The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-14 00:00:00

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 12, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. C
Schack., as Consul at Demerara for his Majesty the King
of Prussia.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Andrew Paterson Reid, as Consul at Glasgow for. his
Majesty the King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Elias Moeatta, as Consul at Liverpool for the Republic
of the Equator.
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'WHITEHALL, SEPT. 13.
The Queen has been pleased to present the " Rev.
James Walker to the church and parish of Clatt, in the
presbytery of Alford and county of Aberdeen, vacant by
the appointment of the Rev. Robert Cook, late minister
thereof, as assistant and successor to the Rev. Joseph
Crichton, minister of the parish of Ceres, in the pres-
bytery of Cupar.

I a case of cruelty towards an unfortunate and helpless
child as was perhaps ever brought under public notice.
The facts of the case have been recently published
under the head of our Lambeth-street police report.
The Deputy-Assistant JUDGE having summed up
the evidence, the jury, after a few minutes' consulta-
tion, returned a verdict of Guilty.
The COURT, in pronouncing sentence upon the pri-
soners, said they bad been convicted on the clearest
evidence, which must have shocked and horrified every
one who heard . it. More inhuman conduct he had
never before heard described, more particularly on
the part of the male prisoner towards his own off-
spring. It was fortunate for the prisoners that their
career of cruelty had been stopped so soon, for from the
nature of the medical testimony, it would appear that
they had had a narrow escape from an indictment fur
murder • indeed, he thought their conduct much more
cruel and murderous than if they took a knife and
cut the wretched infant's throat. The sentence of
the Court was, that the male prisoner be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for four months, and the
female for three months, with hard labour also.
Francis Crocker, an elderly man, dressed in seedy
black, was indicted for fraudulently obtaining from
Mary Judd the sum of 15s. and a gold ring.
The facts of the, case, which, having recently ap-
peared in the police reports, may be briefly stated as
follows :—The prosecutrix who was a servant in the
City-road, had been courted by a tradesman named
Nathan, who promised her marriage, and in conse-
quence he bought a wedding-ring, which he presented
to her, but subsequently changed his mind, and in
less than a fortnight married another. She was
therefore recommended by a fellow-servant to the
prisoner to bring an action for breach of promise,
and on applying to him he told her he was a solicitor,
and required to have the wedding-ring as an essential
evidence in the action, for which he gave an under-
taking, stating that it would be returned to her upon
payment of 15s. expenses for marking a writ against
Nathan. She subsequently made several applications
for the ring to the prisoner.
The prisoner having been called up for judgment,
The Deputy-Assistant JUDGE, after commenting
strongly upon the conduct of the prisoner, said he
had been convicted of a cruel and heartless fraud
up,n a simple . girl, and it was his (the Deputy-
Assistant Judge's) intention to have sentenced him
to transportation, but in accordance with the opinions
of several of the gentlemen on the bench, he would
give him one chance more of retrieving his character.
The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for six months in Tothill-
fields prison, the last weeks to be solitary.

POLICE. INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.