The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-12 00:00:00

SOUTIITVARK.

James Ling, a tall thin fellow, well known to the po-
lice, was charged before Ur. Seeker with brea!ing into
an uninhabited house, reputed to b • haunted, at the
corner of Stamferd•street, and stealing a copper, the
property of Mr. Reid, to whom the premises also belong.
A policeman of the L division stated that about two
o'clock that morning he was passing the house, and per-
ceiving the hall door open he entered. and by the light
of his bull's-eye saw the prisoner making his escape at
tie rear with a large copper on his shoulder. The pri-
soner. however, dropped the copper, tut was secured in
fire
his attempt to jump over a high wall The frolic, man
added that the house in question, with others adjoining
in a similar state of dilapidation, gave the police a great
deal of trouble, owing to a rumour that the) were
haunted, whisk caused croe ds to asstmble, who demo •
fished all the windows with qeee,.
'The prisoner made a sin-eular defence. He sail that
hevi I
s Ni
g. • a 5
open
I,e went in for shelter from the rain ; that, while
.do"ilwninoßlitttah:"smtaPiracansd seeing the door of the house
staircase, he was alarmed on seeing
what he thought was a ball of fire approaching him.
Being tried to make his esclpe, and
fell over frightened,yer
e nipper,
he
er,and then found what he first mis-
o:Lbsubsienessasi,d
took for a ball of - fire was the policcroln's bull's-eye
lantern.
He was committed.
A tall emaciated looking woman entered the court
atrb(altmZiewas an invarS,
the followire"
and that about eighteen months ago she became a pa-
tient to a mesmeric doctor, and had been frequently
operated upon by him at variter, exhibitions. On the
nearly at tile C' i
statementi S
last occasion when he mesmerised her he heat her and
brutally ill used her, and, to add to his iniquities, he bed
plundered her of almost every article she possessed
She had en various occasions attempted to seek protk.c•
thin from his violence, and gave notice to the police of
the robbery ; but she being still under mesmeric influ-
ence was prey( nted from describing other serious east'.
alli.• a which had befallen her since she placed herself in
such hands. Every time she went ,ut for that purpose
she saw the mestner-ser's lemd putting rarer in her
taco ; he :.ctuall) had her mind under ei,toro!, and at the
prey, nt tnoment she felt under his influ,nee. She here
handed in a long written statement, which set forth her
grievances.

n;oatNA laers;)siSin.
sett,:
ikteer,
her,
saftera(ls hti
nhgep e2rzuos.i
offenceng
It the‘,wllai
espi:tvi Paper,
esxaittri
complained
tc;
rol
11 trl;(!ri,
on her part that she should allow any person to try ex-
perimenti upon her. The best thing she eon Id do.
tssi
hi
pni 1
geecl:pixt:i
,i.ra:,:d.nse
however, was to talie„the adv;c,, of her rel,ttives, who
were the best per.ions ri app!y to I,:r pr.t-cron.
The applicliit, who ha,tily gathertrl up ilt7a. papers.
then left the court.
HAM M FRSM I TH.
man, sha,,b„. about 22 years of
age, named James Jones, wai tir,ught up falore Mr
(3- Clive, the stair g magistrate. on a ‘vntrzAit. eharg
Margaret .krsltng a female of r speczable ,ippear-
of September last b. he wet to the prisoner's house in
ideposrd that ~n the 23,1
mirni,g
James. Street, Kensington. and saw him, and toll him
,rie he said 6' I know it, it's
linen." I a,!d "No it,'s money; 275." Vie prisoner
oANaii,nrolaltnyihwD.,
4ot:oNi,
),:tll,:aritilitttilia,eielriCiss.llll:llo,a(inirl,:,s:s. dressed.
. e: nf a
ISs :et f :red:
cae young,
'"id if I could all. ad to give lOs. he would sh,w tee
a very poor wointlaTri, aittalihh Ala-s.
saild t'i'ffullbiiVle'‘uaps
.my mind to give him los. I was to send him a I,tt, r
in therho
and after
saw
noon. The went to his house
him, and he asked me if I had g..t the 10i. I said
nextaldo,
Ibr
y, s, and he told me to put tie money on what 1 con-
sidered a fn,. ral ;all, and ordered me out of the room
lie was the,
alone in the room, and in two or th, e
minutes he celled me back and ailed use if I knew the
party, I v•til no. 11,- had Ihree knives in the room,one
of which he took up, and pr.- t,nded to cut his hai.d. Ile
then took a
gl ,ss from under the foneral i all, :old,
putting d me if thate as I i,e per
e
son' I saw the h-ad of a finalo in the em 's. I t,'l
a candle befur it, a-kr
him I could s {ear to nobody, and he ask, d me if I did
not know tho --___-.? He then said, Mr. Jokes could d.,
the hand, and said I should bo sure to have my money
again the following
no rfl' I's'. Mr. Jones never told a lie ; and shook me by
day. I told my master all about it.
I have nevtr had the money.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said he did not
know that he was violating the law by telling fortuneA.
Mr. Cl'/E, however, dispelled his ignorauc- en the
matter by sending him io prison for three months,
adding to his confinement the comfort of hard labour.

ILLSF.SS OF MISS 11. FAUCIT.—It is with much
regret s'ate that Miss H. Faceit is still incapable,
from severe illness, of fulfilling
any of her provi-cial
eriLragumpnts,

TIM SHERIFFS' CHAPLAINS —Mr. Sheriff Chailli
has appointed the. Rev. 1)r. Mortimer to be his chaplain
during the year of his shrievalty ; Mr. Sheriff Kennard
has appointed as his chaplain the Rev. W. Webster, M.A.

HIGHLAND PASSES.
The notice which our northern contemporaries have
takt n of our reEratks on the attempt to close up Glen
Lui Beg, in the Cairngorm mountains, shows us that we
have done a negative injustice in stating that Scottish.
Taidlords are not chargeable with the same exclusive
,pirit. There is at least, we find, one flagrant example
in ti e case of the Athol property, still in the same hands
in which it has been fur some years, though the title has
recently fallen to a new holder. When we heard that the
Duke of Athol was stopping access to Glen Tilt, we at
first believed that some accidental circumstance had given
rise to the rumour, for the path through the glen is an
old highway which has been used for centuries, and is
'mentioned in all the guide-books and itineraries, and
aid down in all the maps, as the thoroughfare from the
valley ( f the Tay to that ( f the Dee. We have now, how-
ever, ascertained beyond a doubt, that the example of
the Duke of Leeds has been followed by his neighbour.
A few more such examples will effectually close the high-
lands.

Every one knows how easily mountain passes are de-
fended, and how effectually in turbulent times the inte-
rior country has been preserved by small forces at the ex-
tremities of the glens. This is the policy about to be
pursued by the game preservers in the hi blends; and
we may see in the two instances before us, how effective
it will be if the law allow it. The valley through which
be Glen Tilt road past cs is about twenty miles long. It
has been generally used by travellers passing on Prot or
on horseback from the borders of the Tay to Brae-
mar and the other villages in the upper districts of
Aberdeenshire. The distance by this path from Blair
Athol at the opening of Glen Tilt to Braemar is
twenty-six miles; and if the traveller submits to be
turned back by the Duke of Athol's servants, his
nearest route is to descend to Blair Gowrie, and pro-
ceed by Spital of Glenshie, provided he do not find
when he reaches it that that pass also is closed. He
will thus add at least thirty miles to his previous dis-
tance of twenty-six. To put one's fellow-beings to
so much inconvenience is a great privilege, and the
man who can do it may well boast of his power, if
" 'twere done when 'tis done."

The extremity of the pass through Glen Tilt touches
the territories of the Duke of Leeds. We are not quite
sure whether his Grace's interdict extends to this point;
but if it do so, the who'.43 of Cc mountain district between
the Tay and the Spey will be isolated and unapproach-
able. If the reader desires to have an idea of the extent

of territory thus closed up, he will find that he can easily
mark it on an ordinarily large map of Europe. If the
law which the Duke of Athol prescribes to himself were
law on the- Alps, four or five proprietors could cut off
the intercourse between Italy and the rest of Europe.
We are mistaken in the character of the people of Scot-
laud if they submit to this.—Examiner.