The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-26 00:00:00

TILE QUEEN V. BATEMAN.

The defendant in this case, who had been convicted of
stopping up an alley in the city of London, was brought up
to receive judgment.
Mr. Justice FATTESON said that he had been convicted of
stopping up an alley, upon the order of two magistrates,
which order was not valid. The sentence was that he should
pay a tine of 51. to the Queen, and remain in custody until
the fine was paid.

No other case of any importance occurred during the day

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
COON V. SMITH.

This was an action tried before Lord Denman, at Kingston,
when a verdict was entered for the plaintiff for 306/. 4s.
Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL now moved for a rule to show
cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new
trial had, on the ground of misdirection and the verdict
being against evidence. The plaintiff was a lithographer,
and the defendant, registered proprietor of the Brighton,
Lewes, Gravesend, Tunbridge Wells, and Eastern Counties
Junction Railway Company, and the action was brought
for work and labour done. The plea was that defen-
dant was not indebted, and a set-off. The Learned
Counsel contended that the company, who were connected
with defendant in the projected railway, and not the de-
fendant alone, should have been made liable, and that,
therefore, the Learned Judge, in putting the case to the
jury, had on this point given a misdirection.—Rule refused.

WAINMAN V. KINMAN.
Mr. Lusit moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict
in this case should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered
or a new trial had. The action was brought on a promissory
note and an account stated, and the pleas were a denial of
the making of the note, of due notice having been given, and
of the account stated, but the material plea was the statute
of limitations. The verdict was entered for the plaintiff for
242/. lls.—Rule granted.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
Samuel Johnson was placed at the bar for assaulting Mr.
11. Hunt, landlord of the Duke's Head, No. 10, Little Pul-
teney-street, Soho, and threatening to take his life.
Mr. BINGHAM fined him 55., and held him to bail in one
surety to keep the peace to all her Majesty's subjects for
three months.

John Dixon, a man of colour, and John Randall, two stout
well-fed fellows, were charged, with being found begging in
the public streets.
It appeared that on the preceding evening, about five
o'clock, as police-sergeant Newman, E 9, was proceeding along
Oxford-street, he observed the two prisoners lying on the
pavement, on which they had chalked the words, " We are
destitute and starving," he watched them for a few minutes,
and saw them receive several pence. He then took them
into custody, and conveyed them to the station, where, on
being searched, 2s. Bd. was found on Randall, and 2s. ?id. on
Dixon.

The prisoners, who denied the charge, were committed for
one month to the House of Correction, and the money found
upon them to go towards their subsistence.
Francis Shipp, a gentleman residing at Finchle7, was
charged with furiously driving, and knocking down trances
and Elizabeth Price, thereby endangering their lives.
It appeared, that about twenty minutes past nine o'clock,
the defendant was driving a pha3ton and pair of high_spirited
horses, at a furious rate along Leicester-street, and, after
coming in collision with a cab which was much damaged,
ran against the two females, who were crossing the end of
Cranbourne-street. The complainant, Francis Price, re-
ceived such injuries that she was picked up in an insensible
state, and conveyed into the nearest surgeon's, where it was
found that her arm was fractured, and her leg severely
grazed by the wheel. The other complainant was also much
injured.
James Dymes, cab-driver 2,021, proved seeing the de-
fendant driving at a great rate, and that he ran against his
(witness's) cab, the springs of which were broken, and other-
wise so severely damaged as to be unfit for service.
Police-sergeant, C 20, and constable, 53 C, also proved the
furious rate at which the defendant was driving, and that he
was in liquor at the time.
The defendant denied driving at such a rate as had
been described, and called his groom as a witness to the same,
who endeavoured to prove that the accident was owing to
no fault of the defendant, who was a most experienced driver.
The horses became restive through running against the cab.
He did not think him much the worse for liquor at the time.
The defendant said he would make ample compensation for
the damage which he had caused.
Mr. BINGHAM fined him 40s. for furiously driving, 30s. for
damage done to the cab, and recommended him to pay 101.
each to the females.

W ORSHIP -STREET .—(THIS DAY .)
George Lucas, proprietor of a respectable eating-house in
Bath-street, City. road, was charged with stealing a quan-
tity of mortar from some building now in the course of erec-
tion in Shepherdess-walk.
Sergeant Raveney, 26 N, stated that he was proceeding on
his round, when he observed the defendant, whose hands were
covered with mortar, carrying a box of that material, con-
taining abouth three stone weight. Being satisfied, from its
being so early on Sunday morning, that the prisoner had
stolen the mortar, he stopped him, and the defendant ac-
knowledged that he had taken it from a heap of mortar
which was lying in one of the branching avenues in
Shepherdess-walk.
The prisoner expressed his sorrow and contrition for the
offence, which he said he should not have committed but for
a sudden rupture having taken place in his oven.

Mr.. BP.oucamoN replied that it was not the first tnoi,---,,t
Inuring in a respect:Abie sphere (f life who had been bro?).,lup,
plead,
i:ri:,,,ti, ~, couldo h, atvi-T
;g1 (s.tnneattlo
I..wiwre him for such petty, paltry theft,,.. The prisoner,:,lA,
mpe, sr, wou
lent their aid to him under such circumstances. 0° or,y
. . ,- id Willing') If,
rseccveral bricklayers iiw then
~Tve
Broughton), however, did not desire to fix the stain of mho
upon the prisoner, as it might have the effect of ruining Pej,
tor the remainder of his lite. Tile prisoner was discharg
...
but he would perhaps put something in the poor-bni bel°l'
he left the office.
The prisoner did so, and was allowed to depart.

RAILWAY Colll3liffEEs'

(THIS DAY•)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

GROUP XVI.
A fLIZZAT
EASTERN COUNTIES ND jtp
NORTHERN EXTENSIONS
AND IIITCEIN). the
The Committee was occupied during the whole
_A by the
in hearing evidence in favour of the line as proPeeed by
Easter Counties Railway. in opposition to that pop.'
the Great Northern Railway. gock-
The Committee adjourned till to-morrow at 12 o
GROUP XX.
The Committee appointed to consider the rallwaYinSchliel
in this group, assembled for the first time this daY ate . d
burn
N 0.35. Present—The Right Hon. Henry Goulbu nii" sa
man), Lord Dalmeney, Mr. Trotter, Earl Jer
Colonel Rawdon.
The Bills submitted for consideration were---, Lesinier
The London and North-Western (Kenilworth,
tioa
ton, &c.)
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Amendment Om
sot'
of line). .4. an.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Warwl' • Wel'
ford line). bat,
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Binning--
verhampton, &c., Amalgamation. • got:11'111' e).
Midland (Cheltenham, Warwick and Leanjln-i of
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton (No. Ong tit
Mr. WHATE LEY, Q.C., for the promoters o:
the lines, proposed that the Committee should errauentin.l
Thursday, 118 the Lord Chancellor had to give Pdhgich vieu.;
cause (the broad and narrow gauge question), I," 000011
materially affect the conflicting interests which Le
tee
M had to consider. G• ot,l
Mr. COCKB URN and Mr. AUSTIN had no obJe
16i
course. bed
Mr. POOLE, in the event of the Committee rising,
to know in what order the Bills would be take?? the 131111
The CHAIRMAN replied, in the order in which
be read a second time. •
The Committee then adjourned until Thursday

GROUP XXI.
(Sir J. Graham, Chairman.)
v".
OXFORD, 'WORCESTER, AND rs'4"
HAMPTON, AND STOUR vBLy
TENSION AND BRANCHES. ogut,,ellf
The Committee, this morning, after hearing liwthe 00"‘"_,,
of Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Austin with respect e,AO- 100037,
the - the
proceeding with the Bills, came to the following B
"The Committee call upon the opponents 0-
that if
proceed with their case, on the understinding t"
preamble of the two Bills, now under considerstioetcootro
be held proved, and if the clauses perrnittiogi„itil: the efit;
Lion of the mixed gauges be inserted in the PI
mittee will make a special report to the f1°1154 cons °f
attention to the resolutions of the House of Cos and
Of 1846, 0,01.
19th of May, MI6, and the Gaue Act 0 ed the r'°
statement of the reasons which may have induced
the
tb.
mittee to come to that conclusion." tit or
In consequence of this decision, evidence in 001
STOUR VALLEY RILL (1+741.
was given. The first witness called was
live doe'
bar. Foster, a proprietor of extensive coal en- eof
paying upwards of 30,0001. per annum for the caul 00 sd.5d.
'
and other materials, who gave evidence in favour I line. As
periority of the proposed line over that of the intrisl sod P'
Other evidence of a similar nature was gone
Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve 0 c."'"

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TT Ann, P:tee'
CONFLAGRATION OF BRANDESTON -.- gel` c.
WOODBRIDGE.-Th's fine specimen of Elizabethenroote,
ture, the seat of Mr. Austin, Q C., situate on,a %gab
near the road side between Cretingham and •"$-te o*.;
Suffolk, fell a sacrifice to a fearful conflagration on cootierld
ing of Thursday last. It was built about tbree_„tse ,
since, and was very capacious, having a
of upwards of 150 feet, with picturesque garden a,' bi the
Up to within a few years the mansion was tenin;chased 'll.O
noble
tied
family of its founder, from whom Mr. Austin Isidergoing ti.,
estate, and it was at the time of the accident len are
Wills
elaborate restoration and alterations. From inflate ef„,"111
tuted, it appears the ball was placed under Oft, iinco-_,.0.
contractor, who had the management of the Wor"oter e''of
his workmen slept on the building. Abut a claoistee, too
twelve o'clock on the morning named, a boy, en „„e 014
the contractor, discovered smoke issuing from ' it P-0/
sitting rooms over the library in the east winte Crete
been used by the contractor since he had had who th
the building, and was the only apartment in Infe ial'
had been a fire for several days previous. Ito be.
mediately awoke Mr. Sillett, the principal, 21 oture
came so alarmed that, instead of ascertaining the or
and extent of the fire, he leaped out of the windowwoW
tamed some severe injuries by the fall. Two or thi hone/
hastened
otosltehpet ianpsaortmmeeanttt,icasnidn aenddiestant Past of thewale-
ames, which were issuing from
men, who
; but owing to the dryne.ss the
hh
the
eitas fioor ofin_!fantho fiii
the "tjt
spread with such rapidity efforts were u
that their
.. of the library 10:i
ful. The elaborately carved wood ceiling all hoPe'
low had caught, and it seems from that moment e _or
saving the edifice was lost. Mounted expresses v.veiri
few; ear
diately dispatched to Framlingham and to IPsnl,c village°
gines and assistance. Crowds of persolt 11°'-'nsuccesr
around flocked to the scene, and on the arrival mat, bei
gines exerted every nerve to master the raging
in vain. The interior of the noble structure wee
_°,l of tb°,
of flame. About half-past two the roof and gable:elisupeo;
stliferom tut the 0,
north front tell in with a fearful crash, and in etlner: one
b°4l
coal
three hours from the discovery of the fire Brandest,onbegjee
was a total ruin, only the south wall remaining;
cannot ccuratey be larned. It, however, is _ ot, ile
derable— -it is said aboute 20,000/. The mansion wit*
. p/0
sured.— Observer. ,-I nutatl°o til
Two days ago we mentioned that a ar
ad your
ea Ati
in town from the principal Scotch banks to et_e oeceeet,
make some arrangement which would prevent to
land, in ore'
of their purchasing gold from the Bank of Engthis sere
to enable them to expand their paper circulation
tee,
alloy'. telt
son of the year. The proposal they made was dut th
rglan er
gold to remain in the coffers of the Bank of .-- heir own ,
credit, and save the expense of transmiseion to tent bowerrl
tablish in ents. The Chancellor of the Exchequ....4ade as tp.:
bias declined to interfere with the law as itspeei to oe;
subject, and an application made to Sir Robert
e__ou oli
• the on 5!•1
__.
his good offices with Ministers to obtain bora in a v%O
with no better success. The ex-Premier told t„.. wteutl A
few words that they must have been aware a the.
of the Legislature in enacting the law, and
interferehe with iv
that it would be altogether inexpedieut to
'lbe witlired a 1
operation. The amount of gold dot aria at "le.
addition to the present stock in Scotland is
half a million sterling to mt ors with fns
0V
in May and June; and the Bank direct ,
resent
consideration for their feelings than the pr PL..,,,tiof,
Minister, quietly informed the deputation that on re'""at the
L'
Bank of England notes the 500,000 sovereigns we_ their etr,
tbe usual expansion of neiner,
command, but that they could not hold them Which 0,
count by their lodging securities. The result oic SOIL
lowed was the sale of a considerable amount of Fil„h bey,
rides yesterday and to-day on account of the Sce`' ,ded r
to obtain the sovereigns, a process which will be Ode es the
soon as the account of the failure of the mission res,btiele.
other parties interesstaAedmTuiannnutahAneydn.ihroitshn.e—Herald City 'AO"
in the
ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT TO MURDER AN
at 00
Potteries.w wife were wt he
re e most
p° lic
ot oe4:101°1
are the main facts attending the attack:—An agedoaf il
Tuesdayt°teumrLECl ts.
—nt iogSliT t° murderaEt' Fenton;
named George and Sarah Bridgwood, both between
seventy years of age, resided in a house in High,./ re fel
kept a small provision shop.
man, as he layOinn
morning the to rest about ten o'clock ; on the following (" ~ 0060
tghleunotludering fight in the rTtohouelesnb,deaad: and, i bgetift: e_ihi:ee: de
is:
half as Oa
he saw •
ceived a blow on the side of his head,
arouse himself to ascertain from whence it proceen'
neat nlr
ment receiving several 000 00
which it is cuts on her face and arms 01d Ail
believed were aimed at her throat. 1": D01f6'.,4
mid recovering. himself,
sprang out of bed, and being -fiaor,_74
tic person, seized a man, whom he got on eu,e,„ eePSO
placing his knee on his • succeed te
him down, assailant's throat, succe ,co
his wife the nee-iouje,
his wife in the meanwhile contriving to 'he pled
door, and call out " Murder." In a few minutes tra fo
were attracted to the house, and on entering the Both, Weri
the old man in. the position above described. ,e hbitt;
drenched in blood, and the bedclothes anclll,,°°,.roffian,„ 0
fearful proof of the murderous design of ...-- i ed to be
being taken to the station-house, he vraSt°gns in donel
bricklayer, named William Burleigh• was
was •01b1
weak state, his throat bein cut ; but bow it ieteoti..
was difficult to say. Theregis no doubt that Ow beirjr
in the first instance, was toplunder the house'-i. in n. 0.
disturbed, he attempted to murderthe e detects
aged Pill "c!
that he might complete his object, and eseeP the o'o.o
into traces
thaet
court
cS toonk e
al)
co
il
iiac
ier-,c
Yesterday he underwent an examination before
_. woe 0.
our . •
_,A up
lU.P) on
if,'
jBOll tho
After sever al witnesses had been examined, the ,Pees co
fully committed to take his trial at the next e-" r
capital charge. t Mai° I
It aff •
affords us sincere pleasure to find tho ‘to o,
,IQ tbe '''• of
Generali Sir H. G. W. Smith, Hart., and GAIIIIOBIOO 0
AI wal, has succeeded to theColonlcy of the- lierjeSed
the Rifle Brigade, Or sii
and was pßroripdpgergi. Was
villoW.e
c rigade, the regiment with which tooted,,
t his professional career were intimately conn•se
Service Gazette. .0 lOC.
J. A-
its
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGIRrad tine Sa°; el
At a meeting of Fellows held at the gardens in the en
on Saturday, Sir James Clark, Bart-, ALloentleMen, Were
ballot took place, and the following ladies en"„ri Arundo.,toer
admitted to the society :—The Countess "F. Nanyiher
S rrey, Viscountess Esq.,Pon, theltilrgeven. , Esq.,..j.
Cha.les Robert Rowley, Morgan ,---°,. 0. Totttet (4913.
taste Holman, E,q., E. Osborn Smith, r',.,s`v ~ Esq.,' „1 0
Whitfield, Esq., Themes Mo nEscl"
W. Keith, Esq., Robert Hall, Esq., G urea' —' big, Ow.-
Stanfield Cousens, Miss Field,rs° ' M.
and Miss Ward. e iti
nal plessur jot
Loss OF THE TWEED.—We have 111.-- d,-, in our eta'
announcing that the appeal which was bans," sod of the
week's paper on behalf of the widows, orp_...ek °feat°
dependent on the seamen who periehed in the
reopenw"d
above vessel, has been most nobly and liberally ,fecto ,
us bertu .chie
Mrs. Do
by our fellow-townspeople and other genero of reel .og,
A committee has been formed for the purposel„ Stab lid
subscriptions, consisting of Messrs. Elsinie, M' le'd Lap is
Tipper, Dunlop, Lamb, Dat till, and Tucker, a_tificatiollors
Sparks and Hemsley ; and we have lunch Tin the 6.001
stating that nearly 700/. have been contribute
es,. grainer'
space of one week. We perceive that her ai,....L,Ad
Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince
have been pleased to head the list with a joint 6
_tribal
201., and her Majesty the Queen Dowager also 01'
ole
25/.—Hampshire independent. Friday the ..Pad
SALE OF SCENIC PROPERTY.---On
of the scenes, wardrobe, and properties of the
were Old °al
Theatre belonging to Mr. G. Bolton, the lessee, t cre
rioter, 4
a communication made to Mr. Davenport, the Prop o.,ortly„
the premises, by Mr. Furber, under a distress for ren • of
pi se
of their tho
the performers and musicians, the whole
the wardrobe and musical instruments were the re r_nere7
I siVelY ,sa-
was restored to them, the articles sold being axe
ofi_4roftbreeoelf- :
belonging to Mr. Bolton. Five hundred cop
tleman•st dramatic afterpiece called The Civil W
went for Bs. ; and 66 copies of Mr. G. Bolton reer :0
All about Love and Jealousy, brought 35.; the r
P corona'.
's five act cometieo,
twoa_Pirs watc_th
4/. ; a fairy car, with four wheels, 85..•
mushrooms, a fairy bower, a railway carriage, o
_., the vw
box, 2s. 6d.; and the other articles in propertwP
lots realising about 504