The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-28 00:00:00

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Mr. LONG said he heard nothing but the evidence, and
he could not interfere in the case.
Mr. Calf hoped the reporters would notice his appli-
cation, and then retired.
MAI?YLEBONE.
Sarah Wilcochs, who was dismissed by Mr. Long a
few days since, was again brought up on Saturday before
Mr. Rawlinson, on the same charge of having robbed
her master, Mr. Joseph Patten, of one dessert spoon, one
dessert fork, a jack towel, and a cut-glass tumbler.
The prisoner was taken into custody by 126 S, at the
houso of Mr. Russell, 16, Worthington-terrace, where
she had been engaged by means of a false character.
A duplicate was found in her basket, and the articles it
referred to were produced from the shop of Mr. Crad•
dock, pawnbroker, Tottenham-court-road, and identified
by the prosecutor as forming part of the property he
had lost.

The prisoner, who offered nothing like a defence, was
committed for trial.

Joseph Lehoo,wha described himself as a weaver, re-
siding in Camden-street, Bethnal-green, was also corn-
, witted for trial, on a charge of attempting to pick a
lady's pocket last Thursday evening, at the Paddington
station of the Great Western Railway Company. The
prisoner was observed twice by Nash, a constable at-
tached to the railway, and also by Mr. Adams, one of
the clerks, to attempt the robbery of the lady, a Mr,
Mary Kntts, of 58, Torrington-square. Nash collar, d
the prisoner the second time, but he had ntit.suceeeded
in abstracting anything.
Mr. Robinson, who attended for the prisoner, wished
the case t• be disposed of summarily; but it having been
intimated to the Bench that the Company were desirous
to prosecute,

Mr. RAWLINSON, who also was of opinion that such
was the proper course, ordered him to be committed.

SURGICAL OPERATIONS WITHOUT PAIN.--We have
been informed that two operations were performed by
Mr. Liston, at the University College Hospital, on Sa-
turday last, while the patients were under the stuput.;faytiiongu
influence of vapour of ether. The one was amp
of the leg, the other, evulsion of the nail of the great
toe. The vapour of ether was inhaled by means of a
proper apparatus, and, when it had produced its full
effect, the operation was speedily performed. Neither
of the patients knew, when they recovered from their
stupor, that the operation had been performed. Mr.
Liston observed that the vapour of ether had been used
for a similar purpose in America, but only in minor
operations, such as the removal of tumours, &c. We
hope to have further particulars on this very interesting
subject.--Medical Tinier.
WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.—The following seven re-
solutions appear in the_third report of the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons on the New Houses
of Parliament and Westminster-bridge, which was pub-
lished on Wednesday last. The Parliamentary blue-
book contains the evidence given. "1. That •the
majority of the witnesses who have been examined on
the point concur that the foundation of Westminster-
bridge having been originally vicious, that bridge can
never be pertnanently sound. 2. That the expense of
completing the alterations and repairs now in progress,
or in contemplation, according to contracts and designs
under the superintendence of the Bridge Commissioners,
will be very considerable, amounting at least to 70,000/.
3. That this expenditure will still leave the bridge in a
state requiring constant attention in respect to repairs,
and without any certainty of permanent security ; while
it will likewise leave the water-way far less adequate to
the requirement of the navigation, particularly when the
' contraction of the stream by the embankment in
front of the new palace is considered, than would be the
case under a new bridge. 4. That irrespective of the ap-
proaches, the expense of a new bridge over the site of
the present bridge, and retaining the present bridge for
temporary use would not exceed 360,0001, according to
the highest of the estimates forthat object which have been
furnished to the Committee, either in 1844 or in the pre.-
sent year. 5. That the bridge estates would probably
furnish a clear surplus of at least 100,0001. in aid of the
funds for the erection of a new bridge. 6. That Parlia-
ment, having by direct grants from the Exchequer (the
remaining expenditure having been provided by money
raised in lotteries under Acts of Parliament), furnished
a large part 'of the expense of erecting originally the
present bridge, and having constituted the commission
under which the said bridge was erected and has bet-n
administered, and having by section 20 of the 9th
George 11., c. 29, declared that the said bridge shall be
extra parochial, and by the section 21 that it shall not
be a county bridge, maintainable as such bridges are by
county rates, has recognised and sanctioned the prin-
ciple that this bridge, which is thus by law excluded
from other support, shall be maintained, and when need-
ful repaired, restored, and rebuilt, at the expense of the
state. 7. That in these circumstances a sufficient case
has been made out to justify this Committee in recom-
mending to the House, that the present bridge be pulled
down and that a new bridge be constructed, and that a
Bill be brought into Parliament next session to transfer
to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c.,
the estate and property of the Bridge Commissioners,
due consideration being had to the claims of the officers
of the bridge estates, if their services should be discon-
tinued."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—FRIDAY.
A blank day.
"HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Shrop,hire lids., Mon., Ilaiikesto,ua ; Wed., Child's-wood,
Ercall ; Fri., Herrington Village to 11.
Brighton hrrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Racecourse; Fri.,
Dyke—l to 11.
Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Holmbush ; Wed., the
Cock, Soilthwater ; Fri., Handcross Village-4 to 11.
Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket Ifill; Thurs., Tels-
combe•tye-101A.
Dorrington lids., Mom, Wiverton Hall ' • Wed., Chaddes-
don 11111: Sat., Gileorton Toll-bar—ip to 11.
Essex Union lids., Wed., Tiptree 11 itidmill ; Sat., South-
minster-10i.
Quorn hds., Mon., Shearaby Inn ; Tues., Charley Inn Mill.
Her Majesty's staghds meet the first day after the frost,
at Winkfield Row—at 11.
Sinnington hds., Tues., Cawton ; Fri., Dalby— 10
Hurworth hds., Tues., Deighton Village; Thurs., Kennels;
Sat., Worsell Toll-bar-104.
Bedale lids., Wed., Sleningferd Park ; Fri., Catterick Bridge
—lol4x.
Cleveland lids., Thurs., Upleatham-10i.
Mr. Hildvard's hrrs., Tues., Sunny Cross; Fri., Potts.
Lord Lonsdale's hrrs., Tues., Weston Turvill ; Fri., Halcot.
Mr. Drake's lids., Tues., Shelswell Park; Thurs., Bicester
Windmill; eat., i field Toll-bar.
Lord Parker's lids., Tues„ Timm° Park; Fri., Harpsden
—lO%.
Pytchley hds., Wed., Dod ford Village; Fri., Cottesbrook ;
Sat., Finedon—A to 1.
Mr S. Lowndes's lids., Sat., Winslow-11.
Cambridgeshire hds., Wed., Warden Village ; Fri., Caxton
Gibbet-10i.
Lord Redesdale's lids., Wed., Bradwell Grove; Fri., Ey-
ford ; Sat.,*Blenheim-10i.
York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Red House; Thurs., Pill
Moor Selsey ; Sat., Escrick Park.
Vale of White Horse lids., Tues., Barnsley Park; Thurs.,
Charlton Gate; Sat., Swindon Town.
Tiverton hds., Wed., Exbridge, near Dulverton ; Sat.,
Stoodleigh House-10%.
Baron Rothschild's staghds., Thurs., Aston Abbots-11.
Surrey staghds, Tues., Wickham ; Sat., Reigate.
Berkshire hds., Wed., Hinton House; Fri., Step Farm.
Mr. Brand's lids., Fri., Aston Bury.
Devon hds., Thurs., Parke Boyey-11.
F. B. lids., Fri., Stonemason's Arms-10%.
Haydon hds., Wed., Star Plantation ; Sat., Capon's Cleugh.
Mr. Hellier's lids., Tues., Tower on the Moor ; Thurs.,
Burgh on Bain; Sat., Haugh-104.
Wigton lads. Thurs., Red Deal; Fri., Church Hill.
Oakley lads.:Thurs., KempstOn Wood; Sat., Putnoe Wood
--1 to 11'.
• Puckeridge hds., Wed. Waddington ; Sat., Cumbelow-10i.
North- Huish hrrs., Wed.; Skerraton Gate; Sat, Brown-
ston. Cross-10.-
Mr. Roe's hds., ,Wed., Kingston Village ; Fri., Holbeton
Tillage-10.
Sir Henry Seale's lads., Tues., Slapton Bridge; Fri., Holum
Cot-101/2.
Tindale hds., Thurs., Cocklan Water-mill-101/2.
Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Eadington ; Fri., Butterwe
101/2.
POLI

Ch INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Henry Robert Ealy, aged 15, was brought up before
Mr. Long for robbing the till of his employers, the
Messrs. Gunter and Co., Berkeley-square, of 31. 18s.
Thomas Foreman, an assistant in the shop of Messrs.
Gunter and CO., said the till bad been robbed on a pre-
vious occasion, arid late on Thursday night, with a view
to discover the party, he put a particular mark on each
piece of money in the till, there .being in all 41. in silver
there. He then locked the till and laid the key on the
usual place. Every one connected with the shop knew
the place where the key lay. On Friday morning he
found the till locked. and the key where he had left it,
but on opening it he saw that the whole of the money
was taken out except two shillings.
Police-constable 115 C, said he- was called into the
Messrs. Gunter by the lakt witness on Friday. He
called all the men and apprentices into a back room.
They first searched the apprentices, and the prisoner,
who is one of them, gave up the key of his drawer, and
conducted him (the constable) into his bedroom. Ort
opening the drawer he discovered 34 18s. in silver,
which the former witness identified as the same that he
had marked the previous evening, and put into the till.
Mr. Bishop, one of the partners of the house, begged
that the magistrate would remand the prisoner till
another day, in hope of discovering the boy's accom-
plices. He produced two letters found in the sam4
drawer with the money, the contents of which were not
made known, but which were of a nature to implicate
others not at present in custody.
'Mr. Lost: said the case against the prisoner was clear
and complete. If the applicant could state to him any.
thing against others on evidence upon which he could
act, he might then remand the prisoner, but in the
absence of that he saw no reason for granting the
application.
The prisoner said he felt very sorry for what he had
done, and he had never been in a cell before.
Mr. LONG committed him to Newgate to take his trial.
After the morning charges were over, John Calf,
the landlord of the Round Table Tavern, St. Martin's-
court, craved the indulgence of the magistrate, while he
complained of a report which had appeared in the
Globe newspaper of Tuesday last. In the case of Charlotte
Long, a woman committed for drunkenness and dis-
orderly conduct, that newspaper had stated, in the evi-
dence of the policeman, that " the prisoner had just
been turned out of the Round Tower Tavern, in the
above court. It was a common occurrence with the
landlord of that house to let such characters as the pri-
soner stop in the house till they got in a beastly state of
intoxication, and thin to turn them out. Thure were
generally three or four turned out in that state every
night." Mr. Calf said the report was utterly false, even
by the testimony of the police themselves, who had in-
variably given his house a good character for quietness
and order. He had besides the signatures of most re-
spectable gentlemen to the same effect ; and he felt sorry
'hat anything so libelous should have found its e ay into
a public print, as it must very seriously injure his
house.