The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-14 00:00:00

71..&13if AND POLICE.

Mr. Commissioner Pollock sat in the Insolvent
Debtors' Court, and committed to Newgate Thomas
Doggett, assignee of the estate of Henry Frederick Bath,
for not filing an account.
A. Session was held, by adjournment, at the Guildhall,
Westminster, before Mr. Witham (Chairman), and a
full Bench of Magistrates, for the purpose of hearing ap-
plications for licences for dancing, music, and other en-
tertainments of a similar kind.

At the Mansion-house on Friday, Patrick Fitzsimmons
and Eliza, his wife, were charged with having committed
a desperate assault upon Charles Taylor, a tailor, who
lodged in their house in Greyhound-court, St. Mary-axe.
The defendants are Irish and the complainant is a
Welshman. It appeared that he wished to quit the
lodgings and tendered his rent, whereupon the defend-
ants set upon him, and while one hammered his head
with a hammer the other jumped on him and beat him
with the leg of a chair. The sentence upon them was,
that the man should pay a fine of 405., or be committed
for a month ; and that the woman should pay a fine of
10s., or be committed for a week. The prisoners were
finally committed to prison. '
An errand boy named Thomas Bryan was remanded
from Clerkenwell, on a charge of robbing Mr. Chertsey,
boot-maker, No- 4, Chichester-row, St: Pancras, his
master.

At Lambeth-street, 'William Duvall, the second mate
of the brig Prince Oscar, at present lying in the London
Docks, was brought before Air. Henry for further exa.•
urination, on the atrocious charge"of "gouging." Capt.
Lawson, the victim of the savage brutality of the pri-
soner, who. is an American, was in attendance, and de-
scribed the ferocious conduct of the prisoner, who was
remanded until the 2-ist inst.,. when he will probably- be
committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
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charged with a aiiing.highway'rolabery in Anl,tiii-strcet,
Shoreditch.

At Union-ball, John Hobbs, foreman..in the employ
of Mr. Herring, an extensive contractor for the purchase
of building materials, was committed for embezzling a
large amount of money from his employer: . .

We understand the King of the French haS been
obliged to decline the Duke of Devonshire's couritous
invitation to Chatsworth. His Majesty's engagements
came permit of the King to prolong his sojourn in this •
country beyond this day, originally appointed for his
Majesty's departure:
It is generally understood that the marriage of Lady
Augusta Somerset, eldest daughter of the. Duke of Beau-
fort, aud his Excellency Baron Nieuniann, the Austrian
Nlinister, will be solemnised in the course of the ensuing
month. _

His Excellency the American Minister, Mrs. Everett.
and Miss Everett, have arrived in town from Scotland.
On leaving Taymouth Castle Mr. Everett and family
proceeded on a tour of the Western Highlands, add on
their way south paid a visit to Lord and Lady Belhaven-,
at Wishaw House.
Colonel Thierry, Aide-de-Camp to his Royal gigh-
nest the Duc de Montpensier, and several noblemen of
his Royal lligness's suite, arrived at the Brunswick
Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Windsor Castle and. Ports-
mouth, to pay a hasty visit to this metropolis.
The Duke of Richmond and party have returned to
Gordon Castle, from attending the northern meeting at
Inverness. The Earl and Countess of Seafield, Lord and
Lady Lovat, Lord and Lady Saltoun and the Hon. Miss
Fraser, Sir P. and Lady Mostyn, and a brilliant circle
of the Scottish nobility, were present at that annual ei-
hibition of the Highland games.
Viscount Morpeth has joined the family circle at
Castle Howard, from Scotland. The Hon. Captain and_
Mrs. Howard have arrived on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Carlisle, from the Continent.

Sir John Brooke Pechell, Bart., is so far recovered
from his late indisposition, that he is now enabled to
take carriage airings.
The Dowager Lady Holland has returned to town
from Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford.
tRISCUZZILIitZOI7I3.
A preliminary meeting of gettlemen has been held at
the Mansion House, Mr. Cotton, the Governor of the
Bank of England, in the chair, for the purpose of
making arrangements for a piiblic meeting to take into
consideration the propriety of establishing warm and
cold baths for the use of the poor in some of the most in-
digent localities about the metropolis..
We understand that in addition to' the stand of arms
which the armoury of Chester Castle contains, it is in-
tended that an extensive supply of cannon shall be also
added, so as to form a complete depot of both large and
small guns, for the use of the northern district, in case of
need. A small armoury is now in the course of fitting
up, adjoining the staff officer's office, in the lower ward,
for the reception of 250 stand of arms and accoutrements
for the use of the out-pensioners in this district.
Information was on Friday forwarded to. the inetropo-
titan police, that a mon named Timothy Goodwin, of
-Cirencester, rscaped from the Station-house at Ciren-
cester on the 7th instant, after having
.been committed to
Gloucester county gaol for.-trial on a charge of felony.
He is a labourer,. and has the appearance of an old
soldier.

The-Northumberland Agricultural Society held their
annual exhibition of stock, seeds, and -implements, on
Wednesday, in a field belonging to A. R. Fen? Vick, Esq.,'
of Morpeth. Compared with previous years, the show
was considered a decided . improvement •in some of the
classes with regard to the 'general quality' of the stock,
though ill point of numbers it was perhapS deficient.
The ninth anniversary arid exhibition. of stock and
roots of the East Essex Agricultural • SoCiety took place
at Colchester on Wednesday. _ The stock and roots were
exhibited, and the rewards for industry and good con-
duct, &c., were distribut(idin..the Castle Bailey.
The Vicarage of. Illilverton with the Curacy of
Langford Budville annexed, a Peculiar' in the jurisdic-
tion of the Archdeacon•of Taunton, who is the Patron
and Impropriator, isyvacant by the death, in the island
of Madeira, of the Rev. J: T. Trevelyan who was insti—
tuted to the same in the year. 1825. • The net annual in
come of this benefice ,vas returned in 1831 at 449/.

Scorrisnr BANKs.:—The county of Inverness, at a
general meeting. held on the 1:4 inst., unanimously
agreed to a series of resolutions, deprecating any altera-
tion or restriction of the present currency of Scotland,
and calling upon the Members of Parliament for the
County and burgh, .in conjunction with the other repre-
sentatives of Scotland, to give determined resistance to
any measure which may tend to change the present
system of banking and currency. The resolutions Were
moved by Mr. Macpherson Grant, younger, of Bailin-
dallob, and seconded by Mr. Sheriff Tytler.
HORSES Pon EXPORTATION.—Within the last few
days a number of valuable horses have arrived
at Mr. Celle 's Paragon Inn stables, where a further
collection is daily expected. They consist solely of en-
tire horses for the King of Denmark, and have been
selected by one of his Majesty's stall-keepers, and Mr.
Riby Nicholson, of Beeford. A buyer from the estab-
lishment of Mr. Bamberger, of Berlin, has also arrived
to make further purchases before the season closes.—
Hull Advertiser.
At the dinner lately given to Mr. Clifton, the new
3a.P. for North Lancashire, covers were laid for 300,
but only 67 gentlemenfatteneed, a significant OM mplidea•-
tioll•—.lmds Time,