The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-13 00:00:00

SECONDARIES%-(TITIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
cox v. LAWRENCE.
The pla7nfiff is a liveryetable Leper, and dcfendai t
resides in Tz,vistoek-streets Covent-garden. The actien
was to recover 1,1/. 3.;. for the hire of tior;o3, &e.
There was no cL fence, and a verdict was given fur g e
amount.
This was the only case.•

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Two respectably-dressed young men, Coeburn tad
Robinson, and a young woman named Mary Willis, weie
charged under the fatowing circumstance:—
Police-constable 1? 50, sta!ed that he was on duty in
Wellington-street this morning, about a quarter to six
o'clock, when he observed the female quarrelling with
another woman. He advanced towards the spot where
they were fighting, and seizad the female prisoner, when
the two other prisoners came up and attempted to rescue
her. Two other officers, however, came upon the scene,
and the male prisoners were secured too, but the second
female escaped. They were all drunk. Cockburn was
living upon his means, Robinson was a medical stuchnt,
and the femaie a prostitute of the superior ()icier.
The two male prisoners were fiord 3/. each, or ten
days' imprisonment, and the female 10s., or a week's im-
prisonment.

The fines were paid.
Five men with respectable exteriors, Tweed John
13enneft, William Liddledale, Henry Tideman, John
Jena, and John Sullivan, were charged with attempting
t,) extort money from Mr. Wyatt, the tobacconist, of
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
From a statement made by Sergeant Thompson, it
appeared, that for some months past, the prisoners had
been in the habit of endeavouring to obtain money from
the prosecutor, on the pretence that they would abstain
from making au abominable charge against him; and
while labouring under the fear of these threats, they had
obtained from him an I 0 U for 501. Upon the ac-
count of this document 20/. had been paid in cash, and
12/. 12s. to Liddledale, who was represented to be
a solicitor, and who had been entrusted with the negotia-
tion of the whole affair. Some months ago Tideman called
at the shop of the prosecutor late at night, and made
overtures of an improper character, and a few days
I.ferwards the system of extortion with which all the
prisoners were now charged was commenced, and it was
continued up till the time that they were taken into
custody.

Mr. Wyatt denied having ever had anything of an
improper nature to do with either of the prisoners.
Bennt-tt, one of the prisoners, who acted as solicitor
in the affair, was heard to tell the niece of the prosecu
tor, when she was demanding to be told the reasons why
her uncle was paying to them such large sums of money,
" that it was a disgusting case."
The prisoners were remanded for a week, before being
teat to take their trial at the Old Bailey sessions.

NIARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
CAUTION TO LADIES.—John Macdonald and William
Fawcett, two well-known thieves, were placed at the bar
before Mr. Hardwick, charged with attempting to pick
the pocket of several ladies in Coventry-street.
Stringer, 193, said last evening about six o'clock, he
was on duty in Coventry-street, when his at'ention was
attracted to the two prisoners, the former of whom had
a basket of oranges slung before him, and was closely
following a lady, whilst the other was apparently cover-
ing hire. Knowing them to be thieves, he narrowly
watched them, and after proceeding a few paces he saw
the prisoner Macdonald go in front of a lady, and with
'one timid pushed the basket containing the oranges in
her face, at the same time putting his other hand into
her pocket tried to pull out her purse. The lady
screamed and seized hold of his hand, and pushed him
away. The prisoners were both in the act of running
away when witness seized them and took them to the
station. The constable added that the west-end of the
town were thronged with boys carrying a few oranges
in a very krge baske, and it was their practice whea
they saw a lady unattended to go up to her, and pushing
the basket into her fa':e importune her to purchase
their fruit, thus taking her off her guard as to their
real intentions, her pocket was easily picked.
A constable proved that Macdonald had been con-
victs dno less than titre times for similar offences.
Mr. HAnnwrcK eommiled Macdonald for three
months, and remanded Fee cs-tt urril Sstarday next.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.'
LONDON, MARCH 13.—Wind at DOM W.S.W.; ligh
airs and fine.

DEAL, MARCH 12.—Wind N.N.E. to N.E.—Arrd.
Edward Snaidt, St. Jag°, for Hamburg. Arrd. from the
River and sld., ParadisP, Calcutta.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 12.—Wind E , fresh.—Arrd.
Lieut. Peterson, Michelson, Santos, and proceeded for
Hamburg. Off port, Tuskma, Newart, Savannah.
The hull of the Rosanna, which got on the Manacles
on the Bth inst., still remains entire. The whole of the
stores have teen saved.

layEuPau, MARCH 12.—Wind W.—Arrd. Hibernia,
Foulke, Demerara. Sid., Bessele, Boston; Rosetta, St.
Andrew'f, New Brunswick; Mary, Hali'ax; Norval,
Newfoundland. Off port, John Scott and Coromandel.
PimuouTu, MARCH 12.—Wind E.—Sld., British
Sovore!go, Adelaide, South Australia, and Port Philip.
QUEENSTOWN, Alauca 11.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd.,
Sumatra, Harvey, Belize. Off port, Lunard Dobbin,
Howieson, Callao.
SHIELDS, MARCH 12.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—SId.
Douglas, New York.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12.—The Waters, from Sun-
derland, is aground on the Woohlicer, but is expected off
next tido after lightening.
MILFORD, MARCH 11.—The Margaret Roberts, Liver-
pool to Galata, put in here to-day with loss of fore-
mast, &c,

CLYDE.—Arrd. Blsrnaion, Trinidad; Lydia, St. John's,
New Brunswick; Brooksby, New York; Cliffurd, Deme-
rara. Sid. Pink, Demerara; Gip3oy, Boston; Velocity,
ditto; Sophia, St. John'r.