The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-27 00:00:00

CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. WARINGTON and Mr. CURRIE.)
A young woman, named Charlotte Towers, was
brought before the Bench by Mr. Shonfeld, the super-
intendent of the Brighton Railway Police, upon the
charge of stealing between 701. and 801. in gold and
silver, the moneys of her master, Mr. Henry Nokes, of
the Red Lion Inn, Southern Bottom.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, who
is a very good-looking young woman, about eighteen
years of age, had been employed as bar-maid by Mr.
Nokes ; and on several occasions having missed large
sums of money from a drawer in his bed-room, in which
he kept his cash, and knowing that no other servant
could have an opportunity of taking it, be was induced
to suspect that she was the thief ; and on three different
occasions he marked a quantity of gold and silver, and
each time he missed a great part of it. He then called
in the officer, and Shonfeld, upon taking the prisoner
into custody, found in her possession a pocket, which
contained 51.105. in gold, and 1/. I s. 10d. in silver ; the
officer then searched the prisoner's box, and in a white
pocket handkerchief he found tied up 131. in silver. In
the box he also found 201. in gold ; and in a pill-
box in the prisoner's bedroom he found twelve shil-
lings in silver. He was then about to take the prisoner
away when she stooped down, apparently to fasten her
boot, but suspecting she was trying to conceal some-
thing, he went to her and took from her twenty-nine
[ shillings, wrapped up in an apron. The officer also
found in the prisoner's box a large quantity of new
wearing apparel, lace caps, and other expensive articles.
which were no doubt the produce of the money stolen
from the prisoner's master.

Mr. Nokes having examined the gold and silver
money produced, identified a number of the marked
pieces he had referred to.

In answer to questions from the Magistrates, it ap-
peared that the money was kept in a drawer which was
always carefully locked, but the officer found in the pri-
soner's box a knife which would open the lock and lock
it again, and from the way in which the knife was
notched it was evident that it had been frequently used
for that purpose, and it was stated by Mrs. Nokes, the
wife of the prosecutor, that upon one day no less than
9/. in silver was taken from the drawer.

The prisoner said nothing in her defence, and she was
fully committed for trial.

VOLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Mrs. Harley, a lady who keeps a respectable lodg-
ing-house in Leicester, waited upon the LORD MAYOR
yesterday for the purpose of informing his Lordship, for
the sake of the public, of the tricks of a man of address,
who went in some parts of the country in the name of
J. W. Morris, and contrived to levy contributions where-
ever he happened to sojourn for a few days upon hotel-
keepers and tradespeople.
The LORD MAYOR--4 am afraid that I can render
no assistance, as whatever offence may have been com-
mitted has been committed out of my jurisdiction.
Mrs. Harley said that she had come from Leicester
for the purpose of punishing the delinquent in some way
or other, although the sum she had been done out of
was no more than 10/. or 11/. She then produced two
orders for 5/. each upon a banking-house, and signed
J. W. Morris, and drawn in her favour. These orders
had been given to her by the person of whom she spoke,
and she had ascertained that no such person was known
at the bankers. She also learned, upon inquiry, which
she closely followed up, that Mr. Morris was the
son of a lady of fortune of the name of Molloy,
who resided at the West-end of the town, and that
he changed his name in order to carry on his off-
hand mode of cheating people, as he had represented
himself as a retired Counsellor to her upon taking up his
abode at her house, and paid her for one week, and the
very morning of the day he left Leicester he agreed
with her for apartments for twelve months at 50/. a-year.
She learned also, when it was too late, that he had run
up a bill at the Bell hotel, and another at a bookseller's
in Leicester, As she came along towards London,
she found that the Counsellor had left his mark in other
places, in one of which he stated himself to Ise the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States, and in another he passed himself off as Mr.
Maynard. _ _

The LORD MAYOR asked the applicant whether she
had made inquiry at the house of Mr. Morris Maynard
Molloy's mother touching the gentleman's liabilities and
responsibilities ? Mrs Harley said that she had called
at the house of Mrs. Melloy, and was told by a footman
in livery that the gentleman she sought was certainly
the son of his mistress, but that unfortunately a greater
scapegrace and vagabond never lived than that same
gentleman was.
The LORD MAYOR—Then I am afraid, as his mo-
ther has such an opinion of him, you sttind but little
chance of your money.
Mrs. Harley said she was quite aware that she had
no chance of it at all that she apprehended that the
system of victimizing might go on, if not exposed, as
Mr. Morris's address was the very essence of deception.
The LORD MAYOR—You have in your hands two
forgeries of his, so that you and I can contrive to stop
his gallop between us. He must be a very queer cha-
racter, when his mother so far gives him up.
Mrs. Harley said that when she called at the house,
the servant seemed to understand all abou. the trans-
action, for he said, '°Oh ! you come from Leicester,
don't you ?" The inference she dew from the recep-
tion she met with was, that the son was in the house.
The Loan MAYOR—And he left you suddenly, of
course ?

Mrs. Harley said that he went out one morning,
and sent her a note, stain.- that he would be absent a
very short time upon some business, and telling her not

to be at all alarmed, and that an old tailor of the name
of Mellican, who was an old humbug, would leave a
suit of clothes at the house for him. The suit of
clothes were brought by the tailor, but the gentleman
who ordered them never returned, and she was anxious
to know what she should do with the clothes.
The LORD MAYOR—By all means give back the
clothes to the tailor. They are his property. I am
sure you deserve to be highly commended for your
spirited conduct in following up this person, who, I
have no doubt, will be pretty much spoken of in conse•
quence of the conduct you have adopted.
Mrs. Harley thanked the Magistrate for his courtesy,
and left the Justice-room evidently disposed to try
whether she could not hit her customer for the forgeries.
A young woman, named Mary Ann Collier, was
charged by Mr. Harris, a shoemaker, under the follow.
in; circumstances :
'The complainant said that the defendant walked into
the shop and asked for a pa'r of boots. He then tried
on a pair, which seemed to fit her, and she desired wit-
ness to lace them up properly. As soon as he had
laced them she said that the next time she was passing
by she would step in and pay for them. Upon being
told that such nonsense would not do, she seemed re-
solved that it would do, and wanted to go off, but was
of course secured.
The LORD MAYOR said the conduct of the prisoner
was as like stealing as could be, and asked her what she
was and where she lived.
The prisoner said she had no home, but that she was
industrious at the weaving business when she had work
to do, which she happened not to have at the present
time.

The LORD MAYOR (to the complainant)—Do you
know anything of her ? Complainant•—Not at all. I
never saw her before.
The LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner)—Why did you
go to a tradesman of whom you know nothing ? De-
fendant—l wanted boots, and I would have paid
him as soon as I could. They were so good a fit I
didn't like to take them off.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I must know something
more about you before you go.—Remanded.
The LORD MAYOR stated that he had received a
letter from the venerable Captain Manby, to whose
scientific exertions for the preservation of human life
the public were so much indebted, upon the subject of
his invention for clearing rivers of obstructions. He
considered the communication valuable, particularly at
the present time, when so many complaints were being
made of the obstructions in the Thames, and the Na-
vigation Committee were engaged in devising plans for
improving the river.
The letter was as follows :
" Royal 13arracks, Yarmouth, Oct. 24, 1840.
" My Lord Mayor,—Having had the honour of sub-
mitting to your Lordship's notice my endeavours to
lessen the calamities so often attendant on shipwrecks
and from fire, I am enmuraged, from the station you
hold as head of the Court of Conservancy of the
Thames, and from what transpired at a recent meeting,
of the Navigation Committee on improvements neces-
sary in the river Thames, most respectfully again to
submit not only for your Lordship's inspection, but that
of the Committee above named, the plan of an imple-
ment, termed a " Submarine Excavator," invented by
me, for the removal of bars at the entrance of harbours,
and obstructions in rivers, also of shoals and accumula-
tions in channels from various causes, that tend to make
navigation dangerous to both life and property, services
that only can be effectually accomplished by excavation,
and raised some height for a powerful current to carry
away by means of a revolving machine. Such principle has
been long known for scraping away mud in the front
of sea sluices, and swept away by a rapid rush of
confined back water on opening of sluice-gates ; and
my pretensions to originality are by adding spades to
the back of the scoops, to dig into such obstructions,
and emptying such excavated matter into trays having
an inclination from their centres to their ends, for the
soil so raised to run off at their extremities, for a
powerful tide or current to carry it away ; which I
flatter myself will effectually perform, at a small
expense, and in a very expeditious manner, what could
only be accomplished at much cost, and attended with
immense labour ; to diminish the accumulations, either
in rivers or channels, thereby increasing the velocity
of the current ; to produce an accelerating scouring
power, which by an occasional repetition of the im-
plement when required, will assuredly prevent a bar
collecting, by the aid of a steam-tug ; this I feel con-
fident might be most successfully applied, and impor-
tantly benefit the River Thames, by keeping channels in
a direct position, especially near the bridges.
" In submitting this to the notice of your Lordship
and the Navigation Committee, I beg leave to dis-
claim all self-interest, having no motives in view but
those that have ever governed a long life—to serve my
country, and to benefit mankind.
" I shall feel myself greatly obliged by your returning
the two explanatory diagrams after they have been in-
spected by your Lordship and the Committee, as they
belong to a series of explanatory representations to
models of my various inventions which I have presented
to the Norwich Museum.
'• 1 have the honour to be,
" My Lord Mayor,
" Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,
" GEO. W. MANBY, Captain, &c. &c.

MADAME LAFFARGE.

THE CHEMIST ORFILA.

In consequence of the injurious rumours afloat in
Parisian circles, founded on M. Raspail s letter, im-
peaching the chemical operations performed by M. Or-
fila and his colleagues upon the deceased Lanrge's
body, these gentlemen have deemed it necessary to ad-
dress to the editor of the Journal des Debats a letter,
of which the following is a translation :
" Sir,—We have abstained hitherto from replying
to the attacks directed against us and our report, be-
cause the Court of Cassation has not yet come to a de-
cision as to Madame Lafferge's trial. Let the lady s
advocates profit by the best defence they can make. We
shall continue to maintain silence, believing that we
shall thus most faithfully discharge our duties.
If the appe.l is admitted, we shall present our ob-
servations before th,. Court of Assize, which will take
cognizance of this affair ; if it is rejected, we shall sub-
mit them to a learned body, capable of appreciating
their force.

" Accept the assurances, &c.

" OLLIVIER,
" BUSSY,
" ORFILA."

The Courrier Francais announces that all the docu-
ments connected with the late trial of Madame Laffarge
have been just deposited in the Court of Cassation.
The affair has not yet been ►nscribed in the cause-list ;
but there is every reason to believe that it will be called
on in the first fortnight of November. The President of
the Court is already besieged by applications for places.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF FORGERY.—On Thur-
day last Joseph Heald Pollock, Peter Thompson, and Jo.
seph Dean Whitaker, general merchants, of Manchester,
Liverpool, and Lisbon, were brought up before James
Musgrave, Esq., at the Leeds Court house, on a charge
of having forged an acceptance purporting to be that of
" J. Dean and Co." to a promissory note at three months,
for the sum of 1481. 103., with intent to defraud Messrs.
Hall, Johnson, Spedding, and Co., of Leeds. The two
former prisoners were apprehended on Tuesday week, and
on Saturday were remanded till Thursday. Whitaker
was apprehended by Mr. Read, chief constab!e of Leeds,
in London, on Tuesday last, and reached Leeds in time
for the adjourned examination. Mr. Blackburn, solicitor
under the fiat of bankruptcy against the prisoners, ap-
peared for the prosecution ; Mr. Naylor, solicitor, attended
for the prisoner Pollock. Previous to the case being
gone into, Mr. Blackburn withdrew the charge of felony
against Thompson, and expressed his intention of examin-
ing him as a witness. The evidence in support of the
case for the prosecution having been gone through, Mr.
Naylor addressed the Bench for Pollock, against whom, he
contended, no guilty knowledge, previous to the utter-
ing of the bill, had been proved Mr. Musgrave said the
impression on his mind was, that the case was quite clear
enough against both prisoners to warrant him committing
them for trial. Mr. Naylor made application to admit
Pollock to bail. which was opposed by Mr. Blackburn
The prisoner Whitaker applied that the case might stand
over till the following day, to give him an opportunity of
consulting a friend. He had only been brought from
London that morning, and had had no opportunity of ob-
taining professional advice. The application for bail was
positively refused; the prisoners, however, were ordered
to remain at Leeds a day to allow Whitaker to consult his
friends. The prisoners were then committe J. and the
witnesses bound over to prosecute.— Liverpool
It is with the profoundest regret we have this
day to announce the death of our esteemed countryman,
Mr. Henry Durell Jeremie. This melancholy event oe.
curred on the 14th instant, at Rennes. in France About
fifteen months since Mr. Jeremie, being in a delicate sta'e
of health, left this island for the town of Le Mans, which
had been recommended to him as
.a most salubrious spot,
well calculated to restore the health of invalids, His
health, however, did not the least improve by this change
of residence; and the present political aspect of European
affairs having rendered it necessary for him to leave France,
he quitted Le Mans about ten days since, on his way to
this island Ile was so ill on reaching Rennes that he
could proceed no farther, and it was thought expedient to
have recourse to medical assistance. A physician accord-
ingly visited and prescribed for him in the evening, but be-
fore the next morning dawned Mr. Jeremie had departed
from the land of the living —Guernsey Star.
LORD EBRINGTON.---The Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland has returned to the County on a brief visit to his
venerable parents, His Lordship was present at the Ses:
siting, and we have the pleasure of stating that he appeared
e
in excellent health—looking much better whenthanch
we
last last saw him. The firm but temperate way in which
Ebrington has grappled with the repelmovement.
e
eneral acquiescence of the Irish people in thepropriet y of
and the
his views---is a striking proof of the beneficial result
of
having a man at the head of affairs, whose life has secured
him the confidence of the people, and whose career as a
patriot is a sufficient guarantee that their liberties are safe ,
in his keeping.— Western Times.
executed Rossini, it is said, is
,actually
composition of a solemn mart.h ,
which engap,e
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the interment of the rcipaips of Nakolewl.

EVENING EDITION*,
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, OCT. 24.—The Boden Professor of Sans-
crit is obhgetl to postpone the commencement of his lec-
tures until Monday, Nov. 2.
Th e Senior Proctor will receive the names of candi-
dates for examination on Monday next, Irvin ten to
eleven o'clock.
The Lect,lrer in Angle-Saxon is willing to form an
elcinent,try class for members of the Univcr-ity desirous
ot an introduction to the laeguae, and to read "
man's Paraphrase" Paraphrase" with a more advanced class.
The Clinical Professor of M.,dicine will commence
his next course of lectures on the 3d of November, at
eleven o'clock, at the Radcliffe Infirmary.
The' RegUis Professor of Dkrinity has given notice
that he will commence his pub ;e course
of lectures
on Monday next, at twelve o'clock
A Sanscrit scholarship. on the Boden foundation, is
vacant. The
electors have appointed Tuesday, ov.
20, for the examination of candidates, who are re-
quested to call on the Ltudian Professor of Arabic,
with usual testimonials, on any day previous to
the
18th of November. It is open to all Members of
the
University who have not exceeded twenty
five
of age.
The Guardians of the Poor have elected the Rev;
E. A. Litton, of Oriel Coilegeto the Oxtora
, Chaplain
Workhouse.
The Rev. George Cornish has presented the Rai
David Jackson, of Queen's College, to the perpetee
curacy of Chasewater, Cornwall. ' tea
A Committee of thi• Priv Council has aprie
the Rev. E. Field, of Queen'syCollege, Official Inspec°
tor of Schools. years