The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

CRIMINAL
COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
The sixth session of the present Atayoralty commenced
Recorder, Sheriff,
before ihe Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,
Sheriff, and' other Civic authorities.
The rand jury having been sworn,
,The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. The
calendar, he said, contained the names of more than 260
rrisoners, a great number having been committed since
riday last. He feared, therefore, that the labours of
the gra'nd jury would be somewhat protracted. The
offences contained in the calendar were some of them of
a Very serious character • but he did not apprehend that
there would be any difficulty with respect to the de-
4,etsiOla the grand `jury would hafe to come to upon
to m. There were several charges of forgery; and ut,
"`"ug forged instruments, and one of these had created
Pegreat deal of public 'interest, and in which several
rsons were implicated. These persons were charged it obtaining, by means of forged instruments,
li'videnda which had remained for a considerable
time unclaimed. It appeared that by obtaining the
names of the persons to whose credit certain unclaimed
Mdividends had been placed, the names of the relatives
auch parties, and the whole history of the parties
iuselves, they were enabled to forge wills, which
PterPorted to haveteen -made by such parties ; and by
wills they were enabled to appropriate the un-
.,ehthned dividends to which the forged
wills related to
laernselves. Of course, in conducting such proceedings
as these several persons must be engaged, ..nd these
pPerms had several parts assigned to them for the pur-
ose of carrying on the fraud. The jury would have to
Take into their consideration the whole evidence which
,t)uld be laid before them, and they would have to sax
,bet( be
there was sufficient evidence to implicate the
•of the parties indicted, or only part of them.
The evidence would be laid before them, and it would be-
t°l them to consider whether that evidence was sufficient
°£
the
them in returning a true bill on the ground
°I the parties knowing that the wills in question
*el%
forged. No doubt there would be such
:ovidence laid before them as would lead to the
inneitl_bion that other parties besides those
I,„cusLody had been engaged in the frauds which had
nine of the 7th George IV., c. 64, which bore upon the
would which he was then referring.) The evidence
ue presented to the grand jury, and the question
thit't "uhi have to decide would be merely whether
the evidtaee was sufficient to justify them in sending
TheerAle.t° be fully inquired into before the petit jury.
attentionw another ease to which he would turn their
instituted in particular—it was a charge which had been
abgainst the owner and commander of a vessel
o‘castin.
Sect abetting
act itsel? er awa-.
y The: captain was charged with the
and 'ltou the owner with instigating, counselling,
hint iteso doing. It would be for the jury
'if the cons7der the case as against the captain, because
b. "is° o against him shld tail, of there would
neat ease against theou other person course
accuEed. He
radverted to a charge of rape which had occurred
od_er Fonfewhat peculiar circumstances, the young
theutt who had made the charge having, previous to
the °"enee being committed, been some time engaged to
ju Person who was charged. It would be for the grand,
tofu apply their own common sense and experience
at_uis case; and- to say whether, under such circum-
.Ccelit the young woman could be expected to make
be., lame outcry as she would have done had the party
„,,,,_rt stribger. It appeared that she had made no
'11,.. y haterer. He (the Recorder) lamented to say
xtr the calendar contained the Eames of two persons
,„11. ged with murder. He did not, however, think it
zmassary to make any observations upon these cases,
ltae they were merely cases of fact. His Lordship
ie IN briefly alluded to the minor charges contained
andcalendar, then remitted the grand uto their
the Court proceeded to swear the common

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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CLIIKENWELL.—( THIS DAY.)
ia,eo wwo men, named Lee and Porter, were ch arg wd as
It
that on Sunday mora-
le.. 1
aPPeared from the evidence
1, ' tile prisoners were knocking at the door of a
Iloilo.
-allied 1:1 E 1..,1 ay, in !der. walk, Islington, without any
:I Purpose_
as soon as
Po:ice-constable, 422 N, desired them to
the° a waY• They did so, but returned again ii; officer haq left the Walk. The constable, again hear-
-s)t knocking. at the door, went back,
eers- • P door. Air. flay begged
and sawtheprio-f th striking at the same ;
pie. Aeers to remove them but 422 had no sooner
his hand on Lee's collar
breast, but
14711 him, and struck him three blows on the
than the latter turned
Porter did not
:I:,_‘,ao as to produce any serious injury.e
for as
constable, but threatenudndtwoitdhohhisisaabsuisstitinneeses
tilt„gi"). Walker, 88 N, came up,
- -Prisoners were secured.
Lee had three timeal
044. ,7 azt Paiin,
snde 6ere
t rgone six months said
imprisonment fur lob;
two
oauolutst
oofnptrhie.
poll gone
and was not more . than a ?
11'''' Yeller had undergone three months'
went fur a similar offence. imprison-
t. 'lle Prisoners, who could urge nothi
i'''lduet, were sentenced—Lee to pay a f
iiaotse„thaenidr
Potter to find bail. ngtitonepoB-11
•
,CNION II AI.I...—(THIS DAY)
most
•3„el4', Qium Kalick was charged with committing "a
n-
zi(l"ent assault on his wife, whose life is
at resent co
red in danger. p
It appeared that on Sunday morning the defendan.t,
went irito a house where his wife happened to be, and
(1i !bring had a previousuarrel with her, he agait!renewhed
,;_ and; having knocked h.er down, kicked her in suc a
dreadful manner that her life is in danger.
The prisoner's defence
"'as,
that he found a man
sinumary vengeance on
Nulled Potter in bed with his Wife, and that he inflicted
t guilty pair.
Potter, the man alluded to, ---present, with his head
frightfully out, and he deniedwas
hprtihsa-0
riexiou took place between t improper. con-
remanded f and him:
' Mr. Traill
will allow her to attend. cun tneanr'sywi e . .
'Celli k til the state of his wife
ID
TCII AND FLANDERS
Bansstr.s_, APRIL 4.—The day before yesterday
MAIL.
;ttaarehholddrtshe ' first general annual meeting of the
of ..the Belgian Colonisation Companye.
.-1:, he emeulh,lir was very numerous. The report
Perations o the Company since. its institution was
of th
ilteh4,,cl", 'The assembly having examined the balance,
til---aipoisy approved the report, and passed, unapts
,
40"slY, a vote ot thanks to the directors. It. xesul
ttieta_ the "report, that there can be no doubt of the
„••as of the colony
After Senate, in its. sitting of yesterday, adopted,
Polder4°lrte debate, the project of law relative. to the
of: of Lillo. It then proceeded to the discussion
moralproject of law on the examining jury. 111
Ill:4debate was closed, and that on the articlesar
Posv:- for to-day. M: de. Houssy . and Baron Mac
tio ,_' as an amendment,‘ that the original plans pro-
the.
N„s,s-itell. the Government should be adopted by
Ly k instead of that of the Central Section, approved
t1;1):;te Chamber of Representatives. After
lal,loanngd
the -le this amendment was rejectel by 24 to
ioin d
-e' the agreed to by 23 to 12, M. Melon having
....' "le minority.,......
poilie ..,ItDilw, APRIL —been reported for
24, 44Ys, and we have gooi. reason
1 —lthas
for believing the
tfr6rt to be true, that his Royal Highness
the be
has converted the whole of his property. in
the Prince
Three. rtli_
~ Per Cent. Loan. .
50.1I-
ticil a
the 2d, APRIL 3.—His Majesty, by are I Ord of tie 2d inst.. conferred the Grand CrossF of the
Itairr of the Netherlands Lion on Mr. A. V
4).1C1e Minister of Finance.
Pubii,ts.--The directors of the iron railw.ay.nkti.ve
I,at--"e`-' a comparative statement of the traffic i the
th t thr" months o 1843 and of 1844, which shows,le
42% the traffic and receipti are nearly doubled. I
'Lather of travellers in the first three months of
• 1843 was
.... ..... .. .. . • 58,314
Tie • 1E44
................ .. 108,914
-1 receipt for travellers-and goods in-
-11884434 ............. '' ' 4936'735924f1f1: Sic.
69c
Tim 11ELDER ... ,
new
stestmer the s , APRIL 2.--His Majesty's
Ais, e t. Vesuvius is to be ready on the 15th of
tilatiti rlLiisei!to. Tout tihne. East Indies under the co The zi- ,
on
Corli,i,,, aweliblad contains three long articles
10 r npg the loan of 127 millions of florins (above'
most
Mill .
*thaisrrillY.l°eonn3graantduleatehs altrhe7
cuonudristr.syteorinintve,
satincdeess
.:),
sceogreat financial measure. All the journals contain
acrd ants from several cities, stating the sums sub-
Nog
r'Oeda by them respectively. rtr"
; d the
klicial, APRIL s.—Tho •
King . has rece.ve _
i, "y which his Majesty, the King of Sweden anad.
Jest tY, notifies to his Majesty the decease of. his Ma-
uro the.Jeing John Charles XIV., and his own accession
raoar:l444 On this occasion the King will go into
tsen,w
latefor three weeks, eommencing this day. .
t- smoke
of a plan of the Russian gover.a.
4rest ar the conversion of the Polish debt bearing
of ,iil .4.,
.t '‘,e Percent. We have now before us the list
.
hold: "auk The first article is as follows :—" Ill!
%keit% aof the Fire per Cent. Stock have the option of
Coat. Zsig the Five per Cent. Stock for a new Pournp:y
ea the !'oelc,. or of receiving the.capital in ready MO
after ixceltions and at the periods which will be here-
Chl th9* -
Perht Is occasion we cannot but remark that there
finaatP; never before -been seen in Europe
44; till fitet, eonsisting in a perfect uniformity of syos:
a simhilasa;
Nfßeit Rreat equality in the conditions of interest, a
as
ktleh eta confidence in the capitalist to attach almost _
the elcalUe to the funds of the poor States as to those of
te:e,at Spain and Portugal alone excepted. _
" purV'ssfrore Frankfort of the 29th of March,
silY.The
rea,l4f._-e,a, 'ter fair opens with very happy. prospects.
I:aulie.'etorers aro
.satisfied, and there is not ,toogrlent
pseiti):;,ilance of goods as has been
The increase in the prices of raw materi.als
for
the case at preceding
al
illei Quahe manufacturers to charge high prices f
r
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G Pr. Made her debut last week bef9reLa
Qii,,,,- 8 Rudience, in the ballet of La Sylphide, and in a-
teptioa, ill both of which she met with a favourable rel 6
pre.ll* Mdlle. Cerito is engaged in that city for
101,0h-714%U/3as, at the ternunation of which she proceeds
11‘e. "mon,' where she is expected to arrive at the end of
u.l4ollth.
iN ...t
.`trev. and -Lady Mary Vyner will occupy Earl de
the-vs ki, Milieu in St. James's-square during the season.
it it. Noble Lord Lieutenant and the Countess de Grey,
tetti4.,.
.-"' understood, are not expected to leave the Vice-
-44' .•octir.e for town until the end of next month, or the
'reek 14 hue.