The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-12 00:00:00

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FEBRUARY 1.2 1848.

Bennett, Ellen Henry, W. Parrett, Charles Talbot,
Philip Pye, George Beddle, Francis Griffiths, Thomas
Striven, Henry Young, Mary Harvey, Samuel Phil-
lips, Ellen Martin,Warrender Reed, George Harding,
John M'Mather, Edward Foley, Henry John 'El-
lidge, John Holmes, James Clark, Mary Ann Murray,
John Dean, and William Stevens.
For Four Months and under—Sixty-three.
Sentenced to be Whipped—Joseph Purnell, the
younger. aged 14.
Acquittals—Rclert Wall, John Jacobs, Lucy
Wright, Ann Williams, Mary Tanner, Louis Fran-
cois Barent, James Fitzpatrick, Edward: Smith,
Henry Osborne alias Toms, Ann Bishop, Betsy Lee,
Tomas Jones, Samuel Smith, Thomas Cole, Lavinia
Roberts, Henry Warren, John Bushell, James Jen-
nings, Ann Brown, Martha Mathews, John Curtis,
William M‘Lean, William Quelch, Montague Kelly,
James Flanagan, George Bell, Emma Carter, William
Stone, Susan Jones, Evan Jenkins, Thomas Everard,
John Bevan, William Anthony, George Newcomb,
John Ronan, Mary Ann Larkin, George Trent,
Thomas Moorso, Robert Maule, Eliza Orrell, William
Lee, Louisa Moore, Edward Walker, John Verrall,
John Quincey, John Carney, and Stephen Eversfield.
The bills against Ann Rimington and Sarah Hunt
were thrown out by the grand jury.
The committals were :—London 52, Middlesex
140, Kent 8, Essex 6, and Surrey 44—Total 250.
The Court stands adjourned until the 28th inst.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSIO2V-HOUSE.
fumes Yates, a person of respectable appearance and
family, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with having stolen a silver tankard, the property of
the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Gracechurch-
street.
The prisoner, it appeared from the evidence of the
waiter and a gentleman who was sitting in the coffee-
room when the robbery was committed, walked in on
Saturday last, and ordered luncheon, and requested
to be served with some ale in a tankard. He paid
the bill and sent the tray away, but retained the
tankard under a newspaper on the table. About a
quarter of an hour afterwards, he left the coffee-room
having been first seen to pocket the tankard, and
when he got to the end of the gateway was stopped
by the waiter. The moment he found he was de-
tected, he said, " Oh, my God!" and appeared to be
completely paralyzed. He neither attempted to get
away, nor make any resistance. The policeman into
whose custody he was given found in his pockets
Ss. 7id., and a duplicate. The tankard is worth
31. 10s.
The prisoner's solicitor, upon being asked whether
he was desirous to say anything for the defence, re-
plied that he should wait for the trial, which he saw
must take place.
The prisoner—All I wish to say is, that I did not
order the ale in the silver tankard ; I merely ordered
it in a tankard.—Committed for trial.

George Wooli3 was brought up for final examin-
ation, charged with having stolen a cheque for 501.,
the property of his employer, Mr. C. L. Mosley,
gold pen-maker. He had been entrusted with the
cheque by Mr. Mosley, and was to hare taken up a
bill with the proceeds,liostead of doing which he ab-
sconded with the cash, and spent it all, when he
suddenly repented. He assured the Lord Mayor that
he was prompted by distress to commit the robbery,
as his wages were not high enough to keep life in
him.—Committed for trial.

The LOAD Meroit acknowledged the receipt of
ten guineus from the Drapers' Company for the poor
box. He also acknowledged the receipt of the second
half of a 5/. note for the poor-box, from a "Citizen
and Liveryman."

ment in this neighbourhood. The fact is, that they
are of so frequent occurrence that little is known of
or cared about them, beyond the immediate neigh-
bourhood in which they take place.
HALF-PAST SEVEN.—Since the above has been
written it has been ascertained that two others of the
unfortunate sufferers are dead, and two more are not
expected to live.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-EIGHT

LIVES LOST.
A Manchester correspondent, writing yes' erday
afternoon, informs us of a dreadful accident which
has occurred in that town, from the bursting of a
boiler at the manufactory of Mr. Thomas Riley,
spindle and fly maker, Medlock-stn. et, Ardwick. The
catastrophe occurred about half-past eight o'clock
yehterday morning, and eight human beings, varying
from twenty to thirty years of age, were sent to their
last account without a moment's warning. Five of
the unfortunates were workpeople in the employ of
Riley. the owner of the boiler. Two children be-
longed to a butcher named \V ardsworth, resident in
the neighbourhood, and another was the child of a
blacksmith, whose forge was in the same yard as
Riley's manufactory, and which was also completely
destroyed. There were others seriously hurt, and
they lie at the Manchester Infirmary in a dangerous
state. It was currently reported in the neighbour-
hood of the accident that the boiler has been consi-
dered in a dangerous state for some time past, and
that people have refused to work at the manufactory
in consequence. It was, therefore, thought proper
to take Riley into custody. Another thing which tells
against him is, that the person whom he employed to
take charge of the engine was a boy only fifteen years
of age. This boy's name was Joseph Atkinson, and
he was killed. The accident has, of course, caused
great excitement in Manchester ; and the inquest,
which will doubtless be held this day (Saturday), is
looked forward to with great anxiety.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
GREAT YARMOUTH.
The Select Committee appointed to try the allega•
tions of the petition against the return of Lord A.
Lennox and Mr. Coope, the Bitting members for the
borough of Great Yarmouth, met again yesterday, at
eleven o'clock, in Room 22. Present—Mr. H. Ker
Seymer, chairman; Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. W. H.
C. Plowden, Mr. Charles Lushington, and Mr. .11.
Stuart.
The following evidence was adduced before the
Committee :
Samuel Carr Banks, a freeman of the borough .1
Yarmouth, said that at the last election he had voted
for the " Blues," having on the nomination day re-
ceived from Mr. Shingles, a chymist, in the Red
interest, two guineas as ack arrears." He had
voted for Mr. Baring and Mr. Soames at the last
election, and had then received a promise of two
guineas from Mr. Lushington Preston. Having
been asked by Mr. Costerton to vote for Lord A.
Lennox and Mr. Coope, he had demanded his " back
arrears"—had been referred by Mr. Preston to Mr.
Green, by Mr. Green to Mr. Shingles, and after re-
peated applications, had at last got his two
guineas from the last-named person. The money
was not handed to him by the chemist, but put upon
the table, and he took it up. This witness spoke in a
tone of most virtuous indignation about his wrongs,
and told, with an air of great self satisfaction, 'how
early on the morning after receiving this money, be
had voted for the Blue candidates. On his cross-
examination by Mr. O'Malley, it appeared that he had
been convicted at Newcastle of obtaining money
under false pretences, having taken his employer's
ship to that port, and passed himself off as the cap-
tain. Ile confessed the fact with a most amusing in-
genuousness, adding, "I spoke the truth, and I suf-
fered for it." Having been re-examined with regard to
an assault made by him on a:Mr. Shelly, at an election
some time ago, he said, in explanation, "Mr. Shelly
was a Blue, and I was strong in the Tory interest
then. I have changed my principles since."
Robert Nestling, also a freeman of Yarmouth,
stated in evidence, that on the polling-day, the result
of the election being then clear, he had applied to Mr.
Stagg for a chairman's ticket, for his brother-in-law,
and had received it. Sergeant Going had subsequently
paid him 10s. on the production of that ticket, and he
had given the money to his brother-in-law.
Ancirews, a freeman, had received a chair-
man's ticket from Mr. Stagg on the nomination day,
and had been paid 10i. on showing it to Sergeant
Going at the Weavers' Arms. The Sergeant sat in
an arbour distributing half-sovereigns to all who pro-
duced tickets.
Edmond Conyers, doorkeeper of the Tory com-
mittee-room, said that he had seen there Mr. Green,
Mr. Lushington Preston, Mr. Coble, Sergeant Going,
Mr. Stagg, Mr. Corey, Mr. Boulby, and others. Mr.
Coble, on the morning of the election, had desired
him to keep the stairs clear. Mr. Corey was there
with his clerk, as agent for the Red candidates.
Sergeant Going, the last witness called, and who
visibly gave his evidence with considerable reluctance,
said that Mr. Corey had told him there was some
money for him in his office to pay the flagmen,
clerks, &c., with. He went there, and found behind
the clerk's desk 2001. or 2501., he did not now re-
member which. He did not recollect whether the
money was in Bank of England or Yarmouth notes,
but he had them changed into gold—part at one bank,
part at the other. He communicated to Mr. Stagg
that he would settle with the flagmen, &c., at the
Wearers' Arms, and that arrangement had been car-
ried out, he sending the tickets to Mr. Corey's office
as vouchers. This witness was asked if Mr. Coble
was in Yarmouth, and said he thought not. He did
not know where he was to be found. Perhaps he was
on the continent. The witness had known him take
continental trips before.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLALE was proceeding to examine
the witness as to the conversation which passed be-
tween him and Mr. Corey with respect to the money
in Mr. Corey's office, when
Mr. ANDREWS objected on the ground that such
evidence was inadmissible.
A lengthened argument then ensued, which occu-
pied the remainder of the sitting, and was not con-
cluded when the Committee adjourned.
The Committee meets again at eleven o'clock this
day.
CHELTENHAM.
The Select Committee which, under the title of the
Cheltenham Election Committee, has been appointed
to inquire into the validity of the recognizances at-
tached to petitions against the return of the sitting
Members for several different places in Parliament,
met again to-day, at two o'clock, in Room No. 3.
During the entire sitting they were occupied with
closed doors in examining the agents for the various
parties before them, and at their rising they adjourned
till two o'clock on Tuesday next.

Nonwren THBATRII.—On Monday evening, the
performances were under the patronage of the gentle-
men of the Norfolk Harriers ; a tolerably good house
was the result. The pieces were the " Love Chase,"
with Miss Davenport as Constance, and Mr. Montague
as Wildrake ; and the romantic drama of " Der Freis-
chutz." In the course of the evening a hunting song
was very tastefully sung by Mr. Thornley, which
was honoured with an encore. At the end of the
comedy, it being the last evening before Easter, " God
save the Queen was sung by the company.. Mr: Daven-
port has, it is said, made arrangements with Miss Rain-
forth and Mr. Stretton, for some operatic performances
after Easter.
COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.—At the Court of
Common Council held on Thutillay Alderman 'Humph ery
was appointed Governor of the Irish Society; Mr.
Hardwick, Deputy-Governor, and Aldermen Salomons
and Challis were appointed members. The officers of
the corporation were all re-elected, and Mr. Bunning
was re-elected under the title of architect and surveyor.
Alderman Kelly presented a petition from the Associa-
tion for the poor of the city of London, which was se-
coaded by Alderman Wilson, and referred to the com-
mittee. A petition was also presented by Mr. Lawrence
from Mr. Henry Trimbry Gray, whose case has been
noticed in our journal, for assistance in defraying the
expehsesincurred by the petitioner in the prosecution
of swindlers, and moved that it be referred to the Coal,
Corn, and Finance Committee. The motion was se-
conded by Mr. Wilson, and several members having ex-
pressed their approbation of it, it was agreed to amidst
the acclamations of the Court. A report was then
brought up recommending that 300,0001. should be bur-
rowed from the Bank of Englard to accomplish the im-
provements in the City of London.
THE MURDER BY A GANG 0? BURGLARS...--
BRADFORD, FEB. 10.—The villages of Faweather and
Hawkesworth, a few miles distant from this town, have
during the last few days, been painfully excited by the
death of a respectable farmer named William Wood, who
died from the brutal violence of a gang of burglars,
whilst resisting them in plundering his dwelling-house-
His farm was within the district of Faweather, but to
secure him more prompt medical aid, he was
,Wilfulconveyed,
to Aarksworth, where he expired. Verdict—
murder against George Calvert and Theresa
.Hodgson."
The usual warrant was then made out for their com-
mittal to York Castle, for trial at the ensuing Assizes.
RATHER TOO BAD.—SOMe wretched joker has sent
us the following riddles:—Q. When would. a bed make
the best hunting ground? A. When it is made anew
for rest (a New Forest).—Q. What trade was the man
who killed William Rufus ? A. A Bia-sticker.—Q.
When does a manturn fluid into metal? A. When he
makes inquiry (tnA wiry).—Punch,