The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-17 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH STREET-(THIS DA Y.

CAPTURE OF GAMBLERS.
Abraham Isaacs, Edwin Knill, Stephen Hopkins, Henry
Brown, and John Sibley, were brought before Mr. Bing-
ham, charged with being found in a common gaming-house,
No. 2, Rupert-street,
Superintendent Foxall, E Division, said he produced the
authority of the Commissioners of Police for himself and
other constables to enter the house, No. 2, Rupert-street,
known as a common gaming-house, and to use force, if ne-
cessary. In compliance with this authority, witness,
accompanied by Inspector Lester, of the C divi-
sion, proceeded to Rupert-street about half-past two
that morning, and rang the bell. The door was
opened by Isaacs, wno was at once taken into custody.
Witness and Lester then went along the passage, when
they came to an inner door, which they attempted to force
open. This door was strongly lined with sheet-iron out-
side, secured by four bolts ' and an iron bar in the in-
side. After labouring at it for about nearly ten
minutes without any success, it was then opened by
a party inside. They then found a second door inside, at
the foot of the stairs, secured with strong bolts, and on the
stairs was another. These were all opened, and they went
into the front room on the first floor, where they found
Hopkins, Brown, and Sibley. A billiard table was in the,
centre of the room. The shutters of this room were more
than an inch in thickness, and secured by three iron bars.
Witness then searched the defendants, and on Brown found
2971. 4s. in notes, gold, and silver. After the defendants
were sent to the station, witness searched throughoat the
house, but did not succeed in finding any implements of
gaming.
Mr- Bingham said he (Mr. Foxall) might have supposed.
it might have been some Cato-street conspiracy, but he
(Mr. Bingham) had no jurisdiction in the matter, inas-
much as no implements used for gaming purposes had
been found.

The defendants must, therefore, be discharged.

COUNTESS OF SHREWSBURY.—We regret to learn that
ie Countess of Shrewsbury has been dangerously ill at
Naples of malaria. For three days her ladyship was almost
unconscious. She is slowly recovering. Her ladyship was to
leave Naples on the 6th inst. for Rome, where she intends
passing the winter.
FALL OF A TUNNEL ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAL—WaIIers Ash Tunnel, the longest tunnel on the South-
Western Railway, situated between Winchester and Andover-
road, fell in on Wednesday night. The up and down night
mail trains were several hours late in reaching their destina-
tions, in consequence. The Jersey mail packet, instead of
starting on Wednesday at midnight, did not leave Southamp-
ton before four o'clock yesterday morning. The line was im-
passable for the mail trains, and the mails had to be conveyed
outside the tunnel from one end to the other. By the time
the 7 a.m. down train reached the tunnel yesterday, however,
the down line was clear.
ANOTHER DEATH IN THE MILLBANK PRISON.--Yes-
terday Mr. Bedford, the coroner, held a lengthened inquiry in
the Millbank Prison, on the body of John Cooknell, aged 41,
a convict, whose death occurred on the 15th instant, at seven
o'clock in the morning. The jury consulted, and returned tho
following verdict :—That the deceased died from inflamma-
tion of the brain, accelerated by the six months' separate con-
finement which he received.
THE LADY JOCELYN.—The General Screw Steam-ship
Company's steamer Lady Jocelyn has reached Madras, having
made the passage from Plymouth in 69 days.
SHIPPING.--By a Parliamentary paper yesterday
printed, it is shown that in the six months ended the 10t1h
of October last, there were 14,488 sailing vessels of 3,115,279
tons, and of steam vessels 2,258, of 648,282 tons entered in-
wards at ports in the United Kingdom, while of vessels that
a ared outwards in the same period, there were of sailing
eels 17,582, and of steam vessels 2,083. The tonnage of
e former was 3,393,464, and of the latter 608,671. The
vessels that entered inwards and cleared outwards were em-
i
ployed in the foreign and colonial trade of the United
Kingdom.
GREAT WESTERN.—Yesterday a special meeting of
this company was held at the Paddington station to take
into consideration- a Azroposition for making an appli-
cation to parliament for powers to construct a new
line of railway from Maiden Newton, on the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth line, to Stoke-common, on the
Bristol and Exeter Railway, to be called the Devon and
Dorset Railway ; Mr.IC. Russell in the chair. The Chair-
man said he was happy to say that the resolution ho was
about to propose had the cordial concurrence of all his col-
leagues. He concluded by moving a formal resolution
authorising the directors to apply to Parliament jointly
with the Bristol and Exeter Company, or any other parties,
to construct the line and provide the necessary capital. In
reply to a question, the Chairman said the length of the
main line would be 48 miles, and of the branches 10. The
main line would be double, and the branches single. The
motion was then put and carried with one dissentient. A
vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the
proceedings terminated.
BRISTOL AND EXETER.—A special general meeting of
the proprietors bf the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany, was held yesterday at the White Lion Hotel, Bristol.
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Mr. J. W. Buller, the chairman of the company presided.
He moved the following resolution :—" That the directors
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they are hereby,the nameauotf this
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makeoinowan, jointlyapp ic application
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to
that of the Great Western Railway Company, or any
other parties, for an act to construct and establish a line of
railway between Stoke Canon and Maiden Newton, with
certain branches, to be called the Devon and Dorset Rai

way, as a joint undertaking of the two companies ; and,
when sanctioned by Parliament, to authorise them to con-
tribute a sum not exceeding 500,0001. towards such under-
taking, under the provisions of the said act." Mr. T. Hill
seconded the resolution. Mr. Eaglesfield proposed, and
Mr. Charles Castle seconded, an amendment that the
meeting be adjourned for a week. The amendment on
being put, was rejected ; and the original resolution hav-
ing been carried, thanks were given to the chairman, and
the meeting broke up.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH JEWELLERY, &C.—The French,
ever surpassing in the style of their jewellery, have recently
added that solidity so requisite to insure the preference of the
distinguished and wealthy of this country. Recent importa-
tions, and their inspection at the Customs, convince its of
this. In several large cases imported this week by Futvoye
and Co., of Regent-street, this talent (we had almost said
genius) for taste and fancy shows itself with a prodigality
perfectly bewildering, and when it is borne in mind that all
these articles are expressly designed for Christmas presents,
the teeming invention of the Parisian brain is not the less a
subject of wonder and admiration. Nor does this impetus to
trade appear other than reciprocal, the house of Futvoye and
Co. exporting extensively English goods to France, the more
particularly costly dressing-cases, in which the British excel,
and two of which, of a magnificent description, are now about
to leave our shores to complete a commission for the Emperor 1
Napoleon.