The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-22 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Thomas Stokes, aged 33, was indicted for stealing 200
yards of canvas, 200 yards of Hessian, divers tools, and
other articles, the property of the West India Dock Corn-
pane, to whom he was a servant ; and William Wagstag;
aged 27, and James Hallam, aged 34, were charged with
feloniously receiving part of the same property, knowing it
to have been stolen. There were other indictments of a
similar nature against the prisoners.
Thomas Peek, a police constable, on the Bth of August
was in Bath-street, City-road, when he saw a man named
Miller carrying a burden in a large bag. He asked him
what he had got, and he replied he did not know, and then
pointed to the prisoner Wagstaff as the owner of the load
he was currying. Witness then put the same question to
him, as to what was the contents of the hag. He replied,
" That's my business, and not yours." He then asked him
from whence he had brought the package, and he replied,
" From Hackney, and that it contained bags." Witness
told him he could not have come from Hackney, as he was
proceeding in the direction of that village. Not being sa-
tisfied with his account, he took both the men to the sta-
tion-house. On opening the package he found that it con-
tained 46 pieces of canvas, measuring 138 yards. A few
days after this be apprehended Stokes, and proceeded to
Walworth to search his premises, in company with Mr.
Williams, one of the dock clerks. He found an axe and
other carpenor's tools there which belonged to the prose-
cutors. Having found out that Wagstaff lived in a court
in Beech-lane he proceeded thither, and found that the pro-
perty he had seized had been taken from that house.
George Miller is a porter. On the Bth of August he
Was in Caleman-street, looking out for a job, when Wag-
staff hired him to carry the property now produced from
Boxhall-court, Beech-street, to ' the Green Man, in Hox-
ton, and he was on his way thither when the officer appre-
hended both of them, and placed them in the station-house.
Thomas Cooper, an officer connected with the Com-
pany, saw a person of the name of Ridley (charged in the
next indictment), in company with Stokes, one day at the
warehouse. Witness followed him when he left, and saw
him join Wagstaff and Hallam in the Minories. (He was
called to prove a connection between all the prisoners.)
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Stokes
and Wagstaff, and acquitted Hallam.
Mr. CLARKSON said that a man of the name of Sibley
was included in the other indictments, and they must all be
tried upon another charge at least.
It was finally arranged that the other indictments should
be tried to-morrow (this day.)
There is a distinct charge against Hallam, connected with
an extensive wool robbery on the banks of the Thames, a
few years ago.

An extraordinary courier arrived with despatches,
yesterday, from Berlin, for the Prussian Embassy. Baron
Bulow returns to this country in November, the Baroness
after Christmas. The alarm on account of the cholera in
the Prussian capital was subsiding.

On Friday night, as the Star Liverpool coach was
proceeding on its journey, the coachman observed a man
lying across the road at Redburn, about seven miles be-
yond St. Alban's. He immediately pulled up, and calling
to the guard, Cie latter got down to remove the man
from his dangerous situation ; but at the very instant,
and before lie could pull him out of the way, the Halifax
mail dashed by, and the wheels passing over the upper part
of his body, killed him on the spot. It appeared that the
unfortunate man, who was a farmer's servant named Ab-
bott, had got dead drunk and fell asleep on the spot
where lie came by his death. The night was very dark,
and the mail came so suddenly up, that the guard was
taken quite by surprise ; had it been half a minute later
the man's life would have been saved.

Hevey, the notorious convict, has been recaptured.
He is a native of this town, where his mother, wife, and
other relatives are still living. In 1833 he was convicted
at Durham Assizes for burglary, for which he was sen-
tenced to transportation for life. It appears that he found
means to escape from Sydney, and has been occasionally
seen in Sunderland and the neighbourhood for the last two
years—that he was even present on the race-course during
the races two summers ago. The circumstances attending
his escape are said to be as follows :—That he, with 13
other convicts, were employed to assist in conveying a
provision-ship of the Colony from Sydney to some other
destination, and that they all effected their escape in the
said vessel, the Captain of which has never been since
seen or heard of ; but the rumours in circulation do not
afford any particulars as to what became of the vessel and
the other part of her crew.—Sunderland Herald.

DEAT II BY POISON.—An inquest was he'd on
Saturday in Jervis-street Hospital, by Sir Nicholas Brady,
on the bod) of Mary Jackson. The following was
statement on evidence :—On Tuesday morning last the
kitchen mai,i named M'Culloch, in the house of colonel
Burrowes, Clondalkin, poured poison in the tea which was
intended for the use of the butler and housemaid (the de-
ceased). On the butler and deceased filling out the tea,
the latter drank a cup full, but the former did not finish
his. Shortly afterwards the deceased was seized with vio-
lent spasms in the stomach, and was obliged to go to bed ;
the butler was also sick, but recovered Oefore night, and
on Thursday evening the deceased expired after two days'
violent torture. The inquest was accordingly held yester-
day, and a verdict returned—that the deceased came by
her death in consequence of swallowing a poisonous ingre-
dient. Biddy M'Culloch, who committed the barbarous
act, was committed to Newgate, to stand her trial.—lrish
Paper.
BANKING AND MORA the last Number
of the Economist, is the following extract from Mr. Gil-
bert's Treatise :—" Banking exercises a powerful influence
upon the morals of society ; it tends to produce honesty
and punctuality in pecuniary engagements. Bankers, for
their own interest, always have a regard to the moral cha-
racter of the party with whom they deal ; they inquire
whether he be honest or tricky, industrious or idle, pruden't
or speculative, thrifty or prodigal ; and they will more rea-
dily make advances to a man of moderate property and
good morals, than to a man of large property, but of infe-
rior reputation. Thus, the establishment of a bank in any
place immediately advances the pecuniary value of a good
moral character. There are numerous instances of persons
having arisen from obscurity to wealth only by means of
their moral character, and the confidence which that charac-
ter produced in the mind of their banker. It is not merely by
way of loan or discount that a banker serves such a person,
he also speaks well of him to those persons who may make
inquiries respecting him ; and the banker's good opinion
will be the means of procuring him a higher degree of
credit with the parties with whom he trades. These effects
are easily perceivable in country towns ; and, even in Lon-
don ; if a house be known to have engaged in gambling or
smuggling transactions, or in any other way to have acted
discreditably, their bills will he taken by the bankers less
readily than those of an honourable house of inferior pro-
perty. It is thus that the bankers perform the functions
of public conserva'ors of the commercial virtues. From
motives of private interest, they encourage the industrious,
the prudent, the punctual, and the honest, while they dis-
countenance the spendthrift and the gambler, the liar and
the knave. They hold out inducements to uprightness,
which are not disreg:srded by even the most abandoned.
There is many a man who would be deterred from disho-
nesty by the frown of a banker, though he might care but
little for the admonitions of a bishop."

Wednesday an inquisition was taken before Mr. Stir-
ling, at the Laurie Arms, Sholdhum-street, Edgeware-road,
on view of the body of Mary Ann Rowland, aged 21. It
appeared from the evidence, that the deceased lived with
her parent at No. 2, Sholdliam-street. She was of very
gay habits, and through her father's indulgence she was
frequently at balls, theatres, and concerts. Latterly she
showed symptoms of aberration of mind, and which in-
creased during the last few da;, s. About two o'clock on
Monday she was seen by her father, who met her in
Horner-row on her way home. Not having been seen for
two or tin- hours after, and the door of her bedroom
being faster. ,l in the inside, it was burst open, when she
iwip found s:.,pended by a cord from a nail in the wall. She
was cut clowT, but life was found extinct. Verdict---" Tem-
porary insanity."

JAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1837.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A Jew, named Beitjainin Lyons, was brought before Sir
CHAPMAN MARSHALL, charged with having gone on board
a steam-vessel, for the purpose of committing a robbery.
Rangecroft, the officer, who has the steam-boat wharfs at
London Bridge under his superintendence, stated, that at
ten o'clock yesterday morning, the prisoner walked on board
one of the steamers a hich was just about to start, carrying
with him a carpet-bag full, and apparently very heavy.
Witness suspected that the "bag meant no good," and hav-
ing kicked it, found that there was some very unyielding
substance inside. He then took the liberty to examine it,
and found half-a-dozen large bricks at the bottom, covered
with a great coat. He had reason to believe that an ex-
change of property was contemplated by the prisoner in the
course of the voyage, and took him into custody.
Inspector M•Legn said that the prisoner appeared to tie
in a very drjected state upon being brought before him, and
had stated that, on account of the distresses of his family.
he had determined to put an end to himself by dropping
along with the bricks into the Thames.

Rangecroft believed the prisoner had gone on board a
steam-vessel about ten days ago for the same purpose, but
he did not accomplish his object, as a carpet bag full of
bricks was found in the place of a carpet bag containing
different sorts of property, at the same time that the pri-
soner was missed.—(A laugh.)
The prisoner said that he redly felt tired of life, and
meant nothing less than t.o make away with himself.
An odd occurrence was described as having taken place
on board a steam-vessel a short time ago. A passenger,
who had but a scanty stock of travelling articles in a car-
pet bag, deposited it in a certain part of the vessel, and
soon afterwards saw another passenger stow away, next to
it, a carpet bag of similar dimensions, but evidently con-
taining more substantial property. After the vessel had
got as far as Greenwich the owner of the heavy bag, who
had been drinking a little too much, called a boat, and in a
reckless manner, and greatly to the delight of the other pas-
sengers, seized that which did not belong to him and went
ashore, leaving behind him his own. With his eyes fixed
upon the bag which the drunken fool had abandoned, the
cunning fellow, who enjoyed the blunder, arrived at Graves-
end, and he rapturously sweated under the delicious weight
till he arrived at an old building, when, upon empty ing, the
bag, he found that it had been crammed with congenial
brick and mortar.
The prisoner was ordered to be remanded.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday Win. Henry Atkins, aged 40, was, finally exa-
mined, charged with bigamy. Susannah Green, a well-
looking woman, about 30 years of age, in 1831 was living
as servant in Cobham, in Buckinghatnshire, when the pri-
soner became acquainted with her, and represented himself
as a single man, and a farmer. He continued to pay his
addresses to her, and proposed marriage, and the ceremony
took place at Cobham Church by the Rev. Mr. Webster.
Elizabeth Charlotte Grafton, aged 22, of Canonbury-
lane, Islington, proved that the prisoner married her by
banns on the 4th of last June, at Hoxton Church. He
represented himself as a widower. The certificates of
both marriages were produced, and several witnesses gave
testimony to substantiate the charges, and to prove the
existence of his first wife, who was residing at Acton, he
having married three wives.
The prisoner was fully committed.

QUEEN-S Q Uri RE.
Mr. George Wood, of Northumberland Wharf, Strand,
was yesterday charged on a summons with neglecting to
furnish a waggon for the conveyance of some soldiers to
their quarters. Mr. GREGORIE inflicted the penalty of 40s.
and costs.

A woman of loose habits, named Clarke, and a private
in the Ist Regiment, named Saunderson, were charged
with having picked a man's pocket. The girl was com-
mitted for one month, and the male was held to bail.