The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-08 00:00:00

MAW AND POZICII.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Hodgson, a commission
agent, recovered 201. damages against Mr. Gurney, keeper of the
Mark et.house public-house, in Farringdon-street, as compensation
for the injuries he had suffered in falling through a trap-door which
bad been lett open through the carelessness of defendant's servants.
Mr. Dotesio, late keeper of the Royal Hotel, Slough, passed his
final examination before the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday. The
bankrupt was complimented by the Court and several of his credi-
tors upon the accuracy of his accounts, and the ready assistance
which he had afforded to his assignees for their full and entire inves-
tigation.

In the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Mansfield, the landlord of
Oliver's Coffee-house, at the foot of Westminster bridge, recovered
780/. from Messrs. Orissa and Peto, for damages done to his house
and stock in trade by their operations in erecting the new Houses of
Parliament.

At the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Craucour, the surgeon,
whose case has been so freqeently before the public, was tried for
burglary and acquitted. An alibi was distinctly proved. Haw.
king, an engineer, who was tried with him, was also acquitted.
In the New Court, John Lawrence Brown was sentenced to one
year's imprisonment with hard labour, for bigamy.
George Harris, a hanger.on at the Court of Bequests, was com-
mitted for trial from Marlborough.street, for having fraudulently
obtained one shilling from Charles Richards, by representing that
he had been employed by a milkman, named Thompson, to collect
the money under a Court of Requests order.
At Hammersmith, John Paine, conductor to one of the Ham-
mersmith and Brentford Conveyance Company's omnibuses, No.
2,028, badge No. 2,219, appeared before Mr. G. Clive, on summons
under the Act for regulating hackney carriages (6 and 7 Victoria,
cap. 86, sec. 33), for having refused to admit and carry at the lawful
fare a passenger, for whom there was roon , and to whose admission
no objection was made, He was convicted in a penalty of 20s.
and costs.

Mr. Ballantine committed a cab-driver, named Cohtn, for a
month, for striking Henry Male, the leader of the band to Price's
equestrian company, a violent blow on the face, and injuring his
nose. In driving through the streets eight in hand, in Mr. Price's
van, the driver slightly touched the defendant's cab. Ass obstruc.
Lion shortly afterwards occurred; complainant, to prevent mischief,
got out of the van and held the leaders by the head, and while thus
engaged the defendant took the opportunity of committing a savage
assault upon him.

OTTSM-PZURNIZOWALIISAZIP.
The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for Bowood. The
marriage of Lady Louisa Fitamaurice and the Hon. James
Kenneth Howard, is definitively arranged to take place on Mon.
day next.

The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are not expected to arrive
in Belgravc-square until Easter. The Marquis of Tavistock is
passing the season in town.

The Duke and Duchess of Lelnster and family are still at May.
nooth Castle, and the period of their Grace's return to London is
not known at present.

Lady Isabella Howard, daughter of the Earl and Countess of
Wicklow, who has been seriouslyin disposed at Stanmore, is con-
valescent.

The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville entertained the Earl of liar.
rowby and a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening, at his
residence in Hamilton.place.

r...gra.v, 2131.34,AL1Erni OVID.
The Irish Land Commission Report will, it is expected, be
ready in the course of a few weeks.

Mr. Hutt, M.P., is expected in town next week. The Hon.
Gentleman is, we are glad to learn, so much improved in health,
that he will be able to resume his Parliamentary duties at an
earlier period than was expoeteel by his constituents.
. .

• The Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, Commissioner of Customs, paid
a visit to the St. Katherine Docks en Thursday afternoon, and
visited the several departments of the establishment, Inspecting the
official books, &e. These inspections or official visits on the part
of the members of the Board of Customs, have become very fre-
quent since the discovery of the extensive frauds on the revenue,
which took place some time ago, in compliance with the expressed
wish of the Revenue Inquiry Commissioners; and scarcely a day
passes without the different dock establishments and other depart-
ments, being visited by one or other of the Surveyors or Inspectors
General.

The annual meeting of the members of the General Theatrical
Fund Association, established in 1839, for the granting of pen.
mons and temporary relief to aged and. decayed members of the
theatrical profession, their widows and families, was held on Ash
Wednesday; Mr. Buckstone, the Treanurer, in the chair. It ap.
peared from the report, read by Mr. B. Fairbrother, the Secre.
tary, that this fund differed in principle from those of the pa-
tent theatres of Covent.garden and Drury-lane, for that it ad.
mated not only actors and actresses, but dancers, pantomimists,
chorus- singers, and prompters, who were excluded from the be.
nefits of the funds of the larger establishments. The Chairman
reported that the finances of the Association were in a highly
flourishing condition ; that the receipts of the past year ex.
ceeded those of the former by about 3001., and that the funded
capital of the Institution amounted to 2,6151.
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low-lying
Thursday and Friday the tides rose unnsually high, overflow.
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nately the damage done to property was not great.
A petition to both Houses of Parliament has been prepared by
the Council of the Metropolitan and Irovi • ncial Legal Association,
and forwarded to every member, on the subject of the duty pay.
able yearly on the certificates of attorneys, solicitors, and proc-
tors. The petition prays that the duty may be wholly repealed.
The half-yearly meeting of the Hibernian Mining Company was
held on Friday, at their office in Austin.friars. The chair was
taken by J. H. Bradshaw, Esq., when the Secretary read the report,
from which it appeared that as the working approached the surface
the coal was found less free from faults. The sale during the six
months ending the 31st of December, amounted to 7,027 tons,
which by the increased proportion of small coal had only realised
the sum of 2,224/. Since that period an improvement had taken
place both in the quantity and the quality of the coal raised, show-
ing a present increase in the sales of upwards of 90 tons. The re.
port having
been adopted, the Chairman, Deputy. Chairman, and
three of the Directors, were re-elected, and the meeting adjourned.

PRINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU AND MEHEMET ALL

—These two celebrities have never been seen under
cir-
cumstances calculated to excite so strong a personal
interest as in the details of a journey made by them, to-
gether, into Upper Egypt, narrated by the Prince, in
his new work, entitled, " Egypt under Mehemet AIL"
Neither has the " Napoleon of the East" ever been de-
scribed under so favourable an aspect. There is scarcely
a topic of interest connected with his extraordinary and
unparalleled career, on which he does not, in the confi-
dence of social intercourse, disclose his most secret
thoughts and views, no less as regards the future than
the present and the past. The narrative is, altogether,
one of great interest. In pointing it out to the public
attention, it is necessary to state that this portion of the
Prince's new work is accessible to the English reader
only through the translation published by Mr. Colburn.
ROYAL. BANK or SCOTLAND.—A great sensation
has been produced in our city by the removal of Mr.
Thomson from the situation of cashier to the Royal
Bank, which he has held for many years. It took place
on. Wednesday, the 22d ult., in consequence of a resolu•
ton, passed unanimously, by the Directors (only one of
whom was absent), and recorded in a minute, which was
communicated to Mr. Thomson. He had the option of re-
tiring upon an allowance, but declined to avail himself
of it. No charge, we understand, was made against him
in the minute, but simply the purpose expressed that his
connexion with the Bank should terminate. The grounds
of the step taken will probably not be disclosed till the
proprietors meet some weeks hence ; and, till this take
place, it is proper that the public should suspend its
opinioa of the transaction. The office held by Mr.
Thomson is the highest in the establishment, and we
learn that he has been about twenty-eight years in the
bank, in this and other situations.—Scotsman.
EXTRAORDINARY AND SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPE-
RATION, PERFORMED BY MR. SMALL, VETERENTARY SUR-
GEON, ARMAGH, UPON A HORSE, THE PROPERTY OF MR.
BOYLE OF TANDRAGEE, BY THE REMOVAL OF AN ENOR-
MOUS TUMOUR OF 29L8. WEIGHT.—The tumour above-men-
tioned was the effect of a collision with the shaft of a cart in
the month of September last, which not only bruised
and lacerated the pectoral muscles, but also fractured
the sternum (breast-bone). The wound healed slowly,
and as it closed up, the tumour formed and gradually
enlarged in size, until the action of the fore legs was
so much obstructed, that the horse was almost un-
able to move, and his owner deeming recovery hopeless,
had determined on consigning him to the dog-kennel, when
Mr. Small conceiving there was a probability of effecting a
cure by excision, undertook the trial of that operation, as-
sisted by Mr. Mallam, jun. It proved to be a most difficult
and intricate one, and lasted twenty-seven minutes, the
carotid artery as well as several ramifications of the pectoral
arteries having to be secured. The patient, however, is
aow doing well, and the wound consequent upon the ex-
traction of the tumour, although actually appalling
to look at its size and depth, is rapidly healing.—Ulster
Gazette.

SHOCKING AFTAIR.—A few days ago a young
female from Borgup, gave birth to a child in a lodg-
ing-house in Maxwelltown. A rumour of the cir-
cumstance having gone abroad, and no child ap-
pearing, suspicion was excited, and search was made
by the police officers about the premises, who in a short
time discovered, in a dunghill, the remains of a new-
born infant shockingly mutilated, the head, arms
and legs being cut off, and the body otherwise mangled
in such a manner, that it was impossible to distinguish
the sex. M`Cartney, the female who kept the lodging-
house, was immediately taken into custody, and the
midwife who had attended at the delivery of the
mother was examined. She stated that the child was
still-born, and that she had dressed it in grave-clothes
before leaving the house. The mother also asserted
that she knew nothing further of the matter than
that the corpse was removed from the apart-
ment in which she lay. M'Cartney alleged in excuse
that the grave-clothes were hers, and that, as the mother
had nothing to pay for them, she had taken them off the
corpse and disposed of the body in the manner above
stated. The mutilated remains of the child were then
taken up and interred in the Tro9ueer church-yard
and to female lelcartney retiated cuatody,