The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-29 00:00:00

The CHAIRMAN stated that the sum already subscribed at.
that meeting was 7261. Is.
Mr. WA RD, who was received with loud and long-protracted
cheers, expressed his deep sense of the kindness, and said he had
every reason to feel thankful at representing such a consti-
tuency as that of Sheffield. He spoke in high terms of the
temper which was manifested at the meeting that morning,
when every subject connected with politics had been fully and
fairly sifted. He was sorry that his respected colleague had
beer. prevented from attending the meeting that evening, and
would observe of that. gentleman that he would not shirk doing
his duty to the town of Sheffield. On the corn-laws Mr. Parker
had always voted in a straightforward manner, and free from
all party considerations. They would be able to judge very
soon as to what were the sentiments of the Whig party on this
subject, and that from their old representative, Lord Morpeth.
The declaration of that nobleman at Wakedeld would be most
important on this subject ; becaitse it would be looked upon as
indicating the opinions of his party'. They generally looked to
the gentlemen of the Upper House to set them an example,
something partaking of the attitude of aristocratic dignity, like
my Lord Wharncliffe in the picture before him—( Loud cheers)
—but my Lord Orkney had deicribed their proceedings as
" kicking up a bobbery." He concluded with .saying that if
the constituency of this country will do—as he believed sincerely
that they would do—their duty, he defied the present Govern-
ment to continue the present system one year longer. The Hon.
Member sat down amidst loud and deafening cheers.
After votes of thanks to Messrs. Cobden and Bright, to Mr.
Ward, and the Chairman, the meeting separated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXGHEQuEn, Jan. 28.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a
Common Jury.)
TOWN O. GAWDERY.

Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Godson appeared fir the plaintiff ;
Mr. Jervis and another for the defendant.
This was an action to recover compensation for the loss
which the plaintiff had sustained by the death of a mare which
was lent to the defendant, a brush maker, residing in Green-
wich, to carry a quantity of goods to a wharf near the Tower.
On passing over Blackhorse-bridge' near Deptford, the mare
being driven at a rapid pace by the defendant's see,
reared, and fell. On examination her knees were found to be
dreadfully injured, the ligatures being completely severed, so
that, recovery being hopeless, she was destroyed the same
evening.
The evidence adduced on behalf of the plaintiff, went to
prove that the mare was driven at a rapid pace ; that the de-
fendant's son was thrown over head with considerable violence,
and was even desirous, aster the accident, of driving to town ;
and that the mare never " jibbed," never fell, and was in every
respect in excellent working condition.
Other witnesses, on the part of the defendant, swore posi-
tively that the mare was me:ely trotting at the time of the ac-
cident, and that she suddenly fell down as if shot, and that she
was an inveterate " jabber."
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 101.
Considerable merriment was caused in the Court by the re-
raordinary tone and manner of one of the witnesses.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

A young man of fashionable appearance, who declined
mentioning his name, was brought before the Lord
Mayor in the custody of John Forrester, the officer,
under circumstances of a remarkable description. Mr.
Bush, the solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for
protection against felonies and fraud, prosecuted.
Upon being put to the bar and asked whit his name
was, the prisoner said—My Lord, I am brought here,_ as
they tell me, for having committed some offence ; what
that offence is Ido not know. Mr. Bush is there, and I
call upon him to state.
Mr. Bush said the prisoner had, as it appeared, two
names, Charles Powers and William Wallace, and the
charge against him was the double one, of having be-
come improperly possessed of a bill of exchange, and
with having forged an endorsement upon it. Mr. Bush
stated the facts as they appeared in the evidence.
The prisoner said he was taken by'an officer into cus-
tody, without having committed the slightest offence,
and he had no solicitor to aid him.

The Loan MAYOR—You are charged with having
stolen a bill of exchange. You understand that, I sup-
pose ? The prisoner—Stolen it ! that's impossible.
stolen it, indeed ! who are the prosecutors ?
The LORD MAYOR—The Queen prosecutes in this
case. If you wish to consult a solicitor before we pro-
ceed, I shall remand you at once.
The prisoner—But if I am remanded I shall be
obliged to go to prison.
The prisoner still persisted in withholding his name.
Mr. Bush then called Mr. Francis Smith, a banker at
Hastings, in the firm of Smith, Hiller, and Co., Mr.
Hogg, a clerk in the country department of Master-
man's banking-house, Mr. F. Borton, clerk at Messrs.
Prescott and Grote's, and Mr. Stride, broker, of Token-
house-yard, for the purpose of proving that the prisonet
had negotiated a bill to which he had no right, with a
forged endorsement. After some conversation between
the Lord Mayor, Mr. Bush, and the prisoner, he was
committed for a week, under the -name of Charles
Powers, alias Wm. Wallace, and on leaving the bar
declared that it was a great cruelty that a man should
be thus sent to prison for nothing.