The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-11 00:00:00

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF DE-
SIGN.-SPITALFIELDS BRANCH.
The third annual distribution of prizes awarded by the
Committee of the above Institution took place yesterday, in
Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street. The Marquis of Normanby
in the chair. The Noble Marquis was supported by Lord
Robert Grosvenor, John Dillon, Esq., and other warm friends
of the school. The ancient and beautiful hall was crowded
to excess. _ _

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:
NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—A. miserable day's sport
was preceded by the sale of the late Mr. Thornbill's
two year olds and yearlings, of which the following were
the prices :

The Marquis of NORMANDY was enthusiastically cheered
on taking his seat. The Noble Marquis said that he would
not occupy the time of the meeting at much length by any
remarks he had to make, as the objects of the Institution
had been recently described by a very warm and tried
friend. He had only to congratulate the meeting on the pre-
sent success and future prospects of the Institution, espe-
cially as regarded the great increase in the number of pupils
and their advance towards perfection. On matters of taste
he would say nothing, because on such a subject there were
no general rules, except those which by their own fitness
pleased the eye; to inculcate the study of such rules was the
great object of the promoters of the School of Design.—
(Hear.) Fashion, it was true, was constantly changing,
hence novelty was considered in part to be a merit; granting
this, he sincerely hoped that what was really good, refined,
and elegant in the arts, though old, would never become ob-
solete. Without referring to that vexatious question the
hours of labour it could not be doubted that the best way of
spending the hoursi of relaxation after labour had terminated
for the day, was by following a course of study in such an
Institution as the Government School of Design afforded.
For his own part, he felt highly honoured in being called
upon to preside over the meeting.--(Hear, hear.)
The Rev. Mr. STONE, Rector of Spitalfields, then read the
report of the Committee. It was very satisfactory, and set
forth that in April last the number of pupils in the school
amounted to 238, which exceeded by 122 the number at the
corresponding period of last year. The amount granted by
the Council for teaching was 250/. ; last year it was 1501.
Several warm supporters had contributed, by subscriptions
and otherwise, the sum of 450/., the interest of which was to
be expended in prizes annually. The report went on to state
that the Committee entertained no doubt whatever that the
manufacturers -of Spitalfields, by care and attention, could
compete successfully with those of France. In conclusion,
the report stated that the amount of fees received for the
past year was 86/. ; and that Mr. Octavius Hudson, formerly
a pupil in the central school, had been appointed master of
the Spitalfields branch, at a salary of 100/. per annum.—
(Cheers.) The Rev. Rector, in moving the adoption of the
report, stated that the working classes would never be really'
benefited by the exercises of a morbid philanthropy, but by
the culture of their own mental endowments.

Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion, after which the report
was unanimously adopted.
The Marquis of NORMANDY then, in a very affable and
condescending manner, delivered the prizes. Several of the
successful competitors were exceedingly young—fine, smart
little fellows, nine or ten years of age. Besides twenty pupils
who received prizes, one, unhappily deaf and dumb, received
a prize of a book, for regularity of attendance and general
good conduct.
Mr. Dimas, in moving a resolution, to the effect, that the
meeting viewed with satisfaction the success of the Society
and the progress made by the pupils, observed that the Com-
mittee felt grateful to the Government for the assistance it
had given to such societies as the present ; but great and per-
manent usefulness was only to be achieved by the labour,
care, and patient industry of the pupils. He had lately been
in the city of Lyons, and he was sorry to acknowledge that
he certainly witnessed an advance—a temporary advance, it
was to be hoped—in the arts of design over his countrymen,
because the people of Lyons were educated in the arts; it
was not from any natural talent over the English that the
Lyonese excelled ; it arose simply from the accidental cir-
cumstance of education. Let the English pupil study dili-
gently the beautiful models exhibited—let him listen atten-
tively to the instructions given to him in these schools, and,
however poor his parents, that pupil will ultimately rise to
wealth, honour, and distinction.—(Applause.)
Mr. WiLsoN seconded the resolution, and bore testimony
to the progress of the school.
Thanks to the Committee were then voted unanimously,
and several gentlemen addressed the meeting.
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR proposed the thanks of the
meeting to the Noble Chairman, for the good taste, good
feeling, and ability with which he had presided. Had it not
been for the Noble Marquis there would have been no such
institution as that which had called them together; or if
there had, it would have been one of very limited usefulness
as compared with the present. The Noble Marquis, when
one of her Majesty's advisers, suggested and warmly sup-
ported the Institution, which had continued to prosper and
increase in usefulness. -

The motion was carried by acclamation.
The Marquis of NORMANBY briefly returned thanks, and
having descended from the platform, with much apparent sa-
tisfaction, examined the various specimens for which prizes
had been awarded.

QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED FOR

THE CONSIDERATION OF THE JUDGES.
The following are the questions propounded yesterday to
the Judges at the close of the arguments in the case of the
" Queen v. O'Connell :"
"The attention of the Judges is requested to the record
and proceedings hereafter subjoined, with reference to the
following questions :
" 1. Are all, or any, and if any, which, of the counts in
the indictment bad in law, so that, if such count or counts
stood alone in the indictment, no judgment against the de-
fendants could properly be entered upon them ?
" 2. Is there any, and if any, what defect in the finding of
the jury upon the trial of the said indictment, and in enter-
ing of such finding?
"3. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the in-
dictment, by means of any defect in the indictment, or of the
finding, or entering of the findings of the jury upon the said
indictment ?

".4. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse the judg-
ment by reason of the matters stated in the pleas in abate-
ment, or any of them, or in the judgment upon such
pleas ?
"5. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg-
ment on account of the continuing the trial in the vacation,
or of the order of the Court for that purpose?
" 6. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg-
ment on account of the judgment of the 'Court overruling
and disallowing the challenge to the array, or any or either
of them ; or of,the matters stated in such challenge ?
" 7. Is there sufficient grounds to reverse the judginent by
reason of any defect in the entry of continuances from the
said trial to the 15th day of April, regard being also had
to the appearances of the defendants on the said last-
named day ?
"8. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse or vary the
judgment on account of the sentences, or any, or either of
them, passed on the respective defendants, regard being had
particularly to the recognisances required, and to the period
of imprisonment dependent on the entering into such re-
cognisances ?
" 9. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse the judgment
on account of the judgments in the assignments of error
coram nobis, or any or either cf them, or of the matters stated
in such assignments of error, or any or either of them? •
" 10. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg-
ment by reason of its not containing any entry as to the ver-
dicts of acquittal ?
" 11. In an indictment consisting of counts A, B, C, where
the verdict is guilty of all generally, and the counts A B are
good, and the count C is bad, the judgment being, that the
defendants, for the offences aforesaid, be fined and impri-
soned, which judgment would be sufficient in point of law, if
confined expressly to counts -A and B, can such judgment be
reversed on a writ of error? Will it make any difference whe-
ther the punishment be discretionary, as above suggested, or
a punishment fixed by law ?"

"AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE."—
The truth of this soul- delighting saw was beautifully illus-
trated, two or three days ago, in a court off Gulston-street,
Whitechapel. A poor man, named. Leeson, owed Is. 6d. for
rent ; yes, he was one week in arrear, having before been
punctual with his eightecnpence. His landlord, named
Martin—may seraphs harp the syllables !—forced the room
door off the hinges, dragged a girl of 15 by the hair of her
head from the bed, then her brother, a boy of seven, and,
lastly, removed an infant, which he placed on the ground
outside the door ! The poor girl had prepared some food for
the babe, which the merciful Martin, in the fulness of his
powers of distraint, refused to let her have. One Lyons, a
Jew broker, dwelling at 4, George-court, Stony-lane (an apt
address), Houndsditch, then left the following document,
which was banded in to Mr. Norton, of Lambeth-street :
" Rent, 3s. ; levy, 35.; and man in possession 2s. 6d.," making
altogether Bs. 6d., though all that was due was one week's
rent, is. 6d. What a luxurious• thing is English law, even
when it visits the hovels of the poor 1 For Is. 6d. debt, law
asks 7s. costs Mr. Norton, however, sent word to the
landlord and the Jew that they must immediately restore the
goods free of expense. He had better have sent his warrant
for their apprehension for the assault, and punished them ac-
cordingly. However, Leeson may, as a Briton, have this
satisfaction—his house is his castle, so long as his landlord
and a Jew broker refrain from breaking into it.—Punch.

EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF LETTERS AT THE
GENERAL POST•OFFICE FROM ImmA.—Yesterday (Wednes•
day) morning an unusual number of letters and newspapers
arrived at the General Post-office, by the ordinary snails from
Egypt, Greece, India, China, the lonian Islands, &c., via
Southampton. There were 52 boxes of letters, containing
'together upwards of 12,000 single packets, and 5 bags of
newspapers, most of which were in perfect files.
SUDDEN DEATH ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY.—
Last evening, Mr. Joseph Payne held an inquest at the Green
Man Tavern, Tooley-street, on the body of Mr. Thomas
Anthony Fenton, aged eighty, of Finchley-park, Ripley,
Surrey. It appeared in evidence that deceased had come to
London by the Croydon train on Tuesday morning, and
having transacted business at the Bank of England, the East
India House, and Ransom's, he was returning by train at
twenty minutes to five r.m., and had just taken his seat in a
first-class carriage with two of his sons. As the train be-
gan to move his sons observed him lean forward, and on a
closer inspection discovered that he had become suddenly in-
dispose& They caused the train to be stopped, and deceased
was conveyed from the carriage to a waiting-room, and Mr.
Clarke, a surgeon, of Tooley-street, was sent for. On his
arrival he pronounced deceased dead, most probably from the
rupture of some blood-vessel, caused by over-exertion at his
advanced time of life. Verdict—" Natural Death."
LIOENSED VICTUALLERS.—III the Court of Excise
on Tuesday, Mr. Jonathan Hawkins, proprietor of the Red
Lion, Lower-road, Rotherhithe, applied for a return of six
months' duty on licenses, under the following circumstances :
—The licenses for selling wine, spirits, beer, and tobacco were
duly paid on the 10th October last up to the 10th October in
the present year. During that time the house was pulled
down, and a much larger one erected, partly on the same
ground. In consequence of the new house being much
higher rated, Mr. Hawkins was compelled to take out a fresh
set of licenses, and which the officers of Excise refused to
grant until the old ones were giiren up. The old house was
shut up on the sth of April last, and the new Red Lion opened
on the following day. Several witnesses having fully proved
the above statement, Sir J. Mortlock ordered the amount of
duties paid for the Old Red Lion, from the sth of April to the
10th of October next, to be returned to Mr. Hawkins.
EXPLOSION ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Great
excitement prevailed at the Brighton terminus on Monday,
by the non-arrival of the last train from London, and after
the lapse of about half an hour a pilot engine was dispatched
up the line to ascertain the cause. It appears that when near
the Ilayward's Heath station, one of the tubes of the boiler
burst, and the train was enveloped in steam. A messenger
was dispatched up the line for an 'engine, but before he re-
turned the pilot from. Brighton arrived, and propelled the
train for the remainder of its journey, after a delay of an hour.
No one was injured by the explosion.
Tins POLITICAL PECKSNIFF.—We have heard that
Mr. Charles Dickens is about to apply to the Court of Chan-
cery for an injunction to prevent Sir Robert Peel continuing
any longer to personate, in his capacity of Premier, the cha-
racter of Mr.Pecksniff, as delineated in " Martin Chuzzlewit,"
that character being copyright. We hope this rumour is
unfounded, as the injunction would certainly be refused.
Sir Robert Peel is in a condition to prove that the part in
question has been enacted by him for a long series of years,
and was so long before any of Mr. Dickens's works appeared ;
in short, that he, Sir Robert Peel, is the original Pecksniff.—
Punch.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINGL JULY 11, 1844.