The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-20 00:00:00

QUEEN'S
_BENCH.-(THIS DAY,)

(Sittings at Guildhall.)
No cases of the slightest interest, except to the parties
immediately concerned, were tried during the morning.
The Court had to wait some time before a jury could be
obtained, and several jurymen who had been summoned, but
who did not reply to their names, were fined 5/. each.
It does not appear to be generally understood that the
sittings at Nisi Prius, whether here or at Westminster, in-
variably commence at half-past nine o'clock precisely, and
that the Lord Chief Justice, who sat to-day, is as punctual
as the clock, and that he deprecates, frequently in warm lan-
guage, waste of time whether on the part of the jury or the bar
—frequently preventing unnecessary examination, and show-
ing the futility of many questions and their utter want of
connexion with the matter at issue. His Lordship seems to
act upon the old maxim, " Do not lavish your own time, nor
waste that of others."

COMMON PLEA S.—( THIS DAY.)
The Court was engaged all the day is dispoiing,of causes
of no interest whatever, except to the parties.concerned.

DAB.)

MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS
Errintsivs ROBBERY OF DIAatONDS•—This 'morning, as
soon as the night charges were, disposed of, a respectable
looking man, named • John Kerr, and stated to be the master
of the barque Levenside, was placed at the bar, charged with
stealing a quantity of rough diamonds, of the value of nearly
2,000/., the property of his employers.
Mr. Clarkson appeared on the part of the prosecutors, and
Mr. Eallantine attended to• watch the case on beLalf of the
accused.
After a few preliminary observations, Mr. Clarkson called
Campbell, who stated that he was the mate of the
barque Levenside. The prisoner was the captain of the ship,
which was homeward bound from Bahia, During the voyage,
witness had seen in the captain's possession some rough
stones, but did not know what they were. The captain left
the vessel before she arrived off the Downs, and did not re-
turn to her. Mr. M'Millan, one of the owners, afterwards
came on board to look for the captain, but did not inform
witness with what object.

Mr. Ballantine declined asking any questions.
George Forman, the landlord of the Albion, in East Smith
field, was then called. He stated that the prisoner came to
his house on the 21st of January last On the 22d the pri-
soner called 'to witness, and asked him if he could recom-
mend hint to a tailor. Witness went up to his bed-room,
and recommended him to employ Mr. Hoare, who was a
neighbour of his; Witness observed on the dressing-table
some parMs of rough stones, which looked like gravel
stones. Did not observe any seals upon the parcels. Ob-
served a tin canister, such as is used in tobacco shops, upon
the table. On the Friday morning the prisoner was measured
for some new clothes by Mr. Hoare, and after that fell into
conversation with witness. He said that he had, been three years
trading about, and that be had traded upon his own account
during the last two years. He pointed out to witness the
stones, which he thought were gravel stones, on the table,
and said that he had purchased them upon his own account.
They were of little value at the place from which they came,
but they were very valuable over in this country. He did
not mention the specific value of the stones, but he handed
witness a parcel, and said that he wanted 5501. for it. Wit-
ness thought he was making fun of him, Wit the -captain
asked, him to. go • and sell them, as he • was - too- ill

to go himself. On the prisoner's stating that
he wished to sell the stones, witness went
with Mr. Hoare, who was present, to Mr. Gideon. Mr:
Gideon, on seeing the stones, fetched in a Mr. Benjamin, whe
agreed to take them .into the market. They then went
together to the Royal Exchange, where they were offered
for sale at the price of 550/., but that sum could not be ob..
tamed for them. Witi est vent back and told the captain.
who then went to the t. ble, and taking up all the parcels of
diamonds from it, he gas e t tern to witness, telling him to
get what he could for them. This was on Friday after-
noon, and witness told him that it was then too late to go
into the City, but he would go 'to-morrow. The !Captain
then took up some diamonds, and said, " There are a few for
you, landlord, and there are a few for ytu, tailor (to Mr.
Hoard for you have had a great dealof troubleabout them."
Witness put the'stones into his coat pocket, and Mr. Hoare
did the same. The unsold diamonds were then put into the
table-drawer until the next day. On the following morning
witness took them to Mr. Benjamin, who took them to the
house of Mr. Martin. That .gentleman examined and
weighed them, and agreed to give 1,7501. for them. He
then gave witness a cheque on the Commercial Bank of
London. Witness had been told by Captain Kerr to represent
himself as his cousin, and witness did so. The cheque was
cashed, and witness received 2001. of the sum in gold, and the
remainder in notes. The captain, on witness giving him the
money, handed him back a 301. note, and told him that it
would do to settle the bill. The prisoner went away upon
Saturday evening, and returned on the Straday evening,wheo„
he asked witness to accompany him to the railway station 01
the London and Dover Railway. Witness went with him,
but they were too late, and the prisoner refused to
return to witness's house, but told witness to call
upon him on the following morning, at a coffee--
shop opposite the Shoreditch Railway station. Witness
did so, and the prisoner then said that he would not
go until the evening. In the evening they went together to
the Dover Railway station, and the captain started, sayil4
that he should return in a few days. After witness heo
visited the coffee-shop in the morning, he went to Mr. Hoare
and gave him his portion of the diamonds, telling him to sell
them with his own, and get what he could for them. Hoare
afterwards brought him 50/. and said that he was to receive
901. more, as he had sold both their shares to Mr. Benjamin
for 280/. The property has since been delivered up to the
prosecutors by all parties concerned
Mr. Cornelius Hoare was calla!, but he merely stated that
all that had been said by the preceding witness was correct,
the Learned Counsel not wishing to occupy the Court by
recapitulating the evidence—When he sold the diamonds for
2801. to Mr. Benjamin he gave Foreman 1401. for his share.
They had since returrrd the money to Mr. Benjamin.
Mr. Benjamin Benjamin was then sworn—He stated that
he is a general dealer in the Minories. He was introduced
to Mr. Forman by the intermediation of Mr. Gideon, who
was a friend of his. He accompanied Hoare and 'For-
man. After being introduced to them to the bowl*
of Messrs. Blogg, Martin, and Co. He introduced Mr. Fort
man to Mr. Martin. That was after Olt transactions with'
reference to the Royal Exchange, as stated by the firat wit.
ness. itness did offer them upon 'Change, but the gen•
tleman to whom he offered then!' refused to notice them.
Received as his commission from Mr. Martin 251. when the
diamonds were sold. He afterwards received some diamonds
from Mr. Hoare, and paid him for them in the same ratio 101
Mr. Martin had paid for them. They weighed 399-1 canter
and witness gave 2801. for them. Witness afterwards odd
them for 5201. Paid Hoare the whole of the money due to
him. He only got back 1001. of his own money as yet, but
is to have the rest. There are very few men in this country
who are capable of making a safe purchase in roue
diamonds. There are perhaps not three or four. It is quite
a speculation wherein, perhaps, 1,0001. may be lost or
gained either way. The weight of the diamonds bought by
Mr. Martin was, as witness believed, about 2,500 carat&
The diamonds produced are the same as witness receivedfroel
Mr. Hoare. .

(The diamonds were here produced. A handful of green
coloured, transparent, and angular stones.)
Mr. BaLLANTINE declined asking this witness any questions.
Mr. J. M. Miller stated, he is one of the owners of the
barque Levenside, of which the prisoner Kerr was the master.
In consequence of hearing that something had happened with
respect to a portion of the cargo of the vessel and the captain,
he went down to Deal and awaited the arrival of the vessel
for a week or ten dap. When the vessel arrived he went on-
board of her. He examined the cargo of the vessel, tiod
particularly a drawer of the captain's cabin, when he found
that a consignment of diamonds, mentioned in the bill of
lading, •was gone. Received two bills of lading from the
mate of the ship. The ship's manifest said nothing
about the diamonds. Witness afterwards made inquiries
about the captain, who, he found, had landed at Folkestone. .
In consequence of what he afterwards learned, he went to the
coast of France. He first went to Boulogne, in company •
with the officer, named John Forrester. He went from Bon."' ,
logne to Montreal, about thirty miles distant, and there he
found the captain of his vessel. The prisoner returned with
him to England, and on the voyage back he inquired
whether Forman and Hoare had bean taken into
•,
custody, and when he was informed that they viese
not, he seemed much surprised. He also remarked that
he expected to be transported for what he had dohs.
He said that he intended to have gone to Havre, and from
thence to America. He said also that he was very mash
alarmed when he heard that his owners had come after hut
and would have thrown himself into the sea. He delivery°
up some money in notes and gold to witness.
By Mr. BALLANTINE—There were no wages due to him'
The owners of the vessel are witness, Mrs. Campbell, e°
Mr. IWKinlay. • h be
Forrester, the officer, then produced some money.vtlne
be-
took from the prisoner-2001. in notes and 841. in gold,
sides three diamonds.
Joseph Beadle, a clerk at the Commercial Bank of London,
proved the payment of the cheque to Hoare and Forman. Ai_e
Mr. Frank Castelli, a merchant, of St. Mary-axe' ire
s
firm of Castelli and Giustiani, produced the consignee's .
at
of lading, which he had received -from his correspond"'
Bahia.
Mr. Hermann Otto Poste proved that he was one of the
consignees of the diamonds from their correspondents,
Gautois Pellier and Company, at Bahia.
Mr. Clarkson then said that he did not think it necessary
to adduce any further evidence on that occasion, and the
prisoner was remanded till Wednesday.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Charles Woodfeild, who described himself as a groom, was
cL arged with assisting two others, not in custody, in extin-
guishing the lamps in the streets.
The prisoner and two other men were found at a-latelutir
last night by a policeman of the E division putting out the
street lamps. They bad extinguished two, and were at a
third, wtich they would have put out, but seeing him coin
l
up they desisted and ran away. Be followed, and succeed
in taking the prisoner, but the others escaped.
The prisoner said that the lamps were put out by his eon"
panions. He saw it, but did not assist. He only ran awsP
" because the others ran."

Mr. HENRY fined him 40s. under the Police Act.
It was immediate'y paid, and the prisoner liberated.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Since last Monday, upon which day Edward and Elk's
Burke were examined on the charge of a murderous assault,
in conjunction with other persons then unknown, upon a
number of constables of the N division of police, and re"
manded to this day, a number of other Irish labourers were
taken before Thomas Hassel, 391 G, the man who had been
most seriously injured, when he identified one of them, names
James Kelly.
Kelly, as well as Edward and Ellen Burke, were placed It
the bar this day, when Hassell crawled into court, and having
been placed upon a chair near to the magistrate, he gave WI
evidence in the greatest apparent agony, the main facts of
which were contained in our report of Monday.
Mr. Cook, the house-surgeon, under whose treatment the
constable had been since he received the injuries, stated their
nature, and advised his immediate return to the hospital.
The prisoners, who each made a long and rambling defences
were fully committed for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY•
A young woman, named Sophia Fells, rtsiding in Bell'
court, Princes-street, Whitechapel, applied to the Magistrate
for his assistance under the following somewhat peculiar
circumstances :

The applicant stated that, about a fortnight since, her
child was accidentally scalded, and was in consequence cot►'
veyed to the London Hospital, where it expired from the in-
juro-s it had sustained, in a short time afterwards. The body
of the child was subsequently removed from that illStitlitiat
to her residence, in a coffin purchased by herself, but, net
having the requisite means to bury it, she had applied to the
parish authorities, who, however, refused to take any cogni-
sance whatever of the matter, and the body was now ill ti
state of decomposition.
Fitzgerald, a warrant officer of the court, was directed im-
mediately to accompany the poor woman to the relieving
overseer of the parish of Spitalfields. In a short time he
returned to the court, and stated that he had seen Mr. Fin-
layson, the relieving overseer, who said that the reason the
parish had refused to purchase ground, &c., for the interment
of the body of the child was, that if the parents could afford
to buy a coffin they could also pay the other expenses
attending the interment; it would have been a departure
from their general rule. However, the magisterial sugges-
tion should be attended to, and the body of the child should
be at once interred in a proper manner.

DIVISION LAST NIGHT AGAINST ,
LORD STANLEY'S MOTION.
HOUSE OF LORDS.

:Corfulk

DUKE.

VARQUISIES.
Lansdowne
Sligo
Westmeath

E AtLB.

Liam. BAUOXII.
Granville Ilunadon
Spencer Beaumont
Shaftesbury Monteagle
Waldegrave Crewe
BISHOPS. Audley
St. A saph De Manley
Hereford Foley
BARONS. Byron
Lord Chancellor Montfort
Camoys Campbell
Paget Oriel
Somerhill Vivian
Strafford Li!ford
PAIRS.

Fltzwilllam
Grey
Minto ,
Clarendon
Auckland
Radnor
Forteseue

AGAINST.
Vortman
Norwich (Bishop)
Colborne

FOR.
Brougham
Tankerville
Walt Ingham.

PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED ►STATES._The
Elsinore and Southerner from New York, and Lord Dare'
tin and Martha, from New Orleans, which were reported at
Liverpool on the 18th inst., bring 6,940 barrels of flour, 1,205 ,
sacks wheat, 14,306 bags and 12,604 bushels Indian corn, 59°
barrels Indian corn-meal, 1,886 packages beans, 1,516 bags
peas, and 100 boxes biscuit.
VETERAN.—The Journal des Dibats announces
the death, at NSncy, of one of the veterans of the Freaul
army. Jean Louis Turpin, native of Bordeaux, who enlisted
as a volunteer at the age of 18 years, made his first' cam' '
reign under Lohis XV., and continued his military career
under Louis XVI., the Republic, and the Empire,• until the
year 1804, the ptriod *hen he was placed on the half-PaY
list, after 34 years of glorious services. This veteran caPtaln
was uncle to the celebrated Admiral Turpin.

" • BIRTHS.
On the 14th inst., at Montpellier-villas, Brighton, the wife or the ,
Rev. Rithard Cox Hales, M.A., of a daughter.
On the I bth inst., the lady of Edward Benjamin Clarkson, Of
daughter.
On the 17th inst., at the Chestnuts, Mitcham, Mrs. F. A. /Wei
of a son.
On the 17th Inst., nt Ormley Lodge, near Richmond, Surrey, the
lady of Richard Atkinson, Esq., of a

MARRIED.
On the 16th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, the Rev. F . r. . .
Roupell, M' X. to Susan Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Jam
ye
Eyler, Esq., of Woodlands, Surrey.
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DIED.
On the 30th of December last, at Fredericton, Janet Muir, Wife a
the lion. W. B. Kinnear, Solicitor-General, New Brunswick.
On the 13th inst., Mr. Joseph Crow, of Coleman-street, aged 47.
On the 13th inst., at Stilton, Huntingdonshire, Charlotte, relict of
the late Josepi' Vise, Esq., aged 84.

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binary 20, 1847; • - •