The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-11 00:00:00

the owner of the monkey made his appearance, and
the animal was given up to him.

SOUTHWARK.—Mr. James Briggs, an oil and
eolourman, carrying on business in New-street,
13;drough-road, was brought before Mr. Burcham
for further examination, charged with being con-
cerned with others not in custody in stealing and
receivitig large quantities of emery cloth and paper,
of considerable value, from the premises of Mr.
John Oakey, No. 172, Blackfriars-road.
Mr. Humphries again attended for the prosecu-
tion ; and Mr. Lewis defended the prisoner.
The court was crowded as before by tradesmen
from all parts of London,
The prosecutor in this case carries on a very ex-
tensive business with certain engineers and ethers
in the metropolis, and all parts of the United
Kingdom. In consequence of finding largo quan-
tities of his emery cloth and paper in the posses-
sion of several small dealers, he was induced to
make inquiries, and ascertained that they had been
sold for about half their value, and must have been
stolen from his stock. It being impossible to ob.
tain evidence against the servants, several of those
whom he suspected were discharged, and since then
a great deal of the property was traced to the pos-
session of the prisoner, who had disposed of it to
various oilmen in and around the metropolis through
the means of a town traveller named Rushbrook.
The latter, on his last examination, proved that he
sold the emery cloth and paper for Briggs at a very
low price, knowing well at the same time that it
was Mr. Oakey's manufacture, and worth nearly
double the money. Several oilmen carrying on
business in and about Hackney and the City-road,
proved purchasing reams of Rushbrook, and it was
shown by the prosecutor that the goods so sold had
been clandestinely removed from his stock by some:
of his servants.
The following additional evidence was given yeses
terday :
Mr. Abraham Bury said he carried on business
as an oilman at No. 11, St. John's-square, Clerken-
well. On the 2d of October he purchased of Mr.
Rushbrook goods amounting to .E 5 Bs, among which
were two reams of emery paper, with Mr. Oakey's
marks on them. He knew them directly, and paid
about half-a-crown less than the value for each. A
few days afterwards-Mr. Oakey called en him, and,
he told what he had done, and from whom lie
purchased the paper. He knew nothing whatever
of the prisoner. The goods were brought by a ear
man earned Morgan, whom he identified in court,
William Morgan, an impudent fellow, a carman
in the employ of a person named Moore, in the
London-road, the man spoken to by last witness,
said he did not know Mr. Bury, neither did he
know Rushbrook, or any of the others. His evi-
dence was so contradictory, that Mr. Burcham.
threatened to commit him for perjury. He was
evidently mixed up in the plunder.
Thomas Parrott, of 47, Princes-street, Dalston,_
said he was a commission traveller, and he had
known Mr. Rushbrook for years. He also knew
Mr. Rose, with whom they both dealt. One even-
ing in September witness was in the shop of Mr.
Rose, at Hackney, when Rushbrook brought some
goods in a cart. Morgan was the driver, and pri-
soner was in the vehicle. They all went to the Sir
Walter Scott public-house opposite, where they
saw the prisoner, when Rushbrook exclaimed to
Briggs, " HaPoa, old fellow, I have not seen you
for a long time," and handed him a glass of ale:
We all left the house together and separated. On
:he Sunday evening afterwards I went to the Suf-
folk Arms, Boston-street, Hackney-road, and saw
Rushbrook's son, a friend of hie, and the prisoner.
Witness called out "Mr. Briggs," when the prisoner
looked at him and said " Yes." He then told him
he had just seen Rushbrook, and he wanted to see
im. Briggs then accompanied him to the Seven
Sisters, where they met Rushbrook, and then the
prisoner called out, "I know it's all right now. I
thought you and the other young man were detec- •
rives." They all entered the public-house, when
Briggs told Rushbrook he must keep out of the
way a little while and he would provide for his
wife and family, and he would send him £3 on the
Monday following. On that day witness was with
Rushbrook, when a young man came to the latter
and gave him £3. After that witness went with
Rush brook to Brompton, where they met the pri-
soner, and all went to the Angel public-house in
Farringdon-street. Two sovereigns were put on. ,
the table by some one, and Rushbrook took them up
and put them in his pocket. A man named Leggatt
(who had formerly been carman to the prosecutor)
then came into the room and something was said
about the expense in keeping Rushbrook out of the
way. Briggs said ho could not afford it unless
Leggatt and Skinner (a former clerk in the prose-
cutor's employ) assisted him. Leggatt said he .
would see Skinner about it, and he appointed to
meet Rushbrook the next evening.
In cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, witness said
that he travelled for Mr. Stokes, and had met Rush-
hrool.: in the way of business. The latter told him
that there was same bother about Mr. Oakley's
paper, and he was wanted to keep out of the way.
Ile did not know the person until he was introduced
to him at the Sir Walter Scott. Witness did not
think Rushbrook had done wrong, although he re-
ceived £3 from Briggs to keep out of the way. He
heard Rushbrook tell the latter that he could nat
keep out of the way under £3 a week.

Robert Barnes, an old man, said he purchased
Rushbrook, in September last, two reams of Oakey's
emery paper, at 125., and two reams of cloth at 14s.
per ream.
Mr. Humphries here informed his worship that
the wholesale price was nearly double that price,
and all the dealers knew it. He had several other
witnesses to call before he completed the case,
therefore he asked for another remand.
Mr. 13ureham remanded the prisoner until Mon—
day.

Mr. Lewis here asked his worship to accept bail
for the prisoner, as he could produce sureties to any
amount.

Mr. Bureharn told him he should not accede to
his request under any circumstances. The prisoner
was then removed.

'IOU ACCIDENT AT CIiBIICAL
WOR.47s.

About 10 o'clock on Saturday forenoon an acci-
dent occurred at Messrs. Hugh Lee Pattinson and -
Co.'s chemical works at the Felling, by which the
lives of several men were very nearly sacrificed. It •
appears that at the time in question it became the
duty of Robert Hunter, overman, a young lad
named Stevenson, a man named Kennedy, and two
other persons, to clean out a pit wherein chalk, after
undergoing the action of muriatic acid, leaves ti
flinty deposit, which it is necessary to bring oubi
the pit occasionally. This pit is twenty feet deep,
and is entered by a hole at the top about two feet in
diameter ; and in this instance the men seemed to
have acted somewhat incautiously in descending at
a time when there was a considerable quantity of
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It happened, however, that after they had been a
short time in the pit a man named Quin, who was
employed in the bleaching powder chambers above,
descended from thence, still wearing the " nozzlo"
or protection for the nostrils against the injurious
effects that would otherwise be experienced in
that department of the works; and he, having his
suspicion aroused, went down the ladder into the
pit discovered the men in a state of unconscious-
ness. An alarm wns raised, and Mr. Watson, Mr.
Wilson, and Mr. W. Proctor were soon on the
spot, and in a short time the men were brought
out. Mr. Torbock, surgeon, assistant to Mr. Coun-
cillor, had been summoned, and though the men
had been very far overcome by the power of the
noxious gas they were, after tb^ application of proper
restorative measures, so far recovered to be sent to
their homes, no fears being entertained as to their
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