The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-22 00:00:00

1.-AW AND POLICE.

At Lambeth-street Police-court, Thomas Brand and James
Eccles, young men of gentlemanly.appearance, were charged
before Mr. Henry with causing the death of Ellen Goodlad,
an unfortunate female of 18 years of age, by inducing her to
take a large quantity of gin, on Friday night last, at tie Gar-
rick Tavern, in Lemon-street. Both prisoners denied calling
or paying for the liquor, and their solicitor contended that
there was no proof whatever that they had done so. They
were held to bail.

At the Woolwich Police-court, John Hawkesworth and
John Batt, two convicted thieves, were charged with feloni-
ously breaking into the house of Mr. Heard, Woolwich-com-
mon, on the night of the 23d January last, and stealing a
quantity of property therefrom ; also a second charge of steal
ing a quantity of linen, belonging to a Mrs. Ware, laundress,
of Jackson's-lane. They were committed for trial.
Thomas Adams, John Ives, William Steven, Richard
Turner, and Samuel Richardson, apprentices, and Joseph
Rowe, an engineer, Hof
the employ of Messrs. Miller and Ra-
venhill, engineers, of Millwall, were brought before Mr.
Broderip, at the Thames Police Court, on the charge of as-
saulting Ann Troop, the wife of a man employed as a tool-
maker in the same establishment. It appeared from the
evidence of Mrs. Troup, that her husband had been lately
confined to his bed by illness, and the workmen and appren-
tices belonging to the factory came to the conclusion that he
was skulking, and on the morning of the 14th inst. the pvi-
soners and others brought a truck to the house to fetch him
away. In resisting the prisoners and their companions Mrs.
Troup was violently assaulted. The defence was that the
complainant's husband was a skulker, neglecting his work
and his family, and that it was the custom of the trade to
pull such men up. Tlie defendants, with the exception of
Ives, were held to bail.

In the Court ofd Exchequer an action was brought by a
cab proprietor, named Colley, to recover in damages the sum
of 351., for injuries to a horse and cab, occasioned by the
carelessness of the defendant. It appeared that the defendant
under a contract with the Commissioners of Sewers had made
an excavation at Charing-cross, opposite to Northumberland
House, on the 27th of October last. Next morning, at half-
past three, plaintiff's horse and cab approached from St.
Martin's-lane, broke through the temporary barriers into the
excavation, and thereby so injured the horse for further ser-
vice, as to render his destruction matter of necessity. Several
witnesses proved that the barriers were quite sufficient, but
the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—pamages, 351.

COURT-11.8.13iL10N.A.331.16.
The Marquis de Fayal (son of the 'Duke de Palmella) and
Marchioness, accompanied by the Marquis and Marchioness
de Minas, M. le Chevalier Perera, M. Sa Noguera, and an
extensive suite, have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Lisbon,
via Southampton. ,
The latest accounts received from Castle Howard, of the
state of the Earl of Carlisle, were to the effect that his Lord-
ship was much the same. The Duke and,Dushass of Suther-
land are still at the Castle.

Viscountess Forbes,-Lord William Hill, sir George Hamp-
son and the officers of the Scots Greys, Sir Thomas and Lady
Culham, Sir Claude de Crespigny, and the leading rank and
fashion of the vicinity, attended the grand fancy ball at
Bury, on Tuesday. Among the decorations of the ball-
room were two Chinese flags with the national dragon,
Acaptured by Capt. Eyres of the Modesto, at the taking of
moy.
The Dukek and Duchess of Bedford are expected to leave
Woburn Abbey for Belgrave.,square for the season, on Tues-
day se'nnight. The Dowager Duchess and Lady Rachel
Evelyn Russell are passing the winter in the south -of
Europe, and are not expected at Camden-hill until late in
the spring.
On Tuesday was married at St. Margaret's, Westminster,
Miss Bankes, the eldest daughter of George Bankes, Esq.,
one of the Members fur Dorsetshire, to John Floyer, Esq., of
West Stafford, in that county.
Count de Janmac, late Roman Chabot, first secretary to the
French Embassy, accompanied by his father, Major-General
Count Chabot, left Manchesle4House On Tuesday, for Paris,
on leave of absence, which will not expire until the middle of
next month. Count Joins de Noaille.s is now first secretary
to the embassy.

MISCELLANEOUS.
According to the annual report of Dr. Southwood Smith,
of the state of the London Fever Hospital, the admissions
duringthe last year were 1,462, being an excess of 418 above
that of any preceding year. Fever. raged most violently in
the central, northern, and southern districts, which was attri-
butable to the undrained, close, and filthy condition of these
large
localities. The gross mortality was 14 per cent. An un-
precedented number of nurses and other servants of the hos-
pital Therweereis att
raecpo
Evangelical Clergy" are about to secede from the Established
attacked with
in
eirfcuevleart,io namely,nhat a 29, of whom six died.
body of " the
'Church, and to set up a distinct communion. on the principles
of Episcopacy. In the Record of Monday last appears the
following :—" It being in contemplation to form an Episcopal
church, separate from the State; with a revised Liturgy, all
who are favourable to this object are -earnestly requested to
communicate by letter," &c.
The Military steeple-chases at Windsor, which will come
off over an excellent line of country, selected by the stewards
in .the immediate vicinity of the town, have-been fixed for
Easter Tuesday, the 9th of April, and the following day. The
stewards are Viscount Seaham (Ist Life Guards), Lord
Glamis (Grenadier Guards), and Albert Ricardo ,Esq. of Tot-
.
Mess Park.
On Tuesday the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company
made a preparatory trial of their new and extensive premises
at Wapping. The City of Aberdeen brought a large number
of cattle,-the whole of vrhich walked ashore amidst the cheers
of the surrounding spectators.
A meeting of the Essex Agricultural Protection Society
(consisting of tenant fanners) was held, by deputation, at
the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queenlstreet, on Tuesday, to
-which the attendance of deputations from the other Agricul-
tural Protection Societies of Tenant- Farmers throughout the
kingdom was invited, for the purpose of conferring on' the
subject of making the necessary preliminary arrangements
for forming a central Society for the Protection of Agricul-.
tttre. The meeting, being purely preliminary, was a private
one. About 250 persons were present. Mr. Robert Baker,
the Chairman of the Essex Agricultural Protection Society,
presided.
At a Court of Aldermen, Mr. Alderman Wilson presented
a petition from Castle Baynard Ward, praying that the
neighbourhood of St. Paul's Churchyard might be relieved
of the nuisance of disorderly females who congregate there.
Mr. Keating (one of the petitioners) stated that on applying
to Mr. Harvey, the Police Commissioner, that gentleman said
it was Of no use to take up the women of the town while the
Magistrates discharged them without punishment. Mr. Al-
derman Copeland said that he had never heard a more gra-
tuitous piece of impertinence than the observation of the
Commissioner. The Recorder read the section of the City
Police Act, to show that it was not exactly according to the
statute to take into custody and imprison unfortunate women
who walked the streets without committing any offence. The
petition was then rejected.

HBROIO CONDUCT OF LITTLE CHILDREN. —An
nquest was held on Thursday last, the Bell Inn, East
Moulsey, on the bodies of Maria Watford and William Bur-
rell, aged respectively 12 years, who were drowned on the
previous day. Henry Burrell, aged 10 years; stated that as
he, -Maria Watford, and William Burrell, were running on
some ice over a pond at East Moulsey, the ice gave way, and
Maria Watford fell into the deepest part of the pond (about
six feet). William Burrell, who had a stick in his hand, saw
her danger, and with a courage seldom witnessed in one so
young, got as close as he could to the edge of the broken ice,
Which the child was tearing away in the vain hope to get on
the surface, and had just placed the stick in her hand when
the ice gave way under him, and they were both immersed in
the water. Mary Watford van Across the pond to get aid
from some labourers on the farm, and in doing so the iee
broke away from her feet, and she, too, was in imminent
danger of losing her life. Henry Burrell, who was going in
another direction for the same purpose, instantly went to the
place, and, at the risk of his own life succeeded in getting
her out of the water; and, by the kind attention afforded at
the farm-house, and the medical aid which had been sent for,
her life was saved. Some of the men of the farm went into
the water, and in about half an hour the bodies of William
Burrell and Maria Watford were got out. They were quite
dead. The Coroner, in a most feeling manner, adverted to
the brave conduct of the deceased William Burrell, who,
though so young, had risked and lost his own life to save a
laymate.—Verdict, " Accidentally drowned."
THE LADY' SHOPLIFTERS.—On Tuesday the pro-
perty, which had been removed from the residence of these
ladies, who were remanded by Mr. Alderman Challis from
Guildhall on Tuesday for a week, was taken to the central sta-
tion-house, Smithfield.
WOOLWICH, FEB. 20.—Gentleman Cadet Black,
whose absence from the Royal Military Academy at Wool-
wich, has been publicly noticed, and to which it has been
added, " has not since been heard of," is with his parents,
and is expected to join the Academy again in a few days,
when the whole of the circumstances of his case will be tho-
roughly investigated. The young gentleman was one of
those who joined the Royal Military Academy for the first
time at the commencemeat of the present month.—The
Rattler steam-vessel, with Mr. Smith's screw propeller,
formed of three distinct pieces, went down the river yester-
day on an experimental trip, but the alteration has not been
approved of, as she did not equal her former speed. The
propeller with three pieces has been detached, and workmen
are at present employed in adding two pieces of iron to the
original screw, for the purpose apparently of giving it greater
purchase in the water, end it is expected the vessel will be
tried again on Friday, with the screw formed of two pieces,
that principle having, as yet, been found best adapted for
sp. i
THE QUEEN AND HER PEOPLE.—It s already
very manifest Lord John Russell's observation in the
House of Commons last week, that he knew the Queen was
anxious equal justice should be given to all her subjects, ha;
already produced a very great impression. It was sure to do o ;
the declaration was a most judicious one, and extremely well
timed.