The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-24 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

At Union-hall the mess-master of the 76th Regiment was
brought up from Nine Elnis, for refusing to pay the difference
between the fares of a second and third-class carriage. The
check-taker of the South-Western Railway stated that the
defendant arrived by the half-past ten o'clock train that
Morning, from Gosport, and oa alighting from a second he
produced a third-class check, and refused to pay the differ-
ence between it and the second-class fare, and was therefore
given mto custody. The defendant loudly complained of the
hardship of the case ; that he had come up on very urgent
business, and was detained, owing to the negligence of the
persons belonging to the railway, and brought up there in
custody. There was no policeman present to point out to
passengers the different classes. Mr. Cottingham adjudged
the defendant to pay a fine of 10s., besides 55., the difference
between the fares of the second and third•class carriages.

At the last weekly meeting of the Kingston magistrates,
at which were present the Mayor and Captain Roberts,
Michael Kerr, a respectably-dressed man, about 27 years of
age, and Charles Duval, also a man of respectable appearance
and middle age, were charged, the former, with presenting a
letter, purporting to be in the hand-writing of the Rev. Mr.
Hough, of Ham, and the latter with forging the said letter,
with intent to defraud the charitable public. The Board
considered that Kerr had been the most active in the affair.
and committed him for the full period of three months, with
hard labour. Duval waseentenced to two months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour.
At the Thames police-court, Richard Bragger, George
Bragger, Alexander Nicholson, John Horsted, Mary Ann
Ash, and Rosetta Bragger, were brought before the Hon. G.
C. Norton, charged with the wilful murder of Luke Williams,
and robbing him of 301. The prisoners were examined at
great length, and again remanded.
At Clerkenwell, George Barnes, police-constable 194 G, was
charged with an assault of a very brutal and unprovoked
character, on the person of Edward Joyce, a shoemaker, re-
siding at No. 62, College-court, Cow-cross, and was ordered
to pay a fine of 21., or be imprisoned for twenty-one days.
COURT—rasstONSISIB.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal
children, are expected to leave Buckingham Palace this after-
noon, for Claremont, where the Court, according to present
arrangements, will remain until Wednesday next.
The Earl and Countess of Gainsborough, and Lady Louisa
Noel, are expected to arrive at the Clarendon Hotel on Sa-
turday se'nnight, from an extended continental tour, when
the Countess will resume her attendance at Court, as one of
the Ladies of the Bed-chamber to the Queen.
Lord and Lady Combermere will give a grand dinner on
Saturday next, at their new residence at Beigrave-square.
The Duke of Sutherland has arrived at the Albion Hotel,
Brighton, for the benefit of his health. His Grace is accom-
pandied by the Marquis of Stafford. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
Fox Mauls arrived on Wednesday at the Clarence Mansion.
MISCEL.I6.B.NEOI7I3.

The last of the ancient concerts but one of the season took
place on Wednesday evening, under the direction of the Duke
of Cambridge. The music was good, and excellently per-
formed. Miss E. Birch sang the beautiful air from Solomon,
" What though I trace," with great sweetness. The other
principal singers were Madame Caradori Allan, Madame Cas-
tellan, Messrs. Salvi, Staudigl, Hobbs, Hawkins, and Machin.
The room was rather thinly attended.
Mr. H. Labouchere gave a dinner party on Wednesday to
the Right Hon. the Speaker and thirteen Members of the
House of Commons.

At the commencement of Trinity Term on Wednesday the
arrears of the respective courts presented a favourable appear-
ance. A very considerable diminution has taken place in the
arrears of cases by the Act enabling /the Courts to determine
such matters out of term. The arrears are now very trifling
to what they were eome time ago.
Chief Justice Tindal's rumoured retirement from the Bench
is, on authority, contradicted.
Wednesday being the first day of Trinity Term, the
Gresham lectures were commenced in Gresham College,
Basinghall-street. The attendance, though small, and during
no part of the day exceeding forty persons, was more nume-
rous than usual ; for, before the erection of the new buildings,
and when the lectures were delivered in the theatre of the
City of London School, it was seldom that an audience of
above ten persons assembled.