The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

PICKPOCKETS AT THE EXHIBITION.--JOhll Allen and
Henry Eccleston, the latter of whom said he was a very
respectable young man, who did not like to give his name
were charged with picking pockets at the Exhibition.
Charles Cole, 23 C, said that at 7 last evening he was at
the corner of Cromwell-road when he saw the two prisoners,
and knowing them as constant associates of thieves,watched
them.

Mr. Arnold—Do you mean to say you know this very
respectable young man to be an associate of thieves?
Witness —Yes, I do.

Prisoner, Eccleaton—l have only been in London four
days.

Mr. Arnold—How long have you known him ?
Witness—l saw him first four or five years ago. I have
seen him several times of late, and recently with the other
prisoner.

Mr. Arnold—Go on with your statement.

Witness—l saw Allen go in front of a lady, and Eccle-
ston close by her side, with his left hand down by the lady's
side. Both soon left her for a little while, and went into
the Brompton-road, but returned to her and stood as before.
Eccleston with his right hand used a white handkerchief to
wipe his face, while he used his left at the same time to
pick the lady's 'pocket, and he drew his hand out with
something in it. Eccleston then touched the other, and
looking at me they were about to go away, when I endea-
voured to seize them both, but Eccleston ran away and
threw something in the road. He was followed for some
distance, and was then taken. There was 15s. 6d. loose
in Allen's pocket.

Two witnesses were called who had followed and secured
Eccleston. He was seen to throw copper money away.
The prisoners were remanded for a week.

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THANIES.

DARING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—William Ellman
and James Regan, well-known thieves, were brought up
on remand, charged with burglary and robbery.
Several houses of public entertainment in Shadwell, St.
George's-in-the-East, and Wapping, have been broken
into and plundered in the course of the last six weeks.
Among others the Town of Ramsgate public-house, Wap-
ping Old Stairs, was burglariously entered on the night of
the 17th of July, and £7 worth of silver, three penny pieces,
and some other moneys
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An old pair of boots had been left in the cellar by one of
the burglars, who no doubt exchanged them for a pair
of the landlord's new and more valuable boots. An
entrance was obtained into the Town of Rams-
gate by opening the cellar flap, descending into
the cellar, and ',bursting open the cellar door with some
considerable force. The burglars then walked up the cellar
stairs into the bar, regaled themselves with the landlord's
wine and liquors, and ransacked a cupboard under the
counter, where the old copper coins were deposited. The
three penny pieces were contained in a tin box, With the
landlord's name (John Richards) inscribed thereon. The
tills were taken down into the cellar. Fortunately there
was nothing in them. On the morning of the 18th July
two policemen, named Tirrell and Hackett, No. 163 and
176, M division, saw the prisoners in Union-street, South-
wark. They separated on seeing the constables, whose
suspicions were aroused, and they approached them to take
them into custody. Both fellows ran away. A pursuit
an copper coins
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taken to the station-house, and the tin box containing the
£7 worth of silver three-penny pieces,
stolen from the Town of Ramsgate were found in his pockets.
Regan was arrested by Hackett two nights afterwards at
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the Duke's Head, in Southwark.
He was told he was con-
cerned with " Little Bill " (Ellman) in a burglary, to which
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he replied, "You mistaken." Both police con-
stables swore to both prisoner!, and it Was proved they
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Wapping, the Town of Rams-
gate,were seen in company,
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was entered and robbed five menthe ago. The cellar flat
thieves entered, broke
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of the stairs, obtained admission to the bar, and
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themselves to cigars, money, and other pro-
perty.
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advise pub cans and beer-shop keepers
Mr. Selfe would
to secure their cellar
flaps in a more effectual manner. He
committed the prisoners for trial.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.—.This being the let
August, the overseers are to publish the lists of voters by
having them fixed on or near all the church and chapel
doors in their parishes, and must keep copies for sale and
for inspection, without fee, between the hours of ten and
to be registered to
four o'clock daily, except Sundays, during the first fourteen
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the overseers on or before the 25th. In case an elector has
dliasytss ofof thevo
removed since the last registration, but continues to occupy
• in the same city or borough,
premises he is still entitled to
the franchise, under the 28th section of the Reform Act,
which enables persons occupying different premises in suc-
cession to be registered. In this case, to secure the vote
onth
the party must claim to be registered in the parish to which
he has removed, if the overseers of that parish have not
already inserted his name. All the qualifying premises
must be described in the list or elaiza. ,

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

GOODWOOD RACES-THIS DAY.
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SUMMARY RAILWAY EJECTMENT.

The London and North-Western, and the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire R lilway Companies seem to
be once more drifting into a war; and some of the
later passengers who arrived at the Victoria-sta-
tion, Manchester, on Tuesday night,were witnesses
of a somewhat extraordinary scene. Shortly before
12 o'clock on that evening, the employes of the
London and North-Western Company effected on
entrance into the eastern end of the station belong-
ing to the other company, and removed some of the
clerks on duzy, books, presses, tickets, and other
Property to the end of the station eccupied by their
own company. They also forcibly ejected the
clerks of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company
from the west end of the station, removing at the
same time their books, presses, tickets, and other
plant upon trucks to the eastern end. To under-
stand the proceeding, it is necessary to explain that
the Victoria station was originally built by the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, who
afterwards sold one-half of it to the London and
North-Western Company. This was at the period
when the London and North-Western had a line to
Liverpool only from that part of the town, and the
Lancashire and Yorkshire had a line thence to Nor-
manton, Leeds, &c. At a subsequent period the
former company acquired a rival line into York-
shire, the latter a rival line to Liverpool. The
schemes of both companies have otherwise been
much extended to the east and west. The result
was that the station accommodation, which was at
first ample, became insufficient, and the public were
much inconvenienced. To remedy this evil as
much as possible without extending the station (it
being difficult to obtain suitable land), the two
companies came to an arrangement which tended
considerably to economise the space they occupied.
By this arrangement also each company had offices
and booking clerks on the premises of the other,
so that all the traffic of the west, belonging to
either company, could be booked at the western end
of the station, tho same rule also applying at the
eastern end. By the proceedings above described
this arrangement has been broken up, and the
immediate inconvenience of the change will un-
doubtedly be felt by the public. The following
notice, which has been issued by the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Company since Tuesday, will show
how extensive was the traffic which has been thus
summarily disturbed:—"Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway. Special notice. The public are respect-
fully informed that on and after this day (July 30)
passengers travelling by the above railway to the
following places will be booked at the Leeds and
Yorkshire end of Victoria-station, where every
attention will be paid to the comfort of the passen-
gers—viz., to Liverpool, Bolton, Wigan, Waterloo,
Southport, Preston, Lancaster, and all parts of the
west ; Fleetwood, Lytham, Blackpool, Belfast, and
all parts of the North of Ireland ; Leeds, Dews-
bury, Hull, Bradford, Halifax, 'Wakefield, Hand-
gate, Huddersfield, York, and all parts of the
North of England. By order." With the whole
of the facts connected with this unfortunate diffe-
rence between the companies we are not acquainted;
but we understand it has arisen out of the parlia-
mentary proceedings of the Lancashire and York-
shire Company, who have recently obtained powers
to make a new and supplemental line from their
station in Salford to the Victoria-station. By these
means they procure to themselves an independent
entrance into Manchester, and will no longer have
to pay the heavy tolls to which they were subjected
over the London and North Western (Liverpool)
line. This line, which was much needed for the
convenience of the public owing to the frequent
and long detention of trains on the present one, we
believe they are taking active steps to construct,
having bought the houses and land, and given the
usual legal notices to the tenants. The traffic of
the two companies had long outgrown the accom-
modation afforded by a single line, but it is said
that the London and North Western Company-
have been for some time past using all their in-
fluence to induce the Lancashire and York shire to
postpone or abandon it.