
Lord Alfred Paget, who had been in court all
morning, denied any knowledge of the prisoner. to
Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jury fet
prisoner, and
The CoNistoN SERGEANT having shortly suraraed
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and
eights
months' The CoslatoN SERGEANT sentenced her to tog
months' imprisonment and hard labour.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS
A NOVEL THEFT.—Charles Crisp was placed 5t
bar before Mr. Bingham charged with stealing a„es:
containing a blackbird under the following eireucostet-ist
Police-constable 39 C stated that about a quart o,
four this morning he was on duty in King-street, ber
when he saw the prisoner join two long poles togel 0,
and go up to a house, in the front of which a cage qo¢
taming a blackbird' was hanging.' 'After MO ;
stealthily round, the prisoner put the pole up to the Or,lbe
floor window of the house and lifted the cage freeli
hook where it was hanging. Witness rushed forward to
u
collar the prisoner when the latter dropped the cage 6od
to
ran away. Witness pursued him as far as Newe
market, where he came up with him and took hire loto
custody. the
Mr. Frederick Meyer, 36, King-street, proved tha„tt.
cage and bird was his property, and worth ten shills
A constable stated that latterly numerous corePitihieir
had been made to him by parties who had lost tmbs
birds, and no doubt the prisoner had stolen them, boor
(the constable) had frequently met him at an early '7,"01,
in the morning with the poles in his possession* ',ie.
thinking he was a bill-sticker, he took no further 10"
of him. ftdif
The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, wall
committed for trial.

[MPERIAL PARLIAMENT'

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after
wel
o'clock.
CONSIDERATION OF LORDS' AMENDDL--„,era
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills '—
considered and agreed to:—

Heronsyke and Eamont-bridge Turnpike-road.
Tyne NavigAion.
road'
Ulverstone, Milthorpe, and Lancaster Turnpike-ro
BELFAST IMPROVEMENT BILL.
This Bill as amended was considered and agreed lc"

PETITIONS.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Briii;
tol, signed by 1,473 persons, praying for an alteration
in the pre ,ent postal arrangements; also three Willa° y
from Wesleyan congregations in Bristol to the contr
effect.
Mr. BUCK presented a petition from a placeeihe
Devonshire against the admission of Jews into For'
went. A 61
A great number of petitions were presente-
various Members for and against the present P°'

arrangements. _
1
Mr. HILDYARD presented a petition from a pa-
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Cumberland against the Jews Bill. r/
Mr. HAYTER presented a petition from Glastonro
against the present postal arrangement; also Pesit.°4o
from various parts of the metropolis in favour a •
Marriage Bill.

MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. rye
The House then resolved itself into Committee 00

Mercantile Marine Bill, Mr. BERICLI. in the chair.

On the interpretation clause being proposed,
Mr. WAWN moved to strike out the words s - frt.
"man, " for the purpose of adding " and the P°"4§
of the continent of Europe, situate between :0
and 63 degrees of north latitude." His object to
the amendment was to give the same facilities er
ships in the Baltic trade as was already given to otb
vessels. ful•
Mr. LABOUCHERE felt bound to oppose the stoe-of
ment, because its object was to alter the deduitiol%;
the coasting trade which was to be found in oda°
Acts of Parliament.
iv
After a short discussion the amendment was neg
tived without a division.

The interpretation clause was then agreed to.
Clauses 3,4, 5, 6 were also agreed to.
In clause 7,
Mr. MOFFATT proposed to omit the words'
ships ordinarily employed as foreign going ships.", ot,
Mr. LABOUCHERE object:A to the ameno°3-tbs
He thought that there would be no difficulty i°
practical working of the clause.
A somewhat lengthened conversation took phlor.
which Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Wawn, Mr. Anderson,
Cardwell, and Mr. Labouchere took part.
The gallery was then cleared for a division. Vib
there appeared—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority ...
Clause 7 was then agreed to.
Clauses from 8 to 17 inclusive, after a short discUssi°P'
was then agreed to.
On clause 18, which gives power to the Board of o,‘,
aminers to give certificates of competency to the c° to
minders of merchantmen, some discussion arose °sy
whether or no it would be right to impose upont ter
examiners the duty to inquire into the moral charaeio
of the eandidatf s for certificates, with the view to dePre,
habitual drunkards of the means of obtaining the degre ho
Mr. LABOUCHERE ultimately put a stop to eat
discussion by promising to reconsider the whole seui es
of the clause, and see if it could be so framed as to the
the point which had been raised. oia
Mr. HiLDYARD told the Committee that marl .no,
masters of merit, who had long had the charge of shAlret
would decline to submit to the examination proviso
for by this Bill, and he tlirefore hoped the Commit!, g
would have no objection to insert a proviso exeroPtilil
masters who had already attained a certain elevalio°,
the merchant service from the examination. He Pro,
posed the insertion of words providing that the exelri
nation should not apply to parties who, for five ye ea
previous to the passing of the Act, had been entre6t
with the command of yes& ls.

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(LEFT SPEAKING.)

11011,0Utili Üb' DhttliY.

FUNERAL OF TUE LATE SIR R. PEEL. tg Of
It having been notified to me that the inhabitan—
many important towns purpose paying a mark of reslte
to the memory of the late Sir Robert Peel, whose loss
.4"
all so deeply deplore, by partially closing their sbuiteh'
from eleven until one o'clock, on Tuesday, the 9th josk"
iu compliance with the wishes of some of the isblivi
cants, recommend that the example be generally fo.
lowed in this borough.
July 8. 1850.

JAMES HAYWOOD, Mart'

OF A SON.
On the 25th June, Mrs. John Cameron MacPhee.
Joseph
On the 26th ult., at St. Petersburgh, the wife of Jose,
Shelisbear, Esq.
On the 2d inst., at Longbridge, Barking, the wife of /°/111
Pickering Peacock, Esq.
On the sth inst., at Torbryan-parsonage, Devon, 1%111.
Hine.

FA . •
On the 2d inst., at the Cottage,DAUGHTER
Prospect-hill, near Read
log, the wife of Philip Lybbe Powys, Esq.
;/A
On the sth inst., at Upper Gower-8 reet, the vir--
Stephen Temple, Esq.
On the sth inst., at Chester-place, Regent's-park, the vrif6
of C. E. Rashleigh, Esq.

At ARMED.
On the Gth inst., at Epworth Church, Mr. Jos
Thorley, merchant, of Hull, to Hannah Penrose, 1L"
daughter of Wm. Read, Esq. Epworth.
On the 27th ult.' at Aikenhead- house, Lanarkshire' T
S. George Deane, Esq., of Berkeley-forest, county of We to
ford, Ireland, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the la
John Gordon, Esq., of Aikenhead.
a'
On the 3d inst., at Upton, the Rev. D. M. Stuart, of to
stone, Northumberland, to Janet, eldest daughter of the ill'l
Thomas Robertson, Esq., Upton-park.
On the 4th inst., at Ringwood, Hants, William Noro
Taylor, E-q., Commander Ro7al Navy, to Caroline Enllsa.;
daughter of the late William Taylor, Esq., of Park- field,ll"
Portsmouth.

DIED.
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On the 6th inst., at the Chateau Echinghen, Pas de Ca
the Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, aged 70.
On the sth inst., accidentally drowned, at Banks;le:
Richard, only son of George Winter, Esq , of Banksiu"
Southwark, aged 21.
On the 13th of March, off Sydney, Captain Owen Stanley'
R.N., of 11. M.S. Rattlesnake, eldest son of the late Bisti°`
of Norwich, aged 39.
On the 29th ult., John William Appleford, of Swiss —`)t'
tage, Hammersmith, aged 62.
On the 2d inst., at Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, Mrs. Elizabeth
Vardy, aged 91.
On the 4th iust., at Addlestone, Surrey, Miss Ann Frances
Diggs, aged 76.

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