The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Francis Charman, one of the cashiers in the banking-
house of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., in Lembard-
street, was brought up in the custody of Daniel Forres-
ter, the officer, charged with having stolen a Bank of
England note for 10!., the property of the firm.
Mr. Mullen, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, solici-
tors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against
Forgeries and Frauds, attended for the proseCution.
Mr. William Deane, clerk to Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
stated that, on the 24th of July a Bank of England note
for 101., and numhersd and dated 61,321, 4th of April,
4 his hands in the house, and he entered it,
together was
raws in
with other notes which he received on that day.
He made the entry from the note itself; and deposited it
with the other notes.
Mr. James 13. Cavalus, also a clerk in the house, said
be recollected having made the balancing of the notes on
the day in question, and having found the balance short
by 101. He had examined the books himself, and taken
the particulars of the whole of the notes received, and
he accounted for all with the exception of the 101. note,
No. 61,321. The prisoner was one of the cashiers, and
had access to the bank-notes.
Mr. R. Bevan, a partuer in the firm of Barclay and
Co., stated that he had on that morning spoken to the
prisoner on the subject of the missing money, and told
him that he was suspected of having taken it. At first
the prisoner denied that he was the guilty person, but
upon being afterwards told that the 101. note had been
traced to his brother, he said it was of no use to deny it
any longer, and he confessed that he had taken it. No
promise at all had been made to him.
The prisoner, upon being asked whether ho was desi-
rous to say anything, made no observation. He was
then at the request of Mr. Mullens, remanded fur a
Ite
appeared that he had been for some time employed
iwnet lk:e. sovereign department of the establishment, and
that at various times sovereigns had been missed, and
had never been accounted for. At last, however, the
prisoner obtained leave of absence for some days, and
during the whole period of his absence no money was
missed. The suspicion was thus fixed upon him, and a
sharp watch was, of course, kept upon his-movements.
W. IL Smith, a clerk in the employment of Messrs.
Nicholson, Besley, and Co., wharfingers and warehouse-
men, was brought up in the custody of Michael Hayden,
the officer, charged with having plundered his employers
of property to the amount of 1051. es. 7d.
The solicitor for the prosecution said the prisoner was
foreman of the fruit department, and that about two
months ago he had suddenly abseeted himself without
permission. Suspecting thal &s_:, nasty was the cause
conduct, the
infirtmhe took stock, and found a eon-
prisoner never returned Untrishoins
osifdseurcahblere'ms
employers` threatened
to put his name in the Ilia and Cry, and then he re-
turned, and on Friday presented himself to Mr. Besley,
who, upon being assured that he could satisfactorily
account for the deficiency, perm:tee" • im to be at large,
that he might have a full opportueey of acquitting him-
self of the imputation, until Tuesday, when it was con-
sidered necessary to give him into custody.
Mr. Frederick Besley stated that the prisoner entered
the employment of the firm on the 9th ei February, 1847,
and on the 30th of last May left their service without
notice. Witness inquired personally et his house in the
Wlntechapel-road, but could not Lim. The prisoner,
however, called oti Friday at tha warehouse, and was
told of the amount of the deficiency, and he then said he
could give a satisfactory explanation. Upon his return
on Tuesday to give the required explanation, he failed
iu the attempt.
The prisoner, who requested to be furnished with a
copy of the alleged deficiencies in the fruit warehouse,
and was told he should be imtnodt supplied with the
document, was then remanded for a week.
William Crisp, an able-bodied Somersetshireman, was
charged by Mr. Thwaites, the relieving overseer to the
City of London Union, with having endeavoured to obtain
ss. by means of a forged order, purporting to be the
order of Mr. Ruddick, one of the guardians of the union.
Thu case was clearly provedeand the prisoner was sen-
tenced to imprisonment and hard labour in Br idewell for
the term of six weeks.
WORSHIP-STREET.
DESPERATE ATTACK UPON A BROKER.—A married
woman, named Anne Conway, was charged before Mr.
Hanunill with having attempted to stab Mr. William
West, a broker in the Hackney-road, and also with
violently assaulting Joseph Palmer, one of his men.
It appeared from the evidence, that, pursuant to in-
structions he had received from the landlord of a house
in which the prisoner's husband occupied apartments,
the complainant West went there with two of his men
that morning, to levy a distress for rent, but had no
sooner communicated the object of his visit than the pri-
soner, in a state of great excitement, caught up a table
keite, and threatened to stab them with it unless they
instantly left the premises. Without further parley she
commenced a furious attack upon, them, and made a sud-
den stab at the broker's breast, which ho fortunately
parried with his stick, and knocked the weapon out of
her hand. The prisoner then made towards the fire•
place, and seizing hold of the poker renewed the attack
with such impetuosity that they were compelled to make
a precipitate retreat; and having obtained the assistance
of a policeman they returned to the house and gave her
into custody.
Police-constable Lee, 179 11, stated that upon entering
the room ho found the prisoner brandishing a poker,
and declaring that she would dash out the brains of the
first man who approached her; but he succeeded, with
some difficulty, in disarming her, ,and conveyed her to
the station. house.
In defence, the prisoner said that her husband had
been for a lung time out of work, and finding that their
little things were about to be swept away by the brokers,
her feelings so fur got the better of her that she
certainly drove them out of the room, but positively
denied having used a knife or any other weapon for the
purpose.
Me. lIImmiLL remarked that she had been guilty of
a most serious outrage, and ordered her to pay a pe-
nalty of 51, or to be committed in default for two months
to the House of Correction.
LAMBETH.
Amelia Glover, who was on Monday remanded on a
charge of throwing a man out of a window, by,which he
was most severely injured, was yesterday brought up
for re-examination, and, some further evidence having
been taken against her, she was committed fur trial.
WANDS WORTH.
John Brown, aged 41, a gardener, was placed in the
dock before Mr. Painter, charged with criminally as-
saulting Sarah Beadle, an old woman, 76 years of age.
The prosecutrix, who is very infirm, but otherwise
seems to possess all her faculties unimpaired, stated that
she is a widow, and lived at Wimbledon; she had known
the prisoner many years as living in the neighbourhood.
On Monday last, about noon, prosecutrix was in a field
near the Warren farm and adjoining Wimbledon com-
mon, picking up dry sticks, when three men passed her,
one of them carrying a gun. Soon afterwards the pri-
soner, who was not one of those men, came up to her and
said " Good morning," and she returned the salutation.
He then, without saying anything more, took indecent
liberties with her and threw her on the ground. She
screamed and got away from him a few yards, when he
again threw her down; and although she resisted as far
as her strength would permit her, he succeeded in per-
petrating the offence.
Other facts were elicited by the Magistrate from the
prosecutrix, which fully established the commission of
the felony; and the charge was sustained by the evi-
dence of the old woman's nephew, and that of another
man who witnessed the assault.
Mr. PAYNTER committed the prisoner to take his trial
at the Surrey Assizes.

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SALE OF THE PEMBROKE COLLECTION or COINS.—
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citOjiooeal Nebo' trfoi rkndae,ar fromyeu ptc h
aad vlsaei nuogdbt. naaeeticedencant
by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, the auctioneers,
of IVellington street, Strand. The sale, on account
of the number of lots and the extreme rarity of the
coins, will extend over a period of twelve days.
Monday was devoted to the disposal of a portion of the
English coins, which fetched most extraordinary high
prices, as the following notice of a few of the most re-
markable coins will show :—A penny of Offa, King of
Mercia, in a most extraordinary state of preservation,
sold for 10 guineas ; whilst a penny of Cynethryth,
his Queen, produced the large sum of 31/. ; Wiglaf,
King of Slercia, a penny struck between the years 825
and 839, sold for 301. Kings of Northumbria—A
penny of Sitric, in a most perfect state, and considered
unique, struck A.D. 915, sold for 401.; a penny of Anlaf,
another of the Kings of Northumbria, extremely rare,
sold for 23/. To give some idea of the size and thick-
ness of these coins it may here be stated that the
heaviest did not weigh more than 20 grains. Among
the ecclesiastical coins a penny dedicated to St.
Martin, having on the obverse a sword and " Sei
Marti," and struck at Lincoln in the eighth century,
sold for 16 guineas; a penny of Vulfred Archbishop of
Canterbury, in perfect condition and unique, sold for
Si. 2s. 6d.; Viginund Archbishop of York, A.D. 851,
a gold solidus weighint, 67 grains, having on the ob-
verse a bust with lull face, and on the reverse a cross
within a wreath—this perfect and unique coin sold for
59/.; a silver penny of Henry Bishop of Winchester,
the illegitimate brother of Stephen, unique, and in per-
fect preservation, except a small piece broken off the
edge, and weighing but 15 grains, sold for 201. 103.
Among the Anglo-Saxon coins (pennies) of the sole
Monarchs, one of Ecgbercht, struck A.D. 800, sold for
16/. 55.; and one of the Harthacot, struck 1042, sold
tor 171. Of the English coins, a penny of Henry I. sold
for 111.; and one of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, his
illegitimate son, the latter being tho only specimen
known, except the one in the British Museum, sold for 11/.
10s.; a penny of Eustace, son of Stephen, extremely rare,
sold fur 17/. 10A. Henry VII., a shilling struck in the
year 1504, and the first coin known by the name of a
piece,fi n e oann-
shilling, a coin of extreme rarity on account of there
being but two or three extant; it sold for 22/. A
testoou, or shilling of Edward VI sold for 15/,
Charles 1., a 20 shilling piece of the Oxford Mint,
or half-
sovereign,sdtirtuiocnk, isnoldthefoyr ea2r511.6410-Is,..inaacnureioxutsreTieeglyaei,
4,..lll7aLt;the present coin
oblong piece of silver, rudely iinpressed with, a castle,
struck at Scarborough, sold for 24/. 10s. The follow-
ing among Rita English coins in gold were most remark-
able—a noble of Henry IV., struck before his thirteenth
a ryal,
yeilr,lad Ooffigireenartyr rarity,
11., ss
oo
rare
is believed to be the second or third known, sold for 100
guineas; a double ryal, or sovereign, of the same mo-
narch, sold for 221. The ears sale produced upwards
of 850/., the coins fetching higher prices than were ever
known before.
We understand the Queen Dowager contemplates
visiting the isle of Wight in th' •arse of next month,
and it is very probable will reside either at Cowes or
Ityde a month or six weeks.
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BANQUEf:Tlgjciioe:ErlriGriTO LIEUT.-GENERAL
SIR CHARLES J. NAPIER, G.C.B.
Yesterday the members of the Junior United Service
Club gave a grand entertainment to Lieut. General Sir
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invited to meet the Gallant General ; and among the
members of the club present at the entertainment were
Major-General H. Daubeny, K.H. ; Colonel W. Mac-
adam, K. 11., late Bth Regiment ; Colonel Dancey, R. A.,
Colonel C. M. Hay, Coldstream Guards ; Colonel E. H.
Robinson, Colonel L. S. Dickson, Colonel Pennefather,
C. 8., 22d Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Macpherson,
Lieutenant-Colonel Harriott, Lieutenant- Colonel V.
Dunne, M.P., Lieutenant-Colonel Pettit, 50th Regiment;
Lieutenant-Colonel Alderson, R.E. ; Lieutenant-Colonel
Oldtield, Bengal Cavalry ; Lieutenant-Celonel J. Cox,
late Rifle Brigade ; Lieutenant.-Colonel Justin Shiel,
K. L. S. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Lieutenant.-Col.
Taylor, M.P., Lieut.-Col. Brookes, 24th Regt. ; Lieut.-
Colonel Manes; Majors P. P. Neville, F. H. Stephenson,
Napier (Cape Mounted Rifles), M`Malion, Stack, Al-
drick, R. E. Conway, 22•1 Regiment; Harvey, 87th
R-giment; Macready, S. Cole, Q. Vivian, Tyler, 16ta
Lancers; Jeffreys, 88th Regiment. Captains H. G.
Boldero, M.P.; Sir T. J. Burke, ALP.; W. Edwards,
86th Regiment; G. G. Malet, Bombay Cavalry; Brown,
late 100th Regiment; Evan Macpherson, lath Dragoons;
Clement Johnson, Linskill, late sth Dragoon Guards;
Robert Miller, late 2d Dragoons; J. Temple Bowdoin,
late 4th Dragoon Guards; George Jefferies, Knowles,
50th Regiment; Hart, late 94th Regiment; J. Batters •
bee, T. 11. Preston, J. Campbell, 7th Dragoon Guards;
R. Shubrick, sth Madras Native Infantry; D'Arey,
94th Regiment; W. F. Vernon, late 68th Regiment;
Graham Henry, J. Hillier. Lieutenants F. S. Deshon,
22d Regiment; E. Morris, late 54th Regiment; James
Campbell, late 13th Bengal Native Infantry; R. H.
Webster, lute 9th Regiment; Stoddart Douglas, M. P.,
, R.N.; Mr. C. G. Dupid, M.P., Mr. S. Petrie (Deputy
Assistant Commissary-General), Mr. H. Angelo, &c.
Captain H. G. Boldero, IMP., presided, supported on
the right hand by Sir Charles Napier and Sir John Mac-
donald, and on the left by the Earl of Ellenborough and
Sir W. Napier.
The banquet was served in the grand saloon, covers
being laid for sixty persons.
On the removal of the cloth, the Gallant Chairman
proposed the " Health of her Majesty the Queen," which
was responded to with the greatest enthusiasm.
The other loyal toasts having been duly responded to,
The CHAIRMAN said he regretted the absence of the
illustrious Duke at the head of the army, on an occasion
when they had met to do honour to a gallant officer, who
had so ably maintained the reputation of English valour
when in a distant country. They had, however, the pre-
sence of a gallant member of the staff, who assisted
greatly, in conjunction with the illustrious Duke, in
promoting the interests and efficiency of the British
army. He should, therefore, give them "The Duke of
Wellington and the Army, coupling therewith the name
of Sir John Macdonald."
The toast having been duly honoured.
Sir JOHN MACDONALD said he rejoiced at being pre-
sent at an entertainment given in compliment to a
brother officer, one than whom no braver man ever led
an army. The Gallant General, at some length, expressed
his high admiration of the military career of Sir Charles
Napier, and paid a well-merited compliment to his great
services in India. After dwelling on the high state of
efficiency of the British army at present, and his confi-
dence in the loyalty of the troops, the Gallant General
concluded by stating, that when he commenced his
career in the army his prospects were very humble, and
he wished that all young officers present would re-
member the motto of the Junior United Service,' Never
despair."
The CHAIRMAN, on again rising, remarked that he
did not see an officer of the sister service present, and he
only regretted that there was not a jolly old Commodore
to witness with what warmth the mere suggestion of
" The Navy" as the next toast, would bo received.
The toast was cordially responded to.
The CHAIRMAN, on again rising, expressed the plea-
sure the company had experienced at the presence of one
of the most distinguished men in the British service. It
was not his intention to dwell in detail on his brilliant
services, for it would only be necessary for him to remind
those around him that had it fallen to his (Sir Charles
Napier's) lot to have retired from the service from his
wounds, and ho had plenty of them—(Cheers)—he
would have retired crowned with honour, glory, and re-
nown. Thank God he had been spared, and might he
long live to lead some of those present that evening.—
(Cheers.) Ile would pass over his gallant career in the
Peninsula, and in various parts of the globe until he
planted his country's flag in Sinde. There he had
achieved two exploits almost unknown in the history of
the world; with a handful of men, for he commanded
1,501) against 23,000 on one occasion—(Cheers)—and
against an enemy by no means deficient in scientific
knowledge or martial courage worthy a better cause,
the Gallant General had the head to plan and the heart
to execute. He had a brave body of men under him,
and the example he displayed gave them confidence, for
there was no danger they would not encounter, or fatigue
they would not endure.—(Cheers.) Having said that
much, he would propose to them the " Health of Lieute-
nant-General Sir Charles Napier, and long might he
live."—(Loud cheering.)
The toast was drunk with three times three.
Sir CHARLES J. NAPIER, G.C.8., on rising, was cor-
dially greeted by the company. lie said he could not
be otherwise than highly gratified with the flattering
testimony of their approbation. He received this mark
of their regard as he received all compliments, as due to
the bravest of troops. They had fought two battles,
Meeanee and Hyderabad, in a manner which required
no eulogium. The young soldiers in their advance were
met with fire and sword—(Cheers)—and their steadiness
was admirable against the overwhelming foe. He could
not separate the Queen's from the Company's officers,
for their conduct on those occasions was meritorious be-
yond all praise, for they were always to be found in the
front cheering their men on.—(Cheers.) He could not
arrogate to himself that which was not due, and he was
sure they would all agree those battles were desperately
fought and desperately won.—(Cheers.) He saw before
him a brother officer (Colonel Pennefather) who had led
on the 22d Regiment in two successive engagements, and
he could bear testimony that that regiment had been se-
verely tried. The Gallant General then adverted to the
commerce of India, after 20 years' peace in Europe, and
claimed the attention of the company to point out what
had been done for commerce in India, while that country
was under the Governorship of the Earl of Ellenborough.
Sir Charles, at considerable length, said, that up to the
period of the Noble Earl going to India, the Indus and
its tributaries—forming an inland navigation of 2,000
miles—was closed by the Ameers, and all their towns
and harbours were strongly fortified against friend and
foe. Sinde, during the Earl's administration, was at-
tached to the British dominions, and, in doing so, he
opened those 2,000 miles, and all the nations on the left
bank of the Sutlej, to British commerce and enterprise.
—(Cheers.) The Gallant General then pointed out the
great facilities that Sinde afforded for the enterprise of
the merchants of this country and India ; and, after as-
serting that he had made these observations as the policy
in Sinde was not generally well known, he concluded by
drinking " Prosperity to the Junior United Service Club
and all their very good healths."
The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of the Earl of
Ellenborough."
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH acknowledged the com-
pliment, and expressed the high gratification he had ex-
perienced in being of their party to do honour to a gal-
lant and esteemed ornament of the British army.
The Earl of ELLENSOROUGH rose, and said he had the
permission of their Gallant Chairman to propose a toast.
It was " The health of his Gallant Friend, Sir William
Napier."—(Cheers.) His Lordship expressed his admi-
ration of his literary as well as his military ability, and
brought to a conclusion a pleasing speech, by saying that
he perused the records of the British victories from the
pen of his Gallant Friend with far greater delight than
any book he had before read.—(Laughter and cheers.)
The toast was drunk with warm applause.
Sir W. NAPIER returned thanks.
Colonel L. S. DicresoN said, with the kindness of the
favour
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health
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Chairman, he was allowed to propose the next toast. He
would give " The health of a gallant brother of their dis-
tinguished guest, Lieut.-General Sir George Napier, late
Governor of the Cape of Good Hope," whose absence
from England woad account for his not being with them
on that occasion. Lie need not mention the services of
that Gallant General, as Isis claims to distinction were
too well known. The toast was cheerfully drunk.
Major WM. NlriEu briefly replied, ou behalf of his
father.
The Earl of ELLENUOROITGR rose, and, after some in-
troductory observations, gave "The health of their gal-
lant chairman, Captain H. G. Boldero." The health
was cordially responded to, and when silence was
father, the ob-
tained,Vice-Chair-
man, General Sir C. NAPIER saidinbe reply, had s
abiyd thehe
Captain 11. G. BOLDER°, M.P., rose to acknowledge
of the chair, the great pleasure
conferred on
the particularly gratifying manner his name had been
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man, who commanded the 22d."—(Loud cheers.)
him than had been done him by the Gallant General.
He only did' his duty.—(Cheere.) Ile only attempted to
follow in the General's footsteps, and if he please him
he only accomplished all ho wished.—(Cheers )
This was the last toast, and the company shortly after-
wards broke up.
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THE RESULT Of THE MIXED GAUGE.—The mixed
gauge, applied as is proposed on the Oxford, Birming-
ham!), and Wolverhampton lines, will not really diminish
the evils of diversity of gauge. It is true that in theory
the mixed gauge may seem to save the break of gauge
to the district and towns to whioh a mixed line is ex-
tended; but, on the other hand, it establishes a break at
each end of the mixed gauge line: for example, by lay-
ing the mixed gauge between Oxford and Rugby, the
district between Oxford and Rugby is theoretically saved
a break of gauge; but Oxford and Rugby themselves in
turn become the sites of breaks of gauge, at one or other
of which all traffic from the narrow gauge to a broad
gauge district, or vice versa, must be transferred. Again,
every new line, and every new branch intersecting a
mixed-gauge line, must either cause a break of gauge in
one direction or the other, or otherwise be on the mixed
gange itself, so that " the brcak of gauge cannot be re-
medied by the mixture of gauges until such mixture be-
comes co-extensive with railways themselves."—From
Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Loc/e's Report.
THE NEWMARKET AND CHESTERFIELD RAILWAY.
—A very superior description of carriages is being used
upon this railway. The third class are fitted with plate
glass windows and handsomely painted, and the second
class are lined with stuffed cushions, and.ore extremely
comfortable,