The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-17 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE,.

At Lambeth-street, Edmund Curckland, "the driver of
one of Crump's Stratford omnibuses, and Joseph Dwyght,
the driver of Coates's Stratford omnibus, appeared be-
fore Mr. Henry to answer to a charge of furious driving,
when both pleaded guilty. Mr. Henry remarked, that
if either of the defendants had been before summoned
for irregularities he certainly should have felt it to be
his duty to have committed them to prison nithout any
fine. He then convicted Curekland in a penalty of 31.
and expenses, and Dwyght in 405., and also the ex-
penses.
A commission of lunacy was opened before Mr. Com-
missioner Barlow and a jury of freeholders, at the
Cancnbury Tavern, Islington, to inquire into the state
of mind of the Princess Elizabeth Uatherine Louisa
Maria Frances Bariatinsky, daughter of Prince Baria-
tinsky, a Russian Nobleman, when, after due inquiry,
the jury found that the Princess was of unsound mind,
and had been incapable of managing her affairs
since 1830.
At Clerkenwell, James M'Grath, the noted prize-
fighter, John M`Donald, and George Hopkins, were
placed at the bar, before Mr. Greenwood, the former
prisoner charged by George Fisk, a respectable-looking
young man, residing at No. 2. Foster-buildings, St.
Luke's, with having committed a violent assault upon
him ; and the two latter were charged with inciting
the mob and M'Grath to assault and resist the police in
the execution of their duty, &c. On the charges being
proved, Mr. Greenwood sentenced M'Grath to one
month's imprisonment in the House of Correction for
the assault on the policeman ; and for the assault on
Fisk, he convicted him in the penalty of 51., or to be
imprisoned two calendar months, leaving him liable to be
prosecuted by other parties whom he had assaulted. He
convicted M`Donald in the penalty of 31., or one month's
imprisonment ; and Hopkins in the penalty of 205., or
ten days imprisonment. Hopkins paid his fine and was
liberated, but the other prisoners were taken to prison
COURT—resIZION.A.I3I6E.
The Earl and Countess of Eglintoun are expected at
the Clarendon hotel on the 29th inst. from Eglintoun

tiS•l,
Castle. His Lordship comes to town to be pi.esent at
the Duke of Wellington's ministerial banquet at Apsley
House, on the 31st inst.
Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquis of
Queensbery, it is rumoured, is about to retire from the
2d Life Guards.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondely leave
their seat in Cheshire, next week, fur Carlton House-
terrace. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness, with the
Marchioness of Westminster, Countess Grosvenor and
Ladies Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Prudhoe, Lord and
Lady Robert Grosvenor and Lady Charlotte Egerton,
were present at Chester Cathedral, on Saturday, to hear
the performance of the splendid new organ just placed in
that venerable building.
The Marquis of Anglesey arrived at his residence in
Old Burlington-street, on Sunday night, from Woburn
Abbey.
The following are among the Noble and distinguisned
guests at present honouring the Duke and Duchess of
Bedford with their company, at Woburn Abbey :—The
Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Baroness de
Clifford, Lord and Lady Uxbridge, the Ladies Paget,
Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord William Russel!,
Lord Francis Russel, Mr. Edward Russell, Mr. and Lady
G. Romilly, the Hon. G. S. and Lady Agnes Byng,
Lord and Lady Levison, Lord Duncannon, Miss Pon-
sonby, Mr. and Mrs. Ponsonby. Mr. and Lady Caroline
Sanford, Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest, Mr. and
Mrs. Shelley, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Master J.
Byng, &e.
The Duke and Duchess of Leeds are entertaining a se-
lect circle at Hornby Castle ; the Earl and Countess of
Shrewsbury are expected to arrive at the castle on a visit
to their Graces, from town.
VEISCELL.3.NEOIIS.

The weather in London has at last become seasonable.
On Sunday night there was a sharp frost, with a keen
north-east wind. In the course of last night the ther-
mometer fell seven degrees below freezing ; but as there
is little wind no inconvenience is felt from the lowness
of the temperature.
According to the latest accounts from Dr. Wolff,
which are dated Trebisond, Nov. 28, there is every
reason to believe that Colonel Stoddart and Captain
Conolly are still alive. The man Barenstein, who said
he had witnessed the execution of Stoddart and Conolly,
had been proved to be an imposter.
According to the resolutions of both Houses of Par-
liament, a scheme was recently adopted for the promul-
gation of the statutes, and from a return made in the
early part of last session, it appears that, in the year
1841, 4,135 Acts were sent out to public offices, public
officers, to cities, counties, and boroughs, to sheriffs, and
other persons.
The Duke of Bedford and Lord Ducie have both aban-
doned the Northampton Farming and Grazing Society,
on the grounds stated in Lord Spencer's letter.
A great curiosity has lately been discovered in the
library of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A play, on
the subject of Richard 111., written in Latin, and ante-
cedent to Shakspeare. It has liberally been lent to the
Shakspeare Society, with permission to transcribe it.
The importation of foreign cattle into Hull has fallen
off considerably—upwards of one-half for this year, as
compared with 1842. In 1843 the importation only
amounted to 317 oxen and 3 sheep, while in 1842, 1,685
oxen, 24 cows, 439 sheep, and 253 pigs, were imported.