The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-17 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Last night the first Atinack„ s ball cf the sealph tock place
at the usual locale, in King-street, St. James's, and, we are
gratified to say, was undiminished in its attractions. The
spirited proprietors of these rooms, seemingly determined to
commence the season with a desirable eclat, have recently
caused considerable additions to be made in the already ela-
borate decorations of the splendid salon de danse, so that the
habitues who last night graced the ball by their presence
must have been surprised at the admirable alterations that
have been completed since last year.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, a numerous and most respectable
meeting of the trustees and the mortgagees of the tolls of
" turnpike trusts," in England and Wales, of which there are
1,300, was held at the Easton Hotel, Euston-square, St.
Pancras, for the purpose of considering the expediency of
taking measures to obtain, through. the medium of Parlia-
ment, compensation for thenery that 7111 be done by the
intended railways, which will interfere with the traffic of the
various turnpike trusts in England and Wales; Mr. Thomas
Henry Evans, the Mayor of Carnarvon, in the chair, Several
gentleman having stated various turnpike trusts which had
bad their revenues largely diminished, it was moved that a
deputation wait upon Lord Brougham, to request that he
would lay their claims before the House of Lords, and which
deputation should report to a future meeting of trustees. The
resolution was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting
separated.
The second Ancient Concert of the season took place at
the Hanover-square Rooms, under the direction of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert.
A detachment of the 13th, Prince Albert's Light Infantry,
arrived on Tuesday at the Invalid Depot, Casemate Barracks,
Gillingham, from Gravesend, where they disembarked from
the ship Stag, 700 tons, Captain. Young, consisting of five
sergeants, five corporals, and fifteen privates, with two boys,
for the purpose of forming a four-company depot for the
regiment, which embarks for England. The above troops
were at the storming of Ghuznee, and throughout the whole
of the campaigns in Kohistan and defence of Jellalabad.
They embarked at Bombay on the 18th of November last. The
whole of the men belonging to the 13th have been in India
about twenty- two years.
On Friday next the planet Mercury, which is seldom
vis ble to the naked eye, will be in a favourable position for
observation, a little after sunset. It arrives at the point of
its greatest eastern elongation from the sun on Friday, the
18th, at forty minutes past seven in the morning, and will
be seen in the evening, about half an hour after sunset, at a
low elevation, a little to the north of the western point of the
heavens.

On Saturday last a gentleman, who was proceeding by the
afternoon train from Glasgow to Ayr, had his pocket picked of
410/. in bank notes, and a letter of credit for 9/.
It would appear that the guano at Ichaboe having become
nearly expended, speculation has suggested the import of the
birds that when living produced it. A sale is announced of
"200 bags of penguins, considered well adapted for the same
uses as guano." It yet remains, we presume, to be proved
how far the mummies of these sea-fowl will form a substitute
for the manure so much in regulation.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
committee No. 3, consisting of Mr. Aglionby, Mr. ThortleP:!
Mr. Buller, Captain Jones, ard Mr. Standish, assembled 013
morning in room No. 13.
EAST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RAILWAY-
The Committee proceeded with this case. s
An objection had been raised that the plans in the pt.'
ct
Bill-office were not correct. An error of forty feet aPPB"
in one point of the plans.
For the promoters evidence was produced to show that
when the plans were deposited they were correct.
The, room was cleared : on our return,
The Committee decided that the standing order had not
been complied with.

QUEEN'S BENCH -(THIS DA

Y•)

(Sittings in BanC:o.)
WILSON V. ROBINSON.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY to
moved for a rule sh°,.lir
cause why the verdict in this case, which passed 0),.
the defendant, should not be set aside on the ground ();
misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge (Mr. ins&
Wightman), before whom the case was tried at the
assizes for Durham. The defendant and a person liar"
Tmmouth were part owners of a vessel called the Robinsol;
On the 27th of April, 1843, the partnership was dissolve.u_
the defendant having purchased Tinmouth's share ,!.
the usual way. The letter which was the subjec:i,
matter of the present case, was written on the .18r,
of August, 1V43, was by the defendant to Tinraotihe
n
and in that letter the defendant stated that
plaintiff had destroyed property to the amount of 226 b,
embezzled part of the cargo at Holyhead and Falmoutpi
The Learned Judge left it to the jury to
p„•
whether this letter was not a confidential eon 14(`—i;
cation from the plaintiff to his partner, in wble
the matter complained of was introduced accidents'
without a view of imputing anything malicious to the plain,-
tiff. The Learned Sergeant contended that his Lordsl4
was wrong in leaving the question to the jury in this raattli
ner, as the partnership bttween Robinson and Tian°,
was dissolved four months before the letter was written.
Rule refused.

TUE N v. .
Mr. KELLY was aboutQUEE
to moveCO
forOPER a rule in this ease,
,
which was an indictment for libel, preferred against the °ed
fendant at the instance of the Rev. Joshua King, an,.„d
published in the Liverpool Chronicle, when it was sugges't
by Lord Denman that it was better to wait till the defendan
was brought up for judgment.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) • at.
Mr. PETERSDORFF moved for acute calling upon an
torney, whose name he would not for obvious reasons
give, to answer for certain malpractices, and also to
cause why his name should not be struck off the roll. II
made this application on an affidavit of the present lAri
Wellesley, who stated that he had employed the attornef,
question as far back as the year 1832. In 1841, being, O
then abroad, he was desirous of returning to a(
land, but, as Mr. Crockford retained a bond nd
his for the sum of 2,0001., he was anxious that this
b 0 t-
should be discharged before he arrived in London. Tholqi
torney in question communicated with his Lordship, offsrg
to make an arrangement that would remove every imp
ment to his Lordship's return, if he granted notes to a cbe
tain amount, and at certain dates. On these conditions
undertook that the bond should be discharged. The Proi
missory notes were transmitted by his Lordship, but instes j.
applying them to the purpose for which thoy were inteade 'f
namely, the releasing of Lord Wellesley from the liabilityis°,
this bond, he took them into the market, got them ,
,clor
counted, and applied them to his own uses. He applied
the rule on other grounds also—one of them, that in ,e 4
the said attorney suggested to his Lordship that if he gras"si,
certain bills, he (the attorney) should be able to raise ees,6
derable sums upon them. He took these bills also into es.
market, and applied their proceeds to his own voP°s.he
There were other charges of a similar character against
badl,
said attorney, but he (Mr. Petersdorff) thought be ,6
stated enough to induce the Court to grant the rules
sought for.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE thought the matter should 13‘)
sifted in a criminal court.
Mr. PETERSDORFF was of opinion, with all deference
ito°l
his Lordship's judgment, that there was hardly enouglich
the face of the facts to warrant them in adopting su ay!
course. If, therefore, it pleased his Lordship, he 00
rather that his application were granted.—The rules 11'
granted.
•

CLERKENWELL.-7(THIS DA If •/.
A man named Chapman was charged with violently 864
saulting and wounding Mary Anne Johnson. Asti
On the previous night the prisoner's son attacked an tlse
d
child of the prosecutrix. She interfered between 0•
boys and endeavoured to separate them, but the prisoner.o
sisted on their fighting it out, and when the mother $670
interfered on behalf of her son, the prisoner struck beds
blow with his clenched fist on the upper lip cutting it 4d s
Open, and loosening two of her teeth. The woman I.,:ter•
great deal, and was conveyed from her residence in tba
street, Smithfield, to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where
wound was dressed. protloB
He was fined 21., or a month's imprisonment in the
of Correction.

FLANDERS MAIL.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BRUSSELS, APRIL 14.--The Minister of Public Works.ro
presented to the Chamber the four projects of law relattlja
the railways which we mentioned yesterday. In PresePar
these projects of law, the Minister has taken pains te,„ry
to
vent anything that may give a dangerous encouragete°4o
jobbing; he begins by stipulating the payment of one',„..,
of the capital required for the work at the moment of lid
ing the contract; another tenth is to be paid when the /14:010
are commenced, and yet the Company cannot yet nerfrnie
in our markets any promises of shares; it is prohibited "iist
issuing titles to shares (titres) till one-third of the in
the
is paid; as for the official quotation of the shares "n :,„08
markets (exchanges) of the country, it is not to be There
till after the entire completion of the works. Thud ',cop
are four securities against jobbing. As no assistance Iles
the. State is asked, the Chamber has in fact only to c001,.8.
the utility of the proposed railways ; when this is onee4o
cognised-they may, without hesitation, immediately ~
their consent.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, Amu, 14.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • • • • • • • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -
Ditto Three per Cent.. • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • •
Ditto, ditto, 1840....
Ditto, ditto, 1844 .
Ditto of the City, 1843 ••.••• • • • • •
Ditto, 1832
Bank ofßelgium •
—Brussels Papers, April 15.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 9-
5 per Cent. Metalliques • 1134
4 per Cent. ditto •
3 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 78%
Loan, 1834 •
1839
Bank Shares
Esterhazy's Loan •••• .• • . . ..........
—Allgemeine Zeitung. April 12.

. 102%
. 102;
. 102 q
1014

THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—It has long bent
Englishman's boast, that as soon as a refugee sets ib°llioY
England, that moment he becomes free. Now, W 0
this boast hardly goes far enough. It should partitVa eves
state state that the letters of the foreigner are treated wi
greater freedom than himself—Punch. u Of
BUSINESS OF THE ROLLS COURT.—The
causes before the Master of the Rolls, for hearing 'lO ;,
Easter Term, and in the sittings after, if any, has .iths',.o
issued, and it appears that there are, in the whole, beo'hicil
Lordship, 138. This 'number includes those causesr,,d
were in the list of Hilary- Term, and remained undeelus;doe,
to the close of the vacation sittings, as also such newil'ilsti
as have been set down since the issue of the list of '—
Term last. t
THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.—The DUtell
ship Batavier, on her last voyage from Rotterdam, br....,(frt11.
a case, containing charts and maps, forwarded fr°.`7, th.
Hague, as a present from the Dutch Government.
New Royal Exchange, for the use of the underwril:i":o6
Lloyd's, and application has been made to the (-1,11'; the
authorities, on behalf of his Excellency M. Deuee',.'oe
Netherland's Minister, for the delivery of the seine ",,,,icet
duty, being for the use and benefit of the public 0'
which has been granted. StC./
IMPORTATION OF DUTCH OXEN, SALMON, ,witO
Yesterday forenoon, the Dutch steam-packet BaTeor
Captain Dunlop, arrived alongside the St. Katharine '5
$13,.
packet wharf, east side of the Tower, from Rotterdsn''‘,sce:''
had a considerable number of cabin passengers and an 0 0
lent cargo, principally consisting of 47 live cows and 0.0004
prime condition, awl a large quantity of Dutch selnieli
turbot, poultry, &c. nift
SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday ror- cory
between seven and eight o'clock, as the grave-digger, the
nected with the burial-ground of the chapel-of-ease ;" fP
parish of St. Mary, Islington, in the Holloway.roe,4o'
going into the ground to pursue his employment, bi,sf
tion was attracted to a large sized garden-pot near tu'hetorg
ing adjoining the road. On going up to it he found
covered over with a piece ofrag, and on its removal, eralisbit
into the garden-pot, he discovered the body of a renlrniece:
fine newly-born male infant, wrapped up in some 01urbok
of calico and linen. From the appearance of this el t°
there is but little doubt the child had been subject ofie
violence producing its death. The body was placed
r°
of the vaults of the chapel, where it awaits the Co
inquest. f
OH ! How SHOCKING !—ln the 60 Vestiges ° 000'
Natural History of Creation," Ugliness is described as,htiougl)
sequence of Misery. What frights we shall all be
the operation of the income-tax !—Punch.

grE" 14.