The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-02 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

At the Mansion-house two young men, named Hart and
Johnson, who were fashionably dressed, and had very much
the appearance of medical students, and a little boy named
Johnny Britan, who walked between the other two in quality
of a little brother, were brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged with having made repeated attempts to pick pockets.
They stoutly asserted their innocence, but the Lord Mayor
nevertheless sent them for three months to Bridewell as
rogues and vagabonds.
At Guildhall a summons was granted against an informer
named Birch, evidence having been given showing that he
had used the laws and the summonses of the Court as the
means of extorting money, by laying informations and com-
promising them with the parties accused. Mr. Alderman
Copeland made some seveie remarks on the whole gang of
informers, who, he said, used the laws, not for the public
good, but merely for the sake of extortion; and expressed a
determination to sift the matter to the bottom.
William Burton Newenham, charged with the abduction
of Miss Wortham, was again brought up at Clerkenwell for
' examination and again remanded. The prisoner said that
he conceived himself to be very much ill-used. He had been
harassed week after week, and it struck him that there was
a decided feeling against him on the part of the Magistrate.

COURT-FASHIONABLE.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal and
Alice, are expected to leave Buckingham Palace, on Satur-
day, for Claremont, where the Court will remain until Tues-
day or Wednesday. The contemplated Royal visit to Os-
borne House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, is not expected to
take place until the end of the month, and her Majesty's so-
journ there will be brief. We hear that the Queen is not ex-
pected to hold any more Drawing-rooms during the present
season, but it is probable his Royal Highness Prince Albert
will hold one or two more Levees on behalf of her Majesty.
Yesterday the Duke of Wellington, accompanied by the
Marchioness of Douro, visited the Royal Adelaide Gallery,
and was conducted ever the establishment and shown the
various models and scientific inventions by Dr. Jones. The
Duke sat for his portrait in the Daguerreotype rooms of M.
Claudet, and expressed himself much delighted with the pro-
ductions of Mr. Fox Talbot's calotype. In the evening his
Grace dined with the Count and Countess St. Aulaire, at
Manchester House, where a grand banquet was given by his
Excellency, in honour of the fete day of his Majesty the King
of the French.

The Earl of Mount Edgecumbe is expected to leave Mount
Edgecumbe, near Plymouth, at the end of next week, for
Curzon-street, for the season. The Countess, who is staying
at Lady Elizabeth Fielding's, in Sackville-street, will suc-
ceed the Marchioness of Douro as Lady in Waiting on her
Majesty.
On Tuesday last, at Willie Park, near Wenlock, Viscount
Newport, M.P., eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, led to the
altar the Hon. Selina Louisa Forester, youngest daughter of
the late and sister to th' .141
the DUKe of IZtuland. The ceremony was performed by the
Hon. and Rev. Orlando Forester, Rector of Broseley, in the
presence of the Earl of Bradford and the Ladies Bridgman,
the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, the Hon. Captains Charles
and Cecil Forester, and other branches of the family.
The annual banquet of the General Militia of the United
Kingdom took place last evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern ;
Colonel Lord Dinorben, Royal Anglesea Regiment, in the
chair, supported by the Marquis of Huntly, the Hon. G.
Rice Trevor, M.P., Colonel Sir J. Shaw, Sir Thomas M.
Wilson, Major Carrick, and a numerous muster of officers of
the West Kent, East Middlesex, 2d West York, and Royal
Anglesea Regiments.
MISCELLANEOUS.

The ammal distribution of prizes to the pupils and students
of Charing-cross Hospital most distinguished for their acquire-
ments in the various branches of medical study, and for good
conduct during the past session, took place on Wednesday, in
the lecture-room of the hospital, which was filled with the
friends of the pupils and those interested in the institution.
It has just been notified to the authorities of Eton College,
that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will lay the foundation
stone of the extensive new buildings which are to be erected
forthwith, at an expense of 26,0001., immediately contiguous
to the ancient edifice, in that portion of the premises known
as Weston's-yard.
The Fortieth Anniversary Meeting of the British and
Foreign Bible Society was held on Wednesday, in Exeter-
hall, under the presidency of Lord Bexley. The meeting was
not probably so well attended as on former occasions, for the
room was not more than three-fourths tilled. Amongst the
gentlemen on the platform were the Marquis of Cholmon-
deley, the Earl of Chichester, Viscount Sandon, M.P., the
Bishops of Worcester and Cashell, Lord Teignmouth,
Mr. Evans, M.P., Mr. Plumptre. M.P.' General Sir J.
Bathurst, the Dean of Salisbury, the Archdeacon of Win-
chester, Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, &c. From the report it
appeared that the Society had now translated the Bible into
138 languages and dialects, and had, during the past year,
issued nearly 1,000,000 copies. The total receipts of the year
were 98,0001.

The annual meeting of the Colonial Church Society was
held in the evening in the same place, Captain Sir E. Parry,
R.N., presided. The Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., Mr. J. P.
Pluraptre, M.P., Mr. G. Finch, Mr. J. Labouchere, the Rev.
A .Thelwall, and a great number of the lay and clerical friends
of the Society were on the platform. The secretary read the
report, which gave a detailed account of the Society's opera-
tions in Nova Scotia, Western Australia, the Cape of Good
Hope, the Bahama Islands, and various other parts of the
world. The subscriptions and donations received during the
past year amounted to 3,7751., exclusive of collections in the
colonies.

THE FACTORIES BILL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
herewith inclose a paragraph from the Northern
Star newspaper, which pays a just tribute of respect to the
editor of The Sun, for his humane exertions on behalf of the
poor factory-workers, and in -which mark of respect I am sure
the whole body to which I have the honour to belong will
most cordially subscribe. Gratefully yours,
May 1, 1844. A WORKING -MAN.
" One Liberal newspaper stands pre-eminently distinguished
for its bold and manly course upon this question. The Sun
has established for itself a just title to the thanks and support
of every lover of justice and humanity. It has boldly stepped
out from the fold, and manfully taken its legitimate position
as the leader of Liberal opinions upon this all important
question ; and, as a consequence, we find some of its articles
upon the Ten Hours Bill written in a spirit that warms the
heart of every sufferer, carrying conviction to the minds of
the opponents of this measure, if not ensuring their co-opera-
tion."

OPENING OF TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. Yesterday
morning the public were agreeably surprised to find that
Trafalgar-square was thrown open, and many availed them-
selves of the opportunity thus afforded of perambulating this
noble area. The workmen, have, however, not yet left, as
the asphalte pavement is not yet completed, nor are the jets
d'eau 3 et in play, although the basins have been charged with
water for several days. The base of the Nelson column is
still surrounded with a hoarding, and part of the upper scaf-
folding still remains. In a days the equestrian statue of
George 111. will be removed from its present site, facing
Messrs. Ransom's, to the vacant pedestal at the west end of
the terrace in Trafalgar-square, and opposite the statue of
George IV. The day for holding the grand nautical fete, at
which several of the pensioners from Greenwich Hospital will
be present, will be shortly appointed.
BANQUET AT MANCHESTER HOUSE.—A sumptu-
ous banquet twas given yesterday by his Excellency the
Count St. Aulaire, in honour of the birthday of his Majesty
the King of the French. The company consisted of the
Ministers from Bavaria, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Aus-
tria, America, Sardinia, Denmark, Hanover, Portugal, and
Russia, the Turkish Ambassador, Prince Castelcicala, Duke of
Buccleuch, Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Salisbury, Mar-
quis of Lansdowne; the Earls of Liverpool, Jersey, Dela-
warr, Haddington, Aberdeen, Wilton ; Lords Stanley, Wharn-
cliffs, Brougham, Lyndhurst ; Sirs Robert. Peel, James
Graham; Mr. Gladstone; Count de Noailles ; M. de Ra-
bandy, M. de la Belinaye, M. de St. Andre, Baron de Thile,
M. de Lisboa, M. Murphy, M. Gautier, &c.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 28.—The Moniker of this date
and supplement, publishes (i 1 17 columns) a document which
will be of great use in the discussion which the Chamber of
Representatives has just commenced. ]t states the favours
which the principal commercial nations of the globe give to
their own flags. The system followed by Belgium is first
stated, and then those of 'Holland, England, Denmark, Spain,
the United States, France, Naples, Portugal, Prussia, Sar-
dinia, Sweden, and Norway.
THE FEMALE SWINDLER.—This adroit personage,
after staying a fortnight at the farmer's, near Wooler, per-
, spaded his wife to accompany her to Scotland, to get her bills
cashed. Upwards of ten days elapsed, when a letter was
received from the dupe, mentioning her being at Inverary,.
where she was left by the swindler, without a penny to find
her way home,"and swindled out of a silk gown, as well as
the expenses of their journey.—Berwick Warder.