The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS•

The Sessions for the County of Surrey were opened
yesterday morning, at the Sessions-house in the Borough,
before Mr. I'uckle, chairman, and a very full bench of
Magistrates.
The Grand Jury having been impanelled, the Chair-
man briefly addressed them, and they retired to their
room.
The reports of the surgeons and governors of the
several county prisons were presented, by which it ap-
peared that there were under confinement in the county
gaols, 131 males and 126 females, making together 357.
One prisoner of the name of Harris had died shortly
after admission to the prison, at Guildford, from mortifi-
cation of the feet in consequence of exposure to excessive
cold.

The accounts of the county treasurer were then passed,
and a county rate of 2d. in the pound was ordered to be
paid within six weeks.
Mr. Onslow, the clerk to the magistrates, called
the attention of the court to a letter which
he had received from Mr. Phillips, the secre-
tary of Sir George Grey, which informed him
that by the Act of last session, c. 116, the sum of
40,0001. per annum is to be applied out of the Consoli-
dated Fund to the support of these prisoners after trial,
who may be suffering under sentence in the several
county prisons. The letter required a return to
be presented immediately after the 31st of March in each
year, which is to be submitted to the Secretary of State,
by whom the respective amounts will be apportioned to
the different counties. He observed that the Act speci-
fied that the prisoner alluded to should have been tried
at the Assizes and Quarter Sessions; but a great number
of the Surrey prisoners are now tried at the Central
Criminal Court ; and he presumed the provisions of the
Act would apply to them also. It was agreed that ap-
plication should be made to the Secretary of State to as-
certain the point.
Information was aiso received from the office of Sir
George Grey that a change was to be made in the mode
of conveying prisoners from the several county gaols to
Horsemonger-lane and the Old Bailey. They are hence-
forth to be conveyed in vans, under the care of the police
force, instead of, as at present, under the charge of
county constables.
On the motion of Mr. JEFFREY, seconded by Mr.
FRESIIIIELD, an increase of salary was voted to the
schoolmaster at Guildford prison.
A report of the Visiting Committee of the County
Lunatic Asylum was then made, by which it appeared
that the number of inmates at present is 421, of whom
322 are constantly employed.
A long conversation ensued on the report of the com-
mittee for the alteration of the:asylum, 'from which it
appeared that the estimates of the five I:ondou builders
so far exceeded the calculation of the county surveyors,
that it was neccessary to reconsider the matter ; and on
I the motion of

COL CHALLONER, it was resolved that the correspon-
dence of the Committee with the Lunacy Commissioners,
together with a statement of the alterations required,
and the estimates of the expense, should be printed and
circulated among the magistracy, one month before the
R) egate sessions.
Mr. Briscoe retired from the Chairmanship of the
Committee, and Mr. Chandler was appointed instead.
To a request that the former gentleman would remain
a member of the Committee, he declined to accede.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A case of some interest as regards the police force
came on yesterday batore Alderman Gibbs.
Richard Addis, who lately belonged to the City police,
was brought up in the custody of Inspector Marchant
charged with having committed a fraud.
Mr. Edward James Read, clerk to Mr. Clarke, clerk
of the arraigns at the Central Criminal Court, said—
It is my duty to make out the orders upon the treasurers
of the City and the several counties for the costs of
proceedings in the Central Criminal Court, and, amongst
other things, to pay the orders upon the chamberlain.
The prisoner applied to me for an order for costs as a
witness in the case of John Anderson, who was yester-
day tried for felony. He said he had left the police force,
and he asked me to allow him his travelling expenses. 1
I asked him where he lived. He said at Chet-
tenham, near Gloucester. I asked him if he
had come from Cheltenham to attend the trial.
he replied that he had last night. I asked him when
he left London for Cheltenham. He said on Thursday.
I asked him why he had left London for so distant a
place, knowing that he had to attend the Central Criminal
Court so soon afterwards? He said, that having left the
police force, the fact was, he had forgotten that he
had the case in hand, and slid not discover it till he had
got to Cheltenham. I asked him how he came to town
by that train? He said by the secoud-class train, and
that he had paid 11. 2s. 6d. for the conveyance. When
I asked him how he could explain that, as the fare
was only 17s. 6d. he answered that the rest of the
charge was caused by the distance of the railroad
to the place to which he was going, and the differ-
ence in town also. Under these circumstances I
allowed him altogether the sum of 3L 25., and made
out an order upon the Chamberlain of the city
to that amount, and paid him the money myself, in order
to prevent the inconvenience which might arise to wit-
nesses from the closing of the chamberlain's office at the
time. The result of the inquiry instituted into the cir-
cumstances led to the apprehension of the prisoner.
Alderman Grmas—To how much would the prisoner
have been entitled justly Mr. Read—To half-a-crown.
Alderman GIBBS—And you have learned that he was
not at Cheltenham at all ? Mr. Read—So I understand.
The journey to and from Cheltenham was got up merely
as an excuse for making the demand ; and we make
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tor Merchant—He did ; and he gave evidence upon the
trial, which was for stealing a coat ; and I told him to
take the coat to the prosecutor. On Sunday morning I
sent for the prisoner's clothes as he was dismissed, and I
learned that he was at home at the time.
Alderman Grass—For what was he dismissed ? In-
spector Merchant—For misconduct.
The prisoner said, that having left the force, he in-
tended to go home to his father, and he did go to Chel-
tenham on Sunday afternoon, and returned at one
o'clock on the next morning to London. He asked the
gentleman who had been first examined, whether he
could have his expenses, as he had travelled so far, and
he did not think he was doing wrong in receiving the
money, but if the Alderman had a different opinion, he
could at once return the whole amount.
Alderman GIBBS—I consider this case a very impor-
tant one to the publie, in consequence of the great prin-
ciple it involves. All the counties from which cases are
sent to the Central Criminal Court are liable to frauds
of this kind as well as the City of London, and I shall,
therefore, put the case into the hands of the City soli-
citor, with directions to proceed.
The prisoner was then remanded.
William Hudson Blayney was brought up for the pur-
pose of being identified previously to his removal to
Warwick to undergo his trial for having, in conjunction
with two other persons, robbed the Warwick and Lea-
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Leamington Bank, stated that he knew William Hudson
Blayney, who was formerly a clerk in that establish-
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who stated that he had not a word to
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A powerful young ruffian, named John Waken' was
charged by Mr. Goldhain, the Clerk of. Billingsgate a
Market with having attempted to pick the pockestsote f
some of the female dealers in that locality, and with
having attacked Mr. Goldham.
The prisoner was seen feeling the pockets of several
of the fishwomen, and one of them, who had known him
as a nuisance in the market, and who had just escaped