The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY')

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John Taylor, aged 8, and Thomas Styant, ao-ear'es
placed at the bar charged with stealing severalb re, till
ornamental brass from shop-fronts in Regent-strec"'
Piccadilly. to!'
Regent-strew'
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It appeared from the evidence of Mitchell an 0 t
two active officers of the A and C divisions, that °tee"
previous afternoon they were on duty in Regent4,o4
when their attention was attracted to the two 10,1°e-deli:
who were standing close to the shop front 264, P°O,
street, and after watching them for some time the.7o,lc
Taylor unscrew three pieces of brass from thugol,
plate ; Styant at the same time covering him. ti
as he had got it off they ran away, followed 'eff;
officers, who caught them in Oxford-street, and oaj,Lori
ing them the brass produced was found under ',l-31,
cape. Another piece of brass, stolen from the o°ll4
of Mr. Jones, 43, Piccadilly, was also found upoej tll,
The prisoners when taken into custody, admitte
they had previously stolen some pieces of brago oor
other shop fronts, which they had sold to a, marinV
dealer named Nimrod Soffe, of 22, Robert-street,
6
venor-square.
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Mr. Hardwick in strong terms condemned the -_,th
of certain marine-store dealers, whom he considertV
out temptations to such lads as the prisoner to ne,e
Tilconesbtabylsesw
robberies, in order that they might fatten upon t efts.
theirduce opfartheneitrs,thanefdtst.he
and search the man Soffe's premises. es
dierreetchteedn htc.rgdoedaft. OP"-
After a short time the officers returned with tne tP'd
in custody, and Mitchell informed the magistrateJvj
but 4
he had searched the prisoner's premises, fen' tO
brass. He then went into a back parlour, and P2of
about 301bs of wax and mould candles, and 06;Prof
them six altar candles, about six feet high. abouttot,ej
hundredweight of horse hair, and a great nun' 051'61
parliamentary blue books, quite new. Witnessai6
him where he got the property from, but as he coif,/
give any satisfactory account as to how the artinit'''
into his possession, witness took him into custody Mr. Thomas Cross, who appeared for the defe'
addressed the Court at some length, contendinfr
there was not the slightest evidence to warrant 1#
detaining his client. deci elf
Mr. Hardwick thought different, and reman
prisoner for a week, but agreed to accept bail, it VT
in 1001., and two sureties in 801. each. Bail an
forthcoming, prisoner was locked up.
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THE WONDERS OF OMNIBUS TRAFFIC. --1111204
daily plying through the streets of London 3,00 V, 0(9
buses, each carrying 300 passengers daily, or o'oo,
week, which makes for the entire omnibuses 6,0:45/
a-week, or the enormous number of 300,000,000 Yip?
gers a-year. Supposing each passenger paid
penny fare, the amount expended annually uP°',",clorol
buses would be 3,000,039/. An omnibus CO6vioce
driving an omnibus 60 miles a-day—which is heistY
average—although he may not drive a greater .00/
than five miles each journey, yet passing th‘,ool3of
ground over and over again, he would in the e°
seven years perform the extraordinary dist„!
173,880 miles, or 521,640 miles in twenty-On
which several coachmen have done without varPi,
route—say from Chelsea to the Bank. And 375401 i ,t
all this labour, and all this travelling, although eaten ch
they carry in their bands, from eight'a.m. Pcf
fad
hundred and a half weight (the supposed we'g oet
strain upon the horses,) they have not, but •:,p81,14.
instances, saved sufficient to pay their funeral e,l'O':0'1,01
The manual labour employed comprises the fc"l,OV
—Coachmen and conductors, 6,000 ; 11„°11,0e-
-3,000 ; occasional drivers and hangers-ori, 4,".b107 jor'i
11,000. The value of the metropolitanj 111,
lishments is estimated at 962,0001., viz., h°„rsocor.i 1.1.°f
800,000/. ; omnibuses, 300,000/. ; harness, 6,",7, ooe'ioUrl
sundries, 2,0001. The expenditure figura 78"ci Ord
corn, 225,000/. for straw, 750,0001. for hay, 1 forsior
for horse-shoeing ; to which are added 156,000 '
~ ,019 ,ef
and tear, and 180,000/. for harness, exclusive
and its accidentals. The Government duth
at
mile: amounts to 393,756/.