The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-13 00:00:00

Committal of a Lady for Stealing.

Julia M‘Millan, a regimental schoolmistress at
Aleershott, was charged before Alderman Lusk, at
Guildhall, with robbery.
Mr. Lewis, jun. conducted the defence. _ _

Henry George said—l am an assistant to Messrs.
Nicholson and Co., drapers, of St. Paul's-church-
yard. About a quarter past 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the prisoner came to my department and
asked me to show her some cambric handkerchiefs.
I showed her some, and she purchased half-a-dozen,
which she paid for.,

James Bright, an assistant in the same employ,
said,—l am in the silk department. Between 12
and 1 o'clock on Wednesday last the prisoner came
to my department and wished to see some black and
coloured silks, which I accordingly showed her.
She selected a black moire antique silk dress, which
she paid for, the price being £4, and a coloured silk
dress, which she said she would call and pay for, as
she had not enough money. She came again about
5 o'clock and asked to be allowed to look at some
evening silks. I showed her some check silks, and
she selected one and paid for it at the same time
that she paid for the coloured silk dress. She paid
altogether .E 6 15s.

Adderley Clarke, also in the prosecutor' employ,
said—l was in the show room yesterday about 3
o'clock when I saw the prisoner come in. As soon
as she took her seat I went upstairs and watched
her from above. I saw het put her mantle over the
counter with one arm, and with the other hand
draw half-a
-dozen cambric handkerchiefs from be-
neath a quantity of others, and endeavour to slip
them into her pock6t, but they fell on the ground.
She then passed her hand down inside her dress and
picked them up and asked the assistant who was
serving her for a pin. With it she fastened the
handkerchiefs to her dress. I informed my em-
ployer of what I had seen, and the prisoner was
eventually given into' custody.
Police-constable Lewis, 338, said, from inform at ion
I received I followed the prisoner from Messrs.
Nicholson's premises to the top of Cheapside. I
then asked her if she had anything which did not
belong to her, or which she had not purchased at
the shop she had just left. She several times assured
me she had not, and, after some further conversation,
I took her to the police station, where she gave up
six cambric handkerchiefs, which she took from
under her dress, and a small box containing three
studs.' She said that was all.

Etizabeth Harrison, the female searcher, said,—l
found on the prisoner this bag (an enormous pocket),
which she was wearing, and a ticket relating to a
parcel left at the South Eastern Railway station.
Lewis, recalled, said,—l took the ticket referred
to by the last witness, and on presenting it at the
cloak room received this piece of silk, consisting of
46 yards, and of the value of £6 12s.

The witnesses George and Bright, on being re-
called, identified the silk and the handkerchiefs
produced as their employer's property, and said
they remembered showing those goods to the pri-
soner at her own request.
Mr. Lewis made a most urgent appeal on behalf
of the prisoner. He asked, in the first place, that
she might be remanded, in order that her friends,
who were all highly respectable and had been tele-
graphed to, might have time to place before the
court a defence which would be most material to the
prisoner, but which he was not at present in a
position to explain; and, secondly, that she might
be admitted to bail in the interval of the remand or
pending the trial, whichever course the magistrate
might decide upon.
Alderman Lusk said he had not the remotest
doubt about the good position the prisOner had oc-
cupied in society,or of the respectabilityof her friends.
There was no question of character but of fact. The
case was exceedingly clear, and the circumstance of
the prisoner wearing a large bag under her dress
led to the suspicion that this theft was one of a series
of thefts. He had decided upon committing the
prisoner to trial without admitting her to bail.
Mr. Lewis said he could give bail to any
amount for the prisoner, and reminded the magi-
strate that in the case of a west•end physician
whose wife was charged with a similar offence
that lady was admitted to bail from the first with-
out failure of justice, so that there was a precedent
for his present application. He therefore hoped
the worthy alderman would reconsider his decision,
and on account of the prisoner's youth, health, and
great mental suffering, liberate her on bail.
rev,,oui an
d
Alderman Lusk said that if it were a poor per-
son without friends ha could not entertain
tnaiatst such
application, and that his duty as
not allow him, however much he might commiserate
the unfortunate young woman before him, to make
any distinction between rich and poor in the admi-
nistration of justice.

THE REV. CANON JENRYNS, on Tueseay week,
Durham, slipped on a piece of turnip Lind, falling on the
pavement with such violence as to break his leg, but he is
going on favourably.

PIIILLTAIORE'S EXCEEDING ACCURACY.—
In reply to one of Mr. Phi'Amore's crotchets about
the modern way. of studying the classics, his Edinburgh
Reviewer mentioned as Professors at Oxford "Professor G.
Smith and Professor Arnold." On which says Mr. Philli-
more, his pamphlet reply, " Professor Smyth being a Cam
bridge Professor of Modern History, and not a tutor ; Dr.
Arnold for the last half century not having had any share
in academical education." Dr. Arnold's lectures on Modern
History were delivered long after 1814 ; but it is obvious
that the persons referred to by tha Edinburgh Reviewer
(not, to be sure, very pertinently) were Mr. Goldwin Smith,
the present Professor oi Modern History at Oxford, and
Mr. Thomas Arnold, the Professor of Poetry, Dr. Arnold's

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HER MAJESTY•

OSBORNE, Feb, 12..
Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Bruce, commander-ln:
Lora
chief at Portsmouth, and Mijor-General
William Paulet, commanding the south-westerna
district, came over to Osborne yesterday, anal°,
the honour of being received by her lUajesty
stoPre
sent the reports of their respective command.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales. ,
ST. LEONARDS, Feb. 1.-4, 0
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes
of Wales, and the infant, left Frogrnore
at half-past two, and arrived at St. Leonards attea
minutes past five. -
Their by tb
Royal Highnesses were attended a
a
Hon. Mrs.
Coke, Lieutenant-General Knollyof 613
Major Teesdale. yesterdcy

The Approaching Drawing Roolngs sof
We are auinorised to state that in consequeric
the inconvenience experienced at the Queei.d
Levees and Drawing Rooms from the overcrosvnt
state of the apartments, it will not be expected tO:11
ladies or gentlemen should attend at coat 111)
more than one occasion during the season. tiU
This does not apply to those who are PreEe°'
an official capacity.
There -
HER MAJESTY'S
STYLE AND TITLES.--
been laid before Parliament a convention, concluded in pr
tober last, between the Queen's Government and the utr
vernment of the Bey of Tunis relative to the holding °tii:
property by British subjects in Tunis. Her lgaiestY
giorl(11c1"
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deseribed in the convention—" The descendant of
Sovereigns,
the Crown of the illustrious great, wh°ll -.4t
her command the sword and the pen, the great aud atis,
Princess the fame of whose virtues is spread over the
verse." fea
THE PRINCESS OF WALES, it is said, Su— lint t•
very reluctantly to the obligations of etiquette in tli°
, '
ter of wet-nursing the baby. The Prince of WO' 11.0 h of
it is also said, have willingly indulged the natural
the young mother, but Court traditions were too strlf.ao
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberlan 'Ol
not
intend to leave Alnwick Castle for Northu
-°ol ber i •
atlitoß
House until after Easter. The health of the 110-
remarkably good. get
The Earl and Countess Grey entertained sos
party at dinner on Thursday evening at their reside°
Carlton Hcuse-terrace.
Viscountess Palmerston will have all torobli
to-night at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. their
The Count and ,Countess Telowcki
last
departure from the Brunwick Hotel, el J rravwBtreet'
night, on their return to Paris
The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge ha.- left
St. George's Hotel. e9rl
The Countess of Ellesmere, with the you--till
eAt
and family, are expected to return home from the l3n
early in April. 10.
The Countess (Dowager) of Carnarvon
Thalami's Hotel, Berkeley-squara, for Piston r4rkt
verton. • aill

The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey ig a'
proving in health. at the
Viscount Canterbury is at present staying
Ilotel Bristol, Paris. notate
Lord Ashburton is still in a very iudiffere seatill
of health. His lordship is at The Orange, he

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Vacancies, Promotions, and Appow

in the Civil Service.

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FOREIGN-OFFICE.—Mr. C. Smith has "ei.o
Mr.W T.
H.
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tory, Woolwich, has been caused by the $
lA-OFFICE. en sr
INDIA-OFFICE.—Mr. tb
pointed a clerk in the registry ellt
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departm
India-office. s C°11:
BOARD OF TRADE.—Mr. Joseph Ig°li'co-tiporfir/
stantine Clarke has been appointed a te— d
clerk in the Registry of Seamen's-offiee• gr.
THE ADMIRALTY.—Mc, inn
ttrhies Rh°aYils ibdgee tf
J . F. Ft reed
s/e
Ninnis, Mr. G. W. Hookey, and Mr. j.l3rof't house;
been appointed temporary clerks, Sorners:,-6: 110-
and Mr. H. Beattie Ad "-c
isms a temporary
clerk. f pror
THE P OST•OFFICE.—The PostmastershiP ° mr,
heda, Ireland, is vacant. Mr. F. C. CClrlif'an- sodm. Allen, Mr. A. D. Ferrier, Mr. T. 'Jr—flea' rod
Mr. P. B. Stevens have been appointed telieri; st
clerks, London, and Mr. S. Pendred ars crev
beao
Rugby ; Messrs. Mellersh, Lovett, and u,iies°l4'
been promoted to be sub-controllers, an ter to°
Berdmore, Tuck, Salisbury, Finch, rot,,, yop,
assistant-controllers, Circulation DePartni,e,lll to tbf
don ; and Mr. I'. Grimer from the thir" open"
second class of clerks, Circulation DeParcrolge'
London. Messrs. Waisho, Weatherle9' for°
and Fawn have been appointed t°1558
the upper section of the first vit. Jos.
the Money-order Office, London. Mr. lot cle°ll
has been promoted from the 2d to o°l,oooo
(lower section) in the Money-order effice' fisher'
Messrs. J. D. Hunter, R. Thompson, C• . in
and C. Stacey, from the 3d to the 2cl else° loon
fl
Money-order Office, London ; Mr. R. 01e46
from the probationary to the 2d class o'i to be
Sorting-office, Edinburgh; and Mr. Pickle, sA
first clerk, Kilmarnock. T°llex e 0
CHARITY COMMISSION.—Mr. A.
been appointed a third-class clerk in the aei..r-oodoo'
of the Official Trustees of Charity Fends' "`; for (
EMIGRATION COMMISSION.--A viteeeerni tiott
junior clerk has been created by the Pr°--i:rlc, 135.
Mr. Cooper, Mr. R. B. Cooper, first-class ehe nole°
been promoted to be assistant-secretary t°
mission, in succession to Mr. J. Walpole, res %jot&
CUSTOMS.—Mr. H. Bradshaw has been 1113 if
‘ll3r. '
a clerk for general business, Liverpool; $OOOO
Roberts an outdoor officer, London ; Mr.ratvE
an outdoor officer, Mr Middlesborough. . 'los
has been promoted from the 2d to the lat °too'
George from the 3d to the 2d class, gr. anti fro
from the 4th to the 33 class, Mr. R. 1.413°,5rf t-t
the sth to the 4th class, and Mr. J. Molise" fa
6th to the sth class of clerks in the East °lon ft°ll3
India Docks, London ; and Mr. W. 11°13ert1,00atIti.
the 6th to the sth class of so
eko
"THE QUEEN'S" GOSSIP ABOUT 11°' ,sot 'o°4
AND H.R.H.—The prediction which `se 't gitie;
hazarded as to the probable conduct towards h!,.0
of that portion of the press which supports ri`oisagt.ri;
policy of the Premier and his henchman, gr'eue 0031° of
has been immediately verified. Inuendos about, ‘,O oats
re,
of ""Her Majesty's medical advisers," and P;aryivii°
the QII3BECE3 health," have been cropping Gro°l,o
and the most uncalled-for insinuation by Lord ddrose, 1:0;
nor, when making his speech supporting the s..ooobe
not been overlooked. '‘‘ This is the third oecwoiela
his lordship) " within the last low yearet rY
00
house the
Majesty has introduced to the notice of the tooli!e,
vete affairs of her family. On the first, it viss.w,cuberesliji
the death of that great and good Prince, from vi pro
•
ment her Majesty has not yet recovered, at7oo. eloPt.
never will." Upon the impropriety,
and
awl) of
loyalty, of this method (equally covert elieda to eol:riatt,
tacking the Queen, there is little ne 1030/
gad
It is some satisfaction, however, t° goer pre
although she is as yet disinclined to enter oee'L'atieen nolo
more social functions of her high dace' th,hibited °bet
held her sceptre with a firmer hand, or 47 bordil9ite
high-minded determination to refuse to lit, doigov,
sense of what is right and wrong to the Party 88.
her Ministers than she does at present. 71, hers üb.J:eo
Majesty remains in her present state of tat!' this MO' oc.
will have daily cause to thank God that at „roue a ° the
juncture of affairs He has placed upon tho bijo
reign so wise and so patriotic. "°Yniterest 1311„
Prince of Wales just now takes a lively iiioho Otlp_A
affairs, and frequently attends the dobatese 2riz's;topialat:e;
Lords. We are sorry, however, to find thotr oar (12,0, to
speaking openly of differences of opinion b.stw:::ooo,Dation
and her son. Such differences, if they
e-%y of tb°
painful to the interests of all, and esPen.iso ,roni ig
Whatever counsels the Prince way derMan'a wisest gu,ittioe
house, he may rest assured that his best
eruc,.o th or „,
his mother. if ho has been taught to revto
ratiot'b'et
off his father—as we have every reasoheer, bud diern_tiero
has--he must surely know that that tatoo :013. all
fled noci
who is spared to him, were of one is
most
dip' a
relating to the course of policy which 11'
00°8 for
beneficial for this country to follow.
The
prepara_.
CHARING-CROSS RAILWA--
this railrray at
the completion of the terminus of
and
"fat the
cross are so far completed that from
depart tno
nd
month passengers will arrive a
trance.