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THAMES.
In reference to the case of M,
serted in The Sun of Thursday,
addressed to Mr. Yardley, the magistrate, who hei. the
application of the unfortunate man for relief, was re-
ceived yesterday, and our reporter was requested to
make it public :

" St. James's, March 31,1848.

BV N, APRIL 1

1848.

[PRICE SD.

" Sir, —I take the liberty of enclosing a Post-office
order for 10s. 6d., which I beg the favour of your kindly
adding to any subscriptions which may be raised for the
relief of Charles Pollen and his young family, this per-
son having been confined for a debt of 21., and treated
like a felon while in prison. Had I known of it
before I would have advanced half of the amount my-
self, and immediately have raised the other half
amongst my friends, sooner than this person should
have been prevented procuring a living for his nu-
merous family. His case is, indeed, one of severe hardship,
and, as you so justly observe, they who incur a debt of
thousands are not so harshly dealt with. I would have
doubled the amount of my subscriptions, but I am sure,
as in the case of Elizabeth Barrett, under the head of
Worship-street Police-office, there will be found more
able than myself to give, and thus a considerable sum
may, I hope, be obtained for their relief. Should I not
find this to be the case, I promise to send a second post-
office order for the like amount.—l am, Sir, with much
respect, your obliged servant,

actually attended to by unskilful persons, and worked
constantly beyond its power.
Sentence deferred.
William Longbottom, aged 35, was indicted for the
forgery of an acceptance to a bill of exchange for the
sum of 101. 15s. 6d., with intent to defraud Edward
Thomas Jones.

plainant—Why, it may be in Queen-square, Bartholo-
mew-close; but—but, I hardly know the number.
Alderman CHALLIS —But we must know for certain
where you live, and at what number. Complainant---
Well, I live there, and at No. 6.
Alderman CHALLIS—What .may be your business?
Complainant (hesitating)—Why, I don't see that I am
compelled to answer that question.
Alderman CHALLIS—But we must know how you get
your living; and if you do not tell I shall lock you up.
Are you supported by your father and mother? Corn-
plsinant--Perhaps I may be. I pay my way, and I
don't see why you should demand of me how I get my

The prisoner was some years in the service of a re-
spectable firm of wool dealers at Rochdale, and on
leaving their service he began business on his own ac-
count; and in November, 1846, was appointed agent to
Mr. Gee, a manufacturing chemist, at Wakefield, and
business was to be conducted in the firm J. F. Gee and
Co., and the prisoner entered into an agreement sot to
sign any bill without the consent of Mr. Gee. Gee and
the prisoner had numerous bill transactions, which re-
sulted in a great deficiency in the estate of Gee. In
February, 1847, Mr. Jones, the prosecutor, bad a claim
on the prisoner for 61. 17s. 7d., and on March 26 the pri-
soner went to his shop, bought a book, and tendered in
payment of the whole account the forged bill directed to
Mr. James Wilson, Austin-friars, London, and purporting
to be accepted by him. Jones, after some hesitation took
the bill, and gave the prisoner 31. 15s. 6d., the balance.
The bill was dishonoured and returned to Jones, who
then applied to Gee, his name being on it as one of the
indorsers, who said that indorsement was a forgery.
In July last a warrant was issued for the prisoner's ap-
prehension, but he was not apprehended till after his
trial (for anothery forgery) at York, when he was
acquitted, in December last. On one of the bills trans-
mitted by the prisoner to Gee, as alleged by Gee, the
latter was tried for forgery at York, in July last, and
acquitted, when the prisoner was a witness for the pro-
secution. In the same month .Gee was made a bank-
rupt. On inquiry, no person of the name of Jas. Wilson
was found in Austin-fnars, but a James William Wilson,
a solicitor, was found, and he now swore the acceptance
was not his, nor did he know anything of the bill till
applied to for payment. It was proved also that the
body of the bill was in the prisoner's handwriting, as
well as the acceptance as to the indorsement, J. F. Gee
and Co. Mr. Gee swore positively it was not his, and
that the prisoner had no authority so to indorse it, nor
any other person.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up, and after going
through the evidence, he told the jury that the question
they had to decide was, were they satisfied, from the
acceptance and indorsement, ,
that the acceptance was
forgery, There was evidence
transaction with Jones, that the
or prisoner knew
them thwaetrethae
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course th e
some time returned a ver-
dict that the prisoner was guilty of forging
o the bth
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wasaforgery. handwriting,
The jury retired, but after and if it were so, o f
ac-
ceptances and the indorsement.
Sentence deferred.

living.
Alderman CHALLIS—But I must know. Complainant
—They say, or put it down, that I was formerly a
clerk.
Alderman CHALLIS then allowed the prosecutor to
state his case, which amounted to his going into a house
of ill-fame with the prisoner, who, he protested, had
stolen his money.
Alderman CHALLIS asked Taylor whether he was
sober at the time of the robbery? Taylor (who through-
out appeared to have been drinking) replied, " As sober
as a judge"—(Laughter)--, and immediately added,
" But what annoyed me most was the damnation sly
way she took it."
Alderman CHALLIS—From your conduct, I shall dis-
charge the prisoner, and fine you ss. for being drunk
and swearing.
Taylor—l hope I shan't stay here long, or I shall
have many such fines.—(Laughter.)
He paid the money and departed.
MAR YLEBONE.

" S. H."
The following subscriptions for Pollett and his family
were also announced by Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, as
having been forwarded to Mr. Yardley. The donors
requested an acknowledgment in The Sun—H. G., lost
Mrs. Gillard, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square, 55.;
J. M., 135.; and T. E., 10s. Mr. Symons directed
Ellis, the chief usher, to communicate with Follett and
his family as early as possible, as it was stated they
of
ereiant great want,
to them.want,aud the money forwarded would be

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 9
dis.—London and North-Western, 124 c.—Ditto, New Quar-
ters 1% p.—Midland, 97—Ditto, Halves, 614 dis.—North
Staffordshire, OA c. dis.—Scottish Central, 26—Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Cheshire, Preference, 2 c. p.—Senth-Eastern
and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 314 elis.—Belfast and Ballymena,
15% dis.
MANCHESTER, MARCH 31.
_ _

Amongst the charges brought up by Inspector Tedman
from the Marylebone-lane, station-house (D division)
was one of a very extraordinary and serious nature
against no less a personage than Robert King, Earl of
Kingston, 35, Alpha-road, Regent's-park, and of
Mickleston Castle, County Cork, for having indecently
assaulted a young man named Cull, withintent tocommit
an unnatural offence.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 545. 6d. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junction, 61% c. dis.—Lancashire and York-
shire, Fifths, 1% dis.— Ditto (West Riding Union), 8X dis.
—Leeds and Think, 213/4 dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction, 2 5.16 dis —London and North-Western
(Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A and B),1 11-16
p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 21AV. p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, Eighths, 5 iis.—Ditto (Grimsby), 50/. Shares,
20 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 dis.—South Staffordshire,
34 die.

The accused, when brought in, was placed at the bar;
he was attired in black, and appeared to be about sixty
years of age. He was asked if he had any witnesses,
and the answer he made was, " No, I have none. I deny
it all."

Mr. LONG remarked, that as the case was one of mis-
demeanour, the defendant was at liberty to leave the
situation in which he was placed, and stand in front of
the bar, which he did.
A gentleman, said to be a member of the House of
teprovided
attorneys'
tto rney
Commons, sat close to him during the proceedings,
n whoad sat
been
locked
al
l nightmagistrate.
at
the
pending which he more than once addressed Sir James
Hamilton, who attended to be sworn in as a special con-
stable,
h eb
The Noble Defendant seemed by no means ill at ease,
although
himselftable withowin
owing
the assistance aasns ist
engagementa n 6
oaft ohni his
and h
own private solicitor. Mr. Justine, from the firm of
d
Maples, Stevens, and Co., Old Jewry, happened to be
sitting a at noth
which he had respecting a railway robbery, and he was
upon the instant specially engaged to conduct the case
for his Lordship.
The inquiry, from the rank of the party named, ex-
cited more than an ordinary degree of interest.
The complainant in the case was called upon and
sworn. He said, my name is George Cull. lam a
painter and glacier, and live at No. 14, Warren- street,
Fitzroy-square. Last night, at half-past ten, as I was
walking down Oxford-street, near Argyll-street, defen-
dant came up to me and asked if the Atlas omnibus
passed that way ? I told him I expeced one by in two
or three minutes, and he remarked that there was no
hurry, and crossed over to Princes-street. I saw
nothing more of him till he got near Sheppard-street,
when he crossed over to me, and at that time an Atlas
buss was coming along. I said to him, there is
a buss
that you wonted ; and he replied, " Oh, never mind, it
is a fine evening, I will walk on, and some more will be
passing." He asked me my name, and what was my
age, and I told him it was twenty-one on the 4th ,of
next May. He asked me if I should like to take a
cigar, and if I had had one in the course of the day,
and I told him I had not. He said he would go and buy
me one, and he went to a shop within one or two doors
from Bond-street, where he purchased one, and brought
it out to me, saying, " I suppose you would like a light
now," and I replied, " Yes, I should." We went into
Woodcock-street, where he laid hold of my hand and
gave me a piece of paper, which I lighted at a fish stall
at the corner of Oxford-street. He then laid hold :of
me by the hand, and asked me if I would cross Oxford-
street with him. I did, and he took me to a gateway at
the back of Marylebone-lane station-house. He then
turned his back against the rails, and caught hold of my
hand and asked me how I liked the cigar. I said it was
a nice one, and I was obliged to him for it. . . .
Complainant here described gross acts of a filthy and
disgusting nature, to which it is impossible for us with
any r, gard to decency further to allude—suffice it to
say that complainant swore distinctly to an indecent
assault,

NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, March 2t.
The business of the assizes for the county palatine of
Chester commenced this day.
Mr. Justice Vaughan 'Williams presided in the
Crown Court. The calendar is unusually heavy, both
in numbers and amount of crime, there being no less
than 110 prisoners for trial, and several for the highest
crimes. The business to-day was devoid of public in-
terest. _

___
Mr. Justice Erie took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court
at ten o'clock. The cause list contains 23 entries, three
of which are for special juries. The cases, however,
tried to-day were unimportant.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Before the ASSISTANT JuDGE.)
The Court sat by adjournment yesterday at the Court-
house, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster.
Mr. Edward Rawson Clarke, a gentleman of sporting
celebrity, surrendered in discharge of his recognizances
to answer an indictment charging him with having
assaulted Joseph Nicholls.
The prosecutor stated that he was clerk to a solicitor,
named Lewis, in Arundel-street, Strand. Mr. Lewis
had a writ against the defendant, and witness was autho-
rised to serve it upon the defendant. He was unable to
meet with him for nearly a month, but on the 19th of
February he saw him at his house, Drayton Villa,
Thistle-grove, Brompton, when he handed him the writ,
enclosed in an envelope. The defendant struck him
with a walking-stick over the head, which broke his hat
and marked his forehead. He attempted to repeat the
blow, but instead of hitting witness, the defendant struck
the door-post.
For the defence Mr. Brierly contended, that no assault
had been committed, and urged that the prosecutor had
acted improperly towards the defendant, having pre-
sented a dirty piece of paper to him at a moment when
engaged with two gentlemen negotiating for the sale of
two race-horses, Bay Middleton and Nell Cooke. De-
fendant refused to receive it, and the prosecutor there.
upon threw the paper on the ground, and walked away.

The defendani'scoachmanand another witness were
called, and they denied that any assault had been com-
mitted.

The ASSISTANT JUDGE said that the only question
for the jury was which side they believed.
The jury found the defendant Guilty.
The ASSISTANT JUDGE said he concurred in the
verdict.

Mr. LONG—While the defendant was with you, and
condtvting himself in the way you speak of, did he make
any remarks either before you went to or when you
arrived at the gate? Complainant—While in the gate-
way he asked me if the cigar didn't keep mo warm, and
do me good, and just at that moment a lady and gentle-
man were passing by; he then lot go of me.
Mr. LONG—Did you at all try to get away from him
while in the gateway? Complainant—l did, Sir; and
tried all I could to extricate myself.
Mr. LoNG—Did you make any observation to him as
to the impropriety of his conduct? Complainant—Yes,
I asked him what he wanted of me, and he then said,
" Ah, ah! good night, my lad." After the lady and
gentleman had passed by, he seized hold of my hand and
asked. me if I would have some ale, and we went to a
public-house in Oxford-street.

The defendant was then ordered to pay a fine of 10/.
to the Queen. This sum was instantly paid, and the de-
fendant was discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
John Roe. a person in the employment of Mr. Knill,
of Thames-street, was brought before the Lord Mayor
for final examination under the following circum-
stances:—
Mr. Knill's men had worked at tho premises on his
wharf, at London-bridge, on Saturday night, until the
usual hour. When about to fasten up the building they
found great difficulty in getting a dog off the premises.
It was in vain they coaxed and threatened; the animal,
which was known to be the property of Roe, could not
be removed until actual violence was used, and he was
at length banged out of the place, and all was made se-
cure, as they supposed. On Sunday morning, in conse-
quence of some arrival, it was necessary for two or three
of the porters to open the warehouse door for the admis-
sion of goods, and to their surprise the instant they did
so out walked the prisoner. In answer to one of the
men, who saw him on the premises, he said he had been
tipsy the night before, having got a little contraband
brandy, and being chased, he had concealed himself in
a cask; and then off he went, apparently excited
and alarmed. Subsequently one of the clerks in the es-
tablishment, upon going down to the wharf, perceived
that the blind of the counting-house window was drawn,
so that a passer-by could not see into the building with-
out an effort. Upon raising himself, and looking over
the blind, he saw that a thief must have been at work,
and ha accordingly got some of the men togethee, and he
soon discovered that a housebreaker had been conducting
his operations within.
Mr. Cox, clerk to Messrs. Knill, stated that perceiving
the blind in a position in which it had not been on the
night before, he suspected foul play, and on looking into
the counting-house he saw the cash drawers lying on the
desk. Upon entering he found that the desk had been
broken open, and that a watch had been stolen from it.
He also ascertained that attempts had been made to
wrench open the iron safe, but that depository had defied
the violence. One of the men then mentioned the odd
incident of Roe's sudden appearance upon the opening of
the warehouse door in the morning, which accounted for
the whole transaction, and the prisoner was accordingly
taken into custody.
Mr. Lambert, superintendent of the wharf, stated that
at a quarter past nine on Saturday night one of the
watchmen called upon him for the key of the warehouse,
in order to receive a quantity of baggage, and ho went
down and saw the goods deposited, and the men who
worked at them depart. At that time the drawers and
desk, and every thing else were safe, and the blinds
were not up, but there was a dog passing up and down
the premises, and it could not be removed without being
very roughly treated. On the Sunday evening the wit-
ness saw that the desk had been wrenched off its hinges,
that a draw had been broken open, and was lying on the
desk, and that considerable violence had been used with
the iron safe.
Mr. Child (of the firm of Wire and Child) attended
for the prisoner, and cross-examined the witnesses, who
deposed to having seen the prisoner come out of the
warehouse on Sunday morning, but they all agreed in
saying that it was impossible that he could have entered
just before they saw him come out.
Tho prisoner said he had been drinking whiskey or
hollands with some friends, and that he could not give
any very reasonable account of the manner in which he
had spent the previous evening. He was committed for
trial.

Mr. LONG-If you had imagined that there was any-
thing improper, would you not have charged defendant
before? Complainant—If I could have seen a constable,
I should have done so.
Complainant, in continuation said—We went into the
private bar of the public-house in Oxford-street, where
defendant, having called for a glass of ale and put down
2d., went away. I told the young man at the bar not
to draw it, as I thought the man was a bad character,
and on my looking out of the front door of the public-
house, I saw defendant running away, and looking back.
On the opposite side of the road I saw a policeman, and
having told him what defendant had been doing, I
crossed er and gave him (defendant) into custody.
Cross-examined by Mr. Justins—This is my first ap-
pearance as a witness. I have never made a charge
rgainst any one before. I work for Clare and Son, paint-
ers, &c., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. On my oath
I have never been charged with any offence. My mother
lives at 29, Warren-street, and is a dress-maker and
milliner. When the lady and gentleman passed along
by the gateway at the time I have spoken of, I should
have mentioned what had happened to me if the gentle-
man whom I saw in Marylebone.lane had been by him-
self. lie had a lady with him, and I thought it too de-
licate a matter to speak of to him while he was in her
company. I have never been charged with any offence.
I'll swear that defendant, when he_left me at the public-
house, went off at a " trot."
Albert White, living as barman with his brother-in-
law, at the Clarendon public-house, 162, Oxford-street,
proved that on the previous night, at the period spoken
of, complainant came into the private bar of the house
with another person, the latter of whom called for a
glass of ale, for which he put down twopence, and went
away. Complainant took up the money, saying, " Never
mind drawing it, for I think he's a rum character." He
then left the house.

Mr. Fell (the chief clerk)—Did the complainant and
the defendant go into any room together, other than the
private bar which has been alluded to. Witness—
They did not.
Mr, LONG—Then after they quitted your house you
saw no more of either of them. Is that so? Witness—
It is, your worship. I have not set eyes on either of
them since, until this morning.
Turner, 77 C, deposed that he was accosted by com-
plainant, from whose information, with regard to the
alleged indecent assault, he took him (defendant) into
custody, upon his being pointed out as the person by
whom he (complainant) had been assaulted in the way
spoken of. When first pointed out to witness, ho
(defendant) was 150 yards off, on the opposite side of
the way.
Mr. Fell—When you took him what did ho say ?
Witness--He said he had done nothing.
Lord Kingston—l said I denied the entire statement.
He was going on to make some further observations,
when his solicitor requested him to be silent and leave
the matter in his hands.
Witness, in continuation, gave evidence as to what
took place when the defendant was captured, and who
had, as alleged, run off, after paying for a glass of ale at
the public-house to which complainant had been invited
' by him to drink.
Mr. LONG— When you took the defendant into custody
was he walking or running? Witness—He was about
a hundred and fifty yards from me when the complainant
crossed over and pointed him out to me, and be was
Duke-
street towards Hyde Park.
walking at a moderate rate, in the direction from Duke-
the shoulder, and
Mr. Loxes—What passed when you took him into
custody? Witness—l touched huim ou t
must come with
said, I beg your pardon, Sir,
b•
Wrist for ;" and I re•
me, if you please.
(complainant) has a very grave
plied, " This youngl was a charge
charge against you ;" he was
he was conveyed to the station-
of indecent assault, and
Innaen said,
old that t
house.
Lord gston—l deny the entire statement.
mr.Kin
witness)—Did he say
Fell anything more that
you can recollect? Witness—On my road to the station•
house, he asked me to let him go ; and
making a stop,
requested that I would allow him to speak to the young
man (complainant). I said he could not do so; but that
at the station he might say what he liked.
Sergeant Jackson, of the D division, gave evidence at
some length with respect to what took place at the sta-
tion-house, when the charge was preferred. He said that
for ten minutes the defendant seemed very much con-
fused, but at last told who and what he was.
Additional evidence, leading to a conclusion of the
defendant's guilt, was gone into before Mr. Long, who,
after being addressed in a most able manner by Mr.
Justins, considered that it was a case which he was
bound to send before a jury. The amount of bail fixed
upon by Mr. Long was—defendant in 5,0001., and two

William Rummin, clerk to Messrs. Welch and Co.,
Cheapside, warehousemen, was brought up charged with
having embezzled carious sums of money, the property
of that firm.

Mr. J. J. Welch, one of the partners in the house of
Welch and Co., stated that it was the duty of the prisoner
to account to the cashier for the different sums he re-
ceived by their authority, in the evening, or the morrow
at farthest, of the day on which he was paid. There were
several cases in which he had not accounted for the cash
he received.

Mr. James Walker, of 59, Threadneedle-street,
hosier, stated that on the 11th of March, 1848, he paid
the prisoner, upon account of Messrs. Welch and Co ,
the sum of 18/. 7s. 6d., in a cheque which was returned
paid.
Mr. William Hamper, of 56, Threadneedle-street,
stated that on the 25th of February, 1848, he paid
23/. 7s. 6d. to the prisoner on the account of the pro-
secutors.
There were four other distinct cases of embezzlement
entered into for the prosecution.
Mr. Welch stated that the prisoner had not accounted
to the firm in any one of the cases specified.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
GUILDHALL.

A girl of bad character, well known as a most accom-
plished individual in saving parties the trouble of carry-
ing their own property, was brought before Alderman
Challis, charged with robbing a complainant, named
Taylor, of 3s. 6d.
Alderman CIIALLIS—What is your name ? Com-
plainant—Why, ah! I hardly know. It's William
Taylor,
Alderman CHALLIS—Where do you live? Com-