The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-08 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

In the case of Hallfs anti otliete v. Verner, wLi~li woe
heard in the Court of Exchequer, the jury returned a verdict
for the defendant, thereby declaring that he was not a share •
holder in the Talacre Coal and Iron Company.
At the Westminster sessions, Domenico Maestro and
Guiseppe Gatte, the two Italians who were sentenced to im-
prisonment and hard labour by Mr. Hardwick, at Marlbo-
rough-street Police-court, for cruelty to Italian boys, in send-
ing them out to beg, appealed against the conviction. The
statements made by the complainants on this occasion having
differed materially from that made previously at the Police-
court, the conviction was quashed, and the defendants dis-
charged.

The report of the Governor of Westminster Bridewell, of
the state and condition of that prison, was presented; and it
appears that there are 414 prisoners, namely, 301 males, and
113 feniales' besides 10 children; all in good health.
Mr. W. Burt, many years poor-rate collector' or the united
parishes of St. Margaret and St John, Westminster, under-
werit a very lengthened examination, at Queen's-square, on
the charge of embezzling upwards of 6001., the moneys of
the governors of the poor of the said parishes. The order
was made out for his committal, and the witnesses were then
bound over to prosecute at the Central Criminal Court, but
at the desire of the gentleman who had been engaged to
defend him, and who would not be in town for some days,
he was ordered to be brought up again on that day three
weeks.

At Union-hall, Elizabeth Johnson, the wife of a fish-sales-
man in Billingsgate 4narket, and residing in Red Cross-street,
Southwark, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged
with wounding her husband in a very serious manner, by
stabbing him with a table-knife, while in a passion, arising
out of a dispute. The man's life is in danger, and he could
not appear to give evidence. The prisoner, who appeared
absorbed in grief, said that her husband was in the habit of
_ill-using _her, and that in the excitement of the moment she
snatched up the first thing that came to hand,iid that was
unfortunately a knife, and struck him with it. She added
that no one could regret it more than she did. Mr. CoftingiL
ham said that he should remandthe prisoner until the cOnds,-
tion of her husband was made known.
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The Duchess of' Vieg expeqt,:ed to return: to Trograore.
House from the Continent on Satunday tW 13th inst. f
The Ladies Patronesses, under whose direction' the gtrarta'
Waverley ball will take place, held their last meeting on
Friday afternoon, atlVillis's rooms, on which occasion no less
than thirty Peeresses and other ladies assembled to complete
the final. arrangements for the forthcoming festival. The
demand for tickets has been altogether unprecedented.
The Marquis of Waterford arrived at Mivart's Hotel, on
Monday last, from Curraghmore, Ireland, and has since gone
to High Cliff, near Christchurch, Hants, to visit Lord and
Lady Stuart de Rothesay, with whom the Marchioness has
been staying during the Noble Marquis's absence in Ireland.
The Earl of Devon left Bryanston-square early last
week on a visit to the Venerable Dowager Countess For-
tescue, at Wier Gifford, Devon. _

• Viscount and Viscountess Beresford gave an elegant enter-
tainment on Friday to her Royal. Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at the family residence, in Cavendish. square.
The Royal Duchess, attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst
and the Hon. Captain Liddell, arrived precisely at eight
o'clock, • and was welcomed by the Noble ;and Gallant Vis-
count. and Viscountess. There were present to meet her
Royal Highness the Duki of Montrose, Marquis of Salisbury,
Earl and Coantess of aersey, Earl of Mansfield, Earl'of Dun-
toorei-tarl and Countess of Kinnoul, t- •
• The Duke of Sutherland and the MarquiS of Stafford have
left Stafford House, for the Albion Hotel, at Brighton.
. Lord and Lady Beauvale are, expected to leave Hyde
Park-terrace early in the ensuing week, for Germany.

bus c ELLANZOIIIII.
The extensive improvements in Woolwich Dock-yard,
under the direction of Captain DenisOn, are rapidly progress-
ing. On Thursday the last brick of the stupendous chimney
intended to carry, over the whole of the adjacent. buildings,
the, whole of the smoke from the newly-erected foundries and
boiler-makers' 'sheds, was laid. .In form it is octagonal, with
an area for the flues of the furnaces *ithiii the base of twenty
feet in circumference, and the Wells at the bottom are six feet
in thickness. • The measurement within, at the top within
the- walls, is six feet clear. To the summit of the brick-work
from the grotind is ,210 feet.
It apPears.fromthe provincial papers, that there have been
copious falls 0f rain. in.all parts of the country-y and that the
cropi haVe been' much benefited thereby. The grain is'every-
where well-spoken .0f..., The hay crop is a most lamentable
failtire .but there will, in .many places, be good second crops.
A Cork Paper says the other day, when the Ministers were
in difficulty, the people had written on the walls of Cork,
Hurrah for repale,l)oys, Peel's out ;" some one afterwards
wrote,underrieath, ", Ait ! but Dan's in." ,
The Summer Assizes for the Northern Circuit will com-
mence at York on Wednesday next, when the commission
will be opened 'by Chief Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Cres-
well. There are about sixty Priioners for trial, five of whom
are charged with-a murder near Bradford. There are' also
several serious stabbing cases.' . • - •
The sale of Bibles, formerly- the property of the Duke of
Sussex, was resumed at BfeSsrs. Evans's auction-rooms, Pall-
mall, on'Friday. .The number .of lots disposed of during the
five days' sale' is -986, and the amount realised exceeds 40001.,
the principal purchaserts being Messrs. Rodd, Pickering,
LeMie, Thorpe, Taylor, Brown, Longtnan, &c.
Dickins's• " Martin Chuzzlewit ' is in rehearsal at the
Lyceum, under the direction of Mr. Stirling.