The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-07 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LoNno.N, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1865,

OPENING

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A ItLIAMEN Te

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

We are commanded to assure you that her Ma-

'sty has great satisfaction in recurring again to the

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advice and assistance of her Parliament.

The negotiations in which the Emperor of Austria

and the King of Prussia were engaged with the King

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of Denmark were brought to a conclusion by a

treaty of peace ; and the communications which
her Majesty receives from foreign Powers lead her

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to entertain a well-founded hope that no renewed
disturbance of the peace of Europe is to be appre-

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ended

The civil war in North America still unhappily
continues. Her Majesty remains steadfastly neutral
between the contending parties, and would rejoice
at a friendly reconciliation between them.

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A Japanese Daimio in rebellion against his Sove-
reign infringed the rights accorded by treaty to
Great Britain and to certain other Powers ; and the
Japanese Government having failed to compel him
to desist from his lawless proceedings, the Diplomatic
Agents andthe Naval Commanders of Great Britain,
France, the Netherlands, and the United States of
America, undertook a combined operation for the
purpose of asserting the rights which their respec-
tive Governments have obtained by treaty. That
operation has been attended with complete success ;
and the result has afforded security for foreign com-
merce and additional strength to the Government
of Japan, with which the relations of her Majesty
Ito I are friendly.

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Papers on this subject will be laid before you.
Her Majesty regrets that the conflict with some
of the native tribes in New Zealand has not yet
been brought to a close, but the successful efforts
of her Majesty's regular forces, supported by those
raised in the colony, have led to the submission
of some of the. insurgents ; and those who are
still in arms have been informed of the equitable
conditions on which their submission would be

accepted.
Her Majesty has had great satisfaction in giving
her sanction to the meeting of a Conference of Dele-
gates from her several North American Provinces,
who, on invitation from her Majesty's Governor-
General assembled at Quebec. Those delegates
adopted resolutions having for their object a
closer union of those provinces under a Central
Government. If those resolutions shall be ap-
proved by the Provincial Legislatures, a bill will
be laid before you for carrying this important
measure into effect.

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Her Majesty rejoices at the general tranquillity
of her Indian dominion, but her Majesty regrets
that long-continued outrages on the persons and
property of subjects of her Majesty, for which no
redress could be had, have rendered it necessary to
employ a force to obtain satisfaction for the past
and security for the future.

Her Majesty deeply laments the calamity which
has recently occasioned great loss of life and pro-
perty at Calcutta and at other places in India.
Prompt assistance was rendered by the officers of
the Government, and generous contributions have
been made in various parts of India to relieve the
sufferings which have thus been occasioned.

Ilrt)y.

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 6.

Earl Granville had the honour of dining with her
Majesty yesterday, and returned to London to-day.

The Prince and Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yes-
terday, attended by the lion. Mrs. Stonor.
The Prince of Leiningen arrived at Mnrlborough
House, on a visit to the Prince and Princess of

The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by the Prince of Leiningen, went to the Royal
English Opera, Covent-garden, in the evening.

PARLIAMENTARY ENTERTAXMIENTS.—Last night
Lord Palmerston and Earl Granville gave their usual Par-
liamentary banquets to their political supporters. The
Earl of Derby and the Right Hon. B. Disraeli also enter-
tained their friends prior to the commencement of the par-
liamentary campaign.

Viscount Bangor has arrived at Claridge's Hotel
from Monkstown, near Dublin.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— This Dap•

'MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STEALING A CAPTAIN'S WATCH.—NOTORIOUS THIEVES.
—Emily Blomfield and Ellen Davies, alias Williams, alias
Gorman, both young women, were charged, before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, with stealing from the person of Captain Isaac
King, who is also an adjutant of volunteers, and resides at
Park-road, New Wandsworth, a gold watch of the value
of £lO.

The prosecutor said—About a quarter past 1 o'clock
this morning I was going along Piccadilly, when one of the
prisoners got in front of me, and the other by my side
They asked me to accompany them home, but I told them
that I would have nothing to do with them. They then
turned sharply round, and as they did so I felt a touch at
my side. After going about two yards, a woman asked me
if I had lost anything, and I then found my chain was
hanging down in front of me. The woman told me that
the two women had gone up Great Windmill-street. I
spoko to police-constable 330 A, and he went after the pri-
soners and brought them both back. My watch was
afterwards found down the area. The whole affair did not
take a minute, as I would have nothing to say to the
women.

Joseph Kettlewell, 330 A, said—On the prosecutor tell-
ing that me he had been robbed of his watch, and that the
women had gone up Great Windmill-street, I went after
them, and, seeing a constable, asked him if he had seen
two women pass. lie said he had, and I went with him,
and took the prisoners into custody.
William Watson, 299 A—ln consequence of what the
last witness told me I went after the prisoners, and heard
Blomfield say, " Sling (throw it away) it, Nell." The pri-
soners were then standing over a grating at the corner of
Archer-street, and directly after I saw the watch fall from
Davies' hand down the area. I afterwards picked up the
watch, which had been broken at the bow in the usual
manner, in the area.

Wm. Gordon, 33 C—Davies was convicted of felony in
October, 1861, a previous conviction being then proved.
She was sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and had
only been out of prison a month, having eight months more
to serve. I have known her as a thief for eight years, her
last name being Gorman. I believe the other prisoner has
also been convicted.

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoners for trial.
The prosecutor asked that the case might be settled by
the magistrate, but Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could not deal
with them, as they were well-known thieves.

,o defraud.

MIDDLESEX SESSlONS—Yesterday.

LADY CADOGAN'S BRACELET AND Mn. ATTENBOROUGH.
John Wright, who was convicted last session of steal-.
ing a gold bracelet, the property of Lady Honoria Ca,dogan,
in a dwelling-house, was brought up for judgment.
The Assistant Judge (to the prisoner)—Do you persist
in saying you know nothing of the ring ?
Prisoner—l have not the slightest knowledge of it.
Mr. Attenborough was then sworn, and he said he was
was sorry the report of the trial had appeared, as it had
been most prejudicial to him, and he was most anxious to
explain everything connected with it.
The Assistant-Judge—At the trial it was stated that the
stolen articles were taken to your place of business by the
prisoner—that he was a total stranger to your assistant,
who bought the bracelet of the prisoner for ten guineas,
although he stated that he had only recently:bought it for
fifteen guineas. Now, how much of that statement do you
wish -to deny ?
Mr. Attenborough said there had been no attempt to
destroy the identity of the bracelet, and as regarded the
value of fifteen guineas, in the opinion of his assistant
it was not worth more. He thought that it was cheap
at the price, and as it appeared that the prisoner was
tired of it, he thought that ten guineas would do for it.
It was worth about £l4. As regarded the stones, they
were worth more than he expected. He was very sorry
that this had occurred, and he would do anything that
he could. He had carried on business in the neighbour-
hood respectably for twenty years. As the prisoner
said where he came from, if he were selling stolen goods
he would have convicted himself. His foreman had
bought the bracelet cheaper than he ought to have done ;
but he (Mr. Attenborough) could find no grounds for the
censure which had been passed upon himself. He felt most
acutely the censures which had been passed upon him, not
only by his lordship but by the press ; and it was easy for
people to make observations, but the man must have been
no better than a lunatic to go and sell a stolen bracelet at a
place where he was well known.
The Assistant-Judge—What you have said will go forth
to the public, who will no doubt form their opinion. As
for myself, I must say I see no reason to change my awn.,
It was said that you gave the information which led to the
recovery of all the property, but that is not the case. The
learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner to 18 months'
11 hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 6

MANSION HOUSE.
A r,rtion of the iol:owiag appeared in our impression of

yesterday.
THE ALLEGED FRAUDS UPON INSURANCE COMPANIES.
—James Arnott, Wm. Sedgwick, and Chas. Thorn were

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placed before the Lord Mayor, charged with conspiring
together to obtain, and obtaining by fraudulent pretences,

from the Royal Exchange Insurance and other insurance
and assurance companies large sums of money with intent

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The charge proceeded with to-day was that the pri-
soners, all engaged at Xierrilon's wharf, sent in claims for
a certain number of bales of jute, nearly 1,000, to the in-
suranc3 offices, alleging that the property had b3en destroyed
by the fire which took place at Mer::ton's wharf in

November last year.
Josiah Fay, a labourer at Barrey's Wharf.—Until re-
cently I was in the service of Messrs. Barrey Brothers,
Merriton's Wharf, Dock-head. I was discharged at Christ-
mas last. I left in consequence of the slackness occasioned
by the fire. My duties were to take the weights of goods
landed or to do labourer's work. It was part of my duty
to assist in storing goods away. I have occasionally taken
the weight of bales of jute. I recollect in the summer of
last year the ship Onward arriving. I took the weights of
the goods (bales of jute) brought by the ship. I entered
the weights of jute in a landing book. The tallies were
fastened to each bale with a piece of wire. The marks on
the bales were the letter S above the letter 0, with a figure

4 on the left hand side.
Mr. Sergeant Atkinson asked what Mr. Humphreys
intended to prove by the course he was adopting. He ob-
jected to asking witness anything that could be proved by
the production of the property in court.
Mr. Humphreys said he proposed to show that certain
returns of jute as destroyea were made to the insurance
offices, which jute was now in existence at another wharf
at the present moment.
Examination continued—l took the weight of more than
500 bales ex the Onward, and I saw the tallies affixed to
the goods. The name of the ship and the weight of the goods
were marked on the tallies. Before the bales were marked
they were taken into the yard and stored. The goods were
not moved from the stack until after the fire in November.
After the fire on the Bth of December, I assisted in taking
down part of the stack. Mr. Sedgwick,'the prisoner, gave
me orders to break down 200 bales for delivery. I was
assisted to co. so by a man named Burgess. Burgess asked
Sedgwick if he were to pick out any particular weights.
He said, "No, take them as they rise, this 200 will furnish
the ship, the rest are for us." I and Burgess took the 200
bales down. Sedgwick was our foreman. I don't
recollect seeing Arnot on that occasion, but some
days after the &h of December I heard Arnott say to Sedg-
wick, as he was standing near the new warehous, that
Mr. John was in a very ba,l way about the stock of jute by
the Onward being over. A few days after a man named
Callaghan and myself received some directions as to the
bales of jute from the Onward by Sedgwick. We ware
told to take the tallies of the remaining bales of the On-

ward jute. We were to place them so as they could be
moved in a truck for re-storing. We were to be particular ;
we took the tallies off, and put them into a bag, and when
the job was finished the tallies were to be burnt. A small
bag was brought by Sedgwick for the purpose, and placed
upon some timber near the stack. We took down the
stack and put the tallies into the bag, as directed. The
bales were taken away and placed in another part of the
premises. Sedgwick was present during the whole of the
day directing the works. I saw Mr. Arnett and Mr. Alfred
Barry also present in the early part of the day. Later in
the day Dell came and "blew me up" in presence of Mr.
John Barry and Sedgwick about not returning some
"spanners" that had been borrowed. On the Friday
that I left I observed a great quantity of that pro-
perty on the wharf. • There were about 350. They then
had on them tallies marked " City of Dublin." They were
in the new warehouse. I went upstairs and saw them when
I went to get something I had left. When I came back I
asked Sedgwick what he had directed Burgess to ask me
what I went up stairs for. I asked him if he thought I
was going to put. a bale of jute in my pocket. I also saw
some of the bales re-marked as having arrived by other
ships. Just after I left the wharf I went on the 4th of
January and gave information of ;what I saw to the in-
surance officers. On the 11th of January I went to Merri-
ton's wharf. Arnett, Mr. Alfred Barry, Mr. Whiting, Mr.
Roberts, and Mr. Radnall were there. Mr. Whiting said,
addressing me—You have something to say about some
goods which were kept back from the fire officers which
were not burnt. I said " Yes," and then went on to say
that I with another man had taken the tallies off 350 bales
of jute from the ship Onward, and that they had been re-
marked as part of the cargo of the City of Dublin. I also
said if they pulled down some of the bales they would find
they had no tallies. Upon this Mr. Whiting asked Mr.
Alfred Barry what he had to say. That gentleman
turned round and said " Now, Mr. Arnett," and he
admitted it was true. I also charged Mr. Alfred Barry
with having 100 bags of rice, and only seven were repre-
sented to the fire insurance offices as being on hand. Mr.
Barry referred to Arnett, and he said it was true. I also
said at the June fire, you kept back a parcel of jute from
the Sebastian Cabot, and also some brought by the William
Cole, the Ann, and the Raleigh—in all about 300 bales.
That they had been, after being removed to different ware-
house, finally burnt in the November fire. Arnott admitted
this also to be true. I said if he denied it I would chair
lenge'him to bring up the landing book.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis, on the part of Mr. Sedg-
wick—A week after I left the wharf I went to the fire
offices. I made no communication to anybody before I-
told the insurance office. When I removed the tallies from
the jute I know I was doing wrong, but I was acting
under my foreman's orders. I don't know that by so doing
I was committing a fraud. I believed the tallies were
being removed from the jute to defraud the fire offices.
1 didn't give notice to the fire office before I left the
wharf. It would not have answered my purpose to do so. I
acted under my foreman's orders. I might ;have made
some remarks to some of the other men. I might have
said to some one " Th,ey are doing the doll trick to-night."
I have said that Mr. Sedgwick and Mr. Arnett were not to
blame in the matter, and I believe what ho did, he did for
the firm. I was present when stock was being taken after
the fire. I did not help to land the cargo of the City of
Dublin. The mark put on the jute, ex Onward, was the
same as that used on board the City of Dublin. I know
that there has been mistakes at the wharf in delivering
goods. I have known that if all the bales from one ship
could not be got at some brought by another was taken
and delivered. I have been at St. Katherine's Dock. I
was dismissed from that employment. I was collector
and treasurer, and before I was discharged I had £4O in my
possession belonging to the men. I kept away for a few
days, and then I said I had lost the money, and so I had.
It was not believed. I was discharged from the dock.
• Mr. Lewis—Who was the foreman of the jury ?
Witness—l'll not answer another question without you
ask for the remainder of the story about the money.
Mr. Lewis—You shall answer my questioris.
Witness—l wont. You are injuring my character, and
I will defend it as well as I am able.
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor for the prosecution—l will
ask you about the matter in ro-examination.
The Lord Mayor—lt is only right that the witness
should be told that he will have an opportunity of explain-
ing himself.
Witness—l'll answer any question, now I know that.
Mr. Lewis—Have you ever given evidence before a ma-
gistrate before ?
,Witness—No.
Mr. Lewis—Nor ever been in a court of justice
Witness—Only once, when I was fined for getting
tight. (Laughter.) before they
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