The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-27 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.

Mr. _Henry Mitchell, proprietor Of the Rose and
Crown public-house, in Allen-street, Clerkenwell,
was summoned for having his house open for the sale
of exciseable liquors on Sunday, the 19th, during the
hours of divine service.
Inspector Penny stated, that 013 the day named, at
the hour of twelve at noon, he saw a boy, about 14
years of age, come out of defendant's house. He
approached him, and while he was descending the
steps leading to the street, witness laid hold of him
and asked him what he had got, when he produced
from his pocket a bottle, containing half a pint of gin.
Mr. Duncotnbe—Will you swear it was not eye-
water?—(A laugh.) Witness—No, but I would
rather swear that it was gin.
Mr. Duncombe—How do you know that it was
gin ; did you taste it ? Witness—l did not. He
told me that the bottle contained gin.
Mr. Duncombe—Did you not seize him violently,
and take it out of his pocket? Witness—l did not.
He pulled it out of his pocket ; but I should have
done so had he not.

Mr. Duncombe—lndeed ! Are you not aware
that the lad, who is only about ten years of age, is
the defendant's son ? Witness—l have since under-
stood that to be the case. _

Mr. Duncombe—Was he not terribly alarmed
when you caught hold of him, and did he not cry ?
Witness—Why, as to that, he tried to cry.
Mr. Duncombe—l am informed that you went
into my client's house afterwards. Inform the Court
what you saw.
The witness admitted that everything was quiet
and orderly, and that he had no further evidence to
give.
Mr. Duncombe then addressed the magistrate. He
said, of all the most extraordinary cases he had ever
heard, or been concerned in, the present beat all ;
and if such a state of things were permitted every
individual coming out of a public-house would in the
end be seized and searched. He had a very high
respect for his friend, the inspector ; but in this case
he had no hesitation in saying he had exceeded his
duty. The worthy gentleman proceeded to urge that
, there was not a tittle of evidence to support the

Edwin Howell, a person of very respectable ex-
terior, was charged with having illegally pawned an
immense gnantity of stays, entrusted to him to sell.
Mr. Alexander Vlies, of Elberfeldt, stated that he
was a stay merchant. Being in want of an agent to
dispose of his stays in Eng!and, he was introduced
to the prisoner, and having entered into an arrange-
ment with the prisoner as to terms, the prisonerre•
ceiNied charge of 252 pairs of stays to dispose of.
This transaction occurred at the end of last year.
Complainant being desirous of visiting Germany,
asked the prisoner to let him hive 201. The defend-
ant said he had not so much money by him just then,
but if complainant would meet him in the neighbour..
hood of Leicester-square the following day he would
let him have the money. Complainant kept the ap-
pointment, and received 20/. from the prisoner, with
which sum he shortly afterwards went to Germany.
He came to England a few months ago, and having
discovered that some of his stays were selling at
different shops, he made inquiry, and he subsequently
received from the prisoner a card, which made him
acquainted with the fact of the prisoner having de-
po.itol 220 pairs of stays with Mr. Fleming, pawn-
broke& of John street, for a sum of money, on con-
dition that they should be forfeited if the money lent
was not returned within six months. The money
had not been returned, consequently the stays had
become forfeited, and this accounted for the way in
which they had got into sundry shopkeepers' hands.
As the defendant had only received authority to sell,
and not to pawn the things, he was given into cus-
tody to answer a charge of illegally pawning.
For the prisoner it was contended that the charge
could not be sustained. The prisoner had pledged the
goods for a certain sum; but then the owner of the
stays had received this sum. Had the prisoner sold
the goods and pocketed the proceeds, he could not have
been sued for the debt.
Mr. HARDWICK looked over the various Acts re-
lating to illegal pawning, and being of opinion that
the point was one which required consideration, post-
poned his decision until next week.
It is already known that three notorious thieves
contrived to make their escape from the lock-
up cell attached to this court the week before
last, immediately on their being fully com-
mitted for trial two daring shop robberies. The
police have been active in their researches,
but hitherto without success. Some of the par-
ticulars connected with the escape have transpired,
from which it would appear that the whole affair, as
planned and executed, affords another instance of
the adroitness and ingenuity of London thieves.
It turns out that the escape was a planned
matter between the prisoners and their con-
federates. Between the first examination and
the last the companions of the prisoners, it is
reported, contrived to get models of the locks in the
cells, and to provide skeleton kegs to open them.
This proceeding was communicated to the prisoners
by one of the confederates, who obtained permission
to speak to the prisoners in gaol, before the last_ exa-
mination took place. One of the turnkeys saw the
prisoner and this man talking to each other with their
fingers. AS this kind of silent communication went
on for some time the turnkey interfered, and turned
the man out of the prison. It was during this inter-
view that the plan of escape was, no doubt, arranged.
*As soon as the prisoners were committed and placed
in the cell, one of the gang must have made bis way
through the house undiscovered—no very difficult
matter, as the stairs to the cells are common to the
inmates of the house, and must have then opened the
cell and released the prisoners. All parties then got
into the garden at the back of the court, and from
thence over an adjoining wall into the passage which
communicated with the mews behind by a door which
is usually unfastened.

POST-OFFICE GRI)ERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—Allow me in few words to call your atten-
tion, or the attention of the Post-office authorities, to
the delay which exists in the country in obtaining
payment for Post-office orders. I have myself;
during the past week, in two instances, received Post-
office orders, when, on sending my clerk to obtain the
money, the answer has been, " we have not yet ob-
tained advice ;" " advice is nut forwarded by first
post."

- Now, surely, Sir, in a co:nmercial country like
this, an unnecessary delay, which subjects the public
to such uncertainty, trouble, and expense, is far
behind the age, and ought not to be tolerated one
moment. It is a trouble and expense (and also vexa-
tious) for merchants or tradesmen thus to send their
clerks out to be disappointed. The disappointment,
sometimes, is by no means of a simple nature, but
calculated to lead to confusion ; for when a clerk
leaves a counting-house with an arranged list of pay-
ments and receipts, some of which include (or depend
on) the Post-office orders, the non-payment of such
orders affects the whole of his arrangements.
The very idea of a post order being obtained, taken
home, forwarded to the correspondent, received by
him and presented for payment—all this before the
master at the one office gives advice at the other
office, is surely monstrous.
I can account for such a thing only by supposing
that there is some necessity, or some policy, in so
doing of which lam ignorant.—l am, Sir,
T ycurs,
D ALEII.

Saturday) must
pG.lso.u—cei‘siteyrshoriTieer, Sept.reee iv2eds,
t 108.47.
(13y
be kept over till Monday, so that my correspondent
cannot receive my receipt till the 28th for that which
he paid on the 24th; and suppose I were travelling
I should be detained here three days. This letter is
also transmitted to London, and will, no doubt,
appear in your paper before payment.

HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF A
WIFE 13Y HER HUSBAND.

(From the North British Mail of Friday.)
Yesterday, a most revolting case of cruelty and
barbarity, on the part of a husband towards his wife,
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Mungo-street, and on examining the premises, he dis-
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ofw which cmha
man named
d Fay's wife confined in a water-closet, where
dis-
covered
to her statement, she had been kept by her
husband ever since May last. The dimensions of
ihe closet were only 3 feet 10 inches by 2 feet 11
nches, and the height 10 feet. The pcor creature was
in a most wretched condition, being li erally covered
with filth and vermin, with scarcely an article
of clothing on her person, and in a half-famished
state. The inhuman monster was given into the
custody of the police, as well as a girl named Margaret
Hume, the servant, and two lodgers, named Alex-
ander flume and Alexander Holland, who are charged
with being accomplices in the offence. Every care
and attention was paid to the unfortunate woman by
Mr. Campbell, and it is expected she will shortly
recover from the effects of her long and close con-
finement. The affair is undergoing
official investi-
gation, but we have not as yet ascertained the cause
which induced Fay to act in this way towards his
wife, but we trust that all parties concerned will.
meet with a punishment commensurate with such
brutal conduct.

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SIPELAS IN THE LEG CURED DI HOLLOWAY'S OINT-
MENT AND PILLS.---JaMeSGarreil, ostler, of Lineskes.
Ireland, hurt his kg six years ago, and shortly. after-
wards four wounds broke out, which kept continually
discharging; frequently he suffered so much as to be
quite unable to follow his daily labour, and lastly ery-
sipelas settled in his leg for nearly two months. During
the time of his suffering several medical men attended
men, but every application failed to give him reliet until
he used Holloway's Ointment and Pills ; these fine
medicines soon effected a perfect cure, and be can now
walk with the greatest comfort. Sold by all vendors
of medicines throughout the civilised world, and at Pro-
fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
ENORMOUS SUSPENSION-BRIDGE IN HUNGARY.—
The Pesth suspension-bridge over the Danube, designed
ierney Clariaud ;
now
the centre
nearly
completedspanbeingis
bl
y,
'2Oll rie feet long, in threec spans
600 feet, the side span 300 feet each. The chains are
being made in Eugland ;
the granite for the piers was
brought in immense blocks, some of them from twelve
to sixteen tons weight each, from Linz, in tipper Austria.
The contractor for the cofferdams, &c., was an Eng-
lishman, as were the principal workmen, and all
the ma..hinery has been supplied from this country.
The total cost of the bridge, as we unders%rid, will be
600,0001,—The Builder.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
The public is respectfully informed. that this Theatre having, dur-
'ng the recess, been thoroughly repaired and re-painted, will OPEN
;Or the season on
SATURDAY NEXT, October 2,
With the favourite Comedy of the SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL and
other tintertainments.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. Farren; Acting Manager,

Ir. F. Webster,

,Y AL SURREY THEATRE.
Taassee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace,Kensington-road, ,
Surrey.
Mr. BUNN has the honour of announcing to the public at large
that, in consequ nee of the two national theatres, Drury-lane and
Covent-gar en, of which he has for many years, jointly and severally,
had 1/13 Management, having both passed into the hands of foreigners,
he has entered into an arrangement with the lessee of this theatre,
whereby he has become its sole manager, and with the view of sub-
mitting to their approbation every variety of attraction, especially
all the popular productions of his recent management, he begs leave
to submit the names of many of the eminent performers who will
have the honour of appearing before them. The artistes, whose talents
have so long contributed to the public entertainment (at Drury-lane
Theatre especially), have, at the sacrifice of every consideration, con-
sideration, consented to devote their services to the furtherance
names
of
Mr. Bunn's, and the list will altogether comprise a phalanx of
never before attempted to be brought together in such an undertak-
ing. While the chief aim o: the direction will be devoted to the ad-
vancement of English Opera br native talent, the performances will
be interspersed with every other class of entertainment,
and and whileta-
it
may appear almost incredible to bring together such an ray of
lent, with comparatively confined means, there will be no advance of
prices, but the free-list will be altogether done away with, as It would
be an insult to make any gentleman a present of 2s. to the Boxes, Is.
to the Pit, and Gd. to the Gallery.
The theatre will OPEN THIS EVENING, September 27, 1847,
on which occasion Miss Burner, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. W. Harri-
son, Mr. BOrrani, Mr. Rafter, and Mr. 11. Horncastle (all from the
Theatre Royal Drury-lane) will have the honour of making their ap-
pearance. The performances will commence with the celebrated
Opera (never acted here) of
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.
The music by Mr. Balte, the libretto by Mr. Bonn. The whole of
the scenery by Mr. Grieve. The properties by Mr. Blamire. The
mechanism by Mr. B. Sicilian. An enlarged chorus and increased
orchestra, on a greater scale than any hitherto introduced on these
boards, will be directed and conducted by Mr. J. H. Tully.
Dramatis Persona:—Count Arnheim (Governor of Presburg), Mr.
Borrani ; Count Florestein (his nephew), Mr. Rafter ; Thaddeus (a
proscribed Pole), Mr. IV. Harrison; Devilshoof (leader of a gang of
Gipsies), Mr. H. Horneastle; Captain of the Guard, Mr. Constantine;
First Officer, Mr. Sanger; First Peasant, Mr. Pearson; First
Gipsy, Mr. Summers ; Servant, Mr. Richards ; Arline (the Bohemian
Girl), Miss Romer; Budda (her attendant), Mrs. W. H. Payne
tlrica (Queen of the Gipsies), Miss Rebecca Isaacs. Nobles—
Messrs. Tyler, Loveridge, Jones, Fraser, Massoni, &c. Ladies—
Mesdames Turner, Gardiner, Rooke, Foster, Levite. &e. Pages :—,
Misses Desborough, Ives, Seaman, Harris, &c. Hunters :—Messrs.
J. Field, Richardson, Platt, Cook, Godfrey, Thirlwall, Jonas, and
Wyatt. Retainers :—Messrs. J. Sanger, Kitchener, Cooper, Mos-
sop, Gladstaines, Mawby, Boyce, Woolf, Johnson. Peasants :
Lea Sceurs St. Louin, Misses Fenton, Maurice, Sophie, Clifford,
Mars, Beaufort, Ives, Desborough, I. Laws, Smithson, Angeline
Rosa Taylor, &c. Gipsies :—Messrs. C. Constantine, Sum-
mers, Miller, Dobson, Foster, Weston, Roberts, Rowland, I.
Price, Pendygras, ,tones, Henri, Galli, Lawler, Santry, Beale,
Sharpe, Stirling, &c. Mesdames R. Hughes, Somerville,
Maynard, Anderson, Rabino. Deither, Mapleson, Tully, Connelly,
Miller, Williamson, Sec. Law Officers :—Messrs. Peters, Driffield,
Robins, J. Boulanger, Be. Soldiers, Citizens, Attendants, Banner
Bearers, Heralds, Servants, Sec.
Mr. Grieve has prepared the following New Scenery :—Grounds
and Chateau of Count Arnheini, Presburg by Moonlight, View in
the Vicinity of Presburg, Public Place in Presburg tor the celebra-
tion of the Fair, in which takes place a Pas de Denx, by Les Sceurs
St. Louin, and a Dance by the whole Corps de Ballet. Procession
of the City Trades • the Banner of the Butcher's Company ; the
Banner of the Goldsmiths' Company, the Banner of the Drapers'
Company, the Banner of the A enottrers' Company, tie Banner of
the Bakers' Company, the Banner of the Wax-Chandlers' Company,
the Banner of the Shoemakers' Company, the Banner of the Fish-
mongers' Company, the Banner of the Bookbinders' Company, &c.
The Hall of Justice, Saloon in the Count's Chateau.—The Opera of
The Bohemian Girl is published by W. S. Johnson, Nassau Steam
Press, GO, St. Martin's-lane ; and may be had in the Theatre, and of
all Booksellers, price Is.
The entertainments will terminate with the first performance (at
this Theatre) of Mr. Bunn's Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE.
Mr. Somerton, Mr. F. Vining; Mr. Smith, Mr. Oxberry ; Mr.
Brown, Mr. Attwood (his first appearance) ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs.
H. Hughes (her first appearance these five years) ; Mrs. Smith, Miss
tebecca Isaacs ; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. R. Hughes.—Stage Director, Mr.
G. Ellis.
A distiect entrance to the private boxes has been made (which
have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the
principal Librarians ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is
op en daily from Ten until Four.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented RORY 0 NIORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ;
Kathleen, Mi3s Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bed-
fbrd, 0. Smith, Selby, and Cullenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, Miss
Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws.
After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD
(the property of the late William Shakspeare), inquire Within. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed-
ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c.
To conclude with the original farce, called 110 W TO SETTLE
ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts,
Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond
Ryan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ;• Mille. Cherry Bounce, 3liss
Enyna Harding.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented a new Drama, entitled THE CARPENTERS
OF LAMBETH ; or, The Bride of the Thames. Characters by
Messrs. Dale. Hicks, Searle, and Miss Vincent.
After wh c't TILE DREAM SPECTRE ; or, the Legend of the
Sleeper's Shrift.
To conclude with the comic Drama of THE DUKE OF SHORE-
DITCH.
Boxes, is. ; Half-price, 6d .; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.
Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE,
Pr >prietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty.
THIS EVENING

The Grand Spectacle of THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES.
Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, supported by the talented Ar-
tistes of the istablishment, in „the carious modes of equestration,
with Turpin's Ride to York.
Box-office open from II till 5.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Representation of SiIAKSPERE',I BD:TB-PLACE.
Remington's Magic Aerial Bridge across the Lake.
On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings.
The celebrated Baud of the Establishment, seleeted from the
Queen; Private Band, the Coldstreams, and the elite of M. Jullien's
Band, will perform a Grand Selection of Ancient and Modern Music,
and Julllen's Army and Navy Quadrilles; imylight View of Gib-
raltar. Splendid Menagerie. Shakspere's girth Place,from Draw-
ings by Alfred Crowquill. Porcelain Tower at Nankin. Concluding
with the siege of Gibraltar.
Feeiin g the Anima,s at half .past Fear ; Concert at half-past Five;
Fireworks, at half-past Eight. No esi ra charge.
Admission to the whole, One Shilling.

C. WI!:ATHEIi.—SuN OFFICE, SEPT. 27.
EOMETEB, Lowest, 39; Highest. 62 ; Noon, 51.
BAROMETER, 30.338—W1ND N.E.; fine.

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