The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-27 00:00:00

LAW AND P0Z143311.

There was not a single charge of drunkenness made
at the Mansion-house on the day after Christmas-day.
Edward Downes Boucher, a clerk at the Castle and
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Falcon Inn, Aldersgate-street, charged with obtaining
money by false pretences from Mrs. Lee, a saleswoman
in Newgate-market, was fully committed from Guild-
hall. The prisoner was in the habit of overcharging for
the carriage of parcels, and of pocketing the difference
between the amount charged and the amount entered on
the waybill.
At Queen-square Richard Smith, a determined-look-
ing fellow, was yesterday charged with violently assault-
ing Mary Higgleton, cutting her dress off her person,
and demolishing the whole of her furniture. Ile was
also charged with making a furious attack upon a
policeman. The prisoner had first seduced and then de-
serted her, but afterwards finding that she had, by her
industry, earned sufficient to purchase a room full of
furniture and live comfortably, he sought to renew the
intimacy. On Christmas-day they dined together, the
prisoner got drunk and attacked her with a knife, and
destroyed the furniture. Ile was only secured after a
desperate resistance. Mr. Burrell committed him for
one month to hard labour (without imposing any fine)
for the assault on the constable, ordered him to pay a
penalty of 51., or be impri4oried for two months, for the
unmanly attack upon the female, and to find bail to keep
the peace for the next six months,
Robert Woodgate, a returned transport, was com-
mitted from Lambeth-street, for one month to the House
of Correction, for cutting the guard and attempting to
steal a valuable silver watch, the property of Thomas
Wilson, at a coffee-shop, in Whitechapel,
At the Thames Police-court, when the magistrate, Mr.
Ballantine, took his seat on the bench, it was announced
that there were only five night charges which had
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The Dowager Countess of Buckingham, who has
been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Chichester,
at Stanmere Park, has arrived at Eastcomb House, near
Blackheath.

The Countess of Hillsborough and her infant son are,
we are happy to say, going on favourably.
The Count and Countess de Jarnac have arrived at
Mivart's Hotel, from the Earl of Tankerville's villa,
Mount Felix, Walton-upon-Thames.
Lady Mary Leslie, atter a sojourn of near two months
at Brighton, has left ifor Shrub-hill, the seat of the
Dowager Lady of Rothes.
Lady Rolle, who had been on a tour of visits in Ire-
land, has returned to Bicton House, her Ladyship's seat
in Devonshire.

The Hon. Lady Mary Cocks, Hon. Mrs. C. Hely Hut•
chinson, and the Hon. Craven Berkeley, M.P., have ar•
rived at Cheltenham.

Sir William and Lady Chatterton have arrived in
Berkeley-square from the Continent.
Mr. E. Hodgson, M.P., and Mrs. Hodgson, have ar-
rived in Carlton gardens from Brussels.
Mr. Charles Cochrane has arrived in Devonshire-placa
from Madrid.

Prince Albert's Scotch ox, admired at the late Christ-
mas show of the Smithfield Club, and admitted by every
judge who had seen him to be the finest specimen of
his breed ever seen in England, is of the Angus breed,
and was bred and reared by Hugh Watson, Esq., at
Keillor, county of Forfar. About a_year ago Mr. Wat-
son sold it to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, for a
goodly sum. It is the same ox which was shown by Mr.
Watson at the Highland Society's show at Dundee, and
at the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland's show in
Belfast, in 1843, when he was recommended by the
judges as the most perfect animal of his kind they had
ever seen in a show-yard,
On Christmas morning, at nine o'clock, according to
the annual custom of the Duke of Northumberland, his
Grace gave the following munificent donations to eight
hundred of the respectable poor of the parish of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, which was distributed at the
rectory, by the Rev. Sir Henry Duckinfield, Bart., viz.,
a hall-crown piece, fifteen pounds of the best potatoes, a
four-pound loaf, and one hundred weight of the best
coals, to each recipient.
The state apartments at Windsor Castle, which had
been closed since the death of her late Royal Highness
the Princess Sophia of Glonsester, ate noW open to the
public, by command of her Majesty,
On Christmas-day, six poor women and a similar
number of aged men, constant attendants at Somers
Chapel, Seymour-street, St..Pancras, were regaled with
a handsome repast, by a gentleman named Rowe, hold-
ing sittings in the same chapel, and residing at No.
79, High-street, Camden-town. The poor creatures
were selected by the Rev. C. Phillips, the curate, and
were ordered to attend at Mr. Rowe', Tl!ftt
gentleman presided over the fcstiTo hottrd •i the viandB
cunaistin.of rpat pig, Wiipq r4b,l;it, and pickled
pork, roast beef, pndding, mince pies, etc.
During the repast, the guests were enlivened -by music
and singing, Mr. H. Horne presiding at the harp, and
Miss Rowe and another young lady at the piano-forte.
To make the scene more enchanting, the drawhag-room
was decorated with bunches and nitstleto;
from which were suspendod bunches o 1 Portugal grapes,
oranges and ternonisl' excellent dessert,' With Poq
f}ii4 Sherry, 44' liw", also ?ut tivott the t,ably.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the happy party broke
up, Mr. Rowe having business which called him into the
country. Mr. Rowe is a young man, 27 years of age.
A further decided advance towards the completion of
the lighthouse on the Goodwin Sands, has been made,
the height to which it is now brought above high-water
mark being sixteen feet. By New Year's day an eleva-
tion of thirty-four feet above high-water mark is ex-
pected to be attained, when the workmen will be regaled
on the sands near its site.

On Christmas-day the lending library at the Green-
wich Union -house was opened for the use of the in-
mates. Upwards of 200 volumes were distributed, and
the of was so signally beneficial that the master, Mr.
Ellis, had not, last evening (Thursday), a single case of
insubordination to report to the board of guardians,
which had arisen after the festivities of Christmas-day.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
John Elston was charged before Mr. Traill with caus-
ing a disturbance in the Queen's Bench prison, and as-
saulting Caldwell, the turnkey.
On the preceding night, when the clock struck nine,
the time for the departure of all strangers, the defendant,
who was there, refused to quit, saying that his wife was
there, and that he would be d—d if he would stir out of
the place. Remonstrances were of no avail ; and when
the turnkey took the defendant by the arm to eject him
from the prison, he turned upon him, and gave him a
severe blow in the eye, and knocked him down. In the
course of the examination, it was stated that no man
could have acted with greater violence, and four men
were employed in taking him to the station-house.
The prisoner pleaded " Christmas time" in his de-
defence, but Mr. Traill fined him 31; and in default he
was committed.

Thomas Warnall and Mary Ann Tyler, two young
persons, were charged with being concerned in the fol-
lowing alleged outrage:—
A Mr. Hubbard said that as he and his friend were
walking along Kent-street the preceding night he re-
ceived a severe blow from some person behind. He
turned round and was struck again, knocked down, and
surrounded by six or seven persons, who kicked him
while he was lying on the ground, and he lost his hat
and a gold pin out of his shirt. He added that the female
prisoner scratched his flee while he was on the ground.
His friend was also assaulted, but they both admitted
they were not sober at the time.

The prisoners denied the charge, and said they were
assaulted in the first instance, and us some doubts were
entertained by the magistrate that the complainants were
mistaken in the identity of the parties, he ordered them
to be detained until inquiries were made.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 27.—Wind Northerly, moderate breeze,
and cloudy.
DEAL, DEC. 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Pandora,
Nlanilla ; Thomas Lee, and Asiatic, Woof, Calcutta;
Brooke, Camphine, Ichaboe, for Grangemouth.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Hen-
drik, Hudson, New York.

OFF SALCOMBE, DEC. 25.—Thunder, Rio Janeiro.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Dor-
drecht, Dutch transport, Surinam, for Amsterdam.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—W ind E., moderate—Arrd.
Esmeralda, Lancelot, Gambia for Rouen, with rudder
damaged, sailed Oct. 30 ; Hebe, Billingsley, Quebec,
24th ult. ; Queen of the Isles, London, fur Buenos
Ayres, leaky, having struck the ground on leaving the
Downs. IP

OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 23.—Salem, Gilbert, New
Orleans. 24. Windhound, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp.
CORN., DEC. 24.—The Heywood, for Africa, which
got on the bank near the Spit Buoy 12th inst., and the
Vanguard schooner, which got ashore near Roche's
Point 14th inst., came off this morning.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 26.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—
And. Culdee, Campbell, Sueir, Hoskell, and Princess
Royal, Iloodless, Calcutta; Boston, Stanner, ditto, and
Cape of Good Hope; Isabella, Thorpe, and Parker, Reid,
Demerara ; Bombay, Reid, New Orleans ; Alabama,
Augustusl Head, Higginson, and Harriet, Rockwell,
Charleston ; Swordfish, Green, Miramichi ; William
Fisher, Montreal, Sld. Alexander and Prince Albert,
;Bombay ; Liffey, Barbadoes ; Ellen, German, Berbice;
Severn, Havannah, Off, Constellation, Angra Pequina.
IcmtnoE.—Arrd. Her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt,
Cape of Good Hope, to relieve her Majesty's ship Isis.