The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MO_RNING, SEPTEMBER 4,_`1R45.

Inspector Barton promised to attend to his Worship s
observations.
Mary White, John 31-Mahon, and John Cashman were
placed at the bar, before Mr. Combe, charged with having been
concerned in stealing a sel. note, the property of Madame
Eliza Forgeet, of '23, King-street, St. James's-Nuare, and of
the French plays.
It appeared that on Monday afternoon last the male pri-
soner went into the Cart and Horse public-house, Turnmill-
street, Clerkenwell, when, after playing at bagatelle, M'Mahon
asked for 'change of a 50/. note. It being suspected by the
landlord that all was not right, he said he could give change,
received the note, and sent for Inspector Penny. ti, who ques-
tioned the prisoners, and their account being unsatisfactory, he
took them to the station-house. From subsequent inquiries,
he ascertained that the note had been stolen horn Madame For-
geot, who had caused it to be stopped at the Bank, and on visit-
ing her house, the prisoner White was found to be her ser-
vant; the prisoner M'Mahon was in the habit of visiting her,
and she was suspected and taken into custody on the charge of
stealing the note, which was now produced. White said she
found the note amongst the cinders, under the drawing-room
firegrate, and she handed it to M'Mahon. Cashman said he
accidentally met M'Mahon in St. James's-park. He told him
he had received the note from his mother, to go to Ireland,
and he walked about with him until they entered the ('art and
Horse public-house, where they were given into custody.
Inspector Penny said that Madame Forgeot was travelling
in France, and it would require time to bring her forward.
Mr. Cameo remanded the prisoners White and M'Mahon
for a fortnight, for the attendance of Madame Forgeot, and lie
ordered Cashman to find bail for his re-appearance.
John Smith and James Williams, well-known sma,bers,
were charged with passing a bad half-cown piece to Mrs. Kelly,
the owner of a beer-shop in Myddleton-alley, Old-street, St.
Luke's. The prisoners called for a pint of beer, and gave a
good half-crown. They requested to have it returned, saying
they had halfpence ; and- on it being given back they then ten-
dered a bad half-crown, saying, they had not enough coppers ;
received change, and left the place. They were pursued and
given into custody.
The prisoners denied the charge.
They were remanded for the attendance of the solicitor to
the Mint.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Fanny Williams, a girl about 18 years of age, the daughter
of the proprietor of the Three Jokns, Cartwright-street, West-
minster, was charged with having wilfully broken and damaged
a large number of panes of glass in the shop-front of William
Devaney, a tailor, living opposite.
Complainant said that in consequence of having had great
damage done to his shop window of late, he determined to keep
a sharp 100k-out, in order, if possible, to detect the offender.
On Saturday week, between nine and ten in the morning, he
was watching behind some cloth, in his shop, when he saw de-
fendant place herself at the window on the first floor, and put a
sort of stick to her mouth, and instantly there was a rattling
of small atones and shot at his shop front, which cracked and
broke twelve panes of glass. He had on the previous day seen
a man, who was screened from his observation by the defend-
ant, who stood before him, and discharged some missiles fa om
an upper window in the house at his shop-front, but they did
not do so much mischief as those on the Saturday. He had
had thirty-two panes of glass cracked, starred, er broken, in all.
In answer to the Magistrate's inquiries, complaisant could
not say that the small stones and shot were discharged from a
tin tube called a " pea-shooter," but there was an instrument
of the sort used, he believed, at the house to play a game with.
The twelve panes of glass were all cracked or broken at the one
discharge.
Mr. BOND inquired whether he had ever had any difference
or dispute with the defendant or her family.
Complainant replied that he had not. He knew of no cause
excepting that he was a teetotaller.
Complainant, in answer to further interrogatories, said that
defendant had the window partly up at the time she put the
instrument to her mouth, and the blind partly down.
Complainant produced his daughter, a girl fourteen or fifteen
years of age, who confirmed his account, with the exception of
stating that the blind was not pulled down. She was closely
pressed as to whether defendant had applied the instrument to
•ber mouth, and at first positively declared she had, but after-
wards qualified it by saying that she was almost sure.
Mr. BOND, in the end, said he had given the parties an op-
portunity of arranging this in order that the damage might be
properly estimated. Defendant was to blame for nut having
ascertained the correct amount of damage.
The brother—He swore my sister broke twelve panes of
glass, and they had not been broken.
Mr. BOND repeated that he had an ample opportunity of
knowing what had been broken before be came to an arrange-
ment. He (the Magistrate) should like to hear the com-
plainant's reply to what had just been said about the windows.
and would send a message desiring him to attend on Wed-
nesday.

it. He did take two shillings out of the till to maim it pup
a pound.
Benson, who was aho cautioned, said he had been for
nearly five years in the S division of Police, and wanting a so-
vereign, had written to Drury to lend him one. He sent him
word that if he called on Friday he could have it. lie eo nt to
Mr. Noble's on the Friday, and called for a glass of ale, an.'
tendered a sovereign in payment. Saw Drury place the
change in a parcel on th 3 counter for him to take. He had a
second glass of ale, and was reading the paper, when the
butcher came in and picked up the parcel, which
he gave to one of the y3ung men, being so engaged in
reading the paper that he had forgotten Drury bad lett the
money on the counter for him. Drury told him, the mo-
ment the money was picked up, that he had placed it there.
He also said how foolish it was of him, for that he had placed
the money there for me. Then fearing that he should be the
loser, and make him (Benson) pay the money again, he sent
the witneis Stockman to ask for the money he had placed
there. He considered it was his, as Drury had placed it there
for him, and he was to have returned the pound to hira that
day. The reason he had told Mr. Noble he got the money
from one of his barmen, and signed himself in the letter " J.
0. Benson," instead of Michael Benson, was, that he did not
wish him to know that a policeman should borrow money from
his servant.
Mr. Noble was re-called, and distinctly swore the prisoner
Benson declared he Lad got the change at the house over the
way.
The butcher also repeated that the prisoner, when he took
up the money, said he had not seen the package all the time he
was there. _ _

This was the whole of the evidence, and upon it Mr. HENRY
said he should send both prisoners for trial, but would remand
them to a future day.
The prisoner Benson repeatedly applied to Mr. Henry to be
admitted to bail, but the magistrate refused it.
The prisoners were then remanded to Monday next, and Mr.
Henry directed that they should be kept apart till that day.
7W ME S.

Gabriel Pean, a sailor, was brought before Mr. Broderip,
charged with intermarrying with Jane Cox, a widow, while his
first wife was living.
The magistrates have been frequently troubled with the pri-
soner, who is one of the most desperate characters in the dis-
trict. He has been repeatedly fined ; and a few weeks since he
was held to bail to keep the peace for six months, for annoy-
ing and threatening his second wife, who then believed she wa s
legally married to him. It was proved on that occasion that
he had broken up the woman's home and hunted her through
the streets.

Hale, a police-constable, 373 K, proved the apprehension of
the prisoner on Monday night, and stated that upon acquaint-
ing him with the nature of the charge, he said he did not
think his first wife would appear against him, and no one knew
where she lived. Hale quickly undeceived him, and said he
had seen the first wife last week, and he knew her addri-94.
The constable produced the certificate of the marriage of the
prisoner to Rebecca Watkins, spinster, at Shadweli Church on
the let of February, 1842, and another of the marriage of the
prisoner to Jane Cox, widow, at Rotherhithe Church, on the
12th of August, 1843. He had compared the certificates with
the marriage register-hooks in both churches, and found them
to correspond. He knew both wives were living.
The second wife, an attenuated creature, who appeared to
have suffered greatly from hard living and bad usage, said it
was her misfortune to marrry the prisoner at Rotherhithe
Church in August, 1843, and she had frequently been ill-used
by her husband. He represented himself as a single man when
he paid his addresses to her. He was at the present time under
recognisances to keep the peace towards her. The woman,
who is very respectably connected and has seen better days,
said she had seen nothing but misery since she had known the
prisoner.
The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, addressed
the magistrate at great length in a very energetic manner. He
began by Eating that the woman who had just given evidence
against him was not his lawful wife.
Mr. BRODER!r said that he should remand the prisoner till
Friday, by which time Hale promised to have the witnesses to
the first marriage in attendance.

John robson was brought before Mr. Broderip, charged
with assaulting Mrs. Ann Mackenzie on the Queen's highway,
putting her in fear, and stealing from her a purse containing
14s. 6ti. in silver moneys.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix is residing
in Cable-street, NI hitechapel. On Monday night she had been
to a friend's house in Duke-street, and upon leaving was accom-
panied by a black man, the servant at the house where she had
been visiting, who was directed to accompany her part of the
way home. On her way to her own residence she went into a
public-house, and treated the black man with some refresh
rnent. The prisoner was there with some others, and observed
her take some money out of her purse, and pressed against her.
On leaving the house she had her purse in her hand, and
was about parting with her conductor when the prisoner
and two other men came round them, and Dobson struck
her a violent blow on the breast, which knocked her back-
nards, and at the same time snatched her purse out of her
hand, and made off with it. Simmons, the black man, im-
mediately pursued him, and, in spite of the attempt of the
prisoner's confederates to stop him, he soon came up with
the prisoner, who threw the purse away, Simmons stopped to
recover it, and then recommenced the pursuit. The prisoner,
however, soon got the start of him, and was running at the top
f his speed when he was stopped by Madden, a policeman,
I lti 11. The policeman asked hira what he was running for,
and he said he was making his escape from a black man who
wanted to ill-usa him. Simmons very soon came up and un-
deceived the police-constable, to whom he delivered the purse,
which contained all the stoney the prosecutrix had lost, viz ,
twelve shillings, five sixpences, and 2d. in halfpence. Mrs.
Mackenzie was only ten or twelve yards from her own door
when she was attacked by the prisoner.
Dobson made a lang and ingenious defence to the charge,
and endeavoured to make it out that a row had taken plate in
the street, in which the young lady participated, and that she
dropped her purse.
The witnesses said there was not one word of truth in the
defence, and the prisoner was committed for trial.

THE NYVY.
(From the Morning lierdd.)
In May last, Lord Ingestre drew the attention of the House
of Commons to the defective constitution of the Navy-office,
and the great disadvantages attendant upon the absence of any
fixed principle in the construction of our ships of war. His
Lordship dwelt with good reas,in on the ruinous consequenc,.s
that were likely to result from confiding the direction of the
constructive department of the British navy to a single incl.'.
vidual, notoriously destitute of that sort of acquaintance with
the science of naval architecture which would enable him to
frame his calculations with any degree of certainty ; and whose
vast and costly experiments had signally failed. After enume-
ra ing the ships, upwards of 100 in number, which had been
built or were in course of construction by Sir William Sy-
monds, his Lordship complained of the expensive alterations
which it had been necessary to make in a large proportion of
those vessels before they could be rendered efficient for the
public service. The unprecedented latitude which has been
given to Sir William .Symonds, after failures which have in-
volved the most serious sacrifices to the country, may be
gathered from the statistics of the number and cost of the slugs
built or building by him which were laid before the House on
that occasion. They were as foliose :

LINK-OF-BATTLE.

Nine ,hips complete
- . „..

Fifteen in progress

I ItIGATES.

Eleven afloat ...
Tcu in irogreio

1,903

147,670
83,148

CORVETTES.

Three complete
Tw.) in prcgreav

37,992
8,275

768,975

230,818

46,267

A trial was is i'uted between the Canopus and Vanguard st
the same t;me. Canopus would have beaten the Vanguard
if she had not missed stays, and was obliged to wear; as it
was, the advantage of the Vanguard was little more than a
vabl e's length.

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A trial took place on the 30th July, on a wind, between the
Rodney, Superb, and the Canopus, under single-reefed top-
sails, topgallantsails, jib, and spanker ; wind NW by W, with
a swell from the NE. Rate of sailing, between four and five
knots. It lasted about three hours, when the Rodney beat the
Superb about a third of a mile, and the Superb the Canopus a
cable's length. 'I he two former shook out their first reefs.
The inclination of the Rodney was 8 deg., Superb 6 deg., and
Canopus 7 deg.
The Rodney and the Superb had a trial, July 31, on a wind,
under double reefed topsails, fore and main topgallant:sails, j.h.
and spanker. Wind veering from NW by W to NW
Rate of sailing six knots. The Rodney beat the Superb about
a quarter of a mile. Tho Superb endeavoured to weather the
Rodney, but failed. Another trial took place between these
ships on the 2d of August, on a wind, when the Rodney more
signally beat the Superb. The inclination of the former 5
deg. and the latter
On the same day a trial took place with the Queen and
Trafalgar, on a wind, under courses, single reefed topsails,
topgallant sails, jib, and spanker. Wind from NW by W to
NW. Rate of sailing, from :five to six knots. The Queen
beat the Trafalgar, but during the trial the Queen set her fore
and main royals and flying jib.
On the 13th of August three sets of trials took place on a
wind, between the three three-decker ; the Albion, Rodney,
and the Canopus, Vanguard, and Superb ; wind moderate,
SE by S. Rate from four and a half to five and a half knots.
The Queen beat the St. Vincent nearly a mile, and the Tra-
falgar wee than ene mile and a third. The Rodney lost
more than half an hour in shifting her foretopsail, or the
Albion would have been beaten. As it was, the Albion had
the advantage of about two miles. The Canopus beat the
Superb and Vanguard four miles and a half.
Another trial took place, August 19, on a wind, with all the
two-deckers, except the Albion. The Vanguard and Superb
carried single-reefed topsails, fore and main topgallant sails,
jib, and spanker, and the Rodney and Canopus with two reefs
in these sails. Wind, Nby E E. The Vanguard and Su-
perb close together beat the Rodney and Canopus. The
Rodney was delayed in lowering her cutter to save a man
overboard who was lost.

The three-deckers and the Albion tried on the 19th Au-
gust on a wind, the Trafalgar, Queen, and Albion, under
single-reefed topsails, fore and main topgallant sails, jib, and
spanker ; St. Vincent, under double-reefed topsails, co top-
gallant sails, inner jib, and mizen. Wind, Nby E E, swell
from the NW. The Albion was first, Trafalgar second, and
Queen third. St. Vincent was a mile and a half behind.
THE EXCELLENT GUNNERY SHlP.—Commodore Chad•'
appointment to the command of this ship is highly flattering
to that officer, and roost honourable to the Earl of Hadding-
ton. It was purely from his distinguished services and the
well-known high state of efficiency of the gunnery practice in
the ships Captain Chads recently commanded—the Andro-
mache, 28, and the Cambrian, 3d—that induced Lord Had-
dington to offer the appointment to Captain Chads, who never
made an applicacation in any shape for the command of
.the
Excellent. It is said this ship will in future bear a second
captain instead of a commander. Captain Lowe, whose pro-
motion we announced yesterday, has been appointed pro rem.
Commander Moorman, whose promotion to that rank we also
gave yesterday, was the gunnery lieutenant, and is considered
a clever and talented officer. He had the charge of instructing
the officers and seamen gunners for a long time. Lieut. Lee
was the gunnery mate.

the planters, that they never witnessed a seas in when
they were so full of hops before,
RYE, AUG. 30.—The bleak easterly winds of the I.
three or four days have proved a consi.lerable check I
the development of the hops, which the few previ
days of warm weather hal so much accelerated, and it is
now feared that they will not have time to grow out, as
the period is fast approaching when they should be ready
for the oast. A pocket of hops was picked in the gar-
dens of Mr. Winton, of Beckley, on Wednesday last,
and despatched to London on Wednesday, fur which
81. ss. per ewt. was obtained ; the pocket weighed 1 cwt.
2 qrs. 161 b..
TICEHURST, AUGUST 31.—The last few days have, it
is evident, been greatly in favour of the hops ; but the
cold nights and mornings very much retard their growth.
The Jones's are looking very well, but the grape are, in
many places, scarcely in burr. I think, after all, we shall
have a pretty fair crop, but, it is clear, not so large a one
as was at first anticipated.
MAIDSTONE.—The last few days' fine weather has
done wonders for our hops,—the burr is now fast turn-
ing into hop, but they cannot be large or weigh well,
having so.little time to grow. We learn that the mould
where it has appeared has decreased on the leaves,
and there is less than might have been expected on
the hops. They are still a fortnight later than
usual ; but, as a correspondent remarks, the old-
fashioned hoppings were generally a late cold job,
though the great improvements that have recently been
made in the oasthouses have very much expedited the
matter. The duty a few days ago went down to 170,0001;
it has now risen to 180,000/. attain.

BOXLEY, AYLF.SFORD, AND BITRUAM.—The hops have
not made that improvement which might have been ex-
pected from the fine weather of last week. If they were
capable of doing anything the hot sun would have made
them do it, but they still hang in burr, or, where hops
have come out, they look anything but kindly. The Ire-
sent appearances are all against the crop.
YALDINO.—We don't expect above half a crop here,
notwithstanding the late fair weather. They hang in
burr, and look anything but kindly.
THE StrrToNs.—The hops are not going on at all well.
On the hilly districts they do not grow out, and it is not
probable that we shall get anything like an average crop.
MEREWORTII, WATERINGBURY.—Our hops exhibit
some slight improvement, but are still very backward.
STAPLEHURST.—The hopping, though late, will still
be productive. The following statement of the date of the
commencement of hopping in this parish during the last
twelve years may be interesting to some readers :-
1835, August 31 ; 1836, Sept. 5 ; 1837, Sept. 4 ; 1838,
August 29 ; 1839. Sept. 9 ; 1840, Sept. 7 ; 1841,
Sept. 6 ; 1842, August 29 ; 1843, Sept. 4 ; 1844,
Sept. 2.
CRANBROOK.—The late fine sunny days have made a
little better appearance in most of our hop grounds.
SEVENOAKS.—We are sorry to notice this week that
the hops make very little way, they bang so long
in burr ; in fact, we have noticed several gar-
dens where this burr has from the continued
cold and wet dropped off, and that to a great extent ;
still there are individual pieces in the neighbourhood,
particularly on the lighter soil, getting nicely out in
hop, and with warm nights and sunny weather, the crop
would probably be an average one. The duty in this
neighbourhood is called 160,0001.
EDENBRIDGE.—We can find a considerable improve-
ment in our grounds ; since we have been favoured with
such fine weather for the last three days, the burr is
coming out generally very nicely.
CANTERBURY.—With the exception of Tuesday, the
weather of this week has been partially favourable for
the hops—not, it is true, so warm as could have been
desired, but still sufficient to help the development of the
burr. A few fine specimens were exhibited in our mar-
ket on Saturday se'nnight. We fear that the heavy
rains and hurricane of Tuesday will be found to have
blown the poles about considerably. The duty is quoted
at 175,0001.
WORCESTER, Auo. 27.—The hops are gone from bad
to worse, and the crop is now likely to be very deficient ;
the vermin having in many places increased to an
alarming extent, and completely destroyed the hopes of
the planters. The duty is now currently estimated at
12,0001. ; and the market continues brisk at an advance
of 10s. per cwt., fine samples being readily sold at 61.
to 6/. 103.—Sussex Adveitiser.