The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

CRI INAL COURT.-(FRIDAY.)

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SENTENCES.— George James ilungier, who pleaded'guilty to three
charges of forgery, was brought up for judgment, and sentenced to
be transported for life. In reference to the case of this prisoner,
who was tried on Thursday with a person named Thomas Parker,
who was charged with uttering one of the forged instruments, and
which was reported in our paper of esterday, it should be stated
that the verdict of guilty only applied to the prisoner Aungier. The
evidence against Parker was exceedingly slight, and the jury se-
turned a verdict of acquittal.
Elizabeth Newton aliaa Mitchell, who was yesterday convicted
of being accessory before the fact to the forgery of a receipt of 441,
with intent to defraud the Paddington Savings' Bank, and Ezra
Bass, who pleaded guilty to the offence of actually forging the re-
ceipt, were brought up for judgment.
Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN having commented on the aggravated
character of the offence of the male prisoner, who had first in-
duced his companion to commit the offence, and then deserted her
and fled to the continent, said he felt it his duty to order him to
be transported for life. With regard to the other prisoner, the
sentence upon her was that she should be imprisoned and kept to
bard labour for two years,

John Taylor, who was also convicted yesterday of a robbery at
Buckingham Palace, was sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
ment and hard labour.

DISASTERS AT Havae.—We learn by the Havre
journals that the storm of Tuesday caused several disasters on the
coast near the mouth of the Seine. Two English vessels were forced
from their anchorage and driven ashore, and a sloop from Newcastle,
bound ter Rotten, with coals, went down near Leure. The crew was
saved in the boat: An English schooner, from Caen, laden with
stones, went down in view of the town, and the crew, who had taken
refuge in the rigging, owed their safety, in a great measure, to the
exertions of 31. Lemetheyer, the lieutenant of the port, who, on the
first alarm, proceeded to the jetty, and had the lite-boat launched,
proposing a reward to any persons who would man it. Six English-
men at once offered to proceed to the assistance of their countrymen,
on condition that a French pilot would accompany them. A young
man, named Lefebvre, immediately offered Ininself, and the party
rowed to the wreck. They succeeded, though not without great
danger, in rescuing four sailors and the captain, whom they brought
safe to land. A little sloop, with two men on board, was capsized
near St. Adresse, and one of the men was drowned. The other was
taken up, when nearly exhausted with swimming, by a fishing-boat.
ERROR OF THE PRESS.—" Fulham-road.—Dear
Nneh,—You were facetiously pleased to kill me in your last num-
ber. I beg you will bring me to life again in your next. My change
of name and residence has deceived you. You evidently thought I
had gone the way of all Metropolitan turnpikes, but no such luck, old
fellow. You will find Inc about fifty yards down the same road,
looking all the better for the change of air. The fact is, I could not
stand the smoke of town at this time of the year, so I have taken
this little box in the country. I shall be very happy to see you when-
ever you are coming this way. Till then, dear Punch, I remain, on
the Fulham-road, your turnpike to conunand, TUE Satirproan-sturatz
GATE, late the Queen's Elm, retired."—Punch.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERlES.—Yesterday information of
the following extensive robberies was circulated throughout the
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Wild. gold,
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tropolitan
and City Police :—From the house of Mr. Rice, No. 27,
aQiiltdeet7L-rseetreseit.,
Striotkinopitozni,,gtillendpronpoetertsy
oFfro3mlrst.hleVal boost 4
e of
Devonport-street, Shoreditch, a small gold watch, with worked back
surrounded by twenty pink topazes, a gold key, three gold seals, and
a silver guard chain. From the house of Mr. Paul, 10, North-street,
Westminster, two 51. Bank of England notes. a number of silver
spoons, and other articles. From the house of Mr. Kelton, soap-
maker, Park-street, Walworth, a Cl. Bank of England note, about
71. in gold, an old crown piece, and 10/. in silver. From the house
of Mr. Mitchell, No. 5, Hawley-road, Kentish-town, five 51. Bank of
England notes. From a coffee • shop In Robert-street, Grosvenor-
square, the property of Mr. Avery, of High Wycombe, Bucks, five
101. notes, of the Reading Bank, and sixty, sovereigns. From the
house of Sir. J. Spottiswoode, No. 16, Great George-street, West-
minster, a small gold Geneva chased watch, a short gold chain, a
brequet key, and black ribbon, a small gold locket, like a hunting
wateiVa gold brooch set with turquoise, a large silver vertical double
cased hunting watch, a tortoiseshell double eye-glass, and half a
sovereign. Front a house at Warwick, 1,0001., consisting of notes
y for 101. of the Warwick and Leamington Banking Company ; and
from Mr. Boyce, silversmith and jeweler, No. 5, Lisson-grove, a
a brilliant cluster ring, set with about twelve stones, a brilliant single
a. stone pin, pearl pin and g )1(1 chain attached, a brilliant and emerald
te union pin, a brilliant ring, a brilliant half hoop ring, a gold lever
watch,, a gold guard chain, a brilliant pin, a goal Geneva watch, and
~ aprsocthizigfrisnatlthe-
morning, between twelve and one o'clock, the housekeeper of Williatn
Grayshaw, Esq., residing In Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, was
alarmed by a strong smell of something burning, which she traced to
bapxa.ntry, where the footboy, Joseph Humble, slept.
alarmed her heOrlsmiltlsteErl, DwihNo,GonieNnteßringED.tle YpaiettSrtyellual
Ie- Stilite'ele'atutirEotanicni:s and bed on fire, and the hid fast asleep. Ile at once
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dragged him from the bed, and succeeded in extinguishing the flames,
which were confined to the bed and curtains. It appears that the
boy had fallen asleep whilst reading in bed, which he has been in the
habit of doing, and the candle falling down had set fire to the curtains.
FALL FROM A HOP WAREHOUSE.—OR Thursday
evening a frightful accident occurred at Hay's hop warehouse,
Tooley-street, Southwark. A man named Edward Thomas Secular
was engaged in hoisting a pocket of hops to the third floor loop-hole,
when he by some meal's tell out into the street. lie was picked up
in an inseasible state and conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where it was
ascertained that he had received a fracture of the skull, concussion of
tie train, Fuld in;ury to the fi,*. Very slight hopes are.entertaihe4
9f his TecoVerr,