The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

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THE MISSION OF M. DE WEDILL.

PARIS, Feb. 13.—The curiosity excited among the
public by the mission of M. de Wedell, the Prussian
Envoy to Paris, seems to have subsided ; and though
the active co•operation of Prussia in the war is a
matter most desirable to be obtained, yet a feeling of
something like indifference has set in. Neverthe-
less, conflicting rumours circulated yesterday and the
day before on the subject. Persons esteeming them-
selves " very well informed" had no hesitation in saying
teat the mission of M. de Wedell had perfectly suc-
ceeded ; while others, equally well informed, declared
positively that it had completely failed ! The truth
lies between both —M. de Wedell has neither
succeeded nor failed ; but, though some sort of negotia-
tions may still be languidly carried on, it is doubted
whether they will lead to any results—at least, such
a result as would place Prussia, with relation to
France and England, in the same position as Austria.
It has already been announced that the aide-de-camp
of M. de Wedell arrived at Berlin, "to take fresh
orders from the King," which would lead us to suppose
that no conclusion has been as yet arrived at. The great
objection that Prussia has is to a treaty which contains
an article identical with the sth clause of the treaty
of the 2d of December. She makes no difficulty about all
the rest, but she hesitates to pledge herAelf in so formal
a manner as that article requires, and France and Eng-
, land will accept nothing which does not include that
engagement. I am assured that up to last night
matters were in that uncertain condition, if a
condition can be called uncertain which leaves very
little hope of Prussia doing anything except remain-
ing neutral. The possibility of her or any other
European Power maintaining that unpleasant attitude
is another question ; but it is probable that it is all we
can now expect from Prussia. I think it right to add,
however, that she is accused of carrying on intrigues
at the Courts of Denmark and Sweden, while she is
amusing the Western Powers with negotiations ; and,
nwrocycr, that predi-of the fact have been obtained.

SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. - (THIS

DAY.)

The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
South-Western Railway was held, this afternoon, in the
New Board-room of the Waterloo-station ; Mr. Chaplin,
M.P., in the chair.

The minutes of the meetings held since the last half
yearly assembly were read and confirmed, after which
the report of the directors, an abstract of which has
already been published, was taken and read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
congratulated the shareholders upon being able to meet
in their own apartment, and advised them to take a
cheerful view of their affairs. The company was in a
very healthy condition, inasmuch as the accounts for
the past year exhibited an excess over the returns of
1852 of no less than 1,0001. a week. The war to some
extent had added to the traffic line, but if we should
have peace restored to us the increase in the goods traffic
would be enormou.,, and he hoped, therefore, a settle-
ment of the Eastern question was not far distant. On
the whole, however, and notwithstanding the war which
had seriously affected the prosperity of Southampton, the
company was in a most satisfactory state ; and although
the directors could not undertake to close the capital
account, this they could premise—namely, that, in fu-
ture, no expenditure should be charged to capital which
had not been previously sanctioned by the shareholders.
The hon. gentleman then proceeded to comment upon
the bills and extensions which the company had under-
taken, and was left speaking when our report left.

GREAT WERTIIRN RAILWAY.-(THIS

DAY.)

The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the Great Western Rbilway was held this afternoon at
the Paddington Station ; Mr. Russell, chairman of the
Board of Directors, in the chair.

The minutes of previous meeting having been coa•
firmed, the report and account were read. An abstract
of each has already appeared.

The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of the re-
port, and congratulated the shareholders upon the con.
tinned prosperity of the u9dertaking.

The proceedings had not terminated when our report
left.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice and
a Special Jury.)
FLEMING V. SIR ORAL. 70E AND ANOTHER.

This was an action to recover the sum of 2801., for
work and labour done.

Prentis, and Mr.
•Wil,orkedrg.
The defendants pleaded non-liability.
fa appeared for the
plaMinrtiffM; acaanudlemy
ra.nßdrMamrw.
Pollock were for the defendants.

The plaintiff in the case is a solicitor, and the defend-
ants are Sir Charles Fox, the well-known railway con-
tractor, and Mr. E. W. Cobb, a Parliamentary agent.
The case for the plaintiff was that Sir Chas. Fox and
Mr. Cobb were the promoters of a line of railway, elle of
the West Kent branches, called the Maidstone and Sy-
denham Railway, and that they had employed the plain-
tiff to prepare a reference book for the line.
The case was going on when we went to press.
A Second Court of Queen's Bench sat this day in one
of the committee rooms, and was presided over by Mr.
Justice Erle, who was engaged all the morning trying a
cause about the delivery of some goods.

BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.)

CASE OF KING, THE "DETECTIVE."

Charles King was again placed at the bar this morn
ing.

Mr. Bodkin informed the magistrate that this morn-
ing he intended to place the man O'Shea in the bes, in
order to complete the case against the prisoner ho had
opened on Thursday last.

O'Shea was then called, and said he had been brought
from the Penitentiary, where he was at present confined
for felony. He identified the carpet bag as his property.
At his lodgings in Church-street he had lost two books,
and the gold ring at his lodgings in Queen-street. He
had also lost three pair of trousers and five waistcoats,
one of which was produced and identified, as was
also several other articles, the contents of the
carpet bag. He • had also lost nine pounds,
a five-pound note, three sovereigns, and a
pound in silver. The money was in a paper in the
carpet bag, in which also were some pawnbrokers'
tickets ; one for a silver watch, pawned for 255., at a
shop in Edmund-street, Golden-square. There was also
a ticket for a gold watch, and another for a gold chain.
The gold watch ho was tried for stealing belonged
to the Honourable Mr. Stanley, of Buckingham
Palace. Ho also identified some rings which were
taken possession of by the prisoner King at the Vine-
street station. King never gave any account to him of
the property he had taken.

Prisoner—When I took you into custody did you tell
any one at the station about the money ?
O'Shea—No, I told you at the station-house, when
you were searching me, that there was money in the
carpet bag. Next day I asked you at the Marlborough.
street Police-court to take carp of the money for me till
I came out of prison.

Prisoner—Did you make the statement ii the open
court I

O'Shea—No. I told you privately. King then told
me there was no money in the bag.
Prisoner—Was there any other person in the room ?
O'Shea—Mr. Lee—The witness here again charged
King with stealing his money from the carpet bag.
Mr. Bodkin—Where was the carpet-bag when you
were taken into custody

O'Shea—The bag was in a drawer in the back bed-room.
He was taken into custody about half-past six, about
three minutes before he was taken into custody he saw
his bag safe. He remembered this from the fact that he
went to it and took out the ticket of the gold watch,
which he gave to the primmer, the money was then safe.
King took him to Vine-street station, and also took the
keys of the room and carpet bag. He told Vanini to go
to King and get his property restored, but he (Vanini)
did not get it. The witness then stated where he bought
the rings ; he also said he had purchased a gold pen,
which he also had lost.

King—Did not I empty the bag in your presence ?
O'Shea—No.

King—ln what place did you saake this statement about
the money at the station-house ! Was it in the court
O'Shea—No, you cane to me outside the cell. You
came there about half-pest nine.

Mr. Hall—What trade are you O'Shea !—A clerk.
Prisoner—At Marlborough-street Police•ofiice he said
he was a chiropodist.

Matthew Johnson, a private in the let Life Guards,
stated he remembered the last witaess being 'given into
custody for the robbery of Dr. George. King gave him,
after the trial, three rings and some clothing. One of
the rings he had from the prisoner did not belong to
Dr. George, and he WM ordered to return it to King.
He returned it to Inspector Lester. When King was
examined at O'Shea's trial he never told him he had
property belonging to the prisoner. After the trial King
wrote to hien for the ring. Two or three days after
King came to the barracks, and he told him
all the things belonged to Dr. George, but the
ring he delivered to the Inspector. King did not tell
him that he should have to account for the ring. Wit-
ness told King he would search for the ring, as he had
mislaid it.

Prisoner—Was anybody present when I came to see
you at the barracks I

Witness said he did not recollect.

The prisoner here looked round the court, and, point-
ing to a person in the crowd, said, " Was not that per-
son present at the conversation ?"
Witness—l believe not.

The person alluded to said, in answer to King, that
he was present.

',mho P-;001-ter —When you were going to the trial of
C'eShea did I not tell you I had some trousers and waist-
coatq which I thought belonged to Dr. George !
Witness—Yes.

Mr. Bodkin said this evidence completed the case of
O'Shea, ani he hoped the magistrate would, to save
trouble, bind the witnesses over to appear at the ses-
sions.

Mr. Hail then asked the prisoner if he wished to say
anything.

Prisoner.--Nothing at present..

Mr. Bodkin said he should now open another case. 1
In the early part of last spring, a bazaar, for charitAble
diAribution, was held at a chapel in Kentish-town, where
Reeves picked the pockets of two women ; and he
would also produce evidence to prove that King was in
waiting near the place to receive the proceeds of the
robbery. The evidence' would go to show that there
was no doubt of the participation and identity of King.

The boy Reeves was then examined, and stated that
he remembered a bazaar being held at Camden-town,
underneath a chapel. Ho went there a little before
one and went into the bazaar with King. There was
another person present. King remained in the bazaar
about a quarter of an hour. While he was in
the bazaar he remembered picking the pocket
of a lady ; there was money in the purse. He also
picked the pocket of another lady of a pocket-book and
a pair of scissors. The purse he gave to another person,
and the pocket-book he gave to King. King, when he
gave him the pocket-book, was standing a little higher
up in the room in the chapel. When they left the bazaar
they went towards the Mother Red Cap. In a street
near Hampstead-road the proceeds were divided between
King, himself, and another. The pocket-book was thrown
down a closet in a public-house, and the purse was put
down a grating in the street. Previous to going to the
bazaar we met King at the Fountain, in Seven Dials.
After dividing the plunder, King left us near Morning-
ton-crescent. We met again at the Fountain in the
evening. It was almost two years ago since the Fancy
Sale took place.
Prisoner—Are you quite sure we all went in together?
Reeves—Yes ; you know we did.
Prisoner—Did I go in first or you I
Reeves—You came in alongside of us.
Mr. Bodkin—Mn Burnaby take that question—" Did
I go in first or you?"
Reeves—Before we went into the chapel you spoke to
some policemen.

]sal;ella Greaves stated that she lived at 15, Rutland-
street, Hampstead-read. She remembered a fancy fair
being held at a chapel on 22d of April. It lasted two
days, and was for the benefit of the funds of the chapel.
It was the only one held that summer. The first day
of the Fair she lost a purse (a porte-monneie), she missed
her purse about half-past two. She noticed three per-
sons particulary looking at the stall she was presiding
at. Immediately the three perms left she missed her
purse. The persons she spoke of were young men,
not boys. The purse contained half-a-crown. She had
not seen her purse since, she had quite forgotten all
about the purse.
Mr. Hall—Are you sure the persons you noticed were
young men, not boys!
Witness—She was sure they were not boys.
By Mr. Bodkin—Was it not possible for a person to
get under the counter I
Witness—There was a circular counter. There was
nothing to prevent any person getting underneath it.
Elizabeth Johnson resided at 2, Upper Fitzroy-place,
Kentish-town—Remembered going to the fancy fair at
the chapel at about one o'clock, she remained there the
whole of the forenoon. On her return home she found
she had lost her pocket-book. It contained a few cards,
a pair of scissors, and some sticking plaister. She
noticed some youths present at the fancy fair.
William Gosling, S 339—Remembered a fancy fair
being held at Camden-town in 1853, and also hear-
ing of some ladies being robbed ; it happened on the
22d of April about two o'clock. He knew the pri-
soner, he saw him on the day in question at
the corner of Stanhope-street and Rutland-street,
about 40 yards from the chapel. He was in plain
clothes- He had
.been spoken to by a boy on the
day this happened, a little before he saw King. It was
the boy Reeves. He had no doubt that Reeves was
the boy. After King had left, he went down Rutland-
street, when a lady came and pointed King out to him,
and said she would give him into custody for knocking
at her door and insulting her. King told him
he was a police constable, and showed him his
warrant card, with the name " Charles King, 39,
C division," on it. He told the lady, as he had Lot wit-
nessed the occurrence he could not take him into cus-
tody, as he was a constable. The next day he saw
King again, when he asked him whether he had seen
the lady, and he also asked him whether he would make
it all right with her not to report him, as his superinten-
dent did not know he was so far from home. Ho told
him he had been to the house to ask some questions.

Prisoner—Diet I not tellYoti that the lady would not
give me an answer, and that sho did not want any
pocket-book.
Witness—You told me two persons came into the
area, but neither of them would give you any answer.
Prisoner—Did I not tell you I told her I was a police-
constable, and I wanted to make some inquiries about a
p ocket-book .
Witness—No.

Eliza, Griffi the sai she resided at No. 10, Rutland•

street, and remembered a fancy fair being held at the
chapel. The prisoner is the man who knocked at the
door of the house. He asked for " Mr. Jones," and on
being told that no Mr. Jones rived there, said " you
-- bitch, why did you not come up to the door as you
ought ?" She then complained to the constable Gosling
of his conduct. King took the constable round the
corner and showed him a paper. Gosling afterwards
told her he was a detective and could not take him into
custody. She followed King as far as Shoolbred's in
Tottenham-court-road. She spoke to another policeman,
but King walked off. She was sure the prisoner at the
bar was the man.
Mr. Hall said—Neither of the policemen she had
spoken to had done their duty. They ought to have
reported King to his superintendent.
The prisoner then put seine questions to the witness,
impugning the respectability of her house, which she
denied.

Kemp, 22 S, was on duty near the Chapel
at the time of the fancy-fair, and saw King the same day
near the end of Rutland-street. When I came out of
the chapel I saw King coming towards the chapel.
King spoke to me and walked with me as far as Ed-
ward-street. King told me that he wanted to see a pct.-
son in Rutland-street about a very awkward job. I
told King that some ladies had had their pockets picked
at the fancy fair, and, having described the person, King
told me he knew them.
Mr. Bodkin said that would be all the evidence he
could offer t,-clay, as it would be necessary to make some
inquiries relative to what had transpired to-day.

The witnesses in the first case—the pure case—and
the witnesses in O'Shea's case were then ordered to ap-
pear at the next sessions of the CriminalConrt, to which
the prisoner was committed on the two mentioned in-
dictments, and King was again remanded on the case
opened to-day till this day week.