The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-17 00:00:00

Pia, SUN, LON DON, TiTI4IS DAY, NOVEMBER i 7, 1840.

REYNOLDS' SUBSCRIPTION.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The Dispatch of to-day announces, in its earl COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nur. 16.
respondence, a Mr. Shrewsbury as " Treasurer in the The Court took the Special Paper.
case of Captain Reynolds." As Mr. S. was not ap-
THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY V. STRINGER.
pointed Treasurer Ly the Cockspur-street meeting, can This was an action for trespass brought by the
any of your correspondents inform me by what meeting above Company against the defendant for breaking down
.he was so'appointed ? His Law-list address is .4 Lon- fences, and treading down their grass. Toe defendant
donroad Borough." L'our's respectfully, pleaded that he had a right to do so, because the
,
ONE OF THE COCKSP UR-STREET Railway Company had gone through his land, and
MEETING. separated it. They made no communication for him
between his land, and therefore he had gone across the
railway. To this plea the plaintiffs demurred.
Mr. COWLING appeared in support of the demurrer,
and said the real question was whether under the Act
of Parliament, persons whose property was cut through
had a right to go across the railway without having in
any manner given the Company notice that he wanted
a communication to be made. He contended that upon
the reading of several of the clauses of the Act the onus
of beginning was thrown upon the proprietor or occu-
pier of the land. He was to give notice to the Com-
pany, and if they did not make a sufficient communica-
tion, then he was to apply to the Justice, and under his
sanction he might make one at the cost of the Company.
Lord ABINGER—Why should it be so ?—why should
not the onus be thrown upon the Company, and let them
appeal to the Justices—they are the first actors, and
must know that when they divide a man's land he must
require some means of coarmunicati?o, and if it is not
provided he must cross the railway?
Mr. CowLING still contended that according to the
wording of the Act the proprietor was bound to give
notice of his want of a communication. Suppose a long
line, what trouble would be thrown upon the Company
if it was necessary for them to ask every proprietor or
occupier if he wanted a means of communication. One
of the sections gave a penalty against any party leading
or driving any horse or other animal on the railway at
other places than those set apart for such purposes—if
the Company could recover a fine they coal(' maintain
an action of trespass.
Lord ABINGER—It is a mere question of who is to be
the actor—who is to begin? Now arc the Company
to be supposed so simple as not to know that when they
separate a man's land he will want some means of com-
municating between the divided parts ? Why should he
require to give them notice of an obvious necessity, and
be compelled to summon them before the Justices ?
Mr. COWLING contended that the natural construction
of the several clauses was, that until the Company had
refused to make such a communication as the Justices
might order, no party had a right to cross the railway.
If any other construction was put apon the Act, a per-
son might lie by for years, and was he then to have
the power to go through an embankment ? lie trusted
the judgment of the Court would not sanction so dan-
gerous a construction of the Act of Parliament.
Mr. MARTIN, in support of the plea, relied upon the
180th, 182 d. and 183 d clauses, but especially the latter
clearly gave persons the right to cross the railway
where it divided his lands upon the level. These Acts
of Parliament were to be construed literally against the
Company, for these Companies went to Parliament, and
got their own clauses inserted, so that the language
was to be taken as their own. He contended that the
true meaning of the Act was, that where bridges,
culverts, or gates, were made for the accommodation
of parties, through whose land the railway went, they
were obliged to use such means of communication ; but
where no such means were provided, then the parties
had a right to go directly across the railway, not using
the trams at all, but going directly across for the pur-
pose of the occupation of his land.
The COURT did not think the facts of the case were
fully before the Court. If it was wanted to settle the
construction to be put upon the Act, it would be very
desirable that the Court should be put in possession of
all the facts. It had better, therefore, stand over.
Postponed.

Nov. 15, 1840.
[We have had numerous letters on this question, and
trust we shall have no more, as the subscription is at an
end. He could not certainly be appointed Treasurer by
the Cockspur-street meeting, as no subscription was
nude at that meeting nor intended.]

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, Nov. 16.—Wind this day at noon, moderate
gales from S. to W., and hazy weather.
DEAL, Nov. 15.—Wind W. S. \V.—Arrived the Mary,
from the Mediterranean; Cleopatra, Rothwell, Demerara.
Put back Lady Raffles, Hight, for Hobart Town, with
less of fore and main yards, and other damage ; Blanche,
Mann, for Grenada; Unicorn, Mullins, St. Vincent, with
damage, and proceeded for Ramsgate ; Commodore, Hore,
for Jamaica; Ocean, Haggart, Gambia; Nlaraboo, Ald.
Pirie, and Antigua packet, M'Knight, Antigua. Sailed
Kinnear, Lidderdate, Sydney, New South Wales.
YARMOUTH, Nov. 14.—The Harmony, Faulkner, of
Newcastle, was abandoned off Cromer the 14th inst.
HULL, Nov. 15.—The Rambler, Parrot, from this
port to Lynn, struck off the Humber on the 13th inst.,
crew saved.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15.—The Pero, Gray, from Sydney,
New South Wales toLondon, got aground here yesterday;
is very leaky, and must discharge.
MILFORD, Nov. 15.—The Caravan of Cork, Murphy,
was totally sunk on Thom Island, the 13th inst., crew
saved. The Prince Albert, Minchin, of Baltimore Island,
sunk in Doll Roads, the 13th inst.
SHIELDS, Nov. 15.—The Robur, Sawyer, from Whitby
to Shields, foundered off Tynemouth on the 13th inst.,
crew drowned.
LOWESTOf FE, Nov. 14.—Tne Union, Oates, from New
York to Hull, was driven on Corton Sand yesterday, 13th
inst., and sunk, crew saved. The MoHica, Jameson (coal
laden) was driven on the Middle Sand 13th inst. and
sunk ; crew saved.
ILFRACOMBE, Nov. 14.—The Margaret, Penver, from
Falmouth to Neath, was wrecked near here, 12th inst. ;
crew saved.
SELSEY, Nov. 14.—The Lively, Hart, from Poole to
Newhaven, was in shore in Brockelsome Bay, 13th inst.
The Victoria, Humphrey, from Hartlepool, was on shore
in Brockelsome Bay on the 13th inst. ; crew saved. The
Joseph and Ann, of Torquay, Hertchings (coal laden)
struck on the Mixen, 13th inst. ; crew saved.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.—Wind W. N. W., fresh.—Ar-
rived the Belvidere, M'Cowan, from Charleston ; Acadia
(steamer), Miller, Boston, left on the Ist inst., Halifax on
the 3d; Windsor Castle, Young, Quebec; Inglewood,
Bonny, sailed Aug. 15, and from Fernando Po on the
29th. Off port Emile, Wardle, from Macao and Pernanr.-
buco. Sailed the Mersey, Clark, for Jamaica; Sheridan,
De Peyster, New York. The Fama, bound to St. Übcs„
put back yesterday, having been aground in the river, and
has been docked. The Hero, of Malown, put back to-
day leaky.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15. —Wind S. S. E. to W. S. W.
Arrived the Pero, Gray, from Sydney, New South
Wales ; Abcona, Lloyd, Yarmouth, loss of anchor and
cable ; Emelie, Raymond, Marseilles, ditto ; Cherry,
Cork, with less of bulwarks.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Francis, Davis,
from Cork, with part of cargo thrown overboard.
RAMSGATE, Nov. 14.—The following vessels have ar-
rived here, with loss of anchors and catiles :--Elizabeth,
from Hamburgh ; Norden, London ; Veracity, Shields ;
Navigator, ditto; Mary Ann, Dungeness ; and the Union
packet, Rose, Blyth, with damage, having been in contact
with the Norden ; Queen, from Hull, cargo shifted and
sails split,
SALCOMBE, Nov. 14,—1t has blown a tremendous gale
from S. E. to S. S.W., but is now more moderate. Part
of a vessel's gangway, &c., and some oranges have been
picked up in Degbury Bay.
MARGATE, Nov. 15.—The William Pitt, Waters, from
London to Hastings, got on shore on Nayland Rock during
a heavy gale 13th inst., but was assisted off yesterday, and
brought in here with loss of both anchors and chain.
SHOREHAM, Nov. 14.—Tho Mary, Kemp, from
Stockton to this port, is on shore and bilged, near Rot-
tingdean—crew saved ; Star, West, from London to Malta,
struck on the Owcrs during a violent gale last night, and
sunk—crew saved.
NEWHAVEN, Nov. 15.--The Offerton, Smith, from
Sunderland, is on shore dismasted—crew saved. The Sir
John Seale, Millman, of and for Dartmouth, is sunk at
low water mark—crew saved, A boat marked " Ann of
Aberdeen, John Foster," has been picked up to the
eastward.
DOVER, Nov. 15.—The Eliza Margaret, Reed, from
Wyburg to Gloster, was totally wrecked in West Bay,
Dungeness, yesterday, and two of her crew drowned.
Part of the cargo is expected tobe saved. The Industry,
Turner, from Newcastle, for Honfleur, put in here yes-
terday, with loss of bowsprit, sails, &c., having been in
contact with the Messenger of Sunderland in Durweness
Roads. The Bonne Mero, from Sunderland for 'Caen,
arrived here to-day, with loss of bowsprit.

BAIL COURT, Nor. 16.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)

Tile QUEEN V. THE MAYOR OF TOT NES.-MANDAMU

Mr. ERLE moved for a rule, calling on the Mayor
of Totnes to show cause why A mandamus should not
issue calling upon him to bold an election for a Town
Councillor, in the room of John Hopwell deceased, who
being a Town Councilman, had last year been elected
Mayor. He died on the '2d November last, during his
Mayoralty. Ten days had since elapsed, and no elec-
tion had.yet been held, as required by the Act.
Rule granted.

, LORD W. TOWNSHEND V. WILKIN.
Mr. MONTAGUE SMITH, OD behalf of Lord W.Towns-
head, applied for a rule, calling upon Mr. Thomas Wil-
kins, an attorney of this Court, to show cause why he
should not deliver up within one week to his Lordship,
or to Mr. Evans, the present steward of certain manors
in Cambridgeshire, the court rolls of the said manor,
now in his possession, he having been the late steward
of these manors.
Mr. Justice PATTZ3ON doubted whether the Court
ought to interfere, inasmuch as if Mr. Wilkins had
not been an attorney of the Court it would not be
proper to do so.
Mr. M. SMITH cited cases to show the Court had the
power of interfering, and
Mr. Justice PATTEiON granted a rule nisi.
QUO WARRANTO—THE QUEEN V, ROSS. _ _

1 The Alexander Brandt, from Archangel bound to Lon-
don, has arrived off Harwich with loss of rudder, having
been on the Gunflect Sand.
The Dart, Clancarty, from London to Liverpool, 9th
inst., on shore near Folkstone 12th inst., but was assisted
off without material damage, and proceeded.
The Carshalton Park, Dove, bound to Sierra Leone,
was blown out of the Downs last night during the gale.

Mr. O'MALLEY applied for a rule calling on Mr.
Thomas Baldock Ross to show cause why a writ of
quo warranto should not issue, calling upon the defen-
dant to state by what right he exercised the office of
Town Councillor of the borough of Ipswich. At the
last election, on summing up the voting papers, it ap-
peared that the numbers were for Mr. Cobbold 198,
for Mr. Ross 197. During the examination of the
voting papers on the day after the election, three of the
votes recorded in favour of Mr. Cobbold were objected
to by Mr. Ross, and the papers were pat aside for dis-
cussion. Two of them were admitted, and one rejected,
as the Learned Counsel contended improperly. The
voter's name was James Cooper Hayward, he was
commonly known as James Hayward, and was regis-
tered as such, but he had signed his voting paper James
Cooper Hayward. This had been objected to at the
time he gave it in by a friend of Mr. Ross's, but it had
been admitted by the Alderman presiding, and he con-
tended that the vote having been admitted, it was too
late to question it the next day ; and that in fact, there
was no power of rejecting it, it having been once
admitted. Another ground was, that the Alder-
man who had given his casting vote for Mr.
Ross, had, during the same election, previously
voted as a burgess, which he had no right to do.
The Act said that the burgess should give in his voting
paper to the presiding officer. Nov: he did not know
how a man could give in a voting paper to himself.
There was also a voting papergiven in for Mr. Cobbold,
and allowed, but being afterwards discovered that the
person was not in the register, the Mayor disallowed it.
Mr. Justice PATTESON granted the rule.
THE QUEEN V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY

• -
On Thursday, the 12th inst., the electors of this
borough, met their worthy representative, the Hon. Cra-
ven F. Berkeley, at the Assembly Rooms, is this town, at
a dinner, to which they had previonsly invited him. The
ball room and tea room were decorated most superbly.
675 persons were present. Amongst the visitors, besides
Lord Segrave, were several of the most influential gentle-
men in the county. The dinner went with great eclat.—

Cheltenham Exa-miner.
CONCERTS D'HIVER, DRURY-LANE.—The
concerts are nightly honoured by the leading nobility in
London. We have seen the following persons there during
the last week :—Duchess de Cannizzaro, the Turkish Am-
bassador, Earl and Countess of Errol, Marquis of Lans-
downe ; Ladies Whatmore, Ann Beckett, Jodrell, Cross,
Alexander, Paulett, Bentinck ; Lord Templetown, Lord
A. Fitzclarence, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Sir Robert Westma-
cott, Colonel Blanc, Colonel Scudamore, Colonel Beaty-
any, Hon. Mr. O'Callaghan, &c.
DOCK-YARDS.—Government has resolved on
introducing gas into all the Dock-yard Establishments,
and an estimate is to be made of the expense. The
docking and undocking of ships will be much facilitated
by an improved system of lighting, as these operations
have frequently to be conducted in the absence of day-
light.
INDECOROUS CONDUCT OF A CLERGYMAN.
—A rather singular but disgraceful occurrence took place
on Sunday week, at a village not fifty miles from Belgrave,
in this county. At the church in question it is an invari-
able practice at all funerals for the choir to sing hair
verses of a psalm during the time the corpse is in the
church, but on the day of the occurrence, owing to the
reverend incumbent having made an engagement for din-
ner, he ordered that only two verses should be sung. At
the conclusion of the second verse he consequently walked
from the desk, and directed the corpse to be taken to the
grave ; but the choristers, unused to a curtailment of their
part of the service, proceeded with their performance, in
consequence of which the hearers hesitated to obey the
orders of the Reverend Gentleman, when he exclaimed, in
a voice that terrified both bearers and mourners, " If you
don't bring the corpse directly, I'll not stop to bury it!"
The funeral procession then left the church, and reached
the grave ere the choir had finished their chant for the
dead. --ILricestershire Mercury.

Lord Forester's party during the past week, at
Willey Park, Shropshire, has included Lord and Lady
Albert Conyngham, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the
Hon. Cecil Forester, M. P., and a select party.
Pursuant to a requisition, signed by 100 noble.
men and gentlemen connected with the county of Corn-
wall, the High Sheriff, Sir R. R. Vivyan, Bart., convened
a meeting, which was held in the Shirehall, Bodmin, on
Wednesday,- for the purpose of considering the propriety
of mcmorializiag her Majesty's Government on the subject
of the proposed removal of the Packet Station from Fal-
mouth to Dartmouth ; and of receiving the Report of the
Committee appointed to inquire into the practicability of con..
structiug aßailway through the county of Cornwall." Several
Resolutions were entered into, condemnatory of the re-
moval of the Station to Dartmouth ; and it was determined
to take prompt and energetic measures, in order to facili-
tate the construction of the above. mentioned Railroad.
Cornwall Advertiser.
LITHOGRAPHY.—A report has reached us of
an extraordinary discovery, by Mr. Hullmandel, who had
already done much to improve lithography, of a new mode
of producing pictorial effects on lithographic stone by tints
washed with a brush, like sepia drawing, which yields
impressions so perfectly resembling original sketches that
the difference is not discernible. The painters, we are
told, will now have at their command a means of multi-
plying their own works, which their habitual practice ren-
ders available without altering their style of handling
for 4his new mode of lithography, or, rather, painting on
stone, is just the same as if the sketch was made on stone
instead of on paper. The variety and delicacy of the
tints, the freedom and facility with which they arc pro-
duced, and modified as well, and their durability under the
printing process, are among the advantages attributed to
this discovery.—Athenceurn.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 12.—About half-past
2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the office called
the Exchange of Hamburgh, which at first raged with
such fury that fears were entertained of the neighbouring
buildings and the Town-hall ; however, by great and
prompt exertions it was happily got under. The house
itself was burnt to the ground. The adjoining houses and
the Town-hall have suffered but little injury. The inha-
bitants escaped with a few slight bruises, except, as are
hear, a maid, who was taken to the hospital in a danger-
ous state. The King, the Prince of Orange, and
Princes Alexander and Henry with all this civil and mili-
tary authorities, hastened to the spot as soon as they were
informed of the matter.
ACCIDENT.—The Cologne Journal of the 11th
mentions the following accident :—The Netherlands
steam-boat, the Nederlander, on its way from this city to
Coblentz, at half past five o'clock yesterday afternoon, off
Neusnderff, half a league from Coblentz, ran down a
barge in which there were seven persons and some cattle.
Some of the men in the barge saved themselves by swimming
and laying held of the horns of the oxen, but three of
them were drowned.

Mr. Justice PATTESON granted a rule to show cause.
N THE MATTER OF MA. W. BAINES, A PRISONER IN
THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER FOR CONTEMPT OF TILE
ECCLESIASTICAL COURT IN A CASE OF SUBTRAC-
TION OF CHURCH-RATES—HABEAS CORPUS.
Mr. M. D. HILL applied for a writ Of habeas cor-
pus, directed to the Governor of the counfy gaul. of
Leicester, ordering him to bring into Court the body
of William Baines now in his custody, in order that
the cause of his commitment might be inquired into.
Mr. Baines had been committed for contempt of the
Ecclesiastical Court in a case of subtraction of Church-
rates, and the Learned Counsel contended that the
commitment was clearly illegal on several distinct
grounds. In the first place it did not appear that the
Ecclesiastical Court had jurisdiction in the case. The
significavit stated the contempt to consist in his refusal
to obey the orders of the Court to pay to the proc•
tor of the Churchwardens the sum of 55., and of
1251. 3s. costs, but it did not set forth that the t. 21. 53.
was for Church-rates, still less for Church-rates of the
parish in which the said W. Baines resided. Now, it
might, for aught that appeared to the contrary, be for
poor-rates or highway-rates, in which case the Court
had clearly no jurisdiction. Secondly, The significavit
stated that the party had never appeared, and yet the
Ecclesiastical Court proceeded to a decree against
a party who had never appeared, which was clearly con-
trary to common law. When he had been summoned
and refused to appear, they might have taken him in con.
tempt : but they had chosen to pass that over, and ac-
tually gone on to issue a final decree with costs,
against a party who had never appeared, which was
clearly contrary to law. Another objection was that
the decree was issued by the Court of Arches, which
he contended was not the proper Court before which
the case should have been brought. The significavit
also set forth that he had been served and cited in the
usual manner. Now it ought to have distinctly stated
the manner ; for,' in the case of the King v. May,
which the Learned Judge himself had argued, it had
been held that an order from the Ecclesiastical Court
for a man to perform penance in the usual manner was
invalid, inasmuch as it was impossible for any of the
Superior Courts to say what the usual manner was, or
whether the proper manner had been observed, unless
the manner was distinctly set forth.
Mr. Justice PATTESON was of opinion that the writ
must go at all events on the second objection, and on
the return the other points could be argued.
Mr. M. D. HlLL—Before the writ goes down, will
your Lordship permit us to file an affidavit, stating that
he defendant had never appeared at all.
Mr. Justice PATTEsoN—Certainly.
The writ of habeas was then granted.

CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. D. R. WARRINGTON and Messrs, REID
and SUTHERLAND.)
One of the Brighton Railway policemen, named Wil-
liam Beech, attended before the Magistrates, by order
of the Ditectors of that Company, for the Magistrates
to consider the propriety of dismissing him from the
service on account of a neglect of duty on his part, by
which an accident, that did considerable damage to an
engine and several waggons, and which might also have
been attended with the loss of life, occurred upon the line.
It should be stated, that under the different Rail-
way Acts, the police employed by them, although under
the orders of the Directors, are appointed solely by the
Magistrates of the various districts, and the Directors
have no power to suspend or discharge them without ob-
taining the sanction of the Magistrates.
Shanfeld, the superintendent of the line in the
Croydon district, stated that he had brought Beech be-
fore them by order of the Directors, that the Magis-
trates might dismiss him from their service. On the
sth of November he was placed on duty upon a portion
of the line which it was his duty to have traversed, and
seen that the rails were in order, and that no impedi-
ment was upon the line. It appeared, however, that
instead of going over the whole of his beat, he had ne-
glected a great portion of it, and some mischievous
person took advantage of his absence to place two of
the iron chairs which are used to support the rails, upon
the line, and the consequence of this was that an en-
gine and three waggons that were at work were thrown
off the rails, and were very much broken and injured,
but the engine driver fortunately escaped unhurt.
Under these circumstances, the Directors considering
that if Beech had done his duty the accident could not
have occurred, they had ordered him to bring him before
them, in order that he should be dismissed.
The Bench asked Shanfeld whether he had been able
to trace out the person who had placed the chains upon
the rails ? Shanfeld replied that he had made every
exertion to do so but had been unsuccessful.
A. MAGISTRATE inquired what distance Beech had
left unprotected ? Shanfeld replied about a mile.
Mr. SUTHERLAND observed that it was very bad
management to allow so many of these chairs to be lying
about in all directions near the line. He had seen
hundreds about in many parts of the fine.
Shanfeld said there wero thousands of them lying in
different parts, and many accidents had occurred by
their being placed upon the rails. A short time ago
ten waggons were thrown off the line in a similar man-
ner, by chairs being placed maliciously upon the line.
Mr. SUTHERLAND expressed his opinion that it was
very wrong to let them lie about, because it was putting
a ready means of doing mischief into the hands of any
wicked person who might IQ inclined to exercise it.
The Superintendent was understood to say that it
was impossible to prevent the chairs from lying about
the works on the line.
The CHAIRMAN then asked the defendant what he
had to say in answer to: he charge made against him of
neglecting his duty? B :ech replied that he was very
sorry for what had occurs eij .and he admitted that he
had done wrong in not going over the place where the
accident happened. He said that the reason for his
not doing so was, however, that the Superintendent
told him to pay particular attention to two parts of the
line that crossed the public road, and he did so, and
neglected to go over the whole of his beat.
The Magistrates considered that a gross neglect of
duty had been proved, and they ordered Beech to be at
once dismissed from the police.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOMSTREET.

William Cartjcapoi;;;;—tile service of Mr.
Gritton, picture-dealer, Trafalgar-square, was yesterday
brought before Mr. Hall, charged on suspicion with
being concerned with another, not in custody, with
stealing pictures, amounting in value to hetween 7001.
and 8001., the property of his employer.
The prosecutor stated that, on his return to towa on
Thursday morning last, he found that his porter, named
Wood, had absconded, and happening to miss a few pic-
tures, he, on looking over the stock, discovered that
several of great value had been removed from his pre-
mises. The prisoner had been occasionally employed
in assisting the porter, who had been in his service for
the last ten years, in closing the shop in the evenings,
and not being in the way at the time, he searched for
him, and found hi:n in Mr. Jones's Auction-rooms,
waiting for a job. On questioning him if he knew any-
thing of the stolen property, he said he had received
some pictures from Wood to pawn for him, and he was
told they were the property of a Russian nobleman.
The prisoner was conveyed, on Saturday, by a beadle of
St. Martin's parish, to several pawnbrokers, by whom he
was identified as having pledged such property under
the name of Lewis. Witness since the discovery had
traced no less than twenty-two valuable pictures to
pawnbrokers, and in most cases there was great diffi-
culty in obtaining any particulars respecting them, but
principally at a pawnbroker's in Wardour-street, he
could get no satisfaction respecting the property unless
he was prepared to give a minute description of every
article he was in quest of.
Mr. HALL—Have you as yet ascertained that any
of the pictures that had been given to the prisoner by
your porter were really your property.
Mr. Gritton—l have every reason to suppose they
are, for one pledged at Mr. Burgess's, Long-acre, for
15s. is worth at least 115/., or thereabouts, but none of
the pawnbrokers have come to give evidence.
Mr. HALL—It is the business of a prosecutor in
such cases to lend his assistance and not to leave the
entire of the trouble to the office. Prosecutor—When
I bad the prisoner taken to the pawnbroker's on Satur-
day, some refused to make a search, as they were too
busy.
Mr. HALL ordered that Mr. Luxmore should be
sent for, and on the arrival of his shoprnan he said he
recollected the prisoner pawning several pictures, but
be bad not seen him for the last six months.
The prosecutor said that the robbery had been going
on for the last six years, as he understood since he
found his property was gone.

The sl;opm' an to Mr. Burgess, in Long-acre, pro.
duccd a picture that had been pledged with him on the
Bth September, in the name of Brown, but he did not
think the prisoner pledged it.

Mr. HALL—How came you to lend only 15s, on an
article of such value ? Shopman—l was not aware of
the value, which is in most cases only nominal.
Mr. Burnaby—The fr►me is worth about 40s. at least.

The prosecutor identified the picture, but be could
not connect the prisoner with having been concerned
in stealing any particular article.
Mr. HALL said there was not a tittle of evidence
against him, except his own admission.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that the
porter brought the pictures to him at a public-house, tell-
ing him they were the property of a Russian nobleman
at present abroad, and they %souk' be redeemed whe❑
he borrowed sufficient money from a Loan Society for
that purpose.
Mr. HALL said it was a very awkward thing
to take property of this description without snaking
the necessary inquiries, for it such a system was pur-
sued it would be nothing less than receiving stolen
goods ; and it was a sad thing, considering the facility
servants had of making away with such valuable pro-
perty as that produced, not to make inquiry how they
came possessed of it.
The shopman said that there was nothing more in