The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-06 00:00:00

2.AW AND PO3ICa.

On the application of Mr. Woodruffe, the Chief Cam-
raissioner of the Insolvent Debtors Court, was pleased
tor, appoint Mr. LaWrence assignee to the estate of Jacob
'°l3nop, late lessee of the Hippodrome, but at present a
prisoner in Reading gaol.
The Southwark Quarter Sessions were, as usual,
maiden ones. There has not been a prisoner for trial at
these sessions fbr years past, yet the farce of holding
them
is still enacted. Several of the jurors complained
of being brought away from their business, when it was
Well known tD the authorities there was no business for
them to transact.
At Clerkenwell Mary Robinson was charged by Mr.
Levi',- furrier, of Gloucester-street, Queen-square,
Bloomsbury, with stealing a .51. note. The prisoner was
servant to the prosecutor, who entrusted her with the
note to get change for gold. She procured change from
a neighbour, and absconded. She was yesterday acci-
dentally met by the prosecutor's wife in the City, and
given into custody. Committed for trial.
Alfred Eames was placed at the- bar at Worship.
street for final examination, charged wish having ob-
tained, by means of fore,ed orders, a large number of
!ooking-g-14"es from upholsterers and other tradesmen
In all parts of the district. The depositions in several
clear eases having been completed, the prisoner, who de-
clinedt saying anything, was fully committed upon them.
At Greenwich eenwich on Friday Absalom Davis, a man de-
scribed as the master of ths National Benevolent School,
of Deptford, a very extensive charity, appeared in pur-
suance of an adjourned
recol-
lected that a fortnight investigation.sinceth defe
at the instance of J d a
nt t will
was bceh
ar ged
Town, Deptford, with havainaes Smith,
chastised his builder, of New
son, nsg,vin his capacity of school-
master,spiece of thick cord, having a
large knot
of age, with
not tied in the end,
which had inflicted several cont sed bruises, one of
which was as large As a
Pint-Pout, and that near the
region of the kidney. On that occasion the magis-
trate had expressed his opinion that the defendant
was an exceedingly improper person to fill the
situation of schoolmaster ; and it had been inti-
tla,ted that the school committee would most pro-
tPDIY
have
hirn. It would appear, however, that
sueleY have declined to do so. and have contented them-
butur,e.
f 'with tft.:ltionishing him to tx, more careful for the
Mr. Saudon, in addreasitig the efhtgisteate on
t:„half of the defendant, expressed Ins deep regret, amd
ted that, as h.• school committee had ntiicted a
even the worthy Maigistratie
'vr-4'l3llraolit to a catain
leut.;d hot consider it iiee::tetii,ry to inflieL heavy tine.
1
th.i'd4ssilig sentence, Mr. Grove ramurked that all
iii,l-11 must and cuOit to 1" proiwed fr.l•ui yuck.
e
not only by -eclioellinott4 re, but all others.
ettiv-14 Was quite elem. that was was a delicate child,
been4l%. month,: turned seven years of ate, who had
reilaily flegged ; und in punishing a child,
use,." t healthy or otherwise, gloat caution should be
duet" This wns certainly a first offence complained of
ht, ;11111: the seven or eight years he had been master, and
tt,,,.(111‘; tteat it as such. The defendant was ordered
Ntp-n-Y, a flee of three pounds, and in default would be
Ltied to Maidstone gaol for six weeks to hard

Their 001.11121 —XIIII.OII3IOICILICIiks.
haveHighnesaes the Duke and Duchess of
delayed coming to Cambridge House,
until Monday, although it was originally
."`"d that the royal household should have lett
Th°ll Thursday last.
the El Puchess of Inverness is passing the holidays with
Tho-ru'f Scarborough, at Rutford Hall, Notts.
the no '"arquis and Marchioness Camden were among
y
annual b and gentry assembled at the Sevenoaka
Th,. D 4", on Wednesday.
town -f
'44rl and Countess of Granville have returned to
Wrer°l:l visiting the Earl and Countess De Grey, at
it park ,g
The 'wus-
'we(k, arl and Countess De Grey have, during the
wher...eceived a select circle at Wrest Park, near Silsoe,
GraT,-",`,ne Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess of
Sta,-vle, Earl and Countess Cowper, Mr. and Lady
I,7,yner, &c., have been among the guests.
tow, Earl and Countess of Mornington have come to
The -,„'41:11 Orleans House, Twickenham, for the winter.
4,0b1e Earl and Countess are now residing at their
ewh,
beiiiif Purchased mansion in Grosvenor square, lately
ging to the Earl of Galloway.
Lambe Earl of Durham and the Ladies Mary and Alice
hkv tcm, accompanied by Lady Caroline Barrington,
vi 4
to to Lanabton Castle, from a lengthened
Northu6 ,Eerarl and Countess Grey, at Howick Hall,
nanhin.

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pow .suursday morning the wool mill at Cumnock,
firprtlistll by the Messrs. King, was discovered to be on
is ' and the flames continued until all was destroyed. It
Thelaorted that not one farthing of the whole was insured.
h, e understand that the sharebrokers in Edinburgh
traps .4
resolved to establish a Stock Exchange to facilitate
fr/„4etions in business. A committee was appointed to
thele,..,nlies which rules have received the sanction of
litest(roeY: Premises have keen taken in a very central
14.11eplargest elm tree that has been brought into Wor-
de4t-r 'r the last half century was on Thursday safely
plate sited in M. William Tunk's timber-yard, Ty bridge-
\‘!". It grew on Lord Sandy's estate, Ombersley, near
cutn".feester- It measured 30 feet long, and 14 feet in cir-
to ;ervnce at 15 feet from the butt ; weighs 14 cr 15
iliatil.4l-bran there is supposed to be 150 cubic feet of
the top, left behind on the estate.
the tiers, ;
1,1 ." ",me likelihood of the otil ,»lisence,
hE.i,4ck ditch, in Boundary-row, itiacktriars•road,
4,-,g covered over at last, through the exertions of Mr.
surrvs' the ooachmaker, whose extensive premises are
b2(unded is) the filthy ditch. Mr. Apps has coritri-
ex4'el thee sum of 200/. towaris the undertaking, the
of which will be deftayed by BUtitieripliUn.
1
pi. Co4lllolSSilnitTS Of See ers, slthough frequently sp-
,,..ed to to cover the ditch,. have refused the application.
lhe aew Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Arabin, gave the
inauguration dinner at the Mansion-house on
aniursdaY evening. It was attended by all parties
enßst th e citizens, and passed efl with perfect unanimity,
and with
Arab. nut any reference to political questions. Mr.
r-
s a Prote a
stant. The late Lord M ayor,
;;1;24 O'Brien, is Roman Catholic, and the efficient and
tlartial manner in which he has discharged the duties'
Or 1,5 °ffiee, has obtained for him the respect and esteem
‘.lB fellow,citizens, without distinction of parties.
11.1 r. Richard Dowden, a Protestant, was installed as
yszr of Cork on the same day. In both corporations,
d0,_11.11 and Cork, Roman Catholics form the prepon-
Zr<sting majority in the Town-Councils ; and in both
eitiestant gentleinen have this year been chosen as
co4Magistates.
hteN has yet been no appearance of herring on the
bau of Sive, or in the lochs by which that island is so
qch indented. The season may now be looked upon
_!ntirely lost to the poor disappointed fishermen.
of i.utd herring appear in the dead of winter, the quality
to..Lnue fish would be so inferior that it would in no respect
beo3_ nerate the trouble of securing it. Few seasons have
bt7B° Tory unfavourable for herring fishing in the He-
-I.4`reas the now expiring season of 1844. The " take"
e(),,zu 11 in aoaie. bygone seasons very limited, and in
to equence has been complained of, but when there is
by 'take" at all, the condition of the poor fishermen is
si:leno means an enviable one, as, under these circum-
IshteeB, they and their families must live on "credit,"
it iLoh it now almost as uitlicuis for thew to to pcocure
ae
:2?rocure the capricious fish, which would leave
44ks Ktafortible and indepetrktt.