The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-29 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

At the Southwark Quarter Sessions, yesterday, there was
not a single case fur trial, and the grand and petty juries were
dismissed.
Alfred Herbert was finally examined, at Clerkenwell,
charged by Miss Jane Boswood, stationer, York-place, Isling-
ton, with having stolen an ornamental inkstand, value 51.,
and committed for trial.

A man named Nathaniel Darby was charged, at Lambeth-
street, with walking off with a hat and coat, the property of
Mr. Smith, a dealer in Whitechapel. He put them on under
pretence of buying them, and then refused to pay for them or
give them up. He had played the same trick on an eating-
house-keeper anti procured an excellent dinner, refusing to
pay for it, and laughing at the victim, it being, as he said, a
matter of debt. The felony in the present case not being
proved, he was discharged with a caution.
Mary Ann Sullivan, a woman advanced in years, and of
respectable appearance, was charged, at Union-hall, with
stealing two pairs of ladies' boots, from a shop in Wellington-
street, London-bridge, and-was remanded. ..
Mr. Belaney was committed to Newgate yesterday, on the
warrant of the Coroner, for the wilful murder of his wife, by
administering prussic acid

Col7ll2.T—wAsmoza.lll3TAM.
The Duchess of Kent and Prince Leiningen intend staying
eight days at Coburg, on their visit to the (Ideal family of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. On account of the Court being
still in mourning for the late Grand Duke, no fetes were to
take place at Court, but a grand concert at the theatre was
intended to be given in honour of the illustrious visitors, at
which a sacred cantata, composed by the reigning Grand
Duke Ernest of Saxe-Coburg, was to be performed.
The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland received at dinner, on
Wednesday, at her residence in Seymour-place, the distin-
guished party present at the nuptials of her Grace's nephew,
Captain. Russell,' with Miss Lushington, daughter of the
Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, D.C.L, In the evening her
Grace had a select party, comprising about 100 of the nobility
and gentry.
The Earl and Countess of Antrim's dinner parties in Eaton-
place, are fixed for the 10th and 12th July.
Sir Charles and Lady Cecilia Des Vceux entertained the
Duke and Duchess of eleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett,
the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Lord and Lady Crof
ton, Lord and Lady Aylmer, Hon. Mrs. Fitzroy, Mr. and
Mrs. R. Ellice, Hon. E. Lascelles, and Captain Paget, at
dinner on Wednesday last.
The Duke and Duchess of Attyll are expected to leave
Connaught-place West, the week after next, for Inverary
Castle The alliance between the Marquis of Lorn, eldest son
of the Duke, and Lady Elizabeth Georgians Leveson Gower,
eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, is not
expected to be solemnised until the close of the yei r.

The half-yearly meeting of the Bahia Steam Navigation
Company was held on Thursday at the George and Vulture
Tavern, Cornhill, air, Saunders in the chair From the re-
lort it appears that the difficulties under which the Company
abours are in a great measure owing to the expensive suits
which have been instituted by the former Directors in the
Court of Chancery. At the same time it is in a flourishing
condition as respects •its operations in the Brazils. The
solicitor, Mr:Kearser, in ireply. %to question, gave a detail
of the legal' proceedings in which the Company is unft.rtu-
nately involved. The Chancery suit was, perhaps, one of
the heaviest which had been Sled in this country, the bill
consisting of one thousand folios, and the answer of no less
than three thousand. The object was to compel the present
Directors to render an account of the affairs of the Company,
and next to forego certain actions in which they were con-
cerned—the real aim, howciver, being to dissolve the Com-
pany. He assured the meeting that the Company was cer-
tain of ultimate success.

On the-same day, the half-yearly meeting of the Canada
Company was held•at the Canada House, St. Helen's-place,
for the purpose of 'declaring a dividend and on othet.rnatters.
It .appeared from .4 statement of the accdunts, that in the
collection of moneys due froni settlers a very considerable
crease had occurred, there:baring been realised -15,0621. up
to the 25th of May,- against '7,2224 to the-same period of last
year. This had principally arisen. from a favourable market
-having-been-founa for Canadian grain and flour, and other
produce, in this country, under the late Act of Parliament.
A dividend of 6 per cent. per annum was declared. .
'The eighth annual meeting of the South Australian-Coni-
pany was held at the office in Old Broad-street,- A long
report of the Cbmpany's operationt in the past year was read
by the.seeketer from which-1r appeared -that the-property
had undergone- a valuation; and; amounted tb 279,9111. Os. Bd.
A marked imPrevement had taken place in the Company's
wool, of which 245 bales were sold; on a,late occasion,:et about
Is. 6d. per lb. The -extent and variety of the exports fro u,
the colony were greatly increasing, the value of whict; during
the year was estimated at 60,000/., and there wean° doubt that
by the aid of further emigration this tolonyowould soon be-
Come a corn:exporting.conntry, under the peculiar circuth-
stances of the • colony and the prese4 aspect of affairs, the
directors 'considered it unadvisable tcdeclare a dividend.
The'anniversaiyof the 'opening of the NeW-Infint Orphan
yesterday atlWanstead, and honoured
-by•the pretence of • Prince Alberta •Among the subscriptions,
announced were the following :—Prince Albert, 100 guineas ;
Lord Robert Grosvenor,. M.P., 211; Earl Calthorpe, 211.; the
Lord Mayor, 10 guineas; B. B. Cabbell, Esq., 10 guinea's;
Sir• George Cockban,':lo guineas; Hon. Mr. Rushout, 10
Suineas ; Sir C. Hunter, 5 guineas ; several members of the
tock Exchange, 125 guineas, &c_ The total amount was
about 2,5001. -

A
SYRIAN H.
MEDICAL AID ..SSOCIATION.—The object
of this Association is to furnish medical-and surgical aid not
only to the poor suffering • natives of Syria, who, till lately,
were altogether without the advantage of any professional
assistance, when attacked by the several maladies to which
they are so frequently exposed : but also to such or the resi-
dent European merchants, travellers, and seamen, who occa-
sionally visit that country, and many of whom have annually
fallen, victims to disease, for want of competent and timely
medical advice. From a.printed copy of the Society's last
prospectus,we learn that the services of Dr. Keras, who had
been sent out some years since, have been eminently success-
ful. During the --first year of his residence, he relieved
(under every disadvantage) no less than 4,298 patients, in•
eluding many difficult, and important surgical operations,
performed to the satisfaction of all parties. . The Dispensary
house at Beyrout is beset at all hours, by persons of every
denomination, who are anxious to obtain advice for them-
selves or relatives. Many have to traverse the rocky regions
of Lebanon, a distance of thirty or forty miles; whilst others
fame even from Damascus, because in that great city,
although there is a population varying from 120,000 to
150,000, there is not a single medical man who is worthyof
their confidence; those who profess " the healing art " being
either "charm-vendors," "magicians," of " adventurers." !
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—MISS WILLIAMS'S
CASTS.—The Directors of the Polytechnic Institution have
just added to the very large and valuable collection with •
which the place is filled, a series of the casts taken by Miss
Williams from the inscriptions and c tings on the stone
walls in the prison rooms of the Tow* f' ondon, made by
kit.
the prisoners by whom those dreary ala were once inha-
bited. These ves ges ,of the sorrows and sufferings of,
queens, princes, no 14.„commeners; And martyrs, are of the
highest interest. hey illustreite .ertain passages of history
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in a mournful but very emaAibl antler) and to those who
are fond of insrestimiti .i' V rt facts by the means of
minute eircumstan es ich e e
.ly reflect a ray by which
tilv
they are placed in her - light, they. are of the highest
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importance. These hours 'of Miss Williams are deserving
of patronage.; that lady has brought a very difficult task to
a coochision so perfect, that all persons must marvel at her
accuracy of judgment, her Mechanical skill, and her unweariedindustry. The autographs of Anne Boleyne, written or cut
in the stone wall of her prison, with a pair of scissors, but a
few hours befdre her execution, and the more elaborate carving
of a coat of arms, and a legend of his sufferings, by the unlbr-
tunate husband of Lady Jane Grov, preViously to Ifis death,
are but amongst a few of the records of bloody deeds which
these vestiges illustrate. All persons df geed taste should
is
go and see them -
BLUE-COAT SCHOOL, WESTMINSTER.—The Rei.'
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of
Dr. Coils will advocate the claims this charity next Sun-
day mornit/g..1. at St. Peter's Episcopal Chapel, Queen-square,
St. Janies!a,,Park, in compliance with the particular request'
of a large body ,of the,Gevernors,of that institution. It may
not, perhaps, be gellerally . known "that .the Westminster
Blue-coat School was the first of the kind in England, having
been founded in the year 1688, a few months previous to the
landing of Xing William, while this country was in a fer-
ment at the impending danger to the Church and Constitu-
tion. A few persens grieved at the state of ignorance and
irreligioh iti which the rising generation were then growing'
up, determined te'make an effort to ground them thoroughly
.in the.doctrines and duties of the Christian religion, consi-
dering-that this was the only effectual way to 'preserve the
young from the sophistry of the infidel and the contamina-
tion of the profane. In the choice of their advocate on the
present occasion, the Governors of the charity have been for-
tunat6;since the Bev. Dr. Colts is himself a practical example
of the benefit arid the blessing of early religious principles;
and we hope he will be successful in opening the hands and
hearts of his audience next Sunday morning in favour of the
excellent charity.

MORE INCENDTARISM.-4/IfOrMatiOß was, yester-
day, received at all the.metropolitan and City police-stations,
that, at an early hour in the morning of the 17th instant,
the farm homestead at Waterbeach, in the county of Cam-
bridge, in the occupation of Mr. Edward Mason, was wilfully
set on fire and destroyed. A. reward of 200/. is offered
for the apprehension and conviction of the incendiary or
incendiaries, and the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for
the Home Dep-artment will advise the grant of her Majesty's
Tree pardsm to any, accomplice (nut being the person who
actually set fire to the premises) wlio will give ikelieyjdence
us shall lead to the same result.