The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-05 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

At Guildhall, Charles Freeman, aged 24, was brought
by Daniel Forrester before Sir John Key, charged with
having committed sundry forgeries upon bankers in the
City, by means of forged cheques. William Shepherd,
a clerk in the house of Messrs. Childs and Co., bankers,
Fleet-street, stated that on the 12th of March last, a
cheque was presented to him by some person for
551. 10s. 2d. The cheque purported to have been drawn
by a Mrs. M'Pherson, who had liberty, through' her
trustees, to draw on the house. The cheque turned out
to be a forgery. One of thenotes paid upon this cheque
had been passed by the prisoner to a hatter in tine
Strand. The prisoner was remanded, in order that
further investigations may be made.
Yesterday, George Rittman was brought before Mr.
Long, at Marylebone, fur final examination, charged
with having broken into the house of his grandmother,
Mrs. Todd, an infirm old lady residing at Kensall-green,
and stealing various articles ; and also with having, by
means of a forged order in her name obtained money
from Mr. Fenton, a baker, living at the above place. A
few additional facts were now elicited, and the prisoner
was committed for trial upon both charges.
James Ward, late a drayman in the employment of
Messrs. Elliott and Co., brewers, Pimlico, was brought
before Mr. Henry for final examination at Lambeth-
street, on a charge of embezzling the sum of 9/. 14s. 2d.,
which he had received on account of the firm. A
somewhat important point arises in this matter. It
appeared that the prisoner was acting for another person
who was ill, and who paid him (prisoner) for what he
did. This rendered it doubtful if the prisoner was the
servant of the prosecutors. If not their servant, he could
not be convicted of embezzlement. The prisoner, who
when apprehended said he had got drunk and lost the
money, was fully committed for trial.
At Worship-street, two young men of bad repute,
named Edward Rourke and John Sanders, were charged
with robbing the house of Mr. John Dimmock Aspland,
an underwriter at Lloyd's, and resident in Grange-road,
Dalston. he prisoners were remanded for the comple-
tion of the evidence for their committal to Newgate

for trial.
At Greenwich Police- court, a }latch of twelve prisoners
was charged with picking pockets at the launch at
Woolwich on Wednesday- Mr. Jeremy said he should
commit every one for trial, for it was disgraceful that
the public could go to no place of amusement in the
vicinity of the metropolis without organised gangs of
thieves attending. The prisoners were committed to
Newgate.

COI7IM-laBBZorms LE.
Letters from his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to her
Majesty, and Mr. G. E Anson, announcing the safe
arrival of the Prince Consort in Germany, reached the
Castle on Thursday, shortly before one o'clock. The
letters were dispatched to the Queen and Mr. G. E.
Anson, under cover to the Prince's private secretary, by
a special messenger from the General Post-office in St.
Martin's-le-Grand. His Royal Highness is Lot expected
to return to England until about this day se'nnight.
The Duchess Dowager of Bedford and Lady Rachael
Russell, who arrived in Paris in the preceding week from
the south of France, intend to leave for Campden-hill at
the end of the month.
The Earl of Lonsiale and Sir John Beckett, Bart.,
arrived in town by railroad on Thursday morning, from
Lowther Castle.
Lady Anne Beckett has arrived at Stratford House
from York House, Twickenham, where her Ladyship has
been staying with Lady Frederick Bentinck since the
demise of the Earl of Lonsdale.
Baroness Rehausen and Lord Saye and Sele arrived,
on Wednesday, at the York Hotel, Brighton. Lord
Ileadley is daily expected in Brunswick-square. Baron
de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Ambassador, arrived yes-
terday with his family in Brunswick-i errace. Lord and
Lady Granville have returned to the l)uke of Devon-
shire's mansion in Kemp-town. Sir George and Lady
Rose are expected to-day at the Albion Hotel.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Lonsdale, Sir J. Beckett,
Sir W. Powlett, the Hon. G. O'Callaghan and suite, on
Wednesday morning left Lowther Castle for London,
from attending the funeral of the late lamented Earl of
Lonsdale, at Lowther. The Hon. Colonel Lowther still
remains at Lowther Castle.
Among the late.arrivals at Cheltenham were the Lady
Emily Foley, the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, M.P., and the
Hon. and Rev. T. Coventry.
IarsCEUGANEOI7/3.
Thursday having been fixed for the opening excursion
of the members of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, for
the season, the Commodore (W. Harrison, Esq.), Capt.
Durant, and several of the Oncipal subscribers, assem-
bled at the Yacht Tavern, Greenwich, where they dined.
At half-past four they proceeded to the river, which pre-
sented a very gay and pleasing appearance from the
fineness of the day and the number of persons who had
assembled to witness the proceedings, in which they ap-
peared to take great interest. The yachts were admirably
fitted up. The amusements of the day were brought to
a close about eight o'clock. To-day (Friday) the vessels
will cruise in different directions, visiting the Nore and
the Medway.
On Monday last a new regulation came into peoration
in the long room, Custom-house, of stamping in words
at full letith the exact time at which the warrants, or
merchants entries, leave there for the several docks and
other stations. This is understood to be in consequenee
of a recommendation of the Commissioners of Revenue
Inquiry, to whom complaints have been made of delay
in the transmission of those documents.
A meeting of the subscribers to the monument of the
late Lord Edward Somerset was held at the Shire Hall,
Gloucester, on Thursday last, when it was resolved to
render the mason work of the monumental column more
ornamental, the sum subscribed admitting of the extra
outlay.
The fifth loetuwe of 4iac Dritistrlaltiro eign nstitute
was given last evening at the Hanover-square Rooms,
to the members of this Society, who appeared to be
deeply interested in Professor Grant's description of the
structure and history of the polygastric animalcules.
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VICTORIA PARK.—On Saturday the tenants of
Bonner's Hall, which building will be taken down for the
entrance to the new park, received notice from the authori-
ties of Guy's Hospital, to whom this property belonged, that
they, had, by the purchase of the houses, become the tenants
of the Crown. Bonner's Hall, which was but one wing of the
mansion of Bishop Bonner. is divided into about eight very
tenantable houses, some of which have cellars, which, from
their form and construction, were supposed to have been the
prison cells of the Protestant martyrs of the time of Mary,
and considerable interest is attached to the demolition of a
fabric formerly belonging to one of the most violent in those
times of fierce persecutors. Considerable interest is attached
in the neighbourhood to the progress (if the Park, and an eli-
gible piece of ground in the neighbourhood of Old Ford has
been dignified with the title of the Royal Victoria Park Race-
course, where races are to take place, for the first time, on
Easter Tuesday, the competitors to be restricted to residents
in the Tower Hamlets.

MEETING OF GOLDSMITHS, SILVERSMITHS, AND
JEWELLERS.—A numerous meeting of goldsmiths, silver-
smiths, and jewellers was held yesterday evening, to take
into consideration a Bill now before Parliament to amend the
laws in force for preventing frauds and abuses in the marking
of gold and silver wares in England. Mr. Taylor was called
to the chair. It appeared that the clauses to which the
meeting objected are the 12th and 13th. These give power,
upon oath of reasonable or probable cause of suspicion, to
enter and search the premises of all parsons manufacturing or
trading in gold or silver wares, for forged marks and dies, as
well as searching for, seizing, breaking up, and selling any
wares that ought to be marked, and of applying the proceeds
to the general expenses of the assay offices making such
seizures. This power of seizing such wares as ought to be
marked, would, it was declared, be most injurious and vexa-
tious to the various trades mentioned, and would jeopardise
three-fourths of the articles now manufactured. Resolutions
in which the injurious tendency, of the clauses in question was
strongly declared, as well as a 'notion for the appointment of
a committee for the purpose of bringing the matter before the
President of the Board of Trade, were unanimously carried,
and a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the
meeting separated.