The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-27 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

SERtous Loss BY A POOR Winow.—A respectable-
looking widow woman applied to Mr. Dayman for his
advice and assistance under the following circumstances :
She stated that in taking home some linen she had sus-
tained a very serious loss. A large bundle of linen was
left upon the cart which she engaged while she went
down the area steps of a gentleman's house for the
family washing, and upon her return it was gone. She
had had to make it good to the owner, and wanted to
know whether she had any remedy against the driver of
the cart.

Mr. Dayman—Did you leave it in his charge ?
Applicant--I supposed of course that he was bound to
look after the clothes I left in the cart.

Mr. Dayman—Was the bundle safe when you went down
he area steps. Did you see it ?
Applicant—Yes, I did.

Mr. Dayman—Do you know whether the driver left the
cart at all ?

Applicant—He had no occasion to leave the cart until
after I left the housekeeper's room with the linen, when he
came down for a moment to help me up the steps with
the linen.

Mr. Dayman—During which moment, in all probability,
the bundle was carried off. Thieves, who are lurking about
the streets, seize such opportunities to carry off things.
Applicant—lt was very hard upon me. lam a widow,
working very hard to maintain a large family.
Mr. Dayman--If you required the assistance of your
carman down the area, which necessarily compelled him to
leave the cart, you really cannot hold him responsible nor
otherwise, unless by special agreement,
Applicant—He has done nothing whatever to assist me.
Mr. Dayraan—l don't know that he was bounal to do so.
Applicant —He did not show the least sympathy.
Mr. Dayman—He may be hard-hearted, but it is not a
question of feeling, ;but one of law, that I have to settle.
You have no remedy that I can see against the driver, nor
may he be in any way to blame.
Applicant retired much dissatisfied.

SOUTHWARK.
CLEVER CAPTURE OF A RAILWAY TRIEF.---A well-
dressed young man, who gave the name of Robert Gibbons,
was brought before. Mr. Burcham, by detective Sergeants
Strickland and Sciinnell, officers specially employed at the
South Eastern Railway, charged with picking the pocket Of
a lady at that station ; also having in his possession a pair
of gold bracelets and a pair of gold carved ear pendants,
supposed to have been stolen.
Sergeant Strickland said that on Saturday he was on
duty in the customs house, inside the South Eastern Rail-
way Station, just as the tidal and mail trains arrived from
Dover and Folkestone. There were at that time a large
number of passengers waiting for their luggage, and he
observed the prisoner pushing among them in a very mys-
terious way. Suspecting from his manner that it was Rot
all right, he watched him, and observed him lift up the
dresses of several ladies. 'Witness accordingly called the
attention of Sergeant Scannell to him, who shortly after-
wards apprehended him, and he was taken into custody.
Sergeant Scannell said his attention was called to the
acts of the prisoner among the passengers in the customs
house. 'Witness distinctly saw him lift up a lady's dress
and take something out of her pocket. Witness instantly
seised hold of him, and on searching him found a pair of
thick gold bracelets, chased, scroll pattern, and a pair of
ear pendants, imitation cameo, supposed to be carved lavai
Witness asked him how he accounted for the possession o
such property, when he said he had purchased them to pre-
sent to a young lady.
Mr. Burcham asked if the lady was
in
pocket the prisoner was caught picking.
Sergeant Strickland replied in the negative,
but if a re-
mand was granted she would attend in the :owners
of the
days. Besides that, they might find the court
jewellery produced.
The prisoner was accordingly remwaded. t whose

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AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North
who, upon his arrival in New York,
American Royal Mail steam ship
passengers,
more recently
tics
aled from the Mersey on Saturday with the mails for Alle-
onagndthea
at Liverpool was Lord Lyons, the British tEnt
pthroecUeenditteocllZelisn,
his secretary, Mr. Mallett. The Hon. Mr. ea
merly United States Minister of War, and Cameron, for.
American Minister at St, Petersburg, was likewise,
with Ids family, a passenger by the Scotia, together

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

NEWMARKET RACES.-THIS DAY.

LY ELECTRIC TELEGRAYR.
£5O HANDICAP PLATE.
Makeshift
Warminster....
Bertha

3
Twenty-two ran.
Several left at the post. Race in dispute. Believed will be
run again.
£5O HANDICAP PLATE.

Teterimna
Lady Evelyn colt
2
Wingrave ........ 3
Sixteen ran.
The winner objected to on account of a cross.
MAIDEN PLATE.

Ossian
Curie
Six ran.

LATEST BETTING.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
Bto 1 agst Aurelian (offered)
9to 1 agst Limosina (taken)
12 to 1 agst Clarissa colt, 4 yrs, (taken)
13 to 1 agst Dictator (taken)
14 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken)
100 to 3 agat Oberon (taken)
100 to 3 agat Lapidist (taken)
100 to 3 agat Agag (taken)
100 to 1 agst Umpire (taken)

CRIMINAL COURT-THIS DAY

The October sessions, and last of the present mayoralty
of Wm. Cubitt, Esq., commenced this morning at the
Sessions-house, Old Bailey,bcfore:the Right Hon.lthe Lord
Mayor, Alderman Finnis, the Recorder, Russell Gurney,
Esq., Q.C., Alderman and Sheriff J. C. Laurance, Mr.
Sheriff Jones, Mr. Under-Sheriff Mackrell, Mr. Under-
Sheriff Deputy Farrer, and other officials.

There are now fewer than 107 prisoners for trial, some of
the cases being of the most serious character. There are
two cases of murder, four of manslaughter, besides several
charges of assault, and cutting and wounding, with intent ;
in addition to which there is the case of the Islewm th mur-
der, standing over from last session.
The grand jury having been sworn,

The Recorder proceeded to deliver his charge, and in the
course of his observations said he was sorry to say that
many of the cases that would be brought before them were
of a very serious description. There were two cases of
wilful murder, and he regretted being compelled to express
his opinion that crimes of violence to person were greatly
on the increase. The first case of murder, to which he felt
it necessary to refer, was that in which a man named King
was charged with the murder of a female. It did not
appear clearly from the depositions whether the deceased
was his wife ; at all events, they had cohabited together,
and from tome reason or other she left him. The prisoner,
it appeared, had gone to the residence of the deceased, and
endeavoured to induce her to live with him again, and on
her positively refusing to do so he struck her in the abdo-
men with a chisel, and from the effects of the wound she
died the following day, and if the jury were satisfied with
the evidence before them it would be their duty to send
the case for further inquiry. The other case of murder
was one which would require most careful con-
sideration. The prisoner was a sweep, named Samuel
Gardiner, who was charged with the murder of
his wife. The prisoner, it appeared, was in the habit of
going out very early in the morning, and on the morn-
ing of the murder he had left the house at half-past four.
He was seen by one or two witnesses on several occasions in
the neighbourhood of his house between that time and eight
o'clock. Shortly before that hour a woman named Humbler,
who lived with the prisoner and the deceased as servant,
and between whom and the prisoner there had been an im-
proper connection, came downstairs to light the fire, and
went into the deceased's room to fetch a lucifer-match, and
on opening the door she discovered the deceased lying on
the floor with her throat cut, and her little child, about
three years old, she snatched up the child and ran for a
surgeon, who came immediately and discovered the deceased
lying on her side, with her throat cut, with a knife in her
right hand. The prisoner at this moment came in, and
taking up the knife said to the servant Humbler, " You are
the cause of all this. The surgeon who examined the de-
ceased, gave it as his evidence that it was impossible the
deceased could have inflicted the wound herself, the wound
being from right to left. There were also some cuts on the
hand which would lead to the inference that they were in-
flicted in the struggle by the deceased with her murderer.
If they were satisfied that the deceased did not inflict the
wound herself, then the question would be by whom
were they inflicted. The surgeon was of opinion that the
deceased had been dead about four hours, and they would
recollect that the prisoner was called up that morning,
and left the house soon after, and was seen in the neigh-
bourhood, and at eight o'clock returned home and made the
observation, "You are the cause of all this." That might
intended to infer that the deceased had committed sui-
cide from jealousy. Both parties had made statements.
The woman says she did not see the deceased after she went
to bed on the Sunday night until the following morning,
when she saw the body lying on the floor, and caught up the
child. The prisoner's account was that there was great un-
comfortableness between him and his wife, relative to his
connection with the servant before he left the house. How-
ever, the jury would consider the evidence, and if they were
satisfied there was a prima facie case, it would be their duty
to return a true bill. There were four cases of manslaughter,
two of them were free from any malice, the deaths arose
from reckless driving; one in which a man named Wm•
Ban was seen flogging his horse and driving furiously, by
which he upset his cart and threw out his wife and killed
her. 'There was a more serious charge of manslaughter,
against Stephen Keife, a blind man. It appeared the de-
ceased, who was his wife, on the Sunday morning was dis •
covered lying inside the door, and the prisoner holding a
stick as if in the act of striking. He, however, closed the
door. The deceased complained of a great pain in the side,
and said the prisoner had kicked her in the abdomen. She
was far advanced in pregnancy, and was taken ill and de-
livered of a child, which died the next day. On a
post mortem examination, internal injuries were found suffi-
cient to cause death, and if the jury thought the injuries
were the result of the blows or kicks, it would be their
duty to return a true bill. The other case arose in a
fight, but he was not sufficiently acquainted with the facts,
only having just received the depositions. There were
several charges of cutting and wounding which did not call
for remarks from him, and thus he would remit them to
the discharge of their duty.

The grand jury then retired to their own room.

7HE ATLAN7IC lELEGRAPH.

Another attempt to revive the project of an
Atlantic Submarine Telegraph is about to be
made. A short time since the Government of the
United States consented to guarantee a certain
dividend on the capital required for laying a
line from any part of the United m
to the American Continent, providing the British
Government would enter into a similar
engage-
ment. Mr. Cyrus Field laid the
plan before
our Government, but could not induce them
He has
to take any action in the matter.
other again arrived in England
pro-
posals, which he is about to subn7iittlit the Govern-
of success
Govern-
ment. With respect to the prospects. .
line, the in the construction and laying of the
d Messrs. Glass,
pro-
moters are still very sanguine,
Elliot, and Co., in a letter to Mra•
good and durable °Field, say:—
" We are perfectly confident that
sub-
marine cable can be laid direct fromatlhreelcanondtrtoacNt Newfound.
land, and are willing to undertake
shall be paid each week
following conditions : 1. That
our actual disbursements for labwroirganodrdmerawteerisalha;ll2r.ecTehha.et
when the cable is laid and
in working
20 per cent. on the actual
for our time, services, and profit
company, deliverabla to us
cost of the line in
math at the end of each succes-
o:flahle shall be found in working
in 12 equal monthlsyharinestall
askeenatecrpasrhisseubcasenribpe.
sive month whereat
order. We are Bo confident daetntw
othwatillthmi
sterling,in the ordinary capital of
successfully carried out,
the calls on the same when made by
tion for a sum of X 25,000
and psi
the companho
the core Pan Y. -0 the letter is a list of all the sub-
Acoompanyi g
marine telegraph cables manufactured and laid by
firm, thethe
whole mileage of Which, with the ex-
ception _ of a short one between Liverpool and
Holyhead, which has been taken up, is at this time
in perfect and successful working order. The cable
that was laid for the French Government, connect-
ing France with Algeria, is submerged in water of
nearly equal depths to any that would have to be
encountered between Ireland and Newfoundland.
—......_

THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.—The Channel squa-
dron, which will proceed to sea under the orders of Rear-
Admiral Smart, K.H., will consist of the Revenge, 73 guns ;
Defence, 18 guns; Resistance, 16 guns; and one other
P. The Admiral will proceed first to Gibraltar, where
he will be joined by the Warrior and Black Prince iron-
cased ships, each of 40 guns. He will then cruise in the
vicinity of the Rock of Lisbon, so as always to be con-
veniently at hand in the event of any emergency arising
calling for his presence in any other quarter.—Army and
Navy Gazette.
The response made to Mr. Dion Boucicault's
appeal for new theatres has, we understand, not only been
prompt, but ample. Already money enough has been
offered for the erection of some half-dozen.

A new theatre is contemplated for Camden
Town-