The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-21 00:00:00

BAIL COURT, April 20.

Mr. Justice WIG lITMA N presided in this: Court, and was
engaged all day in hearing the case of Meats v. Harding, which
was an action for 821., the price of a bell which was put up in
Clapton Church. The case did not present any features of
general interest.

PO LICE IN LLI ciENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DARING RUBBERY.-Henry Hickey, aed 19 years ;
Thomas Hicks,"aged 10 years, and Jo/n• Joyce, aged 19
years, were placed at the bar before Mr. Maltby, the presiding
Alagistrate, on the following charge:—
It appeared that about 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening the pri-
soners, in company together, were seen lurking about the shop
windows of Mr. Edward Manison, of No. 37, "south Moulton-
street, Grosvenor-square, and after being watched for a con-
siderable time, the prisoner Hicks opened Mr. Manison's shop-
door very softly, and crawled in on his hands and knees, and
round the counter to a sliding till, where silver and farthings were
kept. In a short time he re-appeared at the door, with a pair
of Wellington boots and the nil in his hand ; upon which his
companions crossed over to him, and having received what he
had got, they all walked away together towards Oxford-street,
and by some accident were lost sight of for a short time ; but
very soon afterwards were again seen lurking about Mr.
Morrison's shop, the prisoner Hicks having the audacity
to go close up to the doer and look in. A police constable
coming in sight at the instant, the prisoners attempted to
make their escape, starting off in different directions, but
were pursued and overtaken. On searching the
.prisoner
Hicks the pair of Wellington hoots he had stelen out of the
hop were found on his feet, and in his pockets were found a
crooked, marked sixpence, and a silver three half-penny piece,
which Mr. Morrison could swear to. The amount of silver in
the till could not be ascertained. The till was also missing.
Mr. MALTBY inquired if the prisoners were known, and was
informed that Hickey and Joyce had each been convicted of
felony at the Central Criminal Court, and that Hicks had been
repeatedly in custody for felony.
Mr. Morrison identified Hicks as having been lurking about
his house for several evenings past.
Mr. MALTBY said that there was no doubt but that they
would now be sent out of the country.
They were committed to take their trial at the Westmin-
ster Sessions.

William Parker, a sturdy beggar, was committed for one
mouth, for begging on Tuesday afternoon, at four o'clock,
in Bolton-row, Piccadilly, and most violently assaulting and
resisting two of the constables belonging to the Mendicity
Society ; and William froughtmi, who described him-
self as a carpenter and joiner, living at No. 5, Lisson-
street, Lisson-grove, was fined 50s , or in default of payment
one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction and to
hard labour, tor assaulting one of the above officers, and ob-
structing him in the execution of his duty, and endeavouring
to excite a mob of bete oen 200 and 300 persons to rescue the
prisoner Parker from out of his charge, and to ill-use him,
also with having menaced the officer with a hammer, a large
pointed file, and a chisel, and threatened to " rip his guts out."
The defendant pleaded intoxicati an, and said that he was ex-
tremely sorry for what had happened.
Mr. MALTBY said it would be a warning to others.
The uetendaut,not having the money, was committed.

IVOR &TIT- 8 'TRU T.
d !Julia tior rag !On, a c.tarse-featured Irishwoman, about
thirty years cf ago, was charged with having created a
disturbance at the house of Mr. Wildbore, a surgeon, in
Old-street, with the view of ext-rting money.
The complainant stated that the the prisoner was
formerly in his service, but he discharged her in conse-
quence of her receiving visits from a number of low Irish-
men, whom she called her cousins. Some months after
her discharge, the prisoner called at his house with an
infant in her arms, and said she had given birth to twins,
of which his second son was the fatter, and she wished
to know what provision he -intended to make for their
maintenance. Feeling satisfied of the falseh3od of her
statement, his son being a weak, consumptive boy, only
fourteen years old, he ordered her to withdraw, which
she at length did ; but, a few days afterwards, he
received an attorney's letter, threatening coercive
proceedings unless he consented to compromise the
matter by paying the woman 71. He took no notice of
the application, and saw nothing more of the prisoner
until the preceding day, when she entered his surgery,
and insisted on his alhming her Bs. a-week ; and as she
refused to go away, unless he complied with her demand,
he gave her into custody.
Upon being called upon for her defence, the prisoner
said that the complainant's son was the father of her
blessed boys, 'one of whom had died, and that either he
or his father was bound to support the survivor.

The MAGISTRATE asked th-eprisoner when the alleged
intimacy commenced ?
The prisoner said, that about a fortnight after she en-
tered the complainant's service, the son of the lattcr
made his way into her room during the night ; and on
her rejecting his overtures, he attempted to cut her
throat with a knife, and, by dint of threats and violence,
succeeded in getting the better of her.
Mr. BROUGHTON inquired, whether she mentioned to
any one next morning that such an extraordinary out-
rage had taken place ?
The prisoner said that she mentioned it to her fellow-
servant about a fortnight after it occurred, and that she
subsequently showed to Hamlin, the relieving officer, the
mark of the wound on her throat.

Hamlin said, that when the subject was first brought
under his notice the prisoner said not a word respecting
the alleged outrage, but on her last application she
alluded to it and pointed out a scratch on her neck,
which he never before observed, as affording conclusive
proof of its truth. The accused was a school-fellow of
his own son's, and it was most preposterous to suppose
that a weak and/sickly child could be guilty of the acts
imputed to him.
The prisoner—lt is all true that I have said, and he
knew well that he was the father of the child; or be would
not have run away to get rid of it.
The complainant said the fact was, that before the
prisoner applied to him at all, she had been in the habit
of annoying and molesting his son to such a degree, that
he absconded from home to avoid her persecutions, and
remained absent for two days.
Mr. BROUGHTON said it was manifest that there could
be no foundation fur such allegations against a boy 14
years old, and if the prisoner had succeeded in obtaining
any money from the complainant, he should haVe corn--
mitted her to Newgate to take her trial. He was re-
luctant; however, to send her to prison, as both herself
and her child appeared in a very bad state of health, arid
he should, therefore, send her to Clerkenwell work-
house, in order that she might be passed to her own
parish. The prisoner was then removed.

A STARTLING FACT.—It was stated by Lord
Arthur Lennox, ;n the House of Commons, on Friday night,
during the discussion on the Mutiny Bill, that there are at the
present time in the British Army four Colonels who suffered
corporal punishment while they were in the ranks, from which
they had subsequently risen by their own merits.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. —A very numerous
meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon, R. W. Rarchard, Esq.,
V. P.. in the Chair. It was announced by Dr. Lindley, the
secretary, that it was intended to deliver shortly, at the rooms,
a course of lectures on the Chemistry of Horticulture. The
prizes awarded were silver Knightian medals to Messrs. La-
combe and Pince for their new azalia • and Mr. Ilollinson, of
Tatting, for a new dendrobium. Slyer Banksian medals to
Mr. Vetch, of Exeter, for his new manettia ; and Banksian
certificate of merit to Mr. Young, for his azalia ; Mr. Chand-
ler, for his new camellia; and Mr. River, for roses. The ex-
tract from the meteorological register kept at the gardens, frdm
April 5 to April 19, gave—Barometer, highest, April 10,
30.355 inch ; lowest, April 7, 29.500. Thermometer, highest,
April 7, fiti deg. Fah. lowest, April 8, 27 deg. ; and quan-
tity of rain, 0.10 inch.
A correspondent of the Quotidienne writes from
Naples :—" The annual procession on Holy Thursday was this
ye tr favoured by splendid weather. The King. the Queen,
the Queen Dowager, and the Princes and Princess Royal, at-
tended by all the Court, the Ministers, and the officers of the
garrison, accompanied the procession on foot and bareheaded.
The Royal family, according to ancient cus'om, visited the
tomb of our Saviour, and prayed before it with great devotion.
When the ceremony was over, the Royal family returned to the
chapel of the Palace to hear the sermon ; after which, the
Queen and the Princes attended on twelve poor children, to
whom food was given in an adjoining room. When the repast
was over her Majesty hung round their necks the customary
alms."