The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

William Dando, a man in the employ of Mr. Searle, the
boat-builder of Stangate, was charged with stealing a quantity
of clothes, the property of the Oxford and Cambridge Wherry
Clubs. Mr. Searle stated that the gentlemen composing the
above Clubs kept the dresses they wore when on the river in
hi pren,ises. The prisoner, who had been for a great number
of years in his employ, had the care of the property, and of
late a great quantity of it had been missed, and upon inquiry
traced to the shops of pawnbrokers, pledged by the prisoner.
The Magistrate was about to commit the prisoner for trial,
but at the intercession of the complainant, he summarily con-
victed him, and sentenced him to pay a fine of 51. besides the
value of the property. In default of payment the prisoner was
committed for two months.

THAMES POLICE.
Robert Kell, master of the ship St. Helena, from New-
castle to London, appeared to a summons issued at the instance
of the City Solicitor, charging him with having attempted to
evade the City dues, by discharging his cargo of coals without
having first paid the dues thereon.
It appeared from the evidence that on the 27th of February
the defendant brought his vessel into the Bow Creek, and dis-
charged her cargo, which was consigned to the Thames Plate-
glass Company, without making the entry at the Customs re-
quired by law. The practice had been so often repeated that
the City authorities were determined, if possible, to put a stop
to it. The amount of duty on the cargo (320 tons) was up-
wards of 201. A notice of the recently adopted method of
collecting the dues had ben extensively circulated and adver-
tised in the London and Newcastle papers. The defendant was
engaged in the Newcastle trade.
The defendant said that he was perfectly ignorant of the ne-
cessity of paying dues before discharging. Ever since he had
been master of a vessel, the dues had always been paid by the
Company by whom he was employed.
Mr. BALLANTINE said that the notice was very distinct. It
was formerly the practice for the factor to pay the dues, and the
master had then only to discharge his cargo and go back. But
within a few months past, it had been found necessary to make
an alteration, notice of which had been given to every trader.
If the master was so ignorant as he professed to be, he must be
taught by paying for it out of his own pocket. He should,
therefore, order that the defendant do pay a fine of W.

INDIAN NAMES.—WeIsh names are somewhat re-
nowned for their " break-jaw" nature; but they sink into
perfeet insignificance in that respect when compared with
those in some of the Indian appeal causes, now ready for
hearing before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
The following are specimens : —Baboo Janekee Doss v.
Brijrutton Doss ; Baboo Deep Narain v. Lal Chutterput
Singh; Sheikh Imdad Ali v. Mussumat Kootby Begum;
Jeerajee and ethers v. Trimbukjee and Jago-jee.
SUDDEN DEATH.—OD Friday an inquest was held
before Mr. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, and a respntable jury,
at the Holland Arms Tavern, adjoining Holland-house, Ken-
sington, on view of the body of Mr. William Johnson, aged 74
years, whose death occurred under the following sudden cir-
cumstances : —From the evidence adduced, it appeared that
the deceased gentleman, who was highly respected by all that
knew him, was the tenant of Holland Farm, Kensington, and
steward to the late Lord Holland, and was during his Lord-
ship's life d great favourite and constant companion of his
Lordship, having been at the same college together in youth.
On the morning of his death he left his house in his gig at
ten o'clock to go to the Hon. Colonel Fox, M.P. for the
Tower Hamlets, and was at that time perfectly well and in
excellent spirits, am' as he returned home down the Addi:on-
road, he was met by a friend, of whom, instead of giving the
usual familiar recognition, he took no notice. On reaching
home he was, is he said, very sick, and vomited. He was then
put to bed, when he said, " Thank God," but, became almost
Immediately insensible, and died in an hour. Verdict—" Na•
tural Death."

DZSTRUCTIV FIRE.—A fire broke out on Friday
morning at six o'clock, on the extensivepremiseit of Mr, WEry
tailor, Newington Causeway, which it short tams gained a
fearful ascendency, Ti, engines from the Southwark-bridge-
road and Waterloo-road, followed by the West of England, &c.
irere soon on the spot, but nntwithatlinding there was a gag('
aiipply Qt water, the prvmises, with the contents, were com-
pletely destroyed, while the prckperty in the adjoining houses
mis uch d4maged by water. The damage altogether will
amount to near 5,009/.