The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-21 00:00:00

How BURGLARIES ARE MANAGED.—A we

known member of the swell-mob was recently arrested in
London, and on searching his person there was found upon
him a letter, among others, dated from Newtown Park,
near Lymington, giving information that the family would
very shortly be aw.y, and discribing the doors, the
approaches, the various rooms, the way in and out, the
plate and its chests, and everything that could facilitate
what is, in the police world, known as a " put up" bur-
glary. Had it not been for this timely discovery the town
would have been some morning alarmed by a bold and suc-
cessful exploit. The valuables would have been safely re.

moved, and, after a nine days' wonder, the whole would
have passed by, perhaps leaving only a suspicion on some
of the outlying rangers of Norley-wood. As it is, how-
ever, we were astonished at hearing that a detective and
others of the police had come down and arrested n 1 less a
person than the butler of the above mansion, whose name
was attached to this remarkable letter.—Hants Advertiser.
ACTIONS IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS.—At the
Secondaries' Court, yesterday, an action was
brought in one of the superior Courts to recover £5 for re-
freshments, and £5 for money lent. Counsel appeared on
both sides, and the result was a verdict for 505., and the
Secondary gave a certificate for costs. Another case was
tried in which the amount sought to be recovered was small,
and in stating the case the attorney declared that only three
out of every 100 cases brought in the superior courts were
tried, whereas in the county courts nearly all were tried.
He urged that it was better to proceed in the superior courts
for expedition where no defence was made, and for the feel-
lity it gave to arrangements between the parties. The bill

introduced by Mr. Beuverie to prohibit writs in the supe-
rior courts for sums under £lO has been withdrawn, and
writs are nc w being issued for small sums, and costs allowed
in cases where the parties do not reside within the same
county court district.

REVERSES OF FORTUNE IN VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.
—Victoria resembles Melbourne before the great
gold rush had subsided in that scene of speculation and ad-
venture. A ger tleman who once kept his cab in London,
and was the member of a fashionable London club house,
is serving out liquor at a bar; and this gentleman's em-
ployer was, curiously enough, a waiter at the very club of
which this gentleman was a member. A gentleman, who
was formerly a major in the English army, is receiving one
dollar and a half a day as an ordinary day labourer. lam
told that another quondam army man is hawking cabbage
about the streets. Another gentleman, who was a captaii.
in the English army, was a barkeeper, hui has now gone to
try his luck at the mines. Another, who was a lieutenant
in the army, and whom I met nearly every day, was doing
nothing but loafing about. Another gentleman, who was a
captain in the army, went away suddenly, I believe to Stic-

kern. A friend tells me that a lawyer is washing bottles

Auother lawyer with whom I am acquainted is looking about

for work in vain. An Oxford or a Cambridge man, I for-
get which, is working at a forge, where he luckily got em-

ployment from the fact that he t ad acquired the art of shoe.
ing horses, 1 know the son of a clergyman in one of the

Midland counties who has been working on the roads iu

British Columbia. He was a servant of all work for a time

to Attorney-General Cary. One day I found him working
under a coloured man, helping to remove a wooden house.
For this really hard labour he received two dollars and a-
.

half a day, but:it was a temporary job and soon over. The
lad did not look over well, and had a terribly swellen face,
but he was compelled to stick to his work, or—l need not
mention the other alternative.— United Service 31agazine.
A parliamentary return just published esi inmted
the value of the arms, stores, &c., taken at Sebastopol at
£26,000,