The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-26 00:00:00

THAMES.

IMPUDENCE AND RESIGNATION.—James Cogle, a poor
shoeless boy, aged 13 years, was brought before Mr. Part-
ridge charged with attempting to steal a till and its con-
tents from the shop of Mrs. Eliza Taylor, ship biscuit
baker, of No. 124, Cock-hill, Ratcliff.
Mrs. Taylor stated that last evening she saw the prisoner
behind her counter and about to removo the till. She at
first thought it was her own boy, but on closer inspection
she found it was a strange lad, and she got up and laid
hold on him. Another boy came into the shop and tried
to rescue him.

Prisoner—There he is.

Mr. Partridge—Who, what do you mean ?
Another boy left the back of the court, got into the dock
alongside the prisoner and said, " Here I am, sir."

Prisoner—This is the chap who was with me,

Mr. Partridge ordered the "chap" to leave the dock and
said there was no charge against him. If there was a
charge ho would not hear it in such an irregular way of
bringing a case before him.
George Coleman, a police-constable, No. 270 K, stated
that the prisoner had been in custody before, and was a
very impudent boy. No shopkeeper was safe from his
petty depredations.
Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had been
very much neglected.

Mr. Partridge having made inquiries about the prisoner's
father and family, said he should order the prisoner to be
detained three years at the Feltham Industrial School, and
his father to pay 2s. per week for his support.
The Prisoner—Three years at the Feltham School?
Mr. Partridge—Yes, three years.
The Prisoner—Thank you. I don't mind that. Three
years. Good! -
STABBING.—EmanueI Visaro, a Spanish seaman, was
brought before Mr. Partridge charged with robbing and
wounding Emma Frost, of No. 15, Albert-square, Shad-
well.
The prosecutrix said she was in a " dance-room " in
Whitechapel last night, and saw the prisoner and other
foreign sailors beating a young man. She interfered and
the prisoner struck her on the head with a sharp instru-
ment. •

Mary Ann Scanton confirmed the evidence of Frost.
Robert Payne, a police-constable, No. 198 H, said tho
surgeon at the London Hospital pronounced the wound on
the woman's head to be a very serious one. She bled
copiously from the wormd.
Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND.

The adjourned special meeting of this company
was held yesterday at Derby, for the purpose of
considering several bills now before Parliament ;
Mr. W. H. Hutchinson presided.

The CHAIRMAN said the first bill he had to submit
was for conferring additional powers on the Midland
Railway Company for the construction of works and
otherwise in relation to their own undertaking and
the undertakings of other companies. It was an
omnibus bill, and contained a great variety of powers
to enable the Midland to construct small branches.
They proposed to abandon the Valley line and sub-
stitute for it the Staveley works line. There were
also- powers to cross several streets at Burton-on-
Trent, and to purchase land in London, Bristol, and
other places.
Mr. Beale, the solicitor, read the heads of the bill,
which, after some discussion, was approved.
The CHAIRMAN said the next bill was to authorise
the Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Company to
extend their railway from D udbridge to the Great
Western Railway at Stroud..
The bill was approved, and the meeting was ad-
journed to the 7th of June.