The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-26 00:00:00

OLD COURT.

PELT (11, fore the RECORDER
han„ ußY.—Thomas Walters, a painter and paper-
zo,scr, was indicted for perjury. The de!endaut pleaded
WI •
kr 12..
*Jason appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
;'onen fur the defence.
C.larat c!itne ago the defendant brought an action in the
so. 7 Court against a publican named Briget, to re-
„ •ee a ,
thip 'uta of money under 201. To that plaint Mr.
Wet pleaded a set-off for money lent and a beer score,
thy I:ethe trial defendant made oath that he never had
thi)l aieriel efegrerde erred.
er or money
from the prosecutor, and it was for
false swearing that the present indictment
asst case broke down in the opening, and the defen-
owas discharged.
Oka riIiGERY.—A middle-aged, respectably. attired man,
ektre„.; John Bennett, pleaded guilty to an indictment
stri,g him with forgery and larceny.
fOtruik)ALLA.NTINE, on the part of the prosecution, in
to to the Court that the prisoner had been secretary
botitchOdd Follows' Benefit Society, held in the neigh-
th °NI cf the Vauxhall-road. The forgery consisted
order Prisoner having ineerted a name in a Post•office
totiet' to obtain 1/. 25., which had been remitted to the
thelti7,,%nd the larceny in purloining some portion of
kelpt,,4' of the society entrusted to his care. The
Zee,B4. believing. that he had a large family, who must
Itozio'n'tril.7 suffer severely for his misconduct, were
4144;3 to extend to him as much mercy as was con-
Sip-,with the ends ofjustice.
the te.'l4llXsoN, who appeared for the prisoner, told
had b„ttNed Recorder that up to this time the prisoner
bees mean excellent character. He bad unfortunately
qui aStray by some people who were in the habit
to eotid'og the society's house, and having induced him
tobbeeci°l4Pany them to Hampton-court Races, they
The 'filial of the money in question.
heeive.,
?CORDER asked what salary the prisoner had
43
*ere ;ALLAXTINE replied 41. a year; but his duties
11,13t4.1.Y nominal.
'0 pro RECORDER said it was imperative upon the Court
of th,,ect these benefit societies against the depredation
140 t-111` 'lnners, and he must therefore take time to look
The merits of this case.
Prisoner was accordingly put back.

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IV D c.,.
Is,
' •kaTIIIINSTER.—(THIS DAY)
cons,-„ake, Eaaard, division, 1, was charged by his father, a
DI 1„:"`" ot the B with having rchbed his ern-
Ulu" ' the Me Cubitt, of Pimlico, of a large quan-
y of
... ssrs.
~.ls.
14 theehirether stated that the prisoner resided with him
his
lie had a cupboard where he kept his
,hais usl;and owing to his 11.,eping it locked it aroused
11: I.:"i?ds, but he was unable to find the key. On
roaroan-1 last the place was broken open and the, ton s
attt th-:" Were found. He took them to Messrs. (Abut,
from );:Y refused to prosecute. The prisoner absconded
* "
hsol,`Be W home, and was not heard of until yesterday,
al; as apprehended on another charge.
t 50),°348 Knowlson, a carpenter, said he could identify
-c.iare
1, and other articles his property.
about44.ltal'swer to the Magistrate, the father stated that
t,wci years back he was obliged to send his son to
Thw,ng to his bad habits.
° Prisoner was committed for trial.
t
1111timt 11LE TEMPLE.—Last Thursday evening.. the
g,ttle at:usage of a Sergeant's taking leave of the Societ of
''''ciet ladle Temple took place in the antient Hall of that.
With nYm• The Treasurer and Borchers having in procession,
ef th-"er Members of the Seciety, arrived at the upper end
hi
Rail, Air.
iiiiti`'sel to, Robert Miller,_ the newly-made Sergeant,
the i'reasurer her Majesty's writ to take upon
41lan.ktl'e state and degree of Sergeant- at-law, which writ
rit:ol:erel.ed.u.ireeet
an i
ur ei
na
gd by the sub-Treasurer, the Treasure! thebree-
leagth,"ressed the Learned Sergeant at som?
Fonstidlieer:l
leant , 44d, presenting him with a purse containing
fee (in crown pieces), the Learned Sergeant
altofrothriendi.sa Very eloquent and appropriate speech, andhwts
escorted by the Treasurer, the rest of the Benc er.,
took leayelltenabers, to the Hall porch, where the Sergeant
THE
.ig
Illested t " MASTER. IN CHANCERY.—We are re-
-0 state
t that the Mr Humphrey, Q.C., who has just
ryes
t s,,`°„th vacant Mastership in the Court of Chan-
/411, n-',lnner of the Chancery bar, and not the Mr.
l'lsg '''• of the common law bar.
'TY. ur °RI) RECTORSHIP OF GLASGOW ITNlVER-
tethes;- e have it on authority that Mr. Macaulay is alto-
tidi, indisposed to accept the invidious office, either oftde-
tte isg against Sheriff Alison or again: Lord P:dmnoemrsinoan:
tiloil"as, therefore, decided not to come _ pl:virn.. Th
Colonel Muir,
asivebeonsequently rests in Colonel. M
1144, er, at the present time, is sojourning. in Italy; he re-
tlow,-, "Y the end of the month ; there is riot. the slightest
It ''' that his vote will be given to the historian of Europe.
tlai.*,lll be some time before the formal nomination is made;
Pf7tlnforrnation is not generally
known even within the walls
114 n University, but we have it from a source on which we
ap always placed the most implicit reliance.- Glasgow
Qtl.
TA the -.E
WHALING TRADE.--The first whale ship of
44 Ileason, the Chandler, arrived at Honolulu on the 10th of
tspst from the Polar regions,
.reporting a very successful
titS'e among the whalers cruising in the north. Several
thkser vessels had arrived, and a large fleet was expected in
" and the following month.
1444ttPA:r WITH POACHERS IN THE GREAT PARK.---
A f,oyail'ight, about a quarter to twelve o'clock, as one of t irkegarnekeepers, named Foster, with his helper, named
dish ‘, Was out in the Great-park, near Cranbourn Lodge,
The Were attacked and overpowered by a party of poachers.
tallog°of Foster was wrenched from him, he was most bru-
-4,,f ue 14tten about the head with the barrel of the piece, and
merely',es at his residence, High-standing-hill, suffering
from concussion of the brain.- Windsor Express.
?ttchtiZY and cunning are the two apprentices of dis-
"r4,l4;:zh,c(„„leirsizk2a6iltl6:boukl,snjeoituhrenralof them ever learn their master's
the : were c,,urrenctoA
tivetNNT LIND
New York Jenny Lind had
C with undiminished success Ru•
thatneert she was on the eve of leaving for
ii,ji,:tn; an
ultiMately for California.
1-,,e Pt-hilN °r LORD TORRINGTON FROM CEYLON.—
t""ved ;',lll,6ular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon
rtios -o",oathans t yesterday afternoon with the heavy
'Pon was- 718 Indian mail. ail. Among the passengers by the
14 kr. /,4"041 Torrington, late Governor of Ceylon.
etttiom, Israeli is writing the life of Lord George
14a8t (Fib 11,e has undertaken this literary task at the re-
ft ° ',Juke of Portland.
sh v4esl?iSul'aßiost•-Six years ago there were but
0: et two 's
°I any kind on Lake Superior, and. not. more than
te,ta the Saultwhite families could be found within 400 miles
'AIN, to La Pointe. Now there are three se
pro-
li bath trs t.„(1,,,e1z or seven sail vessels. Four lighthouses have
4talltes-". by the Government, and several thousand in-
`V- ere scattered along the coast.
),.It,iithtst. ,
'IIIOP ~,- `-'s' A CHILD BY ITS MOTHER,
Nov.
5..y......1-'ll
'11 -RE 1111.:RDEB.ER. -NOTTINGHAM, NON, 2b klr °ll'
it beAtilni'r Was yesterday manifested by the inhabitants of
roe tog aid and and the surrounding districts,in consequence of
fit heads e known that the wife of a highly respectable
iscatistedil_ede of the western
herssuburb of the town had
,1N 'as Q.' Youngest child and cut ow.n throat. The
hs44loll,,eertained directly after the horrible occurrence,
4trt,Z boos :-Mr. William Chambers, lace manufacturer,
Nir's Itsdie and business premises are situated in Orchard-
to e for , r arose at halt-past. five o'clock,as usua ,o p
'3' 1 tee occupations
44; eavin, ~ of the day, and proceeded to the fac-
iklpsrlqh,,6 ;oas wife and a female child four years old in bed,
as;4er n't 'laughter Mary Ann, 17 years of age, asleep
eind
V_ dl, and -1,4'.. At teenty minutes befote seven he return
4:; qt gad occasion to go down into the cellar,when he f an-
Its le a°-aerved something on the ground unusually wbhtitet.
te '4/ht.,liat. 10,tairs to fetch a lighted c.andle, to ascertain w a . i
hl ',I b• -,4 attracted his attention, when he was horrified
Slid
14 Wit •
4101,"11,/i von her night dress, weltering
.in her own
hiB tc Ito !ler throat cut from ear to ear. Seein.g that she
loolz2° chill,grls of life, he ran up-stairs to ascertain whethere
and ~.",' at I,'lrati were safe. Going first to his own room h
444 ;nen ~,-18 infant, Eliza, which he fancied to be asleep,
la, gater"rdeeeded to the bed-r om occupied by his eldest
Ittr?,... ut;:thzld having aroused her they returned to the
hchild_
It 'Ile?•-"rnore closel inspecting it they observed a and
(411.111 they a garter tied tightly round its neck, and taking
lii,puelber;" discovered it to be warm, but dead. Mrs.
to -tie], tier. wla 42 years old, her husband being some 1:,, years
4414 Pe; ~4 is difficult to account for the causes which led
elate vrae.u•siti..
~, on of these dreadful crimes. The elder de-
Dfesl boss):' an exceedingly nervous temperament, readilyd
ashAtin bas bounds or unduly depressed. Latterly her e-
'foal • as b ..,, ,io been
,i 4„. co,_ more severe and longer continued than
dsi'lshio;"aequence of her husband's business not being so
tlie4e, and " formerly ; yet she had every comfort she. could
thett,,,, there yeas no reasonable ground for anticipating
II W ''' 11l tragedy.
Of ~ hat •
"14' tiewsr,ftre You engaged in ?" said the head printer
You taorizioapeascdpeerntettablishment to one of the compositors.
"Stop," said the interrogator, " I want
ii.ks. ie id a murder."
I)7e /d, wallies Gordon Bennett, of the New York
be ~clitid." Punished in the streets of New York on the Bth,
(latt iihid,ae for an official post, whose private character
4 411 uailtd with wanton severity.
aNdi ISTI. GAn R . -We understand that
qt,,,,,-ng „,„_, . -L AT READING.--WC .
tlll-.4i°ll3%qu' 18 so full that the visiting justices have issued
totn°44hoar the clerks of the several petty sessional divisionsbe
I,..ltlitted t°he coanty that all prisoners for trial are to
41. A Wag -lon gaol. -Berhs Chronzcle.
11 ' e*
1 a oiler
),ellinall, Cole Aspinall, son of the Rev. James
1.,‘ tit 4,1_ recto
of Althorpe Lincolnshire, was on Saturday
''''s of Oitted (Member of 'the Middle Temp's, for the par-
tis aZe.Pingms for the bar.-Liverpool Albion.
tiotikillseetsl°, Java, called the j.culator, catches flies
kg dt°lB4B i'', squirting from its mouth some water, and.se,l-
trwil 4 ir. aim at the distance of five or six feet, brin-
-4,4 It. wisY With a single drop.
lid that tir" AND D. CUMMING.-We under-
Dr-el fm,.... ese two distinguished polemics met yesterday,wa
Ivcik„isr7 tiro at the house of the f rmer. agreeably 1
1.) 'eri tf raNtement in ret, rence to the h.rm 01 oath about i
r, 4, I.tr,, I,
th tl4,,,ains been a difference of statement between them.,:t 1
°Pic",• 'night t 'vas accompanied by two friends, in uraert that
ail „lon „,_ ereafter be referred to, should any diversity o
`° Ish'ur hetw
at pa„,,,, een the Popish and Protestant champions
--',l oh the occasion.