The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-13 00:00:00

Mr. Henry committed both the prisoners for trial.

CLERKENWELL. Henry Ellis, a respectably-
dressed young man, was charged by Mr. Evidence Nash,
watchmaker, of Goswell-street, Clerkenwell, with steal-
ing a gold watch and other property.
The prosecutor deposed that the prisoner was his
cousin, and had been on a visit at his house for some
time past, and treated with attention and kindness.
During his stay, however, numerous articles were missed,
but he (witness) little suspected that the prisoner was
the thief, until Tuesday last, when he left a gold watch,
which he haff repaired for a gentleman, on his desk, and
on his return it was gone. He made inquiries to no
effect, and at length suspecting that no one else but the
prisoner could have taken the property, he questioned
him, when he admitted having taken the watch, as he
was " hard up," and had pledged it at Mr. Masters's,
pawnbroker, of Chichester-place, Gray's-inn-road, for
21. Witness sent for an officer, and gave him into
custody, and on being searched, 94. were found in his
possession.

John Hill, shopman to Mr. Masters, pawnbroker,
proved that the prisoner pledged the watch for 2/.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said he would eventually commit the
prisoner for trial, but he should now remand him for a
week, in order that the police might endeavour to trace
the other stolen property.

SOUTHWARK.—A lad named Hunter, whose hoad
scarcely reached the railings of the dock, was brought
before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing some money
from a till inside a shop in Gravel-lane.
Mary Barker, a young woman residing in the house in
question, said she saw the prisoner escaping from be-
hind the counter towards the door about six o'clock on
Tuesday evening. He got outside, and joined another
lad, to whom he said, " Look here. Jack, what a lot of
money I have." She instantly seized hold of him and told
ls. in silver and 3d. in copper from his hands, and gave
him in custody to a police constable. The money had
been taken from the till.
The lad's father, a shoemaker was called forward, and I

in answer to Mr. A'Beckett, said he could not account
for his thieving, but he was at work all day.
Mr. A'Becktt--Do you send him to school?
Father—No, I don't now, but I used to do.
Mr. A'Beckett—Then you allow the child to run about
the streets thieving ?
Father—No, I don't ; I can't help it.
Mr. !A'Beckett said it was a sad thing to see so
young a child neglected by its parents. In fact, the
father ought to be placed in the dock alongside of him.
He did not exactly know what to do with him, but he
should at present remand him for a week.

HAMMERSMITH.—Mr. George Cloud, the landlord
of the Salutation public-house in King-street, Hammer-
smith, and one of the omnibus proprietors upon that
road, appeared before Mr. Paynter to answer a summons
taken out by Inspector Cooke, of the T division, charging
him with having had his house open on Sunday, the 2nd
inst., for the sale of beer, &c., before the hour of one
o'clock in the afternoon.

Sergeant Agies, of the T division, said about 20 mi-
nutes past 12 o'clock on the morning in question he
visited the defendant's house, and found in front of the
bar five men, whom he believed were an omnibus driver,
conductor, time keeper, and two passengers from an
omnibus which was then standing outside while the
horses were being changed. There were two glasses
upon the bar, which were frothy, and appeared recently,
to have contained some kind of malt liquor. The de-
fendant said to one of the persons in front of the bar,
" Have you had yours ?" and as witness left the house
he saw the young girl behind the bar take down a bottle
and pour something into a glass. Witness spoke to the
defendant, who told him that he thought he was justified
in serving them, as they were travellers by the omnibus.
Witness did not wait to see the parties go by the omni-
bus, but he had no doubt that they did.
Mr. Hobler said the defendant had kept the house for
many years, and he thought he was bound to serve pas-
sengers travelling by an omnibus. The omnibus that
was outside the house at the time the serjeant visited it
came from the Brighton Railway, where it always waited
for the arrival of a train, and it afterwards went on to
Kew-bridge, but generally stopped on its journey at the
defendant's house to change horses. Two of the pas-
sengers had got out to have some refreshment, and also
the driver, conductor, and the timekeeper from the City,
whc, had come by the omnibus upon his employer's
business.

Mr. Paynter asked Mr. Hobler if he could prove that
the passengers had come up by the railway.
Mr. Hobler said he could not, as they were put down
at Kew-bridge, and it was not known who they were.
He then contended that the passengers in question came
under the meaning of the word " traveller," as contem-
plated in the act.
Mr. Paynter overruled the argument and said his
mind was quite clear upon that question, which was
not by any means a new one. If the passengers
had been proved to have come by the railway, then
he should have felt bound to admit that they were
travellers, but persons only travelling in omnibuses
upon pleasure, he could not for one moment consider
travellers. If he did so, they might as well tear up
the act directly, for it would be of no use. Any inn-
keeper would be able to serve any number of persons by
afterwards employing omnibuses to take them away for
a halfpenny or a penny each, and the act could then be
evaded. If persons went by omnibuses in cases of la-
bour and duty then he should consider them travellers,
but not when riding for pleasure.

Mr. Hobler said he bad another kind of traveller in
the driver, conductor, and time-keeper.
Mr. Paynter said he did not like to decide that ques-
tion, as there was some doubt in the matter. Their case
was different to the passengers who rode in omnibuses
on pleasure, for it was compulsory on their part to go
with the omnibuses. He was surprised that landlords
of houses did not shut their houses altogether during
the prescribed hours, and not leave the magistrates to
decide upon such difficult questions. He find the de-
fendant ls. and costs, to show that he was wrong, and
he now could tell passengers who required to be served
that he was liable to a heavy penalty for serving them,
as they were not considered by the magistrates in the
light of travellers.

How TO CATCH A BURGLAR.—A housebreaker forced
his way into the shop of Mr. David Falk, jeweller and
watchmaker, Market-street, Manchester, on Sunday
morning, about 2 o'clock, under the following circum-
stances:—Having climbed up a gas-pipe outside the
building, he entered the warehouse of Messrs. John
Harding and Sons, manufacturers, by a window at the
end, from New Cannon-street. Here he broke open a
desk and a chest, obtaining the halves of notes to the
value of 751. These notes he treated as valueless, and
threw upon the floor. The other halves had been taken
home byMr. Harding. He next took a saw' being wellpro-
vided with proper implements, and made an opening
through the floor into the shop of Mr. Falk underneath.
Te make as little noise as possible he lowered a piece of
cloth through the first opening made to catch all the
pimes of ceiling that might fall while he enlarged the
hole. Taking a piece of fine strong cloth from Mr.
Harding's warehouse, and tearing it into shreds, he
next constructed a convenient rope ladder, by which he
descended into Mr. Falk's shop, where all the jewellery
and valuables were now placed at his command. He
filled his pockets with the more portable and valuable
property, and selected a large quantity more, which he
placed in a table-cloth found in a sitting-room behind the
shop. There was no one residing on the premises, and
therefore no doubt all this was done with due delibera-
tion. The valuables in the table-cloth having been care-
fully tied up, a cord was attached to the bundle, and one
end of the cord was cart ied up into Messrs. Harding's
warehouse, so that the housebreaker, when he left the
premises, might draw it up through the opening in the
ceiling after him. All was now complete, and the way
to retire was doubtless that by which he had entered.
Were thieves teetotallers, propably Mr. Falk's shop had
been robbed, and the valuable property safely carried
away, while darkness still favoured the design ; but un-
fortunately the thief in this case had met with a bottle
of brandy in Mr. Falk's shop, and having completed his
selection of valuables as described, he again descended
from Messrs. Harding's warehouse to drink to his own
success. The result was that he drank too much, fell
asleep, and did not wake till broad daylight on Sunday.
Not willing to hazard an attempt to retreat in the day,
in view of such a public thoroughfare as Market-street
(for the window he had entered by, in New Cannon-street,
is only a few yards from Market-street, and is seen by
people passing down Market-street), it became necessary
to remain on the premises till night returned ; and
here he was found, about jaftlf-past four o'clock on Sun-
day afternoon, by Isaac Jacobs, Mr. Falk's shopman,
who called at the shop at that hour as usual to 'see if all
was safe. The thief was behind the counter when Jacobs
entered, and endeavoured to pass him and escape, but
was prevented, and an alarm having been given to the
police, he was secured without difficulty. The prisoner,
who gave the name of John Norton, is about 18 or 19
years of age. He was brought up before the magistrates
at the Borough Court on Monday Morning, an, after
an examination which lasted but for a short time, was
committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes. The
statement above given of his proceedings, and the reason
he did not escape with the property, is taken from his
own account to the police, which is fully corroborated by
•the state of the premises and other circumstances.
JACKSON THE BURGLAR.—The police have succeeded
in finding out where this able and dangerous fellow had
lived between the 12th September, when he left the
George-square Hotel, and the date of his apprehension
for the robbery of jewellery in Mr. Rait's shop. It ap-
pears that after leaving the hotel he took lodgings in a
respectable house in Renfrew-street, where he lived
quietly. In the course of his stay a large box came to
him from London, regarding the safety of which he
showed great concern. In fact, his anxiety raised the
curiosity of the servant girl, who, one day, when Jack-
son was out, sprung the nails for the purpose of having
a single peep. Here she saw false keys, saws, and the
other implements of housebreaking, including the rope-
ladder, which, as we have said, had been forwarded from
London. The servant girl's opinion regarding Jackson's
occupation was wonderfully enlightened ; but from the
stealthy way in which she acquired her information, she
did not say anything about it till now, though she
watched the man. Jackson left on the Saturday pre-
ceding the robbery, and at the same time took his port-
manteau to the Caledonian Railway. While residing in
Renfrew-street, a yoang man dined with him one day,
who no doubt became his associate in the robbery. We
have often heard of the annoyance to which the magis-
trates are subjected from the tedious character of the
declarations of prisoners to which they are obliged to
listen ; but Jackson's brevity shows a favourable con-

trast to the prolixity of the common herd. When in-
terrogated, he said, "My name is George Jackson, and
I will answer no more questions." When asked to sign
even this laconic declaration, he said, "No, I won't ;"
and thus ended the precognition.—Glasgow Herald.
THE VIENNESE AND THEIR POCKET-MONEY.—The
Viennese appear to be a people much cramped in their
mind, and display that want of energy which is shown
by a boy who has had too much parental control, and
whose tastes and opinions have never been all•wed to
develop from their own force. An immence amount of
of discontent prevails, and I have been astonished with
the warmth of the expressions used against the present
state of things. Everything is very dear. The people
are enormously taxed : a royal decree has just been
issued, enacting an additional land-tax of 10 per cent.
and withal a paper currency, without any control to its
issue, or security for its conversion. Every person is
obliged to carry a pocket-book in which to keep his
notes, as from the smallness of the amounts for which
they are issued, and the poverty of the Government,
they are made of such flimsy material that they would
soon wear out in the circulation. I have preserved two,
in the last stage of decay, of 10 kreutzers each (four-
pence), to present, on my return to England, to a friend
of mine who was an eloquent advocate on the side of the
Anti-gold League ; and with them I propose to give him
a few statistics, that I hope will induce him to hope as I
do, that the time may never come when those mysteri-
ous old gentlemen with the quaint signatures may pro-
mise to pay Mr. Matthew Marshall such small sums as
those above mentioned. By the way, I perceive that
these same signatures are now printed with the notes.
I hope this does not arise from these gentlemen getting
tired of making promises that are so easily fulfilled.—
Correspondent of the Builder.
AN ADDITION TO THE PEERAGE.—Mr. Alexander,
well known as an attorney at Gort petty and quarter
sessions, has succeeded, we are informed, to the Earl-
dom of Stirling, with a large estate, which produces
abundance of iterling coin to support the dignity of the
title. The inhabitants of Gort intend entertaining the
noble earl at a public dinner at Forrest's Hotel, on such

a day as may be most suited to his arrangements. The
chair will be taken by James Lahiff, Esq., J.P., Bridge-
house, Gort.—Limerick Olowicle.

THE SUN, LONDON, THIHISDA.Y!RVENING, (TCPCOBEII 18, 1855,

SIII_PPING INTELLIGENCE.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.
GIBRALTAR, Oct. I.—Vessels from infected ports will
not be admitted here, and may have to proceed to a foul
lazaretto. At present I apprehend that no vessel from
Newcastle or thereabouts will be received here. I, there-
fore, would recommend such bound here with coals to call
at Vigo on the way to procure clean bills of health. Three
days' observation are already imposed on the steam-packets
from Southampton. The Government has-issued the fol-
lowing notice :

" Secretary's Office, Gibraltar, Sept. 29.—At a meeting
of the Board of Health, held this clay, at which an official
communication from her Britannic Majesty's Consul at
Cadiz, to his Excellency the Governor, was read, it was
decided that all vessels arriving from healthy ports in
England should be subjected to a quarantine of observa-
tion of three days, and that arrivals from infected ports
would not be admissable."

C USTOM-HOUSE—Ocr. 12.
ENTERED INWARDS.—The Castarelli, from Frederick-
stadt; Commerce, Dantzic ; James Baffle, do. ; Lady
Margaret, do. ; Garland, do. ; Sophia, do. ; Clara Maria,
do. ; Margaretha, do. ; Ida Maria, do. ; Margaret, do. ;
Trusty, Hainburgh ; Circassian, Stettin ; Castle Eden,
Cronstadt ; Elizabeth and Sarah, Gotheuberg ; Beatitude,
Cronstadt ; Pelot, do. ; Tugend, Rostock ; Earl of Wemyss,
Archangel ; Maria, do. ; Wilhelmine, do. ; Mathilde B en-
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lene Henriette, do. ; Alexander, do. ; Bellerophon, Memel ;
Nordsternan, Sundswall ; Rio Packet, Archangel; Orien-
tal Queen, Sydney; Schoen, Borregard ; Wanderer, St.
Petersburgh ; Falcon, Sannesund ; George and Mary,
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Stad Amsterdam, do. ; John Stewart, do. ; Anna, Wis-
mar ; Cresswell, Cronstadt ; Jupiter, Stettin ; Ariadne,
Memel ; Arethusa, do. ; Marianne Bertha, do. ; Norden,
Gefle ; Rose, Hainburgh ; Fredk, Maria, Skive ; Agnes,
New York ; Andreas, Christianize ; Johanna George,
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Irene, Rostock ; Clara Maria, Riga ; Euphemia, Ham-
burgh ; Uncle Billy, do. ; Emily, do. ; Glyn erion, Havre ;
David Payer, Kalix ; Adonis, Bordeaux ; Emigrant,
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Amsterdam; Wilhelinine von Hotone, Rostock; Embla,
Christiania ; Furst Rorwin 111., Rostock ; Hedvig, Aina-
lia, Christiania; Jacobus Mantinin, Scheedam.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Belgium, for
Ostend ; Monsoon, Calcutta ; Spartan, Jamaica ; Diana,
Madras ; Essex, Port Philip ; Oriental Queen, Mauritius ;
Countess of Morley, Savannah ; Perseverance, Havre.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Dalhousie,
for Sydney ; John Oldham, Constantinople ; iEolus,
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Petersburgh ; Nelson, Bremen ; Burgomeister Oom, Stet-
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