The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-18 00:00:00

UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.)

Harrington Bache, a builder at Peckham, was charged be-
fore Mr. Cottingbarn, with forging a bill of acceptance for
501., purporting to be drawn by D. and M. Davis, with in-
tent to defraud Ebenezer Fitzgerald.

The complainant stated that he was in the habit of lend-
ing money, and that he discounted a bill of 501. for the pri-
soner, purporting to have been drawn by the above-named
parties. When it became duo, and he presented it for
payment, he was then informed that •the name of
the drawer was forged, and having communicated
this fact to the prisoner, he insisted on his
Inediately accompanying him to Mr. Davis, to have the
matter cleared up. Complainant then, in the presence of the
prisoner asked Davis whether his name, attached to the bill,
was his hand writing. He disclaimed it ; upon which the pri-
soner asserted that it was, adding that he was present in the
room, and saw Davis write his signature to the bill. Davis,
however, having still persisted that he knew nothing what-
ever of the transaction, the complainant gave the prisoner
into custody.
The prisoner, through his solicitor, declared before the
magistrate that Mr. Davis had drawn the bill in question,
and as the latter person was not in attendance, Mr. CorriNG-
11AM directed that the case should stand over for his attend-
ance.

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A woman named Hickson was charged with having in her
possession a quantity of smuggled tobacco.
The defendant was stopped carrying a basket containing
tobacco, which she said was given to her by her sister-in-law,
whose husband belongs to one of the Hamburgh steam
vessels. She added that there were other articles in the
basket, and the tobacco being underneath she was not aware
of its presence. This latter assertion, however, was contra-
dicted by the officer, who said the defendant must have
known that the basket contained tobacco.

The MAGISTRATH said that as the defendant was not
known there before he should fine her twenty shillings, and
in default, sentence her to be committed for seven days.

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for
the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to
each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer
chandise
Week
ended

Name of Railway.

Total.
.C. a. d

.......
May 11 Arbroath and Forfar lO3 9 il
11 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,321 3 9
10 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,147 14 3
11 Bran dlin g Junction 564 12 4
10 Chester and Birkenhead 547 17 4
14 Dublin and Kingstown 1,049 18 5
12 Dundee and Arbroath 234 1 61
11 Durham and Sunderland 243 6
.9
11 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,412 15 11
12 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,371 15 1
11 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 2,064 5 10
11 Glasgow and Greenock B6B 18 8
11 Grand Junction 7,534 4 10
11 Great North of England 1,315 19 9
12 Great Western
10 Liverpool and Manchester
11 London and Birmingham
12 London and Blackwall 1,044 9 0
11 London and Brighton
14 London and Croydon
16 London and Greenwich 854 12 2
'l2 London and South Western .......
9 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 755 11 9
11 Manchester and Birmingham 3,144 3 6
11 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 5,766 5 3
11 Midland Counties
11 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,383 4 7
12 Newcastle and North Shields 299 5 0
11 North Midland 4,359 5 10
10 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,272 12 0
7 Paris and Orleans 5,885 4 0
13 Paris and Rouen 6,145 0 0
16 Preston and Wyre 299 9 4
11 Sheffield and Manchester 612 15 8
_ __ _

16 gouth Eastern
11 Taff Vale
12 Ulster 531 1 2
4 Yarmouth and Norwich ....... 269 16 0
11 York and North Midland ..... 1,491 15 0

SALE of MR. JEREMIAH HARMAN'S
COLLECTION OF PICTURES.

Messrs. Christie and Manson's auction rooms, were yester-
day literally thronged with noblemen and gentlemen, at-
tracted by the sale of the very celebrated collection of? pic-
tures, late the property of Mr. Jeremiah Harman, de-
ceased. The Duke of Cleveland, Sir Robert Peel, Earl
Powys ; Lords Grosvenor, Hawarden, Radstock, and Nor-
manton ; the Duchess of Sutherland, and a large number
of other distinguished individuals, visited the rooms during
the morning.
The catalogue for the day enumerated only about 50
subjects, and the amount realised by this portion of the
collection—by far the least valuable—was 8,771/. ss. The
following were among the lots chiefly calling for remark.
The prices are in each case annexed, but, with few excep-
tions, the names attached are those of the dealers who
purchased on commission :—Lot 8. Ecce Homo, by Correg •
gio, 82 guineas, Stewart. Lot 10. A Palace on the Grand
Canal, by Canalettl, 105 guineas, Neueuhays. Lot 17. A
Dead Hare and Partridges, by Weenix, 91 guineas, Emery.
Lot 21. His Own Portrait, by Vandyck, 100 guineas, Ste-
venson. Lot 23. Portrait of a Jewish Rabbi seated, a cloak
thrown round him, and a velvet cap on his head, formerly in
the Duke of Argyle's collection: This beautiful subject was,
after a sharp competition, secured by Mr. Ferrer, of War-
dour-street, for 410 guineas. Lot 26. Portrait of a gentle-
man, by Vandyck, 63 guineas, Yates. Lot 27. A river
scene in Guelderland, by Van der Neer, excited much inte-
rest, and was bought by Lord Normanton, for 325 guineas.
Lot 28. Portrait of Ann Carr Countess of Bedford,'" by
Vandyck, 75 guineas, Morant. Lot 30. A Group of our
Cows, two of them standing and two of them lying down,
by Cuyp, realised 400 guineas, and was purchased by Mr.
Baker. Lot 34. His own Portrait, by. Gerard Dou, 125
guineas, Mr. Seguier. Lot 36. A Virgin and Child, by
Rubens, 50 guineas, Mordant. Lot 37. The Morning Gun,
a sea piece, by W. Van de Velde, 198 guineas, Stewart.
Lot 38. The elevation of the Cross, the original de-
sign for the altar-piece of the church of St. Walburge,
at Antwerp, by Rubens. This was the first public work of
the master after his return from Italy. After an animated
bidding, which lasted several minutes, this magnificent pic-
ture was purchased by Mr. Buchanan (for Mr. Halford, it
was said) for 750 guineas. Lot 30. Peasants watering their
Cattle at a Fountain, by John and Andrew Both, 162
guineas, Busland. Lot 40. A Dead Cock and other Birds,
by Weenix, 73 guineas, Ward. Lot 42. A View from
the shore, looking out to sea, while under the influence
of a strong breeze, accompanied with squalls of rain,
by Ludolph Backhyzen, 515 guineas, Ferrer. Lot 43.
A. Flemish Village, by Teniers, 120 guineas, Buchanan.
Lot 45. A View in the Appenines, by Salvator Rosa, 570
guineas, ditto. Lot 46. La Queuronille a Ider, by Karl du
Jardin, 360 guineas, Buchanan. Lot 47. Figures unloading
Merchandise from a Waggon, by Wouvermans, 250 gui-
neas, Neuenhuys. Lot 48. La Petit Canards, a sequestered
woody scene, by Jacob Ruysdael, 360 guineas, Busland.
Lot 49. A party of Gipsies assembled in a Cavern, by Te-

niers, 131 guineas, Lloyd. Lot 50. A Hall of Cavaliers, at
a blacksmith's shop, which is formed in a rock, by Berglien),
220 guineas, Neuenhuys. Lot Si. The Virgin seated, hold-
ing a book, with the infant on her knee, before whoa► St.
Francis is kneeling, 88 guineas, Morant. Lot 52. The
Ascension of the Virgin, a chalk drawing for the high altar
of Antwerp cathedral, 200 guineas, Buchanan. Lot 53.
The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude, 200
guineas, Lloyd. Lot 54. View of Rome from the Ponte
Molle, 310 guineas, Norton. Lot 55. Dover Harbour, with
vessels in a breeze, by R. Reinagle, 113 guineas, -Wilkin-
son. Lot 56. Byron's Dream, the celebrated picture by
Eastlake, sold for 210 guineas; and the beautiful subject by
the same clever artist, so well known to all connoisseurs as
‘f A Roman Peasant with his Wife and Child," was purchased
for 265 guineas, by Mr. Pennall. The sale lasted from one
until nearly five o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the totes and Prociedings of the Houten, Commone.)
ICRIDAYa MAY 17.
CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.)

Sateenle :
Coffee of, and from Foreign Countries, the lb.
Duty proposed
Afterwards, Duty proposed
Motion made, and Question put, " That the Duty on
Coffee of and from Foreign Parts be, the lb. 4d." The Coin-
mittee divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 28. • .
Aldam, William Hawes, B. Roebuck, J. A.
Bannerman, A. Humphery, J. Seale, Sir J.*Henry
Barnard, E. G. Moreland H. Thornely. Thomas
Bowring, Dr. Mitcalfe, Henry Villiers, Charles P
Bright, John Mitchell, T. A. Wakley, Thomas
Brotherton, Joseph Morrison, James Warburton, Henri
Browne, W. O'Connell, Maurice
Busfeild, W. Philips, G. R. TELLERS.
Christie, W. D. Philips, 'Mark Ewart, William
Gibson, T. M. Phillpotts, John E. Ricardo, John Levi'
Granger, T. C. Plumridge, Captain

MAJORITY—NOES, 79.
Antrobus, Edmund Forbes,Willi am Miles,' William
Arbuthnott, Hugh Forman, T. Seaton Nichol! :Rightjlon
Arkwright, George Gasket!, J. M. ) Oswald, Alexander
Baird, William . Gladstone, \V. E. Palmer, R. .
Baring. F. T. Godson, Richard Peel, Sir Robrrt
Baring, T. Goiliburn, Henry Pigot, D. It.
Bateson, Thomas Graham, Sir J. Pusey, P.
Borthwick, Peter Grimaditeh, Thomas Ramsay, W. R.
Botfield, Benah Raiford, H. Rushbrooke, Colonel
Boyd, John Harria,:E A. J. Sheppard, Thomas
Cardwell, Edward Henley, J. W. Smith, T. B. C.
Cayley, E. S. Hinde, J. H. Smollctt, Alexander
Chapman, Aaron Hope, Chad' a Somerset, Lord O.
OIL twode, Sir John Hope, G. W. Stanley, Lord
Clayton, Rice R Howard, P. H. 'Stewart, P. M.
r live, E. B. ingestre, Lord Stewart, John
Crams, W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Sutton, Henry IL
Dalrymple, Captain Johnstone, Hops Thesiger„ F.
_..
Darner Colonel , Jones, Theobald Trench, Sir Frederica
Darby, George Kemble, Henry Vane, Lord H.
Denison, E. S. Knatchbull Sir E. Vivian. John Ennis
J Dickinson, F. H. Langston, J. H. : Welie,ley, Lord C.
Divett, E. Lincoln, Earl of" Wood, Colonel T.
Dundas, Hon. J. C. Lockhart, William
East, James Buller M• Geachy, F. A. TELLERS.
Escott, Bickham M'Ncill, Duncan Clerk, Sir George
Farnham, RB. Morahan, Viscount Pringle, Alexander
Flower, Sitaitmes Maul; Hon. fox

STAMP DUTIES BILL.-(IN THE COMMITTEE.)

Schedule :
Third Paragraph (And where the same shall exceed the rate
of twenty shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the rate
of thirty shillings per centum on the sum insured, one shilling.)
Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " and shall ,not
exceed the rate of thirty shillings per eentum:"—Question
put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part °1
the Schedule :" The Committee divided

MAJORITY—AYES, 69.
!Leland, Sir T. D Drummond, HH. Marsham 'Viscount
Antrobus, Edmund Duncombe, A. Martin, C. W
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Escott, Bichkam Mundy, Ed. Millar
&Lillie, Colonel H. Flower, Sir James Nichol!, J.
Baird, William ' Forbes, William O'Brien, A. S.
Banker, George Gardner, J. D. Peel, Hon. Sir IL.
Beckett, William Gaskell, J. M. Plumptre, J. P.
Bentmck, Lord G Gladstone, Captain Rashleigh, Wm.
Blackburne, J. I. Goroon, Captain Shaw, F.
Boldero, H. G. Goulburn, Henry Sibthorp, Colonel
Bop, John Graham, Sir James Smith, T. BC.
Brum Musgrave Creenall, Peter Saiollett, A.
Broadley, Henry Grimsditch, Thomas Somerset, Lord 0.
Bruce, Lord E. Grogan, Edward Stanley, Lord ..,
J
Buckley, Edmund Hamilton W. J. Sutton, Hon. a ii.•
Burrell, Sir C. M. Henley, J. Werner Thesiger, F.
Cardwell, Edward Hepburn, Sir' .B. Trotter,'J.l
Clive, R. H. Hussey, Ambrose Vesey, Thomas
Curry, Hon. Henry Johnstone, Hope Wortley, Jas. ~.,5
Courtenay, Viscount Lincoln, Earl of Wortley. Hon. Jo.'"
Cripps, William Lockhart, William Young, John
Darby, George . M'Geachy, F. A. TRLLERS.
Dickinson, F H. Mackenzie, W. F. Clerk, Sir George
Douglas, Sir C. M'Neill, Duncan Pringle, Alexander

MINORITY—NOES, 22.
Aldan, W. Martin, John Talbot, C. N. R.
Brotherton, J. Maule, Hon Pea Warburton, Henry
Duncan, George Mitcalfe, Heenry Williams, W.
Elphinstone, Howard Morris, David Wyse, ThoMPI
Swart, W. O'Ferrall, R. M.
Granger,":Thomas C. Philips, M. TELLERS.
Hodgson, Richard Sandon, Lord Forster, Matthew
Hume, Joseph Scholcld, Joshua Bewriag,'Or.
Hutt, W. Stuart, Lord J.

CONFESSION OF A MURDER COlq-

MITTED NINE YEARS AGO.

(From the Essex Standard.)
A report having been circulated in Colchester that a native
of Polstead, at present in the East Indies, had been 5PPre;
headed for having committed a murder nine or ten rase
back, and for which an innocent man was hung,' WO lifiY
ascertained the following particulars : of
On Monday morning last, Sir Joshua Rowley, Bart•,
Stoke-by-Nayland, received a communication from Colonet
Dear, of the 21st Regiment of Fusiliers, stationed in the fas
Indies, with the copy of the Court of Inquiry on A
which has caused a great sensation in that regiment..
short time back a young man of the name of WOO;
Towns, a native of Polstead, whilst on guard, mentionecl
to one of his comrades that he was most miserable an
wretched, and was determined on committing suicide, v:
else (pointing to a file of guns which were piled togeal%
opposite them) he must shoot one of his officers, or 000;
some deed in order that he might be hung, and tit
justice might be satisfied. His comrade advised hi" v;
get consolation from the minister of his persuasion ; 1311'
at this period of their conversation three other soldiel,
came up and inquired what it was that preyed so heacike
upon his mind. He then told them, that nine years RP _A
went out poaching in Hintlesham Wood ; that he murder 7
the gamekeeper; and that an innocent man was hung 1.0,1'1-
and he was present at the execution, with James Hills, 01 'ft
same regiment. He added, that he had not been able to tart,
for some time; and also stated that he saw both the rnenL..
his dreams, and was haunted by their visions day and 'lie"
till death would be welcome to him in any shape. , de.
A court of inquiry followed, and the, soldiers several t
posed to the confession df the prisoner, who made no atteroP,
to contradict them. Colonel Dear wrote for information.
the subject to Sir Joshua Rowley, who placed the common
tion in the hands of his brother, Charles Rowley, EN., 0. , the
Bergholt, as the murder was committed in the division 0.
Ate.
county for which that gentleman is a most active magistl
Thus—

" Murder may pass unpunished for a time,
But tardy justice still o'ertakes the crime ;
And oft a speedier pain the guilty
The hue and cry of Heaven pursues him at his be `-'O3
It appears that, about nine years ago, the gamekeeper o_,
his assistant, in the service of Miss Lloyd, of Hintleilrri
Hall, heard a party of poachers in the preserves, and 1",e4
they got there, finding only three poachers, they atteelPi`od
to take them into custody • but they were violently attac sr-
by the poachers, and Byami Green, the gamekeeper, Was bpi.
barously murdered, his bkull being literally dashed to 000.
by a blow struck with a gun, which was left behind.
ward was offered for the discovery of the murderer, at
man of the name of Chalker, a French polisher, lisllibthe
Ipswich, was apprehended on the charge. At his trial, 00
gun was distinctly proved to have been his, as well ZOE(
dog which accompanied the poachers, and it kiat
proved that he was seen in the neighbourhood, ou'„113100g0
before the fatal affray took place. The evidence, alt Ore y'
calculated to throw strong suspicion upon Chalker, Was PAstibt
of a circumstantial character, and it was a matter of 'or
whether the Government of the day would allow his
lose:cor
tion to take place. However, in accordance with lot,
tence, thi3 prisoner suffered the extreme penalty of thf-
the
at Ipswich, protesting his innocence of the murder wo,
last, but acknowledging having been one of the Par
poachers.
We are informed that Green, the keeper, left a w.--:A0
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a large family, as was also the case with Chalker.

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disposition, good ability, extensive knowledge of the rod
Scriptural. doctrines, strictly evangelical, and viould 1/1;01
of immense advantage in assisting to advance the elt!lirii setli•
reign of the Messiah's kingdom, amidst all the cltiois i
ecclesiastical opposition so prevalent amongst the 111?„1A an„;
the earth in these latter agitating times. Testinwl'niatel°
references to several eminent evangelical dissenting n-lci pre'
and members of the Gospel, as well as to the former 4„detia
sent employers, of the most strict and satisfactory' tde-00 or'
as to character and ability, with portrait, may be ha ould Da
plication. No objections to town or country, and
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ing family, holding evangelical principles, and roa,10", pre.
generally useful. A house favourable to evangeAng pef
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manent employment, and progressive advancement.
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A GOOD DAY'S WoRK.—A legal gentleoo4", ea
Colchester left that town, after very early bre"%kkt richictibo
Wednesday morning, by the mail train for Warwlinctoe '
he reached by eleven o'clock, and went on to Lear! J'' ial,
complete his business, where he had twenty mineluv•
view with the respected Dr. Marsh and his son, trondorl 71
Tilson Marsh. Our traveller then returned to dived' I,
Coventry, and reached toss n by six o'clocktwra•oi;oo9 an 0
kept three appointments during a stay of • to a late 4sl
half, returned to Colchester by the mail train of the
toy
eleven o'clock, after which he finished the laboursil,
by communicating through the same night's u',l:"'sda
,el,
friends at Leamington, Warwick, and London, PT", tralott,
val and the result of his journey. The distance l' Dont,
led in twenty hours, besides the pedestrian tour J.,' L0at5!,,,..,
was as follows :—From his house in Colchetestnl.crt.o to G°
fifty-two miles; Shoreditch to Euston-square' L'eefil re
ventry ninety-four; to Warwick (posting),
ton, two ; to Coventry, ten ; to London, ninety W. hundred
ditch, four; to Colchester, fifty-two; three aw•
twenty-two.—Esses Standard. aoeS t°
Tistrdinge bli W
OF CHANGE.—Sir Henry ---- ,a,„, w-°0„..--
India as Governor-General, and Sir James Gra" &ha 11ra
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ppeucntechd.the appointment, goes for the present to ,
Willi° ci
ACCIDENT.—On Monday last the grdc'n'ifeigh, bie
Henry Leigh of Trinity College, son I
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throw') fr°aglasiell
Stoneleigh Abbey, near Leamington, was ,
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to "11 °cOttsge
Colchest er, was, a short time since, engaged
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corpse of a man for interment, and on
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of the deceased for that purpose, slight y
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turned home, and shortly after her hand b ,n; ii;id Wiags 0
flamed, which increased so much that ma' or 1,
tare 5+ ph i• •
tamed. The fatal poison had, however, re l wee
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life, and, after lingering in great agony for
HARDOROUGH.---AN UNCLAIMED ..,.113 in this
ti, re died a few days ago.—Essex Standard.
person unknown, left a horse at the Angel .11_! ~,dvortioe,d yf
on April fair day, and although it has beeli:;t was ef!. sr
person has come forth to own it, consequnT, L 4,1, ros
auction, by Mr. Footer, at twelve o'clock, on A u''.
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