The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-07 00:00:00

SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.)

SMITH V. PRATT.
This was an action to recover the sum of 161. upon
a bill of exchange.
The bill was produced in Court, and the defendant
pleaded that he did not accept the bill, which was a
forgery.
Mr. John Shiels stated that he had been connected
with the Westminster Loan Society in Adam-street.
He called upon the defendant, who admitted that the
signature to the bill was his handwriting.
Mr. Charles Kerry Nichols, the late manager of
the Adam-street Loan Society, stated that he went
with the last witness to the defendant, and he then
admitted that the bill was signed by him. The insti-
tution with which he was connected had failed, as any
other institution might.
Mr. Westwood addressed the Jury, and said his
client knew no more about the bill than the Learned
Judge. He had, however, no witness to call.
The Learned UNDER-SijERIPP then summed up
the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff.

NSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY.)

IN RE JAMES STEWART.
This case afforded a painful instance of the pressure
of the law upon the poor man.

The insolvent was described as a labourer. He had
been arrested in the month of March last for a debt
which originally amounted to IL IBs., but, after
adopting the cheapest possible means of rendering him
amenable, had been swelled up to 4/. 45., and upon the
decree of the Manor Court, gained at an expense nearly
equal to treble the original debt, was cast into King-
ston gaol, where he remained until this day, living
during the intermediate period upon about 4/. He
was now enabled to appear upon his petition to be dis-
charged, through the intervention of the Association
for the Relief of Pauper Insolvent Debtors.
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS remarked that this was
another painful proof of the delay and expense inci-
dent to the recovery of small debts. The poor man
had been now almost seven months in prison for a very
small debt, and he should, therefore, order his dis-
charge forthwith.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.--(THIS IJAY.)
A respectably attired young man named Adolphus
Stone, who has been several times brought up at this
Court for similar offences, was charged with brutally
and wantonly assaulting Sarah Rudd on the 3d inst.
The prisoner has been remanded three or four times
upon the Doctor's certificate that it would be at the
peril of her life if the complainant were moved.
The prosecutor, who appeared to be labouring
under very great suffering from pains in the neck
and chest, and whose face and head exhibited marks
of the most brutal ill-usage, stated that on the 3d
inst., about twelve o'clock in the evening, she was
proceeding along St. Martin's-lane, in company with
her sister and a Mrs. Royal. They had all
been to fetch their supper beer. They were
laughing together when some female passed them, and
applying a disgusting epithet to them, asked them
what they were laughing at. Mrs. Royal was about
to reply, when the complainant told her to come on
and have no words with her. Just at that time the
prisoner and another man came up ; the girl before
mentioned said something to him, and he at once
advanced close to the side of the prosecutrix, and
struck her a blow upon the eye, so violent that it
felled her to the ground in an instant, and blackened
both her eyes. IVitness immediately became quite
senseless, and remembered nothing further till
she came to her senses at eight o'clock on the
following morning, when she found herself
at home in bed, with severe bruises all
over her head and body. She was not conscious of
having been struck by, the prisoner whilst on the
ground, but she had been in the greatest pain awl
agony ever since, and had vomitted a great dea of
blood, &c. She never saw the prisoner to her know-
ledge previous to the night of the assault.
Mary Royal, a married woman, residing at No. 3,
Goodwin's-court, St. Martin's-lane, corroborated the
testimony of the prosecutrix.
The certificate of the doctor stated that the life of

the prosecutrix was.not yet out of danger, and in con-
sequence Mr. Twyford remanded the prisoner again
till Tuesday.

FUNERAL OF THE MARQUIS
WELLESLEY.

The mortal remains of the late Marquis Wellesley
were removed this morning from Kingston House,
Knightsbridge, to Eton College. Notwithstanding
the early hour (six o'clock) at which the funeral took
place, a great number of persons had assembled to
witness the solemn spectacle, many of whom followed
as .far as Kensington.
The funeral was in every sense of the word strictly
private, the noble relations of the deceased Marquis
did not follow, but his Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex, the Duke of Wellington, Earls of Morning-
ton and Westmoreland, the Marquis of Douro, Lord
Lyndhurst, the Rev. Mr. Wellesley. and Sir R. Peel,
will join the procession at the entrance of the College.
At half-past seven o'clock the remains of the de-
ceased Nobleman, inclosed in three coffins, were
placed in the hearse; the inner coffin, which contains
the body, is made of oak, and lined throughout with
white satin, the middle one is of lead of extraordinary
thickness, and the outer, or state coffin, is manufac-
tured of the best Spanish mahogany, covered with
rich crimson Genoa velvet, thickly studded with
gilt
nails, gilt handles and ornaments ; at the head of the
coffin is a coronet, and on each side are the armorial
bearings of the house of Wellesley and Mornington ;
the plate bears the following inscription—" Richard
Colley Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, K.G., &c., &c.,
born 20th June, 1760, died 26th September, 1842, in
the 83d year of his age." The pall has the arms of the
deceased nobleman richly emblazoned on each side.
The funeral procession passed through Colnbrook
and Slough, direct to Eton, where it will be joined
by the noble relatives and immediate friends of the
deceased, who will accompany it to the Election-hall,
where the remains will lie in state this evening, and
to-morrow be deposited in the vault in which Dr.
Goodall reposes. No person will be admitted except
the relatives and friends of the deceased, and the
authorities and students of the College.

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR OCTOBER.—The spirit
with which this mirth-creating periodical continues
to be animated, justifies the sanguine anticipations
which had been entertained at the commencement of
a career under a new management. The articles con-
tained in the present Number are not only distin-
guished for their variety, but their excellence. Mr.
Ledbury's ‘i Grand Tour," " My First Client," "Bar-
tholomew Fair," and " The Philosopy of Time," will
be read with great interest. The second mentioned
article abounds with incident and drollery. We have
also communications by Thomas Ingoldsby,. 11. It.
Addison, and others. " Richard Savage' is con-
tinued. We have no space for extracts. On the whole,
the Number for October is a truly excellent one,
and fully calculated to extend the circulation of a
periodical which may be justly deemed at the head of
its class.—.Doncaster Gazette. _ _

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MAGDEBURG, SEPT.- 29.—The general • collection
made in the province of Saxony, by order of the King
of Prussia, for the benefit of the sufferers by the fire
at Hamburg, is 41,676 dollars, and 1,394 dollars in gold.