The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-24 00:00:00

BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS.

On Saturday Messrs. Philip Clark, John Sutherland,
Francis Willoughby, and Eustace Arkwright, four
officers in the 9th Royal Lancers, stationed at Hounslow
Barracks, appeared before Colonel Clitherow, the Rev.
D. Walmesley, and Messrs. Baillie and Pownall, the
Sitting Magistrates, on summonses for various infringe-
ments of the rules of good order, and offences against
the statutes enforcing the same. The Court was
crowded during the proceedings, the nocturnal freaks of
parties of " fashionables" having of late become most an-
noying to the inhabitants of Hounslow.

The first summons gone into charged the four defend-
ants with having, on the night of Sunday last, the 16th
instant, wilfully and maliciously thrown down and injured
a certain gate belonging to Mr. John Peto, in the parish
of Weston, whereby they had incurred a penalty of 51.
The defendants pleaded not guilty.
William Beechsy, a police constable of the T divi-
sion, No. 182, deposed—On the night of Sunday last,
a little before 12 o'clock, I saw the four defendants in
the Barrack-lane, at Mr. Peto's gate. They were in
coloured clothes, and had the gate in their hands off the
hinges, close to a wheat field belonging to Mr, Peto. I
saw them throw the gate down. I went up to them
and told them that I knew two of them, namely, Mr.
Sutherland and Mr. Arkwright. They then asked if I
knew their names, when I told them I did. I then fol-
lowed them down Barrack-lane, where I left them. ,
Mr. Arkwright---I can declare I was not there on
the night in question. I was nn duty, and had seven
sentries to visit about the time in question, as I shall
be able to prove.
The witness, in answer to further questions by the
Bench, said the clock struck 12 as the defendants went
into the barracks.

Mr. Arkwright then called Corporal Robert Ste-
venson to prove an alibi, who stated—Mr. Arkwright
is one of the officers of the 9th Royal Lancers. On
the night of Sunday, the 16th, I was on the barrack
guard, and was visited about a quarter past eleven
o'clock by Mr. Arkwright, who afterwards went to-
wards his apartments. Did not see him after that time.
The BENCH said that did not prove an alibi : in fact,
nothing.

The defendants having nothing further to offer in
answer to the charge,
Colonel CLITHEROW (the Chairman) having conferred
with his colleagues, addressed the defendants, and said,
they think it their duty to fine you the full penalty of
5/. each, with the costs, or one month's imprisonment.
The second summons charged the defendants with
having, on the same night, wilfully damaged a quantity
of wheat, the property of Mr. John Peto, whereby they
had incurred a penalty of 20s. above the value of the
property damaged.
After bearing evidence,
The BENCH said they considered that case also
proved, anu fined the defendants in the full penalty of
205., and the amount of the damage, 2s. 6d. each, or
ten days' imprisonment.
The third summons charged the defendants, on the
same night, with wilfully and wantonly disturbing the
inhabitants in the parish of Heston, by ringing bells,
whereby they had incurred a penalty of 40s.
After hearing evidence also on this charge, the
Magistrates fined the defendants 40s. penalty and ss.
costs each, or ten days' imprisonment.
Thu fourth summons was against all the defendants
for a general breach of the peace on the night in
question.
Inspector Marguard said that the summons had been
laid for the purpose of holding the defendants to bail to
keep the peace, or to appear at the Sessions, so great
was the annoyance these proceedings occasioned to the
neighbourhood, but convictions having taken place i❑ all
the other cases, be should withdraw that one.

The BENCH told the defendants they had been
leniently dealt with, and they might rest assured that
all future proceedings of the kind woud be marked with
the utmost severity of the law.
The summons was then withdrawn.
The floes, with costs, &c., amounting to 334 .ss-, were
paid.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

THE ROBBERY OF THE ABERDEEN .TOWN AND
COUNTY B•NKING PROPRIETORS.—Mr. Hartley, the
solicitor, applied to the Lord Mayor for assistance on
the behalf of the creditors of Alexander Christie, a
bankrupt, of Eastcheap, under the following circum-
stances :
He had on the preceding day been engaged in the
examination of the bankrupt before the Commissioners,
when two young men, who, it appeared, were the bro-
thers of the bankrupt, were brought before the Lord
Mayor, on the charge of having plundered the Aber-
deen Town and County Bank of large sums of money,
and lie could not of course attend the justice-room.
He found, however, by the account of the proceedings
at the Mansion-house in the newspapers, that upwards
of 530/. had been found upon the prisoners by For-
rester, which money they declared they had not taken
from the Bank ; and it was ascertained before the
Commissioner of Bankrupts that that statement was
correct.
The LORD MAYOR—Forrester has already departed
with the prisoners and the money by the railroad on his
way to Edinburgh.
Mr. Hartley said that he had hoped to have been in
time to claim the money for the creditors of Alexander
Christie. The fact was, that the prisoners had em-
ployed a solicitor to execute a warrant of attorney, in
Alexander Christie's name, for 1,9601., payable to them
at short dates, and they had, by virtue of that authority '
sold all thelproperty at Alexander Christie's house in
Eastchcap, and the 528/. 12s. found by the officer in
their possession was the produce of the sale, so that the
Aberdeen Town and County Bank had no right what-
ever to that sum.
The LORD MAYOR—Forrester held the money, and
when it was claimed here )esterday by the solicitor for
the Aberdeen Bank, as part of the property with which
the persons had decamped from Golspie, the officer said
that he should, in case there should be any dispute about
the cash, keep custody of it himself.
Mr. Hartley said he was satisfied that Forrester
would be very cautious as to whom he would deliver up
the money.
The Loup MAYOR—No doubt of that. It appears
there is likely to be some dispute on the subject, for
John and James Christie said yesterday that they as-
cribed the situation in which they were placed to the
difficulties they had to encounter in consequence of
their brother Alexander's failure.

Mr. Hartley—At ail events the money is the produce
of the sale of the goods in Eastcheap, and we shall cer-
tainly claim under the bankruptcy.
A DEFAULTER ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.—TWO
gentlemen applied to the Lord Mayor for warrants
against a Stock Exchange broker who had disappeared,
niter having been entrusted with a large amount in
Brazil Stock, and also in Spanish Active and Spanish
Deferred Stock.

One of the applicants, it appeared, had placed in the
hands of the broker securities of the kind to the amount,
in the present state of the market, of between 1,4001.
and 1,5001. and the value of those entrusted to him by
the other was upwards of 1,100/.
The LORD MAYOR asked whether the applicants
had any proof that the broker had misappropriated the
Foreign Bonds?—They replied that on Wednesday he
had been declared a defaulter, and the Stock Exchange
Committee came to a resolution to open his chest, in
which he kept all his securities. The chest was accord-
ingly opened in the presence of the defaulter's solicitor
and the applicants, and not a single bond was to be
seen.

---Tbe Loan Nl...you—Was no property of any kind
in the chest ? Applicant—Nothing but threepence.
That he has misappropriated our property there is no
doubt whatever. The day after he absconded he sent
his key to his solicitor, and some bills, which he stated
were to cover our deposits, which ought to have been
held sacred. If he has not appropriated our bonds to
his own use, why send the bills, which, he said, were to
cover them ?
The LORD MAYOR—There is certainly very good
ground for believing that they have been misappro-
priated, and I shall render you all the assistance in my
power ; you shall have a warrant to apprehend the
party. The applicants, one of whom in particular
seemed to be greatly excited, expressed their determina-
tion to follow the broker to any foreign country to which
he might have absconded.