The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S NEWS

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
John Stroud, seaman, aged twenty-two, was placed at
the bar, charged with stealing three planes, value 55., the
'property of Wm. Barrington Brown. The prisoner was
detained upon two other charges of larceny.
Mr. Brown was called, and proved that the prisoner
was employed by him. He had from time to time missed
various articles, which he traced to a pawnbroker's, and
which were pawned by the prisoner. He was found with
a cloak in his possession, which he stated he got from a
servant-girl to pawn. It was stated by Mr. Brown that
he had no servant-girl at the time.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The RECORDER asked the prisoner what countryman
he was ? The prisoner replied that he was a native of
St. Helena.
The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said that had the
prisoner been a native of this country he would probably
send him out of the country, but as he was a stranger,
and comparatively unprotected, he would only sentence
him to twelve months imprisonment, with hard labour,
in the House of Corrertion.
There were several other cases disposed of, but they
were all of a trivial character.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE, and a full Bench o

Magistrates.)

The October Quarter Sessions for the County, was held
by adjournment, this day, at the Guildhall, Westminster.
The calendar contains the names of forty-one prisoners, of
whom three were misdemeanants, and the remaining
thirty-eight charged with felony. Some of the crimes
with which the prisoners are charged ware of a serious
nature.

The ASSISTANT JUDGE briefly addressed the Grand
Jury, and congratulated them on the comparative light-
ness of the calendar, stating that there were no points
to which it was necessary for him to advert.
STRIPPING CHILDREN.—A forbidding-looking female.
about forty years of age, was charged with stealing a
quantity of children's apparel, the property of John
NAsh, under the following aggravated circumstances.
It appeared by the evidence, that the prosecutor's
two children were playing in the neighbourhood of
Strutton-ground, where the prisoner was seen speaking
to them, and eventually led them away by the hands.
They were soon afterwards found in a yard, not far
from the spot where she was first seen, with their shoes,
and one of their bonnets and a shawl taken away.
The eldest child, an intelligent girl of about seven
years old, stated that the prisoner led them away under
the pretence of buying them cakes, and when she got
them in.o the spot where they were found, took away
their clothes.
The jury after a short consultation brought in a ver-
dict of Guilty ; and the prisoner was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
A tall athletic man was indicted, under the name of
John _Radford, for having stolen a coat, value 21., the
property of William Nicholls.
The prosecutor deposed that the prisoner walked
boldly into his shop about twelve o'clock in the day, and
snatching up the coat rushed out of the door. He was
pursued, and eventually captured after a smart chase,
when he made a desperate resistance, but was overpowered.
Lieutenant Tracy, the governor of Westminster Bride-
well, stated to the Court that the prisoner had been
already twice convicted, and subjected to a lengthened
imprisonment

The ASSISTANT JUDGE said the prisoner had had a
narrow escape from transportation. He should give him
one chance more, and only sentence him to six months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.
A number of other cases of petty larceny were tried,
in which there appeared not the slightest point of general
interest, after which the Court adjourned.

GUILDHALL-(THIS DAY.)
John Henderson and Charles Mortimer w ere placed at
the bar, before Mr. Alderman Kelly, charged with hav-
ing attempted to utter a forged cheque upon the bank-
ing-house of Stone, Martins, and Stone, Lombard-street.
The circumstances, as detailed on the first examination,
were very brief. The cheque was offered at the Bank,
and at once stopped. It bore the signature of Charles
Stokes, and had been lost by that gentleman in Morley's
Hotel, Trafalgar-square, where the prisoner Henderson
had been engaged as waiter. The cheque was ultimately
traced to him, and he was in consequence taken into
custody at his lodgings, where, on a further search, a
number of articles, supposed to be stolen from the Hotel,
were afterwards discovered.

The former evidence having been read, the prisoner
Henderson, and his brother-in-law Mortimer, to whom
hei had passed the cheque in the first instance, were
committed for trial. Mortimer was held to bail to ap-
pear at the Central Criminal Court to take his trial, in
case any bill should be preferred against him.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Two ragged little boys, without shoes or stockings,
and whose rags did not cover their backs, named Brian
and Quay, were brought before Mr. Jardine, charged
with stealing a pair of cotton stockings from a shop-door
in the Strand.

The prisoners were seen to go up to :the shop-door
and take down the stockings, and they were immediately
given into custody.
The policeman who took the prisoners into custody
said the boys had been running about the streets all the
previous night.
The little fellows, who did not appear more than
twelve years of age, said that they were almost starved,
and therefore they had taken the stockings, in order $W I

rangues and toasts, which have never bound seriously
either individuals or nations, amount to a compensation
which will induce France to forget that the treaties of
1831 and 1833 have been obtained from her through
inadvertence, and that there is at Algiers an agent and
Consul-General whose presence is a protest against the
legitimacy of our conquest and of our occupation. The
Chamber of Deputies will require a further pledge than
the cordial understanding. In no country and in no
place has peace more sincere partisans than we are, but
in order that it may be durable it must not be imposed
on us, and deemed to constitute a humble and humiliating
debt of gratitude. Gratitude for England; which during
ten years supplied all Europe with subsidies to make war
against us, and stripped us of the greater part of our
colonies ! And why ? Because she was the first to re-
oognise the Revolution of 1830. But is it not part of the
commercial policy of England to recognise all revolu-
tions, and sometimes even to foment them?"
The Revue de Paris states that—
" Admiral Dupetit T. houars, after having received an
official notice of the disavowal, addressed, not to the Mi-
nister of Marine, but to the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
a complete justification of the measures which he had
adopted at Otaheite. He was then at Valparaiso, and
proposed to return to France. Should he come on di-
rectly he would arrive at Paris before the meeting of
the Chambers, but the Ministers, who have no wish to
see him, have, it is said, addressed further dispatches to
him, which will cause him to change his route."
The Moniteur Algerien contains tidings of ABD-.EL-
KADER, which we subjoin :

" Abd-el-Kader is still encamped at the same place
(El-Aoudj, on the left bank of the Moulonia, twenty-
five leagues to the west of our frontier in Morocco), with
all his people. His Deira consists of about three hundred
tents of the Ilachem, Djafra, Beni-Amer, &c. About
eight hundred tents of the same tribes are dispersed
among the Beni-Senassen, Messirda, &c. The camp
consists of three hundred horse and three hundred and
fifty ill-armed infantry. Before he occupied the position
where he now is the Emir was at the Oued-el-Kesseb, near
Aioun-Sidi-Mellout. About 24 days ago he came to El-
-Aoudj. His movement towards that point brings him
nearer to the mountains ; he is stated to have made this
movement when he heard of the first negotiations that
preceded the conclusion of peace. In the Deira and in
the camp every body has been attacked with fever, the
mortality has been very great, and the Emir has been
seriously ill. The Deira's flocks are reduced to nothing,
and distress is beginning to be severely felt. Abd-el-
Kader has communicated to all those who have followed
his fortunes the letter written to him by Muley Abder-
rhaman. In that letter the Emperor told him that he
had been a cause of trouble in his States, that he must
disband his remaining troops, disperse his Deira among
the Halafi, and come to Fez with his household and'
the chiefs who had followed him. There he would
be supplied with land and all that his cattle might
want ; but he must live in retirement and content
himself with his character of a Marabout ; in short,
if- he would not execute this order, he must imme-
diately quit the territory of the empire. The Emir re-
plied that his most ardent wish was to repair to his
Sovereign Lord, whose orders he was most anxious to
obey ; but that disease having attacked all the Mahome-
dans who had fled the Christians and sought a refuge
with him in Morocco, it was impossible for him to aban-
don them in the deplorable situation they were in ; that,
nevertheless, at the end of the Ramadan (11th of Octo-
ber) he would set out, when all the Emperor's orders
would be executed. However, after reading the Empe-
ror's letter, several councils were held in the Deira, as
to what had better be done. It was at first unani-
mously determined not to go to the west. The Emir
and the chiefs, it is said, will not place themselves at
the mercy of the Emperor, who, from fear of the Chris-
tians, may,
some day or other, order them to be ar-
rested, and the people of the Deira will not be incorpo-
rated with the Halaf tribe. Though perfectly agreed as
to what should not be done, they would not agree as to
what should be done. Mustapha Ben Thamin proposed
seeking refuge in the Desert, but the recollection of
sufferings and privations formerly endured, and other
reasons, caused the proposal to be rejected by a large
majority ; yet, it is affirmed that it is the determination
the Emir has come to. Some persons believe that he
will not be able to realise his project, and that his
people will desert him. He wishes to proceed thus : to
assemble all the tents of the tribes of the east that have
sought a refuge on the frontier of Morocco, to issue
orders to proceed to the Desert, to have all those who
may refuse to march with him plundered by those who
accompany him, and then to set out. The Emir having,
already often acted in this way, a good number of tents
belonging to the emigrants dispersed among the tribes
have returned to our territory, and gone back to their
country."

The Emperor of MOROCCO is also stated to have
ordered the treaty of peace concluded with France to
be solemnly published at Fez, where it has been re-
ceived with great demonstration of joy. The troops
assembled near the frontier of Algeria are stated to
have been dispersed, or to have retired to the interior
of Morocco.