The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-21 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY.
The arrivals of all articles of home produce up to our
market, last week, were on a very limited scale, espe-
ci tll those of Corn, but from Ireland nearly 5,000 guar_
t.e'rs )Of Wheat and a fair quantity of Corn came to hand,
while the receipts of those articles from Scotland were
tolerably good. The imports of Foreign Wheat ex-
ceeded 20,000 quarters, and of Flour 33,000 barrels,
which latter may be considered a large supply. Fresh
up, the receipts of Wheat of home produce were but
moderate, and the show of samples was by no means ex-
tensive. Several unfavourable accounts respecting
the potato crop having come to hand this
morning from various parts of the country, and the
weather during the past week having been showery, the
factors and holders in the early part of the day were
very firm in their demands, and in some instances they
succeeded in obtaining 2s to 3s per quarter more money,
for selected parcels of both Red and White. But, as
thL day progressed, the trade Lecawe very inactive, and
the few parcels which changed hands after twelve o'clock
w ere at an improvement of no more than Is er uarter;
while several hundred quarters found buyers its prices

about equal to those paid on this day sen'tlighte
in order to effect a clearance. This falling °
in the inquiry and depression in value
the opening fen!
to the large importations of foreign Wheat and Flour
of the market, must be attribte('
reported last week, and which we have noticed above.
We had an extensive quantity of foreign_ Wheatis°l
offer, certainly over 30,000 quarters. A few Perce- of
very inferior Dantzic changed hands, at an improvenseno
of from is to 2s per quarter, but the advance was by ri.,,
means general, and we quote prices, taking the trace as
a whole, the same as on Monday last. Notwithstand.Z
twhaesshionw
aof Bvearryleydweparsessmseadll,
stthaetet,radaet wbiatrheltyh,ata.:oo,
nothing quotable beneath, last week's curresel
With Malt, we were-scantily supplied; neverthe ._,,,
less, ll°
trade was in a sluggish state, at unaltered quotati.un,
There were very few Oats on offer ; yet the deinana._':
that article was heavy, at barely last week's figures•ool°t
Beans and Peas—the supplies of which were small pal
to nothing was higher t previous quotations. lea it;
Corn was firm, and rates were demanded by
holders, without being obtained. Flour—both sack
barrelled—moved off slowly, at late figures.
CURLENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE „..t0330
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • • • ,"
Red. _ .... —Bos to 86s Oats—Yorkshire and __ 311
Ditto,Wilite, New 863 96s Lincolnsh., Feed. 3,?.._ 39,
Norfolk and Lin- Potato .• •••• • • • • gla
coin, Red..... 80s 86s Youghal and C0rk.320 23,
Ditto, White •• .. 87s 918 Black • ......351 no
Irish, Red.. ——•• —s —s Cork, . IVhito •" • . 308 4 4
Ditto, White ••••• • —s —s Scotch, Feed •• • '
• 494 51.
Rye—Old .... ...... —s s Beans—Tick .•• " '. 565 6e
New. •••••• • • • • .• 60s 63s Pigeons .•• • • •
• • • • 59-
s
;6,
Barley—Grinding . .... 42s 48s Peas—Grey .••• " '.
.: gs 62°
Wallin
Chevalier ... 59s 60s White. •••• .. ~ 624 64s
75,
t
Mal Suffolk and NTo
Nor-74s
Boilers •••••• • .• .. vs
74s 76s Flour—wn-mado .• • 5 . 65
Brown
7
Kingston and Ware 75s 76s Stockta & Norfolk 600
SVIITZIFIZLD.
The imports of live stock into London during the
past week have been as under : • •
51v*
From whence. Oxen. Cows.IMPORTS. Sheep. Lam bs • 0 160
Rotterdam
Hamburgh 4O ... —„, ... "0. 10
Harlingen
Nieu Diep
—an ".
10
Flushing — ... ... 300 ... •••••• ••'......;,
- ---- 220
Total ......
Nearly 300 Oxen and Cows, and 800 ShdFelt she
Lambs, together with 40 Calves, have arrive:oo.
above period at the various outports in the 1300
There were on sale here to-day about 200 s A.OO
and 1,200 Sheep and Lambs and 140 Calves
Holland and Germany, and which, from their 12trois,
quality, sold heavily at barely 1"t w"k's arrivals. 4
Compared with those on Monday last, theth woes*
Beasts fresh up to-day were somewhat ea honiebred
and of excellent quality, especially the Scots,
tae lowl-
and short-horns from Norfolk. Althoughd_.. in II
ante of buyers was numerous the Beef tra
teatlen% bad
sluggish state, and in some instances the
cill°for the heoS
a downward tendency. The highest figure les
a e.e- 1012e°
Scots was 5s 2d per Sibs, and a which
_s__ex, pa
was effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, -5" hair
o Scots, • j nd
Cambridgeshire we received about 1,20 cji mid a
breds, and short-horns; from the western 0
a from ntbef
land,parts o 3
of
0 England,norned 5a Onod
counties, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, 860•;_
nn
r; Soot;
I:lbetswirohot
wing w lii g
~ st not °-
Sheep were somewhat on the decrease, o
the Mutton trade was firm, at fu11y,...ba1.. ibis .daf_
quotable beyond, the currencies palq.s._nt 44 Pe
opfn vllaerdioussenktisn. ds ;fics,nned
se'nnight—the primest old Downs reanwinegwe're
be
31bs. without difficulty. With Lambs we
currencies.
supplied; while the trade was steady, a:
sale for Calves was inactive, at Friday s
quotations'
Pigs next to nothing was doing, a our
s d'
per sibs. to oink the offal. A, d. to • §
5. d. to 5. d. 6 4
o Second qualityditto 4 r, 0
Inferior Beasts__ 310 4 - se-weolled ditto 410 b 4
Second quality ,•.. 4 6 4 6
C"rhdownWetllcr 5 2 -.-
Prime large Oxen. • 4 8 410 Southdown
Ditto out of the wool --- , 4 6
late rates.
['rime Scots •• • ... 5 0 5 2 .•-•--- un ...... 4 0 0
Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large 74 Porkers .... 4 0
['rime small ditto ... 4 8 5 0 Small d Pigs
... 0
.26 .
Suckling Calves .. 18 0 29 0 Quarter ol •
...
.1 0 , •
Inferior Sheep • . . 4 2 4 4 Lambe
SUPPLY AT MARKET. I
rigg.
Beasts. I Sheep. 1 calves. 40
233
3,181 25,350 1
EICILIISI'I has
NEVTGATS AND NAIAD ~....t,
ki
been received up to these markets
during the P _a been
the metropolis hay- -011)
A very. limited supply of country ...killed ina:;.wee
but the supplies slaughtered in n _d ids
on the increase. The primest Beef, Mutto
‘.,!!0...., Mali,fie
have commanded a very steady sale, at
cltu?
s.
nothing quotable beyond, previous curren_i s.__. rote.
wise the demand has ruled heavy, at barely,la_ltoeslS
About 1,200 carcases of foreign Beef, Mutton, an
-7
have appeared on sale.
middling • •
At per stone by the Careful°. 4. d, to4i
s. d. to s. d.
Beef, inferior. ••• .. 3 8 310 Mut .3 10 4 5
tOn, inferiOr :•4 §
-- 4 0 4 2 ------- middling' :4 1 0 : 6
-- prime large 4 4 4 6 ---- Prix"'' :, 310 h 0
prime small •. 4 6 4 8 Pork, large • • ....
.. 4 g
Veal ••.•• • • • ...... 310 5 0 --- small ••" • •
Lamb. 55 to 65 2d. •
.5!0• boa
BOROUGU AND SPITAX.XiI"7.„O tO ,
Very limited supplies of potatoes have n''_' is eel_
since Monday last, and the quantity on
.anu_s vee:
trifling. The best qualites are held as hip . conAci"
ton, but the prices of all other kinds TOY
ably.
BOROUGH SOP 111.6.300010, go bead
Notwithstanding the reports which have oc
nw..„ bilt
within the last few days, respecting the gru,sitlT's pull;
are somewhat more favourable, several 'Pees:. /eel( fis
chases have been made in the best IlePoy ,floshing _,
prices. In all other kinds of Hops next to2:_ttiog bun
doing, at barely late rates. Scarcely any 6s to 411".
taken place on the dutr.—Sussex pockets, 4 .15s dittOo
oer cwt; Weald of Kent pockets, 41 15. I° u
Mid and East Kent pockets, 51 125 to 7/ Bs.
WOOL.
The imports of wool into London since egnii..dfifejoafit:
el Pi .fie
have amounted to nearly 4,000 packages, .Ise ea-,
our colonies. The public sales in progress in I,o_o rolea
of the week have gone off heavily, and prices eve
a shade easier. About 22,000 bales have beconu_ffer is
forward. A full average quantity of wool is ono meat
the private contract market, but, owing.to the n,.7,4000
in the trade in the manufacturing districts, the ''''...
passing is trifling.

TALLOW. • Or
There is only a moderate business doing in th? fait
ket,. and the quotations—notwithstanding the lltists
this season from St. Petersburgh are expected t° "eted
—have somewhat declined. P.Y.C. on the spot is (Itl 04
at 50s 9d, and Town Tallow 50S to 50s 3d Per c
net cash.

CHIEF el lISTICVI ,
THIS DAYIIiir,
A Nr.
Justice PATTESON, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, and
(Trial(.lU EatEbNar; SbeßforEe NthCe 'L.-TIP(
HILTON V. LORD GRANVILLE.—I
Justice WIGHTMAN.)
el
FERTY BY THE WORKING OF MINES.
both the original litigants are dead, but their succt ;
have continued the suit with unabated vigour up 00 'for
DortraY TO 110trsE PIO'
This case has been before the Court since I.B4lt;ssa_ts
present time, and this morning it came on agn4.od
,f,
trial before the above-named Learned Judges '
special jury, the ordeal being termed " a trial at, 1333rjr.
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Godson, and
Browne appeared for the plaintiff ; and the Att% for
General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, and Mr. Pesc°c
the defendant. „rneeesii.'
The action was simply brought to recover ct,—, too
tiaat
hi
nosmedso
housesihwnit
onhehuabisbncdeyehsal
sotmhhi
themselves
damages
pleasmhe
caused
se
aomfudo
s,ere iodirnn'
whichatt
whro
ti
ehhoci
iuerrc various
hficroekei
theuncnloeaudranrdasdi
foundations
i d:
defendantsot
nfiosustained
rrsbot
toem ,
g rendered'inhvtoaheptdew gavvbcyt
IY ro
di
:.0,
,erlia::,
consequence,e valueless. The defendant had lacejt;lo'
second, denying the right of the plaintiff to the foiless
otifonsof the houses ; third, that the Queen, as Plic:4ls
entitled n
theht iat lbeci dt r
ot
ooNfv alln the mines and taiii,,.oo,
tu withinorial Lancaster,iit,
eaennd
invf thatwas
sh
the surface, and for any
the occupiers of the houses compensation for the 0-, oi
that use, but without making any compensation ol'orisl
damage
leasinghdao dne firtnoh 1 nce
them,
i:tsie:qe.:o3titalege,:loo?:
other account ; the other pleas recited the imaleirliot e
custom, and claimed on the assent of the defauavieas
right of use of 40 years' duration. i-,ol° of the "
had been traversed.the JO
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD stated the case to foo
After stating that the case had been brought out.° Aa
county of Stafford, from the difficulty of obtaielter-
impartial jury, as the inhabitants were generalyeloeie
ested in mine property, he went oei to say, thaL,_!,i6,
of the case was not only interesting to the earth, be
to all who resided on the surface of the eartb,...orcli'
which mines had been excavated, who, if the eXtri'i elts
nary and monstrous right claimed by the Cr° eArth
tenable, might be hurled into the bowels of the
to lilo els
without a moment's warning ; or if no injury to '.'' lit to
done, but only to property, would have ii,„o,l3gduchi
claim compensation for the injury done. 'lowa,
embraced amongst other towns Hanley and 40 ier
which contained 20,000 souls, and, of course, "100,
mense quantity of valuable house property, and chhe ivirig
chapels, and other valuable public buildings, slected
what great and valuable interests would be 1100
either one way or the other by the decision t° sod
they might arrive. The Crown of course, P°300,0
the minerals, the working of which' it leased, 5° tof tll,.
the one hand they had to look at the rights
_ss of
Crown, and on the other those of an immenae 010 f tile
people. It was monstrous to set up on the Pnrtp.orie°
Crown that it would make compensation for i
sitttioe
done on the surface, but not the slightest coilaPq by be
to the proprietors of houses to which damage ilog_rair
done by the works going on beneath ; such ti
:t'its
ment was tantamount to this, that the Crown
.',.• O.
pleasure might cause the houses to crack and I°_,ree
He was confident, therefore, that the jury would s6.0
with him that this plea was wholly untenable in Jailor
as it was in law. The plaintiff was the propri „,
of two copyhold houses, which were built by a e1017,1/10
wards of forty years ago. The ground was grarite y;.
;
him by George 111., at a fine of one penny the tie
tiff in fact became possessed of the house before tteo of
fendant became the lessee of the mine. The 10,eifed
Hanley, in which the houses were situated, ruder
downwards, and at the bottom of the declivity, Or 004
the houses of the plaintiff, the mines of the del° too,
were worked. In the year 1841, injury to the ~,,ra
from the working of the mines, which
ennui
connected with each other, began to III!, Ole
itself, and an injunction was moved for l'offAill
Court of Chancery, calling upon the defendant to r,otilf ;
from working the mines to the injury of the Plslbieb
an action, however, was commenced in 1846, led L')
came on for trial at Stafford, but it unfortunatelf it sp.
no result of a satisfactory nature to the parties• to trY
peered to him that the questions they would bsn, fro:
would be thece: first, hnd damage occurred to -,,0 .
perty of the plaintiff from the working of the n'iien
the defendant; and, second, had that &tillage 3 de'
by reason of the exercise of a right which til°00?
fendant possessed by common law or bY 'll5

'lad there, in fact, been injury done, and if there had,
bad the plaintiff a right to claim compensation ? Un-
doubtedly he had. No convulsion of the air or of the
earth—no volcanic eruption, like those which occurred
rm the northern mountains of Italy, had caused the sub-
sidence of the foundations and the fissures in the walls
of the houses, because they were in a perfect state of se-
curity until the defendant adopted a new mode c f work-
ing the mines. Soon after it was commenced the houses
built over the mines began to crack and to subside. In
1841 thirty houses suffered • ill 1842, sixty; and at the
time the action was broughl, in 1845, 115 houses were
in a state of devastation. There were three strata of
minerals in the mine or near the surface: "pennystone,"
or ironstone of an extremely solid nature, betwixt a deep
Stratum of coal, and below that another stratum of in-
ferior ironstone, as it was looser. The old mode of
working the mine did not prove injurious to the surface,
as pillars were used; but when the extension of rail-
ways caused a demand for iron, many of the pillars were
cleared away, in order to get it, and hence the
subsidence of the want of proper supports. The Learned
Counsel then contended that the plaintiff had an un-
doubted right to retain his property unmolested, it was
granted him by ttle defendant's lord, and if it were to
be destroyed. a the will of the lessee of the minerals
below, them would be no security for life or property ;
and pros'eeded to call witnesses in support of his case.
Tte case will no doubt occupy the attention of the
Cc:cut for three days.

BAIL COURT -(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE and a Special Jury.)
MOSEY V. DAVIDSON.

This was an action brought by Mr. Boosey, a music
publisher, in Holies- street, against the defendant for pub-
lishing a cheap edition of certain airs from Bellini's opera
d La Sonnambula, of which the defendant claimed the
tepyright. The opera, it appeared, was produced at
Milan, in March, 1831, and it was proved by the plaintiff
that the copyright of the airs in question were registered
3.. a his name in June, 1831, at Stationers' Hall. On the
part of the defendant it was contended that the airs
having been published at Milan before June, 1831, the
plaintiff could not be the :proprietor of the copyright,
and that in order to show his right to it he ought to
have proved that the airs were first published in England.
The jury, however, found a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages Is.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE DtTBBINS.
This bankrupt, described as of the Somerset Hotel, in
the Strand, and of Colchester, Essex, came up to pass
kis last examination.
Mr. Graham, the official assignee, expressed himself
satisfied with the accounts; the solicitor to the assignees,
however, proceeded to examine the bankrupt as to his
kterest in the hotel, as it was contended that there had
been a partnership between him and a person of the
tame of Kimber. The bankrupt's version, however, was
that he was to conduct the business, and have one-third
of the profits above the first 5001.
Some difficulty had been experienced by the messen-
gers in getting possession of the books on account of the
transactions between Kimber and the bankrupt.
His HONOUR allowed the bankrupt to pass his exami-
nation, and appointed a private meeting for the examina-
tion of witnesses.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT

(Before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
INFANTICIDE.—Ann Cleveland, aged 26, described as
Is spinster, and Big alias Dolly, aged 35, described as a
labourer, were indicted for the wilful murder of a male
child.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Huddlestone conducted the
prosecution ; and the prisoners were defended by Mr.
Sergeant Allen and Messrs. Clarkson and Parry.
BALLANTINE stated the case to the jury, and
calld the following witnesses:—
Mr. Benjamin Brooking, surgeon, No. 7, Bow-street,
Covent-garden, stated that he had been called in to
attend the female prisoner in her confinement, at No. 7,
Wellington-street. The child was born before he ar-
Tired, and was in a perfectly healthy condition. He
was called in on the Friday, and the child was dead.
The countenance was " suffused;" there was a pro-
trusion of the eyes, and the hands were clenched.
The extremities of the fingers were livid, and the
legs were drawn up towards the body. From these ap-
pearances he suspected that the child had not died from
natural causes. On Saturday he made a post mortal'
examination. He found that, though the body had a
natural appearance, there was congestion on the lungs,
paiticularly on the left lung, which had three spots of
blood on it. The heart was completely empty, and the
liver did not present a natural appearance. The left
aide of the brain also exhibited the same appearance of
congestion as the left lung. From these appearances he
was decidedly of opinion that the child died of suffoca-
tion.

Mr. James Brooking, brother to the last witness,
stated that he delivered the child; that there was not
more than ordinary difficulty in the parturition, and
that the child was quite healthy.
Mr. Guthrie, surgeon, stated that he was present at
the post mortem examination, and concurred with the
fint witness as to the cause of the death.

Jane Johnson, 32, Stanhope street, Clare-market,
stated that she knew the female prisoner about three
Weeks before her confinement. She lived in the house
with her, and knew her to be in the family way. The
female prisoner often said to her that she knew the child
Would not live, and that she hoped it. would not. She
also said to her that she would have destroyed the child
before it was born, but that it had gone too far.

Mr. PARRY cross-examined this witness. There were
two or three persons living in the house besides herself.
She would rather decline answering where she lived be-
fore she went to Mrs. Cleveland's, as Mrs. Cleveland's
Was not a respectable place. Had never seen the male
prisoner until the day on which the child died.
Harriet Burgess Swan stated that she had lived with
the female prisoner. This was before the confinement. ,
The female prisoner stated to her that she would not ,
Provide any baby linen, as she knew the child would
not live. She saw a great change in the appearance of ,
the child after its death. There was a discharge from
the nose which induced her to make some observations.
On the night of the death of the child she heard Mrs.
Cleveland's bell ring, and she went up to her apartment.
She found several persons there, and was told that the
child was dead. She then went for Mr. Brooking, the sur-
geon. Mrs. Cleveland said she expected him. Believed she
meant the male prisoner. She said to the witness that
there was a bother about the child, and she would
give her a sovereign if she would carry him a note. Saw
the prisoner at Mrs. Cleveland's early and late. Saw
him in Mrs. Cleveland's bed-room on Friday morning
about nine o'clock, and served him with breakfast.
This witness was cross- examined by Mr. Clarkson,
but nothing material was elicited.
Sarah Cecilia Barber said that she was a laundress,
and attended at Mrs. Cleveland's in that capacity. She
heard Mrs. Cleveland say that she would not get baby-
linen, as she did not think the child would live. She
dry-nursed the child, which she took to her
own place. At the request of the prisoner's
Mother she brought the child to her. When she brought
back the infant she tied a napkin round its head, in
consequence of its having a cold, and placed it in the bed
with the mother. After leaving the baby with Mrs.
Cleveland, she remained away for about an hour and a
half. She returned then, and took up the child, when
she saw that it had a running at the nose, that it could
not draw its breath freely, and was crying very much.
She took away the child, but after receiving two mes-
sages from the mother, she brought it back ; it was
about half-past three o'clock on Friday. The running
at the nose had ceased on the Friday, when she brought
the child to the mother. While -;ho was below she
heard a bell rung.s_e went Ellen. one oftetihiemsienrvtaen'ts,answered
the bell, and h
afterwards. Cleveland.
up Ellen,
t
She had some conversation with Mrs. Cleves
Cleveland told her to take away the baby, which she.
took up, and found to be dead. She told Mrs. Cleveland
that the infant was dead, when Mrs. Cleveland fainted
away. The surgeon was then sent for.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant ALLEN—The child
was half born an hour and a half before Mr. Brocking
Came. The child lived entirely upon arrowroot. The
running at the nose continued till Friday morning.
Ellen Driscoll, servant to Mrs. Cleveland, stated that
she was in the room at the time that Mrs. Barber took
up the baby and found it dead. There was on the baby
a light shawl. Mrs. Cleveland said that she had not
let the baby out of the bed. The hands of the child
were clenched.
Charles Foster said that he was a tobacconist, at 46,
Chandos-street. Was at the house No. 9, Wellington-
street, on the Friday in question, and saw the prisoner
Coming down the stairs. Gave his name as Smith at
the coroner's inquest, because he did not wish to be
known. Had not seen the male prisoner before.
Mary Davis, a lodger in the house of Mrs. Cleveland,
Whose real name was Turner, was at Mrs. Cleveland's on
the 21st of May. Heard a footstep, went out, and
saw the male prisoner coming down the stairs. Saw the
prisoner there the day before. That was about five or
six o'clock in the evening. The male prisoner, during
the month that she was lodging at Mrs. Cleveland's,
occupied a room there.
Mr. CLARESON, who appeared for Dolly, said that as
there was no evidence against the male prisoner lie
would not trouble the court with any observations.
Lord Chief Justice WILDE said that he did not think
the evidence was of a nature to deliberate upon the
charge against the male prisoner. In this opinion his
Learned Brother concurred.
The male prisoner was then discharged.
Mr. Sergeant ALLEN then addressed the jury for the
female prisoner. This was a case depending entirely
Upon circumstantial evidence. They were to consider
Whether those circumstances could so concur as to bring
home guilt to the prisoner. Circumstances must be
vague when unaccompanied by some direct evidence
Where there was no such testimony. This was a charge
of the gravest character, offending against all the natural
feelings of humanity, and so opposed to a knowledge of
the female instincts-
The Foreman here interposed, and stated that the
Jury were of opinion that the prisoner was not guilty.
A verdict of Not Guilty was then returned, and the
prisoner was discharged.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Three brothers, named James, William, and Edward
lii`E,voy, were placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged
with assaulting policeman E 125, and several other con-
stables of the same division.
It appeared that two of the prisoners were quarrelling
in the streets on Saturday night, and the third was
endeavouring to pacify them, when the constable E 125
went tip and desired them to go away quietly. They
then united to etiack the coLstable, whom they butt.
Most unmercifully. Ile called to the bystanders for
assistance, but James M'Evoy kept off those who were
to interfere. The constable was knocked

down by William, and when down was kicked
by Edward in a most brutal manner. A gentle-
man, who was looking on from a window, brought
a rattle and sprung it, and two other constables,
E 95 and E 109, came up. They were both ill-treated
by the prisoners. They et length succeeded in captur-
ing them. . _

The prisoners denied that they used any violence.
Mr. HALL dwelt at some length on the peculiar atro-
city of the case, which he said was the worst of die kind
he had heard for some time, and inflicted the highest
punishment the law gave him power to order, ono
month's imprisonment each, without the option of paying
a fine.

MARLBRO'-STREET-7(THIS DAY.)

George Dickens, a well-dressed young man, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged on sus-
picion of stealing four five pound notes and forty sove-
reigns, the moneys of Mr. Ferdinand Arundel, commer-
cial traveller, 116, Titelifield-street, Marylebone.
The prosecutor stated that, previous to Monday last,
he deposited about sixty pounds, consisting of four five
pound notes, three of the Bristol bank and one of the
Bank of England, and about forty sovereigns, in a car-
pet bag in his bed-room, which he always kept locked.
On Wednesday last he went to the bag with the inten-
tion of taking out the whole of the money to pay away,
when, to his great. surprise, he found the bag forced open
and the money taken out. lie then informed the land-
lord of the house of the robbery, and asked him if he
had seen any person enter his bed-room. The landlord
said he had not seen any stranger enter the house, and
if the robbery had been committed, it must have been by
come person who lived in the house and knew witness's
habits. Witness immediately suspected the prisoner,
who lodged in the room adjoining his, and on making
inquiries, found that he had suddenly absconded without
paying his lodgings. Witness then gave information to
the police, who took the prisoner into custody yesterday
morning.
Police constable 43 D said, on Wednesday last the
prosecutor came and informed him of the robbery, and
said that he suspected a person of the name of Dickens
to be the thief. Witness, from information he had re-
ceived, proceeded to the Rising Sun public-house in
High-street, Marylebone, where he was told that
the prisoner had called there, and wished the land-
lady to take charge of thirty-one sovereigns, which she
refused to do. Witness then traced the prisoner to the
Waterloo Arms in the same street, where he was in-
formed by the landlord that the prisoner had left 31
sovereigns, in his charge on the 15th instant, and that on
the ensuing day he had called and asked him for ten
sovereigns. Yesterday morning he called for the re-
main:ler, when he was detained till witness was sent for
to take him into custody.
James Maddox, landlord of the Waterloo Arms,
proved receiving 31 sovereigns from the prisoner on
Tuesday last. The prisoner informed him that the
reason he wished him to take care of the money was,
that he was going into the country for a few days, and
did not like to take such a large sum with him. On
Thursday last he came and asked witness to give him
ten sovereigns. When he came for the remainder yes-
terday morning witness detained him, and sent for last
witness, who took him into custody.
Mr. Roger Roberts sail he was landlord of the
house No. 116, Titchfield-street. The prisoner had
lodged with him for about two months, but suddenly
absconded about a week ago. The prisoner always
appeared to him to be in needy circumstances.
The prisoner, in defence, said he had not the least
knowledge of the robbery. He had received 351. from
his father, who resided at Derby, and who had sent him
the money to support him till he could get a situation.
Mr. BINGHAM said at present the case looked rather
suspicious against the prisoner. He should send imme-
diately to Derby, and should it be found oninquiry that
he had received the money from his father, of course he
(Mr. Bingham) should discharge him. In the mean-
while he should remand him till Wednesday next, but
would admit him to bail, providing he could get two re-
spectable housekeepers to be surety for him in the sum
of 1001. each, to appear on that day.
The prisoner in default of bail was then locked up.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
John Simpson, a well-known " long shore-man," was
charged with the following assault on Alexander
Colday :
It appeared that on Saturday evening the prosecutor
was going from the Minories eastward, and, as he was
passing the St. Katherine Dock Hotel, nearly opposite
the London Docks, the
.prisoner and four other men,
dressed like sailors, suddenly rushed out on him and,
without saying one word, the prisoner struck him a
violent blow in the face, and then endeavoured to repeat
the attack. Colday parried the blows, and the men see-
ing a constable approach ran away. They all succeeded
in making their escape but the prisoner.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner declared that
Mr. Colday was the aggressor, and had first struck him.
He was a seaman, and got his living honestly.
Mr. BALLANTINE inquired whether the prisoner was
known? when Roach, the gaoler, said he WAS a well-
known character, and had been repeatedly in his cus-
tody. The farthest voyage he had ever made was the
City Canal.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BALLANTINE ordered the prisoner to find good
bail to keep the peace till, not the next, but the follow-
ing Middlesex Sessions, which would have the effect of
confining him for that period.
He was locked up in default.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP VI.

BRISTOL AND EXETER (TAUNTON AND
CASTLE CARY BRANCH).

The Committee met at the usual hour, and:commenced
the business of the day by the examination of the Earl
of Fortescue. His Lordship's evidence went to show
that in his opinion the Great Western Railway was en-
titled to the possession of the western districts of the
country, that the broad gauge was preferable to the nar-
row, and that it would be unwise to admit the narrow
gauge into the broad gauge district, as it would cause
great inconvenience from the various breaks of gauge
which would result therefrom.

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