The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-17 00:00:00

James Pace, police-constable 315 A, said he ap-
prehended the prisoner at the bar on the 24th of
August, in Arundel-court, Hay market. He charged
him with stealing a pair of earrings. He said that
he knew he had them, but they were given to him
by the prosecutrix. He said that they were at
Salmon's, in the Haymarket.
Mr. Best said that was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. M. Williams said the jury had heard the
statement of his learned friend, and the evidence
by which he had attempted to support it, and al-
though he had made some amusing remarks, he still
thought they were unfitting the occasion, which
was of a very serious nature as affecting the pri-
soner at the bar, who was a gentleman of position,
of education, and had had the honour of serving in
her Majesty's army. He was a gentleman of high
integrity, and although he might have been guilty
of follies, yet he was far above the suspicion of
theft, for if that had really been his object he could
have possessed himself of the jewellery of the prose-
cutrix, which lay open upon her dressing-table while
she was asleep, or of the watch which she was
wearing whilst he was riding in the brougham
with her. The real truth was that, on the Satur-
day night the prosecutrix wanted to have supper,
and as the money changers' offices were closed,
and he could not get change for the Belgian
notes, she handed to him the earrings to obtain
money upon them from some of the nighthouses
in the neighbourhood, to furnish the means of
having supper; and this charge would never have
been made had it not come to the knowledge of the
prosecutrix that the prisoner had been seen at Mr.
Salmon's, the oyster-shop, with another woman,
who had been supplied with supper out of the pro-
cads of the property which belonged to her. That
was really the kernel of the nut, and gave an ex-
planation of the whole of the transaction, which had
induced the prosecutrix to come forward to prefer
this charge ; but he firmly trusted that, however
much the jury might condemn the prisoner in pick-
ing up with persons in the position of the prosecu-
trix, who was little removed from those who walked
the streets for their support, they would restore
him by their verdict to that position in society
which he had hitherto enjoyed, and, by the expe-
rience it had given him, make him a wiser and a
better man. (Applause.)
Mr. Sergeant Gaselee then summed up, and said
these poor women were worthy of commiseration,
rather than the severe cross-examination which the
learned counsel for the prisoner had pursued towards
her. The prisoner had taken this young lady in a
brougham, and he was charged with taking the ear-
rings from her ears, and the jury would judge of the
truth of her testimony by the manner in which she
had given her evidence. As to the statement of the
learned counsel, that if he had contemplated theft
the prisoner could have carried it out at her own
home, that was not likely then, for he had another
object in view ; and because he did not do so then
it was by no means inconsistent with what was
done afterwards. He went further through the evi-
dence, and said that even if he had not stolen the
earrings, and supposing that this young lady had
given them to him to obtain money upon them, he
could still be prosecuted under the present indict-
ment as a fraudulent bailee in not handing over the
money he obtained upon them to the prosecutrix,
but kept it and appropriated it to his own use.
The jury then considered their verdict, and after
nearly half an hour's consultation, returned a ver-
dict of guilty.
On being asked why sentence should not be pro-
nounced upon him,
The prisoner said he was as innocent of the
charge as any person at present in the court, and
he protested that the earrings had been placed in
his hands by the prosecutrix herself for the purpose
of obtaining supper, and he knew that her landlord
and lady had persuaded the prosecutrix to press
this charge against him under a belief that he (pri-
soner) would pay any sum of money to them rather
than appear in a court of justice. He had also
witnesses in attendance that the prosecutrix had
recently stated in the Haymarket, that if she had
£lO she would go away, and would not appear in
support of the charge.
Mr. Serjeant Gaselee said, admitting that to be
so, he was still liable to imprisonment as a fraudu-
lent bailee. If he had obtained from this poor
woman her earrings, and she had given them to
him as bailee to pawn them, why had he not
eawasal them and handed over the money to this
noor woman, which he had not done, but, according,
to his own account had spent the money upon an-
other woman. As to the position in society of the
prisoner, he was happy to say that the laws of
England were no respecter of per-ons and he felt
assured that no man of the slightest delicacy of feel-
ing would desire to feed on the profits of this poor
woman. While they felt the utmost indignation
at bis conduct, they must take care that they did
not allow that indignation to work too heavily
against the offender, for he now stood in the dock
like any other ordinary offender, and nothing was
known of his high position in society but what was
stated by his own counsel. He stood in the dock
where many others had stood before, and as nothing
was known of him they should treat this as the first
offence, and that had induced them to pass a lenient
sentence, for it was indeed a lenient sentence, and
which was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for six months.

The prisoner was then removed.
Alfred Ryan, 24, was convicted of stealing a
purse from Mrs. Coleman, at the Stepney Sta-
tion of the Blackwall Railway, and a former
conviction being proved against him he was sen-
tenced to penal servitude for three years. .

Jeremiah Daley, 26, a labourer, was indicted for
unlawfully, willully, and maliciously committing
damage, in the ni :fit time, to certain property to
an amount exceeding £5, to wit, two Danes of glass
value £l5, the property of John Walter Cowell.
The prosecutor is the landlord of the Black Horse,
No. 9, Blackman-street, Borough, and after twelve
on the night of the Ist inst., the prisoner was ejected
for his disorderly conduct, and the doors cicsed
upon him. As soon as he got outside he was seen
by a constable to take up a stone from the road and
smash two of the prosecutor's large windows, when
he was immediately secured.

_The Jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced
to sin months' hard labour.
Catherine Hall, 23, described as a married woman,
was indicted for stealing a watch from th:.-• person
of Joseph Whitby, at the Crystal Palace Railway
Station, Penge.
The prosecutor said that on Aug. 19 he went to
the Crystal Palace with some friends, and in the
evening, while waiting for a train to carry them to
town, the prisoner accosted bim, and he suddenly
missed his watch and the prisoner too. He was
certain no other person had been near him but her
from the time he saw his watch safe and his missing
it. He called to the police, and she was then
secured.

Verdict Guilty.
Sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.

Thomas Novis, 37, was indicted for stealing a
counterpane and several sheets, blankets, and other
articles, the property of Edwin Marks Belsh, his
master.
The prosecutor is a lodging-house keeper in Kent-
street, and he had for some time employed the pri-
soner as his deputy, leaving him in charge of the
house. The prisoner suddenly left his service and
took a house of his own in the Mint. The prosecu-
tor, hearing of that, examined his own property,
and missed counterpanes, sheets, blankets, &c.,
which were found by the police in the possession
of the prisoner.
Verdict Guilty.
Sentenced to six months' hard labour.

William Chapman, 41, watchmaker, pleaded
guilty to stealing at Farnham a number of watches
and other articles, the property of James Plume
Fowler.

The Court sentenced him to six months' hard
labour.

Thomas Barker, 34, and Elizabeth Barker, 25,
were indicted for stealing a clock, the property of
Henry Whelpdale, the landlord of the White Lion
TaN ern, Streatham:

It appeared from the evidence that on the after-
noon of the 4th of August last the prisoners entered
the prosecutor's house, and went into the parlour,
where the watch was hanging, and each called for
a glass of ale, but to all appearances seemed to be
strangers to each other. Soon after they had been
there the man came to the bar and purchased two
biscuits, which he took back to the parlour, and a
few minutes afterwards the female prisoner left the
house. The man was about to quit some time after
that, when the clock was missed from the parlour,
and he was given into custody. He denied all
knowledge of the female, but evidence was given
that they had for some time lived at Croydon as
man and wife. The latter was afterwards taken
into custody.

The Deputy -Chairman sentenced the male priso-
ner to twelve months and the female to six months.

Houry Mayhew, 26, bricklayer, was indicted for
stealing a quantity of lead then being fixed to a
dwelling-house, the property of George Suter, also
with stealing three stoves and a copper in a dwell-
ing-house, the property of Edward Haiswell and
others.

The prisoner is a bricklayer, and was employed
to do odd jobs for Mr. Suter, during which time he
stole the lead and other property.
Verdict guilty. Sentence, twelve months' hard
labour.

John Ramer, 30, pleaded guilty to stealing a
quantity of lead, the property of Alfred Augustus
Brand.

The Court sentenced him also to twelve months'
hard labour.

James Hindry was sentenced to three months'
for stealing an umbrella, the property of Eliza
Saggers._

Peter Currie and Amelia Carrie, man and wife,
were indicted for cutting and wounding Lawrence
Burke, a metropolitan police-constable, in the exe-
cution of his duty.
Mr. Thompson prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton, with
Mr. Opprnbeim, defended the prisoners, instructed
by Mr. Binns.
It appeared from the evidence of the officer that
a robbery was committed in the street, and the thief
rushed into 'a house in which the prisoner lived. He
pursued the thief, when he was attacked by the pri-
soners in an outrageous manner, his head being cut,
and receiving such injuries as to prevent him per-
forming his duties.
After a deal of evidence, the jury found the pri-
soners guilty of the common assault only, when
The Deputy Chairman sexy enced the man to pay
a fine of £lO, and the female £5, and to be kept in
prison until such fines be paid.
(Before J. R. Baggallay, Esq., Q.C.)

Charles Pacey, 33, a farm labourer, was indicted
for feloniously killing a sheep, the property of
Sarah Karn, with intent to steal its carcass, at
Frensham, in this county.
Mr. Gordon Allan prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley de-
fended the prisoner.
This was a most singular case, and the evidence
against the prisoner was extremely loose as regarded
identity. It appeared that the prosecutrix was a
farmer at Frensham, and in March last the prisoner
worked about that neighbourhood, and his father
lived near the proseoutrix's farm, On the 21st of
March last the manager to the prosecutrix went to
the fold, and found one of the sheep lying dead and
mangled. The legs were cut off in a rough man-
ner. One of the Surrey constabulary examined
the spot, and traced marks of a dog's and a man's
foot-marks towards the prisoner's cottage, but
owing to recent snow they were lost. Suspicion
fell upon the prisoner, but he had quitted the neigh-
bourhood, and nothing was heard- of him until a
fortnight ago, when the constable took him into
custody at Chichester,
footmarks corresponded witht was stated that the
used to wear, and that he boots the
generally had h a
dog prisoner with
him when he went about. There was no
evidence to show that the ' er was actual
that
had:any meat in
the prosecutrix's farm, or that he seen about
his possession.
Mr. Lilley at some length,
addressed the jury
when

The Chairman told them that, according to the
evidence he did not think that it would be safe to
convict the prisoner. They, however, had heard the
evidence, andcould return their verdict accordingly.
minutes' consultation, re-
The jury, after a 'few
turned a verdict of acquittal.
John Clark, 17, pleaded guilty of stealing a cow,
the:property of Charles Wren, at New Chapel, in
the parish of Godstene.
The prisoner was seen to drive the cow from a
field, and afterwards offerit for sale about six miles
off, when he was given into custody.
The Court sentenced him to 18 months' hard
abour.

Candidates who shall have clected to undergo two exa-
minations must be prepared to satisfy the examiners, if re-
quired to do so, as to their acquaintance with the various
matters which come within the single examination (except
as regards Latin, geography, and arithmetic, in which such
candidates are exempted from being re-examined) ; and
they will moreover be required for their second examination,
to draw up a report on the general commercial and political
relations of the several countries in which they may have
resided, and on the internal polity and administration, the
social institutions, and the character of the people of such
countries.

If a candidate offering himself for the single examination
should fail to satisfy the Commissioners to the required
extent, but should evince such a knowledge of the subjects
on which he may have been examined, as would have ob-
tained for him a certificate of fitness if he had only offered
himself for a first examination, the Commissioners will, in
such case, give a certificate as a first examination ; and the
candidate will eventually have to present himself again be-
fore the Commissioners for the second examination.
2. Period of Service of Attaches.

The service of Attaches will reckon from the date of
the certificate first granted by the Civil Service Commis-
sioners, and will be considered as probationary for four
years from that date, during which period the Attaches
must have been employed for six months in the Foreign-
office, and must also have actually resided at one of her
Majesty's Embassies or Missions abroad, or have been ac-
tually employed in the Foreign-office, for a further period
of three years. If these conditions as to employment and
residence have not been fulfilled at the expiration of four
years from the date of the certificate of the Civil Service
Commissioners, the probationary period will be prolonged
until they have been fulfilled; and it will likewise be pro-
longed in the case of candidates who may have elected to
undergo two examinations, until the final certificate of the
commissioners has been obtained.
3. A salary of £l5O a-year will be granted, contingently,
to Attaches on completion of their probation.
A salary at the rate of £l5O a-year will be granted to
attaches on termination of the period of probation, and on
the receipt from the minister, under whom they have last
served, of a certificate showing that their general character
and conduct, during the time they have so served, have
been satisfactory; and that, as far as such minister has the
means of forming an opinion, they understand and speak
French well, and also one other foreign language.

4. Abolition of the designation of Paid Attaches. Com-
missions as Second Secretaries to be granted to Paid
Attaches.
The designation of first and second paid attache is abo-
lished ; and in lieu themof will be substituted the designa-
tion of second secretaries, which will be conferred by com-
missions under her Majesty's sign manual.
5. Commissions as Third Secretaries to be granted to Un-
paid Attaches on completion of their probation.

Commissions as' third secretaries will also be granted
under ber Majesty's sign-manual to persons now serving as
unpaid attaches, or who shall hereafter be appointed un •
paid attaches, on the fulfilment of the conditions, appli-
cable to such persons, as specified in the present regulations.
It is clearly to be understood that the aforesaid commis-
sions of second and third secretaries will not imply appoint-
ment to any particular embassy or mission ; but the holders
thereof will be subject to the same conditions and liabilities
as to removal from one mission to another, at the discretion
of the Secretary of State, as those to which attaches of all
classes are now liable.
Secretaries of the second and third classes may be indis-
criminately attached, either to an embassy or to a mission;
and the circumstance of having been attached in either of
the above capacities to an embassy will not preclude trans-
fers in the same capacity to a mission. Moreover, there
may be more than one secretary of either of the above
classes attached, at the pleasure of the Secretary of State, to
any embassy or mission.
6. Number of Second Secretaries.

There will be a fixed number of second secretaries, deter-
mined by the number of first and second paid attaches, at
the date of the issue of these regulations.
The salaries of second secretaries will be fixed at the same
rates as those now assigned to first and second paid attaches
in the respective embassies and missions ; it being under-
stood that such rates have reference to the character of the
embassy or mission, and not to the services of the second
secretaries, who may be removed, without claim to compen-
sation, from an embassy or mission where the rates are
higher, to an embassy or mission where the rates are lower.

7. Rules as to Pensions of the Fourth Class.

In virtue of her Majesty's commissions, the service of
second and third secretaries will count for their pensions,
under the Act of 2 and 3 Wm. IV, cap. 116, from the date
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secretary.
8. Provision for the transfer of the Junior Members of the
Diplomatic Service from one post to another; and pay-
ment of their expenses of removal.
Second or third secretaries, and attaches, as a general
rule, will not be employed for more than two years conse-
cutively, irrespective of the periods during which they may
have been absent on leave in the same embassy or mission,
unless for special public reasons. Secretaries of embassy
or legation, second and third secretaries, and attaches, will,
on their first appointment, or on any subsequent removal
by reason of promotion or otherwise on public grounds, re-
ceive such an allowance as shall be sufficient to cover the
actual expense of their personal journey by land, or the
actual amount paid for their personal passage by sea,
either from England to their post, or from one foreign
post to another ; and in the case of secretaries of embassy or
legation, and of second secretaries, a similar allowance for
one servant, if they have one ; butno allowance will be=ade
under the head of subsistence during a journey by land;
neither will any allowance be made for the expense of the
journey or subsistence of the families of any such secre-
taries or attaches. In the event of a passage being afforded
to secretaries or attaches on board of one of her Majesty's
ships of war the allowance made will be in conformity
with the Admiralty regulations.
No allowance will be made to the junior members of the
diplomatic service for journeys undertaken for their own
convenience, in pursuance of leave of absence; but in all
such cases the expense of the journeys from and on return-
ing to their posts will be exclusively at their own charge.
It is understood, moreover, that in the case of any
journey of which the expense is to be allowed, secretaries
or attaches, unless specially excused from doing so, will be
bound to take' charge of despatches, if required ; and, in
, t hey will be expected to perform the journey
without
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9. Interchangedelaying of employment between Second and Third
Secretaries, and Junior Clerks in the Foreign-office.
The Secretary of State will, should he see occasion, for
the advantage of the public service, allow second and third
secretaries, and attaches, to interchange for a time their
duties with clerks of the three junior classes in the Foreign-
office ; the several parties being bound, for the whole period
through which the interchange extends, in every respect
to perform the duties and to submit to the obligations
attaching to the situation which they may temporarily
occupy.

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The Secretary of State will, moreover, if he sees reason
to do so, direct such temporary interchange of duties to be
made, irrespective of the wishes of the parties, between
second or third secretaries, or attaches, and clerks in the
Foreign Office : or he will direct such persons to be em-
ployed for a time, at home or abroad, without any inter-
change, snaking in either case such an allowance to the
reckon Inthe
parties as he may consider just and reasonable
event of any Attache being so employed in the Foreign
Office, the period, over and above the six months which are
obligatory as stated in section 2, during which he shall b
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towards the three years during which he is by these
lations to reside at an Embassy or Mission abroad. regu.
In the case of temporary interchanges between seere•
taxies and clerks, they will respectively ran:
period for which the interchange shall last, after (duringer thejunier
in the classes of secretaries or clerks to which each of them
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belongs, 'the clerk receiving an acting appointment as Secre-
tary of such class. The same princ,ple will apply in cases
of permanent interchange.
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BIRTHS.

DOBREE.—On the 15th inst., the wife of Bonamy Dobree,
jun., Esq., of a son.
NELSON.—On the 12th inst., the Countess Nelson, of a

son.
PETRE.—On the 12th inst., the Hon. Mrs, Henry Petre,
Bedfords, Essex, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

BFASLEY—COVENTRY.—On the 161 h inst., at St. George's,
Hanover-square, Joseph Noble, third son of J. Beasley,
Esq., of Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire, to Sophia
Mary, the eldest surviving daughter of Thomas
William
Coventry, Esq.
CRAPMAN—CATTERNS.—On the 13th inst., at St. Mary's'Bryansten -square, Alexander, the youngest son of Mrs;
Chapman, Newton-terrace, Westbourne-grove, to Ma?
Maria, daughter of the late G. Catterns, Esq., of
War-
wick.

DEATHS.
ALLAN.—On the 15th inst., at Elm Lodge, Surbiton,
Ed-
ward Thomas Allan, Esq., husband of Madame Carado"
Allan, aged 64. q"
COOMBE.—On the 14th inst., W. A. Coombe, Esq., late
Town Clerk of Gravesend, aged 66.
ROLLES.—On the 13th inst., at Brighton, the Rev. Edvrd.
Holies, M.A.
WILLIAMS.—On Blackheath,LiAms Op.
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aged 66.

KENTISH.—On the 15th inst., most suddenly, William
Kentish,- of Grove-villa, Lee, Kent, and 16, Chang°-
alley, Cornhill,
Saxonburg Lodge, RYcl,ej
wife of the lion. John Pet"'
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