The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-18 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

A man, about forty years of age, who gave his name
James Fletcher West, and described himself as a clergyman
of the Established Church, was placed at the bar, at Maryle-
bone, upon a charge preferred against him by William Rash-
leigh, Esq., M P. for East Cornwall, of obtaining money by
false representations of distress, &c. The prisoner bad been
before apprehended on a similar charge, but there being no
direct proof in the present case, he was discharged.
William Curver, a shoemaker in Middlesex-street, Somers
Town, was charged, at Union-hall, with obtaining the 811111
of 94 4s. 2d., by forging the name of a depositor in the
Southwark Savings Bank, in Three Crown- square, South-
wark. The prisoner admitted that he signed the bank-book
in the name of the complainant, the wife of the latter re-
questing him to do so ; but said that she received the money
herself. He was unconscious of doing wrong, as the bank
would not sustain any loss. He could not be committed for
forgery and was discharged.
john Gadsden, a well-dressed young man, who was ex-
amined on a former day for raising a sum of money upon a
horse and chaise he had borrowed of Mr. May, livery-stable
keeper, of the Southwark-bridge-road, was committed from
the same office for trial.
Ann Latham, a respectable-looking woman, about 35 years.
of age who appeared in delicate health, was charged at
Worship-street, with having feloniously intermarried with..
Thomas Hayward, her first husband, Edmund Connor, being.
then and still living. The charge was made by her sister,-
the second husband refusing to appear against her. She was
admitted to bail.
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John Ward, formerly a drayman in the employment of
Messrs. Elliott and Co., brewers in Pimlico, was charged at
Lambeth-street with embezzling 91. 14s. 2d. the property of
his employers. He was remanded.

COURT-rAsairoicazeLz.
Sir Robert Peel had a long audience of her Majesty,, at
Buckingham Palace, previous to the departure of the ebiliO.
for Claremont, where her Majesty and Prince Albert are vox-
pected to remain until Tuesday next, with the exception of
the Prince's contemplated short visit to the Isle of Wight.
A special train from the Farnborough station will convey his
Royal Highness Prince Albert and suite to Southampton,
whence the Prince will embark on board an Admiralty
steamer for Cowes, and, after inspecting Osborne House, the
Prince will re-embark and return to Claremont the same
evening.
The Princess Sophia Matilda, from Blackheath, and many
of the leading fashionables in town, sent to inquire on Fri-
day, after the health of the Countess of Uxbridge, who con-
tinues much indisposed, at the Noble Earl's residence, in
York-street, St. James's. •

The Earl and Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, and their
youthful family, are expected to leave Mount Edgecumbe,
near Devonport, for Curzon-street, at the close of the ensu-
ing month, for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn
Stanhope left Chesterfield House on Thursday, for Bretby.
Park, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Lord Ranelagh, who has been on a short visit to Don Car-
los, at Bourges, arrived in Bolton-row, May-fair, on Thurs-
day, from Paris.

CZEIIMILIVEOI7I3.
On Wednesday Mr. Thomas Bateson was returned for the
county of Londonderry without opposition, in the room of his
brother, who died lately at Jerusalem.
The trial of the parties charged with the murder of Lord
Norbury has been put off till next assizes. The present Lord
Norbury went over to attend the trial, and give evidence if
necessary, and several other witnesses were also in attendance
from remote parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
An inquest was held at Brighton on Friday, on the body of
Henry Solomon, the superintendent of police. The examina-
tion lasted five hours, and terminated in a verdict of " Wilful
murder" against Lawrence. Mr. Baldey, the surgeon, thus
describes the effects of the blow :—" We found a compound
fracture on the lower part of the parietal bone, extending in
a double direction through the temporal bone, into the centre
of the base of the skull. There is a rupture of the menenge-
rial artillery, with a considerable extrava.3ation of blood be-
tween the skull and the membranes, to the extent of about
6 oz. There is also a portion of extravasated blood on the
opposite side of the head. I consider these injuries to be quite
sufficient to cause death."

A respectable-looking person, whose name is believed to
be James Cuthbert, is in custody, at Coventry,. on a charge
of uttering forged cheques. The accused would appear to
have been known by several aliases. He is from London.
The authorities of the Royal Military Academy, on further
investigating the cause of Gentleman Cadet John Black
leaving the academy, decided on the dismissal of C. J.
Bullock, and punishing, by confinement and other marks of
displeasure, several others, which, having been approved of
by the Master-General, has been carried into effect.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, MAncil I6.—Wind this day at noon, moderate
Easterly breeze and fine.
DEAL, MARCIt 15.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Cossack,
Port Republicain. Put back, British Empire, for Madras;
Rosebery, Bombay; Amphitrite, Rio; Knockhandel, Suri-
nam ; Druid, Barbadoes ; and several others.
PORTSMOUTH, MARcir 15.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arrd.
Su-
matra, London for Ceylon; H.M.S. Tortoise, eastward.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 15.—The Grepaard, Huisman, from
Dordrecht to Liverpool, foundered in lat. 52 N. lon. 3 23 ;
crew saved. The Johan Giraud, Hughes, from Rotterdam to
Belfast, has put in here leaky, having been on shore on the
Queen Sand, and must discharge.
PWLLIIELI, MARCH 14.—Some spars, ropes, and a large
piece of the wreck of the Caroline, have been brought on shore
to-day at Abersoch.
OFF THE 'WIGHT, MARcii 12.—Edward, Pernambuco for
Amsterdam.

MUMBLES, MARCH 12.—Arrd. Heroine, Liverpool, foe'
Singapore. with loss of bulwarks, &c. •
CAERNARVON, MARCH 13.—The Raven, Jones, from
Bangor to Cardiff, is supposed to have grounded on her
anchor and sunk at Porthleidvig yesterday, during the gale.
DONAGHADEE, MARCH 9.—A schooner from the southward
was taken in a squall off this place, lost foreyard, &c., sails
split, and drifted away towards the Scotch coast.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Arrd.
Beulah, Paton, Calcutta, left St. Helena Ist ult. ; Octavia,
Reed, Lima, Dec. 6 ; Manchester, Smith, Pernambuco ;
Columbus, Green, ditto, Feb. 17.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—The Danish brig Caravan was
lost near Rio Grande du Norte, about the 6th ult.
Hum, MARCH 15.—The Joseph and Mary, from Wood-
bridge to Leeds, got on the Spurn Sand yesterday, but is
expected off ; part of cargo saved. •
YARMOUTH, MARCH 15.—The Louth, of Boston, for
London, has been towed in here dismasted, having been in
contact with a brig off I'ollins yesterday.
The Hector, of Shields, and Hero of the Nile have refitted
and proceeded.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.--British schooner, Sophia, Feb. 4,
lat. 30, lon. 61, by the Pollux, arrived at New York.
Ernestine, Nantes to Mauritius, Feb. 9, lat. 3, N., lon. 18,
W. ; Franklin, Liverpool to New Orleans, Feb. 23, lat.' 25, N.,
!on. 37, W., by the Margaretha, arrived in the Downs.
Louisa Maria,' Patjatan for Amsterdam, Dec. 22, lat. 26, S.,
lon. 60, E. ; Urgent, Calcutta to London, Dec. 27, let. 28,
lon. 19 ; Barbab, from Padang for Amsterdam, Jan. 21, let.
18, S., lon. 2, W., by the Catherine Johanna, off Portland.
Devon, of and from Liverpool, Feb. 6, lat. 8 41, N., lon. 21
39 W.; Urania, of and from Leith, to the Cape of Good
Hope' out 35 days from Stromness, Feb. 8, lat. 10 15, N.,
lon. 23 50, W., by the Mary, from Mauritius, arrived.
Margaret of Bristol, South Australia to Batavia, in the Straits
of Sunda, by the Margaretha Bauer, arrived in the Downs.
Ernestine Leroy, Nantes to Mauritius, 9th ult., lat. 3 N.,
lon. 18 W., by the Franklin, Liverpool to New Orleans, lat.
25 N., lon. 37 W. Carolina Johanna, Batavia to Amsterdam,
Jan. 2, lat. 38 5.,10n. 39 E. ; Maria, Batavia to Rotterdam,
15th, lat. 32 S., Jon. 12 E ; Francis Ann, Liverpool to Sin-
gapore, sth ult., on the Line,'in lon. 20 W., by the Cambridge,
Brown, arrived off Falmouth. Matilda, of Liverpool, steering
S.W., lat. 38, lon. 12, by the Princess Royal, West, arrived
in the River. Englishman, Bristol to Africa, Jan. 17, lat. 14
N., lon. 28 W., by the Columbus, arrived at Liverpool. Ab-
botsford, Liverpool to Boston, 25th ult., lat. 43, lon. 47, by
the Menussia, arrived at Liverpool. London, Calcutta to Li-
verpool, Jan. 8, let. 30 S., lon. 42 E. ; William Henry, Li-
verpool to Halifax, 7th inst., lat. 45, lon. 15 ; Little Wonder,
London to St. Michael's, 9th, lat. 48, lon. 11 ,• Argus, from
Shields, 10th, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the One-and-All, Brocken-
shire, arrived at Milford.

Our friends in the " far north" appear to feel the
rigours of winter with almost unexampled severity. We
learn that, since Monday, the 19th ult., the inhabitants of
Stornoway have been under the necssity, in several instances,
of finding egress from their houses 1.. y the roofs, or by pas-
sages dug under the snow. All the roads are completely
blocked up, and many of the houses are buried beneath the
drift. Loss of life, we are sorry to say, has frequently oc-
curred in the Highlands since the commencement of the pre-
sent storm. An instance has just come within our notice.
On Friday, the 23d ult., whilst a man named Alexander
Macdonald, belonging to Coll, was returning home from
Stornoway, he was overpowered by the storm, and perished
in the snow. His body was found on Monday, at a short
distance from his own house. He has left a widow and six
children to ltuueut hie death.—inrormeso Courier.