The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-10 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

At the Surrey sessions Henry Cox, aged 18, Acquilla
Hopkins, aged 23, William Woolridge, aged 19, were in-
dicted for robbing George Sligo and Hannah Sligo, his
daughter, on the Queen's highway, at Chertsey, on the
morning of the 24th of December, and forcibly taking
from the person of the former a knife, a tobacco-box,
and ten-pence in copper. The jury returned a verdict
of guilty against Hopkins and Woolridge, and acquitted
Cox. The prisoners were then sentenced to ten years'
transportation.
Joseph Brown, a cab-driver, was charged 'at Marl-
borough-street with having caused shocking injuries to
two horses, by driving in a reckless manner along Pic-
cadilly, while in a state of intoxication. On the charges
being proved, Mr. Maltby said, lenity in this case would
be wholly misplaced. He should, in the first place,
indict a fine of 101. for the public offence, order the de-
fendant to pay 31., the amount of the damage done to
Petty's horse ; and, in addition, prevent him from again
endangering the safety of the public by at once revoking
his license.
At Union-hall Jane Brown, the young woman charged
with deserting lier infant, and leaving it exposed in a
basket at the gate of Kensington workhouse, was com-
mitted for two months to the House of Correction.
William Stokes, a labourer ; Henry Cock, a carpenter;
and Thomas Gay, a baker ; were brought before Mr.
Broderip, at the Thames Police-office, on a variety of
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stable, h 310. Much conflicting evidence was given,
when the magistrate ordered :lock to find bail, himself
in COL and two sureties of 301. each, for assaulting anti
wounding Watkins ; and the ocher pri,,oo,rs to Fled sure-
ties each in 201., and two houseltetTers in 101. ,i.teh, to
answer the charge of atisailltitig Sullivan.
COVUT --PASLIEOZIAMILM.
Viscount Melbourne left South-street, on Nfonday, for
Brecket Hall, Herts, where his Lordship is expected to
remain till Easter.
Ilis Royal Highness Prince Albert has lately pro-
;;.ented 20/. to St. George's Hospital, in addition to a
former donation of 251, given abut right, en months

The new British and Foreign Institute is to be honored
at its opening. with the presence of Prince Albcrt, who
has e,,usenttd to become its patron. The. opening will
row no deferred till the. return to town of the Noble
President, the Earl of Devon, which is E xpeeted to he
about the meeting of Parliament.
Her Royal iliglmess the DttcheAs of Cambridge and
the youthful Prinees:i Mary and are expected to
'arrive at Dover, front Cte,m,ny. on Saturiay, and the
of Cambridge a+i l proceud tt.ither to meet them
landing.

TAXSCZT,74.%.m:I3O't.T
A statue of the late Sir David IVilk. by Mr. Joseph,.
has just been ereett d at the fa,tt of the staircase in thv
National Gallery. It is a standing figure, not quite tilt
siz: of life, in white stone, placed upon a solid pedestal
of grey limes one marble.
General Espartero intends, it is reported, shortly to
leave England, and to take up his re: dence at Brussels.
On the Bth the ceremony of laying the first stone of
the new church of St. John, Notting-hill, in the parish
of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington. was performed on the
cite chosen on the summit of the hill, known as the Llip-
poaroine• 11111, W. itie tut, Lalbreke-grove, Notting-
hill, on the Uxbridge-road. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. John Sinclair (Archdeacon of Mid-
dlesex), the vicar of Kensington, who expatiated in feel-
ing language on the spiritual destitution in that neigh-
bourhood, 12,000 of the inhabitants being unprovided
with church sittings.
On Saturday last the Gloucester Farmers' Club held
their annual meeting in that city. Lord Ducie, who is
one of the leaders, was not present on Saturday. The
secretary read the usual report. It represented that the
farmers had fallen off from the Club, and that many of
them had found it difficult to make the two ends meet
with present prices and burdens. A good deal of dis-
cussion followed, and opinions were expressed that the
example of Essex Ought to be followed in resisting the
efforts of the League to beat down agriculture.
At Tullamore (King's County) Sessions there were
517 applications for license to keep arms, and only 12
rejected.
The Dublin Evening Post of the 6th announces that
an " aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Ireland is
about to be convened for the purpose of denouncing the
grievous wrong and the gross insult offered to them by.
the Crown, on the recent occasion of reducing the spe-
cial jury list."
Mr. Steele summons the Duke of Wellington, Sir
R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, and Lord Lyndhurst, as wit-
nesses on his trial.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
Lo;flaws-, JAN. 9.—Wind, fresh breeze from S. to S.E.
and cloudy.
DEAL, JAN. N.W. to W., moderate ; P.M.
N. N.W. to N.N.E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. George Fyfe, Pyke,
China ; Diamond, Dempster, Berhice ; Mary Caroline, St.
John's' New Brunswick. S.d. Diadem and John Scott, Cape
of Good Hope ; Islander, Tiarbadoes ; Donna Maria, Antigua ;
Perthshire, Savannah, with the rest of the outward bound.
TORBAY, JAN. B.—Sld. Turenne, Para; Jean Morice, Mar-
tinique.
DOVER. JAN. B.—Sld. Echo, St. Thomas.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. N.W. to N.—Sld. Lady
Kinnaird, Calcutta; Duke of Bedford, Madras ; Duke of Sus-
sex, Cape and Batavia ; Diamond, Valparaiso; Erin, Domi-
nica ; David Lyon, Jamaica ; Quebec, New York.
Cost ‘, JAN. 6.--Arrd. Resistance (transport), St. John's,
New Brunswick. Sailed Freem In, for Jamaica.
RAMSGATE, JAN. B.—The Norwegian schooner, Niaoline,
which came off the patent slip, on the 30th ult., has been
hauled on it again to-day, being leaky.
BIDEFORD, JAN. 6.—The Arab, from Quebec, has been
got off the beach, without much damage, Ittid brought into
Applitdore.
BARNSTAPLE, JAN. 7.—Arrd. Two Brothers, Carpenter,
Newfoundland,
PLYMOUTH, JAN. B—Wind calm —SM. New. Zealand,
Ceylon. The Cambridge, Turpie, repairing, took fire last
night, and was run into the Pool, where she burnt to the
water's edge.
FALMOUTY, JAN. B—Wind N. to N.N.W.—Arrd. Water-
witch, Ksitch, after striking on the outer rock of the Manacles.
SOUTJEAMPTON, JAN. B.—Arrd. Theira (steamer), Gib-
raltar, left 31st ult.
MILFORD, JAN. 7.—The Orbit, Robinson, from London to
St. John's, New Brunswick, put in here to-day, with loss of
bowsprit, foremast, mainmast, sails, &c., having been struck
by a sea, on the 24th ult., in lon. 31.
lklmtiiATE, JAN. B.—Tim greater part of the cargo of the
Ocean, from Sierra Leone, has been saved in a damaged state
The wreck will be sold to-morrow.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—Wind N., mode-ate.—Arrd. Frank.
lin, Thomas and Constantine, Sampson, New Orleans. Arrd.
off, a ship in tow of two steamers, supposed the John Cum-
ming. Sid. Livingstone, Calcutta ; Thistle, Bombay ;
Penis, Buenos Ayres ; Kate, Rio Grande ; Invoice, Rio
Janeiro; Mary Hannah, Africa; Parker, Demerara ; Countess
Durham, Guadeloupe ; Agnes, Jamaica ; Giallenge, Texas ;
Charlotte Harrison, Drooma, and Wolfville, New Orleans ;
Satelite, Mobile ; Sir H. Douglas, Savannah ; Calista, Hot-
tinguer, and Montezuma, New York.
SHIELDS, JAN. B.—The Harmony, Citizen, and Ann (light
colliers), are all on shore on the Herd Sand.