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

HER MAJESTY,

BALMORAL, Sept. 8.

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.

Probable Visit of the Prince and Princess
of Wales to Sweden.
STOCKHOLM, SErT. 9.
Their Royal Highnesses the Pritme 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 Fitzwilliam and Ladies
Fitzwilliam have arrived at Wentworth House,
Yorkshire, from their seat in Ireland. The noble
earl and countess will entertain a select party at
Wentworth during the Drncaster 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 Rother-
ham, during the Doncaster race meeting.
The Earl de Grey and Ripon and his son, Vis-
count Goderich, are now staying at Nocton Hall.
The Earl 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, will, on the 12th instant
relieve the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, now ill
attendance on the Queen at Balmoral.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived a
Cambridge House, Piccadilly, last evening, from
Brocket Hall, Herts. The noble Premier and Lady
Palmerston, however, leave town early in the ensu4
ing week for Broadlands.

Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn
have left Switzerland for Turin.

Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, and Sir
Edmund and Lady Filmer, will remaii at the
shooting quarters at Invercauld, N. 8., until the end
of next month, when they leave for the south.
They intend to pay a series of visits on their way
to Kent.

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

Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley and Hon►
Misses Stanley, who, since their return from Ger-
many, have been on a visit to Lord and Lady Wens-
leydale at Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, intend to
leave there to-day for Alderley Park, Cheshire.
Lord and Lady William Osborne have left Eng-
land on a tour in Germany.
The Marquis of Sligo has arrived at the St.
George's Hotel.

The Earl Cadogan is again seriously ill, but not
worse than he was in the summer. Several members of his
family are in town owing to his illness.
THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND THE PROTESTANTS.
—Not long since some Protestant ladies applied to the
Empress Eugenie for a donation in aid of a Protestant
Orphan Society. A few days later they received a letter in
which the Empress said that she fully sympathised in their
work, and entered into their views; and to prove that she
did so she sent them for a lottery two magnificent porcelain
vases, worth 600 f, each.

CAMBERWELL WORKHOUSE.—Ort Thursday last
200 of the inmates a Camberwell Workhouse, including
about 40 imbecile patients, were conveyed in vans to Purby
Downs, near Croydon, under the care of Mr. and Mrs.
Smithere, the master and matron. On their arrival they Eat
down to a substantial dinner of roast beef and porter; later
in the day to a good tea, with cake, &;. Those of the aged
inmates who were too ill to bear the fatigue of the journey
were supplied with a good dinner and tea, and with a glass
of punch and cake at bedtime,

DESTRUCrION OF A FEMALE PENITENTIARY AT
LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL, September 9.—A fire of a most
alarming nature occurrel this morning, which has unfortu-
nately resulted in the entire destruction of the reformatory
institution for females called The Home, situated in Mason
street, Edge-hill. It appears that about half-past 4 a.m.
one of the inmates perceived a strong smell of fire, and,
having at once given the alarm, a messenger was despatched
to the fire engine stations. Half an hour nearly elapsed
after the different engines had reached the scene of the fife
before any hose could be brought to play on the building,
owing to a scarcity of water in the mains, and by the time
the flames were subdued the building was completely gutted.
The loss is estimated at about £2OOO, and this is covered by
insurances in the Royal and Guardian offices. Although
there were about 40 inmates of The Home in bed at the
time the fire broke out, none of them were injured. The
fire was caused by the overheating of a stove in the laundry
which set fire to some clothes.

THE STORY OF A LOST SOVEREIGN.—HILL Y.
GRINDLE AND ROGERS.—An action was brought in
the Bristol County Court on Tuesday, to recover the sum
of £5, the value of a clock belonging to the plaintiff, which
he alleged the defendants had improperly and illegally pos•
sensed themselves of. Mr. Roper, for the plaintiff, said the
action was brought to recover the sum of £5, the value of
a clock, which the plaintiff alleged the defendants had un-
lawfully taken away from his house. It appeared that the
12th May, 1863, was the first day of Bath races in that
year, and on those occasions it was usual for persons to
assemble upon Lawrence-hill to see the vehicles going and
returning from the races, and gentlemen on their way to
and from the races were in the habit of throwing coppers
to the boys who there assembled. The plaintiff's son, among
other boys, was on Lawrence-hill on the evening in ques-
tion watching the people return from the races, and when
near the Carriers' Arms he saw a coin lying upon the road,
which he picked up, and conceived it to be a new far•
thing. He carried it home, and then his mother dis-
covered that it was a sovereign which he had found;
The plaintiff told all his neighbours of the fact, but no one
appeared to own it, and he determined, after the expiration
of ten days, that it should be expended in providing the
little fellow who had picked it up with a new suit of clothes.
The fact of the sovereign being found subsequently
got to the knowledge of Grindle, one of the defendants,
who sent for the boy of the plaintiff, and stated to
him that the sovereign which ho had found was his pro.
party. He locked up the boy in a stable, and threatened
him that if he did not state that he had found the
sovereign in the place indicated by him he would send for
a constable and give him in charge. That intimidated the
boy, and he said whatever they required of him. Grindle
and the other defendant then went to the plaintiff's house,
where they saw his wife, and said that if she did not give
them the sovereign, or some compensation, they would give
the boy in charge. The wife said that she could not do
anything in the matter, and that they had better wait until
her husband returned. They, however, said they were not
to be put off in that way, but that they mutt have some'
thing to hold as security for the payment of the sovereigns
and they took away an eight-day clock, which had been the
property of the family for some time, and which the plaintiff
valued at £5. The action, Mr Roper said, would not have
been brought if in honour the defendants had returned the
clock, and made the plaintiff some little compensation for
the trouble and annoyance they had occasioned him, The
plaintiff, his wife, son (who picked up the sovereign), and
another boy were called in support of the plaintiff's case.
The wife, in her cross examination, denied that she sug"
gested that the clock should be taken as security for the
sovereign, to prevent her son being locked up, Thai
threatened her and said she would be locked up as well atf
her son if she did not give them the money or the money's
worth. She admitted having assisted the defendants to
carry the clock to the house of Mr. Burrows, who was the
father-in-law of Grindlo, and with whom he lived. She
also stated that Sergeant Porter was present when the
defendants told her she must give something as security's
and she also alleged that sergeant Porter had said
she must, and she therefore thought that it must b°
right. Mr Beckenham, on behalf of the defendants, coh"
tended that the clock had been given by the plaintiff's Rife,
and at her own suggestion, and was by her and others con'
veyed to a publichouse in the neighbourhood, there to re-
main as security for the rei ayment of the sovereign.
Grindle and Rogers, the defendants, were examined, AO
the latter stated that ho missed the sovereign horn the
pocket of his waistcoat, which he had hung up in 01°
stable at the time the plaintiff's bey was there. Ile did
not, however, suspect him until he heard some time
afterwards that ho had found a sovereign, and then:
he went to his mother, who offered him a handful of
duplicates as security rather that her son should go
to the police-station. He told her that he did 12°t
,
know anything about them, add then she offered
him the clock or anything that was in the house
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security. Mr Weston, fattier, and Mr Burrows were
examined in support of the defendants' case. Mr Roper
replied upon the defendants' ease, and his Honour having
summed up the evidence, the jury immediately returned,
verdict for the plaintiff as against Rogers, but ner.-Sl'..ea
the plaintiff in respect-to