The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 20.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. REFUSING TO
TAKE A FARE BY A CABMAN.—Thomas Britten, cab-
man, was summoned by Captain Robert Garnham,
of Montague-square, for refusing to take a fare.
Mr. E. Lewis appeared for the defendant.
Captain Garnham said, on the 13th of June he
hailed the defendant in Hyde-park, but the defen-
dant made some kind of motion, indicating refusal
and shortly afterwards drew up to take a fare con-
sisting of four or five persons. Having been refused
by three or four cabmen, who saw that the fare was
not more than two persons, he determined to take
up the matter on public grounds, and, accordingly,
he followed the defendant, and asked him for a
ticket. The defendant refused, and drove off with
his fare.

Mr. Knox asked if Captain Garnham was sure
that the cabman saw him.

Captain Garnham was quite certain that the cab-
man saw and heard him, for he stood waving his
umbrella and shouting at the top of his voice while
the cabman was coming towards him, and as he
passed him.
Mr. Lewis said of late there had been a kind of
crusade against cabmen for selecting their fares ; he
trusted, however, that punishment would not be in-
flicted unless there was a clear case of culpability.
His reply to tbe charge was that the defendant did
not see the complainant.

Police-constable 576 A said he called the defen-
dant, and the defendant stopped to take up three
ladies and a gentleman, The cabman could see the
number of persons he was to take as his fare. The
complainant came up and asked for his ticket. The
cabman refused, on the ground that the complain-
ant had not hailed him.

Captain Garnham—The words he made use of
were that I had not hired him.

Mr. Knox said the main question to determine
was whether the defendant saw the complainant.
He was of opinion that such a calling as described,
shouting, holding up an umbrella, and following
the cab, could not be overlooked ; therefore,
he must consider that the cabman saw him. This
was not one of those eases where cabmen passed
single persons in order to take a larger fare. The
cabman's offence was not so great as in those cases
where a heavy punishment had been inflicted.
Instead, therefore of the full penalty of 40s. he
should put on the reduced fine of 10s. and costs.
Capt. Garnham said he gave the costs to the poor-
box.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.—William Allen, Ben-
jamin Kinworthy, and Jesse Greenwood, three re-
spectably dressed young men, who had recently
come from America to see the International Exhi-
bition, were charged with stealing a meerschaum
pipe, value 255., the property of Joseph Ullman,
importer of cigars, 12, Oxford-street.
Mr. Edward Lewis was for the accused.
Mr. Ullman said between five and six o'clock
yesterday afternoon, the three prisoners camae:re:_o
his shop, and Greenwood said he wanted
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and
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for 255.,
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and a third for 30s. After lookingan _
Kinworthy suddenly left the shop,
Greenwood,
the pipes
afterwards followed. The. prisoner
with him and his
wife, gave him back two pipes,
who remained in conversation
but not the one for
shop and joined his
companions. Prosecutor.here
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They had in their po2ession about £6O in English
and American money, and also a return ticket to
New York.
Mr. Lewis called seyeral •
witnesses as to character.

Mr. Haye, tailor, 33, Crown-street, said the de-
fendants had lived for years in America, and had
come over to see the Exhibition. Their families
were highly respectable.
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Mr. Thos. Green, of Upper Canada, spoke to the
espectability of the accused.
Mr. Knox said persons with 1,30 or .D.t
mono.v in their pockets were not like Loneson pick-
pockets. He disbelieved the charge ;he could see
no sufficient ground for giving them into cussfodY,
and in discharging them he would say they left the
court without a stain on their characters.
This decision was received with much applause
in the court.

the course of the morning
SOUTHWARK.—I-0
a young woman attended:
before Mr. Combe to com-
plain of the conduct of tho keeper of a Servants'
,
Home, at No. 38, Charlotte_ sl;-reet, Blackfriars- road,
for detaining her clothes and ~ t 2 in money without
any just cause.
Applicant stated that the nat,lc of the proprietor
of the home was Porter, and he ca lied himself a city
missionary. He received servants out of place and
girls off the streets, and pretended to get them situa-
tions. The institution was called " The Servants'
Home and Female Reformatory."
Mr. Combe directed Chadband, the warrant offi-
cer attached to the court, to proceed at once to this
Mr. Porter and request his attendance to explain
the matter, as the court was not aware of any re-
formatory being in existence it/ the district.
During the afternoon sitting .Mr. Porter at-
tended, when the young woman was sworn. She
said that she had been unfortunate, and rather
more than a week ago she applied for admission
into Mr. Porter's home. She was received with
her box of clothes, and she handed Mrs.
Forter 473
to take care of. She was "to be reformed to be a.
servant." She remained there a week, when she
went to look for a situation, and then received £l.
of her money from Mrs. Porter. Yesterday she• re-
turned to the home, and demanded her clothes and
money. Mr. Porter refused to give her either, and.
ordered her away, consequently she came to his
worship for advice.
Mr. Combe to Mr. Porter—What explanation
have you to give for detaining this young womans
clothes and money ?
Mr. Porter—She was brought into my home from
Wales by a missionary in Ti;lcember, 1860, and re-
mained until the following Marzlh, when a situation
was obtained for her, and she WIIS provided with
clothes, for which she gave an I 0 I; for £2, which
had never been cancelled.
lent, then?
Mr. Combe—Was the I 0 U for mont. y
Mr. Porter—No, sir ; it was for the' Lilothes lent
to her to go to service with. We, howeVer, never
put in force or ask them for it, provided they do
well.
Applicant—The clothes were given to me, and
they have been worn out long ago while in service.
I recollect signing a paper some time or other, but
I could not read it.
Mr. Porter—We never let the young women
have clothes under any other condition, and the
I 0 U would never have been put in force if she had.
conducted herself properly. She grossly misbe-
haved by staying out all night.
Mr. Combe, on examining the I 0 U, staid there
was nothing on the iface of it to show that it was
security for clothes. Every one would think it was
for money advanced. It would be more straight-
forward and to the credit of the institution if it
were clearly specified on the face or the documentt
when the girls are asked to sign them.
Mr. Combe—Why don't you give the girl back
her money ?
Mr. Porter—l know nothing of the money. Mrs.
Porter received that, and she has suddenly been
called into the country on business. As for her
clothes, thought it better to detain them, to prevent
her from returning to prostitution.
Mr. Combe—You have no right to detain them,
and I must say that it is a disgraceful affair alto-
gether, and looks very suspicious. If you have any
regard' to be thought respectable, you had better
give this young woman her clothes and money
directly. As to detaining them, you are more
likely to drive her to prostitution by doing so.
Mr. Porter—She must satisfy.the I 0 U.
Mr. Combe—You have no right ,to detain her
property, and if you wish to recover that, sue her
in the County Court, and see how you
will get on
there. This is a most disgraceful affair, ;and if it is
the system adopted at the so-called Refok"matories
or Homes, the sooner they are put an end to the
better.
Mr. Porter—But she has stolen things from other

girls.
Mr. Combe—lt is most disgraceful on your part
to make charges against the girl because she de-
mands and insists upon the restoration of her pm-
perty. If she had, as you say, robbed the other
girls, why did you not give her into custody ? I
don't believe a word of the accusation. Where jS
this so-called Home and Reformatory ?
Girl—At No. 38, Charlotte-street, BlackfriarS4,
road.
Mr. Combe—Well, all I can say is that it is dis-
graceful conduct on the part of the owners, and the
sooner it is shut up the better. I hope the press
will expose it as it so justly deserves.
Mr. Porter left the court grumbling at hip wor-
ship's remarks, but promising to restore the young
woman her clothes and money immediately.

COUNTRY MiI_RKL2 S.

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EXETER—JUNE 20.
The following prices were quoted this morning :
Wheat, white 7s Od to 7s 6d I Barley. 4s Od to 4s 41
Ditto red .6s 6d to Gs 9d Oats ..... .. 2s lid to 35 2d
Flour, fine, 41s to 44s ; seconds, 37s to 39s;per sack.
CATTLE.
I Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s0d Ewes, per lb .... 7d to 7id
Pork carcases, Ss 6d to 9s 6d Wethers, d 0...... 7d to ltd
Lambs, fat ........8d to B_ld Fat calves, d0...5d to oi.

Rough fit,

bid per lb.

LIVERPOOL-JuNz 20.

Corn market closes about 2d or 3d dearer for wheat and
about 6d dearer for corn; beans and oats easier; a mode-
rate attendance, and business to a fair extent in most of the
articles. Transactions, large in wheat. Importations,
Ireland, coastwise.

BRISTOL SUGAR—J.I/11E 20.
The raw market has been quiet this week, the sales hay—
ing been at about former prices. Refined goods steady, and
prices supported. Rum still quiet.

LIVERPOOL COTTON—J*Imm 20.
The business in cotton this week, when compared with
the stock in port, has been a tremendous trade, exporters
and speculators being equally free buyers ; prices have
rapidly advanced, week closes higher in American, id to id
per lb; Brazil, id; Egyptian and Surai, id, with a still
upward tendency. The committee's quotations for fair
cotton are raised id per lb in bowed and Mobile, and id in.
Orleans. Sales 124,710 ; speculatio, 44,840; export, 32,210.
Actual export, 7,901. The market to-day is 'Very brisk at
higher prices. Sales about 15,000 bales.

FOREIGN XAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. July 19.
via Marseilles July 13.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 2.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 3.
via Marseilles ...June 27.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton June 26.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 3.
via Marseilles Juno 27.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles June 23,
Lisbon June 21.
Malta, Egypt, and Adon, via Southampton June 26.
via Marseilles
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo ,., JuneuJunen e
221:5 ..
Awe 21.
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.. • • June 25.
by U.S. packet..
..,.
i‘Wle.xCcou
Bahamas,f.
.. Africa,
v..a.,%
1..
7 M-
adeira,: .York . .
........... Julyunye
321.08:
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1
June 28,
California, and British Columbia..