The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-28 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

CHARGE OF RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.—Robert
Wilkinson, a well-dressed person, who has carried on bu-
siness as a haberdasher, in High-street, Shoreditch, for
nearly two years, was re-examined before Mr. Bin;ham,
upon a charge of having feloniously received several
pieces of riband, of the value of 141., the property of
Mr. Stubbs, a haberdasher, in Church-street, Hackney.

Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, attended for the defence.
It appeared that, on the morning of Saturday se'nnight,
two young men of respectable exterior, called at the
prosecutor's shop, and requested to be shown some pieces
of riband, upon which the son of the prosecutor placed
several boxes before them. They left the shop without
making a purchase, and soon after their departure, it was
discovered that two of the boxes had been taken away.
Information of the robbery was given to the police, but
no trace of the property was obtained until Saturday
last, when the prosecutor, whilst passing through
Shoreditch, observed one of his boxes, which was of
peculiar construction, exposed in the prisoner's shop win-
dow. Having procured the assistance of police-constables
Holland and Haywood, who are attached to this Court,
the prosecutor returned with them to the prisoner's shop,
and at his request the box of ribands was submitted to
his inspection, and he identified numerous rolls of riband
from which his private mark had been partly obliterated.
The prisoner, on being asked how he became possessed
of the property, said that he bought it about five months
before from Messrs. Cheaper, Watson, and Co., of Wood-
street, but he was unable to produce an invoice, and on
subsequent inquiry it was ascertained that the firm in ,
question had had no dealings with him for upwards of
twelve months. The policeman then secured the property
and conveyed the prisoner to the station-house. They
also took possession of the prisoner's cash box containing
296 sovereigns, and tivo 51. Bank of England notes, which
were numbered respectively 89,572 and 28,156. Ser-
geant Dubois, N 14, afterwards made a further search of
the place, and amongst several thousands of pieces of ri-
band, he found nearly 300, from which the shop marks
and numbers had been torn off.

The prosecutor identified the riband box, with the
greater portion of its contents, as his property.
The prisoner was renianded for a week, and the Ma-
gistrate refused to accept bail for his appearance.

ARMY AND NAVY.—The August number of
the " United Service Journal, and Naval and Military
Magazine," contains, among other interesting papers, the
Australian Colonies considered both with reference to
Transportation, and as Naval and Military Settlements.
—Historical Details relative to the Military Force of
Great Britain from the Earliest Periods to the Present
Time.—Syria, during the Campaign against Mehemet
Ali.—Traits of Nelson's crews at the Nile.—Military
Retribution.- —A Late Visit to the Volcano of Kiranea
in Hawaii, one of the Sandwich Islands.—Reminis-
cences of a Light Dragoon.—Sketches from Military
Life.—Narrative by Lieut. White of his Capture and
Imprisonment by the Carlists.—Notices of Steam Navi-
gation.—Account of the United States' Navy and Army
—Sir Howard Douglas and his Government of the
lonian Isles.—Distribution of the Army and Navy, with
all the Naval and Military Intelligence of the Month.
BRIGHTON, JULY 26.—Yesterday on the arri-
val of the passengers by the first railroad coaches, a
report was spread'that a shocking accident had occurred
to one of the red vans (Pocock's) from London, and it
was said the driver and guard Were almost killed, and the
passengers, three or four of whom came on by the rail-
road train, much injured. It appeared that the van, which
is the only night conveyance to Brighton, left at the usual
time laden with about seven tons of luggage and eight
passengers. On proceeding down Reigate-hill the skid
was put on the wheels, when the van, which was groan-
ing under the immense weight, broke down, crushing the
wheels and falling on one side. The driver and guard
saved themselves by jumping off, but met with several se-
vere injuries. The passengers, inside and out, were dread-
fully injured by the heavy boxes, &c., in which they were
literally buried. On extricating them, c,ne, an elderly gen-
tleman residing at Reigate, and who had adopted the con-
veyance to get home the same night, was at first thought to
have been killed on the spot, but was found only to have
been stunned. Another had his head cut and bruised ;
a third the calf of his leg extensively injured; in fact,
none escaped without severe injuries. The gentleman
who lived at Reigate, after he had recovered,
very kindly offered his house for the accommodation
of his fellow-passengers, and took charge of a young man
who was seriously ill, and who was proceeding to Brighton
for a change of air. As soon as the passengers were re-
leased from their perilous situation assistance was pro-
cured. and as it was impossible to move the vehicle, it
was necessary to dig out under the lamp, which it was
feared would set it on fire. Vans were forwarded in the
course of the day to bring the luggage to Brighton,
amongst which were two tons of salmon, the non-arrival
of which spoiled the dinner of numbers of individuals.
It is rather singular that another of the red wins broke
down at the same place the previous night.

FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE

CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 27.

MEDIBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

Northamptonshire (Northern Division)—Thomas Philip
Maunsell, Esq. ; Augustus Stafford O'ttrien, E-q.
Southern Division—William Ralph Cartwright, Esq. ; Sir
Charles Knightley, Bart.
Peterborough—The Hon. George Wentworth Fitza illiam ;
Sir Robert Heron, Bart.

Northampton—Robert Vernon Smith, of Saville-row, in the
county of Middlesex, Esq. ; Raikes Currie, of Hyde Park-ter-
race, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.
Somerset (Eastern Division)—William Gore Langton, of
the parish of Newton Saint Loe, in the county of Somerset,
Esq. ; William Mites, of the parish of Abbots Leigh, in the
county of Somerset, Esq.

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Western Dirision—Thomas Dyke Acland, of Holmeote. in
the county of Somerset, Esq. ; Francis Henry Dickinson, of
Kingweston, in the said county, Esq.
Bath—The Lord fiscount Duncan ; John Arthur Roebuck,
of Gray's Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.
Wells—Richard Blakemore, of the Leys, in the county of
Hereford, Esq.; William Goodenough Hayter, of Stoberry-
hill, in the county of Somerset, and Hyde Park-terrace, in the
county of Middlesex. Esq.
Taunton—The Right Honourable Henry Labouchere ;
Edward Thomas Bainbridge, Esq.
Bridgwater—Henry Broadwood, Esq. ; Thomas Seaton
Forman, Esq.
Florne—'lhomas Sheppard, of Hampstead-heath, in the
county of Middlesex, Esq.

WHITEHALL, JULY 21.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard Matthews, of
Machylleth, in the county of Montgomery, Gent. to be a Mas-
ter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.