The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-26 00:00:00

.:kL 1 • 'LEBONE.

3s. 61. It appeared that th:, prisoner arrived by the
train on the pre&di.,„ night feoul Readingiand de-
livered a ticket, which slkoved that he had baly paid
two shillings, the fare to Maidenhead, andit *as for
the difference (3-,. 6,1.), and from the belief -that he
intewlei to cheat the Company, that he-was, taken
into custody.
The raj way usiee;•s said these frauds - were so
numerous that it had been found necessary to
prosecute.
The deenchnt's excuse was that he had fallen
asleep, and war: thore:oi.v. not aware that heliad coma
beyond the place of his destination.
The MAGISTRATE ordered him to pay the excess
fare, and also a penalty of ten shillings.
The poor fellow, who was evidently suffering from
much grief arid distress of mind, declared. that a few
dayS ago he Ind the misfortune to be deprived of his
wift by death, and that he left Reading with only
nine shiiii„:rs in his pocket. Under these. circum-
stances the fine ‘vaA remitted.
I 'ORSH/P- STREE7.

EATEAoaDINAur INSTANCE or CREDULITY.--JO/a
I'almer, a person of respectable appearance, who de-
scribed himself as a chemist, residing at 16, Eagle-
street, City-road, was charged before Mr. Broughton
with having obtained the sum of 61.105. from a mum
named James Farmer, by menus of thlse and fraudu-
lent pretences. The complainant stated that he was a
chair-maker, living at No. 2, Lamb's-court; Clerken-
well. About eighteen months ago he saw unedrertise-
ment in " Raphael's Prophetic Almana4,7 statisig
that the defendant was in the habit of calculating
nativities, and he sent him a letter requesting-to know
!:is charge for so doing. Having received an-answer
dating the charge to he a sovereign, he inclosed that
sum in a letter, which he forwarded to the defendant,
with instructions for him to make out the:nativity
of his sister. Nearly six months elapsed wit
out his hearing :Litything further on the!!sub;ect,
and at the expiration of that time he called on the de-
fendant, who apologised fur the delay, -and assured
him that the calculations would be completed in a few
days. Witne.is then desired him to make out his na-
tivity als s, which he promised to do, and witness paid
him another sovereign. The defendant afterwards ob-
tained front hint other sums amounting altogether to
5/., on the prtence of entering more minutely into
the details of his Intare fate. The defendant et length
completed the horo.;copes of witness and his sister,
which were duly dervered, and were found to be re-
plete with the most gratifying- predictionkof pros-
perity and length of days to both parties: In the
course or their interviews witness happened to men-
tion that his tunlly were entitled to some- freehold
oroporty :it which they had been long dis-
posst. ,ssed, on hearing which the defendant repre-
sented himself to Le a lawyer as well as an astro-
loger, and offered to adopt such measures as
would ka,l to the recovery of the property,
if he were well !mid for his services. Wit-
ness consented to make him his agent in the business,
and paid Wm 30s. in advance, with a promise that he
would give him 51. more on the ensuing Tuesday.
The defendant enjoined Win to keep the matter secret
from his mother, who would otherwise apply to
anther astrologer, through whose instrumenteht7 she
would get possession of the property, and keep it all
to herself. His mother, however, became acquainted
with the facts, .and a complaint was Made tO the Ma-
gistrate at her instigation. In answer_, 01l charge,
the defendant admitted having received the money-,
but positively denied having assumed the character of
an attorney. He avowed himself a firm believer in
the sublime science of astrology, and said tharthe
amount was voluntarily paid him as a cOmpensation
for his work and labour in calculating the nati-
vities. He requested the Magistrate to allow him
an opportunity of procuring professional assistance.
The MAGISTRATEsaid that, without entering at
,pre-
sent into the Charge against Lim of having
,friutchilently
obtained.3os: by falsely representing hiinself as an
attorney, the defendant was lialAe to a Conviction
under the Vagrant Act, according to the Provisions
of which, any persons found guilty of using any subtle
c,i;rift 'Or -device to deceive or impose on her Majeety's
;subjects, were. held atul deemed to be ro.jues and
yggiboi)ds, and it wauld- be lawful car:any justice of
L the.kyace to Comm; t them to the Houstof Correction
4'or three calendar months. As the .arenchint, how-
,•evori4as desirous of obtaining legal advice,lie. should
Ajourii thi'tase- for that purpose, anti should require
• bitntotin,l ha a, himself in 3014 and two sureties is
25/, each, to!appear ,gain on that day week.
U.ti ION. HALL.
A respectah:e-11,oking.. female, upptyreptij, 9n the
wrong side of forty 'years.of age, attended..for the par-
-ii&e of soliciting the Magistrates' adYiee under the
following circumstances -
The applieant*tated that a man ,rsine&Bagster,
much older than herself, had been for some time pay-
ing his addresses to h-r, who, knowing that she had
some money in the Savings' Batik, perStiaded her to
take it out and lend it to him, which she did, under
the ftill eol.viction that he would make her his wife.
In this, however, site was grievously
.disappointed,
for, after having advanced Nina the money 0500, he'
married another woman, and left her completely in
the lurch. " N-ow;" added the complainant, "My
object in coining here is to be informed:whether-such
it heartless scoundrel cannot be punished Ville strong
~rm of the law. It is a pity that a poor lone woman
like myself should be choused out of her little bit of
property, the savings of many yeara' toil, of her poor
dear deceived husband, by a deceitful wretch like the
The
}A'al‘a..eo tes°2'.llltlA)lTarii:,!ritse:ad ar:dust him :ig!giolir;ihtt
hr hlekinoignly.
feNZl'laGyiv:owrase-
lto the: breach of e}rooveeeer N:i•attsnilaigyease,!t.iirons:leacnodulads
adduce evi.k+rrce of
The applicant thammke.l
fe
Magistratetnarriage she had h‘‘aidthbedrettne,r.
charged with committing a very gross assault on a
Mrs. Sarah Tomsen, in Margaret-street, Marygold.
street.

The complainant stated that as she and her sister
were walking hone the preceding night the defendant
came up by their side, and commenced, in a low tone
4 v4.)ice, to use language of a most improper nature.
With the view of avoiding him she erossed
over the street, but the fellow followed her,
' and tin.lin:r that she was determined not to
aliiesetnftynsdujeinl,7 proceeded, to
NtNoyaifsutrtahnedr
assaulting her in a most indecent manner. She ex-
tricatel herself from the grasp of her assailant, rand
seeing a policeman approach, gave him iiitci custody.
The defendant said that he had been .drinking, and
was not aware of what he did ; that he -Avis sorry for
his conduct, and h0p:..,1 she would not then press the
charge against him.

The kIairISTRATE sail that the defendant's being in
liquor at the time was no palliation of his offence,
4
Which was one of a very aggravated afacter, and
that he thought he should not be doing his duty to
the.public, particularly to unprotected females passing
along the streets, if he did not mark sucli an offince
with severity. The Magistrate then inflicted the full
penalty of 5.1. on the defendant.

SING (MAR BEQUESTS.—The Princess Jadime-
-rowSki, who died some time back in Russia, has left
considerable legacies to two actors, ono- for having
made her laugh, and the other weep. The following
words are found in her will, in .allusion to this
matter :—" Having frequented the theatre for three
years, and havitig felt there the only real emotions of
my life, I think myself bound to recompense those
persons who caused me so much gratification, I,
therefo&, bequeath to Karatiguin, who has so often
made.'me shed such delicious tears, the sum of 50,000
roubles (about 3,0001.) I also bequeath-to a young
'actor, whose name has slipped my memory-1 but whom
it will be easy, I imagine, to discover, iff,.France, as
being the person who used to play the Gamin de Paris
at the Theatre-Michel, the sum of 39,990 roubles,
for having so well amused me." The ae..)!si, Karatiguin,
mentioned above, is the Talma of Russia, and the
other is Laferricre, of the Vaudeville. The testa-
mentary executor, in announcing to. him, this intelli-
gence, has stated that the heirs-at-lawiatend con-
testing the legacy; but that, as tit?. wishes of a tes-
tator are more scrupulotply observed in Russia than
perhaps any ()thin. country in the 'world, it is to be
presumed they would fail in their opposition.--Le
Globe (Paris paper).
There is not the slightest reason to suppose that
regarding the
rfyronmextth, e eed to take
is likery not to be
tphuersio,irisgotfalikhcedo,af%:;,,nevi•liziorlraNiNi,gar;enunt,:uii
_ Admiral's Com-
e
mittee on that subject having heen -„put -aside at the
ap(llao-cpeteOdn 'atth ;th ttfe jreport
Adniira to sinc die.—Humpshire Indepeqent
COST 01 LOCAL ACTS or PARl4l.4.MElST.—Surprise
has been exprcs;ed that the cost of itocuring the
Leeds Improvement Act and the LeedOliktial Ground
Acts should amount to the sum of 740£‘'''Afis, how-
ever, will .not he thought extraorefiiiii- 4hen it is
st ited that the cost of th Leeds Water-Works Act
alone amountc4 to 00QQA—peas NMurp