The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 11, 1854.

stealing a purse. lam afraid you are as. bad as your
son, who is young in years, but old in crime.
The prisoner was then sentenced to three months'
imprisonment and hard labour ; the magistrate order-
ing that the ss. 6d. found in his pocket should be ap-
plied towards his maintenance during his incarceration.
Sir R. W. Carden, after disposing of a great many
other charges similar to the foregoing one, against rogues
and vagabonds, in which the majority of the accused
were known to be old offenders, and in some instances
to have been frequently in custody and summarily con-
victed, adverted to the complaint, which had become
load and general, of the very serious injury inflicted
upon the commerce of the city by the annual pageant,
which necessarily caused great inconvenience, and not
unfrequently great loss to bankers, merchants, and
traders in the City. It was a custom which bad been
in existence several hundred years, but was ill suited
to the taste and feelings of the present times, and
which, while it served for the amusement of children,
had the effect of congregating, in a small focus, hun-
dreds of thieves, who w ere enabled to pursue their law-
less avocation with impunity, notwithstanding the acti-
vity of the police. He (Sir R. W. Carden} concluded
by remarking that he trusted that the " show" of Thurs-
day last was the last that would be inflicted upon the
city.

BOW-STREET.—A. fashionably-dressed young man,
who reftved to state his name, and who was said to be
well connected, was placed at the bar after the night
charges, charged with bigamy.
It was deposed that the defendant, representing him-
self as Captain Walmsley, of the East India Service,
had succeeded in engaging the affections of a young
lady named Lewis, who was possessed of considerable
property. They were married at Ramsgate some time
ago, immediately after which the husband busied him-
self in the attempt to get her property into his own
hands. His anxiety in this respect excited suspicion,
and some other circumstances having come to the know-
ledge of Sir W. S. Cockburn, a county magistrate, in-
quiries were set on foot, and the services of Inspector
Dornton were imported into the case. It was eventually
discovered that the defendant was married many years
ago to a respectable young woman, by whom he had had
two children ; but he had completely deserted her and
her offspring, and they were living in the meanest
possible manner upon the earnings of the wife alone.
The evidence requisite to complete the ease not being
at hand, the defendant was remanded for further exa-
mination.
His solicitor requested that the defendant Might be
allowed to go to the prison in his private carriage,
instead of the prison van.
Mr. Jardine said he must go as usual, in the cus-
tody of an officer.

LAMBETH.—Mr. Norton was occupied several
hours in the adjourned hearing of a case in which
Mr. Flexmore, the well-known clown, was charged with
unlawfully detaining a valuable Newfoundland dog, the
same being claimed by Mr. Lake, a grocer in Lambeth-
walk.
The magistrate having heard the evidence on both
sides, said he had no doubt that Mr. and Mrs. Lake,
in swearing to the dog as theirs, had stated what
they conscientiously believed to be true ; but Mr.
Flesmore bad proved satisfactorily to him that they
were in error as to the facts, and he must decide ac-
cordingly.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.