The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1865.

CRYSTAL PAL 4C E.-TO-MORROW.-
zUXURIOUSLY WARM and DRY.—Brilliant Sun-
shine at the Palace on Saturday. - Lighted at dusk.—See the
new Pictures in Special Gallery.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—LAST. FOUR DAYS
of HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS. —TO - MOR 0 W
(TUESDAY) to FRIDAY.—Open Imm Ten till Sim—Amuse-
ments from Moaning ti 1 Night. —lmpossible to describe in
advertisements. Le PETIT BLONDIN, the juvenile Rope
dancer.; LE FRERES LA CAVALLIN the Great I alian
Clowns and Gymnasts; SILV ESTE R, the Charmed Monster,
&e. ; the ELLIS ntA. BROTHERS, the classical gymnasts;
BA ttNES. the CHAMPION VAULTER, in his sixty somer-
saults; JEAN BOND and his wonderful DOG; HERR
WILLIO, the great German Contortionist. J. H. STEAD,
the Cure. Most amusing' CLOWNS. Comical Pantomimic
BALLET, with Mr. STEAD as SI3IP.KIN, forming au un-
paralleled variety of Holiday Amusements.
In addition to these :—The Fine Arts Courts, in variety
and beauty unequalled in the world. The decorations of the
Palace, with the Great Christmas Tree, should be seen by all.
The Great Fair and Bazaar, the best opportunity for Christ-
mas Presents. Shakspere House, Montanari Models, Swings,
Roundabouts, Invigora ors. and other popular amusements.
Galleries of slodels and Ships. Armour-plates lent by offi-
cial authority. The extraordinary Chimpanzee. The unique
Aquariums. All these render the Crystal Palace the one
place for holiday enjoyment. EDMOND,' diateWombwell's)
WINDSOR, CAST LE GREAT MENAGEIIIE is exhibited
adjoining the Palace. All under Cover. Admission to the
Menagerie, 6d.
Admission to the Palace, One Shilling. Children under
twelve, Half-price. Palace lighted up at dusk. Wonderfully
beautiful effect.

CRYSTAL PALACE AT NIGHT.—" If this
lighting up, and this alone, were shown as the Christmas
attraction, it would be worth a journey to Norwooi to see 11.
We can only cordially recommend our readers to see it for
themselves before the week is out " —Vide Newspapers.
Lighted from dusk till half-past six.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS. in
which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELE F
AT Tli E SEA-SIDE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening
(except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at. Three.
- -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUS.TRA LION, 14, Regent-
street. Unreserved seats, is., 28. ; stalls, 25. ; stall spring
chairs, ss.
OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by
Maclarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUE ,DAY and T HURSDAY, at Three.

T HE XFORD,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hill Company (limited).

ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Off"nbach's brilliant Opera
Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song • "King of Bceotia ;" • rhe Hymn io Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and horns ; the side-splitting Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; a d flual Minuet
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and
Lascelles.
Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by
Litchfield ilosely, Esq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz,
expressly for this estanlishment.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talliitt.
LE MONSTRE CHARME, by M. SILVESTRE.
Comedy, by Mr. WIL LIA it RANDALL, Mr. GASTON
MURRAY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of
the day.

CANTERBURY HALL.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
HODGE PODGE, _ _

he most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
don (India ng the whole strength of the establishment),
should be seen to be appreciated.
The usual Operatic Selections by Misses Russell, Barrie,
Hays. Godden, &c.; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont,
Kimberley, &c.
Musical Director, Mr. P. Jonghmans.
Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &a
Every evening at 7 o'clock.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus\
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS.
Operatic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON.
The Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE
ADAMS, NELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO.
LEYBOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and
Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian
Clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris,
their first appearance in England.
Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, is.
Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GRE VILLE.

New Goods Station at St. Pancras

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To have a terminus under their own control in London
's the object of all the great railway companies, whether'
they have been originally projected with one end of their
Lines in the metropolis, or whetber they wero at first local
Lines around which new schemes have, accidentally or in

the nature of the thing, grouped themselves. The Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover Railway sprang out of the com-
paratively insignificant East Kent line ; the Midland Com-
pany-has by degrees extended its iron roads until now that
it has fairly opened the first department of its London ter-
minus. On Monday last it took possession of a very large
area beyond St. Pancras old church, and close by the side
of the Regent's Canal. Its passenger station for the me-
tropolis will be in the Euston-road, to the west of the
King's-cross Station, and taking in, we believe, the site
now occupied by a church about two years ago consecrated
by the Bishop of London. The St. Pancras Station is
merely for goods, produce, and coals; and as all the latest
improvements have been adopted in its construction a few
lines may well be devoted to a description of it.
It stands on tolerably high ground, which rises from
King's-cross, and though the approaches are by no means
in a state fit for such heavy traffic as is now carried along
the adjacent thoroughfares, yet is the station in full work.
No doubt the adjoining property will soon:rise in character,
and no doubt also the railway company will before long
enclose their premises more satisfactorily than at present.
These are little defects incidental to the first occupation of
new premises anywhere. BuVrithin the gates the officials
have already reduced everytiting to comparative order. A
large traffic in coal brought from the Derbyshire and the
Yorkshire fields is now being carried on, and if
it is considered how much confusion is inevitable
in a change from nearly temporary to permanent pre-
mises the wonder will be found to be not that there are
still a few things to set in order, but that so much
should already have been done. The goods shed is more
than 300 feet long, and in width sufficient to allow 12 lines of
rails, beside railways for loading. On either side is a com-
modious platform some 30 feet wide, and overhead is an im-
mense wool warehouse. The walls of the shed are of bright
red brick, but in the interior wrought iron has been chiefly
employed in the construction. Pillars and girders, beams
and braces, are all iron, the use of which has enabled the
architect to give a light and not ungraceful appearance to
the structure. According to Mr. Ruskin's dictum that art
is out of place in a railway station—a dictum doubtful in it-
self, but admissible, perhaps, with reference to a goods sta-
tion—there has been no attempt at ornamentation ; and
whatever may be the architectural merit of the Midland
goods terminus, that merit is due entirely to the material
and in no way to design as such. The object kept in view
has been that of utility and fitness for the purpose, and it is
not always that we are able to commend an architect for
this, which should be one of his primary canons, if not ab-
solutely the first of his rules. The cranes, which are also of
wrought iron, possessing strength without cumbersome-
ness, are worked by hydraulic machinery, and even the
waggons are drawn in and out of the shed, or moved on a
traverser from one set of rails to another, by capstans sim-
ply worked by pressing the foot on a knob of iron, which
sends the capstan whizzing round, the withdrawal of the
pressure instantly stopping the machinery. By the side of
the shed is the entrance to the cellars constructed to store
the Burton beer, and here hydraulic machinery will be em-
ployed to lower and raise the barrel-laden waggons on a
heavy incline. The North London Railway crosses the line
just outside of the station, and the Midland traffic at present
joins the Great Northern Railway at the south end of the
Copenhagen Tunnel ; but as soon as the Midland line, now
in course of construction, is completed, the Great Northern
Railway will be relievo from the heavy extra pressure un-
der which it has at present to work from Copenhagen-
fields to Hitchin.
On the south side of the Regent's Canal the company is
constructing an immense warehouse, five storeys in height,
the walls of which are of red brick, and the interior pillars
and girders of massive cast and wrought iron. Hero, on
the lower floors, will be additional storage for beer, and on
the upper room for an enormous quantity of grain brought
to the London market. Hydraulic machinery will be em-
ployed here as well as in the goods shed.
Considering the difficulties under which they at present
necessarily labour it is very creditable to the officials of the
company that so much has been done. In the course of a
week or two they will be able to meet any demands upon
them. Meanwhile it will be only fair that the commercial
community should make some allowance for the enormous
difficulties which beset the transfer of a gigantic business
from one set of premises to another.

The Extraordinary Case of Child Stealing

at Portsmouth.

PORTSIktOUTH, Saturday

At the Borough Quarter Sessions, this day, before J. D.
Coleridge, Q.C., Recorder, Mary Ann Plucks, 27, was in-
dicted for feloniously taking away by fraud a female child
named Emily Eleanor Turton, of the age of 27 days, with
intent to deprive Hannah Turton, its mother, of the pos-
session of the said child, on the 7th of November ; and
Sarah Fry, 52, her mother, was charged
,with aiding and
abetting in the commission of the offence.
Mr. Poulden prosecuted, and the prisoners were unde-
fended.

The circumstances of the case were of a most extraordi-
nary character, and the greatest interest was manifested,
the court being densely crowded.

The evidence was very voluminous, but the facts may be
briefly stated. The prosecutrix, a single woman, was con-
fined "of a female child at the Portsea Island Workhouse on
the 11th of October. On the 4th of November the prisoner
Flucks called at the union and was introduced to the prose-
cutrix, whom she told that her mistress required a wet
nurse, and would give 151. a-year and what was required for
the baby. Prosecutrix accepted those terms, and it was ar-
ranged that Flucks should call for her at the union on the
following Monday afternoon. She, however, called on the
Saturday, and stated that she had come to alter the arrange-
ment, as her mistress had received a telegram—she there-
fore wished to know if she would go to London and leave her
child at Southsea. Prosecutrix assented to this arrangement,
and it was fixed that she should leave for London on Monday
morning, the prisoner telling her shewas to pack up her clothes
to take to Salisbury. Plucks accordingly called at the union
on Monday morning, and prosecutrix and her baby went
with her in a cab to the railway station. Prisoner paid the
fare, and told prosecutrix she would go to " Lady
Creamer's," at Peckham House, about five o'clock, ready
for tea. She added that the servants, wearing gold lace,
would be waiting at the Waterloo station with the carriage
for her. On her arrival she failed to discover either ser-
vants with gold lace or the carriage, and, taking a cab, she
proceeded to Peckham House, which she found to be a
lunatic asylum. She went to a magistrate, and the workhouse
authorities at Portsmouth being communicated with, prose-
cutrix was sent back to the union. Nothing was heard of
the prisoner or the baby until the 24th of November, when
the prosecutrix went with Sergeant Poole, of the Ports-
mouth police, to Cambridge House, East Cowes, and found
the prisoner Plucks in bed with the baby. Fry told Poole
that she was present at her daughter's confinement, but
afterwards said, "I will tell you the truth; my daughter
went away on Thursday, and brought the child back on
Monday."
Mr. Julian Slight, the surgeon of the Portsmouth borough
gaol, distinctly proved that the prisoner Flucks had never
had a child at all.

When the prisoners were called upon for their •defence,
Plucks asserted that it was her child, and said it was hard
to give it up into the hands of a single woman, more espe-
cially when they daily and hourly heard of women de-
stroying their infants. (A laugh.)
The Recorder having briefly summed up,
The Jury found both prisoners Guilty.
The Recorder, in passing sentence, told the prisoner
Plucks that she had been found-guilty of a cruel act, as
far as the woman Turton was concerned, and the sentence
of the Court was, that she be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for six calendar months. Addressing the other
prisoner, the Recorder said she had undoubtedly had a very
strong temptation to do what she had done, in endeavour-
ing to screen her daughter from the punishment which was
certain to follow her, and the sentence upon her was that
she be imprisoned for three calendar months.
On being removed from the dock the prisoner Flucks
burst out crying, and said, " I shall see my child again, I
shall."