The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-15 00:00:00

,lIIIVION PLEAS.-(THIS DAY

. ,
(Sittings in Banco.)
Their Lordships at but a short time this day and heard no
motion of importance.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the Conuos SERO2E4NT.)
CtrrriNa AND WouNDlNo.—Samuel Smith, a sailor and a re-
turned convict, was indicted for feloniously wounding Mr. Sparks,
a police-constable, with Intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.
A serious disturbance took place at a beer shop, kept by a person
named Stainsbury, in Whitechapel, and the constable was called to
take some of the parties into custody. He did so, and some persons
attempted to get them from him. He was knocked down, and
whilst on the ground the prisoner threw a large stone at him,
which struck him on the head, and laid hi- scalp bare. He became
insensible, and whilst in that state he struck him repeatedly on the
head. The constable was conveyed to the hospital, where he lay
in a dangerous state for three weeks.

The prisoner, In his defence, ;aid he did not strike the man
:hat it was a cabman who did so.

The jury fotlndiiii,;(lullt;:;nd he was sentenced to fifteen years
transportation.

INCENIOtIS ROBBERY.—JuIia Jessie Payne, aged 19, spinster,.
was indicted for stealing bank.notes, jewellery, and other articles
of considerable value, from the dwelling house of Mrs. Susannah
Brown, her property, and a chain and pencil-case, and other
articles, the property of Mr. Brown; and J. F. White, aged 21, a
glass-cutter, was indicted for being an accessory after the
fact. The female prisoner had formerly been in the service of
Mr. Brown, who resides in the Mile-end.road. On the 3d of
February an entrance was etncted by the nursery-window by some
person, who was judged to be a female, from the small footsteps in
the ground, and the articles mentioned in the indictment
stolen. In the course of last month the bank notes were
traced to the female prisoner, with whom the male
prisoner was living. A great part of the a ticles were found in
her possession, and the rest were traced to various pawnbrobers,
with whom she had pledg:Al them, and who identified her as the
perscn. They had purchased, amongst other articles, a quantity
of new furniture, and in some of these purchases the male pri.
soner accompanied her, and tandem(' notes in payment. They were
to have been wankel, and had made some preparations for enter-
ing into that happy state.

The case was not deafly made out against the male prisoner, and
the jury Acquitted him, but found the female Guilty, and she was
sentenced to be transported for ten years.

NEW COURT.
Mr. Commissioner Bullock was occupied during the whole of the
morning in trying unimportant cases.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES
(THIS DAY.)

Sub-Committee, No. 3, assembled this maning In Committee-
room, N. 13, present Mr. Aglionby, Chairman, Mr. Thornely, Mr.
I•'. Egerton, Captaia Jones, arid Mr. E. Buller.
GLASGOW, BARHEAD, AND MELSTON RAILWAY.
The Committee decided, that in this case the standing orders had
not been complied with, inasmuch as a clause had been introduced
into the Bill giving the Company power to make branches with the
consent of the landowners, and no notices had been given respect-
ing those branches.
Mr Deans appeared for the Bill and Mr. Venables against it.
LIMERICK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY.
_ _ .

In this case the Suir Navigation withdrew theiropPasition, and
the case was taken as an unopposed Bill.
The Committee decided that the standing orders had been corn.
plied with, except in minor points.
CHURNET VALLEY RAILWAY.

The Committee assembled at twelve o'clock, Sir William Heath-
cote in the chair. The class of allegations proceeded with were the
errors in and discrepancies between, the longitudinal and cross
sections as to the proposed cuttings and levels on turnpike and
private carriage-roads, in the parish:s of Stoke.upon-Trent and
Tamworth.

The Committee decided that the objection had been sustained
and that the omissions were clerical errors.

The next allegation was that no notice had appeared in the
Gazette of the intention to direct the course of a canal.

The Committee, after hearing the arguments on both sides 11
some length, decided that the allegation had not been sustained.

The next allegation was that certain landowners, through whose
property the lire was to pass, had not received notice ; or if they
had the notice was bad.

BRE= objected to the allegation as vague and Insufficient.
Objection overruled.

Mr. Loxo said he had several other allegations, but would pass
them over and come to the second list, which stated that the clerk
of the peace's espy of the plan bad not correctly set forth the sur-
face of the ground over which the line was to pass between the
49th and 49th mile.
Mr. M'Kesou gave evidence as to the discrepancy.

MARRIED.—On Tuesday, April 8, at Walton-on-
the-11111, Liverpool, by the Rev. Wilbraham Bootle Guest, Surro-
gate, incumbent of High Leigh, Cheshire, William Richardson
Roebuck, merchant, eldest son of Samuel Roebuck, F,sq., of
Sale Rank, Cheshire, to Eliza, third daughter of the late William
Simpson, Est, Et. Helen's-square, York,