The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

Mr. Chisholm Anstey, M.P. for Youghal, who pre-
ferred a complaint on Friday against a cabman for mis-
conduct, the particulars of which appeared in our paper
of Saturday last, attended at this court by appointment,
the case having been adjourned.
Mr. BRODERIP inquired of Mr. Anstey whether he
had seen the gentleman who accompanied him to the
House of Commons in the cab.

Mr. Anstey replied that he had, and had ascertained
that defendant ha& not been paid by him. The gentle-
man. who had misunderstood him, had gone away in
another cab from the House.

Mr. BRODERIP inquired of Mr. Anstey whether he
prayed the judgment of the Court against defendant.
Defendant having entreated Mr. Anstey to forgi►e
him,

Mr. Anstey said, that under the circumstances of the
case, and as he had no wish to be vindictive, he would
not press for judgment against the defendant.
Mr. BRODERIP said, the defendant onght to feel much
indebted to Mr. Anstey for the merciful view he had
taken of the case. He (the defendant) had acted wrong
all through, and had Mr. Anstey prayed the judgment of
the Court he (Mr. Broderip) should have visited the
defendant with a very severe sentence. The only miti-
gatory circumstance in the whole case was, that the fare
had not been paid ; but Mr. Anstey repeatedly expressed
his willingness to pay the defendant if he would show
his badge, in order that he might have his remedy if the
charge was unjust. The defendant had been guilty of
gross misconduct, and he repeated had to thank Mr.
Anstey for his kindness.
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Mr. nstey expressed his wish to pay the defendan
something, and gave him 6s.

WORSHIP-

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James Scraggs Foster was brought before Mr. Ham-
mill, charged with fraudulently obtaining money from
tradesmen transmitting goods by the Eastern Counties
Railway.
A clerk in the granary department, named William
Fearn, stated that it was the duty of the prisoner, who
was also a clerk in that department, and who had been
in the company's service for several year past, to make
out from the invoices duplicate copies of tickets for grain
sent by the carmen for delivery to houses in town, and
that in consegnence of its having been discovered by
accident that fradulent overcharges were being com-
mitted inquiries were made. and it was discovered that
the prisoner had been e:ctensively engaged in such
transactions, and he was accordingly given into custody.
A clerk, named Bolton, in the employment of Messrs.
Noble, seedsmen, Fleet-street, proved that on the 19th
of last month their house received by one of the corn-
pany's trains 11 quarters of peas from the country, for
the freightage of which 13s. I Id. was charged in a bill
he produced, and Bs. for the cartage. The bill and
goods were delivered by a man named King, the carter
employed, to whom the money was paid and who received
the ticket.

Mr. Fearn deposed that the ticket in question was in
the prisoner's handwriting, and produced a book in
which the proper account was entered. Witness added
that,Messrs. Noble had teen greatly overcharged, and
that the prisoner had only paid to him the correct value
of the freightage and delivery.
Sergeant Price said that, from information he re-
ceivedfrom Mr. Capper, one of the superintendents of
the Eastern Counties Railway, he proceeded to the ad-
dress given by the prisqner,which,however, proved to be
a fictitious one, and he was at length found at a house
in Wellington-street, Stepney, in a very "ill state of
health. Upon his person he found ten tickets not in
any way accounted for to the company, and on making
further inqui:i es he discove red that a great number ofoth c r
trade-men around the metropolis had been defrauded in
a similar way to the one above described by the prisoner.
It was also stated that the prisoner, by his delin-
quencies in the way stated, was in the habit of making
about 31. per week over and above his salary.
The prisoner was ordered to find bail, himself in
2001. and two sureties in 1001. each, for his appearance
here next week.

THE AUSTRALIAN MINING COM

PANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of this company, to receive the report of the
directors, and to fill up the vacancies in the direct'on
occasioned by the resignation of Sir Hyde Parker,
Bart., and the decease of Samuel James Capper,
Esq., was held yesterday at the Company's Offices,
No. 1, Adelaide-place, London bridge J. Master-
man, Esq., junior, took the chair, and
after the usual preliminaries, the secretary
read the report, from which it appeared that then e
was every prospect of the company's having a good
range of ore to break down, and economical means
of bringing it to the surface. The transfer of 2,000
shares sent to the colony was attended with consider-
able difficulty, and the shares had consequently been
returned. The committee in Australia had conse-
quently drawn upon the directors in London, at sixty
days' sight, in favour of the Bank of Australia, or
4,0001. A mining officer had been sent out to the
colony, and the directors considered that it would be
advisable to send out a resident superintendent to the
mines.

The CHAIRMAN said they must consider the distance
of the colony, the difficulties that necessarily encum-
bered the working of the mines there, and the total
want of practical mining knowledge in Australia. The
latter cause was then removed, and they hoped under
the skilful management of Captain Philips, whom they
had sent 'out to the 'colony, that the causes that
led to the -delay in their onward progress would be
speedily removed.—(Hear.) He regretted extremely
that from the return of the shares it was necessary
that they should make another call upon the share-
holders of 10s. a share before they could make any
crood dividend. The chairman concluded by moving
the adoption of the report.
Mr. Hou.tx seconded the motion.

Some discussion ensued, in the course of which an
Hon. Proprietor read letters from parties resident in
the colony, which stated that it abounded in the:richest
mineral wealth, and offered a favourable field for
speculation in this country.
The resolution was then unanimously adopted.
They then proceeded to the ballot for the election
of the directors, which being concluded, the meeting
broke up.

PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA.
We find the following particulars respecting the march
of the cholera in Russia in a recent number of the Riga
Gazette :
" The Government of Saratoff was greatly ill-treated
by the cholera up to the 21st of October, for out of
18,594 cases, 9,194 terminated fatally. It has, how-
ever, now entirely ceased in the chief towns, as well as
in two whole districts of that Government. In the
Governments of Pensa and Woronesch the cholera still
continues, but it is comparatively mild, only 3,329 per-
sons having died out of 8,398 cases. In the Govern-
ment of Orel it is still very violent. In the town of
Orel, out of 1,715 cases up to the 20th of October, 830
terminated fatally, and in the neighbouring districts
there were 1,518 deaths in 3,772 cases. In the Govern-
ment of Kursk, where it has now nearly died away,
2,860 persons out of 6,866 attacked, died up to the 10th
of October. In the Governments of Pultawa, Tscher-
nigof, Nijni, and Novogorod, the disease is nearly
subsided.'

According to a letter from Posen of the Ist, in the
Cologne Gazette,
,the cholera had just broken out at
Slupee, a village at only about 15 leagues distant. The
disease also exists at Warsaw, though the fact has not
yet been officially stated.
Owing to dread of the cholera all vessels and persons
not provided with a clean bill of health have, since the
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rh ult., been interdicted access to the.coasts of Sweden.
measure is represented to cause considerable em-
barrassment to commercial relations.
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WATCIII my A. Dooani.--. DxscovEltli" OF A GOLD
or three clays ago• . singular incident occurred two
C7xox—ST cm
that way, accompanied A lad iire:s In
.a plantation near Lugar iron
works.
a dog, which returningo b-
b!ings to and fro i A from one of its discursive 3
a the ood, lai ram-
cloth' from which dropped a hal d at his feet a bit of
ran again' into the plantation, T
ri
and
,he dog then
tb©
curiosity was naturally excited, followed,
lad whose
eious animal led him to a spot, from The
Jhe saga-
parently scratched up the cloth and on roar had ap-
gold watch was found tied up in a baz' Nvi:z:j'it aail,'ew
11 s. 6d. in money! The " treasure trove" tjaua
forma
so mysteriously concealed has b6en forwailde'd, we wit!,
(lerstand, to the office of the county procurator-fiscal.
Kilmarnock Herald.
Mr. Brotherton, M.P. (Salford), and Mr. John B.
Smith, M.P., had an interview yesterday, with the
Right Hon. Edward Strutt, at the office of the Com-
missioners of Railways.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS. Dec. 13.
The Earl of SITAFTE4BURY took his seat upon the
Woolsack (in the absence of the Lord Chancellor)
shortly after Five o'clock.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented several pe-
titions praying for an inquiry into the state of
turnpike trusts.
PENINSULAR MEDALS.
The Duke of RICHMOND gave notice that he
should to-morrow ask when the Peninsular medals
would be distributed, and whether it was the inten-
tion of the Government to do a similar act of justice
to the other officers, soldiers, and sailors engaged in
the late war.