The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

a week for the keep of the horse. He had also
obtained goods in the names of Thompson aud Wil-
liams, and other names, a fact which when generally
known would no doubt bring together several com-
plainants.
A tailor here got into the witness box, and said that
Mr. Cavendish had ordered of him in another name a
suit of clothes for his groom, for which he had paid,
and a suit of clothes for himself for which he had not

paid.
The prisoner said—l went in a different name for
the purpose of avoiding arrest upon a civil process.
I am willing to return the suit of clothes I ordered
for myself.
Brett—They have ordered a quantity of plate with
their crest ; and I have reason to believe that many
tradespeople have become their victims.
The prisoners
were then remanded till Tuesday
(this day) wec.k.
Sir R. W. CARDEN ordered summones to be issued
to one of the advertising brokers for supplying per-
sons with passage! to South Australia, in consequence
of several complaints made to him in the course of the
day by poor people who had paid the deposit money
required, and been refused the necessary accommoda-
tion upon their arrival at Liverpool by the parties to
whom thay were referred. Sir Robert said he feared
the system which had been so extensively exposed
had received but a temporary check, and that he would
readily render all the help he could to procure the
restitution of the property of credulous victims, and
to punish the plunderers.
William King) a fat rosy-cheeked omnibus driver,
in the employment of Mr. Balls, of Brixton, was con-
victed of having driven a horse whose shoulders were
completely raw. The horse, which was stated to be
in fine had been a steeple-chaser, and the
defendant nacnotgiodtnh'e animal's impetuosity, which could
not restrained, was the cause of the injury.
The
said he had notice of the condition
of
the
R. horseo u
him e
l into on Saturday from a gentleman, and
the City upon the present occasion.
aAIIRDEN asked whether Mr. Balls knew
watchedSirpc m
anything of the condition of the horse's shoulders ?
The defendant said that Mr. Balls had given especial
order that the horse should not be taken out till he
was perfectly well.
Sir R. W. CARDEN—I apprehend that he and other
extensive proprietors are frequently deceived by their
drivers, who, while they have evidently all sorts of
comforts themselves, care nothing about the misery
the poor animals. I hope Mr. Balls
days'
theyill enafiri cot upon
this
i
conviction. I fine you 40a., or 14
imprisonment in Bridewell.
MARLBORO UGH-STRE ET.

ROBBERY AT LORD LONSDALE'S.—John Martin,
whose real name is Paddington, and Neill Lamont,
were brought before Mr. Arnold charged on sus-
picion with having stolen a valuable gold snuff-box,
the property of Lord Lonsdale, 15, Carlton-terrace.
Mr. Kneller Smart, gold refiner, Princes-street,
Leicester-square, deposed that on the 30th of August
last the prisoner Martin brought the gold box to him
and offered for sale. Witness asked him if it was his
own, and he said it was not ; it belonged to a person
named Lamont, and gave his address No. 6, Dorset-
place, Pall-mall East. Witness declined purchasing
the box until he had satisfied himself that it was all
right, and the prisoner then left the shop, and he saw
nothing more of him till Saturday afternoon, when he
ri entered the shop and demanded the box or
the
emsoonneer)
money
for it. Witness having in the mean time
received information that a box similar to the one
produced had been stolen from Lord Lonsdale's, sent
for a constable and gave prisoner in charge. Mr.
Smart added that neither Mr. Lamont nor the
prisoner Martin were known at the addresses given.
king, an active officer attached to the C division,
said he took the prison Martin into custody on sus-
picion of having stolen the box produced. Witness,
from information he subsequently received, went on
Saturday night to the Coach and Horses in Welbeck-
street, where he saw the prisoner Lamont at the bar,
and asked him if he knew a man named Paddington.
After some hesitation he admitted that he did know
such a person, and witness then told him he was an
officer; that Paddington was in custody on suspicion
of having stolen a gold box from Lord Lonsdale's,
and that he (Paddington) had made a statement to
the effect that he had received the box from him (La-
mont) as a present, with a request that he would take
it to Smart's, in Princes-street, as it was worth 201.
The prisoner at once denied all knowledge of the box,
and having admitted being at work at Lord Lons-
dale's some weeks ago, he (witness) took him into
custody on suspicion of having been concerned with
Paddington in the robbery.
Mr. Aucklyn, upholsterer, 26, Lower Sloane-
street, said the prisoner Lamont was employed by
him in August last, at Lord Lonsdale's, stuffing and
covering up furniture in the drawing-rooms. The
prisoner left him on the 23d of the same month.
Henry Smith, Lord Lonsdale's butler, recollected
the prisoner Lamont being employed at his Lordship's
residence, in the drawing-rooms. Paddington, who
was a helper in his lordship's stables, assisted him.
After they left a number of valuable articles were
missed from the south drawing-room, and the gold
box produced he (witness) believed to be one of the
number, his lordship's property.
Mr. Wontner, who attended on behalf the prisoner
Lamont, contended that there was not a bit of evi-
dence to connect his client with the alleged robbery,
and requested his immediate discharge.
After a slight discussion, Mr. Arnold agreed to
Lamont's entering into his own recognisance in 50/.
to appear on Wednesday next, on which day Padding-
ton will be brought up for further examination.
SOUTHWARK.

Yesterday Mr. Augustus Ivimy, a surgeon in the
army, was placed at the bar before Mr. A'Beckett,
charged with assaulting and threatening the life of
Mr. John Harding.
The complainant, who wore a medal and three
clasps on his breast, stated that he was connected by
marriage with the defendant, who came to his house
on the previous night and insisted on having an inter-
view with his (defendant's) wife, who was staying
there. In consequence, however, of defendant having
on various occasions ill-treated his wife, he was in-
formed that he could not be permitted to see her,
particularly at so unseasonable an hour, and upon
receiving this answer he became excited, seised com-
plainant by the throat, shook him, and also struck him
on the breast, but did not hurt him. The complainant
added that the defendant had been amongst the Kafirs
for some length of time, and had only recently arrived
from the Cape ; that his wife had no wish to have an
interview with him, and as he acted with such violence
in his efforts to have an interview with her he (com-
plainant) called a policeman, had him ejected from the
house, and taken to the station-house.
Mr. ATECiaTT asked the defendant whether he
wished to ask the complainant any questions ?—De-
fendant said it was merely a family matter, and ought
not to have been made the subject of a complaint at
that court. The fact was, he had been absent from
England for the last three years, and hearing that his
wife was at Mr. Harding's house, he went there to see
her, but every impediment was thrown in his way to
effect that object, and he admitted that he was a good
deal excited, and might have acted with more impru-
dence on the occasion than he ought to have done.
He could explain a good deal, but he had no wish to
expose family matters in a public court.
Mr. ATECKETT—WiII you promise not to go to
the complainant's house again ? Defendant—l want
to see my wife for the last time, and I don't know
where else to see her but at the complainant's house.
Complainant—lle wants to see his wife to wreak
his vengeance upon her; that is what the family are
afraid of, knowing well the cruelty he exercised to-
wards her before he went abroad, and a residence
amongst the Kafirs has not improved his temper or
disposition.
Mr. A'BECKETT inquired if the interview with his
wife could not be accomplished in the presence of
some of the members of her family, as the defendant
says he only wants to see her once more ? Defen-
dant—That is all I require.
Mr. ATECKETT—however, said, that if the com-
plainant went in bodily fear of the defendant, he
should call upon him to find sureties to keep the
peace.
The complainant admitted that as for himself he
went in no dread of the defendant ; all he wanted was
for him to keep away from his house.
After some further discussion on the subject, the
defendant was adjudged to enter into his owe rec og-
ni z ances for three months to keep the peace.

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SEIZURE OF AN EXTENSIVE ILLICIT DISTILLERY.
—On Saturday afternoon, from information forwarded to the
Inland Revenue-office, Broad-street, City, several most active
officers proceeded to Rosomon-street, Clerkenwell, and made
a very extensive seizure of illicit goods under the following
circumstances. It appears that the revenue officers, upon
proceeding to Rosomon-street, ascertained that the person of
whom they were in quest had, in order to blind suspicion,
opened a butcher's shop, and carried on the distillation of
spirits at night. Having stationed a number of policemen
at the front and back part of the house for the purpose of
preventing any one from making an escape, the officers of
revenue proceeded to the lower part of the house, and in
the kitchen found a very large copper still set in brickwork,
a number of tubs, and all the other necessary paraphernalia
for carrying on a large and extensive business. A further
search being made, they succeeded in apprehending one man,
and also discovered a quantity of molasses and several gal-
lons of spirits considerably over proof. The whole of the
goods having been seized were in the course of the evening
conveyed to the Revenue-office, Broad-street, where in due
course they will be condemned. The man who was taken
into custody is to be brought before the magistrates at the
Clerkenwell Police-court to answer the charge. It may be
here stated that this neighbourhood has of late been getting
a little into notoriety by the seizure of illicit stills, it being
only a month since, on Saturday, that the revenue officers
made a similar seizure within a few doors of that effected on
Saturday last.
WHITEHALL PREACHER.—The Bishon of London
has appointed the Rev. G. 11. S. Johnson, F.R.S.,
Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, preacher at the Chapel
WhiteLall.

TWEI DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Tuts AND LAST
YEA/L.—There is only the difference of a letter between this
year and last year : last year was a year of Bloomers; this
year, thanks to Mr. Disraeli, is a year of Loomers.