The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-23 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGLI-STREET.

It appeared from the evidence that Mr East is a specula-
tor upon the turf, and that defendant called upon Mr East
and represented himself to be a Mr Johnson, a person to
whom Mr East owed Li for a bet upon a horse called the
Tartar, for the Liverpool Cup, obtained the money, and
so defrauded Mr East, the fraud being discovered upon the
real Mr Johnson calling for his money. The practice having
been carried on to some extent, and Mr East being deter-
mined to check it, took the present proceedings against
the defend Ant.

In answer to the charge, the defendant said he made the
bet himself, for which he received the money, but this was
denied both by Mr East and his clerk.
Mr Tyrwhitt committed the defendant for trial.

THAMES.

SHOPLIFTING.—Mary Ann Williams, who said she was

19 years of age, and looked much older, calling herself a
hawker of fruit, and John Sullivan, 33, were brought
before Mr Paget, charged with stealing a coat from an out-
fitter's shop.
Richard Barker, foreman cutter to Mr Thomas Bell,
outfitter, of No. 7, Portland-place, Commercial-road, said
the prisoners came into his master's shop last night, and
directly they entered it he suspected they were shoplifters,
and determined onwatching them. The mile prisoner said
he wanted to buy a coat. He took down a bundle of coats
to show to the prisoners, and soon missed one of them. Ha
saw the female prisoner put a coat under her shawl,
and he spoke aloud to Mr Brill that a coat was
stolen. The woman heard what he said, and
she dropped the coat on the floor. Her companion
picked it up and put it on the counter. A coat was tried on
Sullivan, and he was told the price of it was 28s, which the
woman said was too much. They then left the shop. He
followed them until he met with a police-constable, and then
caused them to be arrested. Only 9s was found on the two,
not enough to pay for a new coat.

The female prisoner, in a rich Munster brogue, said she
alone was guilty, and Misther Sullivan was as innocent as
the babe that was never born. It was her first offence, and
she hoped it would be her last. She begged for mercy any
how.

Sullivan—l know nothing about this, yer banner's wort-
chip, at all. It's quite innocent I am. I was to the fore
when she took the coat, but I did not see her, yer banner's
wortchip. Shure, now, I am brought like a sheep to the
slaughter.

A police constable said he believed the prisoners were
regular shoplifters. They told a Ist of regular, different,
round-about stories—(laughter)—that ho could not make
head or tail of.

Mr Paget said he should remand the prisoners, and he
directed inquiries to be made about them.

Inspector Hayes, of the K division, said the prisoners
would not give any address. He believed they were man
and wife.

Mr Paget—Do the best you can with the scanty informa.
ion you have• Tho prisoners are remanded for a week.

MARKETS—This Day.

➢IIARK-LANE.

The supply of English wheat received fresh up to our
market to-day was very moderato. Selected parcels wore
in steady request, at lull prices; otherwise the trade ruled
inactive, at Monday's currency.
There was a good supply of foreign wheat on the stands.
The trade, generally speaking, was quiet, yet no change
took place in prices, compared with Monday.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates.
With barley the market was well supplied. Good and
fine malting qualities moved off freely, at extreme quota-
tions ; otherwise, the barley trade was quiet, at late prices.
Good and fine old malt sold steadily, at full quotations.
Inferior and new produce met a slow sale, at late rates.
There was a fair averege supply of oats on the stands.
On the whole, the trade ruled steady, at full currencies.
Beans and peas were in slow request, at late rates.
In flour sales progressed slowly, yet no change took place
in prices, compared with Mon day.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley, Malt. Oats. Flour.
English 650 240 720 1,670 340
Irish .. —
Foreign .. "1,920 970

- 2,430

60 aka
3,100 brls

BOROUGH HOP.

Our market continues firm, and all descriptions of hops
fully support last week's quotatiens. Prices range from
90s to 200 s per cwt,

VIrHITECIIAPEL.

The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade
rules inae.ivo, as follows:

Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4* 8d ;
veal, 3s 81 to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs
by the carcase.

COLLISION OFF DUNGENESS.—The Robin Hood,
800 tons, from London to Hongkong, with a general cargo,
came into collision with another ship off Dungeness on
Monday night, at 11 o'clock. The captain and crew took
to their boats, and the Robin Hood soon disappeared. Part
of the crew were picked up and taken to London, the other
part were landed at Dover, and were received at the Sailors'
Home. No lives were lost.

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—During the
week ending Nov. 19 the visitors have been as follows :
On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 8,405—an Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, students' days (admission to the public 6d), open
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., I,29B—total, 9,703—fr0m the open-
ing of the Museum, 4,953,305. Patent Museum—Number
of visitors for the week ending Nov. 19, I,3o2—total number
since the opening of tho Museum free daily (May 12, 1858),
869,461.

EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY AD VEN TIIRE.—It
hes often been said that there is a special providence
which takes care of drunken men, and the incident we ap•
pend would seem to add weight to the assertion. We yes-
terday publiehed a telegram received from Liverpool the
previous night, to the effect that a man had been thrown out,
or had fallen out of the express train which leaves London
at 5 o'clock for Liverpool. Immediately the fact was known

it was telegraphed to Liverpool, and on the arrival of the
train there five men occupying the compartment spoken of
were taken into custody. Their names were—James Mur-
phy, William Reynolds, and Joseph Mantel, seamen be-
longing to the ship Commodore Perry, the property of
Messrs. Baines and Co. ; also another seaman named James
Burnes, and a sergeant in the Royal Artillery named James
Cowpert hweite, on leave of absence from Sheernes• Cow-
perthwaite made a statement to the effect that when the ex-
press loft Loudon there wore in the same compartment of a
seeondeclass carriage with himself, the four men mentioned,
another man, said to have got oat at Crewe, and Edward
Apter, the man whom we supposed to have been killed.
This man seemed to be about 21 years of age,end was drunk.
Soon after leaving London ho began showing his money,
which was in an old-fashioned rod leather purse. Murphy
told him not to be a fool, but to put his money back.
The man appeared ro be very careless about it, and answered,
that it was "all right." They then had some drink, of
which Aptor partook. Shortly after this Apter jumped up
and said he wanted to got out, as ho was at Euston-square.
Murphy took hold of him by the collar and pushed him on to
the seat, telling him to sit still. Apter again got up, aad
staggered against the door of the carriage, which flew open
and he fell out. At this time the train was going at 40 to
50 miles an hour, and it was of course supposed that he was
killed. The line was searched from Rugby for a consider-
able distance. but no trace was found of the missing man.
The result of the search was telegraphed to Liverpool, and
all the men there in custody were kept under surveillance.
Murphy, who appeared to be most intimately associated
with the occurrence, began to be very uneasy at his position.
The cddest part of the story has yet to come. By the train
which arrives in Liverpool at eleven o'clock the missing
man presented himself safe and well with scarcely a scratch
to show, His account of his extraordinary escape has a
very ludicrous aspect. He remembers distinctly having
been in the railway carriage, but everything else is a blank
until he found himself awaking from a damp sleep in the
ditch at the bottom of a high embankment. He supposes
that he awoke about ten o'clock, but his sleep must have
lasted much longer. He managed to find his way to the
next station, and went on to Liverpool at the first oppar-
amity,

OBTAINING GOODS BY MEANS OF FORGED ORDERS.
—Edward Williams, described as "a porter, no home,"
was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with obtaining a quantity
of cloth from Mr James Platt, woollen draper, 78, St.
Martin's -lane.

Brighten Fuller, an assistant to Mr Platt, said that on
the 22d of October the prisoner called with an order which
he said he had brought from Mr Wolfe, of Old Bond-street,
for some clpth and doeskin. As the order purported to be
signed by Mr Wolfe, and Mr Wolfe had been a customer,
he gave him the goods of the value of £1 18s.
Charles Kempton, another assistant of Mr Platt's, said
that on the 27th of October the prisoner called and presented
an order stating that he had been sent by Mr Wolfe, of
Old Bond-street. As the order was signed " J. B. Wolfe,'
and Mr 'Wolfe had been a customer, he gave the prisoner
the goods of the value of XI 3s. On the 12th of November
the prisoner called again, and with a similar order obtained
more goods of the value of £ i Gs. Having heard from Mr
Wolfe that he had not sent the orders, on the prisoner call-
ing yesterday evening with another order, which he said
he had brought from Mr Wolfe, he was given into custody
by Mr Platt.

Mr Samuel Benjamin Wolfe, tailor, of No. 45, Old
Bond-street, said the orders produced had never been sent
by him, and they were forgeries. He had not dealt with
Mr Platt fur two years, and knew nothing of the prisoner.
Police-constable Kelly, 53, said that on asking the pri-
soner whether he knew anything of the orders, ho replied,
"Yes; I wrote them all."
The prisoner was committed for trial.

DEFRAUDING TURF SPECULATORS.—James Baker, of
40, Windmill-street, Tottenham-court-road, appeared be-
fore Mr Tyrwhitt to answer a charge of unlawfully obtain-
ing, by means of false and fraudulent pretences, from I%lr
Robert East, of Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, the sum of
£4, with intent to cheat and defraud him of the same.