The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-02 00:00:00

GREECE.

A. letter from'Athens, of the 12th ult., states that
the British Ambassador has presented a note from
the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands,
demanding the annexation of two Grecian islands,
Sapienza and Elophonich, to the lonian Islands; but
the Greek Cabinet has protested against the demand

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(13efon Mr. PUCKLE and a Bench of Magistrates.)
Peter _Brooker, aged 29, attired as an agricultural
labourer, and described in the calendar as neither
being able to read or write, pleaded Guilty to having,
at Capul, feloniondy and wilfully killed two lambs,
the property of John Labouchere, Esq., with intent
feloniously to steal the carcasses of the said lambs.
The CHAIRMAN asked the prisoner if he had any-
thing to say to the Court before it passed sentence
upon him. The charge was a vary serious one. The
offence of stealing sheep was on the increase, and it
was the duty of the Court to put it down by the strong
arm of the law.

The prisoner, a stupid looking countryman, had
nothing to say. He appeared to treat the charge and
his fate with stolid indifference.
The officer wan called. lie said, in reply to
questions from the Chairman, that the prisoner was
not known as a felon. He had been charged with
poaching, and his house was the rendezvous of
poachers.

The CHAIRMAN asked if the man was in work at
the time he committed the offence to which he had
pleaded guilty.
The prisoner said he was not.
The CHAIRMAN then sentenced the prisoner to be
transported for ten years, a sentence which caused
much surprise to the crowded court.
The rest of the morning was occupied in sentencing
prisoners who had pleaded guilty to several minor
charges. They were sentenced to different short
terms of imprisonment in the House of Correction of
the county.
[The high courts of law do not consider it below
their dignity to set apart a small portion of the avail-
able space for the accommodation of the press. There
are few courts,"whether high or low—the High Court
of Chancery down to the Police•office—that do not
afford the utmost facility to the representatives of the
public, in order that they may be enabled to dis-
charge their duties without hindrance or inconveni-
ence. Not so the august Surrey Sessions. The
reporters are tumbled about anywhere; and if,
in their zeal, they manage with difficulty to raise
themselves to a position whence they can get a
glimpse of what is going on, the menials of the
court are directed to remind the ambitious individual
that no one must in that court elevate himself to a
level with the covered heads of the magistrates. The
body of the court being crammed with solicitors, and
the seats reserved for the bar being fully occupied,
the reporters are entirely excluded, except they chance
to take up their position among the motley crowd that
fill sessions courts to overflowing. We hope the
Surrey magistrates will remedy the evil of which we
complain.]

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)'
An elderly woman was charged with baying created
a disturbance in St. Giles's Workhouse.
One of the workhouse constables stated that last
night he heard a disturbance in the female sleeping
ward, and on going to see what was the matter he
found the prisoner quarrelling with the other inmates
of the ward. She was in bed at the time, and he told
her to get up and dre..s herself, but she refused to do
so, and he had to remove her almost in a state of
nudity to the receiving-room, where he left her. No
sooner, however, had he turned his back than she set
upon the old nurse who had charge of her, and after
getting possession of the keys she turned the nurse
out, locked herself in, and then broke all the windows
in the room, amounting to 14, and valued at 21.
Mr. JARDINE asked if she was drunk? The
officer said she had been drinking, but she was not
drunk

The prisoner, in her defence said, what occasioned
the disturbance in the first instance was the mis•
conduct of some of the inmates who came to bed,
quite drunk, and began ill-treating all who were'
sober and peaceably disposed. She went once and!
complained to the governor, but all the redress she
could get was a stern order to go back to her bed.
and this so exasperated her that in a fit of passion slag
did the damage complained of.
Mr. JARDINB said such acts as these could not be
overlooked, end told the prisoner that, however much
annoyed she might have been by the conduct of the
other inmates, or the refusal of the governor b
interfere, it was no justification for her breaking the
windows. She must, therefore, make good the damage
by paying 40.;., or be imprisoned for a month.
The fine was not forthcoming, and she was of
course locked up.

MARLBRO -ST RE ET—(THIS DAY.)
DEtPERATI4 ASSAULT ON TIIE POLICE BY TIMES
PICKPOCKETS.—John Kelly, John Burke, and Robert
Haines, three notorious pickpockets, were brought
bef)ra Mr. Hardwick, charged with attempting to
pick the pockets of several ladies in Regent-street,
and also with violently assaulting the police when is
the execution of their duty.
Police-sergeant Hardwick, 7 D, stated that on the
previous afternoon he was proceeding along Regent-
street, in company with two of the City officers,
Brett, 13, and Spiller, 9, when his attention was
called to the prisoners and two others, not in custody,
who were surrounding three ladies near a siticsmero
cer's shop, close by Beak-street. Witness, knowing
them to be part of a gang of the most expert thievei
in London, kept a sharp eye upon their move'
ments, when he saw the prisoner Kelly lift
up a lady's dress and feel her pocket, while
the other prisoners screened him. The ladies walked
on as far as Glasshouse-street, still followed by the
prisoners, who kept close behind them, and, wheO
near the end of the street, witness again sassr
go up to one of the ladies and put his hand into
her pocket. Witness immediately ran for ward
and collared Kelly, when the two other pri'
soners came up and struck him a treme ndoue
blow in the face, cutting his lip com'
pletely in two. Witness, in spite of their -blows,
contrived to keep a firm hold of the prisoner Kelly,
until the two City officers came to his assistance anti
handcuffed him. The others ran away, but after I
sharp run and a most determined and desperate re'
sistance on the part of Burke and Haines, they were
captured, and all three taken to the station.
Spiller and Brett having corroborated the tehole of
the above evidence, the prisoners were committed to
the House of Correction for three months wills hard
labour.

MARKET NEWS:-(THIS DA‘:

CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESMAY
Tho few parcels of English Wheat on offer in •to-dafe market were disposed of et prices quite equal to those
obtained on Monday. The limited nature of t'ais supply
prevented sales to any extent. Tho leading m itLers are,
it is pretty generally understood, short of sto4 The
imports of Foreign Wheat since Saturday h ave been
confined to 2,030 quarters. The first parcels moved ou steadily, at full prices; in the middling an d inferior
kinds next to nothing was doing. We had a -fair sale
for Malting Barley, at full rates of currency, but. wrinding
and distilling sorts were very dull. In Malt so little
business was transacted that the quotations we re almost
nominal. The bast Osts were quits as dear as last week.
In the middling and inferior kinds rather more business
was transacted. Beans, Peas, and all other ar' 4cles were
very dull.