The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-09 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY

prosecution of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN for the pub-
lication of the article in question.

According to the Courr:er Francais, the Emperor
of Moaocco has sent an Envoy to Tlemcen, to re-
quest the assistance of the French against ABD-EL-

KADER.

The report of M. CALMON, jun., on the Montereau
to Troyes Railway Bill has been distributed to the
Chamber of Deputies. The original Bill authorised
the company to contract a loan of 4,300,000 f. The
report proposes that 3,000,000 f. shall be advanced by
the State, and that 2,000,000 f. more shall he raised by
the company, on the privileges which accrue to it
from the adjudication of the line.
The National contains the following on the subject
of the intelligence said to have been received by the
Government from Greece :--
" We cannot understand the scheme of the Govern-
ment on the news which it must have received from
Greece The Cabinet, if we are well informed, must
have learned that a movement of an extreme gravity has
taken place in the provinces. General Grivas, it is said,
is at the head of the insurgents, and already the accounts
declare he has made himself master of two strong places
in Acarnania. It is affirmed, on the other hand, that a
new difficulty has arisen at Athens, relative to the time
that M. Mussnrus is to pass in the capital of Greece,
and also concerning the choice of the Minister who is to
make the visit of apology commanded by M. Metternich
to the representative of Turkey."
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday at 771. 95c.; the Five per Cents. at 118 E 85e. ;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 f. ; Rouen, 960 f •, Havre,
645 f. ; Great Northern, 5751. ; Avignon, 662 f. 50c. ; Vierzon,
598 f. 75c. •, Bordeaux, 507 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau,
270 f. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 425 f. ; Tours
and Nantes, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 431 f. 25c.; Lyons and
Avignon, 435 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4571. 50c. ; Spanish
Three per Cents., 33.
Lvorts, JULY 5.-Paris and Rouen, 948 f. 75c.; Avignon
and Marseilles, 670 f. ; Vierzon, 592 f. 50e. ; Northern, 565 f. ;
Paris and Lyons, 422 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 8.
Boulogne and Amiens, 15% -East Indian, %-Namur
and Liege, 4%-Northern of France, 107(3-Paris and Lyons,
5L,(3-Paris and Orleans, 49%-Sambre and Meuse, 7%.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN.)
COLLETT V. CURLING.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a milliner,
in Waterloo-place, to recover from the defendant a sum
of 180/. for rent of rooms occupied by him as offices.
Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Yardley appeared for the
plaintiff, Mr. Humfrey for the defendant.
The case had been marked as a special jury one by
the defendant, but no special jury having been struck by
him, it was tried by a common jury.
It appeared that in Nlarch, 1844, defendant agreed to
rent for the term of the plaintiff's interest in the pre-
mises, 4, Waterloo-place, certain rooms for offices; that
he himself drew up an agreement, which plaintiff signed,
and that having entered upon, and occupied the premises
up to September, 1846, when the interest of the plaintiff
ceased, he had never paid one farthing of rent. By the
terms of the agreement, plaintiff could only claim rent
yearly, and in this action, although brought for one
year and a half, plaintiff only sought a verdict for
120/., and would be compelled to bring a fresh action
for the second year's rent.
Sir F. TRESIGER. commented in very severe terms
on the conduct of the defendant, and having proved his
case, _ _

The jury at once gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
Judgment immediately.
We recommend ladies who have apartments to let,
not to sign agreements drawn up
by any lawyer seeking
to become a tenant, unless seen by their own solicitor—
let them remember " Collett v. Curling."
The other special jury cases not being ready the Court
rose, and the City sitting terminated.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY
OLD COURT.
(Before Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justice MaunE).
Charles Pollard was placed in the dock this morning,
charged with stealing two bills for 1,0001. each, the ac-
ceptances of the Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr,
Humphries, Q.C., and Mr. Russell were retained for the
defence.
The facts of this case have been so lately detailed in
the columns of The Sun that it is not necessary to give
the evidence at length.
It appeared that the prisoner, bearing that the Prince
was in want of money, introduced himself, on the
11th of June, as a man of business, who was in the habit
of procuring money for noblemen, and said be would
readily lend the prosecutor 3,000/ or 4,000 L, and only
charge 51 per cent. By appointment he returned on the
14th current, and produced for the acceptance of the
Prince two bills at two months' date, for 1,0001. each.
The Prince accepted the bills, and the prisoner signed
his own name as drawer, adding that he had now made
himself responsible if the Prince did not meet them
when due. When the Prince told him that he would
not consent to the bills leaving his hands, the prisoner
said they would certainly remain in his strong box till
due. He then left, promising to bring the money on the
morrow ; on the morrow, however, he returned with an
apology, but not the money, and wrote some gibberish,
neither English nor -French, which time Prince could not
understand, and therefore the latter drew out a form in
English, acknowledging the receipt of two " cheques"
for 1,0001. each, and promising the money on the 16th
at the latest. The prisoner copied this receipt with this
mistake as to the proper word to describe the instru-
ments, and signed it, and was not seen again till he was
in custody. He, however, wrote the Prince on the 16th
that business compelled him to leave town, and he could
not see him with the money. On the 25th he called on
Mr. Alexander Symnions, wine merchant, and endea-
voured to get one of the bills discounted at 10 per cent.,
the bill at the time being said to be in favour of a silver-
smith in the Strand.
Mr. HumetißtEs, for the prisoner, argued that the
crime of larceny had not been established, for the Princo
had had no property or possession of the bill. He had
it in his hands, merely for the purpose of accepting it,
and no more.
Baron ALDERSON said there could be no doubt of the
Prince's property in the bill. But the question for the
other side was whether the Prince had parted with that
property.
Mr. CLARKSON submitted that the prisoner was to be
in possession of the bill till it was due, and that it was
for the jury to say whether the proceedings originated
from an intent to defraud; for if so the case laid in
the indictment was proved.
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the jury to find a verdict of acquittal.
' The jury then returned their verdict, and the prisoner
• left the dock.

-known thief, was placed before
a well
IIARLBIZO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Hardwick, charged with picking a lady's pocket of a
purse, containing two sovereigns.
James Horner.
Mrs. Sarah Barris, of 25, Exmouth-street, stated that
on the previous afternoon as she was proceeding along
Oxford-itreet, she saw the prisoner in company with
some other lads who were sounding the pockets of
several females. Witness watched them for some time,
when her attention was called to a sharp tug at her
dress. On looking round she was surprised to find the
prisoner with ber purse in his hand. She laid hold of
him and detained him till a constable arrived, into whose
custody she at once consigned him.
The prisoner did not deny the charge, and begged the
Magistrate to send him to the Old Bailey, as he had
been previously convicted at the Middlesex sessions.
Mr. HAnDwicK said that was a very sufficient reason
that he should be sent there again. He should there-
fore commit him to take his trial at the ensuing ses-
sions.
James Latchin, a diminutive urchin, was charged with
stealing a silver milk ewer, the property of Mr. James
Barnet, tailor, No. 32, Maddox-street.
It appeared that on the preceding afternoon, about
three o'clock, the prisoner was observed to sneak up
the area of the prosecutor's house in such a suspicious
manner as to cause the prosecutor to follow him and
bring him hack to his house, where he was seirched,
and the milk ewer found in his pocket.
The prisoner, who admitted the charge, was com-
mitted for trial.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
John Fenton, who stated himself to be a licensed
hawker, was charged by his wife with being drunk and
incapable, under the following singular circumstances:—
It appeared from the statement of the wife that the
prisoner came to London on WedneFday to purchase
goods, and went out yesterday, with 301. in his pocket,
and remaining out longer than she expected, she went
to look for him, when she found him in Golden-lane,
followed by a crowd of boys, and flourishing a bag con-
taining twenty-nine sovereigns and a quantity of silver.
Finding her entreaties in vain in bringing him to reason,
she called a policeman and gave him in charge.
Mr. BROUGHTON said, under all the circumstances, he
should let him go, but he hoped this would be a warning
to him on his next commercial trip to London.

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THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.-It is expected
that the royal visit to the north will be about the 12th
of the ensuing month. Iler Majesty will be accompanied
by Earl Grey and other noblemen. Lord John Russell,
it is feared, will be detained in town by his electioneer-
ing engagements.
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THE ATTACK ON THE LETTER-CARRIER.--On in-
quiry yesterday at the Generalw POSt-OffiCe, it was stated
so brut tlailfley,
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robbery of the letter•nag, on Wednesday morning, in
Mitre-court, Cheapside, was much worse from the effects
of the wounds he received on his head. The police are
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doing everything in their power to discover, if possible,
the perpetrators of this brutal act. Besides the reward
of 3001. offered by the solicitor of the Post-office for the
apprehension and conviction of the offenders, it is stated
that the Society of Bankers are also determined to in-
crease the reward by 3001. more, so that such a diaboli-
cal attempt on the life of a public servant and the pro-
perty of the citizens of London shall not go unpunished.
There is very little doubt but that it was a maturely
preconcerted plan by parties who have a good know
ledge of the general contents of the Lombard-street bag,
w
for the bankers and merchants, amounting to many
thousand
s
, and expected a rich booty, in which,
through the determination of Bradley, they were disap-
pointed.