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

TIIE SUN, LONDONILAtURDA

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
loud 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
unfreqnently great loss to bankers, merchants, and
traders in the City. It was a custom which had 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 were 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 refused to state his name, and who was said to he
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 ether 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 case 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 ♦an.
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.
Flexmore had proved satisfactorily to him that they
were in error as to the facts, and he must decide ac-
cordingly.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles Receipts.
Opened. NAME OF RAILWAY.:
1854. 1853. 1854.
azimut.
72 Aberdeen 1,924 2,026
37% Belfast and Ballymena 742 885
17 Belfast and County D0wn............ 217 244
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,974 2,047
26% Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •-•-
• 104% Bristol and Exeter 5,181 6,007
1891,{ Ca1ed0nian.............• _ 10,189 12,005
142 Edinburgh and Glasgow _ 4,725 4,90 c
94% Chester and Holyhead 4,096 4,532
634 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •• •• 144 274
20 Cork and Bandon 182 250
56 Dublin and Belfast Junction ••.. • • •• 938 943
62% Dublin and Drogheda ......... 1,397 1,494
6 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 1,231 1,323
16% Dundee and Arbroath •••••• •• •• 434 468
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 877 559
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen- .. .• .• .• 164 251
68 East Anglian.... •• •• •• •• •• 806 9110
8l34; East Lane.ashire•• 4,790 5.391
417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ...... 3 21,424 23,328
Eastern Union • • • . • • .... • ... • . • • • •
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.... •• 2,385 2,713
6 Exeter and Crediton.. •• ....•• •• •• •• 99 147
22 Furness Railway .. ••• ...• .. ••.. •• 540 847
171% Glasgow, and South-Western.. •• 4,916 6,526
183 Great Northern and E. L•........,. 18.366 23,0.0
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,754 6,649
31934 Great Western .... 20,832 22,332
25% Irish South Eastern ................ 223 249
90 Lancaster and Carlisle ..... 5,694 5,750
260 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 18,008 19,227
- Leeds Northern .................... .-
181 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 353 314
553% London and North Western ... 49,' 67 52,880
534 London and 81ackwa11.............. 1,182 1,299
174 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 13,793 14.967
253% London and South 12,032 12,725
46 Londonierry and Enniskillen •• •••• •• 493 609
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &e.
167% Manchester, Sheflield.and Lincolnshire 7,883 8,800
9% Manchester and SouthSunction- Gas toe
28 Maryport and Carlisle •• •• .• • ..... 820 594
3 498% Midland ..... .................... 24,860 26,547
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 2,5 6 2.a97
87 Monklands 1,003 1, lit
,r 78 y 4 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• • .. • • 2,738 3,624
tll9 North British .... •................. 4,546 4,664
- North Staffordshire
47 North-Western
50 Scottish Central .. .• • • .......... 2,134 2,349
32 Scottish Midland .................564 831
2954 Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• • ... 851 914
4, Shrewsbury and Chester • • •• •• .. 1,744 2,141
24 Shropshire Union .................. 767 423
258 douth Devon . .............. 2,062 2.161
8814 South Ea4tern•• •• ................ 15,494 16.332
162 South Wales 3,723 4,913
85% South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,517 1,557
40 Taff Vale • .
36 Ulster.
75 Waterford and Limerick ............ 766 1,0 7
25 West Cornwall ...... •............. 518 601
12 Whitehaven Junction ....... • • •••••• 272 381
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds
TOIEIGN.
57 Dutch Rhenish ........... .
185 Lyons and Mediterranean •• • . •• • • 7,8 i 5 11,311
63 Montereau and Troyes
63 Namur and Liege ...........• •• .. 1,6 '6 1,829
444 Northern of France ..... 32,191 33,221
697 Orleans and Central*..
240 Paris and Lyons .... •• •• .......... 17,876 26,977
84 Paris and Rouen. •••••••••......... 9,022 8,921
392 Paris and Strasburgh 23,589 29,204
59 Rouen and Havre...-. ... 4,129 3,905
132 Western of France • . •• •• .. 4,932 7,29 9