The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

A Frenchman, named Louis Brabant, was charges with
being drunk and incapable.
Policeman F 57 proved the charge; prisoner was quite quiet.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, " Your Vor.ship, I ac-
knowledge my guilt in breaking de law of de country. lam
ver sor-ry for so doing."
Mr. Ham. discharged him with a caution.
MARLBOROUGH- S7'I?EET.

UTTERING COUNTERFEIT MONEY.—Sarah .lackin, a
young and decently-dressed woman of interesting appearance.
was placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, the presiding
Magistrate, charged with uttering a counterfeit half-crown to
Mr. Thomas Morgan, the landlord of the Crown public-house
in Castle-street, Leicester-square.
It appeared that between five and six o'clock on Wednesday
evening the prisoner entered the bar of Mr. Morgan's house,
and having called for a pint of porter tendered the half-crown.
Police-constable No. 57 of the C division, happening to enter
the court at the instant, identified her as a notorious utterer of
base coin.

Mr. Haenwicx ordered her to be remanded until the Soli-
citor of the Mint should be in attendance.
A mechanic, named William Ruff, was charged with vio-
lently assaulting and wounding Mr. James Gale, of No. I,
Nassau-street, Soho, by striking him with some heavy weapon
on the right temple, and thereby inflicting serious and exten-
sive injury.
The complainant stated, that between 12 and 1 o'clock yestcr-
day morning, as he was returning home from his professional
duties, he chanced to meet with an acquaintance, and repaired
with him to the Welch Harp public-house, in Compton-street,
Soho, to obtain some refreshment ; and on entering the tap-
roami, found a number of persons, amongst whom was the de-
fendant, singing in a very uproarious manner, and most of them
evidently the worse for drinking. Complainant, wishing to
preserve peace and decorum, ventured on a remonstrance,
upon which he was treated with much derision ; and eventually
the defendant struck him three blows over the right eye, with
some instrument he had in his hand. -

The defendant, on being called on for his defence, called
three witnesses, whose testimony established quite a different
version of the occurrence to that given by the complainant.
They proved that he was mach intoxicated, and when he entered
the room "wanted to bounce it over all of them," and actually
flung• a pot of ale in some of their faces, and challenged any of
them to fight if they dared.
Mr. HA RDWICK said, he should not have expected such con-
duct from a person in the prosecutor's station of life, and there-
fore, believing that he brought the evil he complained of upon
himself, lie should dismiss the case.

George Lowndes, a young man of fashionable appearance,
who, in answer to a question from the Magistrate, said he was
a gentleman, was held to bail in the sum of 200/., and two
sureties of 1001. each, on a charge preferred against him by a
young man, 17 years of age. He implored for mercy, as his
character would be ruined by a prosecution.
U.N/ ON HALL.

Ann Slatten, a'blind woman, was charged with robbing an
old man named Jones, of a variety of property. The old man
took her home with him, and she got up, when he was asleep,
aid robbed him of nearly all his property. It was stated that
she had been previously convicted of felony, and sentenced to
transportation, which was commuted into a year's imprisonment
in the Penitentiary, where she lost her sight. She was
committed.

The following are the details of the death of Gen.
Lavalle, while prosecuting the war against Rosas :—After
several daps, forced marches, with 300 men with whom he was
retreating to the frontiers of Bolivia, he entered a peasant s
hut to rest himself. A party of the enemy passed shortly
after, and one of them, through mere wantonness, fired his
musket at the closed door, totally unaware that any one was
inside. The ball wounded the unfortunate General mortally.
bat he lived long enough to recommend his men to conceal his
body, that Rosas might not have the satisfaction of having his
head. His last wishes were executed, and his soldiers succeeded
in transporting the body to Potosi, where it was interred.