The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS.

A person named John Ilarefield, who is respectably
connected, and who for some time has been carrying on
the business of a smith and ironmonger in the town of
Croydon, was brought before the presiding Magistrates,
Messrs. Elyard and Sutherland, upon a charge of stealing
a large quantity of steel, a number of files and other tools,
and a pair of pistols, the property of Mr. James Leman,
ironmonger, of Croydon, High-street.
The inquiry, from the circumstances connected with it,
and from the fact of the accused having all his life resided
at Croydon, and hitherto with an unblemished character,
created a good deal of interest.
James Linton, a sergeant of the P Division of Police,
deposed that, from information he received, he obtained a
search warrant on Saturday morning, and, accompanied by
the son of the prosecutor, he went to the house of a man
named Savage, in the Middle-row, Croydon ; and, upon
making a search, he discovered a great number of bars of
steel, a screw-plate, and other articles, which Mr. Leman
identified as his property. He afterwards went to the priso-
ner's premises, which adjoin those of Mr. Leman, and he
there found a quantity of files, thirteen new stove cheeks,
and some other things, which Mr. Leman also identified.
Upon a further examination he discovered that the back of
the prosecutor's warehouse was only separated from the
prisoner's by a wooden partition, and he discovered a trap-
door which offered an easy communication to the ware-
house, and through which the property might easily have
been taken.
Joseph Savage proved that the prisoner brought the steel
that was found by the police at his house, to him some time
ago, and asked him to take care of it, as he expected a dis-
tress would be put into his house by the landlord, and he
consented to do so. There was originally, a great deal
more property of the same description, but the prisoner had
removed it, and that produced by' the officers was all that
remained. _ _

John Colepepper, another sergeant of police, proved that
he took the prisoner into custody, and upon searching him
he found among other articles a duplicate for a pair of pis-
tols pledged in the prisoner's name, at the shop of Mr.
Messenger, a pawnbroker, at Croydon, and which pistols
he produced.
Mr. \V. B. Leman deposed that he assisted his father
in carrying on the business of an ironmonger. The pri-
soner had formerly been in their employ, but he left in
the month of March last. Both before and since that Zinie,
they bad repeatedly missed property, and, in consequei:ce
of some information he received, he was induced to apply
for a search wnrrant, and he accompanied the officers to
Savage's house, where the property was discovered. He
had no doubt that the whole of the steel, and other things
found there, had formed part of his father's stock ; but
from the large quantity they had, he could only swear po-
sitively to two of the pieces of steel which bore their pri-
vate mark, and which had never been sold. The pistols
produced lie remembered giving to the prisoner to repair a
short time before he left their service; and when ho subse-
quently asked him what had become of them, he said he
knew nothing about them.
In answer to questions from the Bench it was stated that
after the prisoner lett Mr. Leman's employ, he set up in
business as an ironmonger on his own account.
The prisoner was then asked what he had to say in an-
swer to the charge ?-11e replied that he bought all the
things of a man for 11. 123.
The CHAIRMAN asked if he had brought forward the
man he bought them of, and he replied that he had not.
The BENctt said that the charge appeared to be clearly
made out and it was their duty to commit him to take his
trial, and if there was any truth in his statement as to his
buying the articles, it would be very important for him to
produce that person at his trial.
The prisoner was then fully committed.

THE WEATHER IN FRANCE.

(From a Correspondent of the Morning Post.)

PARIS, THURSDAY.-The usually monotonous
character of a journey from Calais to Paris is much re-
lieved at this period of the year by the various accidents
of flood and field incidental to the severity of the sea-
son. After twenty-eight hours' sea and river passage
a long and dreary land expedition remains. It was a
cold, cheerless morning last Tuesday, at nine o'clock,
that I got:into the diligence of Laffitte, Gaillard:and Co.,
and it was nearly half•past one before we arrived at
Boulogne. Leaving the latter town at two P.M., it
was past seven before the diligence reached Montreuil.
Up to Abbeville the road improved, so that at
one in the morning of Wednesday good progress was
made. Between Abbeville and Beauvais the roads
were in a dreadful state, being complete glaciers
from the partial thaw and renewed frost. We
left Beauvais at ono o'clock on Wednesday after-
noon, and the roads were improving, so as to raise
hopes of a speedier arrival in Paris ; but rattling
down the hill between Prusaix and Chambly, the dili-
gence came down with a tremendous crash, the hind
wheel coming off, and shivered into a thousand pieces.
This episode caused some shaking and a five-hour de-
tention at a miserable inn on th roadside whilst the
machine was raised and repaired. It was eleven o'clock
at night before we left Chambly, and then had the en-
livening sight of a perfect inundation of the village, owing
to the melting of the snows from the hills. The scene
at midnight, with the current rushing three feet deep
through the main street, was very striking. All the in-
habitants were at the upper windows, with lighted torches
and lanterns to show the track. From Beaumont to
Paris the journey was rapid, but it was four o'clock
on Thursday morning before we arrived in the capital,
having been forty-three hours from Calais to Paris. The
little incidental miseries of having to awaken persons
at that hour, of extortionate coachmen and porters,
are a matter of course on such occasions. Let it be
recorded on behalf of the humble aubcrgislc of Chambly
that our bivouac, for the winds of heaven penetrated
into the lodging for " man and beast," was relieved as
much as possible by his civility ; and a meal of bread,
herrings, wine, and cognac, formed the grand dinner and
supper of about sixteen benighted and capsized passen-
gers. The malle poste has had terrible work to get in
at all from the state of the roads. As for my twenty-
eight hours' steaming at sea, I was truly grateful when
I heard at Boulogne that Saturday's steamer from Lon-
don was fifty-three hours on its way to the French port.
As for Paris the thaw is complete. Pelting showers
all this day, and the London mail got in at a reasonable
hour.

MORALITY OF AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS.
—The Report read at the Hants Quarter Sessions con-
tains the following significant statement :—" From the
earliest records of county expenditure, kept in the Clerk
of the Peace's office, and from which the Report was
drawn up, it appeared that in the year 1792, the amount of
sums paid to prosecutors anti witnesses was 1,0081., and in
1840 it amounted to 4,035/. ; and as the increase of popu-
lation dur.ng that period did not tally with this enormous
increase, it must have arisen from some other reason. One
of those reasons was the great increase of crime, in proper.
lion to the increase of population." The Chairman of the
Berks Sessions " was sorry to perceive so large a calen-
dar;" and the Chairman of the Hereford Sessions " re.
gretted to say that the number of prisoners was nearly
as large as he had ever remembered since he had
had the honour of presiding at these sessions, and
some of the offences were of a heavy nature."
But perhaps the most convincing proof of the
state of crime in the country districts is furnished
in the case of this very county of Wilts. From the report
of the Chief Constable it appears that since January, 1840,
the number of offences which have come under the cogni-
zance of the rural police, exclusive altogether of those
under the charge of the police of the various towns, stands
thus : "In the April quarter there were 269 ehaiges ; in
June, 368; in October, 501 ; and in January, 300, making
a total of 1438." In his charge to the Grand Jury the
Chairman of our Sessions, the Tory Member for Bath,
said, " The result of the present calendar tended to con-
firm the opinion he had long since entertained, that by far
the larger portion of crime in this county was committed
in the rural aad agricultural districts ; of the 84 felonies,
60 at least had been committed in those districts, and but
24 in the towns.— Wiltshire Independent.
DARING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY IN EAST
SUSSEX.—On Tuesday morning, between one and two •
o'clock, the house of Mr. Samuel Holland, Bexhill, was
broken into by a body of six armed men, and plundered of
between one and two hundred pounds in gold, Hastings
bank-notes, and cheques. The burglars were apparently
provided with all manner of housebreaking instruments.
They effected their entrance at one of the sitting-
room windows, by first taking out a pane of glass,
raising the sashes, and then bursting the shutters.
The first alarm was by Mr. Holland being awakened
by a person standing at the foot of his bed with
a light in one band and a carving knife in the other, who
desired him to get out of bed. At the same time the side
curtains were withdrawn and disclosed three other men,
who declared they did not wish to hurt him if he imme-
diately gave up his purse, the key of his bureau, and his
pocket-book. Resistance was vain, and the demand was
acceded to. Meanwhile a visitor, on hearing the distur-
bance, approached to the room, at the door of which he
was stopped by the -muzzle of a gun being present-
ed at him. He seized hold of the gun, but was
Leocked down by one of the party. One of the
--ye up her purse to one of the robbers, and herself
ladies g..c.ompah.:qns weoeorkbepeitn prg
biasorrneedrsaignaitnhsetirbirmo,omwass.
and her
The man servan ,_
t, by a
unable to get to the assistanc: °1 the family, but this cir-
cumstance is, perhaps, not to be reg,: tted, as the formida.
ble villains would have been too much for he inmates, and
a serious or fatal assault might have taken pta.e The
transaction occupied only a few minutes. The villain; es-
caped, and, though an active search was instantly com-
menced, they have hitherto eluded detection. —Norwich
Gazette.

NEW PENNY PIECES. Specimens of new
coins have just been issued from the Mint, consisting of
penny-pieces. They are materially different from those
now in use, as there is no lettering upon them with the
exception of the date. On one side is a medallion like-
ness of her present Majesty, and occupies nearly the whole
of one of the sides of the pieces. On the obverse is a
figure of Britannia, similar to those on the fourpenny-
pieces, under which is placed the date. The outside of
the rim is perfectly smooth, but it is raised in such a man-
ner as to afford ample protection to the figures on the body
when in use
COLLIERS' TURN•OUT.—The colliers in Bol-
ton and the neighbourhood turned out on Saturday evening
last, for an advance of wages, amounting to a little more
tha❑ five per cent. The consequence was, that ono cot-
ton-mill in Bolton was stopped for want of coals on Wed-
nesday last; but the matter has since been arranged, and
the colliers have nearly all returned to their work.—
Manchester Guardian.
The poor freemen and electors of Boston have
received seasonable prevents of beef arri bread from their
worthy representative, Alderman Sir James Duke, to the
amount of 701, and upwards... Stamford Mercury.

RV ENING EDITI ()V

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGI

OXFORD, JAN. 16.—The Rev. Charles A.'l rhurlow,
Balliol College, has been appointed by the Lor d .Biobop
Chester Rural Dean in the county and diocese o IrCbesl.4l6
John Mercer and Charles Markham, Esqr f., P:tr°ll4
have presented the Rev. William Butlin, of Li jocoln Col'
lege, to the vicarage of St. Sepulchre, Northai epton.
The Hon. Mrs. North, of Glenham Hall, hh s pre ,entil
the Rev. Robert M. White, Fellow of Magdal en Colleice,
to the rectory of Little Glenham, with the peep etut curse!
of Great Glenham annexed, in the county of 'Suff. olk.,
The President and Fellows of Magda len (Coll.ege us%
presented the Rev. William Thomas P. 61
their Society, to the rectory of Fittleton, Wiltsb ire.
The Lord Bishop of London has lice nsecl the Rev'
Thomas Dry, of Merton College, to be the . mini ster of tos
church of St. Peter, in the pariah of ithanistolf;
Essex, on the nomination of the Rev. W. Wi lso a, vicar
al
Walthamstow.

SPORTING INTELLIGI NGE•

TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAI
THE DERBY.
Palmon was backed fully at 16 to 1, and his right tfi,
the Premiership, established by an interva' i of full tlarg:
points between him and the Rosalie colt, 1 8, and 19 tot
several times, and in one instance 20 to 1., having ttlfil
laid against the latter ; this movement will not surpl
those who have watched the bettii.‘g of late. Eringo ant
Coronation may be quoted at 20 to 1, Marshal Soulti
22 to 1, and Sir Hans at 28 to 1, the prices, however, being
purely nominal, not a bet, to the be at of our knowledge'
having been made about either. Tw entry-five to one AVlaid three or four times against the K 'tight of the Whistle;
and the same against Cameleon and 1 talph, with offers if
go on from the layers against the first .t.wo. The Duke())
Wellington, the Nob, and the Dariolett'A colt, were WV'
at an improvement on Thursday last ; ;a nd some bets srer:
laid against outsiders, without leading to any alterStt
worth notice. The following were the c losing prices
13 to 3 agst Scott's lot
2S to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot— A e
. and aft. n--" 4.
1000 to 10 agst Lord Stradbroke's lot- -ditto
16 to 1 agst Palaamon—taken freely
19 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—taken
20 to 1 agst Eringo
20 to 1 agst Coronation
22 to 1 agst Marshal Soult
25 to 1 agst Camelion—taken
25 to 1 agst Ralph—taken
25 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle
28 to 1 agst Sir Hans •
30 to I agst Prince Caradoc—taken
35 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington—takes
40 to 1 agst The Nob—taken
45 to 1 agst Darieletta colt
50 to 1 agst Morning Star
1000 to 15 agst Must:apha—taken and afters yards
1000 to 15 agst Mustap.ha Muley—taken
1000 to 10 agst Lady Strut—taken
1000 to 10 agst Macheath
100 to 1 agst Nebros
1200 to 1000 on John Day's lot agst the Rot ial; ..e colt
taken
1000 to 10 agst Ralph and Palaamon—take It
4000 to 200 agst Ralph and Knightsbridge.. -4taken
tbp
The Epsom Coursing takes place on Friday
vest;
entries must be made, as usual, at the Spread . Eagle'