The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

GREECE.

Athens journals of the 28th have arrived.
that the
We learn from the Observateur d' Athens a it,
Senate assembled on the 21st ult., and comm,"hcember
labours by some preliminary business. The 'l—the
held its first regular sitting on the 25th unuer,he
presidency of M. METAXA, the senior member; b6O•
verification of powers and the formation of the
reaux occupied the whole sittting.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS 1":"ed
Lord Campbell and a special jury were occust
v.
throughout the morning in trying the case of Almr
Hatch, which was an issue from the Court of Chap
to ascertain the interpretation to be put upon an flgr the
ment made between the plaintiff and defenclant,-%0-
purchase of the White Horse public-houie, -cri "to
street, Holborn. The case was wholly uninterestiog
any but the parties immediately concerned.

MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS PAAlrki)r-
Richard Gardiner was brought up before gr.
man Gibbs on a charge of embezzliag various s".O.
amounting in all to 2001., from his employers, Ats-af
Beaumaine, Thompson, and Powell, ship-brokers of
Trinity-square. Mr. Liumphre) s attended on bell
the prosecutors. It appeared from the evidence 01•11.(1,
Thompson, one of the partners, that the prisoner 5-eir
been several years in their, employ but had leNcry
service for some month". Since he had left severs'hilch
crepancies had been discovered in the accounts, woo
had led to further inquiries, and there was reasork!° dir
that defalcations to a very heavy amount would be
covered. Those which had already been
amounted to 200 L discolor

The prisoner was remanded for a week.
MARIBRO'-STREET.--(THIS 11—iliapis
CAUTION TO THE BENEVOLENT.—Thomas ri7niog
was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with obtsiii
by
several small sums of money from various O.:lciest°
false and fraudulent pretences.
Mr. James Revell, oilman, 272, Oxford-street, stbsteaop,
that on Saturday last the prisoner came into his ti/d of
and produced a paper, with which he said Mr.l3r2„-eetst
Tavistock-street, had sent him, with his corn osd
and a request that he would read it. Witaees el:gee
the paper, and
.found it to be a petition, of *hi°
following is a copy:— a to
"B. Smith, oilman, &c., 107 Fleet-street, begs Ito wse
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recommend the petition f William Lawrence, "epecir
employed by me till an unforeseen accident baPPbot it
by which his spine was injured in such a manner iinoW
will disable him from work for the future, and 11,,e; et
it
in the hospital. I have had this drawn out 50-etrills
round to a few gentlemen in hopes of raising 1100
fur the poor family of five children, who ste
into the greatest distress through 'he accident.", of the
This petition was alleged to be signed by 1°30; 21.
leading men in the trade. for sums varying 'fs'etale
2s. 6d., and vs itness, believing the pris°ll„„t hi!
to be true, gave him 2s. 6J , -sod la"
nacre to the petition for that amount, and be t,"h-e Pr
the shop. Witness had since ascertained that
soner's statement was false. aie
Mr. James Tillyer, oilman, 321, Oxford-street's 51)'
Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the poet.Posl
tered his shop, and handing him the petition VI wile
by last witness, said " Mr. Revell presents his vpc'tly be
meats anal wishes you to read it.." Witness, don, fad •
looked at it, told the prisoner he knew Mr. S 1131- Tn 6,
well, and the petition was not in his handwriting.. wire '
prisoner said it was, and that all the signatureal
authentic. Witnese then sent for a constable, eau
him in charge.
i coy •
Rubards, 307 A, said he took the prisoner n.
tody, and on the way to the station he (prisoner) ssia be
was sent by Mr. Smith with the pap 6
er. Witness 000
quently went to Mr. Smith's, and that gentleman ner,
he knew nothing about either the prisoner or the Pa'" 0
and that his name which was attached thereto w
forgery. ge
es.
sorry prisoner, in reply to the charge, said he Was, eies.
sorry but he was out of work, and distress indueea
to write the paper himself, and that the names; W
few exceptions, were forgeries. ,
Mr. BINGHAM committed the prisoner for threemon
with hard labour.
SINGULAR APPLICATION.—A gentleman who did lit.
give his name applied to Mr. Bingham for advice une
the following circumstances:—
The applicant stated that this morning, hearing tirt: •
there was to be a lecture delivered at the Icv.alg,,ie
chapel in Newman-street, he went there and tool' ;0:
seat in the gallery. Directly service commenced,ll 01k.4
astonished to observe that it was conducted Wit ot
the forms of Popish worship—the priests, witi
attendants being attired in precisely 1° 1
robes as those worn by the Catholic el` 0
Applicant bad not been seated many minutes Whenii,9l4
of the attendants came up and asked him if be
member of the chapel, and on his replying in
Live be was requested to leave the chapel. Ibis
dined to do, on the grounds that it was a public P'';heee,
worship, and as such he had as much right to be''sbee'
as any other person. A young man in a surEllneroitt
came, and laying his hand on applicant's arm Intl„cl, A
that if he did not leave at once force would be left'
eject him. Rather than disturb the congregation kne,as,
the place at once. Applicant now wished Oa dceire-';
whether they were justified in acting as they had
and what he had better do ant) the matter.
Mr. Biteesram (to applic—l really horse-7i Yati'
the negtif
diction in the matter. An attorney is the per&
ought to apply to. If I was to attend to all such 31,Peret•
cations as this I should have enough to do, and neesoll
torneys have less. It you can prove that the
belonging to the chapel committed a trespass ntforclY°7
their hands upon you, the County Courts at
a speedy remedy. t the _ski
The applicant, who appeared astonished thinhi,
gistrate had no jurisdiction in the case, boWen'
and left the court.
the as
Viscount Ponsonby, we hear, has resiKa„e, tO s,tese
bassy at Vienna, and Mr. Magenis will cont'lripts Itta
Chargé d'Affaires until the arrival of his Lor,ds.;" env—
sor. The Noble Lord and Lady Pousonby ""'e
Belgrave-street for the winter. tiAt f
It was stated yesterday, in Lincoln's-ivl/40011:1 to
R. M. Rolfe, the Vice-Chancellor, is to have ths.-,itesid" d
peerage. The Learned Judge's elevation is net.
affect his judicial position for the present, but it iffwithinove
to be a preliminary step in those arrangemenlis.fibleb,
to the hearing of appeals in the House of Lorusviottov t
been long in contemplation. Rumour had Prae sre,rl: the
signed the same honour to Baron Parke; and w" 0111%,(1di'
this moment in a condition to say whether the 1, att.- op.
Learned Vice-Chancella to the House of Lor(1•1 to be hoc te
tion to, or a substitution for, the honour precOr;ber or ref;
ferred on the Learned Baron. The addition ef giTa 5
to the appelate tribunal in the House of Lords Wl' .t
satisfaction to the profession.— Chroxiole. too tin
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.—We C1,1)°:el
the decision regarding the suspended Lord Rectallto
be made until near the meeting of Parliament' r 0 frbe
Mure, with whom the matter now rests, will net aches.
Italy until the commencement of the session aPl'riv,
ht i
decision must be given by Col..nel Mure persona
can be no doubt that it will be favour of Sheri°. .
SOi°ll'
Glasgow Daily Mail. , ge
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.--At fitlg7lo';•
on Saturday last, the Council appointed Mr.J. f:• 0 s„.b,.
of the Northern Circuit, Professor of English Law_h Clod
cessor to the late Mr. Marshman; and Arthur ligilfor ch.:l;r
M.A., late fellow and tutor of' Oriel Colle,gBll:o:eb„sperrovl376:o.
now principal of University Hall, London, it" ,t_d
ship of Luglish Language and Literature, vacat_e,„,,,,,, 600
Chester.
eSsctoertt., olin,ehnioswbeec,socmliiinigicaPlrriecdilaialsl offo
on cases at the hospital, were awarded
Medal for the winter term 1849.50, to Mr. Edwt, Oro(
of Sheffield ; the Gold Medal for the summer !.e.r.:;01 for_tsr
Mr. Thomas George Fitzgerald; and a Silver
Andrew Soria,
same term to Mr. Robert Bowman. The Antyn'''ll
ships were fixed as follows :—For comp etitleo
;,•frie
next : A Scholarship of 1001., and two 44'504 each'
of 40. i
r°atswhieeoniteloe,svts:
gyp'liie 0
petition in October, 1852, one of 701. and twes „gm)
T : eatV FPO,
Tile leis PresnA9 curr e 44,10
that Sir A:;13. Broolte, Bart.,. Misr twill.tni,.,killetraii
ami that Celenelea)le, M.P.' tor'
___,,itiets',os
Captain Archdall, wlll be tile county
artr.47l.ol7,rec
present the new ceustituettcy in; gallistne
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