The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-04 00:00:00

LNW IN TELLIG ENCE.

VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice-Chancellor Winn A M. )
His HoNoun disposed of several unopposed petitions and
short causes, none of which presented any feature of public
interest ; after which Counsel proceeded with the further ar-
guments in the part-heard cause of Henderson v. Hunter.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
The Court took the Crown Paper to-clay, and was engaged
the whole morning in listening to arguments in cases of dis-
ptzted settlements of paupers which have come before the
Court, as'appears from the decisions of the Quarter Sessions
in clitrerent parts of the country.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)

THE 3E, k RQUIS OF ANGLESEY V. LORD lIAIIIERTON.

This wa,r,.an action of trnver tried before Mr. Jostle?, Cress-
well, at the last assizes for Worcester. The question at issue
was, whether the Marquis of Anglesea, as Lord of the Manor,
was entitled to the coals and other minerals, under certain
lands in the county of Stafford, in the possession of the de-
fendant and others. The verdict was for the plaintiff. Sir
T. Wilde had obtained a rule to set aside the verdict, and for
a new trial on the grounds of misdirection, and that the cus-
toms of certain other manors had been improperly rejected as
evidence.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL (with whom were Mr. V.
Richards and Mr. Whate!ey) showed cause against the rule;
and Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Sergeant Ludlow appeared to
support it.
The arguments in the case, which were of a purely technical
character, had been commenced yesterday, and were this day
brought to a conclusion.

The Cou 11T, in an elaborate and lengthened judgment dis-
charged the rule.

INSOLVENT COURT-(TIIIS DAY)

The Court w•as occupied during the entire morning in
hearing applications to bail, in which no point of public in-
terest was elicited.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN ,presided in this Court, and dis-
posed of several motions. Up to the time of our going to press
no(Sing of importance or interest came before the Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
fables Tucker; a notorious thief, was charged with picking
pockets.
111 r. Coltsford, solicitor, stated that on the preceding. after-
noon, as he was about to enter the Surrey Zoological Gardens,
he felt a tug at his coat pocket, and on turning round saw the
prisoner and another lad walking away at a smart pace. He
followed them, and seizing the prisoner found his handkerchief
concealed underneath his coat. His companion made his escape.
It was given in evidence that the prisoner was a convicted
thief, and on examining his hands the distinguishing mark of
the " Forty Thieves" was found between his fore-finger and
thumb. He was committed.

CLERKENWBLL.-(THIS DAY.)
A foreigner, named Laborde, was charged with assaulting a
female.

It appeared that between twelve and one o'clock last night
the complainant and another female were returning from a
millinery establishment in Lower Road, Islington, when they
were overtaken by a cab, in which were four gentlemen.
They asked complainant to get in, and upon her refusing she
alleged the prisoner forced her in, and was about taking im-
proper liberties with her when her cries brought a policeman
to her assistance.

Mr. Wakeling, who appeared for the prisoner, said the girl
was not willing to prosecute—that his client meant her no
harm.

Mr. GREENWOOD said, if she did not pro:ecute he could not
compel her.
The pirties then left the office. The complainant, it was
said, received a handsome silencer.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JUNE 4.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.
DEAL, Ju NE 3. —A. m. Wind N.W. ; r.m. , S. S.E. ,
derate.—Arrd. Chieftain, North, for Bombay. Arrd. from the
River and sailed, Susan King, St. Lucia; United Kingdom,
Bermuda.

OFF DARTMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Amphitrite, Rotterdam, for
Surinam.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Wind variable.—Sld. ApoHine, Ho-
bart Town. Arrd. off, Arid, Monte Video.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd.
Agamemnon, Broomhead, and Lord Collingwood, Bell, Odessa;
Clyde steamer, Sampson, for West Indies ; Great Liverpool
steamer, and sailed fur Gibraltar ; Little Nile steamer, Alex-
aruiria. Arrd. off, Aurora, Sandmark, Buenos Ayres, and sailed
for Antwerp.
YARMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Arrd. Ceres, Gottenburg to Quebec.
MILFORD, JUNE 2.—Sd. Maria, Havannah.
COWES, JUNE 3.—Arrd. William, Ferres, Matanzas. Sld.
Tuscan, New Zealand.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. her Ma.
jesty's ship Pique, Barbadocs, left 7th ult. ; Horatio, London
for South Seas; Allman, Ditto, for China. Arrd. off—Mi-
nerva, Duck, Virginia for Bremen.
LivnarooL, JUNE 3.—Wind, variable and light.—Sd.
Ann Hall, Quebec ; Glencira, Singapore ; Devon, Calcutta;
Priscilla, Pernambuco ; Charles Haumersttn, St. Domingo ,
Theodore, Jamaica ; Robert Isaac, Savannah ; Walter Scott,
Nassau ; James Edward, and Sylvanus, Jenkins, New York ;
Duke of Wellington, Rebecca, Elizabeth Bouilly, and Douglas,
St. John's, N.B. ; Jessie, Quebec ; D'Arcy, China : Certus,
Montreal.

Coax, JUNE L—Arrd. Grace Darling, Tomlin. Smyrna.
ANTWERP, JUNE 1. —The Swi,,s Boys, from llayannah to
Ghent, is ashore in the Terneuse Channel, and cannot be got off.

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re-
ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer
chandize :
Week Miles
Name of Railway.
ended Opened.
May 28 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48
27 Birmingham and Gloucester 55
21 Brandling Junction 25
27 Chester and Birkenhead ..
Dundee and Arbroath ... 164
28 Edinburgh and Glasgow
29 EaStern Counties ..,......
28 Glasgow and Ayr .
28 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenoek 22i
28 Grand J unct., Chester &Crewe 113
28 Great North of England 45
29 Great Western
30 Hayle
28 Hull and Selby
28 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201
27 Liverpool and Manchester 3l
28 London and Birmingham ll2l
June 2 London and Blackwall . . 34
May 28 London and Brighten
Ditto Shoreham Branch ....• 54
31 London and Croydon
June 2 London and Greenwich 34
May 29 London and South Western
26 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10
80 Manchester & Birmingham
28 Manchester and Leeds
28 Midland Counties ... 574
24 Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi
26 Newcastle and North Shields 7
29 Northern and Eastern
28 North Midland
27 North Union ...
28
.Preston and Wyre
30 Sheffield and Manchester 7
June 2 South Eastern
May frO Ulster
28 York and North Midland 2B

Total.
.E. a. (1.
1,148 19 4
1,931 9 4
953 10 5
496 16 4

2,064 0 8
978 18 6
1,031 15 1
928 19 11
7,944 12 0
1,131 2 11
13,536 14 6
219 14 7
845 10 6
419 17 6
4,860 11 4
16,516 11 1
1,136 12 4
3,310 10 1

567 2 9
933 0 3
7,640 3 9

700 0 10

429 16 6
4,403 5 3
2,501 4 11
1,406 13 2

362 11 2
1,468 1 8
3,957 13 10
978 11 10
192 8 4
`258 3 4
550 2 7
411 8 11
1,4b8 2 1

FATAL ACCIDENT AT A POTHE
CARIES' H A LL.

• An explosion of a very serious character, took place this
morning at the Apothecaries' Hall, Union-street, Blaekfriars.
As soon as the intelligence was brought to our office, we im.
mediately despatched one of our reporters to the spot to
ascertain the particulars of the accident. It appears,
that Mr. H. Hennell, who was the gentleman at the heat
of the experimental department, was in the act of
preparing a quantity of detonating powder, which had been
ordered for the East India Company's service. At about ten
o'clock this morning the neighbourhood was thrown into great
alarm and consternation, caused by a tremendous. explosion,
which was discovered to proceed from that part of the Apo-
thecaries' Hall in which Mr. Hennell was engaged. He was
preparing the powder, it seems, in the open air at the time
of its explosion. As soon as it was possible to get near the
spot, it was discovered that Mr. Henry Hennell had been
killed on the spot. The surrounding buildings were all. shat-
tered, and upwards of 500 windows were destroyed. Fortu-
nately. Me. Flannel' was the only person on the spot, or the acci-
dent would have been most frightful. The body of Mr. Hen-
neli was dreadfully mutilated, his arms being literally torn from
his body. We understand that one of the unfortunate gentle-
man's fingers was picked up as far off as Union. street, by a
person of the name olJames. The body of Mr. Hennell was
immediately placed in a shell to await the Coroner's inquest.
We understand that he has left no family. The inquest will
be held on. Monday evening between five and !ix o'clock.

A public meeting of the Two-penny Postmen took
place on Tuesday evening, at the Hole-in-the-Wall, Chan-
cery-lane, for the purpose of petitioning. the Lords of the
Treasury for an advance of wages, in consequence of the in-
creased labour caused by the penny postage. Several speeches
were made by Messrs. Bradley, Thurling, and others ; and
a Committee of twelve appointed to draw up the petition, and
to meet for that purpose on Tuesday evening next, at the
aforesaid tavern. •
Yesterday afternoon a boat, in which were five
privates, and a corporal named Pattison, belonging to the
Scotch Fusilier Guards, was on its way to the Tower, when
on arriving opposite the London-bridge-whalf, the waterman
ran against a steam-boat which was moored off the wharf;
three Of the soldiers got up, and, in the confusion, the boat was
upset, and the whole of them were the next moment strug-
gling for their lives. Several boats instantly put off to their
assistance, and, after great difficulty, they were all saved but
Pattison, who met with a watery grave. The steamer was
moved in as short a time as possible, when the body of the un-
fortunate man was found, and conveyed to the vaults of St,
Magnus church, to await a Coroner's Inquest.
CORONER'S INctuEsT.—Last evening an inquest
was held at the Blockmakers' Arms, Ashley-street, Shore-
ditch, on view of the body of Arn Freesdale, a fine young
woman, 21 years of age. The deceased, who was the daughter
of a tradesman at St. Alban's, was principal superintendent
of the establishment of the Bev. Mr. Macdonnell, at that
place, and had formed a strong attachment to a student
there. The consequence of this attachment was, the loss of
her situation, and on Saturday week she came to town on a
visit to her sister, who resides with her husband in the vici-
nity of the New North-read, nr.d while there her manners
seemed very much altered. Her father had written to her
to return home on Monday last, and the dread of the reproach
of her friends for leaving so excellent a situation, and under
such circumstances, tended further to depress her spirits. On
Monday she complained of illness, and on Tuesday afternoon
she left her sister's for the purpose of going to consult a medical
man, but had not afterwards returned, and at eleven o'clock on
the same night her body was taken out of the Regent's Canal.
The majority of the Jury we: e of opinion that the deceased
had committed suicide, but under the direction of the COroner
returned a general verdict of " Found drowned," thereby leav-
ing tke.ease-still open to-tlie iniestigatioa of the-poliee.