The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-04 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

SYSTEMATIC PLUNDER OF EMPLOYERS.—John Williams,
a man between 30 and 40 years of age, was placed at the
bar charged with felony.
Mr. Smyth, solicitor, conducted the prosecution. He said
that the prisoner had been in the employment of Mr. Joseph
Knight, timber merchant and fire-wood maker, Baltic-
wharf, Pimlico, for the last six months. It was his duty to
carry out wood to customers, to receive the money, and
account for it immediately upon his return home. On
Thursday last the prisoner was directed to deliver 1,000
bundles of wood to a gentleman named Noels, in Belgrave-
street, 1,000 more to Mr. Gross, of 40, Elizabeth-street, and
300 more to Colonel Benson, of Eaton-place. The prisoner
loaded his cart with only 1,040 in the first instance, and
having delivered 1,000 out of that number to Mr. Noels,
took the remaining 40 to Mr. Gross, and then returned to
his master's promises, where ho loaded 1,310 bundles, and
returning to Mr. Gross, delivered to him 1,010, making
in all 1,050 bundles, and received payment of Mr. Gross
for that number. Upon prisoner returning to his master
he accounted only for the money for 1,000, pocketing
the remainder. Prisoner was given in charge, and he then
alleged that he had bought 50 bundles of wood of a stranger
in the street, and sold them to Mr. Gross on his own ac-
count. Mr. Smyth said prosecutor had suffered consider-
ably by systematic robberies of this description for years,
and had for some time suspected the honesty of the
prisoner.

The prosecutor was called in support of the above state
meat.

Arthur Jeffreys, the yard boy, who accompanied the
prisoner with the cart, was also called in support of the
prosecution.
Mr. Gross, of 40, Elizabeth-street, Pimlico, proved that
the unusual number of 40 bundles of wood was left first,
and 1,010 afterwards, when he immediately paid prisoner
for 1,050.
Mr. Knight proved that prisoner only paid for 1,000.
Prisoner was remanded.

MISSING VESSEL.—The Electra sailed from Con-
stantinople on the 12th of September for the 'United King-
dom, and has not since been heard of.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 3.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal HighneS.S
Princess Beatrice, walked in the grounds this

morning.
Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode in the
Home Park.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise also went
out riding, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart.
Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel the Hon. A. Isar
dinge have succeeded Major-General the Hon. A.
N. Hood and Colonel the Hon. D. de BO 3..
Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yester-
day, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel• t.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive,
tended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.
Field-Marshal Prince Bariatinsky visited the
Prince and Princess of Wales atMarlborough douse.

The Earl Granville was honoured by the pre-
sence of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess °'
Wales at dinner last evening, at the noble earl's residence
in Bruton-street. After dinner a select partyin
witness the representation of a French " Proverbs,"
which the characters were admirably sustained by I,3cilie.
Beatrice, the Hon. Lewis Wingfield, and Mr. Alfred
Ala` d
Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince alift
Crown Princess of Prussia., with their youngest child,
assembled tO
Berlin on Wednesday last for Stettin, where they
side for about three weeks.
Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge
arrived at the Duchess of Cambridge's residence in St,
James's Palace last night, from a lengthened visit to their,
loyal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, at Strelitz. The princess was seccalr
panied home by Lady Caroline Cust and Baron Lae',
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and DileDe''
d'Aumale, who are now residing at their seat, Woodnorto9:o
Worcestershire, have been visited during the last few.(l6)o
by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchesss
countes7
Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, the Count and child,
d'Eu, the the Duke de Chartres, with the Baron and Barone!):
de Lage and Colonel Reille in attendance, and Dr. lad
from Esher. Thd Duke de Nemours and the Count 1,
Countess d'Eu were to leave Woodnorton yesterday 13.1°1.
ing on their return to Claremont.
The Duke of Devonshire and Lady L°llo
Cavendish have returned to Holkar Hall, Lancashire, fil)rudi
Winchester, where his grace's second son, Lord Bdsc3Dy
Cavendish, met with an accident some weeks age'

which his lordship's leg was broken. Vie
Lord Redesdale and the Earl Grosvenor are,
understand, appointed executors to the will a the I%4'e
Duke of Northumberland, which is dated as far loci`.o,
1848. The Dowager Duchess Eleanor is to have Stalo..
Park, torkshire, and the late duke's house in NVl'ite`:;:ge
gardens for life, and the ample provision under her 00—

settlement. of be
THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY.—Yesterday, being
tenth anniversary of the Emperor Alexander's act';-
sion to the throne, Divine service was celebrated at -5
chapel of the embassy, in Welbeck-street. The lle'r.file
Popoff officiated. His Excellency Baron BrunnoW, "
Ambassador, the Secretaries of the imperial ErabaesY'
all the Russian subjects resident in town, attended °a 40
occasion. In the evening his Excellency the Jt
Ambassador and Baroness Brunnow received at dinner
toss
Highness Field-Marshal Prince Baratinske and
Baratinsky, Rear-Admiral Boutakoff, Prince
koff, Prince A. Ouroussow, Baron Friedricks, ;8; or
Berg, Colonel Novitzky, Captain Kousnezoff, and Pro'' as
or

Mr. Somerset Beaumont, M.P., has been Pl3:to
yiellnon the International Commission to proceed to
tin
inquire into the commercial relations between Groat WI
and Austria. catea
DAVID ROBERTS was in art wholly a self-ed.-
man. He received but one week's instruction, whee,,,,s bs°'soi:l
in the ``Trustees' Academy," Edinburgh, where he
to have made copies of two hands.
Mn. VINCENT WALLACE is so far recovered 35 t°
be out of immediate danger. His many friends, 0110..
this country and in Paris, look forward to a yet 111°11
vourable turn of the malady.—The Orchestra. 010
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOB t
ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Royal Infltitutioll,
7.
2 ; Electricity, Professor Tyndall. Entomological, tis,
Asiatic, at 8. Architects, at 8. Society of Arts at 8:
tor Lecture) Geology and the Arts and Manufacture, Pon
lessor Ansted. Tuesday—Ethnological at 8 : neetructAfr•
of Aborigines of Chatham Island by a Maori Invasion,
Travers ; Inhabitants of Asia Minor, previous t° g 0 of
Greeks, Mr. Hyde Clarke. Engineers, at 8: Drain:tsti-
Paris," Mr. Hederstedt. Photographic, at 8. Roya;fo-
tution, at 3 : Introduction to Study of Chemistry, Proles,
at
sor Hofmann. Wednesday—Archaeological Associatilis,
81 ; MSS. relating to Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Read'
covery of Roman ,Villa, Garnet Bay, S.W., Rev. 3tir' cot-
Society of Literature, at Bk. Society. of Arts, at 8; :t
ton Gins, Mr. Colburn. Microscopical, at 8: Thift:t 8:
cea3, by Dr. Greville. Graphic, at 8. Geologio' at
Echinodermata from Arabia, &c., Mr. Martin Puli, 31r.
Fossil Contents of Caves attWindmill Hill, Gibralta'm' of
Busk and the late Dr. Falconer; Asserted Occtirr,,,,ell'al-
Human Bones in the Nile and Ganges, &c., late Pr' fro-
wner. Thursday—Royal Academy, at 3 : Sculpture' ptiog
lessor Westmacott. Royal Institution, at 3: In at
to Study of Chemistry, Prof essor Hofmann. Plel'r, '111`)
Antiquaries, at Bi. Friday—Royal Institution, at
Eozoon, or earliest known Fossil, • Professor Pg fro-
Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3 : Nervous Syst
lessor Marshall.—Athetzmum.
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DR. LUSIIINGTON.—Yesterday Dr. 1,11'004
resumed his duties as judge of the AdmiraltY, tio
for the first time since his late illness. Consid°lolo34
great age of his lordship, now in his 84th year, 110 wart
better than was anticipated, added to which he
ment in three cases with his accustomed lucl
arrangement, and afterwards heard several casee•
HER MAJESTY'S CHAPELS ROYAL.---111)-131filiell,
will commence the special Sunday services,
by command of her Majesty, are celebrated duril3,g,4l, St'
every year in these chapels. At the Chapel 11°',1.11.,
James's, the sermon at the twelve o'clock service 1, au
preached by Dr. Ellicott, Lord Bishop of Glouceete
Bristol. At the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, the I°lloll'
the morning will be preached by the Very Relr' Prfra. t 11:
dean of Chichester ; and in the afternoon by his °Ty",
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all Engl3°-; nod
service in Whitehall Chapel commence at etti-.01"
p.m. The Sunday afternoon sermon at the ChaPe
Whitehall, attracted very large congregations Chaff ,t tio
800
A considerable space in this chapel and the whieltoe
galleries are free to the public. It accorarsou'
persons. the fe'
LORD AMBERLEY.—In compliance with totior;
quest of the Leeds and West Riding Liberal lOgisl,o°
Society Lord Amberley has agreed to address f De:
electors of Leeds the week after next, with a Tie,o:oag:-.
coming a candidate for the representation of that "30,03'
His first address will be delivered on Monday, tile lond',tl:t
to the Liberal electors of some of the wards an
and those of the remainder of the wards on the
if the,
Wednesday. Should his political views meet wit'il lot"'
probation of these meetings, it is understood tlot 00..elee
ship will address a public meeting of electors apdil
ril/e
tors on Thursday.
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THE LATE LORD WILLOUGHBY D'Elto.
viptio g
mortal remains of the Right Hon. Lord NY t 000
D'Eresby were on Thursday consigned to their inly Dori;
place, beside those of Lady Willoughby, in the fsrilizeral,of
ing vault at Grimathorpe, Lincolnshire. The —.,strate%eJ
private. On the recommendation of the raeg„o cl 4
Crieff, the shops and other places of business were
from noon till 3 o'clock p.m., and the town bells '
00 of
at intervals during the day, out of respect to th‘rilogSio,,,
of the deceased nobleman. In the adjoining too S.off
Muthill, Comrie, and St. Fillans business was of Cr/.4
pended for a part of the day. The magistrates ost,, aPt;,
have agreed to meet in the Town-hall on StlocleY,oool°,,
afterwards to proceed in a body, dressed in deePhl; sot ir
to the parish church, where they will occuPY
of
night
longing to the Drummond Castle estate. ---Bc° dor
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.--During Th 111.51.0 0111 1
and yesterday morning several fires br:
of tb.
what is termed the metropolitan district. S° !too
were of an extensive character, but others 101'7 oflag'o,
to deserve public notice. Amongst the serion eicoogiosl.o,,
tions was one that occurred in the Premises rer, and Pv'e
Mr. Tomkins, late Shrimpton, licensed victua A
tiare,lo
prietor of the Green Dragon Tavern, 10, St;or litte'to
hill, Doctor's-commons. Plenty of the Neu' en Wee 1110
pany's water having been procured the fir'
.yero alrtio
work in their usual intrepid manner, but theY:.not of 0,
eat 9 ha
to get the flames extinguished until the uPP°2
premises was destroyed and the lower pertilatown•
maged by water. The origin of the fire apenu
,ItteEeci
heatbulg ewdatsossoucinhteannseexttheanttththeaftrotnhteywasl::
elxpettest:o:i t;;e7teerci
A similar fire occurred about 20 minutes.l3e:cb',
day morning, in the premises of Mrs. tech,
f3riciC
ara
victualler, and owner of the Three Colurno' pore
The flames were not extinguished untoild. sooe_olo-_,60
greatly burnt. About half-past two o'cl. clock gr. G":,
ing a fire was discovered on the premise: 0.3, Etl_tisb4
Clement, corn chandler and seed dower
0.1-: the prelnrl,o
street, Barnsburyroad. The lower pa suifere
and the stock in trade were destroyed. •Da
insured.

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