The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

11'ORS'1111) STREET.

Richard Saunders, a corporal in the recruiting service of
the I Ith Regiment of Foot, was brought before 3lr. Bingham,
upon a charge of having created a disturbance in Old-street,
and violently assaulted the police.
From the evidence of police-constables Cole and Swan of the
G division, it appeared that on the preceding night they saw
the prisoner in Old-street, surrounded by a crowd of persons,
whom he was challenging to fight him individually or collec-
tively. He was excessively drunk, and was making cuts with
his stick at every one within his reach. The policemen re-
quested him to go away, but he refused, and on their attempt.
ing to remove him he commenced a violent attack upon them,
and they were still suffering from the effects of the blows and
kicks they received. He was at length conveyed by main force
to the station-house, on reaching which he pulled off his coat,
and offered to fight the inspector with any three of his men,
and it required the united efforts of six policemen to lock him up.
A sergeant of the regiment was present, of whom the MA-
GISTRATE inquired what sort of character the prisoner had
hitherto borne ?

The sergeant said that he had been four years in the corps,
and his uniform steadiness; and soldier-like conduct, had won
the esteem of his officers, and been an example to the whole
regiment.
The MAGISTRATE asked the sergeant whether the military
authorities would think it necessary to impose any punishment
on the man, in addition to that which he intended to inflict ?
The sergeant said, that irrespective of the Magistrate's sen-
tence, the prisoner would most certainly be tried by a court-
martial, and in all probability reduced to the ranks.
Mr. BINGHA3I said that had it not been for the prisoner's
former good character, and the degradation he would probably
suffer, he should have visited him with a much more severe
punishment than he intended to inflict. He committed the
prisoner to the House of Correction for seven days.
The MAGISTRATE desired the sergeant to express his wishes
to the commanding officer, that no further punishment might
be imposed.

THAMES-POLICE.
ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN.—Robert Hoare, a police-
constable of the K division, No. 249 K, appeared before Mr.
Broderip, to answer a charge of assaulting a young married
woman named Caroline Smith, and causing her to be falsely
imprisoned.

the complainant, who is a decent little woman, and far
advanced in pregnancy, stated that on Thursday morning
last, at too o'clock, she was returning home with her hus-
band and several friends from a concert, and while passing
the end of Albion-street, Commercial-road, there was a
disturbance, and several persons assembled to witness it.
She was passing by, when the policeman Hoare came up
and shoved her husband onwards in a very rough manner. She
begged of him not to ill-use her husband, and told him they
were all walking on quietly. The policeman immediately
seized her by the arm, and shoved her backwards in a very
brutal way. Her neighbours, who accompanied her, rf-
quested the defendant not to use such violence, and said
she was five months advanced in pregnancy. She fell
down, and her friends picked her up, and supported her.
She hen looked at the defendant's number, and told him
she should report him at Scotland-yard, and likewise to
Mr. Ballantine, the Magistrate. The defendant made an.
swer that lie did not care a d.--n for the Commissioners,
or Mr. Ballantine, and pushed her on again. On reach-
ing the top of the street, she spoke to a woman who had
charge of a coffee-stall, and while she was relating the
transaction to her, the policeman again came up, and said
he would have no prostitutes standing about there, and he
would take her to the station-house. She told him she was
not the character he represented her to be, and that he might
take her to the station-house. The defendant said she was a
common prostitute, and always creating a disturbance in the
Commercial-road; and that her husband was a lazy, skulking
vagabond, and always sneaking about to see what he could
thieve. Another policeman, No. 211 K, came up directly
afterwards, and said she was convicted of a robbery four months
ago, and sent to prison for three months. She was then taken
to the station-house, and a charge made against her by the
defendant, of being drunk and disorderly. The inspector was
about to discharge her, when she intimated that she should
apply next morning to the Thames Police magistrates for re-
dres, on which she was immediately locked up, and next
morning brought before Mr. Brodcrip, who discharged her.
Mr. BRODERIY—Was this woman ever brought here on a
charge of robbery, or convicted of felony elsewhere ?
The police-sergeants and other officers in attendance said
they knew nothing of the complainant, and never heard of her
being charged with any offence whatever.
Three witnesses were called, who confirmed the statements
of the complainant in every particular, and stated that she
was thrown down by the policeman and very much hurt.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he used no more
violence than was necessary to disperse a disorderly crowd, and
called a policeman, named Whittleton, No. 173 K, who said
he heard a rattle springing, and on going to the spot, he found
a great number of persons creating a great disturbance, and
among them was the complainant, whose voice was heard above
all the others. The defendant took hold of her arm, and told
her to go home. She complained of being knocked down,
and stood quite still, and the defendant then took her into
custody.
Two police-sergeants were called, who only proved that the
defendant made no observations about the Commissioners or
the Magistrate at the station-house, but she said she would re-
port Hoare's conduct at Scotland-yard.
Mr. BRODERir said this case originated out of a charge pre-
ferred against the complainant on Thursday last, and the de-
fendant then made out such a light case of disorderly conduct
against the woman that he dismissed it at once ; on which, she
begged so earnestly to be heard, that he was induced to listen to
her statement, and upon that statement he felt bound to put the
case in such a way as to be heard before the Commissioners of
Police, who had very properly sent it before him for adjudica-
tion. It was impossible for any one to say that the charge made
against the policeman was in the least rebutted. If he had not
been informed that the defendant would lose his place in the
event of a conviction, he should inflict a much heavier sentence
than the one he was about to pass. He sentenced the de-

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business.
SIR, JOHN SOAVE AND HIS MUSEUM.
Sir C. S. HUNTER begged, in resigning the trust of the
museum of Sir John Soane, to give a brief history of the dis-
tinguished person who had left so valuable an inheritance to
the public. Sir John Soane was, the Hon. Baronet said, the
son of a nurse in the family of Mr. David Bosanquet, the
grandfather of the distinguished retired Judge of that name,
and of himself. The fidelity of the nurse, and the ingenuity
of the son, induced Mr. Bosanquet to aid the latter in his
education, and to send him to Italy, to attain the best know-
ledge in the study of the great works in architecture and
painting. Soon after his return to England he found employ-
ment ; and his genius and industry was such, that he
speedily became, through the instrumentality of his early
patron, architect to the Bank of England, at which great esta-
blishment he had the best opportunites of exercising. his.
talents. By care and labour he accumulated a large fortune.
which enabled him to form his splendid Museum in Lincoln's
Inn-fields. After having provided for his family, lie left to
the public the rare collection of ancient and modern works, for
the benefit and delight of those who "revel in mental luxuries."
The Court of Aldermen were to choose one of their body to
associate with the distinguished men elected from the public
institutions, and it was not a little curious, that the choice of
one to represent the Court should have been fixed upon the
great grandson of the man who was the founder of the fortune
of Sir John Soane.—( Hear, hear.) That grandson now re-
signed his trusteeship to the Court of Aldermen, his term of
five years having just expired. If the Court, however, should
think proper to elect him for five years more (a term which,
probably, would exceed the duration of his life) he was willing
to submit to their choice.—(Cheers. )
Alderman CorEna No moved that Sir Claudius S. Hunter
should he elected Trustee for the ensuing five years.,-Agreed
to unanimously.

THE: SHRIEVALTY FOR THE ENSFING YEAR.
The Loan Mayon put in nominaticn to be Sheriffs for the
ensuing year the following gentlemen :
Thomas Hamilton, Esq., Lorimer.
Thomas Stokes, Esq., scrivener.
John Henry Burchell, Esq., clothworker.
John Walter, E, q., stationer.
Richard Thornton, Esq., leather-seller.
['err tacoans RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF PRANCE.
Alderman Thomas Woon handed in a letter from M.
Villemain, the Minister of Public Instruction of France, re-
questing that Mr. Julius Delpit should be permitted to examine
the records of the City of London, for the purpose of copying any
documents he might find connected with the history of
France; and also concerning the history of the Tiers at
generally, in completion of the very curious and important
works, in those subjects now publishing by the French Go-
vernment, and which were begun by M. Guizot when he held
the office now filled by M. Viilemain, and continued by the
latter as his successor. The application alluded particularly to
the curious matters stated in the reigns of Henry the Fifth and
Sixth in the City records, and to. the account of thp coronation
of 'Henry the Sixth as King of France,_ contained in a letter
addressed by the corporation of Paris to the corporation of
Loudon, and not contained in any contemporary chronicle.
It was unanimously resolved that the application should be
agreed to, subject to the control or discretion of the Town-
Clerk.—The Court then adjourned.

THE THEATRES.
DRURY LANE.
The announcement of the last night of the season, and of a
first appearance in Otheih). produced 'on Monday evening an
overflowing house at this theatre. Mr. Anderson, for whose
benefit the performances were, was the adventurous delartant,
and the modest manner in which his name appeared in the
play-bills must have gone far in inclining the audit lice to a
favourable reception of his "attempt in so arduous a part." It
' would be ab urd to say that his impersonation of the noble
' Moor reached at any time that. pathos and dignity, which
we are wont to expect, but so often doomed to find
wanting The acting on the whole, however, was very
good, and received much applause. Mr. Macready per:
rormed the part of !ago. Miss Faucit, and Mrs. Warner re-
' I spectively filled the characters of Desdemona and Amelia with
eclat, and the other parts were well cast. Santiambala
followed. At the termination of the play, Mr. Anderson was
called to life again, to receive the accustomed honours, and a
shower of bouquets from some warm, it not judicious friends.
Mr.- Macready also came forward and addressed the audience, oa
the termination of the season, in the following manner :
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—The first season of our em,eri-
merit towards' restoring to this theatre its legitimatt dra-
matic representations,' will conclude this evening. In my
opening address, to which I wish to refer, I observed that
circumstances compelled me to defer our opening beyond
i the customary period. These same circumstances have con-
,l tinued to weigh unceasingly upon my most strenuous efforts.
I and have at length forced me to a prematere close. These
circumstances, it is fit to state, refer to the condition into
which this property has been suffered to fall. Without at pre-
sent reflecting further upon the difficulties which, from
this cause alone, have been accumulated upon me, I would
merely observe, that considerable as has been the amount of
means and labourexpended, they have hitherto been insufficient
to place the theatre in what may not improperly be termed 4 a
working state,' and further time, exertion, and outlay, are
needed to produce variety of performances, with requisite cele-
rity and completeness. Still, to those interested in the success of
this undertaking, it may be gratifying to learn that the results
of the present season, under all its disadvantages, afford no
grounds for despondency; they have, indeed, tended tot
strengthen my hope and give additional confidence to naz
faith in the vitality of our English drama, the noblest the worisi
has known. The name of Shakspere still retains the full 4,0_
tencv of its charm, and we have proved that we have na,:ional
music to satisfy the frequenters of a national theatre. From
the signs of the past I draw my auguries of the future , and, if
1 should continue in the direction of this theatre, I shall,
without ' bating one jot of heart. or hope,' endeasiour to work
out to their fullest extent the purposes with wf:ich I entered
on it—keeping ever in view, as the guide of 'iny proceedings,
that the exclusive patent of a theatre is a date-meted trust for the
interests of the drama and the advantage of the public. It is
my duty, ladies and gentlemen, to returr, you the best thanks
of my brother performers—it is a grateful pleasure with theirs to
offer you my own."

IIAYALI/eKE 7' THEATRE.
Mr. Charles Kean took his benefit on Monday night beforea.
numerous and distinguished audience, such as has tot assembled
within the walls of this theatre ever since we had the pleasur,-.
of seeing him on a similar occasion. The play which he had
selected for his benefit was, .Is Foe Like It, in which he took
the part of the melancholy Jacques. Mr. Kean has occasionally
played this character in the course of his provincial engage-
limits, but this was thc first opportunity which had been afforded
I to a London audience of hearing him pour forth the flow
of beautiful imageries, clothed in exquisite language,
I which Shakspere has put into the mouth of this
I musing philosopher. The opinion, most unequivocally ex_
pressed by the whole house, was highly favourable, and in
this opinion we fully coincide. We have no hesitation in pro-
nouncing that his debut in this character was most eminently
successful. Mrs. Charles Kean, who always does well what-
ever she attempts, had previously reaped her share of laurels 'A,
the part of Rosalind ; but we cannot refrain front reitcratirig-
the praises which have already been showered upon her fror4
all quarters for her admirable performance in this character..
She and her husband afterwards appeared in The Ludy of
Lyons, and at the close of each of the plays they were callc4
for to receive the congratulations of the audience. The house
was completely tilled throughout.

It has Leon generally supposed that her Majesty
and Prince Albert would be present at Epsom Races, on this,
the Derby day. We are, however, enabled to announce that this
impression is erroneous. A military escort has been ordered,
to be in readiness to accompany her Majesty from Claremont ' to Buckingham Palace at 3 o'clock r.m. this afternoon.
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Woo.".".", :23.—The Black Eagle, steam
vessel, lieutenai!t-Commander Robert H. B. Rowley, arrived
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at ten o'clock this morning, from Ostend, and proceeded direct
to Greenwich, where she landed Count Mensdorf and his four
sons, who have arrived in this country on a visit to her Majesty
and their illustrious relative, Prince Albert. Admiral the
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sir Robert Stopford received the distinguished visitors or, landing ; and after remaining a short time in his residence,
they entered two of the royal carriages, which were in waiting
to convey them to Claremont.

REGULATIONS FOR THE 'CARRIAGES AT THE BALL IN THE
OPERA-HOUSE, ON THE 26TH OF MAT, 184°.
The carriages of her Majesty and suite, and the carriages of
the Royal Family only, will set down in Charles-street.
Carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Ladies
Patronesses, and Members of the Committee, will proceed from
St. James's-street along the left-hand side of Pall-mall% and
set down at the small entrance in the Arcade, and will turn and
retire along the centre of Pall-mall and St. James's-street.
The company will enter at the small entrance in the Arcade.
Carriages from the north and west of Piccadilly will proceed
along the right.hand side of Piccadilly, down the right-hand
side of the Haymarket, close to the side pavement. and set
down in front of the Opera House, and will turn and retire by
the centre of the Haymarket, Piecadily, &c. The e,yripany
will enter at the usual pit and box doers.
Carriages from the east will proceed along the Strand,
Trafalgar-square, Cockspur-street. anti set down in front of the
Opera House, with the horses' heads up the Haymarket. and
will tern and retire by Pall-mall East, Trafalgar-square,
Dlyl-
cannon-street, Strand, &c. The company will enter at the
box-office door.

Carriages from the south will fall into the line in Cockspur-
street (if numerous alternately with those from the east ), and
will turn and retire by Pall-mall East, Trafalgar-square, into
Whitehall, leaving the statue at Charing-cross on the right
hand. The company will enter at the box-office door.
The end of Charles-street, St. James's square, next the
Haymarket, will be closed at nine o'clock.

Carriages will take up in the same order as they set down.
Carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, ladies
patronesses, and members of the Committee, to stand in
Waterloo-place (south), near the Duke of York's column.
Those from the north and west of Piccadilly to stand in St..
James's-square, Regent-street, below Piccadilly, Jermyn-
street, &c.
Those from the east or south to stand in Trafalgar-square,
Cockspur-street, &e.
No person whatever to remain under the Colonnade of the
Opera House at any time during the night.
In order to prevent obstructions, the police have directions,
if necessary. occasionally to stop the files of carriages, in order
to let other carriages pars.
Persons going to the gallery and upper boxes to enter at the
gallery-door. C. ROWAN,
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

LONDON :
\VEI)\ESFL AIOICSING, MAY 25, 1842.

Mr. VILL!Eas deserves the thanks of all classes for
his spirited, eti'ort last night to reduce the duty on
cattle to Is. a-head. if the tariff is to be passed by
the help of the Liberals, the least they can expect is
that it be made, worthy of their acceptance. He
failed, however, in his well-Meant motion, being
wholly unsupported, we regret to say, by the Whigs.
At the same time, his statements were appalling, and
ought to have made statesmen of all parties heartily
ashamed, if shame at their continual and repeated
failures were not worn out by excessive use. Mr. Via.-
ERS stated that criminals imprisoned had increased
one-third, or from 20,000, in 1836, to 30,000, in 1840.
Since 1837, too, pauperism has increased 25 per cent.,
and we know that the relief bestowed on the people
bas not been equal to their extraordinary endurance of
privations. In one case, Mr. VILLIERS stated, a man
-vas detected stealing potatoes ; he had an aged
mother and two sisters depending on him, and when
his dwelling was examined there was a pot on the
fire, which contained a dead dog, boiling for the food of
the family. We believe that is only a specimen of
the hardships and miseries to which the population
are, in many cases, reduced; nevertheless, our rulers
wll give them no relief; they insist,, in fact, in
withholding food from them, which might be obtained
in abunJance, both in the United States and on the
continent ‘lf Europe ; and for this surpassing cruelty
they will yet have to answer.

The language used by some of the speakers on Mr I
MlLEs's motion was singularly instructive. The
motion itself; to levy a duty by weight on all live
stock imported for food, was a practical absurdity.
Let the reader suppose the Legislature to impose on
the importing merchant the duty of weighing every
Licking bullock, every struggling and squeaking pig,
every frightened sheep of the many million head of
titese -various kinds of cattle which the Squire 3 assert
will be imported, and he will at once see that none of
the tasks imposed on HEncums equals that which
Farmer MILES would impose on the importers of
cattle. Such a ridiculous motion was, fortunately 1
for the reputation of the House, crushed by a large
-Majority. It is worthy of no further notice, except
is an index to the foolish things legislating Squires
can concoct and attempt.
Amongst the sayings worthy of being common°-
. ;rated, we must place.fi'rst that of Mr. GALLY KNIGHT,
ereWilne, we believe, ,a soi disant Liberal, and corre-
spondent of the Examiner. This gentleman, with
.mare sincerity than generally belongs to his party,
...avowed that what they opposed, when they voted
against.the late Ministers on the Sugar question, was
not free.,trade, but Radicalism and extreme doctrines.
'These, he said, were what the Conservative party were
'Afraid of, not free trade. We did not expect to have
so soon an avowal that the real source of the neces-
sity- of Sir ROHM PEEL for the Tory party, as 'we
st„tg on Monday, is their dread of the people. Mr.
DALLY KNIGHT, however, admits it; so our boasting
Conservatives of freedom already submit to a dictator
from their 'dread of the unpropertied masses. We
know that the Chartists are growing in strength ;
but this is an unexpected acknowledgment of their
extreme power.
The immorality:. however, of such Parliamentary
conduct, is especially worthy of notice. Mr. GALLY
KNIGIIT avows that .votes against allowing the
people to have cheap sugar, and cheap bread, • though
he_ is convinced that they ere advantageou!, to the pub-
lic, in order to stave Off political improvements. Ire
speaks, too, not for ltirnself 0n12,-, hut for the whole
Conservative party.' 'Amy' are d.. ing, tl 'en, every day
that very thing for.which ,Nir. I Int' was so long re.;
prehended by the Tory press, voting black is white.
They are far worse, however, than Mr. HUME, for he
wished by his vote to save the commonalty : the Conser-
vatives, on the contrary, avow that ;hey wish to oppress
and impoverish the people. Such Gnen political Pro-
fligacy surpasses in Aurpittule all the disclosures of
Election Committees, end. it;dicates that the Legis-
lature is completely dem`ohliv.ed.

The folly of this proc. .3edi4: is equal to its guilt.
Mr. GALLY KNIGHT ha tes change, .and Wishes
to avoid it, and he votes Par a measure which makes
the injustice which provo'kes a change more glaring
and insulting. He sees o
I building crumbling to
ok