The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, c'..JADON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1865.

The Great Jewel Robberies.

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BOW-STREET.-THIS DAY.

This morning Mr. Flowers resumed the investigation of
the several prisoners charged with committing, or being
concerned in committing, the recent burglaries at the esta-
blishments of Mr. Abrahams, of the Strand, Mr. Walker, of
Oomhill, and Mr. Johnson, of Threadneedle-street,
jewellers.

The case had excited even more public attention and in-
terest than on the former occasion, and the approaches to
the court were crowded with persons eager to get a sight
of the criminals. It need hardly be said that at the com-
mencement of the proceedings the court was crowded to
excess, and numbers of persons, disappointed in obtaining
admission, remained outside, blocking the passages to suf-
focation. The crowd outside was nearly as great as on the
occasion of Muller's examination, but the approach to the
court-room was admirably kept under the judicious ar-
rangements of Superintendent Durkin, who was ably
seconded in his efforts by. Inspectors Brannan and Avery.
Amongst the gentlemen occupying seats on the bench
were Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lord George Gordon
Bruce, Lord Hayes, Lord Ingestre, and Sir Richard Mayne.
Mr. Nelson, the City Solicitor, was also present.

The following prisoners were brought up on remand
Brown, alias Price, alias Scotty, James and Ellen
Hurley, William, H. and Martha Jeffrey, Thomas and
Louisa Brewerton, alias Bruton, Thomas and Ann Casley.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. George Lewis,
jun., for Mr. Walker and Mr. Johnson; and Mr. Abrams,
for Mr. Abrahams. Mr. Kemp, the barrister, instructed by
Mr. Beard, defended Jeffrey, Casley, and Brewerton.
The case had been appointed to be heard at twelve
o'clock, but up to half-past twelve the prisoners had not
been placed at the bar.
Mr. Flowers having asked the cause of the delay, Mr.
Superintendent Durkin (of the F division) stated that it
was thought necessary that one of the prisoners should be
seen by certain witnesses, with a view to ascertain whether
they could identify him. _ _ _

[lt may be explained that the practice is to place a pri-
soner for this purpose amongst a crowd of persons of
similar general aspect, and then bring in the witness; to
anticipate any objection which might arise if the witness
had the opportunity of distinguishing the prisoner by his
conspicuous position in the dock. This course was adopted
on the present occasion.]

A still further delay ensued, and an impression became
prevalent that one of the prisoners had offered to give in-
formation, and was now making a statement in another

room.

At five minutes to one o'clock the eight prisoners (Flur-
leys, Jeffrey; Casleys, and Brewertons), were placed at
the bar.

Mr. Abrams said he had no evidence to connect these
prisoners with the burglary at Mr. Abraham's.
Mr. Lewis—Sir, I again appear on the part of Mr.
Walker and also of Mr. Johnson, and possibly there will
be other proceedings against them for other burglaries
committed in the city of London; and my application to
you is that the prisoners be remitted to the city of London,
where nearly all the witnesses reside, and where the
offences ware committed. I need hardly point out the
extreme convenience of that course, and I imagine you
would not be inclined to put the witnesses to the inconve-
nience of coming to this distance. At the same time I
repeat, both on behalf of Mr. Walker and of Mr. Johnson
that they feel the greatest gratitude to the Metropolitan
police for the exertions and ability they have displayed in
this case.

Mr. Flowers—l understand, and would wish to know if
it is the case that there is a man of the name of Roberts in
custody at the Mansion-house. Is he supposed to be con-
nected with these burglaries ?

Mr. Lewis—He is, and at this moment he is detained at
the Mansion-house awaiting the arrival of Mr. Walker and
the other witnesses.

Mr. Flowers—My difficulty, as I presume you are aware,
was the second section of Jervis's Act. These persons
were brought before me, and I did not see quite well how
I could, without sufficient cause being shown, remit them
to the City, which could only be done by a warrant, which,
you will remember, sets forth that the principal witnesses
reside in the City. Mr. Abrams now states that there is
no evidence to connect them with the case of Mr. Abra-
hams, and as you now state for the prosecution that the
principal witnesses reside in the City, I think cause has
been shown to justify me in sending them to be examined
at the Mansion-house.

Mr. Lewis—Very well, sir. And with reference to the
other man Brown, who will be brought up presently on
the charge of burglary in the Strand, I may mention that
there will also be charges against him for offences in the
City, and I trust that Mr. Burnaby, in making out the com-
mitment, will be kind enough so to word it that he may
be taken to the City without difficulty.
Mr. Burnaby (the chief clerk) said he would boar that
point in mind.

Mr. Kemp—Surely, Mr. Lewis, you are not going to the
City to-day ?

Mr. Nelson, the City solicitor, said the Lord Mayor
would be quite prepared to hear the case to-day.
The prisoners were then remitted to the City.

The prisoner Brown, alias Scotty, was then placed at
the bar on the charge of burglary at Mr. Abrahams's, in
tho Strand.

Mr. Abrahams said he would not offer any further evi-
dence, but should now apply for the committal of the pri-
soner for trial.

The prisoner was committed.
Mr. Lewis mentioned that since the discovery of five
watches in the River Thames, near Blackfriars Bridge, last
evening, a vessel belonging to the Thames police had been
constantly stationed at the spot, and this morning the
diver had made a second descent with the apparatus of Mr.
Reinke, of 79, Great Portland-street, and had found another
watch, which was also identified by Mr. Walker. The
state of the tide during the day had prevented any further
search from being made, but it was contemplated to send
the diver down again to-morrow to make further search.
Inspector Potter, of the G division, stated that Scotty
had, in 1851, been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for
a burglary in Scotland. •
We understand that there is some foundation for the
rumour that one of the prisoners had expressed a desire to
make a statement to the police, but it was not thought
expedient for the ends of justice to make it public.
On Saturday the Inspector went to Scotland for the
purpose of arresting a man supposed to be a relation of
Scotty. This man passes by the name of Miller, but his
real name is said to be Barry. Mr. Potter succeeded in
capturing him, and found on him a gold brooch, gold pin,
and gold ear-ring, all identified by Mr. Walker, a bank-
book, of the Royal Bank of Scotland, in the name of Miller,
and showing £55 paid in, and two shawls which had been
identified as a portion of the booty of a burglary in Lau-
rence-lane. Miller and Barry had also been transported
for 10 years. It seems that Scotty was transported under
the name of Miller.

Ihe Threatened Lock-out in the Iron Trade.

MEETING OF DELEGATES.

Yesterday a meeting of delegates of iron works operatives
was held at Brierly-hill, South Staffordshire, to consider
and determine upon the course to bo pursued in relation to
the notice of the ironmaaters threatening a lock-out at all
the iron works in the United Kingdom if at the close of this
week the men on strike in North Staffordshire have not
resumed work. The delegates represented, it was stated,
some 10,000 men, employed not only at the iron works of
England, North and South, but also those throughout
Scotland and North Wales, and a portion of South Wales.
The number of the delegates was 25, and they were ap-
pointed at meetings held on Saturday night in their various
districts. At those meetings so strong was the feeling of
the men against yielding to a notice for the lock-out that
out of 20 districts 14 were in favour of resisting the notice,
and several of them had instructed their delegates so to vote
under any circumstances. During the greater half of the
meeting the speeches were all in accordance with these
sentiments, and the masters' notice was condemned in no
measured terms, whilst the readiness of the men to submit
to any deprivation rather than yield was equally emphatic.
Towards the afternoon, however, moderate counsels began
to prevail. Mr. Kane and other members of the executive
spoke of the large amount of privation which resisting the
notice would occasion to colliers, furnacemen, hardware
artisans, and others who viere altogether innocent in the
dispute. The funds, it was said, were great, and would enable
the members to maintain the struggle, supported as they
would be by other unions, but it was desirous to husband
the funds, and at the same time prevent the misery which
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Staffordshire men prepared to resume, except on gaining
the point in dispute. The delegates, too, whose-consti-
tuents were so strongly in favour of resisting the notice,
contended against this step as long as they were able ; but
they ultimately yielded to the appeals of the executive offi-
cars ; and it was resolved that the North Staffordshire
men should be respectfully requested to resume work at
once. The motion was carried, with the North Stafford-
shire delegate alone dissenting. If the men in North
Staffordshire should decline to act on the resolution they
will be cut off from the executives, and the strike will
then become purely local. Under these circumstances
it was considered that the masters would not deem them-
selves called upon to carry out the notice, even if the
Staffordshire men should remain out. By the speakers
who counselled moderation arbitration similar to that
no* being adopted in the building trades, would, it was
hoped, soon be the rule of the iron trade.

BALLOON ASCENT.—Mr. Glaisher, F.R.S., and
Mr. Coxwell yesterday made their quarterly balloon
ascent from Woolwich Arsenal in the Mars. The balloon
was inflated with 29,000 cubic feet of gas from the Royal
Arsenal gasometer, by permission of the War Department,
on payment of the expenses at prime cost. The balloon
left the earth at five minutes past 2 p.m., rising in an
almost perpendicular line for some minutes, and afterwards
diverging in a north-cast and easterly direction. It finally
disappeared behind some thick clouds, taking its course
apparently towards the Brighton coast.

Royal Geographical Society.

Yesterday evening a very crowded meeting of the
members of this society was held at Burlington-
house, to hear a paper read by the secretary, Mr.
Markham, on the " Origin and Migrations of the
Greenland Esquimaux," having reference to the
probability of an open sea round the North Pole,
and especially to hear the remarks of Capt. Sherard
Osborn on a more lengthy paper by Dr. Petermann,
advocating the despatch of another Polar expedition.
Sir R. Murchison took the chair, and the room was
crowded by all the chief members of the society. In
the first paper read the secretary proceeded briefly,
after expressing an earnest hope that the expedition
proposed by Captain Osborn would yet be carried
out, to show his (Mr. Markham's) reasons for be-
lieving that the unexplored regions to the north were,
up to the very Pole itself even, not improbably sup-
porting a small and scattered population. The migra-
tions of men within the Arctic Zone gave rise to
questions closely connected with the geography of
the undiscovered portions of the Arctic regions and
those questions which could only be solved by a
scientific Polar expedition. Until the last nine cen-
turies the great continent of Greenland was unte-
nanted by a single human being, and there was a still
more remote period when trees clothed the hillsides of
Disco, and groves waved in a milder climate over
Banksland and Melville Island, and corals and
sponges flourished in the now frozen waters of Bar-
row's Straits. There was a later period, when the
Norseman held the land against the old proprietors
of the soil, the Esquimaux, who had come from the
wilds of Siberia. The last glimpse of the Norse-
men showed them living in two districts, divided
into villages ; but when, after a long lapse of years,
Greenland was again visited all trace of the Norse-
man had disappeared, save a. few Runic inscriptions
extending as far north asUpernavik, some ruins, and
the broken church bells of Gardar. The cradle of
the Esquimaux race was in Central Asia, though
even those wandering tribes had doubtless found
other tribes of natives before them. There was
ample geographical evidence that a large tract un-
explored in the Arctic regions was occupied by land.
The awful ice found on the north-western shore of
Prince Patrick's Island showed it to be the accumu
lation of years, and therefore in a virtually land-
locked sea-locked to the north, as well as south,
east, and west. All the chief Arctic explorers had
found remains of huts, fox traps, and horns of
animals on Baring, Byam Martin, Melville,
Bathurst, and Cornwallis islands, which enabled
them to trace the route taken by those early wan-
derers in search of the means of sustaining life, step
by step, along the whole length of the Parry group
from Baring Island to Cape Warrender. It was
on the coast of Greenland that they at length found
a resting-place. Part went south, and, driving out
the Norsemen, peopled Greenland, while part, he
believed, wandered still further north, where the re-
quired conditions for their existence might be attain-
able. All their traditions spoke to there being an
iceless sea in the far north, and open water was life
to Esquimaux. Such a people would be completely
isolated, and, on account of their habits, manners,
language, and mode of life, would be to many one
of the most valuable results of the contemplated
Polar expedition ; and this was but one out of the
many branches of knowledge which would be en-
riched and advanced by future North Polar ex-
plorers. _ _

At the conclusion of the paper Capt. Osborn, who
was very warmly welcomed by the meeting, rose to
read a brief abstract from Dr. Petermann's commu-
nication on the subject of Polar exploration, a paper
which the gallant captain said was much too long to
read in extenso, but was still so valuable that the so-
ciety were determined to print it among the regular
papers. The learned doctor strongly recommended
that future attempts to penetrate to the Pole should
be made from the Spitzbergen side rather than from
Smith's Sound, and he supported his views in favour
of this route on the ground that the sea there would,
he believed, be found to be almost free from ice.
England, which had done so much to promote the
maritime interests of the world, should again be the
first to take the lead in this great branch of geogra-
phical discovery, for it was only from her great re-
sources in men and ships that a solution of the pro-
blem could be lookedfor. Capt. Osborn, in referring
to the heads of this paper, said he did not at all wish
to oppose Dr. Petermann's theory that there was an
open sea round the Pole, for the learned doctor was
by no means alone in that opinion, Professor Maury
holding it also. He, as a sailor, thought they were
both right in so believing, though he also thought
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by Smith's Sound was so far much preferable. The
service to which he had the honour to belong had
been in a state of peace for ten years, and he was
anxious that young and energetic men should be al-
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tionsandhereferred to the case of Dr. Rae, who had been sup-
ported by the natives for months. There would
certainly be no lack of volunteers for such an ex-
pedition, and he believed ono English Admiral was
prepared to lead, if necessary-, a squadron by Spitz-
bergen to the forth Pole. (Hear, hear.) M'Clintock
and Allen Young, and many others whom he could
name, were perfectly ready to go at once. He
(Captain Osborn) had been told he must point out
where the funds were to come from ; but with that
he could have nothing to do. The nation gave ten
millions a year to the navy, and in the late ten years
had spent no less than 150 millions on it, though
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had gone to the scientific department of the profes-
sion—not more than the 230th part of the whole
amount. He should certainly like to have more
than that spent, especially when even of that sum
money was taken in one case for a cricket-ground,
or in others spent in the wages of servants at various
establishments. In conclusion he urged the society
to do all in its power to work upon public opinion
in favour of another expedition to the North Polar
regions.
Professor OWEN, in reply to a request from the
chairman, briefly pointed out the benefits which were
likely to accrue to the science of zoology if an open
sea round the Pole were reached. He thought it
was the duty of the Government not to rest as long
as there was a part of the world which ought to be
observed but which had not been visited at all. The
unfortunate termination of two of the expeditions
had rather alarmed the public mind on these matters,
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ported the idea of a fresh expedition to the North
Pole, the proceedings terminated with the usual vote
of thanks.

THE NEW CONFEDERATE FLAG.—The plan of the
new Confederate flag, submitted some time ago by
Major Rogers for the consideration of Congress, has been
adopted by the Military Committee of the House and
Senate, and will henceforth be the national emblem of the
Confederate States. Our readers will remember that the
change made in the flag consists in the division of the
field into a white bar and a red bar in equal proportion,
the red bar being at the outer end of the field. —Richmond
IVhig.
TIPPERARY ELECTION.—DUBLIN, Monday Night.
—Mr. Moore has won by a large majority. At the close
of the poll the numberf! were :—Mr. Moore, 2,042 ; Mr.
Gill, 884. Majority, 1,158.

Fun eral of Mrs. Howard of Corby.

(From the Carlisle Express.)

The funeral of Mrs. Howard, wife of P. H.
Howard, Esq, of Corby Castle—the sudden death
of which lady on Saturday morning week was re-
corded in our issue of that day—took place on
Thursday, at noon, the body being deposited in the
family mausoleum adjoining Wetheral Church. The
occasion, as might have been expected, was one of
general mourning throughout the neighbourhood,
not simply because it was a Howard who was dead,
one of that reverend family of which Cumbrians are
so justly proud—but also because of the amiable
character borne by the deceased lady. In the cot-
tage and in the hall alike, will common testimony
be borne to her genuine worth, for of those noble
and generous qualities which tend so largely to
dignify wealth and position, Mrs. Howard was in
no small measure a partaker.
A more mournful spectacle than that of Thurs-
day's funeral procession the fair domain of Corby
has perhaps never witnessed, and its impressiveness
was all the more powerfully felt when the mind,
even though it were but for a moment, was permitted
to recall the many pleasing and delightful associa-
tions of that far-famed beautiful place. Yet without,
save but for the assembling strangers, clad in
mourning, there was nothing to tell of the bereave-
ment and gloom within. " The silent snow pos-
sessed the earth," brightening rather than conceal-
ing the beauties of the landscape ; and the innume-
rable developments which were everywhere observ-
able of the fresh young life of the early spring, left
no room for expressions of regret at human loss.

In consequence of the deceased lady being of the
Catholic faith, and the family vault being in the
English Church, it was necessary that two funeral
services should be performed. The ceremony was
commenced in the morning at half-past nine o'clock,
when the Catholic burial service was performed pri-
vately in the Castle, by the Rev. W. Ryan, of
Warwick, the Rev. Canon Curry, Carlisle, and the
Rev. Mr. Darnell, tutor to Master Howard. The
funeral, though of a private character, was very
largely attended by the gentry of the county, and
by Mr. Howard's tenantry ; and although the pro-
cession was not to start until twelve o'clock, num-
bers of persons began to assemble in the grounds
fully a couple of hours before that time. All who
wished were permitted, after the private service had
been concluded, to enter the chamber in which the
coffin was placed. The windows being closed and
curtained, the apartment was illuminated by the
glimmering light of candles. A crucifix was placed
at. the head of the coffin, and each piece of white
drapery against the walls was embellished with a
cross, while various other emblems were exhibited,
The coffin, which stood in the centre of the chamber,
and which had been supplied by Mr. Creighton, of
Carlisle, was of a most elegant description. It was
made of mahogan and covered with black silk velvet,
the edges being studded with croslets. Eight gilt
handles were placed.on the side and at the ends. On
the lid was a large floreated cross, on which, done in
red and blue enamel, were the initials " E. M. H." ;
also a shield on which were the Howard and Can-
ning arms, and a large square gilt breast-plate,
bearing the following inscription :—" Pray for the
soul of Eliza Minto Canning, wife of Philip Henry
Howard, of Corby Castle, Esquire, who died Feb-
ruary 11th, 1865, aged 55 years. Eternal Rest
give to her, 0 Lord, and let Perpetual Light Shine
upon her." There were other two coffins within,
one of oak, and the other a leaden case. At 20
minutes past 12 o'clock the hearse, which, along
with the hired conveyances, was furnished by Mr.
Sykes, was drawn up in front of the castle, and the
body was immediately borne out and placed in it.
Messrs. Toppin and Sons, of Carlisle, who had
been entrusted with the funeral arrangements,
then proceeded to form the procession. In the
first carriage, preceding the hearse, were Dr.
Elliot, Carlisle, and Mr. Arras, Warwick
Bridge, who had attended the deceased ; the
Rev. W. Ryan, of Warwick Bridge ; and
the Rev. W. Blake, of Wetheral. The second
carriage was occupied by P. H. Howard, Esq., and
J.‘G. Fleming, Esq., of London, who married the
late Mrs. Howard's sister ; and the third by J.
Errington, Esq., of High Warden, near Hexham, a
relative to Mr. Howard by marriage; and Mr.
Fleming, jun.,—those four being the mourners. The
pall-bearers were Major Hamilton, Warwick Green ;
Captain Ferguson, Morton ; Mr. Losh, Wreay
Syke ; James Fawcett, Esq., Scaleby Castle ; J. P.
Senhouse, Esq., Netherhall ; G. G. Mounsey, Esq.,
Castletown ; Captain Walker, Wetheral Plains ;
Captain Irving, Wetheral ; IV. Forster, Esq., Car-
lisle ; T. H. Parker, Esq., Warwick Hall ; T. H.
Graham, Esq., Edmund Castle ; and Capt. James,
Barrock Park. The whole of the carriages-23 in
number—having received their respective occupants,
the cortege moved slowly out of the grounds. A num-
ber of Mr. Howard's tenants, gardeners, carpenters,
labourers, and other people walked in couples at the
rear. Groups of spectators were gathered in the
grounds and at the entrance gate, as well as along
the road, but the greatest order and quiet pre-
vailed. Passing along the low end of Corby, the
route taken was by Eden Banks, which brought
them into Wetheral village, instead of under the
railway bridge on the low road, the time occupied
in going round being about an hour. On entering
the village the church bell began to toll, and the
procession halted on the green, whence the body
was borne on the shoulders of six men to the church,
the mourners and others walking in procession be-
hind. The Rev. W. Blake, accompanied by the
Rev. T. G. Livingston, met the body in the church
yard, and at once proceeded with the burial service
by reading the opening sentences. While those in
attendance at the funeral were entering the church,
the Dead March in Saul was played on the harmo-
nium by Mr. Metcalf, of the Carlisle Cathedral.
Among other preparations which had been made for
the occasion, the communion table, reading desk,
and the seats appropriated to the mourners were
draped with black cloth. The coffin having been
placed on a bier on the centre of the choir, and the
large congregation having settled into their places,
the service was proceeded with by the chaunting of
two psalms, the first to the Gregorian Chaunt in E
minor, and the second to the Gregorian Chant in A
minor. The lesson was then read by the Rev. W.
Blake, and at the conclusion of it, a hymn—

" When our heads are bowed in woe."
was sung (from " Hymns Ancient and Modern "),
and during the singing the body was removed into
the vault, whereupon the mourners took up a posi-
tion round the entrance to the mausoleum, while
the remaining portion of the service was gone
through. Another hymn, " Jesus lives," from the
collection already named, was sung, after the con-
cluding prayer, and then the benediction was pro-
nounced. At the conclusion of the service Mr.
Howard, the Rev. W. Ryan, and the Rev. Mr.
Darnell descended into the vault, where they re-
mained for a few minutes, and then Mr. Howard,
who had expressed himself " much gratified by the
solemn and appropriated service," accompanied by
the other mourners, withdraw from the church.
While a dismissal was being played by Mr. Metcalf,
many of the congregation availed themselves of the
opportunity to enter the vault, in which are now
deposited the mortal remains of six of the Howard
family.

The funeral arrangements were good, and we
understand that Mr. Howard expressed himself
much pleased with the satisfactory manner in which
they were carried out by the undertaker.

MILK.—If any one thing had to be selected
which should prove more clearly than any other
the utter impossibility of comparing the perfection of
divine with the imperfection of human skill, few better
examples could be chosen than that familiar fluid, milk.
Set an accomplished chemist, aided by a first-rate
cook, to manufacture by their united skill, and
universal aliment" which should suffice in itself alone
for the nutriment of man and beast; which should
suit all ages, from the infant to the octogena-
rian ; which should neither cloy the palate nor clog
the stomach, when taken in moderation ; which should
supply growth, sustain strength, and satisfy the cravings
of appetite—it is quite certain that they would not invent
such a compound as milk, if they had not milk beforethem
as a pattern to copy. Our mother's milk is one of the
articles of food we ever swallow without its havingycoesnt
t.
a
money payment or an equivalent fora moneaypam
It comes exactly when we want it ; and its n !isty,4,Aalt
tiiates
first coming, is exactly what we want.— ac
Year Round."