The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-02 00:00:00

HOME CIRCUIT.KINGST3N, APRIL 1.

James Oldbrooh, who was on Wednesday night con.
victed of manslaughter, was ordered to be transported for
fourteen years.
Ricliard Edwin Osman, 21, was indicted for feloni-
ously stealing fifty-five pounds in gold and silver, four
ten-pound bank notes, one five-pound note, and other arti.
eke, the moneys and property of George Edward Field.
Mr. Chambers conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Clarkson the defence.

It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor kept
the Compasses public house, Bankside, and the prisoner
went to lodge with him in the month of November, and
continued there till the 12th of December. Oa the 11th
of that month, Mrs. Field, the aunt of the prosecutor,
placed about a hundred pounds in gold and silver is sepa-
rate bags in a box in her bed-room, and loft the place
secured. The next day the prisoner was observed to go up
stairs, and he did not make his appearance any more,
and upon the annt going to the box the same day,
she discovered that it had been broken open,
and that all the money was gone. Nothing was beard
of the prisoner until the month of March in the present
year, when, from information that was reeeiv2d, an officer
was despatched to Worceite:-, where he apprehended the
prisoner, and on searching his box a bag was found, which
wa3 cica•ly identified as being one of those that had con-
tained a portion of the stolen money. A gold watch, a
new suit of clothes, and bills for articles he !rad purchased
to the amount of between 201. and 301. were found in his
possession.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was ordered
to he transported for ten years.
Upon the application of the prosecutor the gold watch
and the other property found in the prisoner's possession,
were ordered to be g:ven up to him, as there was no doubt
that they were the produce of the robbery.
This case concluded the business on the Crown side, and
Mr. Baron Parke then proceeded to assist in disposing of
the. cause list.

EVANPORL V. LORD W. PAGET.

This was an action to recover the amount of two bills ef
exchange, one for 4,800 frat,c3, and the other for 651. ac-
cepted by the defendant.
Mr. S,rgearit Channell and Mr. Willies were for the
and Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the defendant..
The acceptances were admitted, but the defendant made
sev,:ral special pleap, among which were—that the accept.
mires had been obteined by fraud—and also that no con-
sideration bad been given for the bilk
Mr. PEDERSDORFF then called in support of the de-
fendant's case a person named Samuel Lawrence, who
stated that in the year 1835 lie was carrying on the busi-
ness of a Horse Repository at Brussels, where the trans-
actions referred to took place, and in the month of Au-
gust Lord William Paget wished him to accompany him
to the establishment of a horse and carriage dca'er named
Bondroit, to look out a carriage and horses, and ha did so,
and Lord William selected a phaeton and pair of horses,
for which he was to give 4,000 francs by a bill at six
months, and in consideration of the credit 800 francs more
were to be given. Lord William also purchased a
chariot for 651., and two bills for the respective amounts
were drawn and accepted by his Lordship and given to
Bondroit, and it was arranged that the carriages and
horses were to be sent to his repository the test (las.
The witness swore that the car, iages and horses were
never sent, and when he applied to the plaintiff, who car-
ried on business with Bondroit, for either the bills c r the
carriages, he refused to let him have either one or the
other, and his Lordship, in point of fact, flyer received
any consideration for the bills.

This witness on being erJss-examined said his came
was Samuel Lawrence L.!zarus, and that he %as of the
JeAiih per6uasion. He admitted that he had taken the
oath upon the New Testament, but he said that although
he was a Jew he did not fullow his religion very strictly,
and he considered the oath as binding upon his conscience
as though he had taken it upon the Old Testament. He
had left Brussels about 5,0001. in debt, but he had since
paid alt his creditors.

In answer to a question from Mr. PETEESDORFF the
nitres described the pliintiff as a dealer id carriages and
till discounter, and he said that Bondroit was a horse-
deu!er and a notorious usurer.
A witness named Bush, who stated that he was also pre-
sent when the transaction in que,tien took place, corrobo-
rated the evidence of the witness re'pecting
Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL then put in a letter identified
as the handwriting of Lord W. Paget, in which the writer
said he hal no objection to the plaibtiff bring the drawer
of his bill for 65/.
13a,0n PARKE addressed the Jury, and said it was for
them to conriJer whether the defendant had made out his
plea cf v,ant of consideration, and whether the accept-
ances had been fraudulently obtained from him by the
parties, and without there being any intention on their
port to let him have the property for which they were
given.

The Jury, after a fe N, minutes' deliberation, found for
the plaintiff upon the 651, b'll, and for the defendant upon
the bill for 4,800 francs.
Mr. Sergeant CIIANNELL said that of caurse the interest
upon the 651. bill, amounting to 13/. would be included.
The Jury said they would not give any interest.
Baron PARKE said it was the regular rule to allow in-
terest, and he recommended the Jury to do so, and the
Jury then consented that the interest should be added.

(Before Lurd DENmAN and a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V, TILE 1.,C77D011 AND GRF.ENWICII V

COMPANY,

Mr. Sergeant ANDRE;vs(;itl; whom was Mr. Patcrx-
dbrff,) stated that this was an indictment charging the Coen.
pang with having Legleered a duty imposed upon them by
their Act of Parliianen,, reference to public war. TILAr
Act authorized them to interfere with the public highways,
but only upon certain conditions; one of which was, that
when they did take up any portion of an old road, that
they should provide an equally good and commodious one
for the public. In 18:36 the Company's works had been
brought to a place called Red Lion-court, running from
Bermondsey-street to College-street, an irregular pissage,
varying from six to forty feet in width, and with foot
meats on each side; and the clargo a ;,,ir.st. the Comra,iy
was that their viaduct completely blocked up this
without giving the public any kquivalent for i-.
A witness was the., called, hut aft ir his uxami,a ion
had bean shortly gone into, it was stig„;ested that the ;nat-
ter mi ht be arisingrd by a referei-ico, ;And a verdict of Not
Guilty was ti ea taken by con-eat.

HOW :'0 GE A COAT ON AN
EMERGENCY, IN GALWAY.

" I ca!le.l, Sir," said the complaisant maitre d hotel,
" to know if you wish to go to the ball 11-
*tog ? IThere will be a very fall attuncia.iec a few
only cf tin tinketa roLaal to b.: disposed of; and, as
more will be issued in chic tot crowding th.:
mint, I ion d. ,irons of g my r...ues!s th refueal
cf thos.e in my iri,Fist salon." My eutpieunil visitor soetned
at fir.:t no better t .a-i a Jon's einitiurti r ; for, aloe lona)
and f anis I rcl;i*irg cny til-t4ied conditian, he r piled, it
is v ry lofixtunitie indict; the, I ini2nt be .t moi•th
befei e I eould one in ec; I wig ii le lucky
to hove i: re.ttly in a fortnight: as for iiiyselt," h
coutiauel, ‘. I usually leave 1112i1,111e at Ctiristm,i, and
get ThL!. suit home a Easter I" A pause ci !,ued, oil
tninai g that ma sets had now come to a I was
carelessly replacirg tie d:sorde;ed tiontedistf tt pa,t•
ceanteau, when tile w, rthy lAudiord, to tog as a
some i lea ii ui street him, exclaimed,
" One chine snit rsimains, Sir; a:a3, a, it would
be hard for a Spo! tirnan to lose such an oppoitatht"
of te 'irg cur fair ciiizenF., it won't he my fault it you
chi not ,ucce..d. It stakes tie," he " that some
of t'i tailors, who have now not tvo It with Vic d-indics t.l
the town, m ght be prevailed epon for a consideration
to lend you the loan of sonic gentlernai's coat
for the night ; and, although it may not be
the foirtst way in the world to get what one
wants, still it is a conselation to know, that, whoever the
w:l:rtunate may be, he cannot he ha f so badly off as
yourtelr in tit, way of dies,,." Teis speech w:l5
certainly as plain as it was unpleasant ; but there
was no time for tell action, and before I v.e.:l knew
what I was about, I found myself at the door of
" Mr. Daly, Tailor to His Worship the Mayer and
Gintry of Galway."—" Is Mr. Daly within ?" shouted
my Cicerone to the ninth part of a nan sanding
at the door.—" He is, your Honor," was the reply. —" Then
go and tell him that Sir Wallace Maxwell wishes to see him
instantly," said he " of the Hotel," looking significantly at
me ; and the next moment a dapper little man, evidently
intended by nature either for a midwife or a tailor,
usi e:ed us into a small back room, and shutting the door
said, " Your humble servant, Sir Wallace." I was mute.
My host addressed the tailor : " Now, Mr. Daly, we wish your
assistance. Sir Wallace Maxwell is come over to this coun-
try to fish and shoot, and see our green hills and fine lakes
and rivers, and it will be your fault if he doesn't see
our fine ladies into the bargain. He must go to the ball
to-night ; his luggage has not arrivel as yet, and
the divil a coat his has to put to his back, barring a
frock or a shooting. jacket. Though it isn't the
fashion in this town to keep clothes ready made,
or to make any without a month's notice, you
can serve him materially by linding one of the best dress-
coats you art making for the night; it will be :returned in
the morning, and you will be well paid for the loan."
The Knight of the Thimble looked blank, hum'd and ha'd
for a few moments, and at length answered, " I am
afraid I can't be of any satvice to ye, for the fact of the
matter is there's not a coat in the house that would fit Sir
Wallace but Mad 'Blake's,' and I might as well cut my
throat at once as disappoint him."—" No excuse," cried
the innkeeper, authoritatively; " the coat we must
have by hook or by crook. You know who is speaking to
you. Let us see if it will fit." The coat was pro-
duced at last, and the bargain struck. Not to
lose sight of the treasure, my companion resolved
to carry it with him, and as he was wishing Mr.
Daly a good afternoon the errand-boy entered, saying that
Mr. Blake was waiting below The poor tailor looked
black and trembled ; and, as we were crossing the thresh-
old, we heard Mad Blake's voice shouting, " Is it ready ?
Is it ready, you scoundrel ?"—" We had a lucky escape,"
said the innkeeper, as we hurried along a narrow by-street
leading to the hotel ; " for it would be no joke to come
foul of that madcap Blake. Although be is a good sports-
man, and the best fly-fisher on the river, he is a very divil
incarnate in all other matters relating to man or beast ; even
the poor country girls suffer from his doings, and on a market
day I've often seen him letting off crackers under their red
petticoats, and making them dance about like liens upon a
hot griddle. But we've joekey'd the tailor anyhow with
the title ; and if Blake doesn't render him speechless, as
he has done many a better man, it will be round the town
before morning that he has added the name of Sir Wal-
lace Maxwell' to the list of his customers l"—Old Sport-
ing Magazine.

A RESTIVE GALLANT.--•The Queen is very
generous, but has not a large allowance. When she first
took a fancy to Nassarino, she told the Princess of Stig-
liano, whose cecisheo he then was, that she must give
him up to her, and the Stigliano consented ; but the
gallant himself was restive, and would not be disposed
of, and devoted his time and attendance to a third lady
whom he really loved. —Swinburne's Courts of Europe.

JUMPING FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.—When
the five-o'clock down train was proceeding, on Thursday
evening, between Duffield and Belper, the hat of a man,
dressed in a smock-frock, and riding in a third-class train,
blew off ; in spite of all that the other passengers could
do to prevent it, the man jumped out of the carriage to
recover Lis hat, and, it was thought, was killed on the
spot, but such does not appear to be the case, He was
able to walk a short distance, and, it is hoped, will recover
from the shock—hut this is very doubtful. It is a mercy
that he was not dashed to atoms, as the train was at that
time travelling at the rate of thirty miles an hour. No
blame whatever attaches to the Company's servants.
Several deaths have occurred from persons thoughtlessly
jumping out of railway tra;ns when going at a rapid rate.
We hope this will operate as a caution to others, to avoid
attempting a feat which must generally end in the death
of the person performing it. We understand the thought-
less man was a servant of Messrs. Wheatcrofts.—Derby-
shire Chronicle.

THE NEW PuBLIcATIoNs.—The following
interesting new wcrks have just been published by Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be
had at all the libraries :-1. De Clifford; or, the Con-
a ant Man, by R. Plumer Ward, Esq., author cf " Tre-
maine," " De Vete," &c.-2. The French Stsge and the
French People, edited by Theodore Hook, Esq., 2 vols.,
small Soy.— 3. The Book without a Name, by S:r Charles
and Lady Morgan, 2 vols., small Bvo.-4. The Engage-
ment, a novel, 3 vole-5. The Personal History of
George the Fourth, by the Rev. George Croly, second
edition, 2 vols., small Bvo., 21s. bound.-6. Swieburne's
Courts of Europe, 2 vole , Bvo.-7. The Moneyed Man ;
or, the Lesson of a Life, by Horace Smith, Esq., 3 vols.
—B. Dr. Granville's Spas of England, 1 vol., with mep
and 30 illustrations, lbs. bound.-9. Society in India,
by an Indian Officer, 2 vols., small Bvo.-10. The Life
of Beethoven, edited by Igne.c3 Moschcles, 2 vele., small
Bvo.-11. Greville ; or, a Season in Pa;i:, by Mrs. Gore,
3 vols., and-12. The third and concluding volume of t`.o
small paper edition of Lady Blessington's Idler in Italy.
A CURIOUS TRlP.—About nine o'clock on
Monday evening list, a boy who is an apprentice to one
of the men employed in the engine shed at the Man-
chester station of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, got
upon an engine which had jest come with a luggage train
from Leeds, and had been left by the engine man in an
improper state, the steam not having been let off. Pro-
bably, not understanding the engine, the boy set it in
motion, and it daitel forward, broke- through the wall of
the shed, and fell a height of about twenty f. et into the
field below, where it was deeply embedded in clay. It
lay there until about tix o'clock yestet day morning, when
it was got out, aid it eppeered that the damage done to
it was very trifling, probably nut amounting to more than
251. The boy got off the engine no one knows hoe-, and
has not since boon heard cf. Both he, and the firemen
are, we believe, amenable to Lord Seymour's Act for the
regulation of railwaj E. —Manchester Guardian.
LIVING AND ORNAMENTAL FENCES.--Al
a recent meeting of the Botanical Society of London, Mr.
D. Cooper gave an account of a new livieg fere e formed
of planting young trees in a slanting position, every other
tree leanirg the opposite way, so that they will cross eich
other, and th e, at the parts which came into contact, take
off from er.elt a piece of bark, and tic close togtfer,
covering the part with clay. This grafts each tree into its
neighbour, and forms in a few years a hying fence, with
diamond-shaped openings. The plan is .n excelleet one
for ornamental ferees.

THE COD FISHERY —A few days ago a
boa...'s crew of ii-herm,,n belonging to this town ( Deuglas)
lost no less than upwards of 3,600 fathoms of fin", and
having about 1,800 hooks attached thereto, which were
set out on the hanks, and belonging to one of the cod
boats. The value of these, from l 0/. t ) 12/.
as a serious loss to these n.ea, and it a.. b •
stated that there are pretty wdl grounded suspeie,..,
as to the idervity of the party who has not orriy
captured the flab, but in this instance the grceer part cf
the property beLmging to these industrious in.livduals.
We may also state that there are strong su picions t
some of the Liverpool trawl boats ire sometimes blarrivri
not with,ut reason, for purloining fish from the lines set
on the banks by the cod boats. —Mona's./ferald.
METROPOLITAN POLICE.—The Lords Com-
rnissiorers of the Admiralty and the HonouraVe the Bo :rd
of Ordnance have sanctioned the introduction of the me-
tropolitan police force into the above departments of the
public service. Arrangements have in consequence been
already made for carrying the same into immedia'e ef-
fect in the Royal Dock-yard and Victualling-office, Dept-
ford, and the Royal Dock-yard and Arsenal, Woolaich.
The change will take effect on Monday next, and it is in-
t.‘nded as speedily as possible to extend the operation to
all the other naval and ordnance departments in the king-
dom. The whole of the present arrangements will, we
understand, altogether cease, and the respective officers
will retire upon pensions suited to their ages and periods
of servic:,. With regard to the men, an offer has been
made to enter into the metropolitan police force on the
same terms as those already employed.

ORTHODOXY.—The following advertisement
apperrsin a morning paper :—" Wanted immediately, in a
small family, four miles from toivn, a good plain Cook,
of the Established Church." This is certainly worthy of
the country of a hundred sects, and one fish sauce.

EvE4NING EDITION>

THE SUEMEY HOUNDS.

H tviog finished in v inspection of the stun,ll;,,,cv
made some inquiries: respecting the repoitc, both iv;
cula'ion r..r.• mere ru 11, our and likewise in print, relit,
to the dismisal of eaa late huntsman and whips
of whom was his 1,1-4.;her, and the other, I believ,'L,
son), and also tnicitit the secession of Dimly°
t7obus from the management of the houltit
and was not a lit tie surprised to find
there was ,iot the sPghtcst foundation for either. l'fie
respect t) Hill,, Ono hunted these boulldsite
trnoly year,, I ,lot.n.id that having taken umbrage at. f
rack liavi .g 1),, ,3n; put upon a certain allowance°
loud, which, thonc,,h. pref:,ably arnpie, was in ili3e?.
motion t ught proper himself togival,
warning to his e:npl,,yer.s and to resign his Ste to
thin ; nor is it ail to bt.,,condered at that his desir:c4„
l'ave was comp!ied with, since we ail know how "be
some a thing it is to a ma ..ater to 'allow himself l°lli,
dictated to by his :.,erv,tri!s. Tom aceordinglY ed
her h, a e the first and se( .and stars, having i'3"oofor•
his examil.., also received ti,a.ir wages. Tire • " near
mer tours keep a nublic-heaFe ;_•t
Merstham, and the latter lv,s fltl;neil a situation
whiope i,, t,) ,t>9l, pack in Orfordshire. • , An.
With respect to the rumour that Sir Edroul'a„-
trobits w,,s longer cconectA with the esisi:he
meat, I was gl.id to hear that he is not only 100
ei 3 iy'rnet t of exer,dent ht all, Oat ss haviogunt
a,,igned as t'oe. cAus;, 01 his tirement).
in conjutierson Colonel a,tor, of or
end, the manager oi the pack. The .cud 11.1,- n s,evist
1),•:u put upon any other dlo;vance !haul that 0,0 or
couch as they could ear, neither have the lin" ftel
hounds ever he2n ted by contract, as has been 15001'
tiy a correspondent of a We
t°
Spotting :JArgeigi.
So much C:cri for reports, that, tcoding. wily to dins
naie disc,ntent, I um glad to be able to. contro'c
.uffic'ent ;tut liority-. 00
dS to
As from the proximity of the 01(1 Surrey 1011°„ist
the metropolis their meets are necessarily Rept sicAc.-•00.
much as possible, to prevent too large fiel"
uesa
riding ever thi, land, and many people are aro,
qu,inted with the locakty of tie co; art' t 15,1,000
I just add, that Limpsfield and u°" the
Green are at the extrent;ty of their couutrY cl",, "
CO
~
Lewes road ; that the kennel, the Half 14°°-tll.
the Golsttne Road, the Rsd Lion at RiddlesdoOttlifiat.
coverts round Smderstead, the Swan at West
ham, the Cricketers at Addington, BotleY
Fei
Farley Green, Warlingham Common, the
at Keston Common, Tatsfield, Crow° 00
Hill, and Wallington Heath, arc 311 /v., b.
reach of Croydon, where good accommodation 11'.700
found for man and horse at the Greyhound oboe
Crown ; and prime attention to such as choose t°,„ it
their horse at a hunting stable is always paid to the;ol
Bignell's, at the lower part of the town on tbesper
leading to Mitcham. The charge is four shillin.g ott,
night, without any stint ; and if your horse cowl:di
two or three fellows are about him in no time, 8,11,001
to their work " with a will." The coverts at
ate
Crown Ash Hill, Tatsfield, or West Wiekto'
equally easy of access, or rather more so, from P'eelf•
where at the Bell or White Hart everything ;Ito°
may be had; and the White Lion at Lock's 010
will not be found bad quarters by those who ip,,„l'ettoto'
meet the fox-hounds at Ctrdham Wood, Pratt'sffn g,O
Westerham, or the coverts near Riverhead. t
names of the meets ronnd Merstham and Reig sled
almost entirely unacquainted, never having huP;tb
low down the road, and shall therefore stun UP W.,;1 hB/1
John Reid's coverts at Banstead, the nearest f;t100,1
hostelry to which I take to be th.e Cock at, ':,13010,,
well-known house, or the Greyhound at tJajoglw,
where the accommodation to 'be obtained,' altP"by, 01
from first-rate, may be put up with for a 111:0„, oetu:,
sportsman. If given to beguile time with -to far
though, I should recommend him strongly not
his cigar-case.—Old Sporting Magazine.