The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-27 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day,

LONDON, Feb. 27 —Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but cloudy
at times.

KINGROAD, Feb. 26.—Arrived--A. L. Mowe, from St
John's, N.B.

CARDIFF, Feb. 26.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Heroine, for
Monte Video.

IionYnEAD, Feb. 2G.—Arrived—Rescue, from Liver-
pool for San Francisco ; Rita, screw steamer, from Liver-
pool for Ailboa.
LEITH, Feb. 25.—Wind SM.—Sailed—Melbourne, for
Melbourne.

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(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
Gas.vEsEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. '26—Teaser, and Sisters, from Guernsey ;
Hendrieka, from Jamaica ; Emma, from Emden ; Dart,
from Bruges ; Gills, from Dunkerque ; Volunteer, from
New York ; Whitehaven Lass, from Guayaquil; Visurgis,
from Callao; England's Rose, from Berbiee ; Emanuel,
from Hookseil ; Elizabeth, from Guernsey ; H.M.S. Lord
Raglan, from Alddlney ;.Bertha, from Grenaal : Dannebro,
from Nestvid ; Alida Dik, Irem Groningen; Onkahara,
from Gotten burg ; Angelina, from Hooksiel ; Treaty, from
Dunkirk; Frithiof, from Helsingborg ; Constance, from
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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, F.

LAW INT

This Day.

ROLLS COURT.
ELLICE Y. ROUPELL.

This was a case in which the plaintiffs -prayed
that they might be at liberty to examine Alfred
Douglas Harwood, of Copthall-court, City, and other
witnesses, who could prove any matters tending to
show or establish the due execution by R. P. Roupell and
his wife of an indenture of Sept. 26,1853, and the right and
title of the plaintiffs thereunder, and that such testimony
might be recorded by the court in order to the perpetuation
thereof.

His Honour ordered the plea to stand for an answer with
iberty to accept.

COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCItI

DR. CAMPBELL AND THE " SATURDAY REVIEW."
In this case the Rev. Dr. Campbell, proprietor of the
British Ensign, brought an action for libel against the
publisher of the Saturday Review.
Verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £5O.

LORD MAYOR'S COURT.
;Before the Common Sergeant and a Jury.)

BREAK DOWN OP AN ENGINE ON TILE UNDERGROUND

RAILWAY AND DETENTION OF THE JUDGE,
This morning considerable surprise was expressed at the
lateness of the judge, whose non-arrival by half-past 10
caused some discussion in court. At about 10 minutes to

11, Mr. Chambers, Q.C., the Common Sergeant, arrived,
and on taking his seat -on the bench, said " I must apolo-
gise for being so late, but an engine on the underground
railway br,ke down and caused some detention."

- -------- -
Mr. Robinson—We are very glad to see that your lord-
ship has arrived safely. _ _

Several undefended eases were taken, and the Court then
proceeded to try those which were defended.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

FORGING A BILL OF EXCHANGE,—Wm. James Taylor,
a respectable looking man, was charged before Mr. Knox
with forging a bill of exchange for X. 50 under tho following
circumstances :

Mr. Henry Passey, cap manufacturer, of 17, Little New-
port street, deposed that in the month of November or De-
cember, 1861, the prisoner called upon him and offered him
a bill for £5O (produced), and asked him to cash it. He
kept the bill and made inquiries, and left it with a Mr.
Harding. It was drawn by Wm. James Taylor, and ac-
cepted by Thomas Harding and Sons, and was made pay-
able at the Argyle-place branch of the Union Bank.
Mr. Horace Welsh Harding, of the firm of Harding and
Sons, 108, Regent-street, said he managed the business of
the firm, and the acceptance was not written by him or by
his authority. The firm banked at the Union Bank. In

1861 he obtained a summons at this court against the pri-
soner, but he did not attend to it, and he had not seen him

since,

Mr. Agar, superintendent of the Windsor borough police,
said he apprehended the prisoner, who described himself as
an accoutrement maker at Kingsland.
James Stevens, 27 C, stated that he received the pri-
soner in custody, when he said that he thought the matter
was settled, as he bad done business with Mr. Passey seve-
ral times since.
The prisoner made no defence, and was committed for
trial.

PARISH PROSECUTION OP BROTHEL-KEEPERS. —John
Septimus Saul, described as a builder, 27, St. James's-
market, was charged before Mr. Knox with keeping a
brothel at 32, Great Windmill-street; and
Antonio Corton and Sarah Littleton, 8, George-court;
Julius Lilienthal and Elisabeth Brinton, 4, Francis-

street ;
John Whitley and Victorine Whitley, 8, Great James-
street ;
Ann Donohoe, 7, Great James-street ; and Mary Wood
and Frances Jackson, Great Windmill-street, were charged
with a similar offence.
Mr. Allen, Carlisle-street, Soho, prosecuted for the parish
authorities of St. James's, and Mr. Edward Lewis, Great
Marlborough-street, defended some of the prisoners.
Sergeant George Appleton, 26 C, deposed that he knew
Saul as the keeper of the house 32, Great Windmill-street
and Wood and Jackson as his servants.
In answer to Mr. Lewis, the sergeant said he had seen
Jackson at the house for the past two years.
Mr. Allen said that Saul was not only the keeper of the
house mentioned, but of several others of a similar descrip-
tion.
Mr. Knox committed the prisoners to the sessions, fixirg
the bail, Saul in £lOO himself, and two sureties of £5O; the
servants at £4O each, and two sureties of £2O each.
The whole of the other prisoners were committed to the
sessions, as also was Sophia Campbell, 51, Rupert-street,
subsequently brought up, bail being taken for them.
Some of the prisoners were stated by Mr. Allen to be no-
torious brothel •keepers, and that they had kept their houses
open in defiance of the attempt of the authorities to sup-
press houses of the kind in the particular localities.

THAMES.
BEEF AND BRUSHES.—Emma, Evans, aged 43, a very
plausible woman, and described as a laundress, of No. 7,
Carr-street, Limehouse, was brought before Mr. Selfe, on
remand, charged with stealing a piece of beef and 19
brushes.
A few days since a police constable named William Car-
ter, No. 78 K, was called upon by a butcher to take the pri-
soner into custody for stealing a large joint of prime beef,
wllich he found concealed under her shawl, as she was
leaving his shop, where she had been cheapening some
meat. She threw herself on her knees and implored for-
giveness, declaring that she was a widow, with 7 fatherless
children, and so far prevailed on the tender sympathies of
the butcher, that he condoned the felony by receiving the
price of his beef from the prisoner, whom he then
released. Carter, however, determined to arrest her again,
and his reason for doing so was that he found 19 new
brushes in her possession. On being asked to account
for them she first said they were made by her late husband,
who was a brush maker, and that she was going to the
shop of a rag dealer to sell them. She afterwards gave
other accounts relating to her possession of the brushes.
Mr. Henry Johnson, oil and colourman, of No. 2, Bull-
lane, Stepney, now identified 10 of the new brushes which
he missed from his shop the day tie prisoner was taken
into custody. The prisoner was in the practice of dealing
at his shop.
Carter said he had now 9 new brEslles in his possession
which had not been identified.
Mr. Selfe—And which I have no doubt have been stolen
by the prisoner. They are all new brushes.
Carter—They are, sir. The prisoner first said she was
going to an oil shop to sell them, then to a rag shop, that
her husband was a brushmaker, snd that her daughter
worked at the trade. On reaching the station-house she
said her husband was alive, and was a watchman.
The depositions having been completed by Mr. Pyer, the
chief clerk, the prisoner was asked ii she would plead or
prefer a trial at the sessions.
The prisoner (wringing her hands)--Oh, sir, lam inno-
cent, perfectly innocent. I bought the brushes of a man
who lodged in my house four years ago.
Mr. Selfe—What
many lies you have told about the
brushes. That is another. Why nine of the brushes are
identified by Mr. Johnson. Are yon guilty or not guilty ?
The prisoner—I am guilty of having them in my posses-
sion. I did not steal them.
Mr. Selfe—Then, I shall commit you for trial.
The prisoner—Oh, sir, I am guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty.
I have seven small children.
Mr. Selfe—And a terrible exatiple you have shown
them. Are you guilty of stealing the nine brushes identi-
fied by Mr. Johnson or not. Don't plead if you wish to go
for trial.
The prisoner—l am guilty of the beef and brushes.
Mr. Selfe—l have nothing to do with the beef. You stole
that and paid for it.
The prisoner—l am guilty, sir.
Mr. Selfe—l convict you of larceny, and sentence you to
three menthe' imprisonment and herd labour. You are a
most artful and wicked woman, and you robbed the butcher
of his beef, and then was allowed to pay for it. That ought
not to have been done, and felons slould not be condoned
on any pretence.