The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

HUMBLE V. SUCRE.

We have already given the facts of this case, which
turns upon the construction of a will.
His lloNoua to-day gave it as his opinion that the
terms of the will should betaken literally; but stated that
ho would go further into the authorities that had bern
cited.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Philip flay, the son of Major-General Hay, was
placed before Mr. Jardine, charged with obtaining money
under false pretences, by means of a cheque drawn by
him upon his father, it was alleged, without authority.
Mr. Gardiner, the proprietor of the Golden Cross,
Charing-cross, said that on Christmas day, 1844, the
pri.-oner rt.quested him to cash a 51. cheque for him. He
said that in an emergency, the banks being all closed,
he would be obliged to him if ho would advance him 21.
on the spot and let litin have the remainder in a day or
too. Ile at first liesitatel, but as the prisoner repre-
sented that his connections were highly respectable, and
that he was the son of General hay, upon whom the
cheque was drawn, he acted upon these representations
of the prisoner, and advanced him 2/. The next day he
received a note from the prisoner, calling his attention
to the date of the cheque, and requesting that he would
not present it until the 4th of January, when it would
become due. He, therefore, did not present the cheque
till that day, and he was then informed that it was a
f• swindling tramaetwn altogether," and that severalie
s:milar cheques had been presented and refused.
left the cheque at the bankers, Messrs. Cox and Greeand
he dis-
honoured for a few days, and he understood that it h
been shown to Colonel (now General) Hay, and
it.

The prisoner called his father, General Hay, to prove
that he had given him, a general authority to draw
cheques upon him for small amounts, and that if this
one was refused it was by mistake. The General stated,
ninst distinctly, that his son had authority to draw not
only this checque, but many others, and that, had this
been presented co him he would have paid it. He was
surprised that Mr. Gardiner had not applied to him be-
tore taking the course he had adopted.
Mr. JARDINE said this was a complete answer to the
charge.
The prisoner was liberated, but was followed out by
the officer engag,Al in the case, who took him into cus-
tody again en a ::econd charge, to be preferred at an-
other Court.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Edward Parmehtunt, 14 years of age, an apprentice to
Mr. Newman, boot and shoemaker, No. 35, G loster-
street, Hoxton, Old Town, was charged by Serjk ant
James Godfrey, of the N division of police, with cutting
and wounding his fellow apprentice, Alfred Fullum,
aged 17, with intent to do hici some grievous bodily
harm.
Alfred Fullum, who appeared so weak as scarcely to
be enabled to give his evidencE, stated, that about four
o'clock yesterday afternoon he was called down stairs by
his master. He was absent only a few minutes, and on
his return he found the prisoner using his tools. Wit-
ness complained, and told the prisoner he deserved a
good thrashing. The prisoner said, witness dare not
touch him. Witness, however, smacked his face, and
the prisoner instantly rushed at him with the knife pro-
duced, and cut him severely across the arm.
A medical certificate having been put in,
The prisoner denied the felonious part of the charge,
sod said that it was purely accidental. The wound was
occasioned by Lis putting up his hand, in which he held
his knife, to ward off the blow aimed at him by Fullam.
The Magistrate ordered that he should be again
brought up previous to his committal, on the charge of
feloniously cutting and wounding with intent, &c.

CLERKENWELL.--(THIS DAY.)
A gentlemanly-looking young man, who appeared to
be in an almost dying state, was led to the bar by Wad-
din,:.,ton, the gaoler, and Mr. Wolff; his professional
adviser, to answer a charge preferred against him by
John Kelly, a shopman in the employment of Woolston-
holine, pawnbroker, of Leather-lane, Holborn, of having
stolen a quantity of Orleans cloth and Irish linen.
The prisoner, whose name was John Cooper, was
taken into custody on last Wednesday, and placed in one
of the cells at the station-house, and upon the officer on
duty in the yard going round to the place where the pri-
soner was confined he observed him lying in an apparently
lifeless state upon the floor, and upon closer examination
it was found that ho had inflicted a fearful gash across

his right arm. Mr. Taylor, the divisional surgeon, 0,
instantly sent for, and after the wound had been dressed
he was removed to the Royal Free Hospital, the
Gray's Inn road, where he remained until this morning,
When Mr. Coombe, the presiding magistrate? Per:
ceiving the weak and dejected state in which the prisoner
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was, he most kindly ordered him to be taken int°,!t
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private room and supplied with every attention wultet,
his position required. By some oversight, when
prisoner was first locked up he was allowed to retain
penknife by the officer on duty.
The facts of the robbery as stated in
evidence
peared to be, that the prisoner entered the shop of r;
Woolstonholme, and offered to pledge a piece 01 flannrf
While the shopman was looking at it. the prisoner wa;
observed to take dowii two pieces of Orleans cloth en"
I gy.
Irish linen, which hung near the door and conceal thel:
under his coat. When taxed with the robbery heti;
first denied it after having dropped the linen upon
ground.
When called upon 'or his defence, he made thre,n;°:s
four attempts to speak, and at length in s
ad b
voice, that he would say nothing at the p,-eent nune-jo
He was fully committed to take his trial upon
charge.
A second charga was preferred against him of hall
stolen a waistcoat, but owing to the weak and exhato, 0
state in which he appeared to be, the hearing of it 11
adjourned.

SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY), ,a•
Ann Sheen was charged with being concerna".
plundering the house of Mr. Driver, No. 16, Neli°-
square, Blackfriars-road, of jewellery and clothes. bis
It appeared that on Sunday last, Mr. Driver and le
wife being from home, left it in care of the two feewo
servants. On their return the same night the bedr%
drawers were found open, and their contents, cools° to.
of jewellery and clothes, taken. Among the for°3o/
articles were a diamond ring and a gold chain. Oiler's
the servants was at home, but the other (the prisont,L
sister) had absconded. The evidence implicating 0
prisoner was, that on Sunday she Wa3 seen to leave ""i
house carrying two bundles, which were traced 04
house in the Lower Marsh, the landlady of which prove
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that the prisoner left them on Sunday night, saying thd
belonged to her sister. She bundles were produced,
consisted of a 'variety of expensive lady's dresses, n:
all of which were identified by the complainant as Pe
property. die
The prisoner admitted she got the clothing at
complainant's house, and that her sister told her P;io
they were her own, and desired her to leave them st''
place in the Marsh, Lambeth.
Mr. Corririounm said he should remand the prisnner
until her sister was taken into custody, and then coronet
them both for trial.

MR. DOUGLASS and THE BRITISH
AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL AL`'--
COMPANY.

TO TILE' EDITOR OF THE SIM ck
Sia,—l regret to find that a letter signed "Frewa y
Douglass" has been published, in which my ra11132-
mixed up in a manner that appears to me to be very of
oos
traordinary and unjustifiable. Having been abseel.,'•or
Liverpool for a week on business, I had not an ";I 10
opportunity of noticing this, which I shall nor ue
briefly as possible. r
et
The first. time Mr. Frederick Douglass saw of het
with me was not, as he states, before, but after ee'"
agreed with my people to arrangements and aee°Ptoll
dation for his passage on board the Cambria, wit.l3.l";fp
he expressed no dissatisfaction to me, but the coet.tf IDe
Mr. Douglass had no conversation whatever with
except in the presence of three or four other indivi,•,..
and the whole point of my remarks amounted to.ititili
that he (Mr. Douglass) when coming from the uroist
States some months ago in the same vessel, the Ceinf the
as a steerage passenger, was invited by some ()* use,
cab il passengers to enter the saloon, and was the efli, of
whether intentionaay or unintentionally on his PlOO
producing, by the ebservations he made use of, si.„w'rity
disturbance on board, which required the set' see
of the captain to quell, in order to - restore Petold
and safety. Under these circumstances I ;op
Mr. Douglass, ti.at had he not entered , 'O4l,
the arrangements which had been cotePe
I should undoubtedly have considered it my dut.Yitffiget
quire of him, before allowing him to embark, a uw. the
pledge that he would neither of himself, nor al., to
desire of others, fo.low such a course as was likg 'hod
lead to a repetition of such scenes of confusion 10 00
formerly occurred. I added that, from the conver°lloll
that had just taken place between us, it was unneees
I,isliould act or say mere upon the subject. I nwi.relisd,
told him that 1 should' have taken the same course of
his name been John Jones, or anything else, instead
Frederick Douglass, or had he been the whitest na'""

the world. These were my words. 000
All I find fault with is, that Mr. Frederick M? ,„ce
has withheld the entire conversation which took P 74,
between us, and by suppressing the most material F'
and giving a spurious version has misled the public.
I admit, to the fullest extent, my accountability
what was actually done, or actually said, to Mr. Dougi_n"..,
by my people ; but, he hiving so commenced by
presenting the conversation I myself had with hie/.
shall not discuss, through the press, either now or ad'
his al egations as to what took place with others.-4
Sir, your most obedient servant,
CHAS. MAC IVO" "
British and North American Royal Mail
Company, Liverpool, April 12, 1847. e
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THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. 111
Sin,—My accidental absence from town for 11.cu'Zige
of days has occasioned my seeing at the same time licit
journal of the 7th ai.d Bth in-4., the former of vf ~„f
contains a letter from Mr. P. Douglass, and the hltVis
s..ine observations of your own on the subject of
Corn int:Lie:it ion. st afi
You are pleased to si eak " of your intense disgu.o6
the conduct of the agents of the Cambria;" express.
in ley ()Leiden, equally unmerited and strong. • the
Allow me, as oae of the principal proprietors 1" she
Cunard Company, arid as the person responsible 'f"nr
dire ctions given to its subordinate agents in this CO"-
to place the matter fairly before your readers. ey 0
So far as we ourselves are concerned, it is retell
matter of perfect indifference whether the: Pesseqr
°1:
conveyed by our vessels are black, white, or ",; ieoll
coloured. Non olet nunimus ; the fare of one want- die
good as that of another. But if there exists, 119•010
finely affirm that there does, an absolute and h1;"°00;
disgust on the part of a great majority of witeaelea
and particularly of white women, not less in Df,:.„00-
than in America, to come-into close contact with
mores, are we the proper parties to be blamed for rer
aversion and loathing? Can it be expected by 11,14
sonable being that the proprietors of a mere "1/7v,""b116
trade shall utterly annihilate, not their profits enfele:
their very business, by opposing the feelings or ti",".00 of
cies, whatever they may be, of a very great propnrloof
their customers? It is no longer back than the
November last that 43 first class berths havin*l7i
the
gaged on board this very vessel, it so happened td
44th and 45th were taken by a black gentleman """ 00e*
wife, also a black woman. On this circumstance hecjaa
ing known only three days before the ship sailed, °too
w
the London agents, who were without specific iO5 lot
tions on the matter,- having refused to cancel the Vg°ere
issued tickets, no less than 29 out of 43 berths di
thrown up, and the company sustained a loss exne,e,,,, I
1,1001. Of the parties thus throwing up
took the trouble to ascertain that 10 only were Alnerl 610
and the remaining 19 English. Are we, I repeat it,47
blame for refusing to renew the costly experial".,o,
When the sight and smell of the majority of your e°14.10
trymen are so much altered as that their eyes can
rag be
upon the colour, and their noses agreeably imbibe "e.
odour of a negro, we shall gladly welcome the child.
Until then we are compelled by our own interests ase,
commercial company to place upon the issue of tickets
t°
such restrictions and condition* as were speelP
tally stated to Mr. Douglass.
Of Mr. Douglass's letter I do not wish to say a wail
their berpc
in disparagement. He has stated the matter plaitai
simply, and without exaggeration ; though he oughto
must add, not to have omitted mentioning that the W,
was originally issued by a mere lad in the absence of 1",,,
senior clerk, and that the instant the circumstance lief
discovered he was pressed to receive back the mouor
which had been:thus improperly:taken.—l am, Sir,
faithful servant,
CHARLES M. BURROP,
(Of Asgill, Virginia, United States), 0,
Head Manager of the Cunard Company of ape
Maidenhead, Berkshire, April 8.

MR. COBDEN IN ITALY.--The OSSerVacOre wit.;
lino joit received alludes to the flattering reception gof
Naples,h M
Cobden has een honouted by 11-4,1:0r
and makes mention in general terms of
diulity and good-will displayed towards our fretoil
countryman by the rank and intelligence of the 1.
Peuirhula.

On Easter-eve, at NewtoBIRTHS f the
Wife Bushel, Devon, the .e ,
Rev. R. S. Hutchings, Curate of Kingsteignton, of* eon'
On the 7th inst., at Ensemere-hill, Ullswater, the
J. C. Bristow, Esq., of a son.
fiabteroi
On the Bth inst., at Holbeach, Mrs. E. Key, of a da---01,
On the 9th inst., at Inverness-road, Bayswater, the W
Sidney Vardon, Esq., et a son. narlh
On the 9th inst., at Hanover-villas, Kensington-r
Mrs. M. Hall, of a son. ~pe,
On the 10th inst., in Curzon-street, the wife ofJ. A. Pw
Esq., of a still-born child.
of IV* j.
On the 10th inst., at Russell-square, the lady
Whyte, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED. f
On the Bth inst., at Thorpe, Notts, Theodore Mai deo
nob
of King's Heath, Worcestershire, to Louisa Joyne,„kArpe.
daughter of the Rev. Charles Townsend, Rector of l's 048
On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, c'ef°ool
How rd, of Greenwich, to Susannah, second daughter 0
late 'Henry James Stevens, Esq., of Dalston.

DIED. 01
On the 22d ult., at Rome, Lieutenant-General Sir Ddifte
Little Gilmour, K.C.8., Colonel of the 2d Battalion of
Brigade. , late of
On the Ist :- . __

on _ Ist inst., at Paris, Miss Katharine Welling*
Upper Clapton. it pf
On the 4th ; lnd

sue 4th inst., at Maidenhead, Edmund, seta
the late Richard Goolden, Esq. %vigil°
On the 7th inst., at Cheltenham, Commander —1
Cotesworth, R.N., of ebber House, von. ), wife of
On the 7th inst., at S Whipston y -on-Stour D,e Amelia, t—e
Commander Henry Story, R.N. a 74.
On the 7th inst., at Stamford-hill, J. Tyrie, Esq., age sr( of
On the Bth inst., at Bromley, Kent, Charlotte, witiotv
the Rev. Alfred Sanderson, late Vicar of Aston Blanc,
cestershire.
Ou the 9th inst., at Beddington, Charles Francis, tl.O L 13611.1
son of Joseph Laurence, Esq. PO °
On the 9th inst., in North Audley-street, Mr.
He
On bard
the 10 inst., at Upper Touting, Surrey,Sarally
ter of John Melhuish, Esq.

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