The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-03 00:00:00

MAW AND POLICE.

At the Liverpool assizes, William Taylor, a respectable•
looking elderly man, was indicted for uttering, at Oldham, on
the 20th of September; a bill of exchange for 221/. 145., drawn
on John Brown, and purported to be accepted by him,.know-
ing that the said acceptance was forged. The prisoner, it
appeared, carried on business for some years at Saddleworth.
He had been unfortunate, and had twice failed, on the second
occasion for the sum of 20,0001.; he was again, however, able
to establish himself in business. The charge was fully proved,
and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence deferred.
The Chester assizes commenced on Monday. The calendar
is more than usually light, there being only forty-one cases,
and only one in which loss of life•has been the consequence of
crime. Mr. Justice Maule did not take his seat till a late
hour, being seriously indisposed.
At the Uxbridge Petty Sessions on Tuesday, a person of
respectable appearance. who gave his name and address as
Joseph-White Simmons, living in the Vauxhall-road, was
brought up in the custody of Inspector Otway, A division,
before Sir W. S.-AViseman, Bart., and Mr. T. Dagnall, the
sitting magistrates, on a charge of having knowingly uttered
a forged bill of exchange for the value of 2001. Two parties
proved the forgeries, and he was fully committed to Newgate.
At Worship-street two young girls, who gave their names
Amelia Walker and Rosa Abel, both of them wretchedly
ragged and dirty, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham,
upon a charge of stripping a child, named Thomas Hillier
Dawson, of his clothes and boots. Mr. Bingham remanded
them for a week.

• Three young men, named William and Robert Hurtaway,
brothers, arid George Reeves, were brought up for final ex-
amination upon charges of uttering counterfeit coin. Mr.
Powell, the solicitor to the Mint, recognised Wm. Hurtaway
as having been recently charged with a similar offence. All
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bar, before Mr. Henry, at , Lambeth-street, on the double
charge of forgery and felony. The charge of felony was that
of stealing a time-piece and other property from a school in
which the prisoner Smith had been a teacher in September
last, and no mofal doubt existed of his (Smith's) guilt. The
charge of forgery consisted in the fact of the prisoner Smith
having written a note in the name of his sister, who had
been formerly known to that gentleman as a highly respect-
able person, to Mr. Barlow, inclosing a note of hand payable
at a short date, and requesting cash for it. The bill was a
forgery. The prisoner Carter had carried the note. Both
prisoners were remanded, but Carter was admitted to bail. ,
Thomas Holmes Gummer, Wm. Estell, Thomas Pritchard,
Wm. Wedge, and Eliza Burling, were finally examined, at
the same office, on a charge of being concerned in a burglary
and extensive robbery of cigars, from the premises of Mr.
Johnson, a cigar manufacturer, in Gloucester-street, Commer-
.cial-road East. Gummer was fully committed for trial, and
the others discharged.
COVlLT—rAsszorcanzz.
Lord'Brougham, accompanied by Mr. H. Vane, passed
through Folkestone on Saturday afternoon, en route to Paris.
Lieutenant-General Baron de Stjerrierona, one of the most
distingt!ished aides-de-camp of the late King of Slkeden,
has arrived from Stockholm to present to her Majesty the
Queen, the letters of notification of the demise of King Charles
John, and the ascension of King Oscar I. to the thrones of
Sweden and Norway. He is accompanied as an aide-de-
camp by Baron Charles Bjornstjerna, an officer in the Swedish
Horse Guards, and the eldest son of General Count Bjornst-
jerna, the Swedish. Minister at this Court.
The Countess of • Erroll and Lady Agnes Hay returned to
Clarges-street, en Monday, on a visit to Lord and Lady Ida
Campdin, •,at•Barham Court, near Maidstone. The Earl and
Countess and family are expected to leave town at the close
of the month, for Slane Castle, near Peterhead, North
Britain, where a grand fete to the tenantry will be given,
and other rejoicings, in honour of Lord Kilmarnock coming
of age.
The Duke and Duchess of Montrose arrived at Belvoir
Castle, on Friday last, from Selby Hall, Northamptonshire.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort left the seat of the
Duke of putland on Monday last for the hunting lodge of
the Earl of Wilton, at Melton Mowbray.
The Marquis of Lansdowne intends to pass the Easter holi-
days at Richmond. The Marchioness and Lady Louisa Fitz-
maurice are gone to Bowood Park for a few days, and then
they join the. Noble Lord at his villa on the banks of the
Thames. , The Earl and Countess of Shelburne intend to pass
the Easter recess at Richmond.
The Earl and Countess of Sefton leave Croxteth Park on
the 14th instant for Belgrave-square.
The Earl and Countess of Powis and the Ladies Herbert
leave Powii Ciastle about the 15th instant for town.
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The Countess Dowager of Sefton and the Ladies Molyneux
leave Boyle Farm in the course of next week for town.
Viscount Clive has left Berkeley-square for Powis Castle.
The Bishop elect of Newfoundland (the Rev. E. Field) will
leave London for his distant diocese early in the next month.
The Hon. Ara: Dawson Darner and the Misses Dan son
Darner have arrived at Gainsborough House, Cavendish-
square, for the season, from Milton Abbey.
Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., has taken a house in
Eaton-plaCe for the season.

" • DRISCIEZMANEOUS.
Both Houses of Parliament, last night, adjourned for the
Easter recess—the Lords till Tuesday, April 16 ; and the
Commons till Monday, April 15.
On Tuesday the third spring meeting of the Horticultural
Society, at the. Exhibition-rooms, in Regent-street, was fully
and fashionably attended. Mr R. S. Solly, V.P., F.R.S.,
took the chair, supported by. the Right Hon. the Earl of
Auckland, Right 11On. Sturges Bourne, M.P., Sir Augustus
Foster, Sir Richard Joddrell, Captain Davis, R.N., Dr. Hen-
.derson, Professor Lindley. The exhibition stands contained
a large variety of plants in full bloom and cultivation. • •
On Monday a large meeting of the Repeal Association took
place in Dublin, when some interesting proceedings, took
place, which we have reported elsewhere. , The rent for the'
week was announced to be above 9.00/., including 6001. from
New York.,

. In 1698 the first printing press was erected in Manchester.;
in 1844 there are, it is-estimated, Upwards of 500. •
The Belfast banks have reduced the interest on. local
paper to 4i- per cent., and on English to 3i. The interest on
deposits now on hand will be reduced to 2 per cent. on and
after the Ist of July.
The Provincial Bank of Ireland has reduced the rate of
interest on deposits-to 1i per cent.
A man charged with the murder of Mr. Waller and Miss
Vereker, at Finnee, escaped" from -Nenagh gaol on Friday
morning. • •
Another capital conviction has been had at Nenagh, before
Mr. Justice Ball, in the case of John Hickey, indicted with
Others for conspiring to murder Michael Hanley (who was
actually murdered). The evidence was clear and decisive.
The motive for this crime was the desire to obtain ground.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT laim.—Last erening the
general meeting of the•members of this Club, for the trans
action of the annual business, was held at the British 'Hotel,
Cockspur-street..,!Shortly before nine o'clock the chair was
taken by the Commodore (W. H. Harrison, Esq.), Who having
opened the proceedings in the usual manner, the former
minutes were read by the Secretary, and confirmed. The
Sailing Committee were next appointed, after which a dis-
cussion took place regarding the course to be adopted with
reference to defaulting members. • From the auditors' report
it appeared that the total receipts were, including sub-
scribers' entrances,--5991. 12s. Bd.. Deducting the total ex-
penditure, with the sums paid for prizes, cups, &c., a balance
of 179/. 17s. sd. remained with the treasurer. A list of the
yachts entered was then read. It appears that no less than
eighty-eight have been named, including those of the Mar-
quis of Anglesea, the Earl of Fitzharding, Lord Wharnclffe,
Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., Lord de Ros, Sir William Russell,
Sir Bellingham Graham, Hon. H. Upton, Hon. Augustus
Berkeley, T. M. Gibson, Esq., M.P., Captain Erle, Captain
Armstrong, Delme Ratcliffe, &c., &c. the first match of the
season will take place towards the close of May next, under
the usual arrangements. Several gentlemen having been
balloted for, were admitted members of the club. It ap-
pears that it is intended to give several valuable prizes for
contention next season, together with two, of the value of 501.
each, two 25/. each, and the challenge cup (to be won two
years in succession by the same yacht), value 100 guineas.
Under all these circumstances, the lovers of yachting may
rely on a most brilliant season. .
TESTIMONIAL TO ROWLAND HILL.—At the grand
Fancy Ball at Liverpool on Monday last, one of the most
interesting characters personated was that of Mr. Birch, of
Grove-street, as 'lowland Hill, in a sort of light Roman
dress; the front of it,- from', the neck to the waist, being
encased in penny and twopenny postage stamps, with, un •
derneath, embroidered on the belt, the words, " My heart
was in it," and the endorsement of this part of the dress being
as follows : • • • . • • • • • • -•-

- " LETTERS FOR THE MILLION."
Froni Temple-bar to Piccadilly, ld.;
From London-bridge to Londonderry, Id. ;
From Land's End to Jobn-o'-Groat's, ld. ;
Done by me. ROWLAND HILL."
.—Shrewsbuy Orcmkle,