The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

IN RE HENRY RIcHARPS,

A dividend was declared this day in this matter, when a sum
of Is. 3d. in the pound was paid.
A former dividend had been paid on the 17th of July, when
2s. G.I. was received by the body of the creditors. It was stated
that the assignees were likely to raise sufficient funds from the
assets to enable them to
_pay a•further dividend of, about 2s.
more in the pound, thus making of a dividend on the whole of
nearly 7s. in the pound.

PO LICE' I NTELLIGENCg.

BONI-STREET-(THIg. DAY.)

A dissipated-Iwking man, named Jeremiah Sulivan, was
placed before ' Mr. Jardine, charged with stealing a pair of
Wellington boots from the feet of another prisoner in the
station-house cell.

The prisoner had been given
,into custody on a. charge of
housebreaking, but the case was not substantiated, and he was
discharged. As he was leaving the dock the officer said there
was another charge against the prisoner. When he went to
the cell this morning to bring the prisoners out, the prosecutor,
Mr. Hudson, who had been brought to tne station-house for
being drunk, said that some one had taken his boots off in the
night. The witness examined the cell, and found the boots on
the feet of the prisoner. On further examination he discOveied
the "shoes the prisoner wore when taken into custody in the
water-closet. The prisoner. said the boots were not the pro-
secutor's, for be (the prisoner) had bought them the day before
in Monmouth-street.

• Mr. Hudson, the owner of the boots, said he was brought to
tLe station-house in a state of intoxication, and after he had
been in the cell- a short time, he' fell asleep. He was aroused
soon after by feeling some one taking off his boots, but he took
so notice of this, as he thought he was at home, he being in
the habit of having his boots taken off for him.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was drunk, and did not
know what he was about.

Mr. JARDINE asked the officer if this was the case? The
officer said the prisoner was drunk.
Mr. JARDINE said it was just possible that the prisoner's
story was correct, and therefore on this occasion he would be
discharged. But he would advise him to be very cautious in
future, as he had had a very narrow escape. •

MAR YLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.)
Edward Burton, a person having the appearance of a gen-
tleman's servant, was charged with having swindled an Irish
farm servant of two sovereigns.
The Irishman, had lately arrived in London from New South
Wales, and was abeatt to go by railway to Bristol, and• while
waiting with his luggage at the Mint public-house, the pri-
soner came in and entered into conversation ; an accomplice
followed, and they contrived, by showing a large sum of money
(counterfeit of course) to get two sovereigns from complainant.
lie discovered the trick, and when the prisoner attempted to
escape, and dropped the two sovereigns, he caught him by the
collar, and gave him into custody. The complainant added
that he had now lost his passage, and could not leave for Bristol
for another week.

The prisoner, in answer to inquiries from the Magistrate,
said that ha was a groom, and had formerly lived in the service
of some of the first noblemen, and amongst others the Duke of
Butland, the Earls of Onslow and Fitzwilliam, as also in that
of Mr. Tierney,of Somerset House. His present residence he
refused to disclose.

Mr. Ha wListsorr said that it would be an act of injustice to
bind over the poor Irishman to prosecute at the sessions, and he
would, therefore, as the more merciful mode of remunerating
hint for loss of time and trouble, give him his two sovereigns,
and add hini a third to pay his expensei during' the time he
would be obliged to wait his passage. He would remand the
pris.ner till Thursday next.
The IrishFnan expressed his heartfelt gratitude; and then left
the Court. ,

CLEV.KENWELL—(THIS DAY.)
.121 at Harvey, a well-known thief, was charged with felo-
nioutiv attempting to enter the house of Mr. Meares, a gentle-
man of fortune, residing at No. 12', New Ormond-street.
. It appeared from the evidence that on the previous night,
Mr. Meares being standing in the hall, heard a key in the street
door, and the latch, gently lifted up. The key
.was taken out
again, arid another key applied. Mr. Meares rushed to' the
d',oz, opened it, and seized the prisoner. A policeman was
sent tor, and several skeleton keys were found on his person.
Mr. GREEN woon sentenced the prisoner to three months'
imprisonment.

.UNION HALL.--(THIS DAY.)
Morgan Jones, an athletic man, was charged with COM-
mitiiug a violent assault on James Fox, who is confined to the
hospital owing to the serious nature of the injuries he received.
It appeared that on the preceding day the defendant was seen
passing along Kensington-lane, followed by a man much his
inferior in point of stature. The defendant, addressing the
latter person, was heard to exclaim, " If you follow me any
longer, I will settle you!" The man continued to go after the
defendant, who turned upon him and gave him a desperate
blow in the face, which knocked him into the road, and in-
. flitted a most extensive wound down nearly the whole length of
his cheek. !The man was taken up in a state of insensibility,
And conveyed to the hospital, where it was found that the in-
jury he had received was of such a serious nature, that he
was not in a fit state to enable him to appear against his
assailant, who was remanded.

Edwar4 May was charged with stealing a twelfth cake from
the shop of a pastry-cook in East-lane.
The prisoner, with two other boys, was observed lurking
about the complainant's shop, and after a little time he was
seen to, snatch the cake, weighing nearly 3011)s., and run off.
A clerk in the Bank f England happening to witness the
transaction, gave pursuit to the thief, wh ) finding that he
was overtaken, turned round on his pursuer and threw the
cake at his head. The clerk, however, secured the prisoner,
Who was committed for trial.

A MEMENTO OF MORTALITT.—The Chinese, it is
said, as neon as they come to years of diseretion; make provi-
sion for their deaths, by laying in a coffin along with their
other furniture. ller Majesty's Ministers seem to have accu-
rst, ly copied this custom of the Celestials; for no sooner were
they placed in a position to exercise their discretion, than they
made the surest possible provision for their deaths, by hiring•
the hearse .on which their predecessors were borne to their
graves-. Free trade was the coffin of the :ate as it threatens to
be oflhe present Administration.—Post.

SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM. ROCHESTER, AJ ON -
nv. —Wsterday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, an
-express arrived at Rochester, bringing information that anin-
cendiary fire had broken out in the stockyard of Mr. Allen, who
holds the Buckholm Farm, at High llalstow, in the hundred
of Hoo. Mr. Batten, the agent of the Sun Fire-office here,
immediately ordered out his engine, and about four o'clock pro-
ceeded to the spat, which is about six miles distant from Ro-
chester. Very judicious steps were taken to suppress the
flames, and to these and the fortunate circumstance of the
wind setting off the barn and house, which immediately ad-
join the stockyard, may be attributed the preservation of the
rest of the property. Directly in front of the farm-house is a
large horse-pond, from which the engine obtained a plentiful
supply of water, which was poured on the burning mass, while
a number of labourers from the adjoining hamlet of High
Halstow spread the materials of the stacks
.upon the ground,
and removed into the .adjacent turnip field the small portion
which they could from time to time save. Mr. Allen stated
that the property destroyed consisted of two stacks of oats
and two of beans, the whole being the produce of 26 acres.
From information gathered from Mr. Allen and upon the
spot, there appears but little doubt that the fire was the work
of an incendiary. The farm servant of Mr. Allen, going ac-
cidentally out of the house between two and three o'clock in the
afternoon, saw, smoke issuing from the farm-yard, and on going
to see what was the matter, found one of the stacks alight, but
no one was to be seen near. The discovery was Made at the
same , time by the people at Halstow Church, which is within
sight of the farm, when Mr. Lewis, the clergyman of the
parish, was about to commence divine service, and that gentle-
-man, with a praiseworthy feeling, at once dismissed the congre-
gation, urging them to assist in, putting out the fire, setting
:them an example in his own person.. Some lucifer-matehes
were found sin ray after the fi.e'broke out'near -the spot,' and
the constable,of the parish, who had been .making inquiries,
said that he had sufficient information to call for an investiga-
tion. The general opinion seems to be that the crime was
. committed by a stranger, as Mr. Allan has alWays been on the
best terms with his workpeople' and is universally respected.
Mr.-Allen is insured in the Globe Fire-office, but it is doubtful
• whether or not to the full extent of the damage' sustained. At
nine o'clock last night the flames were so far subdued that no
further danger was apehended.
• /, • /
11 LUNTIs --- M.INpENDIAEY FißE.—On .a.ionuay
evening last, about seven o'clock, a fire was discovered raging
-in the hamestead of Mr. Asplen 'farmer of this place, and, one
:of the guardians- of the poor; the flames spread rapidly, and
in 5pit,1..61 the exertions of the neighbours and the presence' of
two engines, were • not subdued till all the stacks in the yard
,(tut one), and a barn containing threshed corn, were con-
sumed. The dwelling-11(4Se was saved, as were the imple-
mentsond stuck on the premises. There is no doubt as to
the c, nilagration having been. caused by an ificordiary, as Mr.
Aspen has for some time past been subjected to a system of
annoyance. 'I he evening before the fire, the manes and tails of
same horses were cut off, and very lately all the gates on his
farm were despoiled of their hinges.—Cambridge Independent.
TAxt:s.---Some months ago we stated that a de-
crease would .be found in the assessed taxes, in consequence
_of ; a-ties having closed up windows
.and reduced articles of.
est.blishment to balance against the oppt essive and odioua in-
come impost. This has proved to be. the case, as the revenue
newness just published show. This year; for the reason we
have girt n, there will be a further falling off in the assessed
taxes department.

DR. 7MAGINN.---" Talking on one occasion about
his Shakspeare Papers,' I asked him why he did not write the
chmacterof Hamlet ? ' I have often thought of it,' he said,
but never could make up my mind to ii. I'm afraid of him.'
'Of all the Homan poets, .Horace is the fellow for me. His
recommendations is what generally spoils all other poets—the
real common sense he displays. in all his poems.' Take the
belt novels of any of the living novelists of the day, and you
will 'find that all their after works have the same traits of corn..
position and plot as the first. Theie is not one that can, be
compared with Fielding or Smollett. Filling three volumes
appoars their principatobject.' 'I would give a vote to every'
ane man, whose age exceeds one-and-twenty—but no ballot.'
—Dublin University Magazine.
,-.COPENIIAGEN, DEC. 30..—The . Budget, for 1844,
has been published in the journals of this city by his Majesty's
order. The revenue is estimated at 15,767,167 rix dollars, and
the expenditure at 15,620,767, consequently leaving a surplus
of 146,400 rbt-dollartg -