The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-18 00:00:00

The verdict was received with marks of great approbatyt, rI 110
by the friends of the prisoner assembled in the Coaithrktrti -
the prisoner left the dock surrounded by his friends.

MARLI3OROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)

George King, aged nine years, was charged as follows :
Mrs. Veincan, a widow with a large family, living in Rath—
bone-place, stated that the prisoner was in the habit of
pplay ing with her children; he was the son of a poor widow
living in the neighbourhood. On Friday last he came crying
to witness, and said he could not help doing so, as he was so.
very hungry, and that his mother had no food to give. She

in consequence took him into her place, and gave him vic—
tuals, but while there it appeared he broke open the lock oft
a drawer with a fork, and stole a silk pocket-handkerchief of

the value of between 4s. and ss. On 'Sunday afternoon last„
during her absence from home, the prisoner managed to
enter her apartment by forcing open the window, and carried
off four silk handkerchiefs, a sheet, and other property; he
&so regaled himself in the place by eating up a pound of
moist sugar. Since then he had kept Out of the way, but last
evening the police succeeded in apprehending him.
Mr. HARDWICK asked the prisoner what he had done with
the stolen property.—He replied that he had pledged it at.
different pawnbrokers in the neighbourhood of St. Giles's,
and had sold the duplicates afterwards. He was put up to
" do the job" by another boy.
A constable said the prisoner had committed several rob-
beries in the neighbourhood.
He was remanded until Saturday next, in order to allow
time to trace the property.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
John Welch was charged with assaulting a man, named
Connor.
Police-constable, 22 G—There is no complainant.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Why ? Police-constable—l believe
they have settled it.
Mr, GREENWOOD—WiIy ? Policeman—l believe the pri-
soner gave the complainant something.
Mr. GREENWOOD—This really must not be tolerated. Let
the complainant be brought in.
The complainant and his wife came into Court, when, upon
being interrogated by the magistrate, they admitted having
abandoned the charge, the prisoner promising to give them.
some drink at a public-house near the Court.
Mr. GREENwooD—Are you in the habit of doing these
things ?—The complainant said he had done so before.
Mr. GREENWOOD said it was a scandalous thing to com-
promise an offence upon such terms ; and the parties might
as well know that they subjected themselves to two years'
imprisonment for so doing.
John Wilson was charged with the following misconduct
at the house of Mr. James Livey, a cofleeshop-keeper,
resid-
ing in 68, High-street, Camden-town.
The prisoner went into the coffee-shop on the previous
evening, and as his conduct was not decorous, Mr. Livey told
him to walk out ; he refused, and when Mr. Livey insisted
upon his doing so struck him on the head, and, stooping•
down, attempted to throw him head over heels. A police-
man came in, and he was apprehended.
The prisoner was, in defsult of fine, sentenced to five days'
mpriso nment.

REGISTRATION COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)
CITY OF LONDON.

The REVISING BARRISTER this day decided that lie had
the power of correcting any errors in the description given of
a claimant. This decision will have the effect of placing upon
the register a great number of liverymen who were supposed
to be disqualified.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(THIS DAY.)
A general Court of Proprietors of the Bank of England
was held this day in the Bank. parlour. The attendance of
Proprietors was not numerous. The chair was taken by the
Governor, Mr. Heath, at twelve o'clock precisely.
The SECRETARY read the advertisement convening the
meeting.
The GOVERNOR said he bad much pleasure in meeting the
Proprietors on the present occasion, and he was happy to
Fay, that the Directors, after a careful examination of the
Bank accounts, felt justified in recommending to the Court of
Proprietors that a dividend, of three and a half per cent. orL
the capital stock of the Company should be declared, deducting;
therefrom 7d. in the pound for the income-tax. The accounts, as
the Proprietors would see were now made up differently from the
iystem on which they had heretofore been kept. Instead of
calculating by anticipation, as to what the real and profitable
results might be, they were now settled from ascertained
data, and as the Bank books showed them to be on the 28th.ot:
February, and the 31st of August, respectively. The state of
the accounts for the last half year were in a high degree:
satisfactory. After paying a dividend of 3% per cent., and
' after deducting the income-tax, which amounted to
14,824/. 3s. 4d, there would be carried to the Rest a balance
of 15,353/. and Bd., which would make the total amount
of the Rest 3,094,378/. 11s. 4d. In making this amiounce--
ment he begged to remind the Court of Proprietors that
nothing was carried to their account that was not absolutely
realized.
A PnorniETon said that, after the satifactory statement
which was made in March last, and the flourishing condition.
c,f the Bank since that time, he had been in hopes—and Ire
was not the only one that indulged in the expectation —that,
they should this day have a dividend of 4 per cent.—(Hear„
hear.)
The GOVERNOR said that it would be very satisfactory to.

Le Directors if they could announce a dividend of 4, or even
per cent. But it should be recollected that the price of