The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1864.

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The ajinual general session of the magistrates of Lanca-
shire was held in the Court House, Preston, on Thursday.
There was a tolerably numerous attendance of magistrates.
The Court reappointed Lord Stanley as chairman of the
sessions for the ensuing year, and Mr T. Greene as the
vice-chairman.

HER MAJESTY,

Lord Stanley acknowledged the compliment, as also did
Mr Greene.

BALMORAL, Sept, 8.

A report of the Treasurer of the general expenditure of
the county was laid before the Court, along with the report
of the General Finance Committee in regard to the same
matter.

The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe
Coburg and Princess Louise, drove to the Lynn of
Quoich yesterday.
Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended
by the Hon. Harriet Phipps, drove to Birkhall.

Mr T. B. ADDISON referred to the expenses of prosecu-
tions at quarter sessions. Ho said there was a great dis..
parity between the present expenses and those which had
been reported at previous courts. The expenses in con-
nection with the sessions at Preston, Salford, and Kirkdale,
were almost equal. At the Kirkdale sessions the expenses
were a little below those at Preston, which had generally
been the least in amount of any of the sessions for prose-
cutions. The expenses for the whole of the prosecutions
amounted to upwards of £14,000. There had, according
to the report for the past year, been a reduction of
£1 on the whole upon each prosecution. He might
also observe that in the matter of juvenile prosecutions
there had been a great saving. The power of prose-
cuting juvenile offenders in a summary way had been
lately introduced, and if they calculated the expense
the county would have been put to if such offenders had
been sent to the sessions, they would find that there had
been a saving of about £ll,OOO.
After some further conversation, the various accounts
were passed.
Mr T. B. ADDISON moved—" That upon the recom-
mendation of the visiting justices of the House of Correc•
tion at Preston, a sum not exceeding £4O be granted for the
purchase of the vestments, chalice, linen, crucifix, candle.
sticks, and other articles necessary to enable the Roman
Catholic minister to celebrate the services of his church."
Mr. Addison said he could not see how, after it had been
decided to appoint a Roman Catholic chaplain, they
could refuse to supply those articles which were absolutely
necessary, according to the rules of the Church, for the
celebration of divine worship. Perhaps part of the ceremony
could be performed without some of the articles named, but
he believed that in the celebration of mass it was essential
that they should have the vestments, &c., named.
Mr R. TOWNLEY PARKER seconded the motion, Mr G.
PARKER opposed the motion.
Atter some discussion, Mr G. PARKER proposed as an
amendment that no crucifix nor graven image be introduced
within the walls of the Preston House of Correction.
After some further discussion, MI GOLBORNE PARKER
handed in an amendment to the Chairman. It ran thus :
—" That no crucifix or graven image be introduced within
the walls of the Preston gaol at the expense of the county."
The amendment was not seconded ; and, after a good
deal of discussion, the Court divided on theoriginal motion:
—For the motion, 18 hands were held up; and against it
19. The names were then taken, with the following result :
—For the motion, 22; against 19. The motion was de-
clared to be carried.
he other business was unimportant.

Probable Visit of the Prince and Princess
of Wales to Sweden.
STOCKHOLM, Sm. 9.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales are expected here at the end of this month.
A letter of invitation has been addressed to them. by
the King of Sweden; and a Swedish man-of-war
will be dispatched to meet them.

PRINCE ALFRED.—A letter from Bonn states
that Prince Alfred of England will arrive there in
the autumn, and will study for a year at the uni•
versity, where, as will be well remembered, the late
Prince Consort passed a portion of his youth.
The Earl and Countess Fitzsvilliam and Ladies
Fi;zwilliam have arrived at Wentworth House,
Yorkshire, from their seat in Ireland. The noble
earl and countess will entertain a select party al
Wentworth daring the Doncaster races•
The Earl of Westmorland has left the St George's
Hotel.

The Earl and Countess of- Scarborough will re-
ceive a large party at Sandbeck Park, near Rot her'
ham, during the Doncaster race meeting.
The Earl de Grey and Ripon and his son, Vie
count Goderich, are now staying at Nocton Hall.

The Eirl and Countess Russell and Ladies Rug'
sell have arrived at Windermere from Derbyshire
for a tour of the lakes. The noble earl, as one of
the Secretaries of State, mill, on the 12th instant
relieve the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, now 111
attendance on the Queen at Balmoral.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived
Cambridge House, Piccadilly, last evening, from
Brocket Hall, Herts. The noble Premier and Lad/
Palmerston, however, leave town early in the ensn'
ing week for Broadlands.
Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn
have left Switzerland for Turin.
Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdalc, and Sit
Edmund and Lady Ramer, will remain at the
shooting quarters at Invercauld, N. 8., until the Old
of next month, when they leave for the south'
They intend to pay a Belies of visits on their Wal
to Kent.

Lord Seaton has arrived at Lochnaw Castle, Wig'
townshire, the seat of S r Andrew Agnew, Bart,)
M.P.

Lard and Lady Stanley of Alderley and go,
Misses Stanley, who, since their return from Ger'
many, have been on a visit to Lord and Lady WeDs'
leydale at Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, intend t°
leave there to-day for Aide flay Park, Cheshire.
Lord and Lady William Osborne have left Eng.
laud on a tour in Germany.
The Marquis of Sligo has arrived at the 0
George's lio
The Earl Cadogan is again seriously ill, but vil!
worse than he was in the summer. Several members of bid
family are in town owing to his illness.
TUE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND THE PROTESTAI4/55
—Not long since some Protestant ladies applied to tist
Empress Eugenia for a donation in aid of a Protestall.
Orphan Society. A few days later they received a letter
is
which the Empress said that she fully sympathised in tliela
work, and entered into their views ; and to prove that 010
did so she sent them for a lottery two magnificent porco
vases, worth 600 f. each.

CAMBERWELL WORKIIOUSE.—On Thursday 15P:
200 of the inmates cf Camberwell Workhouse, inclu
about 40 imbecile patients, were conveyed in vans to Purrs Downs, near Croydon, under the care of Mr. and _,
smithers, the master and matron. On their arrival tbei°,
do xn to a substantial dinner of roast beef and porter;; 13tej
in the day to a good tea, with cake, &e. Those of the °gel,
inmates who were too ill to bear the fatigue of the jollrilae,;
were supplied with a good dinner and tea, and with 01*.

of punch and cake at bedtime,
DESTRUCTION OF A FEMALE PENITENTIARY
LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, September 9.—A fire of 3
alarming nature occurre I this morning, which hes unfeftri
nately resulted in the entire destruction of the reforreet°'4
institution for females called The Home, situated in 10,4°
street, Edge-hill. It appears that about half-past 4 t'd,'
one of the inmates perceived a strong smell of fire, fil3ej
having at once given the alarm, a messenger was despetel'
to the fire engine stations. Half an hour nearly 311 o!
after the different engines had reached the scene of the 5,
before any hose could be brought to play on the builclif:#
owing to a scarcity of water in the mains, and by the tjl
the flames were subdued the building was completely gutA
The loss is estimated at about £2OOO, and this is cov,ife%)
insurances in the Royal and Guardian offices. AltOt'v
there were about 40 inmates of The Home in bed etla
time the fire broke out, none of them were injured. 4/j
fire was caused by the overheating of a stave in. the 1510
which set fire to some clothes. ,
THE STORY OF A LOST SOVEREIGN..—HIL''
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GRINDLE AND ROGERS.—An action was broueo
the Bristol County Court on Tuesday, to recover the it ioll
of £5, the value of a clock belonging to the plaintiff, /111200
he alleged the defendants had improperly and illegallitVt
sensed themselves of. Mr. Roper, for the plaintiff, said)
action was brought to recover the sum of £5, the veirt;te
a clock, which the plaintiff alleged the defendants held ti
lawfully taken away from his house. It appeared that 01
12th May, 1863, was the first day of Bath races ju
t to
year, and on those occasions it was usual for parson°ool
assemble upon Lawrence-hill to see the vehicles going ts
returning from the races, and gentlemen on their 0/„01
and from the races were in the habit of throwing 0%00
to the boys who there assembled. The plaintiff's 5073,
other boys, was on Lawrence-hill on the evening iX
tion watching the people return from the races, and 'oil
near the Carriers' Arms he saw a coin lying upon the roe
which he picked up, and conceived it to be a ocli (IV
thing. He carried it home, and then his mother 0
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covered that it was a sovereign which he had °not°
The plaintiff told all his neighbours of the fact, but,l3tyo
appeared to own it, and he determined, after the egi°dtt/
of ten days, that it should be expended in proviai°V
little fellow who had picked it up with a new suit of ul°Botti
The fact of the sovereign being found subsetitl4o
got to the kncwledge of Grindle, ono of the defeUu"
. toe
who sent for the boy of the plaintiff, ands 054,
him that the sovereign which he had found wee 1/I,oo°
perty. He locked up the boy in a stable, and three' 01
him that if he did not state that he had feUllciO4
sovereign in the place indicated by him he would still
a constable and give him in charge. That intimiden,
boy, and he said whatever they required of him. (21,f/f,
and the, other defendant then went to the plaintiff
where they saw his wife, and said that if she did nod'
them the sovereign, or some compensation, they weal $
the boy in charge. The wife said that she could 000:
anything in the matter, and that they had better WOB/",
her husband returned. They, however, said theYll
to be put off in that way, but that they mutt hal°
thing to hold as security for the payment of the 0034
and they took away an eight-day clock, which hadb,,iej
property of the family for some time, and which the of. V.
valued at £5. The action, Mr Roper said, would 1,4
been brought if in honour the defendants had returtl.ol
clock, and made the plaintiff some little compeu°l4l Ti
the trouble and annoyance they had occattioned
plaintiff, his wife, son (who picked up the moverelo
another boy were called in support of the plain he 09t
The wife, in her cross examination, denied that ell fore
gested that the clock should be taken as securitl /100
sovereign, to prevent her son being locked UP'
threatened her 'Lad said she would be locked uP toolo
her son if she did not give them the money or the- 00V
worth. She admitted having assisted the defeo:s,6
carry the clock to the house of Mr. Burrows, Nal°
father-in-law of Grindle, and with whom he
also stated that Sergeant Porter was present W'eettri"
defendants told her she must give something 05 °-.4 i'
and she also alleged that sergeant Porter 13°0
she must, and she therefore thought that it to `gip
right. Mr Beckenham, on behalf of the defeadu!tiro'fli
tended that the clock had been given by the fOOOA
and at her own suggestion, and was by her and othe to
veyed to a publichouse in the neighbourhood, tliel,otei‘
main as security for the repayment of the °i°li ecl4
Grindle and Rogers, the defendants, were el'inioo ti
the latter stated that he missed the scvcreje "or spocket of his waistcoat, which he had hung 11' 10.0
stable at the time the plaintiff's boy was there',oo tt
not, however, suspect him until he heard `"0,1
afterwards that he had found a sovereign' ict,aod,
he went to his mother, who offered hire miottl'o,
duplicates as security rather that her soa °0 did %
to the police-station. Ho told her thet 110 00
know anything about them, and then °I eolli
him the clock or anything that was in th_4o „
security. Mr Weston, farrier, and Mr Barr;lr
examined in support of the defendants' case •
ur ttelj
replied upon the defendants' case, and his 1-1011°..0000°,1
summed up the evidence, the jury
verdict for the plaintiff as against Rogers, but
the plaintiff in respect to Grindle, iminctliatelY