The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct.IO.

MANSION-HOUSE.—A gentlemanly-looking
young man, about 27 years of age, named Thomas
Heeps, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in cus-
tody of George Russell, detective officer, upon a
warrant charging him with stealing an order for the
payment of £127, the property of his employers, the
Brighton Hotel Company, limited.
Mr. Builton, the solicitor to the company, prose-
cuted, and Mr. Wontner appeared to watch the case
on behalf of the prisoner.
Mr. Builton said the prisoner had been in the
service of the Brighton Hotel Company as secretary,
and a cheque for £127 was given to him for the
purpose of paying in to the bankers to the company's
account, and instead of doing so he had paid it in
to his own bankers. On the 16th August last an ac-
count was due to a Messrs. Barker and Son, and at
a board meeting on that date a cheque for £64 was
drawn for the purpose of paying that account, and
given to the prisoner for that purpose. He had,
however, paid that cheque in to his own account at
Messrs. Masterman's. He should charge him with
stealing those two cheques, and also with forging
and uttering an endorsement to the cheque for
£64. He was not in a position to complete both
the cases against the prisoner ; but he would pro-
ceed with the charge of stealing the cheque for
£64, and forging the endorsement, as all the wit-
nesses were not then present.
George Russell, detective officer, said he appre-
hended the prisoner at Pimlico, on the previous
evening, upon a warrant signed by the Lord Mayor.
He read the charge to him, and he said he had
written to the chairman, explaining the matter.
He took him to the station, and on searching him
found, amongst other things, two c mcelled cheques
and a blank cheque. The two cancelled cheques
purported to be signed by the prisoner. He after-
wards went to the prisoner's house, where he found
a cash-box, containing £lBO in gold and two pass-
books. One of the pass-books belonged to the com-
pany, and he found inside it two cancelled cheques
on the City Bank, which he produced. One of the
cheques was for £64 75., dated Aug. 13, payable to
the order of Chas. Barker and Sons, and purport-
ing to bear their endorsement. The other pass-book
was in the prisoner's own name, with Messrs.
Masterman's.

Robert Smith, ledger-keeper at Messrs. Master-
man and Co., bankers, Nicholas-lane, said the pri-
soner kspt an account at their bank. The cheque for
£64 75., dated Aug. 13, was paid in to the prisoner's
account on Sept. 2.
Ed. Gibbons Mullins, cashier at the City Bank,
said the Brighton Hotel Company kept an account
at that Bank. The cheque produced for £64 7s. was
passed through the clearing-house, and was charged
to the account of the company. The cheque was
payable to the order of Messrs. Barker and Sons,
and would require an endorsement purporting to be
theirs, before it was paid.
Henry Evans, cashier to Messrs. Baker and Sons,
Birchin-lane, advertising agents, said there was an
account of £64 7s. due to that firm on the 15th of
August from the Brighton Hotel Company. That
account was paid on Sept. 25, but not with the
cheque produced, nor by the prisoner. The endorse-
ment on the back of the cheque purporting to be
the signature of Messrs. Barker and Sons was not
signed by any member of the firm.
Mr. H, Linford, secretary to the company, said he
believed the endorsement at the back of the cheque
to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. The ac-
count of £64 7s. was paid to Messrs. Barker by him
on the 25th of September last.
The chairman of the company said he signed the
cheque produced, at a board meeting, on the 13th of
August, and it was given to the prisoner for the pur-
pose of paying Messrs. Barker's account.
The prisoner was remanded.

BOW-STREET.—THREATENING SIR RICHARD
MAYNE.—John I'aget Tremlett was again brought
before Mr. Henry on the charge of writing a threa-
tening letter to Sir R. Mayne.
Mr. Wm. R. Fredk. Lane, M.R.0.5., and licen-
tiate of Apothecaries-hall, said—l live at North-
side, Bethnal-green. I have attended the prisoner
for months. I think he is in his right state of mind,
but when excited he is somewhat rash and disposed
to use stronger language than is prudent,
Mr. Henry—Do you think he is competent to
distinguish between right and wrong?
Mr. Lane-1 have never had reason to suppose to
the contrary. He is very exciteable when put out
or when he has been drinking, and if he thinks he
is in the right he will go to great lengths.
Mr. Henry—Ah, but he must be restrained from
going great lengths as to threaten persons with the
example of Rush and Williams. You had better
read that letter, Mr. Lane ; you will probably re-
member that the persons referred to were persons
who were executed for murder.
Mr. Lane, after reading the letter, said he did not
consider that the defendant's mind was disordered.
The prisoner, addressing the magistrate in an
angry and vehement manner, said he should be very
guarded in his observations, as it had gone forth
that at the former examination he expressed him-
self incoherently.
Mr. Henry—Now, Tremlett, let me advise you
to be calm.
The Prisoner (fiercely)--Calm, sir ? Oh, I will
be calm ! I will be calm !

Mr. Henry—You certainly were very excited
yesterday.
The Prisoner—Any man may be excited at times.
Mr. Henry—Yes, but I want you to endeavour
to control that excitement. I want to point out to
you how you have erred. You seem to have thought
that you had a grievance, and that Sir Richard
Mayne wished to withhold from you the name and
number of the policeman. Now, you were quite
rong in that. There is no hesitation or difficulty
about giving his name and number. However,
No
if
there were, nothing can justify such threats. _
antecedent letters, no previous circumstances what-
ever could justify them. think I was
The Prisoner—l beg your pardon. I
determined to
quite justified. I only say I am as
do what he did.
have an answer as Rash was to
There is no threat in that.
Mr. Henry—No reasonableperson would interpret
it as you say.
The Prisoner—Had that letter been written to
an ordinary private individual would you have
taken any notice of it Position in life of
the parties makes no difference whatever.
The Prisoner—Tlie decisions of magistrates vary
so much, that the law is nothing but a lottery.
The prisoner then re-called Mrs. Harvey, to grope

that he (tho prisoner) had never been informed of
the policeman's number.
Then prisoner then went into a number cf details
as to the correspondence, all of which Mr. Henry
reminded him he had already stated.
Mr. Henry then said—ln that last letter you
have certainly used language calculated to excite
alarm ; and, as it is the opinion of medical men that
you do understand the difference between right and
wrong—
Prisoner (emphatically)—Certainly I do.
Mr. Henry—Therefore I must hold you to bail,
to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for the
next 12 months, in two sureties of £5O each, and
your own recognisance of £lOO.
The Prisoner—That is pretty heavy bail.
Mr. Henry—And let me caution you that if you
write to Sir Richard Mayne, or any one else, any
more letters containing similar threats you will be
committed for trial.

The Prisoner—No jury in England would con-
vict ma.

Two gentlemen, neighbours of the prisoner,
offered themselves as bail. Both, however, re-
quested the magistrate to fix a lower amount, sug-,
gesting that £25 would be sufficient.
Mr. Henry—l think not. I have considered the
matter carefully, and 1 think fixing that amount
may have the effect of restraining him. You appear
to be his friends, and he would probably be reluc-
tant to subject you to the loss of the money.
One of the sureties admitted that he should not
like such language to be written to himself; the
other said, if the prisoner would take his advice he
would give up letter-writing altogether.
The rccognisances were entered, and the prisoner
liberated.

WESTMINSTER. THE EXTRAORDINARY
CHARGE OF FELONY AT THE MILITARY STORSE.
—John Morelle, an Italian master-tailor, of the
Grenadier Guards, residing at 9, Cornwall-street,
Pimlico, appeared for final examination, charged
with stealing a quantity of cloth belonging to the
Secretary at War.
Mr. Sayers attended to watch the case on behalf
of the War Office ; and Mr. F. H. Lewis, barrister,
appoied for the accused.
In repto an inquiry from Mr. Paynter, it was
stated that tit:Quartermaster of the 47th Regiment,
spoken of by the prisoner in his defence on the last
examination, was not in England, but could be
brought forward if necesslcirY•
At Mr. Lewis's request, Colonel Daubeney, in-
spector of the army clothing, st6od in the witness-
box for cross-examination.
Mr. Lewis inquired when be was appointed to
his present post, and followed it up by- asking
whether there was not a prescribed allowan6e for
the clothing, when
Mr. Paynter observed that it was not of the
smallest importance to this inquiry, and called the
barrister's attention to the fact that there was a
piece of cloth of 3 yards produCed on the last exa-
mination.
Mr. Lewis urged that, in his line of defence, the
questions he was putting were important; his lient
had recommended certain reductions in the amount
of cloth given out.
Mr. Paynter, as the question was about to be
pressed, pointed out that the defence set up by the
prisoner on the last occasion was that Col. Hudson
had given him leave to appropriate the property.
Mr. Lewis contended it was material to his client
that his cross-examination should be pursued as he
was conducting it. A person who did what the
prisoner had done to effect an enormous saving was
not a likely man to commit a felony.
• Mr. Paynter said the prisoner was allowed at his
own earnest request to make his full defence on the
last occasion ; he was not aware of any suggestion
that prisoner had made any saving, nor was it im-
portant to this inquiry.
Mr. Lewis declared that through the prisoner's
instrumentality £13,000 per annum had been saved.
Mr. Lewis put two or three other questions to
Col. Daubeney, who disclaimed any knowledge of
the saving spoken of, and who said there were 200
master tailors in the army, some of whom were
soldiers, some civilians.
Mr. Paynter again said that these inquiries were
irrelevant. •
Mr. Lewis persisted that the inquiries he was
about to nnike were most important. He not only
could show the saving he had mentioned, but that
after the stipulated quantity of cloth was given to a
master tailor, there was no return of the remnants.
The practice of keepinZ what was left had subsided
into a custom. .

Mr. Paynter remarked that it was not a legal
custom. He thought it use2ess for Mr. Lewis to
pursue that line of defence, as tie defence was that
Col. Hudson had given him permission to keep the
cloth. He thought the time of the court was being
wasted.
Mr. Lewis suggested that the time of the court
was being more wasted by the magistrate's frequent
interruptions.
In answer to his further inquiries Col. Dauben eY
said he did not know of a master tailor returning'
remnants of cloth to the War Office ; it was his
duty to return,what was left to the quartermaster,
from whom he received it, in order that it might
be left in the regimental stores. Regimental master-
tailors worked in the regimental shop, and could
not lawfully take an ounce of thread out of it with-
out permission.
Mr. Lewis said that while speaking of strict rule
he would inquire of Col. Daubeney whether he had
not himself used the regimental cloth for a table
cover at the War Office.
Colonel Daubeney replied that he had an obsolete
piece of green cloth on his table, hut he had had
the War Office authority to place it there.
Mr. Paynter having stated that there was no
necessity for answering that question, which Col.
Daubeney, however, immediately replied to,
Mr. Lewis observed that Mr. Paynter appeared
to take a strong view of the case, and not in accord'
ance with that of the public.
Colonel Hudson, superintendent of the manufac-
ture of clothing, was then called.
In cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, he said that
prisoner was so first-rate a master tailor that he
had received his present post in that capacity
through the instrumentality of General Crawford ;
it was at the general's request, and for his ability
and general good conduct in the 47th. The mini-
mum quantity of cloth was served out for the sol-
diers' clothing; as little as was possibly thought
sufficient to make the article. One yard and seven-
teen inches of cloth was given out to make a tunic
before the prisoner became the master tailor, but
the prisoner made calculations and produced pat-
terns to show that a much less quantity of cloth
would be sufficient for the purpose. The patterns
were submitted to Sir Thomas Troubridge, and
being approved of, a great saving was effected.
Could not say that 133,000 per annum had
been saved by prisoner, but there certainly
was a most considerable saving to the public;
witness thought in consequence of prisoner's plans
being brought under the notice of the Goverment.
None of the remnants were ever returned to the
Government stores. It was the practice to retain
the remnants, witness thought, to repair the sol-
diers' clothing. Prisoner had 700 suits of clothing
to cut out while in the 47th. In 1858 the prisoner
showed him a piece of cloth at Dover, and said he
had some left after making the clothing. At that
time prisoner spoke and understood English very
imperfectly, and it was difficult to make him un-
derstand. The piece of cloth prisoner showed him
witness told him to keep. He said, "Keep it here."
He meant with the stores of the regiment, as it
would have caused a great deal of trouble had it
been returned to the place whence it had been
issued. Never knew of any cloth being sent back
by any regiment to the military stores. Remem-
bered prisoner making several patterns of coats,
and thought he had gone to the expense of buying
the cloth, for which witness expressed regret, upon
which prisoner told him he had made them from
the remnants. Did not tell the prisoner it was
wrong to make the patterns which were sent to
Sir Thomas Troubridge from the Government cloth.
Shell jackets might have been made from the rem-
nants, and sold by the master tailors, but not with
the sanction of Government,
Mr. Lewis observed that he gathered from what
had occurred that it had been the magisrate's in-
tention to commit the prisoner for trial, but he
hoped that from the fresh complexion put upon the
case by the cross-examination the magistrate's view
of it was altered. The question for the magistrate's
consideration was not whether the prisoner had kept
the cloth back from an error in judgment, or upon
strength of a prevailing custom, but whether he
had withheld it feloniously; and he submitted that
there was nothing to constitute a charge of larceny.
No jury of master tailors, or any other men, would
come to the conclusion that the
stolen the cloth; and if character was of any ad-
.vantage to a man, he surely had it ; for he obtained.
prisoher had
his present appointment by that and his ability.
Instead of beine• guilty of peculations, he showed
how two inches of cloth, which he might have kept,
could be saved in every tunic, and that surely did
not savour of dishonesty ; and he trusted that the
accused was not to be put to the shame and disgrace
of a trial by a jury upon this charge. If committed,
disgracea granrl
there still
might fortunatelypro oa
bhappened
himtot
texistat
jury, who '
by ignoring the bill. He (Mr. Lewis) would call
Col. Burnaby, of the Grenadier Guards, through
whose kindness the prisoner was professionally de-
fended that day, to speak to his character ; but it
suggested itself to him that Col. Daubeney might
feel it his duty to withdraw this prosecution for
felony, alter an explanation which showed that the
act at most was mainly referable to a prevailing
system.

Col. Daubeney observed that it was to put dowt
that system he had brought this ca se forward.
had always had the highest opinion of the prsoner,
Mr. Lewis said it was sacrificing a respect able
man to a system.
Colonel Burnaby was called for the prisoner, and
said he had recommended him to the authorities 3 as
a highly respectable man ; he had. known him in ti-
mately since 1855.
In answer to Mr. Paynter,
Colonel Daubeney B,lld the mark now on the
cloth was not strictly identical with that used font
pin 1859. Both:
ound in prisoner's pos-
years ago. There was a nOw stamp
.
stamps were on the cloth I
session. Had not known ii,,stances of returning
remnants to the Government b tores, but it was the
master tailor's duty to return w hat was left to the
quartermaster.
ease was a clear
Mr. Paynter observed that the
I' Government
one, as regarded his duty, to commit fo r trial. Pri-
soner bad been found in possession o
stores at his private residence, having ,leitner right
nor authority to take them away from where he
was employed on any occasion. The de fence he
made was, that when in a similar capacity v 'ith the
47th to that he had lately held in the Gree,adier
Guards, the quartermaster allowed hint to keep the
remnants, and that Col. Hudson subsequently gave
him leave at Dover to keep some cloth he had saved-
Col. Hudson might have said indifferently that he
was to keep the cloth, but be never could have said
he was to keep it for himself. It was unreasonable
to suppose he would have done so ; and even if he bad
he would not have been justified in doing so, as one
person in the Government employment had no right
or authority to give any of the stores away to an-
other. As regarded general custom, if such custom
wasillegal, no defence could be based upon
it to a criminal act. A man might be honest
four years ago, but dishonest now. It would seem
probable by the mark on the cloth that it had.
been taken at two different times, as there were the
old and the new marks. Prisoner would not have
been employed at all had he not borne a good cha-
racter; but he (Mr. Paynter) could not act on cha-
racter. tie had felt bound to remand the case, but
at once admitted the prisoner to bail. There was
too much precodence
i to justify the peculation com-
plained of as far as t could be, and he thought that
there would be no such saving as the £13,000 per
annum spoken of if peculation amongst master tai-
lors continued, as it might be only equal to the
quantity purloined.
The prisoner was' then committed for trial, but
admitted to bail, Colonel Burnaby kindly being one
, of his sureties.

GOUNIR Y DIARILL'i s.


LIVERPOOL-OCT. 10.
The trade rather slow to-day, and prices were the turn
lower, and rather irregular. k 'lour also dull, and the turn
cheaper. Indian corn steady, ,though not active. Other
articles unchanged,

WAKEFIELD—.OOT. 10.
Our market to-day was slow for .u'heM ; good old and dry
new sorts hardly maintained their villue, and other quali-
ties at lower prices. Fine barley as be kre ; inferior a shade
easier. Beans, oats, and shelling were' quiet, and rather
cheaper.
Averages for the week :
Wheat 1,649 qrs., at . 49s 7id
8ar1ey.....
Peas ,•••
Oats 42 .. 27s 5d
Rye — —a Od
Beans

STAMFORD—Om 10.
New wheat, 52s to 54s—red, 48s to 52s per 36 stone.
Barley, 300 to 40s per qr. Oats, 23s to 26s per 24 stone.
Beans, 40s to 44s per qr.

EXETER—OcT. 10.
Wheat, white.. 6s 3d to 6s 6d I Barley. .. 4s Od to 4s 6cl
Pitt') red. .6s Od to 6s 3d l Oats 2s 10d to 3s 2d
t'lour, fine, 37s to 38s ; seconds, 35s to 36s per sack.

CATTLE.
The supply of all descriptions of stock this morning very
plentiful.
Fat beef, p sc., 10s0d to 10s6d I Ewes, per lb ....7d to ltd
Pork carcases, 8s 6d to es 6d Wethors, 61d to 7d
Lamb, p 1b....... nd to 8d Fat calves, d0...51d to 6/ J.
Rough Col, 3/d per lb.

BRISTOL SUGAR—OcT. 10.
There has been a quiet bueness done this week in raw
sugars. Merchants are stiff in their demands, and will not
meet buyers' prices, and manufaOturers cannot, at the pre-
sent rates at which their goods ha ve to be sold, afford to pay
so dearly for the raw material. Refined goods a quiet sale.
In rum there is more activity than fcr some time past, and
several parcels of Demeraras have elmmged hands at prices
the turn dearer.

COAL M.
alloes of Coal per Ton at
s. d.
Wylam ..16 0

LARK E T.
t the close of the market.

•e. d.
North Pelton Ga 5..... 13 3

Carway and Duffryn
Malting 23 6 Walls End.
Do. Anthracito 21 6 Haswell lB 0
Holywell ..15 6 I Heugh Hall 16 6
Eden Main ...16 0 1 Stewart's ..17 6
Byass's Bebside West lietton • • lB 0
Hartley ....15 6', South Hetton ...... ...18 0
Hastings Hartley ....15 6 , Hartlepool.. l7 6
k‘ alker Primrose 12 ti ' Tuwitall •••..••• . • • • 16 3
Panfield Moor l2 6 Eden . . 16 3
Tanfield Moor Butes 12 6 Acorn Close 16 6
Carr's Hartley 15 6 Belmont 16 3
_ _ ....

Ships at market, 102 ; sold. 60.

.FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Oct. 19.
via Marseilles ... Oct. 13.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Nov. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Oct. 19.
via Marseilles Oct. 13.
Falkland Islands .. . Nov. 4.
Gibraltar, via Southampton ... Oct. 15.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 19..
via Marseilles Oct. 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 15.
via Marseilles Oct. 9.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 15.
via Marseilles'
Newfoundland .. Oct. 15.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 15.
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. Oct. 10.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe
Bahamas, via New York' Oct. 23.
Mexico
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru,
1 Oct 14.
California, and British Columbia

DANGER OF JESTING IN BUSINESS MATTERS.
--
A letter from Prague, of the sth, mentions a curious affair
which proves that jesting in matters of business may some-
times cost dear. About a fortnight ago a hop.dealer of the'
neighbourhood entered the counting-house of a large
merchant at Prague, with whom he had had commercial
relations. The latter asked him how business was going
on, when he replied, "I am doing so little that I am almost
inclined to enter your service as clerk."—" What salary
should you require ?" asked the merchant.—" Only 2,000
florins a year," replied the other, laughing. The merchant
shook hands with him, saying, " Then it is a bargain."
After a little further conversation the hop dealer retired,
and neither one nor the other appeared to think any
more of the matter. Six days after a considerable
riso began to take place in hops, and the merchant
went to Saaz, the largest market in Bohemia, to
make purchases, and, to his annoyance, found that
the dealer had got the start of him, and purchased all he
could find. Meeting the dealer in the street, the merchant
asked him what hops he had purchased, and the price?
" That is my affair," was the reply. " What do you mean
by your affair? You forgot, then, that you are my clerk,
and that I have a right to inquire what business you trans-
act on my account. You are free to cancel your engage-
ment hereafter, but for the present you act for me." This
that he
dealer went to consult an advocate, who told him
engagement was valid, and that in any case a trial would
be a tedious affair. He then went to the merchant, and
after a long discussion agreed to pay 4,000 florins, (10,000 f.)
damages for cancelling his engagement in order to retain
for his own account the profitable speculation he had made.
When the money had teen paid, the Prague merchant de-
clared that he would not keep a farthing of it, and distri-
buted it among some poor relations of the dealer.