The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-18 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)

Charles Gifford was charged with uttering two orders
for goods, purporting to be signed by Henry Folkestone,
knowing them to be forged. By means of these orders
the prisoner had obtained from Mr. Whiting, a cutler in
Seven-dials, a great number of knives and other articles,
which he had pawned.
Policeman F 24 arrested the prisoner in Paris-street,
Westminster-bridge-road. He acknowledged the fraud,
and gave up the duplicate of the knives pawned with
Mr. Luxmore. Witness found on hina the penknife pro-
duced, and a number of duplicates relating to a set of
fire-irons, a tea urn, and various other property, chiefly
ironmongery. The prisoner said he got the things from
Mr. Whiting, because he was in want.
The prisoner, who made no defence, was committed
for trial on the charge of forgery, but Mr. Hall ordered
him to be brought up again on this day week, in order
that any additional charge, relating to the property of
which duplicates were found on him, might then be
entered into.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A man named Dowling was this morning brought
before Mr. Broughton, by Sergeant Saunders, of the N
division, charged with having in his possession a large
number of duplicate pawn-tickets relating to watches,
clothing, linen, and other valuable property, under the
following very suspicious circumstances :
It appears that the wife of the prisoner was, on Satur-
day, charged with having stolen several articles of
wearing apparel and a valuable gold pin from the house
of a gentleman at Homerton, and was committed for
trial. Upon searching the prisoner's room Saunders
found the duplicates, consisting of in number upwards of
sixty. Many of these tickets related to property pledged
so lately as December, and, among others, were two
watches, one pledged for 11. ss.' and the other for 11 ls.
The officer said he had not had time to make the
necessary inquiries, but he had no doubt whatever that
the whole of the property which the tickets related to
had been stolen.
The prisoner, who said that the watches and the other
property were his own, was then held to bail, in order to
give time for the necessary inquiries to be made.

MARYLEBONE -(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Smith was charged by John Forbes Steven-
son, a .baker's man living at 92, Montague-street, with
taking two loaves from his barrow, which he had left at
the corner of Brunswick place, while he went to serve
some customers in Ulster-terrace. As scarcely a day
passed without his losing bread he kept an eye on his
barrow, and observed prisoner take the loaves and run
off, but on being pursued he ran back and threw them in
again. He said hunger induced him to commit the
robbery. Complainant told him in that case one loaf
ould have been sufficient.

The prisoner, who had nothing more to say, was com-
mitted.

CLERKEN WELL-(THIS DAY.)

James and Thomas Harhorough, Henry Jones and Mary
Goddard were placed at the bar, the first three charged
with breaking into the house of Mr. Lavesieur, in Coram-
street, and stealing from it three valuable watches, a
gold chain, four gold rings, a coral necklace, and other
articles ; and the female with receiving the property and
disposing of it, well-knowing at the time that it had been
stolen.
It appeared that, on the night of the 10th instant, the
back of Mr. Lavesieur's premises had been broken into,
and the above articles taken by the thieves, who
effected their ingress and egress so dexterously, that it
was not until a long time afterwards that the
persons in the house were cognizant of the robbery.
Upon information of the robbery being conveyed to the
station-house, Sergeant Morris, of the E divi:ion, suc-
ceeded in tracing a portion of the property to a pawn-
broker, at the tep of'Tottenham-court-road, and, by in-
cessant exertion, he di-covered that the whole had been
pledged with a number of pawnbrokers who resided in
the lino of streets between the New-road and the Ele-
phant and Castle,
At the request of the police Mr. GREENWOOD re-
manded the prisoners to Tuesday.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
The Examiners resumed their sittings at the usual
hour this morning.
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH, and Mr. As-
sistant-Examiner FRERE.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
The following petitions being unopposed, the cus-
tomary formal proofs were put in, and the standing
orders declared to have been complied with:—
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (WEST LONDON
BRANCH).
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (EGHAM,
STAINES. BRENTFORD, AND TWICKEN-
HAM BRANCII).
REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY RAILWAY.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (EIUNGERFORD,
WESTBURY, AND DEVIZES).
MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN-
SHIRE RAILWAY.
DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH RAIL-
WAY.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST
RAILWAY.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner Mmrand Mr. Assistant-
Examiner GUNNELL).
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OPPOSED LIST.
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but the opposition was withdrawn ; and the customary
proofs having been put in, the Examiner declared tho
standing orders to have been duly complied with.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAIL-

WAY.
This was the petition of the above company for leave
to bring in a Bill to construct a railway from Yeovil and
Bridport to Exeter, to connect Salisbury and Yeovil,
and also Blandford through Burton, Shepton Mallet
with Wells and Bleadon, and thence by the Bristol and
Exeter line to Bristol. The length of the line was ninety
miles, and the estimated cost 1,600,0001. Mr. I. K.
Brunel was the engineer.
The petition was opposed by several memorialists,
amongst whom was a clergyman.
Mr. VENABLES, for the petition, stated that the me-
morialist wished to withdraw his opposition, and pro-
duced a notice to that effect addressed to the agent of
the memorialist in support of his statement.
Mr. C. PARKES, who had been retained by the memo-
rialist, said he would have nothing to do with a man
who could memorialise against the petition one moment
and support it the next.
The next memorial against the petition was that of
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, who com-
plained of defects in the plans and sections, and inac-
curacies in the books of reference.

GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AMERICA.
—ln Mr. Featherstonthaugh's most amusing " Canoe
Voyage up the Minnay-Sotor," just published, geologists
will revel. The geologist, like the botanist, is the hap-
piest of tourists. The observer of men and manners is
often in want of subjects to observe, so, in a lesser
degree, is the naturalist who directs his attention to sen-
tient life, unless an entomologist. The botanist is often
overwhelmed by an embarrus de richesses, and mast as often
employ himself on minutiae. But the geologist is
occupied with grand features and grander results. Sitting
at his case in boat, or coach, or on horseback, he can
observe the forms of hills or valleys, the 'strata of arti-
ficial cuttings or natural channels, and while noting the
facts before him rise to the largest speculations on the
formation of the world. This character of the interest
and largeness of geology for the traveller is better im-
pressed by Mr. Featherstot►taugh than by any other
writer we have met with. The general speculations of
the author are of a popular character, embracing geolo-
gical operations on the large scale.—Spectator.
The handsome new entrarwe from Grosvenor •place
(nearly opposite the Earl of Carlisle's) through Buck-
ingham Palace Gardens to the Green Park, is now com-
pleted, and will be thrown open to the public in a few
' days.

CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM
COAL, AND SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR
RAILWAY COM MANY.—(THIS DAY.)
An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders
of this company was held at their offices, 2, Moorgate-
street, to declare a dividend for the half-year ending
31st December.
N. PRYCE CAMERON, Esq., having taken the chair at
one o'clock, said that the statement of the accounts laid
before the directors enabled them to recommend that a
dividend should be declared for the six months ending
the 31st December last, at the rate of 12i per cent. per
annum.
A resolution to this effect was proposed by the Chair-
man, and unanimously passed by the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then declared the meeting dissolved,
and called on
Mr. HownEN, the Secretary, who read the advertise-
ment, calling a special meeting of the shareholders to
receive the report of the directors.
The SECRETARY then read the report of the Directors.
The report stated that since the last general meet-
ing of the shareholders, in October, the directors had
given their best attention to the expediency of taking
measures to commence the construction of the line, with
the value and importance of which they were increas-
ingly impressed, not only for the transit of their own
coal to the port of Swansea, but also for the large
amount of mineral and traffic which must pass
over it ; that the directors anticipated that it
would become, by means of its extensions, the trunk
line of communication between Swansea and the large
mineral properties lying to the north and east, as well
as the manufacturing districts of the ➢Midland Counties
of England ; that they fully anticipated large and in-
creased profitable advantage from the floating docks at
Swansea, where their line would terminate, and for
which a Bill was before Parliament during the present
session ; that the value of the undertaking would in no
long time be universally acknowledged by the
public ; and, finally, that the directors, in their future
operations, would consider economy at the same time
that they endeavoured to secure the most immediate
means of transit for their coals to the market at Swansea.

The CHAIRMAN moved that the report of the directors
should be adopted.
The resolution was put to the meeting, and unani-
mousl) passed.
An HON. PROPRIETOR begged to ask the chairman
whether anything was going forward with the railway?
The CHAIRMAN said that overtures had been made to
the company with respect to the railway ; but the direc-
tors, considering i he nature of them, had not thought it
prudent to meet them. He said the railway would
turn out to be one of the most valuable parts of the
company's undertaking, as forming a communication
with the docks at Swansea, which, when made, would add
great value to the line, and to the rest of the company's
works ; and not only that, but it would become, ere
long, a main trunk line from the foot of Swansea, and
the mineral districts to Manchester and the manufac-
turing country about.
Mr. B. SALomons wished to know what the overtures
were.

The CHAIRMAN thought be must, in common prudence,
refuse answering the Hon. Proprietor's question. Certain
overtures had been made to them, but he did not think
it prudent to say anything about them, so as any way to
compromise the company.
The CHAIRMAN then informed the meeting that ano-
ther company had been formed for the construction of
docks at Swansea, for which they were to apply to Par-
liament this session, and the members of this company
were to have the preference if they chose to take shares.
The Rev. Mr. SHERMAN moved a votes of thanks to
the chairman and directors, which was
.unanimously
passed.
The meeting then broke up.