The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-07 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—This Day,

The adjourned November Sessions commenced this
morning at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell.green.
(Before the Assistant-Judge.)
ROBBERY BY A BARMAN.

Francis Hatswell, barman, was charged with stealirg
certain silver money, the property of his employer, Mr.
hompson, a licensed victualler, and Andrew Hart was
charged with receiving the said money, knowing it to have
been stolen.

From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner Hatswell
was in the habit of serving Hart with various refresh-
ments at the bar of his master's house. The day's
taking" at the till under the chargelof Hatswell, a watch
was kept and other means taken to ascertain whether
he was dishonest. He was in the habit of hire-
ing carriages on Sundays and, in company with others
driving into the country. His employer, feeling positive
that such recreation could not not be consistent with the
honest means of the prisoner, determined upon discovering
the manner in which the luxuries were procured, and in a
short time the prisoner was detected in giving money out of
the till to Hart.

The Jury found both prisoners guilty.
The Assistant-Judge said it was a most lamentable thing

that servants with good wages and board and lodging
could not refrain from plundering their employers. Ile
should like to know tho amount the prisoner had taken from
his master.

Mr Thompson said since the prisoner had been in custody
the " takings" had increased from Ss. to 10s. a day.
The Assistant Judge sentenced Hatswell to nine, and
Hart to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
James Allen was found guilty of stealing a quantity of
silver-plate and other property, valued at £7.
Sentence deferred.

Charles Ricketts pleaded guilty to an indictment,
charging him with stealing two iron slabs. As there
was s former conviction proved against him, sentence was
also deferred in his case.

Important Lifeboat Services.

BLAKENEY, NORFOLK) Nov. 5,

I have the pleasure (writes the Rev. R. H. Tillard) to
report that the Lifeboat of the National Institution hero
has been instrumental in saving six lies this morning. A
French Chasse Mare-, the Eleanor, of Nantes, came on
shore last night about half•past nine o'clock, the wind
blowing hard from N.N.W., and the night hazy. At day-
light she was seen from Blakeney, and the weather being
bad and the 133 a very heavy, it was determined to send the
lifeboat out to her. The vessel was on the West Sand,
about an hour's pull from the boat house. When the

lifeboat got alongside, it was found that the vessel was
aground, waterlogged, and rolling very heavily, the sea
breaking over her. All hands on her were within a very litt'e
of being washed overb3ard in sight of the lifeboat's crew ;
they were prevented only by an oar lashed across the rig-
ging. The poor fellows were overjoyed at the sight of the
lifeboat, and only too glad to leave their vessel and got on
board the boat. They were landed at Blakeney Quay about
ten o'clock. The lifeboat crew speak in the highest pos-
sible terms of the boat, and especially of her sailing before
the wind, with a heavy sea following. They also say
that she behaved beautifully in returning under canvass
and in pulling out against wind and tide, with a very
heavy beam sea. The cost of this valuable lifeboat was
presented to the National Institution by Miss Brightwell,
of Norwich.

MILTON'S HOUSE IN BARBICAN.—The house in
Barbican, No. 17, in which Milton lived, being
quired for railway purposes, a dispute arose as to its value
in a material sense. A lease of the premises was granted
in 1860, for 21 years, at £33 a year;.the present value
of the land was £206 a year, The amount payable under
the lease was asserted to be much below to value of the
property. The principal question presented to the jury
was the value of the reversion. In addressing the jury,
the commissioner said that the house was a very old one, in
which Milton had lived, The jury assessed the compere
sation at £3,250, or considerably more than twice as much
as the Metropolitan Railway Company offered,
DEMOLITION BY GVNFOWDER CF A PORTION OF
THE GREAT EXHIBITION BUILDING.—The remain
in; portions of the Exhibition Building, c,nsisting of the
towers in the Albert-road,were on Saturday operated on by
the Sappers and Miners, with the object of throwing them
to the ground, by gunpowder. The gunpowder was ar-
ranged to be exploded by electricity, and after some little
delay the back portion or half of the first Albert tower, as
though smitten by an invisible influence from within, fell
down upon its basement, amid the applause of many spec-
tators. The entire apace surrounding it Tr.. ,-.;nve.topect In
clouds or dust, caused by the demolition and darts. Some
further attempts were made to dislodge the remaining half
of the tower, but as it was getting dusk, and as further
operations were deemed dangerous, the Sappers and Miners
were called off the grounds.

THE NEGRO TROOPS.—The coloured troops were
conspicuous in the fight of yesterday, They fought hard
and lost severely. They moved on determinedly, seeming to
enter heartily into the spirit of tho endeavour to force the
rebels into their last ditch, and the nearer they came to
Richmond the more enthusiasm they displayed. After carry.
ing the first line of works beyond Deep Bottom, and obtain-
ing possession of the fort at Spring Hill, the 10th corps came
out on to the Newmarket-road, and halted briefly, Just
then there came up from a house near by a family of whites
to seek General Tsrry's protection, and they were followed
by a half- dcz tn blacks. When the coloured troops saw the
freed slaves their excitement knew no bounds. Tbey raised
their' voices in a hearty and continued cheer, which was
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sable soldiers. They cheered yet more lustily ; they threw
their caps into the air; they gathered about the freedman,
and, grasping his hand, a score of them at a time, fairly
danced for joy, or c.ied with delight. The scene was ine
describable. Men may have their peculiar views about the
emancipation proclamation and the policy of arming blacks,
but he who could stand by and eee those soldiers—them-
selves but lately slaves—welcoming under the protection of
the triumphant stars and stripes their liberated brethren,
and yet could not share in their joy, and thank God with
them that other chains were broken, would have been lees
than human.— Corrospwident of the iSprinyjield Republican.
ST JAMES'S HALL.--0a Saturday afternoon the
Wizard of the North gave his ninth matinee to a
crowded audience. In addition to the ueuel programme the
Professor introduced two or three experiments illustrative
of the rope-tying trick. The schools invited numbered over
750, the whole of which departed from the hall highly de-
lighted with the trept accorded them. Mies Anderson gave
the girls belonging to the Foundling Hospital each a pre-
sent as they left the ball.
LISTZ has left Paris, after leaving in the hands
Prince Poniatowski the score of a grand mass composed
some years ago for a cathedral in Hungary, and which will
probably be brought out this winter at the concerts orz,anie-
jug by Id. Eelicien David.