The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-21 00:00:00

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(2.ltbliNA.L DAY.)

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(Before Nlr. Justice WIGHTM A N. )
"1". ON A S.;VINGS' NK. Elizabeth Newton,
flf4, Alitchell. a owl.; woman, twenty-two ycars
ai(linp,
_and
with . 'ls a rnan unk,-,own to forge a receipt for 14. 19•. 2,1.,
n Intend to dt fraud Samuel and others, and a person
10111(11:1'„1 "leaded guilty to bring tin; party who attended the
"risoner and fin ocil the name of Mitchell.
4,!\.1-)oane appeared'for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson
t-7no Al the female prisoner.
Crotri the st;tem,rits of the Learned Counsel who conducted
theoproseeution, it alieared that a person of the name of Nlit-
I was a depositor in the savings' batik at Paddington. That,
,44..7atious occasirns, he had ee..t leprtsits by the female pri-
24"sert and thlt. those deposits amounted altogether to 44/. 19s.
(141 the 3 sth of June, the two prisoners came to the bank
ire notice of the withdrawal of the money in a fortnight,
14,-„tbe -female th-n represented the male prisoner as
lot ."sband Mitchell. After several questions had been
t ille pa, ties by Mr. Fuller, the Secretary of the
bank, the prisoner Bass signed the name of Mitchell,
p:ltitnately the money was obtained.
that °,°, eross-exatr ination of the prosecutor, it appeared
tri4 female prisoncr and himself had cohabited together as
anti isife. and he. hart had three children by her, and that.
414 b'd been !king tug; ther since 9. Ile had never
erisell either of the prisoners to apply for the money, and
hied that any of it belonged to the telltale prisoner.
11,4ie1l I' CLARKsoN, for the prisoner Alitehell, could not deny
tibitti-"o accompanied the prisoner 133.7. s sshen the money was
'alit'gels
i• fie could not deny that. it was her intention to ob-
!him Money for the purpose of supporting herself and her
tpa CD. whom the prosecutor had deserted. In this object,
rtithotv)r, she was frustrated, as tho prisoner Bass decamped
daoru%lloln amount. The female prisoner was, therefore,
itt.tha an object of pity than punishment, fur she bad been
phot,!rl! and left service on a promise of marriage by the
Thou tor.
111 Jury found the feztale prisoner Guilty.
DoANy. in applying for the extra expenses that had
4e"'neurred in takiEg Bass into custody, stated that they had
It.tirlairied that, shortly after the receipt of the money, the
tooth prisoner and Bass, and also a person named Ward, 'tent
thr I,ber with a large quantity of luggage to the terminus of
°4don and Birmingham Railway; that they afterwards
hiltonti°4 coffee.-house, where Bass awl Ward left the female
114,4 r, and immediately decamped with all the luggage to
Ar erminus of the Southampton Railway, and from thence
*aL4'd to Ilavre and front thence to Brussels, where Bass
tottL"o with a great' portion of the luggage, part of which
totter--"lof the wearing apparel belonging to the female pri-
-14,,ci her children.
'astiea WIG lITMAN deferred passing sentence.

DB itIG LIT ELECTION.
FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.

CA3t, Liberal. Conservative.
k:
telki boughs 277 M‘Dottall, 111
I*

4ew orient - 137 -- 147
G--ilo,ya - 86
4-tj,rity for Mr. Maitland on gross poll ... 142

PI AIVKE it LICENSES.
R, 70 THE EDITCA OF THE S!ilV.
Commissi,ners of S'amps have issued a
Gt that ail p hackers, are.. exhibiting goods
tql:4le Without ik-ing duly licensed, subject themselves
Italtloied y of 101. and that the Commissioners have
the country several persons to
t,Qet ,„h
• tit. 1.C.,_1 S.
Itk V, Mr. Litter, allow Me to a 51.-1. Is the public
14,4ti_e that for the sal:lnt.:A sort of tzonus, such as tapes,
thil b:-°t and shoe-laces, Re., though it be but two
worth of floods, every such person is compelled
14,,"'w to have an annual license for the sum of 41., and
by S` of °Gmliti:2; I:goinst thAt law, every such per-
kel'li4l.oe to a flue of 11)1., or three months' iulprison-
thq" la a common gaol, or House of Correction, and
11 he confined 'as a rogue and vag4hond ? 2. Is
414.,11°1ie, aware that thera are in and about London
Itkli,-,'.°4 informers, wh-o pr0.,1 about the streets en-
V„ln,g the poor to the commission of that v..ry
ttr 3. Is the public aware that it has already so
trig4,'ed that the in;ormer in such cases has mere pre-
qQ4''e than her most gnicioui T.q,jesty, because the
moiety of 51. is gLneia ly forgiven, hut the in-
kier% is absolute ; tJ'e law protects him ; and the
Y 4414 law manufacturers give him lull power to stick
40411 fast for his 51. ? 4. Is the public aware that
tMj : fellows about the metropolis living on the poor
Itiiignlrant, by demanding from them (daily) contra.-
foe the purpose of stayit g informations, albeit
.(?„ scoundrels have no claim on the Stamp-ollice ?
Support of which I now hold a letter from the
t'rable Cem•nissioners of Stamps). Besides, there
Ural~ticrltts in London which supply hawkers with small
of Hare. These firms have to pay a weekly
auee to the informer,; the informer keeps a book,
Lh the names of such persons hawking the goods of
ke44, . and Mr. W. ; those persons go unmolested,
itipsll4e they repay their employers Id. per day for the
411',;11 of the informers. But, woe to him who shall
L-"to the clutches of: the informer, without his name
kee to his (the 4:Rimer's) book. He will be cbaggrd
shell'ooll belore the magt-trate, and thence taken to
;us" of Correction,
there to be confined as a rogue
4
)44:1- vag,:bond for three c.cleneegr months, and his wife
1.14 thihlren cat upon the wide world, to go begging
itt,t the sircets.
14:"') not, f.ir a moment, encourage hawking without
''e3--such must be. very detrimental to the shop-
; but let etch man be taxed according to his
toNast • Wiwi: a law is once made it ought not
Itllr,broken ; but why not repeal it ? If the legislators
11114 ave bhiod out of a stone, by compelling the very
11,
to support the revenue, let them have time to do
tceordile tither countries, licensed . persons are taxed
Ito the lake of their stock, and its quality ;
uritter34 are made by instalments, and common in-
s, not encouraged.
::rittoy," that theae observations may tend to alleviate
t44tenm;ition of the poor, and crush the informer, and
Ch)lieity will cause some benevolent philanthropist
uP such a good cause—with the greatest respect,
nle M. • Editor, to subscribe myiell your humble
ta,lt 1.
Au E. A. H.
g'lst 19, 1845.

11,4tAT
ESTERN RAILWAY.—A SERIES OF M15.1;14
.1;14 o.n Monday morning, shortly after the arrival of the
kid'e„Vueh left Reading at half-past seven o'clock, at the
pdrtruead station, one of the tubes of the boiler exploded,
41ddir;ng impossible for the engine to proceed onwards to
threligtua. An express was immediately sent to Mr.
kt sat Slough, who lost no time in hastening to Maiden-
itiltia,%'l`ll another engine ; but, unfortunately, just as this
Oatthwas starting, with the delayed train and passengers,
-101,12 town, an accident, precisely similar•to that of the
'l, °no occurred thus rendei ing the engine from
I;tire4 also' ustiess ; and it was not until the Oxford train
stlt, St, Middenheatl, upwards of an iiour and a half after-
4v. that the passengers were enabled to proceed on their
the f, Y• No trains, therefore, arrived at Paddington until
ate.n't ten o'clock, instead of one at nine, and another et
14~niltlarters past nine, the cnr,ino which ought to have taken
1:5..4 o'clock Slough train to'Haddington having become di:-
i;7l4l,Nlaidcahearl. Just as the day mail t to Exeter, which
4 the addington at a quarter-past ten, was on the eve of start-
iden:aroe mornirg, from the Paddington terminus,
a a similar
rof the foreg, ing ones occurred to its engine, one of the
hitt the boiler suddenly bursting, and thus completely dis-
'''nn engine attached to the mail train, and delaying its
•ttlough, the first station she stopped at, nearly an
Ottiw„this train, and the one which left Paddington an hour
v4ittiltrus• both arrived at Slough at the same time. We are
') state that, notwithstanding the bursting of the tubes
engines, no injuric'., in any one case, were sustained
i:tttet'gine drivers or stokers, nor indeed by any persons con-
Litleit with the Company. Considerable alarm prevailed at
lip !Pun in consequence of the non-arrival of the first up-
eski,,?To Reading ; which, however, was allayed as soon as
rintetident of the televaph arrived, and a communiea-
d ',this mean, opened between Slough and the terminus.
;411:*,irti siren Vienna tiqtt 11.R.H. the Duchess
21444441C,nie has resolved to make Frousdorff her permanent.
Nieites.and that she has already received there the visits of
trubers of the Imperial Family of Austria.
s,,OttriLSittitsTiNo SEA,oN.--ee,ing to the unusual
'4lll, ~,,'"oess of the harvest this year, it will be hardly pos-
ZP,ly should think, for the sportsman to take the field so
betty the Ist of September. The partridges are said to be
A.rnutnerous.— Sussex Advertiser.
Ittk,„ll 41W m G RAND SOIREE. MR. CHARLES
enure that
is with much gratification we are enabled to
41Nt:re that Mr. Dickens has accepted the invitation of. the
thlllj
to be pre-ent at the approaching grand soiree,
be seen from the following letter received
4het Ilerlyn, the honorary secretary :—" Broad Stairs,
9 ferl,, "th August, 1845. —My dear Sir,—l beg to thank
4kit, Your very obliging letter. It will afford me great
Oet: to. attend the soirée of the Athenaeum on the 23d
ttd er• under the presidency of my friend, Sergeant Tal-
sigs':od. believe me, it will he a high gratification to me to
tithatY Personal a .(praintance with the members and fi lends
taaellent Institution. Do me the favour to convey to
I.Rkseators the assurances of my respect and esteem.-1 am
ttlY dear Sir, faithfully yours, CHARLES DICKENS.—
`4%,„.". Merlyn, Esq., Honorary Secretary, Manchester
,-441." Manchester Guardian.
the 1::ItY GOOD EXCUSE.— We have been assured
,thie uest authority, that the absence of the sun is attri-
thts bus:_'!eiy to the fact that, since he has acquired so much
wiTbuis photogenic pictures, he has been keeping out of
"itle„,' for fear he should be made President of the Royal
Punch.
41 ORATIONI, TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—
o4vittti,:stY's Colonial and Emigration Commissioners recently
eu ler tenders from parties willing to undertake to
anti Convey out equal to 1,000 adult emigrants to the
onwtr numerous parties yesterday tendered accordingly.
Nttrk.i act was taken by Messrs. John Marshall and Co., ot
sAiSedane and Southampton, and the emigrants are. to be
is. 1413 st the latter port and Plymouth. The first ship will
otith,
_etober, and is to be followed by others every alternate
iliktio:od a free passage is to be granted by them, under the
10,140 nr Government, to married agricultural labourers,
leltla,r, domestic and farm servants, carpenters, smiths,
Littilite" and masons.
Or tirAtAry OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total nuni
fp Week eaths registered in the metropolitan district, during
tecLeii wiherenling 16 August, was 864—0 f these 841 were deaths
ettp roanlbran accidental causes, showing a decrease in the
tlietng wey of deaths from disease as compared with the me-
ttle4es 1; of Of the deaths last week 204 were from
efui, tne lungs and organs of respiration, and 189 from
ktoTlit, el4idernte, and contagious diseases.
theNing 4811 AT WOOLWICII.—On Wednesday
tit Aids other of these disgusting exhibitions took place in
g-house of the Royal Horse Artillery, Woolwich
lialtort h; upon gunner and driver Michael Stokes, 9th Bat-
tad:fnunlat Artillery, who was tried by garrison court-mar-
lithlra re: guilty of the crime of puiloining from his corn-
Ike Jrees'nlyntal necessaries, and sentenced to receive one
Ptrikt4trein' fifty lashes. At a quarter to seven in
4",..gr when the troops were paraded oa the '
barrack-
. cww
4447 Sat, word was g.ven to march to the Riding-
lerulY) ‘43 flaeot, where the victim (a married man, with a
to Zace, 'nought out, and the adjutart having read out the
the
t.trip.e,?n6rme y her Majesty's approval, he was ordered
ilitte4ie He cadso without a murmur, and was tied up to
teal °AI, s' When the executioners commenced their deed
111101 of %. A few lashes rendered a healthy man's hack one
tit 'tier °urn's and blood, which caused the stoutest hearts to
tit • se
tste,Y fell o veral "young recruits" could not stand, and ac-
sitiis.
ectiout of the ranks and fainted on the spot. Old ve-
11044reowid have faced the cannon's mouth without fear of
4ttledttnuttedft,seareel Soldier received the whole of the number