The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

4.411.1), AND POLIC b.

An indictment against Elgee and others, for conspir-
ing to cheat at cards, was tried in the Court of Queen's
Bench. The jury interrupted the case, by saying that
they had made up their minds, and that they found the
defendants not guilty. They accompanied their verdict
by a strong animadversion upon the evidence produced
for the prosecution.
The Court of Exchequer was engaged the whole day
in trying a Crown prosecution against a person named
Bryant, for evading the duties on paper. The Crown
received a verdict.

At Gloucester, Joseph Higgs was indicted for stealing
a silver watch, the property of Richard Alfred Dark, at
Stroud, on the 9th of September. The prisoner did not
plead when called on by the Clerk of Arraigns, and the
jury were sworn to decide whether he was mute of
malice, or by the ♦isitation of God. They found that
the latter was the case. The prisoner's master, from
whom the watch was stolen, was sworn as interpreter,
but could elicit nothing conclusive, except that the pri-
soner intimated that another boy stole the watch. The
judge then ordered a verdict of not guilty to be entered
as the prisoner's plea. The jury were again sworn on
the issue as to whether the boy was of sound mind or
not, and returned their verdict that he was not. The
poor fellow was then removed from the bar, Mr. Justice
Coltman desiring him to be kept in custody during her
Majesty's pleasure.
Joseph Scott was convicted at York of a burglary in
the house of Joseph Brownbridge, the Palace Inn, at
Leeds, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation.
The only singular fact in this case was, that though there
were several servants in the house, and though the
sleeping-rooms of several of the inmates had been en-
tered and ransacked, no one had been disturbed. In the
room occupied by the female servants, the panel was
actually broken by the violence used in effecting an en-
trance.
At the Central Criminal Court, Thomas Field, other-
wise John Easterfield, otherwise Wm. West, described as
an agent, aged 65, was charged on an indictment, in-
cluding three charges, and consisting of as many counts
—lst, with obtaining two half-crowns and a sixpence
from Win. Wall ; 2d, the same sum from Edward
Hammond ; and also a half-crown from W. Harding,
with intent to cheat and defraud them thereof. The pri-
soner is the soi-disant Chancery agent who has before
been convicted of similar offences. The jury found him
Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for seven
years.
Wm. Hutchinson and Charles Rix, two notorious
housebreakers, were each sentenced to ten years' trans-
portation, at the Surrey Sessions, for burglary.
An elderly female, most respectably dressed in deep
black, and who gave the name of Leah Mary Roper,
residing at No. 28, Fleet-street, was brought before Mr.
Jardine, charged with having committed shoplifting,
by stealing forty-eight yards of sarsenet, of the value of
6L, the goods and chattels of Messrs. Hardwick, of Hol-
born, drapers. Mr. Jardine remanded her till Tuesday,
to allow of any fresh case being brought against her,
but bound the witnesses over to prosecute.
At Marlborough-street John Smith, the owner and

conductor of a B—ow omnibus, was charged with having
violently assaulted Charles Underwood, the owner and
conductor of a Blackwall omnibus. The assault was
committed in a dispute as to who should get au elderly
lady as a passenger ; and during the course of the dis-
pute the lady herself was grossly insulted by defendant.
Ile was fined SL, or two months' imprisonment ; and in
addition his license is suspended for two months.
Robert Jones of the Montpellier Tavern, at Walworth,
was summoned to Union-hall, fur permitting drunkenness
and disorderly conduct on his premises, on the occasion
of a masquerade, when a young man, named Slade, was
killed by falling down stairs ; and another so severely
injured, that his life was endangered. The excuse of
defendant was that he had let the room, and had no con-
trol over the proceedings of the conductors of the masque-
rade. Mr. 'Fraill said that he should inflict a fine of 3/.
and costs on the defendant, and that he trusted in future,
should any entertainment be given at the Montpel-
lier, proper arrangements would be made, so as
,to
prevent such a dreadful occurrence as that which hap-
pened on the morning in question.
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Viscount Melbourne is passing the winter at Brocket
Hall, Ilerts, and is in improved health. Lord and Lady
Beata:tie are still on a visit tnhis Lordship. The Noble
Viscount's nephews, the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., and
the Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper, have left town for
Brighton, where Earl and Countess Cowper and family
are expected to remain till after Christmas.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset had a large dinner
party at Wimbledon Park on Monday evening. The
party consisted of the Countess of Charleville, Lady
Beaujolis Bury, Lady Arthur Lennox, Lady Elizabeth
Hope Vere, the Misses Hope Vere, Mr. and Lady S.
Stewart, Mr. Langford Brooke, Miss Abyrcrotnby, Sir
Edward Colebrooke, Mr. Lumley, Mr. Fraser Tyler, Mr.
Leveson Gower, Lord Henry Lennox, Mr. Cadogan, Mr.
Hesketh, Mr. Neville, Sir John Harrington. The dinner
was succeeded by a ball, at which more than one hundred
persons were present. Dancing commenced in the cor-
ridor at eleven, and was continued with unabated spirit
till four in the morning.
The Earl and Countesss of Wilton arrived on a visit
to the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey, at Beau-
desert, Staffordshire, on Monday, for Egerton Lodge,
Melton Mowbray. The Noble Earl and Countess return
to Melton at the close of the week.

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On Monday night a meeting was held in the Riding-
school, Bidborough-street, Burton-crescent, New road,
St.Pancras, for the purpose of memorialising her Ma-
jesty for a remission of the sentence on Frost, Williams,
and Jones.

During the last few days the river Thames has been
crowded with shipping, arriving from nearly all parts of
the world. On Saturday fifty, and on Monday forty-
nine, were entered inwards at the Custom-h,cse, from
Hong-Kong, Ceylon, Buenos Ayres, New York, Sierra
Leone, Messina, Bahia, Cronstadt, Hamburgh, &c. For
some weeks past above two hundred vessels ha►e arrived
from foreign parts, these being exclusive of ships coming
coastwise.

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On 11,1)nday the dead body of an infant (apparently
a seven months' child) was found in the Croy. yi planta-
tions at Frogmore, near Windsor, within 200 or 300
yards of the residence of her lio) al Highness the Duchess
of Kent. The body was wrapped in a piece of old blan-
ket. An inquest was held yesterday, and the jury re-
turned a verdict that the child VtAS ::till-born, but who
the mother was there wa.s no ~vid,live to show.