The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-27 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Mr. Baron Rolfe sat in this Court yesterday, and
Mr. Commissioner Bullock in the Judge's parlour.
(Before Mr. Baron RoLrE.)
MINT PROSECUTIONS. —Ellen Reason, alias Ellen
Wynne, was convicted of feloniously uttering coun-
terfeit coin, knowing it to be counterfeit, she having
before been convicted of a similar offence.

The COURT sentenced the prisoner to transportation
for ten years.
John Edward, alias Baker, was convicted of a
similar offence, and was sentenced by the Learned
Judge to fourteen years' transportation.
Thomas Cooper was convicted of a similar offence,
and sentenced to ten years' transportation.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—James Whittle and George
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Hoare, on the Queen's highway, and stealing from
his person a watch and other property, of the value
of 4/.

From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor,
who was a gardener, residing near Plumstead, in
Kent, was going, on Wednesday, the 3d of August,
between twelve and one o'clock, towards his cottage,
when he was met by two men, who knocked him
down, and took from him his watch and other pro-
perty. The blow rendered him insensible, and when
his senses returned, he missed the articles he had men-
tioned. The prosecutor could not state who the men
were, and would not know them again.

George Baker, a policeman, 60 R, WAS on duty
neir Plumstead on the night in question. Saw the
prisoners there, who were quarrelling. He desired
them to desist, or he would send to the barracks.
Mary Anderson saw the prisoner in the skittle-
g-round of the Royal Standard at Woolwich, on Tues-
day, the 2d of August. Witness was with them there
for several hours. Saw them there the next morn-
ing, when Whittle asked her if she could show them
a pawn-shop. Witness accompanied them to one.
Whittle went in, and White stopped outside ; when
he came out, they all went to the public-house, and
stopped there till the picquet came and fetched them.
Irons, a policeman of the R division, 228, saw the
prisoners on the morning of Wednesday, the 3d of
August, about five o'clock, coming from Plumstead.
White asked him which was the way to Woolwich.
Coleman, a private in the 73d Foot, showed White
a handkerchief, which he claimed as his ; and on
searching Whittle, they found upon him the duplicate
of a watch.

Policeman R 158 took Whittle into custody a
Woolwich : he told him he was charged with as
saulting a man on the Queen's highway, and robbing
him of his watch, to which he replied he was innocent.
Witness, on searching him, found the duplicate of a
watch, which the prisoner said was his own. Found
also two handkerchiefs, one of which was extremely
bloody. Afterwards took White into custody and
found upon him a handkerchief and comb.
One of the Inspectors of the R division produced
the trowsers of Whittle, on which there were marks
(4. blood.

Robert Hunter, the shopman of Mr. Moore, a
pawnbroker at Woolwich, proved that Whittle came
to their shop on the 3d of August and pledged the
watch he now produced for 1/.
Mr. Wright, a surgeon residing at Woolwich,
examined the prosecutor early on the morning of the
3d of August. He was in a weak state from loss of
blood, and there was the mark of a severe blow from
the fist on the forehead. The hair on his head was
completely matted with blood, which proceeded from
a wound at the hack of the head, which had either
been made by a bludgeon or from a kick.
The prosecutor identified the watch and handker-
chief produced as his property. The watch he had
had for 15 years. _

Whittle in his defence said that the watch was his,
and that he knew nothing of the robbery of the pro-
secutor. _ _ _

White said he was innocent of the robbery.

Mr, Baron ROLFE summed up, and
The Jury, after a short consultation, found both
the prisoners Guilty.—Sentence of death was recorded
against them, the Learned Judge stating that he
should recommend her Majesty to commute the sen-
tence to transportation for life.
BURGLARY.—John Flora, described in the calendar
as a jeweller, and aged 21, was indicted for bur-
glariously breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr.
Christopher Ibberson, the proprietor of the Black-boy
and Horse-shoe, in St. Nicholas-lane, City, and steal-
ing therefrom a spoon and several other articles, his
property, on the 19th instant.
The examination of the prisoner has lately appeared
in the police reports, under the head of Mansion House,
and on the present occasion Mrs. Ibberson repeated
the statements she then made-: She stated that she
cleared the house at a quarter before twelve o'clock.
She saw two persons who came in with the prisoner
leave ; but it would seem that he had concealed him-
self in the cellar, and did not show himself until about
half-past one, when his purpose was manifest, and he
was given into custody.
The Jury, without the least hesitation found the
prisoner guilty.
The Learned JUDGE stated, on passing sentence,
that whenever the proprietors of taverns and public
houses were guilty of keeping their houses open till
late hours for the purpose of receiving bad company
they were severely dealt with. That being so, it was
necessary that persons like the respectable prosecutor
should be protected from the clandestine intrusion of
improper characters. The sentence of the Court was,
that the prisoner should be transported for ten years.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Bridget
Armstrong, 19, was indicted for stealing, on the 11th
July, Bank notes, and gold and silver, of the value of
581., the property of John Stroud, her master, in his
dwelling-house.
The Jury convicted the prisoner upon very clear
evidence, and the Court sentenced her to ten years'
transportation.
A MOST SINGULAR CHARGE OF FORGERY.—IN-
TEREST WITH A VENGEANCE.—CharIes Walker, 63,
described as a wharfinger at Pimlico, was indicted
with forging and uttering as true a bill of exchange
for 201., with intent to defraud James Wallwork.
Mr. Wallwork, a gentleman going down the vale
of years, stated that he lived upon his means in
Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth. On the 24th February
last the prisoner came to him, and requested him to
discount the bill in question. Witness asked the
prisoner what he could afford to give for doing so,
the prisoner made no answer, but pressed the prose-
, cutor very much for the needful, observing that he
wanted the money very much to pay for some con-
tracts. It was at last agreed that the witness should
give him 181. 10s. for the 201. bill.
Mr. Baron ROLFE—That is at the rate of 18d. in
the pound for two months.
Mr. William Walker, the alleged acceptor, denied
any knowledge of the bill, but admitted, that when
the prisoner became bankrupt, he allowed him to
carry on business in his (witness's) name.
Mr. PHILLIPS, who defended the prisoner, called
witnesses to prove that whatever was done had taken
place under the sanction of the poor old man. The
Learned Counsel then addressed the Jury for the de-
fence, contending that there was no pretence for sav-
ing that the bill was issued as a forgery with a guilty
knowledge. The prosecutor, who did not scruple to
take an exorbitant interest, had been rather sharp in
demanding the amount of his bond.
Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up, and the Jury, with-
out hesitation, acquitted the prisoner.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
Mr. Commissioner Bullock sat in the Judges' Par-
lour yesterday, and disposed of several cases, but no-
thing of any particular public interest occurred.

STEAM-SHIP, HINDOSTAN.—It will be gratifying
to that large class of our readers who are connected
with India to learn that the engines of the Hindostan
were tried yesterday in the Coburg Dock, Liverpool,
with the most perfect success. This splendid steamer
will make her first trip to sea on the 6th of September,
when she will run from Liverpool to Kingstown and
Southampton, where she will remain till her departure
for Calcutta on the 24th September.
Yesterday being the anniversary ofthe birth-day of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Park guns were fired
at, one o'clock in honour of the day. A great
number of persons were assembled in the Park, and
opposite the Horse-guards, drawn together, no doubt,
by the extreme fineness of the day.

James Reynolds, brother of the deceased, of No. 9.
Skinner• street, Clerkenwell, deposed that the deceased
had been in the employment of Mr. Cooper, baker, of
Northumberland-street, Strand, which situation he
left on Monday morning last he was at witness's
house on Sunday, when he was in a very low de-
sponding state of mind. . .

By the CORONER—He was not dismissed from his
situation. He was of sober habits. lam not aware
of any circumstance that had lately happened to annoy
his mind.

By the Jury—l am of opinion:the deceased com -
miffed suicide. My uncle committed suicide some
years back, and my father and grandmother laboured
under insanity.
The widow of the deceased, a respectable middle-
aled female, who was in great grief, said that her
unfortunate husband had been frequently oppressed
with great despondency of mind. He was not in dis-
tressed circumstances. He left home on Monday
morning, and she did not see him again alive.

Verdict—" Temporary insanity."
Another inquest was held at Baker's Hall, Harp •
lane, Tower-street, before Air. Payne, the City
Coroner, on view of the body of James Fowler, aged
fifty-nine, who was drowned in the river under very
distressing circumstances.
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the whole of the Peninsular war. After the battle of
Waterloo he was pensioned off at sixpence per diem.
Latterly he had been very infirm, but in the oyster
season he was in the habit of going to Billingsgate to
purchase oysters for sale. On Monday morning last
he was in one of the oyster-boats at Billingsgate,
when he was seized with an epileptic fit, and fell
overboard into the river. Every effort was made to
save him, but without success. Verdict—" Acci
dental death."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
BOW-STREE7.

Robert Pickering, a broker's porter, was charged
on suspicion of stealing a blanket and pillow, the pro-
perty of Mrs. Mary Hart, which had been intrusted
to his care.

It appeared that, for many years, a great intimacy
had existed between the prosecutrix and the prisoner,
and that the prisoner, in fact, paid his addresses to her
in the manner in which such things are usually
done. She was a servant, and as servants are not always in
place they generally require a home to go to when
such a misfortune happens. In the present instance
the prisoner's house was always the prosecutrix's home.
Whatever she required—food, lodging, money, clothes ;
all were at her service—without money and
without price ' • all he had he freely Aared
with her, and for these little acts of repeated
kindnesses, all he asked, and what he did expect,
was the hand of the fair complainant in return ; but,
alas ! the buoyant hopes of the prisoner were doomed
to be disappointed. The faithless Mary married
another, and poor Robert was left " neglected,
withered, and forgot !" About five months ago
Mary left a box in the prisoner's care, and
OD calling for it, on Tuesday night, she found
that a blanket and pillow had been taken. She
accused the prisoner of the crime, and he ad-
mitted it, and—" damning proof of guilt "—the du-
plicate of the missing property was found upon him.
The prisoner acknowledged that he had taken the
things, which he was induced to do by dire distress ;
he had hoped to have restored them long ere this,
and he thought that Mrs. Hart would, under the cir-
cumstances, have given him an opportunity of doing so.
Nr. TWYFORD said he was not quite clear as to the
felony. He should remand the prisoner till to-
morrow, and would advise the proaecutrix to consult
with her husband in the mean time.
QUEEN- SQ UARE.

Win. Curtis, an elderly man, and Mary Grattan,
rather a good-looking young woman, were charged
by Mrs. Curtis, wife of the former prisoner, with vio-
lently assaulting her person.
It appeared in evidence, that yesterday evening,
about five o'clock, some words had arisen between
complainant and the female prisoner, about the lat-
ter's intimacy with the husband of the former. She,
resenting► the insinuations implied, turned upon the
complainant, and finished the assault by turning her
out of the house. When her husband came home, he
also struck her several times upon the arm with a
stick, and threatened at some future time to "do
for her."

Several witnesses were examined, who proved com-
plainant's statement.
Fined 51. each, or in default two months im-
prisonment.
WANDSWORTH.

Thursday John Darke Lyon, a baker in the High-
street, Wandsworth, was brought up on warrant
charging him with having threatened that he would
with a halter hang Richard Smith, and further with
saying that the said Richard Smith deserved to be
hanged as much as Good the murderer did.
Mr. Smith, who described himself as a hop••mer-
chant, living in the High-street, Wandsworth, stated,
that on the 17th inst., he went into the Rose and
Crown public-house, and whilst he was sitting in the
front parlour the defendant brought a halter, which
he fixed to the sign-post. He then called to com-
plainant through the open window and said Good's
business had been settled that way, but that he (the
complainant) was worse than him, and ought to have
had the first turn. Defendant then told complainant
if he would come out he would hang him and charge
him nothing for it. This extraordinary proceeding
drew a great concourse of people, and although Mr.
Morgan, jun., the son of the landlord, en-
deavoured to persuade defendant to take away
the halter, he would not do it for some
time. Previous to this occurrence complainant had
been insulted by the defendantcarrying a halter about
with him in the streets, which he dangled in the face
of the complainant, and which he said ought to have
been round his neck instead of Good's. Complainant
could not account for the defendant's conduct ; he had
taken him out of a low neighbourhood, and lent him
501. to start in business with.

The defence set up was, that the complainant had
been to the defendant's miller and tither tradespeople,
and endeavoured to ruin his credit, and this had caused
him to lose command over his temper. It was further
stated, that both parties were up to their ears in liti-
gation.
Mr. PAYNTER strongly reprobated the conduct of
the defendant, in comparing the complainant to such
an utter miscreant as Good; no provocation could ex-
cuse so odious a comparison, and he was at first in-
clined to hold the defendant to bail in very heavy
sureties ; but as it was afterwards shown that the
complainant had in part brought the annoyance on
himself, he should, to preserve the peace of the
neighbourhood, hold both parties to bail in the sum of
201. each to keep the peace for the next six months.

THE THMI'ERANCE MOVEMENT.—In noticing the
return of Father Mathew from Scotland, the Limerick
Reporter gives the following interesting statement
" The Very Rev. Father Mathew. the apostle of tempe-
rance, arrived at Moore's Hotel, William-street, on Fri-
diy evening, from Glasgow, and though somewhat
fatigued after his incessant labours and travels, we are
delighted to say that he looked as well as possibly could
be expected. He has great hopes that his mission to
Scotland will be attended with much benefit to the chil-
dren of Caledonia, of whose reception of him he speaks
in the warmest terms of praise. He received, during
his short sojourn in Glasgow, invitations from various
parts of Scotland, and addresses were numerously pre-
sented to him. He intends, we believe, paying that
quarter another visit in October, when his stay is
expected to be somewhat more protracted than the
last had been. It is understood that he is to visit
London in May. His invitations are more frequent than
he can possibly attend to, or indeed than he can spare
time to answer. The Kiag of the Fiend' is most anxious
to introduce him to his dominions. The people of Canada
are daily forwarding pressing invitations to him. From
North America, British and: United States, he is receiv-
ing constant requests to preach the mission in that part
of the world. it will be a pleasure to the Teetotallers
a Ireland to learn that an illit.trious addition was made
to their grand muster roll on Friday evening. The Hon.
and Rev. Mr. Spencer was introduced for the first time
to the apostle of temperance, and before leaving took the
pledge, Father Mathew giving him the medal he wore
himself. The interview between those remarkable men
was singularly interesting, and continued for more than
an hour. Father Mathew left for Ennistymon by the
Galway coach on Saturday morning."
Baussuus, AUG. 24.—The average price of wheat
last week was, 22f. 23c., and that of rye, WI.
()Sc. Wheat is, therefore, still free from import duty.
The following is the account of the traffic on the iron
railway between Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle, in the
first seven months of this year :—Passengers, 172,103 ;
Goods, 271,386 cwt. Receipts—For passengers, 108,9'88
- dollars ; goodk-, 25,712 ;. total, 104,700 dollars,