The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-27 00:00:00

LAW AND POLXCE

ars° At the Ipswich Assizes Joseph Barrett was tried for
and after a careful investigation, which lasted the whole
the day, was acquitted.
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James Friend was convicted of sending a letter to a fe
of the name of Cockerel', threatening to burn his prC
Sentence deferred.
A lad of 16 years of age pleaded guilty to a charge of tet
fire to two acres of furze.
Two boys, one aged 11 and the other 13, were triecl,l
arson. The former was acquitted and the latter comic'
Sentence also deferred. 0# The Durham Assizes commenced on the 25th. The e. 3„de
dar contains the names of 52 prisoners, and there are in.
out on bail. There are some cases of riot among their
tiers who have been out of work in consequence of
agreement with the masters.
At Queen-square Police-Court Mr. William Burt, Tor
years one of the rate-collectors for the parishes of St•
garet and St. John, Westminster, who has been in eustsfai
since the 27th of June, on the charge of embezzling 111)W el'
of 5004 received by him in that capacity, and who has teijore
gone two or three examinations, was again brought li!;(0
the Magistrate. Nine distinct cases have been already 0,0-
against the accused, to which Mr. Rogers, the parish ley
citor, on Friday, added two others. The parties having,l'a
bound over to prosecute in the two fresh cases; the Pi
was remanded for three weeks.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset entertained at dil"of
on Friday evening, the Marquis of Douglas, the Marquis
of
Huntly, Duchess De Coigny and Mdlle. De Coigny, IL3rof
Westmoreland, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Earl and uuty
tess of Dunmore, Countess of Lincoln, his ExcelleneY_,o
Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow,Mdlle.D'Este, ziP,ry
distinguished circle, at their mansion in Park-lane.
Duke of Wellington was unavoidably absent.. Ger
Lord and Lady Prudhoe have gone on a tour of the,oo
man Spas, and are not, according to their present inteer
likely to return to this country before December. fort
Lord and Lady Lovat and family have arrived at Bee; A
Castle, Inverness-shire, where the Noble Lord will real
succession of visitors, during the next month for b
shooting. dt
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll are expected to re 133
Brighton some weeks longer, their Graces having rs""
mansion on Eastern-terrace for a limited period. -tbtlie
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe are staying fl-goble
Dowager Duchess at Broxmouth, near Dunbar. The Duke's birthday was celebrated by the usual mangos"'
of respect by the tenantry on his estate on Friday. 004
Lady Peel and family leave town early in the el' reel
week, for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Lieut. lirin•
joins his ship in the course of next month. t
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His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador is at preset" „tr
tour in the Midland Counties, visiting the principal W
facturing towns and districts. A d
Captain Lord Colville is now receiving a numerous circieb,
guests, at his romantic residence, Portobello, near Edinburg t
The Earl of Mornington is enjoying excellent health,
having received the slightest injury from his fall. 1
The Earl of Morley, as President of the West of Engle
Yacht Club, has postponed the Plymouth regatta from
16th to the 27th August. bel
The Marquis of Blandford, who has been elected a Well'tot,
of the Royal Yacht Squadron, has purchased the Wave cut
a beautiful craft of 54 tons. Next month the Noble
and Marchioness go on a cruise of some weeks. in his '-
ship's yacht.

raESCEIALANEOUS.
10'111 At the next annual meeting of the Royal Agt,c,u,iitico
Association, which is to take place at Shrewsbury, in au"-ttle'
to the prizes given this year to the various classes of 0,00
prizes will be given to the owners of sheep best adapted t
eat
mountain district. Prizes will also be given for the '1
essays on certain subjects. Cf In a few days, workmen, under the direction of the,„o
tioo
missioners of Sewers, will proceed to prepare the foull,(cace
(in the open space between King William-street,
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church-street, and London-bridge) for the erection °' pea
statue of his late Majesty William the Fourth, which f ibe
been completed at the expense of the Corporation °
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City of London, and the Commissioners of Sewers.
Samuel Nixon is the artist. The statue is of granite. At
It appears from a Parliamentary return printed yeste;-4-0,
that the charges and expenses paid by her Majesty's -pit'
missioners in and about the execution of several Acts of 01
liament for building and promoting the building of addit'..,uo,
churches in populous parishes, amounted, from the 25th J'
1843, to the 25th March last, to 4,2271. 18s. 9d. tpe
This is the last day's sale of the theological portion
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Sussex library, which has nearly extended to a month, utfi
which time the number of lots disposed of, consisting) j'll.
tween twenty and thirty thousand volumes, were 5,33:4'
amount realised exceeds 10,000/.
oase At the Tipperary aRQ;---

_ ..0 assizes, there was not a single -
murder or manslaughter in the southern division. ,if,ek
There are forty-five prisoners for trial at the Galwal
At Cork assizes there are but thirteen records in the Gol—
and two in the city, for trial.

RAILWAY RETURNS. of
We extract from the Railway Magazine the .6 fot
received on the principal Railways of Great BritiOd to
the week ending on the day of the month prefl' of
each. The return includes the money receive et'
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and ni
chandise

Week
ended

Total' tt
X. 13'