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

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Sir J, Dowling succeeds the late Sir Francis Forbes, as Chief
Justice of New south Wades. Judge Forbes was called to the
Engl sh bar in 1812. and received the honour of Knighthood
in 1837. _ .

mix new schn'arships have been recently established by the
roasters of Rugby school for its students—three at 201. and
three at 201. a year.
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The MarqulsaTweeddale, it is said, ;ill be tile new
Governor of Madras.

LAW IN

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY)

(Before Mr. Commissioner HARRIS. )
The Court was occupied during the morning in hearing
applications for bail, of which there were sixteen town cases
and thirteen country. The greater portion of them were dis-
posed of, but not the slightest feature of general interest was
elicited during any of the hearings.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
, OLD COUR7'.

(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice ERSKII,M)
Richard Bales, aged 40, draper, was irdicted for feloniously
sending a letter to William Henry Caitlin, threatening to ac-
cuse him of an infamous crime, with intent to extort the sum
of 101.

The facts of the case appeared in The Sun at the time the
case was investigated before the Magistrates at Guildhall. A
letter had been received by the prosecutor, threatening him
with the indictment charged. The writer directed iu the
letter that an answer should be returned. addressed to the
Post-office, 5, High-street, Borough. The reply was sent
as directed. The prisoner called for it, and was immediately
given in custody, the Postmaster having previously been di-
rected to do so. A witness was called, who ',roved that the
threatening letter was in the handwriting of the prisoner.
The prisoner in his defence said that he had been requested
by a person to call for the letter, but he did not know where
the Ferson was at the time he called for the letter. He was
totally ignorant of its contents. •
The Learned Junco having summed up the evidence, the
Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Justice ERSKINE, in passing sentence, said the ofreace
of which the prisoner had been found guilty was one that, for
the good of the whole public, sliuld be repressed, and as the
best means of doing so, it was necessary to inflict the severest
penalty allowed by law. The sentence was, that the prisoner
be transported beyond the seas for the term oftwenty- one years.

NEW COURT.
None of the eases in this Court to-day were of any interest

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

BOW-STREET-(T HIS DAY.)

A powerful looking young man, with the appearance of a
pugilist, and who gave the name of Samuel Corbel, was charged
under the following somewhat suspicious circumstances :
• James Henry Collin, the complainant, stated that he was a
teacher of music. He- went to the theatre last night, and
afterwards went to a party, which he left at a quarter to two in
the morning ; he then went to the Harp public-house, in Bite-
sell- sti eet, Drury-lane, where several of his friends were in the
habit of assembling. When he gat there a friend asked
him to partake of a glass of ale, and said that he had been
to the Bank that day and had drawn a good deal of
money. Soon after this some parties in the house beg n
to push about, and one person wanted to strike witness's friend,
who was rather the worse for liquor, and a very quiet, inof-
fensive man. This excited witness's suspicion, and he thought
it his duty to ring the bell for the landlord; he accordingly
proceeded to get on the table for that purpose, when the
prisoner at the bar seized him by the leg, and lulling him
down, made a snatch at his breast, at an union pin in his
stock, which he succeeded in breaking,leaving one pin and the
connecting chain only in the stock; the other pert of the pin,
which contained a small ruby, was lost. Alter witness gave the
prisoner in charge, the men who were assisting him in assault-
ing witness's friend were outside. and said to witness, 6' You
don't mean to press this charge, if you do it will be worse for
you," or words to that effect. One of those men he believed
was a pugilist, named Jones, residing in the neighbourhood of
Cow- cross.

A gentleman, named Lee, who happened to be present at the
Harp at the time in queAton, corroborated the complainant's
evidence.

file prisoner, in defence, stated that he was a baker and a
householder, residing in Brunswick-place, Commercial-road.
He was a stranger to all the parties at the Harp; but seeing
that something wrong. was going on, he took hold of the com-
plainant's leg fur his own good, in order to prevent him getting
into a distarbance.—The prisoner was committed for trial.