The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Smrrit.)
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Extension of Barrack's
Branch from Whitburn to the Benhar Coal Field and Shott's
Iran Works, and Deviation of Main Line at or near Clifton

Hall).
York Improvement (Lendal Bridge and approaches.)
Standing orders complied with.
• ,cm 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.)
Leeds, : ey, and Headingley Turnpike Roads.—Com-
plied with.
York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement,
Bishop Auckland, and other Branches, and abandonment of
part of the Bishop Auckland Branch).—Complied with, ex-
cept in one instance.
Tunbridge Wells (East Grinstead and Brighton Junction
Railway).—Complied with.
Inverness Harbour and Navigation Improvement.—Com-
plied with.
Inverness Municipal and Police, Water, Gas, Market,
Shambles, Bridges, Roads, Petty Customs and Bleaching
Greens.—Complied with.
Adjourned till to-morrow.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, March 1.

(Sittings before the LORD CHIEF BA/LOS and Special Juries).
The Court was occupied (luring nearly the whole of the
day in hearing a case arming out of a wood paving company,
the particulars of which did not however furnish any feature
of public importance.
At the conclusion of the case the Court adjourned until
Easter term.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET._

Three boy;nantedßigg;, Macgregor, and Mott, were
brought before Mr. Bingham, charged w►th having stolen
some plate, value 11., from the shop of Mr. Fitchen, silver-
smith, Oxford-street.
Samuel Hart said, he was in the employ of Messrs. Duff
and Hodgson, music sellers, Oxford-street. On Wednesday
last he saw the three prisoners standing at Mr. Fitchen's
window; Macgregor was cutting the window with some in-
strument, Biggs was standing behind so as to screen him,
and Mott was waiting by Macgregor's side with a basket
ready, apparently to receive the plunder. Macgregor hav-
ing succeeded in cutting through the window, immediately
took out of a case a knife, a fork, and spoon, that were ex-
posed for sale, and put them in Mott's basket. Witness im-
mediately went forward and secured Mott, the other pri-
soners ran off.
Mr. Fitchen proved that the property had been seen in his
shop window just before the robbery was committed.
Police-constable Cousins, D 33, said he took Biggs and
Macgregor into custody, and he knew that both were bad
characters. He had seen Mott, who was an errand boy to a
doctor, in Macgregor's society, and had warned him against
keeping such bad company. He believed Mott had been
drawn into the offence by the other two boys.
Mr. BINGHAM said he should make a difference in the case
of Mott, by allowing his friends to bail him.
All three boys were then committed.

Last week an application was made on behalf of Mr. Bohn,
a bookseller, for a warrant against a gentleman, named
Francis Buchanan Hoare, for having, as alleged, improperly
disposed of between 5001. and 1,000/. worth of valuable
books, the property of Mr. C. Carisbrook, the Bishop of
Llandaff, and others. On hearing the evidence in support
of the application, Mr. Bingham consented to issue the war-
rant, and this warrant 'was immediately placed in the hands
of a police-constable, who was to execute it in Ireland,
where, it was alleged, Mr. Hoare was then residing. Yester-
day Mr. Hoare, who it appeared was not in Ireland, accom
pained by his professional adviser, came into court to meet
the charge; but on an intimation being conveyed to Mr.
Bingham that the complainants were unprepared to go into
the case, owing to the absence on circuit of counsel who had
been instructed to appear in support of the charge,
Mr. BINGHAM said, as the unforeseen surrender of the de-
fendant, and the absence of the counsel, placed the com-
plainant in an embarrassing position with respect to the
evidence, it was but reasonable to give the complainant the
benefit of a short adjournment.
Mr. Hoare's professional adviser was very anxious that no
delay should take place. His client was prepared with a full
answer to the charge. He should wish to see the depositions
on which the warrant had been granted.
Mr. BINGHAM sent for the warrant-book, and gave the re-
quired information.
Mr. Hoare's professional adviser conceived there had been
nothing on the part if his client to call for the proceedings
that bad taken place.
Mr. BINGMAM said he bad no opinion to pronounce in the
matter. All he should say was, that Mr. Bohn was placed in
a peculiar position before the Court of Bankruptcy. A
large part of his stock had disappeared. It had been re-
moved by the direction of the defendant, and this was the
charge the defendant would be required to answer on Wed-
nesday next.
Bait was accepted, and the parties retired.